JP2009251685A - Commodity sample holding member of vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a commodity sample holding member of a vending machine capable of securely holding a commodity sample and back surface light-emitting means at a normal state by a simple configuration, and capable of easily exchanging only commodity samples, without the back-surface light-emitting means coming off, when replacing the commodity samples. <P>SOLUTION: The commodity sample 2, which transmits light and has a rectangle tabular shape; a light guide plate 3 which is the back surface light emitting means, and a reflecting member 4 are held in a stacked state; and a dimension from a back surface of a front surface holding part 16 to the front surface of the back-surface holding part 15 of a sample holder 1 for lighting the commodity sample 2 with light radiated from a back surface side, is made slightly larger than the thickness, in a state in which the commodity sample 2, the light guide plate 3, and the reflecting member 4 are stacked. The commodity sample 2 is held by a side-surface holding part 17, the front surface holding part 16, the front surface of the light guide plate 3, and a holding projected part 11, and is made slidable and movable in the upward direction, and is allowed to be brought into and removed from, to and from a sample-inserting part 19. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a product sample holding member of a vending machine that holds a product sample illuminated by a surface light emitter.

In vending machines, it is common to illuminate the display room where product samples are displayed with fluorescent lights, etc. In addition to this, when using product samples with translucency, the display position is displayed by the product sample holding device. It has been proposed that a planar light emitter is disposed behind a product sample held in a light source and that a light-transmitting product sample is illuminated from the back side by light from the planar light emitter (for example, Patent Document 1). reference.).
JP 2005-285029 A

However, when illuminating a translucent product sample from the back side with light from a planar light emitter in a vending machine, the conventional product sample holding device removes the product sample for replacement. There has been a problem that the light emitters arranged on the back side of the sample come off together or move from a fixed position.
According to the present invention, the product sample and the back light emitting means can be reliably held in a normal state with a simple configuration, and when exchanging the product sample, the back light emitting means is not detached and only the product sample can be easily obtained. An object is to provide a product sample holding member of a vending machine that can be replaced.

  The product sample holding member of the vending machine of the present invention is a product sample holding member of a vending machine that holds and displays a plate-shaped product sample that transmits light from the back surface, and is formed of a light guide member. A product sample having a light incident surface for introducing light from the outside into the inside and a light emitting surface for emitting light introduced from the light incident surface so that at least one of the light emitting surfaces faces the back of the product sample Back light emitting means provided in the vicinity of the back surface, a back light source for irradiating light to the light incident surface of the back light emitting means, and a holding means for holding the product sample and the back light emitting means in a stacked state. And holding means for holding the product sample in contact with the side surface of the product sample and making the product sample attachable to and detachable from the product sample holding member by sliding in one direction toward at least one side surface. And the back side light emitting means It holds the light emitting means, and having a light emitting means holder for commodity sample back light emitting means in a direction of sliding movement is restricted from being slid.

  The product sample holding member of the vending machine can reliably hold the product sample and the rear light emitting means with the sample holding part and the light emitting means holding part in normal times. And, when exchanging the product sample, the light emitting means holding part restricts the back light emitting means from sliding in the direction in which the product sample slides. You can easily replace only the product sample without losing.

  In addition, in the product sample holding member of the vending machine, the light emitting means holding unit and the sample holding unit may be integrated.

  By making the light emitting means holding part and the sample holding part integral, it is possible to easily replace the product sample by taking it in and out from one direction while firmly fixing the rear light emitting means with a simple configuration. it can.

  Further, in the product sample holding member of this vending machine, the holding means is a portion where the sample holding portion holds the side surface of the product sample, the width of the portion holding the side surface of the product sample, and the light emitting means holding portion emits back light. The sum of the widths of the parts abutting on the side surfaces of the means is larger than the thickness of the product sample and the back light-emitting means in a stacked state, and on one side of the direction in which the product sample slides, the sample holder is located on the product sample. It is preferable that there is no portion for holding the side surface, and the width of the portion where the light emitting means holding portion abuts on the side surface of the back light emitting means is smaller than the thickness of the back light emitting means.

