JPH06282736A - Push button system for automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the push button system for automatic vending machine which can easily insert and take out a display member while also dealing with the push button system continuously and laterally parallelly providing plural push buttons in the adjacent state inside a long hole. CONSTITUTION:On the back side of a main body 16 of push buttons composed of a transparent material, a back part opening/closing body 31 is provided to be freely opened/closed between the posture of holding a display plate 32 at a gap with the back of the main body 16 of push buttons along the back of the main body 16 of push buttons with the core of the lower edge part position as a center and the posture of being inclined to the rear side separately from the back of the main body 16 of push buttons, and the turn of the back part opening/closing body 31 to the obliquely lower side is positioned and regulated by a projecting regulation part 33b of a lamp house 33 provided at the lower part of the push buttons 12.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a push button device for a vending machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in a conventional vending machine, as shown in FIG. 12, holes such as squares are formed in a front panel 51 serving as a customer service area at a plurality of positions laterally at predetermined intervals. A rectangular frame 52 or the like is attached to the hole, and a push button 53 for product selection or the like is fitted in the frame 52 and arranged side by side. Then, the push button 53 related to a desired product or the like is selected and pushed from among the plurality of push buttons 53.

However, in the above-mentioned conventional vending machine,
This is a structure in which the frame body 52 is attached to the peripheral wall of the hole in the front panel 51, and a predetermined space is required between the adjacent push buttons 53, so too many push buttons 53 cannot be laterally arranged, and it is impossible. However, if a large number of pushbuttons 53 are arranged in the horizontal direction, the width of each pushbutton 53 becomes smaller, which lowers the operability.

As a means for coping with this, as shown in FIG. 13, a hole into which the push button 55 is fitted is formed in an elongated hole shape extending in the lateral direction, and a plurality of rectangular push buttons 55 are adjacent to the elongated hole 56. There is a vending machine which is continuously installed side by side in the state. According to this vending machine, since the space between the push buttons 55 can be almost eliminated, it is possible to arrange a large number of relatively wide push buttons 55 in the lateral direction.

As shown in FIG. 14, a conventional push button device of this type of vending machine supports a push button main body 61 having a light transmitting property so as to be swingable back and forth about an upper end 62 as a central axis. The structure is such that a display plate 63 as a display member on which a product name or the like is described is inserted between the push button body 61 and the back attachment body 62 attached to the back surface. Here, the display plate 63 is adapted to be inserted obliquely downward through an opening 64 provided at the upper rear surface of the push button body 61, and the display plate 63 has an upper end portion for facilitating insertion and removal work. Is bent backwards.

Reference numeral 65 denotes a lamp house of sold-out lamps and available-for-sale lamps, which is arranged below the push button body 61.
At the rear of this, there will be LEs that will be sold out or sold.
A circuit for D, a switch for detecting the pressed state of the push button body 61, a circuit thereof, and the like are provided.

[0007]

However, in the push button device 60 having the above-mentioned conventional structure, the push button device 60 is
When a plurality of rows are arranged above and below, the circuit board 66 of the upper push button device 60 and the like are arranged at a position indicated by a virtual line in FIG. 14, that is, at an obliquely upper position of the push button device 60. There is a problem that it is difficult to insert and remove the display plate 63 due to the obstacles such as 66.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and can be applied to a pushbutton device in which a plurality of pushbuttons are continuously arranged side by side in an elongated hole in a state of being adjacent to each other, while the pushbutton device is diagonally above the pushbutton device. It is an object of the present invention to provide a push button device for an automatic vending machine, which enables easy insertion and removal of a display member even when a circuit board or the like is diagonally below.

[0009]

In order to solve the above problems, the first means of the present invention is to provide a push button main body having at least a part of the front surface having a light transmitting property, and a push button main body provided on the back surface side of the push button main body. Centered on the axis of the lower end of the push button body, the posture that holds the display member between the back side of the push button body and the back side of the push button body, and the rearward direction away from the back side of the push button body It is provided with a back opening / closing body that can be opened and closed freely between the following postures.

The second means of the present invention is the same as the first means, wherein when the back opening / closing body is rotated rearward, the back opening / closing body is rotated obliquely downward. It is provided with a regulation unit that regulates.

Further, a third means of the present invention is the above-mentioned first means, wherein the back opening / closing body is engaged with a side portion of the push button body so that the back opening / closing body is in a posture along the back surface of the push button body. An engaging portion for holding is provided.

[0012]

With the first means, the display member can be easily inserted and removed from the rear side of the push button simply by opening and closing the back opening / closing body rearward.

