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WO2003039301A1
WO2003039301A1 PCT/DE2002/003929 DE0203929W WO03039301A1 WO 2003039301 A1 WO2003039301 A1 WO 2003039301A1 DE 0203929 W DE0203929 W DE 0203929W WO 03039301 A1 WO03039301 A1 WO 03039301A1
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Jürgen HÄMMERLE
Franz Polidar
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Priority to KR10-2004-7006351A priority patent/KR20040054751A/en
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F1/00—Racks for dispensing merchandise; Containers for dispensing merchandise
    • A47F1/04—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs
    • A47F1/12—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs dispensing from the side of an approximately horizontal stack
    • A47F1/125—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs dispensing from the side of an approximately horizontal stack with an article-pushing device
    • A47F1/126—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs dispensing from the side of an approximately horizontal stack with an article-pushing device the pushing device being urged by spring means
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F7/00—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials

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  • the invention relates to a cigarette carrier for offering and selling cigarette packets, comprising a number of slots for slidably receiving the cigarette boxes, which are pushed in the shafts by thrusters continuously towards the removal area and means are provided which cause the delivery of signals, if at least a shaft is empty or at least one shaft is equipped with only a few packs of cigarettes, with a part of the agent is arranged stationary on the cigarette holder.
  • Cigarette carriers of this type are preferably placed at the cash points in self-service shops. In this way, customers can still buy cigarettes before leaving the checkout zones.
  • each microswitch on a switching flag which by change in position, which at caused by emptying the shafts, causes the delivery of signals by means of their respective associated microswitch.
  • the microswitches are fixedly arranged on the shafts of the cigarette holder.
  • the object of the invention is in a cigarette carrier of the present type those means that cause the delivery of signals in empty or emptying shafts to use so that, depending on the choice, either each individual shaft, or a group of shafts, for example, per floor, can be easily monitored.
  • a part of the selected means is located on the pushers. If each individual shaft is to be monitored, the other part is arranged stationary on the shafts. If, on the other hand, one or more groups of shafts are to be checked, the other part of the means is provided, for example, on the frame of the cigarette carrier. How the means for this purpose are designed and arranged in detail, can be found in the following description.
  • Fig. 1 a cigarette carrier
  • Fig. 2 shows a solution how each individual shaft and Fig. 3 is monitored like a group of shafts.
  • the cigarette carrier 1 shown in FIG. 1 is intended for offering and selling cigarette packets 18. It has a number of shafts 5 for the slidable receiving the cigarette boxes 18. For this purpose, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, per shaft 5 one each Pusher 8 is provided, which is intended to press the cigarette boxes 18 continuously in the direction of removal area 3, in which the cigarette packs 18 can be removed individually from the cigarette holder 1.
  • the shafts 5 can be arranged in several floors 4.
  • Means 10, 14 are provided, which then cause the delivery of audible and / or visible signals when at least one of the shafts 5 is empty or at least one shaft 5 is equipped with only a few packs of cigarettes 18.
  • FIG. 2 shows a side view of that section of a shaft 5 which is located in the removal area 3.
  • the shaft 5 which is bounded at the front by a stop 6, there are still three packets of cigarettes 18, which are pressed by a located within the shaft 5, for example, spring-assisted pushing device 8 in the direction of removal area 3 against the stop 6. If the foremost, lying on the stop 6 cigarette pack 18 removed, the two remaining cigarette packs 18 are pressed by the pusher 8 against the stop 6.
  • the means 10, 14 for inducing signals are fixedly arranged on the underside 7 of each shaft 5 on the one hand and on the support plate 9 of each thrust device 8 on the other.
  • the support plates 9 are each located on the last cigarette box 18 in one Schacht 5 located row of cigarette boxes 18 at.
  • the first means 10 located on the underside 7 of each shaft 5 is a so-called "reed contact” 11 connected to a power supply 17 (battery).
  • a small lamp 13, which is arranged visibly on the front side of each shaft 5, is connected
  • the second, that is to say other means 14, is formed by a small magnet 15 which is arranged on the support plate 9 of each thrust device 8.
