DOUBLE CASSETTE FOR STORING AND SELLING NICOTINE-CONTAINING PRODUCTS

Description

[0001] Field of technology to which the utility model belongs

[0002] The utility model relates to the field of retail equipment, in particular to the structural elements of display cabinets with nicotine-containing products and devices for their consumption and can be used to demonstrate the inventory of products offered for sale to ensure that buyers are informed about the offered products, as well as the storage and sale of said products to the buyer.

[0003] More specifically, the present utility model relates to a cassette for storing and selling nicotine-containing products, intended for placing packs of nicotine-containing products in it in a row one after another, which is a constituent element of a shelf of a cabinet - a display case with nicotine-containing products and devices for their consumption, formed by arranging such cassettes close to each other in one row.

[0004] State of the art

[0005] The closest analogue of the utility model can be attributed to the cassette for storing and feeding goods according to the patent for utility model RU 218809 U1, published on 14.06.2023, which is a free-standing single tray with a support and a demonstration element, wherein the tray is designed with the possibility of arranging in it one after another in a row a group of the same type of goods and is formed by a guide profile, a front stop and two side walls connected to each other, between which a pusher is installed with the possibility of translational movement along the guide profile, and the demonstration element is located on the front side of the front stop and is a compartment open at the top and bottom, designed with the possibility of arranging in it a single sample of goods from the specified group of goods, wherein the bottom of the specified compartment is located below the base of the guide profile.

[0006] The advantage of the prototype is the ability to fully demonstrate a sample of the product located in the cassette, as well as to maximize the use of the space of the product shelf formed by placing such cassettes close to each other in one row.

[0007] However, due to the design of the prototype's display compartment, which is open only at the top and bottom, this compartment serves only a display function. To remove an item from the display compartment, one must press the item from below through a recess in the bottom of the compartment, pushing the item upward beyond the front and side walls.

[0008] Considering that the cassette is designed to be secured to the guides of a cabinet for storing and selling nicotine-containing products, using a support, and a device for displaying the price of the product is located in front of the shelf, the buyer does not have access to the recess in the bottom of the display compartment, located at the foot of such a support, and therefore, it is not possible for the buyer to remove the product from the said compartment.

[0009] To get a more detailed look at the product, the buyer needs to remove the product from the main tray, returning it to the same place will be inconvenient, because thanks to the pusher, after removing the first product from the main tray, its place is taken by the product standing behind it.

[0010] Furthermore, given that the prototype tray is single, in order to form a shelf in the cabinet, the staff needs to install a large number of cassettes (usually 13-14 cassettes for tobacco cabinets known from the prior art and used in retail outlets today), which complicates the use of the cassette when replenishing or replacing inventory and makes the process insufficiently convenient.

[0011] Furthermore, making the display compartment open only at the top and bottom, i.e. making the front and side surfaces of the compartment closed, as well as making the tray freestanding, i.e. making each individual tray of the shelf with its own support, increases the material consumption of the structure of the same volume and the entire shelf of the cabinet as a whole.

[0012] Thus, the disadvantages of the prototype include the lack of ease of use of the cassette by the buyer and staff, limited functionality of the cassette and high material consumption of the structure of the same volume and the entire shelf of the cabinet formed from such cassettes, as a whole.

[0013] Disclosure of the essence of the utility model

[0014] The technical problem that the claimed utility model is aimed at solving is the creation of a functional and easy-to-use cassette for storing and selling nicotine-containing products, ensuring maximum utilization of the space of the product shelf and inter-shelf space, from which a shelf of a cabinet for storing and selling nicotine-containing products can be easily and conveniently formed.

[0015] The technical result of the claimed utility model consists in improving the operational properties of a cassette for storing and selling nicotine-containing products, ensuring maximum utilization of the space of the product shelf and inter-shelf space, expressed in increasing the functionality of the cassette while simultaneously reducing the material consumption of a product of the same volume and the entire shelf of a cabinet for storing and selling nicotine-containing products as a whole, respectively.