Further, the second means prevents the back opening / closing body from rotating obliquely downward, so that the back opening / closing body rotates obliquely downward to drop the display member. Can be prevented.

By the third means, the back opening / closing body is held by the engaging portion in a posture along the back surface of the push button body.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes an automatic vending machine including, for example, a meal ticket vending machine, and a front door 2 of the automatic vending machine 1 has a resin panel in an opening 3a provided in an upper front portion of a front door main body 3 made of metal. A front panel 4 as a member is arranged. A plurality of rows (five rows in this embodiment) of push button devices 10 for selecting food ticket items are arranged on the front panel 4 together with a bill insertion slot 5, a coin slot 6, a coin return lever 7, and the like. There is. That is, five long holes 11 extending in the horizontal direction are formed vertically in the front panel 4, and a plurality of (eight in FIG. 2) push buttons 12 are continuously arranged in the horizontal direction in each long hole 11. It is installed side by side.

In FIG. 2, reference numerals 8 and 9 denote a food ticket and a return coin take-out port and a coin return button provided at the center of the front surface of the front door body 3. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, vertical frame members 13 as vertically extending fixed-side members are arranged on both inner side portions of the front door body 3, and a bracket 14 is provided between these vertical frame members 13. A support member 15 made of an extruded aluminum material for supporting a push button is fixedly provided therebetween. The support member 15 extends laterally (in the width direction of the front door 2) above each elongated hole 11 on the back side of the front panel 4.

As shown in FIG. 5, each support member 15 has a shaft support portion 15a which is opened downward and has a concave cross section and extends in the lateral direction.
Are formed. The push button main body 16 which is the main body of the push button 12 is made of a transparent material, and an upper end portion thereof extends upward to form a swing shaft portion 16a having a circular cross section. Then, the swing shaft portion 16a of the push button body 16
Is fitted into the shaft support portion 15a of the support member 15, and the push button 12 is supported such that the lower side thereof can swing back and forth (direction a in FIG. 5) about the swing shaft portion 16a. In addition, a support projection 15b protruding upward is formed on the upper surface of the shaft support 15a of the support member 15,
The supporting protrusion 15b supports the push button 12 from below while sliding on the curved lower surface 16b of the push button body 16 disposed above the support member 15.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the push button main body 16 is provided with a recess 16c that is opened upward at a substantially central position on the swing shaft 16a. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a rivet member 17 can be inserted into and removed from a hole portion 15c provided on the rear surface side of the shaft support portion 15a of the support member 15, and the tip of the rivet member 17 is attached to the push button main body 16.
The push button 12, particularly the upper side thereof, is laterally restricted in position by being fitted in the concave portion 16c.

Further, the support members 15B arranged on the lower rear side of the elongated holes 11 in the front panel 4 respectively.
Behind (15), the switch body 2 which is turned on and off via the spring material 22 by the pushing operation of the push button 12.
1 and a circuit board 23 of an LED lamp that lights up when sold out. These switch bodies 21
Are attached to the support frame member 24, and the support frame member 24 to which these switch bodies 21 and the like are attached is rotated and arranged from the position of the virtual line portion to the position of the solid line portion shown in FIG. It has become so.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a pair of front cut-and-raised protrusions 24a are formed in the lower front portion of the support frame member 24, and the support frame member 24 and the like are placed on the rear portion of the support member 15B. The front cut-and-raised convex portion 24a of the support frame member 24 when placed
Is fitted into the cutout recess 16e formed in the stopper body 16d for restricting the lower rotation position of the pushbutton main body 16, and the front cut-and-raised protrusion 24a and the cutout recess 16e also allow the pushbutton 12, especially The lower side thereof is laterally restricted in position. The support frame member 24 is placed on the rear portion of the support member 15B, and then fixed by being screwed to the vertical frame members 13 on both inner sides of the front door body 3, as shown in FIG. .

By the way, as shown in FIG. 7, the push button 1
Reference numeral 2 denotes the push button body 16 and the push button body 1 described above.
6, a back opening / closing body 31 disposed on the back side of the backside 6, and a display plate 32 serving as a display member on which a meal ticket menu or the like is described, which is disposed between the back opening / closing body 31 and the push button body 16. LED for sold-out display and LED for sold-out display
A lamp house 33 (not shown) is inserted, a sold-out display plate 34, and a leaf spring 35 for urging the lower portion of the push button 12 to the front side.

