Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
  • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
  • B42D1/00—Books or other bound products
  • B42D1/08—Albums

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a document display comprising at least one row of pockets provided with transparent envelopes arranged to contain said documents, a support arranged to support said pockets and a removable connecting device arranged to fix said pockets on said support in such a manner that these pockets can pivot about an axis substantially parallel to one of their sides in the manner of the pages of a book, said connecting device comprising a connecting piece disposed along one side of each pocket, and means receiving devices arranged on a front face of the support and arranged to pivotally and removably support said connecting pieces of said row of pockets, each of said connecting pieces comprising protruding means which define a pivot axis parallel to said side of the pocket and located at a distance from said envelope, and the reception means comprising at m oins a row of housings in which said protruding means engage by an axial movement parallel to the pivot axis, said protruding means comprising a pivot rod arranged parallel to said side of the pocket, the connecting piece comprising a retaining strip between this rod and
• Music stand or wall supports generally consist of a simple metal plate supported by a back leg or fixed to a wall and whose upper edges and lower are bent at right angles forward. These folded edges are each provided with a row of through holes and arranged to receive the corresponding pivots of said pockets.
• the known supports are designed to receive a defined number of transparent pockets and cannot be assembled together so as to multiply this number. Bones are therefore not modular.
• the user must use both hands to slightly deform the corresponding pocket so as to introduce or disengage the pivots from said orifices in the support.
• the American publication US-A-4426007 describes a storage device for flexible floppy disks using several pockets arranged to receive said floppy disks and designed to be removably mounted in a support.
• Each pocket is carried by a connecting piece fixed along one of its edges and provided with a pivot rod.
• the support comprises several parallel grooves arranged to pivotally receive said pivot rod.
• Each groove has a relatively flexible retaining element for engaging the pivot rod in said groove.
• the establishment of a pocket in the support requires the introduction of one end of the rod into an upper housing of said support then the forceful engagement of the rod in the groove.
• the pocket can be mounted in either direction.
• the European publication EP-A-0438034 describes an album whose pages are removable. Each page is provided with a connecting piece equipped with a pivot rod. The back of the album is provided at its upper and lower ends with two rows of aligned and opposite housings, arranged to receive the ends of said rod. One of the rows of housings can be provided with a removable closing cover to facilitate the positioning of the pages. As in the device described in the American publication, the operations of placing and removing a page are not instantaneous and no orientation device has been provided.
• the object of the present invention is to overcome the drawbacks mentioned above by producing a display unit, the design of which has been the subject of a more in-depth study, in particular in the form of the various constituent elements, so that said display unit is easily modular in order to increase the number of pockets per support, flexible to receive several pocket formats, versatile to be used both in desk and wall version, simple to handle and can preferably be equipped with orientation means to avoid '' invert the pockets on their support.
• a display as defined in the preamble characterized in that the connecting device advantageously comprises an orientation device arranged to prevent a pocket from being mounted upside down on the support, this device comprising, on the support and on the connecting piece of each pocket, respective parts arranged to abut one against the other to prevent the engagement of said protuberant means in the receiving means, or to prevent the pivoting of the connecting piece, when the pocket is arranged upside down.
• the connecting device advantageously comprises an orientation device arranged to prevent a pocket from being mounted upside down on the support, this device comprising, on the support and on the connecting piece of each pocket, respective parts arranged to abut one against the other to prevent the engagement of said protuberant means in the receiving means, or to prevent the pivoting of the connecting piece, when the pocket is arranged upside down.
• the receiving means comprise, near said housings, at least one front opening enabling said protruding means to be engaged in the housings first by a movement perpendicular to the pivot axis, then by said axial movement.
• the pivot rod advantageously comprises at least one protruding free end which has an additional thickness to form an indexing head.
• the orientation device comprises an asymmetrical configuration of the retaining strip and may include a spout formed on this strip.
• the receiving means advantageously comprise at least one insertion opening arranged as an extension of the groove and wider than the groove to allow the indexing head of the pivot rod to pass during said perpendicular movement.
• the grooves can be delimited laterally by guide elements which extend in front of housings arranged to receive said indexing heads.