  • the magnet 15 comes ever closer to the reed contact 11, this contact, and thus the means 10, is influenced by the magnet 15 so as to close the circuit in which the lamp 13 is located, by the cooperation of the means 14 with the means 10 the lamp 13 lights up. If you pull the thruster 8 and thus the magnet 15 back, the lamp goes out again.
  • each shaft 5 by appropriate placement of the means 10 on the underside 7 of each shaft 5, it is possible to predetermine when the lamp 13 should illuminate at the earliest when the shaft 5 is appropriately emptied and the consequent change in position of the pushing device 8 occurs.
  • the lamp 13 lights up when there are three cigarette packs 18 in the shaft 5.
  • FIG. 3 shows a cigarette carrier 1 in which, for example, one or two-way light barrier 12 is provided on the frame 2 of the cigarette carrier 1 per floor 4 of shafts 5 as a stationarily arranged means 10.
  • the light beam 12 'of each means 10 passes through the predetermined distance A per floor 4.
  • As the second means 14 is located at each thruster 8 a flag 16.
  • Each means 10 is connected to a power supply 17 and together with a respective lamp 13 or a sounder integrated into a corresponding circuit.
  • removing cigarette packets 18 push the thrusters 8 and thus the flags 16 always closer to the removal area 3 before. At some point, one of these lugs 16 crosses the light beam 12 'of one of the means 10.
  • the circuit in question is closed and the circuit 13 belonging to this circuit lights up by the interaction of the means 14 with the means 10.
  • Sectionally, the front area of a shaft 5 is shown in side view together with two remaining cigarette packs 18 and the pusher 8.
  • a flag 16 is arranged, which is located in the light beam 12 '. Again, the delivery of signals is ultimately caused by corresponding change in position of the thrusters 8.
  • the issuing of the audible and / or visible signals is reason to refill one or more shafts 5 again with cigarette packets 18.

Abstract

The invention relates to a holder for cigarettes (1) for offering and selling cigarette packs (18). The support comprises a number of shafts (5) for displaceably receiving cigarette packs (18) that are continuously forced in said shafts (5) by means of pushing devices (8) in the direction of a withdrawal area (3). Means (10, 14) initiate the issue of signals when at least one shaft (5) is empty or when at least one shaft (5) is stocked with only a few cigarette packs (18), said means (10) being stationarily disposed on the holder for cigarettes (1). According to the invention, the means (14) are disposed on the pushing devices (8) and are adapted to interact with said means (10).

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Zigarettentrager cigarettes exchanger
Beschreibungdescription
Die Erfindung betrifft einen Zigarettenträger zum Anbieten und Verkaufen von Zigarettenschachteln, mit einer Anzahl von Schächten zur verschiebbaren Aufnahme der Zigarettenschachteln, die in den Schächten durch Schubeinrichtungen kontinuierlich in Richtung Entnahmebereich gedrückt werden und Mittel vorgesehen sind, welche die Abgabe von Signalen dann veranlassen, wenn zumindest ein Schacht leer ist oder wenigstens ein Schacht mit nur noch wenigen Zigarettenschachteln bestückt ist, wobei ein Teil der Mittel am Zigarettenträger ortsfest angeordnet ist.The invention relates to a cigarette carrier for offering and selling cigarette packets, comprising a number of slots for slidably receiving the cigarette boxes, which are pushed in the shafts by thrusters continuously towards the removal area and means are provided which cause the delivery of signals, if at least a shaft is empty or at least one shaft is equipped with only a few packs of cigarettes, with a part of the agent is arranged stationary on the cigarette holder.
Zigarettenträger dieser Art werden bevorzugt an den Kassenzonen in SB- Geschäften aufgestellt. Auf diese Weise können Kunden vor dem Verlassen der Kassenzonen noch Zigaretten kaufen.Cigarette carriers of this type are preferably placed at the cash points in self-service shops. In this way, customers can still buy cigarettes before leaving the checkout zones.
