EP3609369B1 - System for powering multiple electronic display devices for displaying product-related information, and goods presentation system - Google Patents

Description

Background of the Invention

The present invention relates to a system for energizing a plurality of electronic display devices for displaying product-related information. The invention also relates to a goods presentation system with such a system for energizing a plurality of electronic display devices for displaying goods-related information, an arrangement with such a system and method for energizing a number of electronic display devices for displaying goods-related information.

In retail, in particular in supermarkets and drugstores, display devices for displaying product-related information are being used to an increasing extent, with these being provided in particular for displaying the price of a product. Known typical display devices for displaying goods-related information are mostly designed in the form of so-called ESLs (Electronic Shelf Labels), which are also referred to as electronic price tags. ESLs and a recording for them are eg from the DE 20 2015 105 014 U1 famous.

From the EP 1 227 648 A2 a price display system is known in which a plurality of price display modules are provided in a support rail, conductors within the support rail ensuring the power supply of the modules through at least one solar module.

According to the revelation of DE 10 2015 003 723 A1 discloses a data communication device, information reproducing device and display device for use in such a holder with electrical conductors, in which information about a product is transmitted by data from a master module via electrical conductors to the display device.

the EP 3 075 285 A1 relates to a shelf unit with a support structure and a plurality of shelves, with lighting devices being provided to illuminate the shelves.

The display devices are typically arranged in the immediate vicinity of the respective goods, so that the potential buyer can associate the goods-related or product-related information displayed by the display device directly with the respective product or the respective goods. A large number of display devices for displaying product-related information is therefore generally used, particularly in a supermarket or drugstore with a large number of different goods. When installing or assembling the display devices, it is particularly necessary to implement a power supply or voltage supply for all display devices, which involves a great deal of effort.

Underlying Task

The object of the present invention is therefore to reduce the effort involved in providing the power supply for a plurality of display devices for displaying product-related information.

Solution according to the invention

According to the invention, this object is achieved with a system for energizing a plurality of electronic display devices for displaying goods-related information with the features of claim 1 . Furthermore, this object is also achieved according to the invention by a goods display system with the features of claim 5, by an arrangement with the features of claim 9 and by the method with the features of claim 10.

Preferred embodiments of the system for energizing a plurality of display devices for displaying product-related information are described in the dependent claims.

The system according to the invention for energizing a plurality of display devices for displaying product-related information has an elongate base body made of a plastic material. The base body, which is preferably an extruded base body or a base body produced by extrusion, has a channel extending over the entire length of the base body for receiving the display devices, or the base body has an elongated receptacle extending over the entire length of the base body Recording of the display devices.

The display devices that can be accommodated in the channel of the system can be, for example, display devices that are identical in design or that are identical in design to one another.

The channel or the receptacle extends over the entire length of the base body or the channel or receptacle extends from one of two opposite ends of the base body to the other of the two opposite ends of the base body.

The main body has two opposite end sections or the main body has two longitudinally opposite end sections, each of the end sections of the main body having one or one of two opposite channel end sections of the channel or one or one of two longitudinally to one another opposite channel end sections of the channel (or having one of two opposite receiving end sections of the receptacle or having one of two longitudinally opposite receiving end sections of the receptacle) or wherein one of two opposite - or longitudinally to each other opposite - end portions of the body are each a channel end portion or a receiving end portion.

The display devices can be accommodated in the channel, whereby the display devices can be accommodated in the channel in order to implement a row of consecutively arranged display devices, preferably along the longitudinal axis of the base body in succession in the channel or with the formation of a row extending along the longitudinal axis of the base body in the channel are recordable or sequentially recordable. This arrangement in rows advantageously enables the system to be arranged in the vicinity of a goods shelf, in which a display device can be assigned directly by the potential buyer or prospective buyer to the associated goods, namely the goods from a number of goods that are also arranged in a row on a storage device or a Are parked or arranged shelf of a goods shelf. Each display device, when it is accommodated in the channel, can particularly preferably also be displaceable or flexibly positioned in the channel. Because it can be moved, the respective display device can be very easily adapted to existing positioning requirements.

The channel of the base body, which is provided or set up to accommodate the display devices, extends over the entire length of the base body. The channel is particularly preferably a channel aligned parallel to the longitudinal axis of the base body or the channel is particularly preferably an elongate channel aligned parallel to the longitudinal axis of the base body. If it is preferably an extruded base body, the channel is a channel formed when the base body is extruded. As a result of the extension over the entire length of the base body, the channel or the receptacle open or accessible on both end faces of the base body. Particularly preferably, the channel is also open or accessible on a longitudinal side of the base body, so that the display devices can be accommodated in the channel from the longitudinal side. This has the advantage that the display devices for realizing a series of display devices arranged one after the other on the base body do not have to be pushed into the channel one after the other at the front, which can be difficult depending on the version of the channel due to tilting.

The or each of the display devices can be accommodated in the channel, it being possible for the or each display device to be accommodated in the channel in particular in a non-positive manner. In a particularly practical way, the or each display device can form a releasable snap connection with the extruded base body by being accommodated in the channel.

The system according to the invention has two current conductors or the system according to the invention has two current conductors spaced apart from one another, with each of the current conductors having two current conductor end sections and an intermediate section. The intermediate section of each current conductor is arranged in the channel and one of the current conductor end sections of each current conductor is arranged in each case in one of the two opposite channel end sections with at least one partial section.

The current conductors spaced apart from one another can have current conductors with a design familiar to a person skilled in the art. For example, the current conductors can be designed in particular in the form of conductor tracks, the conductor tracks being, for example, conductor tracks made of copper, of copper-plated aluminum or of galvanized aluminum or of copper-plated gold or of silver or of graphite or of conductive polymers (such as PEDOT-PSS, PANI , etc.) or from different carbon modifications (such as CNTs, fullerenes, etc.). The conductive traces can be extruded or laminated or printed onto the plastic material of the body, for example, to hold them in the channel, or each of the conductive traces can be designed to hold them in the channel in the form of an elongate section of an elongate conductive body, with a further section of the elongate conductive body in the plastic material of the extruded body, for example, can be extruded, pressed, glued or clipped.

The system according to the invention is characterized on the one hand by the fact that by accommodating the display devices in the channel, a power supply contact of each display device or a power supply connection of each display device or a power supply element of each display device can be electrically conductively contacted with one of the current conductors. Or in other words: By accommodating the display devices in the channel, one power supply contact can be electrically conductively contacted by each display device with one of the current conductors. Furthermore, the system according to the invention is characterized in that it has at least one solar power source with two supply poles, with one of the supply poles being provided for the production of an electrically conductive connection with one of the current conductors in each case in order to supply current to all the display devices that can be accommodated in the channel by the solar power source In order to power all the display devices accommodated in the channel by the solar power source, one of the supply poles is provided in each case for the production of an electrically conductive connection with one of the current conductors in each case. On the one hand, contacting of the current conductors arranged in the channel with the power supply contacts or voltage supply contacts of the display devices or the Power supply connections or the power supply connections of the display devices can be realized. Furthermore, by providing the solar power source, all display devices accommodated in the channel can be energized in a simple and practical manner, specifically by establishing an electrically conductive connection of one supply pole of the supply poles of the solar power source with one of the current conductors.

The solar power source has two supply poles or the solar power source has a positive pole and a negative pole or one of the two supply poles is a positive pole or is identical to a positive pole and the other of the two supply poles is a negative pole or is identical to a negative pole.

