JP5204252B2 - Variable advertisement display device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a variable advertisement display device capable of switching and displaying an advertisement display surface.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a rotary transfer type advertisement display device, a plurality of rotating long shafts are arranged in a housing of a front opening, and a canvas screen on which advertisements are displayed is suspended endlessly between these rotating long shafts. What is rotated is known. However, in the conventional apparatus, the rotating and transporting screen is a single piece on which an advertisement is displayed. For this reason, even if it is displayed in a multi-faceted manner, it is not only visible as an independent display surface that is visually separated from each display surface, but it also converts one part of an advertisement into another different advertisement. It was impossible to make it appear, the degree of appeal was low, and the visual effect was poor.

  A variable advertisement display device disclosed in Patent Document 1 below is known as a solution to such problems. In this variable advertisement display device, a pair of annular guide rails are arranged opposite to each other in a housing having an opening on the front side, and a required number of variable displays having four advertisement display surfaces in the recessed grooves of the annular guide rail. Both ends of the center fixed shaft of the advertisement display block are movably engaged and arranged in parallel, and these variable advertisement display blocks are arranged along the annular guide rail, and the radial transfer teeth of the pair of transfer gears rotating. The advertisement display surface is automatically converted by dropping by its own weight from the upper end of the horizontal upper portion into the vertical front side space.

Japanese Patent No. 2957131

  However, in the above-described conventional variable advertisement display device, when the advertisement display surface is automatically converted, the variable advertisement display blocks sequentially transferred are dropped by their own weight from the upper end of the horizontal upper part into the space on the vertical front side. For this reason, in order to transport the variable advertisement display block, a downward space for dropping the weight itself must be formed, and it is necessary to form a vertical circulation path that is circular around the horizontal rotation axis. It was. That is, it was a vertical scroll. In this up-and-down direction circular transfer path, a plurality of horizontally variable advertisement display blocks are transferred in a row in the vertical direction, so that horizontal text display is good, but vertical text display may be uncomfortable. .

  The present invention has been made in view of the above situation, and an object of the present invention is to provide a variable advertisement display device that can perform horizontal scrolling because the display surface of the variable advertisement display block can be converted without using its own weight drop. It is to provide.

Next, means for solving the above problems will be described with reference to the drawings corresponding to the embodiments.
The variable advertisement display device according to claim 1 of the present invention includes a housing 8 having a display window 19 on the front plate 15;
An upper guide rail 25 and a lower guide rail 26 which are disposed opposite to the ceiling surface 21 and the bottom surface 22 of the housing 8 and have a concave upper peripheral circuit 23 and a lower peripheral circuit 24;
A plurality of advertisement display surfaces 33 (51) and substantially square support pieces 31 provided at both upper and lower ends are continuously transferred to the upper peripheral circuit 23 and the lower peripheral circuit 24 while being non-rotatably guided. Variable advertisement display block 30 (50) to be executed,
A first drive shaft 14 and a second drive shaft 16 that stand up in parallel at both inner ends of the upper peripheral circuit 23 and the lower peripheral circuit 24 and are rotatably supported to rotate synchronously;
A transfer wheel 36 concentrically fixed to the first drive shaft 14 and the second drive shaft 16 and engaged with the variable advertisement display block 30 (50) to transfer the variable advertisement display block 30 (50); ,
A notch 39 formed on the upper guide rail 25 and the lower guide rail 26 and allowing the support piece 31 to rotate;
The variable advertisement display block 30 (50) protrudes from the notch portion 39 into the transfer path inner space 29 so as to be retractable and abuts against the corner portion 42 of the support piece 31 of the variable advertisement display block 30 (50) transferred. ) To rotate and switch the advertisement display surface 33 (51), and the display conversion spring member 40;
It is characterized by comprising.

  In such a configuration, when the transfer wheel 36 is rotated by the first drive shaft 14 and the second drive shaft 16, the variable advertisement display block 30 (50) is extended while being guided by the upper guide rail 25 and the lower guide rail 26. It is. Since a plurality of variable advertisement display blocks 30 (50) are continuously arranged, if one is paid out, one is pushed back. In other words, the plurality of variable advertisement display blocks 30 (50) are circulated and transferred through the transfer path inner space 29. When the variable advertisement display block 30 (50) reaches the notch 39 when it is circulated, the corner 42 of the support piece 31 comes into contact with the display conversion spring member 40 protruding from the notch 39. The variable advertisement display block 30 (50) in which the corner portion 42 of the support piece 31 is in contact with the display conversion spring member 40 receives a reaction force from the display conversion spring member 40 due to the pressing force by the transfer, and the corner of the support piece 31. It is rotated around the part 42. At this time, the support piece 31 is allowed to rotate only at the notch 39 because the corner 42 protrudes outward from the notch 39. By this rotation, the variable advertisement display block 30 (50) is rotated, and the advertisement display surface 33 (51) of the variable advertisement display block 30 (50) is switched.

