JPH0810832Y2 - Product unloading device in vending machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to a vending machine for products such as cigarettes, and in particular, after the stored product is once ejected to the lower part, The present invention relates to a product discharge device for a vending machine that leads to a product outlet.

(Prior art) In recent years, the vending machine places the product outlet at a considerably higher position than before so that the purchaser can take out the product without bending over, placing importance on the operability of the product. Moreover, the product is once dropped to the bottom so that the storage amount of the product is not reduced as compared with the conventional product, and the conventional product dispensing mechanism (the mechanism that puts in from the top and puts out from the bottom) can be used as it is. After that, the product is guided to the upper product outlet by the product discharge device.

An example of a product unloading device for guiding products from the lower part to the upper part is the device disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 63-76981.

This device guides the product thrown out from the product storage section to the front bucket by the guide passage, raises the bucket containing the product with the elevating device while keeping the horizontal posture, and carries it to the upper product outlet. I have to.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) As described above, in the conventional device, the product thrown from the product storage section to the lower part is stored in the bucket, and the bucket is lifted by the elevating device while maintaining the horizontal posture. However, since the bucket is lifted from the state where it is stopped at the lower part and stopped at the position of the upper product outlet, the lifting speed cannot be increased very fast. , It takes time to carry out products by bucket. Therefore, it takes a long time from the selection of the product by the purchaser to the delivery of the product to the product outlet.

Also, if another person buys the item in succession, the second person may not be able to purchase the item while the bucket is moving in order to carry out the item that the first person purchases. Since it takes a long time to carry out each time, the purchaser has to wait a very long time, and it takes time and effort to take out the products one by one to the product outlet. .

The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and enables a product to be carried out at a high speed to an upper product take-out port, from when the product is selected by the purchaser until it is taken out to the product take-out port. The time can be shortened, and moreover,
An object of the present invention is to provide a product unloading device for an automatic vending machine that can continuously carry out products in a short time.

[Constitution of device]

(Means for Solving the Problem) In the present invention, the products stored in a stacked state are sequentially ejected to the lower part by the ejecting means 9 from the lowest product, and then to the upper product ejection port 27 by the product ejection device 41. In the leading vending machine, a mounting edge portion is rotatably disposed inside the front surface of the vending machine body 1 about a spindle 45 perpendicular to the front surface, and a product can be placed on the inner surface side of the peripheral edge portion. The rotating discs 42, 43 provided with 17 and moving the products placed on the placing edge 47 upward by centrifugal force due to rotation, and the rotating discs 42, 43.
A product that is provided close to the inner surfaces of the rotating discs 42, 43 and the inner peripheral surface of the mounting edge portion 47 in the upper area of 43, and moves in close contact with the mounting edge portion 47 by the centrifugal force of the rotating discs 42, 43. The rotating disc 4
The product take-out plates 58, 60 to be removed from the products 2, 43, and the chute 11 for guiding the product thrown out by the throwing-out means 9 onto the placing edge 47 at the lower part of the rotary disc 42, disk
The product moved to the upper part by 42, 43 is the product outlet 2
It is the one to throw in 7.

(Operation) In the present invention, the product ejected by the ejecting means 9 is guided by the chute 11 and placed on the placing edge portion 47 of the rotating disc 42, and is placed by the centrifugal force generated by the rotation of the rotating disc 42. It is moved to the upper part at high speed while being in close contact with the setting edge part 47.

Then, the product moved to the upper part of the rotary disc 42 is removed from the rotary disc 42 by the product takeout plate 58. At this time, for example, when moving the product to the upper part, the product removed from the rotary disc 42 is moved to the upper part of the rotary disc 43, and the rotary disc 43 is moved by the product take-out plate 60 on the upper part of the rotary disc 43. Removed from.

In this way, the product that has been moved to the upper part at high speed by the rotary disks 42 and 43 and removed from the rotary disk 43 is carried out to the product outlet 27 in a short time.

In addition, when another person purchases the product continuously,
Even if a plurality of commodities are sequentially ejected, those commodities can be sequentially moved upward by the rotary disks 42 and 43 so that they can be conveyed to the commodity outlet 27.

