CN101849250A

CN101849250A - Coiled cable display device

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Publication number: CN101849250A
Application number: CN200880108576A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 迈克尔·瑞普; 雷纳·布伦纳
Original assignee: Checkpoint Systems Inc
Current assignee: Checkpoint Systems Inc
Priority date: 2007-09-28
Filing date: 2008-09-26
Publication date: 2010-09-29
Anticipated expiration: 2028-09-26
Also published as: WO2009042905A1; AU2008304229B2; CN101849250B; AU2008304229A1; EP2210244A1

Abstract

A system for displaying an item includes a display shelf having an aperture through it and a thin tether having a first end and a second end that extends through the aperture. The first end of the tether is secured to a mount above a top side of said display shelf and the second end of said tether is secured adjacent to a bottom side of the displays shelf. The first end of the tether has a mount for connection of tether to the item, above the shelf. The system further includes a coiled cable coiled around the tether extending through the aperture. The coiled cable provides an electrical path to the item. The coiled cable has a first end and a second end. The first end is secured adjacent to the mount and the second end securely terminates below the bottom unexposed side of said display shelf.

Description

Coiled cable display device

The cross reference of related application

This PCT application require application on September 28th, 2007, title is that the application number of coiled cable display device is the right of priority of 60/976,094 U.S. Provisional Patent Application, its full content is all incorporated this paper by reference into.

Technical field

The present invention relates generally to the distribution is the article display of purpose, more particularly, relates to the article that are used for showing on commercial environment sales counter or the similar structures and prevents the system that article are stolen simultaneously.

Background technology

Known in the state of the art by showing freely that by the sensor monitoring of electric wire connection monitoring alarm equipment object is stolen to prevent.Described article are showed in sales counter or other structures usually, and supplying intentionally, the buyer watches.When operation electric wire or anti-theft device or movable sensor, monitoring alarm equipment causes can be listened and/or visual alarm.When suggestion is attempted mobile article client, by reporting to the police or visual alarm is provided providing on the sales counter to listen, and provide a kind of to showing the reliable supervision of object on presentation device, and especially at equipment with install the device that needs relative few cost.

Usually, freely show and comprise some objects.As further action, when statistical phenomeon and/or preservation date on the same day and/or time, detection can be stored with date and time on the same day, for reference in statistical study in the future, thereby obtains about putting on display the information of object attractive force.For this reason, monitoring alarm equipment comprises and is used to store event count and/or the storer of event date and/or time.

The sensor of recording unit may be a motion sensor.Sensor can have a mind to buyer near or be sitting in and work when putting on display the article front, show with the beginning product information.Do not need additional move under the described situation.Yet the recording unit sensor also may be a removal sensor.

The recording unit sensor may be a switch, especially may be machinery or capacitive character or inductive or photoelectron or magnetic switch.Particularly advantageous is that the recording unit sensor is the part of theft-proof sensor device, because this makes existing equipment to serve many purposes.And, the theft-proof sensor device preferably includes and is fixed on the sensor that needs on the fixing article, described sensor connects monitoring alarm equipment by the cable that is wound on the cable puller, and making the recording unit sensor configuration is the detectable time that cable is pulled away from cable puller of rolling.Cable puller provides " dexterity " to show.Sensor can be configured to the magnetic switch on the magnet that comprises the reed contact that is installed on the cable puller shell and be installed in the drawer type cable.In the described device, be installed in magnet on the cable and be suitable for being configured to cable retainer against pillar, cable roughly is in roll-up state.In addition, described sensor device has the advantage that is easy to retrofit.

Various known presentation device safety are arranged and can send signal or the transmission power supply signal that is fixed on the sensor on the article freely, thereby be the article power supplies.Yet useful is the presentation device that a kind of electric signal that safety is provided fully and deftly and is suitable for transmitting can be provided.

