US3423143A - Storage and sales container - Google Patents

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US3423143A
US3423143A US471576A US3423143DA US3423143A US 3423143 A US3423143 A US 3423143A US 471576 A US471576 A US 471576A US 3423143D A US3423143D A US 3423143DA US 3423143 A US3423143 A US 3423143A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F1/00—Racks for dispensing merchandise; Containers for dispensing merchandise
    • A47F1/04—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs
    • A47F1/12—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs dispensing from the side of an approximately horizontal stack
    • A47F1/125—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs dispensing from the side of an approximately horizontal stack with an article-pushing device
    • A47F1/126—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs dispensing from the side of an approximately horizontal stack with an article-pushing device the pushing device being urged by spring means

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  • the present invention relates in general to containers and more particularly to display dispensers.
  • a more favorable utilization of the available space was afforded by the also previously proposed use of a furniture-like sales aid of permanent construction, for example, in the form of a chest or cabinet open either at the front or at the top thereof so as to form a dispenser.
  • the sales items are stored therein in compartments and pushed forward to the place from which they are to be removed by springs disposed either at the rear wall or at the bottom of the chest.
  • This provision had the disadvantage, however, that the compartments are expensive to manufacture and are quite heavy and bulky so that their use as a display medium is seriously limited.
  • the sales items or groups of items are intended to be offered for sale directly in the storage unit as furnished by the factory, and the front end thereof, serving as the place from which the items are removed, which is thus employed simultaneously as storage and also as sales container is occupied in each case by the sales items or group of items that has been pushed forwardly. It thus becomes possible to combine assortments in any desired manner and independently of stationary sales aids or expedients, and to ice display a larger number of articles and colors on the smallest sales surface area.
  • the inventive concept is reduced to practice by effecting the feed of the sales items to the display surfaces and to the area of removal thereof by means of a conveying or feed means connected with the storage unit.
  • the packing of the storage units as Well as the conveying means are so simple and inexpensive that they can be discarded after the contents thereof have been taken out.
  • the storage unit for a predetermined number of sales items of the wares mentioned hereinbefore is constituted as a closed, box-like container from carton or plastic which is open either only at one end or also at both ends thereof and which itself is provided with the feed means or conveying means in the form of an elastic thread or band or a spring, or an element acting in a similar manner, so that the storage container and the feed or conveying means constitute one unit.
  • FIGURE 1 shows a container wherein a rubber band is provided as feed or conveying means in the horizontal position thereof;
  • FIGURE 1a shows a modification of the container of FIGURE 1
  • FIGURE 1b shows another modification of the container of FIGURE 1;
  • FIGURE 2 shows the container of FIGURE 1 in the vertical position thereof
  • FIGURE 2a shows a modification of the container of FIGURE 2
  • FIGURE 3 illustrates a container with a helical spring serving for the feed
  • FIGURE 4 is a cross-sectional view through a container which shows the position of the sales items
  • FIGURES 5(a), (b) and (0) illustrate a helical spring serving for the feed which is positioned in a fractional manner on a casing or sleeve (similarly to a spring roller), and
  • FIGURES 6 and 7 show combinations of storage and sales containers.
  • the container 1 consists basically of a carton which is closed at four sides providing a sealed shipping container. A portion of one end face thereof is removable so that the front end face thereof is covered only to one third or one fourth by a carton portion 1a.
  • This cover constitutes the stop for the foremost sales group and maintains this item in a position which is visible and easily accessible to the customer.
  • the cover 1a also serves simultaneously for receiving a label with information or details relative to the sizes and colors of the sales unit or group.
  • the aforementioned label may also be provided that it alone may serve as cover.
  • a rubber band 2 is provided as the feed means for the goods Within the carton and the position thereof in the relieved or slackened condition has been illustrated in FIGURE 1 by a heavy line.
  • the latter is provided with slots or narrow cut-out sections 4 and 7, in the center portion of two opposing sides of the carton.
  • a pair of slots 5 and 6 are also provided in a third side of the carton to serve as a securing means for the band.
  • a further simplification may be attained, as seen in FIGURE
  • the rubber band is partially guided over the open place of removal, for example, from slot 4 to Slot 6, in which case, a specific cover, such as the one obtained with the carton part or portion 1a, may be omitted, if desired.
  • a specific cover such as the one obtained with the carton part or portion 1a
