EP0745492A2 - Sorting or presentation device - Google Patents

Abstract

Each separate container is a concertina shaped compartment (2). Each pair of adjacent containers is joined by a shared horizontal top edge (15). The two side surfaces (11,12) of each container are triangular with a vertical centre fold line (14) so that the containers automatically open by being pulled apart, and automatically close by being pushed together. All the containers are at least partly enclosed in a holder (3). The last container in the row is joined to a folding lid. The visible side (9) of the containers has a holder (16), for instance insertion slot, for a marker (17), for instance card. The first container in the row has a folding flap (23) covering the front of the first container. A container consists of a front and back wall folded on the base line (13) and of triangular side surfaces (11) joining the side lines of the front and back wall.

Description

The invention relates to a sorting and / or presenting device, in particular for stamps, with the features of the preamble of claim 1. However, the sorting and / or presenting device can also be used for sorting other sheet-shaped collector objects, e.g. Invoice receipts, admission tickets, telephone cards or similar be used.

Stamps are arranged in chronological order, e.g. sorted and stored by country, by motif, by the year of publication or by any other criteria. Sorting especially large quantities of different stamps by hand is generally problematic because the stamps of a criterion can be placed in a container, but the individual containers are relatively space-intensive, because considerable time has to be spent on the containers when they are interrupted to clear away the sorting and retrieve it, and because it is complicated to keep the individual containers with the sorted brands transportable, for example to take in a bag or folder. As a rule, the stamp collector who does not have access to stamp sorting machines will sort the individual stamps of the same type or the same criterion in different piles for sorting and then distribute and store them in envelopes, boxes or the like. However, this is associated with the decisive disadvantages described above.

The object of the invention is to provide a sorting and / or presenting device for arranging and presenting stamps or the like according to certain criteria, which takes up a minimum of space and is easy to transport, which is inexpensive and simple to produce, which is easy to close and reopen to interrupt the sorting and / or presenting process, which enables the stamps to be easily found again in the pre-sorted state, and which allows the sorting process to be ended at any time and the sorting device to be stowed so that the Sorting can be continued later exactly where it was interrupted.

According to the invention, this is achieved with the features of the characterizing part of claim 1. Further embodiments of the invention are the subject of the dependent claims.

The sorting and / or presentation device according to the invention is made up of fan-like containers arranged one behind the other and optionally also next to one another, which are preferably firmly connected to one another and can be pulled together and pulled apart like an accordion. In the pulled-apart state, the containers are opened on their upper side by unfolding, so that the stamps or the like to be sorted can be conveniently inserted into the respective container or compartment of the container, while in the contracted state the containers or the individual compartments are closed and have a minimal extension in the longitudinal direction. The individual containers or compartments are connected to one another in series, for example in that the individual containers are made from a single blank of cardboard, plastic or film, the individual containers being connected to one another e.g. are connected via the folding and connecting line of two adjacent containers. However, the individual containers can also be independent structures which are glued to one another at the common connection point or are connected by mechanical connection means. The individual containers can also be threaded on cords on which the containers can be pushed together and pulled apart.

The individual, interconnected containers are provided at the rear end of the last container with a closure device which, in the closed state of the sorting aid, completely or partially encloses and holds together the individual containers. This closure device is, for example, a lid or box-like closure flap which is hingedly fastened to the back of the last container, for example glued on, and is designed such that it receives the closed sorting aid with its front and both side walls, so that an unintentional pulling apart of the containers and an undesired falling out of the sorted stamps in the fan-shaped containers is excluded. The closed closure device of the sorting aid can be kept closed by a lock, for example by a Velcro fastener, a simple mechanical lock or the like.

According to another embodiment of the invention, instead of such a lid-like closure device, a loose lid can also be placed on the pushed-together containers, the solution in which this lid is firmly hinged to the last container being the preferred embodiment without a doubt. Another simplified variant is to provide a wide or more narrow closure strips with Velcro or the like from the back of the last container to the front of the first container, in order to keep the collapsed containers in the closed state and to prevent the sorted brands from falling out. In a further variant of the invention, the lid-like device which crosses and holds the individual containers and holds them together is designed such that it overlaps the containers by 360 ° and the beginning of the lid is connected to the end of the lid, e.g. by means of a Velcro fastener, a snap fastener, a locking fastener or the like, so that an all-round covering of the containers is achieved.