Though said apparatus and method relate generally to affixed merchandise, as what it will be understood by one of ordinary skill in the art that be, though it is as if said apparatus and method are suitable for described purposes usually,, still not too satisfactory from the viewpoint of effective propaganda and distribution article.Thus, can listen near warning (perhaps even providing visual alarm on presentation device or the sales counter or the sales counter) though provide at the sales counter place, may be to stoping or avoiding theft influential, but produce passive atmosphere, for example near the potential customer of other presentation device may that the sounding alarm of theft takes place be frightened or put down article because of indication.Therefore, need have when people pick up or touch article, make the people can be easy to inspected object and receive the article relevant information, be sent to the system and method for the advantage antitheft by generation simultaneously away from the authorized person's who shows wireless signal.

All reference papers that this paper quotes are all incorporated this paper by reference into.

Summary of the invention

A kind of system that is used for displaying articles comprises: showing stand has the hole of passing described showing stand; Extend through the cord in described hole, it has first end and second end.First end of described rope is fixed on the support of described showing stand top face, and second end of described rope is fixed near the bottom surface of described showing stand.First end of described rope has the support that is used to connect the described article on described rope and the described showing stand.Described system also comprise be wound on extend through described hole described rope around cable rolling.Described cable rolling provides power path for described article.Described cable rolling has first end and second end.Described first end is fixed near the described support, and described second end firmly finishes up under the not exposure bottom surface of described showing stand.

Second end of cord preferably connects spring serving dish, thereby makes the hole of first end deflection showing stand of rope.Hollow tube can be located between serving dish and the showing stand, to hold cable rolling and the part rope in the retracted position.

Or second end of cord can connect to be positioned at and freely hangs pouring weight below the hole, thereby makes the hole of first end deflection showing stand of cord.

The exposed top surface of showing stand may have the bearing that is used for holding articles, and the bottom surface has hollow tube and can connect showing stand, with holding portion rope and cable rolling.Hollow tube has top and bottom.The top preferably is fixed on the showing stand, so that support is when being positioned on the bearing, hollow tube surrounds part rope and cable rolling.

Preferably, rope is made by the anti-metallic cable of cutting, in case article are stolen.

Case sensor can be connected with article, to detect client to the operation of article or close.Here, case sensor coupling monitoring alarm device.Case sensor corresponding to client to the operation of article or near to monitoring alarm device emission sensor signal.Monitoring alarm device comprises: transmitter is arranged in the people and provides wireless signal automatically under near remove article sales counter or other structures situation; Receiver is configured to receive described wireless signal, removes near sales counter or other structures with notified on authorization people article.

The case sensor article on cable rolling first end that can be coupled, first end of rope coupling article wherein, second end coupling monitoring alarm device of cable rolling.Cable rolling is set to transmit the electric signal that case sensor produces, show have the people close, touch or pick up article.

Preferably, rope on showing stand, is removed article to stop with the electronic article physical fixation without authorization from showing stand.Here, cable rolling comprises power lead and sensor signal lead, and the end of power lead and sensor signal lead is contained in the supply socket of coupling electronic article, thereby is electronic article power supply or charging.

Support also may comprise carriage, and its holding articles also comprises the element that releasedly supply socket is fixed on the article.

At last, support is the cell type support, is suitable for replacing the standard cell that provides with article.The standard cell fastener for installing that the support utilization provides with article, wherein the cell type support has antitheft fastener.

Description of drawings

The present invention is described in conjunction with the following drawings, same reference numbers indication similar elements in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is the stereographic map with some display devices according to the described system that is used for displaying articles of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, shown in each system a portable phone is arranged in the retracted position;

Fig. 2 is a power supply/charge functions of components view of the present invention, thereby is the electronic article power supply/charge when detecing surreptitiously;

Fig. 3 has described the preferred embodiment of the power supply part of burglary-resisting system and theft preventing method, and it is being detectd surreptitiously and when starting product advertising, is being power electronic equipment/charging of being showed;

Fig. 4 is the cut-open view that is used for the embodiment of Fig. 3 and is shown as the exemplary supply socket under the not-connected status;

Fig. 5 is the cut-open view of the supply socket of the Fig. 4 under the extension state that is shown as when connecting electronic equipment;

