DE29800591U1 - Advertising arrangement with balloons - Google Patents

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Respondent: Infra Folienkabel GmbH ■'■■■ ■.'.· Bergstr. 55 .

D-32108 Bad Salzuflen

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Advertising arrangement with balloons

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Representative : Patent Attorney

.:■'■ "·;:■■■.' Dr. Helmut Hoffmeister Goldstrasse 36 D-4.8147 Münster ■

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. Advertising arrangement with balloons

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The invention relates to an advertising arrangement with balloons.

It is known that balloons made of a stretchable elastomeric plastic are used in the advertising industry

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play a major role. A large number of balloons are sold as promotional gifts. Inflated balloons are used as advertising media in front of shops and other sales outlets. Hot air balloons are also used as flying advertising media.

The task is to produce and label the relatively inexpensive, but also to transport

, to use balloons in a new type of advertising arrangement, which should be as mobile as possible, as a means

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This task is solved by an advertising arrangement that consists of the following elements:. ^

- at least one compressed air pipeline

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- several balloons connected to the blow nozzles,

- remote-controlled valves that are assigned to the blow nozzles and allow balloon air to be inflated, held or released depending on the valve position, and

- a valve control device controlling the valves.

With the advertising arrangement described above, a kind of "balloon organ" can be created. .-'·': :

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The balloons, which expand and collapse in a random order and are colored or have an advertising slogan on them, attract a lot of attention. The balloons can be chosen in different sizes from the start. It is possible to

It is possible to use relatively small balloons with a diameter of less than .100 m, for example to serve as an advertising arrangement in a shop window. However, it is also possible to make the balloons larger, for example with a diameter of 2 to 5 m.

,_ to be able to use them on an open-air exhibition stand. In

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Balloons of different sizes can also be arranged

be used. ■ . .

In order to make the advertising arrangement of the prescribed type mobile, it is proposed to use a mobile air compressor with a compressed air tank to supply the pipeline with compressed air.

Advantageously, the blow nozzles can each be connected to a remote-controlled three-way valve, which each has an outlet nozzle through which the air can escape to the outside when the valve is in the appropriate position.

: The advertising arrangement can be controlled manually. It is _also possible to provide the valve control device with a programmable control unit so that the same inflation-depression sequence .V-- appears again and again. -..-.- ..■..-. ";'·-.;■ - ■'■ 7 /■ , . . '. ·..·■■';■■.

In addition to the optical effects, it is possible that the valve that releases the balloon air is equipped with an acoustic device that can be induced by the air flow.

for example, to connect it to a pipe, a harmonica or something similar, through which a tone or a sequence of tones can be produced, particularly when the air is released.

The attention generated by the balloons can be increased even further by inflating the balloons in the shape of an animal, a sausage, a bottle, a car or a similar advertising figure.

Embodiments of the invention are explained in the accompanying drawing. The figures of the drawings show in detail: ■; ' ·

Fig. l an embodiment with control valves in the ; , area of a valve control device;

Fig. 2 an arrangement in which the valves are arranged directly on the blow nozzles.

.'20 "'■ °The advertising arrangement according to the invention shown schematically in Fig. 1 consists of six pipe lines 11.1, . . ., 11.n of different lengths, which lead to several blow nozzles 12.1, ..., 12.n, which are spaced apart from one another according to the size and the space available.

ever have. Balloons 1.1, 1.2,

...,1.&eegr; which are made of common elastomer materials and have a diameter of : . two meters, for example. The balloons are labeled, for example with individual capital letters and trademarks, so

QQ that when the balloons are inflated the corresponding symbols ■■■'.'..'.■ appear. " . '■.■.·'■ ■.. '.-■■■■ ^: . .-' ■·■ .'.'..'■;.' . ■. . . .■'. ' . ^: ' :■

The compressed air required for inflation is generated by a mobile, electric motor-driven compressor 40, which is designed , for example, to produce a volume of 100 l/min at a pressure of 150 mbar. These values are of course based on professional

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. at man's discretion according to the size of the balloons, the number of inflation and deflation processes, etc. ^c

A valve control device 20 controls several valves, _each assigned to a pipeline section II.

21.1, 21.2, .. ., 21.n are controlled so that the corresponding balloons can be inflated or deflated as 1.1, 1.2. Of course, it is also possible to hold the air for a selected period of time. The valve control device 20 allows air to flow into the first balloon 1.1, for example. This balloon inflates in a time of "■''.■.;■ for example 60 seconds; after just 30 seconds the valve is closed.

■ 21.2 is opened, the balloon 1.2 inflates, and so on, until the whole row of balloons 1.1 to 1.2 is inflated. '

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. The air in the balloon 11.3 is then released via the corresponding three-way valve 21.3 and simply blown out into the open.

