JP2014026586A - Appeal display device of automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine capable of appropriately selecting the proportion of appeal display members in the area of the open window covered with a transparent plate and the layout of the appeal display members.
SOLUTION: A main body cabinet 1 for storing commodities for sale and an outer door 2 for opening and closing the front surface of the main body cabinet 1 are provided via a transparent plate 5 covering an opening window 4 formed on the front surface of the outer door 2. A vending machine capable of visually recognizing a product sample 7 displayed in the display chamber 6 of the outer door 2, with a frame-shaped mounting frame 10 disposed along the opening window 4 of the outer door 2, By attaching the appeal display member 20 for masking an arbitrary area of the opening window 4 to the mounting frame 10, the area of the opening window 4, that is, the display chamber 6 for displaying the product sample 7 formed on the outer door 2 is displayed. The area can be used for appeal by the appeal display member 20, and it is possible to appropriately select an arbitrary position / arbitrary area of the opening window 4 and display the appeal.
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Description

  This invention is provided with an opening window formed on the outer door that opens and closes the front surface of the main body cabinet, and through a transparent plate that covers the opening window, it is possible to visually recognize a product sample or a sale product stored in the product storage shelf of the main body cabinet A vending machine that displays information related to the product for sale that is visible through a transparent plate that covers the opening window without requiring a new installation place. The present invention relates to a vending machine appeal display device that can be installed in the vicinity.

  This type of vending machine, for example, a vending machine that sells tobacco as a product for sale, has multiple product storage columns in the left-right direction that store and store products (tobacco) in a product storage with an open front. The main cabinet is installed in multiple stages in the direction and an outer door that closes the front opening of the main cabinet so that it can be opened and closed, and the middle cabinet is supported by the outer door so that it can be opened and closed. A door is provided, and a plurality of product storage columns are mounted on the back surface (inside of the cabinet) of the middle door. A rectangular opening window is formed on the front surface of the outer door so as to be shifted to the left when viewed from the front, and a large opening is formed between the transparent plate disposed to cover the opening window and the front surface of the middle door. It is formed as a chamber. In this display room, the product area of the sale product is placed in the upper area except the installation place where the appeal display member such as the poster displaying the information related to the sale product is installed in the lower area, and the installation place of the appeal display member. It is laid out as an exhibition place to be exhibited. A display stand that displays a plurality of product samples corresponding to sales products stored in a plurality of product storage columns in a line in the left-right direction on the front surface of the middle door corresponding to an exhibition place for displaying product samples in the display room, and Illumination light sources for illuminating the product sample displayed on the display stand are mounted in a plurality of stages in the vertical direction, and a product selection button unit is provided at a portion of the transparent plate facing the display stand. This product selection button unit has product selection buttons arranged in a line in the left-right direction corresponding to each product sample placed on the display stand. In addition, an operation section necessary for purchasing commodities such as a coin insertion slot, a bill insertion slot, a return lever, and a display is arranged in the upper area on the right end side in front view of the front surface of the outer door. A handle lock for opening and closing, a coin return port are arranged, a product outlet is arranged in the lower area, and a coin discriminating device, a bill discriminating device, etc. are arranged on the back of the outer door on the right end side when viewed from the front. Yes.

  An appeal display member is attached to the front surface of the middle door corresponding to the lower area where the appeal display member is installed in the display room, and is configured to be visible through a transparent plate of the display room (for example, Patent Document 1). ).

JP-A-10-261159

  The above-described conventional vending machine is superior in that, when advertising / promoting sales products such as new releases, the sales products can be advertised / advertised by replacing the appeal display member. By the way, when advertising / promoting sales products such as newly released products, the appeal effect is demonstrated by placing an appeal display member in the vicinity of the newly released product. Since the installation location is set in the lower area of the display room, when displaying product samples corresponding to sales products such as newly released products in the vicinity of the appeal display member, multiple stages were installed vertically in the display room. The lowest display stand of the display stand, that is, the product corresponding to the sales products such as the new release on the bottom display stand that is the most difficult to see the product sample displayed among the display stands installed in multiple vertical directions Because the sample must be displayed, the appeal effect may be diminished. Furthermore, since the location of the appeal display member and the size of the appeal display member are limited, there is a problem that the variety of the appeal display is poor.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above points, and its object is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and appropriately determine the ratio of the appeal display member in the area of the opening window covered with the transparent plate and the layout of the appeal display member. An object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine appeal display device that can be selected.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention according to claim 1 is a transparent plate that includes a main body cabinet that stores products for sale and an outer door that opens and closes the front surface of the main body cabinet, and covers an opening window formed in the outer door. In the vending machine capable of visually confirming the product sample displayed in the display room of the outer door or the product stored in the product storage of the main body cabinet through the front door and along the opening window It is characterized by comprising a frame-like mounting frame arranged and a appeal display member that is detachably mounted at an arbitrary position of the mounting frame in a manner of masking the opening window.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the appeal display device of the vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the appeal display member attached to the mounting frame masks a part of the opening window in the vertical direction of the opening window. It is shorter than this length, and is slidably movable in the vertical direction.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the appeal display device of the vending machine according to the first aspect, the appeal display member mounted on the mounting frame is a single member having a size that masks the entire area of the opening window. An opening that exposes at least one product sample from among a plurality of products displayed in the vertical direction or at least one product storage shelf out of product storage shelves arranged in the vertical direction. It is characterized by comprising.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the appeal display device of the vending machine according to the first aspect of the present invention, the apparatus includes an illumination light source for illuminating a commodity sample or a commodity sold in the commodity storage of the main body cabinet. The appeal display member mounted on the frame is formed of a light transmissive material, and the illumination light source masked by the appeal display member is also used as the illumination light source of the appeal display member.

