DE7031761U - Sales facility for a range of goods - Google Patents

Description

PATENT LAWYERS

dr. W. Schalk dipl.-ing. P. Wirth dipl.-ing. G. Dan ν en berg

DR. V. SCHMIED-KOWARZIK · DR. P. WE IN HOLD · DR. D. G UDEL

6 FRANKFURT Alvi MAIN

CR. ESCHENHEIMER STRASSE 39

Da / Kt
8/24/1970

Ackermann-Göggingen Aktiengesellschaft Munich

Sales facility for a Warensor ⁴ ^ tent

The invention relates to a sales device for an assortment of goods with a supply of items Column-wise receiving container, on the front side of which the foremost article jscLsr column can be removed on display and automatically replaceable by the following article in the same column.

Such sales facilities are known and in the Usually designed for setting up and / or hanging up. The external shape of such known devices is in the Usually cuboid or with a trapezoidal cross-section, such that the front side is vertical, horizontal or below presents itself inclined at an angle, occasionally combining vertical and inclined surfaces became.

Since the front sides have a considerable extent, the view of the viewer, however, straight to this area Inevitably, not all areas of this surface are equally well manageable in the field of vision of the viewer, and there is also the disadvantage

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that those objects or articles in the lower area more and more by built-in locks on the front are covered, usually as a spring tongue; are designed to prevent the To prevent the foremost article of each row, but allow easy removal. Because of this visual obstruction the serving customer or the saleswoman must necessarily bend down or however far enough from the Step back on the front to cover all the objects on display and, for example, in the case of spools of thread fine gradation of the colors presented and to be able to use them accordingly.

In order to remedy this disadvantage of known sales facilities, the invention provides that the foremost Article of each column showing part of the front is curved from top to bottom concave towards the viewer.

Due to the concave curvature there is the possibility of all items on display on the front To present viewers from the same angle from top to bottom or vice versa. It is therefore also omitted the need to step back for an overview of what is happening in the cramped conditions of some business premises is crucial. The new way of displaying goods according to the invention is of particular importance for objects whose color is not hindered by built-in parts, such as holding devices and the like, and without any influence must be easily and unadulterated by the eye of the beholder due to different incidence of light.

In addition, there is a further advantage that the concavely curved front side according to the invention has an excellent optical effect and thus a sales device designed according to the invention is more attractive than that previously known such facilities designed.

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Since the already mentioned holding devices usually attack the individual objects laterally, tr & isüfi e * r> »r · ya &vr> v7Ti!? - * -! Zn AijsfnVi-rnnsrH-foysH df * τ · V.rfi nduns vccrere— see that the shafts receiving the individual columns are arranged essentially horizontally or only slightly inclined to the horizontal, namely running radially to the curved front side. As a result, the weight of the entire column does not bear on the foremost article, each one, but the automatic feed can be achieved with a light spring pressure in such a way that only one holder is required, which obstructs the view only minimally.

Furthermore, elongated articles, in particular sewing thread rolls, can be particularly expediently placed on edge one behind the other in such columns be arranged so that the brackets are not from above, restricting the field of vision, but from the side are attachable.

However, it can also be used, especially for light objects It may be advantageous for the shafts containing the individual columns to be approximately vertical, i.e. from back to front, i.e. to the front, inclined downwards. This has the advantage that, dispensing with a spring load in In a manner known per se, the feed takes place by the action of gravity.

Two preferred embodiments of the invention are explained in more detail below with reference to the drawing, for example, namely show:

Fig. 1 is a perspective front view of a sales facility according to the invention for sewing thread rolls;

FIG. 2 shows a section along line II-II of FIG. 1;

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"5 shows a section along line IH-III of FIG. 2;

4 shows a second embodiment of a sales facility according to the invention; and

FIG. 5 shows a vertical partial section through the embodiment according to FIG. 4.

In the first embodiment of the sales device according to the invention according to FIGS. 1-3, this is essentially Box-shaped sales device shown in which spools of thread 1 are provided for viewing and removal.

The front of the sales facility is composed of three sections, namely an upper section 6 with a substantially vertical surface, a lower section 7, which is further forward than the upper section 6 and also extends substantially perpendicularly, and the two sections 6 and 7 connecting the main part 8, which according to the invention is concave so that the viewer all reels 1 are presented practically perpendicular to the direction of view and thus free of reflections. May be it will be appreciated barrel in this way the colors of the individual articles or thread spools 1 not unfavorable light differently affected and therefore minor deviations of the individual color shades are clearly recognizable.

