JP2010142614A - Display system and display device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display system or the like capable of displaying containers directing a mark to a prescribed direction even when the container is placed directing the mark of the container to a random direction when vertically displaying the container in a display device. <P>SOLUTION: The containers (a) and (b) is configured such that a part of a side part 22 has a chamfered portion 225 having a shape in which a part of the bottom part of the container 20 is chamfered. The chamfered portion 225 is attached in the direction of shifting a phase by 90° from the mark portion 23 of the container 20 around the container. The containers (c) and (d) are an example of chamfered two parts of the container 20, and when the mark portions 23 are at the positions of 180° at the front and back, the chamfered portions 225 and 226 are attached shifting the phase by 90° from the respective mark portions. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a display system for displaying containers.

For example, in convenience stores and the like, containers filled with beverages such as beverage cans and plastic bottles are placed on a display device housed in a display case, for example, and placed on the market.
And such a display apparatus is arrange | positioned in the state inclined, for example so that a container might move ahead of a display case with dead weight of the container itself. When one container on the near side (front row) is extracted, the subsequent container moves to the near side by its own weight.
Here, a plastic flat plate, for example, is provided at a place where the container of the display device is placed because of the good sliding property of the container. In recent years, display devices in which a large number of rotatable rollers are arranged are on the market (for example, see Patent Document 1). In addition, the container is generally refilled from the rear side of the display device, but the container can be loaded from the front side, and the container moved to the back side is moved to the front side again and displayed. A display device has also been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 2). That is, a display device has been proposed in which a container thrown in from the front side makes a U-turn and returns. Further, as a container, a can in which inner concave portions and vertical ribs are alternately formed in a circumferential direction on an inner peripheral wall of an annular convex portion formed on a can bottom has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 3). ).

By the way, the outer surface of the container is provided with a mark for distinguishing it from other products such as a product name and a trade name, and it is difficult to identify the product if the mark is not suitable for the purchase direction of the purchaser. , The appearance at the time of display of the product becomes worse. For this reason, it is preferable that the container to be displayed is oriented in a predetermined direction such as the front side.

As the prior art described in the publication, on the top surface of the inclined shelf on which the container is placed, a bar-shaped guide ridge is provided in the inclination direction of the shelf, and the bottom of the container is directly below and the surface with the mark attached There has been proposed a display method in which a concave fitting portion is provided that connects directly below the opposite surface, and the container is displayed using the guide protrusion and the concave fitting portion (see, for example, Patent Document 4). In this display method, the concave fitting portion is fitted to the guide ridge in a posture in which the mark faces the front side, and a plurality of containers are arranged in the front-rear direction. As a result, the container is displayed with the mark facing forward.

JP-A-11-155701 US Pat. No. 6,502,408 JP 2000-211162 A JP 2006-288676 A

In Patent Document 4, the concave fitting portion is fitted to the guide ridge and the container is displayed, so that the mark can be reliably directed forward. However, in such an invention, the container supplier needs to fit the concave fitting portion to the guide ridge every time the container is installed in the display device.
Container display work becomes complicated. In addition, when the mark is formed only at one location of the container, there is a concern that a display error may occur in which the mark is displayed in the state of facing backward. In addition, in a store that sells a large amount of beverages such as this convenience store, the work of throwing in a uniform orientation becomes very large.

The present invention provides a display system that can display a mark in a predetermined direction even when the container is placed in a random direction when the container is displayed vertically on a display device. The main purpose is to provide.

For this purpose, the display system to which the present invention is applied has a container for marking at a specific location on the outer surface and a display device for displaying the container, and the display device moves the container in one direction. A moving means for rotating, a rotating means for rotating the container in accordance with the movement of the container in one direction by the moving means, and a rotation stopping unit for stopping the rotation of the container rotated by the rotating means. It has a bottom chamfered facing portion that faces the rotation stopping portion so that the rotation stops at a position where the portion faces a predetermined direction.

Here, the moving means has a placing portion for placing the container, and the rotating means rotates the container as the container placed on the placing portion of the moving means moves in one direction. can do. The rotating means may be characterized in that a rotational force is applied to the container by varying a resistance force that resists the moving force that the container is about to move in one direction, depending on the portion of the container. Furthermore, one direction is the direction from the rear to the front of the display system, and the resistance is
It can be characterized in that it differs on the left and right with the center of gravity of the container as the boundary. The moving means is
It has the mounting part which mounts a container, Resistive force can be characterized by being the frictional force which arises between a mounting part and the edge part which contacts the mounting part of a container.

