Sheet material dispenser
The invention relates to a sheet material dispenser with at least two compartments (37) for accommodating sheet material, in particular in the form of brochures. The compartments are formed using staggered module components which are arranged one behind the other. The module components can be joined together through a movement directed initially perpendicular and then parallel to the rear wall (4) of the compartments and can be released again. In order to be able to manufacture the sheet material dispenser with a low expense of material, according to the invention the module components are formed from trays (1), which consist of a rear wall (4), two side walls (5, 6) and an end wall (7) forming their lower end. Furthermore each tray (1) has in the region of the edges of its two side walls (5, 6) facing away from its rear wall (4) in each case at least one protrusion (9) directed towards the tray interior. Additionally, on the rear side of the rear wall of each tray at least two mountings (12) are provided which accept the protrusions of a further tray (1b) which can be joined to the tray (1a) and a limit stop (31) is present for limiting the movement, directed parallel to the rear wall, of the trays (1) which can be respectively joined together.
The invention relates to a sheet material dispenser, with at least two compartments for the accommodation of sheet material, in particular in the form of brochures, in which the compartments are formed using module components for accommodating sheets staggered with respect to one another and arranged one behind the other, which can be joined by a movement directed initially perpendicular and then parallel to the rear wall of the compartments and which can be released again.
A sheet material dispenser of the above type is known, the module components of which provide accommodation for sheet material and have a rear wall and a front wall which are joined together by two side walls and an end wall. With the known sheet material dispenser the rear walls and the front walls of the module components are provided with means by which module components can be joined together. The use of module parts, which have front walls, with the described sheet material dispenser means that the material expense for its manufacture is comparatively large.
The object of the invention is to provide a sheet material dispenser which can be manufactured with little material expense. This object is solved according to the invention in that the module components used for accommodating the sheets are formed from trays, which consist of a rear wall, two side walls and an end wall forming their lower end, that each tray has in each case at least one protrusion directed to the tray interior in the region of the edges of both of its side walls facing away from its rear wall, that on the rear side of the rear wall of each tray at least two mountings are provided for the accommodation of the protrusions of a further tray which can be joined to the tray and that a limit stop is present for limiting the movement, directed parallel to the rear wall, of the trays which can in each case be joined together.
The sheet material dispenser according to the invention offers the advantage that due to the use of tray-shaped module components, i.e. with no front walls or front wall sections, the material expense for the manufacture of the module components is low. For a sheet material dispenser with for example four compartments it is sufficient to provide the front module component with a front wall, which is preferably formed by a front plate which has guide grooves that are movable over the protrusions of the respective front tray.
It has been found to be practicable if each side wall of the trays is provided in each case with at least two protrusions which are spaced from one another and point to the tray interior. Even just through the use of two pairs of protrusions and in each case a mounting assigned to a pair of protrusions, the offset between the staggered trays can be changed by an amount corresponding to the distance between the two protrusions arranged on a side wall.
The same result can be obtained if each side wall only has one protrusion to which, in each case, two mountings, spaced from one another, are assigned on the rear side of the rear wall.
In practice it is recommended for production and stability reasons that each side wall is provided with more than three protrusions and also the rear sides of the rear walls are fitted with a plurality of mountings, wherein the number of the mountings assigned to a row of protrusions does not necessarily have to be equal to the number of protrusions.
The spacing between the protrusions of the respective side wall and the mountings assigned to these protrusions is practically equally large.
The rear sides of the rear walls of the trays are provided with parallel guides in the vicinity of the side walls, of which the guides of the respectively rearmost tray can be used for the accommodation of components which facilitate setting up or hanging up the sheet material dispenser.
The use of module components in the form of trays with which front wall sections are omitted, supplies the prerequisite for combining module components with different filling volumes in order to accommodate various formats of sheet material in the sheet material dispenser. The respective tray can be divided into two or more subtrays by namely equipping the rear wall of one, several or all trays with longitudinal slots for mounting a partition wall having hooks which can be inserted into the slots.
If the partition wall is equipped with protrusions directed towards the side walls of the respective tray, then with the simultaneous use of the protrusions of the sidewalls, the connection of additional trays facilitating the accommodation of sheet material of other formats is possible, which similarly consist of a rear wall, two side walls and an end wall forming its lower end and the width of which essentially corresponds to the spacing between the partition wall and the respective side wall facing it.
Further features and details of the invention can be taken from the dependent claims and the following description of an embodiment of the invention illustrated in the enclosed drawing. The following are shown:
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On the rear side of its rear wall the tray 1 has receptacle-shaped mountings 12, which accommodate the protrusions 9.
The rear wall 4 is also provided with guides 13, which are formed from L-shaped protrusions arranged in pairs. For reasons of injection moulding, in the region of the guides 13 there are recesses 14 in the rear wall 4. As illustrated in
Details of the partition wall 2 and fitting it to the rear wall 4 of the tray 1a in
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Based on the identical basic construction of the trays 1 and the additional trays 3, it is possible to configure a sheet material dispenser which only consists of additional trays 3. In a case of this nature it is recommended however that the component 15 illustrated in
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Of course, each of the front trays 1 or additional trays 3 must be provided with a cover formed from a front plate 34 on their front side. As can be seen from
The assembly of a sheet material dispenser having two compartments 37 formed from two trays 1 is explained in the following based on
Claims
1. Sheet material dispenser, with at least two compartments (37) for accommodating sheet material, in particular in the form of brochures, with which the compartments (37) are formed by using staggered module components arranged one behind the other for accommodating sheet material, which can be joined together by a movement which is directed initially perpendicular and then parallel to the rear wall (4) of the compartments (37) and which can be released again, characterised in that the module components providing accommodation for the sheet material are formed by trays (1) which consist of a rear wall (4), two side walls (5, 6) and an end wall (7) forming their lower end, that each tray (1) in the region of the edges of both of its side walls (5, 6) facing away from the rear wall (4) respectively has at least one protrusion (9) directed towards the tray interior, that on the rear side of the rear wall (4) of each tray at least two mountings (12) for accepting the protrusions (9) of a further tray (1b) which can be joined to the tray (1a) are provided and that a limit stop (31) is provided for limiting the movement, directed parallel to the rear wall, of the respective trays (1) which can be joined together.
