JPH07200932A - Article cold/hot distinction display device of automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable a customer to buy an intended article without fail by accurately, speedily, and easily altering a display of cold/hot distinction of various articles such as drinks and foods which are cooled or heated in the machine body and vended as to an article cold/hot distinction display device which displays the various articles and also displays the cold/hot distinction of the articles in front of article samples, displayed in a display chamber formed on the front surface part of the machine body, together in front of them. CONSTITUTION:This device is equipped with a cold/hot distinction display body 42 which has cold displays 14 and hot displays 15 entered on the left and right sides in parallel and displays the cold/hot distinction of plural articles by itself, a blind 44 which covers the front surfaces of one of the cold displays 14 and hot displays 15 entered on the left and right sides of the cold/hot distinction display body 42 in parallel, and a moving device 49 which is equipped with deformation bodies 48a and 48b that are arranged in the air in the machine body 1 wherein the articles are exposed and deform when the temperature varies exceeding the transformation temperature, and moves the cold/hot distinction display body 42 to the left and right.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cold / hot classification of various products to be sold by cooling or heating, such as beverages and foods stored in the machine or cooked and manufactured from raw materials in the machine. The present invention relates to a product cold / heat classification display device of a vending machine, which displays in front of each product sample that displays each product.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art V that sells various products such as beverages and foods stored in the body of the machine or cooked and manufactured from raw materials in the body of the machine in a cold or warm state is classified into the product type, season,
There is a vending machine that can sell even the same product, either cold or hot, according to the customer's taste, whose tastes are diversified depending on the installation location of the machine.

Inside the body of such a vending machine, there is a display room on the front side for displaying and displaying sample products for displaying various products, and a plurality of rooms for cooling or heating the inside. The storages for storing the stored products are generally divided and formed on the depth side. In addition, the cold or warm cold or warm classification of each product displayed by each product sample displayed in this exhibition room is indicated by the cold or warm indication on the cold / hot classification indicator attached to each product sample. It is equipped with a product cold / cold classification display device that is displayed and clearly shown to the customer.

It is desirable for the product cold / hot temperature display device to be able to quickly and easily change the display of the cold / hot temperature of the product when the cold / hot temperature of the product is changed, and to make an accurate change without mistake. Of course, if the product sold changes,
Even for the same product, the cold / cool category of the product changes depending on the type, season, installation location of the aircraft, and so on. And each time it is necessary to change the display of the cold temperature category, and if the display is incorrect, the customer may not be able to purchase the intended product, but this kind of vending machine 5 and 6 show one conventional example of the commodity cold / heat classification display device. FIG. 5 shows the configuration of the V which is the subject of the present invention, (A) is an external perspective view showing the appearance, and (B) is a door that covers the front opening of the case of (A). 6 is a perspective view of the state as viewed from the front upper right, FIG. 6 shows the configuration of the conventional cold / cold product display device of the vending machine,
(A) is a longitudinal sectional view of the left side of the main part, (B) is a front view of (A), and (A) is the front side on the right side of the drawing.

In FIGS. 5 and 6, reference numeral 1 denotes a machine body forming an outer peripheral surface of a vending machine. The machine body 1 stores a product inside and a case 2 having a front opening, and a front surface of the case 2. It is composed of a door 3 that covers the opening in an openable and closable manner. On the upper side of the front surface of the door 3, an exhibition room 6 for displaying and displaying a product sample 5, which displays various products, and advertisements (not shown), is formed.

Inside the exhibition room 6, a pair of upper and lower display shelves 8 are juxtaposed with the rear end being cantilevered by a rear wall 7 forming the inner wall surface on the depth side of the exhibition room 6. A plurality of product samples 5 are displayed side by side on the shelf 8 side by side.
On the lower side of each of the product samples 5, there are selection buttons 9 that correspond to the product samples 5 and make a pair to select the products displayed by the product samples 5, respectively.
The transparent cover 10 forming the front surface of the exhibition room 6 has a front end projecting forward from the front surface, and the rear end is cantilevered by the front end of the display shelf 8.

At the left and right ends of the front end of the upper surface of the display rack 8,
A pair of holders 11 in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped are opposed to each other in the left-right direction and are supported at their lower ends. The pair of holders 11 are formed with grooves 12 in the left-right direction that open to the surfaces facing each other and the upper surface, respectively. Has been done. The left and right ends are inserted into the groove 12 through the top opening of the groove 12 to display the cold and hot categories corresponding to a plurality of products displayed by the horizontal row of product samples 5 The body 13 is removably held by the holder 11 in the exhibition room 6 between the row of the product samples 5 and the row of the selection buttons 9. The cold temperature indicator 14 which is detachably retained in the holder 11 has a cold indicator 14 and a warm indicator 15, which indicate whether the product is cold or warm, in the letters "COLD" and "HOT", respectively. It is described, and a commodity cold / hot category display device 16 that displays the cold / cold category of each commodity in the front is configured by a holder 11, a cold / cold category indicator 13, and the like.

The cold / hot category of the product displayed by the cold / hot category display 13 is the product sample 5 displaying the product of the same cold / hot category.
Are adjacent to each other on the left and right to form a group, and the boundary between the groups of the product samples 5 displayed on the display shelf 8 is displayed by a boundary line 17 which is a vertical line described in the cold / hot category display 13.
With this boundary line 17 as a border, for example, the product sample 5 on the left side
If the item corresponds to a cold item, the cold display 14 is displayed on the left side of the boundary line 17 with the word "COLD" and the "HOD" is displayed on the right side.
Each of the temperature indications 15 is indicated by the letter "T", and the cold temperature indication indicator 13
The item is displayed and marked to clearly indicate the cold / cool category of the product. If all of the products displayed in the horizontal row of product samples 5 are all cold or all warm, the boundary line 1
7 is not displayed, and the cold / cold section display body 13 simply displays the cold display character “COLD” or the warm display 1
Only the letters “HOT”, which is 5, are described to clearly indicate the cold / hot category of the product.

On the front surface of the door 3 directly below the exhibition room 6,
Slots 18 and 1 into which coins and bills are respectively inserted
9, an operation unit 21 including a return lever 20 for returning the inserted coins, and at the lower front portion of the door 3, an outlet 22 for the purchased product, and a return opening 23 for refunding and returning the change.
Etc. are provided. On the other hand, in the case 2, a storage box 25 is formed which has a front opening forming a back surface of the door 3 and is covered with a heat insulating wall 24 having heat insulating properties to store products. Three chambers 27a, 27b, 27c are formed by dividing the partition wall 26 into right and left. In these chambers 27a, 27b, 27c, storage shelves for dropping products one by one each time they are sold from a discharge port 30 opened on the lower end lower surface of the product which is inserted from the input port 29 opened on the front surface of the upper end portion. 31 are housed and installed, respectively.

