JP2011120758A - Merchandise product forward take-out device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a merchandise product forward take-out device capable of using a generally used shelf board, capable of being securely fixed at any selected position on a mounting surface of the shelf board, and capable of being easily detached. <P>SOLUTION: A pressing member 120 for extruding a merchandise product forward is slidably guided and urged forward by a rail member 110 in the front and rear direction. The rail member 110 has a front end fixing part 115 to be locked with a groove formed in the front end face or in the vicinity of the mounting surface 210 of the shelf board 200. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a product advancement device for extruding products displayed in the front-rear direction of a shelf board from the rear to the front.

  When products are displayed in the front-rear direction of the shelves of the display shelf, the products are “prepared” so that the products can be easily noticed by customers. Several devices have been proposed to facilitate this advance work.

  One of them is a substantially rectangular plate-like base that extends in a strip shape in the front-rear direction so as to be slidable along the partition plate that divides the shelf, and extends from the vicinity of the rear end of the base in the direction perpendicular to the base. There has been proposed a product advancement tool provided with a concave pressure piece capable of concavely pressing the back surface of a product (see, for example, Patent Document 1). If this commodity advancement tool is used, the commodity can be advanced by sliding the base portion toward the front side along the partition plate. In this apparatus, although all products can be put out in one operation, there is a trouble that the operation must be performed manually.

  Therefore, a product advancement device has been proposed in which the remaining products are automatically advanced at the same time as the products are taken out. For example, the device that automatically pushes forward is configured to urge the product pressing body attached so as to be movable along the longitudinal direction of the long member so that it can be moved in the front end direction by a coil spring. There is a product display unit that is attached to a frame in which a long member and a short member are assembled in a rectangular shape so as to be detachable (see Patent Document 2). According to this product display unit, every time a product is extracted, the remaining product is automatically advanced using the biasing force of the coil spring. Is eliminated. However, when this commodity display unit is introduced, a dedicated frame used in combination with this unit is also required, so it must be replaced with an existing shelf board. For this reason, there is a disadvantage that not only the existing shelf board cannot be effectively used but also the introduction cost becomes high.

  On the other hand, a card rail for inserting a price card is attached to the front end surface of a general shelf board. And various auxiliary parts, such as a stopper for the fall prevention of goods, are attached using the groove part extended in the width direction between this card rail and the front end surface of a shelf board. Yes.

JP 2001-17290 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-346879

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a product advancement device that can be attached to an existing shelf and can be freely attached and detached. .

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the means taken by the invention described in claim 1 is a product unloading device which is attached to a mounting surface of a shelf board and pushes a display from the rear to the front, A rail member on which the display object is placed on the upper surface side, and a pressing member that is slidably attached to the rail member and is urged forward by the urging means, and at the front end of the rail member A product unloading device, wherein a front end fixing portion that is engaged with a groove portion extending in the left-right direction on the front end surface of the shelf board or in the vicinity thereof is provided.

  This commodity advance device can be detachably attached using a groove formed on the front end surface of the shelf board or in the vicinity thereof. That is, the rail member is provided with a front end fixing portion, and this is locked to a groove portion formed on or near the front end surface of the shelf plate, so that it can be detachably attached to any position on the mounting surface. .

  Here, as a form of "groove part" formed in the front surface of a shelf board or its vicinity, for example, the groove part formed between the front end surface of a shelf board and the card rail attached to this, or a shelf board Examples include a groove formed on the back side of the front stopper attached to the front end surface.

  The front end fixing portion may be detachably attached to the front end of the rail member. Thereby, it becomes possible to replace | exchange the front end fixing | fixed part freely with the thing according to the form of the groove part formed in the front surface of a shelf board or its vicinity.

  Further, the rail member includes a pair of sliding guide portions formed so as to protrude from both side surfaces of the long plate shape, and the pressing member includes a pair of engaging recesses that engage with the pair of sliding guide portions. May be. Thereby, the pressing member is unlikely to come off from the rail member, and smooth sliding is possible. Furthermore, since the thickness of the rail member can be reduced, the gap between the placed product and the placement surface of the shelf board is reduced, and the product can be placed stably.

