EP3179887B1 - System for presenting non-packaged articles - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a system for providing, in particular for presentation, of unpackaged articles, in particular of clothing, crockery or merchandise.

There are a variety of devices for the provision or storage of unpackaged objects known. For example, at home, clothing and / or crockery are stored in conventional cabinets with fixed shelves and / or storage containers. This storage method, for example, has the disadvantage that only a small proportion of the clothing or the harness is easily accessible. Frequently, the user must assume ergonomically unfavorable postures in order to access all the items stored in the closet (for example kneeling on the ground or using a step ladder or the like). In addition, items often stored inside the cabinet are obscured by other items stored in the front. As a result, the clarity suffers and the user can not immediately grasp which items are ever stored in the cabinet. Generic systems are for example off US 2006/0226092 A1 and from US 5,836,662 known. Similar problems also occur, for example, in shop windows. Typically, the available display space is limited in a shop window. If too many goods are displayed in a conventional shop window, they are concealed and the clarity suffers.

The invention has for its object to provide a system for providing, in particular for presentation, of unpackaged articles, in particular of clothing, crockery or merchandise, which allows a clear and / or ergonomic provision of the objects.

The object is achieved by a system having the features of claim 1. Advantageous embodiments are described in the subclaims.

According to the invention, the system for providing, in particular for presentation, of unpackaged articles, in particular of clothing, crockery or merchandise, has a housing, receiving devices for receiving the objects, a loading opening and a presentation opening. The pick-up devices circulate within the housing along an orbit. The insertion opening is used to load the recording devices with the objects and to remove the items. The presentation opening is formed on a front side of the housing and through the presentation opening a visual contact can be made from outside the housing to the objects circulating on the receiving devices.

Due to the peripheral storage of the receiving devices, all objects received in the housing can be brought into the region of the presentation opening. At least in the area of the presentation opening, in turn, a good visual contact from outside to the objects is possible. In this way, the clarity is increased because the items positioned on the respective recording devices are clearly visible.

For example, if the presentation opening is mounted at a typical working height (e.g., at chest level), the items may also be viewed and handled in an ergonomically advantageous manner.

Advantageously, the placement opening and / or the presentation opening are lockable.

If the system is designed as a clothes or cupboard, so are the items to be provided accordingly to garments (shirts, pants, underwear, jackets, fashion accessories) or dishes (cups, plates, cutlery, bowls, glasses, cookware). The respective articles may be fed to the system through the loading aperture (e.g., placing a shirt in a receptacle formed as a container). Subsequently, the receiving device can be transported within the housing and possibly another recording device to be equipped. If an equipped pick-up device is now guided past the presentation opening, it is immediately apparent to the user what is on the respective pick-up device. If necessary, the user can then remove the respective object.

If the system is integrated in a shop window display, the items to be provided may be the sales items to be offered in each case. The respective objects can be supplied to the system via the loading opening (eg placement of the object of sale on a receiving device designed as a shelf). Subsequently, the receiving device can be transported within the housing and possibly another recording device to be equipped. If an equipped receiving device is now guided past the presentation opening, then the displayed goods are clearly visible to the viewer of the shop window display.

If necessary, the shopkeeper can remove the displayed items through the loading opening and replace them with other items.

In an advantageous embodiment, an opening formed on the front side of the housing serves both as a loading opening and as a presentation opening. In particular, in an embodiment of the system as a system for the provision of clothing, footwear and / or crockery in the domestic sector such an embodiment is advantageous because a placement or a removal of the objects can be done exactly where a good visual contact with the Objects is possible.

By contrast, if the system is integrated in a shop window display, then it is particularly advantageous if, in addition to the presentation opening, a separately designed stocking opening is present. In particular, the placement opening can be formed, for example, on the back of the housing and be operated in a simple manner from the inside of the store. The customer, who looks at the window display, thus sees only the presentation opening and not the concealed mounting opening for the customer.

In a particularly preferred manner, the system as a system for the provision of household goods and / or objects as well as consumer and consumer goods of all kinds, such. As clothes, shoes, bedding, dishes and / or stock, etc., which is installed in a residential building of any kind.