The chambers 27a, 2 are stored in the storage shelf 31.
The commodities stored in 7b and 27c are refrigerated or refrigerated by being cooled to, for example, 10 ° C. or lower or heated to 63 ° C. or higher by a cooling device and a heating device (not shown) arranged in the machine body 1. Each room 27a, 27b, 27c
Under each of the storage shelves 31, inside, shooters 32a, 32b, 32 whose upper surface forms an inclined surface of a downward slope are formed.
c are provided respectively, and shooters 32a, 32
b, 32c, at the lower part of the heat insulating wall 24 in front of each of the b, 32c, the outlets 34a, 34 communicating with the inside of the outlet 22 and opening to the front surface.
b and 34c are formed respectively.

In the commodity cold / heat classification display device of the vending machine having the above-described structure, when the cold / cold classification of the commodity is changed, the display of the cold / cold classification is generally changed as follows. That is, the cold / hot category display 13 constituting the product cold / hot category display device 16 is displayed with the cold / hot category of the product displayed by the horizontal row of the product samples 5 including the product sample 5 of the product having the changed cold / hot category. It is performed by exchanging with another cold / cold section indicator 13 attached to the cold / cold section display device 16.

In addition, the vending machine provided with the commodity temperature / temperature classification display device 16 operates as follows: When coins and / or banknotes are inserted from the insertion slot 18 and / or the insertion slot 19 and a product is selected by the selection button 9, In response to the sales command signal, the selected products are dropped and discharged one by one from the storage shelf 31 in which the products are stored, through the discharge port 30. Items that have been dropped and ejected are shoter 32a or shooter 32a.
b or rolling down or sliding on the upper surface of the shooter 32c, it descends by its own weight toward the front, and the delivery ports 34a, 34
At the same time, the change is sent out through b and 34c and carried out into the take-out port 22, and at the same time, the change is paid out into the return port 23. The change dispensed into the return port 23 and the product delivered into the outlet 22 are taken out by the customer. In addition, if a customer operates the return lever 20 after stopping the purchase of the product after inserting the coin from the insertion slot 18,
The coins inserted from the insertion port 18 are discharged into the return port 23.

[0013]

By the way, such a conventional cold / cold product display device for a vending machine displays the same cold / hot product displayed on the cold / heat display 13 and displays it on the left and right. The cold display 14 or the warm display 15 for each product sample group 5 displayed adjacently on the display shelf 8 and the boundary line 17 indicating the boundary between the groups of each product sample 5 indicate the cold / hot classification of each product. Can be clarified.

However, of course, even if the sold product changes, even if it is the same product, the cold / cold classification of the product changes depending on the product type, season, installation location of the body 1, etc., and the cold / cold classification indicator 13 is displayed at each time. It is necessary to replace it with another cold / hot classification display body 13 attached to the classification display device 16. On the other hand, in a vending machine in which an exterior design with a characteristic for each user is generally adopted, the cold / heat classification indicator 13 that influences the exterior design has an exterior design that matches the exterior design of the vending machine and is displayed. It is also necessary to deal with a wide variety of arrangements of the product sample 5 in the chamber 6, which display various products having different cold and hot categories.

Therefore, there is a problem that it is necessary to attach a large number of various kinds of cold / heat classification display bodies 13 to the product cold / heat classification display device 16 in accordance with various arrangements of the product samples 5 in the exhibition room 6. In addition, when the cold / hot classification of the product is changed, the display of the cold / cool classification is changed, and the replacement work of the cold / cool classification display 13 is very troublesome, cumbersome, troublesome, and easily erroneous. Further, if the cold / hot category displayed by the cold / cold category indicator 13 is wrong, there is a problem that the customer can purchase an unintended product.

According to the present invention, when changing the display of the cold / hot category of a product, the display of each cold / hot category which is displayed along with each of the product samples displayed in the exhibition room is displayed without mistake. It is an object of the present invention to provide a commodity cold / heat classification display device for a vending machine which can be quickly and easily performed without any trouble.

[0017]

In order to solve the above problems, according to the present invention, beverages and foods which are stored in the body of the body or cooked and manufactured from raw materials in the body and then cooled or heated for sale. This product is a cold / hot category of each of the products displayed by each of the product samples, which includes a display room partitioned and formed in the front part of the machine for displaying and displaying the product samples displaying various products. In the product cold / hot classification display device of a vending machine that displays a cold display or a hot display indicating whether it is cold or warm to each of the product samples, and displays the cold display, the cold display and the hot display are described in parallel. A cold temperature indicator, a blindfold covering one of the cold indicator and the temperature indicator, which are displayed in parallel on the cold indicator, and the blindfold. Fine cold segment display body in conjunction with the switching of the cooling and heating of the goods shall be provided with a moving device for relatively moving.

Further, the moving device is a moving device provided with a deformable body which deforms the blindfold and cold / heat classification display member in association with switching of cooling / heating of the product. It shall be a mobile device with a body. Further, the deformable body is assumed to be formed of a shape memory alloy having a predetermined transformation temperature.

Further, it is assumed that the deformable body is arranged in the air inside the body to which the product is exposed. In addition, the moving device
A deformed body heating device for heating the deformed body to a temperature not lower than the transformation temperature is provided. In addition, the moving device is assumed to be a moving device including an electromagnet that is excited / demagnetized in conjunction with switching between cooling and heating of a product.

Further, it is assumed that one cold / hot category display body displays the cold / cool categories of a plurality of products. In addition, the cold temperature classification display device is a device that displays the cold temperature classification of the product stored in the storage compartment where the product is stored, which is partitioned into a plurality of chambers that are compartmentalized in the fuselage and whose inside is cooled or heated respectively. There is.

[0021]

According to the present invention, according to the above structure, the cold display and the temperature display are displayed in parallel to display the cold / hot display, and the cold display and the temperature displayed in parallel to the cold / display display. Since a blindfold covering one front surface of the display and a moving device that relatively moves the blindfold and the cold / heat classification display body in association with the switching of cooling / heating of the product, the product sample is displayed. When the cooling / heating of the product is switched, the blind device or the cool / cold classification indicator is configured to move, for example, up and down or left and right in association with this switching, thereby cooling and cooling the product. When the heating is switched, one of the cold display and the temperature display, which had been covered with a blindfold until now, is opened, and at the same time the other front is covered with a blindfold. It can be configured to indicate the device. As a result, one of the cold display and the warm display that is displayed in front can be switched from one to the other.

