Classifications

• • G—PHYSICS
  • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
  • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
  • G09F3/00—Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps
  • G09F3/08—Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself
  • G09F3/18—Casings, frames or enclosures for labels
  • G09F3/20—Casings, frames or enclosures for labels for adjustable, removable, or interchangeable labels
  • G09F3/204—Casings, frames or enclosures for labels for adjustable, removable, or interchangeable labels specially adapted to be attached to a shelf or the like

Definitions

• TITLE Display device, in particular for electronic display of prices.
• the present invention relates to a display device, in particular used to hold electronic displays or to have simple labels.
• Display devices and systems are used primarily in stores, department stores, or other locations to display labels with information, including the price of items visible to customers.
• items are stored on two types of shelving in sales areas. They can be simply placed on a shelf or can be hung on hooks in the form of a support bar mounted in cantilever on a wall or a wall and having at its end a perpendicular stop bar.
• the display devices are then generally attached to two types of corresponding attachment studs.
• said display devices should ideally be able to be seen by consumers in an average position which must remain the same for all articles. The consumer must be able to have access to information without having to bend down to read the label and in particular the price of the articles presented on a lower support, or to approach the higher support. It is therefore advantageous that the prices are therefore displayed and oriented downwards in the case of the upper shelves and oriented upwards in the case of the lower shelves in order to be seen from an average position.
• a display device is known, suitable for being fixed to a rail or spoke clamp, and having means for being inclined in an intermediate position oriented upwards.
• this device has too limited an orientation variability.
• it is adapted to orient the price tag according to a suitable angle of vision for some of the lower shelves, it does not make it possible in particular to orient the price tag for the upper shelves downwards.
• such display devices are only compatible with a clamp for securing to a rail and cannot be adapted to other existing fixing supports, such as suspension hooks.
• the price and other information can now be displayed by electronic displays, which may have different dimensions depending on the device.
• an object of the invention is to provide a display device, able to orient itself up or down at a suitable viewing angle, and which can, moreover, be modular according to the type of stud. of fixing and element to be exposed.
• Another object of the invention is to provide a display device which can be easily and quickly assembled.
• Another object of the invention is to provide a display device having anti-theft fixing means.
• the display device in particular for the electronic display of prices, capable of being able to orient an element to be displayed according to a viewing angle, having: - first means of fixing to a crampon for fastening to the shelving, - Second fixing means, in particular to the element to be displayed, characterized in that it comprises independent means of rotation and / or indexing means interfacing between said first means of fixing to the fixing clamp and said second means of attachment to the element to be displayed.
• FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a display device according to the invention mounted on a rail according to a first embodiment
• - Figure 2 is a perspective view of a device according to the invention mounted on a crampon with hooks according to a second embodiment
• - Figure 3 is a perspective view of above a device according to the invention according to a third embodiment
• - Figure 4 is a perspective view from below of the device according to the invention illustrated in Figure 3
• FIG. 5 is a side view of the device according to the invention illustrated in FIG. 3
• FIG. 6 is a view in section VI-VI according to the invention illustrated in FIG.
• FIG. 5 - Figure 7 is a side view of a device mounted on a hook clamp according to the invention according to a fourth embodiment
• - Figure 8 is a perspective view from below of the device according to the invention illustrated in Figure 7
• - Figure 9 is a perspective view from above of the device according to the invention illustrated in Figure 7
• - Figure 10 is a perspective view of means for fixing to a rail by pivoting cam
• - Figure 11 is a perspective view of a jumper illustrated in Figure
• - Figure 12 is a perspective view of a pivoting cam illustrated in Figure 10.
• the invention relates to a display device, in particular for the electronic display of prices, able to orient an element to be displayed according to a viewing angle.
• the device comprises, first of all on the one hand, first fastening means 1, 3, 30 to a fastening clamp 11, 23, 24 to the shelving, and on the other hand, second fastening means 18, in particular to the displayed item ,.
• the device comprises independent means of rotation 4, 5 and / or indexing means 17, 22 interfacing between said first means of fixing to the fixing clamp and said second means of fixing to the item to display.