[0016] The said technical problem is solved and the technical result is achieved in a double cassette for storing and selling nicotine-containing products, which includes a tray with a support, made with the possibility of placing packs of nicotine-containing products in it, formed by side, front and bottom guide walls, and a movable mechanism installed in the bottom guide wall with the possibility of translational movement relative to it, wherein on the front wall of the tray there is an additional open compartment made with the possibility of placing a pack of nicotine-containing products in it below a pack of nicotine-containing products installed in the tray, characterized in that the tray is made double, contains an intermediate wall dividing the tray into two zones, each of which is made with the possibility of placing in it one after the other in a row packs of nicotine-containing products, and the additional open compartment is formed by the front wall of the tray,which serves as the rear wall of the additional open compartment, L-shaped side stops and a ⊥-shaped intermediate stop, wherein the side stops and the intermediate stop have an L-shaped section and a ⊥-shaped section, both when cut vertically and when cut horizontally, respectively.

[0017] It is preferable that the height of the said stops be no more than 2 / 3 of the height of the front wall and that they be made as protruding elements of the front wall - integral with it.

[0018] It is preferable that the cassette be designed with the ability to accommodate packs of nicotine-containing products while ensuring that the buyer can see at least 3 / 2 of the height of the pack of nicotine-containing products for which it is intended.

[0019] Here, the support includes a front part and a rear part, and it is most preferable that the height of the rear part of the support is less than the height of the front part of the support.

[0020] Brief description of drawings

[0021] The utility model is explained graphically, where Fig. 1 shows a general view of a double cassette for storing and selling nicotine-containing products (without products), Fig. 2 is a rear view of a double cassette for storing and selling nicotine-containing products (without products), Fig. 3 is a general view of a double cassette for storing and selling nicotine-containing products (filled with products), Fig. 4 is a shelf of a cabinet for storing and selling nicotine-containing products formed by double cassettes for storing and selling nicotine-containing products, and Fig. 5 and 6 are an example of implementing the claimed utility model.

[0022] The following are designated by the positions in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2:

[0023] 1 - tray;

[0024] 2 - support;

[0025] 3 - side walls;

[0026] 4 - front wall;

[0027] 5 - bottom guide wall;

[0028] 6 - ​​movable mechanism;

[0029] 7 - intermediate wall;

[0030] 8 - a pack of nicotine-containing products;

[0031] 9 - pusher;

[0032] 10 - additional open compartment;

[0033] 11 - L-shaped side stop;

[0034] 12 - intermediate stop of ⊥-shaped section;

[0035] 13 - front part of the support;

[0036] 14 - rear part of the support;

[0037] 15 - fasteners;

[0038] 16 - legs.

[0039] Implementation of a utility model

[0040] A double cassette for storing and selling nicotine-containing products is designed to accommodate packs of nicotine-containing products in a row one after another, and is a component of a shelf in a display cabinet with nicotine-containing products and devices for their consumption, formed by arranging such cassettes close to each other in one row.

[0041] The double cassette for storing and selling nicotine-containing products, shown in Figs. 1-3, includes a tray (1) with a support (2), configured to accommodate packs of nicotine-containing products (8). The tray (1) is formed by side (3), front (4) and bottom guide (5) walls.

[0042] Depending on the design, the tray may also contain a back wall, and if it is absent, the function of the back wall can be performed by the cabinet wall.

[0043] The tray (1) contains an intermediate wall (7) dividing the tray (1) into two zones formed between the side (3) and intermediate (7) walls of the tray (1), respectively, each of which is designed with the possibility of arranging in it one after the other in a row packs of nicotine-containing products (8).

[0044] The width of each zone of the tray (1), excluding the width of the walls, corresponds to the width of a pack of nicotine-containing products (8), which the tray (1) is designed to accommodate.

[0045] The width of the zones may be equal or not equal to each other depending on the width of the pack of nicotine-containing products planned for placement.

[0046] Due to the presence of an intermediate wall (7), the tray (1) is made double, which helps to increase the capacity of the tray (1) and increase the width of the component element of the cabinet shelf, which makes it easier and, accordingly, more convenient for personnel to use the cassette when replenishing the stock of products or replacing it.

[0047] Also, the cassette for storing and selling nicotine-containing products includes a movable mechanism (6) installed in the bottom guide wall (5) of the tray (1) with the possibility of translational movement relative to it.

