Classifications

• • 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
  • G09F3/202—Casings, frames or enclosures for labels for adjustable, removable, or interchangeable labels for labels being formed by a combination of interchangeable elements, e.g. price labels
• • 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

Definitions

• Display cassette for interchangeable information carriers with a carrier housing which can be closed by means of at least one hinged cover
• the invention relates to a display cassette for interchangeable information carriers with a carrier housing in which at least one hinged lid, which can be opened by a pivoting movement and is at least partially transparent and with at least one integrated compartment for receiving an information carrier, is arranged.
• Such a display cassette is known from EP 0 383 042.
• the display cassette there essentially consists of a base body, a hinged lid and a closure cassette.
• the hinged lid which can be folded over the base body, is articulated on the base body.
• the swivel axis of the folding ceiling ice lies in the lower area of the base body.
• Several compartments for accommodating partial information carriers are arranged there in the base body. Above these compartments, a compartment for a further partial information carrier is arranged in the hinged lid.
• the subject including the information carrier contained therein, lies above and in front of the partial information carriers of the subjects of the basic body.
• the closure cassette After loading or exchanging the partial information carriers, the closure cassette is put over the combination of base body and hinged cover over the upper area of the closed display cassette.
• the locking cassette locks the display cassette.
• Such a cassette has several disadvantages. Firstly, the handling of the display cassette is cumbersome and time-consuming. In order to exchange partial information carriers, at least two parts always have to be moved. The locking cassette must be removed and the hinged lid must be folded forward. When folding forwards, the hinged lid can open fully, which means that the information carrier can fall out immediately. On the other hand, not all of the information carriers are located in one plane behind the viewing window, which among other things can also make them legible due to unfavorable shadows or the front information carrier slipping.
• a display board is known from DE 72 22 056 Ul, in which laterally insertable signs are arranged on separate cassettes.
• the signs sit in guide rails on the outer walls of the individual cassettes. They are protected from falling out laterally by mountable side rails.
• the cassettes themselves are removed and replaced in one lifting and swiveling movement to replace the signs.
• This display panel has a complicated structure and requires several operations to replace the signs.
• the invention is therefore based on the problem of creating a display cassette which, with simple and uncomplicated handling, allows a quick and safe change of partial information carriers. At the same time, the display cassette should be robust. In addition, due to the design, unintentional opening due to external influences should be prevented. Furthermore, the disadvantages known from the prior art are to be largely avoided.
• the invention is solved with the features of the main claim.
• the individual hinged lid which can be removed from the carrier housing and can be closed by means of a swiveling and lifting movement, has a viewing window which, with the exception of the upper front edge with three edges, adjoins side walls at least in some areas.
• the hinged cover When the display cassette is closed, the hinged cover is at least partially encompassed in the region of its two viewing window edges running parallel to its pivot axis, at least with the aid of a spring mechanism arranged between it and the area of the carrier housing - in the vicinity of which the respective bottom of a hinged cover is located supported in regions with the lens edge not adjacent to the spring mechanism or another front section against the carrier housing.
• the spring travel of the spring mechanism is greater than the closing stroke of the hinged lid in the support direction.
• This construction enables an easy-to-use, robust display cassette.
• the hinged covers sit completely in the protective carrier housing.
• the spring mechanism and the guide parts in which the hinged covers are used are concealed in the carrier housing. In this way, the display cassette can withstand the usual mechanical shocks in all directions without damage. Even a falling display cassette does not open when it hits the floor.
• these display cassettes are also tread-resistant, so that a fallen cassette is not broken by accidental treading.
• the most sensitive part of the display cassette is the spring mechanism, which pushes the hinged cover through the corresponding grips of the carrier housing or fixes it there.
• the spring mechanism can be designed in various ways. For example, it can be made of an elastic, compressible rubber hose, a rubber mix only, an elastic plastic tube, plastic leaf springs, several rubber balls, or comparable spring elements.
• the spring elements can either lie loosely in the carrier housing or be fastened or molded onto this or the corresponding hinged cover.
• the spring mechanism consists of at least two spiral springs, which are arranged in the respective hinged cover. You sit there on the floor parallel to the swivel axis of the folding ceiling.
• FIG 1 Display cassette, shown closed and open;
• FIG. 2 carrier housing shown in perspective from the front
• FIG. 3 hinged lid shown in perspective from the front
• Figure 4 rear perspective view of the hinged lid
• Figure 5 Section across the display cassette in the region of part of the spring mechanism
• Figure 6 perspective bottom view of a hinged lid.
• FIG. 1 shows a display cassette in which two hinged covers (20, 21) with integrated compartments are arranged in a carrier housing (10).
• the hinged lid (20, 21) opened. With the opening angle shown, the hinged covers (20, 21) can be removed from the carrier housing (10) by pulling them out in the opening direction.
• the upper hinged cover (20) is, for example, a single compartment in which a card (1) with an applied product name is inserted as an information carrier.
• the lower hinged cover (21) here contains six compartments of the same size, which contain individual leprosy (2) as partial information carriers.
• the Leporellos (2) can, for example, on the one hand represent a position of a total or partial price and on the other hand product and / or packaging-related brief information.
• FIG. 2 shows the carrier housing (10) with a front bar (19) which is still to be installed.
