EP1303848B1 - Label with rotary display elements - Google Patents

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EP1303848B1
EP1303848B1 EP01960832A EP01960832A EP1303848B1 EP 1303848 B1 EP1303848 B1 EP 1303848B1 EP 01960832 A EP01960832 A EP 01960832A EP 01960832 A EP01960832 A EP 01960832A EP 1303848 B1 EP1303848 B1 EP 1303848B1
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    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
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    • 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
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  • the invention relates to price display tags for items at a point of sale.
  • Rolling labels generally consist of a printed facade showing, by means of windows, figures constituting the price of the items they designate. These numbers, which can be from 0 to 9, are printed on the periphery of disks cut from thin sheets. A central hole is also cut on each of these discs, allowing riveting them on the printed facade. This being provided with play, the rivets therefore play the role of rotation axis of each of these discs, which are therefore mobile around their center. These wheels thus formed can scroll through their numbers, through the window associated with them.
  • the definition of an item price therefore consists in turning each of the wheels to the desired number.
  • the rivets of the wheels must obviously not be blocked by the presence of the other wheels. In this sense, they must be sufficiently clear of each other.
  • windows placed on the numbered passages of each roulette wheel must be aligned and as close together as possible to form an easily identifiable item price. Hence the need for maximum overlap of the rollers, but within the feasibility of riveting.
  • An object of the invention is to provide a less voluminous label, more easily readable and more aesthetic appearance, especially for a dual display.
  • FIGS. 1 to 4 show a first embodiment of the label according to the invention.
  • the label 2 has a rear wall 4, display elements 6 and a front wall 7.
  • the display elements 6 are interposed between the two front and rear walls and sandwiched therebetween. They are also partially overlapped with each other.
  • the display elements 6 are here six in number. They comprise a disc 6a, and five crowns 6b to 6f; with reference to Figure 4, the rear wall 4 comprises a flat plate 12 and ribs 14 projecting from this plate to the front.
  • the plate has a general shape corresponding to the geometric envelope of the display elements 6a-6f as arranged in FIG. 3. Some of these ribs guide the rotational display elements in the label.
  • the ribs 14 here have an arcuate shape, centered on the geometric center of the display element they are responsible for guiding.
  • the rib 14 forming an upper edge of the plate has a circular arc shape identical to that of the outer circular edge of the second large crown 6c and bearing downwards against it. edge.
  • the wall 4 comprises in the middle part a circular rib 16 bearing upwards against the inner circular edge of the ring 6c and extending for this purpose in the orifice 8 of the ring.
  • the two ribs 14, 16 are therefore concentric and centered on the geometric center of the crown 6c. They are aligned with this center, that is to say intercepted by the same geometrical radius emanating from this center.
  • the two ribs 14,16 are sufficient to guide rotation of the large crown 6c around its center.
  • the plate 12 has an opening 18 in the form of a bean, delimited essentially by the two ribs. This opening makes it possible to contact the crown through the rear wall 4 to rotate it.
  • the two ribs 14,16 and the opening 18 extend over less than a half turn around the center of the crown 6c, and even less than a third of a turn. They extend here about a quarter turn.
  • the other large ring 6b is similarly guided by two ribs 14,16 and associated with an opening 18. It is the same for the intermediate ring 6d and for one of the 6th small crowns.
  • the other small crown 6f is guided in its own by an internal rib 16.
  • This "common" rib 16 therefore has external and internal non-concentric binders.
  • the disc 6a is guided by two external ribs 14, one at the edge of the plate, the other in the opening 8 of the first large crown 6b and attached by one end to the end of the internal rib 16 of the -this.
  • the circular ribs 14 extending at the edge of the plate are connected to each other, in particular by rectilinear sections. It can be seen that the guide means associated with each display element are offset and spaced apart from a geometric center of the element in question and discontinuous in a direction circumferential to this center. In addition, the guide means associated with a crown (or a disk) do not occupy the center of this ring.
  • the label 2 consists of a printed facade and an injected support piece.
  • the ribs 14, 16 are arranged on this support piece, so as to form housing for the display elements. Indeed, these ribs placed on the outer side and inner side of the crowns substantially match their respective shapes.
  • the crowns and the disc are cut from thin sheets of plastic material.
  • the front wall 7 and the rear wall 4 may be made of plastic material (s) molded (s), weldable to each other. This welding is materialized in the figures by the hatching of the support part 4. It follows that the printed facade of the front wall 7 remains intact of any relief or cavity. It is also possible that the rear wall is polystyrene.
  • the maintenance of the disks and crowns could come from pins, avoiding welding the printed facade at the ribs, the crowns being anyway sandwiched between the support part 4 and the printed facade 7 which could be welded, riveted or clipped. Or the maintenance of the crowns could come from a flap, reported or not to the plastic support part 4.
  • Windows 10 are provided on the printed facade to constitute a price of article.
  • the priority has been given to the constitution of a possible largest article price, but also the most compact possible and the lowest possible on the label.
  • this superposition of crowns Hence also the placement of the outer ribs 14 and inner 16 of each crown.
  • the ribs being substantially opposite each other, they form a passage for each crown. This, with the exception of disk 6a.
  • the label is adapted to a dual display, for example Francs and Euros. It has a rectangular shape. The edges of the rear wall 4 play no role in guiding the display elements except for the two leftmost crowns.
  • the display elements are all crowns 6g, 6h. They are grouped in two series. The geometric centers of the crowns of each series are aligned horizontally. The two lines extend one above the other. Each crown 6g, 6h partially overlaps other crowns of the same series, as well as crowns of the other series. Each ring is guided by a pair of ribs 14, 16, most of which simultaneously provide guiding the outer edge of a ring and guiding the inner edge of another ring of the same series. In each series, the ribs are intercepted by the line corresponding to the direction of alignment of the centers of the crowns.
  • Access openings to the crowns are again provided in the rear wall 12, between the corresponding ribs 14,16.
  • the crowns overlap so closely that in each series the crowns 2, 3 and 4 from the left partially overlap the central opening 8 of the leftmost crown 1.
  • In this same opening extend three ribs 16 respectively guiding the crowns 2, 3 and 4.
  • the invention whether simple or even dual display, allows to place all the crowns on the support part and to join them in a single operation, by welding the printed facade 7 on the back plate 4 in the exemplary embodiments shown.
  • This solution therefore makes it possible to envisage an automated or semi-automated assembly.
  • With the injected plastic support part it even makes it possible to envisage a reduction in the cost of the labels in the case of medium or large series, or at least a substantially equivalent cost for yet more efficient labels.
  • the openings 18 of the support part 4 could be closed by one or more flexible membranes. These, for example obtained by bi-injection or by simple covering with a film, thus guarantee total sealing of the labels, without modifying their use by friction on the crowns, possible thanks to the flexibility and the deformation of the membranes.
  • no membranes are provided but a rigid sliding backrest 30 received in a rear housing and guided by dovetail profiles 32 of the support plate.
  • the invention therefore proposes a label having a better economic compromise, aesthetic and functional, whether single or dual display. It makes it possible to increase, if necessary, the overlap of the display elements with each other, allowing for labels as well as more compact item prices; to reduce or eliminate the visual impact of mounting the display elements on the printed facade 7, increasing the perceived quality and readability of the labels; while maintaining the economic ease of the realization of these labels.
  • the solution of the invention is to replace the axial guiding of the display elements by a guide offset from the axis, allowing more overlapping elements between them.
  • a guide offset from the axis For this at least one of the disks guided by an axis, rivet or other, is replaced by a circular ring 6b-6f, 6g-6h guided by ribs substantially matching its shapes.
  • These ribs are placed on the outer side and / or inner side of each circular ring, and are arranged on a support piece integral with the printed facade.
  • the outer and inner ribs being limited to a portion of the circumference and substantially opposite each other, they form a passage for each crown.
  • the rings being sandwiched so as to be held in their housing, that is to say between their ribs, against the support piece, their rotation can be effected by rubbing the crown at its housing, a little like on a wheel.
  • the support part has the openings 18 at this level.
  • the assembly can be carried out by placing all the crowns on the support part 4, in their respective housings, and then, in a single operation, to sandwich them with the front panel 7 to hold them between their ribs.
  • This solution also makes it possible to obtain these same labels in a hermetic variant, by obstructing the openings 18 of the support part 4 by flexible membranes or by a backsplash as described above.
  • FIGS. 6 to 8 illustrate a third embodiment of the invention.
  • the display elements are constituted by four crowns 6i and a disc 6j.
  • the four crowns 6i would serve for displaying the price while the disc serves here to display the expression such as "100 g", the "kg”, “piece”, “liter”, etc ...
  • One or more slides 20 may be provided on the support plate 4 for the reception of removable strips 24 bearing inscriptions and / or illustrations.
  • the slides are here two in number and are sandwiched between the front panel 7 and the back plate of the support 4.
  • the corresponding portion 22 of the front panel will then be transparent to show the banner.
  • FIG. 9 illustrates the support plate 4 of a variant of the embodiment of FIG. 8.
  • the plate is essentially reduced to the space required to accommodate the elements 6i, 6j.
  • the support plate may be attached to a peak, base, etc., forming a support of the label, either directly or through the backsplash 30 in the embodiment of FIG.

