Patent ID: 8978927
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: A47F

Abstract:
1. An article advancing device comprising a flexible sheet on which articles can be arranged at a condition where said sheet is extended, a roller to which one end of said sheet is fixed and which winds said sheet in a reverse sheet-extension direction, a driver that rotates said roller in a winding direction of said sheet, a wall with which articles present in a first row of said articles arranged on said sheet come into contact, a winding operation of said sheet by said driver is stopped by contact of said articles in said first row with said wall when said articles are arranged on said sheet, and an attacher below said wall that attaches to a shelf part of an article arrangement shelf, said attacher comprising a clamp into which an end of said shelf part is fitted attaching said article advancing device to said end of said shelf part, wherein a movable platform is connected to another end of said sheet, and wherein a connector between said sheet and said movable platform comprises a sheet holder with a modified cross-sectional shape which is wrapped with said one end of said sheet around an outer circumference of said sheet holder, and a retainer which has an opening permitting said sheet to pass through in a condition where said sheet is folded and retains said sheet holder wrapped with said one end of said sheet relative to an extending direction of said sheet itself.