EP2491827B1 - Self-feeding system for accomodating and displaying goods - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a goods feed system for receiving and presenting goods and for receiving Warenvorschubeinsätzen for the automatic transport of goods in a goods feed direction W according to claim 1. Inventive Warenvorschubeinsätze are in the DE 10 2010 006 746.6 and are intended to be co-disclosed in combination with the present invention.

Both retail and wholesale stores such as drugstores, grocery stores, discount stores, toy stores, and the like require shelves to store and display products. When setting up and also storing the product, it is desired that the respective product on the shelves at the front is as possible in alignment with the adjacent products, so that the product is easily visible and accessible to the consumer and the arrangement of the products is aesthetically pleasing. In order to accomplish such an arrangement of the products, known systems include the use of a pusher system to push the respective product or series of products towards the front of the rack when the foremost product is removed or products are replenished.

The US 5,673,801 A shows a shelf organization system. The US 2009/223916 A1 shows a pull-out product shelf and the US 2006/032827 A1 shows a shelf with sliding wares. The EP 1 077 040 A shows a goods feed system.

For the separation of adjacent product rows dividing plates may be provided.

Such a material feed system is for example in the WO 2009/097655 A1 shown having a plurality of Warenvorschubeinsätzen consisting of a roller-receiving inner housing and an inner housing receiving the outer housing and two on the outer housing front and rear attachable end caps, which are applied according to Figure 7 in an inclined arrangement on a support. The goods feed takes place by inclination, ie without mechanical or electrical force / energy input, namely solely by the weight.

The object of the present invention is to facilitate the filling of the goods feed system and at the same time to provide a material feed system with which more goods can be presented with the same shelf dimensions.

This object is achieved with the features of claim 1. Advantageous developments of the invention are specified in the subclaims and within the scope of the invention also all combinations of at least two of the features specified in the description, the claims and / or the figures. In the case of specified ranges of values, values lying within the stated limits are also to be considered as limit values.

The basic idea of the present invention is to fasten the cloth feed inserts for the automatic transport of the goods on a support in such a way that the cloth feed inserts, in particular grouped together, can be pulled out almost over the entire support length L of the support. The pulloutability makes it much easier to deliver goods.

This is particularly important because when sorting new products on the shelf still existing stocks should not be pushed backwards. The products are to be removed according to the first-in first-out principle and the present invention facilitates the filling of the shelves so that when filling in the pulled-out condition of the rest of the otherwise hard to reach rear area of the support surface is easier to reach, even then if there are still products on the goods feed insert. Thus, the shelf space can be replenished more regularly, so that emptying of certain goods can be largely avoided. The shelves always look full and all goods are flush with the shelf front. In addition, smaller distances between the subjects are possible, so that more goods can be accommodated on a shelf.

By providing a plurality of pads which are independently extractable, the handleability of the cloth feed system is facilitated. For at least partially filled pads along a shelf width results in a considerable weight of goods. Furthermore, the risk of falling out of goods is minimized.

According to an advantageous embodiment, it is provided that the supports are designed such that a goods feed insert can be received between adjacent supports. This measure is conducive to standardization of the conditions, since different shelf widths can be equipped flexibly, in particular with identically designed requirements, due to the modular design of the supports.

According to a further advantageous embodiment, it is provided that the support on the support side at least one, in particular two, profiling (s) for fixing the Warenvorschubeinsätze, in particular exclusively, in a transverse direction Q to the goods feed direction W having. By profiling the insertion of Warenvorschubeinsätze in modular design is realized in the simplest way and can be integrated into existing shelving system.

According to the invention it is provided that the support on one of the support side remote from the guide side at least one, in particular formed by the profiling, guide groove for receiving and guiding at least one corresponding guide rail in the direction of feed W has.

The profiling is inventively further improved by the, in particular along the fabric feed direction W over at least half, preferably the whole, support length L extending profiling U-shaped integral with the support. This has the advantage of a stable design and in the simplest way producible, modular applicable edition.

