JP2725847B2 - Vending machine product selection button device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a product selection button device for a vending machine.

(B) Conventional technology In a vending machine in which a display room having a front surface covered with a transparent panel is provided on the front surface of a main body, and a selection button device having a push button arranged in front of the transparent panel is provided, in recent years, in particular, display displays have been used. For example, as shown in JP-A-63-229597, there is a tendency that the exhibition room area occupying the front of the vending machine is large. For this reason, the product selection button device in this type of vending machine is required to be miniaturized, for example, as shown in Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 64-23826, a printed circuit board equipped with an open / close switch,
A frame body that accommodates the circuit board and includes a structure for mounting to a vending machine, and a push button member that is mounted on the frame body via a movable member and that operates an open / close switch by moving the movable member. There is known a structure in which these are integrally accommodated.

Also, recently, there is an exhibition device in which a product sample is formed in a hollow shape with a light transmitting material, and the product sample itself is illuminated from the inside so that the product sample itself emits bright light. No. 6,086,045.

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention Although the product selection button device according to the prior art can be reduced in size, the size of the push button portion is small, so that the push button is difficult to recognize, and especially in the nighttime or the like. In this case, the display of the product selection button becomes unclear, causing a problem of inconvenience such as confused customers.

In view of the above, the present invention provides a product selection button device of a vending machine which can constitute a small product selection button device and can clearly display the product.

(D) Means for Solving the Problems The present invention provides an automatic display system in which an exhibition room whose front surface is covered with a transparent panel is provided on the front surface of a main body and a selection button device in which push buttons are juxtaposed on the front surface of the transparent panel. In the vending machine, the selection button device is provided with a light transmitting portion on the push button, and a mounting member that is mounted by being inserted from the front side into a through hole that is located behind the push button and that is open in the transparent panel and that is opened. A movable member having elasticity that is inserted through the mounting member, is displaced rearward by a pressing operation of a push button, operates a selection switch provided on the exhibition room side, and automatically returns forward;
A ring-shaped packing press-fitted between the front surface of the transparent panel and the ring-shaped packing is formed of a light-transmitting material, and provided on the back side of the transparent panel corresponding to the back of the selection button device. Thus, the light transmitting portion of the push button is displayed brightly.

(E) Function The present invention having the above structure provides a push button with a light transmitting portion, a mounting member located behind the push button, and a mounting member inserted into the mounting member and provided on the exhibition room side by pressing the push button. A movable member for operating the selected switch,
A ring-shaped packing interposed between the front surface of the transparent panel and the ring-shaped packing is formed of a light transmitting material, so that the illumination of the lighting device behind the selection button device can easily reach the light transmission portion of the push button. This light transmission part is displayed brightly.

(F) Embodiments Each drawing shows an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional side view of a product selection button device portion, FIG. 2 is a similar cross-sectional plan view, and FIG. 3 is a vending machine. It is a perspective view of.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a vending machine main body. An exhibition room 3 having a front surface covered with a transparent panel 2 is provided on a front surface, and an input port 4 for inputting money and the like, a product outlet 5 and the like are provided at a lower portion. doing.

At the upper and lower predetermined positions of the transparent panel 2, a large number of round holes 6 are arranged in a line in the left-right direction in parallel with each other. The button mounting frame 7 is screwed and fixed with screws 8 from the rear side of the transparent panel 2. A base 10 for displaying and supporting the product sample 9 is fixed in the exhibition room 3 on the back side of the transparent panel 2 corresponding to the button mounting frame 7.

The button mounting frame 7 is provided with a large number of horizontally long openings 11 that are open on the front surface facing the respective through holes 6, and have a front portion exposed forward from the opening 11 to support a push button 12 movably back and forth. Behind the push button 12, a movable member 13 made of an elastic body formed of a transparent material so as to transmit light is provided inside.
And a mounting member 14 formed of a light transmitting material in which a rear portion of the movable member 13 is inserted so as to be movable back and forth.

The movable member 13 formed of a transparent material is normally positioned by urging the push button 12 forward by its elasticity,
When the push button 12 is depressed, the push button 12 is moved rearward, and when the depressed operation is released, an elastic seal portion 13A is provided at the front so as to return the push button 12 to the front position.
In addition to preventing rainwater or the like from entering from the inside, and a pressing portion 13B at the rear end inserted into the mounting member 14, a selection switch 15 described later can be operated, and the light of a fluorescent lamp 20 described later is pressed by a push button 12 In the direction of a light transmitting portion 16 described later.

