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Federal Republic of Germany-Förbundsrepubliken Tyskland (BE) P 2229636.2-27 (71) Brauckmann & Pröbsting, SQdstr. H, 588 Liidenscheid i. Westf.,

Federal Republic of Germany-Förbundsrepubliken Tyskland (DE) (72) Wilhelm Brauckmann, Liidenscheid i. Westf., Federal Republic of Germany-Förbundsrepubliken Tyskland (DE) (7 * 0 Leitzinger Oy (5I +) Hanging device grille plates - Upphängningsanordning för löstagbar upphängning av varuförpackningar, försäljningsbehallare oad i häl- eller gallerskivor

The invention relates to a hanging device for releasably hanging goods packages, sales containers, etc. on perforated and grid plates, the hanging device comprising a hairpin-shaped handle resiliently spaced apart with locking arms at the outer sides of the open ends of the free ends.

It is already known to hang goods packaging and sales containers for use in self-service shops and stores, as well as department stores, with a hairpin-shaped bracket projecting approximately horizontally towards the sales space, the ends of which can be easily and releasably placed in perforated or grid plates, whereby from the free end of the handle to the handle. The buyer can look at the goods put up for sale in this way well and take the goods he wants himself. Empty buckets can be quickly re-used by sellers. An essential advantage of such a handle placed in an arbitrary position on a perforated or grid plate is that the vertical and horizontal distances between the straps can vary so that 2 60497 packages and containers of different sizes and weights can be easily adapted to the point of sale. To date, the handles have been up to 30 cm long and when the cargo tanks are loaded, it is necessary to provide a firm support on the perforated or grille plate.

Buckets are known in which the support of the support plate is arranged in a step perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the handle with upwardly bent ends which, when put in place, partially engage behind the plates or grille rods. Such buckles have the disadvantage that they have to be turned approximately 90 ° upwards for insertion and removal in order to change the distance from the handle above. This is cumbersome given the length of the handle, and especially when there are filled buckets above that need to be emptied and refilled for this purpose.

In addition, short plate-stamped brackets are known, the branch ends of which are bent in an S-shape and backwards in the direction of the plate. The outer side of each handle end has a latch section according to a perforated plate or grille plate into which the edge of the hole or the grille rod penetrates due to the handle's own elasticity. The short S-shaped bends of the handle ends upwards cause the handle-filled handles to exert a high support pressure on the plate due to high leverage, which may result in damage to the plate at the support points or also unintentional detachment from the fastening positions. There may also be different inclination of the buckles in place relative to the plate. In order to avoid excessive support presses against the plate, only relatively short buckets (about 20 cm) are used, which has the disadvantage of poor utilization of space. If the handles are made longer, your own elasticity will be too small for a firm attachment. Filling such sales racks economically, as well as keeping them in stock, requires that the handles be as long as possible to make room for as many packages or containers as possible and to avoid overfilling. A further disadvantage of the known buckets is that the manufacturing costs are relatively high, because special, expensive stamping and bending tools are required for each handle length, and in particular because stamping from a relatively thick plate requires relatively large and expensive wastes due to the material to be cut. In addition, the arms must be gripped by hand in a relatively awkward position in order to bring the bracket into its fixing position relative to the support plate. Because the bracket is open at this point, the front ends are in a non-infected position with respect to each other.

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The object of the invention is to provide a hairpin-shaped bracket for fastening to perforated or grille plates, which can be relatively long (always 50 cm) and which provides the necessary spring force for secure fastening and does not cause damage to the bases of perforated or grille plates even when fully loaded. In addition, it is intended to provide a bracket which continuously maintains its correct position relative to the plate, i.e. its slightly inclined forward and upward position.

According to the invention, the set task is solved in such a way that the free ends of the bracket are permanently fixed before their locking cuts, preferably welded to approximately the U-shaped spring bracket arms, which spring bracket extends downwards approximately by arm width to support the bracket at least partially against the perforated or grille plate. It has surprisingly been found that the abovementioned drawbacks of previously known suspension devices are avoided by the mere placement of the spring clip. Thanks to the spring handle, the spring force required for the locking position is increased, so that secure locking is also achieved for long handles with lower handrails. In addition, the spring strap provides a greater distance to the base generally defined by the lower transverse bar in the perforated or grille plate, this greater distance, approximately the width of the palm, acting on the support force at a smaller angle to the plate so that it is less bent. In addition, the transverse branch of the U-shaped spring bar is positioned against the plate over its entire width so that the support force is not point-like but is distributed over a certain length. This also avoids cupping in the horizontal plane, which may occur when the customer inadvertently causes movement in this direction when removing the package. This could cause the other handle end to disengage from the lock. In addition, this approximately palm-width bracket provides a preferred gripping point for positioning and removing the device relative to the generally vertical plate, i.e., there is no need to remove items from the top handles. When the bracket and the spring strap are made of steel, they are joined together by welding or soldering. However, the spring bracket can also be made by injection molding from a particularly spring-hard plastic, in which case the bracket arms can be made sleeve-like and the hairpin-shaped bracket can be placed in a mold so that the bracket ends remain slender in injection molding.

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In addition, the spring clip preferably forms an angle of somewhat 90 ° with the plane of the handle, so that an inclined position is always obtained forwards and upwards, whereby the goods are detached only when they are intentionally removed.

It is also advantageous when the arms of the spring handle are bent against each other, since the arms can then be more easily grasped with the thumb and other fingers of the hand.

