DISPLAY EQUIPMENT AM) DISPLAY STAND

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a display fixture (i.e., display equipment) for pulling out and selling, for example a certain length of long articles such as a hose, a tube and a rope while displaying the long articles at shops, and to a display stand comprising a reel around which a long article such as a hose is wound and a display fixture for rotatably supporting the reel.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002]
Conventionally, in this type of a display fixture and a display stand, a hose reel supporting rotator is constituted by radially providing around a reel shaft a radial arm made of a desired wire rod which is fixed near both ends of the reel shaft and is bent so as to make tight contact with the core inner circumferential surface of the hose reel throughout the width thereof in the axial direction, and said reel supporting rotator is fitted into said hose reel such that said radial arm comes into tight contact with the core inner circumferential surface of said hose reel, and both ends of said reel shaft are mounted on the concave bearing provided on the vertical rod material of the fixture body so that said hose reel is rotatably supported (for example, see patent literature l).

Further, a hose through-hole is provided on said core of said hose reel and the end portion of said hose is inserted through the hose through-hole and is retained therein. A hose clamping portion is provided in said radial arm of said hose reel supporting rotator such that the end portion of said hose is clamped by the hose clamping portion by using the elastic force of the hose.

PRIOR ART LITERATURE
PATENT LITERATURE

[0003]
PATENT LITERATURE 1: Unexamined Japanese patent application publication
8-294434

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED BY THE INVENTION

[0004]
However, in such a conventional display fixture and a display stand, in order to rotatably support a reel, both ends of a reel shaft for a reel supporting rotator need to be mounted on the concave bearing of the fixture body after the reel supporting rotator fits into the core of the reel such that the radial arm thereof is pressed against the inner circumferential surface of the core. As such, the operation of fitting the reel supporting rotator into the core is time consuming, and when a reel is exchanged after an entire hose is pulled out, the reel supporting rotator needs to be put in and taken out from the reel, and thus there has been a problem that the operation is burdensome.

Further, since a reel having a hose wound therearound is heavy and further the weight of the reel supporting rotator is added thereto, there has been a problem that it is difficult for a powerless operator such as a woman to lift the reel and thus such a powerless operator cannot perform an operation of mounting both ends of the reel shaft on the concave bearing of the fixture body.
Further, the end portion of a. hose projects through a through-hole from the inner circumferential surface of the core in a reel, and thus the reel needs to be supported such that the end portion of the hose does not prevent the rotation of the reel.

Further, if the reel is made of, for example paper such as cardboard or corrugated cardboard, the core may be crushed by the contraction of a hose after being wound, vibration during transportation and so forth, or crimples may occur on the inner circumferential surface of the core. As such, even if the inner circumferential surface of the reel is deformed in this way, the reel needs to be supported such that the deformation does not interrupt the rotation of the reel.

[0005]
The present invention is intended to address such problems, and the objects of the present invention are to provide a display fixture wherein setting and exchanging of a reel with respect to a fixture- body can be easily performed and the reel can be rotatably supported smoothly without rattling, and to provide a display stand wherein setting and exchanging of a reel with respect to a display fixture can be easily performed and the reel can be rotatably supported smoothly without rattling.

MEANS FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEMS

[0006]
In order to solve problems' described above, a display fixture according to the present invention is configured such that said supporting rotator is formed to pass through said reel in the axial direction thereof such that said supporting rotator faces only a part of the inner circumferential surface of said reel in the circumferential direction, and the supporting rotator is projected from said fixture body like a cantilever while having the tip portion as a free end, and a plurality of said supporting rotators is attached to said single reel, which is arranged substantially parallel to each other so as to face each other at circumferentially different positions on the inner circumferential surface of said reel, and the outer periphery of said supporting rotator has a supporting portion formed to partially come into contact with only a part of the inner circumferential surface of said reel in the axial direction and an annular space portion formed to face the rest of the inner circumferential surface of said reel in the axial direction.

