AU668101B2 - Device for holding a variable number of publicity supports lighted from behind and made of a poster-like blank - Google Patents

Abstract

A device is disclosed for holding publicity supports (4) lighted from behind and made of a poster-like blank. Each publicity support (4) is composed of an envelope (11) made of a translucent foil open on one side that receives a poster-like blank. The rear side of each envelope (11) of the publicity support (4) can be engaged by toothed belts guided over toothed wheels (58). On the side walls (78) of the housing (2) are arranged guiding rails (56), on the side of the visible surface, in which the envelopes (11) to be brought to the viewing pane (55) are guided. At the lateral edges of the front side of each envelope is arranged at least one interlocking hook (67) at one end section (14) of the envelope (11), in the advance direction. The interlocking hooks (67) releasably engage the other end section (15) of the preceding or subsequent envelope (11) in the advance direction.

Description

OPI DATE 0/04/93 APPLN. ID 25187/92 III ii i 111111111 AOJP DATE 10/06/93 PCT NUMBER PCT/EP92/02080 U92I25187ill ll I AU9225187

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(51) Internationale Patentklassifikation 5 I(Il) Internationale Veriffentlichungsnummer: WO 93/04616 GO9F 11/32 Al (43) Internationales Veriiffentlichungsdatum: 18. Marz 1993 (18.03.93) (21) Internationales Aktenzeichen: PCT/EP92/02080 Veriffentlicht Alit internationalem Recherchenbericht.

(22) Internationales Anmeldedatum: Vor Ablauf der fir Anderungen der Anspriiche zugelasse- 9. September 1992 (09.09.92) nen Frist. Veriffentlichung wird wiederholt falls Anderungen eintreffen.

Prioritlitsdaten: G 91 11 283.4 U 11. September 1991 (11.09.91) DE (71)(72)Anmelderund Erfinder: FASSAUER, Angelika [DE/ DE]; HALUSZKA, Peter [DE/DE]; An der Grenzkehre D-2105 Seevetal 2 (DE).

(74) Anwalt: SCHMIDT-BOGATZKY, Jargen; Warurgstr. D-2000 Hamburg 36 (DE).

(81) Bestimmungsstaaten: AU, BG, CS, FI, HU, JP, NO, PL, RO, RU, US, eur.ptiisches Patent (AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LU, MC, NL, SE).

668101 (54)Title: DEVICE FOR HOLDING A VARIABLE NUMBER OF AND MADE OF A POSTER-LIKE BLANK PUBLICITY SUPPORTS LIGHTED FROM BEHIND (54) Bezeichnung: VORRICHTUNG ZUR HALTERUNG VON HINTERLEUCHTBAREN AUS EINEM GEN ZUSCHNITF BESTEHENDEN WERBETRAGERN IN VARIABLER ANZAHL

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(57) Abstract A device is disclosed for holding publicity supports lighted from behind and made of a poster-like blank. Each publicity support is composed of an envelope (11) made of a translucent foil open on one side that receives a poster-like blank. The rear side of each envelope (11) of the publicity support can be engaged by toothed belts guided over toothed wheels On the side walls (78) of the housing are arranged guiding rails on the side of the visible surface, in which the envelopes (11) to be brought to the viewing pane (55) are guided. At the lateral edges of the front side of each envelope is arranged at least one interlocking hook (67) at one end section (14) of the envelope in the advance direction. The interlocking hooks (67) releasably engage the other end section (15) of the preceding or subsequent envelope (11) in the advance direction.

(57) Zusammenfassung Die Erfindung betrifft eine Vorrichtung zur Halterung von hinterleuchtbaren aus einem plakatartigen Zuschnitt bestehenden Werbetrfigern Jeder Werbetriger besteht aus einer einseitig offenen Tasche (11) aus einer Lichtdurchlfissige Folie, die zur Aufnahme eines plakatartigen Zuschnitts dient. Die Rfickseite einer jeden Tasche (11) des Werbetrilgers kann mit Zahnriemen in Eingriff gebracht werden, die iOber Zahn- 1 rtider (58) gefiihrt sind. An den Seitenwinden (78) des Gehiluses sind sichtfilchenseitig Filhrungsschienen (56) ausgebildet, in denen die zur Sichtscheibe (55) zu firdernden Taschen (11) gefohrt sind. Auf der Vorderseite einer jden Tasche ist in Vorschubrichtung an einem Endabschnitt (14) der Tasche (11) an den Seitenrindern jeweils mindestens ein Verkettungshaken (67) angeordnet, der mit dem in Vorschubrichtung anderen Endabschnitt (15) der vorausgehenden oder folgenden Tasche (11) in I6sbarem Wirkeingriff ist.

