JP2015112302A - Merchandise display case - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a merchandise display case having energization means which is alternative to a metallic spiral spring, inexpensive and can be easily replaced in the merchandise display case having a case body storing merchandise in columns and the energization means for energizing and moving the merchandise to the ends of the case.SOLUTION: In a merchandise display case, energization means is made of a flexible plate made of a resin material, one end of the flexible plate has an energization reaction part supported by a case body at one end and an energization slide part for energizing and moving the merchandise at the other end, and an intermediate part between the energization reaction part and the energization slide part of the flexible plate forms an arch shape which does not come in contact with the case body and protrudes from the case body.

Description

  The present invention relates to a product display case installed in a store, for example.

  In stores such as convenience stores, various product display cases are installed. Taking a cigarette product display case as an example, a push plate is slidably disposed in a case body for storing cigarettes in tandem, and the push plate is biased forward (case end) by a biasing means. Thus, a plurality of cigarettes in a column are moved toward the front of the case body. When the foremost cigarette is extracted from the case body, the subsequent cigarette is sent forward by the pressing plate pressed and biased by the biasing means.

JP 2007-135875 A JP 2012-24131 A

  Conventionally, the urging means of the push plate of the cigarette display case has been constituted by a metal winding spring (Patent Documents 1 and 2). Such metal winding springs are commercially available, for example, as “Conston” (trade name) constant load springs, but they are expensive and have a problem in workability at the time of replacement. In other words, it was difficult for employees at stores such as convenience stores to easily exchange.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to obtain a product display case provided with an urging means which is an alternative to a metal winding spring and which is inexpensive and can be easily replaced.

  The present invention provides a product display case comprising: a case main body for storing products in a column; and biasing means for biasing the products stored in the case main body toward the end of the case main body in the column direction. The biasing means is made of a flexible plate made of a resin material, and the flexible plate has an urging reaction force portion supported by the case body at one end thereof. The plate member is provided with an urging slide portion that is slidably supported by the case main body at the other end to move and urge the product, and the urging reaction force portion and the urging slide portion of the flexible plate material An intermediate portion between the two is characterized by forming an arch shape protruding from the case main body without contacting the case main body.

  In the case body, a group of products can be stored by being positioned on both sides of the arch-shaped flexible plate. In this aspect, the urging reaction force portion of the flexible plate member is also slidably supported by the case main body, and also serves as an urging sliding portion that simultaneously presses the product group toward the end portion of the case main body.

  A push plate can be interposed between the biasing sliding portion of the flexible plate material and the product group.

  In one embodiment, the biasing sliding portion includes a sliding protrusion formed at an end of the flexible plate material slidably fitted in at least one sliding hole formed in the case body. .

  One of the sliding holes is provided on the bottom wall of the case main body, and the sliding protrusion is paired along the lower surface of the bottom wall with a narrow neck formed at the end of the flexible plate. Can be defined.

  Alternatively, a pair of the sliding holes may be provided on both side walls of the case body, and the sliding protrusion may be configured by a pair formed so as to protrude in the width direction at the end of the flexible plate member.

  It is preferable to form at least a pair of rails on the bottom portion of the case body, in which the urging sliding portion of the flexible plate and the product are in linear contact with each other in the product column direction of the case body.

  It is preferable that the flexible plate material is made of polycarbonate.

  The present invention relates to a product display case provided with a case main body for storing products in tandem and a biasing means for moving and biasing the products toward the case end, and is made of a resin material as a biasing means. A plate material is used, and is provided with an urging reaction force portion supported at one end portion of the flexible plate material so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction of the case body, and a product is placed on the other end portion of the flexible plate material. An intermediate portion between the urging reaction force portion and the urging sliding portion of the flexible plate member is provided in the form of an arch that protrudes from the case body without contacting the case body. Therefore, it is possible to obtain a commodity display case having an urging means that is inexpensive and easy to replace.

