EP4056077A1 - Dispositif de présentation et de mise à disposition de marchandises - Google Patents

Dispositif de présentation et de mise à disposition de marchandises Download PDF

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EP4056077A1
EP4056077A1 EP22157748.9A EP22157748A EP4056077A1 EP 4056077 A1 EP4056077 A1 EP 4056077A1 EP 22157748 A EP22157748 A EP 22157748A EP 4056077 A1 EP4056077 A1 EP 4056077A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
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  • the invention initially relates to a device according to claim 1.
  • a device for presenting goods and making them available for sale is also referred to as a goods display arrangement or goods display. It is a device with which, for example, promotional goods such.
  • B. seasonal or festival-dependent goods such.
  • the handling unit typically includes a quarter pallet, i.e. a pallet with the dimensions (length x width) of a quarter of a Euro pallet.
  • the quarter pallet is usually made of plastic.
  • the device of the prior art there is a cardboard display base on the quarter pallet, on which a stack of cardboard trays is arranged.
  • the cardboard trays are filled with the goods to be sold, e.g. B. filled with the chocolate Santa Clauses.
  • the handling unit can be strapped, e.g. B. in the form of tapes or straps or wrapped with foil. It is brought to the place of installation (point of sale) in the salesroom manually or with the aid of automatic conveying devices or forklifts or possibly also by pushed or rolled transport. There they will Goods are sold and all cardboard trays, as well as the cardboard base, are subsequently disposed of.
  • the quarter pallet is usually returned and takes part in what is known as pallet pooling.
  • the product displays described for the presentation of promotional goods are becoming increasingly popular with supermarket operators. B. are subject to specified assembly specifications, and z. B. can also provide fixed arrangements of certain product groups, the described devices of the prior art can be used flexibly and as needed.
  • a product range such as ice scrapers, de-icers or road salt can be temporarily placed in a prominent position, e.g. B. near the cash register.
  • another product e.g. B. pastries, are placed at the appropriate position.
  • the manufacturers of these different goods have switched to designing the cardboard trays and the cardboard bases with individual information ex works.
  • information such as manufacturer brands, labels, advertising slogans, prices or other information relating to the goods to be sold can be attached to the cardboard trays.
  • the cardboard display base also has an information area, which can be designed uniformly with the design of the cardboard trays, for example.
  • Corresponding information relating to the goods is also attached to the cardboard display base of the device of the prior art. These may be images of the goods or the packaging of the goods, or Manufacturer information, brands, prices, advertising information, information about the ingredients of the goods, etc.
  • the dimensioning of the cardboard display base offers generously dimensioned information areas that manufacturers like to use, as they serve to highlight the goods in an eye-catching way.
  • the cardboard display base can have a height of 20 to 80 cm, for example.
  • On the base then several, z. B. two to eight, cardboard trays with goods positioned in a stacked arrangement.
  • Each of the cardboard trays can advantageously have an access opening for the goods, from which the goods can be conveniently removed.
  • a device of the prior art is usually pre-assembled in the factory of the manufacturer of the goods: There, for example, a cardboard display base, several stacked cardboard trays are arranged and filled with goods are arranged, and the entire unit, z. B. on a quarter pallet, tied together with the help of straps or shrink film, brought to the point of sale.
  • the sales fort e.g. B. a particular supermarket
  • the need arises to set up the device and sell the goods the strap is removed and a sale of the goods made.
  • the manufacturer of the goods who provided the handling unit, does not obtain any information about when the goods actually reached the salesroom or when a sale of the goods begins.
  • the handling unit assembled in the factory of the manufacturer of the goods leaves the factory and the time at which the device is sold in a supermarket or a begins to fulfill its function at another point of sale and makes the goods available for sale, there may be a completely indefinite period of several days, weeks or even months.
  • the object of the invention is to further develop the known device for presenting goods and making them available for sale in such a way that improvements are achieved from an ecological point of view , and on the other hand to make information available when the device has actually reached a place of installation in a salesroom.
  • the principle of the invention consists first of all in providing a base made of plastic that can be reused several times instead of the cardboard display base used in the prior art.
  • the base has an arrangement surface on which a tray or a plurality of trays can be arranged.
  • the base information area can serve to provide information about the goods.
  • the device according to the invention advantageously comprises conventional trays which, for. B. can be designed as cardboard trays and in a stacked arrangement one above the other on the base are arranged.
  • the cardboard displays can be filled and assembled with goods in a conventional manner.
  • the trays advantageously have a tray information area on which information about the goods to be sold is arranged. This can also be information about prices or content or ingredients or sizes of the goods, or brands of the goods, or advertising slogans, or other advertising information.
  • the trays can be designed identically to the device of the prior art.
  • An arrangement surface for a base information surface is advantageously located on the base of the device according to the invention.
  • the base information area also includes information about the goods.
  • the base information surface can be arranged, for example, on a cardboard frame or on one or more cardboard plates.
