JPS647420Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (a) Industrial application field The present invention relates to a coin slot lighting device for a vending machine.

(b) Conventional technology As a vending machine configured so that the position of the coin slot can be confirmed even in dark places such as at night,
Utility Model Publication No. 51-11994 is known. According to this publication, a coin slot is provided through an opaque substrate, a light-conductive synthetic resin plate superimposed on the front surface of the substrate, and a coin slot is provided through both plates, and a lamp is inserted from the end face of the light-conductive synthetic resin plate. A configuration is disclosed in which the coin slot is clearly identified by irradiation.

(c) Problems to be Solved by the Invention In the conventional technology having such a structure, the light-conducting synthetic resin plate is arranged in a large size, so it is easily damaged by mischief. In addition, since the end face of the light-conductive synthetic resin plate is irradiated with a lamp, there is a large loss in the amount of lamp light, and a high-intensity lamp is required.

In view of the above, the present invention provides a coin slot lighting device for a vending machine that is resistant to mischief and is capable of directly illuminating a specific part.

(d) Means for Solving the Problems The present invention provides a coin slot member on the front of the main body, and a translucent member that transmits light around the coin slot member, which is installed inside the main body. In the vending machine, the area around the input slot member is illuminated by a lighting device, which has an opening slightly larger than the outer periphery of the input slot member, and is provided on the front surface of the main body with a metal plate that does not transmit light. a front panel, a transparent panel made of a transparent synthetic resin in which the slot member is inserted into the mounting hole from the front and the flange is locked, and a transparent panel that is in contact with the back side of the transparent panel. a mounting member having a pressing piece that forms a space therebetween and fixing the rear part of the input opening member with a screw so as to sandwich a transparent panel between the pressing piece and the flange of the input opening member; and a coin chute attached to the mounting member corresponding to the rear part of the input port member so as to guide coins inserted from the input port of the input port member to the coin sorting machine, and located corresponding to the opening in the front panel. By attaching the mounting member to which the input slot member is attached to the back side of the front panel, a band-shaped translucent panel is exposed to the front between the outer periphery of the input slot member and the opening, and the light from the lighting device is exposed. This configuration is such that the light is irradiated onto the light-transmitting panel through the space.

(e) Function In this device, the mounting member, which has a synthetic resin translucent panel sandwiched between the flange of the insertion slot member and the pressing piece of the mounting member, is attached to the back of a metal front panel with an opening, and the translucent panel is exposed in a strip shape to the front between the outer periphery of the insertion slot member and the opening. Then, light from the lighting device is irradiated onto the transparent panel through the space between the translucent panel and the mounting member.

(F) Embodiment Each figure shows an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is the main body of the vending machine, 2 is a door that is openable and closable to close the front opening of the main body 1, and the metal front An opening 5 having a diameter slightly larger than the outer diameter of the input port member 4 is formed in the panel 3. Reference numeral 6 denotes a translucent panel made of a milky white or colored translucent acrylic plate placed on the back side of the front panel 3 so as to close the opening 5, and provided with a mounting hole 7 for inserting and locking the input slot member 4 from the front. When the input port member 4 is inserted into the mounting hole 7 and mounted, a band-like shape is exposed on the front surface along the outer peripheral edge of the input port member 4. The input port member 4 has a circular outer periphery, and a slit-shaped opening in the left and right direction in the center.
In addition, an input port 8 is formed that penetrates from the front surface to the back surface. The rear portion is inserted into the mounting hole until the flange portion 9 formed at the front end abuts and locks against the front surface of the transparent panel 6. Reference numeral 10 denotes a mounting member for fixing the input slot member 4, and its upper and lower ends are attached to the front panel 3.
By fixing to the back surface of the mounting member 10 with screws 12 and fixing the back surface of the input port member 4 with screws 13, the pressing piece 11 of the mounting member 10 is attached to the transparent panel 6.
The translucent panel 6 is held between the back surface of the front panel 3 and the flange 9 of the slot member 4 by coming into contact with the back surface of the front panel 3 . The pressing piece 11 is formed so that there is a large gap between the mounting member 10 and the transparent panel 6, so that light from a fluorescent lamp 14 serving as an illumination device can be sufficiently illuminated on the back surface of the transparent panel 6 through this space. I have to. Reference numeral 15 denotes a translucent coin chute fixed to the back side of the mounting member 10 by the screw 13 so as to correspond to the rear end of the input port 8 of the input port member 4.
4 can illuminate the rear end of the slot 8 through the coin chute 15, and
Coins from the input port 8 are fed into a coin sorting machine 16 arranged below. Fluorescent light 14
are arranged at the rear of the coin chute, and are adapted to irradiate the interiors of product display rooms 17 and 18 formed in the upper and lower parts, respectively, as well as to irradiate product samples arranged in the product display rooms 17 and 18.

(g) Effects of the invention Since the invention is constructed as described above, the light-transmitting panel made of synthetic resin plate is only exposed in a band shape between the outer periphery of the input slot member and the opening of the front panel. Damage due to mischief is less likely to occur. Furthermore, since the light from the lighting device can be irradiated from the back side onto the band-shaped portion exposed at the front, it is possible to provide sufficient brightness even with an inexpensive low-intensity lighting device.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a side sectional view of a coin slot illumination device showing an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a front view of the slot member, Fig. 3 is a rear view of the slot member, and Fig. 4. 5 is a plan sectional view of the slot member portion, and FIG. 5 is a front perspective view of the vending machine. 3... Front panel, 4... Inlet member, 5...
Opening, 6... Translucent panel, 7... Mounting hole, 8...
Inlet port, 10... Mounting member, 14... Fluorescent light,
15...Coin shoot, 16...Coin sorting machine.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A coin slot member is provided on the front surface of the main body, a translucent member that transmits light is provided around the slot member, and the area around the slot member is illuminated by a lighting device provided within the main body. In the vending machine, a metal front panel that does not transmit light and is provided on the front surface of the main body and has an opening slightly larger than the outer periphery of the slot member, and the slot member is inserted into the mounting hole from the front. A light-transmitting panel made of a light-transmitting synthetic resin that is inserted and locked with a flange, and a pressing piece that comes into contact with the back side of the transparent panel to form a space between the pressing piece. and a mounting member that fixes the rear part of the input port member with a screw so as to sandwich a transparent panel between the flange of the input port member and the flange of the input port member;
and a coin chute attached to the mounting member corresponding to the rear part of the input port member so as to guide coins inserted from the input port of the input port member to the coin sorting machine, and located corresponding to the opening in the front panel. By attaching the mounting member with the input slot member attached to the back of the front panel, a band-shaped translucent panel is exposed to the front between the outer periphery of the input slot member and the opening.
A coin slot lighting device for a vending machine, wherein light from the lighting device is irradiated onto a transparent panel through the space.