  By doing so, it is possible to hold the back light emitting means firmly even when exchanging the product sample, while allowing the product sample located in the front to be inserted and removed freely.

  In addition, the product sample holding member of the vending machine covers the light incident surface and the light emitting surface other than the light emitting surface of the rear light emitting means, and reflects light so that light is not emitted from the light incident surface and the light emitting surface other than the light emitting surface. A reflection member that keeps the light in the back light emitting means and prevents external light from being introduced from a light incident surface and a surface other than the light emitting surface is provided, and the holding means overlaps the product sample, the back light emitting means, and the reflection member. It is good to keep it in a wet state.

  By doing so, it is possible to reduce the space for holding the product sample and the like and to simplify the configuration.

  In this case, the holding means is a portion where the sample holding portion holds the side surface of the product sample, and the width of the portion holding the side surface of the product sample and the light emitting means holding portion abut against the side surface of the rear light emitting means. The sum of the widths of the portions that hold the back light-emitting means with the reflecting member is larger than the thickness of the product sample, the back light-emitting means and the reflecting member, and one side of the product sample in the sliding direction. Then, there is no portion where the sample holding portion holds the side surface of the product sample, and the width of the portion where the light emitting means holding portion abuts the side surface of the back light emitting means and holds the back light emitting means overlapping the reflecting member is It is preferable to make the thickness smaller than the thickness of the light emitting means and the reflecting member stacked.

  By doing so, it is possible to hold the back light emitting means firmly even when exchanging the product sample, while allowing the product sample located in the front to be inserted and removed freely.

  Moreover, the product sample holding member of this vending machine is suitable when the product sample and the back light emitting means are in the shape of a rectangular plate.

  If the product sample and the back light emitting means are rectangular plates, the product sample and the back light emitting means can be firmly held only by holding the three sides and the four sides of the back light emitting means, and the configuration becomes simple.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the product sample holding member of the vending machine can reliably hold the product sample and the back light emitting means with a simple configuration, and the product sample can be replaced. In addition, it is possible to easily replace only the product sample without removing the back light emitting means.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
1 to 5 show an example of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a sample holder, FIG. 2 is a front view of the sample holder, FIG. 3 is a side view of the sample holder, FIG. 4 is a front view (a) and a side view (b) of the product sample attached state of the sample holder, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of a product sample attached procedure of the sample holder.

  A sample holder 1 shown in FIG. 1 is a thin rectangular plate-shaped film-type product that is attached and fixed to a product sample display section that displays a product sample 2 provided on the front surface of a vending machine and is formed of a resin that can transmit light. The sample 2, the flat light guide plate 3 that is a backside light emitting means for illuminating the product sample 2 from the back side, and the light guide plate 3 that is disposed on the back side of the light guide plate 3 reflects and guides light leaking from the light guide plate 3. A product sample holding member for holding three sheet-like reflecting members 4 for returning to the inside of the optical plate 3 in an overlapped state, and the product sample 2 held by the sample holder 1 is irradiated from the back side. The product sample 2 is illuminated by being transmitted to the front side, and the product sample 2 appears to emit light when viewed from the front side of the product sample 2.

  The light guide plate 3 which is a back light emitting means is a light guide member made of a light guide material such as an acrylic resin and is formed in a rectangular flat plate shape having substantially the same width as that of the product sample 2, and is formed on a lower surface in a vertically standing state at the time of mounting. The light guide plate light incident part 5 serving as a light incident surface for introducing (entering) light from the outside to the inside is provided in the portion excluding both ends, and the incident light is diffusely reflected in the light guide plate 3 on the back surface. For this purpose, a plurality of concave and convex portions (dots) are provided, and a light guide plate light emitting portion 6 serving as a light emitting surface for emitting light that is incident and diffusely reflected and diffused in the light guide plate 3 is provided on the front surface.