  • the base information area itself can therefore in principle be designed identically or similarly to a base information area on a cardboard display base of the prior art.
  • the base consists of plastic.
  • the plastic base itself can be reused as often as you like.
  • the accumulation of this large amount of waste can be avoided by the device according to the invention.
  • the device according to the invention shows a better ecological balance than the device of the prior art.
  • the device according to the invention there is no need to transport the display base, since the base, which can be reused several times and is now made of plastic, can remain at the point of sale and can be equipped there alternately with different trays and with different base information surfaces.
  • the device according to the invention therefore only requires significantly reduced transport capacities. This also improves the ecological balance of the device according to the invention compared to the device of the prior art.
  • the device according to the invention comprises at least one tray.
  • the device comprises a plurality of trays which are further advantageously arranged in a stacked arrangement on the base.
  • a tray in the context of the present invention, a particular cardboard material, alternatively z. B. but also made of plastic, called existing element that can record and accommodate goods.
  • the tray is provided, for example, in a conventional manner with a base wall, side walls and possibly also a top wall, and in particular offers an access opening for goods so that they can be easily removed.
  • the access opening can e.g. B. by tearing off a cardboard flap or the like may only be provided at the point of sale.
  • a vessel As a tray within the meaning of the invention, a vessel is also referred to, the z. B. is designed like a shell or basket-like, and which can serve to accommodate and display goods, e.g. B. also a mesh basket.
  • a carrier with a tray identifier is assigned to the tray.
  • a tray identifier is an appropriate identifier that identifies the tray, e.g. B. in the manner of a serial number.
  • the tray identifier may also allow the tray to be identified as belonging to a group of trays. So e.g. B. a tray identifier in the manner of a group identifier in a certain number, z. B. ten times or hundreds of times or thousands of times, to z. B. as part of a promotion certain goods, in particular in similar or identical trays, or with similar or identical advertising imprints, in this predetermined number for sale.
  • the tray identifier can be an individual identifier for an individual tray, or alternatively a tray identifier that identifies a group of trays, which can therefore also be referred to as a group identifier.
  • the tray identifier itself can be a serial number or another suitable alphanumeric code or, alternatively, a barcode, for example.
  • Conventional tags e.g. B. RFID tags or NFC tags, or other elements with any physical method such.
  • B. optically, magnetically, electromagnetically, inductively, capacitively, acoustically or otherwise, can be read out, and have an identifier.
  • the tray ID can e.g. B. be designed as a camera-readable code.
  • the carrier of the tray identifier can, for example, be a sticker that contains the barcode or the alphanumeric code.
  • the carrier can also be a layer of paint or an outer peripheral surface of the tray, with or on which the barcode or the alphanumeric character string or alternatively a QR code is printed, applied or glued.
  • the carrier of a tray identifier can also be a tag that contains an oscillating circuit and can experience excitation in an electromagnetic field, and as a result of an excitation emit a corresponding signal and in this way can transmit the tray identifier to an external reading device.
  • a device is arranged on the base, which has a base identifier.
  • the socket can be identified with the socket identifier.
  • the socket identifier is configured in particular in the manner of a unique serial number, so that a specific socket can be identified by reading out the socket identifier.
  • a group of sockets can be identified with the socket identifier or that a specific socket can be identified as belonging to a group of sockets.
  • the base identifier can be in the form of a barcode, alphanumeric code, QR code or in the form of another physical expression, e.g. B. in the form of an oscillating circuit, as a tag, as an NFC tag, RFID tag or the like. It is crucial that the socket identifier is arranged on the device so that it can be read.
  • the tray identifier and the socket identifier can be read by a reading device, preferably by the same reading device.
  • both the tray identifier and the base identifier are configured so that they can be read optically, in particular Are designed camera-readable. This makes it possible to use conventional readers.
  • the reading device is controlled by a conventional mobile terminal device, e.g. B. is provided by a cell phone z. B. also has a camera function.
  • a conventional mobile terminal device e.g. B. is provided by a cell phone z. B. also has a camera function.
  • software can be installed that is able to record and/or recognize and/or identify a socket identifier and a tray identifier, if necessary to assign them to one another and if necessary to process them in terms of data and/or to process them in terms of data forward a computing unit.
  • the base is made of plastic and can be reused several times.
  • the base can be permanently stored at the point of sale and can successively accommodate different trays.
  • the base When not in use, the base, with or without the trays placed on it, can remain in a storage room or an adjoining room of the sales outlet and wait for its next use.
  • the assembled trays are transported with the goods to the sales outlets.
  • the base is already there.
  • the trays are placed on the base.
  • an operator can record or read in both the base identifier and the tray identifier. This makes the information available that a specific tray has been placed on a specific socket.
  • the information is that a specific base identifier has been related to a specific tray identifier, an indication that the device has been assembled and the goods are available for sale.
  • the socket ID and the tray ID are related to each other. This can be done in the reading device, especially if the reading device has a minimum computing power or has a smaller computing unit.