It goes without saying that when the display devices are accommodated in the channel, that power supply contact for all display devices that must be brought into an electrically conductive connection with the positive pole of the solar power source in order to energize or operate the display device must be connected to the current conductor by being accommodated in the channel the both conductors can be contacted in an electrically conductive manner, which is provided for establishing the electrically conductive connection with the positive pole of the solar power source and it is therefore also understood that when the display devices are accommodated in the channel, that power supply contact must be used for all display devices that is used for energizing or operation of the display device with the negative pole of the solar power source is to be brought into an electrically conductive connection, by receiving it in the channel it is possible to make electrically conductive contact with the current conductor of the two current conductors, which is provided for establishing the electrically conductive connection with the negative pole of the solar power source or can be electrically conductively contacted by receiving it in the channel with the other current conductor of the two current conductors, which is provided for the production of the electrically conductive connection to the negative pole of the solar power source. Or in other words: By accommodating all display devices in the channel, the power supply contact provided for establishing an electrically conductive connection with the positive pole of the solar power source can be electrically conductively contacted by all display devices with a first of the two current conductors and by accommodating all display devices in the channel on all display devices, the power supply contact provided for establishing an electrically conductive connection with the negative pole of the solar power source can be electrically conductively contacted with the second of the two conductors, with the first conductor being provided for establishing the electrically conductive connection with the positive pole of the solar power source, and with the second conductor which is provided for making the electrically conductive connection with the negative pole of the solar power source. In this way, a parallel connection is realized, which is provided for energizing all the display devices that are or can be accommodated in the channel.

The ability of the power supply contacts of each of the display devices to make contact with the respective conductors arranged in the duct, as provided according to the invention, by accommodating the display devices in the duct together with the power supply to the display devices that can be implemented via the solar power source, advantageously makes it possible overall to provide the power supply or Power supply for the display devices. The power supply for all display devices can therefore be implemented simply by accommodating the display devices in the channel and making electrically conductive connections between the current conductors and the supply poles of the solar power source or a electrically conductive connection of a first of the two conductors to the positive pole of the solar power source and an electrically conductive connection of the second of the two conductors to the negative pole of the solar power source is made. Overall, as a result of the power supply for the display devices, which can be implemented very easily using the system according to the invention, the effort involved in providing the power supply can be reduced or significantly reduced. In particular, the provision of the solar power source can significantly minimize the effort, since the solar power source, in contrast to a conventional power source, does not have to be connected to a central power supply. The energization or power supply of the electronic display devices via the solar power source can be realized in an energy-saving manner via the existing light or artificial light in the respective premises such as a drugstore or a supermarket, which is provided there via ceiling lamps, for example. After accommodating the display devices in the channel, only the electrically conductive connections of the supply poles to the current conductors of the system need to be established, if these are not already present anyway. Expensive cabling of each individual display device, as may be necessary in some known solutions, can advantageously be omitted. In this way, the installation outlay and therefore in particular also the installation costs can be significantly reduced.

The solar power source can, for example, be set up in particular to first transfer the electrical energy to a buffer store provided in the solar power source, which can transfer the electrical energy to the conductors.

Depending on the design, the solar power source can power or supply electricity to hundreds of electronic display devices. The solar power source can also be used cumulatively, e.g. to power LED shelf lighting.

The number of display devices that can be accommodated in the elongated channel of the system according to the invention for energizing a plurality of electronic display devices for displaying product-related information is arbitrary and essentially depends on the respectively provided length of the base body and the corresponding dimensions of the display devices. Typically, for example 5 to 50 of the electronic display devices for displaying product-related information can be accommodated in the elongated channel.

For example, the solar power source may in particular be in the form of an elongate panel which may be mounted, for example, on a top of a shelf where it may be optimally oriented towards the respective light sources.

Other technical advantages associated with the use of the system according to the invention for energizing several electronic display devices for displaying product-related information include sustainability through the generation of electrical energy via the at least one solar power source ("energy harvesting indoors), environmentally friendly avoidance of batteries for the power supply of the Display devices and avoidance of completely electrified shelves and electrified sales rooms The environmentally friendly avoidance of batteries for the power supply of the display devices represents a particularly great advantage here 5 years very time-consuming and labour-intensive to replace. Some food retailers have a product range of 35,000 to 40,000 items. The effort involved in changing the battery is correspondingly high ls. Also, using so many batteries (mostly button cells) isn't very sustainable either. If no batteries are used in the known solutions, the known solutions require a high degree of electrification on the shelves or salesrooms. In contrast to this, as a result of the provision of at least one solar power source, the unsustainable use of batteries and also a high degree of electrification in the shelves or sales rooms can advantageously be dispensed with.

In a particularly advantageous embodiment of the system according to the invention for energizing a plurality of electronic display devices for displaying product-related information, the solar power source can be accommodated in the channel of the base body, with one supply pole of the solar power source being able to be electrically conductively contacted in each case with one of the current conductors by receiving the solar power source in the channel . In this particularly advantageous embodiment, in order to power all the display devices that can be accommodated in the channel with the solar power source, an electrically conductive connection of each supply pole to one of the current conductors can be implemented in a particularly practical and particularly advantageous manner simply by accommodating the solar power source in the channel of the system . In this particularly advantageous embodiment, the at least one solar power source preferably essentially the same dimensions as one of the display devices, which advantageously results in a visually appealing image when viewing the channel of the system when a plurality of display devices are accommodated in the channel next to the solar power source. In this particularly advantageous embodiment, the system is particularly advantageously completely self-sufficient and advantageously no further connection has to be made between the base body and the solar power source.

In the above particularly advantageous embodiment, each supply pole of the solar power source can in particular have an elastically bendable area or, in the above particularly advantageous embodiment, can in particular have an elastically bendable end area which, by receiving the solar power source in the channel of the system with the respective current conductor of the system is electrically conductively contactable. Contacting that is insensitive to vibrations can advantageously be implemented by the elastically bendable area or by the elastically bendable end area.

In the above particularly advantageous embodiment, the solar power source or each solar power source can particularly preferably be received in the channel of the base body in a non-positive manner. In this particularly advantageous embodiment, the solar power source or each solar power source can also form a releasable snap connection by being accommodated in the channel with the extruded base body.

Particularly preferably, the solar power source or each solar power source in the above particularly advantageous embodiment, when it is accommodated in the channel, can also be displaceable or flexibly positioned in the channel of the base body. Because it can be moved, the solar power source or the respective solar power source can be very easily adapted to existing positioning specifications.

In a practical embodiment of the system according to the invention for energizing a plurality of electronic display devices for displaying product-related information, the system has at least one terminating device, the terminating device having two supply lines or the terminating device having two electrical supply lines, the terminating device having at least one of the two opposite ones End portions of the body can be connected, wherein by connecting the terminating device to the end section of the base body, one supply line end section of each of the supply lines can be electrically conductively contacted with one current conductor end section of the current conductor end sections, which are arranged in the channel end section of the end section of the base body with at least one section, wherein a supply line or one of the supply lines for establishing an electrically conductive connection with a respective supply pole of the solar power source is provided for energizing all electronic display devices that can be accommodated or accommodated in the channel through the solar power source.

The supply lines are preferably attached to a closure body of the closure device, the closure body being connectable to at least one of the two opposite end sections of the base body in order to connect the closure device to at least one of the two opposite end sections of the base body. The terminating body of the terminating device can in particular be a terminating body made of a plastic material.

