JP2002024926A - Vending machine door device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a vending machine door apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art First, FIG. 4 shows a front view of a vending machine, FIGS. 5 (a) to 5 (c) show cross-sectional views taken along arrows in FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 shows a front view of an illuminating plate. . In the drawing, reference numeral 1 denotes a single-opening main door arranged on the front of a vending machine cabinet. As is well known, the main door 1 is made by sheet metal processing of a steel plate. An operation unit 4 in which money processing devices such as a MEC 2 and a building validator 3 are intensively arranged, and a display room 7 having a display stand 6 for a sample product 5 are defined. In the figure, 2a is a coin slot, 3a is a bill slot, 8 is a product take-out slot, 9 is a change return port, and 10 is a handle with a lock on the door.

[0003] Here, as a recent trend of vending machines,
In order to secure the display room 7 as large as possible on the door surface of the main door 1, the display room 7 is formed in a stepped shape such that a part of the contour bypasses the upper part and the side part of the operation unit 4 as shown in the figure. Many designed designs are used. And
According to the design of the display room 7, a window is opened in the door plate of the main door 1, and an illuminating plate (transparent resin plate) 11 is attached from the back side of the door plate so as to cover the window. In addition, a product selection button 12 is mounted on the front of the illuminating plate 11. 5 (a) to 5 (c), reference numeral 1a denotes an illuminating plate holder, 1b denotes a packing, 12a denotes a channel-shaped mounting metal disposed behind the product selection button 12 with the illuminating plate 11 interposed therebetween, and 12b. Is a fastening screw for connecting the mounting metal 12a and the selection button 12; the fastening screw 12b is a hole
The selection button 12 and the mounting metal 12b are fastened together with the illuminating plate 11 from the back side through (see FIG. 6).

[0004]

The vending machine in which the operation unit 4 and the display room 7 are laid out on the main door 1 as described above has the following problems in terms of anti-theft property. In other words, based on the recent cases of theft of money from vending machines, the vending machine shown in FIG.
As shown in (b), the door plate of the operation unit 4 equipped with a coin mech and a building validator safe is forcibly pulled forward from the display room 7 side (the operation unit 4 in contact with the display room 7).
The corners of the doors are mechanically weakest and are easily broken), and there are many ways to withdraw money from a safe provided inside the door using the hole P opened here as a breakthrough.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to reinforce the periphery of an operation unit equipped with a money handling device without changing the operation unit defined on the door surface, the layout of the display room, and the shape of the illuminating plate, to prevent theft. It is an object of the present invention to provide a vending machine door device improved so as to enhance the performance.

[0006]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, an operation unit having a money handling device mounted on a door surface and a display room are laid out and defined so as to be adjacent to each other. In a vending machine door device in which a window is opened on a door plate at the front of the display room, an illuminating plate is attached from the back side, and a product selection button is mounted on the front of the illuminating plate, A connecting frame portion is formed in the window portion across the front of the display room and the illuminating plate and connected to the operation portion, and the window portion of the display room is vertically divided by the frame portion. 1).

[0007] According to the above configuration, the strength of the operation unit equipped with the money handling device is enhanced by the connecting frame portion serving as a reinforcing member, and in particular, the operation unit is pierced through the illuminating plate and is bulged from the display room side with a crowbar or the like. Theft resistance can be enhanced against a stealing method in which the door plate is bent to extract money from the safe. Further, according to the present invention, the connecting frame portion may be configured in the following manner as a reinforcing means.

(1) A mounting metal is provided on the back surface of the connecting frame portion, and the mounting metal and the mounting metal of the selection button are connected via a reinforcing metal. (2) A mounting metal is provided on the rear surface of the connecting frame portion, and the mounting metal and the mounting metal of the selection button facing the rear surface side with the lighting plate interposed therebetween are fastened together with screws (claim 3).

[0009]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.
3 will be described based on the embodiment shown in FIG. In the drawings of the embodiment, members corresponding to those in FIGS. 4 and 5 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted. That is, in the illustrated embodiment, the window portion opened to the door plate of the main door 1 is located between the window frame on the left side and the upper end portion of the operation unit 4 across the front surface of the display room 7. Connecting frame part 1 to connect
c is formed. The connecting frame portion 1c is formed so as to remain on the door plate when the window portion of the display room 7 is pressed on the door plate of the main door 1, and is provided with a coin mech 2, a building validator 3, and the like. In addition to the function as a cross beam to reinforce the operation unit 4 equipped with the money handling equipment, the display room 7 is divided into a product display stand 6 and an upper display room 7A in which a product selection button 12 is arranged with the connecting frame 1a as a boundary. , Also serves as a partition frame for dividing into a lower display room 7B used for advertisement of a product and the like. It should be noted that a standard product having the same specifications as the shape shown in FIG.