  • the tray identifier can also be related to the socket identifier in a device which is connected downstream of the reader and to which the reader is connected or can be connected and which has a processor.
  • the reader can record the tray identifier and record the base identifier, for example, in which a detector of the reader, z. B. a camera, is only directed to the base identifier and then z. B. an actuator is operated, for example, a photo is made, and then the reader is directed to the carrier of the tray identifier, and in turn an actuator is operated, ie z. B. another photo is made.
  • the invention also includes when the reading device picks up the tray identifier and/or the base identifier without it being necessary to actuate an actuating device.
  • Information about a tray identifier and a socket identifier related thereto can be made available to a computing unit as combined information, directly or indirectly, coded or uncoded, and/or processed further. A transmission of such information via a tray identifier and related thereto If necessary, the set socket identifier can also be used together with other information, e.g. B. with location information, or temperature information, or a date or time stamp or date or time information or the like.
  • the information about the mutually related identifiers can be transmitted from the reading device via technical connecting lines, wired or wireless, to arithmetic units. Further processing of this information can e.g. B. in the factory of the manufacturer of the goods. This can e.g. B. be informed that the goods to be sold actually arrived in the salesroom at a certain point in time.
  • the manufacturer of the goods can now, for example, better estimate when replenishment of goods is required. Accordingly, he can initiate and arrange for measures such as post-production of goods or post-packaging of trays or logistics planning at an early stage.
  • the device according to the invention is used for the presentation and provision of goods for sale at a point of sale, in particular at a supermarket, a gas station or another point of sale.
  • the goods can be z. B. to action goods, but also to any other goods that can be kept ready in displays, e.g. B. also own brands or other conventional goods.
  • the device according to the invention has peripheral dimensions, namely a length and a width, which correspond to the dimensions of a quarter pallet.
  • a quarter pallet is a pallet that is one quarter the size of a standard Euro pallet. Four quarter pallets placed next to each other result in the dimensions of a Euro pallet.
  • the device according to the invention has a length of at least 600 mm and a width of 400 mm.
  • the dimensions relate both to the base of the device according to the invention and to the trays of the device according to the invention.
  • the device according to the invention comprises a reusable plastic base.
  • Suitable plastics are, for example, PE, PP, ABS, polyvinyl chloride, etc.
  • the plastics used for the base can be those plastics that are already used in the prior art for the production of quarter pallets.
  • the base is made from a recycled plastic material, in particular from recycled PP or recycled HDPE (high density polyethylene).
  • the device according to the invention comprises a support device, by means of which the base is held in a ground clearance position.
  • the support device can, for. B. include four feet z. B. on the corner below the base.
  • the support device can also include multiple rollers or multiple runners, or a mixture of feet, rollers and/or runners.
  • the support device can be connected in one piece to the base or can be detachably connected to the base.
  • the support device is provided by a conventional quarter pallet, the base being detachably connectable to the quarter pallet.
  • the support device enables a ground clearance position to be achieved.
  • the ground clearance setting allows the device, e.g. B. when loaded, can easily be reached under.
  • the tines of a forklift truck can enter into these. This enables the device to be easily gripped and transported by machine.
  • the device according to the invention comprises a base which has a set-up surface.
  • the installation surface is advantageously flat.
  • the base advantageously has a base that corresponds to the dimensions of a quarter pallet.
  • the base area can advantageously correspond to the installation area.
  • the footprint also has dimensions that correspond to the dimensions of a quarter pallet.
  • a tray or a plurality of trays is arranged on the installation area.
  • the trays are filled with goods and stacked on top of each other.
  • the stack of trays can contain from two to ten, in special situations even more trays.
  • these are cardboard trays.
  • each tray has a Access opening for convenient removal of the goods from the tray.
  • each of the trays has at least one tray information area.
  • the tray information area has information about the goods to be sold. This can be, for example, brands or manufacturer names or illustrations or photos of the goods or instructions on how to use the goods.
  • the device comprises a base which advantageously has at least one arrangement area for a base information area.
  • the base information area also includes information about the goods.
  • the pedestal information area can e.g. B. from a base box, z. B. be provided by a cardboard plate or a cardboard cover or a cardboard frame.
  • the base information surface with the cardboard frame can be slipped over the base or, when using individual cardboard panels, can be detachably attached to the arrangement surface by means of a holding device.
  • a tray identifier and a socket identifier are provided. This information can be related to one another and passed on as linked information.
  • At least one piece of additional information can also be added to this linked information:
  • additional information can be recorded and noted that the device has been dismantled or when the device has been dismantled.
  • Such degradation of a device can e.g. B. are recorded by an operator of a sales outlet, preferably in turn are recorded with a reader, z. B. when the last of the trays is removed from the base, or when the display is possibly removed from the sales outlet with goods that have not yet been completely sold, ie trays remaining on the display.