Fig. 6 is the described stereographic map that is used for the system of displaying articles of another preferred embodiment according to the present invention, is shown as to have article (portable phone) in the retracted position;

Fig. 7 is for being used for the end perspective view of cable rolling that Fig. 6 is used for the system of displaying articles around rope and support;

Fig. 8 is shown as in the extension bit away from the showing stand of enclosing and is equipped with portable phone for being used for the stereographic map of the system of displaying articles among Fig. 6;

Fig. 9 is the stereographic map of the alternate embodiment of the described system that is used for displaying articles of another preferred embodiment according to the present invention, is shown as not have the serving dish, but in the retracted position portable phone is arranged;

Figure 10 is for according to the described stereographic map that is used to show the system of article of Fig. 9, is shown as not have winding roll, but is equipped with portable phone in extension bit.

Embodiment

Each numeral of description, wherein same reference numeral is indicated the general identical parts of some views, Fig. 1 shows some systems that are used for displaying articles 10, mobile electronic device for example, as cellular phone, camera, portable DVD player/CD Player, memory stick, field camera etc., so that the showing stand of the described article of the close displaying of potential customer's energy or other structures are to go through article.Under some situation, can show article for information about by near the continuous figure display device that is positioned on article (not shown) place sales counter or other structures or it.Display device 10 may be included as the sounding sensor that sound provides Visual Display.For example, see that application number is 11/693,352 U.S. Patent application, it all illustrates all incorporates this paper by reference into.

In the prior art, device comprises detects surreptitiously sensor, is connected by cable to connect on the need fixed object of monitoring alarm equipment.Sensor response is removed or when cut-out or actuating cable, is produced burglar alarm from object.In addition, monitoring alarm equipment comprises incident or frequency (for example, object operation) storer and follows the trail of the device that date and time takes place.The further improvement of panalarm has provided to director of store or salesman's PDA(Personal Digital Assistant) or cell phone or other wireless receivers or has warned individual security monitor of committing theft that the transmitter of wireless signal is provided.Signal also provides determining article just stolen in the retail shop and position thereof.Therefore, need not trigger comprehensive warning, take " silent alarm " or " specify and report to the police " to make the relevant personnel take quick and appropriate action, thus near other clients can not startling.

As in the system among Fig. 2 as seen, have the people near or remove when putting on display article 2, recording unit can record.In the illustrated embodiment, recording unit comprises by cable 8 and the monitoring alarm equipment that provides as burglary-resisting installation and (for example is in control " case sensor " or " removal sensor " of communicating by letter, detect surreptitiously sensor 7) so that two kinds of functions only need a shared monitoring alarm equipment.

In the prior art, connect detect sensor 7 surreptitiously coil of cable on cable puller 9.Sensor 7 is configured to detect will roll cable 5 from time that cable puller 9 unclamps.In the illustrated embodiment, sensor 7 is configured to magnetic switch, and it has the reed contact 11 that is installed on the cable puller shell 13 and is installed in the magnet of rolling on the cable 5 12.Reed contact 11 preferred embeddings in the plastics can be installed on the cable puller shell 13 or its inside.The cable 8 that

reed contact conductors

8A, 8B form provides the state of reed contact 11 for monitoring alarm equipment.Remove as permanent magnet 12, magnet 12 is changed reed contact 11 once leaving its rest position when drawn out cable 5, make outside the magnetic field at reed contact 11 places is interfered, magnet 12 also has the cable retainer and the additional function that is connected sensor that is in rest position that is used to loosen cable 5.In the described device, the magnet 12 of stube cable 5 plays cable retainer (or cable restriction ratchet, if thereby cable 5 rolls out fully, magnet is as reverse ratchet) effect, be under the state of roughly rolling at cable 5 and lean against on the pillar that defines by the shell in the present embodiment 13.Especially advantageously, sensor 7 be easy to be retrofit into solid cheaply article and the space that needs very little.

