JP3205996U - Product display tools - Google Patents

Abstract

A product display tool that enables a smooth movement of a product placement table when the product placement table is cantilevered is provided. A product display tool 10 includes a product placement table 14 having a front portion, a rear portion, and a pair of side portions, and a first holding plate 16 opposed to each other for holding the product on the product placement table. And a second holding plate 18 that is movable in the front-rear direction, a spring member 20 that exerts a spring force on the second holding plate toward the first holding plate, and a product mounting table that cantilever-supports the product mounting table. And a pair of elongate support members 22 slidably held in the front-rear direction. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a product display tool that is installed in a store such as a supermarket and displays a plurality of products in a line from the back to the front for customers. More specifically, the present invention relates to a so-called automatic advance-type product display tool having a function of exerting a spring force from the back to the front of a product.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an example of such an automatic advance type commodity display tool, one described in Patent Document 1 described below has been proposed.

  The conventional merchandise display tool includes a merchandise placing table having a front portion, a rear portion, and a pair of side portions, a first holding plate and a second holding plate facing each other for holding merchandise on the merchandise placing table. A first holding plate provided at a front portion of the product placing table, a second holding plate attached to the product placing table so as to be movable in the front-rear direction, and the first holding plate. A spring member that exerts a spring force on the second holding plate toward the holding plate, and a support plate provided with a pair of hooks for slidably supporting the product placement table.

  According to the conventional commodity display device, the plurality of commodities arranged between the first holding plate and the second holding plate receive the second holding force that receives the spring force toward the first holding plate. Pressed by the plate, this puts them in a state of being close to each other. The second holding plate can be moved toward the rear part of the product placement table against the spring force, thereby making it possible to create a replenishment space for the product.

  The product placement table is cantilevered on a horizontal bar of the rack via a support plate for convenience of product display, product layout, and the like. The product placement table can be slid on the support plate, and can be pulled out to the front and pushed back to the back.

  By the way, in the conventional product display tool, the product placement table and the support plate are in surface contact with each other. For this reason, relatively large force is required for the operation of pulling out and pushing back the product placement table, and smoothness is lacking.

US Pat. No. 5,855,283

  An object of the present invention is to provide a commodity display tool that enables a smooth movement of a commodity placement table when the commodity placement table is cantilevered.

  A product display tool according to the present invention includes a product placement table having a front portion and a rear portion and a pair of side portions, a first holding plate and a first holding plate opposed to each other for holding the product on the product placement table. A first holding plate provided at a front portion of the product placing table and a second holding plate attached to the product placing table so as to be movable in the front-rear direction; A spring member that exerts a spring force on the second holding plate toward the one holding plate, and a pair of elongate support members that cantilever-support the product placing table. A pair of elongated support members held slidably in the direction.

  According to the present invention, a plurality of products arranged on the product placing table between the first holding plate and the second holding plate are subjected to a spring force toward the first holding plate. Since the second holding plate exerts a pressing force, it is possible to display a plurality of commodities in a state where their mutual intervals are always packed. By moving the second holding plate toward the rear part of the product placement table against the spring force, a space for replenishing the product can be created.

  The product placement table can be cantilevered, for example, on a horizontal bar of a rack installed in a store via a pair of support members. The cantilever-supported product placement table can be moved in the longitudinal direction relative to both support members, and is thereby pulled out in front of the product customer and pushed back to the back. be able to. The relative movement of the product placement table with respect to both support members is such that both support members each have an elongated shape and are held by the product placement table so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction. Since the contact area with both the support members is relatively small, the process can be performed smoothly with a relatively small force.

  In addition, according to the present invention, the overall structure of the commodity display tool can be further simplified by configuring the supporting means for the commodity placing table by the pair of elongated supporting members. Furthermore, the cost of manufacturing the product display tool can be reduced by simplifying the overall configuration of the product display tool.

