US3752545A - Article storage and display apparatus - Google Patents

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US3752545A
US3752545A US00255264A US3752545DA US3752545A US 3752545 A US3752545 A US 3752545A US 00255264 A US00255264 A US 00255264A US 3752545D A US3752545D A US 3752545DA US 3752545 A US3752545 A US 3752545A
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B23/00—Record carriers not specific to the method of recording or reproducing; Accessories, e.g. containers, specially adapted for co-operation with the recording or reproducing apparatus ; Intermediate mediums; Apparatus or processes specially adapted for their manufacture
    • G11B23/02—Containers; Storing means both adapted to cooperate with the recording or reproducing means
    • G11B23/023—Containers for magazines or cassettes
    • G11B23/0236—Containers for several cassettes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B81/00—Cabinets or racks specially adapted for other particular purposes, e.g. for storing guns or skis
    • A47B81/06—Furniture aspects of radio, television, gramophone, or record cabinets
    • A47B81/068—Cassette cabinets or the like
    • 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
    • A47F5/00—Show stands, hangers, or shelves characterised by their constructional features
    • A47F5/0081—Show stands or display racks with movable parts
    • A47F5/0087—Show stands or display racks with movable parts movable around an axis
    • 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
    • A47F7/00—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials
    • A47F7/14—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials for pictures, e.g. in combination with books or seed-bags ; for cards, magazines, newspapers, books or booklike articles, e.g. audio/video cassettes
    • A47F7/146—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials for pictures, e.g. in combination with books or seed-bags ; for cards, magazines, newspapers, books or booklike articles, e.g. audio/video cassettes the show stands or the like being provided with compartments or pockets
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S312/00—Supports: cabinet structure
    • Y10S312/901—Fan-out holders for recording media