The inventively provided contactability of the power supply contacts of each of the display devices with the current conductors arranged in the duct by receiving the display devices in the duct together with the electrical contacting of the supply line end sections of the terminating device with the current conductor end sections of the current conductors that can be realized by simply connecting the terminating device to the end section advantageously enables the power supply or voltage supply for the display devices to be provided in a very simple and practical manner via the electrical supply lines of the terminating device, one of which is used to power all the electronic display devices that can be accommodated or accommodated in the channel through the solar power source in order to establish an electrically conductive connection is provided with a respective supply pole of the solar power source or of which a first supply sleitung - for energizing all the electronic display devices that can be accommodated or accommodated in the channel through the solar power source - is provided for establishing an electrically conductive connection with the positive pole of the solar power source and of which a second one is provided for establishing an electrically conductive connection with the negative pole of the solar power source.

In this practical embodiment, the power supply for all display devices can therefore be implemented simply by accommodating the display devices in the channel, connecting the terminating device to the end section of the base body and then electrically conductive connections are made to the supply poles of the solar power source in order to connect the display devices from to energize or to be able to energize the solar power source via the supply lines.

It goes without saying that the supply lines of the above practical embodiment can, at least in sections, be current-carrying conductors or inner conductors or cores of a supply cable, which are particularly preferably current-carrying conductors or inner conductors of a single supply cable.

It goes without saying that in the above practical embodiment, each of the current conductor end sections can also be designed, for example, in the form of a current-conducting contact of a plug or mating plug. It is also understood that in the above practical embodiment, each of the supply line end sections can also be designed in the form of a current-conducting contact of a corresponding counterplug or plug, so that by connecting the terminating device to the end section of the base body, plug connections can also be formed in order to to realize the electrically conductive contact or the electrically conductive connection between the supply line end sections and the conductor end sections.

The terminating device can be connected to at least one of the two opposite end sections of the base body, with the terminating device being able to be connected to the end section of the base body particularly preferably in a non-positive manner. In particular, the terminating device can preferably have an insertion body, which can be inserted at the end into the channel of the extruded base body in order to form a non-positive connection with the extruded base body.

According to the invention, the terminating device can be releasably connected or manually releasably connected to at least one of the two opposite end sections of the base body, so that the terminating device can be advantageously detached from the extruded base body and, if necessary, reconnected to it, in particular for maintenance or repair purposes.

By connecting the terminating device to the end section of the base body, one supply line end section of each of the supply lines can be electrically conductively contacted with one current conductor end section of the current conductor end sections that are arranged in the channel end section of the end section with at least one section. This ability to make contact can take place in a manner familiar to a person skilled in the art, in particular by a suitable arrangement of the supply line end sections. For example, when there is a connection between the base body and the termination device, each of the supply line end sections can protrude into the channel of the base body in particular in order to make contact with the conductor end sections, which are each arranged with at least one section in the channel.

According to the invention, the closing device has a flat body or a flat element made of a plastic material with two opposite sides and at least one plug-in body made of a plastic material connected to one of the two sides, the plug-in body for connecting the closing device to the end section of the base body by being inserted into the channel at the front can be positively accommodated in the channel. By means of this terminating device, the supply conductor end sections can be connected to the current conductor end sections in a very simple and practical manner by means of a simple plug-in process. The provision of the flat body advantageously enables a weight-saving and visually appealing design of the flat body. To connect the closing device to the end section of the base body, the plug-in body can be received in the channel with a force fit by being inserted at the end into the channel or can be fully or at least partially accommodated, or the plug-in body can be connected to the closing device with the end section of the base body by being plugged into the end section The channel can be held in the channel particularly preferably in a clamped manner or held in the channel with the formation of a clamping stress. It goes without saying that the connection that can be realized in this way between the closing device and the base body can particularly preferably be a detachable or manually detachable connection. The plug-in body can therefore particularly preferably be pulled out of the channel or be pulled out of the channel manually. Due to the preferably provided detachability of the connection between the closing device and the base body, maintenance work or repairs in particular can advantageously be carried out in a simple and practical manner.

The plastic material from which the flat body and the plug-in body are made can particularly preferably be a polymer from the group of polyolefins, a polymer from the group of polyacrylates, polyesters, polyamides, polycarbonates, polyvinyl chloride, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene, styrene -Acrylonitrile, acrylonitrile-styrene acrylate, polymethyl methacrylate, polyoxymethylene, polyvinyl alcohol and cycloolefin copolymers. In principle, all polymers from the group of thermoplastics, duroplastics and elastomers and any blends are conceivable.

According to the invention, the supply line end sections that can be contacted with the conductor end sections are provided on the plug-in body. Since the plug-in body can be positively received in the channel by being plugged in, the provision of the supply line end sections on the plug-in body can advantageously also result in stable electrically conductive contacting of the supply line end sections with the current conductor end sections.

Particularly preferably, the end face of the base body can be covered by the flat element by inserting the plug-in body into the channel at the end face. A visually very appealing finish can be created with the covering option provided here. In particular, the flat element can have a design that can advantageously be connected flush to the base body by inserting the plug-in body into the channel at the front, accompanied by the creation of a visually very attractive finish.

The display devices for displaying goods-related information or product-related information can be common or known display devices that are provided or set up for displaying goods-related information or product-related information. In particular, the display devices can be designed in the form of so-called ESLs (Electronic Shelf Labels), which are also referred to as electronic price tags. In terms of magnitude, these indicators may have a length within a range of 2 cm to 150 cm, a width within a range of 2 cm to 50 cm and a thickness within a range of 0.05 cm to 5 cm. The displays of the ESLs can in particular be LCD segment displays or e-ink displays.

The goods-related information can be any information about the respective goods, e.g. the price of the goods, the description of the goods, the expiry date, the weight, etc.

In the system according to the invention, each of the current conductors has two current conductor end sections, one of which is arranged in one of the two opposite channel end sections with at least one partial section. This means that in the case of one of the current conductors, a first of the two current conductor end sections is arranged in a first of the two opposite channel end sections with at least one partial section, and the second current conductor end section of this current conductor is arranged in the second of the two opposite channel end sections with at least a section is arranged. An intermediate section of the respective current conductor, which extends from the first current conductor end section to the second current conductor end section or which connects the first current conductor end section to the second current conductor end section, is then arranged in a central area of the channel, which is the first channel end section to the second channel end section. It goes without saying that each of the current conductors is particularly preferably formed in a straight line and particularly preferably extends parallel or essentially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the extruded base body. In particular, each current conductor can extend over the entire length of the channel. However, this is of course not mandatory. According to the invention, all that needs to be accomplished is that by receiving the display devices in the channel, one power supply contact of each display device can be electrically conductively contacted with one of the current conductors. This ability to make contact can take place in a manner familiar to a person skilled in the art, in particular by suitably adapting the dimensions of the channel to the relevant dimensions of the display devices. It goes without saying that each of the conductor end sections can also be designed, for example, in the form of a current-conducting contact of a plug or mating plug.

Each current conductor has two current conductor end sections, one of which is arranged in one of the two opposite channel end sections with at least one section. The respective current conductor end section is therefore arranged with at least one section in one of the two opposite channel end sections, so that the respective current conductor end section can also be arranged in particular completely or entirely in the respective channel end section or in the channel arranged can be without protruding from the channel end section. According to the invention, however, it can also be provided that only a section of the respective conductor end section is arranged in the duct end section, so that a further section of the respective conductor end section can also be arranged in particular outside of the respective duct end section or from the respective channel end section can protrude.