  According to the invention according to claim 1 of the present invention, a transparent plate that covers the open window formed in the outer door is provided with a main body cabinet that stores products for sale and an outer door that opens and closes the front surface of the main body cabinet. In a vending machine capable of visually confirming a product sample displayed in the display room of the outer door or a product stored in the product storage of the main body cabinet, it is arranged along the opening window in front of the outer door. By providing a frame-like mounting frame provided and an appeal display member that is detachably mounted at an arbitrary position of the mounting frame in a manner of masking the opening window, an area of the opening window, that is, an outer door The display room area that displays the product sample formed on the display area, or the visual recognition area that visually recognizes the sales products stored in the product storage shelf of the main cabinet is used for the appeal display by the appeal display member. It can be installed appeal display member without requiring a new location on the front of the outer door since it. It is also possible to attach the appeal display member to an arbitrary position of the opening window. Since a sales product or product sample to be advertised / advertised can be laid out and an appeal display member in which information related to the sales product is displayed can be laid out in the vicinity thereof, the maximum appeal effect can be exhibited.

  Further, according to the invention according to claim 2 of the present invention, in the appeal display device of the vending machine according to claim 1, the appeal display member attached to the mounting frame is in a mode in which a part of the opening window is masked. Since the length of the opening window is shorter than the vertical length of the window and is slidable in the vertical direction, the appeal display member can be laid out at any position on the window, so it can be attached to the window. Since the size of the appeal display member to be applied can be arbitrarily selected and the layout is also free, a variety of appeal display devices can be obtained.

  According to the invention related to claim 3 of the present invention, in the appeal display device of the vending machine according to claim 1, the appeal display member attached to the mounting frame has a size corresponding to the entire area of the opening window. A product made up of at least one product out of at least one product sample shelf or a plurality of product storage shelves arranged in a plurality of vertical directions. By providing the opening to be exposed, the sales product to be advertised / advertised can be exposed from the opening of the appeal display member, while the entire area of the appeal display member excluding the opening can be used for advertisement / promotion. It is possible to display the appeal using the area of the opening window to the maximum.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, in the appeal display device of the vending machine according to the first aspect, an illumination light source for illuminating a commodity sample or a commodity sold in the commodity storage of the main body cabinet. And by using the illumination light source masked by the appeal display member as the illumination light source of the relevant appeal display member after forming the appeal display member to be attached to the mounting frame from a light transmissive material. The illumination light source that illuminates the sales products stored in the product storage of the main body cabinet can also be used for illumination of the appeal display member.

It is a front view of the vending machine provided with the appeal display apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. FIG. 1 shows an AA cross section of FIG. 1, (a) is an explanatory diagram of a normal state (a state where an illumination light source illuminates a product sample), and (b) is a state where an appeal display member is mounted (the illumination light source is an appeal display member). It is explanatory drawing of the state to illuminate. It is BB sectional drawing of FIG. It is CC sectional drawing of FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a main part of FIG. 1, (a) is a perspective view of a main part in a state in which a mounting frame is disposed along an opening window of an outer door, and (b) is an appeal display member that masks a part of the opening window. (C) is a perspective view of a state where the appeal display member of (b) is attached to the attachment frame, and (d) is a size of the appeal display member of (b). It is a perspective view in the state where a different appeal display member was installed. In addition to the front view showing the state in which the appeal display member made up of a single member having a size corresponding to the entire opening window of the outer door is attached to the vending machine in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which displayed the external appearance of the appeal display member. It is a vending machine provided with the appeal display apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention, (a) is the front view of the vending machine, (b) is the opening window of the outer door in the vending machine of (a) The front view which mounted | wore with the appeal display member to the attachment frame arrange | positioned by (c) is a front view of the vending machine which mounted | wore with the appeal display member different from (b).

  Hereinafter, an appeal display device for a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Here, the first embodiment shows an example of a vending machine displaying a cigarette product sample as a sale product, and the second embodiment shows a can container, a plastic bottle container, etc. with a soft drink as a sale product. Although an example of a vending machine displaying a sample product is shown, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment.