(Embodiment) Hereinafter, a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 to 3 show the whole of the vending machine, 1 is a main body of the vending machine, and a door body 2 is provided on the front surface of the main body 1 of the vending machine so as to be openable and closable.

The inside of the vending machine body 1 is shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, the product storage unit 5 for storing products having a rectangular shape and a small thickness, such as a cigarette, in a stacked state is vertically arranged as shown in FIG.
A plurality of steps are arranged side by side in the width direction of the vending machine body 1.
Each product storage unit 5 is provided with storage frames 6 for storing the products in a stacked state in two rows in the front and rear with the direction in which the product is thin as the vertical direction (the widest surface of the product as the upper and lower surfaces), and the lowest product. A support base 7 for supporting the lower surface of the support base 7 is provided, and an ejection port 8 for ejecting the lowest product on the support base 7 in the front-rear direction is provided between the upper surface of the support base 7 and the front and rear lower portions of the storage frame 6. It is provided.

And, the ejecting means 9 is provided on the supporting table 7 below each of the product storing sections 5, and the ejecting means 9 is provided on the supporting table 7.
The ejection member 10 having substantially the same shape as the product is arranged on the upper surface of the product, and the ejection member 10 is alternately moved back and forth by the ejection drive mechanism provided inside the support base 7 so that the ejection member 10 is placed on the support base 7. The lowest product in the front row is thrown forward and the lowest product in the rear row is thrown backward.

In addition, a product received from each product storage unit 5 is placed in a standing position in which the widest surface of the product is parallel to the front surface of the vending machine body 1 or in a tilted state in which the product can be easily changed to a standing position. A chute 11 that guides the portion 55 is provided. The chute 11 has a front chute 12 that guides the products thrown forward from each of the lower product storage units 5 to the product receiving unit 55 in a standing state. The front chute 12 has products on both sides in the width direction. Is provided with a side guide 13 that moves the center of the guide to the front side of the front chute 12.
14 is attached and has a rear chute 15 that guides the product thrown rearward from the lower product storage unit 5 to the product receiving unit 55 in an inclined state that can be easily changed to a standing state, The rear side chute 15 is provided with side guides 16 on both sides in the width direction that move the product toward the center, and guide plates 17 are provided so as to face the chute surface of the rear side chute 15. In addition, the lower rear chute 15 and the side guide 16
The Teflon coating is applied to the chute surface that the product comes into contact with in order to improve sliding. Further, it has a front chute 18 that guides the products thrown forward from each of the upper product storage parts 5 to the lower front chute 12 in a standing state, and from the upper product storage parts 5 to the rear. A guide plate that has a rear chute 19 that guides the products to be thrown to the lower rear chute 15 in a standing position, and that is continuous with the lower rear chute 15 facing the rear chute 19. 20 is installed. The chute 11 also has a receiving chute 56 described later.

The door body 2 is composed of an outer door 21 and an inner door 22.
The inner door 21 and the inner door 22 can be opened and closed separately from the vending machine body 1.

As shown in FIG. 3, the outer door 21 is provided with a coin insertion slot 23, a bill insertion slot 24, a return lever 25, and a display section 26 for displaying the input amount of money, etc. on the upper side of the front side. A merchandise outlet 27 is provided on the lower side at a height position approximately in the vertical direction of the vending machine. On the other hand, an electric lighting plate 28 is provided on the uppermost step on the other side of the front surface, and the light of the fluorescent lamp 29 disposed inside passes through the electric lighting plate 28. Product display windows 31 in which transparent plates 30 such as acrylics are fitted are provided in three stages in the vertical direction, and a sample of a plurality of products to be sold to a holder 32 arranged inside each of the product display windows 31.
33 are arranged, and selection buttons 34 corresponding to the respective samples 33 are provided below the product display windows 31.

As shown in FIG. 1, the inner door 22 is attached to the vending machine main body 1 by a hinge 35 so as to be openable and closable, so that the products thrown from the product storage section 5 to the lower part can be taken out at the upper part. A product unloading device 41 that leads to 27 is provided.

The product unloading device 41 is disposed on the lower side of the front surface of the inner door 22 and on the upper side of the rear surface of the inner door 22 so as to overlap with the upper portion of the first rotating disk. It also has a second rotating disc 43.