The variable advertisement display device according to claim 2 is the variable advertisement display device 1 according to claim 1,
The upper peripheral circuit 23 and the lower peripheral circuit 24 are formed in an oval shape,
The cutout portion 39 and the display conversion spring member 40 are provided at two locations of the oval semicircular path 38 on one side.

  In such a configuration, the variable advertisement display block 30 is rotated by 90 ° with one display conversion spring member 40. Since the display conversion spring members 40 are provided at two locations, the variable advertisement display block 30 is rotated 180 ° in one round.

The variable advertisement display device according to claim 3 is the variable advertisement display device 1 according to claim 1,
The upper peripheral circuit 23 and the lower peripheral circuit 24 are formed in an oval shape,
The notch 39 and the display conversion spring member 40 are provided at one location of the oval semicircular path 38;
The advertisement display surface 51 of the variable advertisement display block 50 is formed on a side surface 52 of a prismatic body having a substantially square cross section.

  In such a configuration, the variable advertisement display block 50 is rotated 90 ° in one turn by providing the display conversion spring member 40 at one place.

  According to the variable advertisement display device of the first aspect of the present invention, since the advertisement display surface of the variable advertisement display block can be converted without using its own weight fall, horizontal scrolling can be realized.

  According to the variable advertisement display device of the second aspect, the two advertisement display surfaces can be switched in two rounds.

  According to the variable advertisement display device of the third aspect, it is possible to switch the four advertisement display screens in four rounds around the entire circumference.

It is a front view which shows the state which installed embodiment (variable advertisement display apparatus) of this invention. (A) It is a top view which shows a housing | casing. (B) It is the same front view. It is a front view which shows the housing | casing by which the front board was open | released. It is an AA arrow line view in FIG. It is the plane sectional view which looked at the inside of a case from the approximate center downward. It is a perspective view which shows a variable advertisement display block. FIG. 6 is a plan view showing the vicinity of a first drive shaft shown in FIG. 5. In FIG. 7, it is the figure which abbreviate | omitted the variable advertisement display block and the transfer wheel. (A), (b) It is a figure (plan view) which shows operation | movement of the support piece of a variable advertisement display block. (C), (d) It is a figure (plan view) which shows operation | movement of the support piece of a variable advertisement display block. (E), (f) It is a figure (plan view) which shows operation | movement of the support piece of a variable advertisement display block. (G), (h) It is a figure (plan view) which shows operation | movement of the support piece of a variable advertisement display block. It is a perspective view which shows the modification of the variable advertisement display block in a modification. (A), (b) It is a figure (plan view) which shows operation | movement of the support piece of the variable advertisement display block in a modification. (C), (d), (e) It is a figure (plan view) which shows operation of a support piece of a variable advertisement display block in a modification.

Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, this embodiment (variable advertisement display device 1) is attached to, for example, the upper end of a support pillar 2 installed on a road via a support bar 3, and displays various signs and warnings. It can be suitably used as a possible labeling means. In this embodiment, the variable advertisement display device 1 is manually switched in order to cope with a power cut-off such as a disaster. A switching operation box 4 in which a handle (not shown) is detachably attached is attached below the support pillar 2, and the switching driving force input to the switching operation box 4 is the first connecting rod 5, the rotation transmission box 6, the second connecting box. It is transmitted to the variable advertisement display device 1 through the cage 7. Note that the variable advertisement display device 1 may be automatically switched using an electric motor as a drive source.