Bei einem Zigarettenträger gemäß der EP 0 599 164 A2 wird vorgeschlagen, bei einem leeren Schacht alternativ ein akustisches oder optisches Signal, oder auch zunächst ein akustisches Signal beim ersten Auftreten und später nur noch ein optisches Signal zu geben. Die Kassierperson wird durch diese Maßnahmen auf das Entstehen eines leeren Schachtes bzw. auf das Vorhandensein mehrerer leerer Schächte hingewiesen. In der erwähnten Patentschrift finden sich keine Hinweise auf technische Merkmale, durch die das Melden von nur noch gering bestückten oder leeren Schächten ver- wirklicht werden könnte.In the case of a cigarette carrier according to EP 0 599 164 A2, it is proposed, in the case of an empty shaft, alternatively to give an acoustic or optical signal, or else initially an acoustic signal at the first occurrence and later only an optical signal. The cashier is informed by these measures on the emergence of an empty manhole or on the presence of several empty manholes. In the mentioned patent document, there are no indications of technical features by which the reporting of only slightly filled or empty shafts could be realized.
Detailliertere Angaben hierzu finden sich in der DE 197 48 158 AI. Hier wird vorgeschlagen, im Entnahmebereich eines jeden Schachtes einen durch die jeweils vorderste Zigarettenschachtel betätigbaren, bei leerem Schacht die Schubeinrichtung sperrenden Mikroschalter anzuordnen, durch den die Abgabe eines Signales ausgelöst werden kann, welches der Kassierperson anzeigt, dass zumindest einer der Schächte wieder aufgefüllt werden muss. Zur Verwirklichung dieses Vorschlages weist jeder Mikroschalter eine Schaltfahne auf, die durch Lageveränderung, welche bei einem Leerwerden der Schächte verursacht wird, die Abgabe von Signalen mit Hilfe des ihr jeweils zugeordneten Mikroschalters veranlasst. Die Mikroschalter sind dabei ortsfest an den Schächten des Zigarettenträgers angeordnet.More detailed information can be found in DE 197 48 158 AI. Here, it is proposed to arrange in the removal area of each shaft one through the respective foremost cigarette pack operable, the drawer blocking the push-off device by which the delivery of a signal can be triggered, which indicates to the cashier that at least one of the shafts must be replenished , To implement this proposal, each microswitch on a switching flag, which by change in position, which at caused by emptying the shafts, causes the delivery of signals by means of their respective associated microswitch. The microswitches are fixedly arranged on the shafts of the cigarette holder.
Ausgehend von diesem Stand der Technik besteht die Aufgabe der Erfindung darin, bei einem Zigarettenträger der hier vorliegenden Art jene Mittel, welche die Abgabe von Signalen bei leeren oder sich leerenden Schächten veranlassen sollen, so einzusetzen, dass je nach Wahl entweder jeder einzelne Schacht, oder eine Gruppe von Schächten, beispielsweise pro Etage, auf einfache Weise überwacht werden können.Based on this prior art, the object of the invention is in a cigarette carrier of the present type those means that cause the delivery of signals in empty or emptying shafts to use so that, depending on the choice, either each individual shaft, or a group of shafts, for example, per floor, can be easily monitored.
Die Lösung der Aufgabe ist im kennzeichnenden Teil des Anspruches 1 beschrieben.The solution of the problem is described in the characterizing part of claim 1.
Den aufgefundenen Alternativen ist in vorteilhafter Weise gemeinsam, dass sich ein Teil der ausgewählten Mittel an den Schubeinrichtungen befindet. Soll jeder einzelne Schacht überwacht werden, befindet sich der andere Teil an den Schächten ortsfest angeordnet. Soll hingegen eine oder mehrere Gruppe von Schächten geprüft werden, ist der andere Teil der Mittel beispielsweise am Gestell des Zigarettenträgers vorgesehen. Wie die Mittel hierzu im einzelnen gestaltet und angeordnet sind, lässt sich der nachfolgenden Beschreibung entnehmen.The alternatives found are advantageously in common that a part of the selected means is located on the pushers. If each individual shaft is to be monitored, the other part is arranged stationary on the shafts. If, on the other hand, one or more groups of shafts are to be checked, the other part of the means is provided, for example, on the frame of the cigarette carrier. How the means for this purpose are designed and arranged in detail, can be found in the following description.
