EP3471581A1 - Holder assembly - Google Patents
Holder assemblyInfo
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- EP3471581A1 EP3471581A1 EP18755152.8A EP18755152A EP3471581A1 EP 3471581 A1 EP3471581 A1 EP 3471581A1 EP 18755152 A EP18755152 A EP 18755152A EP 3471581 A1 EP3471581 A1 EP 3471581A1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
- A47F5/00—Show stands, hangers, or shelves characterised by their constructional features
- A47F5/08—Show stands, hangers, or shelves characterised by their constructional features secured to the wall, ceiling, or the like; Wall-bracket display devices
- A47F5/0807—Display panels, grids or rods used for suspending merchandise or cards supporting articles; Movable brackets therefor
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
- A47F5/00—Show stands, hangers, or shelves characterised by their constructional features
- A47F5/08—Show stands, hangers, or shelves characterised by their constructional features secured to the wall, ceiling, or the like; Wall-bracket display devices
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- A47F5/0846—Display panels or rails with elongated channels; Sliders, brackets, shelves, or the like, slidably attached therein
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a holder assembly for goods to be displayed at a point of sale.
- Holder assemblies for hanging goods to be displayed at a point of sale are well-known.
- a holder assembly comprises at least one elongated holding member, for example in the form of a wire or hook, at which goods, like blister packs, are to be hanged and to be arranged in a row of goods one behind the other.
- the hanging goods may be slid along the at least one elongated holding member to a removal position at an end of the at least one elongated holding member where goods may be removed from the at least one elongated holding member.
- rather expensive goods like a razor blades or cosmetic products are displayed at a point of sale by means of a holder assembly. Those products shall be easily removable from the holder assembly by a potential buyer. Furthermore, refilling the holder assembly with new goods shall also be rather simple.
- detection electronics for determining a removal frequency typically measure a displacement of a barrier element which is arranged at the at least one elongated holding member for the goods in such a way that a good to be removed has to pass the respective barrier element and to thereby displace it.
- a barrier element in U.S. patent 7,768,399 is a swinging arm which may be displaced from a blocking position to a removal position for allowing one good at a time to be removed from a hook-shaped or rod-like elongated holding member.
- a holder assembly with a barrier element at an elongated holding member at which the goods are to be hanged may not be preferred under certain circumstances although such a holder assembly provides for an effective protection against shoplifters.
- certain shops prefer and certain packages require holder assemblies with a single wire as an elongated holding member at which goods are to be hanged.
- goods to be hanged at a holder assembly like blister packs, just comprise a single circular hole for hanging the respective good to a single wire.
- To combine such single wire with a movable barrier element in order to detect a removal frequency can be a rather complex thus resulting in higher costs for the holder assembly.
- a holder assembly for hanging goods to be displayed at a point of sale which comprises (a) at least one elongated holding member at which goods are to be hanged and to be arranged in a row of goods one behind the other so that the hanging goods may be slid along the at least one elongated holding member to a removal position at an end of the at least one elongated holding member where a good may be removed from the at least one elongated holding member as well as (b) a carrier to which the at least one elongated holding member is mounted and at which an electronic detection element is provided.
- the at least one elongated holding member is displaceable between a first position and a second position, wherein the at least one elongated holding member is configured to be displaced from the first position to the second position in order to allow for a removal of at least one foremost good of a row of hanging goods arranged at the at least one elongated holding member.
- the electronic detection element is configured to detect a displacement of the at least one elongated holding member to the second position for emitting at least one signal.
- the elongated holding member itself is thus displaceable in order to allow for a removal of at least one good from the at least one holding member.
- the corresponding displacement of the at least one elongated holding member may be electronically detected by one or more electronic detection elements at the carrier of the holder assembly. Based on a detected displacement of the at least one elongated holding member at least one signal is emitted, such at least one signal for example being indicative for a (potential) removal of at least one good from the at least one elongated holding member.
