EP0214587B1 - Anzeigevorrichtung - Google Patents

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EP0214587B1
EP0214587B1 EP86112048A EP86112048A EP0214587B1 EP 0214587 B1 EP0214587 B1 EP 0214587B1 EP 86112048 A EP86112048 A EP 86112048A EP 86112048 A EP86112048 A EP 86112048A EP 0214587 B1 EP0214587 B1 EP 0214587B1
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Giuliano Ascari
Silvano Sighinolfi
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    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F11/00—Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the complete information is permanently attached to a movable support which brings it to the display position
    • G09F11/12—Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the complete information is permanently attached to a movable support which brings it to the display position the display elements being carried by endless belts, chains, or the like
    • G09F11/15—Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the complete information is permanently attached to a movable support which brings it to the display position the display elements being carried by endless belts, chains, or the like the elements being flexible sheets

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  • the present invention relates to a display device.
  • a display device In the field of advertising, it is known that it is of the utmost importance to have equipment which allows one to "convey" visual messages to the public, to attract attention to a specific desired subject.
  • US-A-3, 824, 721 is an outdoor travelling display device for a series of panels having signs thereon, in which panels are suspended freely in end-to-end relationship from an endless chain, maintained tensioned by a suspended weight and trained in a horizontal plane adjacent and beneath the top wall of a housing for the device.
  • the chain is maintained tensioned by a suspended weight and driven with a series of equally spaced dwells to index a panel behind a viewing screen of the device and hold the panel in position for viewing for a preselected time interval, and then index a next succeeding panel into a position for viewing.
  • a device comprising a frame rotatably supporting a plurality of rollers having axes and being arranged substantially parallel to each other, a plurality of flexible panels adapted for bearing subject matter to be displayed, link means interconnecting said plurality of panels to define a loop-like formation extending around said rollers, motor means for driving said loop-like formation of panels around said rollers, and tensioning means acting on at least one of said rollers for longitudinally tensioning the loop-like formation of panels in a direction perpendicular to said axes of said rollers, as defined in the precharacterizing clause of claim 1.
  • this device envisages tensioning of the loop-like formation of flexible panels in one direction perpendicular to the axes of the rollers, it cannot achieve tensioning of the panels in more than one direction, and in particular, it cannot achieve tensioning of the panels in a direction parallel to the axes of the rollers.
  • the technical aim of the present invention is to overcome the inconveniences encountered in the known types of display devices, and in particular to provide a display device which allows the tensioning of a loop-like formation of panels bearing signs to be displayed in more than one direction so as to maintain the panels in a perfectly taught condition, and preferably by permitting tensioning of a loop-like formation of panels in two substantially perpendicular directions.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide a display device which, as well as permitting said tensioning of the loop-like formation of panels in two substantially perpendicular directions, also allows the individual substitution of one or more of the plurality of advertisements or messages without necessarily implying the disassembly of the entire loop-like formation.
  • the display device according to the invention comprises a plurality of panels 2 and a frame 3, adapted for rotatably supporting a plurality of rollers 4 which in the illustrated example have substantially vertical axes, said frame 3 advantageously defining a substantially parallelepipedal form and has at least one open face wherethrough said panels 2 may be viewed.
  • Said rollers 4 are adapted for the tensioning and entraining said plurality of flexible panels 2, which are expediently joined together in a closed-loop formation, which is movable relatively to the frame and attached to traction means 5 which are arranged movable in related guides 6, which in the exemplified embodiment are horizontal and are placed at the base and at the top of the frame 3.
  • Adjustment means 7 are also provided for adjusting the tension of said closed-loop formation or belt of panels 2, as well as means 8 for illuminating the same, which will be described hereinafter.
  • Said traction means 5 are preferably composed of two substantially parallel chains 9, each chain being advantageously arranged in a corresponding closed-loop formation and adapted to be driven by drive means such as a motor 10.
  • anti-friction means 11 interposed between each chain 9 and the inner surfaces of the guides 6 are anti-friction means 11, which may comprise, for instance, inserts or liners, advantageously made of self-lubricating material.
  • the chains are also provided with a plurality of connection elements which, in the illustrated example comprise a plurality of plates 12, which are advantageously substantially equidistantly spaced from each other and adapted for engagement relationship with resilient elements 13, interposed respectively between the lower chain and the base edge 2a of each panel and between the upper chain and the top edge 2b of each panel 2.
  • the means 7 for adjusting the tension of the closed-loop formation of panels 2 advantageously comprise at least one adjustment roller 4a, which, in a similar manner to the rollers 4, is also freely rotatably mounted on the frame 3.
  • the ends of the roller 4a are supported by respective heads, which are provided with dowels 14, which dowels are slideable and selectively lockable at a desired position along holes 15, essentially extending parallel to each other and, in the case of employing substantially vertical rollers, as in the illustrated example, the holes 15 may be provided in the base and in the top of the frame 3, and define a substantially horizontal extension.
  • the panels 2 may be joined to each other by any suitable link means, e.g. a bound seam 16, as schematically illustrated in Fig. 2, clips, edge binders or the like link elements, to form a closed-loop formation or belt, which belt is simultaneously wound around the plurality of rollers 4, and he tensioning roller 4a, which, although in the illustrated embodiment are mounted vertically, may be alternatively mounted horizontally, when it is desired to provide vertically movable panels.
  • the rollers are freely rotatable, and supported by the frame 3.
  • each panel 2 in the plurality of panels are engaged, by elastic elements 13, interposed between the edges 2a, 2b and the plates 12, which are rigidly coupled to the chains 9.
  • the arrangement of the plurality of elements 13 ensures that the panels 2 are always properly automatically maintained in a taut condition in the direction of the axes of the rollers 4, whilst the arrangement of rollers 4 including the adjustment roller 4a, permits this result to be perfected in a horizontal direction by intervening on the adjustment elements 7, i.e. by sliding the dowels 14 along the respective slots 15 and locking them at a desired position, to preset the required tension of the belt or closed-loop formation of panels 2, in the direction of the longitudinal extension of the chains.
  • the chains entrain, in the case illustrated, the panels 2 in a horizontal direction, which can therefore alternate to the viewing of the public through one of the larger vertical faces of the frame 3.
  • any suitable external panels may be applied to the frame 3 as desired, to protect the mechanism from the elements, and to define any number of desired openings wherethrough the panels 2 may be observed. Such openings may define any desired conformation according to the optical effects one wishes to achieve.
  • one or more of such external covering elements or panels of transparent material, or the panels 2 themselves may be made of weather resistant material, advantageously a translucent material.
  • illuminating means 8 may also be provided, which can be arranged either behind the same panels 2, making them visible by making use of the partial transparency of the material which composes them, or by illuminating the'visible part thereof in a direct manner.
  • the new panel 2 is then positioned by reversing the procedure required to effect removal of the replaced panel.
  • the duration of the exposure of each panel can be extended for a preset time by an electronic programmer or by a time-controlled electromechanical device.