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The invention concerns a label comprising a support (2), display elements (6a-6f), and means for mounting mobile elements rotatably on the support. For at least one of the display elements, the mounting means (14, 16) extend at some distance from the center of the element and are discontinuous along a circumferential direction around said center.

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L'invention concerne les étiquettes d'affichage de prix d'articles sur un lieu de vente.The invention relates to price display tags for items at a point of sale.

Les étiquettes à roulettes sont généralement constituées d'une façade imprimée laissant apparaître, par le biais de fenêtres, des chiffres constituant le prix des articles qu'elles désignent. Ces chiffres, pouvant être de 0 à 9, sont imprimés sur la périphérie de disques découpés dans des feuilles minces. Un trou central est aussi découpé sur chacun de ces disques, permettant de les riveter sur la façade imprimée. Ceci étant prévu avec du jeu, les rivets jouent par conséquent le rôle d'axe de rotation de chacun de ces disques, qui sont donc mobiles autour de leur centre. Ces roulettes ainsi constituées permettent de faire défiler leurs chiffres, au travers de la fenêtre qui leur est associée. La définition d'un prix d'article consiste donc à tourner chacune des roulettes jusqu'au chiffre désiré.Rolling labels generally consist of a printed facade showing, by means of windows, figures constituting the price of the items they designate. These numbers, which can be from 0 to 9, are printed on the periphery of disks cut from thin sheets. A central hole is also cut on each of these discs, allowing riveting them on the printed facade. This being provided with play, the rivets therefore play the role of rotation axis of each of these discs, which are therefore mobile around their center. These wheels thus formed can scroll through their numbers, through the window associated with them. The definition of an item price therefore consists in turning each of the wheels to the desired number.

Afin de réaliser ces étiquettes, les rivetages des roulettes ne doivent évidemment pas être bloqués par la présence des autres roulettes. En ce sens, ils doivent être suffisamment dégagés entre eux. Cependant, les fenêtres placées sur les passages des chiffres de chaque roulette doivent être alignées et aussi rapprochées que possible pour former un prix d'article le plus facilement identifiable. D'où la nécessité d'un chevauchement maximum des roulettes, mais dans la limite de faisabilité des rivetages.To achieve these labels, the rivets of the wheels must obviously not be blocked by the presence of the other wheels. In this sense, they must be sufficiently clear of each other. However, windows placed on the numbered passages of each roulette wheel must be aligned and as close together as possible to form an easily identifiable item price. Hence the need for maximum overlap of the rollers, but within the feasibility of riveting.

