HK1142711B - Setting device - Google Patents

Description

The invention is based on the following principles:

The present invention relates to an adjustable device for moving the front elements of a display module, whereby the front elements are held in each of the display channels of the display module and can be moved from a first position in which front surfaces of the front elements are visible on a viewfinder of the display module to a second position in which these front surfaces are located at a distance substantially invisible behind the viewfinder in the display module.

The Technical Standards

The use of labels such as prices, descriptions, comments, technical data or the like on goods is becoming increasingly important nowadays. Consumers are becoming more demanding and want to be accurately informed about the products they want to buy. On the one hand, it is important for consumers to know, for example, the exact price, material or technical data of a product, on the other hand, labels offer the supplier or seller of the products the advantage that the consumer feels well informed without additional consultation in the first place.

It is therefore commonplace today, for example in a display case and also in sales outlets, to display price signs or other labels on the products displayed. The consumer can thus easily determine on the way whether the price/performance ratio of a particular product will or will not move him to make a purchase. The devices commonly used to display prices are, for example, small rails into which individual letters or numbers printed on small plates can be inserted.

However, a disadvantage of such devices, according to the state of the art, is that the supplier of the goods who wishes to mark them with prices or other data has to use a box of symbols (letters, numbers or symbols) in each case in the case of the rail system in order to put together the various prices or labels laboriously from puzzle-like pieces.

The use of printed price or information signs has the disadvantage that they must be produced by means of a suitable printing technique, then transported to the goods concerned and put in a case. For example, if a price label is incorrect, the incorrect label can only be replaced after the label has been reprinted, possibly in another place. In addition, a price change requires the discarding of the old price label.

In order to make it possible to make the required labels in mosaic and to make the labels printed for them disposable, a sign display module was already proposed in WO 2005/043495 A1 which could display all the signs relevant to a particular field of application, e.g. the numbers 0-9 together with any special or currency symbols. The sign display module is equipped with matrixed openings or channels, in which sliding sleeve elements are held. To change the sign presenting the sign on the sleeve module, a display device with a recording for the sign is used by means of a visual display device, which can display the sign presenting the sleeve elements in a position which is not substantially different from the sign in the first position, in which the two elements can be placed in a position which is not substantially different from the sign in the second position, which is located behind the sign.

The adjusting device has handles and templates with matrix-shaped adjusting pins, which can be inserted into the display channels of the character display module by moving the handles together.

The limitation of this well-known adjustment device is that before or after the character display module is inserted into the recording, all the characters present in a character display module must be specified by means of the adjustment templates, even if only one character is to be changed from several.

The shifting of the templates before each recruitment has also proved to be time-consuming in practice.

The following shall be considered as a single product:

The purpose of the present invention is therefore to provide a device for adjusting the character display modules, which facilitates adjustment.

In particular, it is proposed to introduce a simple and cost-effective adjustment device which allows individual characters to be changed independently of other characters which can be adjusted on the display module, while display modules of any length or any number of characters can be manipulated by the adjustment device.

The movement of the elements of the scoop and the associated movement necessary for the production of the marks, whether by hand or by automation, shall be as easy as possible for the user.

According to the invention, these objectives are achieved by an adjustment device with the characteristics of claim 1.

In the case of a type-approved adjustment device for moving the front elements in a display module, the front elements shall be held in each of the display channels of the display module, preferably in bore-forms, and may be moved from a first position in which the front surfaces of the front elements are visible on a viewpoint of the display module to a second position in which these front surfaces are located at a distance substantially invisible behind the viewpoint in the display module.

This design of the tuner eliminates the need for pre-configuration using tuner templates to generate a desired character on the character display module.

The display of a desired character on the display module now requires only a single input movement into a dedicated recording, in which a movable adjustment device moves the buckle elements of the input display module to the positions corresponding to the desired character.

A movement of the sliding elements contained in the display module required to produce the desired character or string of characters can be performed by the adjusting device of the invention in a simple and rapid manner, e.g. by a short translational movement of the display module moving in the recording.

The simple design of the adjusting device according to the invention thus allows for more convenient, flexible and faster adjustment of the signs to be displayed on the sign display module than with known adjusting devices and also allows for cost-effective manufacture.