- the at least one signal may inform about a removal of a good, like a removal of a blister pack, from the at least one elongated holding member visually and/or acoustically
- the at least one elongated holding member is configured to be (a) displaced, in particular to be pushed or pulled, perpendicular to a direction along which goods are slidable at the at least one elongated holding member or (b) swilled about a swivel axis running perpendicular to the direction along which goods are slidable at the at least one elongated holding member.
- the at least one elongated member may (a) be displaced linearly along a displacement axis running perpendicular to the direction along which goods are slidable at the at least one elongated holding member or (b) be swivelled about a swivel axis near or at the carrier which swivel axis runs transversely to the direction along which goods are slidable at the at least one elongated holding member.
- the goods are thus slidable along a direction of extent of the at least one elongated holding member for a removal of a good from the at least one elongated holding member.
- the at least one elongated holding member may thus for example be displaceable from the first position downwards to the second position.
- the at least one elongated holding member at which goods are to be hanged as a whole may for example be pushed downwards (and relative to the carrier of the holder assembly) or a free end of the at least one elongated holding member may be swivelled downwards in order to determine a potential removal of goods and to impede unnoticed removals of goods from the at least one elongated holding member of the holder assembly.
- the at least one elongated holding member is configured to be manually pressed or pulled from the first position to the second position by a user before at least one good may be removed from the at least one elongated holding member.
- a user may actively press or pull the at least one elongated holding member at which the goods are hanging to a second position in order to make a removal of a good from the at least one elongated holding member possible.
- a barrier element is provided at the holder assembly relative to which the at least one elongated holding member may be displaced into its second position thereby moving the at least one elongated holding member to a position relative to the barrier element in which a good may be slid past the barrier element. In contrast thereto getting past the barrier element is not possible for a good in the first position of the at least one elongated holding member. In the first position of the at least one elongated holding member the barrier element blocks a removal of a good.
- the at least one elongated holding member is configured to be displaced from the first position to the second position upon sliding at least one good to the end of the at least one elongated holding member.
- the holder assembly is provided with a structure that automatically displaces the at least one elongated holding member from its first position to its second position when at least one good is slid to the end of the at least one elongated holding member for removal.
- the user may still manually press or pull the at least one elongated holding member actively from the first position to the second position before exerting a force to a good for sliding it along the at least one elongated holding member. This is, however, not mandatory.
- the holder assembly may for example comprise a displacing element which partially converts a force, which is exerted on a good hanging at the at least one elongated holding member in order to at least slide this good towards the end of the at least one elongated holding member, to a displacing force acting on the at least one elongated holding member for displacing, for example pushing, the at least one elongated holding member to its second position.
- the at least one elongated holding member may thus be displaceable with to the displacing element.
- the displacing element can be mounted at holder part of the holder assembly which is spaced apart from the at least one elongated holding member and past which a good is to be moved when the good is slid towards the end of the at least one elongated holding member.
- the holder part may for example comprise a top wire running in parallel to a section of the at least one elongated holding member.
- the displacing element comprises a tag configured to display information, like a price, on the goods to be arranged at the at least one elongated holding member.
- the displacing element is configured for pushing the at least one elongated holding member from the first position to the second position.
- a displacing element is not necessarily movable.
- an immovable displacing element is proposed which comprises an inclined contact surface. Along this inclined contact surface a good hanging on the at least one elongated holding member and moved towards the end of the at least one elongated holding member for removal has to slide thereby pushing the at least one elongated holding member to its second position in order to get the good past the displacing element.
- the displacing element is also configured for pushing the at least one elongated holding member from the first position to the second position upon sliding at least one good to the end of the least one elongated holding member.
- the displacing element configured for pushing the at least one elongated holding member from the first position to the second position is movably mounted at the holder assembly, in this embodiment the displacing element is configured to be displaced in order to partially convert a force exerted on the good(s) to be removed into a displacing force for displacing the at least one elongated holding member to its second position.
- the displacing element is mounted pivotably at a holder part of the holder assembly, which holder part is spaced apart from the at least one elongated holding member and past which holder part a good is to be moved when the good is slid to the end of the at least one elongated holding member.
- a displacing element is thus configured to be pivoted upon sliding a good to be removed from the at least one elongated holding member to the end of the at least one elongated holding member in order to enable the removal of the good.
