JP2008223856A - Ring shape bearing for rotating lightweight furniture for merchandise display and lightweight rotation furniture for merchandise display using the bearing - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a ring shape bearing enabling suitable rotation display while composing a whole body out of lightweight material, and a rotation furniture using the same with respect to furniture for displaying various small merchandise in retail stores such as convenience stores. <P>SOLUTION: This ring shape bearing for the lightweight furniture has three or more same shape ring plate materials 2 made of lightweight hard material excepting metal piled up, and has a structure in which bearing balls 4 made of lightweight hard material fitted in a plurality of hole parts 3 provided on the plate material respectively can freely rotate under a fitted condition. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a fixture for displaying various small goods at a retail store such as a convenience store, and a ring-shaped bearing for enabling appropriate rotational display while making the whole from a lightweight material and the same. It is intended to provide rotating fixtures.

It is common to use a ring-shaped bearing material in order to smoothly carry out the mutual rotational relationship in machinery, and a ring-shaped bearing is used to rotate like a potter's wheel with a heavy load on it. It is also done normally.
In addition, there have been proposals for goods display fixtures and the like that are devised so as to efficiently and more attract the goods buyers at convenience stores and the like.
JP 2005-152240 A

  However, in the case of the conventional ring-shaped bearings as described above, the entire bearing is made of metal using hard metal balls so that it can operate even when a considerable weight or force is applied. However, most of them were made of lightweight material and simple and low cost.

In addition, as for the furniture for displaying products, most of the large-scale products using the metal ring-shaped bearings as described above are simple and light when rotating. It didn't exist.
In particular, it is practically impossible to realize the rotary fixture based on a paper material.
The thing of patent document 1 is also a swivel fixture by a full-scale material, and is not the technique of the idea of being lightweight and rotatable based on the paper material like this invention.

  The present invention was obtained as a result of repeated studies to solve the above-described problems, and is a laminated structure of lightweight materials other than metal having appropriate strength, such as lightweight hard plastic balls and cardboard. It succeeded in obtaining a ring-shaped bearing using the body, and realized a lightweight and compact rotary fixture for display of goods using this. Specifically, it is as follows.

(1) Three or more identical ring-shaped plate materials made of lightweight hard materials other than metal are stacked, and the bearing balls made of lightweight hard materials fitted in a plurality of holes provided in the plate materials remain fitted. A ring-shaped bearing for rotating lightweight fixtures for product displays, characterized by a structure that can be freely rotated.

(2) The ring-shaped bearing for rotating lightweight fixtures for commodity display according to the above item (1), wherein cardboard is used as a lightweight hard material other than metal, and lightweight hard plastic is used as a bearing ball.

(3) Among the plurality of holes provided in the plate material, the diameter of the hole provided in the central plate material is larger than the diameter of the bearing ball, and is provided in the plate material at both the upper and lower ends sandwiching the central plate material. The ring-shaped bearing for rotating lightweight fixtures for merchandise displays according to (1) or (2), wherein the diameter of the hole is smaller than the diameter of the bearing ball.

(4) The items (1) to (3) above, wherein the bearing ball can be attached to and detached from the hole by a simple fitting operation by utilizing a slight deformability as a material of the ring-shaped plate material to be overlapped. The ring-shaped bearing for lightweight fixture rotation for commodity displays as described in any one of the items.

(5) A lightweight rotating fixture for product display, characterized in that the product can be freely rotated and displayed by being placed on the ring-shaped bearing according to any one of (1) to (4). .

(6) The lightweight rotary fixture for merchandise display according to (5) above, wherein the rotary fixture is a hanging type.

(7) The lightweight rotating fixture for product display according to the item (5) or (6), wherein the fixture is made of paper and is reduced in weight.

(8) The lightweight rotary fixture for merchandise display according to any one of (5) to (7) above, wherein a hook member for merchandise display is provided as a removable member.

(9) The lightweight rotating fixture for product display according to any one of (5) to (8) above, wherein a shelf member for product display is provided as a detachable member.

  Three or more same-shaped ring-shaped plate materials made of lightweight hard materials other than metal are stacked, and the bearing balls made of light-weight hard materials that are fitted in a plurality of holes provided in the plate materials can be freely rotated while fitted. By adopting a structure that can be made, the ring-shaped bearing itself with sufficient strength according to the ocean can be drastically reduced in weight compared to conventional metal products, etc., and at the same time, the cost can be reduced by the simple structure. It can be obtained as a manufacturable product.

