JP3854696B2 - vending machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a vending machine having a product carry-out device for transporting a product in a rear storage unit to a front storage unit.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, the applicant has already proposed an application related to Japanese Patent Application No. 8-54920 as this type of vending machine.
[0003]
This vending machine has a structure in which individually-divided product storage rooms are arranged in a plurality of upper and lower stages and have two storage units communicating with the product storage room in the front-rear direction. When selling the product, first, the product in the front storage unit is sold, the product in the rear storage unit is taken out to the front storage unit that is emptied after the sale of the product, To sell.
[0004]
Here, each product storage chamber is partitioned and formed using a wire or the like, and the product storage chamber is configured by assembling parts of unloading means (conveying means for unloading products from the rear storage section to the front storage section). Yes.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in such an assembling structure of the unloading means, the parts must be assembled in the product storage room, so that the assembling work of the unloading apparatus becomes troublesome, and the conventional assembling structure stores one set of front and rear. Since one unloading device is assembled to the part, this assembling man-hour has to be worked for several times in the product storage room.
[0006]
An object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine capable of unitizing a product carry-out device and simplifying the assembly of the product carry-out device in view of the conventional problems.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention of claim 1 is characterized in that the front and rear facing product storage units are arranged in a plurality of upper and lower stages, and the rear storage unit is transported to the front storage unit by the product delivery device. In the vending machine, the product unloading device has a net shelf for placing the product in the front storage unit, a product tray for placing the product in the rear storage unit, a track shaft for guiding the product tray back and forth, and the product tray biased forward. And a product carrying outlet for communicating the front storage portion and the rear storage portion with each other between the front and rear storage portions, and carrying the product on both sides of the front storage portion. A support frame for supporting the left and right sides of the device is provided, and a locking portion for locking the lower surface of the product carry-out device is provided at the lower periphery of each product carry-out port, and the product carry-out device penetrates through each product carry-out port and the front and rear storage units It has a structure arranged in.
[0008]
According to the present invention, parts such as a product tray constituting the product carry-out device are integrated in advance and unitized, and the unitized product carry-out device is supported by the support frame and further locked by the locking portion. This completes the assembly of the product carry-out device.
[0009]
When two such product carry-out devices are connected to the left and right, the work of assembling the two product carry-out devices is completed in one assembling operation.
[0010]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
1 to 6 show an embodiment of a vending machine according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a front view of the vending machine, FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of the vending machine, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a plan view of the product carry-out device, FIG. 5 is a front view showing the assembled state of the product carry-out device, and FIG. 6 is an assembly showing the method of assembling the product carry-out device around the product carry-out port. It is a perspective view.
[0011]
In this vending machine, an inner box 2 having a front opening is provided in a vending machine main body 1 constituted by a vertically long heat insulating box, and the front opening of the vending machine main body 1 can be freely opened and closed by an outer door 3. Further, a ventilation duct 4 is formed between the vending machine main body 1 and the inner box 2, and the air cooled by the evaporator 6 by the blower 5 is circulated to the ventilation duct 4 (one point in FIG. 2). The inside of the cabinet is being cooled. In addition, while an inner door 7 is provided at the front opening of the inner box 2, a large number of product storage chambers 8 are formed in a plurality of stages vertically and horizontally inside the inner box 2, and face each product storage chamber 8. A small door 9 of the product storage room 8 is installed in the middle door 7. Each of the product storage chambers 8 is formed by incorporating a large number of wires 8a vertically and horizontally so that cool air flows between the product storage chambers 8 adjacent to each other.
[0012]
A coin insertion slot 10, a bill insertion slot 11, a return lever 12, a return slot 13, a segment indicator 14 for displaying the amount of money to be inserted, etc. are installed on the front of the vending machine, while a small door 9 A selection switch 15 for performing selection is provided. Here, when purchasing the product A on the front side, a coin corresponding to the amount of the purchased product (or an amount larger than that) is inserted into the coin insertion slot 10, and then the outer door 3 is opened to further deal with the purchased product. Press the selection switch 15. Thereafter, the small door 9 corresponding to the selection switch 15 is opened, and the product A is taken out.
[0013]
In the vending machine configured as described above, each of the commodity storage chambers 8 has an inner door 81 that is divided into front and rear, a front storage portion 82a on the front side of the inner door 81, and a rear storage on the rear side. Each part 82b is formed. Here, as shown in FIG. 3, the inner door 81 is pivotally supported by a partition plate 83 erected between the front and rear storage portions 82 a and 82 b, and the product carrying formed on the partition plate 83 is supported. The outlet 831 is opened and closed, and the rear storage portion 82b is closed or opened.
[0014]
