JP7253234B2 - Product forwarding tool - Google Patents

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a product forwarding device capable of increasing the storage capacity of products used for product display in supermarkets and convenience stores.

In general merchandising stores, convenience stores, supermarkets, etc., displayed products are sold sequentially from the front of the display shelf. In this case, the customer misses the product at the back of the display shelf or finds it difficult to find the product. In order to solve this problem, the worker frequently moves the products remaining at the back to the front and replenishes them with new products.

However, it is difficult to replenish the rear space with new products because the products in front interfere with the work. In addition, it is a difficult task to move the products in the back to the front. In recent years, as a method to facilitate the replenishment of such new merchandise and to keep the merchandise in a forward state at all times, a merchandise forwarding tool having a merchandise forwarding function is installed on a fixed merchandise display shelf, and the displayed merchandise is displayed. It is known to manually or automatically push the .

For example, in WO 2006/027872, there is provided a substrate for displaying merchandise, and a merchandise advance body having a merchandise pressing plate placed on the substrate and always moving forward in a natural state. An automatic product forwarding device is disclosed in which a slide means is attached to either or both of the back surface of the bottom plate of the extending body and the upper surface of the base plate, and a product fall prevention plate is further attached to the front part of the base plate. . According to this automatic commodity forwarding device, even when a large number of commodities are lined up on the board in the front-rear direction, there is an action force to automatically and surely forward the displayed commodities, which facilitates the forwarding work of the operator. Labor is reduced and the product can be easily taken out by the customer.

WO 2007/20725 discloses a substrate on which merchandise is placed, an automatic merchandise pressing body placed on the substrate in a state of always moving forward, and an automatic merchandise pressing body positioned behind the automatic merchandise pressing body and moved forward by a manual pull-out operation. and an automatic product pushing body or a manual pushing body for pushing out the displayed product. According to this product forwarding device, products that are easy to forward can be automatically forwarded without bothering workers, etc., and only products with weak pushing force that cannot be automatically forwarded can be assisted. It can be advanced by manual operation. As a result, even if the product has a protruding portion such as a heavy item or a bag-like item, all the displayed products can be brought forward without much effort. For this reason, the merchandise display racks on which displayed merchandise of all shapes and weights are lined up can be placed in an orderly and forward-moving state.

WO2006/027872 (Claim 5) WO2007/20725 (Claim 1) WO2006/28246 (Claim 1) Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2015-29875 (Claim 1)

However, as shown in FIGS. 16 and 17, the conventional product advancing device 100 disclosed in WO2007/20725 and the like has a pusher connected to the rear end of the elongated drawer body behind the product pusher 200 . Section 210 is located. Therefore, in the standby state as shown in FIG. 16, there is a problem that the product space to be placed on the substrate 110 on the front side of the product pressing body 200 is limited. That is, the rear of the product pressing member 200 is a dead space, which poses a problem in terms of efficiency in displaying products. In addition, since the product pressing body 200, which is movably guided on the substrate in the front-rear direction, is pressed from behind by the pressing portion 210, the pressing force is applied not only in the horizontal direction but also obliquely downward, thereby generating frictional resistance. Therefore, it was difficult to say that the forwarding was carried out smoothly.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a product forwarding device that eliminates the rear space of the product forwarding member, increases the installation space for the placed products, and allows the forward movement of the product forwarding member to move smoothly. .

That is, the present invention is intended to solve the above-described conventional problems, and is a product forwarding tool that is placed on an installation surface, and includes a substrate that is placed on the installation surface and on which the product is placed. a product forwarding body comprising a substrate portion mounted movably back and forth on the substrate; a product pressing plate extending upward from the rear end of the substrate portion for pressing the product in front; a drawer body attached movably back and forth to a side plate erected from a side end of the front-loading body for pulling out the product front-loading body, and the drawer body and the A first contact portion is provided to contact, the drawer body is provided with a second contact portion to contact the first contact portion, and the first contact portion and the second contact portion are: It is positioned in front of the product pressing plate, and when the drawer body is pulled out forward, the first contact portion and the second contact portion come into contact with each other, and the product advance body is pulled out forward. To provide a product forwarding tool for

