JP2009095666A - Fixture - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide fixtures having high crime prevention performance, which are installed in a store for selling cigarettes etc. <P>SOLUTION: A commodity display part 14 includes selection buttons 28 provided correspondingly to a plurality of kinds of displayed commodities, respectively, a number detection part to detect the number of commodities stored in each column, doors 34 provided for the total commodity storage part or for each column, door keys, and a control part 58. The control part 58 performs unlocking or allows to perform the unlocking when commodity selling is started, and performs locking before commodity selling is started or actuates a buzzer 62 when unlocking is performed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a fixture for selling tobacco or the like installed in a store.

When selling cigarettes and the like at supermarkets and convenience stores, etc., furniture is placed on the back of a cashier counter or salesperson, and the cigarettes in the furniture are stored and sold (for example, see Patent Document 1).
Utility Model Registration No. 3129154

  However, there is a problem that simply placing the furniture in the cash register counter may cause an error in taking a product designated by the purchaser or a product can be taken out by a salesperson.

  In view of the above problems, the present invention provides a fixture with high crime prevention.

  The present invention includes a product storage unit having a plurality of columns each capable of storing a plurality of types of products, and a product display shelf that is separate from the product storage unit and displays each of the stored types of products. In a fixture including a product display unit, the product display unit includes a selection button provided corresponding to each of the plurality of types of displayed products, and the number of the products stored in each column. A number detection unit to be detected, the entire product storage unit or door provided for each column, a door key, and a control unit, and the control unit starts selling the product. A tool that unlocks the key or allows the key to be unlocked, locks the key before the start of sales, or activates a notification unit when the key is unlocked, It is.

  According to the present invention, it is impossible to take out the product stored in the product storage unit before the start of sales, or the notification unit gives a warning when trying to take out the product, so that crime prevention can be improved.

  Hereinafter, the fixture 10 of one Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated based on FIGS.

  The fixture 10 of the present embodiment is for selling the cigarette 1 and is integrated with the register device 12.

(1) Structure of the fixture 10 The fixture 10 is integrated with the register device 12 as described above, and includes a product display portion 14 for displaying the tobacco 1, and a product storage portion 16 for storing the tobacco 1. have.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the merchandise display unit 14 is disposed facing a passage through which a purchaser of a cashier counter 18 disposed in a store such as a supermarket or a convenience store passes. On the other hand, the product storage unit 16 is installed inside the cashier counter 18.

  On the upper surface of the cashier counter 18, an input unit 20 for reading the barcode of the cigarette 1 and other products and inputting other information is installed. A cash register 22 is provided at the end of the cashier counter 18 for storing money and performing other calculations.

(2) Configuration of Product Display Unit 14 As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the product display unit 14 is provided with two rows of display shelves 24, and each display shelf 24 prints only the surface of the cigarette 1. The product dummy 26 is arranged.

  Below each product dummy 26 is provided a selection button 28 for displaying an intention when the purchaser wants to purchase the cigarette 1.

(3) Product storage unit 16
As shown in FIG. 3, the product storage unit 16 includes a plurality of columns 30, six columns are arranged in the horizontal direction, and five columns are arranged in the vertical direction. Note that FIG. 5 is shown in five columns for ease of explanation.

  Each column 30 can store a plurality of cigarettes 1, and the structure will be described in detail later. In addition, each column 30 can take out goods from the front, and LED32 is provided in the front part of each column 30. FIG.

  In addition, a shutter-type door 34 is provided at the top of the product storage unit 16 and can be opened and closed by a salesperson.

  At the bottom of the product storage unit 16, a key of the door 34 and a key unit 36 for detecting unlocking or locking of the key are provided. Further, a reset switch 38 for turning off the lighting of each LED 32 is also provided.

(4) Structure of Column 30 Next, the structure of each column 30 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The column 30 has a table 40 on which a plurality of cigarettes 1 can be placed in the front-rear direction. A front support portion 42 for supporting the cigarette 1 is provided at the front portion of the table 40. The stand 40 is provided with a moving wall 44 for supporting the product from the rear so as to be movable in the front-rear direction. A protrusion 46 protrudes from the bottom surface of the moving wall 44.

  A winding spring 50 around which a tape-shaped plate portion 48 is wound is placed inside the front support portion 42. The tip end portion of the tape-shaped plate portion 48 drawn out from the winding portion 52 of the winding spring 50 is attached to the protrusion 46 of the moving wall 44 described above. Due to the biasing force of the winding spring 50, the moving wall 44 is always biased forward.

  When the cigarette 1 is stored in each column 30 of the product storage section 16, the moving wall 44 is pulled backward against the urging force of the winding spring 50, and the cigarette 1 is stored as shown in FIG. In this case, the plate portion 48 of the winding spring 50 is pulled forward together with the moving wall 44.

