JP3022174B2 - Vending machine product sample display device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for displaying a product sample of a vending machine installed in a product display room formed in front of a front door, and more particularly to an apparatus for simplifying the cleaning of a product display room.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional vending machine, a product display room is formed in front of a door, and a product sample display device for displaying a product sample of a product to be sold in the product display room is arranged. Such a product sample display device is disclosed in, for example, JP-A-5-1820.
No. 70 is disclosed. In this product sample display device, as shown in FIG. 9, a sample display stand 2 is attached to a back wall 1a of the product sample display room 1 on which a logo mark, a landscape, and the like are drawn. 3 is placed.

The product sample 3 is formed, for example, on a sample mounting plate 2a of the sample display table 2 so as not to drop from the sample display table 2 due to vibration or the like during transportation of the vending machine. The lower end portion is fitted into a mounting hole (not shown) so as to be fixed to the sample display stand 2. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 4 denotes a fluorescent lamp disposed below the sample mounting plate 2a to illuminate the commodity sample 3 from below.

[0004]

However, in such a conventional product sample display device of a vending machine, if the product sample is fixed to the sample display stand as described above, it is difficult to clean the back wall. As shown in the figure, the product sample 3 located in front of the back wall 1a becomes an obstacle.

For this reason, conventionally, all the product samples 3 are removed from the sample display stand 2 for cleaning. However, when there are a large number of product samples 3, it takes time and effort to remove the product samples 3 and also after cleaning. Has to fix all the product samples 3 to the sample display table 2 again, so that there is a problem that cleaning the back wall is troublesome.

Conventionally, since the sample display stand is fixed to the back wall, it is troublesome to mount and remove the product sample particularly on the sample display stand mounted at a high position. There was a problem that it took.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an automatic vending machine which can easily clean a back wall and can easily mount and remove a product sample. It is an object of the present invention to provide a product sample display device of the machine.

[0008]

According to the present invention, a sample display stand is provided in a product display room formed on a front surface of a front door pivotally supported by a main body and covered with a transparent panel. In a product sample display device of a vending machine for mounting and displaying a product sample, a holding plate attached to a back wall of the product display room and holding the sample display table, and any one of the holding plate or the sample display table A pin provided on each of the crabs, and a guide groove extending in the front-rear direction in which the pin is loosely fitted. The sample display table is movably held in the front-rear direction with respect to the holding plate, and is moved forward. And a holding device capable of rotating the sample display table forward.

In the present invention, the guide groove is formed with an opening for disengaging from the pin and detaching the sample display table from the holding plate.

[0010]

According to the present invention, a sample display stand for mounting and displaying a product sample is held by a holding plate formed on the front surface of the front door and attached to the back wall of the product display room covered with a transparent panel. Then, by a holding device including a pin provided on either the holding plate or the sample display table and a guide groove extending in the front-rear direction in which the pin is loosely fitted,
The sample display stand is held movably in the front-rear direction with respect to the holding plate, and can be rotated forward at a position moved forward.

Further, by forming an opening in the guide groove for releasing the engagement with the pin, the sample display stand can be detached from the holding plate.

[0012]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a vending machine provided with a product sample display apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 9 indicate the same or corresponding parts.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 5 denotes a vending machine main body which pivotally supports a front door 6 on its front surface so as to be openable and closable, and has a product storage therein. On one side of the front surface of the front door 6, there is provided an operation unit 7 having a coin slot 7a and a return lever 7b, a product sample display room 1 at an upper portion, and a product outlet 8 at a lower portion. Are provided respectively. On the front of the transparent panel 9 covering the front of the product sample exhibition room 1 of the front door 6, select buttons 11 corresponding to various product samples 3 placed on the sample display stand 10 of the product sample exhibition room 1 are provided. Have been.

Here, the sample display stand 10 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, the product is held by a holding plate 12 which is attached to the back wall 1a of the product display room 1 with a predetermined space therebetween. By the way, in this embodiment, either the holding plate 12 or the sample display table 10,
As shown in FIG. 3, a pin 13 is provided on each side plate 10b of the sample display table 10 which is formed by bending both ends of the sample mounting plate 10a in the longitudinal direction.

As shown in FIG. 4, the holding plate 12 has a guide groove 14 extending in the front-rear direction in which the pin 13 is loosely fitted. The guide groove 14 and the pin 13
Thus, a holding device that holds the sample display table 10 movably in the front-rear direction with respect to the holding plate 12 and that can rotate the sample display table 10 forward at a position moved forward as described later is configured. It has become.

By the way, the guide groove 14 of the holding plate 12
The sample display stand 10 held by the holding plate 12 is provided with a pin 13 at the rear end so that the sample display stand 10 does not normally move forward.
Is formed. Then, when the pin 13 is locked to the locking portion 14a (hereinafter referred to as a locked state), the rear end 10c of the sample display table 10 hits the back wall 1a of the product display room 1 as shown in FIG. As a result, the sample display table 10 does not rotate with the pin 13 as a fulcrum, and can maintain a horizontal state.

In this embodiment, the sample display table 10 is placed on each holding plate 12 as shown in FIG. 5 so that the sample display table 10 can be more reliably kept horizontal. Holding plate 1 for holding horizontally
5 project in the horizontal direction.

