JP3475301B2 - Display mechanism of sample card in card vending machine - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present application relates to a sample card display mechanism in a vending machine such as a telephone card.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a vending machine such as a telephone card, a sample card to be sold is displayed on the front of the vending machine. A display hole, which is larger than the circular hole in which the sample card is inscribed, is opened, and a flange is formed on the periphery of this opening. While abutting on the rear face of the machine body front plate, a pressing plate is superposed on the rear face of the display plate, a sample card is sandwiched between these, and a mounting piece is fixed to the rear face of the machine body front plate. Thus, a structure in which the display plate, the sample card, and the pressing plate are closely sandwiched between the front plate of the machine body and the mounting piece is known, for example, from Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 5-4071.

[0003]

However, according to the above-mentioned conventional structure, since the relatively large opening is provided on the front plate of the machine body, the opening is sealed from the front surface of the machine body with, for example, a hammer. There was a case of theft accident in which the display plate and the holding plate that existed were destroyed, the hand was inserted into the vending machine through the opening, and the card for sale stored in the vending machine was taken away. Measures are required to prevent accidents.

[0004]

Therefore, the present invention is an invention for addressing the above-mentioned demand, and is arranged on the front face of the body front plate at a position which constitutes the display part of the sample card, and is arranged in the center in the front-back direction. A display member having a recessed portion penetrating therethrough and having a window hole in the front surface, and a plurality of projecting members projecting to the rear surface from the through holes formed in the body front plate around the rear surface, and a sample card on the front surface. A mounting plate that supports the mounting plate and is housed in the concave portion, a transparent plate that overlaps the inner surface of the window hole to cover the front surface of the mounting plate, and a rear surface that protrudes through a through hole formed in the front plate of the machine body. The above-mentioned protruding member is configured by a holding member that holds the rear face of the body front plate, and specifically, the protruding member faces upward to the rear end portion of the insertion piece that horizontally protrudes from the rear face of the display member. It consists of a locking piece provided with a claw piece of It is possible to insert a locking piece protruding to the rear surface through a through hole formed in the body front plate into a plate arranged on the rear surface of the body front plate, and at a position of the insertion piece of the locking piece. The fixing plate is movable up and down and has a locking hole for locking the claw piece.

In the above, in order to prevent rainwater and dust from entering the concave portion from between the front plate of the machine body and the display member, a mounting bolt is attached to the rear surface of the machine body front plate at a position constituting the display section of the sample card. And a through hole is provided at a position of the holding plate facing the mounting bolt, and a nut is screwed and tightened to the mounting bolt protruding from the through hole. Also,
As another means for preventing rainwater and dust from entering the concave portion, the projecting member is a bolt, and the holding member is a bolt projecting to the rear surface through a through hole formed in the front plate of the machine body. It may be composed of a fixing plate having a through hole and a nut screwed with a bolt protruding from the through hole,
The fixing plate may be omitted by using the projecting member as a bolt and the fixing member as a nut screwed with the bolt. And the thickness of each of the sample card and the mounting plate should be equal to or slightly smaller than that. Furthermore, in order to facilitate the replacement of the sample card with respect to the mounting plate, oblique mounting slits for engaging the corners of the sample card are provided at the corner positions where the mounting plates face each other in at least one diagonal direction. .

[0006]

When the sample card is to be displayed, the transparent plate and the mounting plate on which the sample card is superposed on the front surface of the transparent plate are housed in the concave portion of the display member and displayed in this state. The rear surface of the member is brought into contact with the front surface of the machine body front plate, and each projecting member is inserted into a through hole formed in the machine body front plate, and the projecting member projecting to the rear surface through this through hole is held by the machine body. Stick on the rear side of the front plate.

In the above structure, the projecting member is a locking piece having an upwardly projecting claw piece at the rear end of the insertion piece horizontally projecting from the rear surface of the display member, and the holding member is the rear surface of the machine body front plate. In the case where the plate body arranged in the above is composed of a holding plate provided with a locking hole for inserting a locking piece protruding to the rear surface through a through hole formed in the body front plate, the rear surface of the display member is While abutting on the front surface of the machine body front plate, the locking piece is inserted into the through hole of the machine body front plate, and in this state, the locking piece protruding to the rear surface of the machine body front plate is provided with the locking holes provided on the holding plate, respectively. The holding plate is lowered from the state where the holding plate is inserted and is in contact with the rear surface of the body front plate. Then, the upper edge of the insertion piece comes into contact with the upper edge of the through hole, and the holding plate intervenes between the claw piece and the front plate of the machine body, so that the display member is fixed to the front plate of the machine body. In this case, when the protruding length of the insertion piece of the locking piece is formed to be slightly smaller than the material thickness of the machine body front plate and the holding plate, the holding plate is provided between the machine body front plate and the claw piece of the locking piece. The display member is press-fitted so as to come into close contact with the front surface of the front plate of the machine body. When projecting the mounting bolts on the rear surface of the machine front plate at the position that constitutes the display part of the sample card or when using the projecting members as bolts, tighten the nuts with these to tighten the display member to the front of the machine front plate. Close to.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of the entire vending machine for sample cards. Display section 3 for displaying the amount of money input and display section 4 for sample card P
And a banknote insertion / return port 5, and a card payout unit 6 is provided below the machine body front plate 2.