-la- The present invention relates to a device for holding a variable number of rear-illuminated advertisement carriers formed of a posterlike blanks.

Known devices of the generic type consist of a housing, in which the illumination device is placed and on whose visible side a holder is provided to receive the advertisement carrier. The advertisement carrier can, e.g. consist of a posterlike blank made of paper designed as a poster. The disad,.antage of these known devices is that only one advertisement carrier can be presented to the observer. If another advertisement carrier is to be seen on the visible side, a change of the advertisement carrier contained in the housing is necessary.

The primary object of the present invention is, therefore, is to design a device of the initially described type so that a change of the advertisement carriers that is viewable can be made simply and safely without changing the advertisement carriers in the housing of the device.

o ssIn accordance with the present invention, therefore, there is provided a o~ D ooo device for holding a variable number of rear-illuminated advertisement carriers in S the form of a posterlike blank, each advertisement carrier being mounted in a :0 pocket, open on one side, and each carrier including a transparent flexible sheet ef and being adapted to be positioned by a drive device from a chamber at a back panel to the region of a visible area and then back to said chamber, whereby each pocket follows a further pocket which is detachably connected to said first .i pocket, and wherein, in the region of a viewing means there is arranged an illuminating-device, and whereby said drive device consists of at least one pair of rollers with rollers spaced from one another, whereby over each roller of said at 5 i least one pair of rollers an endless belt is fed which is able to be in active engagement with said pockets to be fed to said viewing means, wherein each roller is formed as a gear about which is fed as an endless belt a sin,1',-pieced toothed belt or a toothed belt consisting of toothed belt-strips, being in engagement with the backside of a pocket of an advertisement carrier, whereby at the front side of each pocket in the direction of advance at one end section of said pocket at the side border at least one interlacing hook is arranged, whicih is in detachable engagement with the other end section of said pocket which is S- R 22[2/96GV7153.SPE,1

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00 0 *0 0 22/2/96GV7153.SPE,2 -3sheet, and wherein each end section of one pocket is loosely co eetv ith an end section of another pocket by endless stri are guided through holes in said stiffening strips in a ptroducing an endless strip of successively displayable s. The device according to the invention makes it possible, depending on the depth of the chamber for receiving the advertisement carriers, to convey any number of the carriers successively into the visible field by using an endless strip comprised of individual segments. Small outside dimensions of the housing of the device can be achieved. Changing of the individual advertisement carriers is no problem because of the configuration of the pockets receiving them. For conveying the pockets with an advertisement carrier a drive device can be selected which requires a small expenditure. Thus, a device is provided by the invention has an economical construction by which advertisement carriers with different advertising messages can be successively brought into the visible field at preset intervals.

A significant advantage of the drive device according to a special embodiment of the invention is the fact that toothed belts are furnished which have teeth at a narrow distance between one another. Therefore, any tooth of the toothed belt is able to take over the transport of an advertisement carrier. There is no defined point at the toothed belt for taking over the transport. Therefore the toothed belts may be of undefined length. Decisive is only the right position of the drive shaft for the driven gears.

According to a further embodiment of the invention, it is possible to decrease the number of wearing parts of the device if the toothed belts for actuation are arranged at the backside of each pocket of an advertisement carrier.

j In this case, the toothed belts are made of toothed belt-strips. This device must S' be started manually however. The first pocket must be put on the gears. After rotation of the drive shaft by the driving motor the pockets within the device 1 jshape an endless loop automatically.

In order that the invention may be more clearly understood and put into practical effect there shall now be described in detail a preferred construction of 1 Y 29/12/95MSAP7153.SPE,3

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II a device in accordance with the invention. The description is given by way of non-limitative example only and is with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein: FIG. 1

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FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a full embodiment of a device in accordance with the invention; is a sectional side view of the device of Fig. 1; illustrates schematically the functioning of the device of Fig. 1; shows, in a perspective view, an interlacing hook for detachable connection of two advertisement carriers; are respective front and side views of an advertisement carrier; and is a sectional side view of a further embodiment of a device in accord with the invention.

