JP7140370B2 - Card display device for product display hook - Google Patents

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Article 30, Paragraph 2 of the Patent Act applies January 17, 2018 Sold by Sankyo Tateyama Co., Ltd. Tateyama Advance

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a display device for cards that displays various information such as prices and bar codes by being attached to hooks on which products are suspended.

In many retail stores such as supermarkets, convenience stores, drug stores, and home centers, products are frequently displayed on hooks attached to shelf bodies.

There are two types of hooks for hanging products: one is attached to the square tube-shaped crosspiece provided horizontally on the shelf body, and the other is attached to the net-shaped shelf body. A type called a single hook, in which only the product suspension bar protrudes forward, and a Jitte hook, in which a display bar for attaching a card holder is arranged above the support suspension bar. There is a type called (two-stage hook). In the Jitte hook, an upward standing portion is formed at the front end of the display bar, and the card holder is attached using this standing portion.

Many stores have adopted the single hook because it is simple, but there is a problem that it takes a lot of time and effort for the store because the price must be displayed on each product. Therefore, it has been considered to enable the price card to be attached to a single hook, and the applicant of the present application disclosed an example of such a display in Patent Document 1.

In the display device of Patent Document 1, a horizontal support shaft is provided on the rear surface of the card holder, and a longitudinal arm attached to the rear end of the single hook is provided on the main body. is formed in a forwardly open state.

Therefore, in Patent Literature 1, the support shaft of the card holder is fitted into the bearing portion by moving from front to back. In addition, the bearing portion is provided with posture holding means for selectively holding a posture in which the support shaft is orthogonal to the single hook in plan view and a posture in which the support shaft is inclined with respect to the single hook. The posture can be changed against the elasticity of the

Moreover, the applicant of the present application disclosed Patent Document 2 as a card holder for Jitte Hook. In this patent document 2, the card holder has a main body attached to the front end of the display bar in the jote hook, and a display section attached to the main body so as to be horizontally rotatable and flip-up possible. In Patent Document 2 as well, a horizontal support shaft is provided on the back surface of the display portion, and a bearing portion is formed in the main body portion in which the support shaft is fitted against elasticity.

JP 2005-192586 A Japanese Patent No. 5231764

In the display device of Patent Document 1, not only can a single hook have a price display function, but also the posture of the card holder can be changed. In addition, the display device of Patent Document 2, for example, can place the display unit in front of the product suspension bar, so that the display unit can be placed at the front end of the product suspension bar. There is an advantage that safety can be improved by preventing contact with human hands.

However, when the inventors of the present application have studied, they have found room for improvement. That is, in Patent Documents 1 and 2, the bearing portion provided in the main body is provided with upper and lower holding portions, and the upper and lower holding portions expand and deform to enable insertion and removal of the support shaft. If you pull the card holder strongly toward you, the card holder may come off. There was a problem.

The present invention follows the concept of Patent Document 1 and aims to provide an improved single-hook indicator that is easy to attach and does not come off due to an unintentional external force.

The present invention includes various configurations, typical examples of which are specified in each claim. Among these, the invention of claim 1 constitutes a generic concept,
"A single hook in which only one product suspension bar extends forward to suspend the product from the base attached to the display shelf, or a product suspension bar and the product suspension bar located above it from the base attached to the display shelf. A card display device used for a Jitte hook in which a display bar and a display bar extend forward,
It consists of a body attached to the base of the single hook or the front end of the display bar of the jote hook, and a card holder attached to the front end of the body and holding cards,
While a horizontal support shaft is provided on the rear surface of the card holder,
A bearing portion is formed at the front end of the main body to sandwich the support shaft of the card holder from above and below by moving the support shaft of the card holder forward.
It is configured.

The invention of claim 2 is a development example of claim 1,
"The card holder holding part of the main body includes upper and lower clamping parts that clamp the support shaft of the card holder from above and below, and a joint part connected to the front ends of the upper and lower clamping parts, and the upper and lower clamping parts A stopper is provided at the rear of the support shaft, which abuts when the support shaft is moved backward. Accordingly, the support shaft is held by the upper and lower holding portions by moving it downward and then pulling it toward you. there is
It is configured.

