JP3598872B2 - Vending machine product display stand - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a vending machine that sells cans, bottles, plastic bottle products, and the like as hot or cold products, and relates to a product display stand installed in a display room of the vending machine.
[0002]
[Prior art]
First, FIG. 4 shows a configuration of a vending machine to which the present invention is applied. In the figure, 1 is a main body case in which a product storage rack or the like is mounted, 2 is an outer door arranged on the front surface of the main body case 1, and the outer door 2 has a product outlet 3, a coin slot 4, and a bill insertion. The display room 9 is provided with a mouth 5, a cash return lever 6, a change return opening 7, a handle 8 with a lock, and a display room 9. In the display room 9, a product display table on which product samples 10 are placed and displayed vertically. 11 and a product selection button 12 on the front thereof.
[0003]
Next, FIGS. 5 and 6 show examples of the conventional structure around the product display stand 11 and its surroundings. First, in the conventional example shown in FIG. 5, the display room 9 is defined between the transparent cover 9a disposed on the front and the rear door plate 9b, and the product display stand 11 is provided on the rear door plate 9b with a product selection button. Reference numeral 12 is attached to the transparent cover 9a via a mounting plate 12a having a U-shaped cross section. Here, the product display stand 11 is composed of a horizontally long stage-shaped underframe with an open lower surface, and an illumination lamp (fluorescent lamp) 13 is incorporated inside the frame to illuminate the entire product sample 10 and the display room 9. Like that. A panel holder 14 is provided on the mounting plate 12a of the product selection button 12, and a product price display plate 15 corresponding to each product sample 10 displayed on the product display stand 11 in the panel holder 14. , And "HOT" and "COLD" are inserted in a sheet-like cold / hot display panel 16 in a plug-in manner.
[0004]
FIGS. 6 (a) and 6 (b) are diagrams showing the construction of an improved product display table previously proposed by the same applicant as the present invention as Japanese Patent Application No. 10-312838. In this configuration, a display window 11b is opened on the front wall 11a of the product display stand 11 so as to correspond to each of the product samples 10 placed and displayed on the display stand. The lower edge of the front wall 11a is formed with a folded portion 11c on the back side by sheet metal processing. Further, the claw portions 11d are provided at several places in the longitudinal direction on the ceiling side of the commodity display stand 11 so as to face the folded portion 11c. Are cut and raised.
[0005]
With such a configuration, the cold / hot display plate 16 on which the characters “COLD” and “HOT” are printed is inserted into the back side of the front wall 11a of the product display stand 11, and between the folded portion 11c and the locking claw 11d on the ceiling side. Is held in a vertical orientation, and in this state, the characters "COLD" and "HOT" are positioned and set so as to be seen from the front through the cold / temperature display window 11b. Note that a price display sheet 17 is attached to the surface of the front wall 11a at a position above each of the cold / hot display windows 11b. As a result, the characters “COLD” and “HOT” displayed on the cold / hot display panel 16 can be seen from the front through the display window 11b of the product display stand 11. If a translucent sheet is used for the cold / hot display panel 16, for example, the characters "COLD" and "HOT" are illuminated by the light of the illumination lamp 13 incorporated in the product display stand 11.
[0006]
The setting of the cold / high temperature display plate 16 in the above configuration is performed as follows. First, in a state where the outer door 2 shown in FIG. 4 is opened, the rear door 9b of the display room 9 is opened, and the commodity display stand 11 is pulled out of the display room, the cold / hot display plate 16 as shown in FIG. Is held in hand and inserted from the lower surface of the product display stand 11 to the back side of the front wall 11a, the lower edge of the display plate 16 is placed on the folded portion 11c, and then pushed into the near side using a fingertip. As a result, the upper edge of the cold / cold display plate 16 gets over the locking claw 11d and is held at a predetermined position.
[0007]
In addition, the characters “COLD” and “HOT” are printed on the cold / cold display plate 16 in two separate lines in the upper and lower directions, and when the cold / cold display is changed, the characters of the panel see-through window 11b are reversed. The cold / cold display board 16 is pushed in with a fingertip from the front, removed from the inside of the product display stand 11, and mounted with the cold / cold display board 16 turned upside down.
