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EP1549182B1
EP1549182B1 EP03793886A EP03793886A EP1549182B1 EP 1549182 B1 EP1549182 B1 EP 1549182B1 EP 03793886 A EP03793886 A EP 03793886A EP 03793886 A EP03793886 A EP 03793886A EP 1549182 B1 EP1549182 B1 EP 1549182B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F1/00—Racks for dispensing merchandise; Containers for dispensing merchandise
    • A47F1/04—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs
    • A47F1/12—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs dispensing from the side of an approximately horizontal stack
    • A47F1/125—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs dispensing from the side of an approximately horizontal stack with an article-pushing device
    • A47F1/126—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs dispensing from the side of an approximately horizontal stack with an article-pushing device the pushing device being urged by spring means

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  • the invention relates to the field of pusher apparatus, i.e. apparatus for pushing a stack of items along a track.
  • the main application for pusher apparatus is in merchandising of items for sale, whereby the front item of the stack of merchandise is always pushed to the front of the shelf.
  • Pusher apparatus according to the invention may also operate vertically or at other angles and words such as "front”, “forwards” and “backwards” in this specification are not intended to limit its scope to horizontal operation. Pusher apparatus may clearly also be used in other situations where items are to be dispensed to a user, not necessarily for sale.
  • a pusher apparatus for automatically pushing items of merchandise to the front of a shelf, where they are more readily visible and accessible to a potential purchaser. This may particularly promote one type of merchandise, which is stacked on a pusher apparatus and therefore prominent at the front of the shelf, over adjacent merchandise that remains at the back of the shelf.
  • a known pusher apparatus comprises a pusher unit that slides on a track.
  • the pusher unit may be guided along the track by rails.
  • the pusher unit is retracted against the force of a spring so that a stack of merchandise can be placed along the track.
  • the pusher unit When the pusher unit is released, it urges the stack forwards until the front item of merchandise comes to rest against a lip at the front of the track. As each item of merchandise is removed, the remaining stack is urged forwards until the next item rests at the front of the track.
  • Known springs in such pusher apparatus either have a concertina shape with one end attached to the back of the track and the other end attached to the pusher unit to push the pusher unit forwards; or have a coiled configuration with one end attached to the front of the track and the other end attached to the pusher unit to pull the pusher unit forwards.
  • Patent US-A-5570811 discloses a pusher apparatus having the features defined in the preamble of claim 1.
  • the known pusher apparatus suffers various problems.
  • the speed of the pusher has also been a problem.
  • the spring must be strong enough to push a full stack of merchandise against the force of friction between the stack and the track. When the same spring is acting on only a few items in the stack, it can accelerate them violently and push them too rapidly along the track. There is a risk of injury to the fingers of a person who is loading the apparatus. There is also a risk that the rapidly moving items will be ejected from the front of the stack, causing them to fall and be damaged. To avoid the latter risk, the height of the retaining lip at the front of the track must be increased, which makes the items less visible and less accessible and requires a greater space above the shelf so that items can be lifted over the lip.
  • the invention provides pusher apparatus comprising: a track; a pusher mounted on the track for movement along the track; a spring mounted on the pusher for urging the pusher along the track; an axle rotatably mounted on the pusher; and at least two wheels fixed to the axle for simultaneous rotation, characterized in that the track includes at least one line of slots or teeth along the track; and each wheel is a cog bearing teeth for positively engaging the slots or teeth of the track.
  • the two ends of the axle can only move simultaneously and the two sides of the pusher unit must advance in step along the track. Therefore the pusher unit does not cant to either side and the problem of racking is solved.
  • the material of the axle must be sufficiently stiff under torsional stresses. For ordinary small and lightweight applications, plastics materials should suffice but for pushing heavy items with a wide pusher plate a stronger material such as steel may be required.
  • the spring may be a coil spring.
  • a first end of the coil spring is attached to a front end of the track and the second end of the spring is attached to the pusher, whereby the coiling of the spring draws the pusher along the track.
  • the pusher is started from a fixed point at the end of the track and its forward movement ends when it returns to the fixed point. That is not necessarily when the spring is in a fully relaxed condition, which has the advantage that the spring may still provide a useful driving force even near the end of the track.
  • the same embodiment may further comprise a second axle rotatably mounted on the pusher, wherein the spring is coiled about the second axle and the second end of the spring is attached to the second axle.
  • the coil spring need not be mounted on an axle, provided that it is constrained to coil appropriately within a suitable housing.
  • the spring does not have to be located centrally on the track and if there is an independent spring axle, the independent axle need not be parallel to the gear axle.
  • the spring axle can have a vertical axis and the spring can run along a side wall of a channel in which the track is located.
  • each individual slot should extend parallel to the gear axle to accommodate a component of motion of the gear tooth parallel to the axle as the pusher slides along the track.
  • the pusher apparatus comprises a rotary damper mounted on the pusher for regulating the rate of coiling or uncoiling of the spring.
  • the damper allows the use of a spring strong enough to move the largest loads expected when the stack is full but prevents the pusher from moving too fast when only a light load is present. Therefore the problems of potential injury and of spilt merchandise are avoided.
  • the damping effect of the rotary damper may be adjustable so that a single design of pusher apparatus can accommodate merchandise of widely differing weights. Other kinds of damper such as a linear damper arranged along the track could also be used.
  • the pusher apparatus shown in Figures 1 to 4 comprises an elongate track 2, which in use rests on or is integral with a shelf (not shown) for displaying merchandise.
  • a pusher unit 4 is mounted on the track 2 so as to be capable of sliding along the track 2.
  • Merchandise 6 for display is stacked along the track 2 and is engaged by a pusher plate 8 of the pusher unit 4.