As far as a variety of conditions, in particular in each case by means of the guide rails, in a transverse direction Q extending profile of a carrier profile with a tilt angle a are suspended, the assembly of the goods feed system is further optimized.

The invention is further characterized in that several adjacent Warenvorschubeinsätze and / or several adjacent editions are connected by a rail to a group. In this way, groups of requirements can be formed in the simplest manner, in particular sorted by product groups.

This embodiment can be further optimized by the rail is disposed on lying in the direction of feed W end of the support and at this projecting from the support side stop is clipped.

In a further advantageous embodiment of the invention is advantageously provided that the support in an insertion position, in particular by at least one, preferably provided on the guide rail, locking lug, can be latched. As a result, accidental withdrawal of the support, for example, in a removal of goods by customers prevented.

Figur 1

eine perspektivische Explosionsdarstellung eines erfindungsgemäßen Warenvorschubsystems von schräg oben,

Figur 2

eine perspektivische Explosionsdarstellung des erfindungsgemäßen Warenvorschubsystems von schräg unten,

Figur 3

eine perspektivische Darstellung des erfindungsgemäßen Warenvorschubsystems bei der Montage,

Figur 4

eine perspektivische Darstellung des Warenvorschubsystems mit aufgezogener Auflage,

Figur 5

eine perspektivische Darstellung des Warenvorschubsystems beim Einsetzen von Warenvorschubeinsätzen und

Figur 6

eine perspektivische Darstellung des Warenvorschubsystems mit montierter Profilschiene mit einem Anschlag.

Further advantages, features and details of the invention will become apparent from the following description of preferred embodiments and from the drawing. This shows in:

FIG. 1

an exploded perspective view of a goods feed system according to the invention obliquely from above,

FIG. 2

an exploded perspective view of the goods feed system according to the invention obliquely from below,

FIG. 3

a perspective view of the goods feed system according to the invention during assembly,

FIG. 4

a perspective view of the goods feed system with mounted edition,

FIG. 5

a perspective view of the goods feed system when inserting Warenvorschubeinsätzen and

FIG. 6

a perspective view of the goods feed system with mounted rail with a stop.

In the figures, identical or equivalent components are identified by the same reference numerals.

In FIG. 1 is a carrier profile 8 with a substantially over the entire length of the carrier profile 8 extending profile web 8p for fixing guide rails 2, 2 'shown, which can be used via lateral locking hooks 8r on a corresponding cross member. Along the height of the traverse a plurality of carrier profiles 8 can be arranged one above the other, so that a shelving system is created. Instead of the profile web 8p, it is conceivable according to the invention to provide along the carrier profile 8 a profile groove for hooking the guide rails 2, 2 '. The guide rails 2, 2 'are in the mounted state relative to the horizontal of the support section 8 to one end 2e, 2e' of the guide rails 2, 2 'inclined slightly downwards, so that an automatic material feed can be made of goods received on the goods feed. The inclination can be adjusted by providing an angle of inclination of the guide rails 2, 2 'relative to the carrier profile 8 or by inclined attachment of the carrier profile 8 via the latching hook 8r on the trusses (not shown). The guide rails are fixed in particular by welded joints on the profile web 8p.

The guide rails 2, 2 'are formed as a cross-sectionally L-shaped profiles, wherein in each case a guide leg 2s, 2s' of the guide rails 2, 2 'projects upwardly and each one Fixierschenkel 2f, 2f' arranged in a plane parallel to the Warenvorschubeinsätzen 1 are. The fixing legs 2f, 2f 'of two associated guide rails 2, 2' face each other.

In the in FIG. 1 shown embodiment, six pairs of guide rails 2, 2 'in the region of the ends 2e, 2e' connected by a cross rail 11, in particular by welding. The carrier profile 8, the six pairs of guide rails 2, 2 'and the cross rail 11 form virtually the fixed base for the goods feed system.