Cette contrainte se traduit par exemple par un rivetage séquentiel des roulettes, permettant que certaines roulettes en chevauchent d'autres au-delà de leur centre. Une telle étiquette est décrite dans la demande EP 0 949 600. Dans ce cas, les roulettes sont rivetées après celles qu'elles chevauchent, dont les rivets deviennent alors masqués.This constraint is reflected for example by sequential riveting of the wheels, allowing some wheels overlap others beyond their center. Such a label is described in application EP 0 949 600. In this case, the rollers are riveted after those they overlap, whose rivets then become masked.

Cependant, avec le chevauchement des roulettes obtenu par leur rivetage séquentiel, la contrainte du double affichage franc/euro engendre des étiquettes trop imposantes, ce qui est préjudiciable aussi bien sur le plan économique qu'esthétique et fonctionnel. Leur lisibilité, notamment, est médiocre. De plus, les rivetages détériorent l'aspect de la façade imprimée, qu'il s'agisse d'un double affichage ou même d'un simple affichage.However, with the overlap of the casters obtained by their sequential riveting, the constraint of double display franc / euro generates labels too imposing, which is detrimental as well economically as aesthetic and functional. Their legibility, in particular, is mediocre. Moreover, the Rivets deteriorate the appearance of the printed facade, whether it is a dual display or even a simple display.

Un but de l'invention est de fournir une étiquette moins volumineuse, plus facilement lisible et d'aspect plus esthétique, notamment pour un double affichage.An object of the invention is to provide a less voluminous label, more easily readable and more aesthetic appearance, especially for a dual display.

En vue de la réalisation de ce but, on prévoit selon l'invention, une étiquette comportant

  • un support;
  • des éléments d'affichage, et
  • des moyens de montage des éléments mobiles à rotation sur le support,
dans laquelle, pour au moins l'un des éléments d'affichage, les moyens de montage s'étendent à distance d'un centre de l'élément et sont discontinus suivant une direction circonférentielle autour de ce centre. Ainsi, ces moyens de montage permettent de rapprocher les éléments d'affichage les uns des autres sans rendre l'étiquette plus volumineuse, même en cas de double affichage, tout en guidant convenablement leur rotation. De plus, l'étiquette pouvant être dépourvue de rivet, l'assemblage est facilité puisqu'on peut mettre en place tous les éléments d'affichage simultanément sur le support.In order to achieve this goal, provision is made according to the invention for a label comprising
  • a support;
  • display elements, and
  • means for mounting the mobile elements to rotate on the support,
wherein, for at least one of the display elements, the mounting means extends away from a center of the element and is discontinuous in a circumferential direction about that center. Thus, these mounting means can bring the display elements closer to each other without making the label more voluminous, even in case of dual display, while properly guiding their rotation. In addition, the label can be devoid of rivet, the assembly is facilitated since we can set up all the display elements simultaneously on the support.

La possibilité de se dispenser des rivets améliore en outre l'esthétique de l'étiquette dont la face avant peut être dépourvue de reliefs et de cavités.The possibility of dispensing with rivets also improves the aesthetics of the label whose front face may be devoid of reliefs and cavities.

L'invention pourra en outre présenter au moins l'une des caractéristiques suivantes :

  • au moins pour ledit élément d'affichage, les moyens de montage sont en appui sur un bord externe de l'élément.
  • au moins pour ledit élément d'affichage, les moyens de montage sont en appui sur un bord interne de l'élément.
  • au moins pour ledit élément d'affichage, les moyens de montage comprennent une nervure.
  • au moins pour ledit élément d'affichage, les moyens de montage s'étendent sur moins d'un demi-tour, et de préférence moins d'un tiers de tour, suivant la direction circonférentielle.
  • les moyens de montage sont contigus les uns aux autres pour au moins deux des éléments d'affichage.
  • l'étiquette comprend une paroi avant présentant des fenêtres à travers lesquelles les éléments d'affichage sont visibles.
  • l'étiquette comprend une paroi arrière présentant des fenêtres à travers lesquelles les éléments d'affichage sont accessibles pour être manoeuvrés.
  • les fenêtres de la paroi arrière sont obturées par une membrane étanche souple, ou par un dosseret amovible.
  • au moins pour ledit élément d'affichage, les moyens de montage, l'ouverture de la paroi arrière et le centre de l'élément sont alignés.
  • au moins l'un des éléments d'affichage a une forme de couronne.
  • au moins l'un des éléments d'affichage a une forme de disque.
The invention may furthermore have at least one of the following features:
  • at least for said display element, the mounting means bear on an outer edge of the element.
  • at least for said display element, the mounting means bear on an inner edge of the element.
  • at least for said display element, the mounting means comprises a rib.
  • at least for said display element, the mounting means extend over less than half a turn, and preferably less than one third of a turn, in the circumferential direction.
  • the mounting means are contiguous with each other for at least two of the display elements.
  • the label comprises a front wall having windows through which the display elements are visible.
  • the label comprises a rear wall having windows through which the display elements are accessible to be operated.
  • the windows of the rear wall are closed by a flexible waterproof membrane, or by a removable backsplash.
  • at least for said display element, the mounting means, the opening of the rear wall and the center of the element are aligned.
  • at least one of the display elements has a crown shape.
  • at least one of the display elements has a disk shape.

D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention apparaîtront encore dans la description suivante de plusieurs modes préférés de réalisations et de variantes données à titre d'exemples non limitatifs.Other features and advantages of the invention will become apparent in the following description of several preferred embodiments and variants given as non-limiting examples.

