DE29619248U1 - Ring display - Google Patents

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Oshiko-Jewelry GmbH
Karlsruher Strasse 34
75179 Pforzheim

RING DISPLAY

The invention relates to a presentation aid for rings or the like (ring display) according to the preamble of claim 1.

Such a ring display is known from DE 44 11 056 C2. The known ring display does indeed provide a very advantageous display of the rings on offer, but it has the disadvantage that in order to completely remove or replace a ring, the entire presentation plate intended for numerous rings must be lifted or removed in order to release the safety thread carrying the weight from the weight or to reattach it to the weight. This can only be done from the back of the presentation plate.

The invention is therefore intended to improve a ring display of the type mentioned at the outset so that it can be operated from above, i.e. without lifting or removing the presentation plate.

D-78048 VS-Villingen · Waldstrasse 33 · Telephone 07721 56007 · Fax 07721 55164

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This object is achieved according to the invention by the features of claim 1.

The subclaims relate to advantageous embodiments of the invention.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is explained in more detail with reference to the figures. It shows:

Fig.l a schematic vertical section through a section of the ring display relating to a ring,

Fig.2 shows a schematic vertical section through the same section, rotated by 90° compared to Fig.1,

Fig.3 a schematic vertical section corresponding to Fig.1 with the ring raised relative to the presentation plate and the locking bar in the locking position,

Fig. 4 is a vertical section corresponding to Fig. 3 with the locking bar in the unlocking position,

Fig.5 a side view of the safety element used in the embodiment shown in the form of a bent wire part,

Fig.6 is a plan view according to arrow VI in Fig.l, and

Fig.7 a section along the line VII-VII in Fig.l with the ring and safety device removed.

For each ring, a generally funnel-shaped and, when viewed from above as shown in Fig. 6, approximately lens-shaped receiving recess 12 is sunk into the presentation plate 10, which in its lower middle area merges into a cylindrical socket 14 which forms a circular through-opening 16. The ring 18, which is to be presented upright in the receiving recess 12, is shown in Fig. 1 slightly above the receiving recess 12. A bent wire part, generally designated 20, has two elongated, approximately parallel legs 22 which are connected to one another at their upper end by a crosspiece 24 which is suspended in the ring 18. The opposite lower ends 26 of the legs 22 end unconnected, as can be seen in Fig. 5, and are angled inwards and upwards twice relative to one another. They therefore form a pocket 28 each, which can enclose the lower end of a cylindrical weight 30 with a spring-loaded clamping fit. This is the case in the illustrations in Figures 1 to 4. While in Figure 5 the two lower ends 26 are slightly bent apart, they overlap in the side view in Figure 2. The clamping force of the pockets 28 is further increased by two clamping lugs 32, which engage opposite sides of the weight 30.

In Fig.2, the ring 18 is drawn into the receiving trough 12 and is held in an upright position and in the longitudinal direction of the trough 12 by the weight 30. For a closer look and inspection of the ring 18, it can be lifted upwards from the receiving trough 12 into the position in Fig.3 according to the arrow 34. Further lifting of the ring is prevented by a locking bracket 36 protruding outwards from the circumference of the weight 3, which comes to a stop on the lower edge of the nozzle 14. It is in a

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surface of the weight 30 is pivotably mounted asymmetrically about an axis 38 in a radial slot 40 which is open towards the surface of the weight 30, such that it due to the asymmetrical suspension it automatically adjusts itself to the locking position as shown in Fig.3 by gravity. The radial slot 40 merges into a central bore 42 of the weight 30, which opens upwards into an insertion funnel 44 which ends in the cover surface 46 of the weight 30.

In the locking position of the locking bracket 36 according to Fig.3, it strikes the inner wall of the bore 42 opposite the radial slot 40 and is held in this position by gravity, since the part of the locking bracket 36 protruding outwards from the axis 38 is heavier than the part protruding into the bore 42. By striking the locking bracket 36 on the lower edge of the nozzle 14, the ring 18 cannot be pulled up any further from the receiving recess 12 than is shown in Fig.3.

