Classifications

• • G—PHYSICS
  • 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
  • G09F11/30—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 fed one by one from storage place to a display position
  • G09F11/32—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 fed one by one from storage place to a display position the feeding means comprising belts or chains, e.g. endless belts or chains

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• the subject of the present invention is a module for storing, selecting and presenting posters, in particular for sporting events, for display in the city and for advertising at the point of sale, known as POS advertising.
• EP patent application No. 91402815.4 which describes a device for displaying information, in particular advertising information, with a support frame provided with a window. display and whose main characteristic consists of the combination of a store with at least one information support panel, means for selecting and gripping one of said panels and means for transferring this panel to the right of the display window.
• the mechanism comprises at least two belts stretched between pulleys supported by two arranged shafts, one in the upper part of the support frame and the other in the lower part.
• These belts support gripping means and there is further provided means for selecting a poster from among the others, within the store.
• Such display devices are intended to be installed indoors in rooms, for example during sporting and cultural events, but also outdoors, on sports grounds. Under such conditions, these modules are subjected to bad weather, which includes variations in temperature, hygrometric degree and even nature of the air (saline atmosphere for example).
• gripping means described in this application are simple hooking means which offer questionable security.
• temperature differences are enough to modify the stiffness of the material making up the poster or even to modify the dimensions of this poster because of the expansion generated by the increase in temperature, which regularly leads to untimely stalls which are no less prejudicial in the case of these devices reserved for the presentation of information.
• the present invention aims to overcome the problems caused by existing devices and provide the additional services required by advertisers.
• the module for storing, selecting, and presenting posters according to the invention makes it possible to select and enter one poster among others, whatever the number, to guarantee effective hanging, to overcome expansion and temperature problems as well as constraints generated by atmospheric conditions which in particular induce electrostatic forces, to present different two-sided images, to allow a choice of presentation of the images to produce a single image or a repetition of an isolated image, by juxtaposing several modules.
• the module for storing, selecting and presenting posters according to the invention in a preferred embodiment as will be described in detail below, has many arrangements which simplify implementation by increasing the accessibility, which is the guarantee of high reliability totally necessary for this type of module.
• the module for storing, selecting and presenting posters according to the invention in particular for sporting events, for the city and for advertising at the point of sale, includes a frame with a housing and a transparent front face, equipped with a rotary assembly composed of two shafts driven in rotation by a sequential displacement motor, positioned one at the top of the frame and the other at the bottom, pulleys fixed on these shafts between which are stretched poster operating belts, attached gripping means and integral with these belts, a store for storing independent posters each other and each provided with gripping tabs with a hole each, stored parallel to the transparent front face, means for selecting a poster from the stored posters, means for controlling the selection, and this module is characterized in that it includes means for retaining unselected posters.
• the poster storage, selection and presentation module includes safety hooking means.
• the retaining means comprise a plate movable in translation parallel to the plane of the posters, a row of selection holes formed at the bottom of the posters with at least one open hole and at least one retaining finger, integral with the plate, driven by projecting means and movable between two positions, one projecting in which the finger enters the open hole of the selected poster and in the closed holes of the other posters and the other recessed to allow its displacement in translation during the displacement of said movable plate.
• the projecting means comprise a rod integral with the finger and mounted for rotation relative to the plate about an axis, the free end of this rod comprising a fixed pin mounted for rotation, eccentrically on a toothed wheel rotated by a general motorization on a limited and given angular sector.
• the movable stage is slidably mounted in translation parallel to the plane of the posters and comprises drive means and wedging means.
• These drive and wedging means comprise a motor secured to the frame, a belt tensioned between a first pulley also secured to the frame and a second pulley secured to the motor shaft, the wedging means comprising an optical detector and a graduated rule carried by the plate, this detector being connected to the control means so as to control the motor of these drive means.
• the selection means comprise wedging means, at least one selection finger articulated on a plate movable in translation parallel to the plane of the posters, means for driving this plate and means for maneuvering this selection finger between a first position in which the finger penetrates through the hole of a gripping tab of the selected poster and a second position in which the finger is retracted to allow movement in translation parallel to the plane of the posters, these operating means being integral with this plate.
• the optimized arrangement is provided so that the movable plates of the retaining and selection means, the means of translational drive parallel to the plane of the posters, the setting means are common.
• the finger operating means of the selection means comprise an eccentric pin secured to a toothed wheel driven by another toothed wheel driven in rotation by a general motorization, axis on which said finger is pivotally mounted and a roller mounted freely in rotation on this finger and intended to cooperate with a cam on board the movable plate so that the finger describes a closed curve of adequate shape when the toothed wheel moves over a limited and given angular sector.
• the safety latching means comprise, for their part, at least one fixed assembly in translation comprising a safety latching finger, means for operating this finger between a projecting position in which the safety latching finger penetrates through the hole in a safety catch tab positioned from identically for all posters and a second position in which the finger is recessed.
