Display for dispensing maching
View Patent ↗An improved display is disclosed for a dispensing machine having a plurality of switches for dispensing a plurality of products. The improved display comprises a plurality of illuminators located in proximity to the plurality of switches. A decorative panel indicates the types of the plurality of products for dispensing by the dispensing machine. A mounting fixes the decorative panel for enabling the plurality of illuminators to illuminate the decorative panel. A control is connected to the plurality of switches for energizing the plurality of illuminators in response to an actuation of a selected one of the plurality of switches for indicating the dispensing of one of the plurality of products by the dispensing machine.
1. An improved display for a dispensing machine, the dispensing machine having a plurality of nozzles for dispensing a plurality of products with a plurality of switches being located adjacent to said plurality of nozzles, comprising:
a display window defined between a first and a second display window end;
a plurality of illuminators located within said display window;
each of said plurality of illuminators comprising a multiplicity of solid-state illuminators arranged in an array located in proximity to each of said plurality of switches, respectively;
a mounting comprising a first and second groove located adjacent to said first and a second display window ends;
a plurality of translucent decorative panels for indicating the types of the plurality of products, respectively;
a flexible transparent lens extending between a first and a second lens end;
said flexible transparent lens having a plurality of sections having a plurality of bars interposed between said plurality of sections;
said plurality of bars defining a plurality of slots for mounting said plurality of translucent decorative panels on said flexible transparent lens;
said first and second lens end of said flexible transparent lens being receivable within said first and second grooves of said mounting for removably mounting said translucent decorative panel in front of said plurality of illuminators for enabling said plurality of illuminators to illuminate through said decorative panel for indicating the types of the plurality of products;
a control comprising a memory for storing an illumination sequence for each of said plurality of illuminators; and
a connector interconnecting said control and said plurality of switches and said plurality of illuminators for energizing at least one of said plurality of illuminators with said illumination sequence in response to an actuation of a selected one of said plurality of switches for indicating the dispensing of one of the plurality of products by the dispensing machine.