JP3157240B2 - vending machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sign device for a vending machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2-263290 discloses an improved structure of a vending machine door. According to the publication, a fluorescent lamp for illuminating the signboard section is provided behind the upper signboard section on which an advertisement or the like has been given, and the area below the signboard section is used as an exhibition room for product samples. A storage room for a fluorescent lamp for sample illumination is provided through a mounted translucent partition plate so that the product sample can be seen from the frontmost transparent plate.

As described above, the illumination of the advertising signboard section and the illumination of the product sample exhibition room are performed by separate fluorescent lamps. Here, FIGS. 12 and 13 show a conventional structure for mounting an advertising signboard, illumination of the advertising signboard, and illumination of a product sample exhibition room.

In FIG. 1, a front door pivotally supported by an opening at the front of a vending machine main body has an inner door 1 on the back side thereof.
, Which can be opened and closed, and a display product 2 is mounted on the front side of the inner door 1. The displayed product 2 is placed on a product display section 3, and the product display section 3 is formed of a translucent material, for example, acrylic resin, and has a fluorescent lamp 4 disposed therein. 5 indicates the socket. Reference numeral 6 denotes a nameplate indicating a product name, a price, and the like, and is attached to the front end face of the product display unit 3 in correspondence with each display product 2. Reference numeral 7 is a translucent or transparent signboard which is attached to the inner door 1 so as to be exchangeably mountable, and displays a name, a graphic, an advertisement and the like of a product for sale. Behind the signboard 7 is provided a fluorescent lamp 8 as an illumination lamp.

[0005] Here, the reason why the signboard 7 is arranged inside the front door so that it can be exchangeably mounted will be described. In the method of directly drawing the name of the product for sale, the name of the manufacturer, the advertising text, etc. on the appropriate surface of the front door of the vending machine and advertising it, when the product to be sold is replaced, this fixed signboard surface The sale product and the ad text do not match, which is irrational. In addition, there is a problem that the front face portion of the front door is entirely replaced when the signboard surface is more appealing. Further, since the fluorescent lamps 8 are provided behind the signboards 7 in order to make the signboards 7 more appealing, replacement of the fluorescent lamps 8 is troublesome.

Therefore, in order to make it easy to change the product, make another advertisement design, or replace the fluorescent lamp 8, it is convenient to employ a replaceable signboard 7.
Also, the signboard 7 can be removed in the front-rear direction if the opening angle between the front door and the inner door 1 can be large, but the vending machine is installed alone. It is common that multiple units are arranged side by side in the horizontal direction, so the front door can not be opened too much,
In order to remove the sign 7 back and forth, the front door is often in the way.

[0007] Therefore, the sign 7 is lowered and removed. When the fluorescent lamp 8 is detached in the vertical direction in this manner, the fluorescent lamp 8 is positioned rearward so that the fluorescent lamp 8 does not hinder the vertical movement of the sign 7 at the time of removal.

Therefore, conventionally, as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, the box 9 for mounting and storing the fluorescent lamp 8 is
, And the signboard 7 is mounted so as to cover the front opening. Specifically, rails for inserting edges protruding left and right of the sign 7 are provided at appropriate places of the inner door 1, and after being inserted there, the upper end of the sign 7 is attached with a mounting screw also serving as a cosmetic screw. At 10, it is attached and fixed.
Reference numeral 11 denotes a socket for the fluorescent lamp 8.

[0009]

Therefore, when replacing the signboard 7 or replacing the cut fluorescent lamp 8, the mounting screws 10 must be removed one by one, which is a troublesome operation. That is, after removing the screw 10, FIG.
It is moved downward from the state of attachment of the two-dot chain line shown by 3 as shown by the solid line and removed. In addition, the fluorescent lamp 4 for illumination of the exhibition product 2, the fluorescent lamp 8 for illuminating the sign 7, and the fluorescent lamp for exclusive use are required, and the number of parts increases and the wiring for illumination is reduced. There was a complicated problem.

An object of the present invention is to provide a signboard device for a vending machine which has been made in view of the above-mentioned points, and which makes it easy to replace a signboard.

[0011]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has an inner door openably and closably provided on the back side of a front door attached to a main body, and a translucent signboard illuminated by an illumination lamp on the inner door. In a vending machine in which the inner door is exchangeably mounted, the signboard closing the cutout opening provided in the inner door with a convex portion protruding forward from the inner door and an edge mounted on the inner door, A guide member that allows the edge of the signboard to be detachably inserted between the inner door and the inner door, and a guide member rotatably provided back and forth with an upper rear portion as a fulcrum, and a lower portion that engages with the edge to engage with the edge. A signboard holding plate having a locking portion for holding a signboard, and an illumination lamp provided at a front surface of the signboard holding plate corresponding to a recess on the back surface side of the convex portion, When the signboard is held, the signboard holding plate is rotated forward and the illumination lamp is turned into the recess. To protrude, said billboards holding plate and releasing from the holding of the signboard locking portion retracts the lamp pivots rearwardly from the recess, on for desorption Signs
It is characterized in that it can be moved downward .