[0007] .
Further, a display stand according to the present invention is configured such that said reel has a cylindrical core, and said long article is wound around the outer circumferential surface of said core, and a plurality of said supporting rotators of said display fixture is arranged at circumferentially different positions on the inner circumferential surface of said core such that each of said supporting portions comes into contact with said inner circumferential surface of said core.

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION

[0008]
In a display fixture having features described above according to the present invention, by inserting a reel from the tip portion sides of a plurality of substantially parallel supporting rotators which are attached to and projected like cantilevers from a fixture body, each of the supporting portions of the plurality of supporting rotators comes into contact with circumferentially different positions on the inner circumferential surface of the reel and thus the reel is rotatably supported. Further, even if the reel is rotated in connection with the pullout of a long article, the reel is not displaced in the direction to which each of the supporting rotators 2 is aligned because of the weight of reel and the long article wound around the reel. Meanwhile, by arranging an annular space portion so as to face the end portion of a long article projecting through a through-hole provided on the inner circumferential surface of the reel, the end portion of the long article enters the annular space portion and rotationally moves without making contact with the outer periphery of the supporting rotators in connection with the rotation of the reel. As such, setting and exchanging of the reel with respect to the fixture body can be easily performed and the reel can be rotatably supported smoothly without rattling.

As a result, in comparison with a conventional display fixture, which needs an operation of fitting a reel supporting rotator into a reel and an operation of mounting the reel shaft of the reelsupporting rotator on a concave bearing of a fixture body, since the reel supporting rotator needs not to fit into the core of the reel, setting and exchanging operations for the reel can be quickly performed with respect to the fixture. Meanwhile, since the weight of the reel supporting rotator is not added to the weight of the reel around which a long article such as a hose is wound, even if an operator is a powerless operator such as a woman, the reel can be lifted to perform operations of setting and exchanging the reel with respect to the fixture.
Further, the end portion of a long article projecting through a through-hole from the core inner circumferential surface of the reel does not interrupt the rotational support for the reel, and thus a stable holding configuration can be achieved.

[0009]
In a display stand having features described above according to the present invention, by inserting a reel from the tip portion sides of a plurality of substantially parallel supporting rotators which are attached to and projected like cantilevers from a fixture body of a display fixture, each of the supporting portions of the plurahty of supporting rotators comes into contact with circumferentially different positions on the inner circumferential surface of the reel and thus the reel is rotatably supported. Further, even if the reel is rotated in connection with a pullout of a long article, the reel is not displaced in the direction to which each of the supporting rotators is aligned because of the weight of reel and the long article wound around the reel. Meanwhile, by arranging an annular space portion so as to face the end portion of a long article projecting through a through-hole provided on the inner circumferential surface of the reel, the end portion of the long article enters the annular space portion and rotationally moves without making contact with the outer periphery of the supporting rotators in connection with the rotation of the reel. As such, setting and exchanging of the reel with respect to the display fixture can be easily performed and the reel can be rotatably supported smoothly without rattling.

As a result, in comparison with a conventional display stand, which needs, an operation of fitting a reel supporting rotator into a reel and an operation of mounting the reel shaft of the reel supporting rotator on a concave bearing of a fixture body, since the reel supporting rotator needs not to fit into the core of the reel, setting and. exchanging operations for the reel can be quickly performed with respect to the fixture. Meanwhile, since the weight of the reel supporting rotator is not added to the weight of the reel around which a long article such as a hose is wound, even if an operator is a powerless operator such as a woman, the reel can be lifted to perform operations of setting and exchanging the reel with respect to the fixture.

Further, the end portion of a long article projecting through a through-hole from the core inner circumferential surface of the reel does not interrupt the rotational support for the reel, and thus a stable holding configuration can be achieved.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0010]

Fig.l is a perspective view illustrating a display fixture and a display stand according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a display fixture.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view illustrating an example of a supporting rotator.