Further, according to the present invention, the board has guide rails which are inner corners of the left and right small boards formed by an opening extending in the front-rear direction at the center in the left-right direction, and the board part of the product front-loading body includes: An upper substrate portion to which the product pressing plate is attached, and a pair of left and right lower substrate portions extending downward from the back surface of the upper substrate portion and then bent laterally outward, wherein the guide rails are provided with the guide rails. The product advancing tool is characterized in that it is inserted between the upper substrate portion and the lower substrate portion so as to be movable back and forth.

Further, in the present invention, the first contact portion is attached to the rear surface of the lower substrate portion on the side plate side of the pair of lower substrate portions, and the first contact portion faces rearward and contacts the second contact portion. The product advancing tool is characterized in that it has a contact surface.

In addition, the present invention includes a side plate erected from one side end of the base plate, and the drawer body has a drawer main body that engages a second guide rail extending in the front-back direction of the side plate so as to be movable back and forth. a locking plate-like body disposed on the back side of the base plate; and an outer connecting belt portion disposed outside the side plate connecting the drawer main body and the locking plate-like body; The second contact portion is the front end portion of the locking plate-like body, and the product advancing device is provided.

Further, in the present invention, the second contact portion has a second contact surface facing forward, and the first contact surface and the second contact surface are in contact with each other. It provides a tool.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that the first contact surface is a flat surface, a concave surface, a convex surface, or a composite uneven surface, and the second contact surface is a flat surface, a convex surface, a concave surface, or a composite uneven surface. It is to provide the above-mentioned product forwarding tool.

Further, according to the present invention, the drawer is connected to the base plate by a spring member, and when the drawer is pulled out forward, it is pulled out against the spring force, and when the hand is released, the drawer can To provide the commodity forwarding tool characterized by automatically returning to its original position.

In addition, the present invention provides the product advancing device, wherein the product pressing plate is positioned at the rear end of the substrate in a standby state.

According to the present invention, the product pushing-out body and the pull-out body are brought into contact with each other on the rear surface of the substrate on which the product is placed and at the front position of the product pressing plate. The space behind the commodity pressing plate can be eliminated, the installation space for the placed commodity on the substrate can be increased, the display efficiency can be improved, and the forwarding body for the commodity can be pulled from the front side. As a result, the forward movement of the product ejecting body becomes smooth.

1 is a perspective view of a product advancing device according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1. It is another perspective view which looked at the product advancing tool of FIG. 1 from the back to the front. 1. It is another perspective view which looked at the product advancing tool of FIG. 1 to back from the front back surface. 1. It is another perspective view which looked forward from the rear back surface of the goods pushing-out tool of FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the X-ray of FIG. 1; FIG. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a substrate provided with a side plate that constitutes the product advancing device of FIG. 1; FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along line Y in FIG. 6; 2 is a perspective view of a product pushing-out body that constitutes the product pushing-out tool of FIG. 1; FIG. FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the product pushing-out body in FIG. 8 as seen from the rear rear surface; FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a drawer body that constitutes the product forwarding device of FIG. 1; 11 is another perspective view of the drawer body of FIG. 10 as seen from the rear to the front; FIG. It is a figure explaining advance in the goods advance tool of FIG. 1. FIG. 1. It is another figure explaining forwarding in the goods forwarding tool of FIG. FIG. 2 is a side view of the product forwarding tool on which the product of FIG. 1 is placed; FIG. 15 is a diagram for explaining forwarding of the product forwarding tool of FIG. 14; It is a side view of the conventional goods advancing tool. FIG. 17 is a diagram for explaining forwarding of the conventional product forwarding device of FIG. 16;

Next, a product forwarding device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 15. FIG. In this specification, the terms "back and forth", "up and down" and "left and right" refer to the directions or positions when the customer is facing the customer when installed on the installation surface. A product advancing tool 10 is placed on an installation surface and has a substrate 1 , a product advancing body 2 , a drawer body 3 and side plates 4 .

