JP3000098B2 - Sample display equipment for vending machines - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vending machine for a vending machine for beverages, cigarettes, etc., which displays a sample of a product and displays a price, a cooling / heating display, etc. corresponding to each sample. Related to display equipment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional vending machine sample display device, a plurality of horizontally long sample supports are arranged in a vertical direction inside a front door of the vending machine and fixed by screws or the like. On the upper surface of the sample support, a plurality of product samples are removably mounted side by side, and on the front of the sample support,
Character display boards such as price display and cooling / heating display are fixed by screws or the like corresponding to each product sample. Then, the vending machine can be seen through from the outside (front) through a transparent sample see-through window fixed to the front of the front door of the vending machine.
In addition, a plate-shaped back cover is provided at the rear of the sample support so as to be openable and closable with the side edges rotatably supported.

[0003]

In the above-described sample display device, the product sample is removably supported on the upper surface of the sample support when changing the product for sale, discoloring, or fading. After the front door of the vending machine is opened, the back cover is opened, and the vending machine can be easily replaced by being detached from the sample support. However, since the character display board is fixed to the front surface of the sample support by screws or the like, there is a problem that the replacement operation is complicated.

The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a sample display device for a vending machine in which a character display board can be easily replaced.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The features of the present invention for solving the conventional problems as described above and achieving the intended purpose are as follows.
A large number of product samples representing sale products, a character display plate provided with price display, cooling / heating display, and the like, and a plurality of the product samples arranged in a horizontal direction and each detachably supported, and the character display plate A sample support that is supported corresponding to each of the product samples, is disposed on the back side of a sample see-through window fixed to the front of the vending machine, and an automatic see-through is performed through the sample see-through window. In the sample display device for vending machines, the sample support
Is arranged continuously at the front edge of each of the product samples,
Is provided with one display plate mounting groove, wherein the display plate mounting groove is provided.
The price display, cooling / heating display, etc. corresponding to each product sample
A common character display board displayed side by side is detachably attached,
In addition, the sample support corresponds to each of the product samples.
And a display plate exposure window for exposing the character display plate to the front.

It is preferable that the character display plate is provided with a transparent plate and a translucent plate or an opaque plate which are separately provided with a price display, a cooling display, a heating display, etc. A base that is openably and closably supported on the back side of the sample see-through window, a support is protrudingly supported on the front side of the base, and a display panel is provided on a front part of the support. It is preferable that the mounting groove and the display panel exposure window are arranged.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 2 denotes a front door of the vending machine, and the front door 2 is openable and closable with respect to a main body (commodity storage or the like) so that a side end portion is rotatably supported. A sample see-through window 4 having a transparent front panel is fixed on the front surface of the front door 2. The sample display device is arranged on the back side of the sample see-through window 4 so that the front door 2 is disposed. , And can be seen through from the outside (front) through the sample see-through window 4. A product selection switch 6 is fixed to the front panel of the sample see-through window 4 corresponding to each product sample.

As shown in FIG. 1, the sample display apparatus includes a product sample including a product display plate 9 and a display plate holding member 10, a sample support 20, a character display plate 30, a panel support 40, an advertisement panel 49, and a base. 50, a peripheral cover 53 and the like. That is, the peripheral cover 5 is provided on the front side of the base 50.
, And a plurality of sample supports 20, 20..., And a panel support 40 are detachably supported by being aligned in the vertical direction, and a plurality of product samples are horizontally aligned on the sample support 20. The character display panel 30 is detachably supported, and the advertisement panel 49 is detachably supported by the panel support 40.

On one side end of the base 50, rotating parts 51, 51 are provided, and on the other side end, a locked part 52,
52 are provided, and the base 50 is
Is pivotally attached to the back side of the front door 2 of the vending machine, and the locked parts 52, 52 are removably locked to the back side of the front door 2 to close the rear of the sample see-through window 4. It is supported to open and close freely. The base 50 is almost entirely concealed from the front by a product sample (the product display board 9 and the display board holding member 10), the sample support 20, the panel support 40, the advertisement panel 49, and the peripheral cover 53.

The sample support 20 is made of an opaque synthetic resin, and as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a side end member 2 comprising an upper protruding portion and a front protruding portion integrally formed in a substantially L-shaped arrangement.
1, 21; a front end member 23 connecting the front sides of the front protruding portions of the side protruding portions of both side end members 21 and 21 which are bent into a substantially L-shaped vertical cross-sectional shape; It is formed in a horizontally long frame shape with connecting members 26, 26 connecting the rear side of the upwardly projecting portion 21.

The front end member 23 is provided with a plurality of display panel exposure windows 24, 24,.
A plurality of product samples (product display board 9, display board holding member 10) are laterally aligned and detachably supported behind the front end member 23 and between the side end members 21, 21. each between the front edge of the panel holding member 10 (pedestal 18) and
A continuously upwardly open display plate mounting groove 25 common to the product samples is formed, and a horizontally long thin rectangular character display plate 30 is detachably supported on the back side of the front end member 23.

As shown in FIG. 4, the character display plate 30 is composed of a horizontally long thin transparent plate 32 and a semi-transparent plate 34 made of synthetic resin. The transparent plate 32 corresponds to a plurality of product samples. Is displayed by printing a plurality of price indications arranged in the horizontal direction, and a plurality of cooling / heating indications are printed on the translucent plate 34 by being arranged in the horizontal direction. In addition, on the upper edge portions of the side edges of the transparent plate 32 and the translucent plate 34, the take-out protrusions 3 are respectively provided.
0a is provided to protrude upward. Then, the character display board 30 has the transparent board 32 and the translucent board 34 superimposed one on the other, and as shown in FIGS. Inserted,
It is detachably supported by the sample support body 20 and is illuminated from behind by a lighting device 59.

