CN116264027A - Commodity storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a commodity storage device, which can enable a commodity rack to be in a forward tilting posture more safely and prevent parts from being damaged. The commodity storage device is provided with a commodity shelf (30), wherein a guided roller (41) of the commodity shelf (30) is guided by a pair of left and right guide rails (62) so as to slide along the front-rear direction, the commodity shelf (30) is in a substantially horizontal posture and slides along the rear end of the guide rails, the commodity shelf is in a front-lower and rear-higher posture and slides along the front end of the guide rails, when the guided roller (41) is stored in a storage concave part (63) arranged at the front end of the guide rails, the commodity shelf is in a forward tilting posture and is arranged at a supplementing position, the guide rail (62) is provided with a limiting part (64) which is arranged at the rear side of the storage concave part (63) and limits the commodity shelf sliding forwards in the front-lower and rear-higher posture to continue to slide forwards in the front-lower and rear-higher posture, and when the commodity shelf is in the substantially horizontal posture, the guided roller is allowed to pass through the limiting part forwards.

Description

Commodity storage device

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a commodity storage device, and more particularly, to an improvement of a commodity storage device such as a vending machine for selling commodities.

Background

Conventionally, in vending machines for selling commodities, one of the following vending machines is known: in a commodity storage container having a heat-insulating structure in a main body cabinet, a plurality of commodity racks are provided in the vertical direction, and after commodity stored in the commodity racks is sent out to a tray, the commodity is transported by the tray and delivered to a predetermined commodity take-out area. The commodity take-out area is a space that communicates with the outside of the commodity storage box via the commodity take-out port, and when the user puts his/her hand into the commodity take-out port, the purchased commodity can be taken out.

The commodity shelf of the vending machine is formed by arranging a plurality of commodity channels in parallel. Each commodity passage is configured to have a spiral rack formed spirally along the front-rear direction. The screw frame rotates around a central axis while transmitting a driving force from a motor as a driving source via a transmission mechanism.

In such a commodity lane, commodities are normally held between respective pitches of the screw frame, and when the screw frame rotates, the commodities held between the respective pitches are gradually transported forward and the forefront commodity is delivered to the outside.

In the vending machine, each commodity shelf is slidable in the front-rear direction with respect to the main body cabinet in order to facilitate replenishment of commodities. In particular, when a commodity shelf provided above a commodity storage box slides forward most, the commodity shelf assumes a forward tilted posture that gradually tilts downward as it goes forward (see, for example, patent literature 1).

Prior art literature

Patent literature

Patent document 1: japanese patent laid-open No. 2004-355047

Disclosure of Invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

In addition, in the vending machine, since a part of the commodity shelf is in a forward tilted posture when it slides to the forefront, there is a problem as follows.

That is, when the commodity shelf is slid forward and the commodity shelf is rapidly brought into the forward tilting posture, since the commodity shelf itself is a heavy object, an operator who performs commodity replenishment work needs to pay extra attention, and an excessive load is applied to the component due to the rapid forward tilting posture, which may cause breakage of the component.

In view of the above-described circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a commodity storage device capable of making a commodity shelf more safely in a forward tilted posture and capable of preventing breakage of components.

Solution for solving the problem

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a commodity storage device comprising: a pair of left and right guide rails extending in the front-rear direction inside the device main body and having upper and lower flat extending portions facing each other; and a commodity shelf configured to be slidable in a front-rear direction with respect to the apparatus main body by guiding a guided portion of the commodity shelf between the upper flat extending portion of the guide rail and the lower flat extending portion of the guide rail, wherein the commodity shelf is configured to be slidable in a substantially horizontal posture by bringing the guided portion into contact with the lower flat extending portion at a rear end portion of the guide rail, and the commodity shelf is configured to be slidable in a front-rear high posture by bringing the guided portion into contact with the upper flat extending portion at a front end portion of the guide rail, and wherein the commodity shelf is configured to be slidable in a front-rear position gradually inclined downward with a front direction, and wherein the limit portion is provided at a rear side of the storage recess, and wherein the limit portion is configured to be slidable in a front-rear direction with respect to the guide rail, and the limit commodity shelf is configured to be slidable in a front-rear direction with respect to the front-rear direction.

