JPH10320629A - Exterior structure of automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily change the exterior, such as the color and advertisement, of the external surface of the automatic vending machine. SOLUTION: Exterior plate holders 10 equipped with plate type fixation parts 11 and plate type engagement parts 16 forming mount grooves 19 between them are fixed in a frame shape to the peripheral edge part of the flank of the main body 1 of the automatic vending machine through the fixation parts 11 so that the mount grooves 19 face each other, and an exterior plate 9 which covers the flank of the main body has its peripheral edge part inserted into the mount grooves 19 and is thus held on the flank of the main body 1. The exterior plate 9 is given a specific color, advertisement, a symbol mark, etc., and replaced by being attached to and detached from the main body 1 of the automatic vending machine to change the exterior of the flank of the main body 1 of the automatic vending machine.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an exterior structure of a vending machine which can easily change the color of the exterior of the vending machine, the exterior of an advertisement or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Vending machines for beverages, cigarettes and the like are painted in various colors, and advertisements such as trademarks and product appearances are displayed by painting in accordance with products to be sold. On the other hand, at event venues such as expositions, exteriors such as colors of vending machines are unified so as to give an orderly impression. Therefore, conventionally, the vending machine is repainted before the event, the common color is applied, the advertisement is erased, the symbol mark of the event is displayed, and after the event, the original color is repainted, I was returning to advertising.

[0003]

As in the past, every time a vending machine was installed at an event site, or when a product sold at the vending machine was changed, the vending machine was repainted, and colors and advertisements were changed. There is a problem that changing the exterior such as the above requires labor and cost.

The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem,
It is an object of the present invention to provide an exterior structure of a vending machine in which a color of an outer surface of the vending machine, an exterior of an advertisement and the like can be easily changed.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The features of the present invention for solving the conventional problems as described above and achieving the intended purpose are as follows.
A long exterior plate holding body having a plate-shaped fixing portion and a plate-shaped locking portion forming a mounting groove between each other, a vending machine of a vending machine is provided via the fixing portion with the mounting groove facing the mounting groove. An exterior plate fixed in a frame shape to a peripheral portion of the outer surface and covering the outer surface of the vending machine is that the peripheral portion is inserted into the mounting groove and held on the outer surface of the vending machine.

[0006] It is preferable that the exterior plate holding body is formed integrally with the fixing portion and the locking portion connected via a connecting portion. Further, the exterior plate holding body is composed of a fixing member forming a fixing portion and a locking member forming a locking portion, and the fixing member and the locking member each have an uneven connecting portion that is fitted to each other. The fixing member may be fixedly connected to the fixing member via the connecting portion so as to be detachable.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. 1 to 4 show a first embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a main body of the vending machine, 2 is a front door, 9 is an exterior plate covering the side of the main body 1, 10, 1
Reference numerals 0... Are exterior plate holders that are fixed to the side surfaces of the main body 1 and hold the exterior plate 9.

The exterior plate holding body 10 is made of synthetic resin by extrusion molding or the like. As shown in FIG. 4, the plate-shaped fixing portion 11, which is substantially parallel and has a mounting groove 19 formed therebetween, has a plate shape. The locking portion 16 and the connecting portion 12 for connecting one edge of both are integrally formed, and formed in a long shape with a hairpin-shaped cross section. In addition, the end face of the exterior plate holding body 10
As shown in FIG.
Is provided with a substantially L-shaped fitting fitting notch 13.

As shown in FIG. 2, the outer plate holders 10, 10,...
As shown in FIG. 1, the main body 1 of the vending machine is detachably fixed to a peripheral portion of the side surface of the main body 1 by a double-sided adhesive tape or the like via fixing portions 11, 11. Further, in the frame-shaped corners, the vertical and horizontal exterior plate holding bodies 10,
Are connected substantially vertically by fitting the end faces thereof and fitting the hook-shaped plate-shaped corner connection fittings 30 into the fitting fitting notches 13, 13.

The exterior plate 9 is formed in a substantially rectangular plate shape so that predetermined colors, advertisements, symbol marks, and the like are displayed. As shown in FIG. Are inserted into the mounting grooves 19 of the plate holders 10, and are held on the side surface of the main body 1 of the vending machine.

In the exterior structure of the vending machine configured as described above, the peripheral portion of the exterior plate 9 is attached to the exterior plate holder 1.
The exterior plate 9 can be attached to and detached from the main body 1 of the vending machine by being inserted into and removed from the mounting grooves 19, 19,. The exterior of the vending machine can be easily changed.

In order to insert / remove the peripheral portion into / from the mounting grooves 19 when attaching / detaching the exterior plate 9, a part of the frame-shaped exterior plate holders 10, 10 ... must be temporarily removed from the main body 1 of the vending machine. The outer plate 9 may be made of an elastic material, and the outer plate 9 may be bent. .. May be fixed in a frame shape in which a part (for example, an upper edge) is opened.

FIGS. 5 to 8 show a second embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a main body of the vending machine, 2 is a front door, 9 is an exterior plate covering the side of the main body 1, 20, 20,.
Is an exterior plate holder fixed to the side surface of the main body 1 and holding the exterior plate 9.

