Magazine

Abstract

To clearly notify that the number of mounted tobacco commodities is below a prescribed number.SOLUTION: A magazine 100 includes: a magazine body 110 which can mount a plurality of tobacco commodities 500 in a row in a back and forth direction and has a rear wall 100d and a left side wall 110c; and a notification part 170 which exists at a position lower than an upper surface of the rear wall 100d when the number of the tobacco commodities 500 mounted on the magazine body 110 is a prescribed number or larger, and protrudes above the top surface of the rear wall 100d when the number of the tobacco commodities 500 is below the prescribed number.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 11

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present disclosure relates to magazines. [Background technology]

[0002] For example, the cartridge described in Patent Document 1 is applied to a product display shelf that is placed on a cash register counter in a store (e.g., a convenience store) and allows consumers to remove tobacco products from the front of the cash register themselves. The cartridge is mounted on the product display shelf, for example, so that the front side faces the consumer and the rear side faces the space for store clerks who perform cash register operations, which is located on the other side of the cash register counter. General consumers who visit the store can remove the tobacco products in the cartridge from the front side of the cash register counter. The cartridge described in Patent Document 1 has a mounting section on which multiple products are mounted, a push plate, a biasing section that biases the push plate forward, and a moving section that moves in conjunction with the movement of the push plate. The moving section has a remaining number display section that displays and notifies at the rear of the cartridge whether the number of products on the mounting section has fallen below a predetermined number N (N is a natural number). The moving part moves in conjunction with the advancement of the push plate to a predetermined forward position, so that the remaining number display part moves from the waiting position to the display position, or the remaining number display part moves from the display position to the waiting position. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] International Publication No. 2013 / 153579 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] It is desirable for a magazine (cartridge in Patent Document 1) that holds tobacco products to provide an easy-to-understand notification when the number of tobacco products held therein falls below a predetermined number. An object of the present disclosure is to provide a magazine that can easily notify a user that the number of tobacco products contained therein has fallen below a predetermined number. [Means for solving the problem]

[0005] The present disclosure, which has been completed with this objective in mind, is a magazine capable of loading multiple tobacco products in a row in the front-to-back direction, comprising a magazine body having a rear wall and side walls, and an alarm unit that is located at a lower position than the top surface of the rear wall when the number of tobacco products loaded in the magazine body is equal to or greater than a predetermined number, and that protrudes above the top surface of the rear wall when the number of tobacco products loaded is less than the predetermined number. Here, the notification section comprises a plate-shaped member having a main body section shaped parallel to the front-to-rear direction and positioned between the side wall and the tobacco product, and a bent section bent from the main body section in a direction intersecting the front-to-rear direction, and the position of the bent section relative to the rear wall may change depending on the number of the tobacco products. The device may further include an application section arranged behind the plurality of tobacco products and applying a force to the plurality of tobacco products in a direction moving them forward, and the notification section may have a change member that is connected to the application section and moves together with the application section, and changes the position of the bent portion depending on the number of tobacco products. In addition, the angle between a first portion which is a front portion and a second portion which is a rear portion of the main body portion may be an obtuse angle, and the bent portion may be bent from a rear end portion of the second portion in a direction perpendicular to the main body portion. In addition, the change member may have a connecting portion connected to the application portion and a contact portion contacting an upper surface of the main body portion, and when the contact portion contacts the second portion, the bent portion may be at a position lower than the upper surface of the rear wall, and when the contact portion contacts the first portion, the bent portion may protrude above the upper surface of the rear wall. In addition, the change member may be configured so that when the number of tobacco products loaded in the magazine body is equal to or greater than the specified number, the contact portion contacts the second portion, and when the number of tobacco products loaded in the magazine body is less than the specified number, the contact portion contacts the first portion. In addition, the magazine body may have a side wall at each of both left and right ends, and one of the two side walls may have a notch cut out extending from the top to the center in the vertical direction and from the center to the rear in the left and right direction, and the main body may be positioned between the other of the two side walls and the tobacco products. Effect of the Invention

[0006] According to the present disclosure, it is possible to easily notify a user that the number of tobacco products loaded has fallen below a predetermined number. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0007] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a store in which tobacco fixtures are placed. [Diagram 2] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of a tobacco display fixture. [Diagram 3] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of components that constitute a tobacco fixture. [Figure 4] 1A and 1B are diagrams illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of a decorative member and a connecting member. [Diagram 5] FIG. 13 is an example of a perspective view of the magazine as viewed from diagonally above the rear left. [Figure 6] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of components that configure a magazine. [Figure 7] 1 is a diagram showing an example of a cross section of a magazine taken along a plane perpendicular to the left-right direction; [Figure 8] 13 is a diagram showing an example of a pushing member and a changing member as viewed from the rear. FIG. [Figure 9] 13 is a diagram showing an example of a magazine body and a plate-like member viewed from the right in the left-right direction. FIG. [Figure 10] 13 is a diagram showing an example of a magazine body and a plate-like member viewed from the right in the left-right direction. FIG. [Figure 11] 1 is an example of a perspective view of a magazine as viewed from diagonally above the rear left. FIG. [Figure 12] FIG. 4 is an example of a development view of a plate-like member. [Figure 13] This is an example of a view of the equipment fixtures from the right side in the left-right direction. [Figure 14] FIG. 1 is an example of a view of the equipment fixture from a direction perpendicular to the bottom. [Figure 15] FIG. 1 is an example of a front view of equipment fixtures. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0008] Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a store in which a tobacco fixture 1 is placed. As shown in FIG. 1, in a store such as a convenience store, a tobacco display unit 1 that stores tobacco products 500 in a displayable manner and allows consumers to remove the tobacco products 500 themselves is placed on a cash register counter 1000 on which a cash register 1100 is placed. For example, the tobacco display unit 1 is placed on the cash register counter 1000 so that the front side faces the consumer and the rear side faces a space for store clerks to perform cash register operations (hereinafter, may be referred to as a "cash register work space") 1200, which is provided on the other side of the cash register counter 1000. Also, in the store, a tobacco display unit 5 that stores tobacco products 500 in a displayable manner is placed in front of a wall 1300. For example, the tobacco display unit 5 allows a store clerk in the cash register work space 1200 to remove the tobacco products 500. Above the tobacco display unit 5, a device display unit 3 is provided for displaying devices 600 for non-combustion heated tobacco products 500 (hereinafter, sometimes referred to as "heated tobacco devices"). The tobacco fixture 1, tobacco fixture 5, and device fixture 3 are described in detail below.

