EP3785572A1 - Device with housing for holding small items - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device with a housing (1; 101) for receiving small items, comprising a housing front (2; 102) with a removal opening (3; 103) for removing a single small item, a rear side (4; 104), two side walls (5; 105) connected to the housing front (2; 102) and the rear (4; 104), a base (6; 106) and a head part (7; 107), the interior of the housing (1; 101) At least one goods feed unit (8) is arranged with which the small articles (9) can be transported piece by piece via a slide (10) to the removal opening (3), the slide (10) along at least one guide rail (11) in the direction of the removal opening (3) at least one spring (12) arranged along the guide rail (11) and a rotary damper (13) coupled to the spring can be displaced horizontally and / or vertically.

Description

The present invention relates to a device with a housing for receiving small articles, in particular shaving systems, razor blades or razors, with which the small article can be removed piece by piece in a department store.

Shoplifting in retail stores regularly results in very serious damage, as each theft causes a significant loss for the retailer. This problem is exacerbated in the case of high-priced sales items that are also relatively small and are offered as packaging units. These include, for example, shaving systems, razor blades or razors. Such articles can easily be removed in large quantities by a shoplifter within a short period of time, usually unnoticed. By the time the theft becomes apparent, the thief has already left the shop with the loot. One possibility to curb the theft of high-priced small items is to present the items in locked glass showcases. However, open access to the goods by the customer boosts sales because the customer can touch and check the packaged goods.

Research has shown that the time factor plays an important role in a theft. Thieves can be deterred from larger thefts if the time or technical effort required to steal a large amount of goods would be too great. It is therefore sufficient for simple theft protection if the goods can only be removed from a sales shelf piece by piece and not in several packages at the same time.

Systems for the individual removal of goods are already known. So describes the DE 20 2012 000 742 U1 a presentation and dispenser unit with a shaft for receiving stacked similar sales products, the shaft in particular having a removal opening in its front wall for removing the lowest sales product from the shaft. Removal of the lowest sales product in each case causes gravitational reasons to move up all sales products above. The disadvantage of this device is that the next sales product moves up without delay after the previous product has been removed, so that a thief could nevertheless remove all sales products unnoticed within a very short time and thus leave the store.

The DE 20 2015 106 796 U1 describes a device for advancing goods, in particular on sales shelves. A movable slide is provided along a guide, which is biased by a spring to a front stop in order to move the goods arranged behind it to the front stop after a front item has been removed. This device also has the disadvantage that the goods can be removed one after the other without any problems, since the goods move up immediately.

The DE 20 2014 008 400 U1 describes a device with a motor-driven shaft aligned in the longitudinal direction of a shelf. The rotating shaft drives at least one goods feed unit, which has a winding device which, in conjunction with at least one flexible pulling element, actuates a feed device. This transports the products standing on the shelf in front of the feed device to the front of the floor, where the customer has access to the goods. The feed force is limited by a suitable design of the winding device. The motor-driven feed device ensures that the goods are fed in a regulated manner, so that the customer ultimately only has direct access to a single product. However, the device is motor-operated and requires a power supply, which is not always available, and causes maintenance costs, for example for electricity.

It is therefore the object of the present invention to provide an improved device for receiving small articles which is compact, inexpensive to manufacture, easy to use, but at the same time also effective in curbing theft.

The object is achieved by a device with a housing for accommodating small items with the features of claim 1. Preferred design variants can be found in the subclaims.

The device according to the invention comprises a housing with a housing front with a removal opening for removing an individual small item, a rear, two side walls connected to the housing front and the rear, a base and a head part. In the interior of the housing there is at least one goods feed unit with which the small items can be transported piece by piece via a slide to the removal opening. The slide can be displaced horizontally and / or vertically along at least one guide rail in the direction of the removal opening via at least one spring arranged along the guide rail and a rotary damper coupled to the spring. The small items are stacked on the carriage, which has a platform ready for this. These measures ensure that the goods tracking for the small article takes place piece by piece, ie after a small article has been removed, the following article can only be removed after a certain time delay.

