JPH05108935A - Commodity sample holding device for automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the deviation of a commodity sample from the wall board and the generation of spaces in front of a wall board and the back of the commodity sample by providing a fitting body attached in freely attachably and detachably between the back end part and the wall board. CONSTITUTION:A hook-shaped projection 11 is parallely shifted downward under a hole 12 having the left and right widths narrower than the width of the root part of the hook-shaped projection 11, and a back end part 10 piercing through the hole 12 is caught in the peripheral part of the hole 12 of a wall board 7 to limit the forward and backward movement of a commodity sample 9. The commodity sample 9 is attached to the wall body 7 in freely attachably and detachably. Between the wall board 7 and the back end part 10, the upper and the front surfaces are opened. A pair of back end parts 10 of the hook- shaped projection 11 is attached to a fitting body 23 of an elastic body formed on a groove 22 to be fit downward in freely attachably and detachably. The fitting body 23 is fit to a pair of back end parts 10 of the hook-shaped projection 11 to be fit in the groove 22 formed on the fitting body 23.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention divides and forms the contents of a product for sale, which is partitioned and formed on the front part of the body of an automatic vending machine that sells various products whose outer shape is substantially plane symmetric with respect to a vertical plane that bisects the front and back. The present invention relates to a product sample holding device for a vending machine, which displays and displays advertisements, product samples of only the first half of the products, and holds the product samples in a wall-mounted manner in a display room in the front.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An exhibition room that sells various products whose external shape is almost plane symmetric with respect to a vertical plane that bisects the front and back and displays and displays advertisements and product samples is the front part of the aircraft. The vending machine divided into compartments is designed so that customers can select and purchase the desired product from the products that are usually stored inside the machine. Therefore, at the same time as advertising the sold product, a sample of the sold product is generally displayed and displayed in the exhibition room so that the customer can easily select the product when explicitly indicating to the customer. A push button for selecting a product of this product sample is provided corresponding to each of the product samples. On the other hand, as a product sample to be displayed in the exhibition room, only the front half of the actual product may be used due to the size of the space inside the exhibition room. When the product samples of only the first half of such products are displayed in the exhibition room, the back surface of the product sample is attached to the front surface of the wall board formed from the plate material and forming the inner wall on the depth side of the exhibition room. In addition, the hook-shaped protrusion that is formed to project rearward from the back surface of this product sample is bent into a hook shape along the back surface of the product sample, and is inserted into the hole that is formed on the wall plate and penetrates back and forth. Generally, there is provided a product sample holding device which is hooked on a peripheral portion of a hole of a wall plate and detachably holds a product sample on the wall plate in a wall-mounting manner. Further, since such a product sample holding device is a product sample of only the front half of the product, when the product sample is held on the wall board,
In many cases, the front surface of the wall plate is a mirror surface so that the product sample is reflected on the front surface of the wall plate and can be seen from the front as if it is the product sample of the entire product. Therefore, if the back of the product sample is in close contact with the front of the wall plate and there is no gap between the rear end of the hook-shaped protrusion and the wall plate, the product sample may be vibrated after the vending machine is installed. May easily come off the wallboard, or a gap may be created between the front surface of the wallboard and the back surface of the product sample so that the product sample cannot be seen from the front as if it was a product sample of the entire product. Although not shown, a conventional example of a product sample holding device for this type of vending machine is shown in FIGS.
Shown in. 2A and 2B show the appearance of a vending machine to which the present invention is applied. FIG. 2A is a front view, FIG. 2B is a right side view of FIG. 2A, and FIG. FIG. 3 shows the structure of a product sample holding device of a conventional vending machine, (A) is a vertical cross-sectional view of the left side of the main part, and (B) is the structure of the product sample shown in (A). Perspective view from the upper right corner,
(C) is a front view showing the shape of the hole formed in the wall plate of (A).

