RU187296U1 - RETAIL STORE EQUIPMENT - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to commercial equipment in the field of reading and processing information, namely with the function of determining the amount of products placed on it, and is aimed at simplifying the design and improving the accuracy of the controlled parameter. Commercial equipment contains the ability to quickly determine the amount of goods placed on a demonstration cargo reception shelf, for which it is made in the form of a strain gauge sensor, electrically connected to a central computer through an analogue-qi a transducer, while the strain gauge is placed between the demonstration load-receiving shelf for the goods being sold and the base installed under the shelf. Under the demonstration shelf, additional load cells are installed located on the base at the corners of the demonstration shelf. The shelf and base are made to be installed one above the other in the form of a rack .Monitors are installed over the demonstration cargo reception shelf and on the side walls of the base to transmit advertising and information about the shelf product.

Description

A useful model refers to commercial equipment in the field of reading and processing information, namely with the function of determining the amount of products placed on it.

Closest to the claimed utility model is a trading equipment in the form of a container for placing a pre-marked product and a radio frequency identification system for monitoring the degree of filling the container with goods associated with a central server (RU, U1, No. 173418, 2017).

The disadvantages of the known solutions are the high complexity due to the necessity of marking the goods being sold, as well as low noise immunity, which reduces the accuracy of determining the controlled parameter.

The claimed utility model aims to address these shortcomings.

The specified technical result is achieved by the fact that in the trading equipment, made with the possibility of promptly determining the quantity of goods placed on the demonstration cargo reception shelf for the goods being sold, connected to the central computer, while to determine the quantity of goods, the equipment is made in the form of Trading equipment containing operational determination of the quantity of goods placed on a demonstration cargo reception shelf for goods sold, associated with a central computer, characterized in that for determining the quantity of goods, the equipment is made in the form of a strain gauge, electrically connected to the central computer via an analog-to-digital converter, while the strain gauge is placed between the demonstration shelf and the base mounted under the shelf.

Additional load cells are installed under the demonstration shelf, placed on the base at the corners of the demonstration shelf.

The shelf and base are made with the possibility of installation one above the other in the form of a rack.

Monitors are installed above the demonstration cargo reception shelf and on the side walls of the base to transmit advertising and information about the goods placed on the shelf.

The basis of the claimed commercial equipment is installed without the possibility of its movement in the vertical direction for the duration of the sale of goods. Above the base there is a demonstration cargo reception shelf for the goods being sold, under which a strain gauge sensor is installed, electrically connected to an analog-to-digital converter, a microcontroller and a central computer. It is preferable to install additional load cells placed at the corners of the demonstration shelf, which will exclude the skew of the shelf in case of uneven distribution of goods on its area. As an option to use a single strain gauge is to use it in a complex implementation, for example, a U-shaped.

A wireless device with a remote server, such as a modem, is connected to the computer. Each shelf is designed for the goods of the same article.

The base of the equipment can be made in the form of a trading pallet. For the rational use of retail space, equipment can be made in the form of racks, where the bases with demonstration shelves with various types of goods placed on them are mounted on load-bearing racks one above the other.

Above the demonstration shelf, as well as on the side walls of the base, monitors can be placed to demonstrate advertising materials or information about the goods placed on this shelf.

The device operates as follows.

In real-time mode, a periodic survey of the strain gauge readings is carried out for each demonstration shelf in the trading floor. Electrical signals from the load cells of the shelf are fed to an analog-to-digital converter and stored in the memory of the microcontroller for subsequent processing, as a result of which the total weight of the products for each shelf is determined. Subsequently, this information is transmitted wirelessly to a remote server.

As the product is sold from a certain shelf, signals from its load cells inform about the shortage of a certain product, which will allow for its quick replenishment.

Claims (3)

1. Commercial equipment, containing the ability to quickly determine the quantity of goods placed on the demonstration cargo reception shelf for the goods sold, by means of a strain gauge placed between the demonstration shelf and the base electrically connected to the central computer through an analog-to-digital converter, characterized in that for determining the quantity load cells are placed on the base at the corners of the demonstration shelf. 2. Commercial equipment under item 1, characterized in that the shelf and base are made with the possibility of installation one above the other in the form of a rack. 3. Commercial equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that monitors are installed above the demonstration cargo receiving shelf and on the side walls of the base to transmit advertising and information about the goods placed on the shelf.