Aux dessins annexés :

  • la figure 1 est une vue en élévation d'une étiquette selon un premier mode préféré de réalisation de l'invention ;
  • les figures 2, 3 et 4 sont des vues en élévation respectives de la paroi avant, des éléments d'affichage, et de la paroi arrière de l'étiquette de la figure ;
  • la figure 5 est une vue en élévation d'une étiquette selon un deuxième mode de réalisation de l'invention;
  • les figures 6, 7 et 8 sont deux figures analogues aux figures 2,3 et 4 illustrant un troisième mode de réalisation.
  • la figure 9 est une figure analogue à la figure 7 et 8 illustrant une variante, et ;
  • la figure 10 est une figure partielle en coupe transversale d'une autre variante de l'étiquette.
In the accompanying drawings:
  • Figure 1 is an elevational view of a label according to a first preferred embodiment of the invention;
  • Figures 2, 3 and 4 are respective elevational views of the front wall, display elements, and rear wall of the label of the figure;
  • Figure 5 is an elevational view of a label according to a second embodiment of the invention;
  • Figures 6, 7 and 8 are two figures similar to Figures 2,3 and 4 illustrating a third embodiment.
  • Figure 9 is a figure similar to Figure 7 and 8 illustrating a variant, and;
  • Figure 10 is a partial cross sectional view of another variation of the label.

On a illustré aux figures 1 à 4 un premier mode de réalisation de l'étiquette selon l'invention.FIGS. 1 to 4 show a first embodiment of the label according to the invention.

L'étiquette 2 comporte une paroi arrière 4, des éléments d'affichage 6 et une paroi avant 7.The label 2 has a rear wall 4, display elements 6 and a front wall 7.

Les éléments d'affichage 6 sont interposés entre les deux parois avant et arrière et pris en sandwich entre celles-ci. Ils sont en outre superposés partiellement les uns avec les autres.The display elements 6 are interposed between the two front and rear walls and sandwiched therebetween. They are also partially overlapped with each other.

Les éléments d'affichage 6 sont ici au nombre de six. Ils comportent un disque 6a, et cinq couronnes 6b à 6f ; en référence à la figure 4, la paroi arrière 4 comporte une plaque plane 12 et des nervures 14 s'étendant en saillie de cette plaque vers l'avant. La plaque a une forme générale correspondant à l'enveloppe géométrique des éléments d'affichage 6a-6f tels que disposés à la figure 3. Certaines de ces nervures assurent le guidage des éléments d'affichage à rotation dans l'étiquette.The display elements 6 are here six in number. They comprise a disc 6a, and five crowns 6b to 6f; with reference to Figure 4, the rear wall 4 comprises a flat plate 12 and ribs 14 projecting from this plate to the front. The plate has a general shape corresponding to the geometric envelope of the display elements 6a-6f as arranged in FIG. 3. Some of these ribs guide the rotational display elements in the label.

Les nervures 14 ont ici une forme en arc de cercle, centré sur le centre géométrique de l'élément d'affichage qu'elles sont chargées de guider.The ribs 14 here have an arcuate shape, centered on the geometric center of the display element they are responsible for guiding.

Ainsi, en partie supérieure centrale de la paroi 4, la nervure 14 formant un bord supérieur de la plaque a une forme en arc de cercle identique à celle du bord circulaire externe de la deuxième grande couronne 6c et venant en appui vers le bas contre ce bord.Thus, in the upper central part of the wall 4, the rib 14 forming an upper edge of the plate has a circular arc shape identical to that of the outer circular edge of the second large crown 6c and bearing downwards against it. edge.

En outre, la paroi 4 comporte en partie médiane une nervure circulaire 16 venant en appui vers le haut contre le bord circulaire interne de cette couronne 6c et s'étendant à cette fin dans l'orifice 8 de la couronne. Les deux nervures 14,16 sont donc concentriques et centrées sur le centre géométrique de la couronne 6c. Elles sont alignées avec ce centre, c'est-à-dire interceptées par un même rayon géométrique émanant de ce centre. Les deux nervures 14,16 suffisent à guider à rotation la grande couronne 6c autour de son centre. Entre les deux nervures, la plaque 12 présente une ouverture 18 en forme de haricot, délimitée pour l'essentiel par les deux nervures. Cette ouverture permet de contacter la couronne à travers la paroi arrière 4 pour la faire tourner.In addition, the wall 4 comprises in the middle part a circular rib 16 bearing upwards against the inner circular edge of the ring 6c and extending for this purpose in the orifice 8 of the ring. The two ribs 14, 16 are therefore concentric and centered on the geometric center of the crown 6c. They are aligned with this center, that is to say intercepted by the same geometrical radius emanating from this center. The two ribs 14,16 are sufficient to guide rotation of the large crown 6c around its center. Between the two ribs, the plate 12 has an opening 18 in the form of a bean, delimited essentially by the two ribs. This opening makes it possible to contact the crown through the rear wall 4 to rotate it.

On remarque que les deux nervures 14,16 ainsi que l'ouverture 18 s'étendent sur moins d'un demi-tour autour du centre de la couronne 6c, et même sur moins d'un tiers de tour. Elles s'étendent ici sur environ un quart de tour.Note that the two ribs 14,16 and the opening 18 extend over less than a half turn around the center of the crown 6c, and even less than a third of a turn. They extend here about a quarter turn.

L'autre grande couronne 6b est pareillement guidée par deux nervures 14,16 et associée à une ouverture 18. Il en est de même pour la couronne intermédiaire 6d et pour l'une 6e des petites couronnes. L'autre petite couronne 6f est guidée en propre par une nervure interne 16.The other large ring 6b is similarly guided by two ribs 14,16 and associated with an opening 18. It is the same for the intermediate ring 6d and for one of the 6th small crowns. The other small crown 6f is guided in its own by an internal rib 16.

Mais son bord externe est guidé par la nervure 16 qui guide en même temps le bord interne de l'autre petite couronne 6e. Cette nervure 16 « commune » a donc des liants externe et interne non concentriques.But its outer edge is guided by the rib 16 which guides at the same time the inner edge of the other small crown 6th. This "common" rib 16 therefore has external and internal non-concentric binders.

