US20060278590A1 - Display device particularly for electronic display of prices - Google Patents

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US20060278590A1
US20060278590A1 US10/570,983 US57098306A US2006278590A1 US 20060278590 A1 US20060278590 A1 US 20060278590A1 US 57098306 A US57098306 A US 57098306A US 2006278590 A1 US2006278590 A1 US 2006278590A1
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    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F3/00—Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps
    • G09F3/08—Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself
    • G09F3/18—Casings, frames or enclosures for labels
    • G09F3/20—Casings, frames or enclosures for labels for adjustable, removable, or interchangeable labels
    • G09F3/204—Casings, frames or enclosures for labels for adjustable, removable, or interchangeable labels specially adapted to be attached to a shelf or the like

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  • the present invention relates to a display device, used in particular for holding electronic display units or still for placing simple tags.
  • Display devices and systems are used mainly in shops, department stores or others, in order to exhibit tags containing information, in particular the price of the items offered to customers.
  • the items are stored on two types of tiers in selling areas. They may simply be laid on a tier shelf or still be hanging from hooks in the form of a supporting bar, mounted cantilever to a wall and exhibiting at the end thereof a perpendicular stop bar.
  • Display devices are generally interconnected on two types of matching interconnection studs. They are either fixed in a rail, also called a shelf stud, in the case of a simple shelf, or they are fixed to said perpendicular bar of said hooks, still called hooked studs.
  • said display devices should ideally be seen by the consumers according to an average position which ought to remain the same for all the items.
  • the consumer should be able to access the information without having to squat to read the tag and in particular the price of the items displayed on a lower bracket, not to come closer to the lowest bracket.
  • a display device capable of being fixed to a rail or a stud, and has exhibiting means for being tilted according to an intermediate position oriented upwards. Nevertheless, in the case of shelves fitted with several levels, as can be found in department stores, such a device has limited variability in orientation.
  • Such display devices are compatible only with a stud for interconnection with a rail and cannot be adapted to other existing fastening brackets, such as hanging hooks.
  • the price and other pieces of information may be shown as of now by electronic display units, which may have different dimensions according to the device at hand.
  • electronic display devices do not have means to suit the different configurations of display units.
  • the head of a department who has several elements of different structures to be displayed on different types of a fastening stud should be able to choose different display devices for each combination, each element to be displayed by stud.
  • an object of the invention is to provide a display device, capable of being oriented upwards or downwards according to an appropriate vision angle and which can be modulated, moreover, according to the type of fastening stud and of element to be displayed.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a display device which may be assembled easily and rapidly.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a display device exhibiting antitheft fastening means.
  • the display device in particular for electronic display of the prices, capable of directing an element to be displayed according to a requested vision angle, includes:
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a display device according to the invention mounted on a rail according to a first embodiment.
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a device according to the invention mounted on a hooked stud according to a second embodiment.
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective top view of a device complying with the invention according to a third embodiment.
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective bottom view of the device according to the invention illustrated on FIG. 3 .
  • FIG. 5 is a side view of the device according to the invention illustrated on FIG. 3 .
  • FIG. 6 is a sectional view along the line VI-VI according to the invention illustrated on FIG. 5 .
  • FIG. 7 is a side view of a device mounted on a hooked stud complying with the invention according to a fourth embodiment.
  • FIG. 8 is a bottom perspective view of the device according to the invention illustrated on FIG. 7 .
  • FIG. 9 is a top perspective view of the device according to the invention illustrated on FIG. 7 .
  • FIG. 10 is a perspective view of fastening means to a rail by a swivel cam.
  • FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a jumper illustrated on FIG. 10 .
  • FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a swivel cam illustrated on FIG. 10 .
  • the invention relates to a display device, in particular for electronic display of prices, capable of orienting an element to be displayed according to a vision angle.
  • the device comprises, first of all, on the one hand first fastening means 1 , 3 , 30 to an interconnection stud 11 , 23 , 24 to the tier, and on the other hand, second fastening means 18 , in particular to the displayed element.
  • the device includes rotation means 4 , 5 and/or indexing means 17 , 22 acting as an interface between said first fastening means to the interconnection stud and said second fastening of the element to be displayed.
  • said first fastening means comprise a jumper 1 exhibiting a C-shaped structure 2 , 17 , held and capable of sliding with an Q-shaped structure of a rail 11 fixed to the tier.