In order to provide a good grip and guidance to the adjustment device contained in a housing of the adjustment device, the enclosure in a preferred embodiment of the invention shall have an upper and lower boundary walls and side boundary walls, the distance between the upper and lower boundary walls decreasing with increasing depth of insertion, preferably in a V-shape.

In another preferred embodiment of the adjustment device of the invention, the lateral boundary walls have guide slots for the signalling modules along which they can be pushed into the reception.

In a preferred embodiment, the height of the guide slots corresponds to at least one height of the sign indicator module measured between the field of view and a rear side. The light width of the recording corresponds essentially to the width of a sign or a group of sign-forming elements on the sign-display module. The sign-display module inserted in the guide slots can therefore be of any length or have any number of variable signs or groups of sign-forming elements. Moving groups of sign-forming elements in the sign-display module to the left of the sign-display module can be done selectively by means of a selective adjustment, without the introduction of any number of sign-forming elements on the sign-display module before the insertion of the sign-display element, as the number of sign-forming elements in the sign-display module is not restricted to the desired position and the number of sign-forming elements in the sign-display section is not restricted to the desired position, and the user may not be able to change the position of the sign-forming elements in the sign-display module in the desired direction and thus the number of sign-forming elements in the sign-display module in the desired position.

For example, if only one digit of a price shown on the sign display module is changed, it is no longer necessary to reset all the display elements in the sign display module completely, but the sign to be changed can be specifically changed, while the display elements of all adjacent (still current) signs do not have to undergo any associated shifting operation.

In order to allow for a precisely defined guidance of the display module inserted in the recording, another embodiment of the invention, which is preferred, provides for guide edges bordering the guide slots with a width less than the guide edges.

According to another preferred embodiment of the invention, the guide slots have different height sections in the direction of insertion of the display module, which, when transitioning between the two sections, forms a notch, which is further developed below, which can be used to limit the movement of the input display module into the recording or to provide sufficient space in the rear of the recordings for the frame attached to the display module without affecting the functionality of the adjustment.

In order to enable the slide elements to be moved in the display channels to move forward and backward in an appropriate manner or to move them from the first to the second position and vice versa, the adjusting device in a preferred embodiment of the adjusting device of the invention has a clamp-shaped grip section on which the adjusting pins for moving the slide elements are located.

The adjustment device is moved in the input direction in the recording, whereby the grip section is compressed during the introduction of the display module into the recordings due to the decreasing distance between the upper and lower limiting walls of the recording.

The grip section, which is fitted with a pin, preferably has sliding surfaces attached to the upper and lower boundary walls of the intake, which also provides an easy-to-make, yet precise, guide for the adjustment device in the intake.

A preferred embodiment of the invention provides for a carrying element which, when the character display module is inserted into the receptacle, causes the adjustment device to shift in the direction of insertion.

To prevent the adjustment device used in the recording from falling out completely, the adjustment device in a preferred embodiment of the invention shall have at least one hook which is retractable in a holding opening provided for by a preferably lateral boundary wall.

In another preferred embodiment of the adjustment device of the invention, the adjustment device has two V-shaped blades opposite the narrowing upper and lower boundary walls. These blades are made of a preferably elastic material and are successively pressed together in a convergent direction as the display module is progressively moved into the reception. The compression of the blades requires an increased force and prevents the adjustment device from slipping unintentionally into the reception, for example when the adjustment device is dropped. In other words, the two lamps are constantly pressed into a defined starting position within the reception device, or the receiver is initially pressed in a direction that is ready for manipulation by the adjustment device.

In a particularly preferred embodiment of the adjustment device according to the invention, several shots are provided for this device. In this way, a suitable adjustment device for adjusting another sign can be placed in each recording. For example, the adjustment of the numbers 0 to 9 would require 10 shots including the adjustment device. In this embodiment, there is therefore no need to replace individual components or adjustment devices during operation of the adjustment device according to the invention and the adjustment device can be moved as a compact and handy unit to a desired location.

The adjustment device according to the invention is fitted in a preferred embodiment with an essentially circular housing, with the inserts arranged radially along the circumference of the housing.

