CN1128573A - Display device - Google Patents

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CN1128573A
CN1128573A CN94192590.0A CN94192590A CN1128573A CN 1128573 A CN1128573 A CN 1128573A CN 94192590 A CN94192590 A CN 94192590A CN 1128573 A CN1128573 A CN 1128573A
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李·J·康龙
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    • G09F11/00Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the complete information is permanently attached to a movable support which brings it to the display position
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The present invention provides a display device (30), particularly for use as a menu board in a restaurant or the like. The device (30) has at least two rotatable roller members (31 or 32) located in substantially parallel spaced apart relationship. Carrier means (38) is provided, tightly supported by and rotatable about the rollers (31 and 32) and adapted to receive at least one display means (36) thereon. Each of the carrier means (38) and said display means (36) are constructed at least partially of substantially flexible and translucent material. Illumination means (37) are provided behind at least a portion of said carrier means (38), to illuminate a viewing portion of said carrier means (38) and said display means (36) thereon. Most preferably, each display means (36) is sized and shaped to fit between a pair of adjacent rollers such that one or more discrete rest position(s) is/are automatically identified after said display device (30) is rotated, whereby, in said rest position(s), one of said display means (36) is centrally positioned between a respective pair of rollers (31 and 32).

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The present invention relates to display device, relate in particular to and be specially adapted to but not only be confined to the rotation display device of the rotation menu board of fast food restaurant.
The used menu board in fast food restaurant generally is arranged in overhead eminence more than two meters or be positioned at parallel track so that the automobile of process is seen of information desk rear and/or top.The difficulty of using this class menu board to be run into is: owing to be subjected to the size of menu board and the restriction of position, therefore be difficult to change menu, even change also very bothersome.
Some fast food restaurant usually uses two or more menus all day, for example breakfast or lunch and/or dinner menu.If use the menu board of prior art, the fast food restaurant with two or more menus all shows its all menus general all day, thereby thereby makes client Yin Tai loaded down with trivial details and misunderstand menu and waste time or be wrong dish.
For overcoming the problems referred to above, people have designed various rotation menu boards, for example the described rotation menu of the Australian Patent No.640211 board of Flori-da Plastics Midwest company.AU640211 has narrated a kind of rotatable display board that is made of a circular piece 56 (Fig. 7), and many recesses are arranged on the circumference of this circular piece.Vertical limit of a plurality of rigid plate 34 is connected to each other by hinge means.This hinge means 40,41 and recess 58 engagements, thus when with hand turning handle 62, this drum-shaped piece 56 passes through gear train 55 and mobile easily display board 34.
As can be seen, the device of AU640211 is made difficulty owing to component count is numerous, and operation is bothersome because moving the handle 62 that generally is positioned at 2 meters eminences overhead, and because design is complicated and comprise many movable members so be easy to damage.
The present invention aims to provide a kind of display device that can overcome the shortcoming of prior art.
The present invention also aims to provide a kind of display device, and it can alternately place a viewing position and one or more stowed position to a display unit, thereby carries out different demonstrations in the different schedule time in one day.
According to the structure of a generalized form, the invention provides a kind of display device, comprising:
The rotatable roller of at least two mutual spacings and parallel placement;
Tightly be enclosed within the toter that at least one display unit can be housed on the described roller, on it rotationally, at least a portion of all described toters and described display unit is made by flexible and trnaslucent materials; And
Be located at the lighting device at least a portion rear of described toter, the viewable portion of be used for throwing light on described toter and the described display unit on it.
According to a kind of most preferred structure, the size of display unit and shape are made and can be assemblied between a pair of adjacent roller, thereby after rotating described display device, can determine one or more rest positions of separating automatically, thereby, when on described rest position, one of described display unit is located in the middle part between this pair roller.
When implementing this display device, described toter is preferably the things such as belt that are enclosed within rotationally on described two rollers.
As another kind of preferred version, when implementing this display device, described toter resembles and is wound at least two described roller spares the reel.