In FIGS. 2 and 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a case having a front side opening in which a product to be sold is housed, and a door 2 for covering the front side opening is rotatably supported by the case 1. The machine body 3 forming the outer peripheral surface of the vending machine is configured by 2 and the case 1. The front of the exhibition room 4 which is partitioned and formed on the upper part of the door 2 which forms the front of the machine body 3,
For example, it is covered with a transparent cover 5 which is made of acrylic resin or the like and allows the interior of the exhibition room 4 to be seen from a wide front angle. The plurality of pushbuttons 6 for selecting products arranged front and rear with the front end protruding forward from the front surface of the cover 5 are arranged in two rows, and are formed from a plate material having a mirror front surface.
The rear end is supported by the wall plate 7 forming the inner wall surface on the depth side of
It is supported on the front end faces of the upper and lower two-tiered shelves 8 each having a substantially vertical U-shaped lateral cross section. On the upper and lower shelves 8
Formed from acrylic resin, for example, only in the front half of various inverted truncated cone-shaped products whose outer shape is approximately plane-symmetrical with respect to the vertical plane that bisects the front and back, and is arranged corresponding to each push button 6. The hollow, transparent product sample 9 is on display. The product sample 9 is formed with a pair of left and right hook-shaped projections 11 that are formed so as to project rearward from the rear surface and that have rear end portions 10 that are bent left and right in a hook shape along the rear surface. The hook-shaped protrusion 11 is fitted and inserted into an upper portion of the T-shaped hole 12 formed in the wall plate 7 and penetrating in the front-rear direction, in which the left and right widths are wider than the widths of both rear end portions 10 of the pair of hook-shaped protrusions 11. The movement of the product sample 9 in a plane parallel to the front surface of the wall plate 7 and the width of the left and right sides is narrower than the width of both roots of the pair of hook-shaped projections 11 and is in the lower portion of the hole 12. The hook-shaped protrusion 11 is moved downward in parallel, and the rear end 10 inserted into the hole 12 is attached to the wall plate 7.
The product sample 9 is detachably held on the wall body 7 by being hooked on the peripheral edge of the hole 12 to restrict the movement of the product sample 9 in the front-rear direction. This wall plate 7, hook-shaped protrusion 1
The product sample holding device 13 for holding the product sample 9 in the exhibition room 4 is constituted by 1 and the hole 12. The outer peripheral surface of the product sample 9 is printed with pictures, characters and the like in a manner similar to the outer peripheral surface of the product. A transparent film (not shown) made of polyester resin, for example, is attached.

[0004] The commodity sample holding device 1 configured as described above
3 is a change operation of the product sample 9 accompanying the sale of a new product, a change in the sale product such as a seasonal change, and the product sample 9 that has been exhibited on the shelf 8 until now is lifted along the front surface of the wall board 7. At the same time, it moves forward and moves from the hole 12 to the hook-shaped protrusion 11
Is removed, the product sample 9 is removed from the wall body 7, and a new product sample 9 is attached to the wall plate 7 in the reverse order of the above. In addition, only the front half of the various types of inverted truncated cone-shaped products that were displayed and displayed on the shelf 8 with the back face of the wall plate 7 displayed on the front face of the wall plate 7 as a mirror surface. It can be seen from the front as if it is a product sample of the entire product.

Under the shelf 8, the illuminating lamp 1 is provided via a support body 14 whose rear end is screwed to the lower side of the rear end of the shelf 8.
5 is supported, and the interior of the exhibition room 4 is illuminated by the illumination lamp 15. Further, on the front surface of the door 2, just below the exhibition room 4, there are insertion openings 16 and 1 for inserting coins and bills, respectively.
7. An operation unit 19 including a return lever 18 for returning the inserted coins. Also, under the operation unit 19, a return port 20 for returning change, which is opened to the front, and a purchased product are taken out. An outlet 21 and the like are provided respectively. Furthermore, in the case 1, a storage chamber (not shown) for storing the products is defined.

The selling operation of the vending machine configured as described above corresponds to the product sample 9 of this product by selecting the product to be purchased by looking at the product sample 9 after inserting coins or bills from the insertion ports 16 and 17. When the push button 6 to be operated is operated, the push button 6 is moved from the storage chamber (not shown) into the outlet 21 in response to the sales command signal.
The product selected in is unloaded. Then, the change is dispensed into the return port 20 as needed. This change and
The goods carried out into the take-out port 21 are taken out by the customer through the front openings of the return port 20 and the take-out port 21, respectively.

