JP5664093B2 - Vending machine product sample display device - Google Patents

Description

  In the vending machine, products such as canned beverages and plastic bottled beverages are stored in a cold and hot state in a cabinet of a main body cabinet, and a plurality of products are stored on a display stand installed in a display chamber of an outer door. This relates to a product sample display device for a vending machine that displays the product samples arranged side by side.

A product sample display device of this type of conventional vending machine will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a vending machine that sells general canned drinks and plastic bottled drinks. As shown in the figure, the vending machine includes a main body cabinet 10 formed as a heat-insulating housing whose front surface is open, and an outer door 20 supported on the front surface of the main body cabinet 10 so as to be openable and closable. The front surface of the product storage of the main body cabinet 10 is closed by a heat insulating inner door 30 that can be opened and closed. In the cabinet of the main body cabinet 10, a product rack that is divided into a plurality of product storage rooms in the left-right direction by a heat insulating partition wall, stores products in a lying state in each product storage room, and has a product carry-out device at the lower end. In addition, a cooling / heating unit that cools or heats each product storage chamber and stores the product stored in the product rack in a cold / hot state is disposed below each product storage chamber. .

  The upper area of the front surface of the outer door 20 is covered with a transparent plate 40, and a space between the transparent plate 40 and the middle door 60 supported by the outer door 20 so as to be opened and closed is formed as a display chamber 50. On the front surface of the inner door 60, a display stand 70 is mounted in which a plurality of product samples 80 corresponding to the products stored in the cabinet of the main body cabinet 10 are placed side by side in a row on the left and right in three stages. . The transparent plate 40 is provided with a product selection button unit 90 at a position facing each display stand 70, and the product selection button unit 90 corresponds to each product sample 80 placed on the display stand 70. It has product selection buttons (not shown) arranged in a line. Further, on the front surface of the outer door 20, a coin insertion port communicating with the coin identification device 201, a bill insertion port communicating with the bill identification device 202, a coin return port, a return lever and a handle with a lock, a product outlet 203, and the like are provided. It has been.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the display stand 70 is attached to and detached from a pair of left and right fixing members 71 (only the right side fixing member 71 is shown in the figure) fixed to the middle door 60. The product mounting table 72 is freely mounted. The pair of left and right fixing members 71 serve as arms of the product mounting table 72, and as shown in FIG. 6B, the cross-sectional plane is formed in a substantially U-shape, and a deformed groove with a part opened toward the upper surface. 710 is formed. The deformed groove 710 includes an arcuate groove part 710a in the first half area, a slide groove part 710b formed in the latter half area in a row with the arcuate groove part 710a, and an intermediate position between the arcuate groove part 710a and the slide groove part 710b. The insertion / removal groove portion 710c having a notch opening between the upper surface portion 712 and the upper surface portion 712 is combined. On the other hand, the product mounting table 72 has an upper surface wall 721, left and right side walls 722 extending downward from both ends of the upper surface wall 721, and extends downward from the front surface side of the upper surface wall 721 and has a front side at the lower end thereof. A guide portion 723a formed by bending in a longitudinal direction has a front wall 723 provided extending in the longitudinal direction, and is formed in a substantially U-shaped longitudinal section that opens downward. A plurality of engagement holes 721A for fitting and holding the product sample 80 are provided in the upper surface wall 721 in the left-right direction. Further, pins 722A protruding inward are attached to the left and right side walls 722 of the product mounting table 72. The guide portion 723a of the front wall 723 of the product mounting table 72 has a cold / hot display plate 73 for displaying a cold / hot pattern indicating a cold / hot state of the product corresponding to each product sample 80, and a price display for displaying product price information. A plate 74 is mounted.

  The deformed grooves 710 of the pair of left and right fixing members 71 are formed to have a size through which pins 722A attached to the left and right side walls 722 of the product mounting table 72 can pass. The product mounting table 72 is assembled so as to cover the fixing member 72 from above the pair of left and right fixing members 71. At that time, the pin 722A is inserted into the deformed groove 710 through the insertion / removal groove portion 710c of the deformed groove 710, and then the pin 722A is moved (slid) to the slide groove portion 710b in the latter half region of the deformed groove 722. Is set at the display position, and the pin 722A is moved (slid) to the arc-shaped groove 710a in the first half region of the deformed groove 710, and then the product mounting table as shown in FIG. Maintenance work such as cleaning of the inner door 60 and replacement of the product sample 80 can be performed by tilting the 72 to the forward tilted posture (for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent No. 3644301