In addition, it is advantageous when the transverse branch of the spring clip is approximately flat. In this way, two strong spring joints and better support of the entire support bracket against the front surface of the perforated or grating plate are provided, which in turn is advantageous for holding the lock in place.

The spring strap is formed in such a way that its spring force is considerably greater than the spring force of the strap. In addition, the spring clip is preferably made of leaf spring steel.

For example, if the length of the strap is only 20 cm, the length of the downwardly directed spring strap need not be the width of the palm. On the contrary, a much smaller length is sufficient.

The drawings show in more detail two embodiments of the invention, so that FIG. 1 is a front view of the grille plate with the buckles in place, the dashed lines showing the branches of the leaf spring in the position in which they are transiently compressed for installation.

Fig. 2 shows a side view of the grille plate with the buckles in place.

r \ uv. 3 shows the same as Fig. 2 seen from above.

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Fig. 4 is a front view of another embodiment of a bracket according to the invention, in which the bracket is inserted into the perforated plate.

Fig. 5 shows the same as Fig. 4, but seen from the side.

Fig. 6 shows the same as Fig. 5, but seen from above.

FIGS.

The suspension device consists of a round, oval or angular steel profile in the shape of a hairpin, bent into a handle 1a, the latch ends Ib of which are latched on the outside. As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the ends Ib are flattened to a common horizontal plane with respect to the handle arms 1a. The front edges Id of the flattened ends Ib are bevelled towards the outside of the handle so as to facilitate their placement in the two openings of the grille plate 4. An approximately U-shaped leaf spring bracket 2 is welded to the front ends of each handle 1a at point 2c, which handle has three functions. First, each arm 1a is forced into the placement position of the handle 1 by an outwardly directed spring force to increase the locking effect. On the other hand, it is intended to act as a convenient handle when placing the strap in place and later removing it. In addition, it is intended to support the bracket with the goods, which is often relatively heavily loaded with respect to the grille plate, relatively far from the hanging point.

The arms 2a of the leaf spring handle 2 are somewhat bent towards each other in order to facilitate hand access during handling. The lower transverse rod 2b of the leaf spring bracket 2 is then rectilinear in order to form two strong spring points 2d in this way, i.e. to increase the outwardly acting spring forces to ensure the locking position. The bevelled front edges Id are intended to facilitate the manual positioning of the handle 1 between the vertical bars 4a of the grille plate 4. For this purpose, the branches 2a of the leaf spring 2 6 60497 are brought closer to each other by pressing between the thumb and the fingertips and the ends Ib are inserted between the rods 4a so far that the lateral openings le lock into the rods 4a (Fig. 2). The compression of the leaf spring branches 2a required to place the handle 2 on the grille plate 4 is illustrated in Figure 1 by dotted lines. The leaf spring 2 is welded to the handle arms 1a at an angle somewhat greater than 90 °, as shown in Fig. 2. Thus, it is achieved that the bracket 2 placed on the grille plate 4 rests on the vertical grille rods 4a in a position where the free handle ends le are somewhat upwards in an oblique position so that the sales containers placed on the handle 1a do not tend to slide inwardly from the top of the handle le. It can also be seen from Fig. 2 that the insertion movement of the handle 1a takes place exclusively in the horizontal direction, without the need to turn upwards, i.e. without having to remove the packages from the space above which the bracket is already in place.

Figures 4-6 show a somewhat different modification of the handle according to the invention, which is inserted into a conventional hole plate 3 with horizontal and vertical rows of holes 3a. The arms 2a of the handle 2 are somewhat bent towards each other, but there is no straight transverse branch, this has been replaced by an arcuate body 2bb. The lateral latch sections le at the ends Ib of the handle 1a are not round, as in the embodiment illustrated in Figures 1-3, but rectangular, the width of the latch section le corresponding to the thickness of the perforated plate 3.

The position of the handle 1 in the perforated plate 3 also takes place in this embodiment in such a way that the spring arms 2a are initially pressed against each other so that the handle ends Ib are at the two holes 3a of the horizontal hole 3 of the plate 3, after which the ends are pushed into the holes 3a until the plate wall when the branches 2a are lowered, whereby the already prestressed branches 1a as well as their ends Ib move outwards due to the additional effect of the leaf spring handle.

In both embodiments, the handles 1, 2 can be moved freely on their plates, so that the space used is also as advantageous as possible, even in varying packing and container sizes.

Claims (5)

60497 Pa tent ti. standard 1. A hanging device for hanging goods packages, sales containers, etc. i.removably punched a perforated or slatted plate with an i.hi.hair-needle-shaped handle, the arms of which tend to spaced apart with the outer sides of the free ends of the branches provided with outwardly opening locking cuts, perforated plate or. the thickness of the slats and extending away from each other, characterized in that the free ends (Ib) of the handle (1a) are fixedly connected to their handle ends (2c) of the spring handle (2) before their locking cuts (1e). (2) extending approximately the width of the palm downwards, supporting the bracket (1a) at least partially against the perforated or grating plate (3 to 4). Suspension device according to Claim 1, characterized in that the spring strap (2) forms an angle of 90 ° which is somewhat greater with respect to the plane of the strap (1a). Suspension device according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that each arm (2a) of the spring clip (2) is bent towards the other. Suspension device according to one or more of Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the spring clip (2) is formed in such a way that its spring force is considerably greater than the spring force of the handle (1a). Suspension device according to one or more of Claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the spring clip (2) is a leaf spring made of steel.