FR2719405A1 - Coin handling counter in shop - Google Patents

Abstract

The coin handling counter is used in shops to allow customers to put cash on the counter and to collect change. The box has a transparent top surface (13) where the money is placed. The top surface fits into a flat box (4) of corresponding dimensions.The box accepts multiples of the item to be promoted, arranged in a grid pattern with their front face upward. As the items are sold they leave a space in the grid. A printed sheet at the bottom of the box has the front face of the box printed repeatedly in a grid format so that when an item is sold the space is occupied by a replica of the front of the item. To ensure correct placement of the items in the display there are low walls to position each item.

Description

The present invention relates to a cash collector for presenting

  products to be sold. A widely used commercial strategy consists in placing at the merchant's premises the products which one seeks to sell, in a location visible to customers. For example, for advertising purposes, when launching a new product, it is desirable to place this product so that it can be easily noticed by customers entering a merchant. A preferred point of sale is located where customers pay for their purchases and in particular where customers deposit money and o

  they collect the money returned to them.

  There are displays displayed on the board.

  roof of a merchant and in which products for sale are placed. Such displays are made up

  a box inside which are placed items

  keys and a cover which covers this case.

  The cover is generally made of a transparent material through which the products are seen. In addition, the cover forms a flat surface

  having the function of cash collector.

  Such displays therefore constitute cash collectors making it possible to present an article to a customer and therefore constitute an advertising medium.

effective.

  Cash collectors of this type which exist to date have a structure which is relatively high in cost. They are intended to contain in their case several products of different sizes which are

  mixed or possibly placed in different compar-

  timents. Thus, the products are presented in a way

  unsightly and are therefore poorly noticed and identified

  trusted by customers. Current cash collectors therefore perform their advertising role inefficiently, and customers have little incentive to buy the products they contain.

  The present invention aims to overcome these drawbacks

  by offering a cash drawer which, while allowing products to be presented for sale

  effectively, are of low cost.

  The subject of the invention is therefore a cash collector comprising a box suitable for receiving products intended for sale and provided with a transparent upper wall forming a zone for receiving money and making it possible to see the contents of the box, characterized in that that the box includes a support for the products for sale revealing in the absence of the products zones of dimensions equal to those of the corresponding products and each carrying an image representing

the presented side of the product.

  Other features and advantages stand out

  from the following description given as

  example and not limiting, made with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: - Figure 1 shows a perspective view

  exploded view of a first embodiment of a collection

  currency according to the invention; - Figure 2 is a sectional view on a larger scale of a detail of the cash collector stocked with products shown in Figure 1; and - Figure 3 shows a perspective view of a second embodiment of a cash collector

according to the invention.

  In Figure 1, there is shown a first embodiment of an empty cash drawer, which carries the

numerical reference 1.

  It is intended to receive products 2 sous

  packaging to be sold (Figure 2).

  Products 2 are for example boxes of

  cigars, cigarette packs, or the like.

  This cash collector comprises a box 4 consists of a bottom 6 forming a support for the products 2, three side walls 8, 9 and 10, on one side

  open side 11, and a transparent upper wall

  annuity 13 reported opposite the bottom 6.

  The transparent upper wall 13 constitutes a zone for receiving the currency and makes it possible to see the

package contents 4.

  As illustrated in FIG. 2, the side walls 8, 9 and 10 of the housing 4 are made up of double walls formed by external elements 15 and

  internal 16 joined by their upper edges 17.

  The free edges of the external elements 15 form

  a peripheral support zone for the housing 4.

  In addition, the bottom 6 is connected to the elements of

internal walls 16.

  Advantageously, each internal wall element

  16 is provided with a recess 18 which, with the

  corresponding elements of neighboring elements 16, forms a seat for the upper wall 13 which is fixed therein.

  This wall 13 is for example fixed by gluing.

  According to another embodiment not shown

  tee, the housing has four side walls. The upper wall then constitutes a transparent cover engaging in slides formed in two opposite side walls, or articulated on one of these walls by means of hinges, thus allowing access to

inside the housing.

  Returning to FIG. 1, and according to the invention,

  the bottom 6 forming a support for the products 2 is subdi-

  referred to in zones 20 of the same dimensions as those of the products to be sold. These apparent subdivisions

  through the upper wall 13 in the absence of the pro-

  duits 2 each carry an image representing the presented side of the packaging of the product 2 when the latter

is in place on the support.

  The side presented is preferably the side

main product 2.

  These subdivisions are for example obtained by applying a self-adhesive plastic film to the bottom 6 defining zones equal in number to the number of articles.

  which will subsequently be placed in the housing 4.

