JPH031965B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Industrial Application Field> The present invention allows customers to select products through a transparent plate such as glass, and when they have decided on the product they wish to purchase, they inform the store staff of the selection. This device is used in a sales method in which the customer takes out the product from the back and sells it, and the store staff is separated from the customer, allowing only the store staff to take out the product. This relates to the product display shelves provided.

<Prior Art and Problems> Products sold in stores usually have problems such as being damaged, becoming dirty with dust or hand marks, or being stolen if they are sold in a way that allows the products to be touched. There is. Therefore, the present inventor first separated the customer side and the store staff side with a product display shelf, and developed a product display shelf with a structure that allows the customer to buy and sell products by handing the product card provided on the front of the display shelf to the store staff. was developed and proposed as Utility Model Application Publication No. 164970, 1983. This product card system has been highly praised as a solution to the above-mentioned difficulties.

However, depending on the product being sold and the location, mischief may occur, such as cards being lost from the card hanger or being changed from the hanger.

<Means for Solving Problems> The present invention is to develop and provide a product display shelf that is particularly suitable for selling music tapes, video tapes, records, laser discs, etc. by examining various points mentioned above. . Its structural features include a transparent plate 11 such as glass on the front of the display shelf;
Product outlet 15 on the back and multiple shelves 18 inside
A product display shelf provided with a code for specifying the position of the product is provided on the front surface of the display shelf, and a printer 8 having a keyboard 19 for inputting this code is provided on the front surface or around the product display shelf. This is a product display shelf that is characterized by:

The code to specify the position of the product is a vertical and horizontal code for each square of the display shelf, for example, A-3, B-3.
Alternatively, write a symbol specifying the position, such as 1-1 or 3-3.

<Operation> Since the position code is specified for each product, the customer memorizes the code of the desired product in his/her head, goes to the printer installed in front of or around the display shelf, and prints the code installed on the printer. Simply by pressing the selection button, the customer can print out the product code they wish to purchase. Therefore, it is possible to convey the desired product to the store clerk without any errors, and problems such as loss of the product card can be solved. Furthermore, product sales management and inventory management can be performed automatically by directly connecting to a computer.

<Example> The present invention will be explained in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a product display shelf of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of the same display shelf. FIG. 3 is a sectional view corresponding to FIG. 2 of another display shelf, and FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional view of an example display shelf in which products are displayed diagonally. FIG. 5 is a front view showing an example of a printer. FIG. 6 is a schematic plan view of a store equipped with display shelves of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6, the display shelf 1 of the present invention has its front facing the customer side and the back facing the staff side b, and the back side and the wall 2 or the back faces facing each other to form a customer side aisle 3 and a clerk side aisle 4. Completely separate the display shelves so that customers cannot freely pick up products from the display shelves. There is a counter 6 for receiving and receiving products at a position facing the entrance door 5 of the store, behind which a counter 6 with display shelves 1 facing each other forms a clerk side aisle 4, and the rest along the wall 2 with display shelves 1. are placed. Therefore, the customer side aisle 3 and the clerk side aisle 4 are completely isolated unless the partition door 7 is opened. The inside of the store has such a structure, and furthermore, the printer 8 having the characteristic printer 8 of the present invention may be installed in each display shelf, or it may be installed centrally in a part of the display room. It's okay.

Examples of individual display shelves 1 arranged are shown in Figures 1 to 4.
Shown in the figure. Transparent plates 11 made of glass or the like are fitted on the front surfaces of these display shelves, and as shown in FIGS. Horizontal bars provided in several stages are used as product support bars 13, and product stands 14 are diagonally provided on the product support bars with one side in the width direction in front and the other in the back. As a result, the gap between adjacent product racks formed in the vertical direction is used as the product outlet 15.

As shown in FIG. 2, the products 12 are placed sideways through the product outlet 15 and displayed so that they can be seen from the customer side a through the glass. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a mirror plate 16 may be provided after the product 12 so that explanatory text written on the back side of the product can be read. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 4, a mirror plate 16 is formed on the back side of the slanted transparent product shelf 17, and the gap formed between the back shelf plate and the mirror plate is used as a product outlet 15 to allow products to be removed diagonally downward from the top. It can also be structured so that it can be inserted into the A product display shelf 1 is given a number for the entire display shelf and a vertical and horizontal code for each product cell therein. The display shelf 1 shown in Figure 1 has D, E, and F vertically and horizontally.
A symbol is provided.

When products are displayed in this way, customers cannot pick up the products and look at them. After the customer has made his/her selection from among the many displayed products, the customer inputs the number of the product he or she wants using a keyboard 19 provided beside the display shelf. For this purpose, a printer 8 as shown in FIG. 5 is provided in the display room. The interior of the printer is structured such that when any key 20 on the keyboard 19 is pressed, the character corresponding to the key 20 is printed out on paper in response to the signal. A voice recognition device can be installed instead of a key, and the customer's words can be typed out as codes. To give an example of the code, the customer is D on the display shelf No. 26.
If you select the product in the column and the third row, 2, 6,
BOX, D, 3 or 2, 6, BOX, 3, D. This causes the printer 8 to issue a ticket. The customer hands the issued product purchase ticket to the store clerk. The clerk takes out the product 12 from the product outlet 15 on the clerk's side b and sells it.

<Effects of the invention> As described above, by providing the product identification code and printer on the product display shelf, there is no need to hang cards on the glass case as in the past, resulting in a cleaner appearance and easier cleaning. The direct connection between the printer and the computer prevents mischief such as loss of the product card or replacement of the card, which facilitates product sales and inventory management.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a product display shelf of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of the same display shelf. FIG. 3 is a sectional view corresponding to FIG. 2 of another display shelf, and FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional view of an example display shelf in which products are displayed diagonally. FIG. 5 is a front view showing an example of a printer. FIG. 6 is a schematic plan view of a store equipped with display shelves of the present invention. 1...Display shelf, 3...Customer side aisle, 4...Staff side aisle, 8...Printer, 11...Transparent plate, 12...
...Product, 13...Product support frame, 14...Product stand, 15...Product outlet, 19...Keyboard,
20...Key, a...Customer side, b...Staff side.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a product display shelf that has a transparent plate 11 such as glass on the front of the display shelf, a product takeout port 15 on the back, and a plurality of shelves 18 inside, a code for specifying the position of the product is placed on the front of the display shelf. A product display shelf characterized in that a printer 8 having a keyboard 19 for inputting the code is provided in front of or around the product display shelf.