JP2645878B2 - Vending machine product sample display device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an apparatus for displaying a product sample of a vending machine.

(B) Conventional technology Today, there is a growing need for vending machines that can sell many types of products with a single unit from the viewpoint of effective use of installation locations and improvement of sales efficiency. Efforts to set each sample product exhibit are increased at the manufacturing stage in the factory, and even after the installation, the manager frequently moves and prepares the exhibit by changing the sale product or the like. Under these circumstances, it is preferable to easily mount, remove, and adjust the movement of the sample display body.
As shown in Japanese Patent No. 28196, a hook for upper and lower ends is hooked on a horizontally elongated rail member fixed to a back wall of a product exhibition room by welding, and a slidable holder for a product sample is provided. In some cases, the fixture is fixed by frictional engagement of a projection on the back.

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention In the prior art having such a configuration, at the time of assembling, it is necessary to insert the holders one by one from the side of the rail member. For aesthetics of the holder,
It is difficult to remove it from the exhibition room. In addition, since the support of the holder is merely hooking of the hook, there is a possibility that the holder may be moved unnecessarily due to vibration during transportation of the vending machine, opening and closing of the door, or during sale of the product. there were.

An object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine product display device which eliminates the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, can easily attach and detach a sample product display, can easily move and adjust the sample product display, and can securely fix the sample product display to an optimum position. With the goal.

(D) Means for Solving the Problems The present invention relates to a vending machine product sample display device,
A display body for displaying and holding a product sample, a support member in the display room for positioning the display body at an appropriate position in the lateral direction, a hook provided on a back wall of the support member, and a display unit mounted on the display body. Along with locking the tip of the display unit elastically to the hooking portion to fix and hold the display body on the support member, and when releasing the hooking, the hook hooked to the hooking portion, It is composed of a locking spring that keeps the display body from moving and allows it to move left and right.

(E) Operation According to this configuration, the lower end of the display body is positioned by an appropriate positioning portion, and the tip of the locking spring is opposed to the locking portion. The locking portion is elastically locked to the locking portion, and the display body is fixed and held by the fixing member. Then, when an external pressure operation is applied to the display body to release the locking part from the hooking part and remove the lower end of the display body from the positioning part, the display body becomes movable left and right, and can be adjusted to an appropriate positioning. At this time, since the hook portion of the locking spring is hooked on the hooking portion, the display body moves while being kept attached to the fixing member. Thereafter, the display body is fixed by the locking spring in the same manner as described above. When removing an unnecessary display of the sample display, the display can be completely removed from the fixing member by further removing the hook from the hook portion with an external force.

(F) Example Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, in a front view of the vending machine shown in FIG. 1 and a sectional side view showing a main part of an internal structure of a commodity display room shown in FIG. The door body provided includes an inner door 2 and a front door 3, and the front door 3 can be further opened and closed forward with respect to the door body 1. Below the front door 3, a product sales port 4 is provided, a curing input port 5 and a hard lending lever 6 are provided at the center, and a number of product selection buttons 7, 7,... . The upper part of the front door 3 is a transparent panel 8, and the corresponding rear part is a product display room 9 formed between the front door 3 and the inner door 2. The inner door 2 is a back wall of the product display room 9. Doubles. The inner door 2 is provided on the back surface of the front door 3 so as to be openable and closable, and can be opened and closed when the front door 3 is opened. When the door is opened, the inside of the exhibition room 9 can be opened. Are product samples provided in the product exhibition room 9, and are displayed so as to correspond to the product selection buttons 7, 7, respectively.

In the embodiment, the product samples 10, 10,... Are described as cylindrical canned drinks having different heights and outer diameters. However, it is needless to say that not only canned drinks but also prismatic milk packs or the like may be used. .

By the way, the product samples 10, 10,... Are rarely exhibited by themselves, and are generally displayed and supported by a product sample display device provided in the product display room 9. The present invention relates to this display device, and FIG. 11 shows the entire display device.