Die Erfindung wird anhand von Ausführungsbeispielen näher erläutert. Es zeigtThe invention will be explained in more detail with reference to exemplary embodiments. It shows
Fig. 1 einen Zigarettenträger; Fig. 2 eine Lösung, wie jeder einzelne Schacht und Fig. 3 wie eine Gruppe von Schächten überwacht wird.Fig. 1 a cigarette carrier; Fig. 2 shows a solution how each individual shaft and Fig. 3 is monitored like a group of shafts.
Der in Fig. 1 dargestellte Zigarettenträger 1 ist für das Anbieten und Verkaufen von Zigarettenschachteln 18 bestimmt. Er weist eine Anzahl von Schächten 5 für die verschiebbare Aufnahme der Zigarettenschachteln 18 auf. Dazu ist, wie in Fig. 2 und 3 ersichtlich, pro Schacht 5 jeweils eine Schubeinrichtung 8 vorgesehen, welche dazu bestimmt ist, die Zigarettenschachteln 18 kontinuierlich in Richtung Entnahmebereich 3 zu drücken, in welchem die Zigarettenschachteln 18 einzeln dem Zigarettenträger 1 entnommen werden können. Die Schächte 5 können in mehreren Etagen 4 an- geordnet sein. Es sind Mittel 10, 14 vorgesehen, welche die Abgabe von hör- und/oder sichtbaren Signalen dann veranlassen, wenn zumindest einer der Schächte 5 leer ist oder wenigstens ein Schacht 5 nur noch mit wenigen Zigarettenschachteln 18 bestückt ist.The cigarette carrier 1 shown in FIG. 1 is intended for offering and selling cigarette packets 18. It has a number of shafts 5 for the slidable receiving the cigarette boxes 18. For this purpose, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, per shaft 5 one each Pusher 8 is provided, which is intended to press the cigarette boxes 18 continuously in the direction of removal area 3, in which the cigarette packs 18 can be removed individually from the cigarette holder 1. The shafts 5 can be arranged in several floors 4. Means 10, 14 are provided, which then cause the delivery of audible and / or visible signals when at least one of the shafts 5 is empty or at least one shaft 5 is equipped with only a few packs of cigarettes 18.
Fig. 2 zeigt in einer Seitenansicht jenen Abschnitt eines Schachtes 5, der sich im Entnahmebereich 3 befindet. Im Schacht 5, der vorne durch einen Anschlag 6 begrenzt ist, befinden sich noch drei Zigarettenschachteln 18, die durch eine innerhalb des Schachtes 5 befindliche, beispielsweise federunterstützte Schubeinrichtung 8 in Richtung Entnahmebereich 3 gegen den Anschlag 6 gedrückt werden. Wird die vorderste, am Anschlag 6 anliegende Zigarettenschachtel 18 entnommen, werden die beiden restlichen Zigarettenschachteln 18 von der Schubeinrichtung 8 gegen den Anschlag 6 gedrückt. Die zum Veranlassen von Signalen bestimmten Mittel 10, 14 befinden sich zum einen ortsfest angeordnet an der Unterseite 7 eines jeden Schachtes 5 und zum anderen jeweils an der Stützplatte 9 einer jeden Schubeinrichtung 8. Die Stützplatten 9 liegen jeweils an der letzten Zigarettenschachtel 18 einer in einem Schacht 5 befindlichen Reihe von Zigarettenschachteln 18 an. Das an der Unterseite 7 eines jeden Schachtes 5 befindliche erste Mittel 10 ist ein an einer Stromversorgung 17 (Batterie) ange- schlossener sogenannter „Reedkontakt" 11. Hinzugeschaltet ist eine kleine Lampe 13, die als Signalgeber sichtbar an der Vorderseite eines jeden Schachtes 5 angeordnet ist. Das zweite, also andere Mittel 14 ist durch einen kleinen Magnet 15 gebildet, der an der Stützplatte 9 einer jeden Schubeinrichtung 8 angeordnet ist. Kommt bei Entnahme von Zigaretten- schachteln 18 durch die nachrückende Schubeinrichtung 8 der Magnet 15 immer näher an den Reedkontakt 11 heran, wird dieser Kontakt, und damit das Mittel 10, durch den Magneten 15 so beeinflusst, dass jener Stromkreis geschlossen wird, an dem sich die Lampe 13 befindet. Durch das Zusammenwirken des Mittels 14 mit dem Mittel 10 leuchtet die Lampe 13 auf. Zieht man die Schubeinrichtung 8 und damit den Magneten 15 wieder zurück, erlischt die Lampe wieder. Man kann also durch entsprechende Plazierung des Mittels 10 an der Unterseite 7 eines jeden Schachtes 5 vorausbestimmen, wann bei entsprechendem Leerwerden eines Schachtes 5 und der damit einhergehenden Lageveränderung der Schubeinrichtung 8 die Lampe 13 frühestens aufleuchten soll. Im Beispiel leuchtet die Lampe 13 dann auf, wenn sich noch drei Zigarettenschachteln 18 im Schacht 5 befinden.FIG. 2 shows a side view of that section of a shaft 5 which is located in the removal area 3. In the shaft 5, which is bounded at the front by a