JPH08180251A - Display device for automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To attract user's attention to a specific column without increasing assembling manhour by providing a display device with a lighting device incorporating a light emitting body and its lighting battery and being freely attachably/ detachably attached to a sample rack. CONSTITUTION: A price plate holder 9 is attachably/detachably attached to the sample display position of a specific column on the sample rack 2. In the holder 9, a groove part to which a price plate 5 is to be set and a mounting board 12 to be a lighting device are integrally formed, a light emitting diode 7, a flashing circuit 10, a button battery 11, etc., are built in the board 12 and the light emitting diode 7 is flashed by the circuit 10. Since the holder 9 includes the battery 11 and does not require wiring to the outside, harness wiring to the sample rack 2 in an automatic vending machine is not required and a sample 3 on an optional column can be appealed to user without increasing assembling manhour.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

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

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 8, a display device 1 on which a product to be handled is displayed is provided in a customer service section on the front of a vending machine.

The display device 1 is constructed as shown in FIG. A sample 3 is displayed on the sample shelf 2. A price nameplate holder 4 is detachably attached to the hole 6 of the sample shelf 2 in correspondence with the display position of each sample 3, and the price nameplate 5 on which each selling price is displayed is attached to the price nameplate holder 4. Is set.

Conventionally, there is a display device 1 as shown in FIG. In this display device 1, a sample shelf 2 is provided with a light emitting diode 7 and a harness 8 for supplying power to the light emitting diode 7. The light emitting diode 7 is driven to blink.

[0005]

In the structure shown in FIG. 10, since the light emitting diode 7 blinks, the user's attention can be drawn to the specific sample 3 as compared with the structure shown in FIG. However, since it is necessary to wire the harness 8 to supply power to the light emitting diode 7, there is a problem that the number of assembling steps of the vending machine increases. In addition, there is a problem that the blinking portion is limited to a specific column.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a display device which can attract the user's attention to a specific column and which does not increase the man-hours for assembling the vending machine.

[0007]

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display device for a vending machine, comprising a light emitting body and a battery for turning on the light emitting body, and a lighting device detachably attached to a sample shelf. Characterize.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display device for a vending machine, comprising a light emitting body and a battery for lighting the light emitting body, which is mounted on a sample shelf and has a sample mounting portion formed on an upper surface thereof. It is characterized by being provided.

The display device of the vending machine according to claim 3 is characterized in that the lighting device is provided with a switch for detecting that the lighting device is mounted on the sample shelf. A display device of a vending machine according to claim 4 is characterized in that a lighting device is integrated with a back surface of a price holder on which a price nameplate indicating a selling price is set.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the invention, the light emitting body of the lighting device mounted corresponding to the sample display position is driven to be lit by the battery built in the lighting device.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the illuminator of the lighting device mounted corresponding to the sample display position is driven to be lit by the battery built in the lighting device, and the sample is placed on the mounting portion on the upper surface of the lighting device. Will be exhibited.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the switch provided with the power supply circuit from the battery in the lighting device is turned on when the lighting device is mounted on the sample shelf, and the power is supplied from the battery when the lighting device is removed from the sample shelf. The switch turns off the circuit.

According to the structure of claim 4, the lighting device is set on the sample shelf by the operation of setting the price nameplate holder.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4 show a first embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 2, most of the sample display positions A of the sample shelf 2 are detachably attached with the price plate holders 4 similar to the conventional ones, and the sample display positions B of the specific columns are attached. The price plate holder 9 shown in FIGS. 1 and 3 is detachably attached to the sample shelf 2.

The price nameplate holder 9 is constructed by integrally forming a groove portion 13 in which the price nameplate 5 is set and a mounting base 12 as a lighting device. As shown in FIG. 3, the nail 14 of the price nameplate holder 9 is set in the hole 6 of the sample shelf 2, and the sample 3 is displayed on the mounting table 12.

Inside the table 12, the light emitting diode 7,
A blinking circuit 10, a button battery 11, etc. are built in, and the electric circuit shown in FIG. 4 is configured. The blinking circuit 1
0 is LM39 manufactured by National Semiconductor
09, and is designed to have low power consumption, the light emitting diode 7 can be blinked by the button battery 11 for a long period of time.

With the above structure, the light emitting diode 7 of the sample 3 at the sample display position B has the blinking circuit 10.
By the blinking drive with, a display different from the sample 3 at the sample display position A is displayed, and the user's attention can be drawn.