Fig. 3 has described another feature of system and method for the present invention: for putting on display article (electronic equipment) charging/power supply, keep described safety of goods simultaneously.Therefore, system of the present invention is not only antitheft, and is described power devices.Only by way of example, as shown in Figure 3, can be 8 cell phone power supplies of exhibition by the panel box 20 of link single supply.Under multiplexer 22 controls, panel box 20 is 8 phone chargings every the schedule time (this time interval can change as required) in turn, so that use more small power supply (2 utmost point).8 article (for example 8 cell phones) can connect panel box 20 by 86 polar conductors, wherein by 84 polar conductor distribution control boxs 20.Perhaps, also availablely be that than large power supply all article continue charging.Each cell phone of being showed all connects a fixed product and is the sensor of its charging (for example, passing through rubber cushion).

Another feature of the present invention such as Fig. 2-shown in Figure 5.Here, be provided as the ability and the stealing warning detection of the power electronic equipment of displaying by rope.Especially, as shown in Figure 4, detecing surreptitiously, sensor comprises proximity transducer or the reed switch 42A with cable 51 that the sensor signal path is provided.Product carrier 27(sees Fig. 3) holding articles 2(promptly, electronic equipment).Hole (not shown) on the carriage 27 allows supply socket 29 to insert electronic equipment 2, to keep electronic equipment live.A pair of pointer or

coupling component

30A and 30B(for example are overmolded to carriage 27 back sides) Fixed power-supply socket 29.

Fig. 4 is the cut-open view of the preferred embodiment of supply socket 29 under the not-connected status.Socket 29 comprises shell 32, on shell 32 opposite sides pair of

holes

34A and 34B is arranged.Slide with one heart in the shell 32 and be provided with electrode member 36, be used to support the power electrode 38 that receives electric energy by power lead 24.With the base of spring 40 coupling electrode elements 36 and the base of shell 32.Proximity transducer or reed switch 42A(with continuous sensor conductor 51 are connected on the inner bottom surface of shell 32) comprise the respective element 42B(such as the magnet that are connected on electrode member 36 bottom surfaces).In order to connect supply socket 29 and electronic equipment 2, the salesman need pull out shell 32 with electrode member 36, makes

coupling component

30A and 30B pass as shown in Figure 5 each hole 34A, 34B.This can be pressed in neck 44(with

coupling component

30A, 30B by the people and see Fig. 3) finish, to launch the end of

coupling component

30A, 30B, make

coupling component

30A,

30B pass hole

34A, 34B, and the deflection of reverse back-moving spring 40 is caught the bottom surface of electrode member 36.Electrode 38 can pass the hole (not shown) on the carriage 27, and inserts the supply hub (not shown) of electronic equipment 2.Herein, proximity transducer or reed switch 42A move apart respective element 42B.Herein, signal conductor 5 transmits " non-stealing " situation and gives panalarm.Therefore, when the panalarm (not shown) provides " non-stealing " situation signal electronic equipment 2 power supplies, and if client catches and operating electronic equipment 2, and then activate to detect and steal sensor 7 to start product advertising.If thief's attempt is by being pulled away from supply socket 29 suddenly with electronic equipment 2, or enough

astute coupling component

30A, 30B must being crowded together, disconnect electronic equipment 2 to discharge supply socket 29, then electrode member 36 is partial to the bottom surface of biting shell 32 because of spring 40, and proximity transducer (reed switch 42A) detects respective element 42B and also reports the stealing situation.Therefore, use Fig. 2-configuration shown in Figure 5, finished power supply/charge, antitheft and product advertising startup.

Fig. 1 and Fig. 6-Figure 10 have shown the preferred embodiment that is used for the system 50 of displaying articles according to of the present invention.System 50 comprises showing stand 52, and for example sales counter or other types are used to show the display member as article such as portable phone or camera 54.As hereinafter will be in greater detail, showing stand 50 for example has the hole of running through showing stand or hole 66(, sees Fig. 8), so that safe cord 58 and electric wiring (cable rolling 60) to be provided.