- the displacing element thereby exerts a displacing force to the at least one elongated holding member due to which the at least one elongated holding member is displaced to its second position which displacement is detected using the electronic detection element.
- a displacing element being pivotably mounted at a holder part comprises are lobe portion extending towards the at least one elongated holding member and extending into an adjustment path along which a good is to be moved towards the end of the at least one elongated holding member.
- a good hanging at the least one elongated holding member and moved towards the end of the at least one elongated holding member has to contact the lobe portion and thus pivot the displacing element before the good can be removed from the at least one elongated holding member.
- the good acting on the lobe portion applies a force to the lobe portion due to which the displacing element is pivoted.
- the lobe portion acts on the at least one elongated holding member pushing it from the first position to the second position.
- the lobe portion may be rigidly connected to or integrated with a bearing or hinge portion of the displacing element the displacing element being pivotably mounted via its bearing or hinge portion.
- the lobe portion may be displaceable upon pivoting of the displacing element - from (1 ) a blocking position, in which the lobe portion reaches into the adjustment path of a good to be moved towards the end of the at least one elongated holding member,
- the holder assembly in this embodiment thus comprises a displacing element with a lobe portion which is configured to be moved from our blocking position via a pushing position into a removal position upon sliding a good which is to be removed from the at least one elongated holding member along the at least one elongated holding member.
- the good thereby necessarily contacts the lobe portion in its blocking position. Continuing sliding the good then results in pivoting the displacing element and thereby forcing the lobe portion to the pushing position in which the lobe portion acts on the at least one elongated holding member pushing it to its second position. Upon further sliding the good to the end of the at least one elongated holding member the lobe portion reaches the removal position in which the lobe portion no longer pushes the at least one elongated holding member to its second position and does not block a removal of the good from the at least one elongated holding member.
- the displacing element may be immovable, in particular rigidly fixed to the carrier of the holder assembly and may comprise an inclined contact surface.
- such a displacing element may include a wedge- shaped (displacing) body.
- the at least one elongated holding member is biased towards the first position by at least one spring element if no external force is applied to a good hanging at the at least one elongated holding member and/or directly to the at least one elongated holding member.
- the at least one elongated holding member is automatically positioned in its first position by the at least one spring element.
- the at least one spring element may be supported at the carrier. Such a spring element may be accommodated in housing of the carrier.
- the at least one spring element comprises a pressure spring.
- At least one stopper element can be provided at the carrier which blocks a movement of the at least one holding member beyond the first position due to a spring force exerted by the at least one spring element.
- a portion of the at least one elongated holding member or a part connected to the at least one elongated holding member may be pushed or pulled against the at least one stopper element by the at least one spring element so that the stopper element stops a spring-driven movement of the at least one elongated holding member from the second position at the first position.
- the at least one elongated holding member is fixed to a trigger element at the carrier, the trigger element being displaceable relative to the (at least one) electronic detection element of the holder assembly.
- a displacement of the at least one elongated holding member thus results in a corresponding displacement of the trigger element like a displacement of the trigger element results in a corresponding movement of the at least one elongated holding member fixed to it.
- the electronic detection element in one embodiment comprises at least one of a micro-switch and a reed switch (or reed relay).
- the holder assembly may be configured to actuate the micro-switch or reed switch upon a displacement of the at least one elongated holding member from its first position to its second position.
- a trigger element fixed to the at least one elongated holding member may act on the micro-switch thereby allowing for an electronic detection of the displacement of the at least one elongated holding member to its second position.
- a magnet provides a magnet field which opens or closes contacts of the reed switch depending on the position of the at least one elongated holding member.
- the holder assembly can be configured such that the contacts of the reed switch are normally closed and thus open when the at least one elongated holding member is in its first position and a magnetic field is present.
- the at least one elongated holding member is displaced to its second position a distance of the magnet to the reed switch increases and the contacts return their normal closed position thereby generating an electric signal.
- This electric signal is thus indicative for the displacement of the at least one elongated holding member to its second position.