  Both support members may be provided on the product placement table and extend in the front-rear direction of the product placement table and received in a pair of elongated grooves. According to this, relative movement of both support members with respect to the product placing table and storage of both support members in the product placing table are possible. Thereby, the product display device can be made compact.

  Each support member may have a hook-shaped tip. According to this, the said product mounting table can be put in a cantilever support state by hooking each support member on the horizontal bar of the rack via the hook-shaped tip.

  The commodity display tool may further include a pair of side guards respectively held on both side portions of the commodity placement table so as to be movable in a direction crossing the both side portions. According to this, the products placed on the product placement table can be arranged so as to be positioned between the side guards. Moreover, the space | interval between both side guards can be adapted to the magnitude | size of goods by sliding of the both side guards with respect to the said product mounting table.

  Each side guard includes a substrate portion positioned on each side portion of the product placement table, a wall plate portion connected to the substrate portion, and a direction crossing both side portions of the product placement table from the wall plate portion. A pair of extending arm portions, and each side guard is held on the product placement table via both arm portions. According to this, each side guard can move on each side part of the product placement table in the substrate portion, and positioning with respect to the product on the product placement table in the wall plate portion. Can do.

  The product placement table has a pair of elongated holes provided at the front and rear portions thereof and extending in the transverse direction of both sides of the product placement table, and the pair of arm portions of each side guard is the pair of elongated shapes. It can be accepted in the hole.

  The product placing table has a pair of guide rails extending in the front-rear direction, and the second holding plate has a pair of concave grooves that are slidably engaged with both guide rails. . According to this, it is possible to greatly reduce the frictional force generated when the second holding plate is moved with respect to the product placement table, thereby making it easier to move and operate the second holding plate. Can be.

  Each side guard may have a plurality of parallel protrusions provided on the substrate portion and extending in the front-rear direction of the product placement table. According to this, the product placed on the product placement table is received on the plurality of protrusions, and thereby, the movement of the product in the front-rear direction on the product placement table can be performed under low friction. It can be smooth.

  Moreover, the said product mounting table shall have at least 1 protrusion provided on each side part and extended in the front-back direction. According to this, since the product on the product placement table can be received also on the protrusion, the product can be moved more smoothly in the front-rear direction on the product placement table.

It is the perspective view which looked at the goods display tool which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention from one direction. It is the perspective view which looked at the said goods display tool from the other direction. It is a disassembled perspective view of the said commodity display tool. It is a perspective view of the said goods display tool in the state which pulled out a pair of supporting member from the inside of a goods mounting table. It is a perspective view of the said goods display tool in the state in which the several goods were put on the goods mounting table. It is a cross-sectional view of the commodity display tool. It is a perspective view of the some goods display tool which was cantilever-supported by the horizontal bar of the rack. It is a perspective view of the some goods display tool arrange | positioned on a display stand.

  Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a product display device according to an embodiment of the present invention is indicated generally by the numeral 10. The merchandise display tool 10 is installed in a store such as a supermarket and is used to display the merchandise 12 (see FIGS. 7 and 8).

  The product display tool 10 includes a product placement table 14 on which the product 12 is placed, a first holding plate 16 and a first holding plate 16 that are opposed to each other for holding the product 12 (see FIG. 5) on the product placement table. Two holding plates 18, a spring member 20 exerting a spring force on the second holding plate 18 toward the first holding plate 16, and a pair of elongated support members 22 for cantilevering the product placement table 14. Including. The commodity display device 10 preferably further includes a pair of side guards 24. In the illustrated product display tool 10, the product mounting table 14, the first and second holding plates 16 and 18, and both side guards 24, which are parts thereof, are each made of a plastic molded product, and the spring member 20. Both support members 22 are made of metal products.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, the product placement table 14 is composed of a plate-like body having a rectangular planar shape as a whole. The product placement table 14 has a flat surface 15 on which the product 12 is placed, and also has a front portion 14a, a rear portion 14b, and a pair of side portions 14c connected to these front and rear portions. In the illustrated example, the length (length dimension) in the front-rear direction of the product placement table 14 is larger than the length (width dimension) in the direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction.