  The light guide plate light-emitting unit 6 includes a sample light-emitting unit 7 that emits light from substantially the entire area where the back of the product sample 2 is in contact with the product sample 2 so that the product sample 2 is illuminated from the back, and a price sheet for displaying the product price. The price light emitting unit 8 emits surface light in the substantially entire region where the back surface of the price sheet 9 is in contact with the back surface of the price sheet 9 so that it is illuminated from the back surface.

  Similarly to the product sample 2, the price sheet 9 is also formed into a thin plate-shaped film using a resin capable of transmitting light.

  The light guide plate 3 introduces light from the light guide plate light incident portion 5 on the lower surface, reflects and diffuses the introduced light inside the light guide plate 3 by the uneven portion on the back surface, and the diffused light faces the product sample 2 The light is emitted from the light guide plate light emitting part 6.

  In addition, the lower portion of the front surface of the light guide plate 3 is provided with a convex lower price holding portion 10 protruding forward so as to hold the lower portion of the price sheet 9, and slightly above the lower price holding portion 10. In addition, two holding projections 11 are provided in the vicinity of the left and right ends of the light guide plate 3 so as to protrude in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped toward the front side at an interval narrower than the width of the product sample 2. In this holding projection 11, the side of the holding projection 11 holds the left and right side surfaces of the price sheet 9, and the upper portion of the holding projection 11 holds the vicinity of the left and right ends of the lower surface of the product sample 2. The protrusion width of the holding projection 11 from the light guide plate 3 body is approximately the same as the thickness of the product sample 2. Further, a light guide plate engaging portion 12 that engages with the sample holder 1 and holds the light guide plate 3 itself on the sample holder 1 is provided at the lower side of the light guide plate 3.

  The reflecting member 4 is made of a white material that reflects without transmitting light, and the upper side portion, the left and right side portions, and the lower side edges excluding the light guide plate light incident portion 5 are bent, and the light guide plate 3 is completely covered and covers the surfaces other than the light incident surface and the light emitting surface of the light guide plate 3, that is, the surfaces excluding the light guide plate light emitting portion 6 and the light guide plate light incident portion 5, and from the surfaces other than the light incident surface and the light emitting surface. It has a box shape that reflects light so that it is not emitted and stays in the rear light emitting means, and prevents external light from being introduced from surfaces other than the light incident surface and the light emitting surface.

  The sample holder 1 is integrally formed with a light guide member made of a transparent light guide material such as acrylic resin, and is formed on the holder main body 13 serving as a base and the upper portion of the holder main body 13 to hold the upper surface of the light guide plate 3. An upper surface holding portion 14 for holding the back surface of the product sample 2 and the light guide plate 3 in a state where the product sample 2, the light guide plate 3 and the reflection sheet 4 are stacked; A front body holding portion 16 that holds the left and right sides of the front edge of the product sample 2 and holds both side surfaces of the product sample 2 and the light guide plate 3. A side surface holding portion 17 is formed. And the front surface holding part 16, the side surface holding part 17, and the back surface holding part 15 have a U-shaped cross section, and a slit is formed on the inside thereof. The holding interval is slightly wider than the thickness in which the optical plate 3 and the reflecting member 4 are overlapped.

  The dimension from the front end of the upper surface holding part 14 of the sample holder 1 to the front surface position of the rear surface holding part 15 is substantially equal to or less than the thickness when the light guide plate 3 and the reflecting member 4 overlap each other. A sample insertion portion 19 is formed with a width from the rear surface of 16 to the front end of the upper surface holding portion 14. And the dimension from the rear surface of the front surface holding part 16 to the front surface of the back surface holding part 15 is slightly larger than the thickness in the state where the product sample 2, the light guide plate 3 and the reflecting member 4 overlap. Therefore, the product sample 2 is held by the side surface holding unit 17, the front surface holding unit 16, the front surface of the light guide plate 3, and the holding projection 11, but the upper side of the product sample 2 is not in contact with the upper surface holding unit 14. The product sample 2 can be slid in the upward direction without being held, and the product sample 2 can be taken in and out from the sample insertion portion 19.

