JP4295210B2 - Rotatable shopping mall - Google Patents

Abstract

A sales and presentation area is described, having individual sales and presentation regions ( 1, 2 ), a first part ( 1 ) of the sales and presentation regions ( 1, 2 ) being arranged in such a way that it at least partially encloses an essentially circular region and a second part ( 2 ) of the sales and presentation regions ( 1, 2 ) being arranged in such a way that it at least partially covers an essentially circular region, the region at least partially covered by the second part ( 2 ) of the sales and presentation regions ( 1, 2 ) having a smaller outer circumference than the outer circumference of the region which is at least partially enclosed by the first part ( 1 ) of the sales and presentation regions ( 1, 2 ), so that an essentially annular region ( 3 ) is defined between the first part ( 1 ) and the second part ( 2 ) of the sales and presentation regions ( 1, 2 ). As described, the essentially annular region ( 3 ) is rotatably mounted in the horizontal direction.

Description

  The present invention relates to a sales and display area having individual sales and display areas according to the preamble of claim 1.

  In a typical sales and display area of this type, the main intent is that various articles in differently designed sales and display areas, possibly combined with a large sales and display area. Is to provide people with a choice of. In this case, it is typical to combine these sales and display areas with gastronomy and entertainment facilities, and it typically represents shopping as an opportunity for adventure and therefore recreational activities. is there.

  In this case, for example, in the areas of sales and exhibits, it is possible to draw people's flow by a structural design that attracts people's attention, or of sections that are freely passable between the areas of individual sales and exhibits. Attempts are made to make people interested by various events. Individual sales and exhibit area operators often try to attract people's attention through the regularly changing design of their personal business areas. Therefore, the “shopping center” is gradually changing to a “shopping city”, and shopping is linked to “fun” and “entertainment” in this city. However, the selection of areas for this type of sales and exhibits is increasing, making it increasingly difficult to get people interested. Individual sales and display areas have been redesigned at a relatively low cost, but proved to be disadvantageous if the overall sales and display area appearance cannot change without further improvements. As a result, the effect of intimacy is making people less interested.

  The object of the present invention is therefore to avoid such drawbacks and to ensure that the sales and display areas are not affected by the appropriate structural means for the freely accessible areas between the individual sales and display areas. , To ensure a continuously changing appearance. This is achieved by the characterizing part of claim 1.

  In this case, claim 1 stipulates that the freely passable areas between the areas of the individual sales and exhibits are designed to be rotatable. At the same time, the individual sales and display areas are such that a portion of the sales and display area surrounds a substantially circular area and a second part of the sales and display area surrounds a substantially circular area. The area surrounded by the second part of the sales and exhibition area has a smaller outer circumference than the outer circumference of the area surrounded by the first part of the sales and exhibition area. As a result, a substantially circular area is defined between the first and second areas of the sales and exhibits area. This annular area represents a freely accessible area outside the sales and display area, where a changing flow of people moves between the individual sales and display areas. According to claim 1, since the freely passable area is formed to be rotatable, generation of noise is prevented, and a continuously changing landscape is secured even if a person is quietly resting. Is done. Therefore, the effect of intimacy is unlikely to occur.

  The rotatable annular area is known from other technical fields but is not used for sales and display areas. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 2,767,783 proposes a building with an annular region in an annular region that can rotate horizontally. This type of facility has been proposed especially for buildings that help people with mobility problems, and after entering the rotatable platform, the platform may have a desired rotational movement stoppage. It has been proposed that it is set to be driven by pressing a button, like a common elevator, until the position is reached.

  The annular region is particularly accessible for design and cleaning operations, and further features of claim 1 are required. In these means, the annular region is divided into a plurality of segments which can be moved vertically, in particular by means of a lowered elevator. In this way, individual ring segments can be supplied to a room outside the area of sales and exhibits, where reconstruction work can take place, for example, in the area of these ring segments. it can. Performing this reconstruction work outside the sales and display area may be due to, for example, the ring segment not being able to access the equipment required for the renovation work, or due to dust, etc. May be effective to prevent damage.

  In this case, the features according to claim 2 are characterized in that, by these structural means, the horizontal rotational movement of the ring segment can be separated from the vertical movement of the ring segment being carried out as necessary, and the ring segment , And in particular, it has been shown to be effective because it can be moved individually in the vertical direction.

  According to claim 3, in addition to the chambers necessary for the vertical movement of the ring segments, a plurality of further chambers are provided under the sales and exhibition area, to these chambers, The ring segment can be pushed radially. In simultaneous execution with claim 4, it is possible, for example, to lower the ring segment and push the segment by radial movement from the lifting device to the chamber. In these chambers, for example, rebuilding operations can move the lifting device vertically so that other ring segments can be pushed onto the lifting device from other chambers, and this segment can be sold and replaced as a temporary replacement. It can be executed continuously by bringing it to the height of the exhibit area.