The mounting portion has a plurality of plate-like bottom surfaces extending in the front-rear direction to form a mounting surface, and the friction force is such that the friction coefficient of one bottom surface among the plurality of bottom surfaces is the friction coefficient of the other bottom surface. It can be characterized by being different from right to left with the center of gravity of the container as a boundary. The container used in the system may be a container equipped with an IC tag.

Further, when the present invention is regarded as a display device, the display device to which the present invention is applied is a display device for displaying a container to be marked at a specific place on the outer surface, and a moving means for moving the container in one direction And a rotation means for rotating the container in accordance with the movement of the container in one direction by the movement means, and a rotation stop portion for stopping the rotation of the container rotated by the rotation means. The container is brought into contact with a chamfered bottom chamfered portion facing the rotation stop portion, and the rotation of the container is stopped at a position where a specific portion of the container faces a predetermined direction. The container used in the above apparatus may be a container equipped with an IC tag.

To provide a display system or the like that can display a mark in a predetermined direction even when the container is placed in a random direction when the container is displayed vertically on a display device It becomes possible.

The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 1A, the display device 30 according to the present embodiment forms a placement unit 31 on which a container 20 filled with a beverage is placed, a movement path (conveyance path) of the container 20, and a container. And a guide 32 for guiding 20 movements. In addition, a regulation plate 34 that is formed in a transparent manner and disposed along one side of the placement portion 31 and stops the movement of the container 20 is provided. Here, the guide 32 is fixed to the mounting portion 31 by, for example, inserting both ends thereof into openings (not shown) formed in the mounting portion 31. The container 20 is exemplified by a cylindrical can, but a so-called bottle can having a resin container such as a so-called PET bottle or a cap can also be used.

As shown in FIG. 2B, the display device 30 is stored in a display case 10 installed in a convenience store, a supermarket, or the like. The display case 10 has a main part composed of a case main body 10A formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape and a door 10B provided to be openable and closable with respect to the case main body 10A.
Here, the display device 30 is placed on a shelf (not shown) provided in the display case 10.
At this time, the display device 30 is installed such that the side on which the restriction plate 34 is provided is positioned on the door 10B side. Moreover, it arrange | positions so that the side in which the control board 34 was provided may be located below rather than the side on which the control board 34 was provided. That is, the display device 30 is disposed in a state of being inclined downward from the rear side of the display case 10 toward the front side (extraction unit side) from which the container 20 is taken out.

Here, the display case 10 in the present embodiment is provided with a door on the rear side (not shown),
The rear side can also be opened. And the container 20 is thrown into the display apparatus 30 from this back side. In other words, the container 20 is provided on the rear side of the display case 10 and the rear side of the display device 30. The charged container 20 is placed on the placement portion 31 on the door 10B.
Move towards the side. That is, it moves toward the purchaser who purchases the container 20. In addition,
In this specification, the door 10B side may be referred to as the front side (front), and the side opposite to the door 10B may be referred to as the rear side (rear). In addition, the width direction of the display case 10 (the direction orthogonal to the direction in which the container 20 moves) may be referred to as a horizontal direction or a width direction.

The display device 30 will be described in more detail.
FIG. 2 is a view showing the forms of the display device 30 and the container 20.
2A shows a top view of the display device 30. FIG. FIG. 2B shows a state in which the display device 30 is viewed from the front side together with the container 20. In addition, FIG.
(C) shows the operation of the container 20.

3A and 3C are side views of examples of the container 20 used in this embodiment. (B) and (d) are views seen from the bottom of (a) and (c), respectively. As apparent from FIG. 3, the containers (a) and (b) have a chamfered portion 225 having a shape obtained by chamfering one part of the bottom of the container 20 at a part of the side portion 22. The chamfered portion 225 is attached in a direction in which the phase is shifted by 90 ° between the mark portion 23 of the container 20 and the periphery of the container. In the figure, containers (c) and (d) are examples in which chamfering is made at two locations on the container 20, and when the mark portion 23 is on the back and at the front 180 ° position, the phase from the mark portion is 90 °. The chamfered portions 225 and 226 are attached by shifting.
It is often difficult to form such partially chamfered portions 225 and 226 with a metal can. On the other hand, the resinous container 20 is easy to form compared to a metal can because the degree of freedom of processing is large. Further, the guides 321 and 322 in the display device 30 are formed in a rod shape as shown in FIGS. The left side guide 322 is placed at the middle height of the side wall of the container body 22 because it is meant to prevent deviation from the course. The right guide 321 is installed at a height near the bottom of the container 20 to act as a rotation stopping unit as well as to serve as a rotation means that applies resistance and imparts rotational force to the container 20 as will be described later. Surfaces with relatively high frictional resistance such as resin and rubber are used.