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1. Ausstellungseinrichtung (1) mit einem Rahmen (3), welcher eine Vielzahl von um Rollenachsen drehbare Rollen (4) trägt, die im wesentlichen parallel zueinander angeordnet sind, ferner eine Vielzahl von flexiblen Tafeln (2) zum Aufnehmen der darzubietenden Dinge, ferner Verbindungseinrichtungen (16) zum Verbinden der Tafeln (2) zu einer Anordnung in Form einer geschlossenen, um die Rollen (4) herum verlaufenden Schleife, ferner Antriebsmittel (10) zum Antreiben der schleifenartigen Anordnung der Tafeln um die Rollen (4) herum, sowie erste, wenigstens auf eine (4a) der Rollen wirkende Spannmittel (7, 14, 15) zum Längsspannen der schleifenartigen Anordnung von Tafeln (2) in einer ersten, rechtwinklig zu den Rollenachsen stehenden Richtung, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sie ferner wenigstens zwei Führungen (6) hat, die an im wesentlichen einander abgewandten Seiten des Rahmens (3) angeordnet sind und jeweils gleitend gelagerte Zugelemente (5, 9) aufnehmen, sowie ferner zweite Spannmittel (12, 13), die zwischen einander abgewandten Rändern (2a, 2b) der jeweiligen Tafeln der schleifenartigen Anordnung von Tafeln (2) und den Zugelementen (5, 9) angeordnet sind und die schleifenartige Anordnung von Tafeln (2) quer in einer Richtung spannen, die parallel zu den Achsen der Rollen (4) liegt.
2. Ausstellungseinrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die ersten Spannmittel (7) auf wenigstens eine Spannrolle (4a) wirken und daß sie mit der Spannrolle (4a) fest verbundene Fortsätze (14) umfassen sowie in einander gegenüberliegenden Flächen des Rahmens (3) ausgebildete Langlöcher, die sich quer zu den Achsen der Rollen (4) erstrecken, wobei die Fortsätze (14) in den Langlöchern (15) verschiebbar und in beliebigen Positionen arretierbar sind.
3. Ausstellungseinrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Zugelemente (5) Ketten (9) umfassen, die dazu ausgelegt sind, durch die Antriebsmittel (10) entlang den Führungen (6) bewegt zu werden und daß die zweiten Spannmittel elastische Elemente (13) umfassen, die zwischen den einander abgewandten Rändern (2a, 2b) der Tafeln (2) und den Ketten (9) angeordnet sind.
4. Ausstellungseinrichtung nach den Ansprüchen 1 und 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die zweiten Spannmittel (12, 13) ferner eine Vielzahl von Verbindungsplatten (12) umfassen, die starr mit den Ketten (9) verbunden sind, wobei die Vielzahl der elastischen Elemente (13) sich jeweils parallel zu den Achsen der Rollen (4) jeweils zwischen wenigstens einer dieser Verbindungsplatten (12) und einem der Ränder (2a, 2b) der Tafeln (2) erstrecken.
5. Ausstellungseinrichtung nach einem oder mehreren der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die ersten Spannmittel (7, 14, 15) im wesentlichen in einer rechtwinklig zu den zweiten Spannmitteln (12, 13) stehenden Richtung wirken, so daß jede Tafel (2) der schleifenartigen Anordnung in wenigstens zwei Richtungen gespannt wird.
6. Ausstellungseinrichtung nach Anspruch 1 und 3 oder 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die elastischen Elemente (13) von den Ketten (9) lösbar sind, so daß ein Austausch von Tafeln (2) der schleifenartigen Anordnung nach Lösen der Verbindungsmittel (16) möglich ist.
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IT8540091A IT1210154B (it) 1985-09-06 1985-09-06 Espositore verticale di una seriedi pannelli pubblicitari flessibili

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