  Further, the sample holder 1 is provided with a price holding unit 20 below the front holding unit 16 so as to hold the left and right side edges of the front surface of the price sheet 9. The price sheet 9 is held by the price holding unit 20 of the sample holder 1, the front surface of the light guide plate 3, and the price lowering support unit 10, and only the upper side of the price sheet 9 is not held because there is no holding unit that comes into contact with the price sheet 9. The price sheet 9 can be taken in and out.

  The light guide plate 3 is held on six sides by the side surface holding portion 17, the back surface holding portion 15, the front surface holding portion 16, the light guide plate holding portion 23, and the upper surface holding portion 14, and is completely fixed to the sample holder 1. .

  Further, the sample holder 1 is formed with bending portions 21 extending downward from the holder main body 13 at both lower left and right ends, and the lowermost portion of the back surface holding portion 15 reaches the upper position of the bending portion 21. 21 can bend in the left-right direction.

  The left and right bent portions 21 have engaging protrusions that protrude toward the center of the sample holder 1 so that the tip portions face each other at an interval slightly narrower than the width of the light guide plate 3 at the same height position. 22, and a light guide plate holding portion 23 that supports the lower edge of the light guide plate 3 is formed on the upper surface side of these engaging projections 22, and is inclined downward and outward on the lower surface side. A holder light incident portion 24 for allowing light to enter is formed.

  Further, the light source substrate 25 protrudes toward the center of the sample holder 1 so that the front ends face each other at a distance substantially equal to or slightly wider than the width of the light guide plate 3 at the lowermost portions of the left and right bent portions 21. A substrate holder 26 is provided for holding and fixing the substrate.

  Further, the front surface portion of the front surface holding portion 16 of the sample holder 1, the front surface portion of the upper surface holding portion 14, the front surface portion of the price holding portion 20, and other surfaces of the sample holder 1 facing forward are provided from the holder light incident portion 24. A holder light exit portion 27 is formed in which incident light is diffused in the holder main body 13 to emit light.

  A plurality of concavo-convex portions (dots) for irregularly reflecting incident light within the light guide plate 3 are formed on the rear surface of the holder light emitting portion 27 facing the light emitting surface.

  In addition, a reflective material is applied to the surfaces of the holder body 13 other than the holder light incident portion 24 and the holder light exit portion 27 so as to reflect the light emitted from the sample holder 1 and return it to the sample holder 1.

  In the illustrated example, the concave and convex portions (dots) that reflect and diffuse the internal light to the sample holder 1 and the light guide plate 3 are light emitting surfaces of the holder light output portion 27 and the sample light output portion 7 and the price light output portion 8 of the light guide plate 3. However, it is also possible to employ a method in which a white pattern for light emission is printed on the light emitting surface of each light emitting part to cause the light emitting part to emit light.

  In the light source substrate 25, a plurality of light guide plate LEDs 29 as light guide plate light sources for irradiating light to the light guide plate light incident portion 5 of the light guide plate 3 are arranged in the vicinity of the center of the upper surface portion of the flat substrate body 28. In the vicinity of both side ends of the upper surface of the substrate main body 28, holder LEDs 30 are provided as holder light sources for irradiating light to the holder light incident portion 24 of the sample holder 1, and these light sources sample the light source substrate 25. When attached to the holder 1, the LEDs 29 and 30 emit light to the light incident portions 5 and 24 so that light is emitted to the light guide plate light incident portion 5 of the light guide plate 3 and the holder light incident portion 24 of the sample holder 1, respectively. Department is directed. In addition, a light source shielding unit 31 that blocks light is attached between the light guide plate light source (light guide plate LED 29) and the holder light source (holder LED 30) in order to prevent light from each light source from being mixed. In addition, multicolor LED of multicolor light emission is used for LED of each light source.