[0009] <Tobacco fixture 1> FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of the tobacco fixture 1. As shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of components that configure the tobacco fixture 1. As shown in FIG. As shown in Fig. 2, the tobacco fixture 1 includes a magazine 100 capable of mounting tobacco products 500 in a line, and a storage unit 10 capable of storing a plurality of magazines 100. The tobacco fixture 1 also includes a decorative member 50, and a connecting member 90 that connects the storage unit 10 and the decorative member 50. The tobacco fixture 1 shown in Fig. 2 has four vertical shelves, each capable of storing five magazines 100, and can store a total of 20 magazines 100. However, the number of magazines 100 that can be stored in one shelf and the number of shelves are not limited to five and four, respectively. In the following description, the arrangement direction of the tobacco products 500 in the magazine 100 may be referred to as the "front-to-back direction," the arrangement direction of the five magazines 100 in each row may be referred to as the "left-right direction," and the arrangement direction of the four rows may be referred to as the "up-down direction."

[0010] (Containment Unit 10) The storage unit 10 comprises a base 20 provided at the lowest part, a left side part 31 which is the left sidewall, a right side part 32 which is the right sidewall, a plate-shaped top plate 33 provided at the highest part, a middle plate 34 which is disposed between the base 20 and the top plate 33 and divides the internal space vertically, a left reinforcing member 35 which reinforces the left rear part, and a right reinforcing member 36 which reinforces the right rear part. The left side part 31, the right side part 32 and the middle plate 34 each have four levels, and there are three middle plates 34 to divide the space into four levels.

[0011] ((Base 20)) The base 20 has a rectangular parallelepiped bottom 21, a left wall 22 protruding upward from the left end of the bottom 21, and a right wall 23 protruding upward from the right end of the bottom 21. The bottom 21 is flat and its size in the up-down direction is smaller than its size in the left-right direction and the front-rear direction. The bottom 21 is formed with a recess 21a that is recessed from the top surface and extends in the front-rear direction. The recess 21a is a portion into which a protrusion 112 (see FIG. 6) provided on the magazine 100, which will be described later, is fitted, and functions as a guide when the magazine 100 is moved in the front-rear direction, and also has the effect of fixing the magazine 100 and the bottom 21 so that the magazine 100 does not move in the front-rear direction or left-right direction from the bottom 21 after attachment. Two recesses 21a are formed for each magazine 100, for a total of ten recesses 21a formed in the left-right direction.

[0012] In addition, a notch 21b is formed in the bottom 21, which is cut rearward from the front end face. A second recess 114 (see FIG. 7), which is described later and is provided in the magazine 100, is fitted into the notch 21b. One notch 21b is formed for each magazine 100, and five notches are formed in total in the left-right direction.

[0013] The left wall portion 22 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape formed so as to extend in the front-rear direction, and restricts leftward movement of the magazine 100. The left wall portion 22 is formed with a plurality of recesses 221 recessed from the upper end surface. The right wall portion 23 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape formed so as to extend in the front-rear direction, and restricts rightward movement of the magazine 100. The right wall portion 23 has a plurality of recesses 231 formed therein that are recessed from the upper end surface.

[0014] ((Left side portion 31)) The left side portion 31 is a flat plate-like member whose size in the left-right direction is smaller than its size in the up-down direction and the front-rear direction. The left side portion 31 has an upper convex portion 311 protruding upward from its upper end surface, and a lower convex portion 312 protruding downward from its lower end surface. The first tier of the left side portion 31 is provided above the left wall portion 22 of the base 20. The lower convex portion 312 fits into a recess 221 formed in the left wall portion 22 of the base 20, thereby restricting movement relative to the base 20. Furthermore, the left side portion 31 has a front protrusion 313 that protrudes forward from the front surface.

[0015] ((Right side portion 32)) The right side portion 32 is a flat plate-like member whose size in the left-right direction is smaller than its size in the up-down direction and the front-rear direction. The right side portion 32 has an upper convex portion 321 protruding upward from its upper end surface and a lower convex portion 322 protruding downward from its lower end surface. The first tier of the right side portion 32 is provided above the right wall portion 23 of the base 20. The lower convex portion 322 fits into a recess 231 formed in the right wall portion 23 of the base 20, thereby restricting movement relative to the base 20. Further, the right side portion 32 has a front protruding portion 323 that protrudes forward from the front surface.

[0016] ((Tabletop 33)) The top plate 33 is formed at its left end with a left fitting portion (not shown) into which the upper convex portion 311 of the left side portion 31 fits, and at its right end with a right fitting portion (not shown) into which the upper convex portion 321 of the right side portion 32 fits. The upper convex portion 311 of the left side portion 31 fits into the left fitting portion of the top plate 33, and the upper convex portion 321 of the right side portion 32 fits into the right fitting portion, thereby restricting the movement of the top plate 33 relative to the left side portion 31 and the right side portion 32. Additionally, the top plate 33 has, at its front end, a front protrusion 331 that protrudes forward from the front end surface.

[0017] ((Middle plate 34)) The middle plate 34 is flat and its size in the up-down direction is smaller than its size in the left-right and front-to-rear directions, and has a left wall portion 342 protruding upward from the left end, a right wall portion 343 protruding upward from the right end, and a front protruding portion 344 at the front end that protrudes forward from the front end face.

[0018] The middle plate 34 is formed with recesses 341 that are recessed from the top surface and extend in the front-rear direction. The recesses 341 are portions into which protrusions 112, described later, provided on the magazine 100 are fitted, function as guides when the magazine 100 is moved in the front-rear direction, and also have the effect of fixing the magazine 100 and the middle plate 34 so that the magazine 100 does not move in the front-rear, front-rear, left-right directions from the middle plate 34 after attachment. Two recesses 341 are formed per magazine 100, and in this embodiment, a total of ten recesses 341 are formed in the left-right direction.

[0019] The left wall portion 342 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape extending in the front-rear direction and restricts the movement of the magazine 100 to the left. The left wall portion 342 is formed with a plurality of upper recesses 342a recessed from the upper end face and a plurality of lower recesses (not shown) recessed from the lower end face. The upper convex portion 311 of the left side portion 31 below the middle plate 34 is fitted into the lower recesses, and the lower convex portion 312 of the left side portion 31 above the middle plate 34 is fitted into the upper recesses 342a.

[0020] The right wall portion 343 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape extending in the front-rear direction and restricts the rightward movement of the magazine 100. The right wall portion 343 is formed with a plurality of upper recesses 343a recessed from the upper end face and lower recesses (not shown) recessed from the lower end face. The upper protrusions 321 of the right side portion 32 below the middle plate 34 are fitted into the lower recesses, and the lower protrusions 322 of the right side portion 32 above the middle plate 34 are fitted into the upper recesses 343a. The front protrusion 344 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape formed so as to extend in the left-right direction, and has a thickness smaller than the thickness (vertical dimension) of the portion of the middle plate 34 on which the magazine 100 is placed.