It is a disassembled perspective view which shows one Embodiment of the goods display case by this invention. It is a perspective view of the assembly state of the same embodiment, (A) shows a state where the number of display cigarettes is small (only one) and the remaining amount marker is exposed, and (B) is a large number of display cigarettes and the remaining amount The marker is not exposed. (A), (B) and (C) are the front view, side view, and top view of the same embodiment which drew except the flexible board | plate material. It is a top view of a resin leaf spring simple substance. (A) And (B) is the front view and side view of a pushing plate. (A), (B), and (C) are the front view, side view, and top view of a residual amount marker. It is a side view which shows another embodiment of the goods display case by this invention. It is a fragmentary perspective view which shows another embodiment of the slide support structure of a resin leaf | plate spring.

  1 to 6 show a first embodiment of a cigarette display case 100 in which the present invention is applied to cigarette display. The cigarette display case 100 includes a case main body 10, a flexible plate material (resin plate spring) 20 made of a resin material, and a push plate (pusher) 30 as main components. The case body 10 has a bottom wall 11, both side walls 12, and both end walls 13, has an elongated shape with the upper part opened, and stores tobacco C (FIG. 2, FIG. 3) as a product in a column. In the following description, the product column direction of the case body 10 is the front-rear direction (length direction), and the interval direction between the side walls 12 is the width direction.

  The bottom wall 11 has a through-sliding hole (slit) 14 formed at the center in the width direction, and a pair of cross-sectionally ridges projecting upward (inward of the case) on the left and right sides of the sliding hole 14. Rail protrusions 15 are formed. A pair of leg portions 16 are formed so as to protrude from the lower surface of the front and rear end portions of the bottom wall 11 so as to be spaced apart in the length direction and the width direction of the bottom wall 11.

  In this embodiment, the case body 10 is made of a transparent resin material, and a parallel plate 18 that constitutes a card insertion groove 17 between the both end walls 13 is fixed inside the both end walls 13. A finger-hanging recess 19 is formed in the upper portion of the parallel plate 18. For example, a fixed price display board is inserted into the card insertion groove 17.

  The pressing plate 30 is slidably supported by the sliding hole 14 of the case body 10, and includes a sliding engagement portion 31 with the sliding hole 14 and a pressing surface portion 32 that presses a part of the tobacco C. It has. A remaining amount marker 33 is fitted and fixed (or adhesively fixed) to the bottom surface of the protruding portion from the sliding hole 14 in the push plate 30. FIG. 5 shows a single shape of the push plate 30, and FIG. 6 shows a single shape of the remaining amount marker 33. The remaining amount marker 33 has a protruding portion 33a protruding forward from the sliding engagement portion 31, and a display portion 33b formed at the front end portion thereof. At least the front surface of the display portion 33b is a reminder such as red. It consists of colors. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the advance position of the push plate 30 is regulated at a position where the display portion 33 b of the remaining amount marker 33 contacts the inner surfaces of the front end walls 13 of the case body 10. In this forward regulation position, one cigarette C is located between the both end walls 13 (parallel plate 18) and the pressing surface portion 32 of the pressing plate 30.

  The flexible plate material 20 is made of a synthetic resin material (preferably polycarbonate) plate material, and is attached to both ends in the width direction via neck portions 22 at both ends in the length direction of the wide body portion 21. A pair of projecting projections 23 are formed. The neck portion 22 is formed by a pair of cutout portions 24. FIG. 4 shows a single planar shape of the flexible plate member 20. The width s of the main body portion 21 of the flexible plate member 20 is sufficiently smaller than the width S of the case main body 10 (the distance between the pair of side walls 12), and the length of the main body portion 21 (the length between the pair of neck portions 22). X) X is longer than the length x of the sliding hole 14. The width Z of the neck portion 22 corresponds to the width P of the sliding hole 14 of the case body 10 (slightly narrower than the width P), and the width Y including the pair of sliding protrusions 23 is larger than the width P of the sliding hole 14. large. The length Q of the notch 24 corresponds to the thickness d (FIG. 3B) of the bottom wall 11 (sufficiently larger than the thickness d).