The price nameplate holder 9 at the sample display position B has a built-in button battery 11 and does not require wiring processing to the outside, so when it is desired to appeal the sample 3 of any column to the user, it is optional. It is only necessary to replace the price nameplate holder 4 at the exhibition position with the price nameplate holder 9.

Further, since it is not necessary to wire the harness 8 to the sample shelf 2 of the vending machine as in the conventional case, the number of assembling steps in the vending machine manufacturing line is not increased. Figure 5
Shows a second embodiment.

In the above embodiment, the price nameplate holder 9 is
Although the groove portion 13 in which the price nameplate 5 is set and the mounting base 12 as the lighting device are integrally formed, in the case of the second embodiment, the price nameplate holder and the mounting base 12 are separately configured. As shown in FIG. 5, the price nameplate holder 4 is hooked and fixed in the groove portion 13, and the platform 12 is mounted on the price nameplate holder 4.

6 and 7 show a third embodiment. In each of the above-described embodiments, the light emitting diode 7 is made to blink by setting the button battery 11, but in the third embodiment, the mounting table 12 is provided with the switch 15, and the price plate holder. When 9 is set on the sample shelf 2, the sensing protrusion 16 of the switch 15 is pushed in, and
The power supply circuit from the button battery 8 shown in is turned on, and the light emitting diode 7 blinks. When the price plate holder 9 is removed from the sample shelf 2, the power supply circuit from the button battery 8 is turned off and the light emitting diode 7 is turned off.

This switch 15 turns on the electric circuit shown in FIG. 7 with the price plate holder 9 set on the sample shelf 2, so that the price plate holder 9 is placed on the sample shelf 2.
It is possible to suppress the consumption of the button battery 11 until the state of setting. This can be similarly performed in the case of the second embodiment.

Although the button battery 11 is used as a power source in each of the above embodiments, the button battery 11 may be replaced with a solar cell. Although the light emitting diode 7 is used as the light emitting body in each of the above-described embodiments, another light emitting body may be used, and for example, an EL element (electroluminescence element) may be used.

[0025]

According to the first aspect of the invention, the light-emitting body of the lighting device mounted in correspondence with the sample display position is driven by a battery built in the lighting device. Therefore, no harness is required, and the number of assembly steps can be reduced.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the light emitting body of the lighting device mounted corresponding to the sample display position is driven to be driven by the battery built in the lighting device, and the sample is placed on the mounting portion on the upper surface of the lighting device. Will be exhibited. Therefore,
Since a harness is not required at all, the number of assembling steps is small, and the lighting place on the sample shelf is not limited to a specific column, and it can be installed at a desired place and turned on.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the switch provided with the power supply circuit from the battery in the lighting device is turned on when the lighting device is attached to the sample shelf, and the power is supplied from the battery when the lighting device is removed from the sample shelf. Since the switch turns off the circuit, until the lighting device is set on the sample shelf,
Battery consumption can be reduced.

According to the structure of claim 4, since the lighting device is set on the sample shelf by the operation of setting the price nameplate holder, the blinking portion on the sample shelf is not limited to a specific column, and a desired column is not required. It can be installed at a location and blinked.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional view of a first embodiment of a display device for a vending machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a main part of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a price plate holder attaching / detaching process of the same embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an electric circuit diagram of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional view of a second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional view of a third embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an electric circuit diagram of the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a front view of a conventional vending machine.

FIG. 9 is a vertical sectional view of a display device of a conventional vending machine.

FIG. 10 is a vertical cross-sectional view of another conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Sample shelf 3 Sample 5 Price plate 7 Light emitting diode 9 Price plate holder 10 Flashing circuit 11 Button battery 15 Switch

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A display device of a vending machine, comprising a light emitting body and a battery for lighting the light emitting body, and a lighting device detachably attached to a sample shelf. 2. A display device for a vending machine, comprising a light emitting body and a battery for lighting the light emitting body, and provided with a lighting device mounted on a sample shelf and having a sample mounting portion formed on an upper surface thereof. 3. The lighting device is provided with a switch for detecting that the lighting device is mounted on the sample shelf, and when the lighting device is mounted on the sample shelf, the power supply circuit from the battery is turned on to switch from the sample shelf. The display device of the vending machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the switch is configured to turn off the power supply circuit from the battery when the lighting device is removed. 4. The display device for a vending machine according to claim 1, claim 2 or claim 3, wherein a lighting device is integrally formed on a back surface of a price nameplate holder on which a price nameplate displaying a selling price is set.