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• • G—PHYSICS
  • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
  • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
  • G09F11/00—Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the complete information is permanently attached to a movable support which brings it to the display position
  • G09F11/30—Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the complete information is permanently attached to a movable support which brings it to the display position the display elements being fed one by one from storage place to a display position
  • G09F11/32—Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the complete information is permanently attached to a movable support which brings it to the display position the display elements being fed one by one from storage place to a display position the feeding means comprising belts or chains, e.g. endless belts or chains
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
  • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
  • G09F11/00—Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the complete information is permanently attached to a movable support which brings it to the display position
  • G09F11/30—Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the complete information is permanently attached to a movable support which brings it to the display position the display elements being fed one by one from storage place to a display position
  • G09F11/32—Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the complete information is permanently attached to a movable support which brings it to the display position the display elements being fed one by one from storage place to a display position the feeding means comprising belts or chains, e.g. endless belts or chains
  • G09F11/325—Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the complete information is permanently attached to a movable support which brings it to the display position the display elements being fed one by one from storage place to a display position the feeding means comprising belts or chains, e.g. endless belts or chains the display elements being stored in the form of rolls fixed in between transporting belts or chains

Definitions

• the present invention relates to an information displayer with interchangeable boards.
• the invention relates to a device of the above kind that allows to display different boards, particularly advertising boards in a selective manner.
• a first device of this kind provides a number of horizontal triangular-shaped elements that can rotate about their horizontal axis, so that, rotating in synchronism the different faces, it is possible to change the message that is visible to the public according to a predetermined timing.
• a second kind of device to display different images to the public already available on the market is the one comprising a sheet wound on two rolls and having a sequence of images to be displayed printed on it.
• the number of available messages can also be high, although it is in any case is limited by the sizes of the sheet.
• the above device does not allow to propose the messages according to a casual and selective sequence, since the choice is binded by the order of the messages printed on the sheet.
• the Applicant has studied and realized a displayer of multiple information or images that allows to display the images according to a casual sequence, i.e. according to any pre- established sequence.
• the solution according to the invention allows to realize a displayer wherein the images are arranged over boards that are selectively displayed.
• a further object of the present invention is that of realising an image displayer wherein the information over the boards are included in two "loaders" that can be easily and quickly replaced without the need to move or modify the structure of the displayer. It is therefore specific object of the present invention an information displayer with interchangeable boards comprising at least a container of n boards, provided with means to selectively take out said n boards; means to grasp the board to be displayed; and means to bring the board in a display position and to bring back the same into the container.
• the displayer comprises two carrier elements, or "loaders", each for n boards, provided substantially one above the other; means to grasp the board to be displayed from the upper loader or from the lower loader; and means to bring the same panel in a display position, and then to bring back the same into the upper or lower loader wherefrom it has been taken out.
• loaders each for n boards, provided substantially one above the other; means to grasp the board to be displayed from the upper loader or from the lower loader; and means to bring the same panel in a display position, and then to bring back the same into the upper or lower loader wherefrom it has been taken out.
• each one of said loaders is provided with n supports, preferably made up by cylindrical supports preloaded by harmonic steel spring, wherefrom the boards are taken out to be displayed, or whereon are bring back after the display, and whereon the boards remains wound when they are not used.
• said loaders are releasably coupled to the displayer so that they can be replaced with other ones containing different boards.
• Said loaders are preferably realized with a stepping motion, with a number of steps corresponding to the number of boards provided.
• the movement is preferably obtained by a stepping motor for each loader, controlled by a pre-programmed microprocessor, that operates a toothed flange so as to transmit the motion to the same loader.
• said means to grasp the board to be displayed and to bring it in a display position comprises movable elements arranged at 45° each other on a rotating roll, projecting from the roll to grasp the board by means of a leverage system controlled by an actuator device, preferably a solenoid.
• said means to selectively take out said n boards comprises a first pin element, provided externally on the container, slidable along a slot realized on the same container, and couplable with a hole realized on the boards; a second pin element, provided at the bottom of the container, and parallelly disposed with respect to the same container, couplable with said hole realized on the boards, said container being movable along a direction parallel to the axis of said pin elements.
• said container is realized with a stepping motion, with a number of steps corresponding to the number of boards provided.
