Classifications

• • 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 present invention relates to the field of mechanics and more specifically to that of articles ensuring the promotion of commercial objects.
• the invention relates more particularly to a presentation device for small bottles intended to subject the attention of the consumer to a particular attraction to enable him to guide his choice.
• the invention relates specifically to a device for presenting small bottles ensuring the maintenance and advancement of bottles as the sale progresses, characterized in that it is formed by an assembly of two rigid strips arranged in parallel and of a spring plunger sliding along a horizontal groove between the two strips and abutting on the last bottle in the row placed inside these two strips.
• the two parallel strips have two vertical faces. They are mobile and can move laterally in a mobile way. They abut inwardly against a front cover carried by an assembly formed by two horizontal blades, subject at the front to the front cover and carrying on the lower face a succession of quadratic bases.
• the device is also characterized by the fact that the two movable strips can slide laterally inwards or outwards, by means of fixing lugs which are inserted in the bases carried by the two horizontal blades. These two horizontal blades are not contiguous and leave between them a groove inside which circulates the guide of a pusher which presses the bottles placed between the two assembled strips.
• the bases carried by the two blades are formed of a prismatic structure. They are permanently fixed under the two blades. They are arranged symmetrically on these two blades.
• Each of the strips alternately carry one or two tabs fixed perpendicular to the internal wall.
• the arrangement of said tabs is such that to an assembly comprising two tabs on one side, corresponds the other strip which has only one tab and vice versa.
• the spacing provided between each tab is such that the tab disposed on the other strip can be inserted between the other tabs. It is this set of sliding tabs between them which ensures the mobility of the assembly and allows the single or simultaneous lateral displacement of the two strips towards the outside or inside.
• the housing provided between the strips is adapted to the basic dimensions of the bottles and ensures the establishment thereof without laxity or excessive tightening.
• the pusher to which a metal tape dispenser is fixed can slide backwards until the bottles are in good position and in number sufficient by pressing them by the flat front face of said pusher.
• the pusher can then, by release, come forward against the last bottle placed between the strips.
• the pusher is of rectangular shape comprising at its base a vertical tab carrying at its lower end a horizontal flat surface of larger section which ensures the sliding of the pusher in the central groove disposed between the blades.
• Inside the pusher there is mounted, in a fixed manner, an axis on which is wound the metal strip held in position at its other end by a housing disposed at the end of the two half-strips forming a groove.
• the two half-strips are secured to each other at one end by a housing in which the metal strip is inserted and to which it is fixed by a securing device. In this way, the metal strip can unwind in a flexible manner without risk of breakage while maintaining a high tension on the pusher.
• the device according to the invention is further characterized by the presence on the front part of the front cover of a stop of rectangular shape and carrying at its lower end, a projecting rim.
• This stop serves as a support for a second presentation device placed vertically at the lower part of the front cover and which is inserted by sliding inside a socket disposed at the upper part of this second presentation device.
• This interlocking, of elongated shape has on its internal face, a quadrangular notch in which the stop can penetrate and on which the projecting rim abuts. In this way, this second device comes to fit on this rim and is held in position in a removable manner. By sliding upwards, this second display can be removed and another bottle can be placed there as needed.
• the purpose of the two devices thus defined is to present consumers with one or two types of bottles placed on these displays. So the second device has at the end of a rigid curved arm of the same material, a platform with a hollow rounded surface in which a presentation bottle can be placed. On the contrary, in the device between the strips, this article or a different article will be presented, in its packaging or in its commercial packaging so that the attention of the public is also attracted by the quality of the presentation.
• this double device is intended to be placed on shelves or trays of showcases, so that the second display is immediately visible and that the first horizontal display, arranged slightly above and recessed, constitutes a set of bottles in reserve, in which the seller or the user will take the bottle or bottles which are necessary for him.
• FIG. 1 there is shown the sliding tabs with one side two tabs (1) (1 ') on a strip (2) between which another tab (4) from the opposite strip (3), carrying an elongated slot (5) in its center, is inserted and on the other side, the symmetrical arrangement with two tabs (6) (6 ') on the opposite side, between which the single tab (7) carried by the opposite strip (2) is inserted.
• the tongues like the strips are made of rigid material like a plastic material resistant to impact but having a slight elasticity to be able to be placed between the tongues or to move to slide without risk of breakage. This material can be colored or tinted to reproduce the colors of the bottles placed there.
• the tongues are rigid legs arranged horizontally of rectangular section. Their section is adapted to the dimensions of the horizontal slot carried by the two half-strips. This space is calculated so that the tabs are easily and effortlessly inserted, but their placement is exactly adjusted to the dimensions of the slot with the minimum possible clearance.
• the central half-bars have been more broadly dimensioned and the tongues elongated so as to create a space of larger dimensions, thus making it possible to receive larger bottles.
• the maximum spacing of the tabs left an available space of approximately 20 mm, in the execution mode defined here, this space reaches 40 mm. To do this, you can play on the width of the two half-bars and / or on the length of the tabs.
• the two half-bars defining the central groove each have a vertical longitudinal edge intended to ensure the establishment and tightening of the bottles.
• Model A is the device of small dimension
• model B is the device of greater width.
• FIG 4 shows in profile the housings (16) (16 ') (16 ") in the hole (15) (15') (15") from which the tabs (6) (6 ") and (7) come These housings are carried by each of the blades (17).
• the front edge (13) is also shown.
• the breaking bar (8) disposed in the blade (17) is shown. It eliminates any symmetrical arrangement. housings (16).

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• 1996
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