  Further, the rail member may be provided with a rear end fixing portion that removably fixes the rear end side to the mounting surface of the shelf board. As a result, the product advancement device can be attached to the placement surface in a more stable state.

  Further, the biasing means is a spring formed by winding a strip-shaped thin plate material in a spiral shape, and the spring is accommodated in a spring accommodating portion formed in the pressing member, and one end thereof is the front end of the rail member or its It may be attached in the vicinity. Thereby, while being able to give sufficient urging | biasing force to a press member, it is not necessary to form the space which accommodates an urging means in the rail member side, Therefore A rail member can be produced simply.

  The product advancement apparatus according to the present invention can be applied to a general shelf board in which a groove is formed on the front end face of the shelf board or in the vicinity thereof. Thereby, since an existing shelf board can be used, the introduction cost can be suppressed at a low cost. Also, since the front end fixing part is locked to the front end face of the shelf board or in the vicinity thereof and attached to the shelf board, it is easy to attach and detach, so the attachment position is also the size of the product and the placement of the shelf board. It can be set freely according to the size of the placement surface, and can be easily replaced with another shelf.

1 is a perspective view of a product advancement apparatus 100 according to a first embodiment. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a product advancement apparatus 100 according to Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the front end fixing | fixed part 115 of the goods advance delivery apparatus 100 which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the press member of the goods advance apparatus 100 which concerns on Example 1, Comprising: (a) is a perspective view, (b) is a rear view, (c) It is a front view of the state attached to the rail member. It is a perspective view which shows the usage condition of the goods advance apparatus 100 which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the state which attached the goods advance apparatus 100 which concerns on Example 1 to the shelf board 200. FIG. It is a fragmentary sectional view which shows the state which attached the goods advance device 100 which concerns on Example 1 to the shelf board 200. FIG. It is a figure explaining the usage method of the goods advance device 100 which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a perspective view of the goods advance device 100 which concerns on Example 2. FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the state which attached the goods advance device 110 which concerns on Example 2 to the shelf board 200. FIG. It is a fragmentary sectional view which shows the state which attached the goods advance device 100 which concerns on Example 2 to the shelf board 200. FIG. It is a perspective view of the goods advance device 100 which concerns on Example 3. FIG. It is a front view of the rail member 110 in the goods advance device 100 which concerns on Example 3. FIG. It is a rear view of the front end fixing | fixed part 115 in the goods advance device 100 which concerns on Example 3. FIG. FIG. 6 is a view showing a state in which a pressing member 120 is attached to a rail member 110 in the commodity advancement apparatus 100 according to the third embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows other embodiment of the goods advance apparatus 100. FIG. It is a perspective view which shows other embodiment of the press member in the goods advance apparatus 100. FIG.

  The product advancement device according to the present invention is attached to the placing surface of the shelf board, and when the products arranged in the front-rear direction of the shelf board are extracted from the front side, the remaining products are automatically forwarded. And extrude. The commodity advancement apparatus according to the present invention can be applied to a shelf in a general form in which grooves extending in the width direction are formed on the front end face or in the vicinity thereof.

  The product advancement apparatus according to the present invention includes a rail member and a pressing member as main components.

  The rail member is formed in a long shape, and slides and guides a pressing member described later in the longitudinal direction thereof. The material of the rail member is not particularly limited, and can be formed from a metal such as aluminum, plastic, or the like, and may be subjected to a surface treatment for reducing frictional resistance with the pressing member described later. Good.

  Moreover, you may form the sliding guide part for engaging the press member mentioned later slidably on a rail member. The sliding guide portion is not particularly limited as long as the pressing member engaged with the rail member can be smoothly slid without dropping off, but for example, standing from both sides of the rail member. A guide groove can be formed on the inner side surface of the raised part, or it can be formed to project laterally from both sides of the rail member. In particular, when projecting from both side surfaces of the rail member, the height of the entire rail member can be set low, so that the product can be placed more stably.