  • a coil spring 10 is coiled about a spring axle 12 that is rotatably mounted in the pusher unit 4, one end of the spring being attached to a ring (not shown) freely rotatable on the spring axle 12.
  • the other end of the spring is attached at 14 to the track 2, near to the front end of the track 2.
  • the spring 10 uncoils and lies flat along the track 2.
  • the natural tendency of the spring 10 to coil up again draws the pusher unit 4 forwards along the track 2, pushing the items of merchandise 6 on the track ahead of it, until the front item engages a lip 16 at the front end of the track 2.
  • the spring 10 is free to recoil further and the pusher plate 8 pushes the remaining stack of merchandise 6 forwards until the next item rests against the lip 16 at the front of the track 2.
  • a gear axle 20 is also mounted in the pusher unit 4 so as to be freely rotatable.
  • Fixed to the gear axle 20 are two cogs 22, which therefore rotate simultaneously when the gear axle 20 rotates.
  • the teeth of each cog 22 engage a line of slots 24 in the track in a rack-and-pinion arrangement.
  • the ends of the cog teeth are rounded to engage with rectangular slots 24.
  • any suitable shape of cog teeth may be used with complementary teeth or slots in the track, as is well known. Because the two cogs 22 are connected together by the rigid gear axle 20, the two sides of the pusher unit 4 must move forwards simultaneously and the pusher unit 4 is unable to cant to one side, which caused the racking problem in the prior art. Because of this resistance to racking, the pusher plate 8 in the apparatus of Figures 1 and 2 can be considerably enlarged and the apparatus can be used for bulky and heavy items of merchandise 6.
  • Rotation of the gear axle 20 is controlled by a rotary damper 18 mounted in the pusher unit 4.
  • the rotary damper 18 is preferably a one-way damper so that the pusher unit 4 may be easily retracted for filling the shelf but the forward movement of the pusher unit 4 under the influence of the spring 10 is controlled by the damper 18.
  • the damping level of the rotary damper 18 should be selected so that when the shelf is full and the spring 10 is fully stretched, the merchandise 6 does not move forwards at too high a speed, which might cause it to tip over the lip 16 at the front of the track 2.
  • the spring 10 must be able to overcome the resistance of the damper 18 and the friction of the moving parts against the track 2 in order to move the final item of merchandise 6 when the spring 10 is almost fully coiled and at its weakest.
  • the rotary damper 18 acts by a viscous fluid which resists the movement of vanes or valves (not shown) driven by rotation of the gear axle 20. If the pusher apparatus is to be used in a cold environment such as a freezer, the fluid becomes more viscous and the damping effect is increased.
  • the pusher apparatus is also provided with a latch, which holds the pusher unit 4 at the retracted position (shown in Figure 3) along the track 2, against the bias of the spring 10, to allow for ease of filling the shelf with merchandise 6.
  • the latch 26 is connected by a rod 28 running beneath the track 2 to a trigger 30, by which the latch 26 may be released (as shown in Figure 4) to allow the pusher unit 4 to move along the track 2.
  • An alternative latch may be a double-action latch fixed to the rear end of the track 2.
  • a still further alternative may be to mount the latch entirely on the pusher unit 4. However, that is then more difficult to access when the pusher unit 4 is retracted and the shelf is full of merchandise.

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  1. Schiebervorrichtung,
    mit einer Bahn (2),
    mit einem Schieber (4), welcher auf der Bahn (2) für eine Bewegung entlang der Bahn (2) montiert ist,
    mit einer Feder (10), welche an dem Schieber (4) zum Drängen des Schiebers (4) entlang der Bahn (2) drehbar montiert ist,
    mit einer Achse (20), welche an dem Schieber (4) drehbar montiert ist, und
    mit wenigstens zwei Rädern (22), welche an der Achse (20) für eine simultane Drehung befestigt sind,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    dass die Bahn (2) wenigstens zwei Reihen von Schlitzen (24) oder Zähnen entlang der Bahn (2) aufweist, und
    dass jedes Rad (22) ein zähnetragendes Zahnrad für ein zwangsweises In-Verbindungkommen mit den Schlitzen (24) oder den Zähnen der Bahn (2) ist.
  2. Schiebervorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Feder (10) eine Spiralfeder ist.
  3. Schiebervorrichtung nach Anspruch 2, wobei ein erstes Ende (14) der Feder (10) an einem vorderen Ende der Bahn (2) und ein zweites Ende der Feder (10) an dem Schieber (4) angebracht ist, wodurch ein Aufwickeln der Feder (10) den Schieber (4) entlang der Bahn (2) zieht.
  4. Schiebervorrichtung nach Anspruch 3, mit einer zweiten Achse (12), welche an dem Schieber (4) angebracht ist, wobei das zweite Ende der Feder (10) um die zweite Achse (12) aufgewickelt ist.
  5. Schiebervorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 4, mit einem Drehdämpfer (18), welcher an dem Schieber (4) angebracht ist, um den Betrag des Aufwickelns oder Abwickelns der Feder (10) zu regeln.
  6. Schiebervorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, wobei der Dämpfungseffekt des Drehdämpfers (18) einstellbar ist.
  7. Schiebervorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, mit einer Raste (26) zum Festhalten des Schiebers (4) in einer gewünschten Position entlang der Bahn (2).
  8. Schiebervorrichtung nach Anspruch 7, wobei die Raste (26) an der Bahn (2) befestigt ist und durch eine Auslöseeinrichtung (30), welche an dem vorderen Ende der Bahn (2) angeordnet ist, auslösbar ist.
  9. Schiebervorrichtung nach Anspruch 7, wobei die Raste (26) an der Bahn (2) angeordnet ist und durch einen nach rückwärts orientierten Druck auf den Schieber (4) lösbar ist.
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