JP2002133503A - Automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a component for preventing displacement of a cooling temperature display panel to be used permanently, without impairing readiness for attaching the display panel. SOLUTION: The cooling temperature display panel 10 is attached to a support groove 5c formed in a front face wall 5a of a display table 5 of a box shape of which the under face is opened, characters and the like displayed in the display panel 10 are displayed through a display window 3a formed in the front wall face 5a, and an elastic material 11 of which the one end is inserted into the support groove 5c of the front face wall 5a and of which the other end is folded to be fixedly brought into contact with a side wall 5e of the display table 5 is provided to sandwich the display panel with an inner face of the front face wall 5a therebetween by the elastic material 11 inserted into the groove 5c.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for storing cans, bottles, plastic bottle products, and the like in a main body cabinet in a refrigerated and a warmed state, and arranging them on a display table installed in a display room with an outer door. The present invention relates to a vending machine provided with a cold / hot display plate for displaying a product sample in parallel and displaying a cold / hot state of the product in accordance with the product sample.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 3 shows the structure of a vending machine to which the present invention is applied. In the figure, 1 is a can, bottle,
Main body cabinet that stores product racks that store products such as PET bottles in refrigerated and warmed conditions, 2
Is attached to the front of the main body cabinet 1 so that it can be opened and closed,
An outer door formed in a flat box shape. A display room 4 having a front surface covered with a transparent plate 3 is formed in an upper area of the outer door 2, and a back surface of the display room 4 is opened and closed by the outer door. It consists of a middle door that is mounted as possible. On the middle door, display stands 5 on which product samples 6 are placed side by side are installed in a plurality of stages in the vertical direction, in this case, three stages. When closed so as to be integrated, the product sample 6 displayed in the display room 4 is seen through the transparent plate 3. Reference numeral 7 denotes a product selection button attached to the transparent plate 3, and reference numeral 8 denotes an advertisement unit for displaying a poster or the like. As is well known, a coin slot, a bill slot, a money return lever, a change return port, a product outlet, a handle with a lock, and the like are provided on the front surface of the outer door 2. Next, the display table 5
FIG. 4 shows an enlarged view of a part of the display base 5. In the figure, a display base 5 is formed in a horizontally long box shape with an open lower surface, and a rear wall which is not visible in the view of the display base 5 is fixedly attached to a middle door.

Product samples 6 are placed on a stage-like upper surface of a display stand 5, and a display window 5b is perforated on a front wall 5a corresponding to each product sample 6, and a price is provided on an upper side of the display window. A display plate 9 is adhered, and a slit-like support groove 5c having an open side surface is formed on a front wall 5a of the display base 5. Numeral 10 is a cold / hot display plate in which the characters "HOT" and "COLD" are displayed on one strip-shaped sheet so that the letters "HOT" and "COLD" are displayed in two levels and upside down. The cold / hot display plate 10 is inserted into the support groove 5c of the display base 5 from the side surface, and “HOT” or “COL”
The character "D" is set so as to appear in the display window 5b.
In the illustrated example, "COLD" is displayed from the display window 5c. However, when "HOT" is displayed, the cold / hot display panel 10 is pulled out, and the cold / hot display plate 10 is inserted upside down. A fluorescent lamp (not shown) is mounted in a socket (not shown) mounted on the left and right side walls of the display base 5 inside the display base 5 formed in a box shape.

Further, the display base 5 of the cold / cold display board 10
As a supporting method, a hairpin-shaped folded portion is formed on the back side of the front wall 5a of the display stand 5, and the cold / hot display plate 10 is inserted into the folded portion from the back and set, and the cold / hot display plate 10 is set at the folded portion. Some of them are sandwiched (between the front wall of the display base 5 and the back surface).

[0005]

