JPS6243692A - Display for gasoline station - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a gas station display device suitable for providing sales information, refueling information, and the like.

[Prior Art] Gas stations are equipped with display devices for providing sales information and refueling information to customers. Conventionally, these display devices @S
As shown in Fig. 8 or 9, for example, is attached to the top of the refueling machine M, M installed on the island,
A display section was provided only on the front surface of the display device S, or on both the front and back sides.

Also, in the case of a large display device MS suspended from a canopy C, the display portion is provided on one side or both the front and back sides of the display device S. Therefore, depending on the direction in which the vehicle enters, there is a drawback that the display part cannot be seen by the customer.

[Object of the Invention 1 Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a gas station display device that allows the display section to be viewed from any direction.

[Configuration 1 of the Invention] The gas station display device according to the present invention has a square case provided with a plurality of windows, and a display section provided in each of the windows.

[Operations and Effects of the Invention] Therefore, since the display section is provided on three or more sides of the square case, the display section can be seen from any direction, and therefore sales information, refueling information, etc. can be suitably provided to the customer. I can do it.

[Preferred Embodiment] When carrying out the present invention, it is preferable to use a plasma type, liquid crystal type, magnetic reversal plate type, etc. as the display method of the display section.

When implementing the present invention, if an internal pressure explosion-proof structure is adopted in which air is sent into the case and the display stops when the pressure detected by a pressure sensor installed in the case is below a predetermined value, the display device can be placed in a dangerous location, such as a fuel tank. can be incorporated into

C Example 1 The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, the display device 81 is configured to have an internal pressure explosion-proof structure and is attached to the upper part of the refueling machine M, that is, at a dangerous location.

2 to 5 show details of an example in which the display section wlS1 is of a magnetic reversal plate type.

That is, the square case 15 is provided with windows W1 to W4 fitted with glass on three or more sides (four sides in this embodiment).
Display portions D1 to D4 are provided on the inner surface of each of these windows. These display sections consist of an endless belt-like reversible display element group 1, which is circulated by a pair of chains 4 (FIG. 5) stretched between a driving sprocket 2 and driven sprockets 3a to 30. It is about to be moved.

The display element group 1 consists of a large number of display elements 5 arranged in a matrix. The front and back surfaces of the display element 5 are distinguishable, and a fluorescent tape 6 colored with a highly distinguishable color (red) is attached to the front surface of the display element 5, and the back surface is, for example, black. Further, the display element 5 is rotatably attached to a shaft 7 (FIG. 5) passed between both chains 4, 4, and is made reversible by repulsion or attraction by magnetic force.

That is, a magnetic pole 8 (FIG. 4) having the same polarity is attached to one side of each display element 5, and a write head 11 equipped with an electromagnet that applies a magnetic force between the poles and reverses the display element 5 is driven. It is arranged at a position on the rear side of the sprocket 3C so as to correspond to the width direction of the display element group 1. Also, on the front side near drive sprocket 2? An erasing head 13 equipped with IrIa stones is disposed so as to correspond to the width direction of the display element group 1, so that the display element 5 reversed by the writing head 11 can be reversed in the opposite direction and erased to a plain state. .

Note that if the write head 11 is used as an erase head, the erase head 13 becomes unnecessary. 16 is a motor that drives the drive sprocket 2; 17 is a control device that outputs a write information signal to the write head 11 and controls the motor 16; 18 is an air inlet from an air source (not shown);
Reference numeral 19 denotes a pressure sensor that detects the internal pressure and outputs a detection signal to the control device when the pressure falls below a predetermined pressure. Note that in the case of the refueling IM, it is not necessarily necessary to display on four sides, and at least three sides may be used as display surfaces, and the writing head 11 and the erasing head 13 may be provided on the other one side.

In operation, when the motor 17 is driven, the display element group 1 is moved in a circular manner via the drive sprocket 2. In synchronization with this, the control device 17 sends characters and information as write information.
The shape of the mark is sequentially converted into dots from one side, an inversion signal is output to the writing head 11, and the display element 5 is sequentially inverted.
Form characters/marks on display element group 1. The advertisement information displayed in this manner is inverted at the erasing head 13 and erased into a plain state. In this way, display element group 1
The information is displayed in sequence.

The customer can view the information displayed in this way through any of the windows W1 to W4, regardless of the direction of entry of the vehicle.
That is, it can be viewed from any direction.

Furthermore, if air no longer flows in from the air inlet 18 due to a malfunction and the internal pressure of the case 15 falls below a predetermined level, the control device 117 stops driving the motor 16 based on the detection signal of the pressure sensor 19, and also stops the drive of the head 11. .13
It is explosion-proof and safe because it stops output to and displays.

FIG. 6 shows another embodiment of the present invention, in which the display device S2 has a non-explosion-proof structure, that is, the air inlet 1 in FIG.
8. Refuel without the pressure sensor 19 and air source! I
This is an example in which the device is installed in a non-hazardous location above M by a distance g of 601 or more using stays 20 and 20, and the other components are configured in the same manner as in FIG. In this embodiment, the cost can be reduced by the non-explosion proof structure.

FIG. 7 shows yet another embodiment of the invention, in which the display device S3
This is an example of a non-explosion-proof structure similar to that shown in FIG. 6, and suspended from canopy C, which is a non-hazardous location, by struts 21 and 21. In this embodiment, the display can be seen from a greater distance than in the above two embodiments, and the cost can be reduced due to the non-explosion proof structure.

[Summary] As explained above, according to the present invention, windows are provided in three or more corners of the square case, and displays are provided in these windows, so the display section can be viewed from any direction. Therefore, sales information, refueling information, etc. can be suitably provided to customers.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 5 show a first embodiment of the present invention.
The figure is a front view, Figure 2 is a front view of the display unit, Figure 3 is an internal plan view of the display unit, Figure 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the operation of the display unit, and Figure 5 shows details of the display element group. 6 and 7 are front views showing second and third embodiments of the present invention, respectively, and FIGS. 8 and 9 are front views and side views showing conventional devices. Dl to D4...Display section Wl to W4...
Window 1...Display element group 5...Display element 1
5...4 square case Figure 1 Figure 3 Figure 4

Claims (1)

[Claims] A display device for a gas station, characterized in that a square case is provided with a plurality of windows, and a display section is provided facing the windows.