On each of a pair of guide rails 2, 2 'is ever a sliding against the guide rails 2, 2' guided support 3 placed. The guidance of the supports 3 takes place by means of guide grooves 5, 5 'which are suitable for receiving the guide limbs 2s, 2s' in that they are formed as profiling 4, 4 'corresponding to the guide limbs 2s, 2s'. The profiling 4, 4 'can be produced as a U-profile simple and inexpensive. The guide groove 5, 5 'are arranged on a guide side 3f of the supports 3, with which the supports 3 are placed on the guide rails 2, 2'.

Opposite to the guide side 3f, the supports have 3 support sides 3a, on which the goods feed inserts 1 can be placed.

The profiles 4, 4 'serve at the same time to fix the Warenvorschubeinsätze 1 at least in a transverse direction Q. The transverse direction Q is transverse to a formed by the support side 3a goods feed direction W along the profiling 4, 4'.

At the in FIG. 1 Shown embodiment, between the profilings 4, 4 'of each support 3 two Warenvorschubeinsätze 1 can be received and the supports 3 are each side of the profilings 4, 4' formed so that between two editions 3 two Warenvorschubeinsätze 1 can be accommodated. This results in a suitable for receiving and presentation of goods, a flat roll field 12, which is formed by a plurality of roles of Warenvorschubeinsätze 1. By providing an inclination angle α to the horizontal, which drops from the carrier profile 8, an automatic conveyance is made possible by the weight of goods on the roll panel 12 up to a front edge 1v of the fabric advancing inserts 1.

From the carrier profile 8 to the front edge 1v, the roller field 12 extends over a support length L.

So that the goods picked up on the roller field 12 do not fall off the roller field 12, a profile rail 6 (shown in FIG. FIG. 6 ), which at the same time serves to hold a plurality of goods feed inserts 1 at the front edge 1v. In this way, a group of Warenvorschubeinsätzen 1, in the present embodiment eight Warenvorschubeinsätze 1 is formed. On the rail 6 transversely to the orientation of the Warenvorschubeinsätze 1 a stop 7 is fixed, which projects from the roller conveyor upwards. This serves to hold on the role of field 12 received goods at the front edge 1v and align there, so that the goods are arranged in a row and clearly visible on the shelf front.

For lateral fixation or alignment of the goods located on the roller field 12 rail profiles 13 in the Warenvorschubeinsätze 1 at quasi any point in the transverse direction Q can be used.

The supports 3 are fixed not only by the positive connection of the guide grooves 5, 5 'with the guide legs 2s, 2s' to the guide rails 2, 2' in the transverse direction Q, but additionally by fixing profiles 10, 10 'with the guide rails 2, 2' fixed. The fixing profiles 10, 10 'are fixed from below to the support side 3a, in particular screwed, and engage around each one of the guide rails 2, 2' such that a lifting of the supports 3 of the guide rails 2, 2 'is prevented, however, a slide along the guide rails 2, 2 'in the feed direction W remains possible. The fixing profiles 10, 10 'are advantageously produced as a profile of a sheet.

At the same time, the fixing profiles 10, 10 'fulfill a further function, namely when pulling out the group formed by the profiled rail 6

Warenvorschubeinsätzen 1 in goods feed direction W. Here are the fixing profiles 10, 10 'as stops to limit the withdrawal of the group of Warenvorschubeinsätzen 1, as it is without Warenvorschubeinsätze 1 in FIG. 4 and with fabric feed inserts 1 in FIG. 5 is shown.

In FIG. 4 It is shown that the support 3 or the goods feed rates 1 on the support 3 almost over the entire support length L along the goods feed direction W are pulled out, the supports 3 are guided on the guide legs 2s, 2s' slidably. The fixing profiles 10, 10 'prevent the supports 3 from tilting forwards due to the weight of the goods.

The extension length by which the supports 3 or the fabric feed inserts 1 in the goods feed direction W can be pulled out is defined by the fixing profiles 10, 10 'and the transverse rail 11, which serves as a stop for the fixing profiles 10, 10'. This results in a distance A between a fully inserted position of the supports 3, which in the four editions 3, the in FIG. 4 are arranged on the right, opposite to the two left, fully withdrawn pads. 3

The ratio between the distance A and the support length L is in particular greater than 1 to 2, preferably greater than 2 to 3, more preferably greater than 3 to 4, even more preferably greater than 5 to 6.