[0007]

By the way, such a conventional product sample holding device for a vending machine displays a product sample 9 composed of a wall plate 7, a hook-shaped projection 11 and a hole 12 in the exhibition room 4. The product sample holding device 13 held inside is configured on the premise that the product sample 9 is held on the wall plate 7 in a state where the back surface of the product sample 9 is in close contact with the front surface of the wall plate 7. Therefore, with the back surface of the product sample 9 in close contact with the front surface of the wall plate 7, and if there is no gap between the rear end portion 10 of the hook-shaped projection 11 and the wall plate 7, the machine after installation of the vending machine The product sample 9 easily disengages from the wall plate 7 due to the vibration of 3 or the like, and a gap is generated between the front surface of the wall plate 7 and the back surface of the product sample 9, so that the product sample 9 is a product sample of the entire product. There is nothing that you cannot see from the front as if it were there. On the other hand, since the wall plate 7 is formed of various materials having different materials, the thickness of the wall plate 7 holding the product sample 9 is slightly different even if the material of the wall plate 7 is the same. If they are made of different materials, the difference will be large and in general is not constant. Therefore, if the hook-shaped protrusions 11 having the same size are formed so as to project rearward from the back surface of each of the product samples 9, the rear end of the hook-shaped projections 11 is in a state where the back surface of the product sample 9 is in close contact with the front surface of the wall plate 7. A gap tends to occur between the portion 10 and the wall plate 7. If this gap occurs, the product sample 9 easily comes off the wall plate 7 due to vibration transmitted from the outside of the machine body 3 after installation of the vending machine, vibration due to opening and closing of the door 2 during maintenance work, or the like. There is a problem that a gap is generated between the front surface of the wall plate 7 and the back surface of the product sample 9 and the product sample 9 cannot be seen from the front as if it is a product sample of the entire product. On the other hand, by forming the hook-shaped protrusions 11 having a size and shape corresponding to the thickness of each of the wall plates 7 holding the product sample 9 on each of the product samples 9, even if the same product, the hook-shaped protrusions 11 are formed.
Requires multiple product samples 9 that differ only in the size and shape of
There is also a problem that it takes time and cost to manufacture this product sample 9.

According to the present invention, even if the hook-shaped protrusions projecting rearward from the rear surface are the same in size and shape, the product sample can be easily disengaged from the wall plate due to vibration of the machine body or the like. To provide a product sample holding device for a vending machine in which a gap is created between the front surface and the back surface of the product sample so that the product sample cannot be seen from the front as if it is a product sample of the entire product. With the goal.

[0009]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the present invention, various products whose outer shape is substantially plane symmetric with respect to a vertical plane that bisects the front and back are sold and the contents of this product are displayed. Is an automatic vending machine in which a display room displaying and displaying an advertisement, a product sample of only the first half of the product is displayed in the front, is a vending machine that is formed by a plate material and is formed of a plate material. The back surface of the product sample is attached to the front surface of the wall plate that forms the inner wall surface on the depth side, and the hook-shaped projection having a rear end portion which is formed to project rearward from this back surface and which is bent in a hook shape along the back surface is provided. The rear end portion of the wall plate, which is inserted into the hole formed in the wall plate and penetrating in the front-rear direction,
In a product sample holding device of an automatic vending machine, which is hooked on a peripheral portion of the hole and detachably holds the product sample in a wall-mounted manner, the product sample holding device is detachably fitted into a gap between the rear end portion and the wall plate. It shall be equipped with a fitting.

In addition to the above, the fitting body is assumed to be an elastic body.

Furthermore, it is assumed that the front surface of the wall plate is a mirror surface.

