JP3301826B2 - Vending machine door structure - 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 having a front door and an upper door formed separately from the front door.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional vending machine door structure, for example, as shown in Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 2-80881, a front door and a vending machine body ( Some are provided with an upper opening type product storage upper door which is provided in correspondence with a product insertion port disposed at an upper portion of the main body) and is opened when storing products.

[0003] In such a vending machine door structure, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, the front door 1 and the front surface of an upper door 2 which is opened upward as shown by an arrow have openings 1 respectively.
a, 2a are formed. A translucent signboard is attached and fixed to the opening 2a of the upper door 2 with a mounting bracket shown later. Further, behind the signboard, an illumination light source 3 such as a fluorescent lamp as shown in the figure is arranged, and by illuminating the signboard with the illumination light source 3, the advertising and customer attraction are enhanced. I have to. In the figure, reference numeral 4 denotes a main body, and 4a denotes a product outlet.

On the other hand, a transparent panel 5 is attached and fixed to the opening 1a of the front door 1 with a mounting bracket.
Let a be the product display section. By printing a picture or the like on this transparent panel 5 as necessary,
A part of the transparent panel 5 may be used as a sign. In this case, the sign portion of the transparent panel 5 is illuminated by the illumination light source 3a that illuminates the sample product, for example.

[0005]

By the way, in such a conventional vending machine door structure, the light of the light source for illumination of the front door is cut off by a mounting bracket for fixing the signboard of the front door, and thus the front door is cut off. Because it does not go to the separation part between the door and the upper door, and the light of the light source for illumination of the upper door is blocked by the mounting bracket that fixes the transparent panel, so that it does not go to the separation part The separation part darkens.

[0006] For this reason, there is no problem when the signboards attached to the front door and the upper door display different contents, but when one design is displayed on the signboard of the front door and the upper door. However, there is a problem in that the design is divided at the separation section, the degree of appeal is reduced, and the advertising and customer attraction of the signboard are also reduced.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine door structure which does not impair the advertising and the customer attraction of a sign. It is.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention comprises a front door and an upper opening-type upper door for storing goods which is formed separately from the front door. Each of the translucent signboards is attached and fixed with a mounting bracket, and in the door structure of a vending machine in which a light source for illumination is arranged behind the signboard, an upper end portion of the signboard of the front door and a signboard of the upper door. A bent portion for attachment is formed at the lower end of the front door and the separated portion of the upper door, and a rear portion of the bent portion is formed so that light from the light source passes through a front portion of the bent portion. In which the sign is fixed by attaching the fitting.

[0009]

A bent portion for attachment is formed at the upper end of the signboard of the front door and the lower end of the signboard of the upper door so as to extend around the separation portion of the front door and the upper door, and is provided at the rear of the bent portion. By fixing the signboard by attaching the mounting bracket, light from the illumination light source of the signboard can be passed from the front of the bent portion, and the separation portion can be brightened.

[0010]

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 having a door structure according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 3 indicate the same or corresponding parts.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 6 denotes an opening 2a of the upper door 2.
Is a transparent panel attached to cover. In addition,
In the vending machine according to the present embodiment, by covering the opening 2a with the transparent panel 6 in this way, the opening 2a of the upper door 2 is also a product display section.

Reference numeral 7 denotes openings (product display sections) 1a, 2
9a is a coin slot, 9b is a bill slot, 10b.
Is a select button provided on the front of the transparent panels 5 and 6 corresponding to the sample product 7. In addition, 11 is a separation part formed between the front door 1 and the upper door 2.

By the way, as in this embodiment, the openings 1a,
In the case where the transparent panels 5 and 6 are attached to 2a, the transparent panels 5 and 6 are usually used as described above.
Instead of attaching a signboard as a separate part, a picture or the like is printed in addition to the portions of the transparent panels 5 and 6 facing the sample product 7 so as to serve as a signboard.

At the lower end of the transparent panel 6 which is a signboard of the upper door 2 on which a picture or the like is printed, a bent portion 6a for attachment is formed around the separating portion 11 as shown in FIG. At the upper end of the transparent panel 5, which is a signboard of the front door 1, a bent portion 5a for attachment is formed to go around the separating portion 11.

On the other hand, in FIG. 1, reference numeral 12 denotes a first mounting bracket provided on the upper door 2 for mounting and fixing a transparent panel.
The first mounting member 12 is provided at the bent portion 6 of the upper transparent panel 6.
a. As a result, the light from the illumination light source 3 disposed obliquely above the first mounting bracket 12 emits light from the first mounting bracket 12 as shown by the arrow.
Thus, the separation part 11 can be illuminated from above by passing through the front part of the bent part 6a which is not shielded.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a second mounting bracket provided on the lower door 1 for mounting and fixing the transparent panel. The second mounting bracket 13 is mounted on the rear part of the bent portion 5a of the lower transparent panel 5. It has become. As a result, light from the illumination light source 3a disposed obliquely below the second mounting bracket 13 passes through the front of the bent portion 5a that is not shielded by the second mounting bracket 13 as shown by the arrow. Thus, the separation unit 11 can be illuminated from below.

In this embodiment, the illumination light source 3a extends in the lateral direction of the opening 1a as shown in FIG. The part can also be illuminated. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 14 denotes a select button mounting member.

In the vending machine door structure thus constructed, the separating portion 11 is a light source for illumination passing through the front of the bent portion 6a formed at the lower end of the transparent panel 6 of the upper door 2. 3 and is illuminated from below by light from an illumination light source 3a passing through the front of a bent portion 5a formed at the upper end of the transparent panel 5 of the front door 1. It becomes brighter.

In this way, the design of the transparent section 11 of the front door 1 is achieved by illuminating the separating section 11 from above and below with the light from the illumination light sources 3 and 3a of the front door 1 and the upper door 2. Even when the display is drawn on the panel 5 and the transparent panel 6 of the upper door 2, the continuity of the design can be maintained and a sense of unity can be produced.

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention, the upper end of the signboard of the front door and the lower end of the signboard of the upper door are wrapped around the separating portion to form a bent portion for mounting. Since the mounting bracket is attached to the rear part of the bent part and the light from the light source for illumination passes from the front part of the bent part toward the separation part, the separation part can be brightened. Thereby, the continuity of the design can be maintained, and it is possible to prevent the advertising performance and the customer attractability of the signboard from being impaired.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a vending machine having a door structure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of a main part of the vending machine.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a conventional vending machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3, 3a Light source 5, 6 Transparent panel 11 Separator 12 First mounting bracket 13 Second mounting bracket

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A 2-80881 (JP, U) JP-A 5-43186 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G07F 5/00-9/10 G09F 13/00

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A front door, and an upper opening type product storage upper door formed separately from the front door, and a translucent signboard is attached to each of the front door and the upper door. In a vending machine door structure in which a light source for illumination is arranged behind the signboard while being fixedly attached with a metal fitting, the front door and the lower end of the signboard of the upper door are provided with the front door and the lower door. Forming a bent portion around the separation portion of the upper door, and attaching the mounting bracket to the rear portion of the bent portion so that light from the light source passes through the front portion of the bent portion. A vending machine door structure characterized by fixing a signboard.