JP2929757B2 - Exhibition room lighting equipment for vending machines - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vending machine which is partitioned at the front of a machine body, displays product samples of various products for sale made of a light-transmitting material, and illuminates an exhibition room where an advertisement is displayed. The present invention relates to an exhibition room lighting device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A vending machine that sells various kinds of products generally has a display room on the front of the machine body, which displays a sample of each product to be sold, an advertisement of the sold product, etc., and displays it on the front. The compartment is formed. In recent years, vending machines with high customer attraction have been particularly demanded.The exhibition room has been greatly expanded up and down to brighten the entire front of the vending machine, and the interior of the exhibition room has a three-dimensional appearance like a show window. Vending machines with a prominent exterior design that widen the field of view so that they can be seen from a wide angle in front are increasing. This type of vending machine exhibits a hollow product sample that is displayed and displayed inside a display room of a vending machine and is made of a light-transmitting material. And various ideas have been drawn. In addition, a sold-out indicator is provided on the front part of the fuselage. The sold-out indicator lights in combination with a push button for selecting and operating a product, and lights up when the product selected by the push button is sold out to indicate that the product is sold out. It is necessary to clearly indicate to a customer who intends to purchase the product whether or not the product is sold out. One of the conventional examples of this type of vending machine exhibition room lighting device is shown in FIGS. Shown in FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of the vending machine including the illumination device in the exhibition room of the vending machine according to the present invention, as viewed from the front upper right, and the left side of the figure is the front side;
3A and 3B show a configuration of a conventional vending machine illumination device in an exhibition room, wherein FIG. 3A is a longitudinal sectional view of a main part on the left side, FIG. 3B is an enlarged front view of the main part of FIG. The right side is the front side.

In FIGS. 2 and 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a case in which a product to be sold is housed and a front surface is opened, and a door 2 for covering the front surface opening is rotatably supported by the case 1. The body 3 is constituted by the door 2 and the case 1, and an exhibition room 4 is defined at the upper part of the front side of the door 2. The front surface of the storage room 4 is covered with a transparent cover 5 made of, for example, acrylic resin and can see through the inside of the exhibition room 4 from a wide front angle. A plurality of small push buttons 6 for selecting and operating a product are arranged in rows and left and right.
Each push button 6 incorporates a sold-out indicator light 7 that is turned on when the product selected by the push button 6 is sold out, and an advertisement (not shown) on the depth side in the exhibition room 4 has its front face forward. The rear end is supported by the inner wall 8 attached to the front surface toward the front, and is supported by the front end surface of the upper and lower two-tiered shelf 9 having a substantially inverted U-shaped cross section. A plurality of through-holes 10 penetrating up and down corresponding to the push buttons 6 are formed on the two upper and lower display stands 9 on the left and right. In each of the through holes 10, a projection 11 formed downward from the lower end is fitted, and a hollow cylindrical transparent bottom surface opening from a transparent acrylic resin formed to resemble the outer shape of the product for sale is formed. The cup-shaped product sample 12 is detachably supported at a position on the exhibition stand 9 corresponding to the push button 6 so that the product can be easily selected. In addition, product sample 12
A transparent film (not shown) made of polyester resin on which pictures, characters, and the like are printed in accordance with the outer surface of the product is attached to the outer side surface. On the upper side of the display stand 9, there are provided supports 13, 14 having a substantially U-shaped side cross section, the rear ends of which are fixed to the lower rear end of the display stand 9 and the upper end of the inner wall 8. An illuminator 15 for illuminating the inside of the exhibition room 4 is supported via the supports 13 and 14, and the light of the illuminator 15 emits an advertisement (not shown) on the front surface of the inner wall 8 below the illuminator 15. The product sample 12 on the display stand 9 is illuminated, and at the same time, the product sample 12 supported on the display stand 9 immediately above the lighting 15 through the through hole 10 enters from the lower surface opening of the product sample 12, and the product sample 12 is The light is transmitted in the outer peripheral direction to make the product sample 12 stand out as if it were a light emitting body. An exhibition room lighting device 16 that illuminates the inside of the exhibition room 4 with the product sample 12, the supports 13, 14 and the illumination lamp 15 is configured. In addition, on the front side of the door 2 and below the exhibition room 4, input ports 17 and 18, into which coins and bills are inserted, a return lever 19 for returning the inserted coins, a return port 20 for returning change, Outlet 21 from which purchased products are taken out
And so on. Into the outlet 21, the inlet 1
After coins or bills are inserted from 7, 18 the selected product is discharged by operating the push button 6 in which the sold-out indicator 7 incorporated therein is not lit.