- the holding assembly in one embodiment comprises electronics for determining at least one of a removal frequency at which goods are removed from the at least one elongated holding member and a time the at least one elongated holding member is in the second position.
- the emission of the at least one signal (which could be indicative of a (potential) removal of at least one good from the at least one elongated holding member) may depend on at least one of the removal frequency and the time exceeding a corresponding threshold value.
- a signal may be generated and emitted by the holding assembly indicating are potentially illicit removal of goods by a shoplifter.
- signals are emitted successively after pre-defined time periods in case the at least one elongated holding member is in the second position longer than a threshold value and is kept in the second position.
- the holder assembly may be configured to emit a first signal every 2 or 3 seconds after the at least one elongated holder assembly has remained in the second position for more than a first threshold value of 2 seconds (the first signal being emitted after those 2 seconds).
- a first threshold value of 2 seconds
- a second signal is emitted.
- the second signal can be an alarm signal.
- an alarm signal can comprise an acoustic signal being significantly louder than the first signals.
- the second signal can also comprise a visual alarm and/or a wireless signal transmitted to a receiver for informing a remote user of a potential shoplifter.
- the holding assembly may comprise electronics for emitting at least one of an acoustic signal and an optical signal for indicating are removal of at least one good from the at least one elongated holding member based on the displacement of the at least one elongated holding member to the second position.
- an acoustic signal and/or an optical signal may be emitted every time the at least one elongated holding member is displaced to the second position.
- a frequency of removal may be determined by an acoustic receiver determining the removal frequency on the basis of emitted acoustic signals of the receive.
- an acoustic signal and/or an optical signal may be emitted as an alarm signal for indicating a potentially illicit removal.
- the alarm signal may be generated when the electronics determine that a removal frequency or time the at least one elongated holding member is in the second position exceeds a given threshold value.
- the holder assembly comprises at least two elongated holding members.
- the holder assembly comprising two or more elongated holding members may include a single carrier to which the elongated holding members are mounted each of the elongated holding members being displaceable between a first position and a second position.
- a displacement of each elongated holding member or of groups of with one or more may be detected individually so that one or more electronic detection elements may indicate which one of the elongated holding members of the holder assembly or which group was displaced.
- a single electronic detection element is provided at the carrier which single electronic detection element is configured to detect a displacement of at least one of the elongated holding members. Thereby, the electronic detection element is triggered if any one of the delegated holding members of the holder assembly is displaced.
- the holder assembly may constitute a module with one or more of the elongated holding members and integrated electronics for electronically detecting a removal of goods from one or more of the elongated holding members.
- a carrier of such a module may comprise a fastening structure for fastening the whole module with one or more elongated holding members to a point of sale display arrangement, for example for fastening the module to our display rack.
- the holder assembly may comprise one trigger element at the carrier to which at least two elongated holding members are fixed.
- the trigger element being displaceable relative to an electronic detection element may thus act on the electronic detection element via the trigger element fixed to the at least one elongated holding member.
- the trigger element may comprise a trigger beam to which at least two elongated holding members are fixed.
- the elongated holding members may be equally spaced at such a trigger beam, in particular at defined fixing locations at the trigger beam.
- fixing locations may be defined by receptacles, for example in the form of fixing slots, into which a portion of an elongated holding member is blocked BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
- FIGS 1A to 3 show a 1 st embodiment of a holder assembly in different views, which holder assembly comprises several elongated holding members for hanging goods each of the elongated holding members being displaceable between a first position and a second position in order to electronically detect a removal of a good from one of the elongated holding members.
- FIGS 4A to 8B show a second embodiment of a holder assembly in which each elongated holding member is associated with a pivotable displacing element comprising a displacing lobe for automatically displacing an elongated holding member.
- FIGS 9 to 12 show a third embodiment of a holder assembly in which each elongated holding member is associated with an individual, immovable displacing element comprising a wedge-shaped displacing body.
- an inclined contact surface is provided along which a good to be removed from the elongated holding member must slide.
- FIGS 13A to 13C show a fourth embodiment of a holder assembly comprising a single holder device and a reed switch (or reed relay) in order to detect a removal of a good from an elongated holding member of the holder device.