  The tape-shaped plate portion 48 of the winding spring 50 is provided with a plurality of measurement holes 54 opened in the longitudinal direction. The measurement holes 54 are irregularly opened as shown in FIG.

  A pair of optical sensors 56 is provided at a position where the measurement hole 54 moves. The optical sensor 56 includes a light output portion and a light receiving portion, and the measurement hole 54 can be detected when the measurement hole 54 passes through the position of the optical sensor 56.

  Note that the measurement hole 54 opened in the plate portion 48 is not only in an irregular opening state as shown in FIG. 7, but is inclined in the width direction while opening in a straight line in the longitudinal direction as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 9, it may be opened at equal intervals in the longitudinal direction.

  A method of using the information measured by the optical sensor 56 will be described later.

(5) Electrical Configuration of Furniture 10 and Register Device 12 Next, the electrical configuration of the fixture 10 and the register device 12 will be described with reference to FIG.

  As described above, the selection button 28 of the product display unit 14, the LED 32 of the product storage unit 16, the optical sensor 56, the key unit 36, and the reset switch 38 are connected to the control unit 58 provided inside the register device 12. . The control unit 58 is connected to the input unit 20 and the register unit 22, and is also connected to the storage unit 60 of the control unit 58. Further, a buzzer 62 for crime prevention, which will be described later, is also connected.

  The control unit 58 can also manage the inventory of the cigarettes 1 stored in the columns 30 of the product storage unit 16. That is, the control unit 58 stores the detection state of the measurement holes 54 in accordance with the number of cigarettes 1 in the storage unit 60 in advance. When the cigarette 1 is taken out, the corresponding thickness is reduced, so that the moving wall 44 moves forward, and the measurement hole 54 of the plate portion 48 also moves. Therefore, the change pattern of the measurement hole 54 is stored for each number of cigarettes 1, and the number of cigarettes 1 currently stored is determined from the number of cigarettes 1, that is, the thickness.

  In the case of the measurement hole 54 opened in the longitudinal direction as shown in FIG. 8, the number of cigarettes is detected from the position in the width direction. In the case of the measurement hole 54 as shown in FIG. 9, not the absolute position of the measurement hole 54 but the relative position is detected to measure the number of cigarettes.

(6) Operation at Start of Sales Next, the operation state at the start of sales of the fixture 10 and the register device 12 will be described.

  First, a salesperson enters the cashier counter 18 and performs a procedure for starting charge (starting sales) using the input unit 20 to store the name of the person in charge.

  Next, the salesperson unlocks the key and opens the door 34 of the product storage unit 16 so that the cigarette 1 can be taken out. The key unit 36 detects that the key has been unlocked, and stores the number of cigarettes 1 in each column 30 at that time in the storage unit 60 based on the signal from the optical sensor 56 described above. In this case, since the salesperson has performed the procedure for starting charge (starting sales) and unlocking the key, the key unit 36 will allow the key to be unlocked, and by a buzzer 62 or the like as described later. There is no warning. Then proceed to normal sales.

  If the salesperson unlocks the key without performing the charge start (sales start) procedure, the control unit 58 sounds the buzzer 62 based on the detection signal from the key unit 36 to give a warning. In the implementation, the control unit 58 may automatically unlock the key by using the key unit 36 when the sales start, and the key is not allowed to be unlocked before the sales start. That is, you may comprise so that locking may be maintained. In this case, the key unit 36 has a function of automatically unlocking and unlocking the key.

(7) Normal Sales Next, the normal sales state of the fixture 10 and the register device 12 will be described.

  The purchaser selects a product dummy 26 corresponding to the desired cigarette 1 from the display shelf 24 and selects a selection button 28. Then, the corresponding LED 32 of the product storage unit 16 is turned on.

  The seller takes out the cigarette 1 from the column 30 corresponding to the lit LED 32. After the salesperson takes out the cigarette 1, the reset switch 38 is pressed to turn off the LED 32. Sales are performed using the input unit 20 and the register unit 22. At this time, when the cigarette 1 is taken out, the moving wall 44 moves and the measurement hole 54 moves, so that the stock quantity of the column 30 changes.

  By doing so, the salesperson can reliably take out the product desired by the purchaser from the product storage unit 16.

  If the cigarette 1 is taken out from the product storage unit 16 in the state where the selection button 28 is not selected, the moving wall 44 moves and the control unit 58 detects that the stock quantity has changed, and the buzzer 62 is sounded to warn the user. To do.

(8) Operation at End of Sales Next, operations at the end of sales of the fixture 10 and the register device 12 will be described.