FIGS. 5 6 FIG. 7 1 5 Device 1 consists of a housing 2 tne front wall of which is formed a visible area for an advertisement carrier 4 in the form of a visible glass wall 55. Within the housing 2 a front transparent guide wall 8 and a rear dividing wall 9 are S arranged. Between the dividing wall 9 and the guide wall 8 an illumination device 7 is placed. The space between dividing wall 9 and back panel 57 forms o 0 .2 0 a chamber 10 for receiving pockets 11 of advertisement carriers 4 vertically one behind the other. At each side wall 78 one guide rail 56 is arranged close to the glass wall 55. The end sections of rails 56 lead up to intake opening 12 and outlet opening 13 of chamber 10. The pockets 11 are guided within the guide rails 56 during transport along the glass wall At the upper and lower end section of housing 2 in eacuh case a pair of gears 58 is arranged, each being located near the side walls 78. The upper gears 58 are connected to a drive shaft 19. A further gear 61 is connected to the drive shaft 19 being connected to the drive gear of a driving motor 63 by a toothed belt 62. This driving motor 63 may be, for instance, an electrical backgeared motor. It is of advantage to have the driving motor 63 clock controlled so that each advertisement carrier 4 to be guided before the glass wall 55 will rest there for a predetermined dwell time. The lower gears 58 are connected by a 31/8/95 S7153,SPE1,4 A I I- drive shaft 24. Each lower gear 58 operates interlocked by a one-pieced toothed belt 59 with an upper gear 58.

The toothed belt 59 may be toothed double sided. In this case the tooth profiles of the toothed belt 59 opposite to the gears 58 are in operative connection to the toothed belt-strips 79 in the area of glass wall 55, whereby the toothed belt-strips 79 are arranged on the backside of pockets 11 of advertisement carriers 4. These toothed belt-strips 79 may be one-pieced or formed as an arrangement of pieces of a toothed belt. They extend preferably over the length of pockets 11 in the direction of advance. It is even possible to form the backsides of toothed belts 59 smoothed. In this case at the backside of toothed belts 59 clamping bands are brought up which engages with clamping bands on the backside of pockets 11 of advertisement carriers 4 in the region of the glass wall 55. Conditional on the restricted guidance of pockets 11 in the guide rails 56 the toothed belt-strips 79 or clamping bands respectively of pockets 11 are brought compulsorily into engagement with teeth 60 of toothed belts 59 or the clamping bands on toothed belts 59 respectively. Each pocket 11 %O shows interlacing hooks 67 through which the pocket 11 following the first

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The pockets 11 of advertisement carriers 4 consist of two blanks 65, 66 which are of a transparent flexible sheeting. The breadth of the rear biank 65 is equal to the distance of guide rails 56 from each other. The forward blank 66 is arranged at the rear blank 65 in such a way that, in the direction of advance on each side of the rear blank 65, an edge strip 68, 69 is formed (Fig. On the o e backside of edge strips 68, 69 in each case a toothed belt-strip 79 or, 40o4 respectively, a clamping band is arranged. On the front side of edge strips 68, 69 in the area of one end section 14 of pocket 11 in each case an interlacing hook 67 o i is arranged. The interlacing hooks 67 may be connected to the edge strips 68, 69 by means of rivets or adhesive substance. Each interlacing hook 67 has a base ,:3tr plate 75 for connection with an edge strip 68, 69. On the base plate 75 is formed a holding piece 76 with a side oper ed recess 77. The external surfaces of the _,,holding pieces 76 are arranged to the plane of base plates 75 angular formed as 31/8/9SGS7153.SI Ek.

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-6wedge-shaped slide-off surfaces 72 (Fig. By this it is easier to release the connection between the advertisement carrier 4 within the chamber 10 as at the angular formed wedge-shaped slide-off surfaces 72 the edges of the below described jogs 74 of blanks 65 are able to slide down.

At end section 15 opposite to end section 14 the blanks 65, 66 are detachably connected by a profile cramping strip 70. A profile rod 71 is led through the profile cramping strip 70 over the breadth of end section 15. The rod tips 73 of profile rod 71 are to be grabbed by a one side opening recess 77 of the one interlacing hook 67. At the region of each rod tip 73 a jog 74 is made in edge strips 68, 69 which makes it easierto detach rod tips 73 of one pocket 11 to be inserted into chamber 10 from interlacing hooks 67 of forward pocket 11 in chamber The blanks 65, 66 may be connected at the ends by an adhesive band able to be re-picked up. The adhesive band may be of thin material being transparent.

By this a pocket 11 is formed into which for instance an advertisement poster or the like may be put in.

For achieving a carrier connection between toothed belt 59 and toothed o: belt-strips 79 of pockets 11 various different profiles may be applied which oo o guarantee such a carrier connection. Preferably by means of restricted guidance 12 through guide rails 56 the toothed belts 59 are brought in connection to the oO 0 o° pocket 11 and after finished transport an independent separation takes place.

o O0 Fig. 7 shows a device la for which only the motorized driven upper gears 58 and toothed belt-strips 79 on the backside of edge strips 68, 69 are necessary. The fastening of toothed belt-strips 79 on edge strips 68, 69 may be done by means of bonding agent or rivets. If the blank 65 of this device 1 a is in each case made of foil being transparent and of opal-white colour no front transparent guide wall 8 is necessary. For the function of this device 1 a it is preferred that the pockets 11 and the edges are guided by the guide rails 56. At initial operation of the device 1 a it is necessary in each case to bring the first 4*040* 130 pocket 11 in operating connection with gears 58. By rotation of gears 58 then an endless band is formed by pockets 11 in the chamber 3118195GS7153.S'!,6 I i