The functioning of the goods feed unit according to the invention is based on the idea that the time span between the removal of an individual small article and the moving in of a further individual small article can be controlled. If the carriage is loaded with small items, then - in a vertical arrangement of the goods feed unit - at least one force directed towards the floor acts on the carriage, which is arranged on the guide rail at a distance from the removal opening. This force preferably corresponds to the restoring force of the tensioned spring, as a result of which the slide retains its position. If a small article is removed via the removal opening of the housing formed on the front side, the balance of forces changes in favor of the spring and causes the carriage to move back along the guide rail in the direction of the removal opening. This relaxes the spring until the balance of forces between the slide and the spring is restored. Due to the return movement of the carriage, the stored small items are shifted by the corresponding distance in the direction of the removal opening. However, this return movement is dampened, i.e. slowed down, by the rotary damper. The path length for the return of the slide is preferably limited by the spring force of the spring (or springs) used and the guide rail. But even in a horizontal arrangement of the goods feed unit, when the carriage is loaded with small items, due to the volume of the small items, among other things, the carriage is moved away from the front of the housing, whereby the spring coupled to the carriage is tensioned. If a single small article is removed via the removal opening of the device, the above-described slowed or time-delayed relaxation of the spring occurs, so that the following small article is only available for removal with an adjustable time delay.

Accordingly, a thief would need considerably more time to steal several small items, which is associated with a greater risk of being discovered. The time span of the delay can preferably be set by adjusting the rotary damper. The small article is preferably a razor, a razor blade or a shaving system.

It is preferred that the at least one guide rail has transverse grooves into which a gear wheel arranged on the carriage of the goods feed unit engages. It has shown, that a guide via gear and transverse grooves favors a piece-wise tracking of the slide. In addition, such a structure is particularly robust and reliable in operation. Depending on the type and weight of the small items to be picked up and for fine adjustment of the carriage return, a preferred embodiment provides that the goods feed unit comprises two guide rails arranged parallel to one another, each with a toothed wheel guided therein for horizontal and / or vertical displacement of the carriage. This enables a more even distribution of forces between the gear wheels and the guide rails, which is gentle on the material. In a preferred further development of the invention it is provided that the slide can be displaced horizontally and / or vertically along the two guide rails via at least one or more springs arranged between the two guide rails in the direction of the removal opening.

Depending on the configuration of the small item, removal can be facilitated by arranging the small items on a carrier plate of the carriage which is angled slightly upwards with respect to the at least one guide rail. It has been found to be particularly advantageous if the carrier plate is angled upward with respect to the at least one guide rail at an angle α less than 90 °, preferably at an angle α between 89 ° and 70 °. This prevents the goods from accidentally slipping off the carriage during the transport movement in the housing.

In a preferred embodiment it is provided that the at least one spring cooperates with the rotary damper via the gear wheel and can be pretensioned via a weight force acting on the slide. It is preferably provided that the rotary damper acts on the gearwheel only in one direction, namely when the spring is released, which enables quick and easy refilling. In addition, this embodiment offers the advantage that it enables a purely mechanical goods feed unit which is inexpensive to manufacture and which ensures that the carriage can be retracted from a pretensioned position in a slowed manner.

The at least one spring is preferably a progressive spring. A progressive spring has the property that the spring hardens with increasing deformation, so a greater force must be applied with increasing deformation for further deformation of the spring. Accordingly, the holding capacity of the device can be controlled by means of a spring, since once a certain number of small items has been picked up, the displaceability of the carriage for accommodating further small items becomes noticeably more difficult to move.

It is preferably provided that the housing front of the housing can be tilted outward via guide slots attached to the side of the housing front and knobs guided therein. On the one hand, this enables the housing to be easily filled with small items, but on the other hand, by means of additional locking measures, prevents a customer from being able to open the housing front himself.

In an alternative embodiment according to the invention it is provided that at least a section of the housing front is a front element of a drawer which extends into the interior of the housing. The drawer can be retracted and extended inside the housing. For example, complementary drawer fittings are arranged on the side walls of the housing and on the side walls of the drawer. This embodiment variant offers the possibility of being able to equip the device particularly easily, because the drawer can preferably be pulled completely out of the housing so that the goods feed unit, which is mounted, for example, on a drawer bottom of the drawer, can be conveniently loaded from above. A lock, which for example connects the front of the housing to the bottom of the housing, can prevent the drawer from being pulled out improperly.