The push button 12 is formed in a horizontally long shape corresponding to the shape of the opening 11, and is provided at a substantially central portion of a portion exposed to the front from the button mounting frame 7, such as a transparent acrylic resin material such as transparent or green. The member is provided with a light transmitting portion 16 capable of transmitting light, and when light is applied to the rear end surface, the front end surface of the light transmitting portion 16 is displayed bright.

The light transmitting portion 16 of the push button 12 may be provided on the entire portion exposed to the front surface, or the entire push button 12 may be formed of a member that transmits light, and at least the light transmitting portion 16 is exposed on the front surface. The light transmission part 16 is arranged at the part to be formed.

The mounting member 14 formed of a transparent material has a rear portion inserted into the through hole 6 of the transparent panel 2 from the front side, and a packing 17 is interposed between the flange portion 14A and the front surface of the transparent panel 2; In addition to being sandwiched and fixed between the transparent panel 2 and the button mounting frame 7, light from a fluorescent lamp 20, which will be described later, can be transmitted toward the light transmitting portion 16 of the push button 12.

The packing 17 is formed integrally with a portion interposed between the flange portion 14A and the front surface of the transparent panel 2 and a portion interposed between the mounting member 14 and the through hole 6 so as to extend along the periphery of the through hole 6. It is formed in a ring shape so as to extend, and is formed of a transparent material that transmits light. That is, the packing 17 double seals between the mounting member 14 and the transparent panel 2 and between the mounting member 14 and the through hole 6 to prevent infiltration of rainwater or the like into the through hole 6 and to provide a transparent seal. By being formed of a material, light of a fluorescent lamp 20 described later can be transmitted toward the light transmitting portion 16 of the push button 12.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a switch holder in which a selection switch 15 is provided, and the selection switch 15 is detachably fitted into a fitting portion 14B provided at a rear portion of the mounting member 14, whereby the selection switch 15 is a movable member.
It is configured to be opposed to the thirteen pressing portions 13B at a predetermined interval.

On the other hand, the base 10 is provided with an opening 10A for mounting the product sample 9 on the upper surface, corresponding to each of the push buttons 12, and also provided with an opening 10B on the front surface corresponding to each of the push buttons 12, A light-transmissive display section 19 on which a display such as a sold-out display is provided is provided on a surface inclined so as to be continuously forwardly lowered to the upper surface, and is extended in the left-right direction by a member that does not transmit light. It forms a box shape.

The base 10 has a fluorescent lamp 20 as a lighting device.
The fluorescent lamp 20 illuminates the product sample 9 from the inside through each opening 10A and illuminates the display unit 20, and the light from the opening 10B of the base 10 is transmitted through the transparent panel 2, the movable member 1
3. The light transmitting portion 16 of the push button 12 is illuminated through the mounting member 14, the packing 17, and the like.

(G) Advantageous Effects of the Invention As described above, the present invention provides a push button with a light transmitting portion, and a mounting member located behind the push button.
A movable member that is inserted into the mounting member and operates a selection switch provided on the exhibition room side by a pressing operation of a push button, and a ring-shaped packing interposed by pressure between a front surface of the transparent panel and a light-transmitting material. Since the illumination of the illumination device behind the selection button device can easily reach the light transmitting portion of the push button and the light transmitting portion is displayed brightly, the product selection button device can be made thin. Even when the size is reduced, the push button can be displayed very clearly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

Each drawing shows an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional side view of a product selection button device portion, FIG. 2 is a similar cross-sectional plan view, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a vending machine. . 2 ... transparent panel, 3 ... exhibition room, 6 ... through-hole, 7 ...
Button mounting frame, 12 ... push button, 13 ... movable member, 14
…… Mounting member, 15… Selection button, 16 …… Light transmitting part, 17
... packing, 21 ... fluorescent lamp.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A vending machine comprising a display room having a front surface covered with a transparent panel on a front surface of a main body and a selection button device having a push button arranged on the front surface of the transparent panel. A light transmitting portion provided in the push button, a mounting member inserted from the front side into a through hole opened in the transparent panel positioned behind the push button, and a push button inserted through the mounting member. A movable member having elasticity that is displaced rearward by a pressing operation to operate a selection switch provided on the exhibition room side and automatically return forward;
A ring-shaped packing press-fitted between the front surface of the transparent panel and the ring-shaped packing is formed of a light-transmitting material, and provided on the back side of the transparent panel corresponding to the back of the selection button device. The vending machine has a product selection button device that displays the light transmitting portion of the push button brightly.