CZ20033571A3 - Modular elements in the form of shelves and display - Google Patents

Abstract

A shelf box-type modular elements for stacking and presenting two-dimensional piece goods in a substantially vertical orientation, which elements can be introduced into a rack or frame. The modular elements are trays that are parallel-piped in at least their ends zones, with an angle (alpha, beta, gamma) smaller 90°, that remain open towards the top and that have a low-cut portion on the front wall. The front wall can also be transparent. A display consisting of a rack or frame includes at least one vertical compartment, open towards the front, and having trays introduced individually one on top of the other. The lateral walls and the intermediate walls of the vertical compartment(s) are provided with elements fro introducing and fixing the trays at an angle. The elements are arranged in such a manner that the front wall and the lateral walls of the trays extend in a substantially vertical orientation.

Description

Modular elements in the form of shelf cabinets and display

Technical field

The invention relates to modular elements in the form of rack cabinets for approximately vertical stacking and presentation of flat-shaped piece goods, which elements can be placed in a rack or in a rack. Further, the invention relates to a display in the form of a rack or shelf with at least one chamber, lid and base open in advance, the chamber being filled with individual trays which are placed one above the other.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Previously, in the case of flat piece products, efforts were often made not only to transport, store and offer these goods on the shelf, but also to place them in the customer's field of view as representative displays. At the same time, these displays should be capable of transporting flat piece goods by simple additional measures. Chocolate sheets, as an example of flat-shaped piece goods, were generally offered in an assortment carton in which the tables are arranged in compartments horizontally or vertically. In both cases, the customer will remove the desired product as needed.

In this way, individual stacks are offered at significantly different heights, respectively. depth. In such a case, the store's staff must constantly take care of adding the goods and adjusting them so that the overall impression of the customer is positive, which is laborious and entails considerable extra costs. In particular, large-scale distributors lack satisfactory displays to address all requirements in a satisfactory manner.

US-A-5322727 discloses a collapsible display also with collapsible trays for storing flat piece goods. The trays are rectangular in x, y and z directions and have a cut-out from the front. However, after removal of the piece products, additional goods must be moved manually towards the front.

The invention has set itself the object of improving the transport, presentation, collection and replenishment of flat-shaped piece goods, which should be roughly vertically stacked and presented in modular elements of shelf-box shape, with the individual elements sliding into a rack or shelf.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

According to the invention, the problem of modular elements is solved by the fact that at least in the edge region these modules are designed as parallelepiped trays with at least one angle less than 90 °, which remain open from above, then open from the front and / or transparent.

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Modular elements in the form of shelf cabinets, hereinafter referred to as trays, which are inserted, suspended or placed in a rack or shelf, are known from the prior art. However, these known trays always have a cuboid or cubic shape. At the same time, the attractive or even conspicuous presentation usually lapses.

Parallelograms, the basic geometric concept, is a three-dimensional body that is bounded on all sides by parallelograms, and at least one of the parallelograms is not a square or rectangle. In the case of the present invention, at least the base surface is formed as a non-rectangular parallelogram. Preferably, however, the side surfaces, front and rear walls also have a non-rectangular or non-square shape.

The bottom surface (bottom) of these parallelepiped trays is generally flat and corresponds to piece products of flat shape. However, if these products do not have a planar mounting surface or edge, the bottom surface of the tray may have the necessary shape. For example, in the case of flat vertical jars, the bottom surface of the trays in the central part may have the shape of a cylindrical shell. This is obviously advantageous over a flat bottom, since the trays in this case need not have special guide rails or the like. Furthermore, it is advantageous for piece products that occupy the entire width of the tray to have a guide groove in the bottom of the tray.

Flat-shaped products which fit into the bathtubs must slip forwards even at a relatively small bathtub angle. In other words, the bottom of the trays must be as smooth as possible and therefore have a low coefficient of friction. If this cannot be achieved with the material of the trays themselves, the bottom surface must be coated. The required slipping must, of course, also allow the geometrical arrangement of the bottom surface of the trays, depending on the type of goods exhibited.

Basically, the trays must be made of sufficiently rigid material, taking into account the weight, dimensions, shape and sliding properties of the piece goods to be stored. For example, the trays can be made of corrugated cardboard and folded from metal sheet and edged or made as a molded part. Of course, economic and ecological aspects must also be taken into account during production. If the bottom of the trays is not flat, it is possible, in particular or exclusively, to manufacture the trays by injection molding, and appropriate waste disposal must also be ensured.