In the conventional apparatus shown in FIG. 4 described above, in order to prevent the cold / cold display plate 10 from being shifted left and right or coming off due to the impact of opening and closing the outer door and the middle door, The cold / cold display plate 10 is fixed with an adhesive tape. In the case where a hairpin-shaped folded portion is formed on the back surface of the front wall 5a of the display base 5, the cold / hot display plate 10 is fixed using the clamping force of the folded portion.
By the way, since the ratio of the refrigeration and the refrigeration state of the products stored in the vending machine is changed according to the season, it is necessary to change the display of the cold temperature of the display stand 5 each time.
The change is performed by pulling out the cold / cold display board 10 from the display base 5, turning it upside down, and mounting the cold / hot display board 10 on the display base 5 again. Therefore, in the method in which the cold / hot display plate 10 is fixed and supported with adhesive tape, the mounting of the cold / hot display plate is easy. However, since there is no reproducibility of the adhesive tape, the cold / hot display plate 10 is not durable. You must bring your own adhesive tape each time. In addition, in the method in which the cold / hot display plate is sandwiched and supported by the folded portion, it is difficult to uniformly apply a force to the whole of the cold / hot display plate in a band shape when the cold / hot display plate is attached / detached. There is a possibility that the cold / cold display board may be damaged.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to prevent the cold / hot display plate from being displaced without impairing the ease of mounting the cold / hot display plate. It is an object of the present invention to provide a vending machine in which parts can be used permanently.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for storing a product in a main cabinet, wherein the product is stored in a refrigerated state or a refrigerated state, and is openable and closable on the front surface of the main body cabinet. A product sample of the product is displayed side by side on a display stand, which is installed in a display room defined by an attached outer door, and on which a fluorescent lamp is arranged inside a box having an open bottom surface, A strip-shaped cold / hot display plate on which characters indicating the cold / hot state of the product are displayed is attached along the back surface of the front wall of the product, and from a display window individually corresponding to a product sample formed on the front wall of the display stand. In a vending machine for displaying characters and the like on a cold / hot display board, a support groove formed on a front wall of the display stand to hold the cold / hot display board and open at least side surfaces, An elastic member inserted into the support groove, the elastic member having one end inserted into the support groove, bending the other end protruding from the support groove, and abutting and fixing to the back surface of the side wall of the display stand. The cold and hot display plate is pressed and held on the front wall of the display base.

In the present invention employing the above structure, first, an elastic body (such as a film sheet) is bent against its restoring force, and one end thereof is inserted into a support groove formed in the front wall of the display stand. Is released, the other end of the elastic body abuts on the inner surface of the side wall of the display base due to its restoring force, thereby attaching the elastic body to the display base,
If the cold / hot display plate is inserted into the support groove in which the elastic body is inserted, the cold / hot display plate is held in the support groove by the restoring force of the elastic body. The elastic body can be permanently used by removing it.

Further, if the other end of the elastic body is fixed to the inner surface of the side wall of the display base provided with the socket of the fluorescent lamp, the side wall of the display base can be attached to the fluorescent lamp. It can also be used for attaching an elastic body.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIGS. 1A and 1B show the configuration of a main part of an embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 1A is a plan sectional view showing a state where a cold / high temperature display board is inserted into a display stand, and FIG. 2 (c) is a side view of the display table, FIG. 2 shows a state in which the elastic body is mounted on the display table, FIG. 2 (a) is a state of insertion, and FIG. 2 (b) is a state of the state after mounting. In each drawing, the same components as those shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

In FIG. 1, a display stand is shown again at 5, and a display window 5 b and a support groove 5 c for a cold / hot display panel 10 are formed on a front wall 5 a of the display stand 5. The socket 12 of the fluorescent lamp 13 is attached to the side wall 5e of the display base 5, and an insertion port 5d is opened between the side wall 5e and the front wall 5a. Reference numeral 11 denotes an elastic body made of a film sheet or the like and having a restoring force.
Is inserted into the display base 5 through the insertion port 5d on the side surface of the front wall 5a, and one bent end thereof comes into contact with the back surface of the front wall 5a,
The other end is in contact with the side wall 5e, and the portion in contact with the side wall 5e is fixed to the side wall 5e with an adhesive or a double-sided tape.

A method of mounting the elastic body 11 on the display stand 5 is shown in FIG. 2, and as shown in FIG. 2A, a double-sided tape or an adhesive is applied to the other end of the elastic body 11 first. Then, after bending at an appropriate position, one end of the elastic body 11 is inserted into the support groove 5c from the insertion hole 5d formed on the side surface of the display base 5 with the bent portion. When the elastic body 11 is inserted into the support groove 5c to the position of the bent portion and then released, the elastic body 11 is restored by its restoring force so that the other end is in contact with the side wall 5e of the display base 5. The other end of the elastic body 11 is the side wall 5e of the display base 5.
, The double-sided tape or adhesive previously adhered or applied to the other end adheres to the inner surface of the side wall 5e, whereby the elastic body 11 is fixed to the side wall 5e.