(Embodiment 1)
As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 5, this vending machine is composed of a housing with an open front, and a plurality of product columns in which a sale product is stacked and stored in a product storage inside the housing in a horizontal direction. , A main body cabinet 1 installed in multiple stages in the vertical direction, and an outer door 2 that closes the front opening of the main body cabinet 1 so as to be openable and closable. A middle door 3 attached to the outer door 2 so as to be openable and closable is disposed.

  A rectangular opening window 4 is formed on the front surface of the outer door 2 so as to open to the left when viewed from the front. The opening window 4 is covered with a transparent plate 5 made of acrylic resin or the like. A space between the transparent plate 5 and the front surface of the inner door 3 is formed as a display chamber 6 as shown in FIG. On the front surface of the inner door 3, a display stand 8 on which a plurality of three-dimensional product samples 7 corresponding to sales products stored in the product storage of the main body cabinet 1 are arranged in a line on the left and right is displayed in a plurality of levels in the vertical direction ( In this example, 6 stages are mounted side by side. The transparent plate 5 is provided with a product selection button unit 9 at a position corresponding to each display stand 8, and this product selection button unit 9 is arranged on the left and right corresponding to each product sample 7 displayed on the display stand 8. A product selection button 9a provided in a line is provided. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a light emitting diode unit 30 as an illumination light source is attached to the front surface of the middle door 3 behind the product selection button unit 9 in the vicinity of the upper part of the product sample 7 displayed on the display stand 8. It has been.

  The light emitting diode unit 30 includes a plurality of light emitting diodes (also referred to as LEDs) in a space formed by combining an upper case 31 and a lower case 32 made of a transparent synthetic resin formed in a thin box shape having a horizontally long band shape. A printed wiring board 34 on which 33 is mounted is laid. The printed wiring board 34 is laid on the bottom surface of the lower case 32 in such a manner that the light emitted from the LEDs 33 faces the bottom surface of the upper case 31. The bottom surface of the upper case 31 is formed as a thin light-transmitting portion with respect to the peripheral wall (front, rear, left and right side walls), and the inner wall surface is formed in a pear-like shape so as to diffuse light passing through the light-transmitting portion. Has been.

  The light emitting diode unit 30 is assembled to a pair of left and right brackets 36 fixed to the inner door 3 via mounting brackets 35 so that the irradiation direction can be variably set. The mounting bracket 35 is made of a strip-shaped thin sheet metal formed in a manner straddling the pair of left and right brackets 36, and a pair of fixing pieces 351 and 352 are provided at both left and right ends thereof. The fixing pieces 351 and 352 are formed by being bent at right angles from the flat plate surface of the mounting bracket 35, and the fixing piece 351 is formed with an insertion hole, while the fixing piece 352 is tapped with a screw hole. The bracket 36 has a fulcrum hole 360 (a portion facing the insertion hole of the fixing piece 351 in FIG. 2A) and a first restriction hole 361 (FIG. 2B). The second restriction hole 362 is drilled. A synthetic resin support shaft (not shown) is fitted into the fulcrum hole 360 from the outside of the bracket 36 with the insertion hole of the fixed piece 351 facing the fulcrum hole 360. The first restriction hole 361 and the second restriction hole 362 are formed such that screws (not shown) that are screwed into screw holes tapped on the fixing piece 352 can be inserted.

  With this configuration, the screw hole tapped on the fixed piece 352 by rotating the light emitting diode unit 30 with the fulcrum hole 360 of the bracket 36 (the position facing the insertion hole of the fixed piece 351) as a fulcrum is formed into the first restriction hole 361. Alternatively, the irradiation direction of the light emitting diode unit 30 is variably set by selectively selecting to face the second restriction hole 362 and screwing the screw into the screw hole of the fixing piece 352 from the outside of the bracket 36. be able to.

