JP2013202350A - Article moving implement and display shelf - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an article moving implement capable of smoothly moving a placed article and to provide a display shelf including the article moving implement.SOLUTION: A fixed member includes a plurality of fixed-member first portions formed along one direction. Each fixed-member first portion is fixed to a base member at a position adjacent to an end of a roller member. The top surface of each fixed-member first portion is formed so as to incline toward an end portion adjacent to the roller member from an area on a center side of the end portion.

Description

  The present invention relates to, for example, an article moving tool that allows an article placed on a display shelf or the like to be moved along one direction, and a display shelf including the article moving tool.

  Conventionally, in a store such as a supermarket or a convenience store, display shelves are used when displaying and selling products. Such a display shelf can store a large number of articles in a limited space, and can make the articles easily visible, so that the management of the articles can be easily performed. On the other hand, it is possible to effectively appeal the article.

  As an article accommodated in a display shelf, what stored liquid, such as drinking water and a detergent, in containers, such as a bottle, a can, or a plastic bottle, for example is mentioned. When such articles are stored in the display shelf, the articles are arranged so that the articles form a line from the front side (side on which the customer stands) of the display shelf toward the back side. Thereby, it becomes easy for the customer to pick up the article located on the front side of the display shelf, and the article can be replenished to the article row from the back side of the display shelf.

  When an article located on the front side of the display shelf is removed by a customer or the like, an area where no article is placed is generated on the display shelf. In order to fill such an area with an article, it is necessary to move the article located on the far side of the display shelf to the near side of the area. For example, by pushing the articles forming the row with new articles from the back side of the display shelf toward the near side, the row of articles is moved to the near side, and such a region is filled with the articles. Alternatively, by increasing the height position on the far side of the display shelf from the front side, the column of articles moves to the near side by its own weight, and such a region is filled with the articles.

  As described above, when an article is moved on the display shelf, it is required to reduce friction between the display shelf and the article so that the article can be easily moved. Therefore, it has been proposed to place an article moving tool that facilitates movement of an article on the display shelf and place the article on the article moving tool. As the article moving tool, one having a plurality of roller members arranged along one direction connecting the near side and the far side of the display shelf has been proposed. Then, by placing the article on the row of the roller members, it is possible to easily move the article to the front side of the display shelf by the rotation of the roller member (see Patent Document 1).

JP 2003-339488 A

  However, even with the article moving tool as described above, depending on the shape and weight of the article to be placed, the article may not be smoothly moved to the front side of the display shelf. There is a need for a smoother article moving tool.

  Then, this invention makes it a subject to provide the goods movement tool which can perform the movement of the mounted goods more smoothly, and the display shelf provided with this goods movement tool.

  The article moving tool according to the present invention includes a plurality of roller members, a base member on which the roller members are placed, and a fixed member that is rotatably fixed between the roller members and the base member. A plurality of roller members along one direction orthogonal to the axial direction, with the axes substantially parallel to each other and with a part of the outer peripheral surface bulging upward from the fixed member. An article moving tool configured to be able to move an article placed in an area where the roller member is arranged along one direction, wherein the fixing member is fixed along the one direction. A plurality of member first parts are provided, and each fixing member first part is fixed to the base member at a position adjacent to the end part of the roller member, and the upper surface of the fixing member first part is an end part adjacent to the roller member Toward the center than the end Characterized in that it is formed so as to incline from the area.

  According to such a configuration, the roller adjacent end portion and the roller are formed such that the upper surface of the first portion of the fixing member is inclined toward the end portion (also referred to as roller adjacent end portion) adjacent to the roller member. The contact area when the member comes into contact is reduced. Thereby, the friction at the time of contacting the edge part of a fixing member 1st part in the state which the roller member rotated is reduced, and it is suppressed that a roller member becomes difficult to rotate by this friction. For this reason, when the article placed on the article moving tool is moved along the one direction, the movement of the article can be prevented from being disturbed by the rotation of the roller member, and the article can be moved more smoothly. Can be made.

