JPH0967U - vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Problem] Since a reinforcing frame for attaching a push button is provided on the front side, the space in the product exhibition room cannot be expanded, and while each push button is kept watertight. Since it is attached to the reinforcement frame, it takes time and is troublesome to attach. SOLUTION: A watertight space body is formed by a frame body 2 and a base 5, a plurality of pushbuttons 10 are arranged therein to form a pushbutton unit, and the plurality of pushbutton units are connected in a horizontal row. A vending machine in which the formed push button row is directly attached to the transparent plate 12.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Technical field to which the invention belongs]

 The present invention relates to a vending machine, and more particularly, to an vending machine in which a product exhibition room is enlarged, a work of attaching a push button for selling a product is facilitated, and a work time is shortened.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 A conventional vending machine, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 62-89075, is provided with a reinforcing frame made of iron for attaching a push button on the front surface, and one push button at a time. It has a structure to be attached while maintaining water tightness.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, according to the conventional vending machine, since the reinforcing frame is provided on the front side, the space of the product exhibition room cannot be expanded, and one push button is attached to the reinforcing frame while maintaining the watertightness. It is time-consuming and troublesome to install.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic vending machine which can enlarge a product exhibition room without requiring a reinforcing frame.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine in which a push button can be directly attached to a transparent plate by making the push button itself watertight.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an automatic vending machine which does not require the work of mounting pushbuttons one by one and facilitates the work and shortens the working time.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention comprises a transparent plate 12 forming a product exhibition room for displaying a product sample 13 on the front side, and a push button row directly attached to the surface of the transparent plate 12, The push button row forms a horizontally long watertight space body by the horizontally long frame body 2 and the base 5 that closes the opening of the frame body 2, and a plurality of pushbuttons are horizontally long inside the watertight space body. A vending machine, which is characterized in that a pushbutton unit is formed by arranging the pushbutton units, and a plurality of pushbutton units are horizontally connected.

[0008]

[Embodiment of the invention]

 Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an external view of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a push button attached to a transparent plate of a vending machine in the embodiment.

In FIG. 1, for example, an acrylic resin transparent plate 12 that allows 20 product samples 13 to be seen through is provided on a front door 11 of a casing of a vending machine. The structure is such that 20 pushbuttons 10 are attached to each of the above. Reference numeral 14 is a support member for the product sample 13.

Here, the feature of the present invention is that the five pushbuttons 10 are configured by a pushbutton unit in which one pushbutton unit 10 is arranged and mounted in one row on a plastic frame body. Two button units are mounted in a row in the recess 12a on the surface of the transparent plate 12, and the frame body is arranged in two rows on the left and right sides of the transparent plate 12, that is, four rows are arranged in a row. The reason is that the push buttons 10 are attached directly to the transparent plate 12 so as to be substantially horizontal and correspond to each of the exhibited product samples 13.

The structure of the push button frame forming the push button unit will be described with reference to FIG. 2 (a) is a view seen from the front side, and FIG. 2 (b) is a view seen from the back side.

The frame 2 is provided with a window 2a which a user can access to the five pushbuttons 10 built in the front side of the frame 2, and covers all the openings of the window 2a to prevent rainwater from entering. A heat-bonded waterproof plastic sheet 6 is provided around the inside of the window 2a. Since this plastic sheet 6 is flexible, the user can operate the switch circuit of the push button 10 lightly with his fingertip and is almost transparent. Can be done easily.

The rear side of the frame body 2 is combined with the base 5, and inside thereof, a switch circuit composed of a fixed contact which constitutes each push button and a diaphragm which is a movable contact, and two pieces which perform the above-mentioned lighting display. The illuminant, the marking plate, and an integrated printed circuit board (not shown) for mounting them are housed, and the harness 7 is pulled out from the printed circuit board through the hole 5g of the base 5. The frame 2 and the base 5 house the printed circuit board, the harness 7 is processed, the operation test is performed, and after passing the test, high-frequency bonding is performed, and the holes 5e and 5f of the base 5 are made of silicone resin. By sealing with, the frame body including the push button 10 has a high rigidity, and when installing the vending machine, a reinforcing material or the like is unnecessary.

In this embodiment, since 10 rows of pushbuttons 10 are attached to the transparent plate 12 as a row of pushbuttons, the frame 2 is provided with a semicircular portion 2g at one end and the other end. A coupling portion is provided that includes a rib 2j having a gap 2h in its portion and a protrusion 2k shaped to fit in the gap 2h. The semi-circular portion 2g is placed at the end of the push button row of the ten push buttons 10, and the connecting portions on both sides are joined in the middle to integrate the two push button units, and this is shown in FIG. It is placed in the recess 12a of the transparent plate 12 shown, and is screwed from the back through the screw hole 5c.

FIG. 3 is an electric circuit diagram of the present embodiment. This figure shows the circuit for one frame, that is, the circuit for five push buttons.

In this circuit, the printed circuit board 1 is housed in the watertight space 2 + 5 formed by the frame 2 and the base 5, and the light emitting bodies 1 a, 1 b and the fixed contacts 1 c are mounted on the printed circuit board 1. 1d and a diaphragm 1e as a movable contact are arranged and connected to the harness 7 via a connection pin 1h.

As described above, in this embodiment, since the push button is directly attached to the acrylic transparent plate, no reinforcing material is required, and the transparent plate has a large area. Since one vending machine only needs one transparent plate, it is easy to see the correspondence between pushbuttons and product samples. A figure 15 for advertising a product can be provided in the background of the expanded exhibition room.

[0019]

[Effect of the invention]

 As described above, according to the vending machine of the present invention, a plurality of watertight pushbutton units each having a plurality of pushbuttons are horizontally connected to form a pushbutton row, and the pushbutton row is formed on the surface of the transparent plate. Since it is directly attached, the space in the product exhibition room can be enlarged, the work of attaching the push button can be facilitated, and the work time can be shortened.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of a push button used in the present embodiment, in which (a) is a front view and (b) is a rear view.

FIG. 3 is an electric circuit diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Printed circuit board 1a, 1b Light-emitting body 1c, 1d Fixed contact point 1e Diaphragm which is a movable contact point 1h Connection pin 2 Frame body 2a Window 2g Semi-circular shaped part 2h Gap 2j Rib 2k Projection part 5 Base 5c Screw hole 5e, 5f punched hole 5g Electric wire hole 5h Vent 6 Plastic sheet 7 Harness 10 Push button 11 Front door 12 of housing 12 Transparent plate 12a Recess 13 Product sample 14 Support member 15 Figure

Claims (1)

[Utility model registration claims] 1. A transparent plate 12 forming a product exhibition room for displaying a product sample 13 on the front side, and a push button row directly attached to the surface of the transparent plate 12, wherein the push button row has a horizontally long shape. A horizontally long watertight space is formed by the frame 2 and the base 5 that closes the opening of the frame 2, and a plurality of pushbuttons are horizontally arranged inside the watertight space to form a pushbutton unit. An automatic vending machine, which is formed by connecting a plurality of push button units in a horizontally long shape.