stop 6, there are still three packets of cigarettes 18, which are pressed by a located within the shaft 5, for example, spring-assisted pushing device 8 in the direction of removal area 3 against the stop 6. If the foremost, lying on the stop 6 cigarette pack 18 removed, the two remaining cigarette packs 18 are pressed by the pusher 8 against the stop 6. The means 10, 14 for inducing signals are fixedly arranged on the underside 7 of each shaft 5 on the one hand and on the support plate 9 of each thrust device 8 on the other. The support plates 9 are each located on the last cigarette box 18 in one Schacht 5 located row of cigarette boxes 18 at. The first means 10 located on the underside 7 of each shaft 5 is a so-called "reed contact" 11 connected to a power supply 17 (battery). A small lamp 13, which is arranged visibly on the front side of each shaft 5, is connected The second, that is to say other means 14, is formed by a small magnet 15 which is arranged on the support plate 9 of each thrust device 8. When the cigarette boxes 18 are removed by the advancing thrust device 8, the magnet 15 comes ever closer to the reed contact 11, this contact, and thus the means 10, is influenced by the magnet 15 so as to close the circuit in which the lamp 13 is located, by the cooperation of the means 14 with the means 10 the lamp 13 lights up. If you pull the thruster 8 and thus the magnet 15 back, the lamp goes out again. Thus, by appropriate placement of the means 10 on the underside 7 of each shaft 5, it is possible to predetermine when the lamp 13 should illuminate at the earliest when the shaft 5 is appropriately emptied and the consequent change in position of the pushing device 8 occurs. In the example, the lamp 13 lights up when there are three cigarette packs 18 in the shaft 5.
Mit Blick auf den Entnahmebereich 3 zeigt Fig. 3 einen Zigarettenträger 1, bei dem beispielsweise pro Etage 4 von Schächten 5 als ortsfest angeordnetes Mittel 10 jeweils eine Ein- oder Zweiweglichtschranke 12 am Gestell 2 des Zigarettenträgers 1 vorgesehen ist. Der Lichtstrahl 12' eines jeden Mittels 10 durchmisst die vorgegebene Strecke A pro Etage 4. Als zweites Mittel 14 befindet sich an jeder Schubeinrichtung 8 eine Fahne 16. Jedes Mittel 10 ist mit einer Stromversorgung 17 geschaltet und zusammen mit jeweils einer Lampe 13 oder einem Tongeber in einen entsprechenden Stromkreis eingebunden. Beim Entnehmen von Zigarettenschachteln 18 rücken die Schubeinrichtungen 8 und somit die Fahnen 16 immer näher zum Entnahmebereich 3 vor. Irgendwann kreuzt eine dieser Fahnen 16 den Lichtstrahl 12' eines der Mittel 10. Dadurch wird der betreffende Stromkreis geschlossen und die diesem Stromkreis angehörende Lampe 13 leuchtet durch das Zusammenwirken des Mittels 14 mit dem Mittel 10 auf. Ausschnittweise ist in Seitenansicht der vordere Bereich eines Schachtes 5 zusammen mit noch zwei verbliebenen Zigarettenschachteln 18 und der Schubeinrichtung 8 dargestellt. An der Stützplatte 9 der Schubeinrichtung 8 ist eine Fahne 16 angeordnet, die sich im Lichtstrahl 12' befindet. Auch hier wird letztendlich die Abgabe von Signalen durch entsprechende Lageveränderung der Schubeinrichtungen 8 bewirkt.With a view to the removal area 3, FIG. 3 shows a cigarette carrier 1 in which, for example, one or two-way light barrier 12 is provided on the frame 2 of the cigarette carrier 1 per floor 4 of shafts 5 as a stationarily arranged means 10. The light beam 12 'of each means 10 passes through the predetermined distance A per floor 4. As the second means 14 is located at each thruster 8 a flag 16. Each means 10 is connected to a power supply 17 and together with a respective lamp 13 or a sounder integrated into a corresponding circuit. When removing cigarette packets 18 push the thrusters 8 and thus the flags 16 always closer to the removal area 3 before. At some point, one of these lugs 16 crosses the light beam 12 'of one of the means 10. Thus, the circuit in question is closed and the circuit 13 belonging to this circuit lights up by the interaction of the means 14 with the means 10. Sectionally, the front area of a shaft 5 is shown in side view together with two remaining cigarette packs 18 and the pusher 8. On the support plate 9 of the pusher 8, a flag 16 is arranged, which is located in the light beam 12 '. Again, the delivery of signals is ultimately caused by corresponding change in position of the thrusters 8.