Further, since the moving device is a moving device having a deformable body that deforms the blindfold and cold / heat classification indicator in conjunction with the switching of cooling / heating of the product, the product sample displayed on the product sample is displayed. When cooling / heating is switched, the blind device or the cold / heat classification display body is moved by the moving device by utilizing the deformation of the deformable body that deforms in conjunction with this switching, for example,
It is possible to move up and down or left and right relative to each other, and open the front of one of the cold display and the temperature display that was covered with a blindfold so far, and at the same time, open the other front by the blindfold Can be configured. As a result, one of the cold display and the warm display that is displayed in front can be switched from one to the other.

Since the deformable body is formed of a shape memory alloy having a predetermined transformation temperature, the transformation temperature of the deformable body is, for example, 5 ° C. which is lower than the maximum temperature of the product to be cooled or heated. 60 lower than the minimum temperature
Set to ℃. Then, the temperature of the deformed body that is expanded and contracted after storing a constant outer shape is set to 5 ° C. or 60 ° C.
The outer shape of the deformable body can be returned to the memorized outer shape by changing the temperature from higher than ℃ to lower temperature or from lower than 5 ℃ or higher than 60 ℃.
By utilizing the expansion and contraction due to the deformation of the deformable body at this time, for example,
A variant that has one end connected to a blind or cold temperature indicator and the other end connected to the airframe to cool the blind or cold temperature indicator by changing the cold temperature category of the product displayed on the product sample.
When the heating is switched, for example, one of the cold display and the warm display can be displayed in the front by moving relatively up and down or left and right by the moving device.

Further, since the deformable body is arranged in the air inside the machine body to which the product is exposed, the temperature of the deformable body can be always maintained at the same temperature as the product, and the cold temperature classification of this product is When the cooling / heating is switched, the deformable body can be deformed in conjunction with this switching, and by utilizing this deformation, the blindfold or the cold / heat classification indicator is relatively moved by the moving device. It is possible to display a cold display or a warm display that matches the cold / hot temperature category in the front.

Further, since the moving device is provided with the deformable body heating device for heating the deformable body above the transformation temperature, for example, the deformable body is formed from a shape memory alloy, and the transformation temperature of this shape memory alloy is For example, by setting the temperature to 60 ° C, which is lower than the lowest temperature of the product to be heated, and memorizing a certain outer shape, and then expanding and contracting, one end of the deformed body is covered with a blind or a cold temperature indicator, and the other end of the deformed body is set. Connect to each aircraft. Then, when the cooling / heating category of the product displayed by the product sample is changed and the cooling / heating of the product is switched, the deformable body heating device is started / stopped in conjunction with this switching, and the temperature is changed to 60 ° C.
By heating or cooling the deformable body above the transformation temperature or above 60 ° C., the outer dimensions of this deformable body can be expanded or contracted. By utilizing the expansion and contraction of the deformable body, the blindfold or the cold / temperate indicator can be moved relatively by the moving device so that the warm indication or the cold indication can be displayed forward.

Further, since the moving device is a moving device provided with an electromagnet that is excited / demagnetized in conjunction with switching between cooling and heating of the product, the blindfold or the cold / heat classification indicator is set to the magnetic force of the electromagnet. Utilizing, for example, the moving device can be configured to move up and down or left and right relatively,
When switching between cooling and heating of the product displayed on the product sample,
Z can be configured so that one of the cold display and the warm display, which has been covered with a blindfold until now, is opened, while the other front is covered with a blindfold. As a result, one of the cold display and the warm display that is displayed in front can be switched from one to the other.

Further, since the cold / hot category indicator is used to display the cold / cool category of a plurality of products, if the number of types of merchandise including the cold / cool category does not change, the number of cold / cool category indicators can be reduced, and The number of mobile devices can also be reduced.
In addition, the cold temperature classification display device is a device that displays the cold temperature classification of the product stored in the storage compartment where the product is stored, which is partitioned into a plurality of chambers that are compartmentalized in the fuselage and whose inside is cooled or heated respectively. Since it is assumed that there is a cold indication or a warm indication indicating the cold / hot classification of whether this product is cold or warm for each of the products stored in the storage room by storing it in multiple rooms, this product is displayed respectively. It can be displayed in front of each product sample to be displayed.

[0028]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a commodity cold / heat classification display device of an automatic vending machine according to one embodiment of the present invention.
Is a front view of a main part, (B) is a cross-sectional plan view of (A), (C)
Is a vertical cross section on the right side of (A), (B) is the lower side of the figure, and (C) is the left side of the figure on the front side. Also, FIG.
Shows a structure of a product cold / hot classification display device of a vending machine according to another embodiment of the present invention, (A) is a front view of a main part, (B) is a plan view of the product cold / hot classification display device of (A), ) Is a front view of (B), (D) is a right side view of (C), (E) is an enlarged cross-sectional view of an essential part of (B), (F) is an enlarged view of an essential part of (E), (B), (E) and (F) are the lower side of the figure, and (D) is the front side of the left side of the figure. Also, FIG.
1 shows a configuration of the blindfold and cold / cool classification display bodies of FIGS. 1 and 2, and a front view of a main portion of the blindfold and cold / cool classification display bodies arranged in front and back, (B) a front view of a main portion of the blindfold single unit,
(C) is a front view of a main portion of a single cold / heat classification display body. Further, FIG. 4 shows the structure of a commodity cold / heat classification display device of a vending machine according to a further different embodiment of the present invention. (A) is a front view of a main part, and (B) is a commodity cold / heat classification display device of (A). A cross-sectional view, (C) is a front view of (B), (D) is a front view of a main part of a cold / heat classification display unit alone, (E) is a front view of a main part of a blindfold unit (B), (F) is a development configuration diagram showing the configuration of the commodity cold / heat classification display device, and (B) is the front side on the lower side of the figure. FIG. 5 shows the structure of a vending machine to which the present invention is applied. (A) is a perspective view of the vending machine as viewed from the front upper right, (B) covers the front opening of the case (A). It is the perspective view seen from the front upper right in the state where the door was opened. It should be noted that parts common to or the same as those in FIG. 6 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof may be omitted.

