JP2007108556A - Fixture for display object - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fixture for a display object capable of holding a display object holding part at a predetermined position relatively to a support part and making it returning to the predetermined position after turning. <P>SOLUTION: The fixture includes the display object holding part 2 capable of holding a display object, the support part 4 which supports the display object holding part rotatably, and a biasing means 46 of biasing the display object holding part 2 to return to the predetermined position from a turning state wherein the display object holding part 2 rotates from the predetermined position to the support part 4. The biasing means 46 is molded integrally with one of the display object holding part 2 and support part 4. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a display object mounting device that is attached to an end of a shelf for displaying products and displays a display object such as the type or price of a product by sandwiching it.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a merchandise display shelf in which merchandise contents are displayed is attached to a merchandise display shelf on which merchandise is displayed, and the merchandise content display card including the name, price, or category of the merchandise is attached to the merchandise display shelf. Various display fixtures are used to attach to the display.

  Since such a display object attachment device is often attached in a state of protruding from the product display shelf to the passage side, the product content display card may come into contact with a passerby and the display object attachment device may be bent. .

  For this reason, as a conventional display object attachment device, as shown in FIG. 10, a display object holding part 78 capable of holding a product content display card 76, a support part 80 for rotatably supporting the display object holding part 78, A display that includes a coil spring 82 that urges the display object holding unit 78 so that the display object holding unit 78 is returned to the predetermined position from the rotation state in which the display object holding unit 78 is rotated from the predetermined position with respect to the support unit 80. There is an object attachment device (Patent Document 1). According to such a display object attachment device, when the product content display card 76 comes into contact with a passerby, the display object holding portion 78 rotates with respect to the support portion 80. Thereafter, the display object holding portion 78 can be returned to the original predetermined position by the biasing force of the coil spring 82.

JP 2001-175173 A

  In such a display object mounting device, the coil spring 82 that urges the display object holding part 78 against the support part 80 is configured separately from the display object holding part 78 and the support part 80. Therefore, in order to eliminate rattling between the display object holding part 78 and the support part 80, it is necessary to closely fit both ends 82 a and 82 b of the coil spring 82 to the display object holding part 78 and the support part 80. However, it is not easy to process the display object holding part 78 and the support part 80 so that both end portions 82a and 82b of the coil spring 82 are closely fitted to the display object holding part 78 and the support part 80. If the close fitting positions of the both end portions 82a and 82b of the coil spring 82 are shifted even a little, and the coil spring 82 is not adjusted well even if the close fitting is done, the display holding portion 78 is moved relative to the support portion 80. Therefore, there is a problem that it cannot be maintained at a predetermined position or returned to a predetermined position after rotation.

  In view of the above, an object of the present invention is to provide a display object attaching device capable of maintaining a display object holding part at a predetermined position with respect to a support part or returning the display object holding part to a predetermined position after rotation.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a display object holding part capable of holding a display object, a support part that rotatably supports the display object holding part, and the display object holding part provided in the support part. And a biasing means for biasing the display object holding part so as to return to the predetermined position from the rotation state rotated from the predetermined position. The biasing means is integrally formed with either the display object holding part or the support part.

  According to the display object mounting instrument of the present invention, since the biasing means is integrally formed with either the display object holding part or the support part, the bias between the biasing means and the display part holding part or the support part, etc. In addition, since it is unnecessary to adjust the urging force of the urging means, the display object holding unit can be maintained at a predetermined position with respect to the support unit, or can be returned to the predetermined position after the rotation. .

  In the display object mounting instrument according to the present invention, the urging means may be composed of the same shape and a pair of urging pieces that urge the display object holding portion in opposite directions. Preferably, the pair of urging pieces urges the display object holding part in opposite directions to maintain the display object holding part in a state perpendicular to the support part, and is also vertical after rotation. It is possible to return to the correct state.