Le disque 6a est guidé par deux nervures externes 14, l'une au bord de la plaque, l'autre dans l'ouverture 8 de la première grande couronne 6b et rattachée par une extrémité à l'extrémité de la nervure interne 16 de celle-ci.The disc 6a is guided by two external ribs 14, one at the edge of the plate, the other in the opening 8 of the first large crown 6b and attached by one end to the end of the internal rib 16 of the -this.

Les nervures circulaires 14 s'étendant au bord de la plaque sont reliées les unes aux autres, notamment par des tronçons rectilignes. On voit que les moyens de guidage associés à chaque élément d'affichage sont décalés et distants par rapport à un centre géométrique de l'élément considéré et discontinus suivant une direction circonférentielle à ce centre. De plus, les moyens de guidage associés à une couronne (ou un disque) n'occupent pas le centre de cette couronne.The circular ribs 14 extending at the edge of the plate are connected to each other, in particular by rectilinear sections. It can be seen that the guide means associated with each display element are offset and spaced apart from a geometric center of the element in question and discontinuous in a direction circumferential to this center. In addition, the guide means associated with a crown (or a disk) do not occupy the center of this ring.

Ainsi, l'étiquette 2 est constituée d'une façade imprimée et d'une pièce support injecté. Les nervures 14, 16 sont aménagées sur cette pièce support, de façon à former des logements pour les éléments d'affichage. En effet, ces nervures placées côté extérieur et côté intérieur des couronnes épousent sensiblement leurs formes respectives. Les couronnes et le disque sont découpés dans des feuilles minces de matière plastique.Thus, the label 2 consists of a printed facade and an injected support piece. The ribs 14, 16 are arranged on this support piece, so as to form housing for the display elements. Indeed, these ribs placed on the outer side and inner side of the crowns substantially match their respective shapes. The crowns and the disc are cut from thin sheets of plastic material.

Ils sont maintenus dans leur logement, c'est-à-dire entre leurs nervures respectives 14,16, contre la pièce support, car ils sont pris en sandwich. Ils sont en effet coincés entre la pièce support 4 et la façade imprimée 7, ces deux pièces étant soudées particulièrement au niveau des nervures. La paroi avant 7 et la paroi arrière 4 peuvent être en matière(s) plastique(s) moulée(s), soudables l'une à l'autre. Ce soudage est matérialisé sur les figures par les hachures de la pièce support 4. Il s'ensuit que la façade imprimée de la paroi avant 7 reste intacte de tout relief ou cavité. On peut également prévoir que la paroi arrière est en polystyrène.They are held in their housing, that is to say between their respective ribs 14,16, against the support part, because they are sandwiched. They are indeed wedged between the support part 4 and the printed facade 7, these two parts being welded particularly at the ribs. The front wall 7 and the rear wall 4 may be made of plastic material (s) molded (s), weldable to each other. This welding is materialized in the figures by the hatching of the support part 4. It follows that the printed facade of the front wall 7 remains intact of any relief or cavity. It is also possible that the rear wall is polystyrene.

Dans d'autres réalisations non représentées, le maintien des disques et couronnes pourrait provenir de picots, évitant de souder la façade imprimée au niveau des nervures, les couronnes étant de toute façon prises en sandwich entre la pièce support 4 et la façade imprimée 7 qui pourrait être soudée, rivetée ou clipsée. Ou encore le maintien des couronnes pourrait provenir d'un rabat, rapporté ou non à la pièce support plastique 4.In other embodiments not shown, the maintenance of the disks and crowns could come from pins, avoiding welding the printed facade at the ribs, the crowns being anyway sandwiched between the support part 4 and the printed facade 7 which could be welded, riveted or clipped. Or the maintenance of the crowns could come from a flap, reported or not to the plastic support part 4.

Les fenêtres 10 sont ménagées sur la façade imprimée afin de constituer un prix d'article. Pour ce premier exemple de réalisation, la priorité a été donnée à la constitution d'un prix d'article le plus gros possible, mais aussi le plus compact possible et le plus bas possible sur l'étiquette. D'où cette superposition des couronnes. D'où aussi, le placement des nervures extérieures 14 et intérieure 16 de chaque couronne. En outre, les nervures étant sensiblement l'une en face de l'autre, elles forment un passage obligé pour chaque couronne. Ceci, à l'exception près du disque 6a.Windows 10 are provided on the printed facade to constitute a price of article. For this first embodiment, the priority has been given to the constitution of a possible largest article price, but also the most compact possible and the lowest possible on the label. Hence this superposition of crowns. Hence also the placement of the outer ribs 14 and inner 16 of each crown. In addition, the ribs being substantially opposite each other, they form a passage for each crown. This, with the exception of disk 6a.

Au travers des fenêtres 10, le défilement des chiffres imprimés sur la périphérie des éléments d'affichage s'effectue encore par rotation. Cependant, la prise entre deux doigts des éléments d'affichage pour les faire tourner autour de leur axe comme dans une étiquette classique est remplacée par la pression et le frottement sur les éléments d'affichage comme pour la rotation de molettes.Through the windows 10, the scrolling of the numbers printed on the periphery of the display elements is still rotated. However, the catch between two fingers of the display elements to rotate about their axis as in a conventional label is replaced by the pressure and friction on the display elements as for the rotation of wheels.