  The fixing member includes a plurality of fixing member second portions formed along the axis of the roller member, and each fixing member second portion is arranged with an interval in the one direction so that the roller members are positioned therebetween. The upper surface of the second portion of the fixing member is preferably formed so as to incline from the region closer to the center than the end toward the end adjacent to the roller member.

  According to such a configuration, it is possible to reduce an impact when the article moving on the roller member comes into contact with the fixed member second portion. Specifically, since the fixing member second portion is formed so as to be orthogonal to the moving direction of the article (the one direction), an impact is applied to the article when contacting the article. However, the contact area between the fixing member second portion and the article is formed so that the upper surface of the fixing member second portion is inclined toward the end adjacent to the roller member (also referred to as the roller adjacent end). Therefore, the impact applied to the article is suppressed. Thereby, it is possible to suppress such an impact from hindering the movement of the article and to move the article more smoothly.

  The bulging amount of the outer peripheral surface of the roller member with respect to the fixing member is preferably 1.5% or more and 15% or less with respect to the diameter of the roller member.

  According to such a configuration, it is possible to suppress the resistance caused by the article moving on the roller member coming into contact with the fixed member, and the article moving on the roller member enters between the roller members and moves toward the roller member. It is possible to prevent the article from coming into contact, impact being applied to the article, and the attitude of the article becoming unstable. As a result, the article can be moved more smoothly.

  It is preferable that a plurality of the roller members are further arranged in the axial direction, and that the axes of the roller members adjacent in the axial direction are arranged in different positions in the one direction.

  According to such a configuration, by further arranging a plurality of roller members along the axial direction, the roller members are spread in the axial direction as well as in the one direction, and are arranged in a planar shape. And the axis line of the roller member which adjoins in an axial direction turns into the position from which the said one direction differs (the pitch has shifted | deviated to one direction), The said one direction among the several roller members arrange | positioned planarly The interval between the roller members arranged along the line can be reduced. In other words, among a plurality of roller members arranged along the one direction, the interval between one roller member and another roller member adjacent in the one direction can be reduced.

  Therefore, when the article moves on at least two roller members adjacent in the axial direction, the article is prevented from entering the space between the roller members and coming into contact with the roller member from the side, and an impact is applied to the article. In particular, as described above, a part of the end in the axial direction of the roller member is adjacent to each roller because the upper surface of the first part of the fixing member and the upper surface of the second part of the fixing member are inclined. Although it will be located above the end, the pitch of adjacent roller members in the axial direction is shifted in the one direction, so that the interval between the roller members becomes dense, and the end of the roller member in the axial direction It can suppress that an article contacts and an impact is given to an article. As a result, the article can be moved more smoothly.

  The display shelf according to the present invention includes the above article moving tool.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the placed article can be moved more smoothly.

The top view of the goods movement tool which concerns on this embodiment, and the perspective view which expanded the part. The perspective view which showed the structure of the article | item moving tool which concerns on the same embodiment. It is a cross section of the article moving tool which concerns on the embodiment, Comprising: (a) is sectional drawing at the time of seeing an article moving tool along one direction, (b) is along an axis line of a roller member. FIG.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The article moving tool 1 according to the present embodiment is used by being installed on a display shelf (not shown) on which articles (can juice, canned beer, plastic bottles, etc.) are placed. Specifically, the article moving tool 1 is used by being placed on a display shelf, and is configured so that the article can be moved from the back side to the front side of the display shelf by placing the article. Yes. In the following description, the front side of the display shelf is also referred to as “front”, and the back side of the display shelf is also referred to as “rear”. Further, the side on which the article is placed in the article moving tool 1 is also referred to as “upper”, and the side facing the side on which the article is placed is also referred to as “lower”.