In a preferred structure, described toter is to be made by the light-duty polycarbonate-based plastics of " LEXAN " and so on.
Described display device preferably includes translite film and/or printing opacity lath.
In a preferred structure, described translite film adheres on the above-mentioned toter with the transparent/translucent jointing material.
In another preferred structure of the present invention, described translite film installs on the described toter with a cover plate that is attached on the roughly whole described toter, makes each translite film between described toter and described cover plate.
In another preferred structure, described translite film installs on the described toter with hook one ring fastener of velcro (Velcro) and so on.
The most handy lath carrier arrangement of all above-mentioned laths installs on the described toter.
Preferably there is a lip to be used for supporting one side of a lath on the carrier arrangement of each above-mentioned lath.
Each lath preferably can be provided with at least one window portion, after the described window mark module can be housed.
In a preferred structure, each mark module comprises:
At least onely be roughly translucent carrier, a demountable badge card is housed in this carrier;
At least one coupling arrangement that described mark module is connected with described lath carrier arrangement.
Described coupling arrangement preferably includes at least one projection on the limit of each module, and this projection can be by described lath carrier arrangement fixing.
In a preferred embodiment, this display device also comprises drive unit, is used for driving at least one described roller spare, thereby at least one display unit is moved to viewing position or stowed position.
In one embodiment, described drive unit moves described toter continuously.
By another structure, the invention provides another embodiment, wherein, start above-mentioned drive unit discontinuously, thereby move on to described viewing position to one at least two display units at every turn.
Comprise with the matching used mark module of the display device with lath carrier and so on:
One module frame, its size and shape are made and can be packed between a pair of lath carrier; And
Display window device in the middle of described module frame, various show tags can insert this display window device or therefrom take off;
It is characterized in that at least one projection is arranged on the described module, this projection constitutes coupling arrangement, and above-mentioned projection makes described module to slide on described lath carrier.
From hereinafter in conjunction with the accompanying drawings to can more fully understanding the present invention the detailed description of non-limiting example, in the accompanying drawing:
In Fig. 1, Fig. 1 (a) is the schematic perspective view of display device one preferred embodiment of the present invention; Fig. 1 (b) is for being contained in the embodiment of this display device in the housing;
2 (a)-2 (f) of Fig. 2 are for can be used for the synoptic diagram of various roller devices of the present invention;
Each details of 3 (a)-3 (d) expression one embodiment of the present invention of Fig. 3 wherein, constitutes this display device by the suitable fixing a plurality of laths of lath carrier arrangement; And
The used mark of 4 (a)-4 (c) presentation graphs 3 embodiment of Fig. 4 shows the details of cover.
As shown in Figure 1, display device 30 comprises the rotatable roller spare 31 and 32 of a pair of spaced apart and parallel position.One toter, 33 elephant hide bands are contained between roller spare 31 and 32 like that.It can rotate towards arrow 34 direction arrows, 35 directions or along two directions 34 and 35 at every turn.Available manually or the unillustrated drive unit of Fig. 4 rotate this toter.But one of drive unit driving rolls spare 31 and 32, also driving rolls spare 31 and 32 simultaneously, thereby mobile selectively toter 33.At least one display unit 36 removably is housed on the toter 33.Embodiment shown in this figure preferably is provided with at least two display units, one in display device 30 front portions, a rear portion in display device 30.By starting drive unit, can move on to a viewing position or a stowed position to display unit 36.Also promptly, viewing position is positioned at the display device front portion, and stowed position then is positioned at the rear portion of display device.
Lamp or other lighting device are housed, so that illuminate the display unit 36 that is positioned at viewing position between the two roller spares 31 and 32.For this reason, at least a portion of toter 33 and demonstration 2 parts 36 is made with transparent and/or translucent material, so that light sees through.
Shown in Fig. 1 (b), display device 30 can be contained in the housing 39, and this housing 39 at the restaurant, can place the information desk back upper place in the bar, restaurant.As can be seen, display device 30 is contained in this housing 39, this display device 30 is just in the face of the client before the sales counter.