Claim 3 embodies claim 2 ,
"The card holder is sandwiched between the upper and lower clamping parts in a horizontally rotatable state, and one or both of the upper and lower clamping parts has a plurality of postures for holding the card holder in a specific posture. Holding means are provided, and by elastically deforming the upper and lower clamping parts , it is possible to change different postures.”
It is configured.

In the present invention, the bearing provided at the front end of the main body has a substantially U-shaped opening facing rearward when viewed from the side, and the upper and lower clamping portions spread vertically with a light force and are easily deformed. Therefore, the card holder can be attached with light force. In addition, even if a person accidentally pulls the card holder forward while the products are displayed, the card holder will not come off.

Therefore, in the present invention, it is possible to secure the ease of attachment of the card holder and to hold the card holder so as not to come off even if an unintended external force acts on the card holder. When the configuration of claim 2 is adopted, even if a backward external force is applied to the card holder, the backward movement of the card holder is prevented by the stopper, so that the card holder is securely held so as not to come off due to an unintended external force. can be

By adopting the configuration of claim 3, the planar view posture of the card holder can be changed, so it has the advantage of being able to display products with a small width at a high density, as in Patent Document 1, and when the customer's traffic direction is constant. There is an advantage that the display of the card holder can be easily seen.

Fig. 1 shows the first embodiment, (A) is a perspective view of a state attached to a single hook as seen from the front, (B) is a perspective view of a state separated from the single hook, and (C) is a perspective view of the back. FIG. (D) is a front view. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a figure which shows 1st Embodiment, (A) is a rear perspective view of the state isolate|separated from the single hook, (B) is a rear view, (C) is a side view in use state, (D) is a top view. . FIG. 2 shows the first embodiment, (A) is a bottom view, (B) is a separated plan view, and (C) is IIIC-IIIC of FIG. 2 (C) with the card holder and the main body separated vertically. A cross-sectional view, and (D) is a DD view of (B). BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a figure which shows 1st Embodiment, (A) is the separated perspective view seen from the upper back, (B) is the separated perspective view seen from this side, (C) is the separated perspective view seen from the lower back. FIG. 11 shows the second embodiment, (A) is a partial side view, (B) is a partial plan view, and (C) is a cross-sectional view taken along line CC of (A). Figures showing the first reference example, (A) is a perspective view seen from the back, (B) is a front view, (C) is a partially omitted separated perspective view seen from the rear upper side, (D) is a rear view, (E) is a partially omitted separated perspective view seen from the side. (A) is a left side view of the first reference example, (B) is a right side view of the first reference example, (C) is a plan view of the first reference example, (D) is a bottom view of the first reference example, (E) is a front perspective view of the second reference example. It is a figure which shows the 2nd reference example, (A) is a perspective view seen from the back, (B) is a front view, (C) is a rear view, (D) is a top view, and (E) is a bottom view. (A) is a left side view of the second reference example, (B), (C) and (D) are partially omitted separated perspective views of the second reference example, and (E) is applicable to both the present invention and the reference example. It is another example figure.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the drawings. Although the front-back direction is used in the present invention, the front-back direction is the longitudinal direction of the hook, and the projecting direction of the hook is the front .

(1). Overall structure of the first embodiment and mounting structure Figs. 1 to 4 show the first embodiment. A display tool 1 according to the embodiment is used for a single hook 2 . The single hook 2 has a base (hanger) 4b that is detachably fitted from above on a rectangular crosspiece 3 that constitutes the shelf body, and a suspension support that is welded to the upper surface of the base 4b and extends forward and backward. bar 4a. The tip of the product suspension support bar 4a is inclined upward at an angle of about 30° with respect to the horizontal. The base 4b is made of sheet metal, and the article suspension bar 4a is made of metal wire.

The indicator 1 is composed of a main body 6 attached to a single hook 2 and a card holder 7 to which cards C such as a price card are attached. The main body 6 is an integrally molded product made of synthetic resin, and includes an attachment portion 8 that is fitted from above against the upper end of the base 4b of the single hook 2 and the rear end of the product suspension bar 4a against elasticity. An arm 9 extends from the upper end of the portion 8 toward the front, and a bearing portion 10 for attaching the card holder 7 is formed at the front end of the arm 9 .

