EP0486460A2 - Dispositif de fixation amovible pour panneaux d'affichage à monter sur récipients de stockage, rayonnages de stockage, meubles de magasin ou autres - Google Patents

Dispositif de fixation amovible pour panneaux d'affichage à monter sur récipients de stockage, rayonnages de stockage, meubles de magasin ou autres Download PDF

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EP0486460A2
EP0486460A2 EP91890257A EP91890257A EP0486460A2 EP 0486460 A2 EP0486460 A2 EP 0486460A2 EP 91890257 A EP91890257 A EP 91890257A EP 91890257 A EP91890257 A EP 91890257A EP 0486460 A2 EP0486460 A2 EP 0486460A2
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Roman Tiedemann
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • 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
    • G—PHYSICS
    • 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
    • G09F3/201—Enclosures enveloping completely the labels

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  • the invention relates to a device for releasably attaching to storage containers, storage racks, shop furniture or the like Stand in connection with the relevant sign to be fastened and hold it on the holding rail.
  • Devices of the aforementioned type are known, which are provided for using the approximately C-shaped holding rails in cross section, which are often arranged on the front edges of the shelves of storage racks; According to their C-shape, these rails have a groove on their lower and upper edge, while the central area of these rails is open; one often inserts simple cards into such rails, which carry prices, but also uses such rails to hold holding bodies, which in turn carry display signs;
  • Such holding bodies can be approximately plate-shaped bodies, which end in tongues on opposite sides and have a size which makes it possible to insert these holding bodies into the open central part of the C-shaped holding rails and then to rotate them by approximately 90 °, the ones on these bodies mutually opposite holding tongues come into engagement in the two grooves of the holding rail and the holding body is fixed in this way.
  • the inventive device of the type mentioned is characterized in that the holding rail forms a single groove, one side surface of the groove starting from the entrance of the groove is substantially flat and the other side surface of the groove is undercut that the holding tongues holding lugs, holding ribs or the like .
  • Wear which can be inserted into the undercut of the undercut groove side surface after the insertion of the retaining tongues into the groove, and that at least one spring is provided on the retaining tongues or on the display plate, which spring is attached to the storage container, storage rack, shop furniture or the like located behind the display plate or engages the holding rail and presses the retaining tongues pushed into the groove towards the front, towards the undercut groove side surface, and thus presses the retaining lugs, retaining ribs or the like into the undercut of the undercut groove side surface.
  • the retaining tongues are pressed by the springs against the undercut formed side surface of the groove of the retaining rail, the retaining lugs, retaining ribs or the like. Entering the undercut, a good hold and an exact positioning of the retaining tongues and in connection therewith achieved standing signs, this hold is stable even when exposed to moderate impact on the signs; since the holding rail forms only a single groove, the arrangement can easily be made so that this groove is open at the bottom, so that the accumulation of foreign material or dirt in the groove is largely counteracted; there is also a very easy handling when attaching the display slider to the relevant holding rail and when removing the display slider from the holding rail, because for these manipulations only a simple pressing in connection with a sliding movement has to be carried out.
  • a variant here which also has a simple structure and corresponding properties is characterized in that the spring acts on a pressure tongue, which is attached to the back of the display plate or on a retaining tongue and protrudes into the groove when the retaining tongues are inserted into the groove Groove protruding part of the pressure tongue is pressed by the spring against the rear side surface of the groove.
  • a pair or more pairs of retaining tongues are provided on the rear of the display sign. It is also advantageous if a spring is arranged approximately centrally between the two holding tongues of the respective pair of holding tongues. It is also advantageous if a pair of retaining tongues with a leaf spring placed between them is arranged approximately in the middle of the rear of the display plate.
  • a variant which is advantageous for a good fit is characterized in that the holding tongues are arranged in the vicinity of the two side edges of the display plate on the back of the latter.
  • a further variant which is particularly advantageous with regard to a good fit, is characterized in that a pair of retaining tongues with a spring placed between the retaining tongues of each pair is arranged in the vicinity of the two side edges of the display plate on the rear side thereof.
