JPH1079078A - Device for exhibiting merchandise sample of automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To exhibit an empty can of actual merchandise on a display for a dummy can by providing an attaching board positioned behind the dummy can and projected upward to which a holding tool for holding the actual can is attached so as to be freely attachable and detachable at a display stand. SOLUTION: An attaching board 19 positioned behind a dummy can 6 and projected upward, and a holding tool 18 to be attached to this attaching board 19 so as to be attachable and detachable for holding an empty can are provided at the back face side of the dummy can 6 at a display stand 5a. Then, at the time of attaching an empty can 15 of actual merchandise instead of the dummy can 6, the dummy can 6 is removed from the display stand 5a. Then, the empty 15 is placed on the display stand 5a by attaching the holding tool 18 for holing a can with an arm shaped like a circular arc to the attaching board 19 formed at the back face side of the display stand 5a, and allowing the empty can 15 to be held by the part opened like a half circle of the both arms of the holding tool 18.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a product sample display apparatus of a vending machine which is formed inside a transparent lighting plate in front of an outer door and which displays and displays sales products.

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing the structure of a display stand dedicated to a dummy can in which a film is wound on a transparent can of a conventional example.
Is an external view of a vending machine provided with a display stand, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a display stand dedicated to empty cans of actual products. First, the structure of the vending machine shown in FIG. 4 will be described. In FIG. 4, reference numeral 1 denotes a main body cabinet in which commodities are stored, 2 denotes an outer door that opens and closes the front surface of the main body cabinet 1, and 3 denotes an inside of the outer door 2. An exhibition room which is sectioned and whose front is covered with a transparent lighting plate 4 shown in FIG. 3, 5 is a display stand on which dummy cans 6 are arranged and displayed, 7 is a product selection button for selecting products, and 8 is a coin slot. , 9 is a change return lever, 10 is a change return port, 11 is a product outlet which is stored in the main body cabinet 1 and takes out products discharged therefrom, 12 is a fluorescent lamp built in the display table 5, and 13 is Fluorescent light 1
L-shaped mounting legs for mounting 2, 14 for display stand 5
, An empty can 15 of the actual product, 16 a display stand for displaying the empty cans 15 side by side, 17 a rear wall of the exhibition room 3, and 18 a holder for holding the empty can 15. . 3 to 5, an automatic vending machine having an exhibition room 3 which is partitioned and formed inside a transparent lighting plate 4 on the front surface of an outer door 2 which covers the front surface of a main body cabinet 1 so as to be able to open and close is provided. The machine generally sells many types of goods, for example, beverages enclosed in cans. These various types of products are usually stored in product shelves (not shown) provided for each type inside the main body cabinet 1 of the vending machine.
When a price is inserted into the coin insertion slot 8 and the product is selected and designated by the product selection button 7 provided corresponding to each product sample 6 or 15 outside the exhibition room 3 of the outer door 2, the selected product is displayed. It is discharged to the product outlet 11. When the input amount is equal to or more than the commodity price, the change is discharged to the change return port 10. When the input amount is less than the commodity price, the input amount is discharged to the change return port 10 by operating the change return lever 9. Since the product to be sold is stored in the vending machine, a product sample 6 for facilitating customer's selection of the product is placed on the display stand 5 and displayed on the front of the vending machine at the same time as advertising the product. Displayed in Room 3. For example, in the case where the product sample is a hollow cylindrical can formed of transparent acrylic resin, the display stand 5 for displaying the product sample is a dummy can 6 formed by winding a film on which the same display as the product is printed around the can. And FIG.
As shown in the figure, a projection 6a is provided at the lower part of the dummy can 6, and is fitted and placed in a deformed hole 14 formed in the display base 5, and is attached to the lower part of the display base 5 via the mounting leg 13. The light of the attached fluorescent lamp 12 is extracted through the modified hole 14 and the film on which the same display as the product is printed is illuminated from the inside, so that the display is made to stand out as if the dummy can 6 is a luminous body. Further, when the product sample is an actual product empty can 15, as shown in FIG.
The holding member 18 for holding the
The fluorescent lamp mounted on the display base 16 by being attached to the
2 is shown) to illuminate the empty can 15 for display.