According to the invention, it is provided in a preferred embodiment that at least one removal device is arranged on the housing front of the device, which shields at least a portion of the removal opening of the housing from the outside, so that no individual small article is removed via the front side of the housing. The individual small items are transported piece by piece via the carriage to the removal opening by means of the goods feed unit inside the housing. At least a section of the small article can then be gripped via an opening on the top of the removal device and the small article can be lifted out of the device.

In a preferred further development according to the invention, the removal device is formed from two opposing side panels and a front panel connected to them. The front panel is preferably arranged at an angle relative to the plane of the drawer bottom and thereby defines a removal shaft that is essentially triangular in cross section. Depending on the dimensions of the removal device and the extent of the small article, gripping a section of the small article via the opening on the top of the removal device proves to be difficult. In a preferred embodiment, there is therefore, preferably on the front side of the removal device, an auxiliary device for removing a small article intended. In a preferred embodiment variant according to the invention, this auxiliary device consists of a longitudinal slot in which a lever element is guided. With one hand, the small article can be guided in the direction of the opening on the head side of the removal device by means of an auxiliary device and the small article can be gripped and pulled out with the other hand. This variant, in which the small article can only be removed with two hands, increases the deterrent potential of the device for thieves. Because the more complex and time-consuming it is to remove a small item, the more likely it is that a thief will be deterred from attempting the theft.

In a preferred embodiment, the front of the housing can be opened and locked. The housing front is preferably locked via one or more locking tongues on the housing front, which cooperate with one or more locking elements inside the housing. The locking can then be controlled by means of a radio signal or an electrical signal from an access control device. The access control device can, for example, be a corresponding program ("app") which is executed on a cell phone or computer. In this way, for example, data can be collected on who and when opened the device according to the invention and it can be ensured that only authorized persons have access to the interior of the device according to the invention. Alternatively, the locking or unlocking can also take place mechanically and be secured by a lock.

In a preferred embodiment it is provided that a device for determining the fill level is provided, by means of which the number of small items still present can be determined. A data transmission module is preferably also provided, with which the data read out in this way are transmitted to a data processing system.

The filling level is preferably transmitted electronically to a communication system (e.g. a smartphone). As soon as the fill level falls below a previously defined limit value, a message or an alarm can be sent to a recipient address if necessary. In this way it is ensured that the receiving device for the small items is always equipped with a sufficient number of items.

In a further embodiment according to the invention, a system is provided which has one or more devices according to the invention, a transponder that can be attached to small items, a read-out device suitable for reading out transponder signals and a communication link with the read-out device includes standing data processing system. If the transponders are attached to small items, then for example the number of small items in the device according to the invention can be determined or the fill level can be calculated via the reading device and the data processing system. In addition, information can be output to customers via the data processing system. Furthermore, the transponders can be equipped with additional information that can be read out via end devices such as a smartphone with a corresponding program ("app") or computer.

Fig. 1

eine Seitenansicht des Gehäuses der Vorrichtung zur Aufnahme von Kleinartikeln in einer bevorzugten Ausführungsform für eine vertikale Anordnung der Vorrichtung bei Benutzung;

Fig. 2

eine Frontansicht des Gehäuses gemäß Fig. 1 mit verschlossener Gehäusefront;

Fig. 3

eine Frontansicht des Gehäuses mit verschlossener Gehäusefront und ohne Abdeckblende;

Fig. 4

eine Seitenansicht des Gehäuses der Vorrichtung zur Aufnahme von Kleinartikeln ohne Seitenwand gemäß Fig. 1;

Fig. 5

eine Seitenansicht des Gehäuses der Vorrichtung zur Aufnahme von Kleinartikeln ohne Seitenwand und mit seitlichen Verschlusszungen an der kippbaren Gehäusefront und mit gestapelten Kleinartikeln im Inneren;

Fig. 6

eine Frontansicht des Gehäuses gemäß Fig. 1 ohne Gehäusefront;

Fig. 7

eine perspektivische Ansicht auf die Warenvorschubeinheit;

Fig. 8

eine vergrößerte Ansicht eines Teilabschnitts der Warenvorschubeinheit gemäß Fig. 7;

Fig. 9

eine Seitenansicht der Warenvorschubeinheit gemäß Fig. 7;

Fig. 10

eine Draufansicht der Warenvorschubeinheit gemäß Fig. 7;

Fig. 11

eine perspektivische Ansicht eines Verkaufsregals mit mehreren erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtungen.