One end of the elastic body 11 fixed as described above is connected to the front wall 5 of the display base 5 by its restoring force.
a is pressed against the inner surface. This state is shown in FIG. 1A. In this state, the cold / hot display plate 10 is inserted into the support groove 5c of the display base 5. In the case where the fixing of the elastic body 11 to the side wall 5e of the display base 5 is made of an adhesive, the mounting of the cold / hot display plate 10 is preferably performed after the adhesive is dried. When the fixing is performed with a double-sided tape, the fixing can be performed immediately after the elastic body 11 is mounted. Here, when the cold / hot display plate 10 is inserted into the support groove 5c of the display base 5, the pressing force of the elastic body 11 is applied to the cold / hot display plate 10, but the pressing force of the elastic body 11 hinders the insertion of the cold / hot display plate 10. , For example, a cold and hot display board 1
The elastic body 11 having a restoring force that does not cause an obstacle such as being unable to pass through and causing deformation is selected. Therefore, the cold / hot display board 10 can be relatively easily inserted into the display base 5, and the cold / hot display can be performed by inserting the characters displayed on the cold / hot display board 10 to the positions corresponding to the respective display windows 5 b of the display base 5. Board 10
To the display stand 5 is completed. Since the cold / hot display plate 10 mounted on the display stand 5 is sandwiched between the inner surface of the front wall 5a and the elastic body 11, characters on the cold / hot display plate 10 can be seen through the display window 5b unless an external force is applied. It can be prevented from shifting in the left-right direction or dropping out. When changing the cold / hot display, the cold / hot display plate 10 can be pulled out of the support groove 5c of the display base 5 by pulling the cold / hot display plate 10 by hand, and the drawn cold / hot display plate 10 can be pulled up and down. It can be performed by inverting or inserting a new cold / hot display plate into the support groove 5c of the display base 5. In this case, the elastic body 11 is still attached to the display stand 5, and it is not necessary to remove the elastic body 11 every time the cold / hot display is changed.

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, goods are stored in the main cabinet in a state of being refrigerated and stored in a refrigerated state, and the outer door is attached to the front door of the main cabinet so as to be openable and closable. Installed in a defined display room, exhibit a product sample of the product side by side on a display stand where fluorescent lights are placed inside a box shape with an open bottom, and on the back of the front wall of the display stand Along with a strip-shaped cold / cold display plate on which characters indicating the cold / hot state of the product are displayed, the characters on the cold / hot display plate and the like are displayed from the display windows individually corresponding to the product samples formed on the front wall of the display stand. In the vending machine for displaying, while being formed on the front wall of the display stand and holding the cold / cold display plate, at least a side surface has a support groove opened, and has a restoring force, one end of which is An elastic body that is inserted into the holding groove and that is bent at the other end protruding from the support groove and abuts against the back surface of the side wall of the display base to be fixed. By being configured to be pressed and held on the front wall of the display stand, it is possible to prevent the cold / cold display plate from shifting or falling off without impairing the ease of attaching / detaching the cold / cold display plate, and every time the cold / cold display is changed, Since there is no need to remove the elastic body, the elastic body can be used continuously and permanently.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the other end of the elastic body is configured to be fixed to the inner surface of the side wall of the display base provided with the socket of the fluorescent lamp. Can be used for both attaching the fluorescent lamp and fixing the elastic body.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a main part of an embodiment of the present invention,
(A) is a cross-sectional plan view showing a state where the cold / hot display board is inserted into the display stand, (b) is a front view of the display stand,
(C) is a side view of the display stand.

FIGS. 2A and 2B show a state in which an elastic body is mounted on a display base, wherein FIG. 2A is a state diagram of insertion and FIG.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a vending machine to which the present invention is applied;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a display stand showing a conventional apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body cabinet 4 Display room 5 Display stand 5a Front wall 5b Display window 5c Support groove 5e Side wall 6 Product sample 10 Cold / hot display board 11 Elastic body

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A product which is stored in a cabinet in a refrigerated or warmed state in a cabinet, which is installed in a display room defined by an outer door openably and closably mounted on a front surface of the cabinet, and a lower surface thereof is open. A product sample of the product is displayed side by side on a display stand on which a fluorescent lamp is arranged inside the box shape, and characters indicating the cold / hot state of the product are arranged along the back surface of the front wall of the display stand. A vending machine equipped with a displayed strip-shaped cold / hot display board and displaying characters and the like of the cold / hot display board from display windows respectively corresponding to a product sample formed on the front wall of the display stand, A support groove formed on the front wall and holding the cold / cold display plate, at least a side surface is open, and has a restoring force, and one end is inserted into the support groove and the other end protruding from the support groove is provided. An elastic body that is bent and abuts against the back surface of the side wall of the display base to be fixed, and the cold / hot display plate is pressed and held on the front wall of the display base by the elastic body inserted into the support groove. vending machine. 2. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the other end of the elastic body is fixed to an inner surface of a side wall of a display base provided with a socket for a fluorescent lamp.