[0021] ((Left reinforcing member 35, right reinforcing member 36)) The left reinforcing member 35 and the right reinforcing member 36 are rod-like members that are L-shaped when viewed in the vertical direction, and their vertical size extends from the base 20 to the top plate 33. The left reinforcing member 35 is fastened to the base 20, the top plate 33, and the middle plate 34 by fastening members such as bolts, in order to restrict relative movement between the base 20, the four left side portions 31, the three middle plates 34, and the top plate 33. The right reinforcing member 36 is fastened to the base 20, the top plate 33, and the middle plate 34 by fastening members such as bolts, in order to restrict relative movement between the base 20, the four right side portions 32, the three middle plates 34, and the top plate 33.

[0022] In the base 20, the left side portion 31, the right side portion 32, the top plate 33, and the middle plate 34 configured as above, the left side portion 31 and the right side portion 32 of the first stage are arranged on the base 20, and the middle plate 34 is arranged on the left side portion 31 and the right side portion 32 of the first stage, thereby forming a space R1 for accommodating the five magazines 100 of the first stage. Then, the left side portion 31 and the right side portion 32 of the second stage are arranged on the middle plate 34 forming the space R1, and the middle plate 34 is arranged on the left side portion 31 and the right side portion 32 of the second stage, thereby forming a space R2 for accommodating the five magazines 100 of the second stage. Then, the left side portion 31 and the right side portion 32 of the third stage are arranged on the middle plate 34 forming the space R2, and the middle plate 34 is arranged on the left side portion 31 and the right side portion 32 of the third stage, thereby forming a space R3 for accommodating the five magazines 100 of the third stage. Then, the left side portion 31 and the right side portion 32 of the fourth tier are placed on the middle plate 34 that forms the space R3, and the top plate 33 is placed on the left side portion 31 and the right side portion 32 of the fourth tier, thereby forming a space R4 that accommodates five magazines 100 on the fourth tier.

[0023] The configuration of the storage unit 10 is not limited to the above-mentioned configuration. The storage unit 10 may have any configuration as long as it can store a plurality of magazines 100 in a direction intersecting the arrangement direction of the tobacco products 500 (for example, the left-right direction). Furthermore, the number of stages for storing a plurality of magazines 100 side-by-side may be one or more. When the storage unit 10 is composed of multiple stages, the member that suppresses left-right movement of the plurality of magazines 100 stored in one stage may be composed of multiple members arranged in the vertical direction for each stage, such as the left side portion 31 and the right side portion 32, or may be composed of a single member.

[0024] (Decorative material 50) FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of the decorative member 50 and the connecting member 90. As shown in FIG. The decorative member 50 is a rectangular parallelepiped member, and has a shape that is plane symmetrical with respect to a plane perpendicular to the left-right direction. The decorative member 50 has a rear protrusion 51 that protrudes rearward from the rear surface, and an upper protrusion 52 that protrudes upward from the top surface. The rear protrusion 51 is a rectangular parallelepiped portion, and is provided in the center in the up-down and left-right directions. The upper protrusion 52 is a rectangular parallelepiped portion, and is provided in the center in the left-right direction in an area other than the front portion. The thickness of the rear protrusion 51 and the upper protrusion 52 is set to 1 / 4 to 1 / 3 of the thickness of the rear portion of the decorative member 50.

[0025] The decorative member 50 also has a lower recess 53 recessed upward from the lower surface. The decorative member 50 also has a left recess (not shown) recessed from the left surface to the right side, and a right recess 55 recessed from the right surface to the left side. The left recess and right recess 55 are formed in the center of the left and right surfaces in the front-rear and up-down directions, respectively. In other words, the left recess and right recess 55 are formed in an area other than the outer periphery. Due to the formation of the left recess and right recess 55, the thickness of the center of the decorative member 50 in the front-rear and up-down directions is set to 1 / 4 to 1 / 3 of the thickness of the periphery (in other words, the outer periphery) of the left recess and right recess 55.

[0026] The left decorative member 50 is attached to the left part of the tobacco fixture 1 by fitting the rear convex part 51 into a left central recess 922 (described later) of the connecting member 90. The right decorative member 50 is attached to the right part of the tobacco fixture 1 by fitting the rear convex part 51 into a right central recess 932 (described later) of the connecting member 90. In addition, when the decorative members 50 are provided in multiple tiers, the upper convex part 52 of the decorative member 50 in the lower tier is fitted into the lower recess 53 of the decorative member 50 in the upper tier, thereby suppressing relative movement between the decorative members 50 in the lower tier and the decorative members 50 in the upper tier.

[0027] The decorative member 50 is molded in a color different from the color of the containing unit 10. For example, the containing unit 10 may be black, whereas the decorative member 50 may be green. The decorative member 50 may also be green and semi-transparent. When the decorative member 50 is green and semi-transparent, for example, the thickness of the center portion where the left and right recesses 55 are formed is 1 / 4 to 1 / 3 of the thickness of the surroundings of the left and right recesses 55, so that the color of the center portion can be made different from the color of the surroundings (in other words, the outer periphery).

[0028] (Connecting member 90) The connecting member 90 has a rectangular upper connecting portion 91 provided at the top and extending in the left-right direction, a rectangular left connecting portion 92 provided at the left portion and extending in the up-down direction, and a rectangular right connecting portion 93 provided at the right portion and extending in the up-down direction. The upper connecting part 91 has an upper recess 911 recessed forward from the rear surface, the left connecting part 92 has a left recess 921 recessed forward from the rear surface, and the right connecting part 93 has a right recess 931 recessed forward from the rear surface.

[0029] The first to third tiered connecting members 90 are held in the accommodating unit 10 by fitting the front protrusion 344 of the middle plate 34 into the upper recess 911, the front protrusion 313 of the left side part 31 into the left recess 921, and the front protrusion 323 of the right side part 32 into the right recess 931. The fourth tiered connecting member 90 is held in the accommodating unit 10 by fitting the front protrusion 331 of the top plate 33 into the upper recess 911, the front protrusion 313 of the left side part 31 into the left recess 921, and the front protrusion 323 of the right side part 32 into the right recess 931.

[0030] The left connecting part 92 has a left central recess 922 recessed rearward from the front face in the center of the front face, and a left groove 923 recessed rearward from the front face over the entire vertical area above and below the left central recess 922. The decorative member 50 is held by the connecting member 90 by fitting the rear protrusion 51 of the decorative member 50 into the left central recess 922.

[0031] The right connecting part 93 has a right central recess 932 recessed rearward from the front face in the center of the front face, and a right groove 933 recessed rearward from the front face over the entire vertical area above and below the right central recess 932. The decorative member 50 is held by the connecting member 90 by fitting the rear protrusion 51 of the decorative member 50 into the right central recess 932.

[0032] (Magazine 100) FIG. 5 is an example of a perspective view of the magazine 100 as seen from diagonally above and behind the left. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of components that constitute the magazine 100. As shown in FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a cross section of the magazine 100 taken along a plane perpendicular to the left-right direction. FIG. 8 is an example of a view of the pushing member 130 and the changing member 190 seen from behind.

