JP2007233927A - Automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To share a component, and to reduce machining cost by eliminating prepared hole boring and post-processing of a tap for forming a threaded hole in an installation leg part about a decorative molding that is an extrusion-molded article for holding an electric illumination plate, and allowing use of a decorative molding component even to an automatic vending machine of another machine type as it is. <P>SOLUTION: In this automatic vending machine having a commodity display chamber 5 wherein commodity samples and commodity selection buttons are arranged side by side in upper and lower stages in an outer door 2, both right and left side edges of the electric illumination plate 6 disposed in the front face of the commodity display chamber are provided with the decorative moldings 7 that are the extrusion-molded articles, and the electric illumination plate is fit in the decorative moldings and is pressed and held in a position projecting forward from a door face of the outer door. In the decorative molding 7, a slit groove 7b in a longitudinal direction is extrusion-molded in an end face of the installation leg part 7a projecting to the rear side of the decorative molding 7, the installation leg part 7a is made to face to an installation seat 2a formed in a reinforcement metal along a window hole periphery of the outer door, and a tapping screw 14 is screwed into the slit groove 7b of the installation leg part from the rear of the installation seat 2a, and is fastened. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a vending machine provided with a product display room on an outer door of a cabinet, and more specifically, a product in which a lighting plate disposed on the front surface of the product display room is protruded somewhat forward from the outer door to form a bay window. It relates to the assembly structure of the exhibition room.

  First, taking a vending machine for cans, bottles, and plastic bottles as an example, FIG. 3 shows a conventional vending machine having a product display room with a bay window structure as mentioned above. In the figure, 1 is a cabinet of a vending machine in which a product storage is housed in a warehouse, 2 is an outer door arranged on the front surface, and the outer door 2 is arranged side by side with an operation panel 3 and a product outlet 4. A product display room 5 is defined in the upper half.

  Here, the product display room 5 has a lighting plate 6 (transparent acrylic resin plate) arranged on the front surface thereof protruding slightly forward from the front surface of the outer door 2 as described below. The structure is configured by fitting the lighting plate assembly constructed as described below into a window hole opened in the front surface of the outer door 2. In other words, the lighting plate 6 is fitted into a frame-shaped frame formed by combining the left and right decorative moldings 7 to be extruded products and the upper and lower frames 8 (sheet metal products), and the lighting plate 6 is placed behind the lighting plate 6. An electric plate presser foot (not shown) is arranged on the top, bottom, left and right so as to be supported from above, and are screwed to the decorative molding 7 and the frame 8 respectively. Further, although not shown, between the left and right cosmetic malls 7, the product sample 9 displayed on the display stand 10 arranged in the product display room 5 and the support frame of the product selection button 11 corresponding to each product and the product selection A horizontal cross-shaped mounting bracket that also serves as a button wiring guide is screwed.

  Then, the lighting plate assembly assembled as described above is inserted into the window hole opened on the front surface of the outer door 2 from the front, and from the upper, lower, left and right reinforcing bars formed along the peripheral edge of the window hole of the outer door 2. The decorative molding 7 and the frame 8 are overlapped on a tab-shaped mounting seat formed so as to protrude toward the inside of the window hole, and are screwed together. Thus, a bay window type product display room 5 is configured. Although not shown in detail, the product sample display stand 10 disposed in the interior of the product display room 5 is installed on a plate surface of a door disposed behind the product display room 5.

  Further, the decorative molding 7 is an extruded product of aluminum material, and mounting legs projecting behind it are integrally molded, and left and right lighting plate pressers and product selections are formed on the mounting legs. The mounting plate, which is the support frame of the button, is screwed to assemble the lighting plate assembly. Further, at the assembly position where the lighting plate assembly is fitted into the window portion of the outer door 2, a reinforcing plate inside the window hole is provided. The mounting leg of the decorative molding is overlapped on the mounting seat formed in the above, and a screw is screwed from behind to tighten and fasten.

  In the configuration in which the lighting plate 6 disposed in front of the product display room 5 is held in a bay window type as described above, the lighting plate in the product display room is the surface of the outer door as in a conventional vending machine. Compared with the structure that is retracted from the door plate and held behind the door plate, the product display room can be given a sense of depth, and a design effect with high appeal can be obtained.

  By the way, regarding the assembly structure of the bay window type lighting plate assembly arranged in the product display room 5, the above-described conventional structure has the following problems in the assembly process and the management of assembly parts.