Fig. 12

eine perspektivische Ansicht auf das Gehäuse der Vorrichtung zur Aufnahme von Kleinartikeln für eine horizontale Anordnung der Vorrichtung bei Benutzung mit einer Schublade; ohne Entnahmeeinrichtung und ohne Warenvorschubeinheit;

Fig. 13

eine perspektivische Ansicht auf das Gehäuse gemäß Fig. 12 in einer transparenten Darstellung;

Fig. 14

eine perspektivische Ansicht auf die Schublade ohne Warenvorschubeinheit;

Fig. 15

eine perspektivische Ansicht auf die Schublade gemäß Fig. 14 mit Entnahmeeinrichtungen und montierten Warenvorschubeinheiten.

Preferred embodiments of the invention are explained in more detail in the following drawings. Show it

Fig. 1

a side view of the housing of the device for receiving small items in a preferred embodiment for a vertical arrangement of the device when in use;

Fig. 2

a front view of the housing according to Fig. 1 with closed housing front;

Fig. 3

a front view of the housing with the housing front closed and without a cover panel;

Fig. 4

a side view of the housing of the device for receiving small items without a side wall according to Fig. 1 ;

Fig. 5

a side view of the housing of the device for receiving small items without a side wall and with lateral locking tongues on the tiltable housing front and with stacked small items inside;

Fig. 6

a front view of the housing according to Fig. 1 without housing front;

Fig. 7

a perspective view of the goods feed unit;

Fig. 8

an enlarged view of a section of the goods feed unit according to FIG Fig. 7 ;

Fig. 9

a side view of the goods feed unit according to Fig. 7 ;

Fig. 10

a top view of the goods feed unit according to Fig. 7 ;

Fig. 11

a perspective view of a sales shelf with several devices according to the invention.

Fig. 12

a perspective view of the housing of the device for receiving small items for a horizontal arrangement of the device when used with a drawer; without removal device and without goods feed unit;

Fig. 13

a perspective view of the housing according to Fig. 12 in a transparent representation;

Fig. 14

a perspective view of the drawer without a goods feed unit;

Fig. 15

a perspective view of the drawer according to Fig. 14 with removal devices and assembled goods feed units.

The Figures 1 to 5 show the basic structure of the housing of an embodiment of the device according to the invention for receiving small items for a vertical arrangement of the device when in use.

Fig. 1 shows a side view of a housing 1, comprising a housing front 2 with a removal opening 3, a rear 4, two side walls 5 connected to the housing front 2 and the rear 4, a base 6 and a head part 7. The housing front 2 is for filling the housing 1 can be tilted outwards with small items. A locking tongue 18 is arranged at the upper end of the housing front 2, that is to say above the removal opening 3. In the closed position of the housing front 2, the locking tongue 18 cooperates with a bolt-like locking element 32 running inside the housing 1 and parallel to the head part 7 (see FIG Fig. 5 ). The bolt-like locking element 32 has a notch 33 on the underside, into which the locking tongue 18 engages in the locked position. The pivotable housing front 2 can thus be locked to the head part 7. The bolt-like locking element 32 is opened by actuating the locking mechanism on the housing front 2. The locking mechanism or the bolt-like locking element 32 can preferably be secured with a lock. Furthermore, fastening elements 20 are formed on the rear side 4 of the housing 1. These are used to hang the housing 1 on a sales shelf or a stand and are preferably used as hanging eyes educated. A removal safeguard 34 can be seen above the fastening elements, so that the device is secured against theft. The housing 1 is made entirely or partially of metal or plastic.