- FIGS 1A to 3 show a first embodiment of a holder assembly H comprising a carrier 2 with a carrier housing 20 at which several holder devices 1 are mounted.
- Each holder device 1 comprises one elongated holding member in the form of a bottom wire 1 B at which goods to be displayed at the point of sale may be hanged and arranged in a row one behind the other. Goods hanging at the bottom wire 1 B may be slid along the bottom wire 1 B to a removal position at a free end 1 10B of the bottom wire 1 B where goods may be removed from the bottom wire 1 B.
- Above the bottom wire 1 B a holder part in the form of a top wire 1 A is provided.
- the top wire 1 A is spaced apart from the bottom wire 1 B and carries a tag 5 at its end projecting from the carrier 2.
- the tag 5 comprises a front face 5A at which information on the goods to be hanged on the bottom wire 1 B may be displayed.
- a bottom margin of the tag 5 comprises a wire opening 50 through which the free end 1 10B of the bottom wire 1 B extends.
- each holder device 1 is fixedly connected via fastening portions 12A to the carrier housing 20.
- the fastening portions 12A are provided at an end of the top wire 1A distant from the tag 5 and are formed by two parallel wire base portions.
- the fastening portions 12A are fixed to a carrier beam 22 of the carrier housing 20.
- the holder devices 1 are fixed at the carrier beam 22 in such a way that the holder devises 1 are equally spaced and their top and bottom wires 1A, 1 B run in parallel to each other.
- the carrier housing 20 furthermore integrates at least two hook-shaped fastening elements 21 for fastening the holder assembly H to a point-of-sale display arrangement. Via the fastening elements 21 the carrier 2 and thus the complete holder module provided by the holder assembly H may be hanged to such a display arrangement.
- each bottom wire 1 B is mounted displaceable with respect to the top wire 1A.
- Each bottom wire 1 B may thus be displaced from a first position shown in figures 1A to 3 downwards to a second position in which a distance between the top wire 1A and the bottom wire 1 B is increased.
- the displaceable bottom wire 1 B is fixed to a trigger element in the form of an elongated trigger bar 3.
- the trigger bar 3 is arranged perpendicular to the holder devices 1 and in parallel to the carrier beam 22.
- the trigger bar 3 comprises several equally spaced slot -like connecting receptacles 31 for mounting wire end sections 10B of the bottom wires 1 B to the trigger bar 3.
- a wire end section 10B of each bottom wire 1 B is angled away from a straight wire section 1 1 B of the respective bottom wire 1 B at which the goods are to be arranged.
- Each wire end section 10B is plugged into a connecting receptacle 31 at a top surface 30 of the trigger bar 3.
- the trigger bar 3 comprises more connecting receptacles 31 then the holder devices 1 are mounted to the carrier 2. Namely, just every second connecting receptacle 31 at the trigger bar 3 is occupied.
- the different connecting receptacles 31 of the trigger bar 3 allow for arranging different numbers of holder devices 1 at the carrier 2 and allow for assembling a holder assembly H in different configurations. For example, a holder assembly with less (e.g., three) holder devices 1 compared to the holder assembly H of FIGS 1A to 3 may be provided with the same trigger bar 3.
- the trigger bar 3 is arranged in parallel to the carrier beam 22 to which the top wires 1A of the different holder devices 1 are fixed.
- the trigger bar 3 is biased (upwards) towards a straight wire section 1 1A of the top wire 1A at whose end the tag 5 is arranged.
- a stopper element 10A is a provided at each holder device 1. These stopper elements 10A block the trigger bar 3 from an upward movement beyond the position shown in FIGS 1 A to 3 in which the bottom wire 1 B of each holder device 1 is located in its first position at a predefined distance to the associated top wire 1 A.
- the bottom wire 1 B In order to remove a good from the bottom wire 1 B of a holder device 1 , namely from the wire section 1 1 B of the bottom wire 1 B, the bottom wire 1 B has to be pushed or pulled downwards so that goods can be moved past the tag 5 at the free end 1 10B of the bottom wire 1 B.