1 to 5, reference numeral 1 denotes a machine body forming an outer peripheral surface of a vending machine. The machine body 1 is composed of a case 2 and a door 3 covering a front opening of the case 2. In the case 2, a storage box 25 having a front opening covered with a heat insulating wall 24 is defined. Inside the storage 25, the storage 25 is divided into left and right by a pair of left and right partition walls 26 to form three chambers 27a, 27b and 27c. The upper ends of the chambers 27a, 27b and 27c are formed. Storage shelves 31 for storing and dropping the stored products that have been inserted through the insertion port 29 that opens on the front surface of the unit and drop through the discharge port 30 that opens on the lower surface of the lower end each time the product is sold.

On the other hand, on the upper side of the front surface of the door 3, an exhibition room 6 in which the product sample 5 and advertisements (not shown) are displayed and displayed.
The exhibition room 6 has a product sample 5
A plurality of product samples 5 that are supported on the rear wall 7 are displayed and displayed in parallel in the left and right in two steps through a clip-shaped holding body 36 that supports from below and holds from both left and right sides. On the lower cover 10 of each of the product samples 5, a selection button 9 having a front end projecting forward from the front of the cover 10 is supported at the front end of the display shelf 8 in a pair corresponding to each of the product samples 5. It is no different from the above-mentioned conventional example.

Further, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, below the rows of the respective product samples 5 in the exhibition room 6, in the embodiment shown in FIG. A pair of left and right support members 37a and 37b are attached to the chambers 27a and 27, respectively.
b and 27c are provided in correspondence with each other. Further, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, a pair of left and right supports 38a, 38b having an L-shaped cross section, and in the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, a horizontally long box-shaped support 3 having mutually facing surfaces open.
9a, 39b facing each other left and right
The rear end is supported on the front surface of the rear wall 7 in correspondence with a, 27b, and 27c.

In FIGS. 1 and 3, the products stored in the respective storage shelves 31 and stored in the chambers 27a, 27b, and 27c, respectively, of the cooling device and the heating device (not shown) disposed in the machine body 1 are shown. On the one hand, it is cooled to 10 ° C. or lower, or on the other hand, it is heated to 63 ° C. or higher and refrigerated or warmed. Then, the front end portions of the support members 37a and 37b are provided with a groove 40 in the left-right direction which is open to the surfaces facing each other and the upper surface.
a, 40b and grooves 41a, 41b are formed side by side in front and rear. The left and right ends are respectively inserted into the grooves 41a and 41b, and the products to be displayed are stored in the chambers 27a and 27a in the exhibition room 6 between the row of the product samples 5 and the row of the selection buttons 9.
7b and 27c are stored in either one of the product samples 5 arranged horizontally in a row, and the horizontally and vertically rectangular flat plate-like cold / hot category display 42 for displaying cold / hot categories corresponding to a plurality of products displayed by the product samples 5 is movable left and right. It is supported by the support members 37a and 37b. On the cold / cold classification display 42, a cold display 1 that indicates whether the product displayed by the product sample 5 is cold or warm, respectively.
4 and the temperature display 15 are displayed in parallel on the left and right with the letters “COLD” and “HOT” for each product sample 5. This "COLD" character can be seen from the front when the cold / heat classification indicator 42 moves to the right, and "H"
The letters "OT" are provided with blinds 44 in the shape of a horizontally long rectangular flat plate having a viewing window 43 through which the cold and warm section indicator 42 can be seen from the front when the left and right sections 42 are moved to the left and right and left ends in the grooves 40a and 40b, respectively. It is inserted and held in front of the cold / heat classification display body 42 by support members 37a and 37b so as to be freely inserted and removed.

At the upper end of the left end portion of the cold / heat classification indicator 42, the rear end is passed through the through holes 45 and 46 formed in the rear wall 7 and the heat insulating wall 24 and extending in the front-rear direction.
A front end of a flat plate-shaped connecting plate 47 that is long in the front-rear direction and is projected to one of a, 27b, and 27c is fixed. On the left and right sides of the rear end of the connecting plate 47, corrugated deformable bodies 48a and 48b extending in the lateral direction while meandering up and down are respectively arranged. The deformable bodies 48a and 48b are separated from each other. The ends are fixed to the heat insulating wall 24, and the side ends of the deformable bodies 48a and 48b that are close to each other are fixed to the left and right sides of the rear end portion of the connecting plate 47, respectively.

Further, the deformable body 48a freely expands and contracts in the left-right direction when a load in the left-right direction is applied at 60 ° C. or lower, and contracts in the left-right direction to return to the memorized outer shape when it becomes 60 ° C. or higher. It has a shape memory alloy. Further, the deformable body 48b freely expands / contracts in the left / right direction when a load is applied in the left / right direction at 5 ° C. or higher, and contracts in the left / right direction to return to the stored outer shape at 5 ° C. or lower,
It is formed from a shape memory alloy having a transformation temperature of 5 ° C. The deformation unit 48a, the deformation unit 48b, the connecting plate 47, and the like move the left and right of the cold / heat classification display unit 42 to the left and right.
In addition, the moving device 49, the support 37a, the support 37
b, the cold / hot classification display 42, the blindfold 44, etc., respectively, constitute a product cold / hot classification display device 50 for displaying the cold / cool classification of each product in the front.

2 and 3, the products stored in the respective storage shelves 31 and stored in the respective chambers 27a, 27b, 27c of the cooling device and the heating device (not shown) arranged in the machine body 1 are shown. On the one hand, it is cooled to 10 ° C. or lower, or on the other hand, it is heated to 63 ° C. or higher and refrigerated or warmed. Then, in the front end portions of the support members 38a, 38b, left and right grooves 51a, 51b and grooves 52a, 52b are formed in parallel in the front and rear direction, respectively, which are open on the mutually facing surfaces of the support members 38a, 38b. There is. This groove 52a, 5
The left and right ends are respectively inserted in 2b, and the displayed product is stored in one of the chambers 27a, 27b, 27c in the exhibition room 6 between the row of the product sample 5 and the row of the selection buttons 9. A horizontally-long rectangular flat plate-shaped cold / warm section display 53 that displays cold / hot sections corresponding to a plurality of products displayed by each of the product samples 5 arranged in a horizontal row is movably supported right and left.
It is supported by a and 38b. The cold temperature indicator 53
A cold display 14 and a warm display 15, which respectively indicate whether the product displayed by the product sample 5 is cold or warm, are displayed as the product sample 5
The characters “COLD” and “HOT” are displayed side by side in parallel for each. This "COLD" character can be seen from the front when the cold / warm classification indicator 53 moves to the right, and the "HOT" character can be seen.
When the left side is moved to the left, a horizontally long rectangular flat plate-shaped blindfold 54 having a viewing window 43 that can be seen from the front is inserted in front of the cold / heat classification display body 53, and both left and right ends are inserted in the grooves 51a and 51b. It is held by the supports 38a and 38b.