Preferably, rope 58 is for having the thin metallic cable of first end 62 and second end 64.Rope 58 first end 62 extends through the hole 66 on the showing stand 52, and has support 68(on it and see Fig. 7), with direct or indirect (for example, by carriage 70) attachment 54.Showing stand 52 has exposed top surface 74 and does not expose bottom surface 76.On the meaning around cable rolling 60 is coiled in safety rope 58 for example shown in Figure 7, cable rolling 60 and safety rope 58 are coaxial.Cable rolling 60 has first end 61 and second end 63, comprises one or more lead, and lead is for powering from article 54 and/or providing electric signal and/or security alarm signal that power path is provided.

It may be that the frame 52(of cupboard or other similar structures does not expose bottom surface 76 that rope 58 second end 64 is fixed on) below.Rope 58 provides slack, so that article 54 can be removed certain desired distance from showing stand 52, but in case reach described distance, article 54 remain fixed on the rope 58 and rope is maintained fixed, and make and do not cut off rope 58(and cable rolling on every side 60 thereof) just can not steal.

Alternatively, rope 58 slack can use spring winding roll (as in this example, being positioned at dish case 72) to pack up, so that the retracted position (holes 66 that 58 first end 62 is partial on the showing stands 52 so that restrict) of 58 first end, the 62 deflection dish casees 72 of restricting.Winding roll is very common and well-known, no longer describes at this.The slack of cable rolling is by volume self control of cable rolling 60.The volume of cable rolling 60 slides along rope, opens and closes relatively mutually when frame 52 moves at article 54.

Perhaps, as Fig. 9 and Figure 10 as seen, the dish case 72 that will not have a winding roll is connected on second end of rope 58 (if having enough spaces can with) or can on second end 64 of rope 58 pouring weight 83 be set, for regaining rope 58 and therefore regaining cable rolling 60 and article 54, so that article 54 move to the position near frame 52.Briefly, when using pouring weight, pouring weight 83 is towards frame 52 pulling article.If do not use pouring weight, most of cable 60 and rope 58 can provide retraction force (is the best approach although may not be certain).

Showing stand 52 has exposed top surface 74 and does not expose bottom surface 76.End face 74 may be useful in the bearing 78 of holding articles 54, may be connected with the hollow tube 80 that is used to hold and hide rope 54 and cable rolling 60 on the bottom surface.As seen in Figure 1, hollow tube may extend into the height above the end face 74 of showing stand 52.Hollow tube can be independent assembly.

The exposed top surface 74 of showing stand may be useful in the bearing (see figure 1) of holding articles, and the bottom surface is connected with the hollow tube 80 that is used to hold rope and cable rolling.Hollow tube 80 has top 82 and bottom 84, and wherein top 82 is fixed on the showing stand 52.As mentioned above, during mounting bracket, hollow tube 80 surrounds rope 58 and cable rolling 60.

Preferably, rope 58 is made by the anti-metallic cable of cutting, in case article are stolen.

The system that is used for displaying articles 50 also can comprise the case sensor of attachment.Case sensor detects client to the operation of article or close, and is coupling on the monitoring alarm device.Case sensor corresponding to client to the operation of article or near to monitoring alarm device emission sensor signal.Monitoring alarm device comprises: transmitter is arranged in the people and provides wireless signal automatically under near remove article sales counter or other structures situation; Receiver is configured to receive wireless signal, removes near sales counter or other structures with notified on authorization people article.

The article at the case sensor coupling cable rolling first end place, first end of rope coupling article wherein, second end coupling monitoring alarm device of cable rolling, cable rolling is arranged to transmit the electric signal that described case sensor produces, indication have the people close, touch or pick up article.Product information equipment can provide the visual or audible information of relevant article.

Rope on showing stand, is removed article to stop with the electronic article physical fixation without authorization from showing stand.Cable rolling preferably includes power lead and sensor signal lead.The end of power lead and sensor signal lead preferably is contained in the supply socket of coupling electronic article, thereby is electronic article power supply or charging.

Support 68 can be holding articles and comprises the carriage 70 that supply socket is fixed on releasedly the element on the article.In the special preferred embodiment, the cell type support of the standard cell that is suitable for replacing providing with article is provided support.Here, the standard cell fastener for installing that provides with article of support utilization.Yet described cell type support preferably has antitheft fastener, so as not cut off the rope and cable just can not take article away.