[0033] The magazine 100 comprises a magazine body 110 capable of mounting tobacco products 500 in a line, and a flap 120 attached to the front of the magazine body 110 so as to be able to swing relative to the magazine body 110. The magazine 100 also comprises a pushing member 130 disposed behind the tobacco products 500 and pushing the tobacco products 500 forward, a spring 150 interposed between the pushing member 130 and the magazine body 110 and applying a force in the forward direction to the pushing member 130, and a bobbin 160 around which the spring 150 is wound.

[0034] ((Magazine body 110)) The magazine body 110 is a concave member capable of mounting the tobacco products 500 in a line in the front-to-rear direction, and has a rear wall 110b provided on the rear side, a left side wall 110c provided on the left side, and a right side wall 110d provided on the right side.

[0035] The bottom 111 of the magazine body 110 is provided with a plate-shaped protruding portion 112 that protrudes downward from the lower surface. The protruding portion 112 is a portion that fits into a recess 21a or the like formed in the bottom 21 of the base 20. Two protruding portions 112 are provided side by side in the left-right direction. In addition, the bottom 111 of the magazine body 110 is formed with a first recess 113 that is recessed downward from the upper surface and extends in the front-rear direction. Two first recesses 113 are formed side by side in the left-right direction.

[0036] Further, a second recess 114 is formed at the front of the bottom 111 of the magazine body 110. The second recess 114 is connected to the two first recesses 113 and is cylindrically recessed with the left-right direction as a column direction. A bobbin 160 around which a spring 150 is wound is housed in the second recess 114. The walls around the second recess 114 are formed transparent, so that store clerks and consumers can visually see the color of the spring 150 wound around the bobbin 160 when viewed from the front.

[0037] A circular first through hole 116 and an arc-shaped second through hole 117 are formed in the lower part of the front portion of each of the left side wall 110c and the right side wall 110d. The right side wall 110d is formed with a notch 110e that is cut from the top to the center in the vertical direction and from the center to the rear in the left-right direction. The rear wall 110b is formed with a recess 110f recessed downward from the upper surface. The magazine body 110 may be made of resin and may be transparent.

[0038] ((Flap 120)) The flap 120 has a front wall 121 provided on the front side, a rear wall 122 provided on the rear side, and a left wall 123 provided on the left side and a right wall 124 provided on the right side so as to connect the front wall 121 and the rear wall 122. The front wall 121 is substantially square when viewed from the front, and the rear wall 122 is rectangular in shape, smaller in vertical size than the front wall 121 and the same in horizontal size as the front wall 121.

[0039] The flap 120 has two left cylindrical portions 125 that protrude leftward from the left surface of the left wall 123. The flap 120 also has two right cylindrical portions 126 that protrude rightward from the right surface of the right wall 124. The flap 120 is positioned within a recess in the magazine body 110, and is attached to the magazine body 110 in a swingable manner by having the two left cylindrical portions 125 and the two right cylindrical portions 126 fitted into a first through hole 116 and a second through hole 117 formed in each of both side walls of the magazine body 110.

[0040] ((Pressing member 130)) The pushing member 130 has a plate-shaped pushing plate 131 that pushes the tobacco products, and a support part 132 supported by the magazine body 110 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction. The pushing plate 131 is a part that is perpendicular to the front-rear direction. The support part 132 is a plate-shaped part that is perpendicular to the up-down direction, and is provided so as to extend rearward from the lower end part of the pushing plate 131. The pushing member 130 also has a plate-shaped rib 133 that is perpendicular to the left-right direction to suppress bending of the pushing plate 131 relative to the support part 132. Two ribs 133 are provided side by side in the left-right direction.

[0041] The support portion 132 has a lower protrusion 134 that protrudes downward. Two lower protrusions 134 are provided side by side in the left-right direction. The two lower protrusions 134 are fitted into the first recesses 113 of the magazine body 110, respectively, and the pressing member 130 is able to move in the front-rear direction by the lower protrusions 134 moving along the first recesses 113.

[0042] The pushing member 130 also has a hook 135 to which one end of the spring 150 is hooked. Further, the pushing member 130 has a rectangular parallelepiped left protruding portion 136 protruding to the right from the left rib 133 slightly above the upper surface of the support portion 132, and a rectangular parallelepiped right protruding portion 137 protruding to the left from the right rib 133 slightly above the upper surface of the support portion 132. The left protruding portion 136 and the right protruding portion 137 are each a portion parallel to the pushing plate 131, and are provided at a position spaced a predetermined distance from the pushing plate 131.

[0043] ((Spring 150)) Spring 150 is a so-called spiral spring in which a highly elastic material (e.g., metal) is wound in a spiral shape. One end of spring 150 is hooked onto hook 135 of pressing member 130, and the other end is hooked onto bobbin 160. The portion of spring 150 on the one end side hooked onto hook 135 is colored, for example, red over a predetermined length. The other portions of spring 150 other than the portion colored red are colored, for example, white. Note that the other portions of spring 150 other than the portion colored red may remain the color of the material (e.g., silver) without being colored.

[0044] ((Bobbin 160)) The bobbin 160 is a member having a cylindrical tubular portion 161 and a rotating shaft 162 provided on both sides of the cylindrical portion 161. The bobbin 160 is housed in the second recess 114 of the magazine body 110 with the spring 150 wound around the cylindrical portion 161. The bobbin 160 is attached rotatably relative to the magazine body 110 with the rotating shaft 162 supported by the magazine body 110.

[0045] The surrounding wall 110a forming the second recess 114 in the magazine body 110 is transparent. Therefore, a store clerk can recognize the color of the spring 150 from the front of the tobacco fixture 1. The surrounding wall 110a of the first-stage magazine body 110 is fitted into the notch 21b of the base 20, making the color of the spring 150 visible from the front.

[0046] Here, in the magazine 100, the tobacco products 500 are arranged between the flap 120 attached to the magazine body 110 and the pushing member 130. The spring force of the spring 150 acts on the pushing member 130 in a forward direction, and the pushing plate 131 comes into face-to-face contact with the rear surface of the tobacco product 500. As a result, the tobacco products 500 receive a force in a forward direction. Therefore, when multiple tobacco products 500 are arranged in the magazine body 110, they are lined up in the front-to-back direction, and the tobacco product 500 located at the frontmost position comes into contact with the flap 120. Then, a consumer can easily take out the tobacco product 500 located at the front by rotating the flap 120 toward himself / herself with respect to the magazine body 110.

[0047] When multiple tobacco products 500 are present in the magazine body 110, the push plate 131 of the push member 130 is located at a position away from the flap 120 by a distance equal to the number of tobacco products 500. The spring 150 is pulled out from the bobbin 160 according to the position of the push member 130, in other words, by a distance equal to the number of tobacco products 500.

