Door for automatic vending machine

• US 6,584,715 B2
• Filed: 05/25/2001
• Issued: 07/01/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fuji Electric Company Limited (Fuji Electric Systems Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Electric Company Limited (Fuji Electric Systems Company Limited)
• Inventors: Fujii, Toshiro, Koyanagi, Takuya, Hanyuda, Tsugio, Sakanoue, Kenji, Hachii, Koji, Horiguchi, Toshiyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Morano, S. Joseph
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bellinger, Jason R.
• Application Number:
  US09/864,262
• Publication Number:
  US 20020026735A1
• Time in Patent Office: 767 Days
• Field of Search: 405/84, 405/45, 405/49, 405/64, 406/18, D20/1, D20/3, D20/4, D20/5
• US Class Current: 40/584
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 23/00 Advertising on or in specific articles, e.g. ashtrays, letter-boxes on or in vehicles G09F21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 23/06 the advertising matter being combined with articles for restaurants, shops or offices on paper articles G09F23/10
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 7/00 Signs, name or number plates, letters, numerals, or symbols vehicle registration number plates B60R13/10; Panels or boards show-cards G09F1/00; indicating arrangements for variable information G09F9/00, G09F11/00; illuminated signs G09F13/00; boards for notices or posters G09F15/00

Abstract

A door for automatic vending machine in which a door structure having an item sample display unit is,improved according to the invention. In the door for the automatic vending machine, a concave portion 5 of a large door 2 made by one press molding is available for an item sample display unit 3 in which the item samples 6 are displayed on each of three stairs, four fluorescent lamps 7 illuminating the item samples 6 and an advertisement 8 provided under the item samples 6 are installed, each of three lamps being provided on lower portion of the item samples 6 and the other one of the lamps being provided on uppermost portion of the item sample display unit 3, and circumference of the item sample display unit 3 is covered with a small door 4 made by a transparent material 10 and having a frame 9.

Claims

1. A door for automatic vending machine comprising a first door unit capable of opening and closing and installed on a front surface of the automatic vending machine, and an item sample display unit, both of the first door unit and the item sample display unit being made by one molding;

wherein said item samples are arranged in a plurality of rows in said display unit, so that the item samples in a center row or near the center row are curved toward the back surface of the door unit and so that the item samples in the row higher than those in or near the center row are declined downward and the item samples in the row lower than those in or near the center row are inclined upward, and an illumination lamp is installed in an upper portion of the item samples in the uppermost row and in a lower portion of the item samples in the lowermost row, respectively.

2. A door for automatic vending machine comprising a first door unit capable of opening and closing and installed on a front surface of the automatic vending machine, and an item sample display unit, both of the first door unit and the item sample display unit being made by one molding;

wherein said item samples are arranged in a plurality of rows in said display unit, so that the item samples in a center portion or near the center portion are curved toward the back surface of the door unit and so that the item samples in the left side of the center portion are declined to the right and the item samples in the right side of the center portion are declined to the left, and an illumination lamp is installed in the left side of the item samples in the most left side and in the right side of the item samples in the most right side, respectively.