As mentioned above, available any known method removably installs to display unit on the toter, for example with window subsides and so on roughly transparent or semitransparent jointing material or any known method that other sticks easily and takes off, for example velcro, adhesive tape or the like.Thereby with electronic or electric hand drive unit be interrupted or continuously rotation roller 31 or 32 move to viewing position to one at least two display units at every turn, two or more display units are come alternately, shown discontinuously or continuously to promptly available display device.This can for example be used for showing at least two kinds of menus in the fast food restaurant, show a kind of menu at every turn, thereby shows a kind of menu when breakfast with the schedule time, and shows another kind of menu when lunch or supper.For example select in the morning 10 and will stop to show breakfast menu, change menu and show lunch menu with regard to need this moment.By handling display device, demonstrate the lunch menu thereby make drive unit obtain the rear portion to breakfast menu from the front portion of display device.
Available suitable control circuit is realized this manipulation automatically, and this drive unit can be manual, also can wait with a switch, electric elements/circuit to drive.
One of the feature that makes display device of the present invention be different from the display device of prior art is the material that is used for making the display device belt.According to the present invention, this belt or toter are with roughly flexibility and trnaslucent materials are made, also promptly, the makrolon material of toter or the most handy plastics of belt or " LEXAN " and so on is made, thereby belt tension is overlapped thereon between this pair roller 31 and 32 and rotationally.Use this class material can use the hand mobile display device easily, for example do not need bothersome ground operating grip shown in the Australian Patent 640211 prior art and do not resemble.The translucent characteristics of using the makrolon material of LEXAN and so on also to have to allow the light of lighting device 37 see through.Use this class can tightly be enclosed within on the roller but useful feature of light-duty belt be hereinafter to describe in detail " self-align property ".
As mentioned above, individual transparency 36 or some slat element can be placed on shown in the label 36 in the outline line, as can be seen, also can stick individual transparency or one group of slat element at the back side of belt 78.Obviously, as show tags the time, the bend of whole device or end also are that roller peripheral part then is provided with the bidding note, thereby show an effect unique of the present invention.Promptly because the natural equilibrium effect, display part branch navigates to " rest position " automatically, thereby display unit can only be positioned at the front or the back side, and can not stop in the front-back halfway, be to locate around roller 31 or 32.Because belt makes with lightweight material, and roller 31 and 32 runnings are steadily, therefore are easy to realize this point.
As mentioned above, can be attached to individual transparent software on the front or the back side of belt 38, in the frame of broken lines shown in label among Fig. 1 36, available glue, velcro, adhesive tape or the like method is sticked individual transparency.
Perhaps, also can install to a plurality of lath framves on the belt, thereby can be inserted into lath in the lath band easily.
Fig. 3 illustrates this battened construction, and Fig. 3 (a) is a front elevation, and Fig. 3 (b) is a side view.Fig. 3 (c) and 3 (d) illustrate the details of a lath respectively with front elevation and vertical view, can see, the lip rear of lath on every limit of a formation lath frame slipped in the lath frame.
Fig. 4 illustrates one and shows cover with the matching used mark of Fig. 3 battened construction, and Fig. 4 (a) and 4 (b) are respectively front elevation and side view.Because mark shows this unique design of cover, can shown in Fig. 4 (c), insert mark in the cover easily, then, be shaped on unique jut 40 owing to put, be inserted into the position and be fastened between a pair of lath thereby be convenient to cover.Lath slides into or skids off to move and show cover what demonstration put.This class module can be used for display device shown in the accompanying drawing in the different display device.
Those skilled in the art that can find out, obviously can make all changes and correction.
For example, those skilled in the art that scholar can see, according to the information content of required demonstration, can make all kinds of display device with different roller numbers.Fig. 2 illustrates the example of these all kinds of display device.A plurality of onesize rollers are used in Fig. 2 of Fig. 2 (a), 2 (b) and 2 (c) expression, and the roller than minor diameter is used in Fig. 2 (d) and 2 (e) expression, so that make the visible area " longer " on the display device front.Fig. 2 (f) expression is used can be for reel roller on it of toter.Fig. 2 (f) illustrated embodiment is specially adapted to the limited occasion in space.