  In this embodiment, when the light guide plate light source (light guide plate LED 29) provided at the lower portion of the sample holder 1 emits light, the light from the light guide plate light source (light guide plate LED 29) is provided at the lower portion of the light guide plate 3. Light entering from the light incident part 5, diffusely reflected inside the light guide plate 3, diffusely reflected forward by the concavo-convex part on the rear surface of the light guide plate 3, and a sample light output part 7 provided on the front side of the light guide plate 3 A surface light is emitted from the price light emitting unit 8 and the product sample 2 and the price sheet 9 positioned in front of the light guide plate 3 are illuminated from the back.

  Further, when a holder light source (holder LED 30) provided at the lower part of the sample holder 1 is caused to emit light, light from the holder light source (holder LED 30) enters from a holder light incident part 24 provided on the engaging protrusion 22. Then, diffusely reflected inside the sample holder 1, diffusely reflected to the front side by the concavo-convex part located on the rear side of the holder light emitting part 27, and surface emitting from the holder light emitting part 27 provided on the front side of the sample holder 1, The front edge portion of the sample holder 1 emits light.

  Then, by performing illumination such as changing the emission color of each light source or causing it to blink, the product sample 2, the price sheet 9, and the sample holder 1 emit illumination light in the colors emitted by the respective light sources. In this case, the illumination pattern may be set as appropriate, or may be stored in advance in a memory and recalled.

  The sample holder 1 is provided with a fixing portion 32 on the rear surface for mounting and fixing to the product sample display portion. The sample holder 1 is attached by engaging and fixing the fixing portion 32 to a fixed portion provided in the product sample display portion.

  The procedure for attaching the product sample to the sample holder in this embodiment is as shown in FIG. 5. First, from the lower side of the sample holder 1, surroundings other than the light guide plate light output part 6 and the light guide plate light input part 5 by the reflecting member 4. The light guide plate 3 covered with is inserted. Then, the upper surface of the light guide plate 3 comes into contact with the inclined surface below the engaging protrusions 22 having a slightly narrower interval than the lateral width of the light guide plate 3, and the engaging protrusions 22 are pushed outward in the lateral direction and bent. The portion 21 bends outward, so that the space between the left and right engaging projections 22 is increased so that the light guide plate 3 can pass through. The light guide plate 3 is connected to the front holder 16 and the rear holder 15 in the sample holder 1. Inserted between.

  Then, the light guide plate engaging portion 12 positioned below the light guide plate 3 passes through the engaging protrusion 22, and the upper surface of the light guide plate 3 is held in contact with the upper surface holding portion 14. The bending of the bending portion 21 that has been bent outward is eliminated, the interval between the tips of the engaging projections 22 becomes narrower than the lateral width of the light guide plate 3, and the light guide plate holding portion 23 comes into contact with the lower surface of the light guide plate 3. The light plate 3 is held. At this time, the light guide plate engaging portion 12 of the light guide plate 3 abuts on the inner surface of the side surface holding portion 17 of the sample holder 1 so as to press the outer side to prevent deviation, and the light guide plate 3 and the reflection sheet 4 are prevented from being displaced. 1 is held and fixed.

  Thereafter, the light source substrate 25 is inserted into the substrate holding portion 23 below the sample holder 1 so that the holder light source (the holder LED 30) faces the holder light incident portion 24, and the light guide plate light source (for the light guide plate). The LEDs 29) are respectively fixed so as to face the light guide plate light incident part 5.

  Then, the price sheet 9 is inserted between the lower price holding unit 10 and the light guide plate 3, and the product sample 2 and the price are obtained by inserting the sample sample 2 from the sample insertion unit 19 between the front surface holding unit 16 and the light guide plate 3. The sheet 9 is displayed and held.