Further, in the supports 38a and 38b,
Groove 5 formed by partitioning with heat-resistant wall 55 having heat resistance
Heat resistant chambers 56a, 5 which are spaces communicating with 2a, 52b
6b are respectively formed into compartments, and these heat-resistant chambers 56a,
Inside the heat-resistant chambers 56a and 56b within 56b, 100 ° C
Electric heaters 57a and 57b capable of heating up to are respectively provided. These respective heaters 57a and 57b
Is turned on / off by a switch (not shown) for starting / stopping the heating device for heating the inside of the chambers 27a, 27b, 27c, respectively. When this switch is turned on, the heater 5
7a is turned on and the heater 57b is turned off, and when the switch is turned off, the heater 57b is turned on and the heater 57a is turned off. Further, in the heat-resistant chambers 56a and 56b, when a load of 60 ° C. or less is applied in the left-right direction, the shape of the shape-memory alloy having a transformation temperature of 60 ° C. The deformable bodies 58a and 58b formed from are arranged respectively.
The ends of the deformable bodies 58a and 58b on the cold / warm classification display body 53 are placed on the cold / warm classification display body 53, and the deformable bodies 58a and 58b.
The end opposite to the cold / heat classification display 53 is fixed to the inner wall surface of the heat resistant wall 55, and the heat resistant chamber 56a and the heat resistant chamber 56 are
b, the heater 57a, the heater 57b, etc. constitute the deformable body heating devices 60a, 60b, respectively. Also, the deformable body heating device 60a, the deformable body heating device 60b, and the deformable body 58
a, a deformable body 58b, and the like, a moving device 61 that moves the cold / heat classification display body 53 left and right, and a moving device 61, a support tool 38a, a support tool 38b, a cold / warm classification display body 53, a blindfold 54, etc. Each of the product cold / cold category display devices 62 that displays the cold / cold category in the front is configured.

In FIG. 4, the products stored in the respective storage shelves 31 and stored in the respective chambers 27a, 27b, 27c are provided with a cooling device 63 arranged in the machine body 1, and
One of the heating devices 64, which is an electric heater, is cooled to 10 ° C. or lower on the one hand, or is heated to 63 ° C. or more on the other hand for refrigeration or hot storage. Then, the compressor 63a and the evaporator 63
b, the condenser 63c, etc. constitute the cooling device 63,
In the support tools 39a, 39b, the support tools 39a, 39
Left and right grooves 65a, 6 open on the surfaces of b facing each other
5b and the grooves 66a and 66b are formed in parallel in the front and rear. The left and right ends are inserted into the grooves 66a and 66b, and the products to be displayed are displayed in the chambers 27a and 27 in the exhibition room 6 between the row of the product samples 5 and the row of the selection buttons 9.
b or 27c, which can be moved to the left or right, in a horizontally long rectangular flat plate-shaped cold / warm classification indicator 67 that displays cold / hot classifications corresponding to a plurality of products displayed by each of the product samples 5 arranged in a horizontal row It is supported by supports 39a and 39b. On the cold / hot category display 67, a cold indication 14 and a warm indication 15 which indicate whether the product displayed by the product sample 5 is cold or warm are displayed by "COLD" for each product sample 5.
And the letters "HOT" are displayed in parallel on the left and right. This "COLD" character is used for the cold / heat classification display 67
Is a horizontally long rectangular flat plate that has a viewing window 43 through which the user can peek from the front when he / she moves to the right, and can see the character "HOT" from the front when the cold / warm indicator 67 moves to the left. The right and left ends of the blindfold 68 are inserted into the grooves 65a and 65b in front of the cold / heat classification indicator 67, and are held by the supports 39a and 39b.

In addition, in the supports 39a and 39b,
Electromagnets 69 are provided on the side ends of the grooves 66a and 66b which are separated from each other.
a and 69b are provided respectively. The respective electromagnets 69a, 69b are excited / demagnetized by turning on / off a switch (not shown) for starting / stopping the heating device 64 for heating the inside of the chambers 27a, 27b, 27c. When the switch is turned on, the electromagnet 69a is excited to demagnetize the electromagnet 69b, and when the switch is turned off, the electromagnet 69b is excited to demagnetize the electromagnet 69a. A suction piece 70 having a chevron cross section formed from a steel plate that is attracted toward the electromagnets 69a and 69b by the magnetic force when the electromagnets 69a and 69b are excited.
a and 70b are fixed to the left and right ends of the cold / heat classification indicator 67. A moving device 71 that moves the cold / heat classification display 67 to the left and right is provided with an electromagnet 69a, an electromagnet 69b, and a suction piece 70.
a, a suction piece 70b, etc., and a commodity cold / hot category display device 72 that displays the cold / cold category of each commodity in the front by a moving device 71, a support 39a, a support 39b, a cool / cold category display 67, a blindfold 68, etc. I am configuring.

In FIG. 1 to FIG. 4, the opening 18, the opening 19, and the opening 19 are provided directly below the exhibition room 6 on the front surface of the door 3.
An operation part 21 including a return lever 20 and the like is provided, and the outlet 2 is provided on the front part of the door 3 below the operation part 21.
2, a return port 23 and the like are provided, and other configurations are the same as those of the conventional example described above. In the above-mentioned configuration, the vending machine having the commodity cold / heat classification display devices 50, 62 and 72, which is the Z embodiment of the vending machine of the present invention, has the same sales operation as the above-mentioned conventional example, and therefore the description thereof will be omitted. When the cold / hot category of the product is changed, the product cold / hot category display device 50, 62, 7
The operation when the item 2 changes the display of the cold / hot temperature category of the product and the function of each unit of the cold / hot temperature category display device 50, 62, 72 will be described below.

In one embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 3, the moving device 4 of the commodity cold / heat classification display device 50.
The deformable bodies 48a and 48b that form 9 are exposed to the air in the chamber 27a, the chamber 27b, or the chamber 27c in the machine body 1 to which the product is exposed. And each room 27a, 27b,
The air in 27c is cooled or heated by the cooling device or the heating device, respectively. So room 2
7a, chamber 27b or chamber 27c is switched between cooling and heating, the deformable bodies 48a and 48b will be heated if they have been cooled so far, and will be cooled if they have been heated so far. It will be.

