JPH10172040A - Automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the generation of the breaking accident of an illumination lamp even at the time of providing the illuminating lamp closely to the inner face of a front door for improving the illumination effect of a sign by arranging the illumination lamp closely to the inner face of the front door and providing it in the state of being freely movable back and forth. SOLUTION: A fluorescent lamp F3 is positioned on the obliquely front and upper side of a sign 27 and a blade spring 29 corresponds to the lamp F3 behind at some interval. Then the lamp F3 illuminates merchandise samples on an upper side and display under merchandise selection buttons 17 in front of them from behind and illuminates the sign on a lower and inner side. At this time, the lamp F3 is moved in front of the sign 27, its light illuminates brightly to the lower side of the sign 27. Though the front door 7 can be deformed large when the buttons 17 are hit strongly, the rear hinge board 36 of a hinge mechanism 32 is rotated to a back side with a hinge axis 33 in a center to avoid the front door 7 from being abutted on the lamp F3 and to ease its shock to prevent the breakage of the lamp F3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vending machine having an illumination lamp inside a front door and illuminating a signboard with the illumination lamp.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this kind of vending machine,
For example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 62-146282 (G07F9 /
As shown in 02), the front surface of the main body made of a heat insulating box is closed by a front door (front door) so as to be openable and closable, and an inner door to which a product sample and a signboard are attached is provided inside, and a fluorescent lamp is used. By illuminating these product samples and signboards, products are appealing to buyers.

FIG. 4 shows a sign lighting structure of a conventional vending machine. In FIG. 4, reference numeral 101 denotes a front door for closing a front surface of a main body (not shown) so as to be openable and closable, and is constituted by a transparent resin plate. On the front surface of the front door 101, a product selection button 102 is arranged, and an inner button mounting plate 103 is provided.
At the front door 101. A rotatable inner door 104 is provided inside the front door 101, and a signboard 106 is located below the product selection button 102 on the front surface of the inner door 104, and a signboard 106 is detachable by a signboard attaching plate 107. Attached to.

A fluorescent lamp 108 is provided above the signboard 106. In this case, the lower part of the button mounting plate 103 extends in the direction of the sign 106, and the socket 10
9 (one not shown) is fixed by a screw 111, and a fluorescent lamp (illumination lamp) 108 is attached between these sockets 109 across right and left.

[0005] The light of the fluorescent lamp 108 illuminates the commodity selection button 102 above and in front and the display (price, etc.) in the vicinity thereof from the rear and illuminates the lower signboard 106 from above, thereby improving the advertising effect especially at night. I was letting it.

[0006]

However, in the structure as shown in FIG. 4, since the fluorescent lamp 108 is located directly above the sign 106, the light from the fluorescent lamp 108 does not reach the lower part of the sign 106, and The brightness of 106 becomes uneven, and the advertising effect is reduced. This can be solved by arranging the fluorescent lamp 108 as far forward as possible from the sign 106 so that the light from the fluorescent lamp 108 can evenly reach below the sign 106.

On the other hand, in recent years, vending machines have become thinner due to limited installation space. When a fluorescent lamp 108 is moved in front of a signboard 106, the fluorescent lamp 108 becomes closer to the inner surface of the front door 101. become. However, since the front door 101 is made of a transparent resin, when the product selection button 102 is strongly hit, the front door 10 is not used.
1 largely bends inward. Therefore, when the fluorescent lamp 108 is moved forward in the conventional structure shown in FIG.
There is a problem that the fluorescent lamp 108 is damaged by the deformation of the first embodiment.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional technical problem. In order to improve the lighting effect of a signboard, the present invention is applicable to a case where an illumination lamp is provided close to the inner surface of a front door. Another object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine capable of avoiding the occurrence of a lighting lamp breakage accident.

[0009]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vending machine having an illumination lamp inside a front door attached to a main body.
The signboard is illuminated by this lamp,
The illuminating lamp is arranged close to the inner surface of the front door, and is provided so as to be movable in the front-rear direction. According to the invention of claim 1,
The lighting for signboard lighting inside the front door of the vending machine,
Since the lamp is disposed close to the inner surface of the front door and is provided so as to be movable in the front-rear direction, the illuminating lamp can move rearward even when the front door is deformed inward. Therefore, in the case where the signboard is installed inside the front door, for example, when the customer hits the front door strongly while illuminating the signboard by bringing the illumination light close to the inner surface of the front door and improving the advertising effect, The inconvenience that the illumination lamp is damaged can be avoided beforehand.