In particular, by opening the inserts to the centre of the circle, the effect is achieved by the adjustment lamellae already described, which during the movement of the display module into the reception module, the lamellae, which are inclined towards each other, finally reach a narrow point at the end of the insertion, which is weighted to the centre of the circle, so that after it is overcome, they can relax in a divergent direction and return to their original form.

A brief description of the characters

The invention is now explained in more detail by means of an example of an embodiment showing: Fig.1a device of the invention with a display module in diagonal viewFig.2a detail A from Fig.1Fig.3a half of the housing of the device of the inventionFig.4a half of the housing of the device of the invention in general viewFig.5a detail B from Fig.4Fig.6a rear view of the housing according to the direction of view 28 in Fig.4Fig.7a half of the housing of a device of the invention equipped with adjusting devices in diagonal view, the adjusting devices being in an initial positionFig.8a detail C from Fig.7Fig.9a half of the housing of the device of the invention in general viewFig.5a detail B from Fig.4Fig.6a rear view of the housing according to the direction of view 28 from Fig.4Fig.7a half of the housing of a device of the invention equipped with adjusting devices in diagonal view, the adjusting devices being in an initial positionFig.8a detail C from Fig.9Fig.9a half of the housing of the device of the invention in general viewFig.9a detail B from Fig.9a view of the device of the invention in direction of view 28 from a device of the invention, the adjusting device in front of which the device is in an initial positionFig.9a detailed positionFig.9a view from Fig.9a view from Fig.9a detailed D from Fig.9a view of the device of the invention, the device of the device of the invention is in an adjusting device of the device of the device of the device of the device of the same type D.911 (Fig.9Fig.912a) and the other half of the device of the device of the device of the device of the invention is in front of the device of the device of the device of the invention, the device of the device of the invention, the device of the device of the device of the invention, the device of the device of the device of the invention, with an adjusting device of the device of the device of the device of the device of the invention, the device of the device of the device of the device of the invention, in front of the device of the device of the vehicle, in which is in the device of the device of the deviceFig.13a half-case of a front-view adjustable according to the invention fitted with adjustable devices, one of the adjustable devices being in a final position (including the display module)Fig.14a detail F from Fig.13Fig.15a half-case of an adjustable device according to the invention fitted with side hooks with housing openings in the housingFig.16a detail G from Fig.15Fig.17a section display module according to the state of the art in the front-viewFig.18a representation of a section display according to the state of the art in the side-view line in Fig.X.17Fig.19Fig.20A display of a section display according to the state of the art in the side-view line in Fig.20Fig.20A display of a section displaying a sign according to the state of the art in the side-view line in the side-view line.22a device of the invention in isometric single viewFig.23a device of the invention in isometric single viewFig.24an alternative embodiment of a device of the invention in isometric single view.

The method of application of the invention

Fig. 1 shows a diagonal view of a device 1 according to the invention with several recordings 8 into which a character display module 4 can be inserted to represent a desired character, e.g. a sequence of numbers for a price tag.

The character display modules 4 used in this context are already known from the state of the art and are, for example, disclosed in WO 2005/043495 A1 (see Figures 17-21).

The display module 4 is equipped with a defined number of display channels 6 as shown in Fig.17 which are e.g. in the form of through-hole holes.Fig.18 shows a cross-sectional view along the line X-X from Fig.17, showing that 6 slide elements 5 are moved in the display channels.The length of the slide elements 5 is slightly less than the length of the display channels 6.

Each of the front element 6 may be moved to a first position in which a front face 5a of the front element 5 is visible on a field of view 7 of the display module 4 or to a second position in which this front face 5a is located at a distance substantially invisible behind the field of view 7 of the display module 4.

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Fig.20 shows a corresponding intersection view along the line Y-Y from Fig.19 whereby those front elements 5 represented as a black dot in Fig.19 in Fig.20 with their front surfaces 5a project something from the display module 4 over the field of view 7 and are thus more visible. Of course, even if the front surfaces 5a of the display elements 5a are closed at the bottom with the display area 7 and if the front surfaces 5a are arranged within the display module 4, e.g. just behind the display area 7, the visibility of the respective character is ensured.