The receiving devices are preferably designed as support boards and / or as a trough-shaped container and / or as trays. These embodiments of the pickup devices can accommodate a variety of different items and are therefore flexible and universally applicable. Depending on the dimensions and / or properties of the objects to be recorded, however, other recording devices are possible. For example, hooks or rods may serve as receptacles.

There may be a plurality of insertion opening and / or a plurality of presentation openings. In this way, the objects can be introduced at several points in the system or removed from this and also presented in several places.

In an advantageous embodiment, the receiving devices are guided along the orbit in one or more guide rails. In this way, a particularly reliable, trouble-free movement of the recording devices along the orbit is possible.

The recording devices can be driven by a motor along the orbit. If necessary, however, a movement of the recording devices by means of a hand crank or similar. possible. However, a (motor) drive of the receiving devices by means of a chain drive along the orbit is considered to be particularly advantageous.

In an advantageous embodiment, the presentation opening and / or the loading opening essentially correspond in their dimensions to the dimensions of the receiving device. In this way, the remaining front of the housing occupies a correspondingly large proportion. This front in turn can be made visually appealing or can be equipped with other storage options (especially with fixed storage devices) for objects.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the presentation opening and / or the insertion opening can be closed by a glass element. By closing the presentation opening with a (largely transparent) glass element, on the one hand, the objects to be provided are protected against contamination, on the other hand, the good visual contact is maintained due to the (extensive) transparency of the glass element. However, another (either transparent or opaque) planar element can be used in particular for the closure of the insertion opening, but also for closing the presentation opening. The planar element and / or the glass element can be lockable in this case.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the housing and the orbit extend over several floors of a building, in particular a residential building. In this way it is possible to place the objects in a first floor on the receptacles and to remove them on another floor (for example via the presentation opening or via another loading opening). This saves carrying the items over stairs.

The outside of the housing, especially the front, can be custom designed (e.g., by individual prints, photographs, or the like).

As already mentioned above, the recording devices can be adapted in a wide range to the objects to be picked up and the wishes of the user. It is thus possible, for example, to design the receiving devices as simple support boards, containers or hangers.

However, it is also possible to form the recording devices as trays. The shelves can be made of metal, wood, plastic or similar. produced be. Also, the surface of the trays at least in some areas with wood, wood decor, fabric, foam, plastic, foil, mirror o.ä. be covered or clad.

Furthermore, the tray can be pulled out (eg on rails as a drawer), pulled out and rotatable, lockable as a whole, with flap to open the front (this can simultaneously serve as a storage and securing the goods), with flap to open the rear (can also serve as a shelf serve), open at the front, closed at the back, half open at the top, closed at the top, closed at the sides or partially open at the sides.

There are lockable drawers inside the tray. Also, a lighting of the shelves can be provided. Also, the tray can have vertical and horizontal divisions. For example, shelves and vertical partitions can be firmly anchored or flexibly removable. Vertical detachments for removal can be fixed in prefabricated recesses in the rear wall and on the front or they are provided with four rubber nipples, two of which can be tensioned. Thus, the vertical separation can be fixed anywhere in the tray.

Vertical and horizontal shelves, shelves, drawers, boxes or specific supports in the tray can be moved out on rails. These can thus be pulled out by the user or they drive with a "push system" independently to the user. The rails for both systems can be mounted at the top, bottom, rear or side.

Inside the tray there may also be hooks, rods and buttons on which the objects can be fixed.

Furthermore, the receiving device may comprise one or more magnets. Objects such as e.g. Shoes, bags, cloths or similar can be fixed with a magnet on the side, bottom, top and / or on the back wall. The magnet may be round, square or rod-shaped. The magnet can also be attached to a rod. (for example, to hang boots through the magnet in the tray).