  In addition, on the front right end side of the front surface of the outer door 2, a coin insertion slot 21, a bill insertion slot 22, a return lever 23 for instructing the return of coins or bills, the return of change, the amount of money inserted, sold out, etc. are displayed. A display 24, an electronic money antenna unit 25 for reading information from an IC card or a mobile phone, a liquid crystal display 26 for displaying advertisement / promotion video, a handle lock 27, and the like are provided. A return port 28 and a product outlet 29 are provided. Although not shown on the rear surface of the outer door 2, a coin identification device for identifying the authenticity / denomination of the coins inserted from the coin insertion slot 21, and the authenticity of the banknotes inserted from the banknote insertion slot 22. A bill identifying device for identifying a denomination, an electronic settlement terminal device configured as a unit with the antenna unit 25, and the like are provided.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, a frame-shaped mounting frame 10 is attached to the front surface of the outer door 2 along a rectangular opening window 4 that is greatly opened by being shifted to the left side of the outer door 2 when viewed from the front. It is arranged. The mounting frame 10 includes an upper frame member 11, a lower frame member 12, a left frame member 13 and a right frame member 14, and each of the upper frame member 11, the lower frame member 12, the left frame member 13 and the right frame member 14. The end faces are arranged to face each other. The upper frame member 11, the lower frame member 12, the left frame member 13, and the right frame member 14 are aluminum extrusion-molded products, each having a function as a decorative frame imitating the periphery of the opening window 4. As shown in FIG. 3, the left frame member 13 and the right frame member 14 are formed with extrusion grooves 131 and 141 that are opened in opposite directions, and the rear surfaces of the left frame member 13 and the right frame member 14 are opened from the front surface of the outer door 2 to the opening window 4. It is comprised in the aspect along a window edge. Although illustration is omitted, the back surfaces of the upper frame member 11 and the lower frame member 12 are also in a mode along the window edge of the opening window 4 from the front surface of the outer door 2, similarly to the left frame member 13 and the right frame member 14. It is configured. In addition, on the back surfaces of the upper frame member 11, the lower frame member 12, the left frame member 13, and the right frame member 14 (surfaces facing the front surface of the outer door 2), a pilot hole is formed by tapping after aluminum extrusion. Then, a screw hole (not shown) is formed by screwing. As shown in FIG. 4, left and right end portions of an appeal display member 20 to be described later are inserted into the slide grooves 131 and 141, and the appeal display member 20 is formed on the transparent plate 5 that covers the opening window 4 of the outer door 2. The slide grooves 131 and 141 are formed in front of the front surface of the outer door 2 so as not to interfere with the product selection button 9a of the product selection button unit 9 provided.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, locking holes 132 and 142 are formed in front of the left frame member 13 and the right frame member 14 near the lower ends of the product selection button units 9 arranged at predetermined intervals. Are respectively machined, and the locking holes 132, 142 reach the slide grooves 131, 141 (see FIG. 3) of the left frame member 13 and the right frame member 14, respectively. Nylon rivets 15 (see FIG. 5) are fitted into the locking holes 132 and 142, and the nylon rivets 15 fitted into the locking holes 132 and 142 enter the slide grooves 131 and 141 so as to border the nylon rivet 15. The slide grooves 131 and 141 are vertically divided.

  The frame-shaped mounting frame 10 is assembled to the outer door 2 by any one of the upper frame member 11, the lower frame member 12, the left frame member 13, and the right frame member 14, for example, the upper frame member 11. 2 is arranged so as to be along the upper window edge of the opening window 4 from the front surface of 2 and is tapped from the back surface of the outer door 2 to the back surface of the upper frame member 11 through a screw insertion hole formed in the plate surface of the outer door 2. Screw the screw into the screw hole and assemble it. Next, after placing the left frame member 13 along the left window edge of the opening window 4 while abutting the upper end surface of the left frame member 13 against the end surface of the installed upper frame member 11, for example, the left end surface, A screw is screwed into a screw hole tapped on the back surface of the left frame member 13 through a screw insertion hole formed in the plate surface of the outer door 2 from the back surface of the outer door 2 and assembled. Similarly, the frame-shaped mounting frame 10 is assembled to the front surface of the outer door 2 by sequentially installing the lower frame member 12 and the right frame member 14 on the corresponding window edges of the opening window 4.

  An appeal display member 20 is attached to the frame-shaped mounting frame 10. The appeal display member 20 is formed in a rectangular shape with a transparent acrylic resin or the like, and the front side of the acrylic resin is printed with pictures, characters, and background colors related to products sold by silk printing or the like. , Characters and background colors are highlighted and displayed. The appeal display member 20 is formed thinner than the groove widths of the slide grooves 131 and 141 formed in the left frame member 13 and the right frame member 14 in the frame-shaped mounting frame 10 and the slide groove 131 of the left frame member 13. And the right frame member 14 have a width across the slide groove 141.