The individual containers or compartments are each assigned a device which can accommodate a marking so that the brands can be classified according to the specified criteria. These criteria are, for example, years, motifs, countries or any other sort criteria. For such a device, for example, a slot is provided at the uppermost hinge point of two interconnected containers, into which a marker card with the relevant designation can be inserted. Instead, tabs can be placed on the adjoining walls or marker cards with an adhesive layer can be used, which can be glued to the rear wall of the container and conveniently again can be removed. The marking cards to be used can be stacked on a surface connected to the front of the first container, for example in the form of insert pockets, small boxes fastened on this surface or the like. Furthermore, it is proposed that this front wall surface receiving the marking devices has a congruent, on To provide floor-mounted folding surface that covers the receiving surface when folded up, so that when the sorting aid closes, the cover engages around this surface and protects the stored marker cards from damage by the cover when closing.

The sorting and / or presentation device according to the invention can be formed in a single row arrangement of the individual interconnected containers, but it is also possible to connect two or more rows of consecutively arranged and interconnected containers that have a common end cover and a common one have front end flap, the respective inner walls separating the longitudinal rows being foldable to one side or the other. The partitions can be made of the same material as the containers, e.g. made of cardboard and folded in the same way as the side walls, but they can e.g. also consist of a film that folds freely when folded.

With the sorting and / or presentation device according to the invention it is achieved that the collector can, for example, arrange a stamp package with unsorted stamps without space problems according to certain criteria, years, motifs or the like and can store them in the pre-sorted state in the closed stamp sorting aid in a protected manner. Several sorting aids of this type can simply be stacked on top of each other. The stamps sorted and pre-sorted in the sorting aids can then be inserted into a scrapbook at a later date with the help of a stamp catalog or otherwise processed further.

According to a further embodiment of the invention, the above-described sorting and / or presenting device is used rotated through 180 °, that is to say that the individual containers which are open at the top are arranged upside down, that is to say with the opening at the bottom and the closed tip at the top, and that are arranged one behind the other arranged wide areas of the individual receptacles, eg Have transparent pockets or insert strips that hold stamps or the like for presentation, so that an equivalent for stamp insert albums is created in which one side of an insert album corresponds to a corresponding number of consecutive strips, each with the front and back of a single container with insertion devices can be provided. The advantage of such a configuration is that the individual containers arranged one behind the other can be pulled out like bellows or accordions when they are to be presented, and that they can be pushed together analogously if they are to be stowed away. In the latter state, they can then be stored to save space. If this arrangement is reversed, i.e. turned upside down, you get the sorting aid described above in the form of individual containers that are loaded from above. If, in this modified embodiment of the invention, the arrangement is chosen such that the side surfaces cannot be folded together, a rigid arrangement is obtained in a zigzag shape, which can be used, for example, as an insert in a drawer. Expediently, however, the side surfaces are also designed to be foldable in this arrangement for drawer inserts, so that a collapse or pushing together is possible, and in the case of use as an insert the side surfaces can be designed such that they retain their position in the pulled-apart state.

As in the case of the configuration as a sorting aid, in the case of the formation of the sum of the individual containers as a presentation aid, a slot or a corresponding device for receiving markings, data details and the like is provided on the upper edge, which is formed by two adjacent individual containers, these Markings, data or the like. Can be designed in the form of plug-in devices that have the corresponding information.

The inserts for drawers described above are particularly useful if the individual containers are to be accommodated in sorting cabinets with drawers arranged one above the other, one or more inserts of the zigzag-shaped presentation device being used in each drawer, for example, depending on the height of the drawer and the individual containers can. Both the arrangement as a presentation aid as well as a sorting aid can also be designed such that a large number of such devices can be accommodated in a suitcase in order to be able to transport a large number of corresponding devices.

Fig. 1

eine Ausführungsform einer Sortierhilfe nach der Erfindung, in geschlossenem Zustand,

Fig. 2

eine abgeänderte Ausführungsform nach Fig. 1 in geschlossenem Zustand,

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die Sortierhilfe nach Fig. 1 in auseinandergezogenem, geöffnetem Zustand,

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die Sortierhilfe nach Fig. 2 in auseinandergezogenem, geöffnetem Zustand,

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in schematischer Darstellung eine weitere Ausführungsform der Erfindung in geöffnetem Zustand,

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die Ausführungsform nach Fig. 5 in geschlossenem Zustand,

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eine schematische Darstellung einer anderen Ausführungsform der Erfindung in geschlossenem Zustand,

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die Ausführungsform nach Fig. 7 in geöffnetem Zustand,

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eine perspektivische Darstellung einer Präsentiervorrichtung entsprechend der Darstellung nach Fig. 3, jedoch umgedreht, d.h. Kopf und Fuß vertauscht,

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eine Seitenansicht der Vorrichtung nach Fig. 9, und

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in schematischer Darstellung einen Aufbewahrungsschrank mit Schubladen mit einer Vorrichtung nach Fig. 9 als Einlage.