If, however, the ring 18 is to be removed completely and possibly replaced by another ring, a mandrel 48 can be inserted with its thinner front end 50 into the insertion funnel 44 and then into the bore 42 according to the arrow 52 in Fig.4, whereby the part of the locking bracket 36 protruding into the bore 42 is pressed downwards until an approximately central flat 54 of the locking bracket 36, located near the axis 38, is aligned parallel to the mandrel 48, 50 and thus to the wall of the bore 42. If this is the case, a larger flat 56 parallel to it on the outside of the locking bracket 36 is flush with the outer surface of the cylinder 30. As a result, the locking bracket 36 no longer protrudes from the outer contour of the weight 30. Since the cross-section of the cylindrical weight 30 is slightly smaller than the passage opening 16 of the nozzle 14, it is

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In this position of the locking bracket 36, it is possible to pull the weight 30 upwards out of the receiving recess 12 according to the arrows 58 in Fig.4 and to detach it from the bent wire part 20. To do this, it only has to be removed from the pockets 28 at the lower ends of the legs 22. The ring 18 can then be pushed along one leg 22 to the lower end 26 and removed from it. After hanging a new ring in the bent wire part 20 and securing the weight 30 in the pockets 28, the weight can then be pushed back down through the socket 14 and brought into the position according to Fig.2. After passing through the nozzle 14, the locking bracket 36 automatically falls back into the locking position according to Fig.3 by gravity, so that the new ring 18 can be raised into the position shown in Fig.3, but cannot be completely detached from the presentation plate 10. This means that the entire operation of the ring display from above is very simple, without the presentation plate 10 being raised or removed from a frame.

Claims (10)

JiG ;&:g&RTNER PATENT ATTORNEY* EiJROPeUn»PATENT&Ngr;*&Ggr;*ÄWORNEYS u.Z.raadOOS PROTECTION CLAIMS 1. Presentation aid for rings or the like (ring display) with a presentation plate that is essentially horizontal or slightly inclined and has a multiplicity of funnel-shaped and, when viewed from above, elongated receiving recesses, each with a passage opening at their lowest points, whereby a safety element carrying a weight is passed through each of the passage openings, which also passes through the associated ring, so that the ring is automatically pulled downwards into the receiving recess and is held aligned in the longitudinal direction of the same, characterized in that the weight (3 0) carries a locking bracket (3 6) that can be moved between a blocking position (Fig. 3) that blocks the passage of the weight (30) through the passage opening (16) and enlarges the outline of the weight (3 0) and a blocking position that allows the passage of the weight (30) through the passage opening (16) and does not enlarge the outline of the weight (30). enlarging unlocking position (Fig.4) by operation from the outside of the presentation plate (10). 2. Ring display according to claim 1, characterized in that the locking bracket (36) is pivotally mounted in a slot (40) of the weight (30), the slot (40) being open at the side and at the top, so that the locking bracket D-78048 VS-Vi!!ingen · Waldstrasse 33 - Telephone 07721 56007 · Fax 07721 55164 (3 6) can be adjusted from above through the opening (16). 3. Ring display according to claim 2, characterized in that the locking bracket (36) is mounted asymmetrically in the slot (40) in such a way that it automatically falls into the locking position (Fig.3) by gravity and can be adjusted into the unlocking position (Fig.4) by a mandrel (48, 50) inserted from above through the passage opening (16) into a bore (42) of the weight (30) that is open at the top. 4. Ring display according to claim 3, characterized in that the bore (42) of the weight (30) opens at the top into an insertion funnel (44) for the mandrel (48, 50). 5. Ring display according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the passage opening (16) is formed by a circular cylindrical nozzle (14) and the weight (3 0) has a cylindrical shape. 6. Ring display according to claim 5, characterized in that the bore (42) extends centrally in the cylindrical weight (30) and opens into the upper cover surface (46) and that the slot (40) extends from the bore (42) extends radially to the outer surface of the cylindrical weight (30). 7. Ring display according to claim 6, characterized in that the locking bracket (36) in the locking position (Fig.3) abuts against the wall of the bore (42) opposite the slot (40) and in the unlocking position (Fig.4) with a first flattening (54) on the part (50) of the mandrel (48) located in the bore (42) and a second flattening (56) is flush with the outer surface of the cylindrical weight (3 0). 8. Ring display according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the securing element consists of a bent wire part (2 0). 9. Ring display according to claim 8, characterized in that the wire bent part (20) has two elongated legs (22) and a crosspiece (24) connecting them, which rests on the inside of the ring (18), and that the lower ends (26) of the legs (22) are fixed to the weight (30). 10. Ring display according to claim 9, characterized in that the lower ends (26) are bent upwards and each enclose the weight (30) by means of a pocket (28) with a resilient clamp fit.