Display device with price change cartridges

• US 4,296,563 A
• Filed: 08/05/1980
• Issued: 10/27/1981
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/1980
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: MEAD Corporation (Meadwestvaco Corporation)
• Original Assignee: MEAD Corporation (Meadwestvaco Corporation)
• Inventors: Clement, Joseph
• Primary Examiner(s): Chamblee, Hugh R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Contreras, Wenceslao J.
• Application Number:
  US06/175,476
• Time in Patent Office: 448 Days
• Field of Search: 40/1, 40/5, 40/518, 40/10 R, 40/16 R, 40/576
• US Class Current: 40/518
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/201 Enclosures enveloping completely the labels G09F3/203 - G09F3/207 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/202 for labels being formed by a combination of interchangeable elements, e.g. price labels G09F3/203 - G09F3/207 take precedence

Abstract

A display device such as is used to display information relating to the description and price of goods for sale comprises a translucent facia panel (12) providing the front face of a display cabinet behind which is mounted one or more cartridges (16,17) each carrying self-coiling information strips (27,28,29) readily adjustable so that the information regarding the goods may be quickly and easily changed, the cartridges being mounted on mounting panels (24) spaced from the facia (12) so that the cartridges (16,17) are located within the space between the mounting panels and the facia of the cabinet.

Claims

1. In a display device of the type comprising a translucent facia, a carrier disposed behind said facia and including a display area, at least one information strip bearing a series of characters and being mounted on said carrier for slidable adjustment so that the characters can be sequentially displayed in said display area, support means on which said carrier is detachably mounted with the display area located adjacent said facia, said facia and support means together defining a space in which said carrier is accommodated, the improvement wherein said support means comprises panels located adjacent opposite ends of said facia and complementary attachment means provided on said carrier and on said support means, said complementary means comprising rails provided on said panels and flanges provided on said carrier.

2. A display device according to claim 1 in which each information strip is a self-coiling tape.

3. A display device according to claim 1 in which said carrier is formed from a translucent plastics material.

4. A display device according to claim 2 in which said carrier comprises an elongate cartridge including a front surface providing said display area on which an uncoiled portion of each self-coiling strip is supported, a pair of spaced side walls co-extensive with said cartridge and extending from the back face of said display area, said legs each terminating in an elongate flange for detachably mounting the cartridge on said support means and together defining a storage cavity in which the coiled ends of each strip are accommodated.

5. A display device according to claim 4 in which retaining means are provided on said front surface for retaining an insert having a surface for displaying information observable through said facia, said retaining means comprising a pair of elongate lips extending along the cartridge from said front face to slidably receive said insert, and wherein said lips include openings through which said uncoiled portions of each information strip pass from the display area to the storage cavity.

6. A display device according to claim 1 in which said support means comprises a series of rail pairs whereby a plurality of said carriers are connected thereto in side-by-side relationship.

7. A display device according to claim 1 in which said device is a cabinet having its front face provided by said translucent facia, said support means being mounted internally of the cabinet with said carrier connected to said support means and located in a space formed between said facia and said support means.