JPH08180250A - Vending sample fixing tool attaching/detaching device for automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To reduce the production cost by embedding plural permanent magnets on the bottom face of an attaching/detaching tool body fixed on a vending sample fixing tool and inserting a circular bank part coaxially protruded on the lower end face thereof into an attaching/detaching hole of a supporting frame consisting of a ferromagnetic material. CONSTITUTION: The vending sample fixing toll connected to the attaching/detaching tool body 5 of a cylindrical shape is attachably/detchably attached to the upper face of the supporting frame 1 through the tool body 5 with plural parmanent magnets 6 embedded on the outer peripheral edge of the bottom face. The annular bank part 7 is coaxially projected on the center part of the lower end face and a detent projection 8 is formed on the outer periphery thereof. On the other hand, a notch is formed at a prescribed angular position on the aperture edge of the attaching/detaching hole opened on the upper face of the frame 1 consisting of a ferromagnetic material such as a steel plate, and when the annular bank part 7 of the body 5 is made to face the attaching/detaching hole of the frame 1 and the bank part 7 is inserted into the hole by aligning the projection 8 with the notch, the body 5 is fixed on the frame 1 by magnetic force generated between the magnets 6 and the frame 1.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sales sample attaching / detaching device (hereinafter simply referred to as a detaching device) for detachably attaching a sales sample displayed in a sales sample display window of a vending machine for soft drinks, In particular, the present invention relates to a detachable device that can reduce manufacturing costs.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in a vending machine for beverages in containers such as cans, bottles, or paper packs, a sales sample display window is provided in the upper front portion, and the window has the same shape and the same label as the product for sale. The sales sample marked with is displayed.

[0003] Then, the consumer can purchase his / her favorite product by pressing the push button corresponding to each of the sales samples.

Recently, in order to appeal to consumers as a healthy and attractive product for sale, and in order to attract attention even at night, the sample of sale is made of a translucent material and the inside thereof is illuminated. The vending machine made is used.

In this case, the attachment / detachment device for the sales sample is required to have a structure capable of obtaining sufficient light inside the sales sample and preventing light from leaking from other portions.

[0006] For example, in the device disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-9663, after the insertion / extraction tube of the attachment / detachment body having the sales sample attached thereto is fitted into the attachment / detachment hole of the sale sample support frame, the attachment / detachment body is circumferentially surrounded. It is designed to be fixed to the sales sample support frame by rotating it in a predetermined direction.

The sales sample attaching / detaching device according to the invention described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-9663 has no structural problems per se and achieves the required purpose, and is therefore widely used.

[0008]

By the way, the sales sample attaching / detaching device according to the invention described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-9663 mentioned above has two retaining pieces at the lower end of the insertion / extraction cylinder, and has an outer periphery of the insertion / extraction cylinder. It has two moderating pieces, and particularly the moderating pieces have an elongated and complicated structure.

Generally, the attachment / detachment tool main body is formed by molding plastic so as to be suitable for mass production. However, as the structure becomes complicated, the mold for molding and the cost for molding increase at an accelerating rate. Of course.

Therefore, if the required purpose can be achieved with a simpler structure, the economical effect will be great, and the appearance of such a detachable device is desired.

An object of the present invention is to provide an attaching / detaching device which has a simpler structure and can reduce the manufacturing cost.

[0012]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention according to claim 1 supports a detachable body of a short tube fixed to a lower end of a sales sample fixture and a detachable body. The attachment / detachment tool main body has at least one permanent magnet embedded in the outer peripheral edge of the lower end surface thereof, and a circular ring bank portion is coaxial with the central portion of the lower end surface. At least one detent is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the embankment portion, while the attachment / detachment hole into which the embankment portion of the attachment / detachment tool body is inserted is formed on the upper surface of the support frame. Is formed, and a notch that engages with the rotation preventing projection is formed at a predetermined angular position of the opening edge of the attachment / detachment hole.

The invention according to claim 2 has a detachable body of a short tube fixed to the lower end of the sales sample attachment, and a support frame made of a ferromagnetic material for supporting and fixing the detachable body. The main body of the attachment / detachment has at least one permanent magnet embedded in the outer peripheral edge portion of the lower end surface thereof, and an annular bank portion having an irregular outer shape protruding from the central portion of the lower end surface thereof, while the upper surface of the support frame is provided. The opening / closing hole has the same shape as that of the bank of the attaching / detaching tool body.