- a consumer/user may pull a good hanging at the bottom wire 1 B downwards or the consumer/user may exert a pushing force to the top surface 30 of the trigger bar 3. In either way the trigger bar 3 with the bottom wire 1 B is to be displaced into a second position in order to allow for a removal of a good from the bottom wire 1 B.
- a bottom wire 1 B of a holder 1 Due to the pressure springs 4 acting on the trigger bar 3 a bottom wire 1 B of a holder 1 is automatically pushed back to its first position once the good is removed and a manual force is no longer applied to the bottom wire 1 B or the trigger bar 3 by a user/consumer pushing or pulling the bottom wire 1 B and/or the trigger bar 3 downwards (via a good hanging at the bottom wire 1 B and/or applying a force directly to the bottom wire 1 B and/or the trigger bar 3).
- the trigger bar 3 with the bottom wire 1 B in its second position actuates on an electronic detection element in the form of a micro-switch 6 accommodated in a housing interior 200 of the carrier housing 20.
- This micro-switch 6 is connected via connecting leads 72 to electronics 8 of the holder assembly H.
- a displacement of the bottom wire 1 B downwards to its second position may be electronically detected.
- This electronic detection of the bottom wire 1 B being displaced to the second position allows for a determination that at least one good is it to be removed or already has been removed from the bottom wire 1 B.
- the bottom wire 1 B can also be rigidly fixed to the top wire 1A so that the bottom wire 1 B as whole is not linearly displaceable downwards but may be swivelled about a swivel axis S provided at a connection between the bottom and top wires 1A, 1 B.
- the free end 1 10B may be swivelled downwards upon a removal of a good.
- the swivel movement of the bottom wire 1 B also exerts a downward force on the trigger bar 3 in order to actuate the microswich 6.
- the rigid connection between the bottom wire 1 B and the top wire 1 A and thus the swivel axis S may be provided at the end of the bottom wire 1 B near the carrier 2.
- the rigid connection is provided by welding, in particular by spot-welding, the wire section 10B of the bottom wire 1 B and the projection element 10A of the top wire in this case the element 10A of the top wire 1A thus not forming a stopper element but a connection element for the two wires 1A, 1 B.
- the bottom wire 1 B may in this case still be displaced to a second position relative to the top wire 1A about the swivel axis S defined at in the region the element 10A of the top wire 1A.
- Such a swivel movement about the swivel axis S also results in the trigger bar 3 being moved downwards and in thus actuating the micro-switch 6.
- a signal may be an acoustic signal or an optical signal. At least one signal can for example be emitted every time the bottom wire 1 B is displaced to its second position. For example, each time the bottom wire 1 B is displaced into its second position an acoustic signal is emitted in order to indicate a (potential) removal of at least one good from the bottom wire 1 B.
- Such an acoustic signal may be received by a receiver unit 9 shown in FIG 1A.
- the receiver unit 9 may comprise a microphone.
- the receiver unit 9 furthermore comprises an evaluation logic determining how many acoustic signals are received from the holder assembly H within a given period of time.
- the receiver unit 9 may thus determine a frequency of received acoustic signals and compare them against a signal threshold value.
- This signal threshold value corresponds to a threshold value for a removal frequency for the removal of the goods from the holder assembly H. In case a determined frequency of detected acoustic signals (and thus a removal frequency) exceeds the signal threshold value an illicit removal of goods by a shoplifter is considered to take place and an alarm signal is emitted by an alarm device D coupled to the receiver unit 9.
- the signal received by the receiver is inaudible and transmitted wirelessly, i.e., as a radio wave signal.
- the electronics of the holder assembly H may thus be configured to transmit radio frequencies for informing the remote receiver unit 9 of a displacement of the bottom wire 1 B to its second position.
- a wireless communication between the holder assembly H and the receiver unit 9 may be based on a wireless communication standard, like Bluetooth ® , IEEE 802.1 1 or LTE ® .
- the receiver unit 9 is configured to receive radio frequencies and emit an alarm signal in case the received signals over time exceed a threshold value as outlined above.