In particular, the invention offers pairs of mirrors or pairs. planar symmetrical arrangement of trays. After placing the trays into the display, their faces form a zigzag surface which can be viewed at all oblique angles better than when the face is planar.

With regard to displays, the object of the invention is solved by providing the side walls and partition walls of the vertical chambers with means for inclined insertion and fixation of the trays. These means are then positioned so that the front and side walls of the trays are roughly vertical, with the bottom surface of the trays enclosing the horizontal inclination angle (β ') corresponding to (90 ° - β) and laterally the inclination angle (β). γ ⁴ ), which corresponds

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The means for oblique insertion and fixation of the trays is therefore dependent on the geometry of the trays in terms of their position. With the exception of the special case of the rectangular and square fronts of the trays, the trays must be inclined not only forwards but also laterally so that all the side walls of the trays are aligned vertically. As used herein, the term " vertically " means a deviation from the vertical of at most 5 [deg.], Preferably 2 [deg.]. The vertical alignment of all the side surfaces of the trays in the display, which are essentially parallelepiped, is of practical importance, otherwise the racks or racks would have to be designed in a more complicated manner, which would cause problems for their operation and customers.

The number and arrangement of vertical chambers in displays is in principle arbitrary and is determined by practical and visual factors. Most often, the chambers are placed side by side so that the alternating planarly symmetrical trays create a zigzag surface with their faces. For production technology reasons, the trays should have one or at most a few standard sizes and the displays will then adapt accordingly. The displays themselves should preferably be dimensioned to have a standardized pallet size, including the base area, and a smaller or a half or quarter size. The rack or shelf can also be designed to provide a zigzag surface of the trays on the front and back of the display, which is easy to consult.

For the transport of displays, they must be protected, as is well known, by a plug-in cover, for example, adapted to the hatch, which must extend to the base of the display, possibly even below, and be adequately reinforced. The tray displays according to the invention are suitable for transporting, storing, presenting and picking up flat pieces of all kinds, for example chocolate tables, compact discs, books and at least semi-solid bags. In addition to the always desired objective of good presentation of goods with full-screen optical effects, the invention also has the following additional advantages, for example:

- the oblique position of the front side of the trays gives more space so that, given the spatial conditions, it is possible to present more piece products of a flat shape.

The optimum front view is obtained by an alternative arrangement of the trays into a zigzag surface, which guarantees an optimum angle of view of the goods from each location;

the shapes designed according to the invention allow for the automatic slipping of other products by gravity when picking up the front product. Slipping always occurs in a stable position, the overturning of piece products requires due to the proposed geometry to be avoided;

- the arrangement enables constant presentation of the products, especially the goods label, respectively. marks throughout the entire period of collection of the goods;

- the display itself can be designed in a variety of ways, in particular in rows with a front side, a front side and a rear side, in the form of half or whole cylinders. In all versions, extremely high display stability can be achieved;

- for half-sold display it is possible to replace full trays for half-empty etc. by modules.

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the tray; FIG. 2 is a basic mirror shape of FIG. 1 molded from corrugated board prior to folding; FIG. Fig. 4 is a view of the central display strut; Fig. 5 is a view of the uncomplicated side wall of the display; Fig. 6 is a view of an unfolded long partition wall; Fig. 7 is a view of an unfolded short partition wall; and Fig. 9 shows a double plug-in connection of a side wall of the display.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The tray 10 shown in FIG. 1 is made of rigid corrugated board in the shape of FIG. 2. The stable shape of the parallelogram tray 10 is provided by four adhesive feet 12, 14.

The bottom surface 16 of the tray 10 (i.e. its bottom 16) has a parallelogram shape with an angle α = 60 to 85 °, preferably 65 to 75 °, most preferably about 70 °. The data refer to a 360 ° division of the circle circumference. An arcuate recess 18 and four locking projections 20 are punched from the bottom surface 16, the projections lying in the plane of two parallel side walls 22, which also have a parallelogram shape. The side walls form an angle γ. The rear wall 24 and the front wall 26, which also have a parallelogram shape and are inclined at an angle β, are also closed in parallel. The front wall 26 has two cut-outs in the region of the side walls 22.

