JP2002288723A - Automatic vending machine-integrated showcase - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic vending machine-integrated showcase in the form usable as the other commodity and an advertisement medium related to selling goods by integrally arranging an automatic vending machine and a housing vessel such as an empty can, and making an installing space of the automatic vending machine compact as a whole by uniting these with the showcase. SOLUTION: This automatic vending machine-integrated showcase combines an ancillary structure 30 integrally constituted of a showcase part 32 and a pair of box body parts 31 for gathering the empty can with the automatic vending machine 20, and has luminaire installing parts 34 above the pair of box body parts, and is characterized in that both side luminaire installing parts are positioned on the showcase part side, and have an opening-closing cover 38 capable of exhibiting goods in the showcase, and have an opening-closing door 36 for taking out the empty can under both box body parts.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a showcase integrated with a vending machine, and in particular, can be used as an advertising medium in the vending machine main body, the showcase portion and other structures as a whole, and includes a prize, a product, etc. in the showcase. Related to showcases that can be exhibited.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various types of conventional vending machines are known as their own structures, and those having an attached advertising device are also known, but an advertising device attached to the vending machine is known. There is no device that can simultaneously display items corresponding to the advertisement content. Also, for example, in a vending machine for soft drinks, etc., a storage box is separately provided for collecting and discarding used empty cans and empty bottles, etc. However, these storage boxes and the like do not always have a good appearance as a whole, and have not been used for other purposes.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above, the present invention provides a vending machine as a whole by integrally providing a vending machine and a container such as an empty can, and combining these with a showcase. An object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine-integrated showcase in which the installation space is compact and the product can be used as another product or advertisement medium related to a product for sale.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a vending machine in which an attached structure integrally comprising a showcase section and a pair of box sections for collecting empty cans and the like is combined with a vending machine. A body-shaped showcase, wherein a lighting fixture installation part is provided above the pair of box parts, and the lighting fixture installation parts on both sides are located on the side of the showcase part, and the showcase has goods. The vending machine-integrated showcase is characterized by having an opening / closing lid capable of exhibiting the same, and an opening / closing door for taking out empty cans and the like below the two box portions. Further, the pair of box parts constituting the accessory structure may have a substantially semicircular planar shape, and the accessory structure and the front of the vending machine may be substantially flush with each other, and the entire surface may have an advertisement. This is a vending machine integrated showcase characterized by a design or the like.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a vending machine integrated showcase according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is an overall front view of a vending machine-integrated showcase 10 according to the present invention, which is generally composed of a commercially available vending machine 20 and an attached structure 30 which can be integrally connected thereto. It is free.

[0006] The structure of the vending machine 20 is of a type generally available on the market. The structure of the vending machine 20 itself has no special features. The vending machine 20 is of a general box shape. It comprises a sample display section 22 for goods, an outlet for purchased goods 23 and the like. The attached structure 30 is composed of a vertically long box portion 3 connected to both sides of the vending machine 20.
, 31 and a showcase section 3 integrally connected so as to connect upper end portions of the vertically elongated box sections 31, 31.
Two.

As is apparent from the plan view shown in FIG. 3, the plane shape of the vertically long box portion 31 is formed in a substantially anti-circular shape, but this shape may be, for example, a square. FIG. 2 is a side view of the vertically elongated box body portion 31. The vertically long box body portion 31 includes a lighting fixture installation portion 34 above the storage box portion 33 and a storage box portion 33 below the lighting fixture installation portion 34. It is desirable that the space between the parts 33 is partitioned by the partition wall 35.

An opening / closing door 36 is provided at a lower position of the storage box section 33 on the front surface thereof, and an input port H for inputting, for example, an empty can is opened at an appropriate height position. Therefore, when the commodity sold by the ordinary vending machine 20 is, for example, canned juice or bottled beverage, the empty can or bottle is thrown into the storage box 33 through the slot H and discarded.

A lamp L such as, for example, a fluorescent lamp is installed in the lighting fixture installation sections 34, 34 above the vertically long box bodies 31, 31, and the lighting fixture installation sections 34, 34 and the showcase 32 are connected to each other. The boundary is defined by a transparent or translucent partition wall 37 such as an acrylic resin plate. Therefore,
Normally, the height and depth of the showcase 32 and the height and depth of the lighting fixture installation part 34 are the same.