The plastic material from which the elongate base body is made can be, for example, a polymer from the group of polyolefins, a polymer from the group of polyacrylates, polyesters, polyamides, polycarbonates, polyvinyl chloride, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene, styrene-acrylonitrile, Act acrylonitrile-styrene acrylates, polymethyl methacrylates, polyoxymethylenes, polyvinyl alcohols and cycloolefin copolymers. In principle, all polymers from the group of thermoplastics, duroplastics and elastomers and any blends are conceivable.

The system according to the invention is particularly advantageous for the arrangement in the vicinity or in the immediate vicinity of storage devices, such as shelves of goods shelves, where the extruded body of the system can be attached to a shelf of a goods shelf, so that a buyer or a potential buyer of a product can directly identify the respective display device assigned to the product.

The base body is advantageously an extruded base body made of a plastic material, ie a base body produced by extrusion. By means of extrusion, a large number of base bodies can be manufactured with consistently high quality as part of automated production. The plastic material from which the base body is made can particularly preferably be a polymer from the group of polyolefins, a polymer from the group of polyacrylates, polyesters, polyamides, polycarbonates, polyvinyl chloride, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene, styrene-acrylonitrile, Act acrylonitrile-styrene acrylates, polymethyl methacrylates, polyoxymethylenes, polyvinyl alcohols and cycloolefin copolymers. In principle, all polymers from the group of thermoplastics, duroplastics and elastomers and any blends are conceivable.

The invention also relates to a goods presentation system comprising a system according to the invention for energizing a plurality of electronic display devices according to the above practical embodiment, at least two or more support posts and at least one or more storage devices. In the goods display system, the or each storage device has a storage element for storing goods or a storage element for storing goods and two holding elements, the holding elements being connected to the storage element, with each holding post having at least one receptacle or multiple receptacles, in which one of the holding elements for holding the storage device can be accommodated on the holding post, with at least one of the holding posts having two electrical conductors, one of which is provided for establishing an electrically conductive connection with a respective supply pole of the solar power source, with at least one of the holding elements having two electrical connection elements has or wherein at least one of the holding elements has two electrically conductive connection elements, one of the supply lines of the terminating device being connectable to each connection element, each connection element by receiving men of the retaining element in the receptacle of the retaining post with one of the conductors of the retaining post is electrically conductively contactable.

The goods display system according to the invention is characterized in that it combines the advantages of the above system according to the invention with at least two support posts and at least one storage device. The support posts and the at least one storage device, which can advantageously form a goods shelf, are characterized in that, after the supply lines of the terminating device have been connected to the connecting elements, electrically conductive connections of the supply lines of the terminating device to the electrical conductors of the retaining post and the electrical connection elements of the retaining elements the supply poles of the solar power source, namely by simply taking up the holding elements in the receptacles of the holding post - namely for holding or attaching the storage device to the holding post - and subsequent electrically conductive connection of one of the conductors of the holding post to a respective supply pole of the Solar power source or subsequent electrically conductive connection of a first of the electrical conductors of the support post to the positive pole of the solar power source and the second electrical conductor of the support post ns with the negative pole of the solar power source. These connections serve to energize or supply voltage to electronic display devices accommodated in the channel of the base body of the energizing system according to the invention.

Each retaining post has at least one receptacle or multiple receptacles, in each of which one of the retaining elements for retaining the storage device on the retaining post can be accommodated. In particular, each of the holding elements can have an end area that can be hooked into the respective receptacle, it being possible for the electrical connection elements to be provided on the end area. In particular, the conductors of the retaining posts can be arranged in a longitudinal channel of the retaining post, with an electrically conductive contact to the respective electrical conductor of the retaining post being present for each connection element in the suspended state of the end region.

The elongate base body of the system according to the invention for energizing the several electronic display devices for displaying goods-related information can preferably be attached to the storage device or connected to the storage device.

In particular, in the case of an elongate storage element, the elongate base body can particularly preferably be attached to the storage device in an arrangement in which a surface of the base body extending along the longitudinal axis of the base body faces a surface of the storage element extending along the longitudinal axis of the storage element. Or in other words: In particular, in the case of an elongate storage element, the elongate base body can be attached to the storage device, particularly preferably in such a way that a surface of the base body extending along the longitudinal axis of the base body faces a surface of the storage element extending along the longitudinal axis of the storage element.

In this arrangement, in which the channel of the main body of the system for energizing particularly preferably extends parallel to the longitudinal axis of the storage element, the buyer or the potential buyer can advantageously create a direct reference to the display device provided for the respective product.

The realization of a preferably present attachability or connectability of the base body to or with the storage device can be done, for example, via suitable areas of the base body, which can be designed in the form of holding elements or connecting elements, via which the base body can be attached to the storage device or with this is connectable. For example, the base body could have at least one hook-shaped area over which the base body is attached to the storage device can be hooked or attached. It is also conceivable, for example, to have areas of the base body designed in the form of receiving bodies, which can be positively received in receptacles provided on the storage device.

The holding elements are detachably connected to the storage element in a particularly practical manner. The invention also relates to an arrangement comprising a system according to the invention for energizing a number of electronic display devices for displaying product-related information and a number of electronic display devices for displaying product-related information, which are accommodated in the channel of the elongate base body. In the arrangement, the display devices are accommodated in the channel in such a way that in each of the display devices the power supply contact provided for establishing an electrically conductive connection to the positive pole of the solar power source - i.e. the power supply contact that is used to energize or operate the display device with the positive pole of the solar power source in is to be brought into an electrically conductive connection - is electrically conductively contacted with a first of the two conductors and the power supply contact provided for establishing an electrically conductive connection with the negative pole of the solar power source - i.e. the power supply contact which is used to energize or operate the display device with the negative pole of the solar power source is to be brought into an electrically conductive connection - is electrically conductively contacted with the second current conductor. The first current conductor is provided in the arrangement for establishing an electrically conductive connection to the positive pole of the solar power source and the second current conductor is provided in the arrangement to establish an electrically conductive connection to the negative pole of the solar power source. The arrangement can already have an electrically conductive connection between the first conductor of the system and the positive pole of the solar power source and an electrically conductive connection between the second conductor of the system and the negative pole of the solar power source. In the arrangement according to the invention, in contrast to known solutions, complex cabling can also advantageously be dispensed with.

1. (A) Aufnehmen der Anzeigeeinrichtungen in dem Kanal des länglichen Grundkörpers,
2. (B) Verbinden der Abschlusseinrichtung mit einem Endabschnitt des Grundkörpers (12),
3. (C) Elektrisch leitendes Verbinden jeweils eines Versorgungspols der Solarstromquelle mit jeweils einer der Versorgungleitungen der Abschlusseinrichtung, und
4. (D) Bestromen der Anzeigeeinrichtungen durch die Solarstromquelle.

The invention also relates to a method for energizing a plurality of electronic display devices for displaying product-related information solved with a system according to the invention for energizing the multiple display devices according to the above practical embodiment, the method comprising the following steps;

1. (A) receiving the indicators in the channel of the elongate body,
2. (B) connecting the terminating device to an end section of the base body (12),
3. (C) Electrically conductive connection of one supply pole of the solar power source to one of the supply lines of the terminating device, and
4. (D) Energizing the display devices by the solar power source.