• These maneuvering means of the safety latching finger comprise an axis integral with a toothed wheel driven in rotation by a general motorization and mounted eccentrically, a roller mounted freely in rotation on this finger and designed to cooperate with a cam of the frame.
• the general motorization comprises a fluted or splined shaft, a toothed wheel integral with this shaft and a motor with a pinion cooperating with this toothed wheel.
• the gripping means comprise at least one base secured to the poster operating belts with a guide of the poster heads, comprising a pawl subjected to the action of a return spring, pressed against the guide and intended to pass through the hole in the corresponding tab.
• the pawl is designed to cooperate with a cam integral with the frame in order to cause the opening of this pawl after a complete revolution of the corresponding belt.
• the common plate comprises a tube mounted to slide on this shaft of the general motorization and arranged coaxially and externally with respect to this shaft.
• the module for storing, selecting and presenting posters comprises means for centering the posters in the storage store.
• centering means comprise at least one stop and open holes provided in the posters for straddling said stop.
• the posters are suspended from the safety attachment means and one of them is released by the selection means, the gripping means being on standby in the low position, near a chute studied. to receive the released poster which falls under the effect of gravity.
• the module comprises two juxtaposed modules and a distributor comprising a stretched canvas 380 and a rigid wing 382, placed under the canvas and movable between two positions, one of the orientation of the poster released towards the first module and the other orientation of the poster released towards the second module.
• FIG. 1 a perspective view of the module according to the invention, in the operating position.
• FIG. 2 a front view of this module once the transparent front face has been removed,
• FIG. 3 a detailed view of the selection means, also applicable to the safety attachment means,
• Figure 4 a front view of a set of posters as it appears in the store
• FIG. 5 a detailed view of the retaining finger
• FIG. 6 a perspective view of the attachment means
• FIG. 10 an alternative embodiment, and - Figure 11, a two-sided embodiment of the variant shown in Figure 10.
• the module according to the invention which comprises a frame 10 with two upper 12 and lower 14 stiffening beams as well as two lateral flanges 16 and 18, a transparent front face 20 mounted in leaktight manner using a seal as shown in FIG. 9, the assembly being mounted on rollers 22 visible in Figure 8, intended to cooperate with rails 24.
• all of these parts are made of composite material and aluminum.
• each of the flanges 16 and 18 includes reinforcements 24 and 26 on which are fixed flanges 28 integral with a fixed structure 30.
• This structure essentially comprises two uprights 32 and 34 of great rigidity, braced by a high beam 36 and a low beam 38.
• the module comprises a rotary assembly 40, gripping means 42, a poster storage store 44, selection means 46, control means 48, means for retaining 50 unselected posters, attachment means 52 and a general motor 53.
• the rotary assembly 40 comprises a shaft 54 and two half-shafts 56 disposed respectively in the upper and lower part of the frame and mounted for rotation through the uprights 32 and 34.
• a motor 58 ensures the sequential rotation of these trees.
• Pulleys 60 are fixed on these shafts and belts 62 are stretched between these pulleys. On these belts, the gripping means 42 are reported, shown in detail in FIGS. 6 and 7.
• Each gripping means comprises a base 64 fixed on the belts 62, base on which is attached a guide 66 of headliners provided of a plate 67 forming a stop, the advantage of which will be explained later in the present description, as well as a pawl 68, in the shape of a stick, mounted oscillating about an axis 70, said pawl being subjected to the return action a spring 72, provided for pressing one of the angular ends 74 of the stick against the plate 67.
• the poster storage magazine 44 as shown in broken lines in FIG. 8 is slightly inclined at the rear and accessible by means of a flap 76 provided in the casing 11, the open position of which is shown in broken lines in this same figure 8.
• the general motorization 53 used by several members of this module comprises a shaft 78 rotatably mounted between the two uprights 32 and 34 parallel to the spacers 36 and 38, a toothed wheel 80 secured to one of the ends of this shaft as well as a drive motor 82 fitted with a motor shaft driving a pinion 84.
• the shaft 78 comprises means for locking in rotation of the parts mounted coaxially on this shaft and, for this purpose, the shaft shown is in section hexagonal.
• the selection means 46 comprise a movable plate 86 comprising a tube 88 mounted coaxial with the shaft 78 of the general motorization, this tube having a round section so as to allow the shaft with hexagonal section to rotate freely.
• the movable plate further comprises two symmetrical flanges 90 which each support a toothed wheel 92 designed to mesh with a drive gear 94 also integral with the corresponding flange and mounted fixed in rotation on the shaft 78 with hexagonal section and movable in translation along of this same tree.
• Each flange 90 comprises a cam 96 hollowed out and a selection finger 98 as shown in detail in FIG. 3.
• This selection finger is mounted for rotation about an axis 100 by means of a cooperating sleeve 102 with a cylindrical lug 104 mounted eccentrically perpendicular to the plane of the toothed wheel 92.
