LU101275B1 - Device for dispensing a strand-like merchandise - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a device (1; la; Ib) for dispensing a strand-like merchandise (20), which has a holding frame (2) with a means for receiving a reel (14) with the merchandise (20). The receiving means expediently comprises at least two rotatable rollers (9, 10; 9a) which are provided for bearing against the reel (14). A device is advantageously created which enables the reel (14) to be replaced easily. In one embodiment, at least one of the rotatable rollers (9, 10; 9a) is provided on a lateral surface with a coating, in particular a powder coating or / or a coating (31) that increases a coefficient of friction.

Description

| PN LU101275 \ / WA | FANM PATENT Description: Elmar Jung Product Solutions GmbH & Co. KG, 66538 Neunkirchen (Germany) "Device for dispensing strand-shaped sales goods" The invention relates to a device for dispensing strand-shaped sales goods, which has a holding frame with a means for receiving a reel the goods on sale. Such devices are known from the prior art, in particular from hardware stores, in which goods such as ropes, chains or belts are offered for cutting to length. The receiving means usually comprises a rod which is passed through an opening of the reel, which extends coaxially to the axis of rotation, both ends of the rod abutting against a holding frame into which the reel is inserted. A disadvantage of the devices known from the prior art is the complex exchange of a reel. If several are attached to one another on a product display wall and / or one above the other, the upper reels have to be removed in order to remove a lower reel to be replaced and reinserted after the exchange. The present invention is therefore based on the object of providing a device of the type mentioned at the outset which enables simple reel replacement. According to the invention, the object is achieved in that the receiving means comprises at least two rotatable rollers which are provided for bearing against the reel. Advantageously, the reel with the merchandise can simply be placed in the holding frame on the rotatable rollers, so that simple unwinding is possible. Storage of the reel on a rod passed through it is no longer necessary. If a reel is to be used to unwind a particularly heavy material, for example a steel chain, the device can have several rotatable rollers in order to better distribute a load.

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At least one of the rotatable rollers is expediently provided with a coating, in particular a powder coating or / or a coating which increases the coefficient of friction, on a lateral surface.

A particularly high wear resistance can advantageously be achieved.

A coating which increases the coefficient of friction advantageously reduces the slip between the reel and the at least one coated roll against which the reel bears.

In one embodiment of the invention, the rotatable rollers have the same or different diameters.

In a further embodiment of the invention, the rotatable rollers are arranged at a distance from one another, the distance between adjacent rollers being in particular equal to the radius of the reel.

As a result, an axis of rotation of the reel and the at least two axes of rotation of the rotatable rollers form corner points of an equilateral triangle.

As a result, the reel is kept particularly stable in the device.

The rotatable rollers are expediently arranged in a horizontal plane or vertically offset from one another.

In the case of a staggered arrangement, several rollers can be arranged on a circular path, for example, in such a way that each of the rollers lies against the reel.

As a result, a total load capacity is better distributed to all roles, so that reels can also be used to deliver heavy goods such as chains.

In one embodiment of the invention, the rotatable rollers are provided to increase the rigidity of the holding frame. Advantageously, no further or particularly stiffening stiffening elements are required.

For this purpose, for example, a round stiffening element made of a metal could be provided for each of the rollers, which is arranged within the holding frame and is connected to it in a positive, material and / or non-positive manner and is enclosed by the roller in such a way that it can rotate is connected to the stiffening element.

In a further embodiment of the invention, the receiving means has a holding means by which the rotatable rollers are held in the holding frame and which preferably comprises a pivotable holding element.

The holding means can comprise, for example, a U-shaped holding element, between the legs of which a pin projecting from an end face of a roller is arranged and abuts against a base leg.

It

Page 2/7 is understood that for holding each roll two opposing, arranged in the (Dé holding frame) holding elements must be provided, each receiving a pin projecting from each end of the roll.

If the holding means is designed to be pivotable or at least partially pivotable, it can be moved from an open position in which a roller can be arranged in the holding means to a closing position in which the roller is rotatably mounted in the holding means.

Jumping out of the roll is advantageously prevented when using the device.

It is also conceivable that the holding means has a holding section or a holding leg, which can be moved from an open to a closed position by a plastic deformation.

Such a deformation can be caused, for example, by a hammer blade.

In one embodiment of the invention, the holding frame is at least partially powder-coated, in particular on the outside.

Individual areas or the entire holding frame can advantageously be provided with a wear-resistant coating.

The holding frame expediently has, on the outside, a means for attachment to a holding frame or to a goods display wall, the means I preferably comprising a U-shaped rail.

The device can advantageously be part of a delivery system which has a plurality of devices according to the invention which are arranged next to one another or one above the other and which can be variably attached to the holding frame or the goods display wall.

Due to the U-shaped rail, the device can be hung in a receptacle of the frame or the presentation wall, which advantageously enables simple attachment.