  • the C-shaped structure may notably be in the form of two legs 2 going away from the back of a jumper 1 , the ends of the legs 2 being held with the Q-shaped structure of a rail 11 by profiles 12 .
  • This fastening system to a shelf stud may advantageously when implementing the information to be displayed, notably price tags, be displaced and slide over the rail, whereas the display device is located in front of the row of items affected.
  • the first fastening means 1 may be interconnected so as to prevent any displacement of the said jumper 1 along said rail 11 with braking means 13 .
  • These braking means 13 constitute besides an antitheft means.
  • the braking means are in the form of a rotary lock 13 preventing any displacement of said jumper 1 along the rail 11 .
  • Said rotary lock 13 is formed by a cylindrical body 15 exhibiting at the lower end thereof a base 14 of greater dimension.
  • Said base 14 is generally rectangular in shape with two greater sides of length slightly greater than the distance between the legs 2 of the jumper 1 . Both smaller sides are shorter than the distance separating the edges of the profiles 12 of the rail 11 .
  • This rotary lock 13 is situated in the recess created between the legs 2 of the jumper 1 , the back of the jumper 17 and the rail 11 .
  • Said cylindrical body 15 of the rotary lock 13 goes through and protrudes from the back of the jumper 17 through the upper end of the cylindrical body 16 .
  • the rotary lock 13 exhibits at that end a head capable of accommodating an actuation key.
  • Said head may in particular exhibit a print 16 , in particular hexagonal in shape, capable of co-operating with an Allen key.
  • Said lock 13 when turned, compresses the lower end of said legs 2 against the profiles 12 of said rail 11 , by means of a chamfer at the base 14 .
  • the action exerted by the legs 2 on said profiles 12 generates, thanks to a friction phenomenon, transversal loads to the line of action, which oppose any displacement of the jumper 1 along said rail 11 .
  • the jumper 1 ′ is not held directly by the profiles 12 of the rail 11 .
  • the fastening means of the jumper 1 ′ to the rail 11 are then formed, in a known fashion, by a swivel cam 80 exhibiting a base 82 generally rectangular in shape, and capable of being blocked in the rail 11 .
  • Said base 82 exhibits two smaller sides of length smaller than the distance between the edges of the profiles 12 of the rail 11 , so as to be inserted longitudinally in the rail.
  • Said base 82 exhibits two larger sides of length grater than the distance between the edges of the profiles 12 of the rail 11 and smaller than the maximum width in the rail.
  • said base 82 exhibits, in particular the ends thereof, elevating means 83 formed by chamfered sections and capable of cooperating, when the cam 80 is rotated by 90°, by friction with the lower wings of the profiles 12 of the rail 11 .
  • a cylindrical body in two sections 84 , 86 rises from said base 82 and constitutes at a narrowed section 85 a bearing surface for the jumper 1 ′.
  • the upper section 86 of the cylindrical body exhibits radially two ears diametrically opposed, which may run through a corresponding aperture 40 in the back of the jumper 1 ′.
  • said ears 81 protrude with the back of the jumper 1 ′ for retaining said jumper.
  • the end of the upper section 86 of the cylindrical body may advantageously exhibit a print 16 , in particular capable of accommodating an Allan key.
  • the jumper 1 ′ may show two longitudinal edges 2 ′ capable of co-operating with the edges of the profiles 12 of the rail 11 , so as to centre said jumper 1 ′ to the rail 11 .
  • said first fastening means may be fixed to a hooked stud. They are then in the form of a resilient jaw 3 inside which the stop bar 23 perpendicular to the supporting bar 24 of a hooked stud, is inserted by elastic deformation.
  • This elastic jaw 3 is generally cylindrical in shape and exhibits an aperture in the longitudinal direction of smaller dimension than the inner diameter of the cylindrical jaw 3 .
  • the inner diameter of said jaw 3 may advantageously be slightly smaller than the diameter of the stop bar 23 , so as to maintain a pressure against said bar.
  • the jaw 3 in order to prevent any rotation of the first fastening means 3 around said stop bar 23 , the jaw 3 exhibits a surface 20 whereupon the end of the supporting bar 24 and a stop 19 abut to prevent any rotation in the other direction, which also contacts said supporting bar 24 .
  • the device complying with the invention exhibits rotation means interfacing between the first fastening means and the second fastening means.
  • the rotation means are formed by an articulation axis 5 interconnected with the first fastening means 1 , 3 and an articulation piece 4 , rotating freely around said articulation axis 5 .