  The first holding plate 16 is provided on the front portion 14 a of the product placement table 14. The first holding plate 16 stands upward from the product placement table 14 and serves to keep the product 12 on the flat surface 15. In the illustrated example, the first holding plate 16 is formed integrally with the product placement table 14. The illustrated first holding plate 16 has a rectangular shape as a whole and has a width dimension equal to the width dimension of the product placement table 14. The first holding plate 16 is preferably made of a transparent body. According to this, a part of the product 12 can be seen through the first holding plate 16. The first holding plate 16 may be detachably attached to the product placement table 14 instead of the illustrated example.

  The second holding plate 18 is attached to the product placement table 14 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction. The second holding plate 18 stands upward from the product placement table 14 and is parallel to the first holding plate 16. The second holding plate 18 cooperates with the first holding plate 16 to keep the product 12 on the flat surface 15. The illustrated second holding plate 18 has a width dimension smaller than the first holding plate 16 and a height dimension larger than the first holding plate 16.

  In the illustrated example, the product placement table 14 has a pair of guide rails 26 provided at the center thereof and extending in the front-rear direction, and the second holding plate 18 is slidably engaged with both guide rails 26. A pair of concave grooves 28 (see FIG. 6). Each of the guide rails 26 is composed of opposing side edges of elongated rectangular holes 30 provided on the product placement table 14 and opened to the flat surface 15. Both side edges of the hole 30 extend in the front-rear direction of the product placement table 14. On the other hand, the pair of concave grooves 28 are provided in the lower part of the second holding plate 18. According to this, the 2nd holding plate 18 can be smoothly moved to the front-back direction of the goods mounting table 14 under the effect | action of a comparatively low frictional force.

  The spring member 20 is a mainspring spring, preferably a constant load spring, more preferably a variable load spring as shown. The spring member 20 is held at the lower portion of the second holding plate 18 so that the tip end portion 20a can be pulled out. The tip portion 20a extends toward the first holding plate 16 through the slit 32 (FIG. 6) provided in the lower portion of the second holding plate 18 and is placed on the product before the first holding plate 16 is reached. It is fixed to the flat surface 15 of the table 14.

  According to this, the 2nd holding plate 18 which receives the spring force of the spring member 20 exerts pressing force on the some goods 12 arrange | positioned between the 1st and 2nd support plates 16 and 18, and these goods All or part of 12 is moved, and these are aligned in the front-rear direction of the product placement table 14 without a gap (see FIG. 5). The variable load spring has a characteristic that it exerts a relatively strong spring force on the product 12 when the number of products 12 is large, and a relatively weak spring force when the number of products 12 is small. The second holding plate 18 can be moved toward the rear part 14b of the product placing table 14 against the spring force of the spring member 20, and thereby a space or a gap for replenishing the product 12 can be provided. Can be made.

  Both support members 22 for cantilevering the product placement table 14 are held by the product placement table 14 so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction. The illustrated support members 22 are respectively provided on both side portions 14c of the product placement table 14, and extend in the front-rear direction of the product placement table 14 and open downwardly (see FIGS. 2 and 6). ) Is accepted. Both support members 22 can draw out an arbitrary length from both grooves 33 (see FIG. 4). Each of the support members 22 is preferably made of a flat body having a relatively small thickness dimension. Thereby, the frictional force at the time of sliding of the support member 22 with respect to the goods mounting table 14 can be made smaller.

  Both illustrated support members 22 each have a hook-shaped tip portion 23. The tip portion 23 has a recess 38 for receiving a horizontal bar 36 (see FIG. 7) of a rack 34 installed in a store. Here, the horizontal bar 36 has a rectangular cross-sectional shape that is one of the non-circular cross-sectional shapes, and the recess 38 of the distal end portion 23 of the support member 22 matches the cross-sectional shape of the horizontal bar 36. It has a rectangular shape which is a non-circular shape.