  • Such information about a completed dismantling of the device and/or about a removal of the device or a removal of the base from the point of sale can also be recorded as further information and transmitted to a computing unit for further processing.
  • the information can also be recorded as further information as to how many goods and/or how many trays are still on the base at the time the device is dismantled.
  • Information about the filling status or the loading status of the base at the time the device is dismantled can therefore be recorded and recorded and transmitted as further information.
  • the transmission can to a computing unit.
  • the further information can also be made available for further processing.
  • information about the loading status of the base can also be recorded at a point in time before the device is dismantled.
  • scales or, more generally, a weighing device for weighing the goods arranged on the base can be assigned to the base for this purpose.
  • a weighing device for weighing the goods arranged on the base can be assigned to the base for this purpose.
  • this purpose for example, by taking appropriate measures, e.g. B. by arranging a second floor, or by arranging strain gauges, or detected in some other way, what mass or what weight of goods is arranged on the footprint of the base.
  • This information can be recorded once or several times, continuously, constantly, regularly or successively and/or transmitted as further information. Such further information can also be used to draw conclusions about the current or expected demand behavior.
  • the further information about a loading or filling state of the base before dismantling or during dismantling of the base can be transmitted as further information to a computing unit and made available for further processing.
  • the additional information includes information about the loading status of the base
  • the loading status either manually, e.g. B. by an operator, are detected, and z. B. be entered manually into a reader, z. B. as information about the number of trays that have not yet been completely sold or the remaining goods, e.g. B. in pieces or in grams or kilograms, or there can be an automatic detection, for example on the remaining trays on the base and not yet fully or only partially sold trays.
  • the remaining and fully or partially filled trays can, for. B. be scanned or read in again, e.g. For example, their tray identifier can be scanned or read in again, and this information can be recorded as additional information and transmitted to a computing unit.
  • the linked information can be transmitted according to the invention, in particular very early, namely at or near the point in time at which the device has just reached the point of sale or has been set up, the further information can be provided later, subsequently, in particular at the time the device is dismantled or also before, to be transmitted. According to the invention, further information can also be transmitted at different points in time between assembly and dismantling of the device.
  • the carrier of the tray identifier is arranged on the tray. This enables a particularly simple construction of the device according to the invention.
  • the carrier of the tray identifier is arranged on a base box that can be attached to the base. This also enables an alternative simple construction of the device according to the invention.
  • the invention also includes when at least one carrier of a tray identifier on the tray itself and at least one other Carrier of the tray identifier is arranged on an attachable to the base base carton.
  • the tray identifier can be related to the socket identifier.
  • a pair of values can be formed.
  • This can e.g. B. be recorded by a reader.
  • the identifiers read in or recorded, ie the tray identifier and the socket identifier, can be transmitted either together or in combination or successively or separately from the reading device to a computing unit.
  • the invention also includes when the tray identifier is picked up by a first reading device and the base identifier is picked up by another, second reading device. According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, it is particularly advantageous if the tray identifier and the base identifier can be read out by a reading device, in particular by the same reading device.
  • both identifiers can be detected by a camera, for example, and z.
  • both identifiers can be detected by a camera, for example, and z.
  • the tray identifier and/or the base identifier can be read out optically, in particular by means of a camera.
  • a camera This enables recourse to conventional readers and e.g. B. also a visual verifiability by an operator, if desired.
  • the identifier can be read out electrically, for example by applying or measuring voltages, currents, electric or magnetic fields, etc.
  • the identifier can be read out electromagnetically, in particular inductively or capacitively, in particular under use of electromagnetic waves.
  • the carriers of the identifiers can include resonant circuits, which can be excited by electromagnetic fields, in particular by electromagnetic alternating fields, and in this way are caused to emit a signal that draws conclusions about the tray identifier or the base identifier allows.
  • the tray identifier is printed, glued or embossed on a surface of the tray. It is possible in this embodiment of the invention that the construction of the tray is not changed per se, but a tray of conventional construction can be used, with only the tray identifier additionally, possibly hidden, small, but for the operator who to read in the identifier, easily accessible or clearly visible, or in particular easily detectable by a reading device, is attached to the tray.
  • the invention also includes when the tray identifier is arranged on a tab of the tray that can be torn off, which tab is removed, for example, when the device is assembled, in order to provide an access opening for the goods.
  • the device which has the base identifier, is held on the base in a captive and/or detachable manner.
  • a carrier for the base identifier firmly arranged on the base, z. B. integrally molded or molded to be.
  • the wearer e.g. B. a day, but can z. B. also detachably attached to the base.
  • the Socket may include a sticker or printing or embossing or coating that includes the socket identifier.
  • the base comprises a support device with which the base is held in a ground clearance position. This allows forklift tines to reach under. It can be provided in particular that the support device is provided by a quarter pallet.
  • the device with the socket identifier can e.g. B. also on the support device, ie z. B. also on the quarter pallet can be arranged.