So that the goods feed inserts or groups of Warenvorschubeinsätzen 1 in the retracted position does not accidentally slide out by the weight of goods by itself, at the ends 2e, 2e 'each locking lug 9, 9' is provided, in which the supports 3 engage in the retracted position. The locking lugs 9, 9 'protrude at the ends 2e, 2e' over the guide legs 2s, 2s 'upwards, whereby the guide grooves 5, 5' at the end faces 5s, 5s 'by the locking lugs 9, 9' are fixed. The locking connection can easily by lifting 3 or the group of requirements 3 or group of Warenvorschubeinsätzen 1 and pulling out the group of Warenvorschubeinsätzen or conditions 3 are overcome, but prevents - also due to the weight of goods - accidental withdrawal of the Warenvorschubeinsätze 1.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1

Pusher inserts

1v

leading edge

2, 2 '

guide rails

2e, 2e '

end up

2f, 2f '

fixing leg

2s, 2s'

guide leg

3

pads

3a

support side

3f

guide side

4, 4 '

profiles

5, 5 '

guide

5s, 5s'

front sides

6

rail

7

attack

8th

carrier profile

8p

profile web

8r

latch hook

9, 9 '

locking lugs

10, 10 '

Fixierprofile

11

cross rail

12

role field

13

rail profiles

L

Länge

W

Were advancing direction

Q

transversely

A

distance

Claims (9)

1. Goods feeding system for receiving and presenting goods with:

   - goods feeding attachments (1) for automatic forwarding of goods in a goods feeding direction W,

   - support surfaces (3) for receiving and holding said goods feeding attachments (1) having an inclination angle, whereby the goods feeding system has a support surface length (L) along the goods feeding direction (W), and the support surface (3) can be pulled out at least partially along the support surface length (L) in the goods feeding direction (W), and wherein

   a) the support surfaces (3) on a guide side (3f) that faces away from the support surface side (3a) have at least one guide groove (5, 5'),

   b) at least one guide rail (2, 2') corresponding to said at least one guide groove (5, 5') and for receiving and guiding said guide rail (2, 2') in the goods feeding direction (W),
   characterized in that several adjacent goods feeding attachments (1) and/or several adjacent support surfaces (3) are connected to a group.
2. Goods feeding system according to Claim 1, in which a number of groups of support surfaces (3) are provided, which can be pulled out independently of one another.
3. Goods feeding system according to one of the preceding claims, in which the support surfaces (3) are designed in such a way that at least one goods feeding attachment (1) can be accommodated between adjacent support surfaces (3).
4. Goods feeding system according to one of the preceding claims, in which the support surface (3) on a support surface side (3a) has at least one, in particular two, profiling(s) (4, 4') for attacking the goods feeding attachments (1), in particular exclusively, in a direction (Q) that is crosswise to the goods feeding direction (W).
5. Goods feeding system according to one of the preceding claims, in which the at least one guide groove (5, 5') is formed by the profiling (4, 4').
6. Goods feeding system according to Claim 4, in which the profiling (4, 4') is designed in a U shape that is integral with the support surface (3), and said profiling extends in particular along the goods feeding direction (W) over at least half, and preferably the whole, support surface length (L).
7. Goods feeding system according to one of the preceding claims, in which a number of support surfaces (3) can be mounted in a profile bar (8p), running in a crosswise direction (Q), in particular in each case by means of the guide rails (2, 2').
8. Goods feeding system according to Claim 8, whereby the section bar (6) is arranged on the end of the support surface (3) that lies in the goods feeding direction (W), and a stop (7) that projects from the support surface side (3a) can be clipped onto the latter.
9. Goods feeding system according to one of the preceding claims, in which the support surface (3) can be locked in an insertion position, in particular by at least one detent (9, 9') that is preferably provided at the guide rail (2, 2').

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