In the broad range of the present invention, comprise foundation about the statistics of stolen maximum product (for example, by protecting some company System), tabulation or the like.Also comprise foundation about client to the tabulation of interest/sales data of product or the like and commodity plan, control system and

Data.Can provide the statistics advertising listing by Ethernet.

In the broad range of the present invention, comprise fixing non-electronic equipment, promote non-electronic equipment (for example, bottle, razor etc.) simultaneously.

Though describe the present invention in detail with reference to instantiation,, under the situation that does not break away from the spirit and scope of the present invention, can do various changes and change obviously for the those skilled in the art.

Claims

1. system that is used for displaying articles comprises:

(a) showing stand has the hole that extends through described showing stand;

(b) cord, have first end and second end, described rope extends through described hole, described first end of wherein said rope is fixed on the support of described showing stand exposed top surface top, described second end of described rope is fixed near the not exposure bottom surface of described showing stand, have support on described first end of described rope, be used for firmly connecting described first end of described rope and the article on the described showing stand;

(c) cable rolling, be wound on around the described rope and extend through described hole, described cable rolling provides the power path of power and electric signal for described article, described cable rolling has first end and second end, described first end is fixed near the described support, and described second end does not finish up described the exposure under the bottom surface of described showing stand.

2. according to the right 1 described system that is used for displaying articles, second end of wherein said cord connects spring serving dish, thereby makes first end of described rope be partial to the described hole of described showing stand.

3. according to the right 2 described systems that are used for displaying articles, comprise the hollow tube of being located between described serving dish and the described showing stand, to hold described cable rolling and the described rope of part in the retracted position.

4. according to the right 1 described system that is used for displaying articles, second end of wherein said cord connects to be positioned at and freely hangs pouring weight below the described hole, thereby makes described first end of described cord be partial to the described hole of described showing stand.

5. according to the right 1 described system that is used for displaying articles, the described exposed top surface of wherein said showing stand has the bearing that is used to support described article, be connected with the hollow tube that is used to hold described cable rolling and the described rope of part on the described bottom surface, described hollow tube has top and bottom, described top is fixed on the described showing stand, when wherein said support was positioned on the described bearing, described hollow tube surrounded described cable rolling and the described rope of part.

6. according to the right 1 described system that is used for displaying articles, wherein said rope is made by the anti-metallic cable of cutting, in case described article are stolen.

7. the system that is used for displaying articles according to claim 1, also comprise the case sensor that links to each other with described article, described case sensor detects client to the operation of described article or close, described case sensor and monitoring alarm device coupling, to the operation of described article or near to described monitoring alarm device emission sensor signal, described monitoring alarm device comprises described case sensor corresponding to client:

(a) transmitter is arranged in the people and provides wireless signal automatically under near remove described article sales counter or other structures situation;

(b) receiver is configured to receive described wireless signal, removes near sales counter or other structures with the described article of notified on authorization people.

8. system according to claim 7, the wherein said case sensor described article on described cable rolling first end that are coupled, described first end of the wherein said rope described article that are coupled, described second end of the described cable rolling described monitoring alarm device that is coupled, described cable rolling is set to transmit the electric signal that described case sensor produces, show have the people close, touch or pick up described article, so product information equipment provides the visual or audible information of relevant described article.

9. system according to claim 1, wherein said rope with the electronic article physical fixation on described showing stand, from showing stand, remove described article to stop without authorization, described cable rolling comprises power lead and sensor signal lead, the end of described power lead and described sensor signal lead is contained in the supply socket of the described electronic article of coupling, thereby is electronic article power supply or charging.

10. system according to claim 1, wherein said support also comprises carriage, it supports described article and comprises the element that releasedly supply socket is fixed on the described article.

11. the system that is used for displaying articles according to claim 1, wherein said support is the cell type support, be suitable for replacing the standard cell that provides with described article, the standard cell fastener for installing that described support utilization provides with described article, described cell type support has antitheft fastener.