[0012]

According to the present invention, an advertisement displaying the contents of various products whose external shapes are substantially plane symmetric with respect to the vertical plane that bisects the front and back, and a product sample of only the front half of the product are displayed and displayed inside. Of the wall plate, which is displayed in the front and which forms the inner wall surface on the depth side of the exhibition room that is partitioned and formed in the front surface of the machine body, is inserted into the hole portion formed in the wall plate formed from the plate material and penetrating in the front-rear direction. A hook-shaped projection formed rearward from the back of the product sample along with a back on the front, bent in a hook shape along the back, of the wall plate, a rear end hooked on the peripheral edge of the hole, Since the fitting body is removably fitted in the gap with the wall plate, the fitting body is fitted in the gap between the rear end of the hook-shaped projection and the wall plate. This ensures that the back of the product sample can be brought into close contact with the front of the wall plate. Since movement in the plane parallel to the front surface of the wallboard and movement in the front-back direction can be prevented, the product sample comes off from the wallboard due to vibration of the aircraft, and the front surface of the wallboard and the back surface of the product sample are separated. It is possible to reliably prevent generation of a gap.

Further, in addition to the above, since the fitting body is made of an elastic body, the back surface of the product sample adheres closely to the front surface of the wall board due to the mutual relation between the thickness of the wall board and the hook-shaped projection size. In this state, even if the width of the gap between the rear end of the hook-shaped protrusion and the wall plate changes slightly, a common fitting body can be fitted in this gap and the fitting due to vibration of the machine body etc. The fitting body prevents the falling of the body and the movement of the product sample in the plane parallel to the front surface of the wall plate and in the front-rear direction, so that the product sample comes off the wall plate and the front face of the wall plate. With this, it is possible to more reliably prevent the occurrence of a gap between the back surface of the product sample and the like.

Further, since the front surface of the wall board is assumed to be a mirror surface, only the front half of the product sample held on the wall board in a state where the back surface is in close contact with the front surface of the wall board is a mirror surface. The image can be seen from the front as if it were a product sample of the entire product by projecting it on the front surface of the wall plate, and the product sample can be effectively displayed even in an exhibition room with a small internal space.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows the structure of a product sample holding device of a vending machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, (A) is a vertical cross-sectional view of the left side of the main part, and (B) is a product sample structure of (A). A perspective view of this product sample as seen from the rear upper right, (C)
Is a perspective view showing the configuration of the fitting body of (A) as seen from the rear upper right of the fitting body, and (D) is a front view showing the shape of the hole formed in the wall plate of (A). , (A) is the front side on the right side of the figure, FIG. 2 is an external view of the vending machine which is the subject of the present invention, (A) is a front view, (B) is a right side view of (A) , (B), the left side of the figure is the front side. Portions common to or the same as those in FIG. 3 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a case in which a product to be sold is housed and the front surface is opened, and a door 2 for covering the front opening is rotatably supported on the case 1. The case 2 and the case 1 form a machine body 3 that forms the outer peripheral surface of the vending machine. A transparent cover 5 that is formed from, for example, an acrylic resin and that allows the interior of the exhibition room 4 to be seen through from a wide front angle is formed on the front surface of the exhibition room 4 that is partitioned and formed on the upper portion of the door 2 that forms the front part of the machine body 3. Covering. The front end of the cover 5 is projected forward from the front surface of the cover 2
Push buttons 6 for selecting multiple products arranged in rows on the left and right
The front end surface of the upper and lower two-tiered shelves 8 having a substantially vertical U-shaped side vertical section, the rear end of which is supported by a wall plate 7 which is a plate surface having a mirror surface and which forms the inner wall surface on the depth side of the exhibition room 4. I support each. On the upper and lower two-tiered shelves 8, various inverted frusto-conical trapezoidal products are arranged corresponding to each push button 6 and are arranged left and right, and the outer shape is substantially plane symmetric with respect to a vertical plane that bisects the front and rear. The hollow transparent product sample 9 made of acrylic resin, for example, is displayed for display in the front half only. The product sample 9 is formed with a pair of left and right hook-shaped projections 11 protruding rearward from the back surface of the product sample 9 and having rear end portions 10 that are bent to the left and right along the back surface. .. The hook-shaped protrusion 11 is formed in the wall plate 7 and penetrates in the front and rear direction. The T-shaped hole 12 is inserted into an upper portion of which the left and right widths are wider than the widths of both rear end portions 10 of the pair of hook-shaped protrusions 11. In the lower part of the hole 12 that restricts the movement of the product sample 9 in a plane parallel to the front surface of the wall plate 7 and has a left and right width narrower than the width of both roots of the pair of hook-shaped projections 11. The hook-shaped protrusion 11 is moved downward in parallel, and the rear end portion 10 inserted into the hole portion 12 is attached to the wall plate 7.
The product sample 9 is detachably held on the wall body 7 by being hooked on the peripheral edge of the hole 12 and restricting the movement of the product sample 9 in the front-rear direction. Also, the wall plate 7 and the rear end portion 1
Hook-shaped protrusion 1 that is open between the upper surface and the front surface between 0 and
A fitting body 23, which is an elastic body, in which a pair of rear end portions 10 is fitted with a groove 22 fitted from above is removably fitted. Fit into the groove 22 formed in the fitting 23,
The fitting body 23 is further fitted to the pair of rear end portions 10 of the hook-shaped projection 11, and the fitting body 23, the wall plate 7, and the hook-shaped projection 1 are fitted.
The product sample holding device 24 that holds the product sample 9 in the exhibition room 4 is constituted by the 1 and the hole 12. On the outer peripheral surface of the product sample 9, a transparent film (not shown), for example, made of polyester resin, on which pictures, characters, etc. are printed in a manner similar to the outer peripheral surface of the product, is attached. Same as the example.