It will be appreciated that the tray 10 has a basic parallelepipedal shape with parallelogram surfaces on all sides. In contrast to the angle β, which lies in the same angular range as the angle α, both angles being identical or non-identical, the angle γ is in the range of 70-90 °, preferably between 75-85 °, conveniently at about 80 °, relative to the horizontal.

FIG. 3 shows a display 30 with trays W disposed in five chambers 32.

Although this is shown for only one tray, all trays 10 are filled with piece products of flat shape 34 having a roughly vertical position.

The trays 10 are slid into the rack, respectively. of the rack 36 of the display 30 such that the bottom of the trays 16 is inclined at an angle β. 90 ° - β forward and towards the side retaining wall 38 at an angle γ ‘, ie. 90 ° - γ. (see Fig. 1). Thus, the side walls 22, the rear wall 24 and the front wall have

26 of the tray 10 inserted into the display approximately a vertical position.

From Fig. 3, where neither the lids nor the base plates are drawn, the following details can be recognized: the display 30 is open from both sides, the trays 10 can also be retracted from behind, the chambers 32a, 32b and chambers 32c, 32d alternately long and short The length of these partition walls 42, 44 is adapted to the trays 10. The front wall of the display 30 thus forms a zigzag surface, as indicated by the line 46. It has already been mentioned that by this measure the front wall of the display 30 and the front wall 30 respectively. the available end wall 26 and thus the piece goods 34 can be seen better from all angles.

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In the side walls 38 and in all the partition walls 42, 44 there are embossed openings 40 which determine the position of the trays 10. For the side walls 38 the double plug connections 48 are inserted through these openings (see FIG. 9). connection

50 (see FIG. 8), which engage behind the locking lugs 20 (see FIG. 1) of the trays 10.

Thus, the trays 10 act as crossbars and provide very solid stability to the entire display 30.

Fig. 4 shows a central strut 52, which is not visible in Fig. 3 and is made in the same way as the side walls 38 and partition walls 42, 44 of solid rigid corrugated cardboard.

The punched holes 58 of the central strut 52 shown in FIG. 4 are positioned vertically and serve to accommodate the latching projections 54 of the partition walls 42, 44 (see FIGS. 6, 7). The latching lugs 56 of the center strut 52 are hinged into the vertical punched holes 58 of the side walls 38 (see FIG. 5) of the display. Grooves 60, 62 are also provided in the central strut, which serve to accommodate the latch members of the lid 64 and the base 66 and are indicated here in dashed lines only.

FIG. 5 shows the unfolded side wall 38 of the display 30 (see FIG. 3). The two side slats are folded along the two double drawn folding lines 68 and then glued together. The punched holes 40, 58 are exactly one above the other. As already mentioned, the double push-fit connectors 48 (see FIG. 3) fit into the punched holes 40, and the latching tabs 56 of the central strut 52 (see FIG. 4) then engage into the punched holes 58. β ⁴ , both front and back. The angle β ⁴ (90 ° - β) defines the bottom inclination of all trays 10 forward.

The long partition 42 of FIG. 6, which is folded around the drawn fold line, determines the inclination angle β ^{4 of the} bottom 16 of the trays 10 with its punched holes 40. After punching, the punched holes 40 lie exactly one above the other. The latching lugs 54 engage the vertical openings 58 of the center strut 52, as previously mentioned. The distance α1 from the upper edge 70 determines the level of all the punched holes 40 having the same mutual distance.

The short partition 44 of FIG. 7 differs from FIG. 6 by its width, as it corresponds to its name. Furthermore, the distance a2 of the uppermost punched hole 40 from the top edge 72 is slightly less than the distance a d of the long partition 42. This creates a slope γ ⁴ (90 ° γ) of the bottom 16 of the trays 10 in the direction of one side wall 22. , due to the slopes β ⁴ and γ ^{4, the} side walls 22, the rear wall 24 and the front wall 26 in the display 30 (see Fig. 3) have a roughly vertical position.