[0008]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Meanwhile, the conventional configuration shown in FIG. 6 has the following drawbacks in the work surface when inserting and removing the cold / cold display plate 16.
That is, it is necessary to insert the hand into the inside of the product display stand 11 in which the illumination lamp 13 is incorporated and perform the work on the back side of the front wall 11a. The space between the lamp and the illumination lamp 13 installed inside is generally narrow, and the back side of the front wall 11a cannot be seen from the front. For this reason, it is difficult to carry out the work such as inserting and removing the cold / hot display panel 16 with a hand gesture, and there is a possibility that an unexpected burn may be caused by touching the illuminating lamp 13 whose hand is lit during this work.
[0009]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and improve the structure so that mounting and replacement work of a cold / hot display panel can be easily performed from the front of a product display stand. It is an object of the present invention to provide a product display stand for a vending machine which has improved the above.
[0010]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, it is a product display stand of a vending machine which is installed in a display room defined by an outer door and displays a product sample, and has a stage shape incorporating an illumination lamp. On the front wall of the product display stand to be opened a cooling temperature display window corresponding to the product sample and individually, and on the back side, a sheet-like cold temperature display plate is arranged to display the cold temperature of the sold product,
A support guide for the cold / hot display board is laid with a gap on the back side of the front wall of the product display stand, and a slit-shaped display board insertion opening is opened on the wall of the front wall, and the cold / hot display board is inserted through the insertion opening. It is configured to be inserted and set in the gap between the front wall and the support guide from the front of the product display stand (Claim 1). Specifically, it is configured in the following manner.
[0011]
(1) An insertion guide portion is formed on the support guide of the cold / cold display plate so as to project toward the opening surface of the display plate insertion port.
(2) The display panel insertion opening is opened at the boundary according to the arrangement of the cold / hot groups of the product samples displayed side by side on the product display stand (claim 3).
[0012]
According to the above-mentioned configuration, the work of mounting and replacing the cold / hot display board can be performed directly from the front of the product display stand without inserting the hand into the inside of the product display stand and carrying out a hand gesture on the back side of the front wall. it can. In this case, by forming an insertion guide portion protruding toward the opening surface of the display panel insertion opening in the support guide as described in item (2), the insertion and removal of the cold / hot display plate can be performed along the insertion guide portion of the support guide. In addition to this, the insertion guide portion also serves as a positioning stopper for another cold / cold display plate set next to it. Furthermore, by setting the opening position of the display panel insertion port as described in the item (3), it is possible to collectively display the cold temperature of the product for each group using one cold temperature display plate.
[0013]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on examples shown in FIGS. In the drawings of the embodiment, the same members corresponding to FIG. 6 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.
[0014]
That is, in the illustrated embodiment, the product display stand 11 having the cold / hot display window 11b opened on the front side corresponding to the product sample 10, and the support guide 18 of the display plate is provided with a small gap on the back side. It is laid along the longitudinal direction of the front wall 11a, and further has a slit-shaped display plate insertion opening 11e in the front wall 11a at an intermediate position between the left and right cold / temperature display windows 11b. Here, as shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, the support guide 18 has a light guide window hole 18a for guiding the illumination light of the illumination lamp 13 forward at a location facing the cold / cold display window 11b. Further, an insertion guide portion 18b having a V-shaped cross section that protrudes forward toward the opening of the display panel insertion opening 11e is cut and raised to be bent.
[0015]
In addition, the display panel insertion opening 11e is provided with the cold / hot group I, II, III.,... Of the product sample 10 displayed side by side on the product display stand 11 as shown in FIG. . . (The vending machine case is usually divided into a plurality of product storage rooms, and a product storage rack consisting of multiple columns is housed in each room, and a cooling mode or heating mode is selected for each product storage room. Cold products and hot products are sold together, and product samples to be displayed on the product display stand are also sorted and arranged by cold / hot group according to each column of the product storage rack installed in each product storage room. ), It is open at the boundary (right end).