  The rail member is provided with a front end fixing portion that can be detachably attached to the mounting surface of the shelf board. A front end fixing | fixed part is formed in the shape latched by the groove part formed in the front end surface of a shelf board or its vicinity. Here, “the groove formed on or near the front end surface of the shelf board” means, for example, a front end face of the shelf board, and a price card or the like attached to the front end face to insert or hold the pop. Examples include a groove formed between the card rail used and a groove formed in various parts such as a stopper attached to the front surface of the shelf to prevent the product from dropping from the shelf. Therefore, the front end fixing portion may be formed so that it can be locked in such a groove portion and can be easily removed.

  Further, the front end fixing portion may be detachably provided on the rail member. Thereby, it becomes possible to replace | exchange a front end fixing | fixed part according to the form of the groove part of a shelf board. In this case, the front end fixing part may be attached so that it does not easily fall off from the rail member and can be easily removed, for example, by fitting the front end fixing part to the front end of the rail member, It is good to attach using screws.

  Further, the rail member may be provided with a rear end fixing portion for removably fixing the rear end portion to the mounting surface of the shelf board. By providing the rear end fixing portion, the rail member is fixed at both front and rear ends, so that the commodity advancement device can be stably attached to the mounting surface of the shelf board. The rear end fixing part is not particularly limited as long as it can be detachably fixed to the mounting surface of the shelf board. For example, the rear end fixing part is provided to attach an auxiliary component such as a partition plate to the mounting surface of the shelf board. It may be formed as a locking piece that locks with a hole or a slit, or a sheet-like magnet may be attached to the bottom surface of the rail member and fixed by magnetic force.

  The pressing member is a member that pushes out products arranged on the upper surface side of the rail member attached to the placement surface portion of the shelf board from the rear to the front, and is slidably attached to the rail member. For example, in the case where a slide guide portion is formed on the rail member, the guide groove being provided along the longitudinal direction of the inner side surface of the upright portion that is erected from both sides of the base portion, the rail member engages with the guide groove. A convex part can be formed and attached, and when projecting from both side surfaces of the rail member, a concave part engaging with this can be formed and attached.

  Moreover, you may form the contact surface part which contact | abuts the product put out previously in a press member. The shape of the contact surface portion is not particularly limited, and may be formed according to the shape and size of the product to be put out. For example, it may be formed in a rectangular plane, or may be formed in a curved surface so as to be surely brought into contact with a cylindrical product such as a can or a plastic bottle.

  The material of the pressing member is not particularly limited and can be formed from a metal such as aluminum or plastic. For example, a surface treatment for reducing the frictional resistance between the rail member and the portion in contact with the rail member may be performed.

  The pressing member formed in this way is slidably guided by the rail member and further urged rearward and forward by the urging means. Well-known means such as a spring can be used as the biasing means, but it is particularly preferable to use a spiral spring in which a strip-shaped thin plate material is wound in a spiral shape. And when using a spiral spring, while forming a spring accommodating part in a press member, it is good to comprise so that the drawer | drawing-out part pulled out from a spiral spring may be attached to the front end of a rail member, or its vicinity. Thereby, while being able to give sufficient urging | biasing force to a press member, it is not necessary to form the space which accommodates an urging means in the rail member side, Therefore A rail member can be produced simply.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  1 and 2 show a product advancement apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment. Further, FIG. 3 shows a front end fixing portion 115 constituting the product advancement apparatus 100, and FIG. 4 shows a pressing member 120 constituting the product advancement apparatus 100. Further, FIGS. 5 to 7 show a state in which the product advancement apparatus 100 is attached to the shelf board 200.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the product advancement apparatus 100 includes a rail member 110, a pressing member 120, and a spiral spring 130. The rail member 110 is made of a long aluminum material, and is formed to have a length corresponding to the depth length of the shelf board to which the commodity advancement apparatus 100 is attached. The rail member 110 is formed with a pair of sliding guide portions 111. The sliding guide part 111 has an upright part 112 erected from both sides of the rail member 110, and guides to the inner side surface of the upright part 112, that is, the surface side where the pair of upright parts 112 face each other. A groove 113 is formed extending in the longitudinal direction. Further, a rear end fixing portion 114 is provided at the rear end of the rail member 110 so as to be engaged with a hole formed in advance behind the mounting surface of the shelf board. The rear end fixing portion 114 is formed by making a U-shaped cut into the rail member 110 and then bending the cut portion downward to project. A front end fixing portion 115 is detachably provided at the front end of the rail member 110.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the front end fixing portion 115 is downwardly engaged with a fitting portion 115 a that fits into the guide groove 113 from the front end of the rail member 110 and a groove portion that is formed on the front end surface of the shelf. It has the insertion piece 115b extended. As shown in FIG. 7, a claw portion 115 c is formed inside the fitting portion 115 so that a tip portion of a drawer portion 130 a of a spiral spring 130 described later is locked.