Fig.21 shows a side view of a signalling module 4 with a support lip 36 which can be used for attachment to various restraint devices or to make the viewing angle of a signalling module 4 placed directly on a flat stand more pleasant.

The signalling module 4 for a device 1 according to the invention, as shown in detail in Fig. 2, differs from the signalling module described in Fig. 17-21 only in that on the reverse side 31 of the signalling module 4 there are guide shafts 32 which can be rounded in their end areas 32 facing the field of view 7 towards the width 45 of the signalling element 4 to allow attachment to non-shown restraints and at the same time adjust the slope of the end areas 45 acting as a swipe to the viewer.

The adjustment device 1 according to the invention is now used to adjust the described buckle elements 5 so that the user-required signs are displayed on the field of view 7 of the sign display module 4.

In the present embodiment, the adjusting device 1 according to the invention has a basically circular or disc-shaped housing 2 in which a number of radially extending 8 images are arranged over the perimeter of the housing 2 (see a single representation of the housing 2 as shown in Fig. 4 and a detailed representation of a 8 image as shown in Fig. 5).

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The height 44 of the guide slot 13 shown in Figures 2 and 6 shall be at least as large as the height 45 of the display module 4 measured between the field of view 7 and the rear 31 of the display module, the luminous width 48 of the recording 8 being essentially the width of a representative sign 49 on the display module 4 to allow a lateral projection of the display module 4 from the display slot 13 or from the display slot 8, as shown in Figures 2 and 2, respectively. In this way, display modules 4 of any length or a display module 4 for any number of individual display elements of a given display module may be inserted into the recordings 8 or 13 respectively.

In the present embodiment, the side walls 11 and 12 are each joined together into a single folding housing element, while the upper and lower walls 9, 10 are formed by storage elements 30 radially to a circle center 35 of the housing 2 respectively.

Fig.3 shows the basic structure of a half-case of an adjusting device 1 according to the invention, with the (front) side walls 11 omitted for greater clarity, so that it is clearly visible how the storage elements 30 divide the case 2 into a defined number of frames 8. In Fig.3 it is further shown that the distance between the upper and lower boundary 9, 10 of each frame 8 decreases 24 V as the depth of introduction increases. The V-shaped frames 8 end with a preferably identical distance 34 35 to the center of the case 2 with the frames 8 35 open to the center of the frame 2.

The first steps 16 are of a higher height than the second steps 17, the second steps 17 being intended to directly contact the field of view 7 of the character display module 4, while the first steps 16 are intended to intervene in the guide shafts 32 of the character display module 4 located on the rear 31 of the character display module 4 (see Figure 5), it being important to note that the height of the display at the level of the visual area of the character display module 7 is not as high as the 5a, which makes it easier to move the elements in the second step 17 to a better position, as in Figure 520.

Since the display module 4 is therefore sliding on the second step 17, in the present example it is precisely the height 44' of the guide slot 13 shown in Figure 2 which corresponds to the height 45 of the display module 4.

Preferably, the first 16 steps, as shown in Fig. 1, are of the same height, but for manufacturing or moulding reasons, one of the first 16 steps, which is paired opposite, may be of a lower height than the other (as shown in Fig. 5).

According to the invention, in Figures 8 adjustment devices 3 for the adjusting character display module 4 are arranged, which, when the character display module 4 is introduced into Figure 8, cause the lever elements 5 of a character to move to a desired position.

Figure 7 shows a purely illustrative adjustment device with thirteen inserts 8 with one inserter in each insertion 8 (again, excluding the front side walls) 11 Each inserter 3 has a two-piece, pin-shaped grip section 18, 19 on which the inserter pins 20a, 20b are located to move the 5 elements of the screw (see also a single representation of the inserter 3 in Figure 22).

The adjusting device 3 made of technical plastic or POM, for example, is preferably made in individual sections and has a cartilage base section 38 from which two elastic arms 39a, 39b are removed in slightly divergent directions. Finally, at the end areas of the arms 39a, 39b opposite the cartilage base section 38, the pincer-shaped grip section 18 is placed, 19 with a shoulder-shaped support element 33 on the adjusting device 3 which, when the indicator 4 is inserted into the guide slide, causes the adjusting device 3 to move in the opposite direction.

Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 show how the display module 4 introduced into the recording 8 or the guide slot 13 with a sub-side 40 hits the shoulder-shaped support element 33 of the adjustment device 3 in a starting position and thereby pushes the entire adjustment device 3 deeper into the V-shaped narrowing recording 8 or towards the centre of the circle 35.

As can be seen in particular in Fig. 22, the grip sections 18, 19 have sliding surfaces 21, 22 which lie on the upper and lower boundary walls 9, 10 of the recording 8 and on the storage elements 30 respectively during the entire adjustment process.

During the insertion of the guide module 4 into the guide slot 13, care must be taken to bring the guide shafts 32 located on the reverse side 31 of the guide module 4 into contact with the first steps 16 of the side delimiters 11, 12 and by matching the guide shafts 32 to the first steps 16 an alignment of the guide module 4 corresponding to the position of the adjustment pins 20a, 20b is ensured. In this alignment of the guide module 4 (in the case of the axis module sub-side 40 on the shoulder support element 33) the axes of the guide elements 5 and 6 corresponding to the matrix of the main adjustment pins 20a, 20b, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20a, 20

In the present embodiment, the sliding surfaces 21, 22 of the grip sections 18, 19 and 20a and 20b, which are located at the boundary walls 9, 10 are inclined to the extent that the axes of the sliding surfaces 21, 22 and 20a and 20b are oriented to the extent that the axes of the sliding surfaces 20a and 20b essentially interact with the axes of the display channels 6 in each position during the adjustment process.

Thus, after a signalling module 4 as shown in Fig.7 has been inserted into the guide slot 13 in the direction of introduction 23 or brought into contact with an adjusting device 3, the adjusting device 3 is finally brought into an end position as shown in Fig.9 by a continuous translational movement towards the centre of the housing circle 35; the movement of the adjusting device 3 into its end position is therefore effected exclusively by pushing the signalling module 4 into the guide slot 13, e.g. by manually holding the signalling module 4 at the side surfaces 41, 42 with the thumb and forefinger.

Fig.9 shows how the grip sections 18, 19 are subjected to forced conduction by the storage elements 30 and/or the upper and lower boundary wall 9, 10 respectively, and are thereby successively brought together until the grip sections 18, 19 and 20a, 20b, are at a desired distance from each other, where they are held in the indicator 6 of the character display module 4 and the upper shaft elements 5 of the character display 4 (not shown in Fig.9 for clarity) are in the moving position. The final indicator, shown in Fig.10 and 4a, is also located in the first position of the indicator 4 (not shown in Fig. 18a) and the upper shaft elements 5 of the character display 4 (not shown in Fig.9 for clarity) are in the moving position.

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The adjustment described (by means of the character display module 4) can also be understood from Figures 12 to 14:

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Due to the decreasing distance between the upper and lower boundary wall 9, 10, the grip sections 18, 19 are compressed in the direction of introduction 23 by continuous movement of the indicator module 4 and the adjusting pins 20a, 20b are inserted into the indicator channel 6 of the indicator module 4 until the adjusting device 3 or the adjusting pins 20a, 20b are in an end position as shown in Fig. 13. In this end position, which is more clearly shown in Fig. 14, the (not shown) frames 5 are configured by the reciprocal action of the adjusting pins 20a, 20b in such a way that a desired character 4 is located on the screen 7 (shown) of the indicator symbol.

It is possible but not necessary to push the indicator module 4 further in the direction of introduction 23 until a stroke 25 of the guide slot 13 in such a case the elastic arms 39a, 39b of the adjustment device 3 would be even more curved than in Fig. 13.

In other words, the stop 25 may be used to mark the end of the input movement of the display module 4 required to set the buckle elements 5, i.e. only when the display module has reached stop 25 are the buckle elements in their correct end position.

Alternatively, the geometric design of the take-off 8 including the guide slots 13 may have been such that the stop 25 does not define the end position in which the propeller elements 5 have reached their end position.

It is also possible to take 8 without the 25th stop, in which case the 13th guide slot can be taken at a constant height of 44.

