JP2997921B2 - Product sample for vending machine display - 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 display product sample exhibited in a vending machine for canned beverages and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional product sample (can sample) for vending machine display, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 7-26787, the design of the front part of the product (can) is displayed by printing. The product display plate and a display plate holding member for detachably holding the product display plate are configured in substantially the same shape as an actual product.

[0003] That is, the product display board is formed in a sheet shape (film shape) curved in a substantially arc shape, and has elasticity that rebounds in the developing direction when rolled up small. On the other hand, the display plate holding member includes a horizontal plate-like upper surface portion, a lower surface portion, and a vertical plate-like rear portion, and is formed into a substantially cylindrical shape having an open front side, and the upper surface portion and the lower surface portion face each other. A substantially semicircular outer peripheral frame is fixedly provided on the front side of the surface. The product display plate is fitted into the outer peripheral frames of the upper surface portion and the lower surface portion and the inside of both side edges of the rear portion, and is curved in a substantially semicircular shape protruding forward, and the front opening portion of the display plate holding member. Is held in.

[0004]

The product sample comprising the product display plate and the display plate holding member is formed by fixing the display plate holding member to a shelf-like sample support (display stand) of a vending machine. If necessary, such as when worn, discolored or faded, only the product display board that is convenient for storage, transportation, etc. without being bulky can be replaced. However, since the product display board is fitted inside the opening at the front of the display board holding member, when the product display board is attached to or detached from the display board holding member, it is necessary to round the product display board to a small size. Unless the holding member is once removed from the sample support of the vending machine, there is a problem that the attaching / detaching operation is difficult.

The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem,
The purpose is to provide a product sample for vending machine display, which allows the product display plate to be easily attached to and detached from the display plate holding member and allows the user to attach and detach the product display plate while the display plate holding member is fixed to the sample support of the vending machine. It is what it was.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The features of the present invention for solving the conventional problems as described above and achieving the intended purpose are as follows.
A product display plate in which the front portion of the product is displayed in a sheet shape having elasticity, and a display plate holding member which holds the product display plate in a substantially semicircular shape protruding forward and detachably holds the product display plate , The display panel holding member has a rear portion and a protrusion from the rear portion.
An upper surface portion and a lower surface portion which are projected sideways, wherein the upper surface portion
And a substantially semicircular frame provided on the lower surface of the product display board.
Attach the lower edge and attach both side edges of the product display plate to the back plate.
The product display board is attached to and detached from the display board holding member along with the front.
A vending machine display product sample held at the present position , wherein a concave portion formed in a hole shape at both end portions of the back plate;
From the center of the back plate in the form of elastically biting into the recess
It has a leaf-spring-like convex piece integrally projecting toward both front sides.
A front-facing clip-like stop
Equipped, the both side edges of the product display board on the system stop from the front side
The reason is that it is inserted and pinched .

The display plate holding member has a display plate holding portion for holding the product display plate, and projects upward and sideward from the display plate holding portion to shield the product display plate from above and side. Preferably, a background part constituting a part of the background panel is provided. In this case, the display plate holding portion is provided with a horizontal plate-like upper surface portion for closing the upper end portion of the product display plate, and the upper portion of the background portion above the upper surface portion is aligned with the outer peripheral edge of the upper surface portion. It is preferable that a depth recess projecting rearward is provided.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. The product sample includes a product display plate 9 and a display plate holding member 10, and a plurality of product samples are removably mounted side by side on a sample support body 20 held inside a front door of a vending machine. The light is collectively illuminated by a horizontally long lighting device 59 such as a fluorescent lamp held below, and is seen through from the outside (front) through a sample see-through window having a transparent front panel. A product selection switch is fixed to the front panel of the sample see-through window, corresponding to each product sample.

The display panel holding member 10 is made of an opaque synthetic resin, is relatively thick and has rigidity, and is formed into a substantially L-shaped vertical cross section as shown in FIGS. A plate holding portion (upper surface portion 11, lower surface portion 12, rear surface portion 13), and a vertical background portion (depth concave portion 16, continuous portion) projecting upward and laterally from an upper end portion and a side end portion of the display plate holding portion. A flat portion 17) and a horizontal pedestal portion 18 protruding forward and sideward from the lower end portion of the display panel holding portion.

The display board holding portion (sample main body portion) includes a horizontal upper surface portion 11 and a lower surface portion 12, and a vertical rear surface portion 13, and is formed with an opening on the front side. The upper surface portion 11 is formed in a substantially circular horizontal plate shape, and the lower surface portion 12 is formed in a substantially annular horizontal plate shape. A substantially semicircular convex outer peripheral frame is provided on the front side of the opposing surfaces thereof. 11a, 12a and inner frame 1
1b and 12b are provided so as to form a groove therebetween, and the inner peripheral frames 11b and 12b have a larger protruding height. An illumination hole 14 is provided on the inner peripheral side of the inner peripheral frame 12b of the lower surface portion 12.