• the motion is preferably obtained by a stepping motor, controlled by a pre-programmed microprocessor, that operates a cam having n tracks.
• said first pin element is moved along said slot by an electric motor.
• Said means to grasp the board to be displayed e to bring it in a display position are preferably made up by movable elements, which are arranged on a rotatable roll at 120 p each other, and which can be projected from the roll to grasp the board, or withdrawn within the same roll to release the board by an actuating device, preferably a solenoid.
• Said means to bring the board in a display position and to bring it back within the housing cylinder can be provided, apart from the above mentioned roll rotatable in both the directions, one or more magnetic strings to properly position the board.
• said container is releasably coupled to the displayer so that it can be replaced with another one containing different boards.
• each one of said boards can be made up of a cylindrical container, having inside a hub over which the sheet rolls up, spring means being provided so as to determine the automatic roll up of the sheet around the hub.
• the selective display of the boards occurs bay a rigid bar provided on the front portion of the displayer according to the invention, said bar being moved by a motor and motion transmission means, preferably chain means that rotates around sprocket means, and coupled with coupling means provided on the outer edge of the board.
• a motor and motion transmission means preferably chain means that rotates around sprocket means, and coupled with coupling means provided on the outer edge of the board.
• said container is provided with n housings for n boards.
• each board it can be laterally provided a set of perforations matchable with said movable elements, said perforations being spaced each other of a pitch corresponding to the distance between said movable elements.
• two metallic reinforcing strips having perforations, and eventually inner reinforcement metallic strips, can be provided on said boards. Behind the board displayed a further reinforcement element can be provided.
• Figure 1 is a lateral view of a first embodiment of the information displayer according to the invention
• figure 2 is a front view of the information displayer of figure 1
• figure 3 is a view in vertical section of the rotatable roll and of the upper "loader” of the information displayer of figure 1
• figure 4 is a view of a particular in vertical section showing the lever mechanism controlled by the solenoid for the grasping step of the board of the displayer of figure 1
• figure 5 is a view in vertical section of a particular of the displayer of figure 1 showing the outlet and return path of the board
• figure 6 is a plan view of the board of the displayer of figure 1
• figure 7 is a partial, cut-away view of a second embodiment of the displayer according to the invention
• figure 8 is a plan view of a board of the displayer of figure 7
• figure 9 is a view in vertical section of the displayer of figure 7
• figure 10 is a view in vertical section of the displayer of figure 7 with the displayed board
• figure 11 is
• the information displayer is an electromechanical device provided with an automatic selective system that allows to display alternatively, from the above or from the bottom and according to a desired sequence, a number n of images printed on the boards.
• the displayer 1 comprises two elements 2 or "loaders” bearing the boards, a anged one at the top and one at the bottom, and having each one n cylinder 3 with boards 4, said loaders 2 having a rotating motion, as it will be more clear in the following. Every single loader 2 is provided, as already said, with n housing cylinders 3, one for every board 4 to be displayed. In the figures, every loader 2 provides eight cylinders 3.
• Each one of the boards 4, see in particular figure 6, is provided with transverse steel strips 5, 6, the outer ones being provided with perforations 7 spaced of a predetermined pitch.
• the arrangment to display the boards 4, both for the upper loader 2 and for the lower loader 2, is made up, as it can be observed in figures 3 and 4, of a roll 8 provided with eight sectors 9, preferably movable sectors, arranged at 45° each other, operated by suitable levers 10 controlled by the solenoid 11.
• the roll 8 can rotate in the directions of arrows A of figure 5. It is further provided a plurality of magnetic belts 12 (see figure 2) that are useful to obtain a proper display of the board 4.
• the steel strips 5, 6 provided on each board 4 have the goal to reinforce the same allowing to obtain an optimum display and to reinforce the edges that engage with the movable sectors and over which said perforations 7 are realized to drag the board 4.
• the stepping motor 13 will be controlled by a microprocessor (not shown) with a suitable software.
• the operation of the displayer 1 according to the invention will be described in the following with reference to a displayer wherein the different boards 4 are sequentially displayed, but it is obvious that the same principles are valid in case of a casual pre-established display of the boards.