Fig. 3(a) is a perspective view viewed from the front side and Fig. 3(b) is an exploded perspective view viewed from the rear side.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view illustrating an example of a reel.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0011]
Hereinafter, an embodiment according to the present invention is described with reference to the drawings.

Display fixture A according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided with a fixture body 1 and a supporting rotator 2 for rotatably supporting a cylindrical reel B around which a long article C, for example such as a hose and a tube is wound as shown in Figs. 1 to 3.

A display stand according to an embodiment of the present invention is constituted by the display fixture A and the reel B having a cylindrical core (core tube) Bl around which the long article C is wound.The reel B is rotatably supported by inserting a supporting rotator 2 along the inner circumferential surface B2 of the core Bl while the long article C is wound around the outer circumferential surface B3 of the core Bl.

[0012]

The reel B has a pair of flanges B 4 provided at both ends of the core Bl in the axis direction.As a constituting material of the reel B, a deformable material, for example such as cardboard or corrugated cardboard, or a synthesized resin is preferably used.

A through-hole B5 is opened in the core Bl of the reel B such that the diameter of the through-hole B5 is substantially the same or slightly larger than the diameter of the cross-section of the long article C. The end portion C1 of the long article C is inserted into the through-hole B5 so as to slightly project from the inner circumferential surface B2, and thus the long article C is fixed to the core Bl.
Specifically, if the long article C is a tube body such as a hose or a tube, when the long article C is wound around the outer circumferential surface B3 of the core Bl, a fluid, for example such as compressed air is preferably injected into the inside of the tube body as the long article C in order to prevent the tube body from being crushed.

As for a positioning example of the through-hole B5, it is preferable to open the through-hole B5 closely to either end of the core Bl in the axial direction so as not to interrupt the reel B being supported by the supporting rotator 2.

[0013]
A fixture body 1 has a vertically extending machine casing la as shown in Figs 1 and 2. The machine casing la is constituted by a rod material, a bar, a deal or a combination of these members which are made of a rigid material, for example such as metal.

The supporting rotator 2 for supporting the core Bl of the reel B is attached to the machine casing la.

[0014]
The supporting rotator 2 is inserted through the core Bl of the reel B and is formed substantially in a rod-like shape so as to partially face a part of the inner circumferential surface B2 of the reel B (core Bl) in the circumferential direction as shown in Fig. 1 to Figs. 3(a) and 3(b).

Further, the supporting rotator 2 projects from the machine casing la like a cantilever such that the tip portion 2a thereof is a free end while the base end thereof being a fixed end with respect to the machine casing la of the fixture body 1. A plurality of supporting rotators 2 is attached to a single reel B, which is arranged substantially parallel to each other so as to face each other at circumferentially different positions on the inner circumferential surface B2. of the reel B.The alignment direction for the supporting rotators 2 is preferably adjusted to the pulling direction of the long article C wound around the core Bl of the reel B, that is, the lateral direction (substantially horizontal direction).

[0015]
The outer periphery of the supporting rotator 2 includes a supporting portion 2b which is formed to come into contact with only a part of the inner circumferential surface B2 of the reel B in the axial direction and an annular space portion 2c which is formed to face the rest of the inner circumferential surface B2 of the reel B in the axial direction where the supporting portion 2b is not formed.
The supporting portion 2b is projected from only a part of the supporting rotator 2 in the axial direction, having a hollow or solid shape, and the annular space portion 2c is formed at the rest of the supporting rotator 2 where the supporting portion 2b is not projected therefrom.
The annular space portion 2c is arranged to face the end portion Cl of the long article C projecting through the through-hole B5 that is provided on the inner circumferential surface B2 of the core Bl.

[0016]
Further, when the supporting portion 2b is projected in a hollow shape from a roller 2d arranged in the center of the supporting rotator 2, a plurality of supporting frames 2e is preferably mounted on the outer circumferential surface of the roller 2d so as to radially project therefrom.

The roller 2d is constituted by a tubular body or a cylindrical body free-rotatably fitted to the outer periphery of a support shaft or by a free-rotatably supported cylindrical body.