  By the way, the cold / hot display plate 73 disclosed in Patent Document 1 is formed of a transparent material and represents a cold / hot pattern indicating a cold hot state of a product (white COLD characters on a cold background or white on a warm background) The price display board 74 is formed of a transparent material, and a product price such as “¥ 120” is printed at a position corresponding to the product sample 80. For this reason, if the cooling / heating state of the product storage room in the vending machine is changed at the turn of the season, etc., it must be replaced with a new cooling / temperature display board printed with a cooling / temperature pattern according to the changed state. In addition, when the product price of the product handled by the vending machine is changed, it must be replaced with a new price display board 74. Therefore, there is a problem that it takes time to change the cold hot state in the product storage room in the warehouse or to change the product price. Therefore, instead of the cold temperature display plate 73 and the price display plate 74, a product information digital display provided with a liquid crystal display (LCD) is used to perform cold temperature display (cold blue and warm red) and price display. It is possible. However, if a product information digital display is simply installed instead of the cold / hot display board 73 and the price display board 74, the product information digital display has a thickness relative to the cold / hot display board 73 and the price display board 74. As in the invention disclosed in No. 1, the product mounting table cannot be tilted forwardly. In this case, it is conceivable to change the shape of the irregular groove 710 and the position of the pin 722A. However, since the fluorescent lamp and the socket as the illumination light source are disposed inside the display base 70, the shape of the irregular groove 710 The position of the pin 722A cannot be changed. Therefore, when adopting the product information digital display, when performing maintenance work such as cleaning the inner door or replacing the product sample, the product mounting table must be removed from the fixed member and placed on the floor surface, etc. Maintenance work is complicated. Moreover, when placing the product placement table on a floor or the like, there is a problem that the product placement table may be damaged, or the product placement table may be stepped on or scooped.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to solve the above-described problems and to provide a product mounting table for displaying product samples even in the case where a product information digital display is adopted, in the vicinity of the display table. An object of the present invention is to provide a product carrying device for a vending machine that can be held and held.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is a vending machine that sells products stored in a warehouse in a cold and hot state and sells them on the display stand side by side. In a product sample display device of a vending machine provided with a horizontally long product information digital display having a plurality of liquid crystal display units for displaying a cooling pattern and a product price corresponding to a plurality of product samples placed, the display stand is thereby divided into a fixing member for holding the article placing table and the article placing table for placing a plurality of product samples provided detachably to the article placing table relative to the fixed member, the commodity information digital display, the right and left attaching ends are attached to the front surface of the fixing member in a manner to protrude outwardly from the left and right brackets of the fixing member, products placed detached from the fixed member The characterized in that so as to lock held by the left and right ends of the product information digital display.

Further, the invention according to claim 2 is the product sample display device of the vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the product mounting table has product information on left and right side walls extending downward from both ends of the top wall displaying the product sample. It is characterized by having a notch for fitting the product mounting table into a forward tilted posture by fitting to the outer edges of the left and right ends of the digital display.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the commodity sample display device of the vending machine according to the second aspect, the cushioning material is provided at a position that contacts the front surface of the commodity information digital display in the cutouts on the left and right side walls of the commodity mounting table. It is characterized by that.

According to the product sample display device of the vending machine according to claim 1 of the present invention, the vending machine stores the product stored in the warehouse in a cold and hot state and sells it, In a product sample display device of a vending machine equipped with a horizontally long product information digital display having a plurality of liquid crystal display units for displaying a cooling / heating pattern and a product price corresponding to a plurality of product samples placed in a line in a row, The display table is divided into a product mounting table for mounting the plurality of product samples and a fixing member for holding the product mounting table, and the product mounting table is provided detachably with respect to the fixing member, and the product information digital a display, mounting and mounted in front of the fixing member in a manner that left right end projecting outwardly from the left and right brackets of the fixing member, taken from the fixed member By which is adapted to engage retain the article placing table on the left and right end portions of the product information digital display, when performing maintenance work such as replacement of cleaning or product samples, the floor of the article placing table is removed from the fixed member Since the product information digital display can be latched and held without being placed on the product, maintenance work can be performed efficiently, and the product mounting table can be prevented from being damaged during the maintenance work.

According to a product sample display device for a vending machine according to claim 2 of the present invention, in the product sample display device for a vending machine according to claim 1, the product mounting table is provided at both ends of an upper surface wall on which product samples are displayed. The product mounting table is connected to the product information digital display by having notches that fit the outer sides of the left and right ends of the product information digital display on the left and right side walls extending downward from the product to tilt the product mounting table to a forward tilted posture. Since the product mounting table can be tilted to the forward tilted position like the conventional device when it is held and held, the maintenance work such as cleaning the back of the display table and replacing the product sample can be facilitated. Have.