  The merchandise display device 10 can display the merchandise 12 in a mode (see FIG. 5) in which both the support members 22 are accommodated in the both grooves 33 and a mode (see FIG. 8) in which the support members 22 are pulled out from the both grooves 33. In the place shown in FIG. 8, a plurality of product display tools 10 are arranged on a display stand 40.

  Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2 again, the pair of side guards 24 are respectively held on both side portions 14c (see FIG. 3) of the commodity placement table 14 so as to be movable in a direction crossing the both side portions. . By movement of the side guards 24 with respect to the product placement table 14, the distance between the side guards 24 can be adapted to the size of the product 12 (width dimension in the illustrated example). Therefore, the side guards 24 serve to keep the plurality of products 12 placed on the product placement table 14 aligned between the side guards 24 (see FIG. 5).

  The illustrated side guard 24 includes a substrate portion 42 positioned on each side portion 14c of the product placement table 14, a wall plate portion 44 connected to the substrate portion, and both side portions of the product placement table 14 from the wall plate portion. A pair of arm portions 46 extending in a direction crossing 14 c, and each side guard 24 is held by the product placement table 14 via both arm portions 46.

  In the example shown in the figure, the product placement table 14 is provided at a front portion 14a and a rear portion 14b thereof and extends in the transverse direction of both side portions 14c of the product placement table 14, and has a pair of elongated holes 48 (both open) 3). Both arm portions 46 of each side guard 24 are inserted into and received from the open ends of both holes 48, respectively. By adjusting the amount of insertion of both arm portions 46 of each side guard 24 into both holes 48, the mutual distance between both side guards 24 can be adjusted.

  As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 6, each side guard 24 preferably has a plurality of parallel protrusions 50 provided on the substrate portion 42 and extending in the front-rear direction of the product placement table 14. Preferably, the product placement table 14 has at least one protrusion 52 provided on each side portion 14c, that is, on the flat surface 15, and extending in the front-rear direction of the product placement table 14. These protrusions 50 and 52 reduce the frictional force when the product 12 is moved in the front-rear direction of the product placement table 14 on the base plate 42 and the flat surface 15 of both side guards 24, and the product 12 is moved. Make it smoother.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Goods display tool 12 Goods 14 Goods mounting table 16, 18 1st holding plate and 2nd holding plate 20 Spring member 22 Support member 24 Side guard

Claims (7)

A product placement table having front and rear portions and a pair of side portions;
A first holding plate and a second holding plate facing each other for holding a product on the product placement table, the first holding plate provided at the front of the product placement table and the product A second holding plate attached to the mounting table so as to be movable in the front-rear direction;
A spring member exerting a spring force on the second holding plate toward the first holding plate;
A product display tool comprising a pair of elongated support members for cantilevering the product placement table, the pair of elongated support members held on the product placement table so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction.   The product display tool according to claim 1, wherein the two support members are respectively received in a pair of elongated grooves provided on the product placement table and extending in the front-rear direction of the product placement table.   The product display tool according to claim 1, wherein each support member has a hook-shaped tip.   Furthermore, the goods display tool of any one of Claims 1-3 containing a pair of side guard each hold | maintained on the both sides of the said goods mounting table so that a movement in the direction which cross | intersects these both sides is possible. .   Each side guard includes a substrate portion positioned on each side portion of the product placement table, a wall plate portion connected to the substrate portion, and a direction crossing both side portions of the product placement table from the wall plate portion. The product display tool according to claim 4, further comprising a pair of extending arm portions, wherein each side guard is held by the product placement table via both arm portions. The product placement table has a pair of elongated holes provided at the front and rear portions thereof and extending in the transverse direction of both sides of the product placement table,
The commodity display tool according to claim 5, wherein a pair of arm portions of each side guard is received in the pair of elongated holes. The product placement table has a pair of guide rails extending in the front-rear direction,
The said 2nd holding plate is a goods display tool of any one of Claims 1-6 which has a pair of concave groove engaged with both guide rails so that sliding is possible respectively.

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