  • a holding device is arranged on the base, with which the base information surface can be detachably fixed and/or positioned on the base, in particular relative to an arrangement surface on the base.
  • the holding device can enable the base information surface to be mechanically fastened, for example with the aid of form-fitting means, such as e.g. B. projections, recordings, grooves, clamping or clip elements, rotary knobs, levers or the like.
  • the holding means are advantageously designed in such a way that an intuitive attachment and releasability, in particular without tools, is permitted.
  • the holding device is advantageously designed so stably that it cannot be damaged or destroyed either when the base information surface is attached or when it is removed, but can be reused numerous times and advantageously has a service life that corresponds to the service life of the base.
  • the invention also includes when the holding device includes hook and loop fastener elements, magnets, slide-in strips, grooves, clamping devices, clip devices, rotary toggles or the like.
  • the invention also includes when the holding device comprises holding surfaces or stop surfaces or positioning surfaces in order to fix the carrier of the base information surface in a defined, predetermined arrangement position.
  • the holding device comprises at least one receptacle or an insertion groove and/or at least one fastening projection for fixing the base information surface and/or at least one stop surface for the base information surface.
  • the base box comprises at least one plate-shaped element.
  • the base box is thus designed in the manner of a box plate. This enables the base information surface to be fastened particularly easily to the base or to the arrangement surface.
  • the base box is designed like a tube or like a frame.
  • the cardboard box can be transported, for example, in a flat state, space-saving, compressed and unfolded on site and into a Frame shape are transferred.
  • the tubular shape or frame shape enables the base box to be slipped over the base in a particularly simple manner. This allows a particularly simple attachment of the base box to the base and possibly also a particularly simple detachment of the base box from the base after the goods have been sold.
  • the base box can be slipped over the base. This enables particularly easy handling.
  • the trays are made of cardboard. This allows the use of trays of conventional design.
  • the device according to the invention can therefore use cardboard trays known per se in an unchanged manner.
  • the trays each have an access opening for the goods. This enables the goods to be conveniently removed from the trays.
  • the base has a base area with dimensions that correspond to the dimensions of a quarter pallet.
  • the base has a height of between 20 and 80 cm, in particular a height of 75cm up. This enables goods to be conveniently removed from the cardboard trays arranged on the base.
  • the installation surface is flat. This enables a particularly simple arrangement of trays on the base.
  • the installation area can also be easily cleaned or disinfected.
  • this design allows for a simple stacking of multiple bases on top of each other if required.
  • the base has the shape of a cuboid. This makes it possible to use conventional cardboard display base designs.
  • the base is hollow. This enables a minimized use of materials and a construction of a base with only a low weight.
  • the base consists of four side walls and a top wall. This enables a particularly simple design and construction and a low weight of a base for a device according to the invention.
  • the base consists of four side walls, a bottom wall and a top wall.
  • an additional bottom wall is provided in this embodiment. This allows additional mechanical interfaces to be placed on the base plate, for example to attach or lock the base to a quarter pallet.
  • the walls of the base are designed to be displaceable relative to one another and/or detachable from one another.
  • this enables the base to be designed in such a way that it can be displaced between a compressed non-use position and an extended or assembled use position or can be transferred or transferred back from one position into the other position.
  • This allows the base to be stored in a space-saving manner when it is not in use. It can also be transported in a space-saving manner, requiring only a small volume.
  • the base can be transferred from an upright use position into a compressed non-use position. This allows the base to be accommodated and/or transported in a space-saving manner if it is not used or is no longer used.
  • the base comprises arrangement surfaces for one or more base information surfaces on at least three of its sides. This enables the provision of optimized or maximized base information areas, which can correspond to conventional base information areas or can be based on them in terms of their design or construction.
  • the support device of the base is provided by a quarter pallet.
  • the base can advantageously be releasably connected to or releasably locked to the quarter pallet. This allows recourse to conventional support devices and the use of commercially available elements.
  • the invention further relates to a system according to claim 14.
  • An object of the invention according to claim 14 is in particular to provide a system that makes it possible to provide devices for the presentation of goods, with ecological improvements compared to known systems, and which also allows the provision of information that a device for the presentation of goods has been provided.
  • the invention solves this problem with the features of claim 14.
  • system according to claim 14 comprises at least one device according to one of claims 1 to 13.
  • the reading device can be used to transmit information about the tray identifier read out and the socket identifier to a computing unit.
  • the invention further relates to a method according to claim 15, which serves to provide information about the provision of a device for the presentation of goods for a sale.
  • the starting point is a prior art method in which a device was provided.
  • the invention solves this problem with the method according to claim 15.
  • the method includes the step
  • FIG 4 A first exemplary embodiment of a device according to the invention, designated in its entirety in the figures with the reference numeral 10, is shown in FIG 4 shown.
  • Three cardboard trays 11a, 11b, 11c are arranged on a base 12 here.