If the receiving device is designed as a tray, it is also possible for bottle holders for individual bottles to be located in the interior of the tray. These can be flexibly handled for folding in and out, when you no longer need the bottle holder, and be fixed to the side, the rear wall, the upper inside or at the bottom of the tray. It is also possible to equip shelves and drawers of the tray with rubber mats (anti-slip effect) for dishes, glasses, etc. Vertical and horizontal shelves / shelves in the tray may include holes, slots or similar devices to accommodate, for example, glasses, cups, plates, and other items such as glassware. Towels to accommodate advantageous. The vertical and horizontal shelves may be made of solid material, e.g. made of wood or metal. But they can also be formed from rods (for example, spice rack) or be lattice-like. The shelves and drawers can be covered with a material into which the glasses, dishes or other elements sink slightly (serves to fix the objects). Also, they may be coated with a foam-like material pre-slit to fix objects therein. In this way, a particularly safe storage of kitchen utensils, dishes, glasses, but also jewelry and small parts is possible.

• Ausführung "Karussell": Hier weist die Aufnahmevorrichtung einen karussellartigen Ständer auf. Dies ist ein drehbar gelagerter Ständer mit festen Seiten daran. Die Seiten/vertikalen Einlegeböden weisen Löcher, Haken u.a. Vorrichtungen auf, um Kleinteile wie Ringe und Ketten sowie Schmuck aller Art und andere Elemente daran zu befestigen.

Ausführung "Blättern": Im Gegensatz zur Ausführung "Karussell", bei dem die Seitenwände fest an der drehbar gelagerten Stange fixiert werden und das ganze Karussell gedreht wird, sind die Seiten der Ausführung "Blättern" an einer Stange beweglich angebracht. Die einzelnen Seiten können einzeln umgeblättert werden. Diese sind ebenso mit Haken, Ösen u.a. Vorrichtungen versehen, um Kleinteile daran zu fixieren.In the interior of the tray, vertical and / or horizontal shelves and / or drawers can also be attached to a bar in order to secure the shelf These can rotate either vertically or horizontally. In particular, two embodiments are conceivable here:

• "Carousel" version: Here the receiving device has a carousel-like stand. This is a rotatably mounted stand with fixed sides on it. The side / vertical shelves include holes, hooks, and other fixtures to attach hardware such as rings and chains, jewelry of all kinds, and other items thereto.

"Scroll" version: Unlike the "Carousel" version, where the side panels are firmly fixed to the pivoting rod and the entire carousel is turned, the pages of the "scrolling" version are movably mounted on a rod. The individual pages can be turned over individually. These are also provided with hooks, eyelets and other devices to fix small parts of it.

The two versions can be mounted horizontally or vertically in the tray.

It is also a horizontal stand conceivable on the shelves / drawers can be unscrewed in the direction of the user.

The functions in the tray can also be operated by remote control and / or program.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the receiving devices are designed as hangers system. According to the invention, each receiving device has at least one hook element which is suspended in a rail and to which the articles can be attached indirectly via a bracket.

To save space, this hanger system can be designed such that their hooks are not large and round shaped to hang over the rail (rod), but small and angular. The hooks of the hanger can be rotatably mounted, they can also be tensioned with a spring, so that the hook always "returns" to the starting position. Advantageously, the hangers are made of an aluminum material. However, they can also be made of other materials. The surface of the hanger is advantageously carried out slightly rough and / or rubberized and / or provided with an anti-slip film, so that the laundry does not slip off the bracket.

Hanger with square hooks in the conventional form may also be provided, but also with bars and / or bars, e.g. for ties, shawls, ponchos. Furthermore, clamping elements for clamping trousers and / or buttons / hooks for storing belts, chains or the like. be provided. By attaching "lattice boxes" to the hooks, even larger items can be stored, such as Rucksacks, suitcases or similar ..

In a further advantageous embodiment, a remote control for the system is provided, so that the system can be controlled for example via WLAN, a smartphone app or another type of remote control (wireless, wired). The user can set the system comfortably forward or backward as desired, determine parameters of the movement such as the speed (fast, slow) and, for example, control individual recording devices directly for moving into the area of the assembly and / or presentation opening. Thus, the user can easily determine which recording device (s) should be made available to him. The recording device (s) are advantageously directly controlled and / or addressed.

Fig. 1

ein System zur Bereitstellung von unverpackten Gegenständen;

Fig. 2

ein anderes System zur Bereitstellung von unverpackten Gegenständen;

Fig. 3

ein weiteres System zur Bereitstellung von unverpackten Gegenständen;

Fig. 4

eine Aufnahmevorrichtung mit einem Hakenelement; und

Fig. 5

eine weitere Ausführungsform mit einem weiteren Hakenelement.