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  • ABSTRACT An apparatus for storing containers with tape cartridges or the like comprising at least one substantially quadrangular, for instance rectangular, trough equipped internally thereof with protruding boundary and support means for a number of rows of tape cartridge containers.
  • a cover member is hingedly connected at one edge of the trough.
  • a locking mechanism enables fixing the cover member in its closed position.
  • At least the base surfaces of the trough and cover memher are formed of transparent material.
  • the present invention relates to a new and improved apparatus for storing and also, if desired, displaying articles, especially containers of tape cartridges or the like.
  • the storage of recorded tape cartridges in their containers in commercial establishments typically stores, both for the purpose of displaying same as well as for the sale thereof, is associated with a number of prob lems.
  • the different tape cartridge containers should have the information or writing concerning the contents thereof visible from both sides.
  • openly or loosely displaying these cartridges is not desired because owing to their rather small size, there is a great temptation towards theft.
  • Another and more specific object of the present invention relates to an improved apparatus for the stor age of containers of tape cartridges, by means of which the tape cartridges can be displayed in their containers in a space-saving manner, safeguarded against theft and yet still visible at both sides, so that pertinent information regarding the contents of the cartridge is easily and readily available to the party wishing to inspect same, typically a customer.
  • Yet a further significant object of the present invention concerns the provision of a new and improved construction of storage and display device for articles, especially tape cartridges, which is extremely attractive and pleasing in appearance, highly functional in that it firstly permits storage and display of the cartridge containers in an eye pleasing and safe manner, both against damage and theft, while still rendering accessible both sides of the tape cartridge containers which may be provided with information usually printed thereon.
  • the inventive article storage device comprises at least one quadrangular, typically rectangular trough having protruding boundaries and support means for a number of rows of tape cartridge containers.
  • a cover member is hingedly connected to one of the edges of the trough and. this cover member can be fixed by a lock mechanism in its closed position.
  • At least the base surfaces of the trough and cover member are formed of a transparent material.
  • the unit formed by the trough and the cover member together with further similar units are mounted so as to be tiltable within a receptacle.
  • Such receptacle When such receptacle is used in a sales establishment or store, it simultaneously offers a number of customers the possibilitiy of inspecting a large number of tape cartridges at both faces or sides thereof without having to or being able to remove the individual tape cartridge containers.
  • FIG. 1 is a front view of a holder unit incorporating the trough with the cover member for storing for instance 24 tape cartridge containers
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the arrangement of FIG. 1, taken substantially along the line II-II thereof:
  • FIG. 3 is a view of the receptacle for tiltably receiving a number of phantom-line illustrated units of the type depicted in FIGS. 1 and 2:
  • FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the receptacle depicted in FIG. 3:
  • FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional view of a variant com struction of receptacle from that shown in FIG. 3,, viewed in a position turned from the showing of FIG. 3.
  • a holder unit 1 for the theft-proof storage of containers with tape cartridges as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 will be seen to embody a quadrangular, for instance rectangular trough member or frame 2 formed of transparent material, preferably plastic, which offers space in four rows for 24 closely juxtapositioned standardized containers having tape cartridges of the so-called compact cartridges," i.e., wherein a second container houses the tape cartridge container for instance the so-called Philips type cartridges.
  • a quadratic base shape of the trough 2 can be realized for so-called standard cartridge"-tapes i.e., tapes housed in a single container, if such is dimensioned to receive three rows of each four such cartridge tapes.
  • a cover member 6 which likewise is formed of a transparent material, preferably plastic.
  • the height of the free space between the floor 2a of the trough 2 and the cover 6 when'such cover is closed is dimensioned such that it corresponds approximately to the thickness of a container for a compact cartridge.
  • At least the respective base surfaces 2a and 6a of the trough 2 and cover member 6 are formed of transparent material to expose the sides or front faces of the cartridge containers for the reasons heretofore explained. To preserve clarity in illustration the containers with the tape cartridges have not been shown, but are the standard commercially available types.
  • the locking mechanism 9 such that it forms a lock 9a which can be actuated by a suitable key.
  • Any type of appropriate locking mechanism suit-' able for these purposes can be utilized and the invention is not limited to any specific type of locking mechanism.
  • Receptacle 11 is secured to a base support or column 12 and possesses a substantially U-shaped cross-section, the opening of which is slightly less than the side length of a unit 1.
  • Two oppositely disposed walls 13 of receptacle 11 are provided with a number of oppositely situated pairs of grooves 14 which are open towards the top.
  • grooves 14 are arranged in a flat recess 15 of the associated receptacle wall 13.
  • the spacing between the base surface 15a of oppositely disposed recesses 15 corresponds to the side length of the holder units 1. Therefore it is possible to insert one or a number of such units, as indicated in FIG. 3, from above into the confines of the receptacle 11, and in a manner that the pins or pivots 10 slide in the opposite pairs of grooves 14 until reaching the bottom or floor of the relevant grooves 14.
  • the holder units 1 Within the confines of the boundaries 17 of the recesses 15 in the receptacle walls 13, it is thus possible for the holder units 1 to be easily and conveniently tilted or pivoted through the agency of their pin members 10 serving as pivot axes.
  • a person standing in front of the receptacle 11 can readily view, in the direction of the line of sight indicated by the arrow 16 of FIG. 3 and by tilting or flipping over the individual units, both the front as well as the rear of all of the tape cartridge containers which are stored in the units 1 through the transparent trough 2 and the cover member 3 of the individual units 1. If the customer desires to buy a specific tape cartridge, then he or she informs the sales personnel of such fact, so that the latter by opening the locking mechanism 9 enables the unit containing the relevant tape cartridge to be opened and the cartridge container to be thus removed.
  • An apparatus for storing and displaying containers with tape cartridges comprising in combination: a receptacle, a plurality of substantially quadrangular holder units for the tape cartridge containers releasably supported by said receptacle, each of said holder units comprising a trough internally provided with boundary and support means for forming a plurality of compartments for receiving and displaying the tape cartridge containers in rows, each holder unit further incorporating a cover member hingedlyconnected with an edge of its associated trough, a separate locking means for locking the cover member of each holder unit in its closed position, at least the base surface of the trough and cover member of each holder unit being formed of transparent material, cooperating means provided at the receptacle and each holder unit for allowing each holder unit to be tiltably arranged at said receptacle to permit easy visual inspection of both the front and back of the tape cartridge containers displayed in each holder unit and allowing for removal of any holder unit independently of the remaining holder units.
  • said locking means for each cover member and trough includes a lock which can be actuated by a key.

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US3920125A (en) * 1972-07-21 1975-11-18 Clarmere Limited Display device
US5118170A (en) * 1991-06-12 1992-06-02 Michael Olivas Storage and display device for compact discs
US5662228A (en) * 1996-01-26 1997-09-02 Felipe D. Mendoza Anatomy table
US6135294A (en) * 1998-01-23 2000-10-24 Shuert; Lyle H. Method and apparatus for packing and transporting articles

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US2014267A (en) * 1929-02-25 1935-09-10 John Q Sherman Protected record file
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US3920125A (en) * 1972-07-21 1975-11-18 Clarmere Limited Display device
US5118170A (en) * 1991-06-12 1992-06-02 Michael Olivas Storage and display device for compact discs
US5662228A (en) * 1996-01-26 1997-09-02 Felipe D. Mendoza Anatomy table
US6135294A (en) * 1998-01-23 2000-10-24 Shuert; Lyle H. Method and apparatus for packing and transporting articles

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