[0016]
With this configuration, when the cold / hot display panel 16 is inserted into the product display stand 11 and set, the cold / hot display panel 16 is displayed from the front of the product display table 11 by holding the cold / hot display plate 16 as shown in FIGS. The front end of the plate is inserted into the display plate insertion opening 11e, inserted into the gap between the front wall 11a and the support guide 18 while being fed along the inclined surface of the insertion guide portion 18b of the support guide 18, and printed on the cold / hot display plate 16. The characters "COLD" or "HOT" are positioned and set at a fixed position so as to be displayed in the cold / temperature display window 11b. In this state, the lower edge of the cold / cold display plate 16 rests on the folded portion 11c formed at the lower end of the front wall 11a and is held in the upright posture.
[0017]
In addition, the cold / cold display plate 16 corresponds to the group I, II, III. . . 3, and each of the cold / hot display boards 16 is inserted and set one by one through the display board insertion opening 11e as shown in FIG.
[0018]
Thus, in a state where the cold / cold display plate 16 is inserted and set in the commodity display stand 11, the left end of the cold / cold display plate 16 abuts against the end face of the insertion guide portion 18b of the support guide 18 and is positioned at a fixed position. In addition, the illumination light of the illumination lamp 13 (see FIG. 5) incorporated in the product display stand 11 passes through the light guide window hole 18 a of the support guide 18 and the cold temperature display window 11 b of the product display stand 11, and The display characters are illuminated from behind.
[0019]
When the cold / hot display panel 16 is to be replaced in accordance with the cold / hot change of the sold product, the fingertip is applied to the cold / hot display window 11b from the front of the product display stand 11 in reverse to the above procedure. When the left end protrudes from the display plate insertion opening 11e along the insertion guide portion 18b of the support guide 18, the tip is pulled out, and then the orientation of the cold / cold display plate 16 is inverted. Then, the characters “HOT” are set in the lower row, and inserted and set on the product display stand 11.
[0020]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the configuration of the present invention, it is necessary to perform the setting and replacement work of the cold / cold display plate by inserting a hand behind the front wall from the lower surface side of the product display stand as in the conventional example and using a hand gesture. Instead, it can be performed easily with direct visual confirmation from the front side of the product display stand, and the maintenance performance can be greatly improved.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a product display stand according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein (a) is a partial front view with a cold / hot display plate removed, and (b) is a cold / hot display plate on a product display stand. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the product display stand shown in FIG. 1, wherein (a) and (b) are cross-sectional views taken along arrows XX and YY in FIG. 1 (a), respectively. FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of a work procedure for inserting and removing a cold / hot display board divided into cold / hot groups into a product display stand, and (a) to (c) are diagrams showing respective states of the work procedure. FIG. 5 is an overall front view of a vending machine to which the present invention is applied. FIG. 5 is a conventional product display stand in FIG. 4 and a vertical side view showing a peripheral structure thereof. FIG. 2A is a front view, and FIG. 2B is a side view showing a procedure for setting a cold and hot display board.
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vending machine main body case 2 Outer door 9 Display room 10 Product sample 11 Product display stand 11a Front wall 11b Cold / cold display window 11c Folding part 11e Display board insertion slot 13 Illumination light 16 Cold / cold display board 17 Price display sheet 18 Support guide 18b Insertion guide

Claims (3)

It is a vending machine product display stand that displays product samples by installing it inside the display room defined on the outer door, and the product samples individually on the front wall of the stage-shaped product display stand incorporating lighting The corresponding cold / cold display window is opened, and a sheet-shaped cold / cold display plate is placed on the back side to display the cold / cold temperature of the product for sale, with a small gap on the back side of the front wall of the product display stand. A support guide for the cold / cold display board is laid, and a slit-shaped display board insertion opening is opened in the wall surface of the front wall. A vending machine product display stand that is fed into a gap and set at a fixed position. 2. The product display stand of a vending machine according to claim 1, wherein an insertion guide portion protruding toward an opening surface of the display plate insertion opening is formed in the support guide of the cold / cold display plate. 2. A vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the display board insertion opening is opened at a boundary of the group of cold and hot groups of product samples displayed side by side on the product display table. Product display stand.

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