The invention is further illustrated by means of embodiments in the drawing figures, wherein like reference numerals designate like or equivalent components. Show it:

Fig. 1

a system for providing unpackaged items;

Fig. 2

another system for providing unpackaged items;

Fig. 3

another system for providing unpackaged items;

Fig. 4

a receiving device with a hook element; and

Fig. 5

a further embodiment with a further hook element.

Fig. 1 shows a side view of a system 1 for the provision of unpackaged objects. The system 1 has a housing 2 with a front side 3, a rear side 4, a top side 5 and a bottom side 6. Within the housing 2 a plurality of containers 7 is arranged. For clarity, are in Fig. 1 only four containers 7 are shown. The containers 7 have an open top and an open front. The containers 7 constitute receiving devices in the sense of the invention and serve to receive the items to be provided. The items to be provided can therefore be placed in the container 7.

Each of the containers 7 is slidably mounted on guide pins 8 in guide rails 9. The guide rails 9 each form a closed loop, so that the containers can circulate along an orbit within the housing 2. Further, each container 7 is connected via a suspension 10 with a chain 11. The chain 11 can be driven by a motor 12. The chain 11 and the motor 12 thus form a chain drive which rotates the containers 7 along the orbit within the housing 2. By an engine control, not shown in the figures, the engine 12 can be operated (i.e., the circulation of the containers 7 can be started and stopped).

On the front side 3 of the housing 2, a front opening 13 is formed. This front opening 13 can be closed by a glass element 14, which is fastened displaceably on the front side. The glass element 14 may be driven by a motor. It can also be protected by a light barrier, a touch sensor or similar. be activated. The front opening 13 in this case represents a loading opening and a presentation opening in the sense of the invention.

The objects to be provided can be supplied to the system via the loading opening, ie, they can be placed in the respective containers 7 located in front of the front opening 13. Subsequently, the container 7 can be transported within the housing 2 by operating the chain drive. Similarly, more containers 7 can be equipped. If an assembled container 7 is now guided past the front opening 13, it is immediately apparent to the user what is in the respective container 7. The object within the container 7 is thus presented. If necessary, the user can stop the chain drive at the desired location and remove from the then placed in front of the front opening 13 container 7 the respective object.

Fig. 2 shows a side view of another system 101 for providing unpackaged items. The system 101 is different from the one in Fig. 1 shown system 1 in particular by the configuration of the loading opening and the presentation opening. The remaining ingredients remain essentially unchanged and will therefore not be described again.

Instead of the front opening 13 in Fig. 1 is in the in Fig. 2 illustrated embodiment, a front opening 113 formed on the front side 3 of the housing 2. The front opening 113 is firmly closed by a largely transparent glass element 114. On the back 4, a rear side opening 115 is formed. The rear side opening 115 can be closed by a closure element 116 which is displaceably mounted on the rear side 4. The closure element 116 is a flat element, which is made transparent or opaque as needed.

The front opening 113 serves as a presentation opening in the sense of the invention, while the rear side opening 115 serves as a loading opening in the sense of the invention.

The articles to be provided can be supplied to the system 101 via the rear opening 115. If a container 7 equipped in this way is guided past the front opening 113, it is immediately apparent to the user what is in the respective container 7. The object within the container 7 is thus presented. If necessary, the user can stop the chain drive at the desired location and remove from the then placed in front of the rear side opening 115 container 7 the respective object. Such an embodiment can be integrated in particular in a shop window display, ie the Front opening 113 (and possibly the complete front 3) is part of a shop window display. The rear side opening 115, however, is invisible to the viewer of the shop window display on the rear side 4 of the housing 2.