But to those skilled in the art that scholar is conspicuous, and other change and revise of these and all should be considered and be included in the above-mentioned scope of the invention that broadly describes and broadly limited by appended claim.

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1. display device comprises:
The rotatable roller spare of at least two spaced apart and parallel placement;
Tightly be enclosed within the toter on the described roller rotationally, can load onto at least one display unit on it, at least a portion of each described toter and described display unit is made by being roughly flexibility and translucent material; And
Be located at the lighting device at rear of at least a portion of described toter, be used for throwing light on described toter with and on a visual position of described display unit.
2. by the described display device of claim 2, it is characterized in that, the size of each display unit and shape are made and can be contained between a pair of adjacent rollers, thereby after rotating described display device, establish one or more " rest positions " of separating automatically, thereby, on described rest position, the middle part of one of described display unit between this pair roller.
3. by claim 1 or 2 described display device, it is characterized in that described toter is belt that is enclosed within rotationally all above-mentioned rollers parts and so on.
4. by claim 1 or 2 described display device, it is characterized in that described toter resembles and is wound at least two described roller spares the reel.
5. by the described display device of above-mentioned arbitrary claim, it is characterized in that described toter is made with the light-duty polycarbonate-based plastics of " LEXAN " and so on.
6. by the described display device of above-mentioned arbitrary claim, it is characterized in that described display unit comprises translite film and/or lath.
7. by the described display device of above-mentioned arbitrary claim, it is characterized in that the described translite film usefulness roughly jointing material of transparent/translucent is adhered on the described toter.
8. by the described display device of above-mentioned arbitrary claim, it is characterized in that described translite film installs on the described toter with a cover plate that roughly covers whole above-mentioned toter, thereby each translite film is between described toter and described cover plate.
9. by the described display device of arbitrary claim in the claim 1-6, it is characterized in that described translite film installs on the described toter with hook one ring fastener of Velcro and so on.
10. by the described display device of above-mentioned arbitrary claim, it is characterized in that, can establish at least one window portion selectively on each lath, and can adorn a mark module behind the described window.
11., it is characterized in that having a lip to be used for supporting a limit of each lath on each described lath rack device by the described display device of above-mentioned arbitrary claim.
12., it is characterized in that by the described display device of above-mentioned arbitrary claim, can be provided with at least one window portion selectively on each lath, and, can adorn a mark module behind the described window.
13., it is characterized in that each mark module comprises by the described display device of above-mentioned arbitrary claim:
At least one is for the translucent carrier that is roughly of badge card reeve or taking-up;
At least one coupling arrangement is used for described mark module is connected on the described lath rack device.
14., it is characterized in that described coupling arrangement is included at least one projection on the limit of each module by the described display device of above-mentioned arbitrary claim, it can be by described lath rack device fixing.
15. by the described display device of above-mentioned arbitrary claim, it is characterized in that this display device also comprises drive unit, be used for driving at least one the roller spare in the described roller spare, thereby at least one display unit is moved on to viewing position or stowed position.
16., it is characterized in that described drive unit moves described toter continuously by the described display device of above-mentioned arbitrary claim.
17. by the described display device of above-mentioned arbitrary claim, it is characterized in that, operate described drive unit discontinuously and move on the viewing position mobile one at every turn to one at least two display units.
18., comprising with the matching used mark module of the display device with lath frame and so on:
One module frame, its size and shape are made and can be contained between a pair of lath frame; And
Be positioned at the display window device at described module frame middle part, insert wherein or therefrom take out for show tags;
It is characterized in that having a projection on the described mark module at least, thereby prevent that described mark module from sliding on described lath frame as coupling arrangement.
19. above-mentioned described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings display device and/or mark module.
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