JP2599640B2 - vending machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Purpose of the Invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention sells goods such as cans and bottles discharged into the lower part of a vending machine through a transport mechanism. It relates to a vending machine that is transported to the mouth and sold.

(Prior art) Serpentine-type product storage columns are often used in vending machines that handle cylindrical products such as cans and bottles for reasons such as manufacturing cost, product storage efficiency, and maintenance. In this type of column, the outlet is located below the machine, that is, near the knee of the purchaser, because the goods are discharged below the inside of the machine of the vending machine by its own weight, so that the purchaser is bent down In such an unnatural posture, the product must be taken out from the sales outlet.

Therefore, the sales port is arranged in the middle or upper part of the machine so that the purchaser can easily take out the product from the sales port without taking an unnatural posture such as crouching, Is provided such that the product discharged to the outlet is transported upward through a transport mechanism and supplied to a sales outlet. In such a vending machine, the time until the product is supplied to the sales outlet becomes relatively long, and there is a fear that the purchaser may feel uneasy or frustrated. As disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 253090, a vertically long window is formed in a front door of a vending machine so that a purchaser can visually recognize a product conveyed to a sales outlet through the window, and a shutter that can be opened and closed on the window. Provide a signboard display such as a different advertisement or illustration on the surface of the shutter and the wall behind it, close the window with the shutter while waiting for sale, open the shutter at the time of sale, and open the product being transported through the window when selling. A proposal has been made to make it visually recognizable and to show a different signboard display.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-253090, a vertically long window is formed by cutting out a part of the front door, and a shutter is provided in the vertically long window. The signboard display is provided on the surface of the vending machine and behind it, so that the contents of the signboard display cannot be read unless the buyer is sufficiently close to the vending machine, and the signboard function is effective. There is a difficulty that can not be exhibited.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to such points,
The purpose is to place the sales outlet on the middle or upper side of the front door, leaving a large empty space below the sales outlet, so that almost all of this part can be used effectively to provide a high signage function. It is an object of the present invention to provide a vending machine capable of exerting its functions.

[Constitution of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve such an object, the present invention provides, as described in claim 1, a front door that is pivotally attached to an opening in the front of the body. A vending machine is provided at the middle or upper part of the front surface of a vending machine which conveys goods discharged below from a column in the body of the machine downward through a conveying mechanism and supplies the goods to the vending machine. On the lower front surface of the sales outlet, a large opening window is formed over substantially the entire front surface, a transparent panel is mounted on this opening window, and the transport mechanism is opposed to the opening window on the rear side of the front door. An illumination panel for illuminating the transport mechanism, at least between the transparent panel and the transport mechanism, provided with a transparent or translucent art panel on which a signboard such as an advertisement or an illustration is partially provided on the plate surface; Lamp and said arc A lighting lamp for illuminating the panel is provided, and as described in claim 2, a sales outlet is provided in a middle or upper portion of a front surface of a front door pivotally attached to an opening on a front surface of the body, and a sales port is provided from a column in the body. In a vending machine which conveys the goods discharged therefrom upward through a conveying mechanism and supplies the merchandise outlet to the vending machine, a vending machine having a large frontal door covering substantially the entire front surface on the lower side of the vending machine. An opening window is formed, a transparent panel is mounted on the opening window, and the transport mechanism is provided on the back side of the front door so as to face the opening window,
At least between the transparent panel and the transport mechanism, a transparent or translucent art panel on which a signboard such as an advertisement or an illustration is partially provided on the plate surface is provided, and an illumination lamp that illuminates the transport mechanism. An illumination lamp for illuminating the art panel is provided, an illumination lamp for illuminating the art panel is always turned on, and a lamp for illuminating the transport mechanism is turned on when the transport mechanism is operated. , A sales outlet is provided in the middle or upper part of the front of the front door pivotally attached to the opening on the front of the aircraft,
In a vending machine which conveys goods discharged downward from a column in the body through a conveying mechanism and supplies the goods to the sales outlet, a vending machine having a front door on a lower front surface of the sales outlet,
A large opening window is formed over substantially the entire front surface, a transparent panel is mounted on the opening window, and the transport mechanism is provided on the back side of the front door so as to face the opening window, and a front side of the transport mechanism is provided. And an art panel is provided on the rear side, and an illumination lamp is provided to illuminate the art panel and the transport mechanism. It is configured to be applied.

(Operation) In such a configuration, the sign display of the art panel arranged inside the opening window can be seen through the transparent panel, but the opening window covers almost the entire front surface of the front door at the lower side of the sales outlet. Since the signboard display has a large area, the signboard display is dynamically displayed, so that the contents can be read sufficiently and clearly even from a distant place, and the signboard function can be effectively performed. When the purchaser performs a purchase operation of a product, a predetermined product is discharged from the column, the product is transported upward by the transport mechanism and supplied to the sales outlet, and the state of the transport of such a product is transparent. It is visible from the panel through the art panel,
And since the product rises three-dimensionally behind the art panel, a kind of unique dynamic change occurs, and such dynamic change not only eliminates the anxiety and frustration caused by holding time, Rather, there is an advantage that interest is generated and purchase motivation is increased.