As is apparent from FIG. 2, the structure of the showcase 32 is provided with an opening / closing lid 38 on the front surface thereof, which can be opened and closed by, for example, a hinge. In the case of the embodiment, an L-shaped plate in side view is used. It is configured. Accordingly, in this case, the opening / closing lid 38 forms the front and top walls of the showcase 32 and is made of a transparent plastic plate. As is apparent from FIG. 1, for example, the vending machine 20 displays goods G related to a product currently on sale, in this case, a trainer, a watch, or the like as a prize. Reference numeral 39 in FIGS. 2 and 3 indicates a key of the open / close lid 38 of the showcase 32.

As is apparent from FIG. 3, the cross-sectional shape of the box portions 31 in this embodiment is substantially semicircular. In the case of the accessory structure 30 having the box 31 of such a type, it is extremely convenient when the advertising vending machine 20 is integrated with the vending machine 20 to draw an advertisement symbol on the entire surface. When the cross-sectional shape of the box portions 31, 31 is rectangular, the vending machine-integrated showcase 10 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape as a whole. It is convenient to organize the contents as separate ones.

FIG. 4 shows the box 3 of the accessory structure 30.
FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view in the case where the cross-sectional shapes of the reference numerals 1 and 31 are substantially semicircular. As is clear from this figure,
The advertisement pattern D is drawn on the entire surface of the main body portion of the vending machine 20 and the elongated box portions 31, 31 of the attached structure 30 together. Also, the vending machine 2 is attached to the showcase 32 of the attached structure 30.
Goods G such as prizes relating to products sold in the store 0 are stored and displayed.

In the above-described embodiment, as is apparent from FIG. 4, the vertical box portions 31, 31 on both sides are substantially semicircular in cross section, so that the surface of the vending machine 20 and the box are not connected. It is convenient to make the body part as a whole a series of symbols. However, although not shown, the box body 31,
When 31 is formed in a square shape, both sides are naturally flat, so that it can be used as an advertisement display part that can be easily seen from both sides.

[0014]

According to the present invention, since the attached structure surrounding the ready-made vending machine is provided and the show case portion and the right and left box portions are provided in the attached structure, the show case portion and the left and right box portions are provided. There is an advantage that the accommodation portion such as an empty can can be configured to be extremely compact, and that the vending machine and the attached structure can be used as an advertising medium integrally. In addition, since the plan shape of the showcase portion is substantially the same as the plan shape of the vending machine, the space above the vending machine can be effectively used as a showcase. Furthermore, since the upper part of the box body part on both sides of the accessory structure is configured as a lighting fixture installation part, the capacity of the showcase part could be utilized very effectively.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a vending machine integrated showcase of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the vending machine integrated showcase of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a vending machine integrated showcase of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Vending machine integrated showcase 20 Vending machine 21 Coin insertion part 22 Sample display part 23 Purchased goods outlet 30 Attached structure 30 31 Box body part 31 32 Showcase part 32 33 Storage box part 34 Lighting fixture installation part 35 Partition wall 36 Open / close door 38 Open / close lid

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Sanae Iijima 4-8-18 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo F-term in Tokyu Agency Co., Ltd. 3E044 AA01 BA09 EA11 EB02 EB10 FB01 FB20

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A vending machine-integrated showcase in which an auxiliary structure integrally comprising a showcase section and a pair of box sections for collecting empty cans and the like is combined with a vending machine, The upper part of the pair of box parts has a lighting equipment installation part, the lighting equipment installation parts on both sides are located on the side of the showcase part, and the showcase has an openable lid capable of displaying goods. A vending machine-integrated showcase having an opening / closing door for taking out empty cans and the like below the box portions. 2. The vending machine-integrated showcase according to claim 1, wherein the pair of box portions constituting the accessory structure has a substantially semicircular planar shape. 3. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the attachment structure and the vending machine have substantially the same front surface, and an advertisement pattern or the like is drawn on the entire surface. Body showcase.