  The article moving tool 1 is formed in a plate shape as a whole as shown in FIG. The article moving tool 1 is configured to be able to move an article placed on one surface along one direction. Specifically, the article moving tool 1 includes a plurality of roller members 2 in a region where the article is placed, and the article can be moved along one direction by placing the article on the roller member 2. It has become. A plurality of roller members 2 are arranged along one direction orthogonal to the axis so that the axes are substantially parallel, and a plurality are arranged in the axis direction. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the article moving tool 1 includes a plurality of roller members 2, a base member 3 on which the roller members 2 are placed, and a fixing member 4 that is fixed to the base member 3. And.

  The roller member 2 includes a roller main body 2a that comes into contact with an article, and roller shafts 2b and 2b that protrude from both ends of the roller main body 2a in the axial direction. Moreover, the roller member 2 is formed so that an axial direction may become long. Specifically, the roller body 2a is formed to be long along the axis. The diameter of the roller member 2 (the diameter of the roller body 2a) is not particularly limited, and is preferably 4 mm or more, and more preferably 5 mm or more. Moreover, it is preferable that it is 7 mm or less, and it is more preferable that it is 6 mm or less.

  The base member 3 is formed in a plate shape. The base member 3 includes a plurality of base member through-holes 3a penetrating in the thickness direction, and a base member frame portion 3b is formed around the base member through-hole 3a. The base member through hole 3a is formed in a rectangular shape in plan view. The base member through-hole 3a is configured to accommodate a part of the roller member 2. Specifically, the base member through-hole 3a is configured to accommodate a lower side than the axis of the roller main body 2a when the roller member 2 is placed on the base member 3.

  The base member through-hole 3 a is formed at a position corresponding to the installation position of the roller member 2 in the article moving tool 1. Specifically, the base member through-hole 3a is formed in plural along one direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction so that the longitudinal direction in plan view is parallel. Furthermore, a plurality of base member through-holes 3a are formed in the longitudinal direction in plan view. And the base member through-holes 3a adjacent in the longitudinal direction are formed at different positions in the one direction. On the other hand, the base member frame portion 3b is configured such that the roller shaft portion 2b abuts from above in a state where the roller member 2 is placed on the base member 3.

  The fixing member 4 includes a plurality of fixing member first portions 4 a formed along the one direction and a plurality of fixing member second portions 4 b formed along the axis of the roller member 2. In this embodiment, the fixing member 4 includes three fixing member first portions 4a and ten fixing member second portions 4b.

  Each fixing member first portion 4a has a rod-like shape along the one direction. Moreover, each fixing member 1st site | part 4a is arranged at intervals in the axial direction of the roller member 2 so that the roller member 2 (specifically roller main-body part 2a) may be located in between. The fixing member first portion 4a is configured to come into contact with the base member frame portion 3b from above when the fixing member 4 is attached to the base member 3.

  Further, the fixed member first portion 4 a includes a shaft housing portion 4 c that houses the roller shaft portion 2 b when attached to the base member 3. The shaft accommodating portion 4c is constituted by a recess formed on the lower side of the fixing member first portion 4a. The recess is formed to open downward and toward the roller member 2 side.

  Each fixing member second portion 4 b has a rod shape along the axis of the roller member 2. Moreover, each fixing member 2nd site | part 4b is arranged at intervals in the said one direction so that the roller member 2 may be located in between. Moreover, the fixing member second part 4b is located between the two fixing member first parts 4a and 4a arranged at intervals, and both ends thereof are connected to the fixing member first part 4a. That is, the fixing member 4 is formed in a lattice shape by the plurality of fixing member first portions 4a and the plurality of fixing member second portions 4b.

  Further, the upper surface of the fixing member second portion 4b is formed on the same plane as the upper surface of the fixing member first portion 4a. Thereby, the upper surface of the fixing member second part 4b and the upper surface of the fixing member first part 4a are arrange | positioned in the substantially equal height position in the state in which the goods movement tool 1 was mounted on the display shelf. Moreover, the fixing member 2nd site | part 4b is arrange | positioned so that what adjoins in a longitudinal direction may become a different position of the said one direction. And a part (upper side) of the roller member 2 is exposed to the upper surface of the article moving tool 1 from the opening 4d formed by the two fixing member first portions 4a and the two fixing member second portions 4b. It is configured.