  • the base 12 of the device 4 is in 1 shown on its own, and in particular without the attached base box 15: 1 shows that the base 12, which consists in particular of plastic, is essentially cuboid. It comprises a top wall 31 and four essentially planar side walls 32a, 32b, 32c, 32d.
  • the base 12 is hollow. All walls 31, 32a, 32b, 32c, 32d are further advantageously formed substantially smooth along their outside.
  • the base 12 includes a support means 13 which brings the base 12 in a ground clearance position.
  • the support device 13 can be formed by a conventional quarter pallet 14, for example.
  • the support device 13 is advantageously designed as a quarter pallet 14 and, in the exemplary embodiment, comprises four feet 30a, 30b, 30c, 30d, which are arranged in the corner regions of the quarter pallet 14. Between each two feet 30a, 30b there is an engagement space 25a, 25b for tines of a fork lift truck, also not shown. In this way, the base 12 or the entire device 10 can be reached under, lifted and transported in a simple and conventional manner.
  • the base 12 has a mounting surface 20 which is essentially flat.
  • the trays 11a, 11b, 11c can be positioned on the installation area 20.
  • the base 12 shows how best 2 apparent, dimensions 26, 27 which correspond to the dimensions of a quarter pallet 14.
  • the base 12 has a length 26 that corresponds to a length of a quarter pallet 14 and a width 27 that corresponds to the width of a quarter pallet.
  • the base 12 remains at the point of sale, ie z. B. in a supermarket or near the point of sale.
  • the goods are 16a, 16b, 16c, 16d as an example Chocolate Santa Clauses presented to sell promotional items, e.g. B. seasonal goods to illustrate.
  • 4 shows the device 10 with three trays 11a, 11b, 11c, which are completely filled with chocolate Santa Clauses as goods 16a, 16b, 16c.
  • the handling unit 35 is transported on a quarter pallet 14.
  • Three cardboard trays 11a, 11b, 11c are tied together with the quarter pallet with the aid of straps 37a, 37b, 37c, d.
  • 8 a quarter pallet 14 shows, but also any other load carrier 36 can be used for the handling unit 35.
  • the handling unit 35 is transported from the factory of the manufacturer of the goods 16a, 16b, 16c to the point of sale in a ready-made state. There the straps 37a, 37b, 37c, 37d are released and the trays 11a, 11b, 11c can be placed on the base 12 there.
  • Part of the handling unit 35 of the embodiment of 8 is a so-called base box 15, according to 8 shown in the collapsed, compressed state.
  • the base box 15 shows figure 5 in the upper part in a folded state and in the lower part in an unfolded state.
  • the base box 15 is in the embodiment of figure 5 designed as a frame.
  • ID 6 the unfolded base carton 15 can be slipped over the base 12, so that a slipped-on base 12 according to FIG 7 results.
  • the cardboard trays 11a, 11b, 11c are then placed on such a base 12, which has been slipped over by a base cardboard 15, so that the assembled device 10 according to FIG 4 results.
  • the empty cardboard trays 11a, 11b, 11c and the base cardboard 15 can be disposed of, and the base 12 remains at the point of sale, ie z. B. in the supermarket, or in an adjoining room of the supermarket, and waits there for a restocking with new trays 11a, 11b, 11c.
  • the base 12 can have a height 28 of, for example, 20 to 80 cm, advantageously 75 cm.
  • At least one device 21a, 21b, 21c is arranged on the base 12, which includes a base identifier 22.
  • the invention includes when such a base 12 has only one device 21 with a base identifier 22, or has several such devices 21a, 21b, 21c, 21d, as in 1 shown.
  • the device 21 can, for. B. be arranged on the installation surface 20, or on one of the side walls 32a, 32b, 32c, 32d of the base or on the support device 13 of the base 12, z. B. on a quarter pallet 14 of the base 12.
  • the base identifier 22 can be designed as a barcode, as an alphanumeric character string, or as a QR code or as another code that can be detected by a camera.
  • the socket identifier 22 can be read out electronically, and e.g. B. arranged on a tag, for example an NFC tag or an RFID tag.
  • the device 21 can be any type of information carrier that holds information about the socket identifier 22 ready.
  • the identifier 22 can be read out via a reading device 23 .
  • a carrier 17a, 17b, 17c of a tray identifier 18 is arranged on each of the cardboard trays 11a, 11b, 11c.
  • the invention includes when such a carrier 17a, 17b, 17c is arranged on each of the cardboard trays 11a, 11b, 11c or only on one of the cardboard trays 11a, 11b, 11c.
  • the invention also includes when a carrier 17d of a tray identifier 18 is not arranged on the tray 11a, 11b, 11c itself, but rather on the base box 15. In the latter case, however, the carrier 17d of the tray identifier 18 is assigned to the trays 11a, 11b, 11c.
  • the invention includes when a handling unit 35 according to 8 has only a single carrier of the many carriers 17a, 17b, 17c, 17d, or if it has a plurality of carriers 17a, 17b, 17c, 17d, each with a tray identifier 18.