In the product advancing device 10, the substrate 1 is placed on the installation surface and on which the product is placed. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the substrate 1 is formed by forming an opening extending in the front-rear direction at the center of a medium-sized plate-like body in the left-right direction. A right small board 11b is provided, and guide rails 111 are formed at inner corners of both small boards 11a and 11b. Further, a side plate 4 is formed standing from one side end of the substrate 1, and on the upper part of the side plate 4, a middle-sized plate-shaped drawer 3 having substantially the same length as the front-rear length of the substrate 1 is freely movable in the front-rear direction. A guide groove 411 (second guide rail) is formed to guide the . A large number of flat trapezoidal through-holes formed at a predetermined pitch in the front-rear direction of the guide groove 411 are holes for reducing friction associated with drawing out the drawer body 3 .

In the product forwarding device 10, a low upright anti-fall plate 8 is formed at the front end of the substrate 1 to prevent the product from falling, and the product forwarding device 10 is provided on the front surface of the anti-fall plate 8. , for example, a latching piece 9 for fastening to the front rail of the shelf is formed. Further, a spring first locking portion 113 for fixing one end (rear end) of the coil spring 7, which is a spring member, is formed at the rear end of the substrate 1 at the center in the left-right direction. The coil spring 7 connects the board 1 and the drawer body 3, and when the drawer body 3 is pulled out, it is pulled out against the spring force of the coil spring 7, and when the hand is released, the drawer body automatically returns to its original position. , to return.

In the product advancing tool 10, a long groove 16 extending in the front-rear direction is formed on the back surface of the left small board 11a of the board 1. As shown in FIG. A tip projection 214 of a lower substrate portion 212a formed on the back surface of the substrate portion 21 of the product advancing body 2 is engaged with the long groove 16, thereby ensuring strong engagement of the product advancing body 2 with respect to the substrate 1, and The product advance body 2 is prevented from falling off from the product 1. - 特許庁

In the product advancing tool 10, the product advancing body 2 includes a base plate portion 21 attached to the base plate 1 or in the base plate 1 so as to be movable back and forth, and a front portion extending upward or slightly backward from the rear end of the base plate portion 21. is provided with a product pressing plate 22 for pressing the product. The back surface of the substrate portion 21 has a first contact portion 24 that contacts the drawer body 3 . As a result, the forwarding product body 2 abuts against the drawer body 3 at the rear surface of the substrate.

Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the product forwarding body 2 includes an upper substrate portion 211 to which the product pressing plate 22 is attached, and an upper substrate portion 211 extending downward from the back surface of the upper substrate portion 211 and then laterally outward. It has a pair of left and right lower substrate portions 212a and 212b that bend and extend. Accordingly, the guide rails 111 of the substrate 1 can be engaged with the gaps 213a and 213b between the upper substrate portion 211 and the pair of left and right lower substrate portions 212a and 212b.

In the product forwarding body 2, a tip protrusion 214 is formed at the left tip of the left lower substrate portion 212a to stand slightly upward from the tip and extend in the front-rear direction of the lower substrate portion 212a. This tip projection 214 engages with the long groove 16 formed on the back surface of the substrate 1, and achieves stable engagement so that the forwarding product 2 does not drop off from the substrate 1. As shown in FIG. In addition, the right lower substrate portion 212b is notched in the middle of the length in the front-rear direction, and has a length of about half the length of the lower substrate portion 212a. As a result, the first contact portion 24 is formed at the rear end of the lower substrate portion 212b. The first contact portion 24 forms a concave surface having an obliquely inclined surface, and by contacting the second contact portion 212b of the drawer body 3, the product forwarding body 2 and the drawer body 3 are connected (contacted). ) becomes possible. Further, by shortening the length of the lower base plate portion 212b in the front-rear direction, the first contact portion 24 is positioned forward of the product pressing plate 22, and pulls the product pushing-out body 2 from the front side. As a result, the forward movement of the forwarding product body 2 becomes smooth. In addition, in the product forwarding device 10, the lower substrate portions 212a and 212b do not protrude downward from the substrate 1, so that the lower substrate portions 212a and 212b do not become an obstacle when moving back and forth.