The plurality of supporting frames 2e is constituted by, for example a wire rod or a deal and so for the which are rigid materials such as, for example iron and so forth, each of which radially extends from the outer circumferential surface of the roller 2d while being fixed thereto. Thereby, the pluraHty of supporting frames 2e preferably constitute a vane wheel as the supporting portion 2b which has an outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the reel b.

When the supporting portion 2b is constituted by a vane wheel,, respective gaps are formed between a plurality of supporting frames 2e, which extend in the axial direction of the roller 2d.

[0017]
A specific example of the supporting rotator 2 is shown in Figs. 3(a) and 3(b). Aplurahty of wire rods (three wire rods) extends in the axial direction of the supporting rotator 2 as the supporting frames 2e. Each of these wire rods is bent in a "C" shape and both ends of the wire rods are radially fixed to the outer circumferential surface of the roller 2d at the intermediate positions in the axial direction thereof, and thus the supporting portion 2b is constituted. A pair of the annular space portions 2c is formed at both end positions of the supporting portion 2b so as to sandwich the supporting portion 2b in the axial direction of the roller 2d.

That is, even if the reel B having the through-hole B5 opened near either end of the core Bl in the axial direction thereof is inserted from the tip portion 2a side around the supporting rotators 2 regardless of the insertion direction, the pair of the annular space portions 2c is arranged such that the through-hole B5 faces either one of both annular space portions 2c.

Further, as necessary, a supporting frame 2e' comprised of a ring-shaped wire rod is fixed to the outer periphery or the inner periphery of the supporting frame 2e comprised of a wire rod extending in the axial direction of the supporting rotator 2, and thus a pluraHty of the supporting frames 2e is preferably reinforced such that the distances among the pluraHty of the supporting frames 2e can be kept constant.
Further, although not shown here, in another example, as the supporting portion 2b of the supporting rotator 2 the supporting frame 2e' comprised of ring shaped wire rod may be provided on the outer circumferential surface of the roHer 2d without having the supporting frame 2e, or the supporting portion 2b of the supporting rotator 2 may be formed in a sohd cylindrical shape instead of a hollow shape, which are different from shapes shown in the drawings.

Further, two supporting rotators 2 are arranged spaced apart from each other and an auxiliary contact section (not shown) is provided, which comes into contact with the inner circumferential surface B2 of the core Bl at a position different from the positions where the supporting rotators 2 come into contact with the inner circumferential surface B2 of the core Bl. Thus, the inner circumferential surface B2 of the core Bl is preferably supported at three points by the auxiliary contact section and the two supporting rotators 2.

[0018]
A support arm 3 is provided at the side of the tip portion 2a of the supporting rotator 2, which extends obliquely downward in the direction of the machine casing la of the fixture body 1 and the lower end of the support arm 3 is coupled to the fixture body 1, more specifically, to the machine casing la or accessories attached thereto whereby the installation condition of the supporting rotator 2 is preferably reinforced.
Further, the support arm 3 is extended downward and an auxiliary contact section (not shown) is provided at the lower end of the support arm 3, which comes into contact with the inner circumferential surface B2 of the reel B at a position different from the positions where each of the supporting rotators 2 comes into contact with the inner circumferential surface B2 of the core Bl. Thus, the inner circumferential surface B2 of the reel B is preferably supported at three points by the auxiliary contact section and each of the supporting rotators 2.1n such configuration, the inner circumferential surface B2 of the reel B is supported by each of the supporting rotators 2 and the auxiliary contact section 4 without being displaced in the radial direction of the reel B, and thereby the displacement of the reel B can be thoroughly prevented. As a result, the reel B is excellent in safety and even if the long article C wound around the reel B is roughly pulled out, the reel B is not rattled.

