JPH09115043A - Automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make both an article and the advertisement contents of its maker, etc., attractive by arranging a signboard member in the space between a transparent panel and the article and displaying the advertisement contents on the signboard member while the article is made visible. SOLUTION: The signboard member 42 is arranged in a space between a front panel 22 and a heat insulating door 4 above an article display. The signboard member 42 is formed by printing the advertisement contents such as maker name, on a transparent sheet. The advertisement contents printed on the signboard member 42 are a pattern consisting of a set of dots arranged having gaps and the outline of a character is formed out of what is called dots. Namely, the advertisement contents printed on the signboard 42 can be seen through the front panel 22 and articles A which are displayed and stored on an article rack 6 can be seen overlapping the advertisement contents. Consequently, a customer is given an incentive to buy an article and the advertisement contents such as maker name, can sufficiently be attractive.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a so-called see-through type vending machine in which a stored product and its selling operation can be seen from the outside.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a see-through type automatic vending machine, an automatic vending machine for canned beverages described below is known. In this vending machine, the product display of the main door is enlarged to match the product storage built in the vending machine body, and the heat insulating door of the product storage is configured with a transparent member, The products in the storage are visible. In this case, the customer service area, such as the coin slot, is placed vertically beside the product display so that it does not interfere with the visibility of the product, and the advertising content such as the manufacturer's name (logo) becomes an empty space. It is displayed at the top of the customer service department.

[0003]

In such a conventional vending machine, the stored product can be seen from the front, and the customer can see the product actually purchased and its movement, so that the product is sufficiently appealing. However, because the advertisement content is displayed small, it lacks the appeal of the manufacturer.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and provides an automatic vending machine capable of arranging a sufficient appeal of a product and a sufficient appeal of an advertising content such as a manufacturer name. Its purpose is to provide.

[0005]

A vending machine according to claim 1 is a vending machine in which a product housed inside can be visually recognized through a transparent panel of a product display. A signboard member is arranged in the space, and the advertisement content is displayed on the signboard member while allowing the product to be visually recognized.

[0006] In this way, by displaying the advertising content on the signboard member while allowing the product to be visually recognized, the product purchaser can see the stored product through the transparent panel of the display and superimpose it on it. In this way, the content of the advertisement will be visible.

In this case, the signboard member is composed of a transparent member, and the advertising content of the signboard member is a pattern composed of a set of dots arranged with a gap, or
It is preferable that the advertising content of the signboard member is a translucent pattern.

[0008] With this configuration, the product contained in the advertisement content can be seen through the transparent panel of the display, and the advertisement content does not interfere with the visual confirmation of the product.

Further, in these cases, it is preferable that the signboard member is made of a transparent film-like member and is detachably attached to a hook provided at the upper end of the space.

With this configuration, the signboard member can be removed when the display of the advertisement content is unnecessary, and the signboard member can be easily replaced when the advertisement content is changed. .

Similarly, it is preferable that the signboard member is made of a transparent film-like member, and can be wound and unwound by a winding mechanism provided at the upper end of the space.

By doing so, the signboard member can be wound up when the display of the advertisement content is unnecessary.
It is preferable to provide a plurality of winding mechanisms, and in such a case, different advertisement contents can be selectively displayed.

An automatic vending machine according to claim 6 is an automatic vending machine in which a product housed inside can be visually recognized through a transparent panel of a product display. Was displayed.

Also with this configuration, the product purchaser can see the stored product through the transparent panel of the display, and can also see the advertisement content by overlapping it.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A see-through type vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. This vending machine sells canned drinks such as canned juice and canned coffee. FIG. 1 is a front view thereof, and FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof. As shown in both figures,
This vending machine 1 is composed of a vending machine body 2 and a main door 3 which is attached to the front surface of the vending machine body 2 so as to be openable and closable. Inside the vending machine body 2, a product storage 5 having a heat insulating door 4 on the front side is widely provided, and in the product storage 5, four rows of product racks 6 are arranged in the left-right direction. .