The exterior plate holder 20 is made of synthetic resin by extrusion or the like. As shown in FIG. 8, a long plate-shaped fixing member 21 and a long plate-shaped locking member 26 are provided. Consists of Then, one edge of the fixing member 21 and one edge of the locking member 26 are respectively provided with the convex connecting portions 2.
2. A concave connecting portion 27 is fixedly provided so as to fit each other, and the fixing member 21 and the locking member 26 are connected to each other by the connecting portion 2.
They are detachably connected via two and 27 so as to be substantially parallel to each other so as to form a mounting groove 29 therebetween. As shown in FIG. 7, the end surface of the outer plate holding body 20 is formed obliquely, and a substantially L-shaped fitting fitting notch 23 is provided at an end of the fixing member 21.

As shown in FIG. 6, the outer plate holders 20, 20,...
As shown in the figure, the vending machine is detachably fixed to a peripheral portion of the side surface of the main body 1 of the vending machine with a double-sided adhesive tape or the like via fixing members 21, 21. Also,
In the frame-shaped corners, the vertical and horizontal exterior plate holders 20, 20
Are connected approximately vertically by fitting the end faces thereof and fitting the hook-shaped plate-shaped corner connection fittings 30 into the fitting fitting notches 23, 23.

The exterior plate 9 is formed in a substantially rectangular plate shape so that predetermined colors, advertisements, symbol marks, and the like are displayed. As shown in FIG. .. Are inserted into the mounting grooves 29, 29,... Of the plate holders 20, and are held on the side surface of the main body 1 of the vending machine.

In the exterior structure of the vending machine configured as described above, the peripheral portion of the exterior plate 9 is attached to the exterior plate holder 2.
The outer plate 9 can be attached to and detached from the main body 1 of the vending machine by being inserted into and removed from the mounting grooves 29, 29,. The exterior of the vending machine can be easily changed.

In order to insert / remove the peripheral portion into / from the mounting grooves 29, 29 at the time of attaching / detaching the exterior plate 9, the locking members 26 of the frame-shaped exterior plate holders 20, 20,.
.. Can be easily attached to and detached from 1, 21,.

In the above embodiment, the outer plate is held only by the outer plate holder in which the fixing portion and the locking portion are integrally formed, or the outer plate holding member including the fixing member and the locking member. Although the case where the exterior plate is held only by the body was described,
You may make it hold | maintain an exterior board by combining both exterior board holding bodies. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the side exterior of the vending machine has been described.

[0020]

As described above, the exterior structure of a vending machine according to the present invention is a long exterior having a plate-shaped fixing portion and a plate-shaped locking portion forming a mounting groove therebetween. The plate holder is fixed to the outer peripheral part of the vending machine in a frame shape via the fixing part with the mounting groove facing, and the outer peripheral part covering the outer surface of the vending machine is inserted into the mounting groove By holding the veneer on the outer surface of the vending machine, the veneer can be attached to and detached from the vending machine. By replacing the vending machine, the exterior of the vending machine can be easily changed.

The cost can be reduced by using the exterior plate holder integrally formed in such a manner that the fixing portion and the locking portion are connected via the connecting portion. In addition, the fixing member includes a fixing member and a locking member that forms a locking portion, and an uneven connecting portion that is fitted to the fixing member and the locking member is fixedly provided, and the locking member is connected. By using the exterior plate holder that is detachably connected to the fixing member via the portion, the exterior plate can be easily replaced by attaching and detaching the locking member.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a first embodiment of an exterior structure of a vending machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged partial sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an exterior plate holder in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a second embodiment of the exterior structure of the vending machine according to the present invention.

6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged partial sectional view of FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of the exterior plate holder in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body (vending machine) 2 Front door (vending machine) 9 Exterior plate 10 Exterior plate holder 11 Fixed part 12 Connection part 13 Fitting notch 16 Locking part 19 Mounting groove 20 Exterior plate holder 21 Fixing member ( Fixing portion) 22 Connecting portion 23 Fitting notch 26 Locking member (locking portion) 27 Connecting portion 29 Mounting groove 30 Corner connection fitting

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A long exterior plate holder having a plate-shaped fixing portion and a plate-shaped locking portion forming a mounting groove between each other, with the mounting groove being opposed to the long exterior plate holding member via the fixing portion. An exterior plate fixed in a frame shape to the outer peripheral portion of the vending machine so as to cover the outer surface of the vending machine is inserted into the mounting groove with the peripheral portion thereof held in the outer surface of the vending machine. Exterior structure of vending machine. 2. The exterior structure of a vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the exterior plate holding body is integrally formed with the fixing portion and the locking portion connected via a connecting portion. 3. The exterior plate holding body comprises a fixing member forming a fixing portion and a locking member forming a locking portion, and the fixing member and the locking member have an uneven shape fitted to each other. The exterior structure of a vending machine according to claim 1, wherein a connecting portion is fixedly provided, and the locking member is detachably connected to the fixing member via the connecting portion.