  The attachment of the appeal display member 20 to the attachment frame 10 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 5A, when the appeal display member 20 is attached to the mounting frame 10 in a state of being arranged along the opening window 4 of the outer door 2, as shown in FIG. First, the upper frame member 11 is removed. To remove the upper frame member 11, the outer door 2 is opened and a screw threaded into a screw hole tapped on the back surface of the upper frame member 11 is loosened and removed. When the upper frame member 11 is removed, the slide grooves 131 and 141 formed in the left frame member 13 and the right frame member 14 are exposed. Therefore, the left and right ends of the appeal display member 20 are inserted into the slide grooves 131 and 141. . In this case, for example, as shown in (c) of FIG. 5, the second and third product samples 7 from the top of the product selection button unit 9 and the corresponding product selection button unit 9 are connected to the appeal display member 20. In the case of masking, the nylon rivet 15 is fitted into the locking holes 132 and 142 formed in the vicinity of the third-stage product selection button unit 9 prior to mounting the appeal display member 20. Then, the appeal display member 20 which is inserted into the slide grooves 131 and 141 of the left frame member 13 and the right frame member 14 and slides (lowers) is brought into contact with and locked to the nylon rivet 15 which has advanced into the slide grooves 131 and 141. The Next, the nylon rivet 15 is fitted into the locking holes 132 and 142 formed in the vicinity of the uppermost product selection button unit 9. As a result, the appeal display member 20 is held in a state where the second and third product samples 7 and the corresponding product selection button unit 9 are masked from the top of the plurality of product samples 7. Then, by attaching the upper frame member 11 to the respective end faces of the left frame member 13 and the right frame member 14 and attaching them to their original positions, the attachment of the appeal display member 20 is completed.

  FIG. 5D shows an example in which the appeal display member 20 is mounted in a manner in which the upper region of the opening window 4 is masked. In this case, the product selection button unit 9 is removed after the upper frame member 11 is removed. Nylon rivets 15 are fitted into locking holes 132 and 142 formed in the vicinity of the uppermost product selection button unit 9, and then an appeal display member is placed in the exposed slide grooves 131 and 141 of the left frame member 13 and the right frame member 14. After inserting the left and right end portions 20, the upper frame member 11 is abutted against the respective end surfaces of the left frame member 13 and the right frame member 14 and attached to the original position. 1 shows a state in which the appeal display member 20 is attached to the lower region of the opening window 4. In this case, the left frame member 13 and the slide groove 131 of the right frame member 14 exposed by removing the upper frame member 11, After inserting the right and left ends of the appeal display member 20 into 141, the appeal display member 20 is slid and moved (lowered) to the lower area.

  Here, a light emitting diode unit as an illumination light source for illuminating the inside of the display chamber 6 so as to illuminate the appeal display member 20 mounted on the mounting frame 10 from behind in a manner of masking the opening window 4 formed in the outer door 2. The irradiation direction of 30 (see FIG. 2) is adjusted as follows. For example, as shown in FIG. 5C, when the product samples 7 and the product selection button unit 9 in the second and third stages from the top are masked by the appeal display member 20, the top stage and the second stage from the top. The irradiation direction of the light emitting diode unit 30 (see FIG. 2) located behind the product selection button unit 9 is adjusted. In this case, as described above, the light emitting diode unit 30 shown in FIG. 2 is assembled to the pair of left and right brackets 36 fixed to the inner door 31 via the mounting bracket 35 so that the irradiation direction can be variably set. . In other words, the light emitting diode unit 30 is attached to the bracket 36 via the mounting bracket 35 so as to be rotatable around a fulcrum hole 360 (a portion facing the insertion hole of the fixed piece 351 in FIG. 2A). As shown in FIG. 2 (a), with the screw hole tapped on the fixing piece 352 of the mounting bracket 35 facing the first restriction hole 361 of the bracket 36, the screw is applied from the outside of the bracket 36 to the fixing piece. The product sample 7 is set so that the light emitting diode unit 30 faces the inside of the display chamber 6 so that the product sample 7 is illuminated. Therefore, after removing the screw screwed into the screw hole of the fixing piece 352 of the mounting bracket 35, the mounting bracket 35 faces the fulcrum hole 360 of the bracket 36 (the insertion hole of the fixing piece 351 in FIG. 2A). The screw hole of the fixed piece 352 is opposed to the second restricting hole 362 of the bracket 36 and the screw is screwed into the screw hole of the fixed piece 352 from the outside of the bracket 36. Thus, the irradiation direction of the light emitting diode unit 30 is adjusted ((b) of FIG. 2). Thereby, the irradiation direction of the light emitting diode unit 30 is set so as to face the outside of the display chamber 6, and the appeal display member 20 is displayed by the illumination light from the back by the irradiation light from the light emitting diode unit 30. 2B shows a state in which the product sample 7 is displayed on the display stand 8. Since the product sample 7 is masked by the appeal display member 20, the irradiation direction of the light emitting diode unit 30 is adjusted. At this time, the product sample 7 can be removed from the display stand 8.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 5D, when the appeal display member 20 is mounted in a manner of masking the upper region of the opening window 4, a light emitting diode unit (not shown) provided on the top surface of the display chamber 6. Is adjusted so that the irradiation direction is directed to the outside of the display chamber 6. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the appeal display member 20 for masking the lower area of the rectangular opening window 4 is such that the irradiation direction of the light emitting diode unit 30 located behind the bottom product selection button unit 9 is It is adjusted to face outward.

