FR2527806A1 - PRICE INDICATION SYSTEM FOR PRODUCTS PLACED IN SALES RAYS - Google Patents

Abstract

THE PRESENT INVENTION CONCERNS A PRICE INDICATION SYSTEM FOR SHELF PRODUCTS INCLUDING LABEL HOLDERS 9 MOUNTED ON THE SHELF AND CARRYING PRICE INDICATIONS AND OTHER PRODUCT DATA. THIS DEVICE INCLUDES A PRINTING DEVICE 5 CONNECTED TO A MEMORY UNIT 4 PROGRAMMABLE WITH THE PRODUCT DATA, SUCH DEVICE BEING ADAPTED, WHEN THE DATA OF A PRODUCT ARE MODIFIED, TO PRODUCE TWO LABELS 6, 7 CONTAINING THE PRODUCT DATA, LIKELY TO BE FIXED ON THE LABEL HOLDER 9, ONE OF THESE LABELS 7 FACING THE BUYER AND THE OTHER 6 FACING THE SELLER, THE SELLER'S LABEL WITH A KEY CODE A, THE PRESSURE OF THE KEY OF THIS KEY CODE ENSURING THE REPRODUCTION OF THE DATA ON THE PRICE LABEL 8 OF A SUBSEQUENT WEIGHED PRODUCT. THE SYSTEM IS SIMPLER AND LESS PRONE TO ERROR THAN PREVIOUS SYSTEMS.

Description

i Price indication system for products placed in

sales departments.

  The present invention relates to a price indication system for products located in shelves comprising label holders which are mounted on the shelf and on which the price and other data of interest for such a product can be affixed. Finnish Patent Application 43461 discloses a price indicating device in which the label holders are designed as hanging elements which are slidably supported by a bar extending longitudinally to the radius and on which the price of the product can be indicated visibly by means of replaceable individual digital labels Previously engraved digital labels are relatively expensive and especially their replacement to keep the price data up to date requires work and time Prices are only visible from the side

of the buyer.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an improved price indication system capable of easily and quickly maintaining the prices of products within a radius as well as substantially facilitating the work.

  of the seller during the sale of the products.

  This purpose is achieved by means of a price indication system comprising shelf-mounted label holders bearing price and other product data in which a printing device connected to a programmable memory unit with Product data is suitable

  when the data of a corresponding storage address-

  to a product are modified, to produce two labels bearing the price data that may be affixed to the label-holder, one facing the buyer and the other facing the seller, the vendor's label bearing a key code, the depression of the key of this key code ensuring the reproduction of the data corresponding to this particular storage address on the price tag of a product

weighed later.

  An embodiment of the invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: Fig. 1 is an overall block diagram of a price indication system according to the invention; FIG. 2 shows the application of said price indication system in combination with a scale and FIG. 3 is a side view of an indication label holder.

price coming into the system.

  In the case of the present example, a balance 1 is provided with a quick reference programming keyboard comprising an alphabetic keyboard 2 and a numeric keypad.

  of this fast information programming keyboard, an opera-

  The controller can enter the prices per kilogram, codes and product descriptions in a memory 4. This can be done without a code or with a key code after pressing an F function key. The memory 4 is provided with a number of codes. storage addresses that correspond for example to the number of alphabetic keys. If necessary, the number of storage addresses can be increased by using different combinations of the alphabets and / or digits as a key.

  code of the storage addresses, the meaning of that code-

  key explained below Product data

  or information entered in the memory 4 can be printed

  by means of a printing device 5 out of three label-

  your different 6, 7 and 8, whose meanings will be

described below.

  When the keyboard 2, 3 was used to record the informa-

  necessary information about the product (for example, the name and price per kilogram of a product) in one of the addresses

  storage of the memory 4, the pressing of a key of

  first pressure, from said printing device 5, a label 6 for the seller and which will be fixed on the label holder 9 so as to face the seller A special feature with respect to this label 6, besides the fact that it is always positively obtained from the printing device 5 when the data of the storage address have been modified, is the fact that said label 6 is

  marked with a key code, in this case the letter A, the

  the key corresponding to this keycode which prints the data of this particular storage address

  on the price tag 8 of the product that will be weighed later-

  However, before supplying the labels 8, the

  The printing device positively provides, when pressing the "print" key, another label 7 intended to be fixed on the label holder 9 so as to face the buyer. Thus both the seller and the buyer are able to see the desired data of the product on labels 6 and 7 fixed on the label holder 9 The labels can be of the type called self-adhesive labels, which makes it easy to paste new labels on the old ones when changing product data Label holders 9 can be made by

  plastic strips because they are inexpensive

  and can be discarded when the number of superimposed labels becomes excessive The strips 9 can be fixed for example by means of a magnet element 10 on all

  consoles or steel sleepers mounted on the shelf.

  According to the key code A, on the label 6 facing him, a salesman immediately sees which of the letters of the keyboard 2 he must hit in order to obtain from the printing device a price tag for the product that is going to to be weighed. Thus, after placing the product on scale 1 for weighing, a seller only needs to type or press a single key determined by the key code to obtain a price tag 8 indicating for example the weight , the price per kilogram, the price, the date of sale and the description of the weighed product By affixing such a label on the top of a package, it is also possible for the buyer to check the label for concerns

  products contained in a package without opening it.

  Although, in the above embodiment, the keyboards 2 and 3 as well as the printing device 5 are shown in combination with a scale 1, it is obvious that they can also be constituted by elements independent of said scale. or they may be located at a store's computing center In the latter case, it is necessary to provide, near the scale 1, a quick search keyboard by which a salesman can obtain the necessary product data. for the label 8 from a

  storage address determined by the code on the label

  quette-6. As a result of the foregoing, it is clear that a price indication system according to the invention is able to provide, for example, the following advantages: The price indication system, based on the labels provided by a printing device 5 and likely to be affixed by gluing, is economical and has substantially no fees compared to other systems

price indication.

  The rate can be kept easily up to date.

  A salesman does not need to receive operational instructions.

  rational and does not have to remember prices per unit. This device saves time and work and eliminates

  crowds and traffic jams near the scales.

  He avoids typing an incorrect unit price.

  The products of the buyer are provided with a designation

of product.

  The quick information keys are as they are

directly available.

  With regard to the price tag 8 provided by the printing device, it is possible to use a code

line.

Claims (3)

claims   1 A price indication system for products is   on spokes comprising label holders 9 mounted on the spoke and bearing the price and other data relating to the product, characterized in that it comprises a printing device connected to a programmable memory unit 4 with the data. of the product, said device being adapted, when the data of a storage address corresponding to a product are modified, to produce two labels 6, 7 carrying the   lo the product data, which may be attached to the holder   9 price indication labels, one of these labels 7 facing the buyer and the other 6 facing the   seller, the vendor's label bearing a key code (A)   the key of this key code ensuring   producing the data corresponding to this particular storage address on the price tag 8 of a product weighed later. 2 A price indication system according to claim 201, characterized in that the programming keyboard 2 of said memory unit 4 comprises an alphabetic keyboard mounted in combination with a scale 1.   A price indication system according to claim 252, characterized in that the key code consists of a (A)   letters in said alphabetic keyboard 2.