DE102015102077A1 - Quantity - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a sales unit, comprising at least one goods shelf (2, 2 '), on the shelves (3) individual goods can be placed, wherein the goods shelf (2, 2') has at least one removal detection means which registers when a product from the Goods shelf (2, 2 ') is removed. As a result, losses due to theft can be reduced without impairing the sales atmosphere for a customer.

Description

The invention relates to a sales unit according to the preamble of the independent claim 1.

The proposed sales unit is intended for retail. Such sales units are used in particular in the vicinity of so-called Expresskassen in supermarkets or the like.

State of the art

The EN 20 2013 105 470 U1 shows a shelf system for cash desks. On the shelves so-called impulse products are stored, which cause a spontaneous purchase incentive with the customer in the checkout area.

However, such impulse articles are often stolen. The goods are difficult to monitor by the cashier, so the loss rate of such items is high.

Thefts can be prevented by grids that prevent the customer from accessing the shelf. The grids must be removed cumbersome from a cash on the purchase request of a customer. This is done either by acclamation or by an operating button that can be reached by the customer. Since booting up the grid always takes time, it reduces the customer's buying interest and lowers sales.

task

The object of the invention is to propose a sales unit which offers a suitable theft protection for pulse products and allows the customer easy access to the desired goods. The theft protection should be as discreet as possible and the customer should not be noticed. This reduces the evident distrust of the customer and increases the customer's incentive to buy.

The object is solved by the characterizing features of independent claim 1.

Advantageous embodiments of the invention are specified in the subclaims.

The sales unit proposed here consists of at least one goods shelf on whose shelves individual goods can be placed. As a rule, the goods will be so-called impulse articles, for example chewing gum, candy or cigarettes. The goods shelf has at least one removal detection means, which registers when a product is removed from the goods shelf.

Advantageously, the removal detection means is a light barrier or an RFID reader. Such removal detection means are not immediately apparent to the customer and very discreet. The customer thus finds a more pleasant buying ambience. Goods packaging can be easily provided with printed RFID tags. As a result, an RFID reader can detect a removal and possibly also provide further data, for example sales data, fill level data, etc., together with a suitable evaluation unit.

In a particularly advantageous embodiment of the invention, the sales unit has a vending machine. The vending machine, for example, as in the DE 20 2013 011 784 U1 be executed described. The vending machine has a goods store in which individual goods, such as cigarettes, are stored. Via a control panel, a customer can request goods from the goods storage. The requested goods are conveyed to a goods issue unit and can be reached there by the customer.

Advantageously, the sales unit has a signal means, which is coupled to the removal detection means in such a way that a signal is released in the case of a product removed from the goods shelf. If, for example, a customer breaks through the light barrier when accessing the shelf, a signal is output by the removal detection means, which in particular informs the cashier about the access. The cashier can then make sure that the goods are also billed and paid. The signal can be, for example, of an optical nature and realized by a lamp which is visibly illuminated for the cashier. But it can also be an audible signal that is advantageously directed towards the cashier and is not audible to the customer. Also possible is a combination of optical and acoustic signal.

Alternatively or additionally, a data signal can also be sent. This is, for example, a text message that is transmitted to the cash register of the cashier. Such a signal is particularly inconspicuous.

It is particularly advantageous that the sales unit has access limiting means which lock the goods shelf and / or deactivate the operating unit of the vending machine. This is necessary if the cashier leaves the cash register and the sales unit is unattended. For example, first access restriction means be designed as a grid or a flap made of composite or Plexiglas that lock the shelf. It may be provided digital access limiting means of a digital nature, which lock the control panel of the vending machine.

The invention is implemented particularly advantageously when a system comprising checkout counter and sales unit is combined. The sales unit facilitates the daily work of the cashier staff. If the invention is used as a system of a vending machine, a cash desk and a sales unit, personnel can be saved in the supermarket.

Theft protection is achieved on the one hand by light barriers on the shelves, so that when engaging in the shelf, a signal (eg acoustically or visually) can be triggered by flaps in front of the shelves, which also do this (in addition transmit an information signal to a handheld ) or by a controlled issue from the Smokythek only after approval by the staff. On the other hand, a purchase impulse is stimulated by acoustic, visual and olfactory stimuli.

Both Impulsanreiz and theft protection are in this form, especially in this combination, in the checkout zone, especially the express cash zone, new.

embodiment

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the drawings and will be explained in more detail below. It shows:

1 a perspective view of a sales unit.

The figures contain partially simplified, schematic representations. In part, identical reference numerals are used for the same but possibly not identical elements. Different views of the same elements could be scaled differently.

The 1 shows a perspective view of a sales unit 1 , The sales unit 1 has a goods shelf 2 . 2 ' on which in turn individual shelves 3 includes. On the shelves individual goods (not shown) can be stored.

The sales unit shown here 1 has a vending machine 4 on. The vending machine 4 has a goods store (not visible) in which individual goods (not shown) are stored. A customer can deliver these goods via a control panel 5 requests. The goods then become a goods issue area 6 promoted and can be taken by the customer.

If necessary, the goods shelf by folding 7 be blocked for customer access. The flaps 7 are preferably made of transparent material, such as Plexiglas, so that the goods located behind it is still visible. Locking the goods shelf is necessary if the counter of the supermarket is not staffed with cashiers. In this case can also electronically the control panel 5 the vending machine are locked so that no more goods can be requested from the goods storage by the customer.

In front of the shelves are light barriers (not shown) that register a customer's access. The access is by a signaling means, such as a signal light 8th , sent to the cashier. Now the cashier can pay increased attention to the payment of the goods.

The sales unit presented here 1 is usually placed near a checkout counter (not shown) of a supermarket or is directly coupled to the checkout counter. In the latter case, special synergy effects arise because a single control unit can control the functions of cash desk, goods rack and vending machine. Inventory can be monitored across functional elements.

The sales unit proposed here makes it possible to minimize losses due to theft without worsening the sales atmosphere for a customer.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1

 Quantity

2, 2 '

 goods shelf

3

 shelf

4

 Vending Machine

5

 Control unit / panel

6

 Goods issue area

7

 flap

8th

 signal light

QUOTES INCLUDE IN THE DESCRIPTION

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Cited patent literature

• DE 202013105470 U1 [0003]
• DE 202013011784 U1 [0011]

Claims (9)

Sales unit consisting of at least one shelf ( 2 . 2 ' ), on whose shelves ( 3 ) individual goods can be placed, the goods shelf ( 2 . 2 ' ) has at least one removal detection means, which registers when a product from the goods shelf ( 2 . 2 ' ) is taken. Sales unit according to claim 1, characterized in that the removal detection means is a light barrier or an RFID reader. Sales unit according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the sales unit ( 1 ) a vending machine ( 4 ) with a control unit ( 5 ) having. Sales unit according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the sales unit ( 1 ) a signaling means ( 8th ), which is coupled to the removal detection means such that a signal is released in a product removed from the goods shelf. Sales unit according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the signal is an acoustic and / or an optical signal and / or a data signal. Sales unit according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the sales unit ( 1 ) Access limiting means, - which the goods shelf ( 2 . 2 ' ) and / or - the operating unit ( 5 ) of the vending machine ( 4 ) deactivate. Sales unit according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the access limiting means are a grid and / or a flap ( 7 ) made of laminated glass and / or plexiglass. System consisting of cash desk and sales unit ( 1 ) according to claim 1. System from a vending machine ( 4 ), a cash desk and a sales unit ( 1 ) according to claim 1.

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