This method according to the invention also enables the display devices to be supplied with current, which can be implemented in a simple and practical manner, with the supply current required for each of the display devices via the solar power source. Only steps A to D need to be carried out, without the need for complex installation work or cabling work, as is the case with known solutions. In this respect, this method according to the invention also solves the above object according to the invention.

• (A) Aufnehmen der Anzeigeeinrichtungen in dem Kanal des länglichen Grundkörpers, derart, dass bei jeder der Anzeigeeinrichtungen der zur Herstellung einer elektrisch leitenden Verbindung mit dem Pluspol der Solarstromquelle vorgesehene Stromversorgungskontakt mit einem ersten der beiden Stromleiter elektrisch leitend kontaktiert ist und der zur Herstellung einer elektrisch leitenden Verbindung mit dem Minuspol der Solarstromquelle vorgesehene Stromversorgungskontakt mit dem zweiten Stromleiter elektrisch leitend kontaktiert ist,
• B) Verbinden der Abschlusseinrichtung mit einem Endabschnitt des Grundkörpers (12),
• (C) Elektrisch leitendes Verbinden des Pluspols der Solarstromquelle mit der Versorgungleitung, die bei bestehender Verbindung der Abschlusseinrichtung mit dem Endabschnitt des Grundkörpers einen elektrisch leitenden Kontakt zu dem ersten Stromleiter aufweist und elektrisch leitendes Verbinden des Minuspols der Solarstromquelle mit der Versorgungleitung, die bei bestehender Verbindung der Abschlusseinrichtung mit dem Endabschnitt des Grundkörpers einen elektrisch leitenden Kontakt zu dem zweiten Stromleiter aufweist, und
• (D) Bestromen der Anzeigeeinrichtungen durch die Solarstromquelle.

In more concrete terms, the above method according to the invention comprises the following steps:

• (A) accommodating the indicia within the channel of the elongate body such that each of the indicia is used to produce a the power supply contact provided for the electrically conductive connection to the positive pole of the solar power source is in electrically conductive contact with a first of the two current conductors and the power supply contact provided for establishing an electrically conductive connection with the negative pole of the solar power source is in electrically conductive contact with the second current conductor,
• B) connecting the terminating device to an end section of the base body (12),
• (C) Electrically conductive connection of the positive pole of the solar power source to the supply line, which has an electrically conductive contact to the first conductor when the termination device is connected to the end section of the base body, and electrically conductive connection of the negative pole of the solar power source to the supply line, which when there is a connection the terminating device has an electrically conductive contact with the end section of the base body to the second current conductor, and
• (D) Energizing the display devices by the solar power source.

It goes without saying that naming the steps with the letters A to D does not mean that they are bound to a chronological order. So step A can be done after step B or step B after step A. Step C can be done after Step A or B, or before Step A or before Step B. Step D, on the other hand, is the final step since it involves powering the displays from the solar power source. The energizing by the solar power source includes - if necessary after a necessary activation or switching on of the solar power source - the irradiation of the solar power source or the solar cells of the solar power source with light, whereby the light is in particular artificial light of a salesroom or a drugstore or of a supermarket can act.

Brief description of the drawing

Fig.1

eine schematische Darstellung eines nicht erfindungsgemäßen Systems zur Bestromung mehrerer elektronischer Anzeigeeinrichtungen zur Anzeige von warenbezogenen Informationen,

Fig.2

eine schematische Darstellung eines nicht erfindungsgemäßen Systems zur Bestromung mehrerer elektronischer Anzeigeeinrichtungen zur Anzeige von warenbezogenen Informationen,

Fig.3

eine schematische Darstellung eines Ausführungsbeispiels eines erfindungsgemäßen Systems zur Bestromung mehrerer elektronischer Anzeigeeinrichtungen zur Anzeige von warenbezogenen Informationen,

Fig. 4

das System nach Fig. 3 mit bestehenden elektrisch leitenden Verbindungen von Versorgungsleitungen zu den Versorgungspolen der Solarstromquelle,

Fig.5

eine schematische Darstellung eines Ausführungsbeispiels eines erfindungsgemäßen Warenpräsentationssystems,

Fig.6

eine schematische Darstellung eines Ausführungsbeispiels einer erfindungsgemäßen Solarstromquelle,

Fig.7

eine schematische Darstellung eines weiteren Ausführungsbeispiels einer erfindungsgemäßen Solarstromquelle,

Fig.8

eine Schnittdarstellung eines Grundkörpers eines Ausführungsbeispiels eines erfindungsgemäßen Systems zur Bestromung mehrerer elektronischer Anzeigeeinrichtungen zur Anzeige von warenbezogenen Informationen,

Fig.9

die Darstellung nach Fig. 8 mit einer Anzeigeeinrichtung,

Fig.10

eine dreidimensionale Darstellung einer Abschlusseinrichtung dieses Ausführungsbeispiels des Systems zur Bestromung der Anzeigeeinrichtungen,

Fig.11A

eine dreidimensionale Darstellung des Grundkörpers nach Fig. 8 zusammen mit einer mit dem Grundkörper verbundenen Abschlusseinrichtung nach Fig. 10, und

Fig.11B

den Grundkörper nach Fig. 11A ohne Abschlusseinrichtung.

Exemplary embodiments of the invention are explained in more detail below with reference to the attached drawing. In the drawing shows

Fig.1

a schematic representation of a system not according to the invention for energizing a plurality of electronic display devices for displaying goods-related information,

Fig.2

a schematic representation of a system not according to the invention for energizing a plurality of electronic display devices for displaying goods-related information,

Fig.3

a schematic representation of an embodiment of a system according to the invention for energizing a plurality of electronic display devices for displaying goods-related information,

4

the system after 3 with existing electrically conductive connections from supply lines to the supply poles of the solar power source,

Fig.5

a schematic representation of an embodiment of a product display system according to the invention,

Fig.6

a schematic representation of an embodiment of a solar power source according to the invention,

Fig.7

a schematic representation of a further embodiment of a solar power source according to the invention,

Fig.8

a sectional view of a base body of an embodiment of a system according to the invention for energizing a plurality of electronic display devices for displaying goods-related information,

Fig.9

the representation 8 with a display device,

Fig.10

a three-dimensional representation of a termination device of this exemplary embodiment of the system for energizing the display devices,

Figure 11A

a three-dimensional representation of the base body 8 together with a terminating device connected to the base body 10 , and

Figure 11B

the basic body Figure 11A without a degree.

The system 10 for energizing a plurality of electronic display devices 11 for displaying goods-related information 1 (in the 1 only two display devices 11 are illustrated schematically) - has an elongate extruded body 12 made of a plastic material.

The base body 12 has a channel 16 extending over the entire length of the base body 12 for receiving the display devices 11 .

The base body 12 has two opposite end sections 18 . Each of the end sections 18 comprises one of two opposite channel end sections 20 of the channel 16 .

The display devices 11 can be accommodated in the channel 16, which is open or accessible on both end faces and on one longitudinal side, along the longitudinal axis 15 of the base body 12 in succession in the channel 16 or with the formation of a line extending along the longitudinal axis 15 of the base body 12 extending row in the channel 16 receivable or sequentially receivable. The display devices 11 can be accommodated in the channel 16 from the longitudinal side in a non-positive manner or the display devices 11 can be accommodated in the channel 16 in a clamping manner from the longitudinal side.

