JP3903902B2 - vending machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention stores products such as cans, bottles, and plastic bottles in the main body cabinet in a refrigerated and warmed state, and displays product samples side by side on the display stand installed in the display chamber of the outer door. The present invention relates to a vending machine that displays and displays a cold / hot state of a product corresponding to the product sample.
[0002]
[Prior art]
FIG. 5 shows the configuration of a vending machine that is an object of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a main body cabinet in which a product rack storing products such as cans, bottles, and plastic bottles is stored in the cabinet, and the products stored in the product rack are stored in a refrigerated state and a refrigerated state. It is. An outer door 2 formed in a flat box shape is attached to the front surface of the main body cabinet 1 so as to be openable and closable. In the upper area of the outer door 2, a display chamber 4 is formed which is composed of a display door whose front surface is covered with a transparent plate 3 and whose rear surface is attached to the outer door 2 so as to be opened and closed. In the display chamber 4, display stands 5 on which the product samples 6 are placed side by side are arranged in a plurality of stages in the vertical direction, in the illustrated case, in three stages. The display base 5 is formed in a horizontally long box shape with an open bottom surface, and a back wall that is not visible in the figure of the display base 5 is fixedly attached to the display door. When the display door is closed so as to be integrated with the outer door 2, the product sample 6 displayed in the display chamber 4 is seen through the transparent plate 3. Reference numeral 7 denotes a product selection button attached to the transparent plate 3, and reference numeral 8 denotes an advertisement section for displaying posters and the like. As is well known, a coin insertion slot, a bill insertion slot, a money return lever, a change return slot, a product outlet, a handle with a lock, and the like are provided on the front surface of the outer door 2.
[0003]
Next, the structure of the display stand 5 is shown in FIG. 6, and FIG. 6 shows a part of the display stand 5 in an enlarged manner. On the upper surface of the display stand 5, a hole (not shown) is formed for fixing the product sample 6 to a place where the product sample 6 is placed and introducing light of a fluorescent lamp described later into the product sample 6. A display window 5b is perforated on the front wall 5a of the display base 5 corresponding to each product sample 6, and a price display board 9 is attached to the upper side of the display window 5b. A slit-like support groove 5c having an open side surface is formed in the front wall 5a. 10 is a two-tiered cold and warm pattern in which the background of the letters "HOT" and "COLD" and the letters "HOT" and "COLD" are printed in warm (red) and cold (blue) colors on a single strip. In addition, it is a cold / hot display board that is displayed upside down. The cold / hot display board 10 is inserted from the side into the support groove 5c of the display stand 5, and is set so that the characters "HOT" or "COLD" appear in the display window 5b. In the illustrated example, “COLD” is displayed from the display window 5c. However, when “HOT” is displayed, the cold / hot display panel 10 is pulled out and inserted with its vertical direction reversed. A fluorescent lamp (not shown) is mounted in a socket (not shown) attached to the left and right side walls of the display stand 5 inside the box-shaped display stand 5 (see, for example, Patent Document 1). ).
[0004]
Further, in the case of further emphasizing the cold temperature of the product in addition to the cold temperature display on the cold temperature display board 10, it is known to paste a cold temperature emphasized sheet as described below on the display door as the background of the product sample 6. Yes. In other words, the cold temperature highlighting sheets of “red”, which is a warm color representing “HOT”, and “blue”, which is a cold color representing “COLD”, are prepared, and “HOT” of the cold temperature display board 10 mounted on the display base 5 is prepared. A “red” cool / temperature emphasized sheet is affixed to the surface of the display door corresponding to “3”, and a “blue” cool / temperature emphasized sheet is affixed to the surface of the display door corresponding to “COLD” of the cool temperature display board 10. Thereby, the background of the product sample 6 is displayed in “red” representing “HOT” and “blue” representing “COLD”, and the cold temperature state of the product sample 6 can be grasped at a glance (for example, Patent Document 2). reference).
[0005]
In addition, it is also known that a light emitting diode is provided corresponding to a specific product sample to highlight a specific product by flashing the light emitting diode in order to strongly appeal to the purchaser a new product campaign or a recommended product. (For example, see Patent Document 3).