These rotating disks 42, 43 have an inner surface 44 facing the inner door 22.
A support shaft 45 is vertically projected in the center of the
It is rotatably fitted to a bearing 46 provided on the shaft 22, and is rotatably supported about each of its support shafts 45. Also,
On the inner surface 44 side of the peripheral portion of each of the rotating disks 42, 43, a mounting edge portion 47 having a size that allows the product to be mounted in an upright position is integrally formed by bending. A friction member 48 (shown in FIGS. 4 and 5) having a large friction resistance is attached to the peripheral surface. In addition, each of the rotating disks 42, 4 on the front and rear surfaces of the inner door 22
Motors M ₁ and M ₂ are attached to the side portions of 3, and a sprocket 50 attached to a rotating shaft 49 protruding from the motors M ₁ and M ₂ to the opposite surface of the inner door 22 and rotating disks 42, 43 to 22
Chain 52 between the sprockets 51 attached to the distal end of the support shaft 45 projecting on the opposite surface are stretched respectively, and, the first by driving the rotary disc 42 is the first motor M ₁
The product, which is rotationally driven in the counterclockwise direction at a high speed, moves upward due to the centrifugal force due to the rotation, and the second rotary disk 43 is driven by the drive of the motor M _2.
Fig. 1 is driven to rotate in the clockwise direction at high speed, and the mounting edge
The product placed on 47 moves upward due to the centrifugal force caused by the rotation.

In the lower inner area of the first rotating disk 42, the product storage section 5
There is provided a product receiving section 55 for receiving the products thrown from the player through the chute 11 in an upright position. This product receiving section 55
The inner chute 22 on the front chute 12 and the rear chute.
A receiving chute 56 is formed for receiving a product guided in an upright position or an inclined posture that can be easily changed to a standing position through the receiving chute 56. The receiving chute 56 receives the product through a product receiving port 57 and a mounting edge portion 47 of the rotating disk 42. Lead in an upright position.

Further, a product take-out plate 58 for delivering a product from the first rotary disc 42 to the second rotary disc 43 is provided in an overlapping portion of the rotary discs 42 and 43. As shown in FIG. 4, the product take-out plate 58 is formed by cutting and raising a part of the inner door 22 in the first rotary disc 42 in the direction of rotation of the first rotary disc 42. The tip portion is arranged close to the inner surface 44 of the rotating disk 42 and the inner peripheral surface of the mounting edge portion 47, and the centrifugal force of the rotating disk 42 rotates the moving product in close contact with the mounting edge portion 47. It is removed from the disc 42 and is guided to the lower region in the second rotating disc 43 through the opening 59 of the inner door 22.

A product take-out plate 60 for taking out a product from the second rotary disc 43 to the product take-out port 27 is provided on an upper portion of the second rotary disc 43. As shown in FIG. 5, a part of the inner door 22 of the product take-out plate 60 is formed by cutting and raising the inner door 22 in the second rotary disc 43 so as to face the direction of rotation of the second rotary disc 43. The tip portion is the inner surface 44 of the rotating disk 43 and the mounting edge portion 47.
The products that are placed close to the inner peripheral surface of the rotating disk 43 and that move in close contact with the mounting edge portion 47 by the centrifugal force of the rotating disk 43 are removed from the rotating disk 43 and are thrown out through the opening 61 of the inner door 22. Lead into 62.

In addition, the ejection chute 62 guides the product, which is guided to the front side through the passage 61 of the inner door 22, into the take-out frame 63 that constitutes the product take-out port 27.

 Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

When the purchaser inserts coins or bills and the selection button 34 is operated within the inserted amount, the ejecting means 9 of the product storage unit 5 storing the corresponding product is operated and stacked in the storage frame 6. The lowest stored product is thrown out.

For example, when a product is dispensed from the upper product storage unit 5, the product placed from the front surface or the rear surface of the product storage unit 5 enters the standing position when entering the front chute 18 or the rear chute 19. Lower front shoot while standing still
12 or to the rear chute 15, and when the product is thrown out from the lower product storage section 5, the front chute
Products that are placed in the standing position when entering the 12 or the rear chute 15 and are guided by the front chute 12 or the rear chute 15 in the standing position or the inclined state that can be easily changed to the standing position are accepted. The product receiving portion of the first rotating disk 42 in the standing position through the product receiving port 57 by the chute 56.
It is received in 55 and is mounted on the mounting edge 47 of the rotating disc 42.