_ It is also possible, however, to feed the air escaping during blowing off via a further control 13, 14 to a further acoustic device 15, 16, which can be induced by the air flow and which produces a single tone (whistle 16) or a .·■■;:.: sequence of tones, similar to a shawm or a harmonica, . . .. reference number 15. In this way, the release of air can be accompanied by tones. In addition, it is of course also possible to have another line branch off directly from the compressor 40, so that the air

.inducible acoustic devices can also be operated without the deflation air, so that the inflation of the . . balloons can also be accompanied by acoustic tones.

A remote-controlled three-way valve is preferably used as the valve arrangement 21.1, which can be acted upon by a corresponding control signal pneumatically or electrically. Since the advertising arrangement is preferably a mobile arrangement, it is normally

For example, a portable compressor should be provided. However, it should not be ruled out that stationary devices can also be provided that can be operated by a stationary compressor, such as those available in petrol stations etc.

In Fig. 2, a different arrangement has been chosen. Here, a branching pipe string 1 extends from a compressor 40 and is divided into several pipe strings 2, 3, 4, 5. The pipe strings 2 to 5 are each provided with blow nozzles 12.1, ..., 12.&eegr;, which in turn are directly connected to valves 21.1, . . ., 21.&eeacgr;. The valves in turn are supplied with a signal sequence by a valve control device 20, so that the balloons l.l, ..., l.n can be inflated, held and deflated in a selected sequence. As can be seen, the device according to Fig. 2 can be constructed from pipe string modules and valves in an extremely

; various arrangement options. Depending on

the performance of the compressor 40, the ■■__■ device can also be enlarged and expanded so that, depending on requirements, a more planar or more row-like arrangement of balloons can be provided. ':

The valve control device 20 works with a _conventional program control, in which signals can be emitted sequentially, which control the corresponding three-way valves 21. Here too, each individual valve can be coupled with an acoustic device which produces a tone or a sequence of tones, in particular when the air is blown out. The _control 20 can also be used to additionally;

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; to send signals to electrical switches that, for example, turn small spotlights on or off that illuminate the balloons, so that additional effects that can be seen even in the dark are produced.

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As is well known from the advertising industry, balloons can also be produced that deviate from the spherical shape, ...-.."· for example, they can form an animal shape, a bottle, a car or a sausage, whereby various imaginative shapes are also possible here.

The invention is intended for use in the field of advertising. However, it should not be ruled out that

: it is also a device that is used purely for visual or acoustic pleasure, for example similar to a water organ. It is also possible to use the device, for example, at construction sites or similar to increase the attention of road users.

Claims (6)

A:FMGO1_A1.TAT Protection claims 1. ^inheritance arrangement (100: 200) consisting of . - at least one compressed air pipeline (11.1, 11.2, ..., 11.n) with several spaced-apart blow nozzles (12.1, 12.2, .....) extending therefrom. 12.n), ■' .■..:■ ^; ';;'.-;^:;'.'/':' ^; . /■ . . ■ 'v ' ■ . ''. : ^: ;■■■. .■-.' several air balibns connected to the blow nozzles ·■ :(ll·,: 1.2, .. . ln), ^: ■■;. ■::';■'■■':. ""■'. . \ ^:: '■'",■■'".;■■■;'"■:.■'■■"■'■ - remote-controlled valves (21.1, 21.2, ..., 21.n) which are assigned to the blow nozzles and allow balloon air to be inflated, held or released depending on the valve position^ - a valve control device controlling the valves ■;■" • (20). - ^; . - -.. ■■:■■■ ';■>'. -yS. ■ . '.-■.' ■ &Lgr;■■■;;.-'■■■■;."..■■■■_.■■■■;.:"■■■"■■^;- 2. Advertising arrangement according to claim 1, characterized by an air compressor (40) with a compressed air tank (41) for pressurizing the pipe line with compressed air. 3 Advertising arrangement according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the blow nozzles (12.1, 12.2, '...., 12 .n) are each connected to a remote-controlled three-way valve (21), which each has an outlet nozzle ₍ 18) through which air can escape into the open when the valve is in the corresponding position. 4.■■■■■.', Advertising arrangement according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the valve control device (20) is provided with a programmable control unit •ϕ .. ■..■' ■■■■{ ■■ . ■ ■■■■■ : .. · ^; ' .: "&Agr;2 .-.■; ■ &ngr;■■'.■■:■:■'.■■ . : - ■;■;.·-■ ·.-.■■ .-,, . . is'. : .■ ■■■■■ . '■■■■'&lgr;..' . '-. '■-';' . ...■■■'■...·■■' ■ . ;. .:-■■ .. '■;_ _; . .'■■ ; 5. Advertising arrangement according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that valves are connected to an acoustic device that induces the air flow, for example: a whistle (16), an accordion (15) or the like, by means of which a tone or a sequence of tones can be generated, in particular when the air is released. 6. Advertising arrangement according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the inflated balloons (III, 1.2, ..., ln) can be inflated to an attention-grabbing shape, such as an animal shape, sausage, bottle or car. ^: : . ■ '