  That is, when the decorative molding 7 which is an aluminum extrusion molded product in the assembly process of the lighting plate assembly is screwed to the lighting plate presser foot, the product selection button mounting bracket, and the outer door mounting bracket, Drill a screw hole on the end face of the mounting leg of the decorative molding using a drill in accordance with a predetermined screwing location, then tapping the pilot hole and tapping it, and then tightening the screw in the assembly process There is a need to do. For this reason, labor and man-hours required for screw hole processing (post-processing) on the mounting leg portion of the decorative molding 7 are increased. In addition, the display stand 10 to be arranged in the room of the product display room 5, the number of installation stages of the product selection button 11, and the mounting height position are changed depending on the type, size, or customer request of the product to be sold. The cosmetic mall 7 having a threaded hole in the part cannot be used as it is for other types of vending machines as it is, so that it is difficult to manage the assembly parts.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and eliminates the drilling of pilot holes that form screw holes in the mounting legs and the post-processing of taps for cosmetic moldings that are extrusion molded products for holding the lighting plate. In addition, to provide a vending machine with an improved product display room assembly structure so that parts of cosmetic malls can be used as they are in other types of vending machines, so that parts can be shared and processing costs can be reduced. With the goal.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided a vending machine including a product display room in which a product sample and a product selection button are arranged side by side on an outer door of a cabinet. A decorative molding that is an extruded product is provided on the left and right side edges of the front lighting plate arranged on the front, and the lighting plate is pressed and held at a position protruding forward from the outer door through the decorative molding. In
The decorative molding is formed by extruding a slit groove in the longitudinal direction on the end face of the mounting leg protruding behind it, and in the assembly process of the product display room, the mounting leg is formed inside the exhibition room window hole opened to the outer door. It overlaps with the formed mounting seat, and a tapping screw is screwed into the slit groove from behind to tighten it (Claim 1).

  In addition, the cosmetic molding is an aluminum extrusion molded product, and a lighting plate presser foot and a product selection button mounting bracket are fastened to the mounting leg of the cosmetic molding by a tapping screw in the same manner as described above. ).

  According to the above configuration, the assembly parts (for example, the lighting plate presser foot and the product selection button mounting gold) are screwed to the decorative moldings arranged on the left and right side edges of the lighting plate in the assembly process of the lighting plate assembly. Or, when attaching the cosmetic mallet to the outer door in the process of assembling the lighting panel assembly to the outer door, post-processing such as drilling a screw hole or tapping on the mounting leg of the cosmetic molding is required as before. In addition, the slit groove formed by extrusion on the leg end face can be used as a screw hole, and the tapping screw can be screwed and tightened to hold the lighting plate in place through the decorative molding. As a result, the number of work steps can be reduced. Moreover, even if the number of product selection buttons placed in the product exhibition room and the mounting height position differ depending on the model of the vending machine, there is no restriction on this and the other types of models are automatically used as a common part. It can also be used in vending machines, which can streamline parts management and reduce costs.

  DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on the examples shown in FIGS. 1A is a cross-sectional view of the main part showing the assembly structure of the product lighting room, FIG. 1B is an external perspective view of the cosmetic mall, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are the products shown in FIG. There are front and back views of the exhibition room, and members corresponding to those in FIG.

  In this embodiment, for the decorative molding 7 for holding the lighting plate made of an aluminum extrusion molded product, as shown in FIG. 1 (b), the rear end surface of the mounting leg portion 7a protruding rearward from the decorative molding 7 is provided. A slit groove 7b is formed by extrusion along the longitudinal direction of the molding.

  As shown in FIG. 1 (a), the mounting leg 2a of the decorative molding 7 is arranged along the periphery of the window hole of the outer door 2 as described later at the assembly position where the lighting plate assembly is assembled to the outer door 2. It is applied to a mounting seat formed on the reinforcing metal provided, and here the tapping screw 14 is screwed into the slit groove 7b from the back of the mounting seat to tighten the decorative molding 7. The groove width of the slit groove 7b is set to be slightly narrower than the outer diameter of the tapping screw 14 screwed into the slit groove 7b.

  That is, in FIG. 1 (a), the outer door 2 is provided with a reinforcing metal (in the shape of an L-shaped cross section along the periphery (up / down / left / right) of the window hole opened in the front of the door corresponding to the product display room 5). In FIG. 1 (a), a reinforcing metal 2L on the left side when viewed from the front is formed. A tab for projecting inward of the window hole and screwing the lighting plate assembly to the reinforcing metal is formed. The mounting seats 2a are formed in a distributed manner. Reference numeral 12 denotes a horizontal rail-like attachment for mounting the product selection button 11 (see FIGS. 2 and 3), and 13 an electric plate presser foot having a U-shaped cross section (one of the U-shaped leg pieces and the electric plate 6 And the other leg piece is overlapped with the end face of the mounting leg portion 7a of the decorative molding 7 and screwed, and these parts are inserted into the slit groove 2b formed in the mounting leg portion 2a of the decorative molding 7). It is fixed with screws.