The system 10 has two current conductors 21 and 22 which, in this exemplary embodiment, are both arranged in the channel 16 or which are both completely or entirely arranged in the channel 16 . Each current conductor 21, 22 is designed in the form of a straight conductor track 21, 22. Each conductor track 21, 22 is laminated onto the base body 12. Alternatively, each conductor track 21, 22 can also be applied or extruded onto the base body 12.

Each of the current conductors 21 and 22 has two current conductor end sections 24 and 26 and an intermediate section 29 , the current conductor end sections 24 and 26 being connected to one another by the respective intermediate section 29 . The intermediate section 29 of each current conductor 21 and 22 is arranged in the channel 16 and of each current conductor 21 and 22 one of the current conductor end sections 24 and 26 is arranged in each of the two opposite channel end sections 20 or completely or completely arranged. However, a restriction to an arrangement or a complete arrangement of the conductor end sections 24 and 26 in the channel end sections 20 is of course not provided according to the invention. In an alternative exemplary embodiment, at least one of the conductor end sections 24 and 26 can also be arranged with a section 31 outside of the channel 16 and with another section 27 in the channel end section 20, as shown in FIG 1 is illustrated schematically.

The system 10 after 1 also has a solar power source 36 (shown only very schematically) with two supply poles 120, 122, with one of the supply poles 120, 122 being used to power all display devices 11 that can be accommodated in channel 16 by the solar power source 36 in order to establish an electrically conductive connection with each one of the current conductors 21, 22 is provided. The supply pole 120 is in this case a negative pole 120 and the supply pole 122 is in this case a positive pole 122. The 1 already schematically illustrates the situation in which the electrically conductive connections already exist.

By accommodating all or all of the display devices 11 in channel 16, one power supply contact 28 of each display device 11 can be electrically connected to one of the current conductors 21 and 22, or by accommodating all or all of the display devices 11 in channel 16, all of the display devices 11 In each case, the power supply contact 28 provided for establishing an electrically conductive connection with the positive pole 122 of the solar power source 36 can be electrically connected to a first 21 of the two current conductors 21, 22 and by receiving all or the display devices 11 in the channel 16 from all the display devices 11 in each case the power supply contact 28 provided for establishing an electrically conductive connection with the negative pole 120 of the solar power source 36 with the second 22 of the two current conductors 21, 22 electrically conductively contactable. In this way, a parallel connection is realized, which is provided for the energization of all display devices 11 accommodated or accommodated in the channel 16 .

The system 10 for energizing a plurality of electronic display devices 11 for displaying goods-related information 2 differs from the system according to 1 in that the solar power source 36 can be accommodated in the channel 16 of the base body 12 (the 2 already shows the recorded state; furthermore, only one of the display devices 11 is shown for the sake of clarity), whereby by receiving the solar power source 36 in the channel 16, one supply pole 120, 122 of the solar power source 36 can be electrically connected to one of the current conductors 21, 22 in each case is. In order to be able to accommodate the solar power source 36 in this way, it is designed or dimensioned to match the dimensions of the channel 16, with the position of the current conductors 21, 22 relative to the channel 16 being adapted to the position of the supply poles 120, 122 relative to the rest of the solar power source 36 is adjusted.

The system 10 for energizing a plurality of electronic display devices 11 for displaying goods-related information 3 differs from the system according to 1 in that it has a termination device 14 . This terminating device 14 has two electrical supply lines 32 , 34 .

The terminating device 14 can be connected to each of the two opposite end sections 18 of the base body 12 . By connecting the terminating device 14 to one of the two end sections 18 of the base body 12, a supply line end section 38 of each of the supply lines 32 and 34 can be electrically conductively contacted with a current conductor end section 24 or 26 of the current conductor end sections, which are in the channel End section 20 of the end section 18 of the base body 12 are arranged, the end section 18 being the end section 18 which is provided for establishing the connection to the terminating device 14 . the 4 illustrates the state in which the terminating device 14 is connected to the rear end section 18, the contacting of the supply line end sections 38 with the current conductor end sections 24 in this exemplary embodiment by contacting the supply line end sections 38 with the end faces of the respective current conductor End section 24 takes place.

The supply lines 32, 34 are attached to a terminating body 136 of the terminating device 14, the terminating body 136 being connectable to the end section 18—for connecting the terminating device 14 to the end section 18 of the base body 12. The closing body 136 of the closing device 14 is a closing body 136 made of a plastic material.

In order to implement a non-positive connection of the terminating device 14 with the respective base body end section 18, the terminating device 14 has two insertion pins 17 on the terminating body 136, which can be inserted into receptacles (not shown) that are provided on the front side of the end sections 18 of the base body 12.

One of the supply lines 32, 34 for establishing an electrically conductive connection with a respective supply pole 120, 122 of the solar power source 36 is provided for energizing all electronic display devices 11 that can be accommodated in the channel 16 through the solar power source 36 4 already shows the condition with existing electrically conductive connections. More specifically, a first supply line 32 is provided - for supplying power to all electronic display devices 11 that can be accommodated in the channel 16 by the solar power source 36 - for establishing an electrically conductive connection to the positive pole 122 of the solar power source 36, and a second supply line 34 is provided for establishing an electrically conductive connection to the negative pole 120 of the solar power source 36 is provided.

The base body 12 of an energizing system 10 according to the invention (cf. 8 and 9 ) differs from the base bodies 12 according to the Figures 1 to 3 essentially in that the channel 16 of the extruded base body 12 comprises three contiguous partial regions 97, 98 and 99 which are rectangular in cross section. One of the current conductors 21, 22 is arranged in each of the smaller sections 98, 99. In the sectional view 9 the electrically conductive contacting with the power supply contacts 28 of a display device 11, which is accommodated in the channel 16, is illustrated. The display device 11 is only shown very schematically in section.

Furthermore, the base body 12 according to the 8 and 9 two further channels 100 and 102 which extend over the entire length of the base body 12. Both channels 100 and 102 are each open to one longitudinal side of the base body 12 . A sensor 104 for signaling an entry of an object into an area spaced from the channel 100 is arranged in the channel 100 . A lamp 106 for illuminating adjacent areas is arranged in the other channel 102 . The base body 12 is designed so that it can be attached to a storage device of a goods display system via the claw-like area 108 . The system 10 after the 8 and 9 further comprises an extruded and translucent covering element 109 for covering the channels 16 and 100. FIG. The translucent cover element 109 results in further creative scope for design and function, including haptics, color, decors (wood look, aluminum look), transparency, black panel effect and the introduction of pigments into the transparent cover to adjust the wavelength. The covering element 109 can particularly preferably be scratch-resistant and/or easy to clean and/or resistant to media and/or appearing to be of high quality and/or with a photocatalytic effect for self-cleaning, so that the display devices 11 and/or the solar power source(s) 36 (if in the Channel 16 recordable) are protected from external influences (theft, contamination, corrosion).

The terminating institution 14 (cf. 10 ) of the system with the base body 12 according to the 8 and 9 comprises a flat body 40 of plastics material having two opposite sides 42 and 44 and a male body 46 of plastics material connected to side 42 . The plug-in body 46 can be received in the channel 16 in a non-positive manner in order to connect the termination device 14 to an end section 18 of the base body 12 by being inserted at the end face into the channel 16--cf. also here Figure 11A . The supply line end sections 38 that can be contacted with the respective conductor end sections are provided on the plug-in body 46, with both the upper and the lower supply line end section 38 being designed in the form of a double contact in this exemplary embodiment.

