JPH02254592A - Commodity display device for automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve visibility of a displayed commodity and a printed layer by emitting the displayed commodity itself and printed layer, which is provided in a part of a translucent member, and making a display panel on a back surface dark just after the emission. CONSTITUTION:For a displayed commodity 8, the whole surface of the displayed commodity is emitted by the projected light of a light source 11 and the reflected light of the light source by the inner surface of a displayed commodity fitting stand 10. A transmissive member 13 is made bright by the effect of edge light which is generated by the projected light of the light source 11 and the reflected light of the light source 11 on the inner surface of the displayed commodity fitting stand 10 is made incident from an end face 13a. Thus, a display panel 15, which is parallelly provided on the back surface of the transmissive member 13, having a printed layer 14 seems to be dark when it is observed from the direction of a perspective window 2c. Further, a printed layer 13b provided in a part on the surface of the transmissive member 13 is emitted by the effect of the edge light and seems to be bright. Thus, the visibility of the displayed commodity 8 and printed layer 13b, which is provided in a part on the surface of the transmissive member 13, can be improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a product display device for a vending machine.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In recent years, as vending machines have become larger, the types of products for sale have also increased, and the products on display have also become more diverse, making it difficult to distinguish between the products on display.

Therefore, it has become important for the sales promotion of products to make it easy to distinguish the products on display and to make them stand out.

A conventional product display device for a vending machine will be described below with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

In the figure, 1 is the main body of the vending machine, and 2 is the main body 1.
The door is located at the front of the door and is rotatably supported on one side by a hinge 3. A product exhibition room 4 is provided on the front side of the door 2 and has a see-through window 2C consisting of an opening 2a and a protection plate 2b formed of a see-through member. A middle door 6 is provided behind the door 2.

A display product mounting plate 7 is provided on the surface side of the inner door 6 and located inside the product display room 4.

8 is an exhibited product made of a transparent synthetic resin and has a display printing layer 8a pasted on its surface. Reference numeral 10 denotes a display product mounting base, which has a communication hole 9 between it and the display product 8, has an inner surface painted white, and is fixed to the display product mounting plate 7. Further, the displayed products 8 are arranged on the entire lower side of the product display room 4 and are fixed to the displayed product mounting bases 10. Reference numeral 11 denotes a light source, which is built into the display product mounting stand 1o. Reference numeral 12 denotes a display board, which is located at the rear of the displayed product 8 and is connected to the display product mounting plate 7.
Fixed.

The operation of the vending machine product display device configured as described above will be described below.

The exhibited product 8 receives reflected light and projected light from a light source 11 built into the product mounting base 1o, and emits light. At the same time, the display panel 12 is also brightly illuminated by the reflected light and the projected light from the light source 11.

Problem to be Solved by the Invention However, in the above configuration, the display board 12 located on the rear side is also brightly illuminated at the same time as the display product 8 emits light, making it difficult to distinguish between the display product 8 and the display board 12.
However, there was a problem in that it was difficult to distinguish the displayed product 8 from outside the transparent window 2C.

In view of the above problems, the present invention provides a product display device for a vending machine in which only the displayed products emit light at night, the display board is dark, and only the displayed products stand out from the surroundings and attract people's attention.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the product display device for a vending machine of the present invention includes a display product mounting base provided in a product display room, a light source provided inside the display product mounting base, and a light source provided inside the display product mounting base. , an exhibition product formed of a translucent material on the top surface of an exhibition product mount and having a display printing layer on the surface; a display board connected to the exhibition product mount and having a printing layer on the surface; and this display. A translucent member having a printed layer on at least a part of the surface and having one end facing into the product display room is provided, which are arranged side by side with a space provided in front of the board.

Function: With this configuration, the display product receives the projected light from the light source at the bottom and the reflected light from the light source from the inner surface of the display product mounting base, and the entire surface of the display product emits light. In addition, a translucent member fixed to the display product mount and having a printed layer on a part of its surface and one end facing into the product display room is designed to prevent light from being projected from the light source at the bottom and from the inner surface of the display product mount. In order to receive the reflected light from the light source, the incident light from the end face of the translucent member travels through the translucent member while being totally reflected, and brightly illuminates the back surface of the translucent member when viewed from the front. As a result of this (hereinafter referred to as the Edgelight effect), the printed surface of a display board having a printed layer on its surface becomes dark. Particularly at night, only the displayed products and the printed layer provided on a part of the surface are bright, which improves the display effect and contributes to increasing customers' desire to purchase.

EXAMPLE A product display device for a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. omitted.