Fig. 2 shows a front view of the housing 1 of the embodiment according to FIG Fig. 1 with closed housing front 2. The removal opening 3 can be seen, which is dimensioned such that a small article that has been picked up, for example a razor blade or a blade pack, can be removed. Below the removal opening 3, the housing front 2 has a vertically extending longitudinal slot 19 in a lateral area. This enables a view into the interior of the housing 1 when the housing front 2 is closed, so that the number of small items can be determined. A cover panel 21 can also be seen. This is connected to the housing front 2 of the housing 1 via a connecting device 26. The connecting device 26 can, for example, be a provided slot into which a nose-like element attached to the cover panel 21 via a hinge is inserted. The cover panel 21 can be secured by means of a cover panel lock 27 (cf. Fig. 3 ). In this way, undesired removal of the products can be blocked.

Fig. 3 shows a front view of the housing with the housing front 2 closed and without a cover panel 21. It can be seen that the free area on the housing front 2 below the removal opening 3 can be used for information. For example, a sticker 28 with information about the product can be attached below the removal opening 3. A pocket 29 can be arranged below the sticker 28, into which, for example, a price tag can be pushed. In addition, a further pocket 30 can be arranged below the pocket 29, into which, for example, an advertising label is inserted. Instead of bags, stickers can also be used, or vice versa.

Fig. 4 shows a side view of the housing 1 without side wall 5. The tiltable housing front 2 has a guide slot 17 on both sides at its lower end. The guide slot 17 is TL-shaped, the L-shaped section being open at the bottom and opening into an open longitudinal slot 22 directed towards the inside of the rear side 4. A knob (not shown) protruding from the inside of the side wall 5 engages in the guide slot 17. If the housing front 2 is tilted, the knob runs along the guide slot 17. Since the guide slot 17 opens into the longitudinal slot 22, the housing front 2 can be maneuvered so that the knob is guided out of the guide slot 17 into the longitudinal slot 22. Then by a slight Forward movement of the housing front 2, the knob slide out of the longitudinal slot 22 so that the housing front 2 is decoupled from the side walls 5. It goes without saying that further plug connections or hinge connections known to the person skilled in the art, which enable the housing front 2 to be tilted, are included in the concept of the invention.

Furthermore, a goods feed unit 8 is arranged in the interior of the housing 1, which will be discussed in more detail below. In addition, a spacer 31 is arranged in the interior of the housing 1 in the area of the head part 7, the width of which corresponds approximately to the distance between an intermediate plate 37 below the head part 7 of the housing and the top of the removal opening 3. In an embodiment not shown, the width of the spacer 31 can be adapted as required.

The housing of the embodiment according to Fig. 5 differs from the housing according to the embodiment Fig. 1 to the effect that on the opposite sides of the housing front 2, in addition to the locking tongue 18 arranged above the removal opening 3, a lateral locking tongue 18 ′ is arranged in each case. To close the housing front 2, a locking device (not shown) is provided in the interior of the housing 1, which, for example, can also be actuated by means of the locking mechanism. It goes without saying that the concept of the invention also includes a variant in which only the lateral locking tongues 18 'are provided.

In Fig. 5 the stacked small articles 9 in the interior of the housing 1, which are stacked on a carrier plate 16 of the carriage 10, can also be seen. In the example shown, the small items 9 are blister packs that contain razor blades, for example. The individual components of the goods feed unit 8 are described below in connection with Fig. 7 described in detail.

Fig. 6 FIG. 11 shows a front view of the housing of FIG Fig. 1 without housing front. The arrangement of the small items 9 and the goods feed unit 8 within the housing 1 can be clearly seen here.

Fig. 7 shows a perspective view of an embodiment of the goods feed unit 8. The goods feed unit 8 comprises two guide rails 11 which are arranged parallel to one another and between which two parallel springs 12 are arranged next to one another. The guide rails 11 are provided with equidistant transverse grooves 15. In addition, the goods feed unit 8 comprises a carriage 10.