In the back opening / closing body 31, a shaft portion 31a protruding laterally from both side portions of a lower end portion thereof is engaged with a locking hole portion 16m formed on the lower rear surface side of the push button body 16. A posture of holding the display plate 32 along the back surface of the push button body 16 with the back surface of the push button body 16 around the shaft center of the shaft portion 31a (see FIG. 8). And a posture (see FIG. 9) in which the push button body 16 is separated from the back surface and inclined rearward (see FIG. 9). Reference numeral 31d is a handle for opening and closing the back opening / closing body 31.

Here, the locking hole portion 1 of the push button body 16
The lower part of 6m is opened rearward. Then, the shaft portion 31a of the back opening / closing body 31 is connected to the locking hole portion 1 of the push button body 16.
After engaging with 6m, the claw portion 33a of the lamp house 33
Is attached to the claw engagement hole 16n of the push button main body 16 and the lamp house 33 is attached to the push button main body 16, so that the lower part of the locking hole portion 16m of the push button main body 16 on the opening side is the lamp house 33. The shaft portion 31a of the back opening / closing body 31 is prevented from coming off from the locking hole portion 16m of the push button body 16.

Further, the upper side of the rear part of the lamp house 33 is provided obliquely upward to form a protruding restricting portion 33b, and when the back opening / closing body 31 is rotated rearward, the protruding restricting portion 33b.
The position b is abutted on the back opening / closing body 31 so that the back opening / closing body 31 does not rotate diagonally downward.

Further, on both sides of the push button body 16,
The back opening / closing body 31 is engaged with the protrusions 31b provided on both sides of the back opening / closing body 31 to move the back opening / closing body 31 to the push button body 1 as shown in FIG.
An engagement hole portion 16p is formed as an engagement portion that holds the posture of the rear surface of the member 6 along the back surface. Here, the vicinity of the engaging hole portion 16p of the push button main body 16 is made thin, and the groove portions 16q are formed in the upper and lower portions so that the portion where the engaging hole portion 16p is formed is easily elastically deformed. Has been done.

Guide grooves 31 are provided on the inner surfaces of both sides of the back opening / closing member 31 for guiding and mounting the display plate 32.
c are formed respectively. The guide groove 31c is formed such that the width dimension between the guide grooves 31c becomes narrower toward the lower side, the dimension between the upper ends of the guide grooves 31c is slightly larger than the width of the display plate 32, and the guide groove 31c.
It is formed such that the dimension between the lower end portions of c is slightly smaller than the width of the display plate 32.

Further, reference numeral 16r in FIG. 7 is a locking projection provided on the rear surface of the lower end portion of the push button body 16, and the hole 35a of the leaf spring 35 is fitted into the locking projection 16r to mount the lamp house 33. The leaf spring 35 is prevented from falling off by the extension portion 33c provided in the lower portion of the lamp house 33 by being attached to the push button body 16.
In addition, a protruding portion 16s provided below the locking protrusion 16r
Thus, the leaf spring 35 is prevented from rotating around the locking protrusion 16r.

Further, the stopper body 1 for regulating the lower rotation position is provided.
6d, even if the push button 12 is biased to one side,
The support frame member 24 is inclined so as not to hit the support frame member 24. In FIG. 7, 33d is a recess for inserting the spring material 22 of the lamp house 33, and 33e is a recess for inserting the LED. Further, in FIG. 5, 15A is a supporting member disposed on the upper rear side of the uppermost long hole 11 in the front panel 4, and 15d is formed at the front end of each supporting member 15 by bending in a hook shape. It is a locking portion that supports the peripheral portion of the elongated hole 11 in the front panel 4.

In the above structure, as shown in FIG. 1, the back opening / closing body 31 is placed between the posture along the back surface of the push button body 16 and the posture in which it is separated from the back surface of the push button body 16 and inclined rearward. The display plate 32 can be easily inserted and taken out from the rear of the push button 12 even if there is the circuit board 23 above or below the push button 12 without any trouble. It can be taken out.

Further, the projection restricting portion 33b provided in the lamp house 33 prevents the back opening / closing body 31 from rotating obliquely downward, so that the display plate 32 held by the back opening / closing body 31 falls. Can be prevented.

Further, by engaging the projection 31b of the back opening / closing body 31 with the engaging hole portion 16p of the push button main body 16, the back opening / closing body 31 can be easily held in a posture along the back surface of the push button main body 16. .

Further, the dimension between the upper ends of the guide grooves 31c of the back opening / closing body 31 into which the display plate 32 is inserted is made larger than the width of the display plate 32.
2 can be easily inserted, and the dimension between the lower ends of the guide grooves 31c is smaller than the width of the display plate 32. Therefore, by inserting the display plate 32 to the lower end of the guide groove 31c, the display plate 32 is Guide groove 3
It can be reliably positioned and held between 1c. The dimension between the lower ends of the guide grooves 31c may be approximately the same as the width of the display plate 32.