Then, the chamber 27a, the chamber 27b or the chamber 2
When the cooling / heating in 7c is switched from heating to cooling, the temperatures of the deformable bodies 48a and 48b are the same as those of the deformable body 48a.
The transformation temperature of each memory alloy forming a and 48b falls from 60 ° C. or higher to 5 ° C. or lower. Then, the deformable body 48a that has contracted in the left-right direction and has returned to the stored outer shape is pulled to the left through the connecting plate 47 and has expanded in the left-right direction until now, and the deformed body 48b contracts in the left-right direction. Return to the stored external shape. Along with this, the deformable body 48a pulled by the deformable body 48b to the right through the connecting plate 47 extends in the left-right direction, and the connecting plate 47 moves to the right, and at the same time, the deformable body 48a moves through the connecting plate 47. 48
The cold / heat classification indicator 42 connected to a and 48b automatically moves to the right.

When switching from cooling to heating,
The temperatures of the deformable bodies 48a and 48b are the same as those of the deformable bodies 48a and 4b.
The temperature changes from a low temperature to a high temperature in excess of the transformation temperatures of 5 ° C. and 60 ° C. of the respective memory alloys forming 8b. Then, the deformable body 48a, which has been pulled rightward by the deformable body 48b through the connecting plate 47 and stretched in the left-right direction, contracts in the left-right direction and returns to the stored outer shape. Along with this, the deformable body 48b pulled by the deformable body 48a to the left via the connecting plate 47 expands in the left-right direction, and the connecting plate 47 moves to the left, and at the same time, the deformable body via the connecting plate 47 is deformed. The cold / heat classification indicator 42 connected to 48a and 48b automatically moves to the left.

That is, when the air in the chamber 27a, the chamber 27b or the chamber 27c which has been heated by the heating device until now is cooled by the cooling device, the length in the left-right direction becomes
The deformable body 48b is deformed in the contracting direction and shortened to be deformed.
8a expands. As a result, the cold / cold section indicator 42 automatically moves to the right and the "COLD" cold indicator 14 is displayed forward through the observation window 43. In addition, the chamber 27a, the chamber 27b, or the chamber 2 which has been cooled by the cooling device until now.
When the air in 7c is heated by the heating device, the length in the left-right direction is deformed and shortened in the direction in which the deformable body 48a contracts, and the deformable body 48b expands, whereby the cold / warm segment indicator 42. Automatically moves to the left to display the "HOT" temperature display 15 in the front through the viewing window 43.

Even if one of the deformable bodies 48a and 48b is replaced with a bias spring which is a normal tension spring, the same operation as described above can be performed. In different embodiments of the present invention shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the deformable bodies 58a, 58 constituting the moving device 61 of the commodity cold / heat classification display device 62.
b is exposed to the air in the heat resistant chambers 56a and 56b, respectively, and the air in the chambers 27a, 27b, and 27c is cooled or heated by the cooling device or the heating device, respectively. Therefore, the chamber 27a and the chamber 27b
Alternatively, when the cooling / heating in the chamber 27c is switched from heating to cooling, the switch is turned off to stop the heating device, and at the same time, the heater 57b is turned on and the heater 57a is turned off. As a result, the temperature of the air in the heat resistant chamber 56b is heated by the heater 57b to 60 ° C. or less and 60 ° C. or less.
The temperature of the air in the heat resistant chamber 56a decreases from 60 ° C. or higher to 60 ° C. or lower as the temperature rises to 60 ° C. or higher. When switching from cooling to heating, the switch is turned on to activate the heating device, and at the same time, the heater 57a is turned on and the heater 57b is turned off. As a result, the heat-resistant room 56
The temperature of the air in a is heated by the heater 57a and is 60 ° C.
The temperature of the air in the heat-resistant chamber 56b falls from 60 ° C. or higher to 60 ° C. or lower while the temperature rises from below to 60 ° C. or higher.

Therefore, when the cooling / heating in the chamber 27a, the chamber 27b or the chamber 27c is switched from heating to cooling, the deformable body 58b is 60 ° C. which is the transformation temperature of the shape memory alloy forming the deformable body 58b. It goes from low temperature to high temperature. Then, the deformable body 58b, which has been pulled leftward by the deformable body 58a through the cold / heat classification display body 53 and stretched in the left-right direction, contracts in the left-right direction and returns to the stored outer shape. Along with this, the deformable body 58a is pulled rightward by the deformable body 58b via the cool and warm section display body 53 and extends in the left-right direction, and at the same time, the cool and warm section display body 53 connected to the deformable body 58a and the deformable body 58b is Moves to the right automatically.

Further, the chamber 27a, the chamber 27b or the chamber 27
When the cooling / heating in c is switched from cooling to heating, the deformable body 58a rises from a temperature lower than 60 ° C. which is the transformation temperature of the shape memory alloy forming the deformable body 58a to a high temperature. Then, the deformable body 58a, which has been pulled rightward by the deformable body 58b through the cold / heat classification display body 53 and stretched in the left-right direction, contracts in the left-right direction and returns to the stored outer shape. Along with this, the deformable body 58b is pulled leftward by the deformable body 58a through the cold / warm section display body 53 and extends in the left-right direction, and at the same time, the cold / warm section display body 53 connected to the deformable body 58a and the deformable body 58b is Moves to the left automatically. That is, when the air in the chamber 27a, the chamber 27b, or the chamber 27c that has been heated by the heating device is cooled by the cooling device, the heater 57a is cut off and the heater 57b is turned on, and the length in the left-right direction is reduced. , Deformed body 58b
Is deformed and contracted in a contracting direction, and the deformable body 58a is expanded, whereby the cold / warm section indicator 53 automatically moves to the right and the cold indicator 14 of "COLD" is displayed forward through the observation window 43. When the air in the chamber 27a, the chamber 27b, or the chamber 27c that has been cooled by the cooling device is heated by the heating device, the heater 57a is turned on and the heater 57b is turned off, so that the length in the left-right direction is reduced. , Deformed body 58a
Is deformed and contracted in a contracting direction and the deformable body 58b is expanded, so that the cold / warm section indicator 53 automatically moves to the left to display the "HOT" temperature indicator 15 forward through the observation window 43. .