  When the article moving tool 1 is formed, a plurality of roller members 2 are placed on the base member 3 along the one direction so that the axes of the roller members 2 are parallel to each other. At this time, a part of the lower side of each roller member 2 is accommodated in each base member through hole 3a. Thereby, the roller member 2 is positioned by the base member through hole 3a. In addition, in a state where the roller member 2 is placed on the base member 3, the pair of roller shaft portions 2b and 2b are in contact with the base member frame portion 3b from above.

  Next, the fixing member 4 is attached to the base member 3 from above the base member 3. In the present embodiment, a plurality of fixing members 4 are attached to the base member 3. Specifically, the plurality of roller members 2 placed on the base member 3 are configured to be accommodated between the base member 3 and the plurality of fixing members 4. By attaching the fixing member 4 to the base member 3, the roller shaft portion 2b is accommodated in the shaft accommodating portion 4c formed in the fixing member first portion 4a, and the fixing member first portion 4a is the base member frame portion 3b. It will be in the state contacted from above.

  In such a state, the concave portion constituting the shaft accommodating portion 4c is closed by the base member frame portion 3b from below while accommodating the roller shaft portion 2b, and opened to the roller member 2 side. And the clearance gap is formed between the roller axial part 2b in the axis | shaft accommodating part 4c, and the inner wall of the recessed part which comprises the axis | shaft accommodating part 4c. Of course, the size of the roller body 2a in the longitudinal direction is formed to be smaller than the sizes of the base member through hole 3a and the fixing member second portion 4b in the longitudinal direction. Thereby, the roller member 2 is accommodated (mounted) between the base member 3 and the fixed member 4 so as to be rotatable.

  The roller member 2 accommodated between the base member 3 and the fixing member 4 is in a state in which a part of the outer peripheral surface (upper part of the roller main body 2a) bulges above the fixing member 4. The bulging amount d3 of the roller member 2 is preferably 1.5% or more and more preferably 15% or less with respect to the diameter of the roller member 2 (roller body 2a). Specifically, it is preferably 0.1 mm or more, and preferably 0.9 mm or less. When the bulging amount d3 of the roller member 2 is within such a range, the article is reliably placed on the roller main body 2a. Therefore, even if the display shelf is inclined, the roller main body 2a is on the side. It is suppressed that an article contacts from the direction. Thereby, an impact is applied to the moving article by contact with the roller main body 2a, and the article can be prevented from being unstable due to the posture of the article being unstable, and the article can be moved smoothly. it can.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the fixing member first part 4 a and the fixing member second part 4 b are arranged so that the upper surface thereof faces toward an end part (hereinafter also referred to as a roller adjacent end part) adjacent to the roller member 2. It is formed so as to incline from the region on the center side of the part. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3A, the roller adjacent end portion 4e of the first fixing member portion 4a is formed to be thinner than the central region of the first fixing member portion 4a. Yes. Thereby, the upper surface of the fixing member first portion 4a is formed so as to be inclined from the center side of the fixing member first portion 4a toward the roller adjacent end portion 4e (in the present embodiment, inclined in an arc shape). ing. The height position difference d1 between the central portion of the upper surface of the fixing member first portion 4a and the edge adjacent to the roller member 2 is preferably 0.1 mm or more, more preferably 0.3 mm or more. preferable. Moreover, it is preferable that it is 1.5 mm or less, and it is more preferable that it is 1.0 or less.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG.3 (b), the roller adjacent edge part 4f of the fixing member 2nd site | part 4b is formed so that it may become thinner than the area | region of the center side of the fixing member 2nd site | part 4b. Thereby, the upper surface of the fixing member second portion 4b is formed to be inclined from the center side of the fixing member second portion 4b toward the roller adjacent end portion 4f (in the present embodiment, inclined in an arc shape). ing. The height position difference d2 between the central portion of the upper surface of the fixing member second portion 4b and the edge adjacent to the roller member 2 is preferably 0.1 mm or more, more preferably 0.3 mm or more. preferable. Moreover, it is preferable that it is 1.5 mm or less, and it is more preferable that it is 1.0 or less.