  • two such bands which will then be secured in position at the container in a similar manner as the single band of FIGURE In by means of slots in all four sides of the container.
  • thin metal helical bands and, respectively, threads may, of course, also serve for the feed or conveyor device.
  • the feed of the sales unit or group of items within the container is effected by a helical spring 8 which acts as a pressure spring bearing against the items and secured to the rear end wall in a simple manner, for example, by an adhesive tape or other common securing means.
  • the spring acts either directly on the rearmost sales unit or group of items, or presses against an insert or follower 9 which is positioned behind the last sales unit or group of items.
  • FIGURE 4 shows how the various sales units or groups of items are positioned in the storage and sales container of the instant invention.
  • This figure is a cross-sectional view through the carton whose removal-end face is covered only at the top thereof by the carton part or portion 1a and illustrates that in this manner a stop is provided for the sales items or groups of items filled into the container.
  • FIGURE 4 illustrates as sales items fourteen bands 10 in a reeled arrangement and two pressure springs 11 provided therein for the purpose of achieving the feed of the goods to the dispensing end of the carton, which springs act on an intermediate plate or follower 12.
  • FIGURE 4 additionally shows an intermediate layer 14 which serves as an indication that the dispenser is almost empty and of the necessity for reordering a specific storage unit or groups of items. This arrangement is of importance particularly in non-transparent cartons. As a further simplication, this indicating intermediate layer may be provided so as to be self-adhesive so that it may be glued onto an order card or the like. It is obvious that both the intermediate layer 14 and the elastic insert 13 may be employed in all embodiments of the sales container constructed in accordance with the instant invention.
  • FIGURE 5a illustrates as a further feed means a helical spring (FIGURE 5b) 16 wound over a rod-like member 17 (FIGURE 51;) which is positioned in a fractional manner in a sleeve or casing 18 (FIGURE 5a) and wound around this spring arrangement is a thread, band or the like 19 which pulls the sales units or groups of items forwardly in response to unwinding of the spring 16.
  • a helical spring FIGURE 5b
  • FIGURE 5b helical spring
  • a feed means in the form of a wide elastic band 2 shown in FIGURE 1b which is inserted into the container in a manner similar to the portion of the rubber band or rubber thread shown in dash-dotted lines in FIGURE 1 and whose ends 2 are placed around the outside of the two lateral walls of the container and are, for example, glued in position thereat.
  • a band may be employed also in the form of a ring placed around the container at the outside thereof at half the height thereof, for example, according to FIGURE 2a and in that case, the band portion extending over the open end face of the container, is pressed into the interior of the container when the latter is filled.
  • This provision may be used also with rubber threads and thin tension springs.
  • a further embodiment which has not been illustrated is created by the use of a highly elastic pouch which is stretched during filling thereof and which will be contracted in proportion to its being emptied.
  • the rim or border thereof must be secured in position at the place of removal of the container similar to the ends of the band 2' shown in FIG. 111.
  • cut-out sections or notches 15 may be provided for the fingers, as shown in FIGURE 3.
  • the removal may moreover be rendered easier in such a manner that the feed means are so provided that they will push or press, for example, the lower part of the sales unit to a greater extent over the edge of the container than the rest of the unit.
  • a sales and storage container for storing and displaying small sales items, particularly small textile wares in the form of reels, spools, rollers, or the like comprising an enclosure in the form of a box of essentially unitary construction having one open end provided with a cover member positioned over a minor portion of said end so as to leave a major portion of said end open thereby forming a dispensing opening, said enclosure being otherwise closed, and
  • feed means connected to said enclosure for biasing sale items therein towards said end containing said dispensing opening and cooperating with said cover member to effect a pivoting of the outer sales item at said dispensing opening about one edge of said cover member so that said outer sales item extends at least partially through said dispensing opening to the outside of said enclosure,
  • said feed means including at least one elastic strand secured at the outer faces of said box and forming a loop extending into said box through said dispensing opening so as to surround the sales items therein, said elastic strand contacting the edges of said enclosure defining said dispensing opening at points which are spaced a substantial distance above said cover member.

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ITCO20120012A1 (it) * 2012-03-27 2013-09-28 Rama Srl Contenitore / espositore con avanzamento elastico per prodotti preconfezionati
JP2015527105A (ja) * 2012-07-03 2015-09-17 ディーエス スミス パッケージング リミテッド 製品プッシャー
US10486842B2 (en) 2013-11-14 2019-11-26 Ds Smith Packaging Deutschland Stiftung & Co. Kg Method and installation for producing a pack
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