JPH05314351A - Product display device for vending machines - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] The product sample that is displayed in the exhibition room where the advertisements and product samples of various sales products are displayed inside the front of the machine that forms the outer peripheral surface. When changing the product, the product sample of the product after the change can be changed quickly and easily, and even if the products have different external diameters and shapes, the main parts of the product sample can be commonly used. [Structure] A flexible film shape in which both upper and lower edges are fitted into holding portions 32, which are grooves 33 formed in the product samples 28 and 29, and which are detachably held on the outer periphery of the product samples 28 and 29,
Labels 13 for displaying the product names are different in the first half and the latter half, and the product samples 28 and 29, and the rotating shafts 36 and 37 that support the product samples 28 and 29 rotatably in the exhibition room 5 horizontally or in the vertical plane. A partition wall 34 is provided which covers the rear half of the product samples 28 and 29 and partitions the interior of the exhibition room 5 into front and rear.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is an exhibition for displaying advertisements of various sales products, product samples, etc., which are partitioned and formed on the front surface of a machine body forming an outer peripheral surface and packaged in bottles, cans, paper packs, etc. The present invention relates to a product sample display device for a vending machine that displays and displays product samples indoors.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an automatic vending machine in which various kinds of products are sold, an exhibition room for displaying advertisements and sample products of various sales items is formed in the front part of the machine body which forms the outer peripheral surface. The product is designed so that the customer can select and purchase the desired product from the various products stored and sold in the body.
Therefore, in order to make it easy for customers to select a product by advertising it at the same time as advertising the product for sale, a product sample display device that displays a product sample of the product for sale in the exhibition room corresponding to the selection button for selecting this product Is generally provided. Through this product sample display device, a product sample imitating the whole product or only the front half of the product is fitted or sandwiched and held in the exhibition room, and the label for displaying the product name of the product sample is , Is generally attached to the outer peripheral surface of the product sample. Therefore, even if the outer diameter and shape of the products are similar, a product sample dedicated to this product is required for each product to be sold, and when changing the product to be sold, only the label can be changed. Instead, it is necessary to replace the entire product sample with another product sample for a new product to be sold. Therefore, when changing a product to be sold, it is necessary to prepare a product sample of a product to be newly sold in advance, and it takes time to change the product sample.
FIGS. 4 to 6 show a product sample display device of a conventional vending machine of this type. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of a vending machine to which the present invention is applied, as seen from the front upper right, and FIG. 5 is a left side vertical cross-sectional view of a main part showing the structure of a conventional product sample display device for one vending machine. In the figure, the right side of the figure is the front side, and FIG. 6 shows the structure of a conventional product sample display device for different vending machines, where (A) is a vertical cross-sectional view of the left side of the main part and (B) is (A). In a plan view, the right side of each of (A) and (B) is the front side.