Seules les ouvertures 18 ménagées dans la pièce support 4 au niveau des nervures permettent l'accès aux éléments d'affichage pris en sandwich entre la pièce support 4 et la façade imprimée 7. S'agissant d'un accès sans préhension possible, la seule façon de les faire tourner est donc de les manoeuvrer par friction pour leur conférer le mouvement voulu. Il est donc préférable de ménager ces ouvertures 18 au voisinage des nervures 14,16, afin que les efforts sur les couronnes soient dirigés par les nervures et afin d'éviter ainsi la déformation et le coincement des couronnes. Il est à noter que cette solution, par le biais des ouvertures 18, aiguille avantageusement l'utilisateur vers les zones de manipulation de l'étiquette même lors d'une manoeuvre « en aveugle » durant laquelle l'utilisateur regarde la face avant 7, ce qui n'est pas le cas des étiquettes actuelles. En effet pour celles-ci, l'utilisateur peut être contraint à retourner l'étiquette pour trouver les bonnes zones de préhension.Only the openings 18 formed in the support part 4 at the ribs allow access to the display elements sandwiched between the support part 4 and the printed facade 7. With regard to unhindered access possible, the only so to turn them is to manipulate them by friction to give them the desired movement. It is better to take care of these openings 18 in the vicinity of the ribs 14,16, so that the forces on the crowns are directed by the ribs and thus to prevent deformation and jamming crowns. It should be noted that this solution, through the openings 18, advantageously hands the user to the handling areas of the label even during a "blind" maneuver during which the user looks at the front face 7, which is not the case for current labels. Indeed for these, the user may be forced to return the label to find the right gripping areas.

Dans le deuxième mode préféré de réalisation illustré à la figure 5, l'étiquette est adaptée à un double affichage, par exemple Francs et Euros. Elle a une forme rectangulaire. Les bords de la paroi arrière 4 ne jouent ici aucun rôle dans le guidage des éléments d'affichage sauf pour les deux couronnes les plus à gauche.In the second preferred embodiment illustrated in FIG. 5, the label is adapted to a dual display, for example Francs and Euros. It has a rectangular shape. The edges of the rear wall 4 play no role in guiding the display elements except for the two leftmost crowns.

Les éléments d'affichage sont tous des couronnes 6g,6h. Ils sont groupés en deux séries. Les centres géométriques des couronnes de chaque série sont alignés horizontalement. Les deux lignes s'étendent l'une au dessus de l'autre. Chaque couronne 6g,6h chevauche partiellement d'autres couronnes de la même série, ainsi que des couronnes de l'autre série. Chaque couronne est guidée par une paire de nervures 14,16 dont la plupart assurent simultanément le guidage du bord externe d'une couronne et le guidage du bord interne d'une autre couronne de la même série. Dans chaque série, les nervures sont interceptées par la droite correspondant à la direction d'alignement des centres des couronnes.The display elements are all crowns 6g, 6h. They are grouped in two series. The geometric centers of the crowns of each series are aligned horizontally. The two lines extend one above the other. Each crown 6g, 6h partially overlaps other crowns of the same series, as well as crowns of the other series. Each ring is guided by a pair of ribs 14, 16, most of which simultaneously provide guiding the outer edge of a ring and guiding the inner edge of another ring of the same series. In each series, the ribs are intercepted by the line corresponding to the direction of alignment of the centers of the crowns.

Des ouvertures d'accès aux couronnes sont ici encore prévues dans la paroi arrière 12, entre les nervures correspondantes 14,16. Les couronnes se chevauchent si près les unes des autres que, dans chaque série, les couronnes 2, 3 et 4 en partant de la gauche recouvrent partiellement l'ouverture centrale 8 de la couronne 1 la plus à gauche. Dans cette même ouverture s'étendent trois nervures 16 guidant respectivement les couronnes 2, 3 et 4.Access openings to the crowns are again provided in the rear wall 12, between the corresponding ribs 14,16. The crowns overlap so closely that in each series the crowns 2, 3 and 4 from the left partially overlap the central opening 8 of the leftmost crown 1. In this same opening extend three ribs 16 respectively guiding the crowns 2, 3 and 4.

Pour le deuxième exemple de réalisation, la priorité a été donnée à la constitution d'une étiquette à double affichage la plus compacte possible, avec des prix d'article les plus gros et les plus compacts possible. Cet exemple présente l'avantage d'aligner pour chaque série les couronnes 6g,6h, les nervures 14,16, les ouvertures 8 et les zones de manipulation 18 (non illustrées mais alignées elles aussi horizontalement dans chaque série), pour une facilité maximale d'utilisation. En outre, cet exemple présente l'avantage de réduire au maximum la diversité des couronnes, d'où une simplification de la production et un gain par effet d'échelle. Ainsi, on voit que les couronnes 1 à 3 de la série supérieure et les couronnes 1 à 2 de la série inférieure sont toutes identiques entre elles. Il en est de même pour les couronnes supérieures 4,5 et les couronnes inférieures 3,4.For the second exemplary embodiment, priority has been given to the constitution of a most compact dual display label possible, with largest and most compact item prices possible. This example has the advantage of aligning for each series the crowns 6g, 6h, the ribs 14,16, the openings 8 and the handling zones 18 (not shown but also aligned horizontally in each series), for maximum ease. use. In addition, this example has the advantage of minimizing the diversity of crowns, resulting in a simplification of production and gain by scale effect. Thus, we see that the crowns 1 to 3 of the upper series and the crowns 1 to 2 of the lower series are all identical to each other. It is the same for the upper crowns 4,5 and the lower crowns 3,4.

L'invention, qu'il s'agisse de simple ou même de double affichage, permet de placer toutes les couronnes sur la pièce support et de les en solidariser en une seule opération, par soudure de la façade imprimée 7 sur la plaque arrière 4 dans les exemples de réalisation représentés. Cette solution permet donc d'envisager un montage automatisé ou semi-automatisé. Avec la pièce support en matière plastique injectée, elle permet même d'envisager une réduction du coût des étiquettes dans le cas de moyennes ou grandes séries, ou au moins un coût sensiblement équivalent pour des étiquettes pourtant plus performantes.The invention, whether simple or even dual display, allows to place all the crowns on the support part and to join them in a single operation, by welding the printed facade 7 on the back plate 4 in the exemplary embodiments shown. This solution therefore makes it possible to envisage an automated or semi-automated assembly. With the injected plastic support part, it even makes it possible to envisage a reduction in the cost of the labels in the case of medium or large series, or at least a substantially equivalent cost for yet more efficient labels.