  By adopting cardboard as a lightweight hard material other than metal and adopting lightweight hard plastic as a bearing ball, it is possible to obtain a ring-shaped bearing sufficient to freely rotate a lightweight product display fixture etc. Become.

  Of the plurality of holes provided in the plate material, the diameter of the hole provided in the central plate material is larger than the diameter of the bearing ball, and the hole provided in the plate material at both the upper and lower ends sandwiching the central plate material Since the diameter is smaller than the diameter of the bearing ball, it is possible to easily assemble a ring-shaped bearing that realizes a sufficient rotational operation while having a simple structure.

By using a slight deformability as a material of the ring-shaped plate material to be overlapped, the bearing ball can be attached to and detached from the hole by a simple fitting operation, so that the bearing ball can be easily replaced.

By placing it on the ring-shaped bearing described in any one of the above, it is possible to freely rotate and display the product, making it easy to display lightweight fixtures for product display that were difficult to display in the past. As a result, it is possible to improve the degree of attention of the displayed products.

Since the rotating fixtures are of the hanging type, the product display fixtures that raise the degree of attention by hanging from the upper part such as near the ceiling of the store can be rotated to increase the display value. Will be able to.

By reducing the weight of the fixtures made of paper, it is possible to easily and cost-effectively display products that have been difficult to achieve even though they are lightweight paper display fixtures. become.

By providing the product display hook member as a detachable member, it is possible to appropriately display various types of products to be displayed on the hook in a hanging manner.

It is possible to display and rotate products while freely displaying various products using appropriate shelf materials according to the size and type of products to be displayed. Become.

Some specific embodiments of the present invention as described above will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 illustrates a typical method for producing a ring-shaped bearing 1 according to the present invention. That is, three ring-shaped sheet materials 2 having the same shape are stacked to form a three-layer ring-shaped sheet, and the bearing balls 4 are fitted into the plurality of holes 3 provided to be freely rotated. Is.

  The ring-shaped sheet material 2 is a lightweight and hard material made of a material other than metal, and for example, a thick paperboard having an appropriate strength can be adopted. Since the product display fixture according to the present invention has a total weight of about several kg even when the product is displayed, it can function as a ring-shaped bearing 1 even if it is a thick paperboard with appropriate strength. To do. A normal metal ring bearing cannot be employed because it is too strong and wasteful, and it is heavy and expensive.

  As a material of the ring-shaped sheet material 2, a hard plastic plate material that can be expected to have the same effect as the cardboard can be used. That is, any plate-like material having a strength that can rotate while supporting a weight of several kg to at most about 10 kg while being lighter than a general metal ring-shaped bearing can be employed.

  A hard plastic sphere or the like can also be used as the bearing ball 4. Even if a hard metal sphere with high accuracy is not used as in the case of a normal metal ring bearing, it is sufficient as a ring bearing 1 used for appropriately rotating a heavy object as assumed in the present invention. It is in time.

  The position of the hole 3 formed in each ring-shaped sheet material 2 is considered to be exactly the same when the three layers are overlapped, and the arrangement and the number of the holes smoothly rotate as the ring-shaped bearing 1. What is necessary is just to design and determine suitably so that operation | movement can be ensured. Although the thing of illustration shows the six hole parts 3, it is not limited to this.

  The size of the hole 3 is determined by the relationship with the bearing ball 4 to be employed. That is, the diameter of the hole 3 provided in the upper and lower sheet materials 2 is slightly smaller than the diameter of the bearing ball 4, and the diameter of the hole 3 provided in the central sheet material 2 is slightly larger than the diameter of the bearing ball 4. It is said. In addition, the thickness of the three-layered ring bearing 1 of the present invention is limited to be smaller than the diameter of the bearing ball 4.

  By doing so, the head of the bearing ball 4 slightly protrudes from each hole 3 of the upper and lower sheet materials 2 and can freely rotate in the space by the hole 3 of the center sheet material 2. As a result, it functions as the ring-shaped bearing 1.

  The bearing ball 4 is sealed in the hole 3 formed in the sheet material 2 having a three-layer structure. If the material of the sheet material 2 has a slight deformability such as cardboard, it is The sheet material 2 can be used by being fitted from the hole 3. Therefore, it is possible to easily replace the bearing balls 4 after use.

2 to 4 show an example of the lightweight rotary fixture 5 for merchandise display according to the present invention, together with its formation procedure.
That is, the ring-shaped bearing 1 is set so as to be inserted into the central column 7 provided in the base portion 6, and a commodity display fixture 8 (the fixture 8 has various shapes according to the product to be displayed). Therefore, the basic configuration of the present invention is completed (see FIGS. 2 to 4).