The rear portion 13 is formed in a vertical plate shape curved into a substantially arc-shaped cross-sectional shape, and has clip-shaped locking portions 15, 15 which can be opened and closed at both end portions of the rear portion 13. But,
It is provided facing the front side. The locking portion 15 includes a concave portion 15a on the outer peripheral side and a convex piece 15b on the inner peripheral side facing each other, and the concave portion 15a is formed in the back surface portion 13 in a hole shape.
The piece 15b is formed in a leaf spring shape extending from the center of the back portion 13 to the front side in a manner to elastically bite into the recess 15a.

On the other hand, the background portion includes a depth concave portion 16 above the display plate holding portion (sample main body portion) and a continuous flat portion 17 around the depth concave portion 16 and the display plate holding portion. The depth recess 16 has a vertical plate shape curved into a substantially semicircular cross-sectional shape protruding rearward, and the upper surface portion 1 of the display plate holding portion.
1 is formed in alignment with the rear outer peripheral edge, and its front edge (boundary with the continuous flat portion 17) is formed in a substantially inverted U-shape.
The continuous plane portion 17 is provided on the rear surface portion 1 of the display panel holding portion.
3 is a vertical plate protruding laterally and upward from the side edges and the periphery of the depth recess 16, and the outer periphery thereof is formed in a substantially rectangular shape. The pedestal portion 18 is a horizontal plate protruding forward and sideward from the peripheral edge (outer peripheral frame 12a) of the lower surface portion 12 of the display panel holding portion, and the outer peripheral edge is formed in a substantially rectangular shape.

On both side edges of the display panel holding member 10 (continuous flat portion 17, pedestal portion 18), gap closing flanges are provided vertically and laterally so as to protrude laterally in a staggered manner. On the back side of the display panel holding member 10, hooked (downwardly concave) locked portions 19, 19 are provided to protrude rearward.

The product display board 9 (sample main body) is
It is a thin sheet (film) made of translucent synthetic resin.
It is formed to be curved into a substantially arc-shaped cross-sectional shape, and has elasticity to repel in the developing direction when both end portions are compressed. On the front surface of the product display plate 9, colors, patterns, and the like, which are substantially similar to those of the front portion of the sales product (canned or bottled beverage) of the vending machine, are displayed by printing.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the product display board 9 has an upper edge portion and a lower edge portion on the back surface of the display panel holding member 1.
0, the upper surface portion 11 and the lower surface portion 12 are brought into contact with the outer peripheral surfaces of the inner peripheral frames 11b and 12b, and the surfaces of both side edges are brought into contact with the inner peripheral surface of the back surface portion 13 to protrude forward. It is held in a curved state, and both side edges are sandwiched between the inner peripheral side and the outer peripheral side by the concave portions 15 a and the convex portions 15 b of the locking portions 15, 15, and are detachably supported on the display plate holding member 10. Have been.

The sample support 20 on which a plurality of product samples are mounted is made of an opaque synthetic resin, and as shown in FIG. 9, an upper protruding portion and a front protruding portion integrally formed in a substantially L-shaped arrangement. And side end members 21, 21 formed on the both sides of a horizontally long plate shape bent into a substantially L-shaped vertical cross-sectional shape.
A front end member 23 for connecting the front side of the front protruding portion 1 and connecting members 26, 26 for connecting the back side of the upper protruding portions of the side end members 21, 21 in a laterally long girder shape to form a horizontally long frame. Have been. At the upper end portions of the connecting members 26, 26, there are provided locking portions 27, 27, which are horizontally long and upwardly convex, and the front end member 23 has a plurality of display panel exposure windows 2.
Are provided side by side in the horizontal direction.

Then, the display panel holding member 10 of the product sample
As shown in FIG. 8, the locked portions 19, 19 are fitted to the locking portions 27, 27 of the sample support 20, and the sample support 2
, And a plurality of display plate holding members 10, 10,... Are overlapped with each other with gap closing flanges on both sides thereof as shown in FIG. (Continuous flat portions 17, 17,...) And pedestal portions 18, 18,... Are arranged in parallel between the side end members 21, 21 by the display plate holding members 10, 10,. A background panel and a pedestal are configured. The product display boards 9, 9... Of the product sample are connected to the lighting fixture 5 through the lighting holes 14.
9 collectively illuminates from the lower inside.

As shown in FIG. 8, a display panel mounting groove 25 is formed between the upper edge of the front end member 23 and the front edge of the display panel holding member 10 (pedestal portion 18). On the side, a horizontally long substantially rectangular thin plate-shaped character display plate 30 is detachably supported. In addition, a plurality of price indications, cooling / heating indications, and the like are printed on the character display board 30 in correspondence with each product sample.

