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
  • 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
  • G09F11/23—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 advertising or display material forming part of rotating members, e.g. in the form of perforations, prints, or transparencies on a drum or disc

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a label for the display of the price (and / or other information such as the quantity or provenance) of food products and, more particularly, a variable display label, the selection of the price to be displayed being carried out. by the rotation of disks containing the inscriptions (numbers, letters, symbols or other v ) likely to be brought next reading windows.
• labels of this type are known and widely used in the field of the food trade and particularly in the field of sausages, butchery or fishmongers. These labels generally include a rigid plastic plate with windows, the back of which is equipped with inscribed disks, for example
• these labels sometimes include a foot supporting said wafer.
• This foot is either constituted by a peak for planting the label in the food product that corresponds to it, or constituted by a base through which the label can be placed on a more or less flat surface.
• the axes of the rotating disks are connected both to the posterior plate and to the anterior plate between which they are placed, so that said anterior plate is not removable and interchangeable and that the axes of the disks appear. on the front face of the latter, which makes labels unattractive despite the care taken in their visual illustration and constituting a source of retention of waste and debris and therefore fouling.
• foot of these labels is not removable, in order to adapt the type of foot (peak or pedestal) most appropriate for the various uses of the label.
• the label of the invention proposes to solve these problems, for better hygiene and greater ease of use, while providing improved aesthetics and increased modularity.
• a label comprising a rear plate and a front plate provided with reading windows and a plurality of rotary disks supported by axes and arranged between said rear plate and said front plate, these disks " rotary devices having selectably readable entries, through said read windows, and preferably being accessible at the level of at least one edges of the label, which is particularly notable in that the axes of said rotary discs are substantially supported by the rear plate and the label and independent of the front plate thereof.
• the handling of the rotating discs is facilitated by the fact that they are conveniently accessible at one or more edges of the label.
• the label comprises a removable foot.
• different types of feet can be associated with the label according to the invention, so that it has the ideal means
• FIG. 1 is the front view of a label according to the invention
• FIG. 2 is the front view of the bare posterior plate
• FIG. 3 is the top view of the bare posterior plate
• Figure 4 is the left side view of the plate . posterior nude
• FIG. 5 shows a lateral section of the bare posterior plate along the line 5-5 of FIG. 3;
• - Figure 6 is the front view, with partial cutaway of the front plate, an embodiment of the label;
• - Figure 8 is the front view of the same peak;
• - Figure 9 is the right view of a flat section peak;
• FIG. 11 is the right view of a paw of small size
• - Figure 13 is the right view of a large leg;
• - Figure 14 is the front view of the same tab;
• FIG. 15 is a top view of a base component of the base
• FIG. 16 is the front view of a base consisting of the same base and the small leg.
• the label shown as an example of application of the invention comprises a rear plate 1, six rotating discs 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, a front plate 8, and a foot that can have different conformations, as shown below.
• the posterior plate preferably rectangular and executed in a rigid plastic, is designed to receive the various constituent elements of the label. It comprises, in its front face, housings 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e and 1f (six in number as shown in the example) constituted by recesses formed in the thickness of said plate and intended to accommodate respectively the six rotary discs 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, as well as six holes 1a ', 1b', 1c ', 1d', 1 'and 1f in which are respectively mounted the axes of said discs 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7.
• the faceplate 8 may be made of any suitable flexible plastic material, and its front face may be ornamented by illustrations reminiscent of the product sold and applied to said face by any suitable method.
• the angles of the posterior plate 1 are arranged to allow the insertion, removably, angles of the front plate 8.
• the posterior plate 1 comprises, in front of its four corners or angles, four rails or slots 1g, 1h, 1i and 1j provided to receive, respectively, the four corners of the front plate 8 and maintain the latter against said posterior plate.
• the lower rails or slots 1 i and 1 j are oriented upwards for the vertical support of the front plate 8, while the rails or upper slots 1g and 1 h are oriented downwards.
• At least one of these rails or slots (the upper rails 1g, 1h, according to the example illustrated in Figures 1 to 6) is equipped with a lateral stop 1g 'and / or 1h' for locking in translation of said front plate 8.