Further, the invention according to claim 3 is a detachable main body of a short tube fixed to the lower end of the sales sample attachment.
And a support frame for supporting and fixing the attachment / detachment main body, wherein the attachment / detachment main body is integrally connected to a lower end surface outer peripheral edge portion of the connection piece and a lower end of the connection piece, and has a horizontal projection area larger than that of the connection piece. A plurality of locking pieces consisting of a large retaining piece are provided so as to project, while an illumination window that can be aligned with the main body of the attachment / detachment is opened on the upper surface of the support frame, and the above-mentioned surroundings of the illumination window are provided. The same number of locking holes as the locking piece, in which the insertion portion through which the locking piece of the locking piece can pass, the groove portion having a width that allows sliding contact with the coupling piece, and the locking portion that is smaller than the locking piece, are provided in series. It is characterized by

[0015]

In the attachment / detachment device according to the first and second aspects of the present invention, the circular or irregular ring bank projecting from the lower end surface of the sales sample attachment body is used as the circular or irregular attachment / detachment hole of the support frame. Make it coaxial.

In the case where the bank portion is circular, the detent protrusion provided on the outer peripheral surface of the ring bank is inserted into the notch of the attachment / detachment hole.

2. The overall shape of the ring embankment is irregular.
In the invention described in (3), the attachment / detachment hole formed on the upper surface of the support frame and having the same shape as the embankment portion is inserted in alignment with the embankment portion.

Simultaneously with the above-mentioned insertion action, an attraction action due to a magnetic force is generated and fixed between the permanent magnet disposed on the peripheral edge of the lower end surface of the attachment / detachment main body and the support frame made of a ferromagnetic material.

The attaching / detaching device according to the third aspect of the invention is
The engaging piece protruding from the outer peripheral edge of the lower end surface of the attachment / detachment tool body is inserted in alignment with the insertion portion of the attachment / detachment hole of the support frame.

Next, the connecting piece of the engaging piece is slid along the groove of the attaching / detaching hole so that the engaging piece reaches the engaging portion of the attaching / detaching hole.
As a result, the attachment / detachment tool main body is stably fixed on the support frame.

[0021]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a side view of a display stand of a sales sample of a vending machine. This display stand is made of a thin plate of a ferromagnetic material such as a steel plate, and has a box-shaped support frame 1 having an open lower surface.
have.

Inside the support frame 1, a lighting device 2 such as a straight tube type fluorescent lamp is arranged, and the sales sample 3 displayed on the upper surface of the support frame is illuminated from the inner surface. .

The sales sample 3 usually made of a transparent positive image printed by screen printing is mounted in a rolled state on a sales sample mounting tool 4 whose front and side faces are open so that its appearance can be easily seen from the outside.

The sales sample attachment 4 is integrally or integrally assembled to the attachment / detachment main body 5 and is detachably attached to the upper surface of the support frame 1 via the attachment / detachment main body 5 as described above.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the attachment / detachment main body 5 has a short tubular shape having a stepped portion at its lower end.
For example, three permanent magnets 6, 6 are embedded in the outer peripheral edge of the lower end surface. The burying depth is set so that the lower end surface of each permanent magnet 6 is flush with the lower end surface of the attachment / detachment body 5.

The attachment of the permanent magnet 6 to the attachment / detachment main body 5 is most easily performed by an adhesive, but the method of integrally molding the permanent magnet 6 with the attachment / detachment main body 5, the method of using mounting screws, etc.
It does not preclude other methods.

Further, in this embodiment, three permanent magnets 6 are embedded on the circumference at intervals of 120 degrees, but a larger number of permanent magnets are provided in order to make the mounting of the sales sample more stable. May be buried.

In the main body 5 of the attachment / detachment, an embankment 7 is coaxially projected at the center of the lower end surface, and at least one detent projection 8 is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the embankment 7. Has been formed.

The bank portion 7 functions as a positioning device on the horizontal plane of the attachment / detachment device main body 5 with respect to the support frame 1, and the whirl-stop projection 8 serves as a support frame 1 for the attachment / detachment device main body 5.
Functions as a detent on the top.

The embankment portion 7 of the attachment / detachment main body 5 may be a deformed cylinder other than a cylinder. In this case, needless to say, if the attachment / detachment holes of the same shape are opened on the upper surface of the support frame 1, the above-mentioned rotation preventing projection 8 is unnecessary.

On the other hand, the support frame 1 serving as a base on which the sales sample is mounted is made of a ferromagnetic material such as a steel plate as described above, and the upper surface thereof has the same number of attachment / detachment holes 9, 9 as the sales sample to be mounted. are doing.

As shown in FIG. 4, a notch 10 having, for example, a semicircular shape is formed at a predetermined angular position of the opening edge of the attachment / detachment hole 9.