[0004]

In such a conventional vending machine illumination device 16 for a vending machine, the product sample 12 is illuminated by an illumination lamp 15 immediately below the illumination device 15 to enter the interior through an opening on the lower surface, so that the product sample 12 is directed toward the outer periphery. It is illuminated by the transmitted light and the light that directly hits the outer peripheral surface and is reflected by the illumination lamp 15 above the light. However, the illumination lamp 15 serves both as the lighting of the product sample 12 and the lighting in the other exhibition room 4 and the product sample 1
2 itself plays the role of the shade of the lighting 15, so that the light of the lighting 15 directly and indirectly illuminates the inside of the exhibition room 4 other than the product sample 12, and the entire inside of the exhibition room 4 becomes bright, The brightness of the product sample 12 is not much contrasted with other parts in FIG. Therefore, if the vending machine is installed in a bright place or is located in a distant place, the product sample 4 is not particularly noticeable and is not enough to attract customers' eyes even from near, and the product is effective. There is a problem that it is not possible to sufficiently attract customers without advertising.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine interior lighting device capable of effectively promoting advertisements and product samples while suppressing power consumption.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned object, the present invention displays and displays advertisements as well as sample products of various sales products formed of a light-transmitting material, which are sectioned on a front portion of an airframe. A lighting device for a vending machine that illuminates an exhibition room, comprising: a lighting lamp for illuminating the inside of the product sample; and a lighting lamp for illuminating the exhibition room. Is turned on, the lighting for illuminating the inside of the product sample is turned off, and at the time of sale, the lighting for illuminating the inside of the product sample is turned on and the lighting for illuminating the exhibition room is turned off.

[0007] In the present invention, during the stand-by sale, an illumination lamp for illuminating the exhibition room is turned on to illuminate advertisements and product samples in the exhibition room to strongly emphasize the existence of a vending machine. The lighting that illuminates the interior of the is turned on, and the product sample is strongly appealing.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows the structure of an exhibition room lighting device of a vending machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 1A is a longitudinal sectional view of a main part on the left side, and FIG.
(A) is a front view on the right side of the figure, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of a vending machine including a vending machine exhibition room lighting device to which the present invention is applied, as viewed from the front upper right, The left side of the figure is the front side. 3 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a case in which a product to be sold is housed and the front side is opened. The front side opening of the case 1 is covered by a door 2 rotatably supported by the case 1. . The case 1 and the door 2 constitute an airframe 3, and an exhibition room 4 is formed in the upper part of the front side of the door 2. The front surface of the exhibition room 4 is covered with a transparent cover 5 made of, for example, acrylic resin and can see through the inside of the exhibition room 4 from a wide front angle. Are provided with a plurality of small push buttons 22 arranged side by side to select and operate a product. Each push button 22 has a rear end supported by an inner wall 8 on the depth side of the exhibition room 4 on which an advertisement (not shown) is attached to the front with its front facing forward, and a two-stage upper and lower section having a substantially inverted U-shaped cross section. It is supported on the front end face of the shelf-shaped display stand 9 respectively. A plurality of through holes 10 penetrating up and down corresponding to the push buttons 22 are formed in the upper and lower two-stage display table 9 on the left and right.
Each is fitted with a projection 11 projecting downward from the lower end, and is a hollow columnar transparent, protruding cup-shaped product sample with an open bottom surface formed from transparent acrylic resin to resemble the outer shape of a product for sale. 12 is detachably supported at a position on the exhibition stand 9 corresponding to the push button 22 so as to facilitate selection of a product. In addition, an illumination lamp 23 having two light bulbs, which is inserted into the product sample 12 from its lower opening and held at the lower end thereof, is provided inside the product sample 12. A transparent film (not shown) made of polyester resin on which pictures, characters, etc. are printed according to the side faces is attached, and this film is provided directly below the product sample 12, below the display stand 9 and above the upper display stand 9. Support members 13 and 14 having a substantially U-shaped side section are provided, the rear ends of which are fixed to the lower end of the display stand 9 and the inner wall 8, respectively. An illumination lamp 15 for illuminating the inside of the exhibition room 4 is supported through the supports 13 and 14, and the illumination lamp 15 and the illumination lamp 23 are turned on alternately during standby and during sales, and At the time of sale, only the lamp 23 disposed inside the product sample 12 of the product being sold is turned on, and the lamp 23 is turned on when one of the pair of bulbs is cut off, so that the other is turned on. A lighting circuit is configured. The light of the lighting lamp 15 which is turned on during the standby for sales illuminates an advertisement (not shown) on the front surface of the inner wall 8 and a product sample 12 on the exhibition stand 9 under the lighting lamp 15. Further, the light of the illumination lamp 23 that is turned on during the sale passes through the product sample 12 in the outer peripheral direction. This product sample 1
2, the support members 13 and 14 and the illumination lamps 15 and 23 constitute an illumination device 24 in the exhibition room. In addition, on the front of the door 2,
On the lower side of the exhibition room 4, input ports 17 and 18 into which coins and bills are inserted, a return lever 19 for returning the inserted coins, a return port 20 for returning change, and an outlet from which purchased products are taken out. 21 and the like, and the other configuration is the same as the above-described conventional example.