Further, in the configuration according to the second aspect, the transport mechanism is normally difficult to be seen at normal times, and when the transport mechanism is operated and the product is transported upward, the appearance thereof can be clearly seen, further increasing interest. According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the commodity rises between the art panels arranged before and after the article, the three-dimensional feeling is further increased.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 schematically shows the internal structure of the vending machine, wherein 1 is a body, and a front door 2 is pivotally attached to an opening on the front of the body 1. A storage room 4 is constituted by the heat insulating wall 3 inside the body 1, and a plurality of serpentine columns 5...
Various products of different types are stored in the columns 5 in a state of being vertically stacked. A chute 6 is provided below these columns 5 so as to be inclined toward the front side of the body 1, and a discharge port 7 is formed at the lower part of the front surface of the storage chamber 4 so as to face the tip end side of the chute 6. I have.

A sales outlet 9 is provided in the middle part of the front door 2, and an exhibition room 10 is formed on the upper side of the sales outlet 9. A transparent panel 11 is mounted on the front of the exhibition room 10. Inside, there are 12 samples of each product for sale.

Further, the front door 2 is formed with a large-area opening window 13 over substantially the entire front surface below the sales outlet 9, and a transparent panel 14 is mounted on the front surface of the opening window 13. On the back of the front door 2, a transport mechanism 15 for transporting the product a discharged from the discharge port 7 upward and supplying the product a into the sales port 9 is provided to face the opening 13. The transport mechanism 15 includes, for example, chains 16 and 17 that endlessly travel up and down.
A pair of conveying rods 18 and 19 are attached to the product, and a product receiving portion 20 is provided opposite to the discharge port 7, and a product a released from the release port 7 is received by the product receiving portion 20. It is configured to be scooped up by a pair of transporting rods 18 and 19 and transported upward to be supplied into the sales outlet 9. The first, second, third, and fourth art panels 23, 24, 25, and 26 are provided in a plurality of layers such that the first, second, third, and fourth art panels 23 are separated from each other and face each other from the transparent panel 14 to a portion where the transport mechanism 15 is disposed. Have been. The first and second art panels 23, 24 are disposed between the transparent panel 14 and the transport mechanism 15, and the third art panel 25 and the fourth art panel 26 are transport rods 18, 19
The art panel 25 disposed on the front side and the rear side of the conveyance path 27 of the product a conveyed upward through the front side is supported by the conveyance rods 18 and 19. It also functions as a fall prevention plate for preventing the product a from falling off.
And the first, second, third, and fourth art panels 23, 24, 2
5, 26 are formed of a transparent or translucent synthetic resin, each part of which is partially provided with a signboard display such as an advertisement or an illustration, and an art panel 23 is provided from the outside of the transparent panel 14. , 24, 25 through the transparent portions, it is possible to visually check the signboard display of the art panels 24, 25, 26 arranged on the rear side. On the front surface of the second art panel 24, a sample 28 of a product a which is particularly recommended to be purchased, such as a new product, is attached. The fourth art panel 26 disposed at the rear end may be opaque and a sign may be displayed on the entire surface, and the art panel 26 may be provided by the frame 15a of the transport mechanism 15. It is also possible to configure.

Illumination lamps 30 for illuminating the art panels 23, 24 are provided above, below, and beside the first and second art panels 23, 24, and third and fourth articulation lamps are provided below the transport mechanism 15. Illumination lamps 31 are provided to illuminate the articles a conveyed via the art panels 26 and 27 and the conveying rods 18 and 19, respectively.

Looking at the vending machine having such a configuration from the front, the signboard display provided on the art panels 23, 24, 25, and 26 arranged in a plurality of layers inside the opening window 13 through the transparent panel 14 is three-dimensional. Enter the field of vision with a feeling. The opening window 13 has a large area occupying almost the entire front surface of the front door 2 at the lower side of the sales outlet 9, so that the signboard display is dynamically displayed, so that the contents can be sufficiently displayed even from a distance. And it can be read clearly. Also, the sample 28 of the product a provided on the front of the third art panel 24 enters the field of view in an interesting state as if floating in the air.

When the purchaser performs a purchase operation of the product a, a predetermined product a is discharged from the column 5 and the product a is discharged from the outlet 7.
Is discharged to the product receiving section 20 of the transport mechanism 15 through the In response to this, the transport mechanism 15 operates, and the article a is transported upward via the transport rods 18 and 19 and supplied into the sales outlet 9. Such a state of the product a being transported can be visually recognized from the transparent panel 14 through the transparent portions of the first, second, and third art panels 23, 24, and 25, and the product a can be seen from the art panels 23, 24, and 25.
As it rises three-dimensionally behind the 25, a kind of unique dynamic change occurs, and such a dynamic change not only eliminates anxiety and irritation due to waiting time, but also raises interest. There is an advantage that leads to an increase in purchase motivation.

