JPH0962916A - Display for automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate the maintenance work such as the exchange and the cleaning of an illuminating lamp incorporated in a display equipped with dummy commodities. SOLUTION: In a body obtained by fitting the dummy commodities made of a translucent resin melded product to the front of a display table incorporating the illuminating lamp, with respect to a fitting table incorporating the illuminating lamp 7 by fixing to the back plate 8 of an illumination room, the upper edge of the display table 6 equipped with the dummy commodity 5 is connected with a hinge to the hook piece 9a of the fitting table so that the display table is pulled up forward to be opened at the time of maintenance work such as the exchange and the cleaning of the illuminating lamp.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

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

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, in the automatic vending machine, a lighting room is defined on the front outer door of the cabinet, and dummy products of various sales products are provided here so as to correspond to the product selection buttons in a one-to-one correspondence. Is provided with a display device. FIG. 4 is a front view of such a vending machine, in which 1 is a front outer door, 2 is an illumination room, 3 is a display device, and 4 is a product selection button. FIG. 5 is a conventional configuration diagram of the display device. The display device 4 includes a half-cut dummy can 5 made as a translucent semi-transparent resin molded product and a dummy can 5.
It is composed of a box-shaped display stand 6 made of sheet metal, which is attached to the front in an oblique posture, and an illumination lamp (fluorescent lamp) 7 incorporated in the display stand 6, and the display stand 6 is a back plate 8 of an illumination room. It is fixed to. The lower surface of the display base 6 is open to care for the illumination lamp 7.

With such a configuration, the light of the illumination lamp 7 incorporated inside the display base 6 passes through the dummy can 5 and illuminates brightly forward.

[0004]

By the way, the display device having the above-mentioned structure has the following problems in terms of maintainability. 1) When exchanging and cleaning the illumination lamp 7 incorporated in the display base 6, the work is difficult because the lower surface of the display base 6 is only slightly opened. Moreover, the depth of the display base 6 is restricted by the thickness of the front outer door of the cabinet and cannot be made large.

2) Since the front surface of the display base 6 is covered with the dummy can 5 and the hand cannot be inserted deep inside, the illumination lamp 7 is close to the open end surface of the display base 6, that is, the dummy can. It is unavoidable to install the dummy can 5 at a position deviated from the position, so that it is difficult to increase the illuminance of the dummy can 5 to perform effective illumination. The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a display device of a vending machine configured to solve the above problems, improve maintainability, and effectively illuminate dummy products. To aim.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the structure of the present invention, a dummy product is mounted on a mounting base fixed to a back plate of an illumination room and incorporating an illumination lamp. The display base shall be hinged so that it can be opened forward. Further, the display device having the above-described configuration can be specifically implemented in the following modes.

1) A dummy product is a half-cut product which is integrally formed with a resin base plate by bulging and molding on the front side thereof, and the base plate is fitted into a frame-shaped display base in a fitting manner. 2) In 1) above, a stopper for preventing the base plate from coming off is provided at the engaging portion between the base plate of the dummy product and the display base.

3) Engagement holes are provided in the upper edge of the display base, and the holes are fitted into the hooks protruding from the upper edge of the mounting base for hinge connection. 4) Provide a stopper on the side wall of the mounting base to lock and hold the display base in the use position and the half-open position. With the above structure, the display table on which the dummy product is mounted is always engaged with the stopper provided on the mounting table and locked and held in the use position. On the other hand, when replacing the illuminating lamp, cleaning the inside, etc., by disengaging the stopper and then opening the display base from the mounting base to the front,
Maintenance work can be done easily. In this case, by holding and holding the display base in the half-opened position, it is possible to perform replacement and maintenance work of the illumination lamp even when the hand is released from the display base.

[0009] Also, by opening the display base, the illumination light built into the mounting base can be easily reached. Therefore, the illumination light is installed in advance at a height position directly behind the dummy product to increase the illuminance of the illumination. Can be planned.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the drawings of the embodiment, the same members corresponding to FIG. 5 are denoted by the same reference numerals. 1 to 3, the display device 3 includes a half-cut dummy can 5, a display base 6 on which the dummy can 5 is mounted, a mounting base 9 hinged to the upper end of the display base 6, and an inside of the mounting base 9. It is configured as an assembly with an incorporated illumination lamp (fluorescent lamp) 7, and a mounting base 9 is screwed and fixed to a back plate 8 of the illumination room 2 (see FIG. 4).