A vending machine according to a second aspect of the present invention has a signage door inside a front door attached to the main body. The signage door is provided with a signboard, and the inside of the front door is located above the signboard. And an illumination light for illuminating the signboard, wherein the illumination light is attached to the inner surface of the front door via a hinge mechanism and is rotatable in the front-rear direction. .

According to the invention of claim 2, a signboard is provided on the signboard inside the front door of the vending machine, and the illuminating light of the signboard provided on the signboard door is attached to the inner surface of the front door via the hinge mechanism. At the same time, the illumination light can be rotated rearward by the hinge mechanism even when the front door is deformed inward, because it is made to be close to the inner surface of the front door and is rotatable in the front-rear direction. . Therefore, the lighting is brought close to the inside of the front door to illuminate the signboard inside evenly, and the advertising effect is improved, while avoiding the problem of the lighting being damaged when the customer hits the front door strongly. Is what you can do.

[0012]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a vending machine 1 to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of a fluorescent lamp F3 portion of the vending machine 1. In each of the figures, a vending machine 1 has a main body 6 composed of a heat-insulating box opening to the front, and a front door rotatably supported on one side (left side) of the main body 6 by hinge devices 2 and 2. 7 is comprised. The front part of the front door 7 is made of a transparent resin panel, and a plurality of product selection buttons 17 are arranged in a row on the front surface of the front door 7 in three steps in the embodiment.

On the right side of the front door 7, a bill slot 18,
A coin slot 19 and a return lever 21 are arranged,
In the lower part of the front door 7, there are goods outlets 22, 22 and a coin return port 2.
3 are formed. Inside the front door 7, the inner door 3 (also referred to as a signboard door) is pivotally supported by the main body 6 so as to be rotatable. It is freely pivoted. The heat-insulating door 4 opens and closes the inside of the main body 6 in which the products are stored, and has a product discharge port 5.
・ Is formed.

On the other hand, a product display section 2
A plurality of translucent product samples G are attached to the product display section 26 in three stages, and a fluorescent lamp is provided below the product samples G from the top to the second stage. F1, F
2 are attached to both sides. On the front of the inner door 3 below the product display section 26, a signboard 27 is provided with a mounting plate 28.
It is attached detachably. Further, on the front surface of the inner door 3, two leaf springs 29 are mounted on the left and right, located above the signboard 27. In this case, each of the leaf springs 29, 29 has a shape which rises upward as shown in FIG.

On the other hand, the product selection button 17 is fixed to the front door 7 by a button mounting plate 31 located on the inner surface of the front door 7. Then, the product selection button 17 in the third row from the top
A hinge mechanism 32 is provided on the left and right inner surfaces of the lower part of the button mounting plate 31.
Is attached. The hinge mechanism 32 includes a hinge shaft 33 and a front hinge plate 34 and a rear hinge plate 3 having one ends rotatably connected around the hinge shaft 33.
The front hinge plate 34 is fixed to the inner surface of the button mounting plate 31 with the hinge shaft 33 facing upward.
In addition, the cushion material 3 is provided on the back surface of the front end of the front hinge plate 34.
7 is attached so that the impact when the rear hinge plate 36 abuts is reduced.

On the other hand, a socket 41 is fixed to the rear hinge plate 36, and a fluorescent lamp F3 as an illuminating lamp is mounted between the left and right sockets 41 across the left and right. The rear hinge plate 36 always hangs down due to its own weight and the weight of the fluorescent lamp F3, and is in contact with the front hinge plate 34 via the cushion member 37 as shown in FIG. 7 and is attached so as to be freely rotatable (movable) in the front-rear direction.

When the front door 6 and the inner door 3 are closed in the above configuration, the product sample G in each row is displayed on the product selection button 1 in each row.
7 and the fluorescent lamps F1, F2
Corresponds to the inside of the first and second product selection buttons 17 from the top, and displays the product sample G above it and the display below the product selection button 17 in front of it (price display etc., not shown) from behind. Light up. The fluorescent lamps F1 and F2 are arranged at a sufficient distance from the inner surface of the front door 7 (compared to a fluorescent lamp F3 described later).

