JP3172532U - vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

[PROBLEMS] To use a commercial power supply to indicate that a vending machine is still in operation even when a lighting device such as a fluorescent lamp that illuminates a product sample or an advertising panel displayed on the display unit is turned off all day to save power. So that you can be informed.
The A product sample _{D 1, D 2, D 3} ... not occupied by the display unit 2 inside the empty space, an optical sensor 17 for detecting the brightness and darkness of the ambient, solar panels 16a, 16b and the battery LED lighting that uses the storage battery as a power source, an LED lighting circuit that lights the LED lighting when the light sensor 17 detects the darkness of sunset, and display information such as “power saving” by the light of the LED lighting An illumination type indicator 11 having an illumination panel 14 that illuminates the screen is installed.
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Description

The present invention relates to a vending machine such as a can / bottle beverage vending machine, a paper container beverage vending machine, a cup beverage vending machine, an alcoholic beverage vending machine, and a cigarette vending machine.

Can / bottle beverage vending machines, paper container beverage vending machines, cup beverage vending machines, etc. that are designated as specific equipment based on the Energy Conservation Law (Act on Rational Use of Energy) significantly reduce power consumption. The target value is determined, and it is required to achieve the target value.

The means implemented to reduce the power consumption of vending machines include zone cooling that locally cools only the zones where the products just before sale exist, the use of vacuum insulation, and lighting (fluorescent lamps) There are automatic lighting, automatic light-off, dimming (dimming) by inverter, etc.

Also, as a publicly known technique for reducing the power consumption of lighting, a dimmable fluorescent lamp that illuminates product samples, advertising panels, etc. is lit when the outside of the vending machine is dim and darkens. For example, products that increase the power saving effect without dimming the lights (Patent Document 1) and vending machines that turn off the fluorescent lights that illuminate product samples etc. A light emitting diode for sample lighting is provided, and the vending machine is in an operating state by controlling the lighting of the light emitting diode based on the output of a human body detection sensor that detects that a user has approached the front of the vending machine. A solar panel is provided on the top of the vending machine (Patent Documents 2 and 3) that informs the user, and the power generated by the solar panel is charged to the battery provided inside the outer door of the vending machine. It is such as to cover a portion of the vending machine power (Patent Document 4).

However, if the existing technology described in Patent Documents 1 to 4 is applied to an existing vending machine to reduce the power consumption, there is a trouble that the vending machine must be modified. There is an inconvenience that it must be temporarily removed from the installation site in order to carry out remodeling, and there is a problem that the cost of remodeling and the cost for removal / reinstallation increase. In particular, as described in Patent Documents 2 and 3, a light-emitting diode for product sample illumination is provided inside a product display room (= display unit), and a human body detects that a user has approached the front of a vending machine. A modification is made to provide a detection sensor and a control device that turns on a light emitting diode based on the output of the sensor, or as described in Patent Document 4, a solar panel is provided on the top surface of the vending machine. When a modification is made in which a battery for charging the generated electric power is provided inside the outer door of the vending machine, there is a problem that the modification cost increases remarkably.

Moreover, although the well-known technique of patent document 1 aims at power-saving by dimming the fluorescent lamp which illuminates a product sample, an advertisement panel, etc., after the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011 occurrence, Due to insufficient power supply, it may be requested to turn off the lighting of the vending machine that is turned on using the power of the commercial power source throughout the day. In response to this request, the product samples, advertising panels, etc. are illuminated. When the fluorescent lamp is turned off at night, the vending machine is misunderstood as if it is in a sales stop state, and there is a risk that the sales of the product may be significantly reduced.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 8-87662 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-283544 JP 2010-182223 A JP 2011-186883 A

In order to save electricity, the present invention can inform customers that vending machines are still in operation and products can be purchased even when product samples and fluorescent lamps that illuminate advertising panels are turned off all day. The technical challenge is to provide vending machines.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides an automatic vending machine provided with a display unit for displaying product samples of products for sale on an outer door that forms a front portion of the machine body, and is not occupied by the product samples. In the empty space inside the display unit, a light sensor that detects the brightness and darkness of the surroundings, a solar panel and its storage battery, LED lighting that uses the storage battery as a power source, and the darkness of sunset is detected by the light sensor When this is done, there is provided an illuminating display device including an LED lighting circuit that illuminates the LED illumination and an illumination panel that illuminates display information with the light of the LED illumination.

The vending machine of the present invention is installed in an empty space inside the display unit at night even when the fluorescent lamps and other lighting devices that illuminate product samples and advertising panels are turned off all day to save power. The vending machine is in operation without using any power from the commercial power source. The effect is that the buyer can be informed.

For example, if the display information on the lighting panel is composed of text information written as “sale” or “power saving”, the vending machine is in operation and the product can be purchased. You can be sure to know, but not limited to them, even if it is a logo mark of the manufacturer of the product being sold, it is illuminated by light so that the vending machine is in operation Can do. In addition, according to the present invention, the above-described effect can be achieved even with an existing vending machine simply by installing an electric display in an empty space inside the display unit.