In the product advancing device 10 , the drawer body 3 is arranged on the back side of the base plate 1 and a drawer body main portion 31 that engages with a guide groove (second guide rail) 411 extending in the front-rear direction of the side plate 4 so as to be movable back and forth. and an outer connecting belt portion 33 disposed on the outside of the side plate 4 connecting the drawer main body 31 and the locking plate-shaped body 32, and the locking plate-shaped body 32 serves as the second contact portion 34 . The outer connecting belt portion 33 and the locking plate-like body 32 have a substantially L-shaped cross section when viewed from the rear. The drawer main body portion 31 is a medium-sized plate-like body, and a grip portion 39 is formed at the tip. Further, the outer connecting belt portion 33 is a substantially plate-like body extending downward from the lower end of the rear portion of the drawer body main portion 31 . The outer connecting band portion 33 of this example reduces the frictional resistance by making the central portion in the front-rear direction a concave portion that does not come into contact with the side plate 4 of the substrate 1 . A second spring locking portion 35 for fixing the other end (front end) of the coil spring 7 is attached to the left end of the front end of the locking plate-shaped body 32 , and the right half of the front end of the locking plate-shaped body 32 is provided with a spring second locking portion 35 . , a small protrusion 37 standing from the locking plate-like body 32 is formed. Reference numeral 36 denotes a small projection standing at the left end of the rear end of the locking plate-like body 32, and is locked to a grooved rail formed on the back surface of the base plate 1 so as to move forward and backward, thereby allowing the drawer body 3 to be pulled out. facilitate. That is, since the outer connecting band portion 33 is a plate-like body and the upper end is pulled forward, it tends to be twisted and the frictional resistance with the side plate tends to increase, and the small projection 36 prevents this twisting. perform the function of The second contact portion 34 is the distal end portion of the locking plate-like body 32 located between the spring second locking portion 35 and the small projection 37, and the contact surface (concave surface) of the first contact portion 24 ).

In the product advancing tool 10, the first contact portion 24 on the back surface of the substrate portion 21 of the product advancing body 2 and the second contact portion 34 of the drawer body 3 are in contact with each other at a position forward of the product pressing plate 22. By pulling out the drawer body 3 forward, the forwarding product body 2 is pulled out forward, and the placed product positioned in front of the product pressing plate 22 is forwarded out. Further, as shown in FIG. 14, the product advancing tool 10 presses the first contact portion 24 on the back surface of the substrate portion 21 of the product advancing body 2 and the second contact portion 34 of the drawer body 3 to press the product. Since the product pressing plate 22 is positioned in front of the plate 22 at the abutment position, the product pressing plate 22 can be positioned near the rear end of the substrate 1 in the standby state. Therefore, the dead space behind the product pressing plate 22 can be eliminated, the installation space for the placed products on the substrate 1 can be increased, and the display efficiency can be improved.

Next, a method of using the product advancing device 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. 14 and 15. FIG. In the forwarding product 10 , placed products A are displayed in front of the product pressing plate 22 . A placed product A is placed on the substrate 1 . At this time, the drawer body 3 is accommodated on the back side by the coil spring 7 as if it were assimilated with the substrate 1 in the standby state. In the product group, sales of products in the front create space in the front. In this case, the customer can grasp the drawer body 3 and pull it forward to pick up the product in front. Alternatively, the operator pulls out the drawer body 3 forward, releases the hand, automatically returns the drawer body 3 to its original position, and places the product in the space between the last product and the product pressing plate 22. can be supplemented. In addition, since the product forwarding device 10 accommodates the first engaging portion 24 of the product forwarding body 2 and the second engaging portion 34 of the drawer body 3 within the thickness of the substrate 1, it does not become bulky. .