• the front face of the support may laterally comprise at least one pair of prominent stops, integrated into said support and arranged to limit the pivoting of said pockets.
• the support comprises, on its lateral faces, removable coupling means arranged to assemble several supports together.
• removable coupling means advantageously comprise a male part provided on one of the lateral faces and a complementary female part provided on the other lateral face, these coupling means additionally comprising latching means.
• FIG. 1 is a plan view of a transparent pocket intended to contain a document
• FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view along the line D-IT of FIG. 1
• FIG. 3 represents a front elevation view of the support of the display rack according to the invention
• FIG. 4 is a partial sectional view along the line IV-IV of FIG. 3,
• FIG. S is a side view of the display unit according to the invention in section along the line N-N in FIG. 3, and
• Figures 6a to 6d show other embodiments of a transparent bag according to the invention.
• the display according to the invention comprises a plurality of transparent pockets 20, arranged to contain documents carrying information, and at least one support 40 arranged to receive said pockets 20 by means of a removable connection and pivotable so as to be able to rotate the pockets 20 like the pages of a book.
• the transparent pocket 20 as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, comprises an envelope 21 produced in a known manner by two rectangular sheets 22, 23 made of flexible synthetic material, superimposed and assembled by welding.
• the sheet 23 located on the back of the envelope has a height less than that located at the front to leave an opening 24 allowing the passage of a document 25.
• the complete perimeter of this pocket is rigidified by a metal wire 26 or other, covered with a protective profile 27 of flexible synthetic material placed around said wire and welded on the four sides of the envelope 21.
• On one of the lateral sides 28 of the pocket is provided a connecting piece 30 intended to couple removably this pocket 20 to the support 40 which will be described later.
• This connecting piece 30 is made of semi-rigid or rigid synthetic material, for example according to an injection process.
• the rod 31 serving as a pivot and an orientation device 32, these elements being connected by a retaining strip 33.
• the retaining strip 33 extends along the side 28 of the pocket 20 and is rigidly attached to it at the by means of one or two lips 33 ′ which may be on one or two sides of the protective strip 27.
• the rod 31 is carried by the middle part of this strip 33 over a height Hl. It is arranged parallel to the side 28 of the pocket, distant from it by a distance Dl and defines a pivot axis 34. It has two free ends having a 591 1
• the retaining strip 33 runs along the side 28 of the pocket 20 with a width D2 less than Dl.
• the orientation device 32 provided with a spout 35 whose width D3 is at least equal to D1, this spout 35 being at a distance H3 from the upper end 31a of the rod 31.
• the support 40 as illustrated by FIGS. 3 to 5, comprises a box-shaped frame 41, provided with a front face 42 equipped with means 60 for receiving said transparent pockets 20, with a rear face 43, with two faces lateral 44, 45, of a lower face 46, arranged to be placed on a horizontal support surface 47, and of an upper face 48.
• the lower face 46 forms an acute angle ce with the front face 42 so that this the latter is disposed in a plane inclined towards the rear relative to said bearing surface 47.
• the frame 41 is stabilized on this bearing surface 47 by two lateral feet 49 fitted into notches 50 provided at the base of the frame 41 Other suitable links can also be envisaged. These feet 49 are removable so that the same support 40 can be used in the desk version, according to FIGS.
• the rear face 43 of the frame 41 includes wall fixing means, consisting of a slot 51 arranged to cooperate with a retaining plate (not shown) fixed to the wall, or of drilled holes 52 to receive at least one fixing screw (not shown), or possibly other appropriate means.
• the frame also comprises on its lateral laces 44, 45 members making it possible to couple several supports 40 with one another in a removable manner and thus to increase the number of pockets 20 available on a single support. These members have complementary male 53 and female 54 shapes arranged to fit together.
• the female complementary form 54 can be provided with snap-in elements ("clipping") 55 arranged to cooperate with corresponding recesses 56 in the male complementary form 53, in order to rigidly link the supports together and avoid involuntary disassembly.
• clipping snap-in elements
• Other suitable coupling means can be provided.