The mounting portion 8 includes a dome portion 11 fitted from above to a portion of the product suspension bar 4a fixed to the base 4b, left and right side clamp portions 12 continuous with the dome portion 11, and rising from the dome portion 11. As shown in FIGS. 1(D) and 2(B), the lower end of the dome portion 11 is provided with a constricted portion 14 which is hooked from below to the product suspension support bar 4a. ing. Therefore, the mounting portion 8 can be attached to and detached from the rear end portion of the single hook 2 by expanding and deforming the constricted portion 14 against elasticity.

The side clamp portion 12 is formed in a U-shape with a downward opening when viewed from the side so as to tightly grip the base 4b. Although the lower end of the side clamp portion 12 stops at the middle height of the base 4b, it may be extended to the lower end of the base 4b to form an engagement pawl that hooks on the lower end surface of the base 4b.

A rib plate 13a is formed at the front end of the standing plate 13. As shown in FIG. Therefore, the upright plate 13 has a T-shape in a plan view, thereby ensuring high rigidity while making the thickness as uniform as possible.

The arm 9 has the same width as the rib plate 13a of the mounting portion 8, and as shown in FIG. forming. Alternatively, it can be viewed as forming a U-shape with a downward opening and forming a rib in the center. In any case, the thickness can be made uniform to ensure high rigidity and dimensional accuracy.

(2) Card holder and bearing As shown in FIG. 4(B), the card holder 7 consists of a square (horizontally long rectangular) resin substrate 17 and a transparent resin cover plate 18 placed in front of it. Between them, there is a slight gap into which the card or the like C can be inserted. Further, on the front surface of the substrate 17, two vertically long ribs 19 are formed to prevent the cards C from slipping. The cover plate 18 has walls 20 surrounding the substrate 17 from below on the left and right, and the left and right walls 20 are fixed to the left and right sides of the substrate 17 by engaging means (not shown). A notch groove 21 is formed in the upper end of the substrate 17 so that the card or the like C can be easily pulled out and removed.

For example, as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, left and right laterally elongated support shafts 23 are formed on the back surface of the substrate 17 of the card holder 7 via left and right bracket pieces 22 . On the other hand, the bearing portion 10 provided at the front end of the arm 9 includes upper and lower clamping portions 24 and 25 that hold the support shaft 23 of the card holder 7, and a joint portion 26 connected to the front ends of the upper and lower clamping portions 24 and 25. A space is provided between the upper clamping portion 24 and the arm 9 so that the support shaft 23 can be moved up and down.

Therefore, the support shaft 23 of the card holder 7 is inserted into the space between the upper clamping part 24 and the stopper 28 from above, and then manually moved (pulled) so that the upper and lower clamping parts 24 and 25 can be held horizontally. held in position. Thereby, the card holder 7 is attached to the bearing portion 10 . Removal is done in reverse order. The front end of the arm 9 serves as a stopper 28 that prevents the support shaft 23 from retreating excessively.

Although the procedure for moving the card holder 7 and attaching it to the main body 6 has been described above, it is also possible to move the main body 6 to assemble the card holder 7, or to move both to assemble (that is, the main body 6 and the main body 6). The card holder 7 is assembled by moving relative to it.). In the procedure described in the claims, the direction is specified based on the usage state, and the postures of the main body and the card holder 7 can be arbitrarily set in the actual assembly work.

The upper clamping portion 24 has a shape in which a portion of a circle is cut. On the other hand, the lower clamping portion 25 has a circular escape hole 29, and the upper clamping portion 24 is sized to be located inside the escape hole 29 in plan view (or bottom view). Therefore, the main body 6 can be manufactured with a pair of molds (so-called cavity and core) that are in close contact and apart from each other.

The lower surface of the upper clamping portion 24 is a smooth surface, while the upper surface of the lower clamping portion 25 has a first engagement groove 31 for holding the support shaft 23 in a posture orthogonal to the arm 9 in plan view, and a The second engagement groove 32 holds the support shaft 23 in a posture inclined counterclockwise with respect to the arm 9, and holds the support shaft 23 in a posture inclined clockwise with respect to the arm 9 in plan view. A third engaging groove 33 is formed.