  As shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, the variable advertisement display device 1 includes a flat housing 8 made of metal, for example, having a large vertical dimension H and a small front-rear depth dimension D. A drive input box 9 is attached to the upper surface of the housing 8, and the drive input box 9 accommodates a driven gear 10 to which the switching drive force from the second connecting rod 7 is input. The switching drive force from the second connecting rod 7 is transmitted to the driven gear 10 via the vertical transmission rod 11. The driven gear 10 rotated by the switching driving force rotates the input gear 13 via the drive chain 12. The input gear 13 stands on the inner end of the housing 8 and rotates the first drive shaft 14 that is rotatably supported.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a second drive shaft 16 erected in parallel with the first drive shaft 14 is rotatably supported at the other inner end of the housing 8. The first drive shaft 14 and the second drive shaft 16 have a sprocket 17 fixed at substantially the center in the vertical direction, and are synchronously rotated by a synchronous chain 18 hung on these sprockets 17. That is, the second drive shaft 16 is driven and rotated by the first drive shaft 14 rotated by the rotation of the input gear 13.

  A front plate 15 is attached to the housing 8 by a hinge (not shown) so as to be opened and closed. The front plate 15 has a similar display window 19 that is slightly smaller than the outer shape of the front plate 15. The display window 19 is preferably covered with a transparent plate 20 for preventing dust and rain. The display window 19 is for visually recognizing a variable advertisement display block 30 (see FIG. 4), which will be described later, which is moved continuously between the first drive shaft 14 and the second drive shaft 16.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, an upper guide rail 25 and a lower guide rail 26 having a concave upper peripheral circuit 23 and a lower peripheral circuit 24 which are disposed opposite to each other are provided on the ceiling surface 21 and the bottom surface 22 of the housing 8. It is done. In this embodiment, the upper guide rail 25 and the lower guide rail 26 are fixed via an upper mounting base 27 and a lower mounting base 28 provided in the housing 8. The upper guide rail 25 and the lower guide rail 26 are formed in an oval shape that is long to the left and right in FIG. The upper guide rail 25 and the lower guide rail 26 fixed to the ceiling surface 21 and the bottom surface 22 oppose each concave transfer path space 29.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the upper and lower ends of the above-described variable advertisement display block 30 are inserted into the space 29 in the transfer path facing vertically. A substantially square support piece 31 is fixed to the upper and lower ends of the variable advertisement display block 30. The variable advertisement display block 30 includes a rectangular column 32 having a rectangular cross section. A pair of front and back surfaces of the prismatic body 32 are a first display surface 33 a and a second display surface 33 b which are advertisement display surfaces 33. The support piece 31 is fixed to the upper and lower ends of the prismatic body 32 via a cylindrical neck 34.

  In the variable advertisement display block 30, a substantially square collar portion 35 projects from the boundary between the cylindrical neck portion 34 and the prismatic body 32. The variable advertisement display blocks 30 are arranged such that the flanges 35 are in contact with each other. A plurality of variable advertisement display blocks 30 with which the flange portions 35 abut each other are continuously connected by the upper guide rail 25 and the lower guide rail 26 while the support piece 31 is guided to the upper peripheral circuit 23 and the lower peripheral circuit 24 so as not to rotate. Transported. Therefore, the first display surface 33a and the second display surface 33b are not switched during the transfer.

  The first drive shaft 14 and the second drive shaft 16 described above are erected in parallel and are rotatably supported at both inner ends of the upper peripheral circuit 23 and the lower peripheral circuit 24. A disc-shaped transfer wheel 36 (see FIG. 7) is concentrically fixed in the vicinity of both ends of the first drive shaft 14 and the second drive shaft 26. A plurality of engaging recesses 37 are formed in the transfer wheel 36 at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. The engaging recess 37 engages so as to receive the cylindrical neck portion 34 of the variable advertisement display block 30. The transfer wheel 36 moves the variable advertisement display block 30 by receiving and rotating the cylindrical neck 34 in the engaging recess 37.

  As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the upper peripheral circuit 23 and the lower peripheral circuit 24 are formed in an oval shape, and cutout portions 39 are provided at two locations of the oval one-side semicircular path 38. The notch 39 is formed in the upper guide rail 25 and the lower guide rail 26 and has a width that allows the support piece 31 to rotate.

  A display conversion spring member 40 is fixed near the outside of the lower guide rail 26. The display conversion spring member 40 is fixed to the lower mounting base 28 by a fixing bracket 41. The display converting spring member 40 has springiness, and protrudes from the notch 39 to the transfer path inner space 29 so as to be retractable. The display conversion spring member 40 abuts against the corner 42 of the support piece 31 of the variable advertisement display block 30 that has been transferred, and rotates the variable advertisement display block 30.