• the frame 41 is preferably made of two molded parts 41a, 41b made of synthetic material, assembled by interlocking, which makes it possible to simplify and considerably reduce the manufacturing costs. O can also be made of any other suitable material.
• the front face 42 of the frame 41 co ⁇ orte in its upper part of the receiving means 60 comprising: a defined number of positioning grooves 61 parallel to each other and to the pivot axis 34, and arranged to receive the pivot rods 31 of an equivalent number of pockets 20, front insertion openings 63, 64 making it possible to engage the indexing heads 31a, 31b of the rod 31 towards housings 66, 67 by a movement
• the grooves 61 are delimited laterally by guide elements 62, mutually parallel and arranged in front of the housings 66, 67.
• the guide elements 62 are arranged in two separate rows, one upper and the other lower delimited by two edges 68 and 69, these guide elements being in correspondence from one row to another. They are made by molding in one piece with said front face 42 and can be projecting or recessed with respect to this face. Bones can also be added by welding and have another suitable shape.
• the upper 63 and lower 64 introduction openings are arranged in extension of said grooves 61 and arranged to allow the indexing heads of the rod 31 of the pockets 20 to pass.
• the upper introduction openings 63 comprise a slot made in the front face 42 over its entire width and over a height at least equal to twice the diameter of an indexing head, this slot being defined by two edges 63 'and 63 ". These same upper insertion openings 63 are delimited laterally by the free ends of the corresponding guide elements 62.
• the edge 63 ′ is provided with notches 65 in the form of a semicircle arranged opposite said grooves 61
• a relief is provided which defines a housing 66 serving as a stop for an upper indexing head 31a.
• the lower introduction openings 64 are arranged according to the same principle as the upper introduction openings 63, in particular in the form of a slot extending in the front face over its entire width and over a height at least equal. the diameter of an indexing head, this slot being defined by edges 64 ′ and 64 ". the rear of these openings 64 is provided with a relief which defines a housing 67 serving as a stop for a lower indexing head 31b
• the distance H4 separating the edge 63 "from the upper face 48 of the frame 41 is equal to or less than the distance H3 separating the be 35 from the orientation device 32 from the upper end 31a of the rod 31. In this way , the spout 35 remains outside the support 40 and does not hamper the rotation of pockets 20.
• the lateral faces 44, 45 of the frame 41 are extended forward by a prominent element 70 defining lateral stops allowing retaining laterally the pockets 20 and thus limit their pivot angle.
• the support as described above can receive several formats of etan pockets given that the shape and the dimension of the connecting pieces 30 integrated into the pockets 20 can remain identical from one format to another.
• the pocket 20 can pivot to the right and to the left without risking escaping from the support.
• the spout 35 the orientation device being located downward will abut against the front face 42 of the frame below the receiving means 60 and thus prevent the establishment of this pocket.
• the distance H3 is sufficient so that the spout 35 always remains above the upper face of the frame 41, as shown in FIG. 5, and therefore does not prevent the establishment or the pivoting of the pocket 20 on the support 40.
• FIG. 6a illustrates some examples of other embodiments of the connecting piece.
• the connecting piece 80 is close to that described above, its orientation device 82 being constituted by the pivot rod 81 itself, the upper part of which is longer than its lower part.
• the connecting piece 90 is split into an upper part and a lower part, the orientation device 92 being constituted by the retaining strip 93 having a different height in these two parts.
• the connecting piece 100 comprises a pivot rod 101 whose ends 101a and 101b are connected to the retaining strip 103 which has two pivoting holes 104.
• the orientation device 102 is obtained by an asymmetry of these two holes.
• the connecting piece 110 is similar to that of FIG. 6c, the pivoting orifices 114 being more elongated and the orientation device 112 also being obtained by an asymmetry of these orifices. It is obvious that the support must be adapted to each of these different connecting pieces.
• the rod 101. 111 of the connecting pieces 100, 110 must be slidably engaged in a groove having the shape of a split tube and arranged in correspondence with the orifices 104, 114 to allow the pivoting of the pocket on its support. This type of embodiment complicates handling but ensures better pocket maintenance.

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