  In this figure, we can therefore see that the

  box 4 is intended to receive nine products.

  The cash-box 1 is filled by inserting products 2 through the open face 11 of the housing 4 by superimposing each product on an area 20 which carries the image representing the face

product 2.

  The zones 20 thus give the impression to the customer that the bottom 6 is completely filled even in the case where

one or more products are missing.

  Advantageously, the bottom has longitudinal ribs (not shown) intended to guide the

  products when they are placed in the housing 4.

  According to another embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the cash drawer 1 which is similar to

  that of FIG. 1, further comprises a drawer 22.

  The drawer 22 has a transparent bottom 23 showing areas 20 of the bottom 6 of the housing 4 to

  locations without products 2.

  As can be seen in this figure, in which a partially filled drawer has been shown, the bottom 23 of the drawer then constitutes the support for the

2 products for sale.

  Advantageously, the bottom 23 of the drawer 22 has longitudinal 25 and transverse ribs 26 which delimit the zones intended to receive the products 2 so as to keep them in place during the operation of the

drawer 22.

  This example of embodiment thus makes it possible, by maneuvering the drawer 22, to place the products 2 inside the housing 4 so that they are

  located opposite the zones 20 on which are represented

  smelled the presented faces of the products 2.

  According to another embodiment of the drawer

  22 not shown, the bottom forming the support of the

  duits à vente itself carries the zones on each of which is represented the image of the presented face of a product. Since the bottom 4 is no longer visible when the drawer has returned to the housing, it can then be

solid color.

  In the embodiments described, each internal wall element 16 of the closed side faces

  8, 9 and 10 of the housing 4 is connected to the bottom 6.

  Therefore, the cash drawer 1 resting on the

  peripheral support zone formed by the external elements

  nes 15, it is possible to provide a useful height of the housing 4 by adapting the height of the wall elements

internal 16 to that of product 2.

  Furthermore, the length of the internal wall elements 16 is chosen so that it constitutes a multiple of one of the dimensions of the product 2. Thus, the housing 4 has dimensions multiple of those of the

product 2.

  For example, and as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the height of the housing is 20 mm, the internal wall elements 16 have a height of 15 mm, and the length and width of the housing 4 are

254 mm and 242 mm respectively.

  For example, the housing 4 is made of polysty-

  which allows thermoforming to obtain

  precise dimensions of the housing and transparent parts

  as for example the upper wall 13 are made

  made of material composed of a methacrylate.

  As mentioned above, the cash collector 1 is suitable for a specific type of product. It can advantageously be supplemented by additional localized inscriptions arranged at

  preferably by gluing on the upper wall 13.

  These inscriptions are for example the price of product 2 or a trademark

identifying the origin of the product.

  The cash drawer 1 placed on the counter of a

  trader allows a customer while depositing money

  gent or by collecting the change, see the products contained in the case, and that

aesthetically.

  Thus, the customer easily sees the products that the cash drawer 1 contains, the latter ensuring by

  therefore effectively its advertising role.

Claims (9)

  1. Cash collector comprising a box (4) adapted to receive products (2) intended for sale and provided with a transparent upper wall (13) forming a zone for receiving money and making it possible to see the contents of the box ( 4), characterized in that the housing (4) has a support (6; 23) for the products   (2) for sale revealing the absence of the pro-   duits of the zones (20) of dimensions equal to those of the corresponding products (2) and each carrying an image   representing the presented side of the product.   2. Cash collector according to claim 1, characterized in that the support for the products consists of the face (6) of the housing opposite the transparent upper wall (13), said support being upholstered   of images representing the presented side of the product.   3. Cash collector according to claim 1, characterized in that it further comprises a drawer (22)   whose bottom (23) constitutes the support for the products.   4. Cash collector according to claim 3, characterized in that the bottom (23) of the drawer (22) is   made of transparent material.   5. Cash collector according to claim 3, characterized in that the bottom (23) of the drawer (22) is lined with images representing the presented side of the product. 6. Cash collector according to claim 2, characterized in that the support is provided with longitudinal ribs intended to guide the products in the   housing during their installation.   7. Cash collector according to any one of   Claims 3 to 5, characterized in that the base (23)   of the drawer (22) further comprises longitudinal ribs   dinales (25) and transverses (26) intended to hold the products (2) in place during the operation of the drawer (22).   8. Cash collector according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the surface of the   support (6; 23) for the products is substantially a multiple of the area of the products (2) for sale.   9. Cash collector according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the face   presented is the main face of the product (2).