JPH09106474A - Automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve productivity and to easily produce automatic vending machines having the different number of divided display chambers by parallelly fitting plural band-shaped selection button units over a lot of stages in vertical direction on the outside surface of a transparent panel. SOLUTION: An opening 3 is formed on a front panel 2 of a main body 1 of automatic vending machine and behind this opening 2, a display chamber 4 is provided for displaying merchandise samples, etc. Concerning a control panel 5 as the selection button unit provided while being expanded forward frow this opening 3, plural selection buttons 6 are arranged in one line from side to side on the front surface, both the terminals are respectively screwed and fixed onto the back of the front panel 2 by screws, and the plural selection button units are parallelly provided over a lot of stages from up to down. Further, concerning a transparent panel 8 provided so as to close the opening 3, recessed parts formed in the shape of band while being extended so as to be internal in contact with the respective control panels 5 are provided corresponding to the respective control panels 5 and integrally formed so as to be expanded forward from the opening 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vending machine provided with a front panel for serving customers on the front surface of a main body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In this type of vending machine, the number of product samples to be displayed tends to increase, and the number of product selection buttons also increases accordingly. For this reason, a configuration has been adopted in which the front of the vending machine is divided into a plurality of exhibition rooms, and a product selection button is disposed on the front of each of the exhibition rooms. ing.

In this case, a transparent plate is generally provided so that the exhibition room can be seen through.
As shown in JP-A-52570, it was provided for each exhibition room.

[0004]

However, since the vending machine has different demands for products to be sold depending on the installation location, there have been various demands regarding the number of exhibition rooms for product samples. At this time, in the case of a vending machine having a structure in which the exhibition room is completely separated as in the above-mentioned conventional technology, a drastic structural change of the entire front panel is necessary in order to accommodate such installations with different numbers of product sample exhibition rooms. , It was difficult to respond to many requests.

[0005] Conventionally, an automatic vending machine in which a reinforcing plate is provided in an exhibition room as shown in Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. Sho 59-178775 and individual push buttons are attached from the outside of the transparent plate. In this case, too, changing the number of display stages requires a lot of structural changes, such as changing the mounting of individual push buttons and increasing or decreasing the reinforcing plate corresponding to the push buttons. It is difficult to manufacture in response to various requests.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a vending machine which has good manufacturability even if the number of sections in the exhibition room is large, and which can easily manufacture a machine having a different number of sections in the exhibition room. It is.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and in an automatic vending machine having a front panel for customer service on the front of the main body, an opening formed in the front panel. A transparent plate attached to close the opening from the inside, an exhibition room formed behind the transparent plate so that the transparent plate can be seen through, and a plurality of product selection buttons arranged in a row in the left-right direction. And a band-shaped selection button unit that is installed in advance and integrated in advance, and the selection button units are attached to the outer surface of the transparent plate in multiple stages in the vertical direction so as to partition the exhibition room. Is.

Thus, on the outer surface of one transparent plate,
By attaching a band-shaped selection button unit in which a plurality of product selection buttons are integrated in advance, productivity is improved, and the selection button units are arranged in one row in the left and right direction, so the number of partitions in the exhibition room is reduced. Different vending machines can be easily manufactured.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a vending machine body, an opening 3 is formed in a front panel 2, and a product sample etc. is formed behind the opening 3. 2 is an operation panel that is a selection button unit that extends forward from the opening 3, and a plurality of selection buttons 6 are provided on the front surface as shown in FIG.
Are arranged in a line in the left-right direction, and both ends are screwed and fixed to screws 7 on the back surface of the front panel 2, respectively, so that a plurality of them are vertically arranged in multiple stages. At this time, the exhibition room 4 is partitioned into 4a, 4b, 4c, and 4d as shown in FIG. Reference numeral 8 denotes a transparent plate provided so as to close the opening 3, and provided with recesses 8A, 8B, and 8C extending in a band shape so as to be able to inscribe the operation panels 5 in correspondence with the operation panels 5. ,
It is integrally formed so as to project forward from the opening 3. Therefore, when the transparent plate 8 is attached to the opening 3 from behind the opening 3 where the operation panel 5 is arranged,
Are fitted into the corresponding recesses 8A, 8B, 8C, and the opening 3 is closed. By mounting the transparent plate 8, each operation panel 5 has its extended portion fixed in the recesses 8A, 8B, 8C, and thus is fixed in a strong state. Reference numeral 9 denotes a packing sandwiched between the peripheral portion of the transparent plate 8 and the peripheral portion of the opening 3 of the operation panel 5 so as to prevent rainwater or the like from entering between the transparent plate 8 and the opening 3. . Reference numeral 10 denotes a mounting member for fixing the peripheral portion of the transparent plate 8 to the rear surface of the front panel 2.

[0010]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION On the outer surface of one transparent plate, a plurality of band-shaped selection button units, in which a plurality of product selection buttons are integrally incorporated in advance, are mounted in parallel on the outer surface of the transparent plate in the vertical direction. As a result, the manufacturability is improved, and because the product selection buttons are unitized for each row in the left-right direction, there is no need to make major changes to the parts, and the number of sections in the exhibition room can be automatically changed according to the needs of the installation location. Vending machines can be easily manufactured.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a vending machine.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a main part.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Front panel 3 Opening 4 Exhibition room 5 Operation panel 6 Selection button 8 Transparent plate

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A vending machine having a front panel for customer service on a front surface of a main body, and an opening formed in the front panel,
One transparent plate attached so as to close the opening from the inside, an exhibition room formed behind the transparent plate so that the transparent plate can be seen through, and a plurality of product selection buttons are arranged in one row in the horizontal direction. A vending machine characterized by comprising a strip-shaped selection button unit that is pre-integrated and integrated in advance, and the selection button unit is vertically multi-staged on the outer surface of the transparent plate so as to divide the exhibition room. .