Patent ID: 8616822
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: A47F,B65B,B65G,B66F,G06Q,G07G

Abstract:
1. A display shelf for storage and presentation of goods for sale comprising: a frame; at least one shelf board stored within the frame such that the at least one shelf board includes a storage surface on an upper horizontally arranged side of the at least one shelf board for receiving goods for sale and at least one end face of the shelf board that includes a display side at which customers can remove goods; at least one conveyor belt provided above the storage surface on the upper side of the at least one shelf board for transporting the at least one conveyor belt in an endless loop via the at least one end face and an underside of the shelf board such that the conveyor belt includes surfaces which at a first side of the conveyor belt face the shelf board for facilitating gliding on the shelf board and, at a second side of the conveyor belt facing the goods for moving the goods on the second side; a stop bar horizontally extending along a front side of the at least one shelf board and spaced apart from the shelf board for defining a gap between the stop bar and the shelf board through which the conveyor belt is transported such that the stop bar prevents goods from falling from the front side of the at least one shelf board; a removable fall-off guard arranged at the display shelf at a side opposite the display side for partially blocking a shelf opening which is designed to be opened when the display shelf is refilled from the side opposite the display side such that the fall-off guard is held in place in order to avoid the goods falling off of the side opposite of the display side of the at least one shelf board; wherein the display shelf is designed to cooperate with a shelf-stocking vehicle such that the fall-off guard is automatically opened when the display shelf is refilled by the shelf-stocking vehicle, and wherein the display shelf is open at the end face of the shelf board and the end face forms the display side where customers can remove the goods for purchase from the display shelf.