In the above-mentioned structure, the vending machine provided with the product sample holding device of the vending machine of the present invention has the same selling operation as that of the conventional example described above. Therefore, the product sample holding device of the vending machine of the present invention is the same. The following describes the operation of changing the product sample 9 and the function associated with the change of the sale product such as the new product release and the change of season.

The product sample holding device 24 for holding the product sample 9 in the exhibition room 4 and including the fitting 23, the wall plate 7, the hook-shaped projections 11 and the holes 12 releases a new product or changes the season. The operation of changing the product sample 9 associated with the change of the product for sale is as follows. First, the fitting body 23 fitted between the wall plate 7 and the rear end portion 10 is pulled downward to pull out the rear end portions 10 of the pair of hook-shaped protrusions 11 from the groove 22, and Pull out from between the end 10. Next, the product sample 9 that has been displayed and displayed on the shelf 8 is lifted along the front surface of the wall plate 7 and moved forward at the same time, and the hook-shaped protrusion 11 is pulled out from the hole 12 to remove the product from the wall 7. The swatch 9 is removed and finally a new product swatch 9 is attached to the wallboard 7 in the reverse order. The product sample 9 mounted on the wall plate 7 in this manner and having the hook-shaped projections 11 having the same size and shape protruding rearward from the back surface has the fitting body 23 between the wall plate 7 and the rear end portion 10. Since it is fitted, even if the material changes and the thickness of the wall plate 7 changes a little, the product sample 9 is securely held by the wall plate 7 with the back surface always in close contact with the front surface of the wall plate 7. It for that reason,
A product sample of the front half of various inverted truncated cone-shaped products 9
Is caused by the vibration of the machine body 3 after the vending machine is installed, and the wall plate 7
It is a mirror surface because it does not easily come off and there is no gap between the front surface of the wall plate 7 and the back surface of the product sample 9.
It is reflected on the front surface of the wall plate 7 and is always visible from the front as if it is a product sample of the entire product. Further, it is not necessary to manufacture a plurality of product samples 9 of the same product for each product sample 9 according to the thickness of each of the wall plates 7 holding the product sample 9, only the dimensions of the hook-shaped projections 11 being different.

[0019]

According to the present invention, an advertisement for displaying the contents of various products whose outer shape is substantially plane symmetric with respect to a vertical plane that bisects the front and back, a product sample of only the front half of the product, etc. are provided inside. Displayed in front and displayed on the front side to form the inner wall surface on the depth side of the exhibition room partitioned and formed in the front part of the machine body, which is formed in a wall plate formed of plate material and is inserted into a hole penetrating in the front-rear direction, After hooking on the peripheral portion of the hole portion of the wall plate, of the hook-shaped projection formed rearward from the back surface of the product sample along with the front surface of the wall plate, bent in a hook shape along the back surface. Since the fitting body is removably fitted in the gap between the end portion and the wall plate, the back surface of the product sample can be surely brought into close contact with the front surface of the wall board. The product sample comes off the wallboard due to vibration, the front of the wallboard and the back of the product sample. Such gap generation between the can be reliably prevented.