The termination device 14 after 10 further comprises a second and a third plug-in body 112,114. The second plug-in body 112 has two connection elements 116 for the voltage supply of the sensor 104, which can be contacted with supply lines (not shown) of the sensor 104, which are arranged in the channel 100, by plugging the plug-in body 112 into the channel. The connecting elements 116 themselves are in turn each electrically conductively connected to a respective line, which is accommodated in sections in a sheathing of a cable 117, in which the supply lines for the power supply of the display devices are also accommodated in sections. The same also applies to the third plug-in body 114 . The third plug-in body 114 has two connection elements 118 for the voltage supply of the lamp 106, which can be contacted with supply lines (not shown) of the lamp 106, which are arranged in the channel 102, by inserting the plug-in body 112 into the channel. The connection elements 118 themselves are in turn each electrically conductively connected to a line which is accommodated in sections in the sheathing of the cable 117 in which the supply lines for the power supply of the display devices are also accommodated in sections. In a goods display system according to the invention, all of the lines accommodated in sections in the sheathing of the cable 117 can be supplied with current via respective connection elements provided on at least one holding element by accommodating the holding element in the respective receptacle of the holding post, specifically to supply power to the display devices 11, the sensor 104 and the light 106

The end face 48 of the base body 12 is visually very appealing (cf. Figures 11A and 11B ) can be covered by the flat body 40 of the termination device 14 by inserting the plug-in body 46 and the plug-in bodies 112 and 114 into the channel 16 at the front.

At the solar power source 36 after 6 It is a solar power source 36 which has a region 126 with a light-receiving surface 128 that can be pivoted about an axis of rotation 124 . The solar power source 36 can advantageously be attached to a goods shelf (in 6 not shown).

At the solar power source 36 after 7 is solar power source 36 with a housing 132, which in the channel 16 of the base body 12 after the 8 and 9 is recordable. By receiving the solar power source 36 in the channel 16, a supply pole 120, 122 in the form of a quadruple pole (in Fig 7 only the supply pole 120 can be seen) of the solar power source 36 with one of the current conductors 21, 22 being electrically conductively contactable.

Eg also the 1 13 also shows an arrangement 134 comprising a system 10 and a plurality of electronic display devices 11 for displaying goods-related information, which are received in the channel 16 of the elongate base body 12. FIG. In arrangement 134, the display devices 11 are accommodated in the channel 16 in such a way that, for each of the display devices 11, the power supply contact 28 provided for establishing an electrically conductive connection to the positive pole 122 of the solar power source 36 - i.e. the power supply contact 28 which is used for energizing or operating of the display device 11 is to be brought into an electrically conductive connection with the positive pole 122 of the solar power source 36 - is electrically conductively contacted with a first 21 of the two current conductors 21, 22 and the power supply contact 28 provided for establishing an electrically conductive connection with the negative pole 120 of the solar power source 36 - That is, the power supply contact 28 which is to be brought into electrically conductive connection with the negative pole 120 of the solar power source in order to energize or operate the display device 11 - is electrically conductively contacted with the second conductor 22 . In the arrangement 134 after 1 there is already an electrically conductive connection of the first conductor 21 of the system 10 to the positive pole 122 of the solar power source 36 and an electrically conductive connection of the second conductor 22 of the system 10 to the negative pole 120 of the solar power source 36 .

1. (A) Aufnehmen der Anzeigeeinrichtungen 11 in dem Kanal 16 des länglichen Grundkörpers 12,
2. (B) Verbinden der Abschlusseinrichtung 14 mit einem Endabschnitt 18 des Grundkörpers 12,
3. (C) Elektrisch leitendes Verbinden jeweils eines Versorgungspols 120, 122 der Solarstromquelle 36 mit jeweils einer der Versorgungleitungen 32, 34 der Abschlusseinrichtung 14, und
4. (D) Bestromen der Anzeigeeinrichtungen 11 durch die Solarstromquelle 36.

In an exemplary embodiment of a method according to the invention for energizing a plurality of electronic display devices 11 for displaying goods-related information using a system 10 according to FIG 3 and 4 the procedure includes the following steps:

1. (A) receiving the indicators 11 in the channel 16 of the elongate body 12,
2. (B) connecting the termination device 14 to an end portion 18 of the base body 12,
3. (C) Electrically conductive connection of a respective supply pole 120, 122 of the solar power source 36 to one of the supply lines 32, 34 of the termination device 14, and
4. (D) Powering the display devices 11 by the solar power source 36.

• (A) Aufnehmen der Anzeigeeinrichtungen 11 in dem Kanal 16 des länglichen Grundkörpers 12, derart, dass bei jeder der Anzeigeeinrichtungen 11 der zur Herstellung einer elektrisch leitenden Verbindung mit dem Pluspol 122 der Solarstromquelle 36 vorgesehene Stromversorgungskontakt 28 mit einem ersten 21 der beiden Stromleiter 21, 22 elektrisch leitend kontaktiert ist und der zur Herstellung einer elektrisch leitenden Verbindung mit dem Minuspol 120 der Solarstromquelle 36 vorgesehene Stromversorgungskontakt 28 mit dem zweiten Stromleiter 22 elektrisch leitend kontaktiert ist,
• B) Verbinden der Abschlusseinrichtung 14 mit einem Endabschnitt 18 des Grundkörpers 12,
• (C) Elektrisch leitendes Verbinden des Pluspols 122 der Solarstromquelle 36 mit der Versorgungleitung 32, die bei bestehender Verbindung der Abschlusseinrichtung 14 mit dem Endabschnitt 18 des Grundkörpers 12 einen elektrisch leitenden Kontakt zu dem ersten Stromleiter 21 aufweist und elektrisch leitendes Verbinden des Minuspols 120 der Solarstromquelle 36 mit der Versorgungleitung 34, die bei bestehender Verbindung der Abschlusseinrichtung 14 mit dem Endabschnitt 18 des Grundkörpers 12 einen elektrisch leitenden Kontakt zu dem zweiten Stromleiter 22 aufweist, und
• (D) Bestromen der Anzeigeeinrichtungen 11 durch die Solarstromquelle 36.

In more concrete terms, the above method according to the invention comprises the following steps:

• (A) Accommodating the display devices 11 in the channel 16 of the elongate base body 12 in such a way that in each of the display devices 11 the power supply contact 28 provided for producing an electrically conductive connection to the positive pole 122 of the solar power source 36 has a first 21 of the two conductors 21, 22 is electrically conductively contacted and the power supply contact 28 provided for establishing an electrically conductive connection with the negative pole 120 of the solar power source 36 is electrically conductively contacted with the second conductor 22,
• B) connecting the termination device 14 to an end section 18 of the base body 12,
• (C) Electrically conductive connection of the positive pole 122 of the solar power source 36 to the supply line 32, which has an electrically conductive contact to the first conductor 21 when the termination device 14 is connected to the end section 18 of the base body 12, and electrically conductive connection of the negative pole 120 of the solar power source 36 with the supply line 34, which has an electrically conductive contact to the second current conductor 22 when the termination device 14 is connected to the end section 18 of the base body 12, and
• (D) Powering the display devices 11 by the solar power source 36.

The product display system 66 after figure 5 The system 10 for energizing a plurality of electronic display devices 11 for displaying product-related information comprises two support posts 68 and a storage device 70, with alternative exemplary embodiments naturally also being able to provide a larger number of support posts and storage devices.