A large number of product columns 7 are vertically stacked on the product racks 6 in each row, and four or two product columns 7 are divided into a column group C and each column is divided into columns. The same merchandise A is stored in the group C. A drop passage 8 is formed between the rear end of the product rack 6 and the rear wall 5a of the product storage 5.
A chute 9 that is inclined forward and downward is disposed at the downstream end of the chute. The merchandise A paid out from each merchandise column 7 falls in the drop passage 8 and rolls on the chute 9, and is guided to the selling port 11 from the payout port 10.

In the drop passage 8, a movable plate 12 is provided on the product rack 6 side so as to be hung from the rear end of each product column 7, and correspondingly, a corrugated plate 13 is provided on the rear wall 5a side.
Is provided, and the product A to be dropped falls while being braked, like the passage of the serpentine.

A product display 14 is widely provided on the main door 3 so as to correspond to the heat insulating door 4, and a bill slot 16 and a money indicator are provided at a customer service section 15 on the right side of the product display 14. 17, a coin slot 18, a return lever 19 and the like are provided. Further, a selection button 20 is provided on the front surface of the product display 14 so as to correspond to the above-mentioned column group C, that is, correspond to the foremost product Aa of the lowest product column 7 of the column group C. Further, below the product display 14, the selling port 11 and the coin return port 21 are arranged.

In this case, the front panel (transparent panel) 22 constituting the product display 14 is made of transparent glass or acrylic resin, and the front panel 22 is also made of transparent glass or acrylic resin.
The heat-insulating door 4 that can be seen through is also made of transparent glass or acrylic resin having a multilayer structure. Further, the shelf plate 23 constituting each product column 7 is also made of transparent glass or acrylic resin. Therefore, in this vending machine 1, each product rack 6 can be displayed over the product display 14.
The product A filled in is visible. That is, the vending machine 1 has a so-called see-through structure, and the stocked products A and the manner in which the products A are sequentially sent at the time of sale can be visually recognized from the outside.

On the other hand, in each of the product racks 6, as shown in FIG. 2, a large number of product columns 7 are arranged so as to vertically overlap with each other.
Is incorporated. The large number of product columns 7 are formed by obliquely attaching a large number of shelf plates 23 to the left and right side plates (not shown) that form the product rack 6. Each product column 7 is configured to store the products A in one row, and has a product insertion port 31 provided at the front end, a bend mechanism 32 provided at the rear end, and the product insertion port 31 to the bend mechanism 32. Stock passage 33 that extends toward the rear
It is composed of

As described above, four or two product columns 7 adjacent to each other are set as a column group C, and the same product A is stored in each column group C.
The bend mechanism 32 of each product column 7 is controlled by a control unit (not shown), and the product A is sold. For example, in the column group C composed of the four uppermost product columns 7, the product A starts to be sold from the uppermost product column 7, and then the second and third products are sold. The product A in the product column 7 on the fourth stage on which the selection button 20 is arranged is sold.

Note that the foremost product Aa of the fourth-stage product column 7 may be made unrollable by a stopper or the like, and sold out with the product Aa left.
That is, the product Aa corresponding to the selection button 20 may be always left as a product sample. In this case, it is possible to appeal the product A to the customer even after the product is sold out, and it is possible to prevent the operator from accidentally loading a different product A into each product column 7.

Here, the main part of this embodiment will be described. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the product display 1
A signboard member 42 is disposed in the space 41 located between the front panel 22 and the heat insulating door 4 at the upper part of 4. The signboard member 42 is a transparent sheet on which the advertising content S such as the manufacturer name (logo) is printed, and as shown in FIG. It is detachably attached. In this case, the signboard member 42 can be removed when the advertisement is unnecessary, and the signboard member 42 can be replaced with another advertisement content S as appropriate. Note that reference numerals 24 and 25 in FIGS. 3 and 2 denote fluorescent lamps that illuminate the product display 14 from above and below, respectively.