[0048] The movable mechanism consists of two pushers (9) installed in each zone of the tray (1), formed between the side (3) and intermediate (7) walls of the tray (1), respectively. The pushers (9) are designed with the possibility of translational movement relative to the bottom guide (5) of the tray wall, with the possibility of moving a pack of nicotine-containing products toward the front wall (4) of the tray (1) when the pack in front is removed.

[0049] On the front wall (4) of the tray (1) there is an additional open compartment (10), designed with the possibility of placing in it two packs of nicotine-containing products (along the width of the compartment) lower than the packs of nicotine-containing products (8) installed in the tray (1), due to which the most efficient use of the space of the product shelf and the inter-shelf space is ensured.

[0050] The additional open compartment (10) is formed by the front wall of the tray (4), which serves as the rear wall of the additional open compartment (10), for which purpose the front wall (4) continues downwards from the bottom guide wall (5) of the tray (1), L-shaped section side stops (11) and an intermediate ⊥-shaped section stop (12).

[0051] The height of the additional compartment (10) corresponds to the height of the front wall (4) of the tray or the height of the pack of nicotine-containing products (8) for which it is designed to accommodate, and the depth of the additional compartment (10) corresponds to the thickness of the pack of nicotine-containing products (8) for which it is designed to accommodate.

[0052] If the front wall is provided with a recess, as shown in Fig. 1, the height of the front wall is understood to be the largest dimension of the front wall measured in the vertical direction.

[0053] Moreover, the side stops (11) and the intermediate stop (12) have an L-shaped section and a ⊥-shaped section both when cut vertically and when cut horizontally, respectively, thereby providing a stop for a pack of nicotine-containing products (8) both vertically and horizontally, which makes it possible to avoid the use of front and side walls in the design, which reduce the convenience and functionality of using the cassette.

[0054] The ⊥-shaped section refers to a section in the shape of an inverted Latin letter "T", and the L-shaped section refers to a section in the shape of the Latin letter "L".

[0055] The height of the L-shaped side stops (11) and the ⊥-shaped intermediate stop (12) is no more than 2 / 3 of the height of the front wall (i.e., the height of the compartment), and no more than 2 / 3 of the depth of the compartment. This is due to the fact that in this design, the additional open compartment (10) does not have a top, front, bottom, or side walls, as a result of which it is open on all sides except the rear.

[0056] The presence, design and height of the L-shaped side stops (11) and the ⊥-shaped intermediate stop (12) allow you to securely hold both packs of nicotine-containing products in the additional open compartment (10), without limiting the buyer and seller's access to freely removing them from the compartment and freely returning them back to it, which increases the ease of use of the cassette by the buyer and seller, as well as the functionality of the cassette, since the additional open compartment (10) in this design simultaneously performs both a demonstration and the main function - storing and selling products.

[0057] The L-shaped side stops (11) and the ⊥-shaped intermediate stop (12) can be designed as protruding elements of the front wall (4) of the tray (1), integral with it, or can be secured to the front wall (4) of the tray (1) using a tongue-and-groove lock. Designing the stops integral with the front wall (4) of the tray (1) improves the ease of use of the cassette, as it eliminates the need for personnel to install an additional open compartment (10) on the front wall (4) of the tray (1) during assembly of the cabinet shelf.

[0058] The tray (1) has a support (2) designed for installing the cassette in a cabinet for storing and selling nicotine-containing products and forming a cabinet shelf from the cassettes.

[0059] The support (2) includes a front (13) and rear (14) part. The front (13) part contains fasteners (15) for securing it in a cabinet for storing and selling nicotine-containing products. The rear part of the support (14) can be designed as one or two legs (16).

[0060] It is most preferable that the rear part of the support (14) in the form of legs (16) has a lower height than the height of the front part of the support (13), which increases the ease of use of the cassette by personnel, since it simplifies the installation and removal of the cassette in the cabinet when replenishing or replacing the inventory, and also helps to reduce the material consumption of a product of the same volume and the entire shelf of the cabinet for storing and selling nicotine-containing products in general, respectively.

[0061] In general, the use of a double tray (1) with one support reduces the number of supports in the cabinet shelf by 2 times compared to the use of single trays with a support, which helps to reduce the material consumption of a product of the same volume and the entire shelf of the cabinet for storing and selling nicotine-containing products as a whole, respectively.

