Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
~ ~ 7~275
This invention relates to price ticket and like
displays of strip form which can be flexed and sprung
into the opposed jawQ nf a channelled ticket-holder
such as those used for ~helf-pricing.
One object of this invention i~ to provide a
display wherein csrtain numerals and part~, or even the
whole, of the subject matter displayed on ths ticket
can be rapidly and easily changed whilst ~till providing
the appearance of an integral, or one piece, tickst unit
~hen assembled and put on display.
A further object is to provide a ticket protected
against interfsrencs and appearing to have been printed
or signwritten~ as a single unit.
Another object is to provide a means for setting
up a ticket from componants which is s lnple and easily
produced and which forms a complete kit.
According to this present invention a prica ticket
or like display assembly compri~es (1); a transparent
or translucent ~upport panel which is ~ufficiantly
resilient to be flexed for insertion into a channalled
ticket holder and ~hich on relsase spring~ back,
whereby the marginal oppo~sd sids portions locate within
the jaws of parallel channels of a said ticket holder,
the panel ha~ing painted or printed thereon on one or
both surfaceq display matter with an area or areas left
'' ' , .
1 7~2~5
clear to form a window or windows, and (2); self-adherent
components each conveying an item of information~ each
component being designed to bs positioned within, adhere
to and be readable through one of the said windows.
Preferably the ticket holder will have a convex or
concave shaped surface whereby the support panel,
following engagement with the channels springs into close
contact with the surface of the ticket holder. This
provides good support and securement and reduces the
probability of interference.
A sstting panel may convenient~y be included as
part of the display kit, this comprising a rigid, or
flexible, board printed with the outline of the location
zones for each self-adherent component. Each zone
having associated therewith a discrete area of, for
example, a highly polished material or adhesive to
~hich the selected compoent may be temporarily adhered
or cohered. The assembly of setting panel and com-
ponents can then be overlaid with the support panel
in correct alignment, and firm pressure applied to the
latter then causes the components to adhere or cohere
thereto. Removal of the support panel away from the
setting panel causes the components to be plucked
from the setting panel by virtue of the relatively sub-
stantial area of adhesion with the support panel as
compared with the ~mall areas of adhehion with the
setting panel.
1 171275
To produce the transparent or translucant support
panels sheets of any suitable material can be used,
preference being given to plastics materials which are
resilient enough to flex easily and yet capable of
springing back to ths original form without permanent
deformation. For example certain oJrades of polyvinyl-
chloride, polystyrene or cellulose acetate may be used,
the selected sheets, for the most part, having both
surfaces highly pdished. Either surface can be painted
or printed preferably with a high gloss finish and with
the chosen subject matter, the main background colour of
the support is preferably sufficiently opaque to concsal
the external outline of the components when in position.
This may be achieved as follows:- the components (which
are applied inside or behind the unmasked areas of the
main panels so as to bs readable therethrough) ars
preferably made somewhat larger than the windows they
are designed to occupy, thus avoiding leaving exposed
or naked areas, the object of such concealment, coupled
with the protection afforded by the windows is to reduce
the risk of the items being tampered with.
The self-adherent components will preferably be
produced from coloured rather than transparent material,
the former providing its own background, whereas if the
latter material is used a background has to be painted
or printed on the components thereby incurring extra
cost. The coloured material used needs to
.
.
~71~'75
be sufficiently opflque to provide an ~dequate background
for the subject matter it convsys which can be painted
or printed dir~ctly on to one surface thersof. The
components are best formed from shests of soft, polished
polyvinylchloride, which, apart from being quite limp
and easily handled, can be made to adhars or cohera, of
its o~n accord, to almsst any 3mooth9 glazed surfacs,
simply by being pressed into contact there~ith.
A preferred msthod of mass-producing the camponents,
presuming them to be in colour and formsd from soft,
poli~hed polyvinylchloride sheeting, i8 88 follows:-
(1) large sheets of the selected plastics are
mounted on to suitabl0 artboard or sub-
stantial artpaper9 the top or recaiving surface
of the later being glazed and the reverse
surface matt. A~ the sheata are thus
assembled, they can be piled on top of each
other and face up. Stacked in this ~ay, the
plastic ~ill be tightly pressed onto the
glazed surface of it3 backing sheet and thus
cling firmly thereto but because the re~erse
side of the backing sheet i8 matt ths aesembled
~heets will not stick to sach other. Tha
plastic material is now unable to stretch or
distort and is ready for the next process.