  • the retaining tongues are integrally formed on the display plate.
  • a particularly simple design can be obtained in that the retaining tongues are formed by at least one bar projecting upwards above this edge at the upper edge of the display plate and carrying at least one retaining lug or retaining rib.
  • the holding rail is a U-shaped profiled rail. It is advantageous for attaching the display plates to the relevant holding rail if one provides that the rear leg of the holding rail is wider than the front leg of the holding rail and projects downward beyond the entrance of the groove.
  • An embodiment of the device which is advantageous in many cases for production, in which a good integration of the holding rail into the storage containers, storage racks, shop furniture or the like can be achieved, which integration also offers advantages with regard to the architectural integration of the holding rail and also the attachment of the display signs relieved of the holding rail in question, because a smooth transition from that surface of the storage container, storage rack, shop furniture or the like, in front of or to which the relevant display plate is to be attached, can be achieved in the groove formed with the holding rail, is characterized that the holding rail is attached to a surface of a storage container, storage rack, shop furniture or the like.
  • the holding rail is formed by a strip made of sheet metal or flat plastic material, which is bent up and protrudes forward from the surface to which the holding rail is attached and is bent back at its free edge to form the undercut of the front groove side surface.
  • the holding rail is formed by the edge region of a cover made of sheet metal or plastic flat material projecting over the upper edge of the surface on which the holding rail is arranged.
  • the thickness of the holding tongues together with the holding lugs or holding ribs is only slight, e.g. by 1 to 2 mm, is smaller than the width of the entrance of the groove.
  • leaf springs or pressure tongues which in the preferred embodiments of the device according to the invention serve to press the retaining lugs, retaining ribs or the like into the undercut of the undercut groove side surface
  • leaf springs or pressure tongues e.g. attach to the display plate by gluing, riveting or welding
  • a very good hold can be achieved if it is provided that the leaf spring or pressure tongue is inserted into a pocket provided on the rear of the display plate or between two groove strips provided there and is preferably also latched in the inserted position; this embodiment also makes it possible to find sufficiency in assembly with little effort.
  • An embodiment which is favorable with regard to the attachment of the retaining tongues and the springs to the display plate and also with regard to the retaining or positioning function of retaining tongues and springs is characterized in that a retaining tongue together with a leaf spring in the form of an elongated strip is formed, which is folded approximately in the middle transversely to its longitudinal extent, one leg of this structure being the spring and the other leg representing the retaining tongue and the latter at its end carrying a retaining lug, preferably in the form of a bend in the end of this leg.
  • FIGS. 1 to 4 In the embodiment of a device 1 shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, which is used for the detachable fastening of display signs 3 to a storage container 2, a storage rack, shop furniture or the like, there is one on the surface 24 of the storage container 2 or the like Holding rail 4 attached, which forms a groove 6.
  • Retaining tongues 5 are provided on the display plate 3, which have retaining lugs 11 which, after the retaining tongues 5 have been inserted into the groove 6, can be inserted into the undercut 10 of the undercut groove side surface 9.
  • a spring 14 designed as a leaf spring is also provided, which engages on the holding rail 4, and which presses the holding tongues 5 pushed into the groove 6 to the front (arrow 26) towards the undercut groove side surface 9 and thus the holding lugs 11 into the Undercut 10 of the undercut groove side surface 9 presses.
  • the front groove side wall with the undercut side surface 9 is formed by the holding rail 4 itself, and the rear groove side surface 7 is formed by the surface 24 to which the holding rail 4 is attached .
  • many variants are possible with regard to the design of the holding rail, as will be explained below.
  • the display plate 3 is thus fixed to the holding rail 4. This state is shown in Fig. 3.
  • To remove the display plate from the holding rail one only needs to press the display plate 3 against the surface 24 so that the retaining lugs 11 are released from the undercut of the groove 6 and can then simply slide the display plate 3 down a little until the holding tongues 5 Have left groove 6.
  • a pair of retaining tongues 5 are provided, which are attached in the middle of the rear side 15 of the display plate 3.