  As illustrated in FIG. 4, the pressing member 120 includes a contact surface portion 121, an engagement convex portion 122, and a spring accommodating portion 123. The contact surface portion 121 is formed in a substantially rectangular plane. The engaging convex part 122 is formed below the contact surface part 121 and has a shape corresponding to the groove part 113 of the sliding guide part 111 formed on the rail member 110. Then, as shown in FIG. 4C, the pressing member 120 is slidably attached to the rail member 110 by engaging the engaging projection 122 with the groove 113.

  The spring accommodating portion 123 is formed on the back side of the contact surface portion 121 and accommodates a spiral spring 130 that urges the pressing member 120 forward as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7. In the spring accommodating portion 123, a support portion 125 that supports the spiral spring 130 and a long hole 124 that communicates with the spring accommodating portion 123 and into which the drawn portion 130a drawn from the spiral spring 130 is inserted. Has been. As shown in FIG. 7, the leading end of the leading portion 130 a that is pulled out through the long hole 124 is locked to a claw portion 115 c formed inside the front end fixing portion 115. By arranging the spiral spring 130 in this way, the pressing member 120 is biased toward the front side of the rail member 110. Therefore, when the product is not placed on the pressing member 120 or when no external force is applied, the pressing member 120 has the rail member 110 that has the biasing force of the spiral spring 30 as shown in FIGS. It will be located at the front end.

  Next, a method for attaching the product advancement apparatus 100 to the shelf board 200 will be described with reference to FIGS. Here, the card rail 220 is attached to the front end surface 200a, and the front hole portion 210a and the rear hole portion 210b used for attaching auxiliary parts such as a partition member are wide in the front and rear of the placement surface 210. A shelf board 200 that is perforated along the direction is used. A partition member 230 and a stopper 240 that prevents the product from dropping from the front are attached to the mounting surface 210.

  As shown in FIG. 6, on the front end side of the product unloading device 100, the insertion piece 115 b of the front end fixing portion 115 is engaged with the groove portion X formed between the front end surface 200 a of the shelf board 200 and the card rail 220. It is fixed by being stopped. On the other hand, the rear end side of the product unloading apparatus 100 is fixed by the rear end fixing portion 114 being engaged with the rear hole portion 210b of the placing surface portion 210 of the shelf board 200. Accordingly, the product advancement device 100 is installed on the shelf board 200 by first inserting the insertion piece 152 of the front end locking member 150 into the groove X while locking the rear end locking piece 113 in the rear hole 210b. The removal can be performed by the reverse procedure.