  Further, in the display object mounting tool according to the present invention, the pair of urging pieces are along a surface perpendicular to the rotation axis from one of the display object holding part and the support part toward the other. The display object holding part and the support part are formed so as to project obliquely toward the other urging piece and intersect with each other when viewed from the rotation axis direction without contacting the tip of each urging piece. Either one of the pair of urging pieces is in contact with the other, and a contact surface made of a curved surface having a rotational axis as an eccentricity is formed. It is preferable that the display object holding part is supported in a state in which the urging piece is pressed against the urging force, and the pair of urging pieces is any of the display object holding part and the support part. The abutment surface is attached so that one of them is placed at a position perpendicular to the other. It is preferable to. Still further, the contact surface preferably has a horizontally long curved surface.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a display object attaching device capable of maintaining a display object holding part at a predetermined position with respect to a support part or returning it to a predetermined position after rotation. Can do.

  Next, an embodiment of a display object mounting fixture according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Here, FIG. 1 is a front view of the display object mounting device according to the present embodiment, FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA ′ of FIG. 4 is an exploded partial cross-sectional view of FIG.

  The display object attaching device according to the present embodiment includes a display object holding unit 2 that holds a display object at a tip, a support unit 4 that rotatably supports the display object holding unit 2 and can be mounted on a product display shelf, The display object holding part 2 and the support part 4 are integrally molded from a relatively flexible synthetic resin such as polycarbonate.

  The display object holding unit 2 includes a clip member 6 that can hold the display object, and an intermediate member 8 that connects the clip member 6 and the support unit 4.

  The clip member 6 is mainly provided with a first display object holding piece 10 formed in a horizontally long substantially flat rectangular shape, and opposed to the first display object holding piece 10. 2 display object holding pieces 12. A first protrusion 14 is formed on the inner side near the end of the first display object holding piece 10. Similarly, a second protrusion 16 is formed on the inner side near the end of the second display object holding piece 12. . The upper surface of the first protrusion 14 and the upper surface of the second protrusion 16 are brought into contact with each other as an opening / closing shaft, and the distal ends of the first protrusion 14 and the second protrusion 16 are triangular clip-shaped spring portions 18, 18. As a result, the tips of the first display object holding piece 10 and the second display object holding piece 12 are urged to form a clip shape pressed against each other. An elastic member 20 that functions as a slip stopper for the display object to be sandwiched is provided on the inner side of the tip of the first display object holding piece 10. An operation portion 22 that is pressed by the user when opening the clip is formed at the end center portion of the first display object holding piece 10 so as to protrude in the plane direction. A semicircular protruding portion 24 is provided in the center of the end of the second display object holding piece 12 so as to protrude in the planar direction. The protruding portion 24 is formed thick, and a tooth profile portion 24a having concave portions with a constant interval and a fixed shape is formed on the periphery thereof, and a first portion protruding from the center of the semicircle on the front and back surfaces thereof. Protrusions 24b and 24b are formed.

  The intermediate member 8 mainly extends so as to sandwich the front and back surfaces of the protruding portion 24 from the base portion 26 and a pair of flat plate-like supports that pivotally support the first protruding portions 24b and 24b of the protruding portion 24. Engagement arms 32, 32 that are bent in a substantially semicircular shape equally to the left and right so as to surround the tooth profile portion 24a from the pieces 30, 30 and the base portion 26, bend at predetermined positions, and extend linearly in the distal direction. And is composed of.

  The left and right side surfaces of the base portion 26 are inserted into support holes 42a and 42a of support pieces 42 and 42, which will be described later, so that the display object holding portion 2 can be rotatably supported with respect to the support portion 4. The second projecting portions 28 and 28 to be projected are projected. An abutting surface 26 a that is a horizontally long curved surface having a rotation axis with respect to the support portion 4 of the display object holding portion 2 as an eccentricity is formed on the surface on the terminal side of the base portion 26. Support holes 30a and 30a into which the first protrusions 24b and 24b of the protrusion 24 of the clip member 6 can be inserted are formed in the vicinity of the tips of the support pieces 30 and 30, respectively. The clip member 6 is rotatably supported with respect to the intermediate member 8 by inserting the first protrusions 24b and 24b into the support holes 30a and 30a. In the vicinity of the base portion 26 of the support pieces 30, 30, projections 34, 34 are provided on the respective surface sides at positions aligned with biasing pieces 46, 46 of the support portion 4 described later. Since the protrusions 34 and 34 are provided at positions aligned with the urging pieces 46 and 46 in this way, when the display object holding part 2 rotates with respect to the support part 4, the protrusions 34 and 34 contact the urging pieces 46 and 46. It functions to contact and regulate its rotation.