Each of the illumination lamps 30,..., 31 may be always turned on, but one of the illumination lamps 31 for illuminating the art panels 25, 26 and the transport mechanism 15 is normally turned off, and when the transport mechanism 15 is operated. Lighting may be performed.In such a case, the transport mechanism 15 becomes difficult to be seen at normal times, and the state is clearly seen when the transport mechanism 15 is operated and the product a is transported upward. Become and also lighting lamp
The third and fourth art panels 25, 26
The signboard displayed on the first and second art panels 23 and 24 also comes into view so as to overlap with the signboard display on the first and second art panels 23 and 24, further increasing interest.

In addition, in the case where unsightly portions are formed on, for example, both side portions on the back side of the opening window 13 formed in the front door 2, see-through cannot be performed on at least one of both side portions of the art panels 23, 24, and 25. It is advisable to display a signboard to cover the unsightly part. Also, a signboard display such as an advertisement or an illustration may be partially provided on the surface of the transparent panel 14 attached to the front of the opening window 13.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, the signboard display of the art panel disposed inside the opening window can be seen through the transparent panel. Since it has a large area that occupies almost the entire front surface, the signboard display is dynamically displayed, so that its contents can be read sufficiently and clearly even from a distant place, and it is possible to exhibit an effective signboard function. Can,
According to the second aspect of the present invention, the transport mechanism is hardly visible at normal times, and when the transport mechanism is operated and the goods are transported upward, the appearance thereof can be clearly seen, further increasing interest. According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the conveyed goods rise between the art panels arranged before and after the goods, there is an advantage that the three-dimensional feeling is further increased.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a main part thereof. 1 ... body, 2 ... front door, 5 ... column, 9 ... sales outlet, 13 ... opening window, 14 ... transparent panel, 15 ... transport mechanism, 23, 24, 25, 26 ... art Panel, 28 …… Sample, 30,31
...... Lighting lamp.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Yoshiaki Machida 180 Furuichi-cho, Maebashi-shi, Gunma Toshiba Equipment Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A 1-253090 (JP, A) JP-A 1-147476 (JP) , U)

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A sales outlet is provided at a middle or upper portion of a front surface of a front door pivotally attached to an opening at a front surface of a machine body, and a product discharged from a column in the machine body to a lower portion thereof is moved upward through a transport mechanism. In the vending machine which is conveyed to the vending machine and supplied to the vending machine, a large opening window is formed on substantially the entire front surface of the front door on the lower side of the vending machine, and a transparent panel is mounted on the opening window. The transport mechanism is provided on the back side of the front door so as to face the opening window, and at least between the transparent panel and the transport mechanism, a transparent or translucent transparent plate or a partial advertisement on the plate surface. A vending machine provided with an art panel provided with a display according to (1), an illumination lamp for illuminating the transport mechanism, and an illumination lamp for illuminating the art panel. 2. A sales outlet is provided at a middle or upper portion of a front surface of a front door pivotally attached to an opening at a front surface of the machine body, and a product discharged from a column in the machine body to a lower portion thereof is moved upward through a transport mechanism. In the vending machine which is conveyed to the vending machine and supplied to the vending machine, a large opening window is formed on substantially the entire front surface of the front door on the lower side of the vending machine, and a transparent panel is mounted on the opening window. The transport mechanism is provided on the back side of the front door so as to face the opening window, and at least between the transparent panel and the transport mechanism, a transparent or translucent transparent plate or a partial advertisement on the plate surface. An art panel provided with the display according to the above is provided, an illumination lamp for illuminating the transport mechanism and an illumination lamp for illuminating the art panel are provided, and the illumination lamp for illuminating the art panel is always turned on to illuminate the transport mechanism. The vamp is a vending machine that lights up when the transport mechanism operates. 3. A sales outlet is provided in the middle or upper part of the front of the front door which is pivotally attached to the opening on the front of the machine body, and the goods discharged from the column inside the machine body to the lower side are transported upward through the transport mechanism. In the vending machine to be conveyed to the vending machine and supplied to the vending machine, a large opening window is formed on the front side below the vending machine on the front side of the vending machine over substantially the entire front surface, and a transparent panel is mounted on the opening window. The transport mechanism is provided on the back side of the door so as to face the opening window, art panels are provided on the front and rear sides of the transport mechanism, and illumination lamps for illuminating the art panel and the transport mechanism are provided. A vending machine wherein the front art panel is formed by partially displaying a picture or a character on a transparent or translucent plate material. 4. The vending machine according to claim 3, wherein the illumination lamp is turned on when the transport mechanism operates. 5. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein a sample of a product for sale is attached to a front surface of an art panel arranged on a front side of the transport mechanism.