  • the tray identifier 18 is designed as a barcode 18a.
  • the tray identifier 18 is in the form of an alphanumeric character string 18b.
  • the tray identifier 18 can be printed on the tray 11a, 11b, 11c or on the base box 15, e.g. B. be printed, or glued, or embossed or attached or fixed in some other way.
  • the tray identifier 18 can be printed on the cardboard packaging of the tray 11 or on the cardboard packaging 15 of the base 12 in a digital printing process.
  • Corresponding tray identifiers 18 can be applied in a digital printing process, preferably in one step together with the printing of the tray 11 with advertising information. If the tray identifier 18 is printed, it can be visible, e.g. B. as a barcode, or hidden in a pixel image.
  • the three trays 11a, 11b, 11c can provide a group 19 of trays.
  • the tray identifier 18 can e.g. B. a specific tray, z. B. identify the tray 11a, the group 19 of trays 11a, 11b, 11c.
  • the invention also includes if several of the devices 10 according to FIG 3 be assembled in a factory of the manufacturer of the goods, and several of these trays 11a, 11b, 11c of different devices 10 are classified as belonging to a group 19 .
  • the invention includes when a tray 11 can be identified as belonging to a group 19 of trays 11a, 11b, 11c via the tray identifier 18 .
  • a group 19 of trays 11a, 11b, 11c can include any predetermined number of trays 11a, 11b, 11c, e.g. B. two to ten thousand trays.
  • a cardboard base 15 (upper part of the 6 ) arranged carrier 17d of a tray identifier 18 can be read with a reader 23.
  • the lower part of the 6 clear that a z. B. on the footprint 20 of the base 12 arranged device 21b with a base identifier 22 by another reader 23 or by the same reader 23 can be read.
  • the reading device 23 can be a barcode scanner or a device with which a tray identifier 18 and/or a socket identifier 22 can be read out.
  • the reader 23 can also be a cell phone, for example, with the cell phone z. B. with the help of a camera function, a camera image capture can be made, or the cell phone z. B. has an NFC functionality, and can address and read an NFC tag on the base 12 or on the base box 15.
  • the procedure is therefore as follows: When the handling unit 35 with the ready-made trays 11a, 11b, 11c reaches the point of sale and is opened, the base box 15 can be unfolded, for example (cf. figure 5 ) and placed on the base 12 (see. Sequence of Figures 6 to 7 ).
  • the carrier 17d of the base box 15 can be addressed with the reader 23 and the tray identifier 18 can be read.
  • the device 21b, which contains the socket identifier 22, can also be read out with the same reading device 23.
  • the reading device 23 or a computing unit 29 connected to the reading device 23 then knows that these two elements 15 , 12 have been assigned to one another and that the base box 15 has been placed on the base 12 .
  • the previous description relates to the exemplary embodiment in which the tray identifier 18 is arranged in a carrier 17d, which is arranged on the base box 15.
  • an analogous process of reading out the tray identifier 18 can also be carried out if the tray identifier 18 is accommodated on a carrier 17a, 17b, 17c of the tray identifier, which is arranged directly on a tray 11a, 11b, 11c.
  • the invention also includes when a carrier 17 of the tray identifier 18 is arranged neither on the tray 11a, 11b, 11c itself nor on the base box 15, but for example on another element, e.g. B. on an insert or a cardboard box, which the handling unit 35 according to figure 8 will be added.
  • This also makes it possible for the tray identifier 18 to be read out when the strapping means 37a, 37b, 37c are opened or at least in the course of placing the trays 11a, 11b, 11c on the base 12.
  • the embodiment of 6 illustrates a reading out of the device 21b of the base identifier 22, the device 21b being arranged on the installation area 20.
  • FIG. Equally, alternatively, however, the device 21a or the device 21c--if available--are acted upon or addressed by the reader 23 for reading out the socket identifier 22, the z. B. on the front wall 14b of the base 12 or on a support means 13, z. B. on a foot 30b, the support device 13 is arranged.
  • the base box 15 can also be provided by plate-shaped elements 38a, 38b. These can be attached to the base 12, for example with the aid of holding devices 39a, 39b, 39c.
  • the holding device 39a can, for example, comprise a strip which is provided with a groove into which the cardboard plate 38a can be inserted with its lower edge.
  • the retaining devices 39b, 39c may include spring latches which can be deployed and snapped back in place so as to secure a cardboard panel 38a, 38b to the base 12.
  • a carrier 17e, 17f of a tray identifier 18 the carrier 17e, 17f being arranged on the cardboard packaging plate 38a, 38b here.
  • the carrier 17e, 17f can be arranged on a surface 24 of the base carton 15, e.g. B. be glued to it or printed on the surface 24.
  • the handling unit 35 is designed in such a way that the cardboard trays 11a, 11b, 11c are tied to the base cardboard plates 38a, 38b.