Next, in addition to FIG. 2, the display device 11 is a front view of the display device of FIG. 3, an exploded perspective view of components of the display device of FIG. 4, and one component of FIG. This will be described with reference to the drawing of the holding member. The display device 11 is roughly divided into a display body 12, a support member 13 for supporting the display body 12, and a locking spring 14 attached to the display body 12 to fix the display body 12 to the support member 13. Reference numeral 15 denotes an exhibition member, which is one of the main parts of the display body 12, and is made of a metal plate or the like.
From the lower end of the rear wall 16 located at the back of the product sample, a support piece 17 that supports the bottom of the product sample 10 protrudes at the tip, and locking projections 19 for positioning are provided at the lower ends of the left and right side walls 18, 18. A notch 19 is provided, and fitting recesses 20, 20 serving as detents for holding members to be described later are cut out in upper portions of the side walls 18, 18. The fitting recesses 20 and 20 are locking portions for fixing the holding member in a horizontal state, and the locking means is not limited to the fitting recesses 20 and 20. A projection or the like on the display member 15 side into which the hole fits may be used. And, on the back wall 16, the pier 21
A rectangular hole 22 is formed below, and an arc-shaped hole 23 is formed above, and support claws 24, 24 are cut and raised outward from the edge of the crosspiece 21, respectively. Also, back wall 1
At the lower part of 6, a spherical protruding portion 25 that performs a positioning action together with the locking protruding portions 19, 19 protrudes rearward. 14 is the display body 12
A locking spring for fixing the spring piece 27 to the support member 13 is formed of a thin metal plate, and a distal end portion of a spring piece 27 extending from a flat base 26 is bent into a substantially M shape when viewed from the side. Locking part 28
And a hook 29, while the base 26 has an oblong hole 30. The locking spring 14 is inserted into the support claws 24, 24 through the oblong hole 30, that is, wider than the support claws 24, 24 and slightly shorter than between the support claws 24, 24. Oval hole 30
The upper edge is inserted from the upper support claw 24 and moved downward, and the lower edge of the oblong hole 30 is passed through the lower support claw 24 and attached. At this time, the spring piece 27 faces the rectangular hole 22 and the locking portion
28 and hook 29 project to the back side. Reference numeral 31 denotes another part of the display body 12, which is a holding member for gripping the body of the product sample 10, which is formed of a band-shaped metal plate, and has an elastic arm piece 32, 32 having a spring force and an arc shape. The base portion is formed by bending shoulder portions 33, 33 and a communication base portion 34.The communication base portion 34 has an arc 35 and small holes 36, 36 cut into small arcs on the left and right sides of the circular hole 35. Is formed.

Next, how to attach the holding member 31 to the display member 15 will be described. As shown in FIG. 5, the small holes 36, 36 of the fitting hole 37 are made to correspond to the support claws 24, 24 with the holding member 31 in the vertical direction (two-dot chain line diagram). The small holes 36, 36 are sized to allow the support claws 24, 24 to fit loosely. After fitting, the elastic arms 32, 32 are pinched with fingers and compressed To rotate. When rotated by a predetermined angle, the locking relationship between the circular hole 35 and the support claws 24, 24 is established, and the circular hole 35 is prevented from falling off. Then, after turning 90 degrees, when the fingers are released from the elastic arm pieces 32, 32, the expanding elasticity acts, and the shoulders 33, 33 of the holding member 31 are fitted to the fitting recesses 20, 20, of the display member 15.
, And the holding member 31 is stopped and fixed. The locking spring 14 also has its flat base 26, the holding member 31 and the display member 15.
And is held so as not to come out of the support claws 24, 24. In this manner, the display spring 12 and the holding member 31 can be easily attached to the display member 15 without using any mounting member such as a screw or a screw, and the display body 12 can be configured.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a support member which is long in the lateral direction to which the display body 12 is attached, and which is formed by bending a metal plate or the like into a substantially L-shape. Three positioning holes 38, 38 are provided on the left and right, and three circular positioning holes 40 are also provided on the back wall 39.
Are formed. The positioning holes 38 are for locking the locking projections 19 at both lower ends of the display body 12, and the positioning holes 40 are for locking the spherical projections 25 of the display body 12. Although only one portion of the positioning holes 38, 40 is shown in FIG. 4, it goes without saying that the positioning holes 38, 40 are similarly formed in the horizontal direction corresponding to the respective display bodies 12. The upper end of the back wall 39 is bent outward and obliquely upward, so that the locking portion 28 of the locking spring 14 is formed.
Is formed, and a horizontally elongated rectangular opening 42 is formed over the hooking portion 41 and the back wall 39, and the hook portion 29 of the locking spring 14 is provided here. It will be facing when mounting 12. The support member 13 is provided with mounting pieces 43 at both ends in the longitudinal direction, and is fixed to the back door 2 with fixing screws 44 as shown in FIG. The positioning holes 38, 38 ... and 40, 40 ... are not formed in groups of several as in the embodiment, but may be formed in the form of a large number continuously formed in the lateral direction. It is also possible to make the rectangular opening 42 a single rectangular opening opened in the lateral direction.

Therefore, when the display body 12 is first attached to the support member 13,
Push the end of the spring piece 27 of the locking spring 14 out with your finger, and
29 is not obstructed, it is lowered along the back wall 39 of the support member 13 from above, and the locking projections 19, 19 are locked in the appropriate positioning holes 38, 38,. The locking portion 28 of the spring 14 is elastically locked to the locking portion 41 as shown in FIG. 2, so that a strong inward restoring elasticity is generated, and the display body 12 is supported by the rear wall 16 thereof. It comes into pressure contact with the back wall 39 of the member 13 and is completely fixed.