[0019]
In such a display fixture A and a display stand according to an embodiment of the present invention, when the reel B is inserted around the plurality of the supporting rotators 2 which are substantially parallel to each other from the tip portion 2a, which are attached to and projected like cantilevers from the fixture body 1 of the display fixture A, the supporting portions 2b of the plurality of the supporting rotators 2
respectively come into contact with circumferentially different positions on the inner circumferential surface B2 of the reel B and are retained thereon so that the core Bl of the reel B is rotatably supported by the plurality of the supporting rotators 2 as shown in Fig.1.

Under the support condition as described above, the long article C wound around the outer circumferential surface B3 of the core Bl is pulled out, for example substantially in the horizontal direction.

Even when the reel B is rotated in connection with the pullout, the reel B is not displaced in the direction to which each of the supporting rotators 2 is aligned because of the weight of reel B and the long article C wound around the reel B.

At the same time, the end portion Cl of the long article C projecting through the through-hole B5 on the inner circumferential surface B2 of the reel B enters the annular space portion 2c formed between the outer periphery of the supporting rotator 2 and the roller 2d so that the end portion Cl of the long article C rotationally moves without making contact with the outer periphery of the supporting rotator 2.

Thereby, setting and exchanging of the reel B can be easily performed with respect to the fixture body 1 of the display fixture A and the reel B can be rotatably supported smoothly without rattling.

[0020]
In particular, when the supporting portion 2b has a plurality of the supporting frames 2e which radially project from the outer circumferential surface of the roller 2d arranged in the center of the supporting rotator 2, passing spaces are formed among the plurality of supporting frames 2e, which extend in the axial direction of the supporting rotator 2 by the outer edges of the plurality of the supporting frame 2e coming into contact with the inner circumferential surface B2 of the reel B as the supporting portion 2b.
Thereby, even if the inner circumferential surface B2 of the reel B is deformed, the reel B can be smoothly passed around the supporting rotator 2.

As a result, even if a long article C such as a hose is.contracted after the long article C is wound around the reel B, or the core Bl of the reel B is crushed or crimples occur on the inner circumferential surface B2 of the reek B by vibration during transportation and so forth, the reel B can be rotatably supported without rattling by these deformations entering the passing spaces among the plurality of the supporting frames 2e.

[0021]
Further, when the support arm 3 is provided, which extends from the tip portion 2a of the supporting rotator 2 obliquely downward in the direction to the fixture body 1 such that the lower end of the support arm 3 is coupled to the fixture body 1, more specifically to the machine casing la thereof and accessories attached thereto (bracket 2f as an example shown in the drawing, which will be described later), the weight of the supporting rotator 2 and the reel B is supported by the support arm 3.

Thereby the supporting rotator 2 and the reel B can be stably held by a simple structure.

As a result, the supporting rotator 2 that is excellent in safety can be provided while costs can be reduced with a simplified reinforced structure for the supporting rotator 2.

Hereinafter, an embodiment according to. the present invention will be described on the basis of the drawings.

EMBODIMENT

[0022]
This embodiment is configured such that the display fixture A forms the machine casing la of the fixture body 1 in the shape of a pillar as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. A plurality of pairs of supporting rotators 2 is vertically arranged on a plurality of surfaces of the machine casings la respectively, and the reels B are rotatably supported by the plurahty of pairs of supporting rotators 2 respectively.

[0023]
In the example shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the machine casing la of the fixture body 1 is constituted by mutually coupling a plurality of vertically extending pillar members lb with a plurahty of horizontally extending bar members lc so that the machine casing la is formed in a quadrangular prism shape with the bar members lc being arranged at regular intervals in vertical direction.

Three different types of supporting rotators 2 are height-adjustably attached back to back with each other respectively on both surfaces of the machine casing la, and reels B with different diameters are rotatably supported respectively by the plurahty of different types of supporting rotators 2.1n a specific example, a relatively lightweight reel B with a small diameter is rotatably supported by an upper supporting rotator 2 and a relatively heavyweight reel B with a large diameter is rotatably supported by an intermediate or a lower supporting rotator 2.