By the way, in the conventional configuration, the dummy can and the empty can each use a dedicated display stand. This dummy can shines like a luminous body by lighting, so it has a great display effect,
It is used in many vending machines, but if there is a product such as immediately after a new product is released but there is no dummy can, it is not possible to replace a part of the display stand dedicated to the dummy can with an empty can However, there is a problem that the product cannot be displayed for sale by advertisement. The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine in which an empty can of an actual product can be displayed in place of a dummy can on a display stand for the dummy can. An object of the present invention is to provide a product sample display device.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display device having a hollow dummy can in a display room partitioned inside a transparent lighting plate provided on a front surface of an outer door. A display stand on which the dummy cans formed on the display stand are illuminated from the inside through a fitting hole in which the dummy can is fitted. The display stand is provided with a mounting plate which is located behind the dummy can and protrudes upward, and which detachably attaches a holder for holding the actual can. When the dummy can is used, the mounting plate to which the holder is attached is hidden behind the dummy can and cannot be seen from the front. When an empty can is used, an actual empty can can be displayed by attaching the holder to the mounting plate. As described in claim 2,
In the product sample display device for a vending machine according to the first aspect, the mounting plate is preferably provided on a lower display stand among the display stands arranged vertically. The empty can provided with the holder according to the above configuration is illuminated from the upper side illumination light source, so that the empty can is brightly illuminated.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a main part of a product sample display device of a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an external view of a display table to which a holder is attached. 1 and 2, the same components as those of the conventional example shown in FIGS. 3 and 5 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted. 1 and 2 are different from the conventional device in that:
On the back side of the dummy can 6 on the display stand 5a, a mounting plate 19 located at a back position of the dummy can 6 and protruding upward, and is detachably attached to the mounting plate 19,
The point is that a holder 18 for holding an empty can is provided. Mounting plate 1
9 may be formed by cutting and raising the back wall of the display base 5a and integrally with the display base 5a.
It may be formed by a member different from a and integrally connected to the display table. The mounting plate 19 has a notch 19a,
19a, a wide center leg and narrow two legs are provided, and a mounting hole 19b is formed in the center leg. The holder 18 is formed in a bowl shape in cross section, and the holder 1 is positioned so that the bottom of the bowl is located on the back of the center leg of the mounting leg 19.
8 is mounted by fitting into the notches 19a, 19a of the mounting leg 19. Attachment feet 19 to the bottom of the bowl shape of the holder 18
A fitting projection is provided to fit into the mounting hole 19b formed in the center leg of the bracket, and the holder 18 is positioned on the mounting leg 19 by fitting the fitting projection into the mounting hole 19b. In FIG. 1, the dummy can 6 is connected to a display table 5a.
At first, as shown by the arrow in FIG. Then, the protrusion 6a is fixed so that the protrusion 6a is positioned below the circle of the deformed hole 14. Next, when the empty can 15 of the actual product is to be installed instead of the dummy can 6, the dummy can 6 is removed from the display stand by the reverse operation to the above. Then, a holder 18 for holding the empty can 15 by an arc-shaped arm is attached to a mounting plate 19 formed on the back side of the display base 5a. Is placed on the display stand 5a by sandwiching the. In this case, as shown in FIG. 4, when the display device has two upper and lower display stands, the empty can 15 is attached to the lower display stand, and the empty can 15 is illuminated by the fluorescent lamp from the upper side.

According to the present invention, since an empty can can be attached in place of a dummy can, even if there is no dummy can, an empty can of an actual product can be exhibited, and the dummy can and the actual can can be displayed. This has the effect that the empty cans of the product can be displayed irregularly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a main part of a product sample exhibition room of a vending machine showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view of a display base to which a holder is attached.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a display stand dedicated to a dummy can showing a configuration of a conventional example.

FIG. 4 is an external view of a vending machine having a display stand.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a display stand dedicated to empty cans showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 5a Display stand 14 Deformed hole 6 Dummy can 18 Holder 7 Product selection button 19 Mounting plate

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A display can provided with a hollow dummy can arranged side by side in an exhibition room defined inside a transparent lighting plate provided on a front surface of an outer door, and a dummy can formed on the display base. A vending machine for illuminating the dummy can from the inside through a fitting hole through which the dummy can is illuminated and displaying an advertisement, wherein the display stand is located behind the dummy can and protrudes upward; A vending machine product sample display device, comprising a mounting plate for detachably attaching a holder for holding the product. 2. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the mounting plate is formed on a lower display stand of the display stands arranged vertically. Product sample display device.