[0006]
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-133503 [Patent Document 2]
JP 2002-109624 A [Patent Document 3]
JP-A-8-180251 [0007]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, since the ratio of the refrigerated and warmed state of the products stored in the vending machine is changed according to the season, it is necessary to change the cold temperature display displayed in the display window 5b of the display stand 5 each time. The change is made by pulling out the cold / hot display board 10 from the display base 5 and then reversing the vertical direction and attaching it to the display base 5 again. In accordance with this, it is necessary to replace the cold / high temperature emphasized sheet affixed to the display door. However, the cold / high temperature emphasized sheet has to be renewed according to the change of the cold temperature and has a problem that a rework work is required. On the other hand, when emphasizing a specific product such as a campaign product using a light emitting diode, a new light source (light emitting diode) different from a fluorescent lamp that illuminates a product sample or a cold / hot display board is required, and power is supplied to the light emitting diode. Therefore, it is necessary to route the power line. In this case, it has also been proposed to use a battery in order to eliminate the routing of the power line, but in this case, a new battery is required and a battery mounting base must be provided, which increases the number of parts. Have the problem of
[0008]
The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to provide a very simple structure for emphasizing the cold / hot state of a product sample and appealing a specific product in accordance with the refrigerated / hot state of the product in the warehouse. An object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine that can be easily performed.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention described in claim 1 has a main body cabinet having an open front surface and an outer door attached to the front opening of the main body cabinet so as to be openable and closable. Refrigerated and stored in a refrigerated state, having a display room defined by a transparent plate attached to the front surface of the outer door and a display door attached to the back surface of the outer door so as to be opened and closed; It is installed in the display room, is formed in a box shape with an open bottom surface , has cold temperature display means for indicating the cold temperature state of the product along the front wall, and a fluorescent lamp is arranged inside the box shape. in the vending machine products sample of the items on the display table exhibited Te column header to the left and right, said a rear wall of the display table, put in the product sample that was exhibited on the display table At a position corresponding to between adjacent product samples, a lighting window for a passage of the light emitted from the fluorescent lamp is provided, made of a light transmissive material, mounted on the rear wall of the display board so as to cover the lighting window In addition, a colored display board colored in a color that emphasizes the product is provided, and the color of the colored display board is developed on the display door through the daylighting window by the light of the fluorescent lamp.
[0010]
In the present invention adopting the above-described configuration, the color of the colored display plate is colored on the display door through the daylighting window by the light of the fluorescent lamp arranged inside the box-shaped display stand. In particular , when having a cold temperature display means that represents the cold state of the product along the front wall of the display stand, the colored display board is colored in a color (blue, red) representing the cold temperature corresponding to the cold temperature display means. Corresponding to the cold (blue, red) display of the product swatch displayed on the front of the stand, blue and red are colored on the display door which is the background of the product swatch. Thereby, the cold temperature state of the product sample in the display room can be emphasized. In addition, as described in claim 2 , the colored display board is colored in a specific color at a portion corresponding to a specific product, for example, a specific color is used as an image color such as a new product or a recommended product. The background of the product swatch is colored in the image color, so that a specific product swatch can be emphasized.
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of a vending machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. This embodiment shows an example of the invention, and the present invention is not limited to the embodiment.
Example 1
FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a main part of an embodiment of a vending machine according to the present invention, and is a rear perspective view showing a display stand in a state where a colored display plate is mounted on the display stand. FIG. FIG. 6 is a rear perspective view showing the display stand with the display board removed, and the vending machine to which the present invention is applied has the configuration shown in FIG.
[0012]
In the figure, reference numeral 50 denotes a display stand, and the display stand 50 is formed in a horizontally long box shape having an open lower surface, and is attached to both side walls 51 and 51 of the display stand 50 and is fluorescent on the socket 60, as in the conventional apparatus. A lamp (a fluorescent lamp is omitted for easy viewing of the configuration of the display stand in the figure) is mounted, and a product sample 6 fixed in a hole formed on the upper surface of the display stand 50 is placed. On the front wall that cannot be seen, a display window is formed and a cold / hot display board is mounted. The letters “HOT” and “COLD” on the cold / hot display board and the background of the letters “HOT” and “COLD” are warm (red) A cool / warm pattern printed in a cold color (blue) appears in the display window. The display stand 50 is detachably attached to a bracket provided on a display door (not shown) which is the background of the display room (see FIG. 5). Since the detachable structure is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-306150 (name of the invention “display device of vending machine”) filed by the present applicant, a detailed description is omitted here, but the display door A pair of left and right brackets provided on the left and right brackets are formed with deformed grooves, and a support shaft protruding from the left and right sides of the display base is detachably fitted into the deformed grooves, and the support shaft is fitted into the deformed grooves. Can be restrained and supported at the display position by moving the back and forth, or can be moved from the display position to the maintenance position and tilted forward.