In FIG. 4 to FIG. 6, reference numeral 1 denotes a case having a front side opening for accommodating a product for sale.
A body 3 that forms an outer peripheral surface is constituted by a door 2 that is rotatably supported in the case 1 in a horizontal plane and covers the front opening of the case 1 and has a rear opening. A rear opening of the door 2 is openably and closably covered by a middle door 4 which is rotatably supported in a horizontal plane by a door 2 which constitutes the machine body 3, and an exhibition room 5 is formed in a partition above the front surface of the door 2. Has been done. This exhibition room 5
The rear surface is formed by the front surface of the middle door 4, and the front surface of the exhibition room 5 is covered with a transparent cover 6 which is made of acrylic resin and allows the interior of the exhibition room 5 to be seen from a wide front angle. A plurality of selection buttons 7 are provided on the left and right so as to project the front end from the front surface of the cover 6 and select a product. The selection buttons 7 are arranged in parallel in the vertical direction and fixed at the left and right ends to the door 2, and are installed in the exhibition room 5. The front end of the upper and lower two-tiered display stand 8 is a substantially inverted U-shaped shelf with a flat lateral cross section. It is supported by the surface. On the upper side of each of the upper and lower two-stage display stands 8, in order to facilitate the selection of products, the sales products, which are arranged side by side in correspondence with the selection button 7, are shown in FIG.
However, in FIG. 6, the product samples 10 are displayed on the left and right sides, respectively. The product samples 9 and 10 are hollow cylindrical opaque cans without the contents of the canned product.
And a product sample body 12 having a hollow cylindrical lower surface formed of a transparent acrylic resin or the like and having a lower surface opened.
And a flexible transparent film-like label 1 made of polyester resin, which is affixed to the outer peripheral surface of the product and which is displayed on the outer peripheral surface of the product and which includes a picture including a product name, characters, etc.
3 and 3, respectively. The product sample 9 is attached to the display table 8 by inserting a protrusion 15 formed to project downward from the lower end of the product sample 9 into a hole 14 formed in the display table 8 in parallel on the left and right and penetrating vertically. .. In addition, product sample 1
No. 0 is supported from below by a L-shaped support tool 17 having a flat longitudinal cross section with its rear end screwed to the inner door 4 with a screw 16, and its rear end is screwed to the inner door 4 with a screw 16. The front side of both left and right ends that are stopped and protrude forward is formed in an arc shape along the outer peripheral surface of the product sample 10, and the cylindrical surface is clamped from both left and right sides by a holder 18 having a U-shaped clip-shaped cross section. It is held on the display stand 8. In FIG. 5, an illumination lamp 19 is fixed to the lower side of the display table 8 just below the product sample 9 with a screw 16 via a support 20. Further, in FIG. 6, the lower side of the display stand 8 and the exhibition room 5 on the front side of the product sample 10.
An illuminating lamp 19 is screwed to a ceiling inside with a screw 21 via a support 21. Therefore, in FIG. 5, the light of the illumination lamp 19 is the product sample 9 on the display stand 8 directly below the illumination lamp 19.
Simultaneously with illuminating, the light enters the product sample 9 on the display stand 8 directly above from the bottom opening through the hole 14 and penetrates from the inside of the product sample 9 in the outer peripheral direction as if the product sample 9 itself is a light emitter. Illuminated as if this product sample 9,
The display stand 8, the screw 16, the illuminating lamp 19, and the support 20 constitute a product sample display device 22. Further, in FIG. 6, the light of the illumination lamp 19 illuminates the product sample 10 on the display stand 8 below the illumination light 19.
The display stand 8, the screw 16, the support 17, the holder 18, the illuminating lamp 19, and the support 21 constitute a product sample display device 23.

On the front side of the door 2, below the exhibition room 5, there is an opening 24 for opening coins into the front, a return lever 25 for returning the inserted coins, and a change opening in the front. A return port 26 for paying out, a take-out port 27 that opens on the front side and through which purchased products are taken out are arranged, and a storage chamber (not shown) for storing products is formed in the case 1.

The selling operation of the vending machine having the above-described structure is as follows.
When the selection button 7 corresponding to the product sample 9 or 10 of the selected product is operated by selecting the product to be purchased, the selection button 7 is operated from the storage chamber (not shown) to the inside of the outlet 27 by the sales command signal. The selected product is unloaded. Then, the change is paid out into the return port 26 as needed, and the change and the goods carried out inside the outlet 27 are taken out by the customer through the front openings of the return port 26 and the outlet 27.

On the other hand, the product samples 9 and 10 in the exhibition room 5 are changed when the product to be sold is changed by opening the door 2 and the inner door 4. When the product sample 9 of FIG. 5 is changed, the product sample 9 of the sale product before the change, which is fitted to the display table 8 and held on the display table 8, is removed and the product sample 9 of the sale product after the change is removed. It is done by replacing with. When the product sample 10 of FIG. 6 is changed, the bottom surface is supported by the support tool 17 from below and the holder tool 18 is used.
This is performed by removing the product sample 10 of the sale product before the change, which is sandwiched by and held on the display stand 8, and replaces it with the product sample 10 of the sale product after the change.