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made. In the product advancing device 10, the coil spring 7 connecting the substrate 1 and the drawer body 3 can be omitted. As a result, after the drawer body 3 has been drawn forward, the same effects as those of the above-described embodiment can be obtained except that the drawer body 3 is manually returned to its original position. Further, in the product advancing device 10, the first contact surface and the second contact surface are not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the first contact surface may be a concave surface other than a concave surface having an inclined surface, or a flat surface. , a convex surface or an uneven compound surface, and the second contact surface can be a flat surface, a convex surface, a concave surface, or an uneven compound surface. Further, the outer connecting band portion 33 is not limited to one having a concave portion at the center portion in the front-rear direction, and may be a plate-like body having a flat inner surface. In the product advancing tool 10, the height of the side plate 4 may be low, and the side plate 4 may be substantially absent. In this case, the outer connecting band portion 33 is unnecessary, and the drawer body body portion 31 and the locking plate-like body 32 may be directly connected. Also in this case, the drawer body 3 is arranged along the substrate 1 .

According to the present invention, the product pressing plate can be positioned at the rear end of the substrate, the dead space behind the product pressing plate can be eliminated, the installation space for the placed products on the substrate can be increased, and the display efficiency can be improved. In addition, the product pushing-out body is pulled from the front side, and the forward movement of the product pushing-out body becomes smooth.
A product forwarding tool 10 is placed on an installation surface and has a substrate 1 , a product forwarding body 2 , a drawer body 3 and side plates 4 .

Reference Signs List 1 substrate 2 front-loading product 3 drawer 4 side plate 6 long groove 7 coil spring (spring member)
8 fall prevention plate 7 coil spring (spring member)
10 Product Advance Tool 11a Left Small Board 11b Right Small Board 21 Board Section 22 Product Pressing Plate 211 Upper Board Section 212 (212a, 212b) Lower Board Section

Claims (7)

A product forwarding tool placed on an installation surface,
a substrate placed on an installation surface and on which a product is placed;
a product forwarding body comprising a base plate mounted so as to be movable back and forth on the base;
a drawer body attached movably back and forth to a side plate standing from one side end of the base plate for drawing out the product forwarding body forward;
The drawer body has a drawer main body portion which is engaged with a guide rail A extending in the front-rear direction of the side plate so as to be movable back and forth, and a front end portion which is arranged on the back side of the base plate as a second abutting portion. a locking plate-shaped body, and an outer connecting belt portion disposed outside the side plate connecting the drawer body main body and the locking plate-shaped body,
a first contact portion that contacts the second contact portion is attached to the back surface of the substrate portion of the product front-loading body,
The first contact portion and the second contact portion are positioned forward of the product pressing plate, and the first contact portion and the second contact portion come into contact when the drawer body is pulled forward. 1. A product forwarding device, wherein said product forwarding body is pulled forward. The board has guide rails B which are inner corners of the left and right small boards formed by openings extending in the front-rear direction at the center in the left-right direction,
The substrate portion of the product forwarding body includes an upper substrate portion to which the product pressing plate is attached, a pair of left and right lower substrate portions extending downward from the back surface of the upper substrate portion and then bent laterally outward, has
2. The article forwarding device according to claim 1, wherein the guide rail B is inserted between the upper board portion and the lower board portion so as to be movable back and forth. The first contact portion is attached to the rear surface of the lower substrate portion on the side plate side of the pair of lower substrate portions, and has a rearwardly facing first contact surface that contacts the second contact portion. 3. A product forwarding tool according to claim 2. 4. The product forward delivery according to claim 3 , wherein the second contact portion has a second contact surface facing forward, and the first contact surface and the second contact surface are in contact with each other. equipment. 5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the first contact surface is a flat surface, a concave surface, a convex surface, or a compound uneven surface, and the second contact surface is a flat surface, a convex surface, a concave surface, or a compound uneven surface. Product advance tool. The drawer body is connected to the base plate by a spring member. When the drawer body is drawn forward, it is pulled out against the spring force. 6. The product forwarding device according to any one of claims 1 to 5 , wherein the product forwarding device returns to . 7. The product forwarding device according to any one of claims 1 to 6 , wherein the product pressing plate is positioned at the rear end of the substrate in a standby state.

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