• a split lug 1n located in the upper and central part of the rear plate 1, and integral with the latter, is oriented towards the rear, so as to have two flexible locking tabs for the maintenance of a possible additional sign, by example intended to display a promotion relating to the product designated by the label claimed.
• the posterior plate 1 finally has means for receiving, preferably removably, a foot whose advantageous embodiments are described in the remainder of this presentation.
• the means for this removable assembly are constituted by a slot 1k and two bevels 11 and 1m.
• the rotating discs 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 each comprise an axis (for example axes 6a and 7a of the discs 6 and 7, respectively, visible in FIG. 6), intended to be mounted on the posterior plate 1 in the holes 1a ', 1b', 1c ', 1d', 1 '' and 1f, so that they rotate about their respective axis, within their respective housing 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f.
• the axes of the rotating discs have no connection with the front plate 8.
• Each of these rotating discs has the inscriptions intended, by their combination, to display the price and other information relating to the product to which the label refers.
• the disk 2 includes the inscriptions relating to the quantity of the product for which the price is displayed (for example “1Kg”, “1", “12”, “500g”, "100g", or "1L");
• the disc 3 includes the numbers from 0 to 9 for the display of the ten of the currency (for example: euros) in which is established the price;
• disk 4 comprises the digits 0 to 9 for displaying the unit of said currency
• Disk 5 includes the numbers from 0 to 9 for the display of the ten cents of the price; disk 6 comprises the digits from 0 to 9 for displaying the unit of cents of the price;
• the disc 7 includes the inscriptions for the display of additional indications respecting certain legal or regulatory obligations, such as the origin of the product (for example, in the context of the fish market, indications such as "high” may be displayed, "sin" or
• front face of the rotating discs could have other display elements.
• the front plate 8 preferably rectangular, is installed in front of these disks and fixed to the rear plate 1 by means of the four rails 1g, 1h, 1i and 1j already described and in which the angles of said front plate are engaged removable.
• This front plate 8 comprises six reading windows 8a, 8b, 8c, 8d, 8e and 8f, preferably constituted by transparent areas of the material in which said front plate 8 is executed: this arrangement makes it possible to keep a full front plate, devoid of openings, thereby contributing to the hygiene of the label, unlike the case where the reading windows are obtained by a cutout of said front plate.
• These six reading windows are dimensioned for the selective reading of the inscriptions of the respective disks 2, 3, 47 5, 6 and these " ihscripti ⁇ ns " are able to be brought opposite said windows to form, by their combination, the price to display as well as to display any additional information.
• the front plate 8 preferably sports a pleasant decoration in accordance with the product to which the label refers: this front plate is removable, which allows, by its simple exchange, to adapt the decoration to the product to which refers 'label.
• the label claimed is designed to receive a removable foot.
• a circular section peak 9 for example to plant it in a meat
• a flat section peak 10 effective for planting it in the ice
• a base for a simple removal on a bearing surface
• this central tongue 9a, 10a, 11a or 12a intended, during assembly of the foot with the posterior plate 1, to be inserted in the slot 1k; this central tongue 9a, 10a, 11a or 12a is slightly inclined rearward so that the label is slightly upwards for easy reading;
• lateral tongues 9b and 9c, 10b and 10c, 11b and 11c, or 12b and 12c relatively flexible, so that they flex in accordance with the shape of the respective bevels 11 and 1 m during assembly of the foot with the plate posterior 1;
• these lateral tongues are respectively provided with lugs 9b 'and 9c 1 , 10b' and 10c ', 11b' and 11c ', or 12b' and 12c 'which are brought to be positioned at the upper end of the respective bevels 11 and 1m to block the foot assembly with the posterior plate 1.
• the foot can be made of different materials, but preferably in a rigid plastic.
• the part of the peak 9 intended to be planted in the product designated by the label may be metallic, preferably stainless steel, to be suitable for food contact and in order to ensure an effective "planted" without risk of breaks, regardless of the strength of the product.

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