In the figure, reference numeral 13 is a translucent member fixed to the product mounting base 10 and designed so that the projected light from the light source 11 and the reflected light from the light source 11 enter through the end face portion 13a. 13b is a printed layer provided on a part of the rear surface of the translucent member 13. 14 is a printing layer. Reference numeral 16 denotes a display board having a printed layer, which has the printed layer 14 on the front surface and the transparent member 13.
They are placed side by side with a space left behind.

One product display device for a vending machine constructed as described above will be described below.

The displayed product 8 is projected by the light source 11 and the displayed product mounting base 1
The entire surface of the displayed product emits light due to the light reflected from the light source 11 by the inner surface of the o (arrow in FIG. 2). In addition, the light transmitting member 13 becomes brighter due to the edge light effect caused by the projection light of the light source 11 and the reflected light of the light source 11 by the inner surface of the display product mount 1o entering from the end surface 13a. The display board 16 having the printed layer 14 arranged side by side on the rear side appears dark when viewed from the direction of the transparent window 2C.

Further, the printed layer 1 provided on a part of the surface of the transparent member 13
3b emits light and appears bright due to the edge light effect. Therefore, especially at night, only the displayed product 8 and the printed layer 13b provided on a part of the surface of the translucent member 13 emit light, and the display board 15 on the rear side becomes dark.
and a printed layer 1 provided on a part of the surface of the transparent member 130.
The visibility of 3b is further improved.

In particular, the color tone of the display board 16 having the printed layer 14 is set such that the back surface of the display product 8 is white, the back surface above the display product 8 is red, and If the color tone of the printing layer 13b provided on the upper surface is white,
If you turn off the light source 11 and turn on the light source 11 at night, the back of the displayed product 8 will be white, and at night the displayed product 8 will emit light and the back will be illuminated by the effect of the edge light.
It becomes dark, and the visibility of the displayed product 8 is further improved.

Furthermore, when the light source 11 is turned off, the printed layer 13b provided on the surface of the transparent member 13 above the displayed product 8 becomes white, and the printed layer 14 on the back side becomes white. red,
At night, the printed layer 13b emits white light due to the edge light effect, and the printed layer 14 on the back side is dark red, improving visibility similarly to the exhibited product 8.

Effects of the Invention As described above, the present invention provides an exhibition product molded from a translucent material and having a display printing layer on the surface, a communication hole in the lower part, a built-in light source, and an inner surface painted white. a display product mounting base; a translucent member fixed to the rear surface of the display product of the display product mounting base and having a printing layer provided on a part of the surface through which the projected light and reflected light of the light source enter from the end surface; , and a display board with a printed layer placed on the rear side of the translucent member with a printing layer on a part of its surface, with a space between them, allows the display product itself to be separated from the translucent member. The printed layer provided on the part emits light and the display board on the rear side becomes dark at that time, so the displayed product and the printed layer provided on part of the translucent member can be seen extremely clearly. Furthermore, it has the following effects.

(1) Only the displayed products and the printed layer provided on a part of the translucent member can be clearly seen, which increases the customer's desire to purchase and has a great advertising effect.

(2) The ability to attract customers is increased because the displayed product that they want to purchase and the printed layer provided on a part of the translucent member can be seen at a glance even from a distance. Especially in the printed layer, it is easy to distinguish from a distance.
The printed layer allows one to identify the displayed product.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional view of the interior of a product display chamber in a product display device of a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the main part of the figure, FIG. 3 is an external perspective view of the main body of a conventional vending machine, and FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the interior of a product display chamber in a product display device of a conventional vending machine. 1...Vending machine body, 2...Door, 2
C...Transparent window, 4...Product exhibition room, 8
...Display product, 8a...Display printing layer,
9...Communication hole, 10...Display product mounting stand, 11...Light source, 13...Translucent material, 13b... Printing layer, 14... Printing layer, 16... Display board. Name of agent: Patent attorney Shigetaka Awano and 1 other person +-
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Claims (1)

[Claims] A main body of a vending machine, a door attached to the front side of the main body, a product display room having a see-through window on the front side of the door, and a display product mounting stand provided in the product display room and having a communication hole. a light source provided inside the display product mounting base; a display product formed of a translucent material on the upper surface of the communication hole of the display product mounting base and having a display printing layer on the surface; and the display product. a translucent member erected on the rear surface and having a printed layer on at least a portion of its surface and one end facing into the product display room; and a translucent member having a printed layer on a portion of its surface on the rear surface A product display device for a vending machine, comprising a display board having printed layers arranged side by side with a space between them.