[0012]

A translucent signboard is attached to a notch opening of an inner door or the like, and its edge is inserted between the inner door and its guide member. When the signboard holding plate is rotated to the front, the locking portion at the lower end engages the lower end of the signboard to hold the signboard, and at the same time, the illumination light mounted on the signboard holding plate projects into the recess of the signboard. I do.

When the signboard is replaced, when the signboard holding plate is disengaged from the locking portion, the signboard holding plate is rotated to open rearward, and accordingly, the illuminating lamp is retreated to the outside of the signboard. I do.
In this way, the lighting that was located in the recess of the signboard until now,
It does not become a hindrance to lowering the signboard and removing it, making it easy to replace the signboard.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The same or equivalent components as those in the related art are indicated by the same numbers. The vending machine 15 has a front door 17 pivotally supported by hinges 16 and 16 on one side of a main body 15A thereof and can be opened and closed. The front door 17 is further mounted on the rear side thereof so as to be openable and closable. Inside door 1 is provided. Further, a front opening of the main body 15 </ b> A storing the product is closed by a door 23 in the refrigerator. The front part of the front door 17 is a translucent panel 1
8 and a plurality of product selection buttons 19 are provided in parallel on the panel surface.

In the lower area of the front door 17, a product take-out port 20 and a change return port 21 are provided. As described above, the inner door 1 is provided with a product display section 3 on which a display product 2 formed on the front surface with translucency is placed. Of these product display sections 3, except for the lowest product display section 3A,
The upper three product display units 3 are equipped with fluorescent lamps 4 for illuminating the display products 2 inside similarly to the conventional product display unit 3.

However, the fluorescent lamp 4 is not provided in the lowest commodity display section 3A. The signboard 7 disposed close to and above the product display section 3A has a convex portion protruding forward, and a concave portion in which a fluorescent lamp 8 serving as an illumination lamp can be formed is formed on the back side. The lower end of the door 1 is attached so as to open a lower end and close a cutout opening 22 formed by cutting.

Here, as can be understood from FIG. 5 and the like, the notch opening 22 is provided on the back of the inner door 1 with an interval allowing the edge 7c of the signboard 7 to be inserted between the inner door 1 and the inner door 1. A back panel 24, which is a guide member correspondingly installed behind, is attached and fixed. The back panel 24 forms a gap between the inner door 1 and the inner panel 1 so that the sign 7 can be inserted and mounted from below. Therefore, the rear panel 24 has a rectangular window 2 so that the portion of the fluorescent lamp 8 can be projected forward and positioned in the signboard 7.
5 are formed.

The fluorescent lamp 8 is attached, and the upper end is pivotally supported by a hinge member 27, and is provided so as to pivot open and close with respect to the back panel 24 using the hinge as a fulcrum. It is a signboard holding plate that supports more.
The hinge member 27 is attached and fixed to the upper rear surface of the notch opening 22 of the back panel 24. And this hinge member 2
The hinge part 7 and the hinge part 29 of the signboard holding plate 26 are rotatably connected by a shaft 28 and are connected. The signboard holding plate 26 has, at its lower end, locking portions 30, 30 that are formed by folding back at two places.

When the signboard 7 is attached to the cutout opening 22 of the inner door 1, the locking portions 30, 30 serve to lock the lower end of the signboard 7 and support the signboard 7. That is, when the signboard 7 is attached, the right and left edges 7c and the upper edge 7c of the peripheral edges 7c, excluding the lower edge 7c, among the peripheral edges 7c.
6 is slidably inserted from below into the space between the inner door 1 and the back panel 24 as shown by hatched portions in FIG. And the edge 7 at the lower end of the signboard 7
The locking portions 30, 30 of the signboard holding plate 26 are locked and supported by c. In this case, the weight of the signboard 7 is added to the signboard holding plate 26 as shown in FIG. 8, and the total weight of the signboard holding plate 26 and the weight of the fluorescent lamp 8 is inverted around the shaft 28. A moment force F that acts to rotate clockwise acts.

In other words, the signboard holding plate 26 is held in the vertical state as shown in FIG. 5 by locking the locking portions 30, 30 at its lower end to the lower edge 7c of the signboard 7. However, when the locking portions 30, 30 are removed from the edge portion 7c, they rotate counterclockwise by their own weight and naturally.

In this mounting state, the fluorescent lamp 8 passes through the window 25 of the back panel 24 and the cutout opening 22 of the inner door 1.
It protrudes into the signboard 7. This position illuminates the signboard 7 and achieves an advertising effect, and at the same time, a part of the light of the fluorescent lamp 8 penetrates upward through the signboard 7 and the product display section 3 immediately above the signboard 7.
The fluorescent lamp 8 is positioned so that the displayed product 2 of the product display section 3A can be illuminated from the inside through the through hole 31 formed in the bottom wall of A and further through the through hole 32 formed in the top wall thereof. Therefore, the signboard 7 and the product sample 2 can be illuminated by one fluorescent lamp 8. Thereby, the translucent product sample 2 is brightly illuminated from the inside.