On the other hand, the fluorescent lamp F3 is positioned diagonally in front of and above the signboard 27, and the leaf spring 29 corresponds to the rear side of the fluorescent lamp F3 with an interval. The fluorescent lamp F3 illuminates an upper product sample G (third stage) and a display (price display, etc., not shown) below the product selection button 17 in front of the product sample G (third stage) from the rear, and a lower inner signboard. Illuminate 27. At this time, the fluorescent lamp F3 is close to the inner surface of the front door 7, and the conventional lamp (FIG. 3)
Since it is moving ahead of the signboard 27, the light can be brightly illuminated below the signboard 27. Thereby, the signboard 27 can be evenly illuminated, and the advertising effect can be improved.

Next, when the customer selects the product selection button 17 in the third row when he / she purchases a product, the front door 7 made of resin is largely bent in the direction (inward) indicated by the broken arrow in FIG. In some cases. However, in such a case, the hinge mechanism 32
The rear hinge plate 36 pivots rearward about the hinge shaft 33 as shown in FIG. 3 (solid arrow in the figure), so that the front door 7 is
There is no contact with No. 3, and the impact at this time is also reduced. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the fluorescent lamp F3 from being damaged due to the abnormality.

Here, when the fluorescent lamp F3 rotates backward by a predetermined angle, the fluorescent lamp F3 eventually comes into contact with the leaf spring 29.
Is pushed back forward and quickly returned to the position of FIG.
In addition, since the front and rear hinge plates 34 and 36 abut via the cushion material 37 when returning, the fluorescent lamp F
The shock applied to 3 is also reduced. In the embodiment, the hinge mechanism 3 includes a hinge shaft 33 and front and rear hinge plates 34 and 36.
2, the fluorescent lamp F3 is mounted, but the invention is not limited to this. For example, a hinge mechanism is configured by a mounting plate or the like rotatably engaging with the button mounting plate 31 itself, and the socket 41 is mounted on this mounting plate. Is also good.

In the embodiment, the fluorescent lamp F3 is attached to the front door 7. However, the present invention is not limited to this. You may make it free.

[0022]

As described in detail above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the illuminating lamp for illuminating the signboard provided inside the front door of the vending machine is disposed close to the inner surface of the front door, Since the illuminating lamp is freely movable in the direction, the illuminating lamp can freely move rearward even when the front door is deformed inward. Therefore, it is possible to avoid the inconvenience that the lighting lamp is damaged when the customer strongly hits the front door while the lighting lamp approaches the inner surface of the front door.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, a signboard is provided on the signboard inside the front door of the vending machine, and the illumination light of the signboard provided on the signboard door is attached to the inner surface of the front door via the hinge mechanism. At the same time, because the front door is brought close to the inner surface and is rotatable in the front-rear direction, even when the front door is deformed inward, the illuminating lamp can be freely rotated rearward by the hinge mechanism. become. Therefore, the lighting is brought close to the inside of the front door to illuminate the signboard inside evenly, and the advertising effect is improved, while avoiding the problem of the lighting being damaged when the customer hits the front door strongly. Is what you can do.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a vending machine to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of a fluorescent lamp portion of the vending machine of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of a vending machine corresponding to FIG. 1 for explaining movement of a fluorescent lamp.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of a fluorescent lamp portion of a conventional vending machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vending machine 3 Inner door 6 Main body 7 Front door 17 Product selection button 27 Signboard 31 Button mounting plate 32 Hinge mechanism F3 Fluorescent light (illumination light)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A vending machine having an illumination lamp inside a front door attached to a main body and illuminating a signboard with the illumination lamp, wherein the illumination lamp is arranged close to the inner surface of the front door, A vending machine characterized by being movable in the front-rear direction. 2. A signboard door is provided inside a front door attached to a main body, and a signboard is provided on the signboard door, and an inner surface of the front door is positioned above the signboard to illuminate the signboard. A vending machine provided with an illumination light for the vending machine, wherein the illumination light is attached to the inner surface of the front door via a hinge mechanism, and is attached rotatably in the front-rear direction. Vending machine.