The diameter of the attachment / detachment hole 9 has a size slightly larger than the outer diameter of the embankment portion 7 and is set so that the embankment portion 7 can be smoothly inserted into the attachment / detachment hole 9 without wobbling. ing.

Since the sales sample and the sales sample fixture for supporting the same have the above-mentioned structure, for example, the detachable body 5 is held in the hand and the bank portion 7 is exposed above the attachment hole 9 of the support frame 1. When the ring protrusion 7 is inserted into the attachment / detachment hole 9 with the anti-rotation projection 8 aligned with the notch 10, the magnetic force generated between the permanent magnet 6 and the support frame 1 causes attachment / detachment as shown in FIG. The tool body 5 is fixed to the upper surface of the support frame 1.

On the contrary, when the detachable body 5 is detached from the support frame 1, a force larger than the magnetic force is applied upward to the detachable body 5.

In the attachment / detachment device according to the second aspect of the present invention, instead of aligning the whirl-stop projection 8 of the embankment portion with the notch 10 of the attachment / detachment hole 9, the irregular embankment portion and the deformable attachment / detachment hole 9 are replaced. Insert after matching the shape.

Other functions and effects are the same as those of the invention described in claim 1 described above, and therefore a more detailed description will be omitted.

On the other hand, in the invention described in claim 3,
As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, for example, three locking pieces 20, 20 are provided in a protruding manner on the outer peripheral portion of the lower end surface of the attachment / detachment body 5.

In the illustrated embodiment, each locking piece 20 is composed of a pin-like connecting piece 20a having a flange-like retaining piece 20b formed at the lower end, and the length of this connecting piece 20a is the plate of the support frame 1. It has dimensions slightly larger than its thickness.

In this embodiment, three locking pieces 20 are provided so as to project on the circumference at intervals of 120 degrees, but a larger number of locking pieces are provided in order to more stably attach the sales sample. May be projected.

The attachment / detachment tool body 5 according to the invention of claim 3 is, similarly to that of the invention according to claim 1, of a short tube shape having a stepped portion at the lower end, and an opening at the center thereof is a light-blocking window. It is 11.

On the other hand, at a predetermined position on the upper surface of the support frame 1, an illumination window 12 which is aligned with the lighting window 11 of the fixture body is opened, and three illumination windows are provided around each illumination window 12. The stop holes 21, 21 are open.

Each locking hole 21 has an insertion portion 21a and a groove portion 21.
b and the locking portion 21c, the groove portion 21b is the insertion portion 21
The a and the locking portion 21c are connected.

The diameter of the insertion portion 21a is slightly larger than the diameter of the retaining piece 20b of the locking piece 20, and the groove 2
1b has a width dimension substantially equal to the diameter of the connecting piece 20a,
The diameter of the locking portion 21c is slightly larger than the diameter of the connecting piece 20a.

However, the diameter of the virtual circle 13 formed by connecting the central axes of the three locking pieces 20 is equal to the diameter of the virtual circle 14 formed by connecting the central axes of the three locking portions 21c.

The center of the virtual circle 13 is concentric with the lighting window 11, and the center of the virtual circle 14 is concentric with the illumination window 12.

In the above structure, if the locking piece 20 of the attachment / detachment main body 5 is aligned with the insertion portion 21a of the support frame 1 and pushed downward, the locking piece penetrates the insertion portion 21a, and The lower end surface contacts the upper surface of the support frame.

Next, the main body of the attachment / detachment is slid sideways,
The connecting piece 20a of the locking piece 20 is abutted against the inner surface of the locking portion 21c of the locking hole 21 (rightward in FIG. 8).

When the connecting piece 20a passes through the groove portion 21b during the above-mentioned sliding, a slightly large frictional force is generated because the diameter of the pin is almost equal to the width of the groove portion. It is done without any problems.

When the connecting piece 20a reaches the locking portion 21c, the retaining piece 20b enters the lower surface of the support frame 1 as shown in FIG. 9, and in this state, the circular plate is no longer moved upward. I can't get out.

As a result, the attachment / detachment body 5 is fixed on the support frame 1. Further, since the connecting piece 20a does not easily enter the narrow groove portion 20b, the detachable body 5 does not come off naturally.

On the contrary, in order to detach the attachment / detachment body 5 from the support frame 1, the attachment / detachment body is slid to the left in FIG. 8, and the retaining piece 20b of the locking piece 20 is inserted into the insertion portion 21a of the locking hole 21. After aligning with, pull up the detachable body.

In this embodiment, the structure of the locking piece 20 is the same as the pin-like connecting piece 20a and the flange-like retaining piece 20.
However, various other shapes can be adopted as the structure of the locking piece.