Next, the operation of removing the sign 7 will be described. As shown in FIG. 8, the signboard 7 is slightly lifted up, and the signboard 7 is released from the locking portions 30, 30 of the signboard holding plate 26 from the mounting state indicated by the two-dot chain line to the state indicated by the solid line. Then, the signboard holding plate 26 and the fluorescent lamp 8 are rotated by the moment force F by their own weight so as to open rearward in the counterclockwise direction as shown in FIG. At this time, the fluorescent lamp 8 rotates and retreats from the position where it enters the signboard 7 shown by the two-dot chain line to the position where it comes out of the signboard 7 as shown by the solid line.

As described above, if the signboard 7 is slightly lifted, the signboard holding plate 26 supporting the signboard 7 is retracted to the rear with the fluorescent lamp 8 from the supporting position, and thereafter the signboard 7 is directly attached to the inner door 1. If it is lowered along, the signboard 7 can be easily removed to the solid line state in FIG.

As described above, since the signboard 7 does not use the fixing method using screws as in the prior art, the signboard 7 can be easily removed. When the fluorescent lamp 8 is to be replaced, the signboard holding plate 26 is rotated back and forward, the fluorescent lamp 8 is made to protrude from the window 25, and the fluorescent lamp 8 is pulled out forward while maintaining that state, and a new lamp is removed. The fluorescent lamp 8 may be replaced and mounted.

When the signboard 7 is mounted, the edge 7c on the upper side of the signboard 7 is inserted between the inner door 1 and the back panel 24.
At this time, the left and right edges 7c of the sign 7 also enter between the inner door 1 and the back panel 24. And sign 7 in the inserted state
If the signboard holding plate 26 is rotated forward to be in a vertical state, and the signboard 7 is slightly lowered, the lower edge 7c of the signboard 7 engages with the locking portions 30, 30 of the signboard holding plate 26. It is held and fixed.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention, a signboard can be held by a signboard holding plate that opens and closes behind a signboard so as not to fall without using screws, screws, and the like as in the prior art.

Further, when the signboard is to be replaced, the lamp can be moved so as to escape outside the signboard by rotating the signboard holding plate backward, and the lamp is removed when the signboard is removed. Easy sign exchange without disturbing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a vending machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the vending machine.

FIG. 3 is an external perspective view of a vending machine showing a situation where a front door is opened and an inner door is further opened.

FIG. 4 is a main part front view showing the arrangement of a sign attached to the inner door and a lowest-order product display section immediately above the sign;

FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional side view of a main part having the same effect as in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is an external perspective view of a signboard in a mounted state.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged sectional view of a main part showing details of a lower mounting portion of the signboard.

FIG. 8 is a vertical sectional side view of a main part illustrating an initial operation of slightly lifting the signboard to remove the signboard.

FIG. 9 is a vertical sectional side view of a main part, showing a state in which the signboard is lifted up, disengaged from the signboard, and the signboard holding plate is rotated rearward by its own weight.

FIG. 10 is a front view of an essential part for explaining a signboard removing process.

FIG. 11 is a vertical sectional side view of a main part for explaining the process of removing the signboard.

FIG. 12 is a vertical sectional side view of a main part of a conventional structure for explaining an arrangement configuration of a product display section and a signboard of a display product.

FIG. 13 is a longitudinal sectional side view of a main part of a conventional structure for explaining a method of removing a signboard.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Inner door 3 Product display part 7 Signboard 8 Fluorescent lamp 17 Front door 22 Notch opening 24 Back panel 25 Window 26 Signboard holding plate 30 Locking part

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An automatic vending machine having an inner door openably and closably provided on the back side of a front door attached to a main body, wherein a translucent signboard illuminated by an illumination lamp is exchangeably mounted on the inner door. The signboard having a projection projecting forward from the inner door and an edge mounted on the inner door, the signboard closing a cutout opening provided in the inner door, and the edge of the signboard being the inner door. a guide member and detachably mounted by inserting the vertical direction between the upper
A signboard holding plate that is provided rotatably back and forth with a rear portion as a fulcrum and has a locking portion that engages with the edge and holds the signboard in a lower portion; An illumination light provided corresponding to the recess on the back side of the display device, and when the sign is held by the locking portion, the sign holding plate is rotated forward and the illumination lamp is positioned inside the recess. When the locking portion is released from holding the signboard, the signboard holding plate rotates rearward, the illumination lamp retreats from the recess, and the signboard can be moved up and down for attachment and detachment. <br/> Vending machine characterized by the features.