~ .
i ~12'7
- 5~
(2) the required sub;ect m~tt~r i~ painted or
printed on the ~heets keeping to preci~s
register.
(3) The printed sheets are then cut by guillotine
into conveniently sized pagee with each of
these, preferably, containing not ons but a
uhole series of components.
(4) The individua} component~ are then s~vared
and segregated by Acoring or kis~-cutting (i.e.
platen-cutting), the depth of incislon, in
either ca~e, being carefully regulated ~o as
to penetrate right through the plaatic9 yet
leave the backing sheat intact.
The backing ~heet no~ serves as a storage eheet,
from ~hich the components can be paeled off for pDsitioning
on the support panel or setting pan~ hen the components
~ a~ t~æ
are taken out of use any surface ~hichl~as exposed can
bs ~iped clean leaving them in ~uitable condition for
replacement in the appropriate ~pace~ on the storage
sheets ready for subsequent re-use. In the case of ~oft,
poli~hed polyvinylchloride components it is po~sible to
preserve them and make them last for a con~iderable
period.
4uite often, a number of ~torage sheet~, sach con-
taining a variety of items, ~ill be required to make up
~ ~71275
-&-
a particular set oF price tickets. In this event thers
can be provided an extrs cever-page or pages which can
be provided with appropriate instructions, the whole then
being collected and bound together as an album or punched
and placed in a loose leaf binder or file. This, along
with the price tickets and any other associated display
matter, can be boxed or otherwise suitably packaged
and supplied to a usar as a complete9 self-contained kit.
The main panel may contain several colours but there
has to be one which forms the base and certain components
can be of a colour which will stand out in contrast
thereto, others being chosen to blend therewith~.or,
alternatively, made to match. Ths information to be
conveyed by these components will preferably be painted
or printed and by employing a minimum of colour-r~ns
an attractive, multicolour display can be created.
`Reference will now be made to the ac~ompanying
drawings wherein the invention is explained fùrthe~ with
reFerence to preferred embodiments as examples. In
the drawings:-
Figure 1 shows an assembled support panel
viewed from the front with several
self adhesive componehts in position,
Figure 2 shows a section through the panel
located in position in a channelled
ticket holder,
~ 17127S
Figurs 3 ~ho~ a fr~gmentary rear vie~
of a ticket holder,
Figures 4 to 6 ~ho~ three furth~r ticket
holdsrs in rear perspective vie~,
and
Figures 7 to 11 sho~ the main steps in making
up a support panel and components
using a 3etting panel.
Referring to the dra~ings Figure 1 show~ a price
tickst ~hich primarily is designed for u3e in a channelled
holder of the kind used for shelf-pricing in Rtores and
eupermarkets snd ~o forth ~uch ~ holder being shown in
Figure 2 in section. The support panel 1 is produced
from a semi-rigid, trsnsparent polyvinylchlorida sheet
the thicknsss being such as to give ~ufficiant resilience
to be flexed fairly easily for insartion in the holder
and when released, to ~pring out and secure itself bet~aen
the opposed lips of the channels of the holder. Painted
or printed, in high gloss finish, on the back of the
support 1 and covering a large part of the ~urface, are
t~o colours: the first to be applied 2, being for
example green, predominates and forms the main background,
the other 3, for example opsque ~hite gsnerally follo~ing
the eame regi3ter, the purpo3e being to back up the green
2 and give it extra body and 8180 to extend over ~nd fill
.~ ~
. .