FIG. 8 shows the plug-in connection 50 of FIG. 3 in detail. The two circular protrusions 74, which are spaced apart from each other, have one opening 76 and are connected by a bridge 78. The plug connections 50, which are flat, pass through the circular protrusions 74 in each case through one of the punched holes 40 of the partition 42, 44. until the bridge 78 hits. When the trays 10 are placed in the vertical chamber 32, the locking lugs 20 (see FIG. 1) are inserted into the interspace of the aperture 76 formed by the dashed partition 42, 44 and the round protrusion 74 until the bottom 16 of the tray 10 strikes the flat connection • «· 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9999

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50. The locking lugs 20 automatically provide a solid locking which also increases the stability of the entire display 30 (see FIG. 3). Finally, in detail, FIG. 9 shows the double plug-in connection 48 shown in FIG. 3. The four round protrusions 48 in the side walls 38 can be overlaid with a decorative cover sheet (not shown), further improving stability and damage protection, and sticking. it may contain advertising links. The side wall 38 of the display 30 is shown only in dashed lines, when the trays 10 are inserted, the locking lugs 20 are pushed into the space between the side wall 38 and the circular lug 78, resulting in a further stabilizing locking.

Claims (15)

PATENT CLAIMS 1. Shelf cupboard modular elements for approximately vertical storage and presentation of piece-like flat products (34), which elements can be placed in 5 of a rack or shelf (36), characterized in that the modular elements are formed by trays (10) which at least in the edge region have a parallelepiped shape with at least one of the angles (α, β, γ) less than 90 ° remaining above open, the cutout (28) on the front side and / or at least these frontal grooves are made transparent, 10 Modular elements according to claim 1, characterized in that the angle (α) of the bottom edges (16) of the trays (10) and the angle of inclination (β) of the front and rear walls lie between 60 ° and 85 °, preferably 65 ° 75. And that the inclination angle (γ) of their side walls (22) lies in the range of 70 ° - 90 °, preferably 75 ° - 85 °, both the inclination angles (β) and (γ) being considered in relation to the horizontal. 15 Dec Modular elements according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that at least two, preferably four, downwardly bent locking projections (20) are arranged in the region of the side walls (22) of the trays (10). Modular elements according to one of Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the bottom (16) The 20 trays (10) at a distance from the side walls (22) have a shape adapted to the product to be exhibited, preferably in the form of a cylindrical shell or a groove oriented in the direction of the front wall (26). Modular elements according to one of Claims 1 to 4, characterized in that it is an inner surface The bottom (16) of the tray (10) is adjusted to a minimum coefficient of friction. Modular elements according to one of Claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the cut-out (28) has a shape corresponding to the product and / or is coated. 30 Modular elements according to one of Claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the trays (10) are punched out of corrugated board and are folded and / or punched out of metal sheet and edged and / or formed by injection molding. Modular elements according to one of Claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the trays (10) 35 are made in pairs in two mirror variants. A display (30) for the modular elements according to items 1 to 8 consisting of a rack or shelf (36) with at least one vertical chamber (32) which is open from the front, a lid (64) and a base (66), 32) is filled with trays ( 10), 40 which are arranged one above the other, characterized in that the side walls (38) and the partition walls (42, 44) of the vertical chambers (32) are provided with means for inclined insertion and fixation of the trays (10), front wall (26) and lateral boční φ · · · • • φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ • φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ a vertical course, with their lower surface having an inclination angle (p ') corresponding to the angle (90 ° β) with respect to the horizontal and laterally an angle (y') corresponding to the angle (90 ° - γ). 10. The display of claim 9 wherein adjacent vertical chambers (32a, 32b, 32c, 32d, 32e) may comprise alternatively planarly symmetrically different trays (10) which lie pairs mirror-like to each other and form a zigzag face (46). Display according to claim 9 or 10, characterized in that the stand (36) consists of folded corrugated board 10 and the side walls (38) of the partition (42, 44) and the middle struts (52) are connected to each other by plug-in connections. 48, 50) and with lid (64) and rootstock (66). Display according to one of Claims 9 to 11, characterized in that the plug-in connections (48, 50) are at the same time means for the inclined positioning and fixing of the trays (10). Display according to one of Claims 9 to 12, characterized in that its side walls are covered with posters. Display according to one of Claims 9 to 13, characterized in that it is protected during transport by a hatch which is stabilized by reinforcement and is pulled down to the base (66). Use of a display (30) according to one of Claims 9 to 14 with trays (10) according to one of Claims 1 to 8 for transporting, storing, presenting and collecting chocolate tables, CDs, books and bags.