DE9105044U1 - Promotional material dispenser - Google Patents

Description

Dietmar Hablich, Thayngen HAB-90/01-DEG

Promotional material dispenser

The innovation relates to a dispenser for advertising material according to the preamble of patent claim 1.

It is common practice to place company brochures and/or business cards with printed advertising text, for example at a trade fair stand, on a table for passing interested parties.

A disadvantage is that such distribution of advertising material is limited to the immediate business area, so that only a limited group of people is addressed. Another disadvantage is that this advertising material is often overlooked.

Furthermore, arrangements for emitting acoustic signals are known, for example according to DE-OS 26 12 450, which are in particular attached to display cases and shop windows and are triggered by passers-by without contact using a proximity sensor in order to also emit the stored information via loudspeakers.

Such arrangements, particularly those attached to display cases outside the actual business area, make it possible to address a larger group of people to a limited extent,

However, the advertising texts are usually limited to acoustic information without providing any advertising material, so that a prospective customer can hardly retain such information in their memory and thus may not be able to return to it at all later.

The innovation specified in claim 1 is based on the task of creating an advertising material dispenser which, in particular outside the actual business area, acoustically and/or optically offers brochures to passers-by to take away and at the same time prevents possible misuse. a simultaneous removal of several advertising brochures.

Further developments of the innovation are specified in dependent claims 2 to 11.

The advantage of the innovation is that the advertising material dispenser can also be installed outside the immediate business area of the provider, for example on a vehicle window, a house wall, etc. and detects passers-by, speaks to them directly acoustically and/or visually and offers the promotional material to take away.

By addressing people passing by directly, their curiosity is aroused, whereby after being asked to press a button and take an advertising brochure that is subsequently provided, they can also contact the provider later.

An embodiment of the innovative advertising material dispenser is shown schematically in the drawing.

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Fig.l is a perspective view of an embodiment of the invention,

Fig.2 a plan view of the inner surface of a front cover of the subject matter of the invention according to Fig.l,

Fig.3 is a plan view of the inner surface of a rear cover of the subject invention according to Fig.l, and

Fig.3a a longitudinal section through a magazine with advertising material stacked in it as shown in Fig.3.

According to Fig. 1, a brochure dispenser 10 attached to a surface 19' consists of a housing 11, a front 12 and a rear 13 cover, with the respective cover edges 18 abutting the housing 11. A proximity sensor 32, 32', preferably an IR detector, registers people passing by in an area not shown. The person who reaches the area of effect of the proximity sensor 32, 32' is prompted to press a button 36 and to remove an advertising brochure 45 (shown in dashed lines in Fig. 1) via a loudspeaker 34 and/or by means of an optical text display 35.

By pressing the button 36, this is pushed out of a (dashed) magazine 20 of the brochure dispenser 10 through a gap 29 for provision and removal, as is described in detail below.

According to Fig.2 and 3, the inner surfaces of the covers 12, 13 are equipped with schematically shown components 30=31, 32, 32', 33, 34, 35, 35', 36, 37, 38 and 40=41, 42, 43, 44, 45+46, 47, 49, which are electrically connected to one another by circuits I to VII and lines a to f. An ON/OFF switch 43 in circuit I ensures the external power supply via a plug 17 and

The entire electrical system is powered by an accumulator 16 (battery). If independence from the mains is required, the battery 16 can be charged or connected to a car battery. The battery 16 can also be continuously charged using solar cells (not shown). The power supply to a timer 37 and a relay 38 is via line a.

A voice module 33 is connected in circuit II to a microphone 44, in circuit IV to a button 42 for recording the advertising text and in circuit V to a recording display (LED) 41 and via a line b to a loudspeaker 34. The voice module 33 is controlled by means of a line c via the relay 38. The circuit III or VI connects the ON/OFF switch 43, a changeover switch for an optical display 35,35' or the ON/OFF switch 43 via E-contacts 27,27', which are used for positioning the brochure cards 45, to a motor drive 14,15.

The power supply of the IR detector 32,32' is via a line d and e. A line f connects the IR detector 32 to the relay control 38.

According to Fig.3 and 3a, the advertising brochures 45 are stacked 49 in the magazine 20 between a lower pressure plate 23 and an upper pressure plate 25, whereby the advertising brochures 45 are pressed against a transport roller 28, preferably coated with rubber, by means of a compression spring 24 arranged above the pressure plate 23. Each advertising brochure 45 has an electrically conductive layer 46 (preferably on a side edge) so that the first advertising brochure 45 of the stack 49 facing the transport roller 28 in the magazine 20

interacts with two E-contacts 27, 27' arranged at a distance from one another in the transport direction (arrow). The electrically conductive layer 46 of the advertising leaflet 45 can consist of a conductor strip, a spray layer, etc. The transport roller 28 is actuated by a switch 36 via the E-motor drive 14, 15, so that the first advertising leaflet 45 of the stack 49 facing the transport roller 28 is pushed forward through a gap 29 to the removal position 45 (shown in dashed lines in Fig. 1).