Front view of the vending machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the front side of the electric display installed in the vending machine of FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the back side of an electric display installed in the vending machine of FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the center of the electric display installed in the vending machine of FIG. The block diagram which shows the structure of the illumination type indicator installed in the vending machine of FIG. Front view of vending machine according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention Front view of the electric display installed in the vending machine of FIG.

The vending machine according to the embodiment of the present invention is provided with a display unit on the outer door that forms the front part of the machine body, and displays a sample of products for sale such as beverages or cigarettes. In a space, an optical sensor composed of a photodiode or the like for detecting ambient brightness / darkness, a solar panel and its storage battery, an LED illumination composed of a square LED panel powered by the storage battery, and the optical sensor Display information is illuminated by the LED lighting circuit that turns on the LED lighting when the darkness of death is detected, a three-point selector switch that switches on, blinking, and turning off the LED lighting, and the light of the LED lighting. An illuminating type indicator equipped with an illuminating panel to be provided is installed.

The body of the electric display is composed of a rectangular box-shaped case molded of plastic, and a rectangular translucent panel that becomes the electric panel is inserted in the center of the front of the container in a replaceable manner. A hollow frame for holding the four sides is formed, and the LED lighting composed of a square LED panel is disposed so as to follow the hollow frame, and the container is sandwiched between the hollow frame and the LED lighting. A pair of the solar panels are disposed on both sides of the front of the body, and the optical sensor is disposed on one side thereof. In addition, on the lighting panel of the lighting type display, “currently selling” or “power saving” is displayed as character information written horizontally or vertically.

The display unit provided on the outer door of the vending machine has a front panel formed of a transparent panel such as an acrylic plate, and a back panel formed of a plate such as a ferromagnetic metal plate. An electric display installed inside the display unit is adsorbed and fixed to the back plate unit of the display unit made of a metal plate having ferromagnetism by the attractive force of a magnet provided on the back of the display unit.

A vending machine X according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 is a can / bottle beverage vending machine designated as a specific device of the Energy Saving Act, and an outer door 1 forming the front portion of the machine body. , A display unit 2 displaying a sample of bottled beverages and canned beverages D ₁ , D ₂ , D ₃ ..., A bill insertion slot 3, a coin insertion slot 4, a return lever 5, a coin return slot 6, An outlet 7 for purchased goods is provided.

The display portion 2 has a front plate portion 8 formed of a transparent panel such as an acrylic plate, and a back plate portion 9 that also serves as an inner door that opens and closes when the product samples D ₁ , D ₂ , D ₃ . Are arranged with the product samples D ₁ , D ₂ , D ₃ ... In a sealed space formed by a ferromagnetic metal plate and formed between the front surface portion 8 and the back plate portion 9. Price display boards 10a, 10b and 10c for displaying the sales price for each of the product samples are arranged in three upper and lower stages. A selection button B for selecting purchased products at a constant pitch along the position corresponding to the sales price of each product displayed on the front end of the price display plates 10a to 10c is displayed on the front surface 8 of the display unit 2. ₁ , B ₂ , B ₃ ... Are arranged.

Then, inside of the display portion 2, above the product sample D ₁ to D ₇ on display side by side in the upper price display panel 10a, there is free space not occupied by these products samples, in the free space, automated In order to reduce the power consumption of the vending machine X, an electric lighting system can be used to inform that the product can be purchased even if the illumination (not shown) of the display unit 2 provided as standard in the vending machine is turned off all day. The display 11 has a rectangular box-shaped case having a length of 310 mm, a width of 65 mm, and a thickness of 30 mm. The display 12 has a horizontally long orientation parallel to the price display board 10a in the display unit 2, and the price display board It is installed above 10a.

Since the electric display 11 is attracted and fixed to the back plate portion 9 of the display unit 2 of the vending machine X by the magnets 13a, 13b and 13c provided on the back surface of the vessel 12, the vending machine X has no way of doing anything. It can be installed inside the display unit 2 without modification, and attachment and removal work for the vending machine X can be performed very easily and quickly.

In addition, the electric display 11 is a rectangular translucent plastic in which character information in which “sale” is horizontally written with a red solid (red ground color) is drawn in the center of the front of the container 12 is displayed. An illumination panel 14 composed of a panel, and an LED illumination 15 composed of a square LED panel that illuminates the display information of the illumination panel 14 by illuminating it from behind, are arranged on both sides of the front of the body 12. Amorphous solar panels 16a and 16b that can generate electric power even under indoor fluorescent lamps are arranged, and an optical sensor 17 composed of a photodiode or the like for detecting the brightness and darkness of the surroundings is arranged on one side thereof. .

In addition, a hollow frame 18 is formed in the center of the front surface of the body 12 of the electrical display 11 so that the square electrical panel 14 can be replaced and the four sides of the electrical panel 14 are held. An LED illumination 15 is disposed so as to follow the hollow frame 18.

