JPH0741941B2 - Video tape display method and display case - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a video tape display method and a display case.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Rental shops for video tapes and compact discs have recently opened in places. Many videotapes are prepared at these rental shops and arranged on shelves. Therefore, the customer takes out a desired video tape from the shelf, carries it to the counter, and borrows it at the counter through a predetermined procedure.
Here, the predetermined procedure means that the item carried by the customer to the counter is a display case that does not contain a tape inside, and therefore the number attached to the display case is checked to check the case containing the tape. Find it from the storage shelf behind the counter and put it in the lending case (tape case) for lending.

Of course, in addition to these substantial lending operations,
It is necessary to enter the name and date on the loan book, and also to return the display case. If it becomes a large rental shop, it will be very busy depending on the time of day. Also, since these rental shops have long business hours, the burden of personnel costs is large, and the key point of management is how to efficiently rent tapes with a small number of people. Therefore, in order to save labor at a recent rental shop, without arranging and storing the display case displaying the tape contents and the tape case containing the contents separately,
By arranging them side by side on display shelves, there is also a rental shop configured so that customers who borrow the tapes can bring the tape cases to the counter.

Therefore, it is possible for the store clerk to omit the trouble of finding the tape corresponding to the display case from the storage rack at the rear of the counter as in the conventional case, and the labor for renting can be saved accordingly. However, it has become impossible to display the increasing number of video tapes by arranging the display case and the tape case side by side on the display shelf. That is, by arranging the display case and the tape case of approximately the same size side by side on the display shelf, a doubled space is required, and the number of displays is halved.

[0005]

As described above, the video tape rental shop has the above-mentioned problems regarding the labor saving of the tape renting work and the method of displaying the increasing number of tapes. The problems to be solved by the present invention are these problems, and provide a method for displaying a video tape and a case for displaying which allow a large number of tapes to be displayed in the same space without manpower for lending work.

[0006]

The video tape display method of the present invention adopts a display form in which a tape case containing a video tape is directly arranged on a display shelf. However, the display case is not juxtaposed with the display case. Place it in the state where it is stored in. However, if the tape case is completely stored in the display case which is an empty case, the tape case must be opened to take out the tape case, and the tape that can be rented out from the displayed display case. There is no judgment as to whether or not Therefore, the display case is opened at the upper end to form a storage port, the tape case can be taken out from the storage port, and the tape case stored in the display case is in a state in which the upper end projects. Then, a display indicating that "rental is possible" is attached to the protruding upper end portion.

Therefore, if the tape case is contained in the display case, it can be seen at a glance that the tape case can be rented out, and it is not necessary to open the case and it can be pulled out from above. Even after being removed, the display case remains on the display shelf. In addition, the space required is half that in the conventional case where the display case and the tape case are arranged side by side, and the number of display shelves can be doubled.

Further, the display case of the present invention stores the tape case containing the video tape as described above, and has a depth such that the upper end portion of the tape case projects from the storage opening at the upper end. ing. And, to prevent the stored tape case from rattling, a contact piece that contacts the tape case surface is provided inside from the vicinity of the storage opening to the bottom,
The height is raised toward the bottom. Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[0009]

1 is an embodiment showing a display case of the present invention, which can be opened and closed, and a lid 2 is fitted to a main body case 1. Then, the upper end is opened to form a storage port 3, the tape case is taken in and out from the storage port 3, and the lid 2 is always closed. A transparent sheet 5 is attached to the front surface 4, and a display label of a video tape stored in the display case can be inserted inside the transparent sheet 5.

By the way, the tape case is stored in the display case. FIG. 2 shows the storage case, and the display case is arranged vertically or horizontally in this way. The tape case 6 containing the video tape projects from the storage case 3 of the display case at its upper end, that is, the height of the display case is such that the upper end of the tape case 6 projects. Alternatively, a receiver is formed on the bottom of the case so that the upper end of the tape case 6 projects. The protrusion of the tape case 6 is marked with "rental OK", and the customer takes out the tape case 6 from the display case, carries it to the counter, and rents it after a predetermined procedure.

Therefore, if the tape case 6 is taken out, the "rental OK" display is inevitably disappeared, and only the empty display case remains on the display shelf. Further, the display case of the present invention is provided with the contact pieces 7, 7 in parallel on the inner surface thereof, and the corresponding piece 7, 7 is formed from the storage port 3 to the bottom, and the height of the corresponding piece 7 is slightly. The bottom is higher. Then, the tape case 6 put in from the storage port 3 hits the hit pieces 7 and 7 on one side,
Moreover, as it gets deeper, it stabilizes without rattling.

A bar code sticker is attached to the tape case so that the computer can perform the rental recording. However, by providing the contact pieces 7 and 7, the area in contact with the surface of the tape case is limited. In other words, the barcode seal will not come off during the work of putting in and out.
Of course, the bar code seal is attached to the area where the contact pieces 7 and 7 do not contact. The display case shown in FIG. 1 is only one specific example of the present invention, and the form of the hit piece 7 is not limited. As described above, the video tape display method of the present invention is a method of using a display case having a storage opening at the upper end and arranging so that the tape case upper end in the stored state protrudes. It is possible to obtain various effects.

[0013]

Since the video tape display according to the present invention can be displayed by directly storing the tape case containing the video tape in the display case, the space for the display shelves is 1 as compared with the conventional side-by-side system. / 2. And since the upper end of the tape case projects from the display case, it can be seen at a glance whether or not it can be lent, and the customer only needs to take the tape case out of the display case and carry it to the counter. The work is greatly simplified. Further, since this tape case functions as a lending case, it is not necessary to separately transfer it to the lending case. After the tape case is removed, the display case remains on the display shelf as it is to advertise that the video tape is held. Furthermore, in the display method of the present invention, it is not necessary to hold an empty case in which no video tape is placed, and of course, a storage shelf behind the counter is unnecessary, and the number of tapes held in the store as a whole increases. On the other hand, since the contact piece is formed on the inner surface of the display case, the stored tape case does not rattle, and does not inadvertently fall out.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a case for displaying a video tape according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows a tape case stored in a display case.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Main body case 2 Lid 3 Storage port 4 Surface 5 Transparent sheet 6 Tape case 7 Per piece

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A method of directly placing a video tape on a display shelf for display, wherein the video tape is placed in a tape case, the tape case is further stored in the display case, and the display case is The tape case having a storage opening with an upper end opened and the tape case housed in a display case projects the upper end from the storage opening, and the protruding surface of the tape case is "rentable" or a display similar thereto, There is an indication that it is a videotape that can be rented out, and the customer can remove the tape case from the display case and rent it, and make sure that the extracted display case is arranged on the display shelf as it is. Characteristic video tape display method. 2. A display case for arranging a tape case containing a video tape on a display shelf, wherein an upper end of the display case is opened to form a storage opening, and the upper end is stored when the tape case is inserted. The height is such that it protrudes from the mouth, or the bottom is raised to make it a bottom type, and the inner surface is provided with a contact piece that abuts the tape case surface from near the storage opening to the bottom, and the height is increased toward the bottom. Display case.