  Next, a method of using the article moving tool 1 configured as described above will be described. The article moving tool 1 is used by being placed on a display shelf. Specifically, the article moving tool 1 is placed on the display shelf so that one direction of the article moving tool 1 (the rotation direction of the roller member 2) is the front-rear direction of the display shelf. Then, the article is placed on the article moving tool 1. When placing an article on the article moving tool 1, it is preferable to place the article in a row along the rotation direction of the roller member 2 (in other words, along the one direction).

  Here, when a plurality of article rows are formed on the article moving tool 1, a partition member (not shown) may be arranged between the article rows. The partition member has a plate shape and is disposed along the one direction (the rotation direction of the roller member 2) of the article moving tool 1. Moreover, what was comprised so that attachment to the goods movement tool 1 could be used as a partition member. Thereby, since the article on the article moving tool 1 moves along the partition member, the moving direction of the article is reliably controlled.

  The article placed on the article moving tool 1 can move along the one direction of the article moving tool 1 (in other words, the rotation direction of the roller member 2). Specifically, by applying a force along the one direction to the article on the article moving tool 1, the roller member 2 in contact with the article rotates along the one direction due to friction with the article. become. Since the article is conveyed on the roller member 2 along the one direction by the rotation of the roller member 2, the article is easily moved on the article moving tool 1.

  Thus, when the article moving tool 1 is placed on the display shelf, the entire article row is moved to the front side of the display shelf by applying force to the article row from the rear side to the front side of the display shelf. It can be easily moved. Alternatively, when the article moving tool 1 is placed on the display shelf, the end of the article moving tool 1 located on the rear side of the display shelf is made higher than the end located on the front side of the display shelf. Since the roller member 2 rotates due to the weight of the article, the article row can be easily moved to the front side of the display shelf.

  As described above, according to the article moving tool and the display shelf according to the present invention, the placed article can be moved more smoothly.

  That is, the article moving tool 1 and the display shelf provided with the article moving tool 1 are formed so that the upper surface of the fixing member first portion 4a is inclined toward the roller adjacent end portion 4e. The contact area when the roller adjacent end 4e and the roller member 2 come into contact with each other is reduced. Thereby, the friction at the time of contacting the edge part of the fixing member 1st site | part 4a in the state which the roller member 2 rotated is reduced, and it becomes suppressed that the roller member 2 becomes difficult to rotate by this friction. Therefore, when the article placed on the article moving tool 1 is moved along the one direction, the movement of the article can be prevented from being disturbed by the rotation of the roller member 2, and the article can be smoother. Can be moved.

  Moreover, the impact at the time of the goods which move on the roller member 2, and the fixing member 2nd site | part 4b contact can be reduced. Specifically, since the fixing member second portion 4b is formed so as to be orthogonal to the moving direction (the one direction) of the article, an impact is applied to the article when contacting the article. However, since the upper surface of the fixing member second portion 4b is formed so as to be inclined toward the roller adjacent end portion 4f, the contact area between the fixing member second portion 4b and the article is reduced, so that the article is added to the article. Impact is suppressed. Thereby, it is possible to suppress such an impact from hindering the movement of the article and to move the article more smoothly.

  Furthermore, the resistance caused by the article moving on the roller member 2 coming into contact with the fixed member 4 can be suppressed, and the article moving on the roller member 2 enters between the roller members 2 to the roller member 2 side. It is possible to prevent an impact from being applied to the article. As a result, the article can be moved more smoothly.