In one embodiment of the invention, the holding frame has a means for attachment to a goods display frame or to a goods display wall, the means preferably comprising a U-shaped rail and forming a rear wall of the holding frame.

A particularly rigid holding frame can advantageously be formed, since the U-shaped rail acts as a further stiffening element and at the same time forms the rear wall of the holding frame.

In a further embodiment of the invention, the holding frame has side wall parts which are preferably formed from flat steel sheets and which are preferably connected to one another by at least two reinforcing elements, in particular welded to each other side 3/7.

As a result, a particularly stiff and firm holding frame ns can be formed, which can also carry heavy goods for sale and / or heavy reels.

The holding frame expediently has a pivotable front flap.

The merchandise does not have to be inserted into the device from above, but can be inserted through the opened flap.

This is particularly advantageous if a further device is attached above and it is difficult or impossible to insert from above.

In a further embodiment of the invention, the front flap has a section which is in particular bow-shaped and which is provided for opening and closing the front flap.

A handle is advantageously provided, on which a user of the device according to the invention can open the flap in a simple manner.

Furthermore, the merchandise to be cut to length can be guided over the section, in particular the bracket, so that it acts as a guide and a simplified delivery is possible.

In a further embodiment of the invention, at least one of the rollers can be rotated by a preferably electrical drive means.

Dispensing of the sales goods is advantageously simplified.

It is not necessary to manually turn a reel with the merchandise.

It is conceivable, for example, that the drive means for the delivery of the goods to be sold must be operated manually or that the drive means support the manual delivery of the goods in the manner of an auxiliary drive.

The holding frame and the receiving means expediently form a single assembly.

A particularly stable and one-piece device is advantageously formed, in which tilting of a reel with goods to be dispensed is avoided in particular.

The invention is explained in more detail below on the basis of exemplary embodiments and the accompanying drawings relating to the exemplary embodiments.

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2a, b details of a device according to the invention, LJT01275 Fig. 3a, b another detail of a device according to the invention.

A device (1) shown schematically in FIG. 1a in a partially sectioned top view comprises a holding frame (2) made of steel, which has two flat side wall parts (3, 4) arranged parallel to one another, which are interconnected by metal struts (5, 6) are connected.

For this purpose, ends of the metal struts (5, 6) are welded to mutually facing sides of the side wall parts (3, 4).

A front flap (8) is pivotably attached to a front end (7) of the device (1) shown in FIG. 1.

Furthermore, two rollers (9, 10) with the same diameter extend from one side wall part (3) to the opposite side wall part (4), which are arranged in a horizontal plane and have a peg-shaped projection (12) on their end faces (11) which is mounted in a U-shaped holding element (13) arranged on an inner side of the side wall parts (3, 4) in such a way that the rollers (9, 10) can be rotated in the circumferential direction.

Although it is conceivable that the metal struts (5, 6) and the rollers (9, 10) are arranged in a horizontal plane, in this exemplary embodiment they are arranged vertically offset from one another (see FIG.

Fig. 1b). A reel (14) shown in dashed lines in FIG. 1 has a cylindrical coil body (15), on the end faces (16, 17) of which a side plate (18, 19) is attached.

The bobbin is designed to hold a strand-like merchandise (20), for example a wire, a rope or a chain, and delimits a goods receiving space (21) for the goods (20) with the side windows (18, 19). Outer sides (22, 23) of the side windows (18, 19) bear against the rotatable rollers (9, 10).

As a result, the reel (14) is rotatably mounted in the device (1) and the merchandise (20) can be unwound.

In the position shown in Fig. 1, the reel (14) in the holding frame (2) of the device is in an unwinding position in which the merchandise (20) can be dispensed.

At a rear end (24) of the device (1), a steel U-shaped fastening rail (25) is attached, which is welded to the side wall parts (3, 4) on their end faces (26) and which is used to fasten the device a goods display wall or a goods display frame (not shown in FIGS. 1a and b) is provided, for example, in a hardware store.

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(25) a rear wall of the holding frame (2). Further details such as a bracket (27), which forms a lower part of the front flap (8), can be seen in a side view shown in FIG. 1b. The bracket (27) can be used as a handle to open and close the front flap (8). In addition, the merchandise to be unwound can be guided over the bracket so that it can be removed more easily by a user of the device. It is also conceivable that a plurality of devices (1) with different or identical goods (20) are fastened next to one another or one above the other on a single goods display wall. All surfaces of the holding frame (2) are powder coated. Reference is now made to FIGS. 2a and b, where identical or equivalent parts are designated with the same reference number as in FIG. 1 and the respective reference number is accompanied by the letter a. . A detail of a device (1a) according to the invention, shown schematically in a side view in FIG. 2a, shows an inside (28) of a side wall part (4a) to which an essentially U-shaped holding element (13a) is welded, which has a peg-shaped projection (12a ) a roller (9a) shown in dashed lines, which is rotatably connected to this, receives. An upper section (29) of a leg (30) of the holding element (13a) is bent in the direction of a leg (31) opposite this, so that the roller (9a) cannot jump upward out of the holding element (13a). This bending was caused by plastic deformation of the upper section (29). Furthermore, the roller has a coating (32) which increases a coefficient of friction. This can be a rubber coating, for example. As a result, the slippage when a product is unwound from a reel can be reduced, so that the unwinding requires less effort. In addition, faster unwinding is possible. If the pin-shaped projection (12a) were connected to the roller (9a) in a rotationally fixed manner, the leg (30) would have to be bent such that the projection (12a) has sufficient play in the holding element (13a). This would nevertheless make it possible to rotate the roller (9a) introduced into the device (1a).