  In this embodiment, the variable advertisement display block 30 is rotated 90 ° by the first display conversion spring member 40 on the upstream side in the transfer direction of the variable advertisement display block 30, and the second display conversion spring is rotated. The member 40 is further rotated by 90 °. That is, the variable advertisement display block 30 is rotated by 180 ° along the semicircular path 38 on one side. In this embodiment, since the display conversion spring member 40 is provided only in the semicircular path 38 on one side, the variable advertisement display block 30 is rotated 180 ° in one round. That is, the two front and back advertisement display surfaces 33 (33a, 33b) are switched in two rounds.

  The semicircular path 38 on one side is different in behavior when the variable advertisement display block 30 is transferred between the approach side quadrant arc portion 43 and the feed side quadrant arc portion 44. It is preferable to provide an auxiliary spring 45 for urging the support piece 31 from the inside in the feeding side quadrant portion 44. As a result, the support piece 31 that is about to escape in the tangential direction can be sandwiched between the auxiliary spring 45 and the display conversion spring member 40 from the inner and outer peripheral sides of the semicircular path 38 to ensure rotation.

  Further, in this embodiment, the cutout portions 39 are provided on both the outer peripheral side and the inner peripheral side of the semicircular path 38 on one side, but at least the outer peripheral side on which the display conversion spring member 40 is disposed. As long as it is provided.

  Furthermore, the rotation mechanism of the variable advertisement display block 30 including the notch 39 and the display conversion spring member 40 may be provided in the upper guide rail 25 and the upper mounting base 28.

Here, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
As shown in FIG. 9A, the variable advertisement display device 1 is guided to the upper guide rail 25 and the lower guide rail 26 when the transfer wheel 36 is rotated by the first drive shaft 14 and the second drive shaft 16. However, the variable advertisement display block 30 is drawn out. Since a plurality of variable advertisement display blocks 30 are continuously arranged, when one is drawn out, one is pushed back. In other words, the plurality of variable advertisement display blocks 30 are circulated and transferred through the transfer path space 29. When the variable advertisement display block 30 reaches the first cutout portion 39 when it is transported around the circumference, it is supported by the first display conversion spring member 40 protruding from the cutout portion 39 as shown in FIG. The corner 42 of the piece 31 comes into contact.

  As shown in FIG. 10C, the variable advertisement display block 30 in which the corner portion 42 of the support piece 31 is in contact with the display conversion spring member 40 receives a reaction force from the display conversion spring member 40 by the pressing force by the transfer. Receiving and rotating around the corner 42 of the support piece 31. At this time, the support piece 31 is allowed to rotate only at the notch 40 because the corner 42 protrudes outward from the notch 39. By this first rotation, the variable advertisement display block 30 is rotated by 90 ° as shown in FIG. 10D, and the switching of the advertisement display surface 33 is completed by a half rotation.

  As shown in FIG. 11 (e), the variable advertisement display block 30 rotated by 90 ° by the first display conversion spring member 40 contacts the second display conversion spring member 40. As shown in FIG. 11 (f), the variable advertisement display block 30 in which the corner portion 42 of the support piece 31 is in contact with the display conversion spring member 40 is rotated in the same manner as described above by the pressing force by the transfer.

  As shown in FIG. 12G, in the variable advertisement display block 30 that has finished the second rotation, the front and back advertisement display surfaces 33 are switched by a semicircular path 38 on one side (for example, from the display surface 33a to the display surface 33b). Switched). Then, as shown in FIG. 12B, the variable advertisement display block 30 in which the front and back advertisement display surfaces 33 are switched is transferred to the display window 19 (see FIG. 5) with the different advertisement display surfaces 33 facing outward. The Thus, in this embodiment, the advertisement display surfaces 33 on the front and back of the variable advertisement display block 30 are switched every round.

Next, a modification of the above-described embodiment will be described.
As shown in FIG. 13, this modification has a configuration in which the shape of the variable advertisement display block 50 and the number of the cutout portions 39 and the display conversion spring members 40 are different from the above-described embodiment. The variable advertisement display block 50 has an advertisement display surface 51 formed on a side surface 52 of a prismatic body having a substantially square cross section. That is, the variable advertisement display block 50 has the first display surface 51a, the second display surface 51b, the third display surface 51c, and the fourth display surface 51d. The cutout portion 39 and the display conversion spring member 40 are provided only in one place on the oval semicircular path 38 on one side. Other configurations are the same as those of the above-described embodiment.