Fig. 3 shows a front view of another system 201 for providing unpackaged items. The system 201 has a housing 202 with a front side 203, side parts 204, an upper side 205 and a lower side 206. The arranged behind the front 203 - and thus hidden by the front 203 - components are in Fig. 3 shown in dashed lines. Within the housing 202 a plurality of support boards 207 is arranged. For clarity, are in Fig. 3 only three support boards 207 shown. The support boards 207 have a bottom to which the object G to be provided (in FIG Fig. 3 dash-dotted lines shown) can be placed, as well as a back wall. The support boards 207 thus constitute recording devices in the sense of the invention.

Each support board 207 is slidably mounted on guide pins 8 in guide rails 9. The guide rails 9 each form a closed loop, so that the containers can circulate along an orbit within the housing 202. Furthermore, each support board 207 is connected via a suspension 10 with a chain 11. The chain 11 can be driven by a motor 12. The chain 11 and the motor 12 thus form a chain drive, which circulates the support boards 207 along the orbit within the housing 202.

On the front side 203 of the housing 2, two front openings 213 are formed. Each front opening 213 can optionally by a glass element (in Fig. 3 not shown) can be closed. The front openings 213 in this case each one Insertion opening and / or presentation opening in the sense of the invention.

On the front side 203, a storage device 214 with shelves 215 is firmly integrated. The design of the front side 203 with the storage device and the shelves 215 is to be understood as an example. It is also possible to arrange other elements there. For example, alternatively or additionally, a mirror (in Fig. 3 not shown) on the front 203 may be present.

The articles G to be provided can be fed to the system 201 via one of the front openings 213, i. are placed on each of them located in front of the front opening 213 support board 207. Subsequently, the support board 207 can be transported within the housing 202 by actuating the chain drive. Similarly, additional planks 207 can be populated. If now an equipped support board 207 is guided past one of the front openings 213, it is immediately apparent to the user what is on the respective support board 207. If necessary, the user can stop the chain drive at the desired location and remove from the then placed in front of one of the front openings 213 support board 207 the respective object G.

At the in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 In embodiments shown, the receiving devices are designed as containers 7 and in the in Fig. 3 illustrated embodiment, the receiving devices are designed as support boards 207. However, it is also possible to form the receiving devices, for example, as a drawer, as a hanger and / or as a shelf.

In all of the illustrated embodiments, it is possible to provide a controller which allows the user to select the desired receptacle and then position the selected receptacle according to the user's wishes. In particular, the selected receiving device can be positioned by the controller on the presentation opening or the insertion opening.

Fig. 4 shows by way of example a receiving device 307 with at least one hook element 301, which is mounted in a rail 302 and to which the articles G can be attached indirectly via a bracket 303.

The bracket 303 is designed as a hanger made of aluminum and has a slightly roughened top. The bracket 303 is provided with the hook member 301. This hook element can be hooked into the rail 302. The rail 302, in turn, is mounted on an underside of a planar member 304.

In Fig. 4 only one bracket 303 is shown. However, a plurality of brackets 303 can be hooked into the rail 302, each with a hook element 301 attached thereto.

For fitting the receiving device 307, the user can first hang a garment on the bracket 303. Subsequently, the user can push the bracket 303 along the underside of the planar member 304 into the system until he senses a resistance, then he slides the bracket 303 a little way down and lets go. The bracket 303 now runs in a guide. This guide is in Fig. 4 formed as a rail 302. However, in other embodiments, the guide may as well have a screening, so that the individual bracket 303 are fixed with their respective hook elements 301 therein.

Also conceivable is a chain which conveys the brackets 303 thus fixed horizontally within the cabinet, so that the quantity of garments, which are typically suspended next to each other on a bar in the cabinet, is distributed over two "bars", namely a circulating chain. The advantage here is that the clothes do not hang so tight and, if they are on the front of the chain, can be unscrewed and viewed better. Thus, the garments are once at the front and once in the back of the system. Due to the rotatable mounting of the bracket 303, the brackets in the system go with the rotational movements of the chain. The rotational movement of the circulating chain can be operated interactively. The user can control the programmed running speeds as well as the stop-and-go operation himself. Here, the controller, for example, wireless, via app or similar. respectively.

The in Fig. 4 illustrated bracket 303 may be replaced by a variety of other elements that allow indirect attachment of the articles G to the hook member 301. In particular, instead of the strap 303, a trouser clamp, a mesh box, a container for shoe storage, a tie or scarf holder (eg, in the form of a hooked or buttoned board), or the like. be used.