[0007]

By the way, in such a conventional product sample display device for a vending machine, the product sample display devices 22 and 23 attach the label 13 to the outer peripheral surfaces of the product sample bodies 11 and 12. The transparent hollow cylindrical product sample 9 and the product sample 10 which is a hollow cylindrical opaque can with no contents of the can are configured to be fitted into the hole 14 or to be supported by the support 17 at the bottom. Is supported from below and is held on the display table 8 by holding the cylindrical surface from both left and right sides with a holder 18. Therefore, when the sale item is changed by opening the door 2 and the inner door 4, the change of the product samples 9 and 10 in the exhibition room 5 is performed by fitting the display table 8 onto the display table 8. The product sample 9 of the product before the change held or the product sample 10 of the product before the change held by the support 17 from the bottom and sandwiched by the holder 18 and held on the display stand 8 is removed. Not only the label 13 but also the product sample body 11, 12
It is necessary to completely replace the product samples 9 and 10 of other newly sold products, including Therefore, even if the outer diameter and shape of the product are similar, when changing the product to be sold, it is necessary to prepare in advance the product samples 9 and 10 of the product to be sold. There is a problem that changing 10 is time-consuming.

According to the present invention, it is possible to quickly and easily replace the product sample when changing the product to be sold with the product sample of the product after the change, and if the outer diameter shape and size are similar, the product is different. Even so, it is an object of the present invention to provide a product sample display device of a vending machine that can commonly use the main parts of the product sample.

[0009]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the present invention, advertisements of various sales products, product samples, etc. are formed inside the front face of the machine body forming the outer peripheral surface. In a product sample display device of a vending machine that has an exhibition room for exhibiting and displays the product sample in the exhibition room, a product sample label with a product name different between the first half and the second half, and the product sample The display room is provided with a rotary shaft or a rotary shaft that is rotatably or rotatably supported in a horizontal or vertical plane, and a partition wall that blinds the rear half of the product sample and divides the display room into front and rear. ..

In addition to the above, it is assumed that the label is a flexible film-like label, and a holding portion that detachably holds the label on the outer periphery of the product sample is formed on the product sample. Further, in addition to the above, it is assumed that the holding portion is a groove formed in the product sample into which the upper and lower edges and / or the left and right edges of the label fit.

[0011]

According to the present invention, the label for displaying the product name is displayed in the exhibition room, which is partitioned and formed on the front surface of the machine body forming the outer peripheral surface and in which the advertisements of various sales products and product samples are displayed. And the latter half of the product sample, a rotation shaft or a rotation shaft that supports the product sample in the exhibition room so that the product sample can rotate or rotate in a horizontal or vertical plane, and the rear half of the product sample is blinded and displayed. Since it is equipped with a partition wall that divides the room into front and back, one product sample can also serve as two product samples that are different from each other. This can be done quickly and easily simply by reversing the sample and exchanging the first half and the second half of the product sample, and it is not necessary to prepare the product sample of the changed product in advance.

In addition to the above, the label is a flexible film-like label, and a holding portion for detachably holding the label on the outer periphery of the product sample is formed on the product sample. , If it is not enough to serve as product samples for two products that have different product samples from each other, if you prepare a label for a different product in advance, change this label to the label that has been attached to the product sample. By attaching the product sample to the product sample, a product sample of a different product can be configured.