  Next, assembly of the lighting plate assembly will be described. First, the left and right decorative moldings 7 and the upper and lower frames (sheet metal products) 8 are screwed together to form a frame-like frame. In this case, the upper and lower ends of the decorative molding 7 and the left and right ends of the frame 8 are overlapped, and the cosmetic molding 7 and the frame 8 are screwed at the four corners of the frame. Next, after the lighting plate 6 is fitted into a frame-like frame formed by the decorative molding 7 and the frame 8, the above-described lighting plate presser having a U-shaped cross section is formed on the top, bottom, left and right behind the lighting plate 6. In FIG. 1, a left side lighting plate presser foot 13 is shown). Then, the leg pieces of the left and right lighting plate presser foot 13 are overlapped with the end surface of the mounting leg portion 7a of the decorative molding 7, and at this position, a tapping screw 15 (see FIG. 3) is screwed into the slit groove 7b from behind. Then, the upper and lower lighting plate pressers (upper electric lighting plate presser 13U is shown in FIG. 3) are fixed to the upper and lower frames 8 with screws 15 (see FIG. 3). Next, the attachment metal 12 (see FIG. 3) as the attachment frame of the product selection button 11 is overlapped between the left and right cosmetic malls 7 from the back side, and both ends of the attachment metal 12 are tapped with the tapping screws 15. It is screwed into the slit groove 7b (see FIG. 3) and screwed. Thereby, the assembly of the lighting plate assembly is completed.

  Further, in the assembly process of assembling the lighting plate assembly assembled as described above to the outer door 2, the lighting plate assembly is inserted into the window hole opened in the outer door 2 from the front. In this case, a reinforcing metal plate processed into a L-shaped section in the vertical and horizontal directions along the periphery of the window hole of the outer door 2 (FIG. 3 shows a left reinforcing metal 2L and an upper reinforcing metal 2U when viewed from the front of the door. The tab-shaped mounting seat 2a formed on the front surface of the window hole is exposed so as to protrude inward from the periphery of the opening of the window hole. The molding 7 and the frame 8 arranged above and below are overlapped. The upper and lower frames 8 are pre-machined with screw holes at positions facing the mounting seats 2a (the mounting seats 2a formed on the upper reinforcing metal 2U are shown in FIG. 3). The tapping screw 14 is screwed from behind the mounting seat 2a corresponding to the above, and the screw is fastened.

  On the other hand, the left and right decorative moldings 7 are provided on the mounting legs 7a from behind the mounting seats formed on the reinforcing metal on the outer door side (FIG. 3 shows the mounting seats 2a formed on the left reinforcing metal 2L). A tapping screw 14 is screwed into the slit groove 7b and fastened with a screw. In this case, when each of the tapping screws 14 is tightened, the decorative molding 7 and the frame 8 are tightened (drawn toward the mounting seat 2a), and the lighting plate 6 is pressed against the decorative molding 7 and the frame 8 and the lighting plate presser. It is pressed from the front and back between the gold (in FIG. 3, the left lighting plate presser 13 and the upper lighting plate presser 13U are shown). By assembling the lighting plate assembly to the outer door 2 in this way, the lighting plate 6 protrudes from the front surface of the outer door 2 in a bay window manner and is held.

  As can be seen from the description of the assembly of the lighting panel assembly and the assembly process to the outer door described above, there is no need for post-processing of tapping the screw holes in advance on the mounting legs 7a of the decorative molding 7, and the conventional assembly. Compared to the structure, the work man-hours can be greatly reduced. Furthermore, even if the vending machine model, the product display table 10 to be arranged in the product display room 5 according to the customer's request, the number of steps of the product selection button 11 and the mounting height position are changed, the cosmetic mall 7 can be shared. It is possible to rationalize the management of the parts of the lighting plate assembly and the assembly process.

  In the illustrated embodiment, the decorative molding 7 is an extruded product of an aluminum material. However, the material is not limited to an aluminum material, and for example, an extruded product of a resin may be adopted.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a figure showing the assembly structure of the goods display room by the Example of this invention, (a) is a cross-sectional view of the principal part structure, (b) is an external perspective view of the cosmetic mall in (a). The perspective front view of FIG. 1 seen from the front of the outer door The rear view of FIG. 1 seen from the back side of the outer door Overall configuration diagram of vending machine with product display room on the outer door

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vending machine cabinet 2 Outer door 2a Lighting plate assembly mounting seat 5 Product exhibition room 6 Lighting plate 7 Cosmetic mall 7a Mounting leg 7b Slit groove 8 Frame 9 Product sample 10 Display stand 11 Product selection button 12 Product selection Button mounting bracket 14, 15 Tapping screw

Claims (3)

vending machine A vending machine with a product display room in which product samples and product selection buttons are arranged in the upper and lower rows on the outer door of the cabinet, and extruded on the left and right side edges of the lighting plate placed in front of the product display room In what is provided with a decorative molding that becomes a product, and the electric lighting plate is pressed and held at a position protruding forward from the outer door through the decorative molding,
The decorative molding is formed by extruding a slit groove in the longitudinal direction on the end face of the mounting leg protruding behind it, and the mounting leg is stacked on the mounting seat formed inside the exhibition room window hole, A vending machine, wherein a tapping screw is screwed into the slit groove from behind and tightened. 2. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the decorative molding is an aluminum extrusion-molded product, and a lighting plate presser foot and a product selection button mounting bracket are screwed to the mounting legs of the decorative molding. vending machine.

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