  • the access opening 34 according to 4 a tray 11a, 11b, 11c, which provides access to the goods 16a, 16b, 16c, is still closed before the device is set up by a cardboard flap, not shown, which can be torn off.
  • the carrier 17 of the tray identifier 18 can, for. B. also be arranged on this tear-off tab.
  • ID 12 an exemplary embodiment of a system 40 according to the invention will now be explained: 12 illustrates that at several different outlets, e.g. B. in three supermarkets 46a, 46b, 46c, corresponding Readers 23a, 23b, 23c are in use.
  • Each of the reading devices 23a, 23b, 23c is connected to a computing unit 29a, 29b, 29c via a signal line 43a, 43b, 43c shown schematically.
  • the line 43a, 43b, 43c, 43d can be wired or wireless.
  • the three computing units 29a, 29b, 29c can - unlike in figure 12 shown - also be a direct part of the corresponding reading device 23a, 23b, 23c.
  • the processing units 29a, 29b, 29c can be connected via signaling connection lines 43d, 43e, 43f z. B. with another processing unit 29d or - what in figure 12 is not shown - be connected to other processing units. This can be arranged at any position.
  • the connecting lines 43d, 43e, 43f can in turn be wired or wireless.
  • the connection lines can also be provided by network lines, in particular by the Internet.
  • the processing unit 29d can be connected to a further computer or a further processing unit 29e via a further signal line 43g.
  • the arithmetic unit 29e can be arranged, for example, in a plant 44 of a manufacturer of the goods 16a, 16b, 16c, or at least make information available to a plant 44, and be connected to other arithmetic units (only one further arithmetic unit 29f is shown schematically).
  • the information originating from the different sales outlets 46a, 46b, 46c, that specific trays 11a, 11b, 11c have been arranged on specific bases 12, and therefore the corresponding goods 16a, 16b, 16c are for sale, can be transmitted via the data lines 43d, 43e, 43f are bundled and fed to the arithmetic unit 29d or to the further arithmetic unit 29e. From the data obtained can e.g. B. in the work 44 or for the work 44 z. B. with the help of analysis tools, for example with the help of the computing unit 29f, information can be obtained that an increased need for goods is likely in the short term, and that a post-production of goods 16a, 16b, 16c has to take place promptly.
  • an increased need for goods 16a, 16b, 16c is determined in the various sales outlets 46a, 46b, 46c, e.g. B. also with regard to further information such.
  • B. weather data e.g. B. a persistence of cold or weather, as an indication of a higher need for antifreeze or ice scrapers
  • the manufacturer of the goods in the factory 44 can post-production or subsequent delivery of the goods via the delivery routes 45a, 45b, 45c, 45d to the sales outlets 46a , 46b, 46c.
  • ID 11 are from the in 11 reading device, not shown, or the reading device 23 read out socket identifiers SK.
  • a socket identifier 22 of a first socket is denoted as SK1, the socket identifier 22 of a second socket as SK2, the socket identifier of a third socket as SK3, etc.
  • tray identifiers 18, which are referred to as TK1, TK2, TK3, etc., are read out by the reader 23 or by another reader.
  • one socket identifier (for example the socket identifier SK1) is preferably read out by the same reading device 23 and preferably directly in chronological succession to a first tray identifier TK1.
  • These two values SK1 and TK1 can be related to one another or linked to one another in step 41, in particular already in the reading device 23.
  • the link can include a value duple or work pair as information, which includes the two values SK1 and TK1 and makes them available as information for subsequent processing.
  • the two identifiers SK1 and TK1 have been linked to one another as a pair of values.
  • the linking step 41 can be carried out in the reading device 23, or in a processing unit 29 connected downstream of the reading device 23.
  • the linked value duple SK1, TK1, as well as the other duples obtained can be processed as information in a further step 42.
  • the processing 42 can be varied: it is possible, for example, that the information is forwarded to a computing unit 29, where it is analyzed, or that a summation is carried out is performed, or a weighting. Further processing of the information about the values SK1 and TK1 that are linked to one another can also include, for example, combining this information with other values, such as e.g. B. with forecast values for future consumption, or with temperature or climate values or calendar dates or with location information, e.g. B. combined with information about the point of sale.
  • other values such as e.g. B. with forecast values for future consumption, or with temperature or climate values or calendar dates or with location information, e.g. B. combined with information about the point of sale.
  • information 48 is then provided which can finally be further processed and z. B. in the factory 44 of the manufacturer of the goods 16a, 16b, 16c can be used as a basis for a decision as to whether additional goods must be produced or transported or packaged at short notice.
  • the information provided by the system 40 according to the invention can also include information about turnaround times and can be used for process planning and process control. This also makes it easier to plan transport capacities.
  • information that, according to the invention, includes socket identifiers and tray identifiers that are related to one another, can also come from logistics providers, e.g. B. used by companies involved in the pooling or exchange of quarter pallets.

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