• said first fixing means comprise a jumper 1 having a structure in C 2, 17, maintained and capable of sliding with a structure in ⁇ d 'a rail 11 fixed to the shelving.
• the C-shaped structure may in particular be in the form of two legs 2 moving away from the back of a jumper 1, the end of the legs 2 being held with the ⁇ structure of a rail 11 by profiles 12.
• This system of attachment to a spoke clamp can advantageously, during the implementation of the information to be displayed, in particular price tags, be moved and slide on the rail, the display device being positioned in front of the row d 'articles concerned.
• the first fixing means 1 can be joined so as to prevent any movement of said jumper 1 along said rail 11 with means braking 13.
• These braking means 13 also constitute an anti-theft means.
• the braking means are in the form of a rotary lock 13 preventing any movement of said jumper 1 along the rail 11.
• Said rotary lock 13 consists of a cylindrical body 15 having its lower end has a base 14 of larger dimension.
• Said base 14 is generally rectangular in shape with two long sides of length slightly greater than the distance separating the legs 2 of the jumper 1. The two short sides are of length less than the distance separating the edges of the sections 12 of the rail 11.
• This lock rotary 13 is located in the recess created between the legs 2 of the rider 1, the back of the rider 17 and the rail 11.
• Said cylindrical body 15 of the rotary lock 13 crosses and protrudes from the back of the rider 17 through the upper end of the cylindrical body 15.
• the rotary lock 13 has at this end a head capable of receiving an actuation key.
• Said head may in particular have an imprint 16, in particular of hexagonal shape, capable of cooperating with an Allen key.
• Said lock 13 comes, when it is turned, to press the lower end of said legs 2 against the profiles 12 of said rail 11, by means of a chamfer at the level of the base 14.
• the action exerted by the legs 2 on said profiles 12 generates, thanks to the friction phenomenon, forces transverse to this line of action, which oppose any movement of the jumper 1 along said rail 11.
• the jumper Y is not held directly by the profiles 12 of the rail 11.
• the means for fixing the jumper Y to the rail 11 are then formed, in known manner, by a pivoting cam 30 having a base 32 of generally rectangular shape, and capable of locking in the rail 11.
• Said base 32 has two short sides of length less than the distance separating the edges of the profiles 12 of the rail 11 , so that it can be inserted longitudinally in the rail.
• Said base 32 has two long sides of length greater than the distance separating the edges of the sections 12 of the rail 11 and less than the maximum width in the rail.
• said base 32 has, in particular at its ends, raising means 33 constituted by chamfered parts and able to cooperate, when the cam 30 is rotated by 90 °, by friction with the lower wings of the profiles 12 of the rail 11.
• a cylindrical body in two parts 34, 26 rises from said base 32 and constitutes at the level of a narrowing of section 35 a bearing surface for the rider.
• the upper part 36 of the cylindrical body has radially two diametrically opposite ears, which can pass through a corresponding opening 40 in the back of the jumper Y. When the cam 30 is turned, said ears 31 protrude with the back of the jumper Y to retain the latter .
• the end of the upper part 36 of the cylindrical body may advantageously have an imprint 16, in particular capable of receiving an Allen key.
• the jumper Y can have two longitudinal edges 2 'capable of cooperating with the edges of the profiles 12 of the rail 11, in order to center said jumper Y on the rail 11.
• said first fixing means are suitable for being attached to a hook clamp. They are then in the form of an elastic jaw 3 inside which is inserted by elastic deformation the stop bar 23 perpendicular to the support bar 24 of a hook clamp.
• This elastic jaw 3 has a generally cylindrical shape and has an opening in the lengthwise direction of dimension less than the inside diameter of the cylindrical jaw 3.
• the inside diameter of said jaw 3 can advantageously be slightly less than the diameter of the stop bar 23 , in order to maintain pressure against it.
• the jaw 3 in order to prohibit any rotation of the first fixing means 3 around said stop bar 23, the jaw 3 has a surface 20 on which the end of the support bar 24 rests and a stop 19 for preventing rotation in the other direction which likewise comes into contact with said support bar 24.