[0048] Hereinafter, the number of tobacco products 500 present in the magazine body 110, in other words, the amount of tobacco products 500 remaining in the magazine body 110, may be referred to as the "remaining amount." The magazine 100 has a function of notifying the user that the remaining amount is low when the remaining amount falls below a predetermined number. This function will be described in detail below. The predetermined number can be, for example, six.

[0049] When the remaining amount is equal to or greater than the predetermined number, the red portion of the spring 150 is pulled out from the bobbin 160 and only the white portion remains wound around the bobbin 160, and when the remaining amount is less than the predetermined number, the red portion of the spring 150 also remains wound around the bobbin 160. In other words, the predetermined length of the red colored spring 150 corresponds to the predetermined number of tobacco products 500. As a result, the store clerk can tell that the remaining amount is less than the predetermined amount by seeing that the spring 150 has turned red from the front of the tobacco fixture 1. This enables the store clerk to refill the magazine 100 with tobacco products 500 before the remaining amount reaches zero.

[0050] Furthermore, the magazine 100 has a notification unit 170 that notifies a store clerk standing behind that the number of tobacco products 500 contained in the magazine body 110 is less than a predetermined number. The notification unit 170 notifies a store clerk standing in the cash register work space 1200 that the number of tobacco products 500 contained in the magazine 100 installed in the tobacco fixture 1 placed on the cash register counter 1000 is less than a predetermined number. The notification unit 170 will be described in detail below.

[0051] ((Notification unit 170)) 9 and 10 are examples of diagrams showing the magazine body 110 and the plate-shaped member 180 viewed from the right in the left-right direction. Fig. 9 is an example of a diagram showing the plate-shaped member 180 in a first state, and Fig. 10 is an example of a diagram showing the plate-shaped member 180 in a second state. Fig. 11 is an example of a perspective view of the magazine 100 as seen from diagonally above the rear left. Fig. 11 is an example of a view showing a case where the plate-like member 180 is in the second state. FIG. 12 is an example of a development view of the plate-like member 180. As shown in FIG. The notification unit 170 includes a flat plate-like member 180 arranged between the left side wall 110c of the magazine body 110 and the tobacco products 500, and a change member 190 connected to the pushing member 130 and moving together with the pushing member 130, for changing the position of the plate-like member 180 in accordance with the number of tobacco products 500.

[0052] The plate-like member 180 is formed parallel in the front-rear and up-down directions, and has a main body portion 181 that is positioned between the left side wall 110c and the tobacco product 500, and a bent portion 186 that is bent from the main body portion 181 in a direction intersecting the front-rear direction. Main body 181 has first portion 183 which is a front portion and second portion 184 which is a rear portion. When viewed in the left-right direction, first portion 183 and second portion 184 are formed to have a predetermined width (in other words, size in the up-down direction), and are bent so that the angle between first portion 183 and second portion 184 is an obtuse angle (for example, 175°).

[0053] Because the plate-like member 180 has the above-mentioned shape, when viewed in the left-right direction, the plate-like member 180 transitions between a first state (the state in FIGS. 5 and 9) in which the second portion 184 is parallel to the front-rear direction and the first portion 183 is inclined relative to the front-rear direction, and a second state (the state in FIGS. 10 and 11) in which the first portion 183 is parallel to the front-rear direction and the second portion 184 is inclined relative to the front-rear direction. Also, the vertical size (in other words, the width) of the first portion 183 and the second portion 184 is larger than the vertical size of the left side wall 110c, and the upper ends protrude upward beyond the upper surface of the left side wall 110c.

[0054] Bent portion 186 is bent to the right from the rear end of second portion 184. Bent portion 186 is bent from main body portion 181 so as to be perpendicular to the front-rear direction (in other words, so as to be parallel to the up-down and left-right directions) when plate-shaped member 180 is in the second state. Therefore, when plate-shaped member 180 is in the first state, bent portion 186 becomes a surface that is inclined in the front-rear and up-down directions. In other words, as shown in the development view of FIG. 12, bent portion 186 is bent 90° at a line that is inclined in the up-down direction when plate-shaped member 180 is in the second state.

[0055] When viewed from the rear, the bent portion 186 is located below the upper surface of the rear wall 110b of the magazine body 110 and is hidden by the rear wall 110b when the plate member 180 is in the first state (see FIG. 5), and protrudes above the upper surface of the rear wall 110b of the magazine body 110 when the plate member 180 is in the second state (see FIG. 11). Therefore, the vertical size of the bent portion 186 is smaller than the vertical size of the rear wall 110b of the magazine body 110. The angle between the first portion 183 and the second portion 184 is set so that the vertical position of the lower end of the bent portion 186 when the plate member 180 is in the second state is higher than the upper surface of the rear wall 110b of the magazine body 110.

[0056] The plate-like member 180 is molded from, for example, resin. The bent portion 186 is colored, for example, red, and the main body 181 is colored in a color different from the bent portion 186, for example, transparent or white, which is a color less noticeable than red. This makes it easy for a store clerk to visually recognize that the bent portion 186 protrudes upward from the upper surface of the rear wall 110b of the magazine body 110. Even when the plate-like member 180 is in the first state and the bent portion 186 is located below the upper surface of the rear wall 110b of the magazine body 110, the bent portion 186 is difficult to visually recognize through the transparent rear wall 110b because, for example, white paper is inserted into the recess 110f of the transparent rear wall 110b. The name of the tobacco product 500 may be written, for example, in black characters, on the white paper inserted into the recess 110f. This makes it possible to easily grasp the names of the tobacco products 500 contained in the magazine body 110 in which the bent portion 186 protrudes above the upper surface of the rear wall 110b of the magazine body 110.

[0057] The method of coloring the bent portion 186 is not particularly limited. It may be molded using a red resin, or it may be molded using a material of the same color as the main body portion 181 (for example, transparent, white, or black), and then red paper or tape may be attached to it, or it may be colored with paint or the like. Moreover, the color of the bent portion 186 is not limited to red. In order to make it easier for the store clerk to visually recognize that the bent portion 186 is protruding, it is preferable that the bent portion 186 is a color different from the color of the paper inserted in the recess 110f of the rear wall 110b of the magazine body 110. For example, when the color of the paper inserted in the recess 110f of the rear wall 110b of the magazine body 110 is black, the color of the bent portion 186 may be yellow or white.

[0058] As shown in Figure 6 etc., the modification member 190 has a connecting portion 191 that is connected to the pushing member 130, a protruding portion 194 that protrudes rearward and to the left from the connecting portion 191, and a connecting portion 199 that connects the connecting portion 191 and the protruding portion 194.