A base Id is consecutively connected with the lower end of the machine casing la as the fixture body 1, and the base Id is formed by building a square block type with a plurahty of rod materials, bars, deals, a combination of these members and so forth, or by planarly coupling these members. The base Id has a plurahty of casters or the like attached thereto as transport means le of the fixture body 1.

Further, although not shown here, the machine casing la may be formed in a triangular prism shape, a prism shape, a polygonal column shape, a cylindrical shape instead of a quadrangular prism shape. Two, four or more supporting rotators 2 may be vertically and height-adjustably attached or fixed to the machine casing. Also, the machine casing la may be untransportably formed with no transport means le on the base Id.

[0024]
In an example shown in Fig. 1 to Figs. 3(a) and 3(b), two supporting rotators 2 arranged substantially parallel to each other, a Tshape bracket 2f provided at the base end of the supporting rotator 2, a plate 2g provided at the tip of the supporting rotator 2, and a support arm 3 built from the tip portion 2a side of the supporting rotator 2 to the lower section of the bracket 2f are integrally formed.

A cylindrical body 2d2 is free-rotatably inserted around the outer periphery of a support axis 2dl fixed to the bracket 2f and thereby the rollers 2d of the respective supporting rotators are rotatably supported between the upper end section of the bracket 2f and the plate 2g. One or more reinforcing members 2h comprised of a rod material, a bar, a deal and so forth are provided substantially parallel with the supporting rotators 2 so that a given distance is maintained between the bracket 2f and the plate 2g. The bracket 2f, the reinforcing member 2h and the support arm 3 are preferably arranged so as to form substantially a triangular shape when the supporting rotators 2 are viewed from the lateral direction.

[0025]
A height adjustment means 4 for adjusting the height of the supporting rotator 2 with respect to the machine casing la comprises an L shaped hook 4a formed on the rear surface of the upper end portion of a T shaped bracket 2f and a screw 4b reciprocatably held toward the hook 4a as shown in Figs. 3(a) and 3(b). The hook 4a of the bracket 2f is latched onto the plurality of bar members lc arranged in the vertical direction along the machine casing la and is clamped by the screw 4b, whereby the supporting rotator 2 integrally formed with the bracket 2f is detachably attached to the machine casing la.

Further, although not shown in the drawings, in another example, it is possible to employ conventionally known detachable means as the height adjustment means 4 for the supporting rotator 2 instead of the hook 4a and the screw 4b.

[0026]

Further, a foot operated stopper means 5 which can come into contact with the installation floor F for the fixture body 1 is preferably provided on the base Id that is a lower end of the machine casing la as a means for provisionally fixing the fixture body 1 immovably onto the floor when setting and exchanging the reel B with respect to the supporting rotator 2 as shown in Fig.l and Fig. 2.

[0027]
The foot operated stopper means 5 has a stopper section 5a facing the installation floor F of the fixture body l.The stopper section 5a is attached detachably or movably in the vertical direction to the rod materials and bars which constitute the base Id. An operator steps on the surface of the stopper section 5a to apply the operator's weight thereon, and thus the reverse surface of the stopper section 5a is pressed onto the installation floor F of the fixture body 1 so that a large friction resistance is generated therebetween.

In an example shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, the foot operated stopper means 5 is constituted by a belt-like plate member being bent in an S shape or being die-formed, which is made of a rigid member such as a metal plate or a hard synthetic resin plate, or an elastically deformable material. At one end of the belt-like member the stopper section 5a is integrally formed therewith. At the other end, a latch section 5b is integrally formed therewith as a hook which detachably engages with the rod material or the bars constituting the base Id of the machine casing la.An operator.steps on the surface of the stopper section 5a while the hook as the latch section 5b engages with the base Id, and thereby the rear surface of the stopper section 5a moves toward the installation surface F for the fixture body 1 and is pressed thereto by way of a slight elastic deformation of the stopper section 5a and the latch section 5b or a gap generated in the attachment portion between the base Id and the latch section 5b.