To assemble the push button 12, the leaf spring 35 is engaged with the locking projection 16r of the push button body 16,
Further, the shaft portion 31a of the back opening / closing body 31 is attached to the push button main body 16
With the lamp house 3 inserted in the locking hole 16m of
3 and the sold-out display plate 34 can be easily mounted on the push button body 16, and the back opening / closing body 31 and the leaf spring 35 can be prevented from falling off.

The back opening / closing body 31 having the above structure
The shaft portion 31a and the engaging hole portion 16m of the push button body 16 may be configured so that the concave-convex relationship is reversed, or may be a simple concave-convex shape. Also, the protrusion 31 of the back opening / closing body 31
The same applies to b and the engaging hole portion 16p of the push button body 16. Further, without providing the protrusion 31b of the back opening / closing body 31, instead of the engaging hole portion 16p, a claw portion facing inward is provided at the rear end portion of the push button body 16 to lock the back surface of the back opening / closing body 31. You may do it. Further, in the above embodiment, the case where the push button devices are continuously arranged side by side in the adjoining state has been described, but it is needless to say that the above configuration can be applied to a push button device that is not arranged side by side. Nor.

Further, as shown in FIG. 10, the back opening / closing body 3
A space b may be formed between 1'and the push button body 16 to store small articles directly in the space b. Further, as shown in FIG. The liquid crystal display member 40 may be arranged above the push button body 16.

[0036]

As described above, according to the present invention, the back opening / closing body which can be opened / closed around the axial center at the lower end portion is provided on the back surface side of the push button body having at least a part of the front surface having translucency. By providing the above, the display member can be easily inserted and taken out from the rear side of the push button only by opening and closing the back opening / closing body rearward.

Further, when the back opening / closing body is pivoted to the rear side, a restricting portion is provided so as to positionally regulate the rotation of the back opening / closing body to the diagonal lower side. Since the restricting portion prevents the back opening / closing body from pivoting to the lower side, the display member can be prevented from dropping.

Further, the back opening / closing body is engaged by providing the side portion of the push button main body with an engaging portion which engages with the back opening / closing body and holds the back opening / closing body in a posture along the back surface of the push button main body. The part can be held in a posture along the back surface of the push button body.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a push button in a push button device of a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an overall front view of the same vending machine.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a fixed side support structure of a support member of the push button device of the vending machine.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an essential part showing a fixed side support structure of a support member of the push button device of the same vending machine.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a push button device of the same vending machine.

FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the push button of the push button device as seen from below.

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of a push button of the push button device.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the push button of the push button device when the back opening / closing body is closed.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the push button of the push button device when the back opening / closing body is opened.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view of a push button of a push button device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of a push button of a push button device of a vending machine.

FIG. 12 is an overall front view of a conventional vending machine.

FIG. 13 is an overall front view of a conventional vending machine.

FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view of a push button in a conventional push button device of a vending machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Vending Machine 2 Front Door 10 Push Button Device 11 Long Hole 12 Push Button 16 Push Button Main Body 16m Locking Hole 16n Claw Engagement Hole 16p Engagement Hole 16q Groove 16r Locking Protrusion 31 Back Opening / Closing Body 31a Shaft 31b Protrusion 31c Guide groove 32 Display plate (display member) 33 Lamp house 33a Claw portion 33b Projection regulation portion 33c Extension portion 35 Leaf spring 35a Hole portion

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A push button device for a vending machine, wherein a push button is provided in a hole provided in a panel member forming a customer service surface so that the push button can be retracted and retracted, and a display member is provided in the push button. , A pushbutton main body having at least a part of the front surface having translucency, and a pushbutton arranged along the rear surface of the pushbutton main body, which is disposed on the rear surface side of the pushbutton main body and is centered on the axial center of the lower end portion thereof. A push button device for a vending machine including a back opening / closing body that can be opened / closed between a posture in which a display member is held between the back surface of the main body and a posture in which the push button main body is separated from the back surface and inclined rearward. . 2. The vending machine according to claim 1, further comprising: a restricting portion that abuts when the back opening / closing body is rotated rearward to positionally restrict the rotation of the back opening / closing body obliquely downward. Push button device. 3. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein an engaging portion that engages with the back opening / closing body and holds the back opening / closing body in a posture along the back surface of the push button body is provided on a side portion of the push button body. Push button device.