  Claim 5 provides a cost-effective embodiment and is particularly effective on the basis of the means of claim 2.

  Of course, according to claim 6, the device according to the invention can also be introduced in various forms into a rotatable annular area for receiving human flow between the surrounding sales and exhibition areas. Is possible. The individual annular regions, for example, approach each other in the region of the lifting device if the measures of claim 5 are carried out. This embodiment is described in detail below.

  Claims 7 and 8 give an advantageous embodiment of the device according to the invention.

  The present invention is illustrated below with reference to the accompanying drawings, which relate to possible embodiments of the invention.

  As can be seen in FIG. 1, the areas 1 and 2 of the individual sales and exhibits are divided into two parts, namely a first outer part 1 at least partly surrounding a substantially circular area, Arranged in the second inner part 2 of the sales and display areas 1, 2 extending inside the outer part and at least partly surrounding a substantially circular area. Thus, a freely movable annular area 3 is constructed between the first outer part 1 and the second inner part 2 of the areas 1 and 2 of sales and exhibits, The flow of changing people moves between areas 1 and 2 of sales and exhibits. In this case, sanitary facilities, storage rooms or areas with other uses such as entrances and exits are also defined in the outer area, defined by the first part 1 of the sales and display areas 1, 2 And defined by the second part 2 of the sales and display area and can be located in the inner area. The annular region 3 is divided into a plurality of ring segments 3seg in consideration of both the structural embodiment and the design thereof. Thus, for example, each segment 3seg is like a floor with a sound, light and scent effect, a wooden, stone or glass floor, a reflective or transparent floor, a water-like body, etc. , With the use of different floor covers, it can be designed as a segment-specific “adventure world”. The ring segment 3seg can accommodate gastronomy facilities such as cafes, bars, restaurants, or bistros, facilities such as playgrounds, cinemas, theaters, exhibition areas such as car displays, or others. .

  Although the ability to move is not provided for the sales and display areas 1, 2, the annular area 3 is provided so that it can rotate around the rotation axis 7. This can be performed by different types of drive units (not shown), which have been known for many years in drive technology for rotating stages and the like. This rotational speed is chosen so as to comply with all legal guidelines, in particular so that the elderly and the disabled can easily use the rotating annular area 3. At a constant angular velocity, the partial rotational speed of the annular region 3 increases as it moves away from the center of rotation, so that the optimum angular velocity is directed to both the most permissible rotational speed and the outer diameter of the annular region 3. It has been. For example, if the outer diameter of the annular region 3 is 120 m, the inner diameter is 80 m, and the most permissible rotational speed is 2.5 cm / sec, the selected angular velocity is about 1.4 rad / hour, Corresponds to a rotational speed of 1.6 cm / second on the inner diameter of the circular ring 3 and 2.4 cm / second on the outer shape. Thus, one revolution will be performed within 4 hours and 21 minutes in this exemplary embodiment. It is clear that the selected rotational angular velocity of the annular region 3 has to be smaller the larger the sales and exhibition area is constructed, ie the larger the outer diameter of both annular regions 3 is. is there.

  In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, two annular regions 3 are provided substantially in contact with the section 13. For this reason, each of the first parts 1 of the areas 1 and 2 of the sales and exhibits does not completely enclose the inner circular area and excludes a freely passable section 13 with a stationary floor. Will. Therefore, this section 13 shows a connection section between the annular regions 3. Furthermore, according to this embodiment, both annular regions 3 are provided with a lifting device 4 such as a lifting stage, each located in a section 13 of the annular region 3.

  While the annular region 3 is being used by a person, the annular region 3 is set to be rotated horizontally by a drive (not shown). In this case, the annular region 3 slides above the lifting device 4. If necessary, for example, when a specific ring segment 3seg is intentionally redesigned, the horizontal rotational movement of the annular region 3 causes the redesigned ring segment 3seg to rest on the lifting device 4 Stopped. If there is no person on the ring segment 3seg, the lifting / lowering device 4 moves down the ring segment 3seg as shown in the embodiment of FIG. It is driven to be supplied to 5a. As shown in FIGS. 2 (b) and 3c, the adversely affected ring segment 3seg moves in the radial direction from the lifting device 4 into the chamber 5a which functions as a rebuilding region. Can be pushed by. Accordingly, the lifting device 4 is to be stored and redesigned in a different chamber 5b, for example used as a storage chamber and used as a temporary replacement for the ring segment 3seg. Free to receive new ring segment 3seg. For this purpose, the lifting device 4 only has to be moved in the vertical direction so that the new ring segment 3seg can be pressed from the chamber 5b onto the lifting device. This new ring segment 3seg can finally be brought to the height of the sales and display areas 1, 2 so that the horizontal rotation of the annular area 3 can be resumed. This process is preferably performed outside the sales and exhibition area opening hours. The exchange of the ring segment 3seg according to the described procedure will be completed within a few minutes, but it will also be possible to plug the affected section during this time. For this reason, the exchange of the ring segment 3seg can be executed during the opening hours.