The boundary walls 9,10 and storage elements 30 in the side boundary walls 11,12 may be made as shown in Fig.23 or, in an alternative embodiment, as diverging curves as shown in Fig.24. In this case, those points 9a, 10a with the least light distance between the curves would define the position in which the desired adjustment of the buckle elements 5 was made. The further introduction of a character display module 4 into the recording 8 would not cause any further change in the position of the buckle 5 due to the distance between the two. The distance between the upper and the lower boundary of the buckle 9.10 is thus reduced by introducing only 24 characters of depth indicator to the position in which the buckle element 5 has been made.

Removing the indicator module 4 from the recording 8 or the guide slot 13 simultaneously moves the adjustment device 3 to its starting position, since the indicator module 4 presses the top 43 against the end section 18a of the first grip section 18 (see Fig. 13 and 14) while being removed towards the input direction 23 (see Fig. 13) and thereby takes the grip section 18 and thus the entire adjustment device 3 with it and moves it back to the starting position as shown in Fig. 12).

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It should also be noted that the adjustment devices 3 are presented in the figures for simplicity purposes in a uniform way, i.e. they have the same arrangement at adjustment pins 20a, 20b. In practice, of course, each of the thirteen adjustment devices 3 in the present example will have a different arrangement at adjustment pins 20a, 20b, so that, for example, all the numbers 0-9 and any special or currency characters can be adjusted with a single adjustment device 1.

The aforementioned plates 29 of the adjustment device 3 which are set out in a 10 V pattern against the narrowing upper and lower boundary walls 9, 10 V, cause an increased force to be applied when the indicator module 4 is pushed in and prevent the adjustment device 3 from slipping inwards unintentionally in the respective take-off 8, for example when the indicator device 3 is dropped. In other words, the plates 29 force the adjustment device 3 into a defined starting position or always push in the direction of this starting position within the take-off 8, in which starting position the adjustment device is ready for manipulation of a indicator module 4.

In addition, the lames 29 can be used to signal to the user by means of a snap effect that an end position of the adjustment device 3 has been reached or is about to be reached, in which the desired buckle element adjustment to the indicator module 4 has been completed and the indicator module 4 can be brought out of the exception 3 or the guide slot 13 in the direction of the device 23 respectively.

During the extraction of the character display module 4 from the recording 8 towards the input direction 23, the user must again overcome a short resistance, as the lamellae 29 are again pushed together by needle-shaped end sections 30a of the storage elements 30 and can only expand again after overcoming an end point.

In a preferred embodiment, the grip sections 18, 19 of each adjustment device 3 are fitted with a hook 26 which can be retracted in a holding opening 27 provided for on the lateral limiting wall 12 (see Figures 22 and 23). Fig.15 shows a rear view of the adjustment device 1 shown in Fig.7 and in particular a detailed illustration according to Fig.16 shows how the retractors 26 fitted in the hold openings 27 prevent the release of the adjustment device 3 inserted in the opening 8 The hold openings 27 run parallel to the storage elements 30 and directly adjacent to these in the present example of retraction.

It is understood that for the proposed embodiment of the adjusting device 1 according to the invention, multiple variations are conceivable without deviating from the principle of the invention. It would be conceivable, for example, that the control elements 5 held in the display module 4 be calibrated on a suitable guide surface during insertion of the display module 4 into the recording 8 and only a single, e.g. in the back 31 of the display module 4 of the two-piece grip section 18 is provided on the adjusting device 3, which moves selected control elements 5 from a first (invisible) to a secondary (visible) position.

Similarly, the stylus elements 5 could be rectangular or polygonal instead of pencil-shaped, whereby individual stylus elements 5 could also have the whole or part of the desired shape of the respective symbols, e.g. currency symbols.

In particular, the invention covers not only the circular adjustment device with radially arranged inserts shown in the example, but in principle any arrangement of an insertion in a housing, such as an insertion device with only one insertion in a housing.