Das Abgeben der hör- und/oder sichtbaren Signale ist Anlass, einen oder mehrere Schächte 5 wieder mit Zigarettenschachteln 18 aufzufüllen. The issuing of the audible and / or visible signals is reason to refill one or more shafts 5 again with cigarette packets 18.

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1. Zigarettenträger (1) zum Anbieten und Verkaufen von Zigaretten- schachteln (18), mit einer Anzahl von Schächten (5) zur verschiebbaren1. Cigarette carrier (1) for offering and selling cigarette boxes (18), with a number of chutes (5) for sliding
Aufnahme der Zigarettenschachteln (18), die in den Schächten (5) durch Schubeinrichtungen (8) kontinuierlich in Richtung Entnahmebereich (3) gedrückt werden und Mittel (10, 14) vorgesehen sind, welche die Abgabe von Signalen dann veranlassen, wenn zumindest ein Schacht (5) leer ist oder wenigstens ein Schacht (5) mit nur noch wenigen Zigarettenschachteln (18) bestückt ist, wobei die Mittel (10) am Zigarettenträger (1) ortsfest angeordnet sind, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sich die Mittel (14) an den Schubeinrichtungen (8) befinden und zum Zusammenwirken mit den Mitteln (10) bestimmt sind.The cigarette boxes (18) are received, which are pushed in the shafts (5) by pushing devices (8) continuously in the direction of the removal area (3) and means (10, 14) are provided which cause signals to be emitted when at least one shaft (5) is empty or at least one shaft (5) is equipped with only a few cigarette boxes (18), the means (10) being arranged in a fixed position on the cigarette holder (1), characterized in that the means (14) are located on the Thrust devices (8) are located and are intended to interact with the means (10).
2. Zigarettenträger nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Zusammenwirken der Mittel (10, 14) durch Lageveränderungen der Schubeinrichtungen (8) erfolgt.2. Cigarette carrier according to claim 1, characterized in that the interaction of the means (10, 14) takes place by changing the position of the thrust devices (8).
3. Zigarettenträger nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Mittel (10) an der Unterseite (7) der Schächte (5) angeordnet sind.3. Cigarette holder according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the means (10) on the underside (7) of the shafts (5) are arranged.
4. Zigarettenträger nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekenn- zeichnet, dass jedes Mittel (10) in einen eigens dafür vorgesehenen4. Cigarette carrier according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that each means (10) in a specially provided
Stromkreis eingebunden ist.Circuit is integrated.
5. Zigarettenträger nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jedes Mittel (10) durch einen Reedkontakt (11) oder durch eine Lichtschranke (12) gebildet ist.5. Cigarette holder according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that each means (10) is formed by a reed contact (11) or by a light barrier (12).
6. Zigarettenträger nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Mittel (14) durch einen Magneten (15) oder durch eine Fahne (16) gebildet sind. 6. Cigarette holder according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the means (14) are formed by a magnet (15) or by a flag (16).
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