Further, in addition to the above, since the fitting body is made of an elastic body, there is a gap between the rear end portion of the hook-shaped projection and the wall plate in a state where the back face of the product sample is in close contact with the front face of the wall plate. Even if the width of the gap changes a little, a common fitting can be fitted in this gap, and the fitting may come off due to vibration of the machine body, come off from the wallboard of the product sample, or the front of the wallboard. It is possible to more reliably prevent the occurrence of a gap between the back surface of the product sample and the like.

Further, since the front surface of the wall plate is assumed to be a mirror surface, the product sample of only the front half of the product, which is held on this wall plate in a state where the back surface is in close contact with the front surface of the wall plate, is a mirror surface. The image can be seen from the front as if it were a product sample of the entire product by projecting it on the front surface of the wall plate, and the product sample can be effectively displayed even in an exhibition room with a small internal space.

As a result, even if the dimensions of the hook-shaped projections projecting rearward from the back surface of the product sample and the thickness of the wall plate vary to some extent, they easily come off the wall plate due to vibration of the machine body, A hook-shaped protrusion of the same size was formed without creating a gap between the front surface of the wall plate and the back surface of the product sample so that the product sample could not be seen from the front as if it was a product sample of the entire product. As a result, it is possible to securely hold the common product sample for each type of product on the wall board and effectively display the product in a small exhibition room.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows the structure of a product sample holding device for an automatic vending machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, (A) is a left-side longitudinal sectional view of a main part,
(B) shows the structure of the product sample of (A), is a perspective view of the product sample seen from the rear upper right, and (C) shows the structure of the fitting body of (A). A perspective view seen from the upper right corner, (D) is a front view showing the shape of the hole formed in the wall plate of (A)

2A and 2B are external views of a vending machine to which the present invention is applied, where FIG. 2A is a front view and FIG. 2B is a right side view of FIG.

FIG. 3 shows a structure of a product sample holding device of a conventional vending machine, (A) is a vertical cross-sectional view of the left side of the main part, and (B) is a structure of the product sample shown in (A). A rear perspective view from the upper right, (C) is a front view showing the shape of the hole formed in the wall plate of (A)

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Case 2 Door 3 Airframe 4 Exhibition Room 5 Cover 6 Push Button 7 Wall Plate 8 Shelf 9 Product Sample 10 Rear End 11 Hook-shaped Protrusion 12 Hole 13 Product Sample Holding Device 14 Support 15 Lighting Light 16 Input Port 17 Input Port 18 Return lever 19 Operation part 20 Return port 21 Takeout port 22 Groove 23 Fitting body 24 Product sample holding device

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An advertisement for displaying various kinds of products whose outer shape is substantially plane symmetric with respect to a vertical plane that bisects the front and back, and a product sample of only the front half of the product are displayed inside. An exhibition room for exhibiting and displaying in front is a vending machine partitioned and formed on the front surface of the machine body, and the product sample is formed on the front surface of a wall plate formed of a plate material and forming an inner wall on the depth side of the exhibition room. A hole that is formed on the wall plate and that penetrates in the front-rear direction at the rear end of the hook-shaped projection that has a rear end along with it and that is formed so as to project rearward from this rear face and that has a rear end bent in a hook shape along this rear face. In the product sample holding device of the vending machine, which is inserted into the wall plate and is hooked on the peripheral edge of the hole to detachably hold the product sample in a wall-hanging manner, the rear end portion and the wall plate It is equipped with a fitting body that is fitted into the gap so that it can be freely inserted and removed. Commodity sample holding device for an automatic vending machine according to claim. 2. The product sample holding device for a vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the fitting is an elastic body. 3. A product sample holding device for a vending machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the front surface of the wall plate is a mirror surface.