  Engagement portions 36 and 36 that can be engaged with the recesses of the tooth profile portion 24a are provided inside the bent positions of the engagement arms 32, and the engagement portions 36 and 36 are formed in the recesses of the tooth profile portion 24a. By engaging, the rotation of the clip member 6 relative to the intermediate member 8 can be locked. Since the intermediate member 8 is made of a relatively flexible synthetic resin as described above, the engaging portions 36 and 36 are recessed in the tooth profile portion 24a by pressing the front end of the engaging arm 32 inward. In this case, the clip member 6 can be released from the locked state, and the clip member 6 can be rotated with respect to the intermediate member 8. And if the press state of the engagement arm 32 is cancelled | released, the engagement parts 36 and 36 will return so that it may engage with the recessed part of the tooth profile part 24a, and can make the clip member 6 into a locked state again. Since the clip member 6 can be fixed in a state of being rotated with respect to the intermediate member 8 as described above, the angle of the display object held by the clip member 6 can be freely set.

  A recess 38 is formed on the surface of the support portion 4 over the entire region in the left-right direction in FIG. 3, and the second protrusions 28, 28 are formed on the pair of edge portions 40, 40 that form the recess 38. A pair of support pieces 42, 42 that support the shaft project out toward the distal end. Support holes 42a and 42a into which the second protrusions 28 and 28 of the intermediate member 8 can be inserted are formed in the vicinity of the tips of the support pieces 42 and 42, and the second protrusions 28 and 28 are formed in the support holes 42a. , 42a so that the support part 4 can support the display object holding part 2 in a rotatable state. As shown in FIG. 4, a pair of biasing pieces 46, 46 that are curved inward from the left and right ends of the bottom surface of the recess 38 are provided so as to protrude. As shown in FIG. 1, the pieces 46 and 46 are provided on different edges 40 and 40 so as not to contact each other. Further, the pair of urging pieces 46 and 46 are positioned on a plane perpendicular to the rotation axis of the display unit holding unit 2 with respect to the support unit 4 and have a sufficient length to intersect when viewed from the direction of the rotation axis. . And since the contact surface 26a of the base part 26 of the intermediate member 8 forms the horizontally long curved surface which makes the rotating shaft with respect to the support part 4 of the display object holding | maintenance part 2 eccentric, a pair of biasing pieces 46 and 46 are provided. Are in contact with each other when the second protrusions 28 and 28 of the intermediate member 8 are inserted into the support holes 42a and 42a and the support unit 4 supports the display object holding unit 2 in a rotatable state. The surface 26 a is urged to act to maintain the display object holding unit 2 in a state perpendicular to the support unit 4.

  On the other hand, outside the edges 40, 40 of the support part 4 shown in FIG. 1, there are legs 48a, 48b having different lengths extending in the distal direction of the display object attaching device, and the bottoms of the legs 48a, 48b, respectively. Engagement claws 50a and 50b extending in the left-right outer direction in FIG. 1 are formed. Then, as shown in FIG. 6, the legs 48a and 48b of the support portion 4 are curved, and the legs formed long in the recesses formed at the edges of the commodity display shelf, that is, the upper engaging portions 52a of the so-called price rail 52. The engaging claw 50a of the part 48a can be engaged, and the engaging claw 50b of the leg 48b formed short can be engaged with the lower engaging part 52b. Due to these engagements, the display object attaching device according to the present invention is attached to the price rail 52. And the function as a display thing attachment tool can be fulfilled by holding | griping the product content display card 51 in which the price etc. of the displayed goods were described in the clip member 6. FIG.

  In the display object attaching device according to this embodiment configured as described above, the display object holding part 2 is maintained in a state perpendicular to the support part 4 by the pair of urging pieces 46 and 46 as described above. In this state, when a stress is applied from the left and right direction in FIG. At this time, the contact surface 26a of the base portion 26 of the intermediate member 8 forms a horizontally long curved surface with the rotation axis with respect to the support portion 4 of the display object holding portion 2 being eccentric, so as shown in FIG. One of the left and right end portions of the contact surface 26a presses one of the pair of urging pieces 46 and 46 against its addictive force. Therefore, when the stress from the left and right direction on the display object holding unit 2 is released, the display object holding unit 2 returns to the original vertical position by the urging force of the urging pieces 46 and 46.