The advertisement content S printed on the signboard member 42 is, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, a pattern (character) composed of a set of dots arranged with a gap, and is a so-called dot. The outline of the character is constructed. Or, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the advertisement content S of the signboard member 42 is composed of a semi-transparent printed design. That is, the advertisement content S printed on the signboard member 42 can be seen through the front panel 22, and the commodity A stored so as to be displayed on the commodity rack 6 can be seen so as to overlap with the advertisement content S.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. In the second embodiment, the signboard member 52 formed of a transparent sheet is arranged so as to cover the entire area of the product display 14. On the signboard member 52, the advertisement content S is printed large by the method of FIG. 4 or FIG. 5, and the product A stored so as to overlap the advertisement content S can be seen.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 8, the channel member 43 has a holder 53 instead of the hook 44.
Is attached, and the holder 53 is attached with two winding mechanisms 54, 54. Each winding mechanism 5
4 is a signboard member 52 which is urged in the winding direction.
The signboard members 52 have their lower ends locked in the unrolled state.
It is designed to be hooked on. Then, different advertising contents S are printed on the two signboard members 52, 52, respectively. Thus, when the advertisement is unnecessary, the signboard member 52 is wound up by the winding mechanism 54, and the signboard member 52 can be selectively unwound to appropriately advertise the manufacturer name and the like.

As described above, according to the vending machine 1 of these embodiments, the front panel 2 of the commodity display 14 is shown.
2. Since the heat insulating door 4 and the like are all made of transparent glass or the like and the actually sold product A and its sales operation can be seen through the product display 14, the product sample can be omitted and the product A can be omitted. The appeal of can be increased. Furthermore, the front panel 22, the heat insulating door 4
In a space 41 between the signboard member 4 made of a transparent sheet
By disposing 2, 52, the advertisement content S can be displayed in a large size while the product A is visible. Therefore, the product A and the manufacturer's name can be simultaneously and equally appealed, and the product display 14 itself can be made highly visible.

Although not particularly shown, the advertisement content may be printed on the inner side of the front panel instead of the signboard member described above. Further, the signboard member may be configured as a panel.

[0029]

As described above, according to the vending machine of the present invention, the product and the advertisement contents can be seen to overlap each other through the transparent panel, and the product can be sufficiently appealed, so that the customer can purchase the product. Not only can the user be motivated, but the advertisement contents such as the manufacturer's name can be sufficiently appealed. Moreover, it is possible to construct a unique product display.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a vending machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the vending machine according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view around a signboard member of the vending machine according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a printing state (1) of advertisement contents on a signboard member.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a printing state (2) of advertisement contents on a signboard member.

FIG. 6 is a front view of the vending machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the vending machine according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged vertical sectional view around a signboard member of the vending machine according to the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Vending Machine 4 Heat Insulation Door 5 Product Storage 6 Product Rack 7 Product Column 14 Product Display 20 Selection Button 22 Front Panel 41 Space 42 Signboard Member 44 Hook 52 Signboard Member 54 Winding Mechanism A Product S Advertising Content

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A transparent panel of a product display,
In a vending machine in which a product stored inside can be viewed, a signboard member is arranged in a space between the transparent panel and the product, and the signboard member is advertised while allowing the product to be viewed. A vending machine characterized by displaying contents. 2. The signboard member is composed of a transparent member, and the advertising content of the signboard member is a pattern composed of a set of dots arranged with a gap. Item 1. The vending machine according to item 1. 3. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the signboard member is composed of a transparent member, and the advertising content of the signboard member is a translucent pattern. 4. The signboard member is made of a transparent film-like member, and is detachably attached to a hook provided at the upper end of the space. Vending machine described in. 5. The signboard member is composed of a transparent film-like member, and is wound by a winding mechanism provided at an upper end portion of the space,
The vending machine according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the vending machine is configured to be unwound. 6. Through the transparent panel of the product display,
An automatic vending machine capable of visually recognizing a product housed inside, wherein the advertising content is displayed on the transparent panel while allowing the visual recognition of the product.