The carriage 10 comprises a carrier plate 16 on which small items 9, not shown, can be stacked. On the underside of the carrier plate 16, three support legs 23 are formed, which are referred to below from left to right as support legs 23a to 23c. A gear wheel 14 is rotatably arranged on the inner sides of the support legs 23a and 23c. The teeth of the gear 14 mesh with the corresponding transverse grooves 15 of the guide rails 11. A rotary damper 13 is provided on each of the outer sides of the support legs 23a and 23c. The rotary dampers 13 are in working relationship with the corresponding gears 14. If the gear 14 rotates, the rotary damper 13 acts on the gear 14 with a counterforce which reduces the speed of rotation of the gear 14. The counterforce of the rotary damper 13 can preferably be set, for example via an adjustment device. Furthermore, the rotary damper 13 can be designed in such a way that it generates a counterforce only when the spring 12 is released. The support leg 23a is connected to the support leg 23b by means of a transverse plate 24. Likewise, the support leg 23b is also connected to the support leg 23c by means of a transverse plate 24. A spring 12 is arranged with its end portion on each of the transverse plates 24. The spring 12 is tensioned in the embodiment shown and therefore acts on the carriage 10 with a restoring force. This restoring force is transmitted to the gears 14 of the carriage 10, which begin to rotate. As a result, the carriage 10 moves upwards along the guide rails 11 in the direction of the removal opening 3. At the same time, the rotational speed of the gears 14 is reduced by means of the counterforce of the rotary damper 13, whereby the upward movement of the carriage 10 is slowed down. In a claimed embodiment it is provided that the spring is a progressive spring. It goes without saying that springs with other spring characteristics, for example with a linear spring characteristic, are included in the inventive concept.

Fig. 8 shows an enlarged view of a partial section of the goods feed unit 8 with the rotary damper 13, gear 14 and spring 12. It can be clearly seen that the gear 14 engages in the transverse grooves 15.

Fig. 9 shows a side view of the goods feed unit 8. It can be seen that the carrier plate 16 of the carriage 10 has an angle α <90 ° with respect to the guide rail 11. A variation of the angle α between 89 ° and 70 ° is preferably provided.

Fig. 10 shows the goods feed unit 8 according to Fig. 7 in a top view.

Fig. 11 shows a perspective view of a sales stand 36 with several devices according to the invention. By means of the previously shown fastening elements 20, the devices can be hung vertically into corresponding receiving openings of the sales stand 36. The idea of the invention includes the usual fastening options, such as hooks, eyes or magnets. It goes without saying that the device according to the invention is also compatible with a sales shelf.

Fig. 12 shows a perspective view of the housing 101 of the device for receiving small items 9 in a preferred embodiment for a horizontal arrangement of the device when used with a drawer 139, without removal device 153 and without goods feed unit 8. The housing 101 comprises a base (covered by a Drawer base 140), a head part 107, a rear side 104 and two side walls 105 connected to the head part 107, the base and the rear side 104. Together, the base, the head part 107, the rear side 104 and the side walls 105 form a compartment for a drawer 139 out. The fastening elements 20 already described above are arranged on the rear side 104 of the housing 101 and are used to hang the housing 101 on a sales shelf or a pedestal. The housing 101 is preferably at least partially made of metal and / or plastic, in particular acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer. This also applies accordingly to the housing 1 in the embodiment for a horizontal arrangement of the device when used according to FIGS Fig. 1 ff.

Fig. 13 FIG. 11 shows a perspective view of the housing 101 according to FIG Fig. 12 in a transparent representation. Inside the housing 101, the drawer 139 is mounted so that it can be retracted and extended. The drawer comprises two opposing drawer side walls 141 and a drawer rear wall 142 connected to them and a drawer bottom 140. The two drawer side walls 141 are connected to one another at the head end via a connecting strip 143. The end face of the connecting strip 143 is part of the housing front 102 of the device. Furthermore, an elongated panel 149 is arranged on the front side of the drawer 139, which on the drawer side merges smoothly into the drawer bottom 140 over an edge. The cover 149 comprises a lock 138 at its opposite end sections arranged in the longitudinal direction. In the closed state, this can, for example, hook onto the bottom of the housing 101 so that the drawer can no longer be pushed out of the housing 101. The connecting strip 143 and the panel 149 limit the housing front-side removal opening 103 upwards and downwards. In a preferred alternative embodiment, the panel is not connected to the drawer bottom 140 but to the bottom of the housing 101.