In addition, a product unloading device 84 for placing and transporting the product A is installed in the front and rear storage units 82a and 82b. The product carry-out device 84 has a net shelf 841 for placing the product in the front storage portion 82a and a product tray 842 for placing the product A in the rear storage portion 82b, and the net shelf 841 and the product tray 842 are supported by the left and right guide rails 843. is doing. Further, a connecting cylinder 844 is fitted near the front of the product tray 842, and further, the connecting cylinder 844 is passed through a track shaft 845 disposed across the front and rear of the storage portions 82a and 82b. As a result, the product tray 842 is slidable across the front and rear storage portions 82a and 82b. Further, a coil spring 846 is wound around the track shaft 845, and the connecting cylinder 844 is urged forward by the coil spring 846, and the product tray 842 is urged forward. Thus, when the product tray 842 is moved rearward (rear storage portion 82b) and the inner door 81 is closed, the inner tray 81 places the product tray 842 in the rear storage portion 82b ( Standby state). On the other hand, when the inner door 81 is opened, the movement restriction by the inner door 81 is released, so the product tray 842 moves to the front storage portion 82a (moves to the position of the product tray 842 shown in FIG. 4). We will prepare for the next product sale.
[0015]
In the product carry-out device 84 configured as described above, the two right and left product carry-out devices 84 are integrally connected as shown in FIGS. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, the net shelf 841 of the product carry-out device 84 is disposed on the entire lower surface side of the left and right product trays 842, and the net shelf 841 is a guide rail 843 of the left and right product carry-out device 84 and the guide rail 843. Between the support plate 847 and the support plate 847. In addition, a partition net 848 is erected in the center of the net shelf 841 in the width direction, and the front storage portion 82a of each product storage chamber 8 is partitioned by the partition net 848, whereby the left and right front storage portions 82a are separated. The products A do not collide with each other.
[0016]
In the present embodiment, the following structure is provided as a structure for incorporating the commodity carry-out device 84 configured as described above into the vending machine main body 1. That is, the left and right sides of the net shelf 841 of the product carry-out device 84 have guide wires 841a projecting outward, and a hook plate 849 is installed at the approximate center in the longitudinal direction between the left and right guide rails 843 as shown in FIG. Yes.
[0017]
On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, a pair of support frames 16 and 17 are provided as members that support the commodity carry-out device 84. Each of the support frames 16 and 17 has support frame main bodies 161 and 171 formed of wires and connecting plates 162 and 172 that connect the upper and lower sides of the support frame main bodies 161 and 171. The support frame main bodies 161 and 171 are connected to a pair of vertical wires 161a and 171a extending in the vertical direction with support wires 161b and 171b extending inward. Here, the support wire 161b extends horizontally inward as shown in FIG. 5 and has a support portion having a substantially U-shaped cross section at the tip, and one guide wire 841a of the net shelf 841 (see FIG. 5). A guide wire 841a) on the left side is fitted in the direction. On the other hand, the support wire 171b is formed in a substantially U-shaped cross section inward as shown in FIG. 5, and the other guide wire 841a of the net shelf 841 (the guide wire 841a on the right side in FIG. 5) is formed on the support wire 171b. Is inserted. Accordingly, the left and right sides of the product carry-out device 84 are slidably supported by the support frames 16 and 17.
[0018]
Further, as shown in FIG. 6, a locking hole 831a is also provided as a member for supporting the commodity carry-out device 84. The locking hole 831a is formed at the lower peripheral edge of the product carry-out port 831. By locking the hook plate 849 in the locking hole 831a as shown in FIG. 6, the movement of the product carry-out device 84 in the front-rear direction is restricted. Is done.
[0019]
Here, when assembling the product carry-out device 84, first, the guide wire 841a of the product carry-out device 84 is fitted into the support wires 161b and 171b of the support frames 16 and 17. Next, the product carry-out device 84 is pushed toward the rear storage portion 82 b, and the product carry-out device 84 is passed through the product carry-out port 831. After that, the hook plate 849 of the product carry-out device 84 is locked in the locking hole 831a. As a result, the merchandise carry-out device 84 is incorporated into the vending machine main body 1.
[0020]
As described above, the product carry-out device 84 according to the present embodiment is a unit in which components such as the product tray 842 are integrated, and the left and right product carry-out devices 84 are integrally connected by the net shelf 841. Therefore, the number of assembling steps of the product carry-out device 84 is small, and the assembling work becomes very simple.
[0021]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, parts such as a product tray constituting the product carry-out device are integrated in advance and unitized, and the unitized product carry-out device is supported by the support frame, Since the assembly of the product carry-out device is completed simply by being locked to the locking portion, the work for assembling the product carry-out device becomes very simple.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view of a vending machine. FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of the vending machine. FIG. 3 is an assembly perspective view showing a method of assembling the product carrying device. Fig. 6 is a front view showing the assembled state of the product carry-out apparatus.
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Vending machine main body, 16, 17 ... Support frame, 82a ... Front side storage part, 82b ... Rear side storage part, 84 ... Product delivery apparatus, 831 ... Product delivery port, 841 ... Net shelf, 842 ... Product tray, 845 ... Orbital axis, 846 ... Coil spring, A ... Product.

Claims (2)

In the vending machine that arranges the product storage units facing the front and rear in a plurality of stages above and below, and conveys the products in the rear storage unit to the front storage unit with the product delivery device,
The product carry-out device includes a net shelf for placing products in the front storage unit, a product tray for placing products in the rear storage unit, a track shaft for guiding the product tray back and forth, and spring means for biasing the product tray forward And integrally formed with,
Between the front and rear storage units, there is a product outlet for communicating the front storage unit and the rear storage unit with each other,
A support frame that supports the left and right sides of the product carry-out device is provided on both sides of the front storage portion, and a locking portion that locks the lower surface of the product carry-out device is provided at the lower periphery of each product carry-out port. A vending machine characterized in that a carry-out device is passed through each of the product carry-out ports and arranged in the front and rear storage units. The storage units are arranged in a plurality of rows on the left and right sides, and the two product delivery devices are connected to the left and right. The vending machine according to claim 1.

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