~ ~71~'7~
in arsas such as at top left, hitherto left blank, t~
spell out the legend l'PRODUCE OF" Certain aress 4 of
the support panel 1 are left clear~ these serving 89
~indo~s. Applied behind each ~indo~ i8 a soft, polishsd
polyvinylchleride componsnt 5, some may be produced from
coloured material for exampls 6, othere from a white
material 7, the information on the component 6 may be
painted or printed in black 8 and on the components 7,
in rsd 9. This 9iV8~ a ticket ~hich as a ~hole, i8
colourful and eye-catch~ng. The polyvinylchloride
components 5 are mads some~hat larger all round than
the windo~a 4 they occupy ~hereby their outline 10 is
concealsd by the opaque eurrounds 11. A further preferred
feature is that in the ~indow 4 on the right are t~o
polyvinylchloride componsnts 5, 51 ~hich abut each other
at 12 along precision-cut sides. If it wera required to
price the items differently, for example: "per 100g",
"per kg", "each" and ~o forth, the major component 5,
containing the price, could bs shifted to fit in the
bottom part of the window 4, the appropriate smaller part
51 giving the quantity of goods on offer, then being
abutted to it 5, in the upper part of ~indo~ 4. An
alternative is to provide a divi~ion bet~een the two parts
of ths ~indou~.
1 171275
g
Flgura 2 ~hows to an enlarged scale an end view
of a ticket similar to Figure 19 clinging to which ars
some polyvinylchlorids componsnt~ 5, the assembled ticket
1 is inserted into ~n extruded, high-impact polystyrens
ticket holder 20. The front surface 21 o~ the tickst-
holder 20 is convex in section, although it could bs con-
cave. Chsnnels 22 extend the lsngth of the top and bottom
edges. The convex surface 21 kseps ths ticket 1 flexed,
the stress thus produced causing it to be retained ~ithin
22
the ja~s of the channels -~t, and at the same time,
ensuring that the components 2 remain against the ticket
and protected at both the front and the back.
The rear surface 23 of the ticket-holder 20 i8 flat
and applied to this in a central position and ext0nding
the full length thereof is a strip of a ~elf-adhesivs
materi~l 24, covered ~ith siliconised raleass-paper 25,
the latter serves as a temporary backing ~hich is peeled
away when the ticket-holder 20 is to be appliad and
secured to a shelf.
Figure 3 ~hows a rear view of the ticket-holder 20
of ~igure 2.
Figures 4 to 6 show other types of channelled ticket-
holders each having a convex main surface 40 against which
the support panel bears and oppo3ed channels 41 to
receive the edges of the support panels. Figure 4 hss
..~ `
~ 171275
10-
a spring metal clip means 42 which can be compressed
and then released to engage with chsnnelling on a shelf
or the fitment swivels sidsways to engage the mesh of a
wire bafiket whereas Figure 5 has a spring hook 43 tD
fit over the top rail of a wire basket for example. In
Figure 6 the ticket holder has integral resr strips 44
which are for full length engagement with a shelf channel.
Figures 7 to 11 s,how a setting pansl for a slightly
different configuration of windows in the support panel
and stages in making-up the panel. The setting panel
can for example comprise a rigid cardboard sheet 70 on
which outlines 71are printed to indicate the co-relative
positioning of the transparent window portions in the
support panel (2) and hence the correct locations of
each of the self adhesive components (S). The setting
panel also indicates by means of legends 7~ the
information to be housed within the outlines 71, each
outline in this presentation is of a different size
to ensure the correct location of the relevant type of
information component. Within each outline 71 a
discrete spot 73 of a highly polished material or sub-
stance is provided, the object of this being to provide
partial adhesion or cohesion of a selected component 5
when same is correctly positioned as indicated on the
setting panel, (see Figure 8), and then pressed down
in the centre. This adhesion may be confined simply
.~
! ~ 73127~
between the appropriats portion of ths highly polished
rear surface of each component 74 and the respective
spot 73, so called cohesion.
The next step (Figure 9) is to position the
relevant support panel 2 over the components 5 on the
setting panel ensuring correct alignment within the
transparent windows 4 and then to rub ~he panel 2 firmly
down all over so as to gain a sufficient area of
adhesion to the components to enable them to be picked
up from the setting panel (Figure 10). The panel may
then be removed, the components are thereby being plucked
away from the spots 73, by virtue of the relatively
small surface area as compared with the window surface,
~ The panel can then be flexed and placed in the
holder 20 and then released to spring back and engage
within the jaw of the holder shown in Figure 11.
,~ ~