The rotary disks 42, 43 are rotated by the motors M ₁ , M ₂ simultaneously with the operation of the selection button 34, for example.
The product placed on the placing edge portion 47 of the rotating disk 42 is moved upward in a state of being in close contact with the friction member 48 of the placing edge portion 47 by the centrifugal force due to the rotation.

And the products that have moved to the upper area of the rotating disk 42 are
As shown in the figure, the product take-out plate 58 that has entered the rotating disk 42.
It is removed from the rotary disk 42 by means of and is guided to the lower area in the second rotary disk 43 through the opening 59 of the inner door 22.
Further, the product placed on the placing edge portion 47 of the rotating disc 43 is the friction member of the placing edge portion 47 due to the centrifugal force due to the rotation.
It is moved upward while being in close contact with 48.

And the product moved to the upper area of the rotating disk 43 is the fifth
As shown in the figure, the product take-out plate 60 that penetrates into the rotary disc 43 removes the rotary disc 43 from the rotary disc 43 and the opening 61 of the inner door 22.
Is led to the throwing shoot 62 through. Further, the product is ejected to the product outlet 27 through the ejection chute 62.

As described above, the product ejected from the product storage unit 5 can be moved upward in a short time by the rotating discs 42 and 43 which are rotated at a high speed, and ejected to the upper product ejection port 27, Product outlet 27 after the product is selected by the buyer
It is possible to shorten the time until the product is thrown out.

In addition, when a plurality of products are sequentially selected when the products are continuously purchased, the products are sequentially ejected from the product ejection unit 5 in accordance with the selection, and the commodities are upwardly moved by the rotary disks 42 and 43. Since the products can be sequentially moved and discharged to the product outlet 27, the products can be continuously discharged in a short time.

In addition, the product thrown from the product storage unit 5 is shot 11
Through the rotating discs 42, 43 and the ejection chute 43 to the upper product take-out port 27 while receiving the rotating disc 42 in the standing position through the rotating discs 42 and 43 and reducing the depth of the vending machine. be able to.

The number and size of the rotating disks may be appropriately selected according to the receiving position of the product thrown out from the product storage unit 5, the height position of the product outlet 27, and the like.

[Effect of device]

According to the present invention, the product dispensed by the dispensing means can be moved upward by the rotating disc in a short time to be dispensed to the upper product take-out port. It is possible to shorten the time until the product is thrown out to the product take-out port, and even when another person buys the product in succession, it continues without waiting after the previous person takes out the product and leaves. Can be purchased.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 is a sectional view of a vending machine showing an embodiment of the present invention as seen from the front side, FIG. 2 is a sectional view as seen from the side thereof, FIG. 3 is its front view, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing the product take-out plate between the second rotary disc and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing the product take-out plate of the second rotary disc. 1 ... Vending machine body, 9 ... Discharging means, 11 ... Chute, 27 ... Merchandise outlet, 41 ... Merchandise unloading device, 42, 43 ...
… Rotating disk, 45 …… Spindle, 47 …… Mounting edge, 58,60 ……
Product takeout board.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An automatic vending machine in which a plurality of products stored in a stacked state are sequentially ejected from a lowermost product by a dispensing device to a lower portion and then guided to an upper product outlet by a product discharging device. It is rotatably arranged inside the front surface about a support shaft perpendicular to the front surface, and is provided with a loading edge portion on the inner surface side of the peripheral edge portion on which a product can be loaded, and is placed on this loading edge portion. A rotating disk that moves the product upward by centrifugal force due to rotation, and an upper area of this rotating disk that is provided close to the inner surface of the rotating disk and the inner peripheral surface of the mounting edge, and is placed by the centrifugal force of the rotating disk. A product ejecting plate that removes a product that moves in close contact with the edge from the rotating disc; and a chute that guides the product ejected by the ejecting means onto the placing edge of the lower part of the rotating disc, Moved to the upper part by the rotating disk A product discharge device in an automatic vending machine, characterized in that the product is discharged to the product outlet.