JP2702102B2 - Outside door of vending machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an outer door constituting a front portion of a vending machine for selling goods such as canned beverages.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Vending machines that sell canned beverages and other products have been enlarged so that a wide variety of products can be sold.
On the outer door that constitutes the front, an illuminating plate formed of a translucent synthetic resin is provided on the upper and lower sides, and a coin slot, a product selling push button so as to divide the illuminating plate up and down. And an operation unit having a coin return lever and the like. An advertising board on which a product sample or an advertising pictogram is printed is arranged behind the light board, and the light of a fluorescent lamp illuminating the product sample or the advertising board is radiated forward through the light board to advertise the product. Advertising is performed.

[0003]

By the way, the conventional outer door lacks a sense of unity in the design of the advertisement of the product because the illuminating plate is vertically divided by the operation unit, and appeals to customers. However, there was a small disadvantage. Arranging the operation part on the upper or lower part of the light board to avoid the vertical division of the light board, the position of the operation part is too high or too low, so that customers can insert coins and operate push buttons. It is difficult to implement because it becomes difficult to perform and the serviceability decreases.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and is an automatic vending machine that can maintain a height at which an operation unit can be easily operated, and can emphasize a sense of unity in design and appeal a product. The purpose is to provide an outer door of the machine.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to an illuminating plate, a coin slot, a product selling push button, and a coin slot formed of a light-transmitting synthetic resin and illuminated by a rear light source.
In an outer door of a vending machine having a front panel provided with an operation unit provided with a coin return lever and the like and a front panel provided with a product outlet, the front surface of the outer door is located in a lower region of the outer door. A front panel which is arranged and has a product take-out opening, a single lighting panel connected to the upper side of the front panel and occupying the entire surface area on the front panel upper side in front of the outer door; It is arranged substantially at the center, and the upper, lower, left, and right are formed by an operation unit surrounded by an illumination plate, and upper and lower regions of the operation unit on the illumination plate are connected by left and right regions of the operation unit. An area excluding the operation unit of the board is used for a product sample and an advertisement display.

According to the above construction, the lighting plate is formed of a single translucent synthetic resin, and the left, right, upper and lower regions of the operating portion are arranged in the form of an island substantially at the center of the lighting plate, surrounded by the lighting plate. , The upper and lower regions of the light board are connected to each other, so that the advertisement in the light board can be displayed without interruption, the sense of unity in design can be emphasized, and the advertisement effect of the product can be enhanced. Also, the operation unit can be arranged at a height suitable for the operation.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a vending machine, and 2 denotes an outer door constituting a front portion of the vending machine 1.
The front surface of the outer door 2 is formed by a large illuminating plate 3 occupying approximately 2/3 of the area and a front panel 4 connected to the illuminating plate 3 below the illuminating plate 3. The rear part forms a display room, and the front panel 4 is provided with a product outlet 5. The illuminating plate 3 is partially provided with an advertising pictogram 3a, and has a long rectangular opening in the center, and an operation panel (operation unit) 6 is mounted in the opening. A coin slot 7, a large number of push buttons 8 for selling merchandise, a coin return lever 9, and a door lock lever 10 are arranged on the operation panel 6. A large number of product samples 11 are provided behind the lighting plate 3 in correspondence with the respective push buttons 8, and an advertising board 12 forming the back of the display room is provided behind the product sample 11. A fluorescent lamp 13 for illuminating the pictogram 3a of the plate 3, the product sample 11, the advertisement plate 12, and making the coin slot 7, the push button 8 and the like easy to see is arranged.

As described above, the operation panel 6 is disposed in the hole which is opened in a long rectangular shape substantially at the center of the lighting plate 3.
Since the upper, lower, left, and right sides of the operation panel 6 are configured to be surrounded by the illuminating plate 3, the illuminating plate 3 is connected by the left and right sides of the operation panel 6 without being interrupted by the operation panel 6. For this reason, the advertisement of the product produced by the advertising pictogram 3a by the light board 3, the product sample 11, the advertising board 12, and the like is displayed by the operation panel 6 without interruption, and especially the sense of unity of the design of the advertising board 12. Is emphasized and acts to attract customers. Therefore, the advertisement of the product is extremely effectively performed. In addition, the operation panel 6 is used to
Is arranged at a height suitable for the operation of the coin insertion, the push button 8 and the coin return lever 9 at the approximate center, so that the customer can easily perform the operation of purchasing goods and the operation of returning coins.

[0009]

According to the present invention, an operating unit formed of a light-transmitting synthetic resin and illuminated by a rear light source, provided with a coin slot, a product selling push button, a coin returning lever, and the like. And an outer door of a vending machine having a front panel provided with a front panel provided with a product outlet, wherein the front panel has the front face of the outer door in a lower region of the outer door and has a product outlet. A single illuminating plate connected to the upper side of the front panel and occupying the entire surface area of the upper side of the front panel on the front side of the outer door; It is formed by an operation unit surrounded by a lighting plate, and the upper and lower regions of the operation unit in the electric lighting plate are connected by left and right regions of the operation unit, and the region excluding the operation unit of the lighting plate is a product sample and Used for advertising displays With the arrangements, it is possible to advertising of products that can be seen through the DenTeruban design to be impressed to the customer with a sense of unity, appealing to effectively customer products. In addition, since the customer can perform the purchase operation in a natural posture when purchasing the product, there is no concern that the height of the operation unit is too high or too low to hinder the customer's willingness to purchase.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an outer door showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Outside door 3 Lighting panel 6 Operation panel (operation unit) 7 Effect input port 8 Push button

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An operation section provided with an illuminating plate formed of a light-transmitting synthetic resin and illuminated by a rear light source, a coin slot, a product selling push button, a coin return lever, and the like, and a product outlet. A vending machine having a front panel provided on a front surface thereof, wherein the front surface of the outer door is disposed in a lower region of the outer door and has a product outlet, and an upper portion of the front panel One illuminating plate occupying the entire area of the front panel upper side on the front side of the outer door while being connected to the side, which is disposed substantially at the center of the illuminating plate and surrounded by the upper, lower, left, and right illuminating plates It is formed by an operation unit, and the upper and lower regions of the operation unit in the electric lighting plate are connected by the left and right regions of the operation unit, and the region excluding the operation unit of the electric light plate is used for a product sample and a display of advertisement. Vending Outside door of the machine.