  • the holding tongues 5 can be connected to the rear side 15 of the display plate in various ways; so you can glue, weld, rivet the retaining tabs 5 or in one piece with the display plate integrate.
  • the leaf spring 14 is placed between the two retaining tongues 5 and is also connected to the rear of the display plate.
  • the device according to the invention can be used in conjunction with various types of display signs. So e.g. in connection with simple signs bearing a certain word or other information, or e.g. also, as is provided in the embodiment according to FIGS. 1 to 4, in connection with a display plate designed as a removable plate.
  • the display sign 3 provided in this embodiment has a housing 40 in which there are viewing openings 41, and this sign is further provided with a slide insert 42 in which display cards 43 can be interchangeably inserted, which are visible through the viewing openings 41.
  • a very stable fit of the display plate on the holding rail can be achieved if, as in the embodiment shown in FIG. 7, the holding tongues 5 are provided in the vicinity of the two side edges 18 of the display plate 3; one can arrange a single retaining tongue on each side edge 18 or, as shown in FIG. 7, a pair of retaining tongues 5, whereby a particularly secure fixation of the display plate to the retaining rail can be achieved, which also withstands stronger impacts.
  • the rear leg 20 of the holding rail 4 is wider than the front leg 21 of this holding rail 4 and projects downward beyond the inlet 8 of the groove 6.
  • this or the retaining tongues provided on it can be placed on the part of the rear leg of the retaining rail located outside the entrance of the groove, and the retaining tongues can be inserted into the groove without special care being required.
  • both the front leg 21 and the rear leg 20 essentially end at the entrance 8 of the groove 6, and the edge of the rear leg 20 with a bevel 19 is to facilitate the insertion of the holding tongues Mistake.
  • the holding rails can be attached to the relevant storage container, in any position, shop furniture or the like in various ways, e.g. by means of screws, rivets or even by gluing.
  • an elastic intermediate layer 22 is inserted between the holding rail 4 and the wall of a storage container 2, one side of which is glued to the surface 24 of the storage container 2 and the other side of which is glued to the holding rail 4 is; even small unevenness in the surface 24 is not disadvantageous.
  • a covering rib 23 provided on the holding rail 4 protects the elastic intermediate layer 22 upwards.
  • the holding rail can also simply be formed from sheet metal or from flat plastic material, the rail possibly also being formed by a part of a construction element serving primarily other purposes. Examples of such embodiments are shown in FIGS. 12 and 13.
  • the holding rail 4 is formed by a strip consisting of sheet metal or flat plastic material, which is bent forward from the surface 24 to which the holding rail 4 is attached, projecting forward in the direction of the arrow 26, and with it an edge 25 abuts the surface 24 or is fastened there, and with its free edge 27 to form the undercut 10 of the front, undercut formed side surface 9 of the groove 6 is bent backwards.
  • the holding rail 4 is formed by the edge region 29 of a cover 30 made of sheet metal or plastic flat material, this edge region 29 projecting beyond the upper edge 28 of the surface 24 on which the holding rail 4 is arranged.
  • a pressure tongue 17 is pivotally mounted on the rear side 15 of the display plate 3, on which a spring designed for example as a helical spring 16 acts, which in turn acts on the rear side 15 of the Display plate 3 is attached; the pressing tongue 17 projects into the groove when the holding tongues 5 are inserted into the groove of the holding rail and comes to rest against the rear side surface 7 of the groove 6 due to the force of the spring 16.
  • the holding tongues 5 are formed by at least one bar 31 which projects upwards at the upper edge of the display plate 3 and which carries a holding rib 12.
  • a coil spring 16 is arranged below the attachment point of the bar 31 on the display plate 3 and engages on the holding rail 4 outside the input 8 of the groove 6, so that a moment of force is exerted on the display plate, which the display plate 3 in the direction of arrow 26 forward tries to swing.
  • a corresponding effect also results in the embodiment of a display plate 3 shown in FIGS.
