JPH0433090A - Display device for automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate the uneasiness of a customer by displaying merchandise to be conveyed through a transmissive panel by lighting the inside of a conveying path when the merchandise is conveyed in the conveying path. CONSTITUTION:The housed merchandise is temporarily sent out to the front side of the lower part of a main body based on a selling command and conveyed to a merchandise take-out port opened at the upper part. A transmissive panel 21 is provided along the front side of a conveying path 19, and lighting devices 22 and 23 are provided to light the inside of the conveying path 19. Namely, when the merchandise is conveyed in the conveying path 19, it can be observed through the transmissive panel 21 in front of the main body. Thus, the uneasiness of the customer can be eliminated while conveying the merchandise.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (b) Industrial application fields The present invention relates to a display device for a vending machine.

(B) Conventional technology Conventionally, the stored product is sent to the front side of the lower part of the main body based on the sales command, and the product is transported by lifting the front side of the main body to the product takeout port that opens at the upper part of the front of the main body. There are known vending machines that are designed to
This is shown in Japanese Patent No. 84687.

(c) Problems to be Solved by the Invention A vending machine having the above structure lifts and transports the product sent to the front side of the lower part of the main body based on a sales command to the product outlet opening at the upper part of the front face of the main body. Therefore, it takes a long time from the time the customer performs the purchase operation until the product is delivered to the product outlet.

However, it is generally said that the time a customer can wait for a product to be delivered without feeling anxious after performing a purchase operation is 2 to 3 seconds, so in a vending machine with such a configuration, it takes a long time to deliver the product. There are issues that cause customers to feel uneasy.

In view of the above, the present invention provides a display device for a vending machine that can eliminate customers' concerns and does not induce unnecessary mischief.

(d) Means for Solving the Problems In the present invention, the stored products are once sent out to the front side of the lower part of the main body based on a sales command, and then transported to the product takeout port opened at the upper part of the front face of the main body. In a vending machine, there is a conveyance path through which the products delivered to the front of the machine are conveyed to the product takeout port, and a translucent light that is provided along the front of the conveyance path and that is difficult to see through from the front. A lighting device that illuminates the inside of the conveyance path and displays the conveyed goods through the transparent panel from the front of the main body when the goods are conveyed through the conveyance path. It is something.

(e) Effect The present invention having such a configuration is such that when the product sent to the front side of the lower part of the main body based on a sales instruction is transported in the transport path, it can be seen from the front of the main body through the transparent panel. To,
The inside of the conveyance path is brightly illuminated by a lighting device.

(f) Example Each figure shows an embodiment of the invention.

1 is the main body of the vending machine, and a door 2 forming the front surface of the main body is pivotally supported on the front surface so as to be openable and closable.

The door 2 has a product display room 3, a product selection button 4, a money slot 5, a product takeout port 6, etc. on the front side. It is placed in the upper position so that it is only possible.

On the other hand, a plurality of product storage shelves 8 are provided in the storage compartment 7 of the main body 1 on the front, back, left, and right sides, and a product pressure device 9 installed at the lower end of each product storage shelf 8 is used to store products one by one for each sales order. The stored products are sent down onto a product chute 10 provided below.

The product chute 10 is provided with a low inclination toward the front so as to receive the products delivered from each product storage shelf 8 and guide them to a delivery port 11 opened on the back side of the door 2.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a guide chute provided in the door 2 with an upper part corresponding to the outlet II and a lower part inclined to correspond to the receiving port 14 of the elevator device 13. The guide is sent out to the receiving port 14 of the device 13.

The elevator device 13 is provided inside the door 2 and is connected to the reception opening 1.
From 4 onwards, there is a transport shelf 15 on which the loaded products are placed, and this transport shelf 15 is suspended and supported by a pair of drive wires 16 so as to be movable up and down, and this drive wire 16 is wound up and rewound by a drive motor 17. It is equipped with a transport mechanism 18 that moves the transport shelf 15 up and down, and a transport passage 19 formed so that the transport shelf 15 can be moved up and down. The product is conveyed upward to the exit 6, and after being delivered to the product takeout port 6, the product is returned down to the receiving position corresponding to the receiving port 14.