[0062] Furthermore, the reduction in the material consumption of a product of the same volume and the entire shelf of a cabinet for storing and selling nicotine-containing products as a whole is also facilitated by the creation of an additional open compartment (10) from the front wall of the tray, L-shaped side stops (11) and an intermediate ⊥-shaped stop (12), the height of which is no more than 2 / 3 of the height of the front wall (4).

[0063] For unimpeded extraction of packs of nicotine-containing products (8) placed in the tray (1), it is preferable that the cassette is designed with the possibility of arranging packs of nicotine-containing products (8) while providing the buyer with visibility (d) equal to at least 3 / 2 of the height of the pack of nicotine-containing products for which it is intended to be placed, consisting of visibility (d1) equal to the entire height of the pack of nicotine-containing products (8) placed in the additional open compartment (10), and visibility (d2) equal to at least 1 / 2 of the pack of nicotine-containing products (8) placed in the tray (1).

[0064] For which purpose, it is preferable that the front wall (4) of the tray (1) extends downwards from the bottom guide wall (5) at a distance equal to 50-100% of the height of the pack of nicotine-containing products (8) located in the tray (1), depending on the height of the inter-shelf space.

[0065] Along with the most efficient use of the inter-shelf space, this design of the cartridge will allow, if necessary, not to cover the warning about the harm of tobacco consumption, which must be located on the top of the front side of the pack of nicotine-containing products and occupy at least 50% of the area of ​​this side, in accordance with the requirements of the legislation (see the Technical Regulations of the Customs Union "Technical Regulations on Tobacco Products" (TR CU 035 / 2014), GOST R 57458-2017 "Heated Tobacco. General Specifications"), which contributes to the increased ease of use of the cartridge in cabinets for storing and selling nicotine-containing products.

[0066] The tray (1) and the additional open compartment (10) of the cassette can be made of plastic, such as ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene), PET (polyethylene terephthalate), polystyrene, polypropylene, polycarbonate, by printing on a 3D printer or by injection molding on an injection molding machine.

[0067] The operation of the cassette for storing and selling nicotine-containing products is as follows.

[0068] Initially, the staff fills the double cartridge with packs of nicotine-containing products (8).

[0069] Depending on the length of the cassette, as a rule, up to 12 packs of nicotine-containing products are placed one after another in a row in both zones of the double tray (1), formed by the side (3) and intermediate (7) walls, so that the packs rest against the front wall (4) of the compartment (1) in front, and are pressed at the back by the pushers (9) of the movable mechanism (6).

[0070] Two packs are installed in the additional open compartment (10), as shown in Fig. 3.

[0071] Then the double cassettes are installed in a cabinet for storing and selling nicotine-containing products close to each other in one row to form a cabinet shelf, as illustrated in Fig. 4.

[0072] According to the current legislation, the open display and demonstration of nicotine-containing products (cigarettes, heated tobacco products, aerosol products) in a retail facility is prohibited and the demonstration of nicotine-containing products to customers is carried out at the request of the customer after he / she has reviewed the list of tobacco products sold.

[0073] At the customer's request, after reviewing the list of tobacco products sold at the retail outlet, the nicotine-containing products are made visible to the customer, for example, by opening a cabinet door.

[0074] If desired, the buyer may examine the product stored in the additional free compartment (10) in more detail, including by freely removing the product from the compartment and taking the pack, without any additional actions. The buyer may then freely return the removed pack of nicotine-containing product to the specified additional free compartment (10) or, without returning it, purchase it.

[0075] Thus, the claimed utility model, along with the effective use of the space of the product shelf and the inter-shelf space, allows for improving the operational properties of the cassette for storing and selling nicotine-containing products by increasing the convenience of using the cassette in a cabinet for storing and selling nicotine-containing products, both on the part of the buyer and on the part of the staff, as well as by increasing the functionality of the cassette while simultaneously reducing the material consumption of a product of the same volume and the entire shelf of the cabinet for storing and selling nicotine-containing products as a whole, respectively.

[0076] Implementation example No. 1

[0077] An example of the implementation of the utility model is shown in Fig. 5 and 6, which illustrates a part of a shelf of a cabinet (display case) for storing and selling nicotine-containing products, including the claimed double cassette.