According to a product sample display device for a vending machine according to claim 3 of the present invention, in the product sample display device for a vending machine according to claim 2, the product information digital in the notches on the left and right side walls of the product mounting table. By having a cushioning material at a position that comes into contact with the front surface of the display, the product information digital display is not damaged by the notch when the product mounting table is locked to the product information digital display, and the appearance is not impaired. .

1 shows a product sample display device for a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, where (a) is a perspective view of a main part of a display stand in a set state, and (b) is a perspective view of a main part of the display stand in a maintenance state. . The display stand shown in FIG. 1 is shown, (a) is a disassembled perspective view of a display stand, (b) is an enlarged perspective view of the right end side of (a). The right side wall of the goods mounting base shown in FIG. 2 is shown, (a) is the expansion perspective view seen from front diagonally upward, (b) is the expansion perspective view seen from back diagonally downward. The product sample display apparatus shown in FIG. 1 is shown, (a) and (b) are side views of (a) and (b) of FIG. 1, respectively. It is a perspective view which shows an example of the vending machine which this invention makes object. It is an enlarged view of the right end side at the time of the front of the display stand in a conventional device, (a) is a perspective view of the state which assembled a goods mounting base to a fixed member, and (b) is a perspective view of a fixed member. It is a right view which shows the state which tilted the goods mounting base of the display stand in FIG. 5 to the forward leaning attitude.

  Hereinafter, a product sample display device for a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The product sample display device of the vending machine according to the embodiment of the present invention is different from the conventional device only in the display stand. Here, the display stand different from the conventional device will be described. Since the overall configuration of the vending machine is the same as that shown in FIG. 5, a description will be given with reference to FIG. 5 as appropriate.

  In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a display stand. The display stand 1 includes a steel plate fixing member 2 and a product placement stand 3. The fixing member 2 has a bracket 21 (see FIG. 2) as a brace that supports the product placing table 3, and the bracket 21 is fixedly locked to an inner door 60 (see FIG. 4). Reference numeral 4 denotes a product information digital display provided with a liquid crystal display (LCD), corresponding to a plurality of product samples 80 placed on the product placement table 3, a cold temperature display and a product representing cold and hot states of the product sample 80. A liquid crystal display unit 41 of a price is provided. Reference numeral 5 denotes a steel plate mounting bracket extending in the left-right direction, which is screwed to the fixing member 2 to hold the lower part of the product information digital display 4.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the fixing member 2 is formed by connecting left and right brackets 21 with a top plate 22. A plurality of openings 221 are formed in the top plate 22, and the front edge of the top plate 22 is inclined forward. A locking piece 222 bent upward is provided. Since the left and right brackets 21 of the fixing member 2 are bilaterally symmetric, here, the bracket 22 on the right side when viewed from the front will be described as a representative. The bracket 21 is formed with an insertion / removal groove 21a that opens toward the upper surface, and a locking portion 21b that locks the product information digital display 4 at the front edge, and a screw hole 21c into which the screw S is screwed. ing. A rear wall 23 (see FIG. 2A) bent inward is formed at the rear edge of the bracket 21, and a locking piece 231 is formed by cutting and raising the rear wall 23. . The fixing member 2 is locked and fixed to the middle door 60 by fitting the locking piece 231 into a locking hole provided in the middle door 60 (see FIG. 4).

  As shown in FIG. 2, the product mounting table 3 includes left and right side walls 32 extending downward from both ends of the upper surface wall 31, and an engagement hole for fitting and holding a product sample 80 on the upper surface wall 31. A plurality of 311 are juxtaposed in the left-right direction. Since the left and right side walls 32 of the product mounting table 3 are bilaterally symmetrical, the side wall 32 on the right side as viewed from the front will be described as a representative here. The side wall 32 is formed with a notch 33 opened obliquely downward in the forward direction. Further, as shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 3, the side wall 32 is formed with a contact piece 34 that is cut and raised inward, and a cushion material 35 is provided on the contact piece 34. . As the cushion material 35, rubber or the like can be used.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the product information digital display 4 has a decorative frame 43 with white coating on the front of a horizontally long digital display unit 42 containing a circuit board on which a liquid crystal display unit 41 is mounted. It will be. A window 431 is formed in the decorative frame 43 at a position corresponding to the liquid crystal display unit 41, and an engagement piece 432 is formed on the upper end portion of the decorative frame 43 so as to be inclined rearward and downward. The engaging piece 432 engages with a locking piece 222 formed on the top plate 22 of the fixing member 2 (see FIG. 4).