  Neck portions 22 (sliding projections 23) at both ends of the flexible plate member 20 are slidably fitted into the sliding holes 14 of the case body 10, and each sliding projection 23 passes through the sliding holes 14. After that, it is slidably positioned on the lower surface of the bottom wall 11. Since the flexible plate member 20 has flexibility, the other neck portion of the flexible plate member 20 is twisted while the other neck portion 22 (sliding protrusion 23) is fitted in the sliding hole 14, and the other neck portion is fitted. The other neck portion 22 (sliding projection 23) can be fitted into the sliding hole 14 by fitting the portion 22 (sliding projection 23) into the sliding hole 14 and then releasing the twisting force. As described above, since the length of the main body portion 21 of the flexible plate member 20 is larger than the length of the sliding hole 14, in the state of being attached to the sliding hole 14, other than the neck portion 22 (sliding protrusion 23). The flexible plate 20 is not in contact with the case body 10 and protrudes upward in an arch shape. Since the arch-shaped flexible plate member 20 tries to return to a flat state in a free state, an urging force that pushes the cigarette C forward regardless of the number thereof is obtained. The length X of the main body portion 21 takes into consideration the material, width, thickness, etc. of the flexible plate material 20, and as a result of projecting upward in an arch shape as described above with the sliding hole 14 mounted, It is only necessary to obtain an urging force that pushes forward. Specifically, for example, the length of the sliding hole 14 may be about 1.1 to 1.3 times.

  That is, the cigarette display case 100 described above is in use by setting the cigarettes C in a vertical row between the pressing surface portion 32 of the pressing plate 30 and the end wall 13 (parallel plate 18) in front of the case body 10. (Figure 2). At this time, one of the neck portions 22 (sliding protrusions 23) at both ends of the flexible plate 20 (the back side in FIG. 2) is urged against the end of the sliding hole 14 of the case body 10. The force portion 20F is configured, and the other (the near side in FIG. 2) configures an urging sliding portion 20S that urges the cigarette C to move. The greater the number of cigarettes C stored, the greater the upward projection and forward biasing force of the arch-shaped flexible plate member 20 (FIG. 2B), and the number of cigarettes C stored. As the amount decreases, the protrusion amount and the moving biasing force become smaller (FIG. 2A). In this embodiment, the urging reaction force portion 20F and the urging sliding portion 20S have the same structure to simplify the configuration, but the urging reaction force portion 20F is functionally slidable with respect to the case body 10. Need not be.

  Therefore, elements such as the material, thickness, and length of the flexible plate member 20 are determined so that the cigarette C can be moved and urged forward regardless of the amount of the cigarette C. Regarding the material, it was confirmed that polycarbonate resin exhibited particularly preferable durability. And since the flexible board | plate material 20 is a board | plate material of a simple shape, possibility of failure or damage is very low. Furthermore, even if it becomes necessary to replace the flexible plate member 20, the end portion of the flexible plate member 20 is twisted to remove the neck portion 22 (sliding protrusion 23) from the sliding hole 14, and the reverse operation is performed. A new flexible plate material 20 may be fitted into the sliding hole 14. Since the flexible plate 20 is flat in a free state, it does not require much storage space and storage cost in the store, and no special technique is required for replacement, so that the management cost can be reduced. .

  Since the rail projection 15 is in linear contact with the cigarette C and the pressing plate 30, it is effective in reducing its movement (sliding) resistance. When the remaining number of cigarettes C becomes one or two, the remaining amount marker 33 that moves forward together with the push plate 30 is exposed below the bottom wall 11 of the case body 10, and the remaining number of cigarettes C is small. The fact that it has become (to be supplemented) is displayed (FIG. 2A, FIG. 3).

  When the product is tobacco C, the push plate 30 of the above embodiment is preferably installed because it can push the tobacco C on the surface, but is not an essential element of the present invention. That is, a mode in which a product is directly pressed at the end of the flexible plate 20 on the neck portion 22 (sliding protrusion 23) side is also possible.