Further, in addition to the above, since the holding portion is a groove formed in the product sample into which the upper and lower edges and / or the left and right edges of the label fit, the upper and lower edges and / or the left and right edges are formed. The label can be quickly and easily attached to and detached from the product sample by inserting and removing it in the groove.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows the structure of a product sample display device for a vending machine according to one embodiment of the present invention. (A) is a left-side longitudinal sectional view of a main part, and (B) is an enlarged view of the main part. Also, the right side of the drawing is the front side, and FIG. 2 shows the structure of the product sample display device of the vending machine according to another embodiment of the present invention.
(A) is a vertical cross-sectional view on the left side of the main part, (B) is an enlarged cross-sectional view of (A), (A) is the right side of the figure, and (B) is the lower side of the figure on the front side. Further, FIG. 3 shows the structure of the product sample of FIGS. 1 and 2, and FIG.
(B) is a perspective view seen from the rear oblique upper side, (C) is a perspective view seen from the right oblique upper side, (D) is a front longitudinal cross-sectional enlarged view, (E) is the front oblique upward of the label of (D). It is the perspective view seen from FIG.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of a vending machine which is a target of the present invention, as viewed from the front upper right. The same or the same parts as those in FIGS. 5 and 6 are designated by the same reference numerals.

In FIGS. 1 to 4, reference numeral 1 denotes a case having a front surface that is open for storing products to be sold.
The case 1 is rotatably supported in a horizontal plane, covers the front opening of the case 1, and forms a body 3 that forms an outer peripheral surface with a door 2 having a rear opening. A rear door opening of the door 2 is openably and closably covered by a middle door 4 which is rotatably supported in a horizontal plane by a door 2 which constitutes the machine body 3, and an exhibition room 5 is partitioned and formed at an upper portion of a front side of the door 2. There is. The rear surface of the exhibition room 5 is formed by the front surface of the middle door 4, and the front surface of the exhibition room 5 is formed by an acrylic resin and is covered with a transparent cover 6 that allows the interior of the exhibition room 5 to be seen from a wide front angle. .. A plurality of selection buttons 7 are provided on the left and right for projecting the front end from the front surface of the cover 6 to the front and to select a product. The selection buttons 7 are arranged vertically and the left and right ends are fixedly attached to the door 2 and the exhibition room 5
It is supported by the front end surface of an upper and lower two-stage display stand 8 which is installed inside and has an approximately inverted U-shaped shelf with a flat lateral cross section. This top and bottom 2
On the upper side of each of the tiers of the exhibition stands 8, the product sample 28 in FIG. 1 and the product sample 28 in FIG. 29 are displayed respectively. This product sample 28,29
On the outer peripheral surfaces of different products, which cover the front and rear surfaces of the product sample bodies 30 and 31 and the product samples 28 and 29, which are hollow cylindrical opaque cans without the contents of the cans, respectively. Each of the labels 13 is composed of two flexible transparent film-shaped labels 13 made of polyester resin on which a picture including a product name, characters and the like are displayed.
The upper and lower edges of the two labels 13 are attached to the product sample body 30,
The pair of front and rear labels 13 are held in the product sample main bodies 30 and 31 respectively by being fitted into a pair of grooves 33 forming the holding portion 32, which are formed by opening the upper and lower openings of the upper and lower portions of the label 31 facing each other. is doing. A partition wall 34 is provided which blinds the rear half of the product samples 28 and 29 and partitions the interior of the exhibition room 5 into front and rear. In FIG. 1, the partition wall 34 and the display stand 8 are rotatably supported at their side ends that are urged by springs 35 toward one another and separated from each other. A product sample 2 which is sandwiched from both upper and lower sides by flange-shaped end portions formed at the side ends of the pair of rotating shafts 36 that are close to each other.
8 is rotatably supported on the display stand 8 in a horizontal plane.
In addition, in FIG. 2, the spring 3 is placed on the partition wall 34 with one side facing the other.
A pair of left and right rotating shafts 37 having the same axial center whose axial direction is horizontal and rotatably supporting side ends that are biased by 5 and are distant from each other are formed on the side ends that are close to each other and are flange-shaped. The product sample 29 is rotatably supported on the display table 8 in the vertical plane by being sandwiched from both left and right sides at the end of the. On the lower side of the exhibition stand 8 and the ceiling in the exhibition room 5, an illumination lamp 19 is provided on the front side of the product samples 28, 29 via a support body 21 with a screw 16 on the ceiling in the exhibition stand 8 and the exhibition room 5. It is screwed.
The light from the illumination lamp 19 illuminates the product samples 28 and 29 on the display table 8 below the illumination lamp 19, and the product sample 28, the display table 8, the screws 16, the illumination lamp 19, and the support body. Two
1, a partition wall 34, a spring 35, and a rotary shaft 36 to provide a product sample display device 38, a product sample 29, a display stand 8, and a screw 1.
6, the illumination lamp 19, the support 21, the partition wall 34, the spring 35, and the rotating shaft 37 constitute a product sample display device 39.