Similarly, the other display bodies 12, 12,... May be attached to the support member 13 in correspondence with the respective product selection buttons 7, 7,. In this way, during the production stage in the factory, the display bodies 12, 12,... Can be easily attached, and workability is significantly improved. When the product sample is actually displayed after being shipped, the front door 3 is opened, the inner door 2 is further opened to open the exhibition room 9, and the elastic arms 32, 32 of the display body 12 have their elasticity. Using the
By supporting the bottom with the support piece 17, a product sample
10 will be removably exhibited. At this time, the elastic arm pieces 32, 32 are further expanded outward by the attachment of the product sample 10, and the both shoulders 33, 33 of the holding member 31 are more strongly engaged with the fitting recesses 20, 20,
In addition, the communication board portion 34 of the holding member 31 is thereby pushed out all the way, and the edge of the fitting hole 37 is pressed against the inside of the support claws 24, 24. Therefore, before the product sample is attached, the holding members 31, 31 which are slightly loose and are merely engaged with the support claws 24, 24 are firmly attached to the display member 15, and the opening and closing of the door and the sales operation are performed. It does not move even if there is vibration, and does not move unnecessarily when the vending machine moves.

Then, the can products to be sold are changed, and the thickness of the product samples 10, 10 to be displayed in the exhibition room is mixed, large and small, and the intervals between the product samples 10 ... comrades are uneven, and the appearance becomes poor, Samples 10,10… are the product selection buttons 7,7…
If it does not correspond to the above, the movement of the display body 12 is adjusted.

Next, the manner of this movement will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. FIG. First, as shown in FIG.
Grab the top of and pull the whole forward. Then, as shown in FIG. 6 (a), the locking portion 28 is disengaged upward from the locking portion 41, and the fixing is released. At the same time, the hook portion 29 of the locking spring 14 that comes off the rectangular opening 42 is hooked on the hooking portion 41, and further upward removal is prevented, so that the display body 12 is not completely detached. Then, after pulling it forward, it is slightly returned as shown in FIG. 7 (b), and the locking portions 19, 19 at the lower end of the display body 12 have positioning holes 38, 38,.
It comes off further upward, slides on the flat surface 37 of the support member 13, and falls down entirely, and the hook 29 of the locking spring 14 is
The display body 2 can be moved left and right while maintaining a loosely mounted state with the support member 13 as shown in FIG. 6 (b). Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7 (c), the entire display body 12 is moved right and left,
One of the left and right positioning holes 38, 38.
When the display body 12 is pressed down as shown in FIG.

In this way, the movement of the display body 12 can be easily adjusted while maintaining the attachment with the support member 13.

Then, when completely removing the display body 12 that has become unnecessary for display, the hook portion 29 of the locking spring 14 is disengaged from the locking portion 41 by pulling it further upward from the state of FIG. , Can be removed.

In this embodiment, the locking projections 19, 1
Although 9 is performed by the rectangular positioning holes 38 of the support member 13, the holes need not be holes and may be grooves. In addition, the product samples 10, 10 are the support pieces 17 of the display body 12.
The product sample 10, 10,... Can be directly mounted on the flat surface 37 of the support member 13 without providing the support piece 17.

(G) Effect of the Invention As described above, the present invention is designed so that it can be detachably attached to the support member by the locking spring attached to the display body. The work can be greatly improved because the display can be attached to the display.

In addition, the display position of the product sample in the exhibition room can be easily changed, and the position can be securely held by the locking spring, so that the vibration during the movement of the vending machine, the opening and closing of the door, or the selling operation, etc. Unnecessary movement of the display position of the product sample due to the above is reliably prevented. Furthermore,
Unnecessary displays can be completely removed from the product display room, so they can be aesthetically pleasing and provide a display device that can be configured with a very small number of parts as a whole. It produces various effects.

[Brief description of the drawings]

Each figure shows an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a front view of a vending machine employing the display apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a vertical side view of a display apparatus part, and FIG. Front view, 4th
FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the components of the apparatus, FIG. 5 is a front view of a holding member also serving to explain attachment to a display member, and FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a state of adjusting the movement of the display body. a) is a cross-sectional view when detached, (b) is a cross-sectional view when moved, and FIG. 7 (a)
(D) is an explanatory view of a moving method of the display body. 9 ... product exhibition room, 10 ... product sample, 12 ... display body, 13 ... support member, 14 ... locking spring, 15 ... display member, 28 ... locking part, 29 ... hook part , 38, 40 ... positioning holes, 41 ... hooks.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A vending machine for displaying a product sample in a display room provided on a front surface of a main body, wherein the display body supports and displays the product sample, and the display device positions the display body at an appropriate position in a lateral direction. A support member in the room, a hook provided on a back wall of the support member, and a display member mounted on the display body, wherein the lock portion at the tip end is elastically locked to the hook portion to support the display body. A product sample exhibit of a vending machine comprising a locking spring which is fixed and held on the upper side and which is hooked on the above-mentioned latching part when the latch is released so that the display body is prevented from falling off and can be moved right and left. apparatus.