Reference numeral 20 denotes an exhibition window opened on the front side of the door 2 corresponding to the front side of the conveyance passage 19, and a translucent transmissive panel 21 capable of transmitting light so that the inside of the conveyance passage 19 can be viewed from the front of the main body 1. It is set up by filling it with.

This transparent panel 21 is a half mirror made of acrylic material, and normally it is difficult to see through the inside of the conveyance passage 19 from the front of the main body 1, and the inside of the conveyance passage 19 is brightly illuminated by illumination lights 22 and 23 as illumination devices. Then, the inside of the conveyance path 19 can be seen from the front of the main body 1 through the transparent panel 21.

Note that the transparent panel 21 may be a smoked semi-transparent transparent panel (in other words, it is difficult to see through from the front of the main body 1 under normal conditions, and when the inside of the conveyance path 19 is brightly illuminated by the lighting device, the elevator device 13 It is fine as long as the goods being transported can be easily seen.

The lighting lamp 22 is provided on the transport shelf 15 to illuminate the products received into the transport shelf 15, and the lighting lamp 23 is provided above the transport path I9 so as to illuminate the inside of the transport path 19. Each of the illumination lights 22 and 23 is turned on based on the generation of a sales command, and is turned off after a predetermined time sufficient for the transport shelf 15 to ascend and convey the received products to the product takeout port 6. There is.

Next, the operation of this configuration will be explained.

Insertion of prescribed money into the money slot 5 and product selection button 4
When a product selection operation is performed, a sales command is generated, and the product delivery device 9 of the product storage shelf 8 corresponding to the selected product is
is operated.

The product A sent out by the operation of this product delivery device 9 is
The product falls onto the product chute 10 and is guided to the delivery port 11.

The product A delivered from the delivery port 11 into the door 2 is guided to the receiving port 14 of the elevator device 13 by the guide chute 12, and is received and placed on the transport shelf 15 located at the receiving position.

On the other hand, each illumination light 2223 is turned on based on the generation of a sales command, and the transport shelf 15 and the transport path 19 are illuminated. Since the inside of the conveyance shelf 15 and the inside of the conveyance passage 19 are brightly illuminated by lighting of these illumination lights 22 and 23, the inside of the conveyance shelf 15 and the conveyance passage 1 can be seen from the front of the main body 1 through the transparent panel 21.
You can now clearly see the inside of 9. Therefore, the product A delivered from the product delivery device 9 is delivered and placed on the transport shelf 15 that is brightly illuminated by the illumination light 22 .

Then, the transport shelf 15 on which the product A is received and placed is moved upwardly by the drive of the drive motor 17, and when it reaches a position corresponding to the rear of the product take-out port 6, it is stopped by the stop of the drive motor, and the product A in the transport shelf I5 is Since the bottom of the transport shelf 15 is inclined in the direction of the product outlet 6, pressure is transferred to the product outlet 6 by rolling. After sending out the product, the transport shelf 15 is moved downward by the reverse drive of the drive motor 17 and returns to the product receiving position.

On the other hand, each of the illumination lights 22 and 23 is turned off after a predetermined period of time when the transport shelf 15 is located behind the product takeout port 6 and the product A is delivered to the product takeout port 6. Therefore, the downward movement of the transport shelf 15 is not visible from the front.

(G) Effects of the Invention Since the present invention is constructed as described above, it is possible to eliminate the anxiety of customers when shipping products, and it also has the advantage of being able to prevent unnecessary mischief.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Each figure shows an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 1 is a front view of the vending machine, Figure 2 is a perspective view of the vending machine with main parts cut away, and Figure 3 is a vertical cross-section of the vending machine. FIG. 1. Vending machine body, 6. Product outlet, 19. . Conveyance path, 21...Transparent panel, 22.23...Illumination light.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a vending machine where stored products are sent out to the front of the lower part of the main unit based on a sales command, and then transported to the product takeout port that opens at the top of the front of the main unit, the product is sent out to the front of the main unit. A conveyance path through which the product is conveyed to the product takeout port, a transmissive panel installed on the front of the main body along the front of the conveyance path and capable of transmitting semi-transparent light that is normally difficult to see through from the front, A display device for a vending machine, comprising: an illumination device that illuminates the inside of the conveyance path and displays the conveyed goods through a transparent panel from the front of the main body when the goods are being conveyed.