List of reference marks

1Tuning device2House3Tuning device4Signature module5Curb elements5aStern surfaces of the curb elements6Signature channels7View area8Rapture8a(peripheral) Wide opening9Upper boundary wall10Lower boundary wall11Later boundary wall12Later boundary wall13Guidance slots14Guidance edges15Guidance edges16S17S18First grip section19Second grip section20aSetting pins of the first grip section1820Bright opening pins of the second grip section1820Bright opening pins of the second grip section1921Signature indicator (first grip element18Bright opening point1921Signature indicator (first grip element18Bright opening point1921Bright opening point19Bright opening point19Bright opening point19Bright opening point19Bright opening point19Bright opening point19Bright opening point19Bright opening point19Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20through point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20through point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20through the first step of the first stepBright opening point20Bright opening point20Bright opening point20through the second step20through the first step20through the second step20th step20th step20th step20th step

Claims (15)

1. A setting apparatus (1) for displacing push elements (5) in a sign display module (4), with the push elements (5) each being held in the display ducts (6) of the sign display module (4) and being displaceable from a first position in which the face surfaces (5a) of the push elements (5) are visible on a display surface (7) of the sign display module (4) to a second position in which said face surfaces (5a) are arranged substantially in a non-visible way at a distance behind the display surface (7) in the sign display module (4), with a receptacle (8) being provided for the sign display module (4) to be set and setting means (3) being arranged in the receptacle (8), characterized in that the setting means cause the displacement of the push elements (5) during the insertion of the sign display module (4) into the receptacle (8).
2. A setting apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the receptacle (8) comprises an upper and lower boundary wall (9, 10) and lateral boundary walls (11, 12) each, and the distance between the upper and lower boundary wall (9, 10) decreases with increasing insertion depth (24), preferably in a V-like manner.
3. A setting apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that the lateral boundary walls (11, 12) comprise guide slits (13) for the sign display modules (4).
4. A setting apparatus according to claim 3, characterized in that a height (44, 44') of the guide slits (13) corresponds to at least a height (45) of the sign display module (4) as measured between the display surface (7) and a rear side (31).
5. A setting apparatus according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that the guide slits (13) comprise sections of different height (44, 44'), as seen in the insertion direction (23) of the sign display module (4).
6. A setting apparatus according to one of the claims 3 to 5, characterized in that each guide slit (13) is delimited by two mutually opposite guide edges (14, 15) which are arranged as diverging curves.
7. A setting apparatus according to one of the claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the clear width of the receptacle (8) substantially corresponds to the width of a sign on the sign display module (4).
8. A setting apparatus according to one of the claims 3 to 7, characterized in that webs (16, 17) with a smaller width than the guide edges (14, 15) are provided on the guide edges (14, 15) which delimit the guide slits (14, 15).
9. A setting apparatus according to one of the claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the setting means (3) comprises a gripping section (18, 19) which is arranged in a pincer-like manner and on which setting pins (20a, 20b) are arranged which are provided for displacing the push elements (5).
10. A setting apparatus according to one of the claims 1 to 9, characterized in that an entrainment element (33) is provided on the setting means (3), which entrainment element causes the displacement of the setting means (3) in the direction of insertion (23) during the insertion of the sign display module (4).
11. A setting apparatus according to one of the claims 2 to 10, characterized in that the setting means (3) is held in a displaceable manner in the receptacle (8) in the direction of insertion (23) and the gripping section (18, 19) is compressed between upper and bottom boundary wall (9, 10) as a result of the decreasing distance between upper and lower boundary wall (9, 10) during the insertion of the sign display module (4) into the receptacles (8), as a result of which the setting pins (20a, 20b) can be introduced into the display ducts (6) of the sign display module (4).
12. A setting apparatus according to one of the claims 9 to 11, characterized in that the gripping section (18, 19) which is arranged in a pincer-like manner is provided with sliding surfaces (21, 22) which rest on the upper and lower boundary walls (9, 10) of the receptacle (8).
13. A setting apparatus according to one of the claims 1 to 12, characterized in that the setting means (3) is provided at least with one barb (26) which can be latched to a holding opening (27) provided in a lateral boundary wall (11, 12).
14. A setting apparatus according to one of the claims 2 to 13, characterized in that the setting means (3) comprises two lamellae (29) which protrude apart in a V-like manner against the narrowing upper and lower boundary walls (9, 10).
15. A setting apparatus according to one of the claims 1 to 14, characterized in that several receptacles (8) are provided.