  And as shown in FIG.5 and FIG.8, the goods A are mounted in the front-back direction on the rail member 110 of the goods advance apparatus 100 installed in the shelf board 200. As shown in FIG. In order to place the product A on the rail member 110 of the product advancement apparatus 100, first, as shown in FIG. 8A, the pressing member 120 is slid backward against the urging force of the spiral spring 130. Move. At this time, a part of the spiral spring 130 accommodated in the spring accommodating portion 123 is pulled out to constitute a drawer portion 130a. Then, the products A are arranged on the abutting surface 121 side while holding the pressing member 120 at the moving position, and when the arrangement is completed, the holding of the pressing member 120 is released. Then, a force that the drawing portion 130b of the spiral spring 130 tries to unwind acts and the pressing member 120 is slid forward. As a result, the product A located at the tail and the contact surface portion 121 come into contact with each other, and a pressure is applied to the entire product A in the forward direction. Then, as shown in FIG. 8 (b), when the placed product A is extracted from the front side, the product A with the pressing member 120 left is advanced, and "advance" is automatically performed. It will be done.

  According to the commodity advancement apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment configured as described above, the front end fixing portion 115 is engaged with the groove portion formed between the front end surface 200a of the shelf board 200 and the card rail 220. At the same time, the rear end fixing portion 114 is detachably mounted on the placement surface 210 by selecting and locking one of the rear hole portions 210b formed in the placement surface portion 210 of the shelf board 200. be able to. As a result, it is possible to easily change the mounting position or change to another shelf.

  FIG. 9 shows a product advancement apparatus 100 according to the second embodiment, and FIGS. 10 and 11 show a state in which the product advancement apparatus 100 according to the second embodiment is attached to the shelf board 200. ing. The product advancement apparatus 100 according to the second embodiment is obtained by modifying the shape of the front end fixing portion 115 in the first embodiment. Therefore, the description of the configuration common to the first embodiment is omitted.

  As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the product advancement apparatus 100 according to the second embodiment can be applied to a shelf board 200 to which a stopper 240 formed by bending a transparent plastic into a plate shape is attached. . The stopper 240 can accommodate cards whose prices, advertisements, etc. are written on the front surface portion 241, and the lower end of the back surface portion 242 is placed between the front end surface 200 a of the shelf board 200 and the card rail 220. It is attached to the front side of the shelf board 200 by being inserted into the groove X to be formed. Further, a substantially Y-shaped groove Y in a side view is formed on the back surface 242 of the stopper 240 so as to extend in the width direction. Therefore, in the commodity advancement apparatus 100 according to the second embodiment, the front end fixing portion 115 is formed so that the front end fixing portion 115 can be attached using the groove portion Y formed in the stopper 240.

  As shown in FIG. 9, in the commodity advancement apparatus 100 according to the second embodiment, a front end fixing portion 115 is detachably attached to a front end of a rail member 110. The front end fixing portion 115 is a locking portion formed in a shape corresponding to a fitting portion 115 a that fits with the front end of the rail member 110 and a groove portion Y that is substantially L-shaped in a side view formed on the back surface of the stopper 240. 115b. Then, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the front end side of the product unloading apparatus 100 can be detachably fixed by engaging the insertion piece 115 b with the groove Y.

  Thus, even when the stopper 240 is attached to the groove portion X formed between the front end surface 200a of the shelf board 200 and the card rail 220, the front end fixing portion 115 is provided on the back surface portion 242 of the stopper 240. By being formed so as to be engaged with the groove portion Y, it is possible to attach to the shelf board 200. In addition, by replacing the front end fixing portion 115 in the first embodiment and using it, the single product advancement device 100 can be used according to the shape of the groove portion of the shelf board 200.

  FIG. 12 shows a product advancement apparatus 100 according to the third embodiment. 13 shows a cross-sectional view of the rail member 110, and FIG. 14 shows a front end fixing portion 115. Further, FIG. 15 shows a state where the pressing member 120 is attached to the rail member 110. The product advancement apparatus 100 according to the third embodiment is different from the first and second embodiments in the form of the rail member 110. Therefore, in the following, description of the configuration common to the first and second embodiments is omitted.

  The rail member 110 is formed in a long plate shape as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 13, the upper surface is formed to be slightly wider than the lower surface, so that the cross-section has a substantially inverted trapezoidal shape in which both side surfaces and the upper surface form an acute angle. The sliding guide part 111 is formed by protruding. In addition, a concave portion 116 that accommodates the drawn portion 130 a of the spiral spring 130 is formed in the longitudinal direction on the upper surface of the rail member 110.