Therefore, the card holder 7 can have a posture in which the display surface is directed to the front, It can be held in three postures, a leftward posture and a rightward posture. Although the tilted posture is set to about 30°, it can be set to other angles. In addition, it is possible to make it possible to change to four or more postures, and it is also possible to form the upper surface of the lower clamping part 25 into fine waveforms so that the posture of the card holder 7 can be changed in small increments. It is possible.

The outer periphery of the lower clamping portion is circular (perfectly circular), and the bracket piece 22 is placed on the outer peripheral edge from above regardless of the posture of the card holder 7 . Therefore, the card holder 7 does not fall downward. Further, since the support shaft 23 is circular (perfectly circular), it can be flipped upward and rotated in any posture. Therefore, there is no hindrance to taking in and out of commodities.

For ease of putting in and taking out products, it is preferable to set the support shaft 23 so that no shear force acts on the support shaft 23 when the support shaft 23 is fitted in the engagement grooves 31 , 32 , 33 . . In addition, there are several sizes of card holders 7 (in particular, there are several sizes with different widths), and some are nearly square. Moreover, as shown in FIG. 8(E), there is also a type in which a card or the like is attached without a cover plate.

(3) Summary of the First Embodiment As described above, in the present embodiment, the support shaft 23 of the card holder 7 is attached to the bearing portion 10 by moving it from the rear to the front. Since it is substantially U-shaped when viewed, the upper and lower holding portions 24 and 25 can be easily expanded and deformed.

That is, since the bearing portion 10 can be bent and deformed over a wide range, stress concentration can be prevented and the bearing portion 10 can be expanded and deformed with a light force. , 33 are deepened to secure the posture holding function of the card holder 7, and the card holder 7 can be easily attached to and detached from the bearing portion 10 without causing breakage.

In addition, even if a person accidentally pulls the card holder 7 strongly while the products are displayed, the card holder 7 will not come off. , the card holder 7 does not fall off. Therefore, even if an unintended external force acts on the card holder 7, the card holder 7 will not fall off.

The mounting portion 8 of the main body is prevented from coming off upward by the dome portion 11, and is prevented from moving forward and backward and tilting in the left-right direction by the side clamp portions 12. - 特許庁Therefore, it is excellent in stability. Also, since the upright plate 13 is formed in a T-shape with the rib plate 13a, it exhibits high resistance to bending and torsion while being thin.

The present invention can be embodied in various ways other than the above embodiments. For example, it is possible to configure the mounting portion 8 and the arm 9 by a separate member and to fix the arm 9 to the mounting portion 8 . That is, it is also possible to configure the main body 6 from a plurality of parts.

A protrusion can also be employed as the attitude holding means. Moreover, the attitude holding means such as the engaging grooves and projections may be formed only in the upper clamping portion , or may be formed in both the upper and lower clamping portions. The arm 9 can also be formed in the shape of a circular rod, square, or the like. The upper and lower holding portions can also be formed in a polygonal shape in plan view.

(4).Second embodiment (Fig. 5)
FIG. 5 shows a second embodiment applied to a jite hook. The Jitte hook 2' is a general one, and is provided with a commodity suspension bar 4a and a display bar 4c arranged thereon which is longitudinally elongated. forming. The base end of the product suspension support bar 4a and the base end of the display bar 4c are integrally connected, and the rear end of the product suspension support bar 4a is welded to the upper surface of the base as in the first embodiment. (It is the same as that of Patent Document 2.).

In this embodiment, the main body 6 includes a tubular portion 6a with a downward opening that fits into the upright portion 4d of the display bar 4c, and a groove portion that fits from above the front end of the horizontal portion of the display bar 4c. 6b is L-shaped when viewed from the side, and a bearing portion 10 similar to that of the first embodiment is integrally provided at the front end of the main body. Horizontal rotation of the main body 6 is prevented by the groove-shaped portion 6b, and rotation of the main body 6 about the axis of the display bar 4c and forward removal thereof are prevented by the cylindrical portion 6a. .

The groove 6b is provided with a pair of inward projections (constricted portions) 6c to prevent the groove from being unintentionally removed by an upward external force. In addition, the inner surface of the portion below the inward projection 6c forms an inclined surface 6d that widens downward. This is to guide the fitting of the hook 2 to the display bar 4c.