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A side view of a detail of a device CODES (1a) according to the invention shown in FIG. 2b differs from that shown in FIG. 2a in that an upper section (33) of a leg (30) of the holding element (13a) is provided by a torsion spring (34) is pivotally connected to this. By means of a restoring force of the spring (34), the section (33) can be moved from an open position, in which a pin (12a) of the roller (9a) can be inserted into the holding element (13a), into a closed position, in which the roller (9a) cannot jump out of the holding element (13a). In this way, a role (9a) of the device can be exchanged in a simple manner. Reference is now made to FIG. 3, where identical or equivalent parts are designated with the same reference number as in FIGS. 1 and 2 and the respective reference number is accompanied by the letter b. A front flap (8b) shown in detail in a partially sectioned side view in FIG. 3 is connected to side parts (3b) of a holding frame of the device (1b) in that two pins (35, 38) protrude from the inside (28b), one of which first pin (35) is guided in a first slot (36) of a front flap connecting section (37) and a second pin (38) in a further slot (39) which is provided with a recess (40). In Fig. 3a the front flap (8b) is shown in a closed position, in which both pins (35, 38) bear against upper ends (41, 42) of the elongated holes (36, 39). To open the flap, it is moved by lifting it into a position shown in FIG. 3b, in which the pin (38) is at the same level as the recess (40). By pivoting the front flap (8b) away from the pin (38) in the direction of the arrow (43), it is moved into an open position in which it is pivoted from its closed position by at least 90 degrees and in particular up to 200 degrees. As a result, a reel, not shown in FIG. 3, can be removed to the front through the open flap and replaced by another reel. This is particularly advantageous when a plurality of devices (1b) are mounted one above the other on a goods display rack and removal from the top is not possible or is only possible with difficulty.

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Claims (16)

Claims: LU101275 1. The device (1; 1a; 1b) for dispensing a strand-shaped merchandise (20), which has a holding frame (2) with a means for receiving a reel (14) with the merchandise (20), characterized in that the receiving means at least comprises two rotatable rollers (9, 10; 9a) which are intended to bear against the reel (14). 2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one of the rotatable rollers (9, 10; 9a) is provided on a jacket surface with a coating, in particular a powder coating or / or a coating (31) which increases a coefficient of friction. 3. Device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the rotatable rollers (9, 10; 9a) have the same or different diameters. 4. Device according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the rotatable rollers (9, 10; 9a) are arranged at a distance from one another, the distance between adjacent rollers (9, 10; 9a) in particular equal to the radius of the reel ( 14) is. 5. Device according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the rotatable rollers (9, 10; 9a) are arranged offset in a horizontal plane or vertically to one another. 6. Device according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the rotatable rollers (9, 10; 9a) are provided to increase the rigidity of the holding frame (2). 7. Device according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that that the receiving means has a holding means (13; 13a) by which the rotatable LU101275 rollers (9, 10; 9a) are held in the holding frame (2) and which preferably comprises a pivotable holding element (29; 33). 8. Device according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the holding frame (2) is at least partially, in particular on the outside, powder-coated. 9. Device according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the holding frame (2) has a means (25) for attachment to a product display frame or on a product display wall, the means preferably comprising a U-shaped rail. 10. Device according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the holding frame (2) has a means (25) for attachment to a product display frame or on a product display wall, the means preferably comprising a U-shaped rail, and a rear wall of the holding frame (2). 11. The device according to one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the holding frame (2) has side wall parts (3, 4; 4a; 3b), which are preferably formed from flat steel sheets, and which are preferably formed by at least two stiffening elements (5, 6) are connected to one another, in particular welded. 12. Device according to one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the holding frame (2) has a pivotable front flap (8; 8b). 13. Device according to one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that the front flap (8, 8b) has a section (27) which is in particular bow-shaped and and is provided for opening and closing the front flap (8, 8b). 14. The device according to one of claims 1 to 13, characterized in that LU101275 that at least one of the rollers (9, 10; 9a) can be rotated by a preferably electrical drive means. 15. Device according to one of claims 1 to 14, characterized in that the holding frame (2) and the receiving means form a single assembly. 16. An arrangement of several devices according to one of claims 1 to 15, which are arranged on a product display wall and / or a holding frame next to each other and / or one above the other.