Claims (20)

1. A device for holding a variable number of rear-illuminated advertisement carriers in the form of a posterlike blank, each advertisement carrier being mounted in a pocket, open on one side, and each carrier including a transparent flexible sheet and being adapted to be positioned by a drive device from a chamber at a back panel to the region of a visible area and then back to said chamber, whereby each pocket follows a further pocket which is detachably connected to said first pocket, and wherein, in the region of a viewing means there is arranged an illuminating-device, and whereby said drive device consists of at least one pair of rollers with rollers spaced from one another, whereby over each roller of said at least one pair of rollers an endless belt is fed which is able to be in active engagement with said pockets to be fed to said viewing means, wherein f 1each roller is formed as a gear about which is fed as an endless belt a single-pieced toothed belt or a toothed belt consisting of toothed belt- strips, being in engagement with the backside of a pocket of an E, advertisement carrier, whereby at the front side of each pocket in the direction of advance at one end section of said pocket at the side border at least one interlacing hook is arranged, which is in detachable engagement with the other end section of said pocket which is ahead or behind in the direction of advance, and whereby at the side walls of housing guide rails are formed, which are near said viewing means and ",through wvhich said pockets are led to said viewing means. 9 2:

2. The device according to claim 1, including two pairs of rollers, which in i each case are arranged in sections of the housing being opposite to each other, wherein respectively one gear of one pair of rollers is connected to a gear of the other pair of rollers by means of an endless band, being a single-pieced toothed belt.

3. The device according to claim 2, wherein said toothed belt is in detachable engagement with the backside of a pocket in the area of said viewing means. R 2296GV7153.S, I~ zf~%~22/2/96GV7153.SI'3 -8-

4. The device according to claim 2 or claim 3, wherein said toothed belt is double-sided toothed and the tooth profiles opposite to said gears engage toothed belt-strips, being arranged on the backside of said pockets, in the area of said viewing means.

The device according to claim 4, wherein said toothed belt-strip at the backside of said pockets is formed as an arrangement of toothed belt pieces.

6. The device according to claim 4, wherein said toothed belt-strip extends single-pieced over the length of said pockets in the direction of advance.

7. The device accordir g to claim 2, wherein on the smoothed backsides of toothed belts are arranged clamping bands which, in the area of said viewing means, engage clamping bands on the backside of said pockets.

8. The device according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the end sections of guide rails are led to an inlet area and an outlet area of said chamber.

9. The device according to any one of the precedin claims, at which one pair of rollers is motor-driven and a common shaft for said rollers is formed as a drive shaft, wherein a further gear is mounted at said drive shaft being 0_ connected to a drive gear of a driving motor by a toothed belt.

10. The device according to claim 9, wherein said driving motor is an electrical back-geared motor.

11. The device according to claim 9 or claim 10, wherein said driving motor is actuated timed clock-controlled.

12. The device according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein each pocket consists of two blanks ef transparent foil, from which the breadth of a rear blank is equal to the distance between said guide rails and the front blank is arranged on the rear blank in such a manner that in the direction of advance on the rear blank are formed lateral edge strips.

13. The device according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein on the backside of edge strips in each case is mounted a toothed belt or a clamping band respectively and at the front side of edge strips in the area 22/2/96GV7153,SI'3,4 .7 LU A'rA -9- of one end section of said pocket is arranged at least one interlacig hook.

14. The device according to claim 13 wherein, at one end section of said pocket said blanks are detachably connected by a profile cramping strip, through which a profile rod is led which extends over the breadth of said end section having rod tips which, in each case, are detachably connected with an interlacing hook.

The device according to claim 14 wherein, in the area of said rod tips, a jog is formed in said edge strips.

16. The device according to any one of claims 13 to 15, wherein, each interlacing hook consists of a base plate with an integrated holding piece with a side opened recess into which a rod tip may be fed.

17. The device according to claim 16, wherein the outer surface of said holding piece is formed as slide off surface, being angularly disposed to the 0: plane of said base plate.

18. The device according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said toothed belt-strips are arranged at one of said blanks.

19. The device according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said rear blank consists of a transparent foil of opal-white colour. o 2Q

20. A device for holding a variable member of rear-illuminated advertisement carriers, substantially as described herein with reference to the accompanying drawings. 44 S2.9 DATED this 22nd day of February '1995. ANGELIKA FASSAUER and PETER HALUSZKA By their Patent Attorneys: CALLINAN LAWRIE 22/2/96GV7153.SPE,5 j ':VTO