From here, the effect | action in this modification is demonstrated.
As shown in FIG. 14A, the transfer wheel 36 is rotated, the variable advertisement display block 50 is transferred, and when reaching the notch 39 as shown in FIG. 14B, it protrudes from the notch 39. The corner portion 42 of the support piece 31 contacts the display conversion spring member 40.

  As shown in FIG. 15C, the variable advertisement display block 50 in which the corner portion 42 of the support piece 31 is in contact with the display conversion spring member 40 receives a reaction force from the display conversion spring member 40 by the pressing force by the transfer. Receiving and rotating around the corner 42 of the support piece 31. As a result of this rotation, the variable advertisement display block 50 is rotated by 90 ° as shown in FIG. 15D, and the advertisement display surface 51 of the variable advertisement display block 50 is, for example, adjacent to the surface 51a from the first display surface 51a. 2 is switched to the display surface 51b.

  As shown in FIG. 15E, the variable advertisement display block 50 rotated 90 ° by the display conversion spring member 40 at one place is transferred to the display window 19 with a different advertisement display surface 51 facing outward. As described above, in this modification, one of the four advertisement display surfaces 51 of the variable advertisement display block 50 is switched for each round. That is, the four first display surfaces 51a, the second display surface 51b, the third display surface 51c, and the fourth display surface 51d can be switched around the entire circumference.

  Therefore, according to the above-described embodiment (and modifications thereof), the horizontal scrolling is realized because the advertisement display surface 33 (51) of the variable advertisement display block 30 (50) can be converted without using its own weight drop. can do.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Variable advertisement display apparatus 8 ... Housing 14 ... 1st drive shaft 15 ... Front plate 16 ... 2nd drive shaft 19 ... Display window 21 ... Ceiling surface 22 ... Bottom 23 ... Upper peripheral circuit 24 ... Lower peripheral circuit 25 ... Upper part Guide rail 26 ... Lower guide rail 29 ... Space in transfer path 30 (50) ... Variable advertisement display block 31 ... Supporting piece 33 (51) ... Advertisement display surface 36 ... Transfer wheel 38 ... (one side) semicircular path 39 ... Notch Part 40 ... Spring member for switching display 42 ... Corner part (of supporting piece) 52 ... Side face (of prismatic body)

Claims (3)

A housing (8) having a display window (19) on the front plate (15);
An upper guide rail (25) and a lower guide rail (26) which are disposed opposite to the ceiling surface (21) and the bottom surface (22) of the casing and have a concave upper peripheral circuit (23) and a lower peripheral circuit (24). When,
There are a plurality of advertisement display surfaces (33, 51), and substantially square support pieces (31) provided at both upper and lower ends are continuously guided while being non-rotatably guided by the upper peripheral circuit and the lower peripheral circuit. Variable advertisement display blocks (30, 50) to be transferred;
A first drive shaft (14) and a second drive shaft (16) that stand up in parallel at both inner ends of the upper peripheral circuit and the lower peripheral circuit and are rotatably supported and rotated synchronously;
A transfer wheel (36) fixed concentrically to the first drive shaft and the second drive shaft, and engaged with the variable advertisement display block to transfer the variable advertisement display block;
A notch (39) formed in the upper guide rail and the lower guide rail and allowing the support piece to rotate;
The advertisement protrudes from the cutout portion into the transfer path space (29) so as to be retractable, and abuts against the corner (42) of the support piece of the transferred variable advertisement display block transferred to rotate the variable advertisement display block. A display conversion spring member (40) for switching the display surface;
A variable advertisement display device comprising: A variable advertisement display device (1) according to claim 1,
The upper peripheral circuit (23) and the lower peripheral circuit (24) are formed in an oval shape,
The variable advertisement display device, wherein the cutout portion (39) and the display conversion spring member (40) are provided at two locations on the oval semicircular path (38). A variable advertisement display device (1) according to claim 1,
The upper peripheral circuit (23) and the lower peripheral circuit (24) are formed in an oval shape,
The notch (39) and the display conversion spring member (40) are provided at one location of the oval semicircular path (38),
The variable advertisement display device, wherein an advertisement display surface (51) of the variable advertisement display block (50) is formed on a side surface (52) of a prismatic body having a substantially square cross section.

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