  When the salesperson ends the sales or when the cashier person changes, the door 34 is closed. When the key of the door 34 is locked by the salesperson, the key portion 36 recognizes that the lock is made, and recognizes that the sale has ended.

  At this time, if the total number of cigarettes 1 in each column and the total number of cigarettes 1 sold by the register device 12 coincide with the number of cigarettes 1 at the start of sales, the sale ends and does not match. In this case, the buzzer 62 is sounded to give a warning.

  The buzzer 62 is sounded even when the salesperson makes a change without performing the procedure for ending the sale. That is, the buzzer 62 is sounded when a procedure for changing the salesperson in the register device 12 is performed without closing the door 34.

(9) Effect As described above, in the present embodiment, when the selection button corresponding to the product desired by the purchaser is selected, the LED 32 of the corresponding column 30 of the product storage unit 16 is lit, so that the salesperson can reliably The product can be taken out.

  Further, the number of cigarettes 1 in stock can be managed by the position of the measurement hole 54 facing the plate portion 48 of the winding spring 50 in each column 30.

  A warning can be given by the buzzer 62 when the door 34 is opened and the cigarette 1 is taken out before the sales start. Further, even when the cigarette 1 is taken out in the state where the selection button 28 is not selected during normal sales, a warning can be given by the buzzer 62. Further, when there is a contradiction in the number of stocks at the end of sales, a warning can be given by the buzzer 62.

(10) Modification Examples The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist thereof.

  In the above embodiment, the door 34 opens and closes the entire product storage unit 16, but it may be opened and closed for each column 30.

  Further, the door 34 may be opened and closed automatically instead of being manually opened and closed by the salesperson. That is, the door 34 may be automatically opened at the start of sales.

  Further, the warning means is not limited to the buzzer 62 but may be a rotating lamp or other methods.

  Further, when the selection button 28 is selected, not only the LED 32 is turned on, but also a buzzer 62 may sound or a rotating lamp may be turned on.

  Further, instead of turning on the LED 32, a structure in which the selected column 30 jumps forward may be used.

  Further, when a plurality of cigarettes 1 are purchased, that is, in the case of bulk purchase, a purchase number button may be provided on the product display unit 14 and a number corresponding to the number may be displayed on the product storage unit 16.

  In the above embodiment, the measurement hole 54 is provided in the plate portion 48 of the winding spring 50 when detecting the number of stocks. Instead, the plate portion 48 is provided with irregularities, and the irregularities are provided instead of the optical sensor 56. You may provide the sensor to detect.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the control part 58 was provided in the register apparatus 12, you may provide in the furniture 10 inside.

  Moreover, the structure of the column 30 demonstrated by the item of (4) is applicable also to the fixture which has only a goods storage part.

It is the layout seen from the front of the fixture and register device which show one embodiment of the present invention. It is the same layout seen from the back. It is a front view of a goods display part and a goods storage part. It is a side view of a goods display part and a goods storage part. It is a perspective view of a column. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a column. It is a 1st perspective view of the board part of a winding spring. It is a 2nd perspective view of the board part of a winding spring. It is a 3rd perspective view of the board part of a winding spring. It is a block diagram of a fixture and a register.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Furniture 12 Register apparatus 14 Commodity display part 16 Commodity storage part 18 Cash register counter 20 Input part 22 Register part 24 Display shelf 26 Commodity dummy 28 Selection button 30 Column 32 LED
34 Door 36 Key part 38 Reset switch 40 Base 42 Rear support part 44 Moving wall 46 Projection part 48 Plate part 50 Winding spring 52 Winding part 54 Measurement hole 56 Optical sensor 58 Control part 60 Storage part 62 Buzzer

Claims (3)

A product storage unit having a plurality of columns each capable of storing a plurality of types of products;
A product display unit that is separate from the product storage unit and has a product display shelf that displays each of the stored plural types of products;
In a fixture with
In the product display section, a selection button provided corresponding to each of the plurality of types of displayed products,
A number detection unit for detecting the number of the products stored in each column;
The entire product storage section, or a door provided for each column;
The door key;
A control unit;
With
The controller is
When the product is on sale, unlock the key, or allow the key to be unlocked,
Before the start of sales, the key is locked, or when the key is unlocked, the notification unit is activated,
A fixture. The controller is
When the number detection unit detects a decrease in the number of products when the selection button is not selected, the notification unit is activated.
The fixture according to claim 1. The controller is
Memorize the sales quantity of each product,
Stores the number of each product in stock when the product is sold,
When the sum of the number of each product and the number sold in the lock of the key does not match the number of inventory at the start of sales, the notification unit is activated.
The fixture according to claim 1.

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