It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the sample holder of embodiment of this invention. It is a front view of the sample holder of FIG. It is a side view of the sample holder of FIG. It is the front view (a) and side view (b) of the sample sample attachment state of the sample holder of FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the goods sample attachment procedure of the sample holder of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Sample holder 2 Product sample 3 Light guide plate 4 Reflective member 5 Light guide plate light incident part 6 Light guide plate light output part 7 Sample light output part 8 Price light output part 9 Price sheet 10 Price downward holding part 11 Holding projection part 12 Light guide plate engaging part 13 Holder body 14 Upper surface holding portion 15 Back surface holding portion 16 Front surface holding portion 17 Side surface holding portion 18 Holding interval 19 Sample insertion portion 20 Price holding portion 21 Deflection portion 22 Engaging projection portion 23 Light guide plate holding portion 24 Holder light incident portion 25 Light source substrate 26 Substrate holding part 27 Holder light emitting part 28 Substrate body 29 LED for light guide plate (light guide plate light source)
30 LED for holder (holder light source)
31 Light source shading part 32 Fixed part

Claims (6)

A product sample holding member of a vending machine that holds and displays a plate-shaped product sample that transmits light from the back,
The light guide member has a light incident surface that introduces light from the outside into the inside and a light emission surface that emits light introduced from the light incident surface, and at least one of the light emission surfaces of the product sample Back light emitting means provided close to the back of the product sample so as to face the back;
A light source for back light emission that irradiates light on a light incident surface of the back light emitting means;
Holding means for holding the product sample and the back light emitting means in a stacked state,
The holding means holds the product sample in contact with the side surface of the product sample, and allows the product sample to be attached to and detached from the product sample holding member by sliding in one direction toward at least one side. And a light emitting means holding portion for holding the back light emitting means in contact with the side surface of the back light emitting means and for restricting the back light emitting means from sliding in the direction in which the product sample slides. A product sample holding member for vending machines. 2. The product sample holding member for a vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the light emitting means holding portion and the sample holding portion are integrated. In the part where the sample holding part holds the side surface of the product sample, the holding means has a width of a part holding the side surface of the product sample and a width of a part where the light emitting means holding part contacts the side surface of the back light emitting means. Is larger than the thickness of the product sample and the back surface light emitting device overlapped, and on one side of the direction in which the product sample slides, there is a portion where the sample holder holds the side of the product sample. 3. A product sample holding member for a vending machine according to claim 2, wherein the width of the portion where the light emitting means holding portion abuts the side surface of the back light emitting means is smaller than the thickness of the back light emitting means. Covering the light incident surface and the surface other than the light emitting surface of the rear light emitting means, reflecting the light so that light is not emitted from surfaces other than the light incident surface and the light emitting surface, and staying in the rear light emitting means, and the light incident surface And a reflecting member that prevents external light from being introduced from a surface other than the light emitting surface, and the holding means holds the product sample, the back light emitting means, and the reflecting member in a stacked state. A product sample holding member for a vending machine according to claim 1 or 2. In the portion where the sample holding portion holds the side surface of the product sample, the holding means is in contact with the width of the portion holding the side surface of the product sample and the light emitting means holding portion is in contact with the side surface of the rear light emitting means. The sum of the widths of the portions that hold the light emitting means on top of the reflecting member is larger than the thickness of the product sample, the back light emitting means, and the reflecting member, and the product sample slides in one direction. On the side surface side, there is no portion where the sample holding portion holds the side surface of the product sample, and the light emitting means holding portion is in contact with the side surface of the back light emitting means so that the back light emitting means is overlapped with the reflecting member. 5. The product sample holding member for a vending machine according to claim 4, wherein the width of the portion to be processed is smaller than the thickness of the state where the back light emitting means and the reflecting member are overlapped. The product sample holding member for a vending machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the product sample and the back light emitting means are rectangular plate-shaped.

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