  The appeal display member 20 is not limited to masking a part of the rectangular opening window 4 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, and corresponds to the entire area of the rectangular opening window as shown in FIG. 6. It can also consist of a single piece of size. That is, as shown in FIG. 6, the appeal display member 20 is composed of a single member having a size corresponding to the entire area of the opening window 4 formed in the outer door 2, and a product sample arranged in a plurality of stages in the vertical direction. 7 is provided with an opening 201 for exposing at least one of the product samples 7 of 7 and the one-stage product selection button unit 9 corresponding to the product sample 7. According to the appeal display member 20, the product sample 7 of the sales product to be advertised / advertised and the product selection button unit 9 are exposed from the opening portion 201 of the appeal display member 20, while the remaining appeal display members excluding the opening portion 201 are exposed. The entire area of 20 can be displayed as a picture, character, and background color related to a sale product to be advertised / advertised, and an appeal display can be performed using most of the area of the opening window 4. 6 is attached to the mounting frame 10 by removing the upper frame member 11 as shown in FIG. 5. It is also possible, but slide grooves (not shown) opened on the upper frame member 11 and the lower frame member 12 in the opposite direction similar to the slide grooves 131 and 141 formed on the left frame member 13 and the right frame member 14. In this way, the left frame member 13 can be removed and the appeal display member 20 can be attached to the mounting frame 10.

  As described above, according to the appeal display device of the vending machine according to the first embodiment, the vending machine includes a main body cabinet 1 that stores products for sale, and an outer door 2 that opens and closes the front surface of the main body cabinet 1. In the vending machine capable of visually confirming the product sample 7 displayed in the display chamber 6 of the outer door 2 through the transparent plate 5 covering the opening window 4 formed in the outer door 2, A frame-shaped mounting frame 10 disposed along the opening window 4 and a appeal display member 20 that is detachably mounted at an arbitrary position of the mounting frame 10 in a manner of masking the opening window 4. Thus, the area of the opening window 4, that is, the area of the display room 6 in which the product sample 7 formed on the outer door 2 is displayed can be used for the appeal by the appeal display member 20, and the appeal display member 20 is also optional. Install in position So, for example, you can lay out a product sample of a product you want to advertise and advertise in an easy-to-view location close to the money input section (coin input, bill insertion port, etc.) necessary for product purchase, and It is possible to lay out an appeal display member in which information related to the sale product is written in the vicinity. As in the example of the first embodiment, in a cigarette vending machine with age restrictions, a product to be advertised / advertised, for example, a newly released cigarette product sample 7 is laid out at the height of an adult's line of sight, and the line of sight It is also possible to lay out the appeal display member 20 in which information related to the newly released cigarette is written in the vicinity of the newly released cigarette laid out at the height of.

(Embodiment 2)
A vending machine appeal display apparatus according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 shows an example of a vending machine displaying sample products such as can containers and soft bottle containers containing soft drinks as sales products. In FIG. 7, the same or similar functions as those in FIG. The same reference numerals are given and description thereof is omitted. FIG. 7A shows a state in which no appeal display member is attached in order to explain the appearance of the vending machine.

  As shown in FIG. 7 (a), the vending machine includes a main body cabinet 1 formed of a casing having an open front surface, and an outer door 2 that closes the front opening of the main body cabinet 1 so as to be openable and closable. On the rear surface of the outer door 2, an inner door 3 that is locked to the outer door 2 and is attached to the outer door 2 so as to be freely opened and closed is disposed. In addition, the main body cabinet 1 is formed as a heat insulation housing | casing, and the front opening of the goods storage of heat insulation structure is covered with the inner door (not shown) of heat insulation structure. In addition, the product storage of the main body cabinet 1 is partitioned into a plurality of product storage chambers in the left-right direction by a heat insulating partition wall, and each product storage chamber stores products in a lying state and has a product carry-out device at the lower end. A storage rack is accommodated, and a product discharge shooter in a forward tilting posture in which a product delivered from the product discharge device slides or rolls is disposed at a lower portion of the product storage rack, and a lower portion of the product discharge shooter At the lower end of the product storage chamber, a cooling / heating unit for cooling or heating each product storage chamber and storing the product stored in the product rack in a cold / hot state is disposed.

  A rectangular opening window 4 having a large opening is formed in the upper area of the front surface of the outer door 2, and the opening window 4 is covered with a transparent plate 5, and is supported by the transparent plate 5 and the outer door 2 so as to be openable and closable. A space between the inner door 3 is formed as a display chamber 6. On the front surface of the inner door 3, a display stand 8 on which a plurality of product samples 7 corresponding to the products stored in the product storage of the main body cabinet 1 are arranged in a line on the left and right is arranged in three rows in the vertical direction. ing. The transparent plate 5 is provided with a product selection button unit 9 at a position facing each display base 8, and the product selection button unit 9 is arranged on the left and right corresponding to each product sample 7 placed on the display base 8. A product selection button 9a provided in a line is provided. The display stand 8 is provided with an illumination light source (light emitting diode unit or fluorescent lamp) for illuminating the product sample 7 inside a box shape with an open bottom surface.