[0059] The connecting portion 191 has a flat plate-like portion 192 perpendicular to the front-rear direction, and a protruding portion 193 protruding rearward from the flat plate-like portion 192. The flat plate-like portion 192 is rectangular in shape with the short side in the left-right direction and the long side in the up-down direction, and the size in the left-right direction is smaller than the size between two ribs 133 provided on the pressing member 130, and the size in the up-down direction is smaller than the size in the up-down direction of the pressing plate 131 of the pressing member 130. The protruding portion 193 protrudes in the front-rear direction from the center of the flat plate-like portion 192 in the left-right direction over the entire area of ​​the flat plate-like portion 192 in the up-down direction. The flat portion 192 is positioned between the two ribs 133 of the pushing member 130, between the pushing plate 131 and the left protrusion 136 and the right protrusion 137, and the protrusion 193 is positioned between the left protrusion 136 and the right protrusion 137.

[0060] The extension portion 194 is in the form of a flat plate perpendicular to the front-rear direction, and is in the form of a rectangle whose short sides extend in the left-right direction and whose long sides extend in the up-down direction. A recess 195 is formed in the overhanging portion 194, recessed from the left end face to the right in a rectangular parallelepiped shape. An upper portion of the main body portion 181 of the plate-shaped member 180 exists within the recess 195. An upper portion of the recess 195 in the overhanging portion 194 functions as a contact portion 196 that comes into contact with the upper surface of the main body portion 181 of the plate-shaped member 180. An upper portion of the recess 195 in the overhanging portion 194 functions as a restricting portion 197 that restricts the movement of the main body portion 181 to the right. Further, a notch 198 cut into a rectangular parallelepiped shape is formed at the right and lower end of the overhanging portion 194. Within the notch 198, the left rib 133 provided on the pressing member 130 is positioned.

[0061] The connection portion 199 is a portion that is parallel in the front-rear and up-down directions and is provided so as to connect the left end portion of the flat portion 192 of the coupling portion 191 and the right end portion of the protruding portion 194. The connection portion 199 is disposed between the two ribs 133 of the pressing member 130.

[0062] The change member 190 is connected to the push member 130 and moves in the front-rear direction together with the push member 130. When the number of tobacco products 500 loaded on the magazine body 110 is equal to or greater than a predetermined number (e.g., six), the change member 190 is located in an area where the second part 184 of the main body 181 of the plate-shaped member 180 is present (see FIG. 5). The contact part 196 comes into contact with an upper surface of the second part 184 of the plate-shaped member 180, preventing the plate-shaped member 180 from transitioning from the first state to the second state. On the other hand, when the number of tobacco products 500 loaded on the magazine body 110 is less than the predetermined number, the change member 190 is located in an area where the first part 183 of the main body 181 of the plate-shaped member 180 is present (see FIG. 11). The contact part 196 comes into contact with an upper surface of the first part 183 of the plate-shaped member 180, preventing the plate-shaped member 180 from transitioning from the second state to the first state. Furthermore, when the number of tobacco products 500 loaded in the magazine body 110 drops from a state where it is equal to or greater than the predetermined number to less than the predetermined number, the change member 190 moves forward together with the push member 130, causing the contact portion 196 to come into contact with the first portion 183 of the plate-shaped member 180, transitioning the plate-shaped member 180 from the first state to the second state. Then, as the plate-shaped member 180 enters the second state, the bent portion 186 protrudes upward from the upper surface of the rear wall 110b of the magazine body 110.

[0063] As described above, the magazine 100 is capable of mounting a plurality of tobacco products 500 in a line in the front-rear direction, and includes the magazine body 110 having the rear wall 110b and the left side wall 110c as an example of a side wall, and the notification unit 170 that notifies the user that the number of tobacco products 500 mounted in the magazine body 110 is less than a predetermined number. The notification unit 170 is located lower than the upper surface of the rear wall 110b when the number of tobacco products 500 mounted in the magazine body 110 is equal to or greater than the predetermined number, and protrudes above the upper surface of the rear wall 110b when the number of tobacco products 500 is less than the predetermined number. This allows a store clerk who sees the magazine 100 from behind the magazine 100 housed in the tobacco fixture 1 (for example, from the cash register work space 1200) to easily understand that the notification unit 170 protrudes above the upper surface of the rear wall 110b of the magazine body 110, and therefore can easily notify the user that the remaining amount is less than the predetermined number.

[0064] Here, the notification unit 170 comprises a plate-like member 180 having a main body 181 shaped parallel to the front-rear direction and disposed between the left side wall 110c and the tobacco products 500, and a bent portion 186 bent from the main body 181 in a direction intersecting the front-rear direction, the position of the bent portion 186 relative to the rear wall 110b changing depending on the number of tobacco products 500. By using the plate-like member 180 configured in this manner, it is possible to notify the store clerk in an easy-to-understand manner that the remaining amount falls below a predetermined number.

[0065] The magazine 100 further includes a pushing member 130 as an example of an application unit that is disposed behind the multiple tobacco products 500 and applies a force to the multiple tobacco products 500 in a direction moving them forward, and the notification unit 170 has a change member 190 that is connected to the pushing member 130 and moves together with the pushing member 130, and changes the position of the bent portion 186 in accordance with the number of tobacco products 500. In this way, the change member 190 is connected to the pushing member 130 and moves together with the pushing member 130 to change the position of the bent portion 186, so that the plate-like member 180 can be displaced with high accuracy in accordance with the number of tobacco products 500.

[0066] In main body 181, the angle formed between first portion 183 which is the front portion and second portion 184 which is the rear portion is an obtuse angle, and bent portion 186 is bent from the rear end portion of second portion 184 in a direction perpendicular to main body 181. This makes it possible to realize, with a simple configuration, a shape of bent portion 186 which is easily visible from behind.

[0067] The change member 190 has a connecting portion 191 that is connected to the pushing member 130, and a contact portion 196 that contacts the upper surface of the main body portion 181, and when the contact portion 196 contacts the second portion 184, the bent portion 186 is located at a position lower than the upper surface of the rear wall 110b, and when the contact portion 196 contacts the first portion 183, the bent portion 186 protrudes above the upper surface of the rear wall 110b. This makes it possible, with a simple configuration, to cause the bent portion 186 to protrude above the upper surface of the rear wall 110b when there are fewer than a predetermined number of tobacco products 500.

[0068] Furthermore, when the number of tobacco products 500 loaded in the magazine body 110 is equal to or greater than the predetermined number, the contact portion 196 of the change member 190 comes into contact with the second portion 184, and when the number of tobacco products 500 is less than the predetermined number, the contact portion 196 comes into contact with the first portion 183. This makes it possible to switch the position of the bent portion 186 depending on the remaining amount of tobacco products 500 with a simple configuration.

[0069] The magazine body 110 has a left side wall 110c and a right side wall 110d as examples of side walls at both ends in the left-right direction, and a notch 110e is formed in the right side wall 110d, which is one of the two side walls, from the top to the center in the vertical direction and from the center to the rear in the left-right direction, and the body portion 181 is disposed between the left side wall 110c, which is the other of the two side walls, and the tobacco products 500. By forming the notch 110e in the right side wall 110d, for example, a store clerk can replenish one dozen tobacco products 500 from the right side into the magazine body 110 when less than a predetermined number of tobacco products 500 are stored in the magazine body 110. The magazine 100 may have a shape that is reversed left-right. That is, the left side wall 110c may have a cutout 110e, the main body 181 may be disposed between the right side wall 110d and the tobacco product 500, and the bent portion 186 may be bent to the left.