As shown in FIG. 2, the display mechanism formed in the display section 4 of the sample card P includes a display member 7 of the sample card P arranged on the front side of a required position of the machine body front plate 2,
It is composed of a transparent plate 8 for protecting the surface of the sample card P, a mounting plate 9 for the sample card P, and a holding member 10 for holding the display member 7 on the rear surface side of the machine body front plate 2.

The display member 7 is composed of a lateral rectangular plate-like member 11 similar to the sample card P, and projects rearward at the four corners of its rear surface, and the projecting lengths L thereof are fixed to the body front plate 2 and described later. An upwardly facing claw piece 12b at the rear end of the insertion piece 12a which is approximately equal to or slightly smaller than the sum of the material thickness of the member 10.
Locking pieces 14 and 1 which form a protruding member 13 having
4, 14 and 14 are respectively arranged and the plate-shaped member 1
1 has a depth and a size suitable for accommodating the transparent plate 8, the mounting plate 9 and the sample card P, and a front surface thereof has a rib 15a for receiving the periphery of the transparent plate 8 at its peripheral edge. A concave portion 15 having a window 15b is provided, and the display member 7 is made of a material having mechanical strength, such as a casting.

The mounting plate 9 is composed of an opaque thin plate piece in the shape of a horizontal rectangle that is slightly larger than the sample card P, and one of the diagonally opposite corners of the plate card P has one diagonal direction. Slanted slits 16, 16 into which the opposite corners can be inserted are provided, and the transparent plate 8
Is made of a transparent synthetic resin plate or a tempered glass plate having a size substantially equal to that of the mounting plate 9.
The sample card P attached to the front surface of the plate-shaped member 11 is stored in the concave portion 15 of the plate-shaped member 11 in a state of being superposed on the surface thereof.

At the required position of the machine body front plate 2 which becomes the display section 4 of the sample card P, the locking pieces 14, 14, 14,
Vertically elongated through holes 17, 17, 17, 17 for inserting 14 are provided, and the through holes 17, 1 of the machine body front plate 2 are formed.
A mounting bolt 18 projecting rearward is provided at a central portion of a lateral rectangular surface surrounded by 7, 17, 17.

A holding plate 19 which constitutes the holding member 10.
Is preferably made of a metal plate and has a horizontally rectangular shape, and is a vertically long engaging member which penetrates the through holes 17 and has rearwardly projecting locking pieces 14, 14, 14, 14 at four corners thereof. Stop holes 20, 20, 20, 20 are provided, and a vertically long through hole 21 for inserting the mounting bolt 18 is formed at the central position of the holding plate 19, and the center of the upper edge is provided. An operation piece 22 that is inclined rearward and downward is provided at the position.

When displaying the sample card P, first, the transparent plate 8 is provided in the concave portion 15 of the display member 7 from the rear surface, and the corners Pa of the sample card P facing the slits 16 and 16 are opposed. And the mounting plate 9 on which the sample card P is superposed and supported on the front surface are sequentially accommodated, and the periphery of the transparent plate 8 is superposed on the inner surface of the receiving rib 15a.

In this way, the transparent plate 8 is placed in the concave portion 15.
With the mounting plate 9 supporting the sample card P accommodated, the rear surface of the display member 7 is brought into contact with the front surface of the machine body front plate 2, and each locking piece 14 is inserted into the through holes 17, 17 of the machine body front plate 2. ，
17 and 17, respectively, and further, in this state, the locking holes 20, 20, 20, 20 of the holding plate 19 are provided in the locking pieces 14 protruding to the rear surface of the machine body front plate 2 and the vertically long through holes 21.
The mounting bolts 18 are respectively inserted into and the holding plate 19 is lowered while the holding plate 19 is in contact with the rear surface of the machine body front plate 2.

Then, the lower edge of the insertion piece 12a abuts on the lower edge of the through hole 17, and the upper edge of the locking hole 20 moves to the locking piece 14.
The affixing plate 19 abuts on the upper edge of the insertion piece 12a, and the fixing plate 19 is interposed between the claw piece 12b and the body front plate 2 so that the display member 7 is fixed to the body front plate 2.

In this case, the depth of the concave portion 15 is set to the transparent plate 8
The thickness is set to be equal to or slightly smaller than the sum of the thicknesses of the sample card P and the mounting plate 9, and the protruding length L of the insertion piece 12a of the locking piece 14 is set to be smaller than the material thickness of the machine body front plate 2 and the holding plate 19. When the transparent plate 8 is formed to be a little smaller,
The holding plate 19 is closely attached to the inner surface of a
And the claw piece 12b of the locking piece 14 are press-fitted, the display member 7 comes into close contact with the front surface of the body front plate 2, and in this state,
When the wing nut 23 is screwed and tightened to the mounting bolt 18, the holding plate 19 is brought into close contact with the rear surface of the machine body front plate 2.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the projecting member 13 in the above embodiment.
Bolts 24 instead of the locking pieces 14, which are planted at the four corners of the display member 7 and which are vertically elongated through holes 17 provided in the body front plate 2 and the vertically long engagement members 10 provided in the holding member 10. Instead of the stop holes 20, round holes 17 'and 20', which are suitable for inserting the bolts 24, respectively, and a wing nut 25 is screwed and tightened on each bolt 24, so that the mounting bolt 18 and It shows another embodiment in which the through hole 21 and the wing nut 23 are omitted.