In the thus constructed product sample for vending machine display, when the product display plate 9 is replaced due to discoloration, fading, or the like, the both ends of the product display plate 9 are clipped to the display plate holding member 10. It is attached by simply inserting it into the locking portions 15 and 15 from the front, and the both end portions are
Since it is detached simply by pulling it out from the front 15, it is possible to easily attach and detach only the product display panel 9 without removing the display panel holding member 10 from the sample support 20.

When the display panel holding member 10 is to be replaced due to a change in the size of a product for sale or the like, the display panel holding member 10 can be attached to or detached from the sample support 20.
By exchanging all the display board holding members 10, 10,..., The background panel formed by the background portion (the depth concave portion 16, the continuous flat portion 17) can be exchanged.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the concave portion of the engaging portion is disposed on the outer peripheral side and the convex portion is disposed on the inner peripheral side, but the concave portion is disposed on the inner peripheral side and the convex portion is disposed on the outer peripheral side. It may be arranged. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the illumination hole is provided on the lower surface of the display panel holding member has been described, but the illumination hole may be provided on the back surface. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the background portion is provided on the display plate holding member, and when a plurality of product samples are mounted on the sample support, the background portions are continuously formed to form a background panel. As described above, the present invention can be applied to a substantially tubular display plate holding member having no background portion.

[0022]

As described above, the product sample for vending machine display according to the present invention has a clip-like member for holding the both side edges of the product display plate on the display plate holding member from the outer peripheral side and the inner peripheral side. By providing the stop portion toward the front, the product display plate can be attached simply by inserting both side edges of the product display plate into the locking portion of the display plate holding member from the front, and the both side edges of the product display plate can be attached. The product display plate can be removed simply by pulling the portion forward from the locking portion of the display plate holding member, so that the product display plate can be easily attached to and detached from the display plate holding member.

Therefore, the display plate holding member does not need to be detached from the sample support or the like, so that the display plate holding member is provided with a display plate holding portion for holding the product display plate, and protruding upward and laterally from the display plate holding portion. And a background portion that forms a part of the background panel by shielding the upper side and the side of the product display plate, thereby forming a background panel of the sample display device by arranging the background portions of the plurality of display plate holding members. . In this case, the display plate holding portion is provided with a horizontal plate-like upper surface portion for closing the upper end portion of the product display plate, and is projected rearward above the upper surface portion of the background portion in alignment with the outer peripheral edge of the upper surface portion. By providing the depth concave portion, a three-dimensional effect can be suitably obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an example of an embodiment of a vending machine display product sample according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the display panel holding member in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of FIG.

6 is a cross-sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing a sample support on which the product sample of FIG. 1 is mounted.

8 is a longitudinal sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 9 is a front view of the sample support in FIG. 7;

[Explanation of symbols]

9 Product display board 10 Display board holding member 11 Upper surface part (Display board holding part) 11a Outer peripheral frame 11b Inner peripheral frame 12 Lower part (Display board holding part) 12a Outer peripheral frame 12b Inner peripheral frame 13 Back part (Display board holding part) DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 14 Illumination hole 15 Locking part 15a Concave part 15b Convex piece 16 Depth concave part (background part) 17 Continuation flat part (background part) 18 Pedestal part 19 Locked part 20 Sample support body 21 Side end member 22 Locked Part 23 Front end member 24 Display board exposure window 25 Display board mounting groove 26 Connecting member 27 Locking part 29 Upper end member 30 Character display board 30a Removal protrusion 59 Lighting fixture

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A product display plate in which a front portion of a product is displayed in a sheet shape having elasticity, and a display plate holding member which holds the product display plate in a substantially semicircular shape protruding forward and detachably holds the product display plate. The display plate holding member, the back portion, the
It has a horizontal upper surface and lower surface protruding from the back.
Then, the above-described upper and lower portions provided in a substantially semi-circular frame
Attach the upper and lower edges of the product display board, and both sides of the product display board
Along with the front of the back plate to hold the product display plate
A product sample for vending machine display detachably held by a holding member, a recess formed in a hole shape at both end portions of the back plate;
From the center of the back plate to the front
It is composed of a leaf spring-like convex piece that projects integrally to the side.
It has a forward-facing clip-shaped front stop
Then, insert both side edges of the product display plate into the system stop from the front side.
A product sample for vending machine display characterized by being inserted and sandwiched . 2. A display board holding member, comprising: a display board holding portion for holding a product display board; and a projection protruding upward and laterally from the display board holding portion to shield the upper side and the side of the product display board. The vending machine display product sample according to claim 1, further comprising a background portion constituting a part of the background panel. 3. A display plate holding portion is provided with a horizontal plate-like upper surface portion for closing an upper end portion of the product display plate, and an upper portion of the background portion above the upper surface portion is provided on an outer peripheral edge of the upper surface portion. 3. The product sample for vending machine display according to claim 2, wherein a depth concave portion that projects rearward in alignment is provided.