The display panel holding member 10 of the product sample is
It is made of an opaque synthetic resin, is relatively thick and rigid, is formed into a substantially L-shaped vertical cross-sectional shape, and has a substantially central display plate holding portion (a horizontal upper surface portion 11, a horizontal lower surface portion 12, a vertical lower surface portion). A back surface portion 13) and a vertical background portion (depth recess 16, which protrudes upward and laterally from the upper end portion and the side end portion of the display panel holding portion,
It has a continuous flat portion 17) and a horizontal pedestal portion 18 protruding forward and sideward from the lower end portion of the display panel holding portion. Then, the plurality of display plate holding members 10, 1
.. Represent the background portion (continuous flat portion 1) as shown in FIG.
7, 17...), The pedestal portions 18, 18... Are arranged in parallel between the side end members 21, 21 so that the display panel holding members 10, 10. Have been.

On the other hand, the product display panel 9 (sample main body) is a thin sheet (film) made of translucent synthetic resin, which is curved and formed into a substantially arc-shaped cross section. In a state of being bent into a substantially semi-cylindrical shape protruding from the display panel holding member 10, the display panel holding member 10 is detachably supported via a locking portion 15 via a locking portion 15, and is downwardly supported by a lighting fixture 59 via a lighting hole 14. It is illuminated from the inside.

In the thus constructed sample display device for a vending machine, when the character display plate 30 is exchanged due to a change in price or the like, the character display plate 30 is supported by a sample supporter supported on the front side of the base 50. When the base 50 on the back surface is opened after opening the front door 2 of the vending machine, the vending machine is pulled out from the inside of the front door 2 and can be suitably replaced from the front. Furthermore, the character display board 3
The reference numeral 0 is attached by simply inserting it into the display plate mounting groove 25 of the sample support 20 from above, and is removed simply by pulling it upward from the display plate mounting groove 25, so that it can be easily attached and detached.

In the character display panel 30, since the transparent plate 32 and the translucent plate 34 are separately provided with the price display and the cooling / heating display, when only one of the price display and the cooling / heating display is changed, the character display plate 30 is transparent. One of the plate 32 and the translucent plate 34 may be replaced. Further, the character display board 30 is formed in a horizontally long shape, and a plurality of price indications and cooling / heating indications are given corresponding to a plurality of product samples. The cooling / heating display can be changed collectively.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the sample support is detachably supported on the base has been described, but the support may be fixed to the base. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the character display board is supported by the sample support is described. However, a support for the character display board may be provided separately from the support of the product sample.

[0018]

As described above, the sample display device for a vending machine according to the present invention has a display plate mounting groove in which a character display plate is removably mounted on a support, and a character display plate exposed forward. By providing a display panel exposing window to make it possible to attach the character display plate by simply inserting the character display plate into the display plate mounting groove of the support, the character display plate is pulled out from the display plate mounting groove of the support. Since the character display plate can be removed only by itself, the character display plate can be easily attached to and detached from the support.

It is to be noted that the character display plate is provided with a transparent plate and a translucent plate or an opaque plate which are separately provided with a price display, a cooling / heating display and the like, so that the price display, the cooling / heating display and the like are provided. When the part is changed, the character display board can be suitably replaced.

Further, the character display board is formed to be horizontally long, and a plurality of price indications, cooling / heating indications, etc. are provided in correspondence with the plurality of product samples. The display and the like can be changed collectively.

A base is provided on the back side of the sample see-through window so as to be openable and closable, and a support is projected forward and supported on the front side of the base. A display plate mounting groove and a display are provided on the front of the support. By arranging the plate exposure window, the character display plate can be replaced more easily than when the support is fixed to the back side of the sample see-through window.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an example of an embodiment of a sample display device for a vending machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view of a sample support, a product sample, and a character display plate in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 4 is an exploded front view of the character display board in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a vending machine in which the sample display device of FIG. 1 is installed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Front Door (Vending Machine) 4 Sample Perspective Window 6 Product Selection Switch 9 Product Display Board (Product Sample) 10 Display Board Holding Member (Product Sample) 11 Upper Surface 12 Lower Surface 13 Back 14 Lighting Hole 15 Locking Portion DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 16 Depth recess 17 Continuation flat part 18 Pedestal part 19 Locked part 20 Sample support body 21 Side end member 23 Front end member 24 Display board exposure window 25 Display board mounting groove 26 Connecting member 27 Locking part 29 Upper end member 30 Character Display plate 30a Projecting projection 32 Transparent plate 34 Translucent plate 40 Panel support 42 Panel exposure window 49 Advertising panel 50 Base 51 Rotating part 52 Locked part 53 Peripheral cover 59 Lighting device

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A large number of product samples representing sale products, a character display plate on which price display, cooling / heating display, and the like are provided, and a plurality of the product samples are removably supported in a laterally aligned manner. A sample supporter in which the character display board is supported corresponding to each of the product samples, is disposed on the back side of a sample see-through window fixed to the front of the vending machine, and is provided through the sample see-through window. In the sample display device for a vending machine which is seen through, the sample support is connected to a front edge of each of the product samples.
With one display board mounting groove open at the top
For example, the price corresponding to each of the product samples in the display plate mounting groove.
Display, cooling / heating display, etc.
The sample support is detachably mounted, and the sample support is
A display panel exposing window for exposing the character display panel to the front corresponding to each sample is provided. 2. The sample display for a vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the character display plate is separately provided with a price display, a cooling / heating display, and the like, and is composed of a transparent plate and a translucent plate or an opaque plate which are superimposed one on another. apparatus. 3. An openable and closably supported rear side of a sample see-through window.
And a support body protruding forward on the front side of the base.
The support is extended, and a display panel mounting groove and
The sample display device for a vending machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the display panel exposure window is arranged .