Fig. 5 shows by way of example a further receiving device 407 with at least one hook element 401, which is mounted in a rail 402 and to which the articles G can be indirectly attached via a bracket 403.

The receiving device 407 essentially corresponds to the receiving device 307. Only the hook element 401 differs from the hook element 301. The hook element 301 (see Fig. 4 ) is square and sits on the upper edge of the rail 302. The hook element 402, however, is formed obliquely and sits in the rail 402. The contact points of the hook element 301 or 401 in the rail and the point of connection between the hook element 301, 401 and bracket 303 or 403 are in this case on the line of action of the weight, so that the bracket 303 or 403 is hanging straight. The configuration of the hook elements 301 and 401 is to be regarded as exemplary. Embodiments are also conceivable in which the hook element is angular and centrally seated in a rail or in which the hook element is formed obliquely and rests on the upper edge of the rail.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1, 101, 201

System for providing unpackaged items

2, 202

casing

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back

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bottom

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container

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guide pins

9

guide rail

10

suspension

11

Chain

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engine

13, 113, 213

front opening

14, 114

glass element

115

Back opening

116

closure element

204

side panel

207

edition board

214

storage device

215

shelf

301

hook element

302

rail

303

hanger

304

level element

307

Receiving device with hook element

G

item to be provided

Claims (18)

1. System (1, 101, 201) for presenting, in particular for displaying, unpackaged articles (G), in particular clothing, shoes, crockery or goods for sale, having:

   - a housing (2, 202);

   - receiving devices (7, 207, 307) which circulate along a circulation path within the housing (2, 202) and are intended for receiving the articles (G);

   - a charging opening for charging the receiving devices (7, 207, 307) with the articles (G) and for removing the articles (G); and

   - a display opening which is formed on a front side (3, 203) of the housing (2, 202) and through which visual contact can be established from outside the housing (2, 202) to the articles (G) circulating on the receiving devices (7, 207, 307);

   wherein the receiving device (307) has at least one hook element (301) which is suspended in a rail (302) and to which the articles (G) can be indirectly fastened via a hanger, characterized in that the rail (302) is mounted on an underside of a planar element (304).
2. System according to Claim 1, wherein an opening (13, 213) formed on the front side (3, 203) of the housing (2, 202) serves both as a charging opening and as a display opening.
3. System according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the receiving devices (7, 207, 307) are formed as support boards (207) and/or as trough-shaped containers (7), as clothes rails and/or as trays.
4. System according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the receiving devices (7, 207, 307) are guided along the circulation path in one or more guide rails (9).
5. System according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the receiving devices (7, 207, 307) can be driven by motor along the circulation path.
6. System according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the receiving devices (7, 207, 307) can be moved along the circulation path by means of a chain drive.
7. System according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the display opening and/or the charging opening correspond in their dimensions substantially to the dimensions of the receiving devices (7, 207, 307).
8. System according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the display opening and/or the charging opening can be closed by a glass element (14, 114) or another planar element.
9. System according to one of the preceding claims, wherein a fixed storage device (214) is formed on the front side (203).
10. System according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the housing (2, 202) and the circulation path extend over a plurality of storeys of a building, in particular of a dwelling house.
11. System according to one of the preceding claims, wherein clothing items, shoes and/or crockery and/or consumer and durable goods of all kinds are situated on the circulating receiving devices (7, 207, 307).
12. System according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the display opening is integrated into a shop window display.
13. System according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the system (1, 101, 201) is designed as a system for presenting customary domestic goods and/or articles and consumer and durable goods of all kinds, such as, for example, clothing, shoes, bed linen, crockery and/or supplies, etc., and wherein the system (1, 101, 201) is incorporated in a residential building of any kind.
14. System according to one of the preceding claims having a control for positioning a receiving device (7, 207, 307) selected by a user.
15. System according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the receiving device is designed as a pull-out tray with subdivisions.
16. System according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the receiving device can be closed off.
17. System according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the receiving device has magnets.
18. System according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the receiving device has a carousel-like stand.

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