  In addition, since a plurality of roller members 2 are further arranged along the axial direction, the roller members 2 are spread in the axial direction as well as the one direction, and are arranged in a planar shape. And the axial lines of the roller members 2 that are adjacent in the axial direction are in different positions in the one direction (the pitch is shifted in one direction), among the plurality of roller members 2 arranged in a planar shape, The space | interval of the roller member 2 arranged along one direction can be narrowed. In other words, among the plurality of roller members 2 arranged along the one direction, the interval between one roller member 2 and another roller member 2 adjacent in the one direction can be reduced.

  For this reason, when an article moves on at least two roller members 2 that are adjacent in the axial direction, the article enters between the roller members 2 and contacts the roller member 2 from the side to prevent the article from being impacted. Is done. In particular, as described above, a part of the end portion of the roller member 2 in the axial direction is formed so that the upper surfaces of the fixing member first part 4a and the fixing member second part 4b are inclined. Although it will be located above each roller adjacent edge part 4e, 4f, since the pitch of the roller member 2 which adjoins in an axial direction has shifted | deviated to the said one direction, the space | interval of the roller member 2 becomes dense, and a roller It is possible to prevent the article from coming into contact with the axial end of the member 2 and applying an impact to the article. As a result, the article can be moved more smoothly.

  In addition, the goods movement tool which concerns on this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, A various change is possible in the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention. Further, the configurations and methods of the plurality of embodiments described above may be arbitrarily adopted and combined (even if the configurations and methods according to one embodiment are applied to the configurations and methods according to other embodiments). Of course, it is of course possible to arbitrarily select configurations, methods, and the like according to various modifications described below and employ them in the configurations, methods, and the like according to the above-described embodiments.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the upper surfaces of the roller adjacent end portions 4e and 4f are formed so as to be inclined in an arc shape, but are not limited thereto, and may be linear. Moreover, in the said embodiment, although comprised so that the upper surface of each roller adjacent edge part 4e, 4f may incline, it is not limited to this, At least the upper surface of roller adjacent edge part 4e inclines It only has to be formed.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Article moving tool, 2 ... Roller member, 2a ... Roller main-body part, 2b ... Roller axial part, 3 ... Base member, 3a ... Base member through-hole, 3b ... Base member frame part, 4 ... Fixed member, 4a ... Fixed 1st member part, 4b ... Fixed member 2nd part, 4c ... Shaft accommodating part, 4d ... Opening part, 4e, 4f ... Roller adjacent end part

Claims (5)

A plurality of roller members, a base member on which the roller members are placed, and a fixing member that rotatably accommodates the roller member between the base members and is fixed to the base member, In a state where the axes are substantially parallel to each other and a part of the outer peripheral surface bulges upward from the fixing member, a plurality of rollers are arranged along one direction orthogonal to the axis direction. An article moving tool configured to be able to move an article placed in a region along one direction,
The fixing member includes a plurality of fixing member first portions formed along the one direction, and each fixing member first portion is fixed to the base member at a position adjacent to an end of the roller member, and is fixed. The article moving tool, wherein the upper surface of the member first portion is formed so as to incline from an area closer to the center than the end toward the end adjacent to the roller member.   The fixing member includes a plurality of fixing member second portions formed along the axis of the roller member, and each fixing member second portion is arranged with an interval in the one direction so that the roller members are positioned therebetween. The upper surface of the second portion of the fixing member is formed so as to be inclined from a region closer to the center than the end toward the end adjacent to the roller member. The article moving tool according to 1.   The article moving tool according to claim 1 or 2, wherein an amount of swelling of the outer peripheral surface of the roller member with respect to the fixing member is 1.5% or more and 15% or less with respect to the diameter of the roller member.   A plurality of the roller members are further arranged in the axial direction, and the roller members adjacent in the axial direction are arranged so that the axes of the roller members are in different positions in the one direction. The article moving tool according to any one of the above.   A display shelf comprising the article moving tool according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

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