  With this configuration, the ring-shaped bearing 1 inserted into the central column 7 is sandwiched between the base 6 and the bottom of the fixture 8, and can be freely rotated 360 degrees on the spot. As a result, the mounted product display fixture 8 can also freely rotate, so that the rotary fixture 5 is realized as a whole.

  Moreover, such a rotary fixture 5 can be realized not only as a mounting type as described above but also as a type suspended from above. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the base portion 6a provided with the central column 7a is turned upside down, and the ring-shaped bearing 1 of the present invention is sandwiched between the support base 9 and the suspension is suspended from above. A rotary fixture 5 that can freely rotate is realized. Here, a form in which the hook 10 is attached to the central column 7a for product display is shown, but a separate fixture can be attached as shown in FIGS.

  Since the present invention aims to make the entire rotary fixture 5 as light as possible, the bases 6 and 6a, the central pillars 7 and 7a, the fixture 8 and the interposition base 9 as described above are also lightweight. However, it is desirable to form it with a cardboard material having a necessary and sufficient strength or a lightweight plastic plate.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of the rotary fixture 5 of the present invention equipped with a mechanism suitable for actually displaying glasses, sunglasses and the like. A mirror 11 is provided so that the state of wearing glasses can be freely checked, and about 16 glasses or the like can be freely rotated as a whole (see also FIG. 7).

  FIG. 8 shows an example in which product display is performed by using the hook 10 provided in the hanging type rotary fixture 5 of the present invention. In this way, it can be understood that various rotating displays can be made by the present invention according to the form and type of the product.

  Furthermore, it is also possible to use a shelf member having an appropriate size separately from the hook 10 for displaying products, and it is preferable that these are arbitrarily detachable.

  According to the present invention as described above, it is possible to realize a display fixture capable of rotating and displaying various products easily and at a lower cost than the conventional one while using a lightweight material such as a cardboard material as a main material. It can be expected to be used effectively in various retail attachments and the like, and is therefore understood to be an excellent invention in terms of industrial applicability.

It is explanatory drawing which showed the structural relationship of the ring-shaped bearing of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which showed the rotary fixture structure relationship of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which similarly shows the structural relationship of a rotary fixture. It is drawing explaining the rotation state of a rotary fixture. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structural relationship of a hanging type rotary fixture. It is drawing which showed the rotary fixture for displaying glasses and sunglasses. It is drawing which showed the state which displayed glasses etc. It is drawing which showed the state which displayed goods on the hanging type rotary fixture.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Ring-shaped bearing 2 Ring-shaped sheet material 3 Hole part 4 Bearing ball 5 Light weight rotary fixture for goods display 6 Base 6a Base 7 Central pillar 7a Central pillar 8 Fixture 9 Interposer 10 Hook 11 Mirror

Claims (9)

Three or more same-shaped ring-shaped plate materials made of lightweight hard materials other than metal are stacked, and the bearing balls made of light-weight hard materials that are fitted in a plurality of holes provided in the plate materials can be freely rotated while fitted. A ring-shaped bearing for rotating lightweight fixtures for product displays, characterized by having a structure that can be used. 2. A ring-shaped bearing for rotating a lightweight fixture for commodity display according to claim 1, wherein thick paperboard is used as a lightweight hard material other than metal, and lightweight hard plastic is used as a bearing ball. Of the plurality of holes provided in the plate material, the diameter of the hole provided in the central plate material is larger than the diameter of the bearing ball, and the hole provided in the plate material at both the upper and lower ends sandwiching the central plate material The ring-shaped bearing for rotating a lightweight fixture for commodity display according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the diameter is smaller than the diameter of the bearing ball. 4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the mounting and removal of the bearing ball with respect to the hole portion can be performed by a simple fitting operation using a slight deformability as a material of the ring-shaped plate material to be overlapped. A ring-shaped bearing for rotating lightweight fixtures for product displays as described in 1. A lightweight rotating fixture for product display, wherein the product can be freely rotated and displayed by being placed on the ring-shaped bearing according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The lightweight rotary fixture for merchandise display according to claim 5, wherein the rotary fixture is of a suspended type. The lightweight rotary fixture for product display according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the fixture is made of paper and is reduced in weight. The lightweight rotating fixture for product display according to any one of claims 5 to 7, wherein a hook member for product display is provided so as to be detachable. The lightweight rotating fixture for product display according to any one of claims 5 to 8, wherein a shelf member for product display is provided so as to be detachable.

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