• the upper loader 2 is positioned so as to present the end edge of the board 4 rolled up on the corresponding preloaded cylinder 3 along a perfect vertical direction, see in particular figure 3, so that the movable sector 8, moved by the solenoid 11, can be positioned within the corresponding perforation 7 on the edge of the same board 4. The same operation is valid for every other board 4.
• the roll 8 rotates in an opposite direction, according to the dark arrows A, A, helped during this rotation by the springs 15 provided within the cylinder 8 and loaded during the preceding unrolling step for the display.
• FIG. 7 it is shown a second embodiment of the displayer according to the invention comprising a container 101 for n boards 102, and movable, as it will be more specifically described in the following, along a direction perpendicular with respect to the plane of the boards 102.
• the container 101 is provided with n housings (not shown), one for each board 102.
• the container 101 has a first pin 103 siidable according to arrows A within a slot 104, provided externally with respect to the same container 101 , and a second pin 105 provided at the bottom of the container 101.
• Each one of the boards 102 (see figure 8) is provided with transverse steel strips 106, 107, the outer two of which (106) presents perforations 108 spaced of a predetermined pitch.
• the arrangment to display the boards 102 is made up of a roll 110 provided with three movable sectors 111 arranged at 120° each other and operated according to the direction of arrow B by solenoids 112 (see figure 9). Roll 110 rotates along directions indicated by arrow C. It is provided a magnetic string 113 that allows to obtain an optimum display of the board 102.
• the strips 106 and 107 provided on the board 102 attend to reinforce the same allowing at the same time to obtain its optimum display, and, moreover, to reinforce the edges that engage with the movable sectors 111 , and over which the perforations are realized.
• the motion of the container 101 according to the direction of the arrow D is obtained by a stepping motor (not shown) and a cam (not shown) having a number of profiles corresponding to the number n of boards 102 provided.
• the stepping motor will be controlled by a microprocessor with a suitable software.
• the container 111 will be in a completely lifted position, so that the pin 103, see dashed lines in figure 9, engages within the hole 109 of all the boards 102.
• the board 102 is brought with its firts perforation 108 corresponding with the first movable sector 111.
• Said sector 111 is operated by the solenoid 112 and therefore engages the board 102.
• the container 101 descend of a step so that the pin 103 disengage the hole 109 of the board 102 coupled to the movable element 111 , that will be free to be dragged by the roll 110, by the three movable elements 111 , until reaching its complete display.
• the roll 110 rotates in an opposite direction with respect to the preceding one till bringing the board 102 with the hole 109 in correpondance of the pin 103.
• the container 101 is now lifted of a step, so that the pin 103 engages again the hole 109 of the board 102 formerly displayed and, sliding again along the slot 104 towards the bottom, brings back the board 102 within the container.
• the container 101 is slided of a step downward, so that the pin 105 engages the hole 109 of the board formerly displayed.
• the embodiment shown provides two chains 201 each comprising twelve boards 202 connected by articulated joints to realize the chain structure so that each chain rotates about two pair of pinions 203, 204, the first ones (203) being idle and the second ones (204) being connected through the transmission 205 with a motor 206.
• the chains 201 made up by single panels 202 are realized opposite and symmetrical each other and, employing idle wheels that allow a single rotation direction, the motion can be controlled by a single motor 206.
• Hooking and releasing of the board to be displayed is realized by a plurality of hooks 207 provided along a rigid bar 208, the ends of which are coupled to the links of two chains 209 moved by a motor 210 (see figure 13).
• Each single board 202 is included within a container or "magazine" 211 comprising a hub 212, rotating inside the container 211 , and having the board 202 rolled up on it, by the action of a spiral spring 213.
• each board opposite to the edge coupled with the container 211 it is provided a number of openings 214 that couple with the hooks 207 of the rigid bar 208.
• the programming of the display sequence of the different boards is realized in a way similar to the one already described with reference to the above mentioned embodiments.
• a board 202 from one of the two chains 201 is brought in a display position, and said board 202 will be displayed by the translation of the rigid bar 208, through the action of the system comprised of chains 209 and motor 210, said rigid bar 208 having grasped the board 202 involved by the coupling of the hooks 207 with the openings 214.
• the rigid bar 208 determines the rolling up of the board 202 formerly displayed inside the corresponding roll 211 by the returning action of the spring 213.

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