[0070] <Tobacco fixture 5> The tobacco fixture 5 includes a magazine 100 and a storage unit 10, similar to the tobacco fixture 1. The tobacco fixture 5 shown in FIG. 1 has seven shelves capable of storing five magazines 100. FIG. 1 also shows an example in which four tobacco fixtures 5 are lined up in front of a wall 1300 of a store. Of the four tobacco fixtures 5, the second tobacco fixture 5 from the right has decorative members 50 attached to all of its shelves, while the other tobacco fixtures 5 do not have decorative members 50 attached to all of their shelves. This makes it possible to show that tobacco products 500 arranged in a tobacco fixture 5 to which decorative members 50 are attached are different from tobacco products 500 arranged in a tobacco fixture 5 to which decorative members 50 are not attached. For example, by arranging combustion tobacco products 500 in a tobacco fixture 5 to which no decorative member 50 is attached, and arranging non-combustion heat-not-burn tobacco products 500 in a tobacco fixture 5 to which a decorative member 50 is attached, it is possible to easily understand that this is an area in which non-combustion heat-not-burn tobacco products 500 are arranged among four tobacco fixtures 5 installed in a store. Note that the area in which the decorative member 50 is attached to the tobacco fixture 5 is not particularly limited. For example, the decorative member 50 may be attached only to the top four rows of the tobacco fixture 5.

[0071] The store clerk can recognize that there is less than a specified amount remaining by seeing from the cashier work space 1200 that the spring 150 of the magazine 100 attached to the tobacco fixture 5 located behind the cashier work space 1200 is red in color. It should be noted that the magazine 100 placed in the tobacco fixture 5 placed in front of the wall 1300 does not need to have the notification unit 170. This is because, because there is the wall 1300 behind the magazine 100, it is not possible to check from behind that the remaining amount of tobacco products 500 contained in the magazine 100 is low.

[0072] Above the tobacco display unit 5, a device display unit 3 is provided for displaying devices 600 for non-combustion heated tobacco products 500 (hereinafter, sometimes referred to as "heated tobacco devices"). FIG. 13 is an example of a view of the equipment fixture 3 as seen from the right side in the left-right direction. 14 is an example of a view of the equipment fixture 3 as viewed from a direction perpendicular to the bottom 211. That is, FIG. 14 is an example of a view as viewed in the XIV direction of FIG. FIG. 15 is an example of a view of the equipment fixture 3 from the front. The device fixture 3 includes a storage section 210 that stores the heated tobacco device 600, a support section 230 that supports the storage section 210, and a partition member 250 that separates the storage area in the storage section 210.

[0073] The storage section 210 is a concave section in which the heated tobacco devices 600 can be mounted in a row in the front-to-rear direction, and has a bottom 211, a front wall 212 provided on the front side, a rear wall 213 provided on the rear side, a left side wall 214 provided to connect the left part of the front wall 212 and the left part of the rear wall 213, and a right side wall 215 provided to connect the right part of the front wall 212 and the right part of the rear wall 213. The front wall 212, the rear wall 213, the left side wall 214 and the right side wall 215 protrude from the bottom 211 by the same amount.

[0074] The front wall 212 is formed with recesses 216 recessed forward from the inner surface, which is the surface facing the rear wall 213. The recesses 216 are portions into which partition plates 251 (described later) of the partition member 250 fit, and a plurality of recesses 216 are formed at regular intervals in the left-right direction. The rear wall 213 is formed with recesses 217 recessed rearward from the inner surface that faces the front wall 212. The recesses 217 are portions into which the partition plates 251 fit, and a plurality of recesses 217 are formed at regular intervals in the left-right direction. The left-right dimensions of the recesses 216 and 217 are set to be approximately the same as the plate thickness of the partition plate 251 .

[0075] The support portion 230 is a portion that protrudes downward from the bottom 211 of the storage portion 210, and has a front convex portion 232 provided below the front wall 212, a rear convex portion 233 provided below the rear wall 213, a left convex portion 234 provided below the left side wall 214, and a right convex portion 235 provided below the right side wall 215. The amount of protrusion of the rear convex portion 233 from the bottom 211 is greater than the amount of protrusion of the front convex portion 232 from the bottom 211. Therefore, the amount of protrusion of the left convex portion 234 and the right convex portion 235 from the bottom 211 gradually increases from the front convex portion 232 toward the rear convex portion 233. Because the support section 230 has the above-mentioned configuration, when the top surface of the tobacco fixture 5 is horizontal, the top surface of the bottom section 211 of the storage section 210 is inclined so that the front portion is lower than the rear portion.

[0076] The partition member 250 has a plate-shaped partition plate 251 and an application portion 260 that projects from the partition plate 251 in a direction intersecting with the plate surface and applies a force to the heated tobacco device 600. The partition plate 251 is parallel to the front-rear direction and its movement in the left-right direction is restricted by fitting its front part into the recess 216 of the front wall 212 and its rear part into the recess 217 of the rear wall 213. The partition plate 251 has a rail 252 in the center in the up-down direction that extends in the front-rear direction and supports the application part 260 so that the application part 260 can move in the front-rear direction.

[0077] The application section 260 includes a pushing member 261 that is disposed at the rear of the heated tobacco device 600 and pushes the heated tobacco device 600 forward, and a spring 266 that is interposed between the pushing member 261 and the front end of the rail 252 and applies a forward force to the pushing member 261. The pressing member 261 has a plate-shaped pressing plate 262 perpendicular to the partition plate 251, and two ribs 263 protruding rearward from the rear surface of the pressing plate 262. The two ribs 263 are arranged at a predetermined interval in the up-down direction. The size of the pressing member 261 in the up-down direction is smaller than the size of the partition plate 251 in the up-down direction.

[0078] The spring 266 is a so-called main spring in which a highly elastic material (for example, metal) is wound in a spiral shape. One end of the spring 266 is fixed to the front end of the rail 252, and the other end is fixed to a bobbin (not shown) arranged between the two ribs 263 so as to be rotatable with respect to the pushing member 261.

[0079] In the device fixture 3 configured as above, the heated tobacco device 600 is disposed between the front wall 212 of the storage section 210 and the push plate 262 of the application section 260. The spring force of the spring 266 acts on the push plate 262 in a direction moving it forward, and the push plate 262 comes into contact with the rear surface of the heated tobacco device 600 on a surface. Therefore, when multiple heated tobacco devices 600 are disposed in the storage section 210 of the device fixture 3, they are lined up in the front-rear direction, and the heated tobacco device 600 located at the frontmost position comes into contact with the front wall 212. In addition, when the top surface of the tobacco fixture 5 is horizontal, the top surface of the bottom 211 of the storage section 210 is inclined so that the front part is lower than the rear part, so that even if the device fixture 3 is located at a height higher than the store clerk or consumer, the store clerk or consumer can easily see the heated tobacco device 600 from the front.