  • a double-arm leaf spring 14 attached to the display plate 3 on this display plate below the attachment parts of the strips 31 serves, as explained above, to press the holding tongues with the holding ribs 12 into the undercut of the undercut groove side surface of the holding rail provided in the device according to the invention, whereby the Location of this leaf spring 14 is below the attachment point of the retaining tongues on the display plate 3 and the points of attack of the ends of the spring 14 are below the retaining ribs 12, through the spring 14 again a moment of force is generated which tries to pivot the display plate 3.
  • a very stable fixation of leaf springs or pressure tongues on the display plate can be obtained by arranging at least one pocket 32 on the back of the display plate 3, as is provided in the embodiment shown in FIG. 14, and the leaf spring or pressure tongue with one Pushes the end into this pocket, and in order to improve the hold of the leaf spring or pressure tongue, a latching or gluing can preferably be provided.
  • FIGS. 15 and 16 A variant of this is the embodiment shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, in which 3 groove strips 33 are formed on the rear 15 of the display plate, between which a leaf spring 14 (or a retaining tongue) is inserted; it is additionally provided for secure fixation a latching with stop lugs 34 which are integrally formed on the spring 14.
  • a retaining tongue 5 integrally integrated with a leaf spring 14 in the form of an elongated strip which is folded approximately in its center 35 transversely to its longitudinal extent (arrow 36), one leg this structure represents the spring 14 and the other leg the retaining tongue 5; the retaining tongue 5 carries at its end 37 a retaining lug 11 which is designed in the form of a bend in the end 37 of this leg.
  • This embodiment is particularly well suited for being attached to a display sign in accordance with the embodiments according to FIG. 14 or FIGS. 15 and 16.
  • the width of the inlet 8 of the groove 6 is chosen to be as small as possible, ie that the thickness of the holding tongues 5 together with the holding lugs 11 or holding ribs 12 is only slightly smaller, for example by 1 to 2 mm. than the width of the entrance 8 of the groove 6.
  • Such training is also 2 and 3 and Fig. 9 can be seen.

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WO1994029832A1 (fr) * 1993-06-11 1994-12-22 Sitour Electronic Systems (S.E.S.) Dispositif pour la fixation d'un boitier d'affichage electronique
DE19534671A1 (de) * 1995-09-19 1997-03-20 Esselte Meto Int Gmbh Vorrichtung zur Anzeige von Preis- und/oder Produktinformationen
FR2744825A1 (fr) * 1996-02-14 1997-08-14 Visioplast Sarl Dispositif d'un moyen d'assemblage combinant un element de fixation et un porte-etiquettes
AT404888B (de) * 1996-06-24 1999-03-25 Tiedemann Roman Steckrahmen für kennzeichnungsschilder
EP2567828A3 (fr) * 2011-09-06 2016-06-01 Arian GesmbH Produit imprimé avec un cadre comprenant un rail libre de fixation
WO2016092033A1 (fr) * 2014-12-10 2016-06-16 Josef Grasmann Support pour un élément d'affichage

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WO1994029832A1 (fr) * 1993-06-11 1994-12-22 Sitour Electronic Systems (S.E.S.) Dispositif pour la fixation d'un boitier d'affichage electronique
FR2706665A1 (fr) * 1993-06-11 1994-12-23 Fis Dispositif pour la fixation d'un boîtier d'affichage électronique.
US5611512A (en) * 1993-06-11 1997-03-18 Sitour Electronic Systems (S.E.S) Device for fixing an electronic display housing
DE19534671A1 (de) * 1995-09-19 1997-03-20 Esselte Meto Int Gmbh Vorrichtung zur Anzeige von Preis- und/oder Produktinformationen
FR2744825A1 (fr) * 1996-02-14 1997-08-14 Visioplast Sarl Dispositif d'un moyen d'assemblage combinant un element de fixation et un porte-etiquettes
AT404888B (de) * 1996-06-24 1999-03-25 Tiedemann Roman Steckrahmen für kennzeichnungsschilder
EP2567828A3 (fr) * 2011-09-06 2016-06-01 Arian GesmbH Produit imprimé avec un cadre comprenant un rail libre de fixation
WO2016092033A1 (fr) * 2014-12-10 2016-06-16 Josef Grasmann Support pour un élément d'affichage

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