• One of the ends of the hook carries a roller 106 mounted free in rotation and intended to cooperate with the cam 96.
• the toothed wheel 94 integral in rotation with the shaft 78 of hexagonal section.
• the retaining means 50 comprise retaining fingers 108 integral with rods 110 themselves mounted for rotation about an axis 112 fixed between the flanges 90 parallel to the spacer 88 of the selection means.
• the free end of these rods 110 comprises a pin 114 shown in detail in FIG. 3.
• This pin is designed to cooperate with a groove 116 formed on one of the faces of each toothed wheel 94 mounted fixed in rotation on the shaft 78 and mobile in translation.
• This plate 86 comprises drive means 116 comprising a geared motor 118, two pulleys 120 and a belt 122 stretched between these two pulleys, the assembly being integral with the upper spacer 36 of the frame.
• the belt is located in a substantially horizontal plane parallel to the spacer. Legs 124 integral with the fixed axis 112 are linked to one of the strands of the belt 122.
• Wedging means 126 are also provided for displacements of the plate 86.
• These setting means comprise an optical detector 128 and a graduated rule 130 attached to the axis 112, said detector 128 being oriented opposite the marks of this rule.
• the safety attachment means 52 are analogous to the selection means. Indeed, on the outside of the uprights 32 and 34, there is provided a toothed wheel 132, a safety latching finger 134 rotatably mounted around a lug similar to lug 104, the end of the finger d 'safety latch 134 being also equipped with a roller provided to cooperate with a hollow cam formed in a flange 136. Only the profile of the cam varies as will be explained during operation.
• the toothed wheel 132 meshes directly with the toothed wheel 80 for driving the shaft 78 in rotation.
• FIG. 4 represents a set of posters as it is placed in the storage magazine 44.
• Each poster comprises at the lateral ends of the upper edge, therefore at the head of the poster, two gripping tabs 138 double each comprising two holes 140 provided to cooperate with the pawls 68 of each gripping means.
• Each poster also comprises selection tabs 142 positioned on the upper edge of this poster with a very precise dimension, different for each of the posters, this positioning corresponding to a specific code.
• safety catch tabs 143 which are all positioned at the same dimension.
• rows 144 of holes are also provided on either side of a U-shaped cutout referenced 146 and precisely arranged in the middle of the lower edge of the poster.
• Each row of holes 144 includes closed holes 148 and an open hole 150 at the right of each selection tab.
• the module is supplemented by control means 48 which include an electronic suitcase 152 equipped with pins 154 to allow connection with the various commands.
• the module is also equipped with means for centering the posters as shown in fig 2, in the form of a stop 156 provided to cooperate with the U-shaped cutout of each of the posters. The operation of this module is now described with reference to all of the referenced figures.
• the module is placed on the ground or on rails, as in FIG. 1.
• the first operation very simple, consists in placing the electronic suitcase 152 after having opened the flap 76. This flap also allows access at the store 44 in which there are in any order the posters which must be presented, these being self-centered by the stop 156 on which the U-shaped cutouts are positioned.
• the passage programming is contained in the electronic case 152 of the means 48.
• the means for selecting and retaining the poster sought are implemented.
• the optical detector 126 allows the control means to position the reference corresponding to the right place.
• the control means 48 starts the geared motor 118 which rotates the pulleys 120 which in turn drive the belt 122, which moves the plate 86 in translation thanks to the legs 124.
• the plate 86 moves in translation along the shaft 78 until the selection fingers 98 come opposite the selection tabs 142 of the chosen poster.
• the retaining fingers 108 penetrate through the aligned holes of the rows 144 of the posters.
• the poster which has just been selected has the two open holes 150 to the right of this retaining finger. The selected poster moves up while all the other posters are held by the retaining fingers 108.
• the safety catching fingers 134 have moved by cooperation of their roller with the corresponding hollow cam and these fingers engage in the safety hooking tabs 143 of the poster which has just been selected.
• the display is moved by the rotary assembly by commissioning the motor 58 with sequential movement under, the control of the control means 48.
• FIGS. 10 and 11 Another embodiment is shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the identical elements bearing the same references as for the main embodiment but increased by 200.
• the posters are suspended from the safety hanging fingers, upside down and the selection hooks hold all the posters except the selected poster, then the hanging fingers are removed so that the poster selected falls into a chute 211 which guides the poster towards the gripping means 242.
• the drive is identical to the previous one and the poster is positioned behind the transparent screen 220.
• a lateral slot 341 is provided on the poster and shown in broken lines in FIG. 4, so as to guiding the poster when the pawl of the gripping means releases the poster.
• This variant has the advantage of being easy to carry out double-sided because the posters can be used double-sided.
• the module according to the invention thus allows a presentation of images with total security and a certain reliability in adequacy with the needs.
• the optimized arrangement of this module saves space, simplicity of intervention therefore facilitated maintenance, industrial assembly, manufacturing at best price and quality transparent to controls.

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