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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2016
Hl Display Ab, Nacka, SE;
Isak Åberg, Stockholm, SE;
Mårten Sjöberg, Stockholm, SE;
HL DISPLAY AB, Nacka, SE;
Abstract
A feeder device configured for mounting on a shelf for feeding successive products (p) to a front of the shelf. The device comprises an elongated guide member () which is configured for extending longitudinally backwards from the front of the shelf when the device is mounted. A sled () is slidably arranged at the guide member () such that the sled can slide along the length of the elongated guide member, and configured for engaging a backmost product of the successive products (P) for pushing the products towards the front of the shelf. The feeder device also comprises means () for urging the sled () along the guide member () towards a front end of said guide member. Indication means are arranged to indicate that the sled () has reached a certain position along the guide member (). The indication means comprises a transmission member () which is longitudinally, limitedly displaceable relative to the guide member (); and a magnet () which is arranged to connect and to disconnect the transmission member () with and from the sled ().