On the front side of the door 2, below the exhibition room 5, there is an opening 24 for opening coins into the front, a return lever 25 for returning the inserted coins, and a change opening in the front. A return port 26 for paying out, a take-out port 27 that is opened on the front side and through which purchased products are taken out are arranged, and other configurations are the same as those of the above-mentioned conventional example. In the above-mentioned configuration, the vending machine provided with the product sample exhibiting device of the vending machine of the present invention has the same selling operation as that of the conventional example described above. The operation of changing the product samples 28 and 29 and the functions of the respective parts at the time of performing the operations will be described below.

In the product sample display devices 38, 39 of the present invention, the product sample bodies 30, 31 and the product sample bodies 30, 31 by fitting the upper and lower edges into the grooves 33 forming the holding portion 32.
The product samples 28 and 29 are composed of two labels 13 which are respectively held on the front and rear surfaces of the product samples 28 and 29 and which respectively include pictures and letters including different product names. There is. That is, the product samples 28 and 29 also serve as the product samples 28 and 29 of two different products. Further, a partition wall 34 is provided to blind the rear half of the product samples 28 and 29 to partition the interior of the exhibition room 5 into front and rear,
The product sample 28 is rotatably in a horizontal plane via a pair of upper and lower rotary shafts 36 that sandwich the product sample 28 from both upper and lower sides, and a product sample 29.
Is rotatably supported on the display stand 8 in a vertical plane via a pair of left and right rotary shafts 37 that sandwich the right and left sides. Therefore, when the sale product is changed by opening the door 2 and the middle door 4, the product samples 28, 29 in the exhibition room 5 are displayed.
Change to the product sample 28,29 of the product after the change,
If the latter half of the product samples 28, 29 also serve as the product samples 28, 29 of the changed product, the product samples 28, 29 can be reversed and the first half and the second half can be replaced with each other quickly and easily. .. Further, if it is not enough that the product samples 28 and 29 also serve as the product samples 28 and 29 of two different products, the label 13 of the further different product prepared in advance is displayed as the product sample 28, 29. By replacing the upper and lower edges of the label 13 attached to 29 with the groove 33 and replacing them, and attaching them to the product samples 28 and 29, product samples 28 and 29 of different products can be configured. Therefore, it is not necessary to prepare the product samples 28 and 29 of the changed product in advance, and if the label 13 of the product to be newly sold is also prepared in advance, the product samples 28 and 29 can be prepared.
The product samples 28 and 29 of the products other than the two products that are also used can be configured, and the product samples 28 and 29 can be changed quickly and easily without any trouble.

[0018]

According to the present invention, the advertisement of various sales products is formed inside the front surface of the machine body forming the outer peripheral surface,
A product sample displayed in a display room that displays product samples, etc., with different labels displaying the product name in the first half and the second half, and this product sample can be rotated or rotated in the display room horizontally or in the vertical plane. Since it is provided with a rotating shaft or a rotating shaft that is supported by, and a partition wall that blinds the rear half of the product sample and partitions the exhibition room into front and rear,
One product sample can also serve as two product samples that are different from each other. Simply change the product sample when you change the sales product by simply inverting the product sample and replacing the first half and the second half of the product sample. It can be done quickly and easily, and there is no need to prepare in advance a product sample of the changed product.