In addition, one of the deformable bodies 58a and 58b is replaced with a bias spring which is a normal tension coil spring, and the deformable bodies 58a and 58 are replaced with the bias springs.
Deformation body heating device 60a, 6 for heating either one of b
Even if one of 0b is abolished, the same operation as described above can be performed. In a further different embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 4, the moving device 71 of the commodity cold / heat classification display device 72 is shown.
And electromagnets 69a and 69b that are excited and demagnetized by turning the switch on and off are arranged in the support members 39a and 39b, respectively. The air in the chamber 27a, the chamber 27b, or the chamber 27c is cooled or heated by the cooling device 63 or the heating device 64, respectively. Therefore,
When the cooling / heating in the chamber 27a, the chamber 27b, or the chamber 27c is switched from heating to cooling, the switch is turned off to stop the heating device 64, and at the same time, the electromagnet 69b is excited and the electromagnet 69a is demagnetized. When switching from cooling to heating, the switch is turned on to activate the heating device 64, and at the same time, the electromagnet 69a is excited and the electromagnet 69b is demagnetized. Therefore, the chamber 27a,
When the cooling / heating in the chamber 27b or the chamber 27c is switched from heating to cooling, the cold / heat classification indicator 67 is moved to the right by the electromagnet 69b via the attraction piece 70b attracted by the magnetic force of the excited electromagnet 69b. It is pulled and moves to the right automatically. Further, when the cooling / heating in the chamber 27a, the chamber 27b or the chamber 27c is switched from cooling to heating, the cold / heat classification display body 67 causes the electromagnet 69a to be attracted by the magnetic force of the excited electromagnet 69a. Will be pulled to the left and will move to the left automatically.

That is, when the air in the chamber 27a, the chamber 27b or the chamber 27c, which has been heated by the heating device 64, is cooled by the cooling device 63, the electromagnet 69b is excited and the electromagnet 69a is demagnetized. , The cold / heat classification indicator 67 automatically moves to the right, and the cold indication of “COLD” 1
4 is displayed in the front through the viewing window 43. When the air in the chamber 27a, the chamber 27b, or the chamber 27c, which has been cooled by the cooling device 63, is heated by the heating device 64,
When the electromagnet 69a is excited and the electromagnet 69b is demagnetized, the cold / warm section indicator 67 automatically moves to the left to display the "HOT" temperature indicator 15 forward through the observation window 43.

Even if either one of the electromagnets 69a and 69b is replaced with a normal tension coil spring and one of the electromagnets 69a and 69b is replaced with this tension coil spring, the same operation as above is performed. Can be made. Therefore, in any of the embodiments, the cold / heat indicator 4
2, 53, 67 are automatically moved to the left and right by the moving devices 49, 61, 71, and one of the front faces of the cold display 14 and the warm display 15 which has been covered by the blinds 44, 54, 68 until now is covered. , Can be seen from the front through the viewing window 43,
At the same time, the other front surface can be covered with blinds 44, 54, 68. As a result, when the cold / hot category of the product displayed on the product sample 5 is changed, the moving devices 49, 61, 7
1 automatically moves the cold / heat classification display bodies 42, 53, 67 to the left and right, and the one displayed forward through the observation window 43 is displayed.
One of the cold display 14 and the warm display 15 can be automatically changed to the other.

[0050]

According to the present invention, the front portion of the machine body displays various products such as beverages and foods which are stored in the machine body or cooked and manufactured from raw materials in the machine body and cooled or heated for sale. Displayed in front of each of the product samples displayed in the exhibition room divided into
The cold / hot category of each of the products displayed by each of the product samples, the cold display indicating whether the product is cold or warm, and the cold / warm display indicating the hot / cold display in which the hot display is displayed in parallel, A blind that covers one of the cold display and the warm display, which are described in parallel on the cold / hot classification display, and relatively moves the blind and the cold / heat classification display in conjunction with switching between cooling and heating of the product. Since the moving device is provided, for example, the blindfold and the cold / heat classification display body are moved up and down or left and right relatively by the moving device, and one of the cold display and the warm display that is displayed in front is selected from one side. It is possible to switch to the other, which allows the display of the cold and cold categories of the product displayed on the product sample to be reliably and automatically switched to be clearly shown to the customer. It is no longer necessary to attach the minute indicator to the product cold / cold classification display device, and the work to change the cold / cold classification display when the cold / cold classification of the product is changed becomes unnecessary. It is possible to prevent the situation of purchasing an unintended product.

Further, since the moving device is a moving device provided with a deformable body for deforming the blindfold and cold / heat classification indicator in association with the switching of cooling / heating of the product, the blindfold and cold / cool classification indicator are changed to the deformable body. By utilizing the deformation of, for example, one of the cold display and the warm display, which is relatively moved up and down or left and right by the moving device, and which is displayed in front, can be switched from one to the other, and the same effect as above can be obtained. Is obtained.

Further, since the deformable body is made of a shape memory alloy having a predetermined transformation temperature, the expansion / contraction due to the deformation of the deformable body is utilized to display the blindfold or the cold / heat classification indicator on the cold temperature of the product displayed by the product sample. When the section is changed and the cooling / heating is changed, it is possible to move relatively so that either the cold display or the warm display is displayed in the front.
When the cold / hot category of the product is changed, the display of the cold / hot category of the product displayed on the product sample can be automatically and surely changed, and the same effect as described above can be obtained.

Further, since the deformable body is arranged in the air to which the product is exposed, the deformable body can be deformed in conjunction with the switching of cooling and heating of the product, and this deformation is utilized. Then, the blindfold or cold / hot temperature indicator can be moved relatively by the moving device so that the cold or warm indicator suitable for the cold / hot category of the product can be displayed in front, and the same effect as above can be obtained. .

Further, since the moving device is provided with the deformable body heating device for heating the deformable body to the transformation temperature or higher, when the cold / heat category of the product displayed on the product sample is switched and the cooling / heating of the product is switched, In conjunction with this switching, the deformable body heating device is started / stopped, the deformable body is heated / cooled above the transformation temperature, and the outer dimensions of this deformable body can be expanded / contracted. Then, the blindfold or cool / cold display can be moved relatively by the moving device so that the warm display or the cold display can be displayed forward, and the same effect as the above can be obtained.

Further, since the moving device is provided with an electromagnet that is excited / demagnetized in association with the switching of cooling / heating of the product, the blind or the cold / heat classification indicator is used by utilizing the magnetic force of the electromagnet. , For example, by moving the device relatively vertically and horizontally with a moving device, one of the cold display and the warm display that is displayed in front can be switched from one to the other, and the same effect as above can be obtained. .

Further, since the cold / hot classification display for a plurality of products is displayed on one cold / hot classification display, if the number of kinds of products including the cold / cool classification does not change, the number of cold / cool classification display can be reduced, and The number of moving devices can be reduced, and when product samples of the same product whose cold and hot categories do not change are always displayed side by side in the left or right or top and bottom in the exhibition room, the merchandise cool and cold category display device is particularly simple and inexpensive. it can.