  The mounting bracket 5 is made of a steel plate having a substantially L-shaped longitudinal section and is painted white. Further, a stepped step portion 51 (see FIG. 2B) is formed on the front plate surface of the mounting bracket 5 (the plate surface on the long side in the L-order), and the screw S is provided. A screw insertion hole 52 to be inserted is drilled.

  Next, the assembly of the display stand 1 will be described. First, the pair of left and right fixing members 2 are attached to the inner door 60 (see FIG. 4). The fixing member 2 is attached to the middle door 60 by fitting a locking piece 231 formed by cutting and raising the rear wall 23 of the left and right bracket 21 into an engagement hole drilled at a predetermined position of the middle door 60. Thus, the fixing member 2 is fixed to the inner door 60. Next, the product mounting table 3 is mounted so as to cover the left and right brackets 21 of the fixing member 2 fixed to the inner door 60 from above the fixing member 2. In this case, the product mounting table 3 is placed on the fixing member 2 after the contact pieces 34 that are cut and raised inward on the left and right side walls 32 of the product mounting table 3 face the insertion / removal groove 21 a of the left and right brackets 21. And when the upper surface wall 31 of the product mounting table 3 contacts the top plate 22 of the fixing member 2, the contact pieces 34 of the left and right side walls 32 of the product mounting table 3 are fitted in the insertion / removal grooves 21 a of the left and right brackets 21. Is set on the fixing member 2. Here, since the contact piece 34 cut and raised inward on the left and right side walls 32 of the product mounting table 3 is fitted in the insertion / removal groove 21a of the fixing member 2, the product mounting table 3 is moved in the front-rear direction. Is regulated.

  Next, the product information digital display 4 is assembled to the fixing member 2 fixed to the inner door 60 (see FIG. 4) as follows. That is, the back surface of the product information digital display 4 is brought into contact with the front edges of the left and right brackets 21 of the fixing member 2, and the lower surface of the product information digital display 4 is positioned above the locking portion 21 b of the left and right brackets 21. The product information digital display 4 is slid downward until the lower surface of the product information digital display 4 abuts against the locking portion 21b of the left and right brackets 21 with the product information digital display 4 being along the front edges of the left and right brackets 21. When the lower surface of the product information digital display 4 comes into contact with the locking portion 21b, the product information digital display 4 is positioned on the fixing member 2, and the engaging piece 432 of the decorative frame 43 in the product information digital display 4 is fixed. It engages with a locking piece 222 formed on the front edge of the second top plate 22. In this state, the mounting bracket 5 is disposed such that the stepped portion 51 is along the lower surface of the product information digital display 4 and is screwed to the left and right brackets 21 with screws S. Thereby, the merchandise information digital display 4 is fixed to the fixing member 2. The right and left ends of the product information digital display 4 protrude outward from the left and right brackets 21 by appropriately determining the fixing positions of the fixing members 2 to the outer doors 60 (see FIG. 4) of the left and right brackets 21. It is what.

  As described above, the display table 1 in which the product mounting table 3 is set on the fixing member 2 and the product information digital display 4 is attached to the fixing member 2 is shown in FIGS. 1 (a) and 4 (a). A plurality of product samples 80 placed on the product placement table 3 are displayed in a standing posture. Then, each liquid crystal display unit 41 in the product information digital display 4 located on the front surface of the display stand 1 displays a cold temperature state and a product price representing a cold and hot state of each product sample 80. The mounting bracket 5 that holds the lower part of the product information digital display 4 is located behind the product selection button unit 90 provided on the transparent plate 40 in front of the display chamber 50 shown in FIG. The product selection button unit 90 hides it from the front of the machine.