  The possible restructuring effect of the ring segment 3seg outside the publicly accessible sales and display areas 1 and 2 is that the time-constrained restructuring in some circumstances is particularly important in the sales and display area. It can be done without having to close. The rebuilding work in particular prevents dust and noise around areas 1 and 2 of sales and exhibits. The access to the chamber 5a can also be designed so that these chambers can access large equipment and / or equipment. Since the chamber 5a itself can be equipped with all types of cranes and machines, the infrastructure necessary for the rebuilding work is already provided.

  In the section of the lifting device 4, the ceiling 8 in the sales and exhibition area can be designed so that it can be opened from time to time, as shown in FIGS. 2b and 3c. To produce the desired sound and lighting effects, a centrally controlled public address system having a loudspeaker 9, a lighting facility having a movable spotlight 10, and a multimedia projection device, Can be given. Also, point hoists 11 can be provided for accurate vertical movement of the load and stage design components. A stage attic 12 can be installed to lie above the sales and exhibition areas 1 and 2 to suspend perspective elements known from theatre technology.

  Therefore, a different “adventure world” has been added to the shopping world by combining modern technology with theater components. Since these “adventure worlds” can be constantly changing, the area of sales and exhibits can be kept open to people in a constantly changing situation, although the effect of intimacy can be suppressed.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention with a horizontal protrusion. FIG. 2 shows the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 with vertical protrusions, and FIG. 2 (a) shows the device according to the invention in an arrangement in which the annular area is in use by a person. (B) shows the device according to the invention in an arrangement during the deliberate reconstruction of the ring segment. FIG. 3a illustrates a section of a circular area with vertical protrusions that is not provided with a lifting device according to the embodiment of the invention shown in FIG. FIG. 3b shows a circular area in which a vertical protrusion is provided with a lifting device in an arrangement in which the circular area is in use by a person according to the embodiment of the invention shown in FIG. The section is illustrated. FIG. 3c illustrates a section of the passable annular region in which the lifting device is provided in an arrangement during the deliberate rebuilding of the ring segment.

Claims (8)

  Sales and exhibition areas having individual sales and exhibition areas (1, 2), wherein the first part (1) of these sales and exhibition areas (1, 2) is substantially circular The second part (2) of the sales and display area (1, 2) is arranged to at least partly surround the substantially circular area; The area at least partly surrounded by the second part (2) of the sales and display area (1,2) is the first part (1) of the sales and display area (1,2). ) Has an outer periphery that is smaller than the outer periphery of the region that is at least partially enclosed, so that a substantially annular region (3) is the first of the regions (1, 2) of the sales and exhibits. In the area defined between the part (1) and the second part (2) The substantially annular region (3) is divided into a plurality of ring segments (3seg) which are mounted so as to be rotatable in the horizontal direction and can be moved in the vertical direction by the lifting device (4). And exhibition area.   The lifting device (4) is introduced as an ascending stage, and above the stage, the ring segment (3seg) slides into the path of rotation of the annular region (3), The sales and exhibition area according to claim 1, characterized in that the ring segment (3seg) is stationary during the stop of the annular region (3).   A plurality of chambers (5a, 5b) are provided below the sales and exhibition areas (1, 2), in which the ring segment (3seg) has the rising stage (4). 3. Sales and display area according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it can be lowered correspondingly and pushed radially.   Multiple rooms (5a, 5b) are located below the sales and exhibition area (1, 2), one room (5a) is located below the other room (5b), The ring segment (3seg) can be pushed in the radial direction when the ascending stage (4) is correspondingly lowered, the sale and exhibit according to any one of claims 1 to 3 Area.   5. Sales and exhibition area according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a single lifting device (4) is provided.   A plurality of sales and exhibition areas are located next to each other, and each circular area (3) of this area is substantially in contact with the area of each lifting device (4). 6. Sales and display area according to claim 5.   7. Sales and display area according to claim 1, wherein the ring segment (3seg) is mounted differently on the floor cover of the ring segment and on the object located on the floor.   8. Sales and display area according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the ring segments (3seg) are designed differently with the aid of lighting, sound or scent effects.

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