10 to 12 show another embodiment of the invention described in claim 3, and in this embodiment, the locking piece 2
0 is an elongated rectangular connecting piece 20a and a rectangular retaining piece 2
0b and 0b are connected as an inverted T-shaped cross section.

Further, the locking hole 21 of the support frame 1 has a rectangular insertion portion 21a, a groove portion 21b, and a rectangular locking portion 21c.
Are constructed as a series.

Since the interaction between the engaging piece 20 and the engaging hole 21 is similar to that of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 6 to 9, further detailed description will be omitted.

[0057]

As is apparent from the above description, in the invention described in claims 1 and 2, the magnet is embedded in the main body of the attachment / detachment, and the support frame is made of a ferromagnetic material. The main body of the attachment / detachment can be fixed to the support frame simply by touching, and the attachment / detachment operation to / from the support frame of the sales sample is very easy, and the manufacturing cost is low.

The invention described in claim 3 has a simple structure in which a locking piece is provided on the main body of the attachment / detachment, and a locking hole is opened in the support frame, and the manufacturing cost is low. There is.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a sales display stand.

FIG. 2 is a bottom view of the attachment / detachment tool body according to the first aspect of the invention.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the attachment / detachment tool body according to the invention of claim 1.

FIG. 4 is a partial plan view of a support frame according to the first aspect of the invention.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the attachment / detachment tool body according to the invention of claim 1 is attached to a support frame.

FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the attachment / detachment tool main body according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the attachment / detachment tool main body according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a partial plan view of a support frame according to an embodiment of the invention as set forth in claim 3;

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the attachment / detachment tool main body according to the third embodiment of the present invention is attached to a support frame.

FIG. 10 is a bottom view of the attachment / detachment tool main body according to another embodiment of the invention as set forth in claim 3;

FIG. 11 is a side view of the attachment / detachment tool body according to another embodiment of the invention as set forth in claim 3;

FIG. 12 is a partial plan view of a support frame according to another embodiment of the invention as set forth in claim 3;

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Support Frame 2 Lighting Fixture 3 Sales Sample 4 Sales Sample Fixture 5 Attachment / Detachment Main Body 6 Permanent Magnet 7 Ring Embankment 8 Rotation Protrusion 9 Attachment / Detachment Hole 10 Notch 11 Lighting Window 12 Illumination Window 20 Locking Piece 20a Connecting Piece 20b Missing Stopper 21 Locking hole 21a Insertion part 21b Groove 21c Locking part

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A short tubular attachment / detachment body fixed to the lower end of the sales sample attachment and a support frame made of a ferromagnetic material for supporting and fixing the attachment / detachment attachment main body. At least one permanent magnet is embedded in the outer peripheral edge of the lower end surface, and a circular levee portion is coaxially projected in the central portion of the lower end surface, and at least one rotation stopper is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the levee portion. A protrusion is formed, and on the other hand, an attachment / detachment hole into which the bank portion of the attachment / detachment tool body is inserted is opened on the upper surface of the support frame,
A sales sample attachment / detachment device for a vending machine, wherein a notch that engages with the above-mentioned rotation preventing projection is formed at a predetermined angular position of an opening edge of the attachment / detachment hole. 2. A short tubular attachment / detachment body fixed to the lower end of the sales sample attachment and a support frame made of a ferromagnetic material for supporting and fixing the attachment / detachment attachment main body. At least one permanent magnet is embedded in the outer peripheral edge portion of the lower end surface, and a ring bank portion having an irregular outer shape is projectingly provided in the central portion of the lower end surface, while the upper surface of the support frame has a ring of the attaching / detaching tool body. A sales sample attachment / detachment device for a vending machine, which is provided with an attachment / detachment hole having the same shape as the bank. 3. An attachment / detachment tool body in the form of a short tube fixed to the lower end of the sales sample fixture, and a support frame for supporting and fixing the attachment / detachment tool body, wherein the attachment / detachment tool body has a lower end surface outer peripheral edge portion. On the upper surface of the supporting frame, a plurality of locking pieces, each of which is composed of a connecting piece and a retaining piece which is integrally connected to the lower end of the connecting piece and has a larger horizontal projection area than the connecting piece, are provided. An opening for an illumination window that can be aligned with the main body of the attachment / detachment, an insertion portion through which the retaining piece of the locking piece can pass around the illumination window, a groove portion having a width capable of sliding contact with the coupling piece,
Also, a sample mounting / demounting device for a vending machine, characterized in that the same number of locking holes as the locking pieces, in which locking portions smaller than the retaining pieces are provided, are opened.