• the carrier housing (10) has a flat rear wall (11) to which the side walls (12, 13) connect at least approximately at right angles on both sides. Above and below, the rear wall (11) merges into wrap-around side walls (15, 16). These side walls (15, 16) have a semi-cylindrical outer contour. For example, they emerge seamlessly from the rear wall (11) without a transition. Together with the side walls (15, 16), the carrier housing (10) forms a largely C-shaped cross section, such as can also be clearly seen in the section of FIG. 5.
• front bar (19) can also be molded onto the carrier housing (10).
• Each side wall (12, 13) of the carrier housing (10) has a circular segment-shaped recess (14) at its free edges per hinged cover (20, 21).
• the recess (14) is approximately half the height of each hinged cover area.
• the depth of the recess (14) corresponds approximately to half the depth or half the thickness of the display cassette.
• the hinged lid is shown in several views.
• the front of the individual hinged cover (20, 21) forms the so-called viewing window (23). It is completely transparent here. If necessary, it can be opaque, for example by coloring, coating, printing or the like.
• the viewing window (23) is equipped with side walls (31, 32). Each vertically arranged side wall (31, 32) carries a handle part (33). With a mounted and closed display cassette, the individual handle part (33) fits into the corresponding recess (14) in the carrier housing (10). There is an approx. 1 mm wide gap between the carrier housing (10) and the handle part (33), cf. Figure 1, left representation.
• a transverse web (34) is arranged on each side wall (31, 32) parallel to the viewing window (23) and serves to grip around the individual partial information carriers (1, 2).
• the two transverse webs (34) fix the card (1) from FIG. 1 normally to the viewing window (23).
• the hinged cover (21) has five parallel dividers (36) between the side walls (31, 32), so that six compartments for receiving partial information carriers (2) are created.
• Each separating web (36) has a transverse web (37) which protrudes about 1 mm above the dividing web (36), forming a wrap on each side.
• the fan folds (2) are supported against the viewing window (23) by the grips.
• Each hinged cover (20, 21,) has a bottom (41) which connects to the side walls (31, 32) and the viewing window (23).
• Two flexurally elastic, leaf spring-like elements (42) are integrated in each individual floor (41), cf. Figures 5 and 6.
• a spiral spring (42) has the length of an angle consisting of two legs (43) and (44), one leg (43), which is also shorter than the other, runs approximately parallel to the bottom (41). Both legs (43, 44) enclose a 155 ° angle in the unloaded state.
• the kink between the legs (43, 44) is arcuate.
• the spiral spring (42) has an approximately constant rectangular cross section over its entire length. To change the spring rate of the spiral springs (42), it is also possible to design them with a variable cross section over at least part of their length. For example, the cross section could taper towards the free end.
• the spiral spring (42) has a margin of several tenths of a millimeter relative to the floor (41) surrounding it. As a result, it can also twist slightly during deflection without grazing or tilting on the floor (41).
• Each hinged cover (20, 21) is designed in a step-like manner at the upper and lower edge - in other words in the region of the horizontal lens edges (24, 25) of the lens (23).
• the wall thickness of the hinged cover (20, 21) is smaller than in the area of the viewing window.
• the steps (26, 27) have a depth which is approximately the same as the material thickness of the regions of the horizontal side walls (15, 16) of the carrier housing (10) which surround the hinged cover (20, 21)
• the height of the lower step (27) is greater than the height of the step (26) above and greater than the closing stroke of the individual hinged cover (20, 21,).
• the total height of a hinged lid (20, 21,) is greater than the clear distance between the lower edge of the upper side wall (15) and the upper edge of the front bar (19) or the clear distance between the lower edge of the front bar (19) and the upper edge of the lower side wall (16). Since each hinged cover (20, 21) is laterally enclosed when the display cassette is closed, with the exception of the handle parts (33), the hinged cover (20, 21) can only be closed and opened using a combined swivel-push movement.
• An empty and closed display cassette is opened for loading with partial information carriers (1, 2) in that, for example, the hinged lid (20) to be opened is pushed down on its two handle parts (33). With the upper hinged cover (20), the sliding movement is finished when the lower step (27) is completely covered by the front bar (19). In this case, the lens (23) is almost flush with the front bar (19). Furthermore, in this position the two spiral springs (42) have their maximum prestress. At the same time, the front edge (24) of the hinged cover (20) lies below the encompassing lower edge of the upper side wall (15). From this position, the hinged lid (20) is pivoted forward until it emerges from under the upper side wall (15). Then it can be removed diagonally forwards and upwards.
• the hinged cover (20) with the spiral springs (42) is inserted from above into the carrier housing (10).
• the hinged cover (20) is held at an opening angle with respect to the carrier housing (10), as is the case from the illustration of the opened display cassette in FIG. 1 is recognizable.
• both spiral springs (42) on the upper web (17), cf. Figure 5 lie, the hinged lid (20) is pressed down until its front edge (24) passes under the lower edge of the upper side wall (15).
• the hinged cover (20) which is then pivoted into the carrier housing (10) is pressed upwards by the spiral springs (42) until the upper step (26) has completely disappeared behind the lower edge of the upper side wall (15) encompassing the hinged cover (20).
• the hinged cover (20, 21) can be adjusted the insertion of its bottom (41) in the carrier housing (10) can be closed by simply pressing.
• the bevelled upper edges of the side walls (31, 32) or the partition walls (36) force the necessary lifting movement during the closing pivoting movement.
• the display cassettes have, for example on the rear (11) of the carrier housing (10), a fastening device for attachment to the documents provided for this purpose.
• These documents which can be, among other things, price marking rails or the front edges of shelves, carry dovetail-shaped elevations for this purpose, which are gripped by two rails arranged opposite one another on a display cassette.

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