Here, the dummy can 5 is integrally formed on one resin base plate 5a so that a plurality of half-cut dummy cans are arranged side by side so as to bulge forward and the resin base plate 5a.
It is fitted in the frame-shaped peripheral frame portion of the display base 6 through the engaging groove portions 5b provided on the upper and lower edges of the. Square holes 6a are opened at two upper edges of the display base 6, and the square holes 6a are fitted into C-shaped hook pieces 9a projecting from the upper edge of the mounting base 9 at two positions. Are hinged together. Further, stoppers 9b are cut and raised on the left and right side walls of the mounting base 9, and engaging step portions 6b are formed on the left and right side walls of the display base 6 so as to face the stoppers 9b. Note that 6c is a handle provided on the lower edge of the display base 6.

The display device having the above structure is assembled as follows. First, the dummy can 5 is attached to the display base 6
For mounting, the resin base plate 5a is slightly bent and fitted into the peripheral frame portion of the display base. In addition, in order to prevent the dummy can 5 from falling off from the display base 6 in this mounted state (it may drop off due to vibration or shaking when the vending machine is transported to the location on site), As shown in FIG. 3, a protrusion-shaped retaining stopper 6d is formed on the back side of the. Next, the hook piece 9a of the mounting base 9 is inserted into the square hole 6a of the display base 6 to hinge the both. Then, the mount 9 is fixed to the back plate of the illumination room, and the illumination lamp 7 is mounted in this state.

With the above construction, in a normal use state, the display base 6 is placed on the mounting base 9 at the position (I) shown by the solid line in FIG. 1, and at this position, the engaging stepped portion 6b is provided with the stopper 9b.
Be locked to. When the illumination lamp 7 is turned on in this state, the dummy can 5 is brightly illuminated by the light of the illumination lamp 7. On the other hand, when replacing or cleaning the illuminating lamp 7, the handle 6c of the display base 6 is placed on the handle 6c and pushed up slightly to remove the engaging step 6b from the stopper 9b. Open to the half-open position indicated by II). In this half-open position, the rear edges of the left and right side walls of the display base 6 hit the stoppers 9b of the mounting base 9 and are retained even if the display base 6 is released. As a result, the maintenance work of the illumination lamp 7 can be performed easily. Further, when cleaning the back surface of the dummy can 5 or the inner surface of the mounting base 9, the display base 6 is opened to the fully open position indicated by the chain line (III) in FIG.

[0014]

As described above, according to the structure of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. 1) When performing maintenance work such as cleaning the inside of the display device and replacing and cleaning the illumination lamp incorporated therein, the maintenance work can be easily performed by opening the display base on which the dummy product is mounted forward.

2) The dummy product is fitted into the display base in a fitting manner, so that the assembling work is simple and the stopper is provided at the fitting portion so that the vending machine can be delivered to the location destination. Even if vibration or shaking is added during transportation, it is possible to prevent the accident of accidentally dropping dummy products. 3) With respect to the mounting base that incorporates the illumination lamp, you can easily put your hands in the front by opening the display base. Effective lighting can be achieved by installing a lighting lamp directly behind the product to increase the illuminance.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the assembly structure of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a hinge connection portion in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the entire vending machine to which the present invention is applied;

FIG. 5 is an assembly configuration diagram of a conventional display device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Lighting room 3 Display device 5 Dummy can 5a Resin base plate 6 Display stand 6a Square hole 6b Engagement step 6c Handle 6d Locking stopper 7 Lighting lamp (fluorescent lamp) 8 Lighting room back plate 9 Mounting base 9a Hinge hook piece 9b Stopper

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A display device for a vending machine, which is installed in an illumination room defined by an outer door to display dummy products,
A dummy product made of a translucent resin molded product is attached to the front of a display stand that incorporates an illumination lamp. A display device of a vending machine, characterized in that a display stand on which a product is mounted is hinged so as to be opened forward. 2. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the dummy product is formed in a half-cut shape and is bulged and molded integrally with the resin base plate on the front side thereof, and the base plate is a peripheral frame portion of the display base. A display device for a vending machine, characterized by being fitted in a fitting manner. 3. The vending machine according to claim 2, wherein a stopper for preventing the base plate from falling is provided at an engaging portion between the base plate of the dummy product and the display base. Display device. 4. The display device according to claim 1, wherein an engaging hole is provided at an upper edge of the display base, and the hole is fitted into a hook projecting from an upper edge of the mounting base to be hinge-coupled. Vending machine display device. 5. A display device for a vending machine according to claim 1, wherein a stopper for locking and holding the display base at a use position and a half-open position is provided on a side wall of the mounting base.