  A frame-shaped mounting frame 10 </ b> A is disposed along the rectangular opening window 4 on the front surface of the outer door 2. Similar to the mounting frame 10 of the first embodiment, the mounting frame 10A includes an upper frame member 11A, a lower frame member 12A, a left frame member 13A, and a right frame member 14A that are aluminum extrusion-molded products. The bottom hole is formed by tapping after extrusion of aluminum, which is formed on the back surface of each of the member 11A, the lower frame member 12A, the left frame member 13A, and the right frame member 14A (the surface facing the front surface of the outer door 2). After being processed, the screw is assembled into the screw hole (not shown) in which the screw is processed by screwing the screw from the back surface of the outer door 2. The left frame member 13A and the right frame member 14A are extruded with slide grooves (not shown) similar to the slide grooves 131 and 141 (see FIG. 3) of the first embodiment, and the product selection button unit 9 Locking holes 132A and 142A into which nylon rivets 15 (see FIG. 5) are fitted are machined in the vicinity of the lower end of each.

  As in the first embodiment, the appeal display member 20A (see FIGS. 7B and 7C) attached to the mounting frame 10A is also formed in a rectangular shape with a transparent acrylic resin or the like, and the front surface of the acrylic resin. A picture, characters, and background colors related to the merchandise are printed by silk printing or the like, and the pictures, characters, and background colors are displayed by being illuminated from behind. The difference between the appeal display member 20A of the second embodiment and the appeal display member 20 of the first embodiment is that the product display 7 of the masked stage in the appeal display member 20 of the first embodiment and the corresponding stages. The product display button unit 9 of FIG. 2 is used as the appeal display unit, whereas in the appeal display member 20A of the second embodiment, among the plurality of product samples 7 in the masked stage and the product selection button unit 9 in the corresponding stage A part of the area is the appeal display section. In addition, since the mounting method of the appeal display member 20A in the mounting frame 10A in the second embodiment is the same as that in the first embodiment, a duplicate description is omitted.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 7 (b), the appeal display member 20A has a size for masking the middle and lower product samples 7 and the corresponding product selection button unit 9 and has different opening portions. 202, 203, and a plurality of middle product samples 7 and six product samples 7 on the left side of the middle product selection button unit 9 corresponding thereto and a product selection button 9a are exposed from the opening 202. Further, from the opening 203, while exposing the plurality of product samples 7 in the lower stage and the six product samples 7 and the product selection buttons 9a on the right end side of the corresponding product selection button units 9 in the lower stage, The entire area of the remaining appeal display member 20A excluding the openings 202 and 203 is displayed as a picture, a character, and a background color related to the sales product to be advertised / advertised.

  While the appeal display member 20A of FIG. 7B masks a part of the opening window 4, the appeal display member 20A of FIG. 7C has a size corresponding to the entire area of the rectangular opening window 4. It consists of a single member. The appeal display member 20A has a size for masking all the product samples 7 of each step and the corresponding product selection button unit 9, and has a large opening 204 in the right side region. While exposing the 6 product samples 7 near the right end of the product sample 7 and the 6 product selection buttons 9a corresponding to the 6 product samples 7, the entire area on the left end side excluding the opening 204 of the appeal display member 20A is to be advertised / advertised. Displayed as pictures, characters, and background colors related to the product for sale.

  As described above, according to the appeal display device for a vending machine according to the second embodiment, the vending machine includes a main body cabinet 1 that stores products for sale, and an outer door 2 that opens and closes the front surface of the main body cabinet 1. In the vending machine capable of visually confirming the product sample 7 displayed in the display chamber 6 of the outer door 2 through the transparent plate 5 covering the opening window 4 formed in the outer door 2, A frame-shaped mounting frame 10A disposed along the opening window 4 and a appeal display member 20A that is detachably mounted at an arbitrary position of the mounting frame 10A in a manner of masking the opening window 4. Thus, the area of the opening window 4, that is, the area of the display room 6 in which the product sample 7 formed on the outer door 2 is displayed can be used for appeal by the appeal display member 20A. Position For example, you can lay out a product or product sample that you want to advertise or advertise in an easy-to-touch location near the money input section (coin input, bill insertion port, etc.) necessary for product purchase, And it becomes possible to lay out the appeal display member which indicated the information relevant to the sales goods concerned in the neighborhood.

  In the first and second embodiments described above, the display of the product sample 7 in the display chamber 5 of the outer door 2 has been described. However, the appeal display device according to the present invention is mounted on the product storage shelf of the main body cabinet as shown below. The present invention can also be applied to a well-known vending machine capable of visually recognizing a real sale product stored.