• the device according to the invention has independent means of rotation which interface between the first and second fixing means.
• the independent means of rotation consist of a hinge pin 5 secured to the first fixing means 1, 3 and a hinge part 4, in free rotation about said axis hinge 5.
• the element to be displayed can be oriented continuously with respect to said first fixing means.
• the articulation axis is in the form of a transverse bar 5 with two sides 6 moving away from the first fixing means.
• the device according to the invention may have indexing means 7, 22 which interface between the first and second fixing means.
• the indexing means are located on the articulation part 4, which takes the form of a toothed pinion 7, mounted in free rotation around a hinge pin, in particular the bar 5 secured to the first fixing means, the teeth of said pinion 7 cooperating with a pawl 22 secured to the first fixing means.
• the number of teeth defines the number of angular indexing positions of the element to be displayed.
• the toothed pinion in order to be able to be assembled by elastic deformation, also called clip system, has a straight opening 8 along the axis of rotation of dimension 9, less than the inside diameter 11 of said toothed pinion 7, so that said transverse bar 5 can be inserted by elastic deformation inside said pinion 7.
• said second fixing means 18 are integral with at least one projection 25 moving away from said articulation piece.
• the articulation part is in the form of a toothed pinion 7 with an opening 8
• there at least one projection is advantageously located near the edge of the opening 8 in order to preserve maximum angular movement.
• said toothed pinion 7 can advantageously have sufficient radial toothing at least on an arc of a circle greater than half the circumference of said pinion 7 for the indexing of angular position allowing a movement greater than 180 ° .
• This characteristic allows great variability of the element to be displayed and in particular orientations downwards and upwards with reference to a horizontal plane.
• the element to be displayed can be oriented downwards for high shelves and upwards for low shelves.
• the device according to the invention has second fixing means 18.
• said second fixing means 18 are in the form of a clip system. This clip system can advantageously be irreversible in order to prevent theft.
• the clip system for each projection 25 takes the form of two opposite teeth 29 protruding from the front and on each side of said projection 25, of generally rectangular triangular shape.
• the part cooperating with this clip system then has two female sockets cooperating with the teeth 29 and two sides 28, said sides having a flange 32 cooperating with the teeth 29.
• This clip system is then inserted by deformation of the two sides 28, said rim 32 allowing passage and making contact with the hypotenuse of the teeth 29, and coming at the end of the race in abutment against the edge perpendicular to the projection 25 of the teeth 29 in order to prevent any recoil.
• the second fixing means 18 are in the form of a rectangular piece 27 perpendicular to a projection 25.
• the element to be fixed then has two profiles 21, the rectangular piece being inserted between these profiles 21 and the back of the element to be displayed and is able to slide to a suitable position.
• the second fixing means 18 can be in several forms and cooperate with an element to be displayed. This assumes that said elements to be displayed have fixing means compatible with said second fixing means 18.
• an intermediate part 26 forming an interface between the part of articulation and the element to be displayed cooperates with the second fixing means 8 and has means for holding an element to be displayed.
• This intermediate piece 26 is adaptable according to the element to be displayed.
• the intermediate piece has a bottom 30 and two sides 31, the element to be displayed being embedded by deformation of the sides 31 against said bottom 30.
• the device according to the invention allows '' orient an element to be displayed according to a suitable viewing angle, up or down, and can be advantageously modular, which can be declined indefinitely depending on the connection clamp and the element to be displayed.
• a department head may in particular have a choice of parts having the first fixing means according to the connection spike, a choice of intermediate parts 6 depending on the element to be displayed and a stock of articulation parts 4 standard. He can then assemble a display device according to the clamp and the element to be displayed.
• a plastic material can be used for the manufacture of the parts of this device, the plastic material having elastic characteristics adapted to the clip system. These parts can then be produced in large quantities and at low cost by the common methods of manufacturing and processing the plastic, such as injection molding, in particular for thermoplastics.

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