EP0782831A1 - An der Rückwand eines Ausstellungsmöbels eingehängte Abgabevorrichtung für aufgereihte Produkte - Google Patents

An der Rückwand eines Ausstellungsmöbels eingehängte Abgabevorrichtung für aufgereihte Produkte Download PDF

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EP0782831A1
EP0782831A1 EP96402919A EP96402919A EP0782831A1 EP 0782831 A1 EP0782831 A1 EP 0782831A1 EP 96402919 A EP96402919 A EP 96402919A EP 96402919 A EP96402919 A EP 96402919A EP 0782831 A1 EP0782831 A1 EP 0782831A1
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Didier Lestelle
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F1/00—Racks for dispensing merchandise; Containers for dispensing merchandise
    • A47F1/04—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs
    • A47F1/12—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs dispensing from the side of an approximately horizontal stack
    • A47F1/125—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs dispensing from the side of an approximately horizontal stack with an article-pushing device
    • A47F1/126—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs dispensing from the side of an approximately horizontal stack with an article-pushing device the pushing device being urged by spring means

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  • the invention relates to the presentation of everyday consumer goods in so-called linear furniture found in distribution stores.
  • a very common mode of presentation for the most diverse products of small dimensions is constituted by a support card on which the product is held by a sheet. of transparent plastic, commonly called a blister.
  • the card has an upper perforation to be threaded on the support rods hung on the bottom panel of the display unit.
  • This mode of presentation has the advantages of showing the product to the consumer and of constituting an important informative support.
  • the placement on the support rods is relatively inconvenient and allows the products to float so that they are rarely presented correctly in well aligned rows.
  • the positioning or disengagement maneuver frequently leads to disorders in the adjacent rows and unwanted falls of products.
  • the adjacent rows make it difficult to view the products remaining at the bottom of the row without the potential buyer grabbing the product to bring it to the front of the cabinet.
  • the invention aims to provide a distribution device for products intended to be arranged in individual rows hung on the bottom panel of a store unit which provides the aforementioned advantages of presentation in a blister without having the disadvantages.
  • the dispensing device is characterized in that it consists of a rigid housing provided with hooking means cooperating with the hooking means provided on the bottom panel of the cabinet, with a drawer capable of slide relative to the housing through the front face of this housing, the bottom of the housing and of the drawer being provided with a longitudinal guide slot by a leaf spring plunger carried by the drawer, means being provided for immobilizing in service the drawer relative to the housing, the drawer protruding in this service position relative to the housing, over a distance corresponding to the depth of a product of the row contained in the drawer.
  • housing 1 of generally rectangular parallelepiped shape having a bottom 2, a rear face 3, a front face 4 and two side faces 5, 6 defining a receiving volume for a drawer which will be described later.
  • the bottom 2 has a middle slot 7 which extends to the front face 4; near the rear face 3, the slot 7 is widened to constitute an opening 8 for the passage of the guide foot of the sliding plunger which will be described later.
  • the rear face 3 comprises two lines of perforations 9 for engaging the fixing hooks 10 of the mounting strips 11 intended to cooperate with the attachment ribs of the bottom panel of the display cabinet ( Figures 4, 5 and 6).
  • This arrangement makes it possible to adjust the spacing of the strips 11 as a function of the pitch of the grooves.
  • a slot 12 intended to allow the passage of the bottom of the drawer ( Figures 3 and 6c).
  • the lateral faces 5 and 6 of the housing 1 comprise, near the front face, stops 13 cooperating with the rear stops of the drawer to limit the exit of the latter from the housing.
  • the lateral faces 4, 6 have vertical grooves 14 for mounting the front face 4.
  • the front face is a simple plate whose height is greater than that of the lateral faces 5 and 6 and which comprises in the lower part an opening 15 in the size of the drawer and of the products to be delivered.
  • the solid part 16 above the opening 15 constitutes an important information carrier on the product contained in the housing.
  • the bottom 2 has two perforation lines 17 for the fixing hooks 18 of an attached extension plate 19 provided with a central slot 7 'corresponding to the slot 7 and a hole 20 for the snap-fastening of the drawer.
  • the plate 19 may include a support 21 for an informative label or a test product 22, or a leaflet distributor 23.
  • FIG. 2 the drawer 24 is shown during assembly with the housing 1.
  • the drawer 24 is a container in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped with a width less than that of the box 1 open at its rear end and the bottom of which is provided with a slot 25 symmetrical with the slot 7, 7 ′ of the box 1.
  • the rear end of the lateral faces of the drawer have wings 26 which have the dual function of laterally guiding the drawer in its sliding movement in the housing 1 and of cooperating with the stops 13 of said housing to prevent it from being pulled out of the housing.
  • the bottom of the drawer 25 extends rearwards beyond the wings 26 in the form of two tabs 27 intended to pass through the slot 12 of the housing 1 (FIG. 3) to lock the assembly on the bottom panel of the display cabinet ( Figure 6c).
  • the free end of the spring bar of an automatic plunger 28 forming a slide, the base of which has a foot 29 passing through the opening 8 of the housing 1 to ensure the assembly of the drawer in the housing.
  • the length of the drawer 24 is such that it protrudes in the service position beyond the front face 4 of the box 1 over a distance corresponding to the size of the product to be dispensed.
  • the drawer 1 Under its bottom, the drawer 1 comprises a latching pin 30 (FIGS. 6a to 6c) intended to cooperate with the hole 20 of the support 19 to immobilize the drawer 24 in the service position when the latter is filled with products 31.
  • a latching pin 30 (FIGS. 6a to 6c) intended to cooperate with the hole 20 of the support 19 to immobilize the drawer 24 in the service position when the latter is filled with products 31.

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EP19960402919 1996-01-05 1996-12-30 An der Rückwand eines Ausstellungsmöbels eingehängte Abgabevorrichtung für aufgereihte Produkte Expired - Lifetime EP0782831B1 (de)

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