Concernant les risques d'encrassement et donc d'hygiène, cette solution apporte aussi un plus en isolant davantage les éléments d'affichage à l'égard de l'environnement extérieur. A l'extrême, dans un exemple de réalisation illustrée à la figure 10, les ouvertures 18 de la pièce support 4 pourraient être obturées par une ou plusieurs membranes souples. Celles-ci, par exemple obtenues par bi-injection ou par simple recouvrement par un film, garantiraient ainsi l'étanchéité totale des étiquettes, sans modifier pour autant leur utilisation par frottement sur les couronnes, possible grâce à la souplesse et à la déformation des membranes. En variante, dans une forme de réalisation telle qu'illustrée sur la figure 10, on ne prévoit pas de membranes mais un dosseret rigide coulissant 30 reçu dans un logement arrière et guidé par des profils en queue d'arronde 32 de la plaque support.Concerning the risks of fouling and therefore of hygiene, this solution also brings a plus by isolating more the display elements with respect to the external environment. At the extreme, in an exemplary embodiment illustrated in Figure 10, the openings 18 of the support part 4 could be closed by one or more flexible membranes. These, for example obtained by bi-injection or by simple covering with a film, thus guarantee total sealing of the labels, without modifying their use by friction on the crowns, possible thanks to the flexibility and the deformation of the membranes. Alternatively, in an embodiment as illustrated in FIG. 10, no membranes are provided but a rigid sliding backrest 30 received in a rear housing and guided by dovetail profiles 32 of the support plate.

Pour une étanchéité accrue, on pourra mettre en place un joint souple (par bi-injection ou surmoulage) sur le périmètre du dosseret 30 ou de l'ouverture qui le reçoit.For increased sealing, it will be possible to set up a flexible seal (by bi-injection or overmoulding) on the perimeter of the backsplash 30 or of the opening which receives it.

L'invention propose donc une étiquette ayant un meilleur compromis économique, esthétique et fonctionnel, qu'elle soit à simple ou à double affichage. Elle permet d'augmenter, le cas échéant, le chevauchement des éléments d'affichage entre eux, permettant des étiquettes ainsi que des prix d'articles plus compacts; de réduire ou de supprimer l'impact visuel du montage des éléments d'affichage sur la façade imprimée 7, augmentant la qualité perçue et la lisibilité des étiquettes ; tout en conservant la facilité économique de la réalisation de ces étiquettes.The invention therefore proposes a label having a better economic compromise, aesthetic and functional, whether single or dual display. It makes it possible to increase, if necessary, the overlap of the display elements with each other, allowing for labels as well as more compact item prices; to reduce or eliminate the visual impact of mounting the display elements on the printed facade 7, increasing the perceived quality and readability of the labels; while maintaining the economic ease of the realization of these labels.

La solution de l'invention consiste à remplacer le guidage axial des éléments d'affichage par un guidage décalé par rapport à l'axe, permettant plus de chevauchement des éléments entre eux. Pour cela au moins un des disques guidés par un axe, rivet ou autre, est remplacé par une couronne circulaire 6b-6f, 6g-6h guidée par des nervures épousant sensiblement ses formes. Ces nervures sont placées côté extérieur et/ou côté intérieur de chaque couronne circulaire, et sont ménagées sur une pièce support solidaire de la façade imprimée. Les nervures extérieure et intérieure étant limitées à une partie de la circonférence et sensiblement l'une en face de l'autre, elles forment un passage obligé pour chaque couronne.The solution of the invention is to replace the axial guiding of the display elements by a guide offset from the axis, allowing more overlapping elements between them. For this at least one of the disks guided by an axis, rivet or other, is replaced by a circular ring 6b-6f, 6g-6h guided by ribs substantially matching its shapes. These ribs are placed on the outer side and / or inner side of each circular ring, and are arranged on a support piece integral with the printed facade. The outer and inner ribs being limited to a portion of the circumference and substantially opposite each other, they form a passage for each crown.

Les couronnes étant prises en sandwich de façon à être maintenues dans leur logement, c'est-à-dire entre leurs nervures, contre la pièce support, leur rotation peut s'effectuer par frottement de la couronne au niveau de son logement, un peu comme sur une molette. Pour cela, la pièce support comporte les ouvertures 18 à ce niveau.The rings being sandwiched so as to be held in their housing, that is to say between their ribs, against the support piece, their rotation can be effected by rubbing the crown at its housing, a little like on a wheel. For this, the support part has the openings 18 at this level.

Le montage peut s'effectuer en plaçant toutes les couronnes sur la pièce support 4, dans leurs logements respectifs, et ensuite, en une seule opération, de les prendre en sandwich avec la façade avant 7 pour les maintenir entre leurs nervures.The assembly can be carried out by placing all the crowns on the support part 4, in their respective housings, and then, in a single operation, to sandwich them with the front panel 7 to hold them between their ribs.

Cette solution permet d'obtenir des étiquettes compactes, avec des prix d'articles compacts, aussi bien pour des affichages simples que doubles, tout en conservant des coûts de fabrication faibles. En effet, pour ces nouvelles étiquettes, l'ajout de la pièce support 4 peut être compensé par une réduction du coût du montage, celui-ci devenant simultané. En outre, concernant l'impact visuel sur la façade imprimée 7, seule la fixation de la pièce support 4 pourrait être visible, selon sa définition, la qualité perçue et la lisibilité de ces nouvelles étiquettes étant augmentées.This solution provides compact labels with compact item prices for both single and dual displays, while maintaining low manufacturing costs. Indeed, for these new labels, the addition of the support part 4 can be offset by a reduction in the cost of assembly, the latter becoming simultaneous. In addition, concerning the visual impact on the printed facade 7, only the fixing of the support part 4 could be visible, according to its definition, the perceived quality and readability of these new labels being increased.