Further, although not shown in the drawing, in another example, a slide section may be consecutively connected with the stopper section 5a instead of the. latch portion 5b such as a hook, so as to move vertically and reciprocatably with respect to the base Id. When an operator steps on the surface of the stopper section 5a thereby applying the operator's weight thereon, the slide section moves downward with respect to the base Id so that the rear surface of the stopper section 5a moves down toward the installation floor F of the fixture body 1 and is pressed thereto. Alternatively, the stopper section 5a may be preliminarily arranged so as to make contact with the installation floor F for the fixture body 1.

[0028]
Further, a drop-off prevention means 6 for the reel B is preferably provided on the supporting rotator 2 as shown in Fig. 1 to Figs. 3(a) and 3(b), which prevents the reel B from coming off and falling down from the plurality of supporting rotators 2 when the long article C is pulled out from the reel B while the core Bl of the reel B is rotatably held by the supporting rotators 2 after the reel B is inserted around the plurality of the supporting rotators 2 from the tip portions 2a thereof.

[0029]
The drop-off prevention means 6 for the reel B has a projecting section 6a for preventing drop-off on the side of the tip portion 2a of the supporting rotator 2 and thus the reel B is prevented from coming off from the supporting rotator 2 by at least a part of the projecting section 6a coming into contact with the flange B4 of the reel B and so forth.

In an example shown in Fig. 1 to Figs. 3(a) and 3(b), the drop-off prevention means 6 for the reel B has the projecting section 6a for preventing drop-off, which is made of reversely U shaped metal rod or the like and a hole-like holding section 6b into which the base end of the projecting section 6a is detachably inserted. The hole-like holding section 6b is formed on the plate 2g. As shown in Fig. 2, the projecting section 6a is inserted into the hole-like holding section 6b after the reel B is inserted around the supporting rotator 2 and is rotatably held therearound, whereby the tip of the projecting section 6a comes into contact with the flange B4 of the reel B thereby preventing the reel B from coming off form the supporting rotator 2.

Further, although not shown in the drawing, in another example, it is possible to form the projecting section 6a for preventing drop-off in another shape such as reverse C shape and to form the projecting section 6a for preventing drop-off with a plate material and so forth.

[0030]
According to the display fixture A and a display stand according to an embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of pairs of supporting rotators 2 is vertically arranged on a plurality of surfaces of the machine casings la formed in a pillar shape as shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, and thus a number of the reel B can be rotatably and compactly held by the supporting rotators, which is preferably used for a sales floor having small exclusive area.

[0031]
Further, when a transport means le for the fixture body 1 is attached to the lower end of the machine casing la, a problem may occur that the long article C cannot be smoothly pulled out from the reel B because the fixture body 1 moves along with the transport means le as the long article C is pulled out from the reel B.Further, when the reel B is inserted around the supporting rotator 2, which is attached to and projected like a cantilever from the fixture body 1 as the supporting rotator 2 for rotatably supporting the reel B, if the inner circumferential surface B2 of the core Bl comes into contact with the tip portion 2a of the supporting rotator 2, the supporting rotator 2 with the transport means le moves away along with the fixture body 1 by a reaction force, and thus a problem may occur that the reel B cannot be smoothly inserted.

Therefore, in order to solve such problems a part or whole of the plurality of the transport means le mounted on the fixture body 1 may be formed as casters with a stopper and the fixture body 1 is provisionally fixed immovably onto the floor by manually operating the plurality of the stoppers.
However, when only parts of the transport means le are formed as casters with stoppers, even if the stoppers are manually operated, other casters can move freely without stoppers, and thus the fixture body 1 cannot be stabilized. As such, when the reel B comes into contact with the supporting rotator 2, the fixture body 1 may turn around.

Further, when the plurality of the transport means le are entirely formed as casters with stoppers, manually operating each of all these stoppers is burdensome and simple fast switching to immobilization is unavailable, and thus simple fast setting and exchanging of the reel B with respect to the supporting rotators 2 cannot be performed.