Further, the cold / hot temperature display device displays the cold / hot temperature classification of the product stored in the storage compartment where the product is stored, which is partitioned into a plurality of chambers which are formed in the airframe to cool or heat the inside. Since it is assumed that it is a device for storing, it is possible to attach a cold display or a temperature display that indicates the cold temperature classification of each product stored in the storage house in each of the plurality of chambers to the front of each product sample that displays each product. This makes it possible to automatically and accurately and accurately change the display of the cold / heat classification, which is complicated and time-consuming, as the number of rooms increases when it is performed manually. It can be carried out.

As a result, when the cold / hot categories of the respective products are changed, and the cold / hot categories of the products are changed, the display of the cold / hot categories displayed along with each of the product samples displayed in the exhibition room can be easily changed. In addition to being able to do this automatically and without fail, customers can definitely purchase the products intended for the intended cold and hot categories, and many products have been arranged in the exhibition room. It is possible to provide an effect of providing a product cold / hot classification display device for a vending machine capable of reducing the number of required cold / hot classification display bodies.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a commodity cold / heat classification display device of an automatic vending machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, (A) is a front view of a main part,
(B) is a horizontal cross-sectional plan view of (A), and (C) is a right vertical cross-sectional view of (A).

FIG. 2 is a view showing a configuration of a commodity cold / heat classification display device of a vending machine according to another embodiment of the present invention, (A) is a front view of a main part,
(B) is a plan view of the commodity cold / heat classification display device of (A),
(C) is a front view of (B), (D) is a right side view of (C),
(E) is an enlarged cross-sectional view of an essential part of (B), and (F) is an enlarged view of an essential part of (E).

FIG. 3 is a view showing the configuration of the blindfold and cold / heat classification display bodies of FIGS. 1 and 2, showing a front view of a main portion of the blindfold and cold / heat classification display bodies arranged side by side, FIG.
(C) is a front view of the main parts of the cold / heat classification display unit

FIG. 4 shows a configuration of a commodity cold / hot category display device of a vending machine according to still another embodiment of the present invention, (A) is a front view of a main part, and (B) is a cross view of the commodity cold / hot category display device of (A). The front view of (C) is the front view of (B), (D) is the front view of the essential parts of the cold / heat classification display unit alone of (B), (E) is the front view of the essential parts of the blindfold unit of (B), ( F) is a development block diagram showing the configuration of the product cold / heat classification display device

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a configuration of an automatic vending machine to which the present invention is applied, in which (A) is an external view, as viewed from the front upper right.
(B) is a perspective view seen from the front upper right in a state where the door covering the front opening of the case of (A) is opened.

FIG. 6 shows a configuration of a conventional cold / hot temperature category display device for a vending machine, where (A) is a vertical cross-sectional view on the left side of the main part, and (B) is (A).
Front view of

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Aircraft 2 Case 3 Door 5 Product Sample 6 Exhibit Room 7 Rear Wall 8 Display Shelf 9 Selection Button 10 Cover 11 Holding Tool 12 Groove 13 Cooling / Category Indicator 14 Cold Display 15 Cooling / Category Display 17 Boundary 18 Entry 19 Entry port 20 Return lever 21 Operation part 22 Entry port 23 Entry port 24 Insulation wall 25 Storage cabinet 26 Partition wall 27a room 27b room 27c room 29 Entry port 30 Discharge port 31 Storage shelf 32a Shooter 32b Shooter 32c Shooter 34b Delivery port 34a Outlet 34c Sending port 36 Clamping body 37a Supporting tool 37b Supporting tool 38a Supporting tool 38b Supporting tool 39a Supporting tool 39b Supporting tool 40a Groove 40b Groove 41a Groove 41b Groove 42 Cooling / cooling indicator 43 Spying window 44 Blinding hole 45 Through hole 47 Through hole 47 Connecting plate 48a Deformer 48b Deformer 49 Moving device 50 Commodity cold / heat classification display device 51a groove 51b groove 52a groove 52b groove 53 cold / heat classification display body 54 blindfold 55 heat resistant wall 56a heat resistant room 56b heat resistant room 57a heater 57b heater 58a deformable body 58b deformable body 60a deformable body heating device 60b Heating device 61 Moving device 62 Commodity cold / heat classification display device 63 Cooling device 63a Compressor 63b Evaporator 63c Condenser 64 Heating device 65a Groove 65b Groove 66a Groove 66b Groove 67 Cooling / cooling classification indicator 68 Blindfold 69a Electromagnet 69b Electromagnet 70a Suction piece Piece 71 Moving device 72 Commodity cold / heat classification display device

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A product sample displaying various products, such as beverages and foods, which are stored in the machine or cooked and manufactured from raw materials in the machine and sold by cooling or heating, is displayed and displayed inside the machine. Each of the product samples is provided with a compartment formed in the front part, and is a cold / warm category of each of the products displayed by each of the product samples.A cold display or a warm display indicating whether the product is cold or warm is provided on each of the product samples. In the product cold / heat classification display device of the vending machine displayed on the front side, the cold display and the temperature display are described in parallel, and the cold / heat classification display body that displays the cold / heat classification, and the cold / heat classification display body described in parallel are provided. A blindfold covering one of the front of the cold indication and the warm indication, and this blindfold and the cool / cold classification indicator are interlocked in conjunction with switching between cooling and heating of the product. Items cold division display of the vending machine, characterized in that a moving device to move. 2. The product cold / heat classification display device for a vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the moving device includes a deformable body for deforming the blindfold and cold / heat classification display member in conjunction with switching between cooling and heating of the product. Product cold / cold display device for vending machines that are mobile devices. 3. The product cold / hot classification display device for a vending machine according to claim 2, wherein the deformable body is formed of a shape memory alloy having a predetermined transformation temperature. 4. The commodity cold / heat display device for a vending machine according to claim 2, wherein the deformable body is arranged in the air inside the machine body to which the commodity is exposed. Cold temperature indicator. 5. A commodity cold / heat classification display device for a vending machine according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the moving device is a device equipped with a deformable body heating device for heating the deformable body to a temperature not lower than the transformation temperature. Machine cold / heat classification display device. 6. The commodity cold / heat classification display device for a vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the moving device is a moving device provided with an electromagnet that is excited / demagnetized in association with switching of cooling / heating of the product. Product cold / heat indicator for vending machines. 7. The product cold / hot category display device for a vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the cold / hot category display body displays cold / hot categories of a plurality of products. Cold temperature indicator. 8. A commodity cold / heat classification display device for a vending machine according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of cold / heat classification display devices are formed inside the machine body and are cooled or heated respectively. Product cold / hot classification display device of a vending machine, which is a device for displaying cold / hot temperature classification of a product stored in a storage compartment where the product is stored, which is partitioned into the room.