The storage device 70 has a storage element 72 for storing goods 74 and two holding elements 76 .

The holding elements 76 are detachably connected to the storage element 72, specifically by means of receptacles (not shown) on the storage element 72, into which tabs (not shown) of the holding elements 76 can be inserted.

Each holding post 68 has four receptacles 78 , one of the holding elements 76 for holding the storage device 70 on the holding post 68 being receivable in each of the receptacles 78 . the figure 5 already illustrates the state in which the retaining elements 76 are each accommodated in one of two opposite receptacles 78, one receptacle 78 being located on one retaining post 68 and the other receptacle 78 on the other retaining post 68.

One of the two support posts 68 has two electrical conductors 80, one of which is provided for making an electrically conductive connection with a respective supply pole 120, 122 of the solar power source 36 or of which a first of the electrical conductors 80 of the support post 68 for making a electrically conductive connection to the positive pole 122 of the solar power source 36 is provided and a second of the electrical conductors 80 of the support post 68 for establishing an electrically conductive connection to the negative pole 22 of the solar power source 36 is provided.

One of the holding elements 76 has two electrical connection elements 84, one of the supply lines 32 or 34 of the termination device 14 being electrically conductively connectable to each connection element 84.

Each connecting element 84 can be electrically conductively contacted by receiving the holding element 76 in the respective receptacle 78 of the holding post 68 with one of the conductors 80 of the holding post 68 .

The elongated body 12 of the energizing system 10 is attachable to the storage device 70, wherein the figure 5 already illustrated the attached condition. The storage element 72 is elongate and the elongate base body 12 can be attached to the storage device 70 in an arrangement in which a surface 90 of the base body 12 extending along the longitudinal axis 86 of the base body 12 is a surface extending along the longitudinal axis 88 of the storage element 72 91 of the storage element 72 faces.

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Claims (10)

1. A system (10) for powering a plurality of electronic display devices (11) for displaying product-related information,

   wherein the system (10) has an elongate main body (12) made of a plastics material, wherein the main body (12) has a channel (16), which extends over the entire length of the main body (12), for receiving the display devices (11),

   wherein the main body (12) has two opposite end portions (18), wherein each of the end portions (18) has one of two opposite channel end portions (20) of the channel (16),

   wherein the display devices (11) are receivable in the channel (16),

   wherein the system (10) has two current conductors (21, 22),

   wherein each of the current conductors (21, 21) has two current conductor end portions (24, 26) and an intermediate portion (29),

   wherein the intermediate portion (29) of each current conductor (21, 22) is arranged in the channel (16) and the current conductor end portions (24, 26) of each current conductor (21, 22) are arranged with at least one sub-portion (27) in one each of the two opposite channel end portions (20),

   wherein, by receiving the display devices (11) in the channel (16), a power supply contact (28) of each display device (11) is electrically conductively contactable with one of the current conductors (21, 22) in each case,

   wherein the system has at least one solar current source (36) with two supply poles (120, 122), wherein, in order to power, by means of the solar current source (36), all display devices (11) receivable in the channel (16), the supply poles (120, 122) are provided for producing an electrically conductive connection to one each of the current conductors (21, 22),

   characterised in that the system (10) comprises at least one termination device (14),

   wherein the termination device (14) has two electrical supply lines (32, 34),

   wherein the termination device (14) is connectable to at least one of the two opposite end portions (18) of the main body (12),

   wherein, by connecting the termination device (14) to the end portion (18) of the main body (12), a supply line end portion (38) of each of the supply lines (32, 34) is electrically conductively contactable in each case to one current conductor end portion (24, 26) of the current conductor end portions (24, 26) which are arranged with at least one sub-portion (27) in the channel end portion (20) of the end portion (18) of the main body (12),

   wherein to power, by means of the solar current source (36), all electrical display devices (11) receivable in the channel (16), supply lines (32, 34) for producing an electrically conductive connection to one each of the supply poles (120, 122) of the solar current source (36) are provided,

   wherein the termination device (14) has a flat body (40) made of a plastics material with two opposite sides (42, 44) and at least one insertion body (46), connected to one of the two sides (42, 44), made of a plastics material,

   wherein the insertion body (46), for connection of the termination device (14) to the end portion (18) of the main body (12), is receivable in a frictionally engaged manner in the channel (16) by being inserted at the end face into the channel (16),

   wherein the supply line end portions (38) contactable with the current conductor end portions (24, 26) are provided on the insertion body (46),

   wherein the supply line end portions (38) are contacted with the current conductor end portions (24) in each case by contacting the supply line end portions (38) with the end face of the corresponding current conductor end portion (24).
2. The system (10) according to claim 1, characterised in that the solar current source (36) is receivable in the channel (16) of the main body (12), wherein, by receiving the solar current source (36) in the channel (16), the supply poles (120, 122) of the solar current source (36) are electrically conductively contactable with one each of the current conductors (21, 22).
3. The system (10) according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the end face (48) of the main body (12) is coverable by the flat body (40) by inserting the insertion body (46) from the end face into the channel (16).
4. The system (10) according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterised in that the termination device (14) is releasably connectable to at least one of the two opposite end portions (18) of the main body (12).
5. A product presentation system (66) comprising a system (10) according to one of claims 1 to 4, at least two holding posts (68) and at least one shelf device (70),

   wherein the shelf device (70) has a shelf element (72) for the placement of products (74) and two holding elements (76),

   wherein the holding elements (76) are connected to the shelf element (72),

   wherein each holding post (68) has at least one receptacle (78), into which, in each case, one of the holding elements (76) is receivable to hold the shelf device (70) on the holding posts (68),

   wherein at least one of the holding posts (68) has two electrical conductors (80), which are intended for producing an electrically conductive connection to one each of the supply poles (120, 122) of the solar current source (36),

   wherein at least one of the holding elements (76) has two electrical connection elements (84), wherein the supply lines (32, 34) of the termination device (14) are connectable one to each connection element (84),

   wherein, by receiving the holding element (76) in the receptacle (78) of the holding post (68), the connection elements (84) are electrically conductively contactable to one each of the conductors (80) of the holding post (68).
6. The product presentation system (66) according to claim 5, characterised in that the elongate main body (12) is mountable on the shelf device (70).
7. The product presentation system (66) according to claim 6, characterised in that the shelf element (72) is elongate, wherein the elongate main body (12) is mountable on the shelf device (70) in an arrangement in which a face (90) of the main body (12) extending along the longitudinal axis (86) of the main body (12) faces a face (90) of the shelf element (72) extending along the longitudinal axis (88) of the shelf element (72).
8. The product presentation system (66) according to one of claims 5 to 7, characterised in that the holding elements (76) are releasably connected to the shelf element (72).
9. An arrangement (134) comprising a system according to one of claims 1 to 4 and a plurality of electronic display devices (11) for displaying product-related information, which display devices are received in the channel (16) of the elongate main body (12).
10. A method for powering a plurality of electronic display devices (11) for displaying product-related information with a system (10) according to one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the method comprises the following steps:

    (A) receiving the display devices (11) in the channel (16) of the elongate main body (12),

    (B) connecting the termination device (14) to an end portion (18) of the main body (12),

    (C) electrically conductively connecting the supply poles (120, 122) of the solar current source (36) to one each of the supply lines (32, 34) of the termination device (14), and

    (D) powering the display devices (11) by the solar current source (36).

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