On the other hand, when the sample display table 10 is to be moved forward, the sample display table 10 which is horizontal in the locked state is pulled up to pull out the pin 13 from the locking portion 14a. 10 is pulled out forward. And the sample display stand 10 is the guide groove 1
When the pin 13 reaches the front end of the guide groove 14 as shown in FIG. 6, the sample display table 10 pivots downward with the pin 13 as a fulcrum as shown in FIG. It has become.

When the sample display stand 10 is moved forward, the sample display stand 10 is supported by the holding plate 15 even if the rear end 10c does not come into contact with the back wall 1a of the product display room 1. Therefore, it does not rotate until it reaches the front end.

After the sample display table 10 is moved forward as described above, the front side of the back wall 1a can be opened by rotating the sample display table 10 downward as shown in the figure, thereby cleaning the back wall 1a. Can be easily performed. In FIG. 4, 12a is formed on the holding plate 12 so as to restrict the rotation of the sample display table 10 by, for example, hitting the back surface of the sample mounting plate 10a of the sample display table 10 rotated downward as shown in FIG. It is the stopper which was done.

On the other hand, at a predetermined position of the guide groove 14 of the holding plate 12, an opening 14b is formed for releasing the sample display table 10 from the holding plate 12 by disengaging from the pin 13 as shown in FIG. Have been. Further, the holding plate 15 has an engaging hole 1 for engaging and disengaging the pin 12 projecting inward from the side wall portion 10b into the guide groove 14 as shown in FIG.
5a are formed.

By forming the opening 14b in the guide groove 14 and forming the engaging and disengaging hole 15a in the holding plate 15 as described above, the sample display table 10 is pulled out forward, and as shown in FIG. The sample display table 10 can be removed from the holding plate 12 by pulling it upward. Thereby, for example, the product sample 3
When the product sample 3 is replaced, the product sample 3 can be replaced after the sample display stand 10 is removed from the holding plate 12, so that the product sample 3 can be easily attached and detached.

When the back wall 1a is to be cleaned in the vending machine equipped with the product sample display device thus constructed, first, the sample display table 10 which is horizontal in the locked state is moved upward. Pull up the pin 13 to lock part 1
After being extracted from 4a, the sample display stand 10 is pulled out forward. At this time, since the sample display table 10 is supported by the holding plate 15, it does not rotate.

Next, after pulling out the sample display table 10 until the pin 13 reaches the front end of the guide groove 14 as shown in FIG. 6, the sample display table 10 is rotated downward until it hits the stopper 14 so as to be in front of the back wall 1a. To release. By thus opening the front of the back wall 1a, cleaning can be easily performed. When the cleaning is completed, the sample display table 10 is rotated upward and then moved backward to return to the normal locked state.

On the other hand, when exchanging the product sample 3, for example, the sample display stand 10 in the locked state is pulled up to pull out the pin 13 from the locking portion 14a, and then pull out forward. If the sample display table 10 is lifted upward at the position where the opening 14b is formed, the sample display table 10 comes off the holding plate 12.

As described above, the pins 13 provided on the sample display table 10 are loosely fitted into the guide grooves 14 provided on the holding plate 12 attached to the back wall 1a of the product display room 1, thereby providing the sample display table. 10 can be held movably in the front-rear direction with respect to the holding plate 12, and can be turned forward at the position moved forward. Also,
By forming the opening 14 b in the guide groove 14, the sample display stand 10 can be removed from the holding plate 12.

In the above description, the pins 13 are provided on the sample display table 10 and the guide grooves 14 are provided on the holding plate 12.
Has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the guide groove 14 is
The pins 13 may be provided on the holding plate 12, respectively.

[0029]

As described above, according to the present invention, the front of the back wall can be opened by rotating the sample display table forward at the position moved forward during cleaning, so that the back wall can be easily cleaned. Can be performed. Further, since the sample display stand can be removed from the holding plate, the product sample can be easily attached and detached.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a vending machine provided with a product sample display device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of a main part of a product display room of the vending machine.

FIG. 3 is a side view of a sample display stand on which a product sample is placed.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the holding plate.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the holding plate.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a state in which the sample display stand has reached a position where it can rotate forward.

FIG. 7 is a view showing a state in which the sample display stand is rotated forward.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a state where the sample display stand is detached from a holding plate.

FIG. 9 is a side view of a main part of a product display room of a conventional vending machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Product sample exhibition room 1a Back wall 2,10 Sample display stand 3 Product sample 6 Front door 9 Transparent panel 12 Holding plate 13 Pin 14 Guide groove 14b Opening

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A sample display stand is provided in a product display room formed on a front surface of a front door pivotally supported by a main body and covered with a transparent panel, and an automatic display for mounting and displaying a product sample on the sample display stand. In a product sample display device of a vending machine, a holding plate attached to a back wall of the product display room and holding the sample display stand, and a pin provided on either the holding plate or the sample display stand, and A guide groove extending in the front-rear direction into which the pin is loosely fitted, holding the sample display table so as to be movable in the front-rear direction with respect to the holding plate, and rotating the sample display table forward at a position moved forward. A product sample display device for a vending machine, comprising: a holding device that is movable. 2. The guide groove is provided with an opening for disengaging from the pin and detaching the sample display table from the holding plate.
Product sample display device of the vending machine described.