In addition to the above, the label is a flexible film-like label, and a holding portion for detachably holding the label on the outer periphery of the product sample is formed on the product sample. , If it is not enough to serve as product samples for two products that have different product samples from each other, if you prepare a label for a different product in advance, change this label to the label that has been attached to the product sample. By attaching the product sample to the product sample, a product sample of a different product can be configured.

Further, in addition to the above, since the holding portion is a groove formed in the product sample into which the upper and lower edges and / or the left and right edges of the label fit, the upper and lower edges and / or the left and right edges are formed. The label can be quickly and easily attached to and detached from the product sample by inserting and removing it in the groove. As a result, it is possible to quickly and easily change the product sample when changing the product to be sold, simply by preparing the label of the product after the change, if necessary. In addition, it is possible to obtain the effect that at least products having a similar outer diameter shape and size can be configured without the trouble by commonly using the product sample body which is a main part of the product sample even if the products are different.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a product sample display device for a vending machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, in which (A) is a vertical cross-sectional view on the left side of the main part,
(B) is an enlarged view of the main part of (A)

FIG. 2 shows a structure of a product sample display device of a vending machine according to another embodiment of the present invention, (A) is a left side vertical cross-sectional view of a main part,
(B) is an enlarged cross-sectional view of (A)

FIG. 3 shows the structure of the product sample of FIGS. 1 and 2,
(A) is a front perspective view, (B) is a rear perspective view, (C) is a right perspective view,
(D) is an enlarged front vertical cross-sectional view, and (E) is a perspective view of the label of (D) as seen from the front oblique top.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a vending machine to which the present invention is applied, as seen from the front upper right.

FIG. 5 is a left side vertical cross-sectional view of a main part showing the configuration of a conventional product sample display device for one vending machine.

FIG. 6 shows a structure of a conventional product sample display device for different vending machines, where (A) is a vertical cross-sectional view of the left side of the main part, and (B) is a plan view of (A).

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Case 2 Door 3 Airframe 4 Middle Door 5 Exhibition Room 6 Cover 7 Selection Button 8 Exhibition Stand 9 Product Sample 10 Product Sample 11 Product Sample Main Body 12 Product Sample Main Body 13 Label 14 Hole 15 Protrusion 16 Screw 17 Support Tool 18 Holder 19 Lighting 20 Support 21 Support 22 Product sample display device 23 Product sample display device 24 Input port 25 Return lever 26 Return port 27 Ejection port 28 Product sample 29 Product sample 30 Product sample body 31 Product sample body 32 Holding part 33 Groove 34 Partition wall 35 Spring 36 Rotating shaft 37 Rotating shaft 38 Product sample display device 39 Product sample display device

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An automatic vending machine, which is formed on the front surface of a machine body forming an outer peripheral surface and is internally provided with an exhibition room for displaying advertisements and product samples of various products for sale, and the product samples are displayed and displayed in the exhibition room. In the product sample display device of the machine, the product sample that the label displaying the product name is different in the first half and the second half,
A rotation shaft or a rotation shaft that supports the product sample in the exhibition room so that the product sample can be rotated or rotated in a horizontal or vertical plane, and a partition wall that blinds the rear half of the product sample and divides the display room into front and rear. A product sample display device for vending machines, which is characterized by being equipped. 2. The product sample display device for an automatic vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the label is a flexible film-like label, and a holding portion for removably holding the label on the outer periphery of the product sample. A product sample display device for a vending machine formed on the product sample. 3. The product sample display device for a vending machine according to claim 2, wherein the holding part is a groove formed in the product sample into which the upper and lower edges and / or the left and right edges of the label fit. Product sample display device.