Cette solution permet aussi d'obtenir ces mêmes étiquettes en variante hermétique, en obstruant les ouvertures 18 de la pièce support 4 par des membranes souples ou par un dosseret comme décrit plus haut.This solution also makes it possible to obtain these same labels in a hermetic variant, by obstructing the openings 18 of the support part 4 by flexible membranes or by a backsplash as described above.

On a illustré aux figures 6 à 8 un troisième mode de réalisation de l'invention. Les éléments d'affichage sont ici constitués par quatre couronnes 6i et un disque 6j. Les quatre couronnes 6i serviraient à l'affichage du prix alors que le disque sert ici à afficher l'expression telle que « 100 g », le « kg », « pièce », « litre », etc ...FIGS. 6 to 8 illustrate a third embodiment of the invention. The display elements are constituted by four crowns 6i and a disc 6j. The four crowns 6i would serve for displaying the price while the disc serves here to display the expression such as "100 g", the "kg", "piece", "liter", etc ...

Certaines nervures 14, au lieu d'être isolées comme dans les deux premiers modes de réalisations, sont intégrés à l'épaisseur de la plaque. Le guidage est donc réalisé au moyen du champ de l'épaisseur. Au montage, on met en place sur la plaque support les quatre couronnes l'une après l'autre en commençant par celle la plus droite sur la figure 7, puis on ajoute le disque.Some ribs 14, instead of being isolated as in the first two embodiments, are integrated in the thickness of the plate. Guiding is therefore achieved by means of the thickness field. On assembly, the four crowns are put in place on the support plate one after the other, starting with the straight one in FIG. 7, and then the disc is added.

On remarquera que pour les deux couronnes les plus à droite sur la figure 8, les nervures de guidage sont diamétralement opposées à l'ouverture 18.It will be noted that for the two rightmost rings in FIG. 8, the guide ribs are diametrically opposed to the opening 18.

Une ou plusieurs glissières 20 peuvent être ménagées sur la plaque support 4 pour la réception de bandeaux amovibles 24 portant des inscriptions et/ou des illustrations. Les glissières sont ici au nombre de deux et sont prises en sandwich entre la façade avant 7 et la plaque arrière du support 4. La partie correspondante 22 de la façade avant sera alors transparente pour laisser voir le bandeau.One or more slides 20 may be provided on the support plate 4 for the reception of removable strips 24 bearing inscriptions and / or illustrations. The slides are here two in number and are sandwiched between the front panel 7 and the back plate of the support 4. The corresponding portion 22 of the front panel will then be transparent to show the banner.

On a illustré à la figure 9 la plaque support 4 d'une variante du mode de réalisation de la figure 8. Dans cette variante, la plaque est réduite pour l'essentiel à l'encombrement nécessaire au logement des éléments 6i, 6j.FIG. 9 illustrates the support plate 4 of a variant of the embodiment of FIG. 8. In this variant, the plate is essentially reduced to the space required to accommodate the elements 6i, 6j.

La façade est réduite de façon correspondante. On peut ainsi réaliser l'étiquette « petit modèle », par comparaison avec le « grand modèle » de la figure 8.The facade is reduced accordingly. The label "small model" can thus be produced by comparison with the "large model" of FIG. 8.

La plaque support pourra être fixée à un pic, socle, etc, formant un support de l'étiquette, soit directement, soit par l'intermédiaire du dosseret 30 dans la forme de réalisation de la figure 10.The support plate may be attached to a peak, base, etc., forming a support of the label, either directly or through the backsplash 30 in the embodiment of FIG.

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  1. A label comprising a support (4, 7), display elements (6a-f ; 6g-h ; 6i, 6j), and mounting means (14, 16) for mounting the elements so they are free to rotate on the support, the label being characterized in that for at least one of the display elements (6a-e ; 6g-h ; 6i, 6j), the mounting means (14, 16) extend at a distance from a center of the elements and are discontinuous in a circumferential direction around the center.
  2. A label according to claim 1, characterized in that at least for said display element, the mounting means (14) bear against an outside edge of the element (6a-f ; 6g-h ; 6i, 6j).
  3. A label according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that, at least for said display element, the mounting means (16) bear against an inside edge of the element (6b-f ; 6g-h, 6i, 6j).
  4. A label according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that, at least for said display element, the mounting means (14, 16) comprise a rib.
  5. A label according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that, at least for said display element, the mounting means (14, 16) extend over less than a half a turn in the circumferential direction, preferably over less than one-third of a turn.
  6. A label according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the mounting means (14, 16) are contiguous with one another for at least two of the display elements (6a, 6b ; 6h ; 6i).
  7. A label according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that it has a front wall (7) presenting windows (10) through which the display elements (6a-f ; 6g-h, 6i, 6j) are visible.
  8. A label according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that it has a rear wall (4) presenting windows (18) through which the display elements (6a-f ; 6g-h, 6i, 6j) are accessible in order to be maneuvered.
  9. A label according to claim 8, characterized in that the windows (18) in the rear wall are closed by a leakproof flexible membrane (30).
  10. A label according to claim 9, characterized in that the windows (18) in the rear wall are closed by a removable closure strip (30).
  11. A label according to claim 8 or claim 9, characterized in that, at least for said display element, the mounting means (14, 16), the opening in the rear wall (18), and the center of the element (6a-f ; 6g-h, 6i, 6j) are in alignment.
  12. A label according to any one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that at least one of the display elements (6b-f ; 6g-h, 6i, 6j) is in the form of a ring.
  13. A label according to any one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that at least one of the display elements (6a, 6j) is in the form of a disk.
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