The invention is explained below in connection with the drawing using exemplary embodiments. It shows:

Fig. 1

an embodiment of a sorting aid according to the invention, in the closed state,

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1 in a closed state,

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1 in an exploded, open state,

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2 in an exploded, open state,

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a schematic representation of another embodiment of the invention in the open state,

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5 in the closed state,

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1 shows a schematic illustration of another embodiment of the invention in the closed state,

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7 in the open state,

Fig. 9

3 shows a perspective illustration of a presentation device corresponding to the illustration according to FIG. 3, but reversed, ie head and foot interchanged

Fig. 10

a side view of the device of FIG. 9, and

Fig. 11

in a schematic representation a storage cabinet with drawers with a device according to FIG. 9 as an insert.

The two embodiments of the invention according to FIGS. 1 and 3 or 2 and 4 differ from one another only in that FIGS. 1 and 3 represent a single-row sorting aid and FIGS. 2 and 4 represent a two-row sorting aid. The sorting aid 1 according to FIG. 1 consists of a plurality of fan-like containers 2, which are arranged one behind the other and are connected to one another, and a lid or box-like receiving device 3, which has a front side 4, a top side 5, a back side 6 and side walls 7 and 8. The illustration according to FIG. 2 differs from the illustration according to FIG. 1 only in that the front wall 4 and rear wall 6 are twice as wide as in FIG. 1, and in that the containers 2 have twice the width.

3 shows the sorting aid in an exploded, ie open, state, ie in the position in which the sorting takes place. The lid 3 is opened to the rear and the front is folded forward so that all compartments are freely accessible. Each individual compartment 2 consists of a rear surface 9 and a front surface 10, which are connected to one another along the side lines and the common base line 13 by triangular side surfaces 11 and 12. With 14, a vertical crease line is shown in the side wall 11, so that when the container is folded, the two side surfaces 11, 12 fold inward over the fold line 14 and the container is thus largely closed. 15 denotes the upper edge which is common to the rear surface 9 and the rear surface behind the next container. There is a slot 16 in this common upper edge provided, into which a card 17 with markings can be inserted so that the stamps that are assigned to this marking can be sorted into the unfolded container.

An additional compartment wall 19 is provided on the front container, which has receptacles 20, 21 facing the user for the provision of marking cards 17. To the compartment wall 19 connects via a widened lower double fold 22, another folding surface 23 which is folded against the surface 19 when the sorting aid is closed and which protects the marking receptacles 20, 21 when the cover 3 for closing the sorting aid over the individual containers and the end wall 23 is folded.

3, each container is divided in the transverse direction by a folding wall 24. This folding wall 24 has, corresponding to the side walls 11, 12, a vertical folding line 25 which divides the side wall into sections 26 and 27 and which enables the side surfaces 11, 12 and 24 to be folded in when the container is folded or when the entire sorting aid is pulled together.

5 and 6, the individual containers are designed in the same way as in the previous exemplary embodiments, that is to say they are continuously connected to one another and produced from a blank made of cardboard or the like. Instead of an overlapping lid on the back, which holds the sum of the containers in the pushed-together state, a thread, a cord or similar flexible connection 28 is threaded through the individual broad sides of the containers, e.g. on the left and right in the uppermost region is long enough to hold the individual pulled-apart containers 2 in the open position desired for sorting in the open state, as shown, for example, in FIGS. 3 and 4. For this purpose, the beginning and end of the cord are provided with thickenings 29, 30. When the containers are pushed together (FIG. 6), the remaining excess length 28 'of the cord 28 is used so that the rear end of the cord over the The top of the individual containers is placed forward and connected to the front end of the cord, for example in the form of a loop or any other closure that can be conveniently closed and opened, so that in this case the sorting aid is not covered by a lid is, but only by closing the cord the individual containers are kept in the closed state.

In an embodiment according to FIGS. 7 and 8, the containers 2 are also designed as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, but the cover 31 is designed to be foldable several times so that it extends from the rear of the sorting aid over the top, the front, the bottom and back to the back can be folded and there the two opposite ends of the lid can be locked together, so that the entire container is completely enclosed. The individual sections of the cover 31 according to FIGS. 7 and 8 are designated 32 to 36, with 37 a closure is indicated schematically. The individual sections are made from a one-piece blank by folding points with one another.