Like an example as shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, when a foot operated stopper means 5 is constituted by the integrally formed stopper section 5a and latch section 5b detachably engaged with the base Id, the stopper section 5a is attached outside the base Id only when the stopper means 5 is in use as shown in Fig. 1 and the stopper section 5a can be accommodated inside the base id when the stopper means 5 is not in use as shown in Fig. 2. Thus, the fixture body 1 can be securely untransportably fixed with a simple structure when the reel B is set and exchanged with respect to the supporting rotator 2.

[0032]
Further, when a drop-off prevention means 6 for the reel B is provided on the supporting rotator 2 as shown in Fig. 1 to Figs. 3(a) and 3(b), the reel B is prevented from coming off and falling down from the supporting rotator 2 when the long article C is pulled out from the reel B, and thus the long article C can be safely pulled out from the reel B.

Like an example as shown in Fig. 1 to Figs. 3(a) and 3(b), when the drop-off prevention means 6 is constituted such that a projecting section 6a for preventing drop-off is detachably attached to the holding section 6b,, the projecting section 6a for preventing drop-off does not interrupt an operation when the reel B is set and exchanged as shown in Fig. 2. Thus, an operation of inserting the reel B around the supporting rotator 2 and retaining thereon is easily performed and even a short operator can securely set and exchange the reel B with no need to lift the reel B up high.

[0033]
According to the display fixture A according to an embodiment described above, the machine casings la of the fixture body 1 is formed in a pillar shape and a plurality of pairs of supporting rotators 2 is vertically arranged on the plurality of surfaces of the machine casing la, whereby a plurality of the reels B is rotatably-held by the plurality of supporting rotators 2. However, the embodiment is not limited to this configuration, and the machine casing la of the fixture body 1 may be planarly formed instead of being formed in a pillar shape. Alternatively, the plurality of the supporting rotators 2 may be arranged only one surface of the machine casing la, and a fixture generally called gondola shelving and so on may be employed as the machine casing la.

The gondola shelving is constituted by at least two or more vertical pillars provided mutually parallel to each other at a given distance in the horizontal direction while support bars horizontally bridge between these vertical pillars, wherein the supporting rotators 2 may be supported by the support bars.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS

A display fixture
1 fixture body
2 supporting rotator 2a tip portion
2b supporting portion
2c annular space portion
2d roller
2e supporting frame
3 support arm
B reel
Bl core
B2 inner circumferential surface
B3 outer circumferential surface
C long article
C1 end portion

CLAIMS

1. A display fixture having a fixture hody and a supporting rotator for rotatably supporting a cylindrical reel around which a long article is wound,

wherein said supporting rotator is formed to pass through said reel in an axial, direction thereof such that said supporting rotator faces only a part of an inner circumferential surface of said reel in a circumferential direction, and

the supporting rotator is projected from said fixture body like a cantilever having a tip portion as a free end, and a plurality of said supporting rotators is attached to a single said reel, which is arranged substantially in parallel so as to face each other at circumferentially different positions on the inner circumferential surface of said reel, and

an outer periphery of said supporting rotator has a supporting portion formed to partially come into contact with only a part of the inner circumferential surface of said reel in the axial direction and an annular space portion formed to face the rest of the inner circumferential surface of said reel in the axial direction.

2. The display fixture according to claim 1, wherein said supporting portion has a plurality of supporting frames radially projecting from an outer circumferential surface of a roller arranged in a center of said supporting rotator.

3. The display fixture according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein a support arm is provided, which extends obliquely downward from said tip portion side of said supporting rotator to said fixture body side and is coupled thereto.

4. A display stand comprising the display fixture according to claim 1, 2 or 3 and said reel around which said long article is wound,

wherein said reel has a cylindrical core, and said long article is wound around an outer circumferential surface of said core, and a plurality of said supporting rotators, of said display fixture is arranged at circumferentially different positions on an inner circumferential surface of said core such that each of said supporting portions comes into contact with said inner circumferential surface of said core.