The operation of the innovation is explained in more detail in Fig. 1, 2, 3 and 3a.

People passing by the brochure dispenser 10 are detected when they pass through a beam emitted by a passive IR detector 32 and are prompted by a voice module 33 to request an advertising brochure 45 by pressing a start button 36 and to remove it after it has protruded from the gap 29. When the start button 35 is pressed, this sets a timer 37, adjustable in a range from 30 to 180 s, and at the same time starts the electric motor drive 14,15 for providing an advertising brochure 45. The purpose of the timer is to prevent the device from emptying immediately by continuously pressing the start button 36, so only one advertising brochure 45 can be requested and removed within the set time. The advertising brochures 45 are stored in the magazine 20 and are pressed by spring pressure 24 against the transport roller 28, which is driven by the electric motor drive 14,15 and is started by pressing the start button 36.

The switch-off is carried out by means of E-contacts 27,27' arranged on both sides of the transport roller 28 in the transport direction (arrow).

which interact with the conductor strip 46 of the advertising brochure 45. In the normal position, the advertising brochure 45 is in the magazine 20 and the two E-contacts 27, 27' are electrically connected to one another via the conductor strip 46 of the advertising brochure 45. The advertising brochure 45 is made available using the start button 36 by switching on the E-motor drive 14, 15, thereby actuating the transport roller 28 and pushing the first pressed advertising brochure 45 forward through the gap 29.

When the end of the advertising leaflet reaches the height of the transport roller 28, the first E-contact 27 falls on the next advertising leaflet 45 and interrupts the electric motor drive 14,15 via the circuit VI and switches it off. After the advanced advertising leaflet 45 has been removed, the first E-contact 27 touches the second contact 27' via the conductor strip 46 and the device can be restarted after the set interval of the timer has elapsed.

Instead of the aforementioned advertising brochures, visiting cards with advertising prints or card-like advertising leaflets, for example with precise instructions on how to find the company in question, especially in industrial areas, can of course also be used.

The device according to the invention can also be designed in such a way that advertising material of different stiffnesses, for example advertising material consisting only of cardboard, single-sided or multi-sided printed products, can be stored therein and output by the device.

Claims (11)

Expectations 1. Dispenser for advertising material (45) in business card size provided with information, which can be made available for removal by passers-by, characterized in that the dispenser (10) is fastened to a flat surface (19) and essentially has a front cover (12) and a rear cover (13) with control components arranged therein, and that a proximity sensor (32, 32') and a control beam with a predetermined scattering angle are provided, and that means (33, 34, 35) for acoustic and optical signals are also provided, and a stacking and dispensing device (20, 29) for the advertising material (45) is arranged. 2. Dispenser according to claim 1, characterized in that the advertising brochures (45) have an electrically conductive layer (46) and the stacking and dispensing device (20, 29) consists of a magazine (20) with an upper pressure plate (23) and a lower pressure plate (25) and a compression spring (24), as well as a transport roller (28). 3. Dispenser according to claim 2, characterized in that the advertising brochures (45) have a laterally arranged electrically conductive layer (46), and that E-contacts (27, 27') arranged at a distance from one another are provided in the magazine (20). 4. Dispenser according to claim 3, characterized in that the electrically conductive layer (46) of the advertising brochure (45) is a conductor strip, a spray layer or the like. 5. Dispenser according to claim 2, characterized in that the transport roller (28) can be actuated by means of a start button (36) via an electric motor drive (14, 15), and that for the removal of an advertising brochure (45) a gap (29) is provided. 6. Dispenser according to claim 5, characterized in that a timer (37) with a minimum interval is provided. V 7. Dispenser according to claim 6, characterized in that the time interval is 30 to 180 s. · 8. Dispenser according to claim 1, characterized in that the proximity sensor (32, 32') is a passive IR detector. 9. Dispenser according to claim 1, characterized in that \ the acoustic display comprises a speech module (33) and a Loudspeaker (34). 10. Dispenser according to claim 1, characterized in that the means for optical signals are designed as optical text displays.- 11. Dispenser according to claim L^, characterized in that the optical text display is illuminated.