1-4, the grouping of individual containers lined up for a single- or multi-row sorting aid is designed, in FIGS. 9 and 10 the corresponding device 38 is shown as a presentation aid by the grouping of individual containers as compared to the illustration according to FIG. 3 is used turned through 180 °, such that the tips of the triangular-shaped individual containers come to rest at the top and the opening at the bottom. The individual containers are shown at 39, 40, 41; they are each connected to one another at the deepest point via a connecting line 42. The surfaces 43 and 44 each forming an individual container 39 have the shape of a saddle roof with ridge 45. The side surfaces 46 with the lower boundary lines 47, 48 and a vertical folding line 49 can be folded in to fold the individual containers, so that the surfaces 43 and 44 are folded together State practically parallel to each other, while they can be brought into the desired triangular shape in the unfolded, unfolded state, for example also in a shape in which the partial lines 47, 48 of the side walls form a straight line. On the top line 45, the ridge line of each individual container 39, 40, etc., for example, a slot 50 or a corresponding receiving device is provided for receiving a tab 51, a card or a corresponding marking device. On the wide surfaces 43 and 44, transparent pockets 52, which are closed laterally and at the bottom, or corresponding strips are fastened, which serve as insertion aids for stamps 53 or the like, as are known in stamp albums.

An arrangement according to FIGS. 3 and 4 can be converted from a presentation aid into a sorting aid by simply converting it into the position shown in FIG. 9, without further precautions being necessary for this. It is only necessary to ensure that the stamps 53 in the receiving pockets 52 are either secured against falling out or removed before use as a sorting aid.

11 shows a cabinet 54 with drawers 55, 56, in which the sorting aid 2 according to FIGS. 3 and 4 and / or the presentation aid 38 can be used as an insert, for example a plurality of presentation aids 38 can be arranged one above the other in order to be closed hold. The inserts can be designed to be collapsible or to be pushed together or foldable, or to be non-foldable.

Claims (11)

Sorting and presentation device for sorting, picking up and displaying stamps or similar sheet-shaped collector's items, which are to be put into a desired order by hand according to predetermined criteria and to be made available in a transportable manner in a correspondingly ordered state, with a plurality of containers holding the objects, which are connected to one another along at least one edge and are arranged one behind the other in the folded state,
characterized in that each individual container is designed in the form of an accordion, fan or bellows fold, that two adjacent containers are connected to one another by means of a common horizontal top edge as a common connecting edge of the two adjacent containers, and that the two side surfaces of each container are triangular are formed with a vertical center folding line, such that the individual containers are automatically opened by pulling them apart and are automatically closed by pushing them together. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that in the contracted state, a receiving device (3) at least partially encloses and holds together the sum of the individual containers (2). Apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the individual containers (2) are containers arranged in a row one behind the other and / or in a row next to one another and open in a fan-like manner and are articulated to one another. Device according to one of claims 1-3, characterized in that the individual containers (2) are accommodated in a contracted state in a box-like upper part (3) covering the open side of the containers. Device according to one of claims 1-4, characterized in that the last individual container (2) in a row is connected to a hinged lid (3) which, when closed, covers and receives the sum of the individual containers. Device according to one of claims 1-5, characterized in that the individual containers (2) on their visible side (9) each have a device (16) for receiving marking carriers (17) containing the sorting features, e.g. Cards, the device (16) e.g. as a slot for receiving marking carriers (17) containing the sorting characteristics, e.g. Card is formed, and / or has at least one tab to be clipped on, to be clipped on or the like, which contains or represents a sorting feature, or the like. Device according to one of claims 1-6, characterized in that at the front end of the first container (2) one or more pockets (20, 21) are provided for receiving the stored cards (17) with markings, and optionally the first individual container ( 2) the row of individual containers has a folding flap (23) which, when folded, covers the front of the first individual container. Device according to one of claims 1-7, characterized in that a container (2) from a front and rear wall (10, 9) connected to each other along the bottom line (13) and folded around the bottom line and from the side lines of the front and Triangular side surfaces (11) connecting to each other and having an essentially central vertical fold line (14). Device according to one of claims 1-8, characterized in that the sum of the individual containers consists of a blank made of cardboard, plastic material, film or the like, in which the folded side walls are glued to the respective front and rear walls of the container. Device according to Claim 1, characterized in that the individual containers (2) are separate containers which are connected to one another in the upper region by means of cord pulls (28), clips, glue points or corresponding connecting means. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the individual containers (39, 40, 41) are arranged with their open sides facing downwards, and in that the front and / or rear surfaces (43, 44) of each container insert devices (52), e.g. Have pockets for receiving the stamps (53) or the like. The sum of the individual containers (39-41) connected to one another can be formed as an insert (38) for a drawer (55), and a plurality of inserts can be arranged next to one another in a drawer .

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