Although the upper end of the tubular portion 6a is closed with the canopy portion, it may be opened vertically. In this case, the difference in length of the upright portion 4d can be absorbed. Further, when a canopy is provided at the upper end of the tubular portion 6a, the difference in length of the standing portion 4d can be absorbed by setting a gap between the canopy portion and the standing portion 4d.

In this second embodiment, since the front end of the product suspension bar 4a can be covered with the card holder 7, it is possible to prevent the consumer from erroneously touching the front end of the product suspension bar 4a with his or her face or hand. Since the can be flipped upward and rotated, there is no problem in loading and unloading products.

(5). Reference Example FIGS. 6 to 7(D) show a first reference example. This reference example differs from the embodiment in the form of the bearing portion 35, and the rest of the structure is the same as the embodiment. That is, in this reference example, the bearing portion 35 is formed in a U-shaped gutter with a downward opening, and the support shaft 23 is fitted from below. A front and rear constricted portion 36 is formed at the lower end of the bearing portion 35 so that the support shaft 23 does not come off.

A stopper 37 is formed at the rear end of one of the left and right ends of the bearing portion 10 to restrict the upward rotation posture of the card holder 7 . That is, when the card holder 7 is flipped upward to take out the product, the card holder 7 is prevented from jumping over the fulcrum. Note that the stoppers 37 may be provided on both left and right sides of the bearing portion 10 .

The bearing portion 35 may be opened upward, but if it is formed in a state of being opened downward as shown in the drawing, the constricted portion 36 is formed of a movable core when the main body 6 is manufactured by a pair of molds. Therefore, it is easy to remove from the mold. That is, in molding, the product is first extracted and removed from the fixed mold (cavity) and then ejected from the core. At this time, the bearing portion 35 can be easily deformed, so that the product can be easily removed from the mold after being deformed.

FIGS. 7(E) to 9(D) show a second reference example. This second reference example differs from the embodiment in that the support shaft 23 is moved backward from the front side and fitted into the bearing portion 39 . Therefore, the bearing portion 39 is open forward. Three engaging grooves 31 to 33 are formed in the lower holding portion 25 in the same manner as in the embodiment.

One of the features of the second embodiment of FIG. 5 is that the main body 6 is L-shaped with a tubular portion 6a and a grooved portion 6b. Although there is an advantage that it can be easily attached and detached, it is possible to form an independent claim by combining this L-shaped main body 6 with the bearing portions of the reference examples shown in FIGS.

The present invention can be embodied in a single hook indicator. Therefore, it can be used industrially.

1 display device 2 single hook 3 cross member constituting a part of the display device 4a product suspension bar 4b base 4c display bar 4d upright portion 6 main body 6a tubular portion 6b groove portion 7 card holder 8 mounting portion 9 arm 10 Bearing portion 17 Substrate 18 Cover plate 22 Bracket piece 23 Support shaft 24 Upper clamping portion 25 Lower clamping portion 27 Joint portion 28 Stopper 29 Escape hole 31, 32, 33 Engagement groove as an example of attitude holding means

Claims (3)

A single hook in which only one product suspension bar extends forward for suspending products from the base attached to the display shelf, or a product suspension bar and a product suspension bar located above the base attached to the display shelf. A card display device used for a Jitte hook in which a display bar and a display bar extend forward,
It consists of a body attached to the base of the single hook or the front end of the display bar of the jote hook, and a card holder attached to the front end of the body and holding cards,
While a horizontal support shaft is provided on the rear surface of the card holder,
A bearing portion is formed at the front end of the main body to sandwich the spindle of the card holder from above and below by moving the spindle of the card holder forward.
Card display tool for product display hooks. The card holder holding portion of the main body includes upper and lower clamping portions that clamp the support shaft of the card holder from above and below, and a joint portion connected to the front ends of the upper and lower clamping portions . A stopper is provided at the rear to abut when the support shaft is moved backward, so that the support shaft is held by the upper and lower holding portions by moving it downward and then pulling it forward. ,
A card display device for a merchandise display hook according to claim 1. The card holder is sandwiched between the upper and lower clamping portions in a horizontally rotatable state, and one or both of the upper and lower clamping portions has a plurality of posture holding positions for holding the card holder in a specific posture. A means is provided, and by elastically deforming the upper and lower holding parts , it is possible to change different postures.
3. A display device for cards for merchandise display hooks according to claim 2 .

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