Further, FIG. 6 shows another embodiment in which the holding plate 19 is omitted and the wing nut 25 is screwed and tightened to the bolt 24 on the rear surface of the machine body front plate 2 in the embodiment shown in FIG. Is shown.

Further, in each of the above-mentioned embodiments, the case where the display member 7 is formed in the shape of a horizontal rectangle similar to the sample card P is shown. However, as shown in FIG. 7, this is formed in a circular shape. Of course, it is okay.

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention, only the hole for inserting the projecting member consisting of the locking piece or the bolt is provided in the front plate of the machine body, and this hole is different from the display hole in the conventional structure. Since it is extremely small, it is impossible to pull out the sold card stored in the vending machine from the outside unless the front plate itself is destroyed even if the display member is destroyed, thus ensuring safety and Since the sample card is stored in the concave part with the mounting plate,
The position of the sample card can be easily regulated, and the sample card is not likely to fall off. Further, according to the configuration of claim 2, the fixing plate is locked to the locking piece, so that the display member can be attached to the front plate of the machine body. In addition to being simple, in particular, according to the constitutions of claims 3, 4, 5 and 6, the display member is brought into close contact with the front surface of the machine body front plate by screwing and tightening the bolt and the nut, and the inner surface of the window hole is transparent. The plates are in close contact with each other, and rainwater and dust are unlikely to enter the concave portion even outdoors, and according to the configuration of claim 7, it is convenient to replace the sample card with respect to the mounting plate.

[Brief description of drawings]

[Figure 1] Overall front view of a card vending machine

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a main part

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

4 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line BB of FIG.

5 is an exploded perspective view of another embodiment corresponding to FIG.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of still another embodiment corresponding to FIG.

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of still another embodiment corresponding to FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 Airframe front plate 4 Exhibition Department 7 Display member 8 transparent plate 9 Mounting plate 10 Holding member 12a insertion piece 12b nail piece 13 Projection member 14 Locking piece 15 concave part 15b window hole 16 slits 17 through holes 18 Mounting bolt 19 holding plate 20 locking hole 21 through holes 25 nuts P sample card

Claims (8)

(57) [Claims] 1. A sample card is disposed on the front surface of the front plate of the fuselage at a position that constitutes the display portion of the sample card. A display member provided with a plurality of projecting members projecting from the through holes formed in the front plate of the machine body to the rear surface thereof, a mounting plate for supporting a sample card on the front surface and being housed in the concave portion, and an inner surface of the window hole. A transparent plate which is overlapped with the mounting plate to cover the front surface of the mounting plate, and a holding member which holds a projecting member projecting to the rear surface through a through hole formed in the body front plate on the rear surface side of the body front plate. An exhibition mechanism for sample cards in card vending machines, which is characterized in that 2. The projecting member comprises a locking piece in which an upwardly projecting claw piece is provided at the rear end portion of an insertion piece horizontally projecting from the rear surface of the display member, and the holding member is arranged on the rear surface of the machine body front plate. The locking piece projecting to the rear surface through the through hole formed in the front plate of the machine body can be inserted into the plate body to be moved, and the claw piece can be moved up and down at the position of the inserting piece of the locking piece. 2. A sample card display mechanism in a card vending machine according to claim 1, which comprises a holding plate provided with a locking hole for locking. 3. A mounting bolt is projectingly provided on the rear surface of the machine body front plate at a position constituting the display part of the sample card, and a through hole is provided at a position of the holding plate facing the mounting bolt, and the through hole projects from this through hole. The sample card display mechanism in a card vending machine according to claim 2, wherein a nut is screwed onto the mounting bolt. 4. The holding member is a bolt, and the protruding member is a bolt.
The holding plate provided with a through hole for inserting the bolt projecting to the rear surface through a through hole formed in the front plate of the machine body, and a nut screwed with the bolt projecting from the through hole. Display mechanism of the sample card in the vending machine of the described card. 5. The sample card display mechanism in a card vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the projecting member is a bolt, and the holding member is a nut screwed onto the bolt. 6. A concave portion depth, equal to the sum of the respective thickness of the transparent plate and the intake and sample card <br/> with plates, claim comprising set slightly smaller than that A display mechanism of a sample card in a vending machine for cards described in 3, 4, or 5. 7. The mounting plate is provided with at least one diagonally opposite corner position at which diagonal slits for inserting and supporting the corner of the sample card are provided.
A display mechanism of a sample card in the vending machine of the card described in 5 or 6. 8. The automatic card according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7, wherein the display member has a horizontal rectangular shape or a circular shape, and the window hole and the concave portion have a horizontal rectangular shape. An exhibition mechanism for sample cards in vending machines.