At the same time especially Fig. 1 shows that an inventive trained sales facility has an extremely attractive and modern form that is suitable for the Purpose, namely to encourage people to buy.

Each article 1 visible in Fig. 1 represents the foremost

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Copy of a column directed backwards into the interior of the box-shaped container, which is provided in a known manner with means to ensure automatic replenishment of the next article from the same column after removal of the foremost article. The individual columns are denoted by 3 in FIG. 2, and for the individual columns 3 there are in each case provided shafts 5 delimited by side walls 4 and upper and lower walls 2 and adapted to the format of the article 1. As the drawing shows, these shafts 5 run essentially horizontally or with a slight inclination to the horizontal in such a way that the shafts lie radially to the curvature of the section β of the front side.

In the exemplary embodiment, springs 9 are provided as means for the automatic advancement of the columns, which are supported against: a stationary plate 10 and an advancing plate 10 ¹ . On the side walls 4 attached springs of the retaining tongues 11 are used in a known manner to hold back the foremost article 1 of each column, but allow easy removal against the spring action.

The sections 6 and 7 of the front side can be designed practically as desired and are suitable for receiving Advertising taxes or the like .. In addition, between the series are ever attached columns of article 1 strips 8 * of the arched section 8 of the front side to accommodate Numbers or other designations of the articles provided in the individual columns.

It can be seen that the springs 9 only need to be dimensioned for a very small advance of the article 1, so that the holding devices 11 can be kept light and small. Through this and through the upright standing arrangement of the article 1 in the curved part 8 of the

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The caretaker receives an excellent windshield Overview of all Waran »ot.e only withdraw or Having to bend down to better see individual areas of the front.

In the second embodiment shown in FIGS. 4-5 is a Variant of a sales device according to the invention shown. Here is a narrower form with the items in a horizontal position 1 elected. The front side in turn consists of an upper section 12, a lower section 14 and between them * two, essentially vertical sections one main section 16 together, which is concavely curved according to the invention

The advantages are essentially analogous to those of the first exemplary embodiment, but - as can be seen from FIG. 5 is - the shafts 15 for the individual columns 13 of spools of thread 1 are arranged inclined downwards towards the front are. This means that springs are not required, but the individual rollers 1 under the action of gravity slide forward, where the respective front roller is prevented by a simple stop 17 ace falling out, however easily removable by slightly lifting the bayrist. The angle of inclination of the shafts 15 is not critical, since these could, for example, also be arranged more steeply. However, the arrangement shown is regarded as preferred insofar as than in the case of inclined shafts according to FIG. 5, elongated articles, such as spools of thread 1, are expediently arranged horizontally.

Of course, the invention is not limited to details of the example shown embodiments bound. A sales device according to the invention is also suitable for quite a number of articles instead of the spools of thread shown, for example. The use is also not on

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elongated or even rollenformige objects "limited _ä especially for the skilled person erkenpc'i * is the the inventive concave execution of the front side of a vending device for the most varied, serially darzubietenden objects with the same advantages can be used, and in an analogous manner to match the respective goods are executable.

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Claims (5)

Patent Attorneys ir V / ScMk, Dipl.-lr-δ · Γ · '' Dipl.-Ing. G. Donnonberg ,, .ι ,, c-T · τ ".! EimerStr.3S Protection claims: 1. Sales facility for & in assortment of goods with a Containers holding stocks of the individual items in columns, with the frontmost one on the front Articles of each column are shown removable and automatically by the following article of the the same column can be replaced, characterized in that the foremost article (1) of each column (3i 13) The pointing part (8; 16) of the front side is concave from top to bottom and is curved towards the viewer 2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the shafts (5) receiving the individual columns (3) essentially horizontally or radially to the curvature of the Front side (8; 16) running, are arranged. 3. Device according to claim 2, characterized in that the shafts (5) for columns of elongated articles, in particular sewing thread rolls (1), in an upright position are formed one behind the other. 4. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the individual columns (13) receiving shafts (15) are arranged inclined downwards from the rear to the front, i.e. towards the front side (14). 5. Device according to claim 4, characterized in that the shafts (15) for receiving elongated articles (1) in horizontal position are formed. 703176112.11.70