[0080] Since the amount of protrusion of the front wall 212 of the storage unit 210 from the bottom 211 is 1 / 20 to 1 / 8 of the vertical size of the heated tobacco device 600, the store clerk can easily remove the heated tobacco device 600 from the cashier work space 1200. Furthermore, the upper surface of the bottom 211 of the storage unit 210 is inclined so that the front part is lower than the rear part, and a force is applied to the heated tobacco device 600 in a direction moving it from the application unit 260 toward the front wall 212. Therefore, when the store clerk removes a heated tobacco device 600 in the front row, the heated tobacco device 600 located behind the removed heated tobacco device 600 moves toward the front wall 212. Furthermore, the pushing member 261 applies a force to the lower part of the heated tobacco device 600, thereby preventing the heated tobacco device 600 from falling forward.

[0081] Since the storage section 210 has a plurality of recesses 216 in the front wall 212 and a plurality of recesses 217 in the rear wall 213 formed in the left-right direction, it is possible to change the position of the partition member 250 according to the size of the heated tobacco device 600. As shown in Fig. 14, the partition member 250 may be fitted into the storage section 210 so that the pushing member 261 is located on the left side of the partition plate 251, or may be fitted into the storage section 210 so that the pushing member 261 is located on the right side of the partition plate 251. Furthermore, for a heated tobacco device 600 that is large in the left-right direction, force may be applied from both the left and right.

[0082] The device fixture 3 may be placed directly on top of the tobacco fixture 5, or as shown in Figure 1, a concave base may be fixed to the top plate 33 of the tobacco fixture 5 and the device fixture 3 may be placed inside the base.

[0083] <Summary> The present disclosure includes the following configurations. (1) A magazine comprising: a magazine body capable of loading a plurality of tobacco products in a row in the front-to-rear direction, the magazine body having a rear wall and a side wall; and an alarm unit that is located at a lower position than the upper surface of the rear wall when the number of tobacco products loaded in the magazine body is equal to or greater than a predetermined number, and that protrudes above the upper surface of the rear wall when the number of tobacco products loaded is less than the predetermined number. (2) The magazine described in (1), wherein the notification unit comprises a plate-shaped member having a main body portion shaped parallel to the front-to-rear direction and positioned between the side wall and the tobacco product, and a bent portion bent from the main body portion in a direction intersecting the front-to-rear direction, and the position of the bent portion relative to the rear wall changes depending on the number of the tobacco products. (3) The magazine described in (2) further includes an application section arranged behind the plurality of tobacco products and applying a force to the plurality of tobacco products in a direction moving them forward, and the notification section has a change member connected to the application section and moving together with the application section, and changing the position of the bending section depending on the number of the tobacco products. (4) The magazine described in (3), wherein the angle between the first portion, which is the front portion, and the second portion, which is the rear portion, is an obtuse angle, and the bent portion is bent from the rear end portion of the second portion in a direction perpendicular to the main body portion. (5) The magazine described in (4), wherein the change member has a connecting portion connected to the application portion and a contact portion contacting the upper surface of the main body portion, and when the contact portion contacts the second portion, the bent portion is at a position lower than the upper surface of the rear wall, and when the contact portion contacts the first portion, the bent portion protrudes above the upper surface of the rear wall. (6) The magazine described in (5), wherein the contact portion of the change member contacts the second portion when the number of tobacco products loaded in the magazine body is equal to or greater than the specified number, and the contact portion contacts the first portion when the number of tobacco products is less than the specified number. (7) A magazine described in any one of (2) to (6), wherein the magazine body has a side wall at each of both ends in the left-right direction, one of the two side walls has a notch cut out from the top to the center in the vertical direction and from the center to the rear in the left-right direction, and the main body is positioned between the other of the two side walls and the tobacco products. [Explanation of symbols]

[0084] Reference Signs List 1,5... tobacco fixture, 10... storage unit, 20... base, 50... decorative member, 90... connecting member, 100... magazine, 110... magazine body, 110b... rear wall, 110c... left side wall (an example of a side wall), 110d... right side wall (an example of a side wall), 110e... notch, 130... pushing member (an example of an application portion), 170... notification portion, 180... plate-shaped member, 181... main body portion, 183... first portion, 184... second portion, 186... bending portion, 190... change member, 191... connecting portion, 194... protruding portion, 196... contact portion

Claims

1. a magazine body capable of mounting a plurality of tobacco products in a line in a front-rear direction, the magazine body having a rear wall and a side wall; a notification section that is located at a position lower than an upper surface of the rear wall when the number of the tobacco products loaded in the magazine body is equal to or greater than a predetermined number, and that protrudes above the upper surface of the rear wall when the number of the tobacco products loaded in the magazine body is less than the predetermined number; A magazine equipped with

2. the notification unit includes a plate-like member having a main body portion shaped parallel to the front-rear direction and disposed between the side wall and the tobacco product, and a bent portion bent from the main body portion in a direction intersecting the front-rear direction, the bent portion changes position relative to the rear wall depending on the number of the tobacco products; The magazine of claim 1.

3. further comprising an application unit disposed behind the plurality of tobacco products and configured to apply a force to the plurality of tobacco products in a direction in which the tobacco products move forward; the notification unit has a change member that is connected to the application unit and moves together with the application unit, and changes the position of the bent portion depending on the number of the tobacco products. The magazine according to claim 2.

4. The main body has a first portion which is a front portion and a second portion which is a rear portion, and the angle formed between the first portion and the second portion is an obtuse angle, The bent portion is bent from a rear end portion of the second portion in a direction perpendicular to the main body portion. The magazine according to claim 3.

5. the change member has a connecting portion connected to the application portion and a contact portion in contact with an upper surface of the main body portion, and when the contact portion is in contact with the second portion, the bent portion is located at a position lower than the upper surface of the rear wall, and when the contact portion is in contact with the first portion, the bent portion protrudes above the upper surface of the rear wall.

5. The magazine according to claim 4.

6. When the number of the tobacco products loaded in the magazine body is equal to or greater than the predetermined number, the contact portion of the change member contacts the second portion, and when the number of the tobacco products loaded in the magazine body is less than the predetermined number, the contact portion contacts the first portion.

6. The magazine according to claim 5.

7. The magazine body has the side walls at both ends in a left-right direction, and one of the two side walls has a notch formed therein, the notch being cut from a top to a center in a vertical direction and from the center to a rear in a left-right direction; the main body portion is disposed between the other of the two side walls and the tobacco product; A magazine according to any one of claims 2 to 6.

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