  That is, this type of vending machine includes a main body cabinet formed as a heat-insulating housing having an open front surface, an outer door that freely closes and opens the front opening of the main body cabinet, and a front surface of a product storage of the main body cabinet. It has an inner door that closes the door. The product storage formed as the heat insulation space of the main body cabinet is provided with a plurality of product storage racks along the vertical direction, and each product storage rack is provided with a plurality of product columns in the left-right width direction. It has been. The product columns in each row are provided with a payout mechanism in which products are stored side by side in a standing position on a timing belt stretched between a pair of front and rear pulleys and have a gate at the front end. The addresses assigned to the respective product columns are displayed on the front surface of the product storage rack. The inner door is configured to maintain heat insulation as a double glass and includes a merchandise outlet with a flapper. A rectangular opening window is formed on the front surface of the outer door and the opening window is a transparent plate. Covered and configured to allow the inside of the product storage to be seen through, the customer operation unit such as a product selection unit comprising a coin insertion slot, a bill insertion slot, and a concentration button (numeric keys) outside the area of the opening window. Has an exit.

  In the space between the inner door and the product storage rack, a bucket unit mounted on an X-axis transport mechanism of an XY transport mechanism (bucket unit transport mechanism) is disposed. The XY transport mechanism accesses the bucket unit from the standby position to the front of the designated product column when the product column is designated by the product selection unit, and then ejects the bucket from the product column to the bucket unit. The unit is moved to the commodity outlet of the inner door, and when it is unloaded from the bucket unit to the commodity outlet of the outer door via the commodity outlet of the inner door, the bucket unit is moved to the standby position. The bucket unit includes a motor drive mechanism that is connected to a gear of a timing belt of a product column and a gate drive mechanism that opens and closes a gate of a delivery mechanism of the product column. When the designated product column is accessed, the gate drive mechanism The gate is rotated to the open position to open the front of the product column, and at the same time, a timing belt is driven by a motor driving mechanism to receive the product in the forefront row.

  A frame-like mounting frame that is an aluminum extrusion-molded product shown in the first and second embodiments is disposed along a rectangular opening window formed on the front surface of the outer door in the vending machine. By attaching an appeal display member that masks a part of the opening window or the entire area of the opening window, the appeal display member that displays information related to the actual sale product is rectangular without requiring a new installation location. The area of the open window can be used as an appeal display section. In this case, the illumination light source that illuminates the appeal display member from behind is a light source that illuminates the inside of the product storage, and is arranged in parallel at a predetermined interval along the vertical direction at the front end of the side of the product storage (e.g. 2010-165062) can be used.

  As described above, the present invention has an opening window formed in the outer door that opens and closes the front surface of the main body cabinet, and is sold in a product sample or a product storage shelf of the main body cabinet through a transparent plate that covers the opening window. The present invention can be applied to a vending machine that can visually recognize a product, and the present invention is not limited by the embodiment.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Main body cabinet, 2 ... Outer door, 3 ... Middle door, 4 ... Opening window, 5 ... Transparent board, 6 ... Display room, 7 ... Sample product, 8 ... Display stand, 9 ... Product selection button unit, 9a ... Product Selection button 10, 10A ... mounting frame, 11, 11A ... upper frame member, 12, 12A ... lower frame member, 13, 13A ... left frame member, 14, 14A ... right frame member, 15 ... nylon rivet, 20, 20A ... appeal display member, 30 ... light emitting diode unit (illumination light source), 131, 141 ... slide groove, 132, 142 ... locking hole, 201, 202, 203, 204 ... opening.

Claims (4)

Product sample displayed in the display room of the outer door through a transparent plate that covers the opening window formed in the outer door, and has a main body cabinet that stores products for sale and an outer door that opens and closes the front of the main body cabinet Alternatively, in a vending machine capable of visually recognizing a sale product stored in a product storage of a main body cabinet, a frame-shaped mounting frame disposed along the opening window on the front surface of the outer door, and the opening window An appeal display device for a vending machine comprising an appeal display member that is detachably attached to an arbitrary position of the mounting frame in a manner that masks the attachment. The appeal display device for a vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the appeal display member mounted on the mounting frame is shorter than the vertical length of the opening window in a manner in which a part of the opening window is masked. A vending machine appeal display device characterized by being slidably movable in a direction. The appeal display device of the vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the appeal display member attached to the mounting frame is a single member having a size that masks the entire area of the opening window, and is displayed in a plurality of stages in the vertical direction. An automatic device comprising an opening that exposes at least one of the product samples or sales products stored in at least one of the product storage shelves arranged in a plurality of stages in the vertical direction. Vending machine appeal display device. The appeal display device for a vending machine according to claim 1, further comprising an illumination light source for illuminating a commodity sample or a commodity for sale stored in a commodity storage of a main body cabinet, and a appeal display member mounted on a mounting frame. An appeal display device for a vending machine, wherein an illumination light source formed of a light transmissive material and masked by the appeal display member is also used as an illumination light source for the appeal display member.

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