Here, the operation of the container 20 will be described with reference to FIG. The container 20 placed on the rear side of the display device 30 moves forward while being guided by the guides 321 and 322 in the same manner as described above. At this time, since the placement portion 31 is inclined in the right direction, the container 20 approaches and conflicts with the right guide 321. As a result, a rotational force is applied from the guide 321 to the container 20. When the container 20 rotates, the guide 321 enters the chamfered portion 225 of the container 20 (the chamfered portion 225 and the guide 321 face each other), and the rotation of the container 20 is stopped (see reference numeral 22A). The container 20 moves (slides) forward while being guided by the guide 321. Thereby, the container 20 that has reached the take-out portion of the display device 30 is in a state in which the identification mark 23 faces frontward. In this embodiment, the guide 321 functions as a rotation unit and also functions as a rotation stop unit. Here, although not shown in the figure, the mounting portion 31 can be provided with a plurality of roll-shaped members that function as moving means, for example. A spherical roller may be used as the moving means. Further, for example, a plate-like member having a smooth surface can be used as the moving means. In this example, the container 20 can be used in either (a) or (c) of FIG.

Further, another embodiment of the display device 30 and the like will be described.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing another form of the display device 30 and the like.
Also in this embodiment, the container 20 shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B described above is used. The placement unit 31 is provided with freely rotating rollers, and three rows of first rollers 311 on the input side and two rows of second rollers 314 from the middle to the take-out side as moving means. In the figure, the resistance applying portion 312 can also be formed by providing a rubber member 312d such as EPDM between a plurality of roll-shaped members 312c arranged in the front-rear direction. In addition, although the example which provided the roll-shaped member 312c and the rubber member 312d alternately was shown in this figure, it does not necessarily need to be alternate. When it is desired to further increase the resistance, the ratio of the rubber member 312d can be further increased. Further, when the resistance may be smaller, the resistance applying unit 312 may be a simple resin plate. It is preferable that the present mounting portion is inclined in the take-out direction so as to facilitate the movement of the container, and the tilting in the left-right direction toward the right guide 321 is suitable for operating the rotation and stop mechanism.

In this embodiment, the guides 321 and 322 shown in FIG. 2B are placed at the same position, but the resistance imparting section 312 having the roller + rubber configuration of the placement section 31 performs the resistance imparting that causes the rotation. It is something to try. Therefore, the right guide 321 does not serve as a resistance imparting portion and has only a rotation stop function, and it is necessary to slide the container after the rotation stops. Therefore, the surface of the guide 321 is not a material having high frictional resistance such as rubber. It is preferable to use stainless steel or the like with good sliding properties or a low friction Teflon (registered trademark) tape.

  When the identification mark 32 of the container 20 in FIG. 5 is in the 20A position placed facing the left guide 322, the container 20 moves to the take-out side and approaches the guide 321 side due to the inclination of the mounting portion. It becomes a state. In addition, the container 20 rotates as the right side of the container moves on the resistance applying portion 312 with this movement, and the right side of the movement is delayed from the left side. When the identification mark 32 of the container 20 is in the state (22B) facing the take-out part side (traveling direction), the chamfered part 225 near the bottom of the container is fitted with the guide 321 and the rotation is stopped by the guide.

In this state, the container 20 moves in the take-out direction, and is lined up in the take-out section with the identification mark 23 facing the front as it is.
FIG. 5 shows the case where the mounting portion 31 is a roller. When the mounting portion is a flat plate made of resin or the like, the resistance applying portion (312 in the above example) is a flat plate (for example, rubber) having a higher frictional resistance. The same effect can be obtained by using a normal resin or a fluororesin having a smaller frictional resistance for the normal portion (313) on the left side.

Further, another embodiment of the display device 30 and the like will be described.
FIG. 4 is a view showing another embodiment of the display device 30 and the container 20.
Similarly, in this embodiment, since blow molding is possible and the degree of freedom of processing is large, the container 2
For 0, a resin container is easier to adopt. Here, FIG. 4 illustrates a plastic bottle.

Here, a container having the shape shown in FIGS. 3C and 3D is used. The identification mark 23 and the chamfered portions 225 and 226 in the container 20 of this embodiment are in a state where the phases are shifted by 90 °.
On the other hand, the display device 30 has two guides 32 on both sides of the movement path of the container 20. However, these guides 32 are not linear along the front-rear direction, but are curved so that the moving path of the container 20 becomes narrower toward the front, and are formed at a height near the bottom of the container 20. In addition, the mounting part 31 in the present embodiment is not inclined in the width direction, but is inclined only in the front-rear direction.