[0013]
Reference numeral 100 denotes a strip-shaped colored display board that is divided into two in the longitudinal direction of the display stand 50. This colored display board 100 is made of a light-transmitting material, and as shown in FIG. The cold blue color 100a and the warm red color 100b are colored in two stages. The colored display panel 100 is inserted into a mounting groove 52a formed on the back wall 52 of the display base 50 and attached. The back wall 52 of the display base 50 is cut to the upper surface of the display base 50, bent at an obtuse angle instead of a right angle from the cut end, and folded back to form a mounting groove 52a on which the colored display board 100 is mounted. Yes. The display base 50 is inclined by cutting the back wall 52 of the display base 50 into the upper surface of the display base 50 and bending it at an obtuse angle, so that the back wall 52 does not adhere to the display door to which the display base 50 is attached. There is a gap between the display door. Further, the rear wall 52 is formed with a daylighting window 52b at a position corresponding to between adjacent product samples 6, and when the colored display board 100 is mounted in the mounting groove 52a, the colored display board 100 is arranged in two upper and lower stages. Either one of the colored blue color 100a or red color 100b on the upper side faces the daylighting window 52b.
[0014]
Each colored display panel 100 is mounted on the back wall 52 of the display base 50 as follows. That is, the cold temperature display pattern of the cold temperature display plate that displays the cold temperature state corresponding to the product sample 6 is, for example, in FIG. 1, the five product samples 6 on the left side are in the refrigerated state “COLD” and the five on the right side When the product sample 6 is in the warmed state “HOT”, the left colored display panel 100 has the blue color 100a on the upper side, and the left colored display panel 100 has the red color 100b on the upper level. It is attached to the back wall 52 (mounting groove 52a). As described above, when the colored display plate 100 is mounted on the back wall 52 of the display base 50, the display door is closed so as to be integrated with the outer door, and then the outer door is closed. The colored display board 100 is irradiated through the daylighting window 52b formed on the back wall 52, and the colored display board 100 is colored on the display door which is the background of the display room. According to the above example, the background corresponding to the five product samples 6 on the right side when viewed from the front of the display room is colored in blue, and the background corresponding to the five product samples 6 on the left side is colored in red. is doing. Therefore, the cold temperature state of the product sample 6 can be emphasized by the blue and red colors generated on the display door.
[0015]
When the ratio of the refrigerated and warmed state of the product stored in the vending machine is changed at the turn of the season, the cold temperature display of the cold temperature display plate displayed on the display window formed on the front wall of the display stand 50 is displayed each time. The change is as described in the explanation of the conventional apparatus. In accordance with this change, the color on the display door by the colored display board mounted on the back wall of the display stand is also changed. That is, the change of the cold / hot display plate is performed by opening the outer door and opening the display door from the outer door to expose the display stand 50 (the change of the cold / hot display plate is the same as the conventional device). At the time of changing the cold / hot display board, the colored display board 100 is exposed when the display stand 50 is pulled forward to the maintenance position and tilted forward. Here, when all the product samples 6 placed on the display base 50 are changed to the refrigerated state, the colored display board 100 (the right colored display board in FIG. 1) exposed as described above is used. The display panel 50 is pulled out from the back wall 52, and the colored display panel 100 that has been pulled out is reversed and inserted into the back wall 52 again. As a result, the blue color of the colored display panel 100 faces the daylighting window 52b formed on the back wall 52. As a result, a blue color is generated on the display door which is the background of all the product samples 6. When all the product samples 6 placed on the display base 50 are changed to the warmed state, it goes without saying that the left colored display board 100 in FIG. .
(Modification 1)
FIG. 3 is a rear perspective view showing a modification of the embodiment of the vending machine according to the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and showing the display stand in a state where a colored display board is mounted on the display stand. In FIG. 3, the same components as those in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.
[0016]
The modification shown in FIG. 3 is employed when all the product samples 6 placed on the display base 50 are in a refrigerated or warmed state. In FIG. 3, the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is used. The difference is the cold temperature display board 200. That is, the cold / hot display board 100 in the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is divided into left and right parts, whereas the cold / hot display board 200 shown in FIG. 3 has a length corresponding to the length of the display base 50. And is colored alternately in blue 200a and red 200b corresponding to the daylighting window 52a (see FIG. 2) formed in the back wall 52 of the display base 50. Since the colored display board 200 is alternately colored blue 200a and red 200b in this manner, in the state shown in FIG. 3, blue is colored on the display door which is the background of the product sample 6, and the colored display board 200 is colored. When the button is slid to the left in the figure, the display door is colored red. (Example 2)
FIG. 4 is a rear perspective view showing a configuration of a main part of a different embodiment of the vending machine according to the present invention and showing the display stand in a state where a colored display board is mounted on the display stand. In FIG. 4, the same components as those in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.