2. Sheet material dispenser according to claim 1, characterised in that at least one tray (1) is provided with longitudinal slots (8) in the region of its rear wall (4) for attaching a partition wall (2), which has hooks (27) that can be inserted into the longitudinal slots (8), and by means of which the tray (1a) can be divided into two parts.
3. Sheet material dispenser according to claim 2, characterised in that the lower end of the partition wall (2) has a clip (28), which with the partition wall (2) inserted into the longitudinal slots (8) engages a recess (29) in the end wall (7) of the tray (1a) joined to the partition wall (2).
4. Sheet material dispenser according to claim 2, characterised in that the partition wall (2) has protrusions (9) directed to the side walls (5, 6) of the tray (1), which together with the protrusions (9) of the side walls (5, 6) facilitate the connection of additional trays (3) having a reduced filling volume, which also consist of a rear wall (4), two side walls (5, 6) and an end wall (7) forming their lower end and the width of which essentially corresponds to the spacing between the partition wall (2) and the respective side wall (5 or 6) facing it.
5. Sheet material dispenser according to claim 4, characterised in that also the additional trays (3) having a reduced-filling volume are provided with mountings (12) on the rear side of their rear wall (4), which each have a limit stop (31) for limiting the movement, directed parallel to the rear wall, of the additional trays (3) respectively joined together.
6. Sheet material dispenser according to claim 1, characterised in that each side wall (5, 6) of the trays (1) and additional trays (3) is provided with at least two protrusions (9), arranged spaced from one another and directed to the tray interior.
7. Sheet material dispenser according to claim 1, characterised in that each side wall (5, 6) of the trays (1) and additional trays (3) is provided with more than three protrusions (9), arranged spaced from one another and directed to the tray interior.
8. Sheet material dispenser according to claim 1, characterised in that in the region of the margins of the rear side of the rear wall (4) of the trays (1) and additional trays (3) at least two mountings (12) are respectively arranged.
9. Sheet material dispenser according to claim 1, characterised in that on the rear side of the rear wall (4) of the trays (1) and additional trays (3) more than three mountings (12) are respectively, arranged.
10. Sheet material dispenser according to claim 6, characterised in that the spacing between the protrusions (9) of the trays (1) or additional trays (3) is equal to the spacing between the mountings (12) of the trays (1) or additional trays (3).
11. Sheet material dispenser according to claim 1, characterised in that the protrusions (9) are formed lug-shaped.
12. Sheet material dispenser according to claim 1, characterised in that the mountings (12) consist of receptacles which are open at their outer sides and at their lower end.
13. Sheet material dispenser according to claim 1, characterised in that it has at least one front plate (34) with guide grooves (35) which can be pushed over the protrusions (9) of the respective front tray or additional tray (1 or 3).
14. Sheet material dispenser according to claim 13, characterised in that the front plate (34) is fitted with a limit stop (36) which can be brought into contact with the end wall (7) of the tray (1) or additional tray (3) to which it is joined.
15. Sheet material dispenser according to claim 12, characterised in that the rear sides of the rear walls (4) of the trays (1) or additional trays (3) in the vicinity of the side walls (5, 6) of the trays (1) or additional trays (3) are provided with parallel guides (13) for setting up or suspending the respective components (15, 30) acting as the rearmost tray (1) or additional tray (3).
16. Sheet material dispenser according to claim 15, characterised in that the guides (13) are formed L-shaped.
17. Sheet material dispenser according to claim 15, characterised in that the components (15, 30) have two side walls (16, 17) in the shape of a right-angled triangle, spaced from one another, which in the region of the limbs of the triangle are connected together by transverse walls (18, 19) and which have guide strips (20, 21) in the region of the hypotenuse of the triangle.
18. Sheet material dispenser according to claim 3, characterised in that the partition wall (2) has protrusions (9) directed to the side walls (5, 6) of the tray (1), which together with the protrusions (9) of the side walls (5, 6) facilitate the connection of additional trays (3) having a reduced filling volume, which also consist of a rear wall (4), two side walls (5, 6) and an end wall (7) forming their lower end and the width of which essentially corresponds to the spacing between the partition wall (2) and the respective side wall (5 or 6) facing it.
19. Sheet material dispenser according to claim 7, characterised in that the spacing between the protrusions (9) of the trays (1) or additional trays (3) is equal to the spacing between the mountings (12) of the trays (1) or additional trays (3).
20. Sheet material dispenser according to claim 16, characterised in that the components (15, 30) have two side walls (16, 17) in the shape of a right-angled triangle, spaced from one another, which in the region of the limbs of the triangle are connected together by transverse walls (18, 19) and which have guide strips (20, 21) in the region of the hypotenuse of the triangle.
Type: Application
Filed: Oct 24, 2007
Publication Date: May 1, 2008
Inventor: Horst-Werner Maier-Hunke (Iserlohn)
Application Number: 11/977,448
International Classification: B65H 1/00 (20060101);