  As shown in FIGS. 12 and 14, the front end fixing portion 115 includes a fitting portion 115a that is detachably fitted to the front end of the rail member 110, and an insertion piece 115b that extends downward from the fitting portion 115a. Have The fitting portion 115a has an internal shape with a substantially inverted trapezoidal cross section corresponding to the shape of the rail member 110 so that the front end portion of the rail member 110 is accommodated. In addition, the fitting portion 115a is formed so that the lower surface is opened, and a step is not generated between the bottom surface of the rail member 110 and the fitting portion 115a. Further, a claw portion 115c is formed inside the fitting portion 115a so that the leading end of the drawing portion 130a of the spiral spring 130 is locked.

  As shown in FIG. 15, the pressing member 120 includes a contact surface portion 121, an engagement concave portion 122, and a spring accommodating portion 123. The engaging recess 122 is formed in a shape corresponding to an acute angle portion in the sliding guide portion 111 of the rail member 110 and is slidably engaged with the rail member 110 in such a manner as to sandwich the rail member 110 from both sides.

  Since the commodity advancement apparatus 100 uses the acute angle portions formed on both side surfaces of the rail member 110 as the sliding guide portions 111, the standing portion 115 is formed like the sliding guide portions 111 in the first and second embodiments. There is no need to do. For this reason, since the height of the whole rail member 110 can be formed, the clearance gap between the goods displayed on the rail member 110 and the mounting surface part 210 becomes small, and goods are displayed more stably. be able to. In the third embodiment, the front end fixing portion 115 shown in the first embodiment is employed. However, the embodiment 2 may of course be used.

  As mentioned above, although the Example of the commodity advance apparatus which concerns on this invention was described, this invention is not limited to the form shown in the said Example, In the range described in the claim, it changes freely. can do. For example, as shown in FIG. 16, a cap 140 for preventing the pressing member from falling off may be provided at the rear end of the rail member 110. In this case, the rear end fixing portion 141 may be formed on the cap 140 side. Furthermore, a plurality of caps formed in various lengths are prepared, and the length of the rail member can be changed by exchanging the caps. You may enable it to adjust to length. Moreover, as shown in FIG. 17, you may form the contact surface part 121 of the press member 120 in the curved surface which the both side parts protruded ahead and curved. In this way, when displaying substantially cylindrical products such as cans and plastic bottles, the product can be firmly in contact with the peripheral surface of the product. Can be prevented.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Commodity advance apparatus 110 Rail member 111 Sliding guide part 114 Rear end fixing part 115 Front end fixing part 120 Press member 123 Spring accommodating part 130 Spiral spring (biasing means)
200 Shelf plate 210 Placement surface part 210a Front hole part 210b Rear hole part X, Y Groove part

Claims (5)

A product advancement device that is attached to the mounting surface of the shelf board and pushes the display from the rear to the front,
A rail member on which the display object is placed on the upper surface side;
A slidably attached to the rail member, and a pressing member biased forward by a biasing means,
A front end of the rail member is provided with a front end fixing portion that is engaged with a groove extending in the left-right direction at or near the front end surface of the shelf board.   2. The product advancement device according to claim 1, wherein the front end fixing portion is detachably attached to the front end of the rail member. The rail member is formed in a long plate shape, and includes a pair of sliding guide portions formed to protrude sideways from both sides,
The product advancement device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the pressing member includes a pair of engaging recesses that engage with the pair of sliding guide portions.   4. The product unloading apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the rail member is provided with a rear end fixing portion that removably fixes the rear end side to the mounting surface of the shelf board. . The biasing means is a spring in which a strip-shaped thin plate material is wound in a spiral shape,
5. The product advancement device according to claim 1, wherein the spring is housed in a spring housing portion formed in the pressing member, and one end is attached to the front end of the rail member or the vicinity thereof.

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