The drawer 139 is preferably supported by means of drawer fittings on the inside of the side walls 105 of the housing 101 and on the outside of the drawer side walls 141, e.g. by the interaction of a runner 147 with a guide rail 148.

Fig. 14 shows a perspective view of the drawer 139 without the goods feed unit 8. Some connecting elements 151 can be seen on the drawer bottom 140 of the drawer 139, which in the embodiment variant shown are designed as plug-in receptacles. These serve to attach one or more goods feed units 8. Furthermore, at least one notch 144 is provided on the drawer rear wall 142. In the embodiment variant shown, a plurality of notches 144 are arranged at equidistant intervals on the rear wall of the drawer 142. If necessary, these notches 144 serve to accommodate at least one partition in order to divide the drawer 139 into individual segments. A corresponding hole-like connecting element 151 on the drawer bottom 140 can serve as a counter element of a notch 144, for example. It can also be seen that the drawer side walls 141 comprise a first section 141a and a second section 141b, the first section having a lower height than the two sections. The drawer side walls 141 are thus L-shaped. The connecting strip 143 is arranged between the opposing second sections 141b of the side walls 141 of the drawer 139. The connecting strip 143 comprises at least one coupling element 152. In the embodiment shown, there are several coupling elements 152 which are arranged in pairs and which are formed like holes. These serve to attach one or more extraction devices 153, as in FIG Fig. 15 can be seen. The device according to the invention in the variant for the horizontal arrangement of the device during use can also be implemented without a removal device 153 in a variant. However, since in this case the removal opening 103 would possibly be dimensioned much too large and thus offer no protection against theft, the removal opening 103 would be designed in this embodiment variant, not shown, as discussed in the vertical embodiment variant.

Fig. 15 FIG. 13 shows a perspective view of the drawer 139 according to FIG Fig. 14 with nine juxtaposed goods feed units 8 and arranged accordingly Removal devices 153. It goes without saying that the number of goods feed units 8 and removal devices 153 is variable. Each of the removal devices 153 is formed from two opposing side plates 154 and a front plate 155 connected to them, which is preferably arranged at an angle relative to the plane of the drawer bottom 140. The removal device 153 accordingly defines a removal shaft 156 with a triangular cross-section. The tip of the removal shaft 156 ends in the plane of the drawer bottom 140, where the removal device 153 is connected to the drawer bottom 140. The side plates 154 of the removal device 153 are connected at the head end to the connecting strip 143 of the drawer 139, for example by means of a plug-in element which is plugged into the coupling elements 152. The removal device 153 shields at least a portion of the removal opening 103 of the housing 101. The front plate 155 of the removal device 153 provides a frontal shielding of the removal opening 103 and the side plates 154 a lateral shielding. Accordingly, small articles 9 can only be removed via an opening 153 arranged on the top of the removal device 153. Since, in the variant shown, starting from the opening 157 of the removal device 153, the removal shaft 156 tapers and, depending on the choice of dimensions of the removal shaft 156 and the extent of the small article 9, mere removal via the opening 157 of the removal device 153 turns out to be difficult , an auxiliary device for removing the small article 9 is preferably provided on the front side of the removal device 153. This can consist of a longitudinal slot in which a lever element is guided. With one hand, the small article 9 can then be guided in the direction of the opening 157 on the head side of the removal device 153 by means of an auxiliary device, and the small article 9 is then removed with the other hand.

In the example shown, nine extraction devices 153 are arranged close to one another and thus completely shield the extraction opening 103. The front plate 155 of the removal device 153 is preferably made of a transparent material. The removal device 153 is preferably designed to be completely transparent. It goes without saying that any number of extraction devices 153 can also be designed as one component.

On the drawer bottom 140 of the drawer 139, nine goods feed units 8 arranged next to one another are arranged. Each of these goods feed units 8 is constructed as already described above.

It goes without saying that a plurality of housings 101 according to FIGS Fig. 12 ff., which are intended for a horizontal arrangement in use, can be stacked on top of one another and / or next to one another or can be attached to a sales shelf or a pedestal in the arrangement described by means of fastening elements 20.