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A three-point changeover switch 19 for switching the lighting (ON), blinking (FLASH), and extinguishing (OF) of the LED illumination 15 is disposed on the side of the body 12. The battery 20 of the solar panels 16a and 16b that serve as the power source of the LED lighting 15 and the LED lighting circuit 21 that turns on or blinks the LED lighting 15 when the light sensor 17 detects the darkness of sunset that is less than 100 lux. Are disposed. The storage battery 20 is a nickel cadmium battery having a power supply voltage of 1.2 V / 1000 mAh having a storage capacity capable of continuously lighting the LED illumination 15 for 10 hours or more and blinking for 15 hours or more in a fully charged state. Is formed.

Therefore, when installing the electric display 11 in the empty space inside the display unit 2 of the vending machine X, first, the outer door 1 of the vending machine X is opened, and then on the back of the outer door 1. The middle door which also becomes the back plate part 9 of the provided display part 2 is opened, and the front surface of the back plate part 9 of the display part 2 is provided by the magnets 13a to 13c provided on the back surface of the body 12 of the illumination type display unit 11. The three-point selector switch 19 provided on the side portion of the container body 12 is switched to the lighting or blinking position, and then the inner door (the back plate portion 9 of the display unit 2) is closed. Close the outer door 1.

As a result, as a power saving measure, even if the lighting of the display unit 2 using the commercial power supply that is standard equipment in the vending machine X is turned off all day long, it will be installed in an empty space inside the display unit 2 when it falls at night. The electric display 11 is displayed on the electric panel 14 by the light of the LED lighting 15 that is turned on or blinking with the storage battery 20 charged with electricity generated by the solar panels 16a and 16b in the daytime as a power source. Can be informed to the buyer at night that the vending machine X is in operation and the product can be purchased.

The vending machine Y according to the second embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 6 is also a can / bottle beverage vending machine similar to the vending machine X according to the first embodiment, and forms the front part of the machine body. 1 is provided with a display unit 2 for displaying product samples D ₁ , D ₂ , D ₃ ... Arranged for sale, and an electric display 11 is installed in an empty space inside the display unit 2.

The difference between the vending machine Y and the vending machine X according to the first embodiment is that the lengths of the price display boards 10a, 10b, and 10c displaying the product samples D ₁ , D ₂ , D ₃ . However, it is formed shorter than that of the vending machine X, and an empty space not occupied by the product samples D ₁ , D ₂ , D ₃ ... Is provided on one end side of the upper price display board 10a and the middle price display board 10b. In the vacant space, the electric display 11 is installed with its body 12 placed in a vertically oriented direction orthogonal to the price display boards 10a, 10b, and a power installed in a vertically oriented direction. Character information in which the lighting panel 14 to be inserted into the hollow frame 18 of the illumination display 11 is vertically written as “power saving” with red letters as shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B. It is a point that is displayed, and other Point, since almost common with vending machines X, more description of those vending machines X and corresponding to those in positions omitted.

The vending machines X and Y of Examples 1 and 2 are both can / bottle beverage vending machines, but the vending machine of the present invention is not limited to this, and a paper container beverage vending machine, It may be a cup beverage vending machine, an alcoholic beverage vending machine, a tobacco vending machine, or the like.

Further, the lighting panel 14 of the lighting display 11 may be one in which the character information “on sale” is vertically written, or the character information “in power saving” is horizontally written. The information is not limited to the text information “on sale” or “power saving”, but may be a display of a logo mark of the manufacturer of the product for sale, advertising characters, designs, and the like.

  The present invention is useful for power saving measures for vending machines.

X ... vending machine Y ... vending machine D 1 _{to D} 7 _... Product sample 1 ... external door 2 ... display section 8 ... back plate portion 11 of the front portion 9 ... display portion of the display portion ... DenTerushiki display 12 ... Body 13a-13c ... Magnet 14 ... Lighting panel 15 ... LED lighting 16a ... Solar panel 16b ... Solar panel 17 ... Photo sensor 18 ... Hollow frame 19 ... Three-point switch 20 ... Solar panel storage battery 21 ... LED lighting circuit

Claims (5)

In a vending machine provided with a display unit on the outer door that forms the front part of the fuselage to display product samples of products for sale, ambient brightness in the empty space inside the display unit that is not occupied by the product samples・ Light sensor that detects darkness, solar panel and its storage battery, LED lighting that uses the storage battery as a power source, and LED lighting that turns on the LED lighting when darkness of sunset is detected by the optical sensor A vending machine comprising a circuit and an illumination type display provided with an illumination panel that illuminates display information with the light of the LED illumination. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein character information that is written horizontally or vertically is displayed on the lighting panel as “currently being sold” or “power-saving”. The back plate portion of the display unit is formed of a ferromagnetic plate, and the electric display is attached and fixed to the back plate portion of the display unit by the attractive force of a magnet provided on the back of the display unit. The vending machine according to claim 1 or 2. The body of the electric display is composed of a rectangular box-shaped case, and in the center of the front of the body, a square translucent plastic panel to be the illumination panel is inserted in a replaceable manner, and the four sides are inserted. 2. A hollow frame to be held is formed, a square LED panel serving as the LED illumination is disposed behind the hollow frame, and a pair of solar panels are disposed on both sides thereof. 2. Vending machine according to 2 or 3. The vending machine according to claim 1, 2, 3, or 4, wherein the electric display comprises a three-point changeover switch for switching on / off / off the LED illumination.

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