  • the element to be displayed may be oriented continuously relative to said first fastening means.
  • the articulation axis is in the form of a transversal bar 5 fitted with two flanks 6 going away from said first fastening means.
  • the device according to the invention may exhibit indexing means 7 , 22 interfacing between the first fastening means and the second fastening means.
  • the indexing means are situated on the articulation piece 4 , which is in the form of a toothed pinion 7 , mounted to rotate freely around an articulation axis, in particular the bar 5 interconnected with the first fastening means, the teeth of said pinion 7 co-operating with a ratchet 22 slaved to the first fastening means.
  • the number of teeth defines the number of angular indexing positions of the element to be displayed.
  • the toothed pinion in order to be assembled by elastic deformation, also called a clip system, the toothed pinion exhibits a straight aperture 8 along the rotation axis of dimension 9 , smaller than the inner diameter 11 of said toothed pinion 7 , so that said transversal bar 5 may be inserted by elastic deformation inside said pinion 7 .
  • said second fastening means 18 are interconnected with at least one protrusion 25 going away from said articulation piece.
  • at least one protrusion is situated advantageously close to the edge of the aperture 8 in order to keep maximum angular clearance.
  • said toothed pinion 7 may exhibit advantageously sufficient radial denture at least over an arc of circle greater than half the circumference of said pinion 7 for indexing an angular position allowing for a clearance greater than 1800.
  • This feature enables significant variability of the element to be displayed and in particular downwards and upwards orientations with reference to a horizontal plane.
  • the element to be displayed may be oriented downwards for high shelves and upwards for low shelves.
  • the device according to the invention exhibits second fastening means 18 .
  • said second fastening means 18 are in the form of a clip system.
  • This clip system may be advantageously irreversible so as to be burglar-proof.
  • the clip system for each protrusion 25 , takes on the form of two opposite teeth 29 protruding forwards and on both sides of said projection 25 , generally triangular and rectangular in shape.
  • the piece co-operating with this clip system exhibits two female sockets co-operating with the teeth 29 and two flanks 28 , said flanks exhibiting a rim 32 co-operating with the teeth 29 .
  • This clip system is then inserted by deformation of both flanks 28 , said rim 32 letting through and contacting the hypotenuse of the teeth 29 , and abutting at the end of the stroke against the ridge perpendicular to the protrusion 25 of the teeth 29 in order to prohibit any recall.
  • the second fastening means 18 are in the form of a rectangular piece 27 perpendicular to a protrusion 25 .
  • the element to be fastened then exhibits two profiles 21 , the rectangular piece being inserted between these profiles 21 and the back of the element to be displayed and is capable of sliding up to a suitable position.
  • the second fastening means 18 may then be in several forms and may cooperate with an element to be displayed. This involves that said elements to be displayed exhibit fastening means which are compatible with said second fastening means 18 .
  • an intermediate piece 16 interfacing between the articulation piece and the element to be displayed co-operates with the second fastening means 8 and has means for holding an element to be displayed. This intermediate piece 26 is adaptable according to the element to be displayed.
  • the intermediate piece exhibits a bottom 30 and two flanks 31 , the element to be displayed being encased by deformation of the flanks 31 against said bottom 30 .
  • the device according to the invention enables directing an element to be displayed along a suitable vision angle, upwards or downwards, and may be advantageously modular, which may be altered indefinitely according to the interconnection stud and the element to be displayed.
  • the head of a department may in particular choose among several parts exhibiting the first fastening means according to the interconnection stud, among several intermediate pieces 6 according to the element to be displayed and a stock of standard articulation pieces 4 .
  • the user may then assemble a display device relative to the interconnection stud and the element to be displayed.
  • a plastic matter may be used for the manufacture of the pieces of this device, the plastic matter having elastic features adapted to the clip system. These pieces may then be produced in large quantities and at low cost by common manufacturing and processing cycles of the plastic matter; such as injection-moulding, in particular for thermoplastics.

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FR0312809A FR2861884B1 (fr) 2003-10-31 2003-10-31 Dispositif d'affichage, notamment pour l'affichage electronique des prix
PCT/EP2004/014084 WO2005045791A2 (fr) 2003-10-31 2004-10-29 Dispositif d’affichage, notamment pour l’affichage electronique des prix

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EP1678698B1 (fr) 2007-03-21
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