In the above-described configuration, the operation of the vending machine according to the present invention at the time of selling the exhibition room lighting device is performed by the slot 17,
When coins or bills are inserted from 18, the illuminating lamp 15, which has been lit during the stand-by for sale, is turned off, and at the same time, the illuminating lamp 23 provided in the product sample 12 of the product being sold is lit. Then, when the customer selects a product corresponding to the product sample 12 by operating the push button 22 corresponding to the product sample 12 for which the illumination lamp 23 is turned on, the product is put into the case 21 in the outlet 21.
Exhausted from inside. In addition, the exhibition room lighting device 24 of the vending machine according to the present invention includes the lighting lamp 1 that is lit during standby for sale.
5 illuminates an advertisement (not shown) on the front side of the inner wall 8 and a product sample 12 on the exhibition stand 9 under the lamp 15;
The light of the illuminating lamp 23, which is turned on at the time of sale, penetrates the product sample 12 in the outer peripheral direction and makes the product sample 12 stand out as if it is a luminous body, so that the eyes of the customer can be surely displayed on the product sample 12. And promote your product effectively. Furthermore, the illumination lamp 23 having two pairs of light bulbs can be used as long as a product corresponding to the product sample 12 in which the illumination lamp 23 is disposed is on sale, even if one of the pair of light bulbs is cut off. Therefore, even if the product is not sold out and is being sold, the fact that the bulb is cut and the illuminating lamp 23 does not light up is not mistaken by the customer as being sold out.

[0011]

According to the present invention, there is provided a vending machine which is formed on the front surface of a machine body, displays product samples of various commercial products made of a light-transmitting material, and illuminates an exhibition room where an advertisement is displayed. In the exhibition room lighting device, a lighting lamp for illuminating the inside of the product sample and a lighting lamp for illuminating the exhibition room are provided. Lights that illuminate the lights are turned off. At the time of sale, the lights that illuminate the inside of the product sample are turned on, and the lights that illuminate the exhibition room are turned off. Illumination lamps light up to emphasize the presence of vending machines from a distance, and at the time of sale, accentuate the lighting and make it stand out so that only product samples rise.

[Brief description of the drawings]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 shows a configuration of an exhibition room lighting device of a vending machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG.
(B) is a reduced front view of (A).

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of a vending machine including a lighting device in a display room of the vending machine to which the present invention is applied, as viewed from the front upper right corner.

3A and 3B show the configuration of a conventional vending machine illumination device in an exhibition room, wherein FIG. 3A is a left-side vertical sectional view of a main part, and FIG. 3B is an enlarged front view of the main part of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Case 2 Door 3 Body 4 Exhibition room 5 Cover 6 Push button 7 Out-of-sale indicator light 8 Inner wall 9 Exhibition stand 10 Through hole 11 Projection 12 Product sample 13 Support body 14 Support body 15 Illumination light 16 Exhibition room lighting device 17 Input port 18 Input port 19 Return lever 20 Return port 21 Exit 22 Push button 23 Illumination light 24 Exhibition room lighting device

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A vending machine interior lighting device for a vending machine which is formed on the front surface of a machine body, displays sample products of various products for sale made of a light-transmitting material, and illuminates an exhibition room where an advertisement is displayed. An illumination lamp for illuminating the inside of the product sample, and an illumination lamp for illuminating the exhibition room,
During standby, the lamps that illuminate the exhibition room light up and the lamps that illuminate the interior of the product sample are turned off. At the time of sale, the lamps that illuminate the interior of the product sample illuminate and the lighting that illuminates the exhibition room A vending machine exhibit room lighting device in which the light is turned off.