Here, when the container 20 is placed on the placement part 31 in this embodiment, the container 20 moves forward on the placement part 31 and is moved to one of the guides 32 as shown in FIG. Contact. The container 20 is guided to move forward by the guide 32 and is given a rotational force from the guide 32. The rotation of the container 20 is stopped when the guide 32 enters the chamfered portions 225 and 226 of the container 20. Thereafter, the container 20 further moves forward with the identification mark 23 facing forward.

In addition, although it is the provision method of the identification mark 23 to the container 20, when the container 20 is a can, it can provide by painting, printing, for example. Moreover, when the container 20 is a plastic bottle etc., after winding the film which has the identification mark 23 around the container 20, it can provide by making this film heat-shrink. That is, the identification mark 23 can be given not only by painting, but also by attaching a film or the like separately.
Here, the composition of the film to be heat-shrinkable can be a composition usually used as a heat-shrinkable film. For example, it can be set as the composition described in Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 2006-341568. Moreover, the manufacturing method of the film to be heat shrunk is not particularly limited, and an existing manufacturing method can be adopted. For example, the manufacturing method described in JP-A-2006-341568 can be employed. Moreover, the conditions for heat shrinking the film can also be the existing conditions, and for example, the film can be heat shrunk by 90 ° steam treatment.

  Recently, an IC tag has been used for merchandise management including inventory or sales quantity, but it can be incorporated into the container 20 of the present invention and used as one of additional functions in the display system. For example, if an apparatus and a container using this system are used, the container direction can be directed to the position corresponding to the mark 23 at the container outlet. The reader / writer can be placed at the position of the display device in close proximity. Thereby, the movement of customers in and out in real time can be grasped.

For example, in the case of a PET bottle, the IC tag can be wrapped around a side surface of the container 20 or inserted into the cap inside a package such as a film. In addition, in a container such as a can, each container can be attached to each container by a method such as sticking to a side surface or embedding in a tab portion.
If the reader / writer is placed at a fixed position near the outlet, when the system is used, the mark 23 of the container 20 faces almost at a fixed position. The writer can be fixedly set, and the movement of the container can be grasped online without manual work.

  Data information from the reader / writer is collectively processed and managed by the host computer and used as management data for sales and inventory.

It is the figure which showed schematic structure of the display apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the mounting part of a display apparatus. It is the figure which showed the form of the container. It is the figure which showed other forms of the display apparatus and the container. It is the figure which showed other forms of the display apparatus and the container.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 20 ... Container, 23 ... Identification mark, 30 ... Display apparatus, 31 ... Mounting part, 32, 321, 322 ... Guide, 225, 226 ... Chamfering part, 311 ... First roller part, 312 ... Resistance imparting part

Claims (9)

A container for marking at a specific location on the outer surface;
A display device for displaying the container;
Have
The display device includes:
Moving means for moving the container in one direction;
A rotating means for rotating the container in accordance with the movement of the container in the one direction by the moving means;
A rotation stop portion for stopping rotation of the container rotated by the rotation means,
The container is
A display system comprising a bottom chamfered facing portion facing the rotation stopping portion so that rotation stops at a position where the specific portion faces a predetermined direction. The moving means has a placing portion for placing the container,
The display system according to claim 1, wherein the rotating unit rotates the container as the container placed on the placement unit of the moving unit moves in the one direction. The rotation means applies a rotational force to the container by making a resistance force that resists a moving force that the container tries to move in the one direction differ depending on a portion of the container. The display system according to 1. The one direction is a direction from the rear to the front of the display system,
The display system according to claim 3, wherein the resistance force is different on the left and right sides of the center of gravity of the container. The moving means has a placing portion for placing the container,
The display system according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the resistance force is a frictional force generated between the placement portion and an end portion of the container that comes into contact with the placement portion. The mounting portion has a plurality of plate-shaped bottom surfaces extending in the front-rear direction to form a mounting surface,
6. The frictional force according to claim 5, wherein a friction coefficient of one bottom surface of the plurality of bottom surfaces is different from the friction coefficient of the other bottom surface, so that the friction force is different on the left and right with respect to the center of gravity of the container. Display system. A display device for displaying a container for marking at a specific location on the outer surface,
Moving means for moving the container in one direction;
A rotating means for rotating the container in accordance with the movement of the container in the one direction by the moving means;
A rotation stop portion for stopping rotation of the container rotated by the rotation means,
The rotation stop portion is in contact with a bottom chamfered facing portion provided on the container and facing the rotation stopping portion, and stops the rotation of the container at a position where the specific portion of the container faces a predetermined direction. A display device characterized by that.   7. The display system according to claim 1, wherein the container is a container equipped with an IC tag.   The display device according to claim 7, wherein the container is a container equipped with an IC tag.

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