[0017]
In FIG. 4, among the product samples 6 placed on the display base 50, 60 and 61 are product samples corresponding to specific products, that is, new products or recommended products. Reference numerals 300 and 301 denote colored display plates, respectively. The colored display plate 300 is a specific color that highlights new products or recommended products at positions facing the daylighting windows 52c, 52d, 52e formed on the back wall 52 of the display base 50. For example, the image color of the product is colored, and the remaining portion is formed opaque. On the other hand, the colored display board 301 is formed opaque, and blocks the light of the fluorescent lamp from the daylighting window 52b that is hidden behind the colored display board 301 and cannot be seen. Therefore, according to the configuration of the second embodiment, the image color of the new product or the recommended product is colored on the display door as the background of the product samples 60 and 61, and the new product or the recommended product is emphasized by this image color. Can do. Therefore, it is not necessary to provide a light source only for emphasizing a specific product as in the prior art, and the specific product can be emphasized using a fluorescent lamp that illuminates the product sample 6 from the inside.
[0018]
In addition, although the said color display board 300 demonstrated what the remaining part other than the location colored in the image color of goods was formed opaque, about the said remaining part, it is red and blue showing the cold temperature of goods. It can also be colored.
In each embodiment, the colored display board is divided into two parts on the left and right, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a single member may be used as shown in the modification. In each embodiment, the daylighting windows formed on the back wall of the display stand are described between adjacent product samples, but the daylighting window may be a single continuous window, In this case, the colored display plate is colored in a portion corresponding to the daylighting window shown in each embodiment, and the remaining portion is formed opaque.
[0019]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, the main body cabinet having the front opening and the outer door attached to the front opening of the main body cabinet so as to be openable and closable are provided. A display room defined by a transparent plate attached to the front surface of the outer door and a display door attached to the rear surface of the outer door so as to be openable and closable; It is installed in, together with the lower surface is formed into a box shape that is open along a its front wall has a cold display means representing the cold condition of the item, and a display stand fluorescent lamp inside the box shape is arranged in vending machine exhibited Te column header items samples of the products to the left and right above the a rear wall of the display shelf, to adjacent the product samples on display on the display shelf At a position corresponding to between the product sample, a lighting window for a passage of the light emitted from the fluorescent lamp is provided, made of a light transmissive material and is attached to the rear wall of the display board so as to cover the lighting window In addition, a colored display plate colored in a color that emphasizes the product is provided, and the color of the colored display plate is colored on the display door through the daylighting window by the light of the fluorescent lamp. When emphasizing the storehouse state, blue and red are colored on the display door, which is the background of the product sample, and when emphasizing a specific product, a specific color (such as the product image color) is the background of the specific product. Since the image color is developed on the display door, the cold state of the product and the specific product can be emphasized with an easy and simple configuration from the front of the display room.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a rear perspective view showing a configuration of a main part of an embodiment of a vending machine according to the present invention, and showing a display stand in a state where a colored display board is mounted on the display stand. FIG. 3 is a rear perspective view showing the display stand with one colored display board removed from FIG. 3. FIG. 3 shows a modification of the embodiment of FIG. 1, and shows the display stand with the colored display board attached to the display stand. FIG. 4 is a rear perspective view showing the configuration of the main part of a different embodiment of the vending machine according to the present invention, and showing the display stand in a state where a colored display board is mounted on the display stand. FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a display stand showing a conventional apparatus.
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body cabinet 2 Outer door 3 Transparent board 4 Display room 6 Product sample 50 Display stand 5 Display stand 52 Back wall 52b Daylighting window 100 Colored display board 200 Colored display boards 300 and 301 Colored display board

Claims (2)

A main body cabinet having a front opening and an outer door attached to the front opening of the main body cabinet so as to be openable and closable. It has a display room defined by a transparent plate attached to the front face of the door and a display door attached to the back face of the outer door so as to be openable and closable. The product sample of the product is arranged side by side on a display stand that is formed and has a cold temperature display means that represents the cold state of the product along the front wall thereof, and a fluorescent lamp is arranged inside the box shape. In the vending machine exhibited
A lighting window for forming a passage of light emitted from the fluorescent lamp is provided at a position corresponding to a space between adjacent product samples in the product sample displayed on the display table on the rear wall of the display table. A colored display plate made of a light transmitting material and mounted on the rear wall of the display stand so as to cover the daylighting window and colored in a color that emphasizes the product, and colored through the daylighting window by the light of the fluorescent lamp A vending machine characterized by coloring the color of the board on the display door. 2. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the colored display board is colored in a specific color at a location corresponding to the specific product .

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