  In the above embodiment, one of the neck portions 22 (sliding protrusions 23) at both ends of the flexible plate member 20 is an urging reaction force portion supported by the end portion of the sliding hole 14 of the case body 10. 20F is constituted, and the other constitutes an urging sliding portion 20S that moves and urges the cigarette C. On the other hand, in FIG. 7, the cigarette C is inserted between the neck portions 22 (sliding protrusions 23) at both ends of the flexible plate member 20 and the both end walls 13 of the case body 10, and the neck portions 22 at both ends. In this embodiment, both (sliding protrusions 23) are biased sliding portions 20S.

  In the above embodiment, the neck portion 22 (sliding protrusion 23) of the flexible plate member 20 is slidably fitted in the sliding hole 14 formed directly in the bottom wall 11 of the case body 10. As another member, a rail member for guiding the neck portion 22 (sliding protrusion 23) of the flexible plate member 20 may be prepared, and the rail member may be fixed to the case body 10.

  Furthermore, FIG. 8 shows another support mode for the case main body 10 of the sliding projection 23 of the flexible plate member 20. In this embodiment, a pair of sliding holes (slits) 12 a are formed in both side walls 12 of the case body 10, and the pair of sliding projections 23 a that are protruded laterally from the flexible plate material 20 The hole 12a is slidably fitted.

  Although the present invention has been described as a cigarette display case, the present invention can also be applied to products other than tobacco.

C Tobacco (product)
100 Tobacco display case (product display case)
10 Case body 11 Bottom wall 12 Both side walls 12a Sliding hole (slit)
13 Both end walls 14 Sliding hole (slit)
15 Rail projection 16 Leg 17 Card insertion groove 18 Parallel plate 19 Finger hook recess 20 Flexible plate (resin leaf spring)
20F Energizing reaction force part 20S Energizing sliding part 21 Main part 22 Neck part (Energizing reaction force part or energizing sliding part)
23 23a Sliding protrusion (biasing reaction force portion or biasing sliding portion)
24 Notch part 30 Pushing plate 31 Sliding engagement part 32 Pressing surface part 33 Residual amount marker

Claims (8)

A case body for storing products in a column;
Urging means for urging the product stored in the case body toward the end of the case body in the column direction of the product;
In a product display case having
The biasing means is made of a flexible plate made of a resin material;
The flexible plate has an urging reaction force portion supported by the case body at one end thereof;
The flexible plate is provided at its other end with a slidable support that is slidably supported by the case body and urges the product to move, and is attached to the urging reaction force portion of the flexible plate. The intermediate part between the sliding parts has an arch shape protruding from the case body in a non-contact manner with the case body;
Product display case characterized by. 2. The product display case according to claim 1, wherein a group of products is housed in the case main body so as to be positioned on both sides of the arch-shaped flexible plate material, and the urging reaction force portion includes the case A product display case that is slidably supported by the main body and also serves as an urging sliding portion that simultaneously presses the product group toward the end of the case main body. 3. The product display case according to claim 1, wherein a push plate is interposed between the biasing sliding portion of the flexible plate and the product. The product display case according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the biasing sliding portion is formed of the flexible plate material slidably fitted in at least one sliding hole formed in the case body. A product display case provided with a sliding projection formed at the end. 5. The product display case according to claim 4, wherein one sliding hole is provided on a bottom wall of the case body, and the sliding projection is a narrow neck formed at an end of the flexible plate. A product display case which is defined by a portion and is a pair along the lower surface of the bottom wall. 5. The product display case according to claim 4, wherein a pair of the sliding holes are provided on both side walls of the case body, and the sliding projections are formed so as to protrude in the width direction at the end portions of the flexible plate. A pair of product display cases. The product display case according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein an urging sliding portion of the flexible plate member and a product are disposed on a bottom portion of the case body in a product column direction of the case body. A product display case in which at least a pair of rails in linear contact is formed. The product display case according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the flexible plate member is made of polycarbonate.

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