In an embodiment not shown according to Fig. 7 only one or more guide rails 11, a spring 12, a gear 14 and a rotary damper 13 are provided.

In a further embodiment, not shown, the at least one spring 12 is arranged in such a way that when the carriage is loaded, the spring is not stretched, but rather compressed.

Instead of the in Fig. 7 The coupling shown between the rotary dampers 13 and the gearwheels 14 can, in an embodiment not shown, be arranged directly at the springs 12 and interact with them. This embodiment can also be combined with the embodiment in which only a guide rail 11, a spring 12, a gear 14 and a rotary damper 13 are provided.

Furthermore, an embodiment not shown is also corresponding Fig. 4 without spacer 31 included in the idea of the invention.

It goes without saying that the individual features of the embodiment variants shown can be combined with one another as required within the meaning of the present invention. In a further developed variant it is provided, among other things, that the device according to the invention can be opened electronically with the aid of a communication device (e.g. smartphone). The remaining numbers of small items or the fill level are electronically transmitted to the communication device or a system. This ensures that the device is always adequately filled with products.

In a further variant, it is also provided that the cash box is to be opened and closed electronically, for example using an access control.

It is understood that in particular the embodiment for a vertical arrangement of the device in use and the embodiment for a horizontal arrangement of the Device can be combined with one another as required. This also applies to individual elements of the respective devices.

Claims (15)

Device with a housing (1; 101) for receiving small items, comprising - A housing front (2) with a removal opening (3; 103) for removing an individual small article, - a back (4; 104), - Two side walls (5; 105) connected to the housing front (2) and the rear (4; 104), - a bottom (6) and a head part (7; 107),
at least one goods feed unit (8) with which the small articles (9) can be transported piece by piece via a slide (10) to the removal opening (3), characterized in that the slide (10) is horizontally and / or vertically displaceable along at least one guide rail (11) in the direction of the removal opening (3) via at least one spring (12) arranged along the guide rail (11) and a rotary damper (13) coupled to the spring. Device according to Claim 1, characterized in that the at least one guide rail (11) has transverse grooves (15) into which a gearwheel (14) arranged on the carriage (10) of the goods feed unit engages. Device according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the goods feed unit (8) comprises two guide rails (11) arranged parallel to one another, each with a toothed wheel (14) guided therein for horizontal and / or vertical displacement of the carriage (10). Device according to Claim 3, characterized in that the slide (10) can be moved horizontally and / or vertically along the two guide rails (11) via two springs (12) arranged between the two guide rails (11) in the direction of the removal opening (3). Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the slide (10) comprises a carrier plate (16) which is angled upwards in relation to the at least one guide rail (11) for receiving small articles. Device according to Claim 5, characterized in that the carrier plate is angled upwards with respect to the at least one guide rail (11) at an angle α <90 °, preferably at an angle α between 89 ° and 70 °. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the at least one spring (12) cooperates with the rotary damper (13) via the gearwheel (14) and can be pre-tensioned via a weight acting on the carriage (10). Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the at least one spring (12) is a progressive spring. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the housing front (2) of the housing (1) can be tilted outwards via guide slots (17) attached to the side of the housing front (2) and knobs guided therein and can be removed without tools. Device according to one of Claims 1 to 8, characterized in that at least a section of the housing front (2) is a front element of a drawer (139) which extends into the interior of the housing (101). Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one removal device (153) is arranged on the housing front (2) of the device, the removal device (153) shielding at least a portion of the removal opening (103) of the housing (101) from the outside , wherein an opening (157) is arranged at the top of the removal device (153). Device according to Claim 11, characterized in that the removal device (153) is formed from two mutually opposite side plates (154) and a front plate (155) connected to them. Device according to Claim 12, characterized in that the front plate (155) is arranged obliquely relative to the plane of a drawer bottom (140) of the drawer (139) and defines a removal shaft (156) which is triangular in cross section. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the housing front (2) of the housing (1; 101) can be opened and locked, the opening or locking taking place by means of a radio signal or an electrical signal via an access control device. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a device for determining the fill level is provided, via which the number of small items still present can be determined, furthermore a data transmission module is provided with which the data read out in this way can be transmitted to a data processing system.

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