- the electronics 8 itself may include an evaluation logic for determining at least one of a frequency the bottom wire 1 B is displaced to its second position and a time the bottom wire 1 B stays in the displaced second position.
- the electronics 8 determine that a (frequency or time) threshold value is exceeded by the determined frequency or the measured time an acoustic alarm signal and/or a visual alarm signal is generated and emitted by the electronics 8 at the holder assembly H.
- the electronics 8 may include at least one of a speaker and a lamp or diode, in particular an LED.
- FIG 4A to 8B show a second embodiment of a holder assembly H.
- the holder assembly H of FIGS 4A to 8 comprises several holder devices 1 with displaceable tags 5 functioning in each case as a displacing element for displacing the respective bottom wire 1 B to its second position upon removal of good from the bottom wire 1 B.
- the tag 5 of the embodiment of FIGS 4A to 8B is hinged to transverse journal portions 1 1 OA provided at the end of the top wire 1A of a holder device 1 .
- a hinge portion 51 of the tag 5 is mounted so that the journal portions 1 1 OA define a pivot axis about which the tag 5 may be pivoted from a blocking position, as for example shown in FIGS 7 and 8A, to a removal position, as for example shown in FIG 8B.
- the hinge portion 51 of the tag 5 connects a front tag part with the front face 5A with a rear lobe portion 52 extending towards the bottom wire 1 B.
- the tag 5 with its lobe portion 52 is the blocking position in which the lobe portion 52 reaches into an adjustment path along which a good has to be slid along the bottom wire 1 B towards the free end 1 1 OB of the bottom wire 1 B.
- a good like a blister pack, hanging at the bottom wire 1 B shall be removed from the bottom wire 1 B and is thus pushed or pulled along the direction of removal R1 towards the free end 1 10B of the bottom wire 1 B an upper part of the good (at which an opening is provided through which the bottom wire 1 B extends) has to mandatorily contact the lobe portion 52 of the tag 5.
- the good Upon then sliding the good further towards the free and 1 10 B of the bottom wire 1 B the good exerts a force on the lobe portion 52 toward the free end 1 10B. Due to this force the tag 5 is pivoted about the pivoting axis of the journal portions 1 10A of the bottom wire 1 B. By pivoting the tag 5 the lobe portion 52 is (with its edge facing the wire section 1 1 B of the bottom wire 1 B) pushed against the bottom wire 1 B and thus moved to a pushing position. In this pushing position the lobe portion 52 acts on the bottom wire 1 B pushing it downwards to its second position upon further pivoting of the tag 5 in the clockwise direction along a swivel direction R3 (see FIG 6).
- a force which is exerted on a good hanging at the bottom wire 1 B in order to slide the good to the end 1 10B of the bottom wire 1 B is thus partially converted by the hinged tag 5 with its lobe portion 52 into a displacing force exerted on the bottom wire 1 B for displacing it from the first position to the second position.
- the displacement of the bottom wire 1 B effected by the lobe portion 52 results in a displacement of the trigger bar 3 to which all the bottom wires 1 B are mounted.
- the micro-switch 6 is actuated so that a removal of a good may be electronically detected and automatically evaluated as stated above.
- the tag 5 When the good to be removed from the bottom wire 1 B reaches the free end 1 10B of the bottom wire 1 B the tag 5 is in a release position in which the lobe portion 52 no longer acts on the bottom wire 1 B and thus no longer pushes the bottom wire 1 B in its second position. Furthermore, the tag 5 also does no longer block a removal of the goods from the bottom wire 1 B. By the springs 4 acting on the trigger bar 3 the bottom wire 1 B is then pushed back upwards to its first position.
- FIGS 9A to 12 show a third embodiment of a holder assembly H in which each holder device 1 is provided with an immovable displacing element at the end of each top wire 1 B.
- Each displacing element comprises a wedge-shaped displacing body 53 and a tag front part with the front face 5A attached or integrated to it.
- the wedge-shaped displacing body 53 is tapered towards the bottom wire 1 B and comprises a wire slot 531 through which the free end 1 10B of the bottom wire 1 B extends through the wedge- shaped displacing body 53 when the bottom wire 1 B is in its first position.