  The contents of the display object attaching device according to the present invention are not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications, additions, substitutions, and the like are possible without departing from the spirit of the invention. For example, the support portion 4 is not limited to the support portion 4 that can be attached to the price rail 50, and may be a support portion 56 that can be attached to the hook hanger as shown in FIGS. Here, FIG. 7 is a front view of a display object mounting fixture according to another embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 8 is a side view of FIG. 7, and FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB ′ of FIG. FIG.

  In the display object attaching device that can be attached to the hook hanger, the display object holding unit 2 is the same, and the only difference is the support unit 56. That is, the support portion 56 that can be attached to the hook hanger supports the second shaft portions 28 and 28 of the intermediate member 8 at the support pieces 58 and 58 similarly to the support portion 4 that can be attached to the price rail 52. The relative position of the intermediate member 8 with respect to the support portion 56 is kept constant by the urging pieces 60 and 60. A fitting portion 62 for fitting the curved hook hanger 54a and a hole 64 are formed so that the hook hanger 54b can be mounted even in the case of a straight and narrower hook hanger 54b.

It is a front view of the display article attachment instrument which concerns on the Example of this invention. It is a side view of the display article attachment instrument which concerns on a present Example. It is A-A 'sectional drawing of FIG. 1 of the display article attachment tool which concerns on a present Example. FIG. 3 is an exploded partial sectional view of FIG. 2 according to the present embodiment. It is a figure which shows the operation state of the display object mounting fixture which concerns on a present Example. It is a figure which shows the operation state of the display object mounting fixture which concerns on a present Example. It is a front view of the display article attachment instrument which concerns on the other Example of this invention. It is a side view of the display thing attachment instrument which concerns on another Example. It is B-B 'sectional drawing of FIG. 7 of the display article attachment tool which concerns on another Example. It is a perspective view of the conventional display object attachment tool.

Explanation of symbols

2 ... display object holding part, 4 ... support part, 6 ... clip member, 8 ... intermediate member, 10 ... first display object holding piece, 12 ... second display object holding piece, 14 ... first protrusion, 16 ... first 2 projections, 18 ... spring part, 20 ... anti-slip, 22 ... operation part, 24 ... projection part, 24a ... tooth profile part, 24b ... first projection part, 26 ... base part, 26a ... contact part, 28 ... first 2 projections, 30 ... support piece, 30a ... support hole, 32 ... engagement arm, 34 ... projection, 36 ... engagement part, 38 ... recess, 40 ... edge, 42 ... support piece, 42a ... support hole, 46 ... biasing piece, 46a ... tip, 48a, 48b ... leg, 50a, 50b ... engaging claw, 51 ... commodity content display card, 52 ... price rail, 52a, 52b ... engaging part, 54a, 54b ... hook hanger , 56 ... support part, 58 ... support piece, 60 ... biasing piece, 62 ... fitting part, 64 ... hole.

Claims (5)

A display object holding part capable of holding a display object, a support part for rotatably supporting the display object holding part, and a rotating state in which the display object holding part is rotated from a predetermined position with respect to the support part And a biasing means for biasing the display object holding part so as to return to the predetermined position,
The display object mounting apparatus, wherein the biasing means is integrally formed with either the display object holding part or the support part.     2. The display object according to claim 1, wherein the urging means is composed of a pair of urging pieces configured to have the same shape and urge the display object holding portion in opposite directions. Mounting equipment. The pair of urging pieces project obliquely from one of the display object holding part and the support part toward the other urging piece along a plane perpendicular to the rotation shaft from the other. , The urging pieces are formed so as to intersect each other when viewed from the direction of the rotation axis without contacting the tips of the urging pieces,
On the other of the display object holding portion and the support portion, a contact surface is formed which is in contact with either of the pair of urging pieces and has a curved surface with the rotation shaft as an eccentricity.
The display object mounting according to claim 2, wherein the support part supports the display object holding part in a state where the contact surface presses the pair of urging pieces against an urging force. Instruments.     The pair of urging pieces urges the abutting surfaces so that either one of the display object holding part and the support part is stationary at a position perpendicular to the other. Item 3. A display fixture according to item 3. The display object mounting device according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the contact surface has a horizontally long curved surface.

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