[0078] In an example of the implementation of the claimed utility model, the double cassette is a double tray with a support, formed by side, front and bottom guide walls, divided by an intermediate wall into two zones of equal width, in which packs of nicotine-containing products are placed in 2 rows, and two movable pushers are installed in the bottom guide wall, pressing the said packs to the front wall.

[0079] There is an additional open compartment on the front wall, which contains 2 packs of nicotine-containing products, located below the packs of nicotine-containing products located in the tray.

[0080] The specified additional open compartment is formed by the front wall of the tray, which serves as the rear wall of the additional open compartment, L-shaped side stops and a ⊥-shaped intermediate stop (both when cut vertically and when cut horizontally, respectively).

[0081] The support includes a front part and a back part, which are two legs.

[0082] Double cassette material: PET (polyethylene terephthalate).

[0083] Parameters of a pack of nicotine-containing products, with the possibility of placing which a double cassette is made

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[0085] Parameters of a double cassette made according to the declared utility model

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[0089] When implementing the embodiment example, the applicant has established that the design of the claimed double cassette provides the ability to easily, quickly and conveniently replenish the stock of the products being sold, as well as to freely, easily and, accordingly, conveniently remove from the cassette any pack of nicotine-containing products, both located in the double tray and located in the additional free compartment and, if necessary, to freely, easily and, accordingly, conveniently install the pack of nicotine-containing products back into the additional free compartment.

[0090] Thus, the set of essential features of the claimed double cassette, expressed in the execution of the cassette in the form of a double tray with a support, including a front and a back part, the height of which is less than the height of the front part, made with the possibility of placing in it packs of nicotine-containing products, on the front wall of which there is an additional open compartment, made with the possibility of placing in it packs of nicotine-containing products below the packs of nicotine-containing products installed in the double tray, formed by the front wall of the tray, side stops of an L-shaped section and an intermediate stop of a ⊥-shaped section, both when cut vertically and when cut horizontally, respectively, and the height of which is no more than 2 / 3 of the height of the front wall, ensuring the visibility to the buyer of at least 3 / 2 of the height of the pack of nicotine-containing products for the placement of which it is intended,provides improved performance properties of the cassette for storing and selling nicotine-containing products, maximizing the efficient use of shelf space and inter-shelf space, by increasing the functionality of the cassette while simultaneously reducing the material consumption of a product of the same volume and the entire shelf of the cabinet for storing and selling nicotine-containing products as a whole, respectively.

Claims

1. A double cassette for storing and selling nicotine-containing products, which includes a tray with a support, made with the possibility of placing packs of nicotine-containing products in it, formed by side, front and bottom guide walls, and a movable mechanism installed in the bottom guide wall with the possibility of translational movement relative to it, wherein on the front wall of the tray there is an additional open compartment, made with the possibility of placing a pack of nicotine-containing products in it below a pack of nicotine-containing products installed in the tray, characterized in that the tray is made double, contains an intermediate wall dividing the tray into two zones, each of which is made with the possibility of placing packs of nicotine-containing products in it one after the other in a row, and the additional open compartment is formed by the front wall of the tray, which serves as the rear wall of the additional open compartment,L-shaped side stops and a ⊥-shaped intermediate stop, wherein the L-shaped side stops and the intermediate stop have an L-shaped cross-section and a ⊥-shaped cross-section both when cut vertically and when cut horizontally, respectively.

2. A double cassette according to paragraph 1, characterized in that the height of the side stops of the L-shaped section and the intermediate stop of the ⊥-shaped section is no more than 2 / 3 of the height of the front wall.

3. A double cassette according to paragraph 1, characterized in that the side stops of an L-shaped section and the intermediate stops of a ⊥-shaped section are made as protruding elements of the front wall - in one piece with it.

4. A double cassette according to paragraph 1, characterized in that the cassette is designed to accommodate packs of nicotine-containing products while ensuring that the buyer can see at least 3 / 2 of the height of the pack of nicotine-containing products for which it is intended.

5. A double cassette according to claim 1, characterized in that the support includes a front and a rear part, wherein the height of the rear part of the support is less than the height of the front part of the support.

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