- the wedge-shaped displacing body 53 defines a rearward inclined contact surface 530 facing the carrier 2.
- holder assembly H of FIGS 1A to 3, 4A to 8B and 9 to 12 may also provided with less holder devices than shown.
- a holder assembly H may be provided just comprising a single holder device 1 .
- the carrier 2 and in particular its carrier housing 20 may be significantly smaller.
- the trigger bar 3 which then may just comprise a single receptacle 31 to which the bottom wire 1 B is fixed or at which the bottom wire 1 B (configured to be swivelled about swivel axis S at its rear and) may act on the trigger bar 3.
- FIGS 13A, 13B and 13C show an embodiment of a holder assembly H which comprises a single holder device 1 .
- the top wire 1A of the holder device 1 includes two parallel wire sections and the single bottom wire 1 B extends beneath the top wire 1A in the middle of those two wire sections. Both the top wire 1A and the bottom wire 1 B are fixed at their rear ends to a carrier 2.
- the bottom wire 1 B of the holder assembly H of FIGS 13A to 13C is again displaceable with respect to the top wire 1A so that it may be displaced from a first position shown in FIGS 13A to 13C to a second position upon a removal of goods from the bottom wire 1 B.
- the free end 1 10B of the bottom wire 1 B may be swivelled about the swivel axis S at the rear end of the bottom wire 1 B downwards in order to allow the removal of goods from the bottom wire 1 B at the free end 1 10B.
- recessed portion 1 1 1 B In order to ensure that just one good at the time is removed from the bottom wire 1 B its wire section 1 1 B near free end 1 10B forms are recessed portion 1 1 1 B.
- This recessed portion 1 1 1 B is V-shaped and hinders that more than one good may be moved past the recessed portion 1 1 1 B to the free end 1 10B.
- the holder assembly H of FIGS 13A to 13C comprises an electronic detection element including a magnet 1 100B and a reed switch 6R.
- the magnet 1 100B is provided at the free end 1 10B of the bottom wire 1 B
- the reed switch 6R is mounted to the top wire 1A opposite the free end 1 10B of the bottom wire 1 B. Due to a change of position of the free end 1 10B and thus the magnet 1 100B provided at the free end 1 10B a magnetic field applied to the reed switch 6R changes resulting in a generation of an electrical signal.
- contacts of the reed switch 6 are open when the bottom wire 1 B is in its first position and thus a magnetic field of the magnet 1 100B of the bottom wire 1 B is present.
- the distance between the magnet 1 100B to the reed switch 6R increases.
- the contacts of the reed switch 6 return to a normal closed position thereby generating an electric signal. This electric signal is thus indicative for the displacement of the bottom wire 1 B to its second position.
- the bottom wire 1 B After the good has been removed from the bottom wire 1 B the bottom wire 1 B, due to its flexibility, returns to its first position in which the magnet 1 100B at the free end 1 10B is closer to the reed switch 6R of the top wire 18. The contacts of the read switch 6 are thus forced again to an open position.
- the front end of the top wire 1A comprises tag fastening portion 15A.
- the tag fastening portion 15A in the exemplary embodiment of FIGS 13A to 13C therefore comprises a transverse journal to which a tag may be clipped.
- the electronic detection of a displacement of the bottom wire 1 B to its second position as outlined above for the holder assembly H of FIGS 13A to 13C may also be implemented by a holder assembly H being configured such that the contacts of the reed switch 6R are normally open and held closed by the magnet 1 100B in the first position of the bottom wire 1 B. In this case the contacts return to a normal open position upon displacement of the bottom wire 1 B with its magnet 1 100B to the second position.
- the reed switch 6R may also be provided at the bottom wire 1 B and the magnet 1 100B may be provided at the top wire 1A without departing from the present disclosure.
- a holder device 1 of FIGS 13A to 13C including a reed switch 6R may also be provided at a holder assembly H of FIGS 1A to 3, 4A to 8B and 9 to 12. Accordingly, a holder assembly may be provided with several holder devices 1 as shown in FIGS 13A to 13C which are then mounted to a single carrier.
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