Field of the invention

The invention relates to the field of consumer friendly vending machines or furnitures.

Background of the invention

It is known that vending machines often are constructed of a control panel with push buttons. The payment function, which is located on the right hand side on the front of the machine, often accepts either coins or credit cards. The products are stored behind a glass window or an opaque facade where graphics, such as a logo, are placed. The problem with this is that consumers cannot see or read about the product or products that are in the vending machine, which often is crucial for most people in a use or purchase situation. In cases where the vending machine is used for food, the consumer is barred from having the product in hand and obtaining information on ingredients, nutritional value and whether the product contains allergens, such as milk ingredients or nuts. This, of course, is possible when you are in a retail store or you shop via the Internet, where it is mandatory for the online store to provide this information on their webshop. As vending machines do not show this information, they are not exactly consumer-friendly and therefore many consumers might not choose to buy from vending machines. This is exacerbated by the fact that choosing a product in a vending machine is often cumbersome because you first have to find the number of the product through the glass pane and then have to press the number on the control panel, which is located to the right of the glass pane. The manufacturers of vending machines have thus indirectly determined that the best way to serve consumers is with a control panel located to the right because it was assumed that the majority are right- handed and do not take into account the many people who are left-handed. Only when you have chosen a product will you be informed of the price. Then, you pay with coins or credit card. Finally, the product is triggered and falls into a room slightly above ground level, and you have to bend down to pick it up. If the vending machine has a touch screen, it is known that it is a relatively small screen which is only used for the selection of products and to pay. It is located to the right as demonstrated in patent CN110889928, an automatic sales unit based on the Internet of Things. CN 108665641 A describes another vending machine with drawers, each drawer being provided with a touch screen. The invention in question differs from CN108665641A by the individual touch screens being part of a large screen composed of the touch screens of the drawers. It is also known from retail stores in general that you partly have store interiors that are used to store the products the store wants to sell and then set up flat screens with commercial messages to attract customers into the store. The

SUBSTITUTE SHEETS (RULE 26) result is that the flat screen takes up the space that could otherwise be used for products. In terms of interiors for offices and furniture for the home, the problem with drawers is often that you as a user cannot see what the drawer contains when it is closed and you can only find out by opening the drawer. This is a problem in relation to efficiency in a workplace and for the person in the home who wants to have a clear overview of what the drawers contain. It is also not uncommon to put several flat screens together into one large flat screen, when they are placed on a wall or stand and sit permanently still without the possibility of moving it back and forth.

Detailed description of the invention

The novelty of this invention is to fully integrate a flat screen on the front of a drawer containing products or objects and thereby combine the flat screen with the commercial messages and information on the individual product I object. At the same time, the screen acts as a control panel only for the drawer it is placed on. It makes it possible to see the product as an image or illustration and read about the product and scroll through several images with important information as it is known from a mobile phone or webshops before choosing your product. Thereby the problem of being able to inform about the product is solved and it gives the consumer the same opportunities as they have when they are in regular retail store or webshop. If you want to open the drawer, press the touch screen and the drawer comes out of the shelf it is placed in, and you close it again by pressing the screen. The drawer runs back and forth using a motor and mechanical functionality and payment is made via a mobile phone. Thus, the invention differs from traditional vending machines in terms of having one control panel for each product and being able to display all relevant information about the product, such as ingredient list, nutritional value and allergens. This is of great importance to the consumer. Another significant difference is that you can change the language, illustrations and buttons as desired on the electronic screen and thus it differs fundamentally from the traditional vending machines with push buttons or vending machines with one small screen that covers all products in the vending machine. This invention addresses the need that consumers have to be able to get an easy overview of which object or product is in the drawer and can be used in commercial contexts such as a vending machine or in non-commercial contexts where the invention is part of a furniture. The invention also differs from everything else that is known in that several small screens that are obviously placed on several drawers can be put together at the same time so that they function as one large screen. The novelty of this invention is that the screens can move back and forth on the front of each drawer while displaying videos or images and acting as one large screen. This invention is made

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Brief description of the drawing (figure 1)

The drawer is made of wood, plastic, or metal and can be moved in and out using constructions known from office furniture, drawers in furniture arrangements and filing cabinets. An electronic touch-sensitive screen, which receives power and data via cables which are connected to the drawer, is mounted on the front. This, in turn, is connected to the electricity and data network. (1) Electronic screen. Cabinet (2) Drawer I Products (3).

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