According to such a configuration, even if the door plate of the operation unit 4 is to be bent by the approach as shown in FIGS. Are not easily destroyed, which improves theft protection. Next, an applied embodiment in which the connection frame 1c is reinforced to further improve the anti-theft property will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, a Z-shaped mounting plate 1c-1 is welded to the back side along the longitudinal direction of the connecting frame portion 1a, and a product selection lined up in the lower part of the display room 7 is selected. The reinforcing metal 13 whose tip extends downward is sandwiched between the button 12 and the illuminating plate 11, and is connected to the mounting metal 12 a by a screw 12 b from the back side of the illuminating plate 11. At the time of assembling, the tip of the reinforcing metal 13 is connected to the connecting frame 1.
c and the mounting frame 1c-1 welded to the back side thereof to support the connecting frame from the back side, and to connect the connecting frame portion 1c
Is not easily pulled forward.

On the other hand, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the same mounting metal 1c-1 as in FIG. 2 is welded to the back side of the connecting frame portion 1a, and the lowermost product selection disposed on the back side of the illuminating plate 11 is selected. The mounting metal 12a of the button 12 is extended downward to a position where the mounting metal 1c-1 of the connecting frame portion 1a is opposed to the mounting metal 1c-1 with the electric lighting plate 11 interposed therebetween.
Mounting holes 1c-1 and 1c-1 through screw through holes 11b
2a and the illuminating plate 11 are fastened and fixed together. In this embodiment, a separate screw-through hole 11b is additionally provided on the illuminating plate 11 shown in FIG. It shall be.

According to this embodiment, similarly to FIG. 2, the connecting frame 1c can be supported and reinforced from the back side, and in the structure of FIG. 1c and is supported so as not to move up, down, left and right from this position. Therefore, a stopper piece 1a-1 bent at the tip of the electric plate presser 1a in FIG.
Can be omitted, thereby reducing the number of steps for sheet metal processing.

[0014]

As described above, according to the structure of the present invention, a display frame is formed in a window portion of a door plate and a connecting frame portion which is connected to the operation portion across the front surface of an illuminating plate. The operation panel defined on the door surface of the main door and the layout of the display room are not changed basically. Reinforcement of the operation unit equipped with money processing equipment such as MEC and building validator can improve the anti-theft property.

Further, by forming the connecting frame portion, the window of the display room is vertically divided by the connecting frame portion while using a single illuminating plate. It is also effective to enhance the display effect of the display room, such as using the display room for product samples and the lower display room exclusively for advertising products.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a vending machine equipped with a main door according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a structural diagram showing an application example of the present invention, wherein (a),
(b) is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA and line BB of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a structural diagram of still another applied embodiment of the present invention;
1 is a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a vending machine equipped with a conventional main door.

FIG. 5 is a structural partial view of the main door shown in FIG. 4, (a),
(b) and (c) are arrows AA, BB, and B in FIG.
Sectional view of CC and CC

FIG. 6 is a front view of an electric lighting plate attached to the main door of FIG. 4;

FIGS. 7A and 7B are explanatory views of a money-stealing stolen scheme for the vending machine of FIG. 5, in which FIGS. Representation of vending machine external view

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main door 1c Connection frame part 2 Coin mech 3 Building validator 4 Operation part 7 Display room 11 Lighting board 12 Product selection button 13 Reinforcement metal 14 Screw which fixes a connection frame part

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A vending machine door device having a cash processing device mounted on a door surface and a display room, wherein the operation unit and the display room are laid out adjacent to each other, and a front surface of the display room is provided. In the case where a window is opened in the door plate, an electric illuminating plate is attached from the back side, and a product selection button is mounted on the front of the illuminating plate, a display room and an electric A door device for a vending machine, characterized in that a connecting frame portion extending across the front surface of the illuminating plate and connected to the operation portion is formed, and a window portion of a display room is vertically divided by the frame portion. 2. The door device according to claim 1, wherein a mounting metal is provided on a back surface of the connecting frame portion, and the mounting metal and the mounting metal of the selection button are connected via a reinforcing metal. Vending machine door device. 3. The door device according to claim 1, wherein a mounting metal is provided on the back surface of the connecting frame portion, and the mounting metal is provided between the mounting metal of the selection button facing the rear surface side with the electric lighting plate interposed therebetween. A vending machine door device that is screwed together.