  Now, when performing maintenance work such as cleaning the display room 50 (see FIG. 5) and replacing the product sample 80 displayed on the display stand 1, the outer door 20 is opened from the main cabinet 10 as shown in FIG. After that, the display door 1 is exposed by opening the inner door 60 from the outer door 20. Then, the product mounting table 3 set on the fixing member 2 is moved upward and removed from the fixing member 2. Next, when the notches 33 formed in the left and right side walls 32 of the product mounting table 3 are inserted into the left and right ends of the product information digital display 4 and locked, the product mounting table 3 is held in a forward tilted posture. In this case, the contact piece 34 raised inwardly on the left and right side walls 32 of the product mounting table 3 contacts the front surface of the product information digital display 4, but the contact piece 34 contacts the product information digital display 4. A cushioning material 35 protruding toward the front surface of the product information digital display 4 is attached to the contact surface side, and the cushioning material 35 abuts against the front surface of the product information digital display 4 so that the product mounting table 3 is in front. It is configured to be locked in an inclined posture. For this reason, the edge of the notch 33 may come into contact with the front surface of the product information digital display 4 (the decorative frame 43 disposed on the front surface of the digital display unit 42 and applied with white paint) to peel off the paint. Absent. In this manner, the product mounting table 3 removed from the fixing member 2 is retained on the product information digital display 4 in a forward tilted posture and collected on the outer wall 60 and the upper surface wall 31 of the product mounting table 3. Since the maintenance work such as the cleaning work for removing dust or the replacement of the product sample 80 displayed on the product mounting table 3 can be performed, the maintenance work can be easily performed. After cleaning or replacement of the product sample 80 is completed, the product mounting table 3 is returned to its original position, that is, the product mounting table 3 is removed from the product information digital display 4 and set on the fixing member 2 for maintenance work. Exit.

As described above, according to the product sample display device of the vending machine according to the embodiment of the present invention, the vending machine stores the product stored in the warehouse in a cold and hot state and sells it. Vending machine equipped with a horizontally long product information digital display 4 having a plurality of liquid crystal display portions 41 for displaying a cooling / heating pattern and a product price corresponding to a plurality of product samples 80 arranged in a line on the table 1 on the left and right. In the product sample display apparatus of the machine, the display table 1 is divided into a product mounting table 3 on which the plurality of product samples are mounted and a fixing member 2 that holds the product mounting table 3 and the product mounting table 3 is fixed. detachably provided for the member 2, the product information digital display 4, in a manner that left right end projecting outwardly from the left and right brackets 21 and 21 of the fixed member 2 Mounted attached to the front of the serial fixing member 2, by which is adapted to engage held in the right and left end portions of the fixing member 2 of article placing table 3 is removed from the product information digital display 4, cleaning and product samples 80 When performing maintenance work such as replacement, the product mounting table 3 removed from the fixing member 2 can be latched and held on the product information digital display 4 without being placed on the floor or the like, so that the product mounting table 3 is damaged during the maintenance work. It has the effect that it can prevent.

In addition, the contact piece 34 cut and raised toward the inner side is provided on the left and right side walls 32 of the product mounting table 3 in the product sample display device of the vending machine according to the above-described embodiment, and the cushion material 35 is provided on the contact piece 34. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the periphery of the notch 33 formed in the left and right side walls 32 of the product mounting table 3 can be covered with a cushion material (such as rubber). Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above.

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Display stand, 2 ... Fixing member, 3 ... Product mounting table, 4 ... Product information digital display, 5 ... Mounting bracket, 1 ... Main body cabinet, 20 ... Outer door, 21 ... Inserting / removing groove part, 30 ... Inner door, 31 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS ... Upper surface wall, 32 ... Side wall, 33 ... Notch, 34 ... Contact piece, 35 ... Cushion material, 41 ... Liquid crystal display part, 42 ... Digital display unit, 50 ... Display room, 60 ... Middle door.

Claims (3)

A vending machine that sells products stored in a refrigerator in a cold and hot state, and sells and cools patterns and products corresponding to multiple product samples placed side by side on the display stand. In a product sample display device of a vending machine provided with a horizontally long product information digital display having a plurality of liquid crystal display units for displaying prices, the display table is a product mounting table on which the plurality of product samples are mounted, and the product mounting A mode in which the product mounting table is provided so as to be detachable from the fixing member while being divided into a fixing member that holds the mounting table, and the product information digital display has its left and right ends projecting outward from the left and right brackets of the fixing member. in mounting by mounting on the front surface of the fixing member, engaging the article placing table is removed from the fixed member to the right and left end portions of the product information digital display Commodity sample display device for an automatic vending machine according to claim that it has to hold. 2. The product sample display device for a vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the product mounting table is fitted to the outer sides of the product information digital display on the left and right side walls extending downward from both ends of the top wall displaying the product sample. A product sample display device for a vending machine having a notch for tilting the product mounting table to a forward tilting posture. 3. A product sample display apparatus for a vending machine according to claim 2, wherein a cushion material is provided at a position in contact with the front surface of the product information digital display in the notch in the left and right side walls of the product mounting table. Exhibition equipment.

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