In the commodity storage device according to the present invention, the restricting portion is a recessed portion provided in the upper flat extending portion of the guide rail, and a part of the guided portion is allowed to enter the restricting portion and a leading edge portion of the restricting portion is abutted against the guided portion.

In the commodity storage device according to the present invention, the recessed portion is formed by penetrating an inclined extending portion formed by bending a part of the sheet metal member constituting the storage recess upward with respect to a notch portion formed in the upper flat extending portion of the guide rail, and the leading edge portion is formed by the bent portion.

In the commodity storage device according to the present invention, the guided portion is a guided roller provided rotatably about its central axis.

In the above-described commodity storage device, the commodity shelf is configured by arranging commodity lanes in parallel in the left-right direction, the commodity lanes accommodating commodities in the front-rear direction.

In the commodity storage device according to the present invention, the commodity rail includes a spiral frame which is spirally formed in the front-rear direction and rotates around the center axis to convey the commodity held between the respective pitches toward the front and deliver the forefront commodity to the outside.

ADVANTAGEOUS EFFECTS OF INVENTION

According to the present invention, the guided portion is brought into contact with the lower flat extension portion at the rear end portion of the guide rail, whereby the commodity shelf is brought into a substantially horizontal posture and slides, and the guided portion is brought into contact with the upper flat extension portion at the front end portion of the guide rail, whereby the commodity shelf is brought into a posture of being low in front and high in rear, and when the guided portion is accommodated in the accommodation recess provided at the front end portion of the guide rail, the commodity shelf is placed in a position to slide to the forefront in a forward tilting posture gradually tilting downward toward the front, and the restricting portion provided at the rear side of the accommodation recess of the guide rail is brought into contact with the guided portion of the commodity shelf that is slid forward in a posture of being low in front and high in rear, whereby the commodity shelf is restricted from continuing to slide forward in a posture of being low in front and high in rear, and when the commodity shelf is brought into a substantially horizontal posture, the guided portion is allowed to pass through the restricting portion toward the front, whereby the commodity shelf that is intentionally held in a substantially horizontal posture by an operator can be urged to be restrained from being suddenly tilted forward. Thus, the commodity shelf can be brought into a forward tilted posture more safely, and breakage of the components can be prevented.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a front view showing a commodity storing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a side cross-sectional view schematically showing an internal structure of the commodity storing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the product rack shown in fig. 2 and its peripheral structure.

Fig. 4 is an exploded perspective view showing the product rack shown in fig. 2 and its peripheral structure.

Fig. 5 is an exploded perspective view showing the product rack shown in fig. 2 and its peripheral structure.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing the structure of a rack guide member provided in the rack supporting member shown in fig. 4 and 5.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which the commodity shelf shown in fig. 4 and 5 is disposed at the storage position.

Fig. 8 is an explanatory view showing the position of the guide roller in the case shown in fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is a perspective view showing a state in which the commodity shelf shown in fig. 7 is limited to slide forward in a posture in which the commodity shelf is low and high in the rear.

Fig. 10 is an explanatory view showing the position of the guide roller in the case shown in fig. 9.

Fig. 11 is a perspective view showing a state in which the commodity shelf shown in fig. 9 is changed from a low-back-high posture to a substantially horizontal posture.

Fig. 12 is an explanatory view showing the position of the guide roller in the case shown in fig. 11.

Fig. 13 is a perspective view showing a state in which the product rack shown in fig. 11 is arranged at the replenishment position.

Fig. 14 is an explanatory view showing the position of the guide roller in the case shown in fig. 13.

Description of the reference numerals

1. A commodity storage device; 10. a main body cabinet; 10a, front surface opening; 11. a commodity storage; 20. a front surface door; 30. a commodity shelf; 30a, commodity channel; 31. a rack base; 311. a base; 312. a base side wall portion; 313. a base rear wall portion; 32. a partition plate; 33. a spiral frame; 40. a guided member; 41. a guided roller; 42. a guided horizontal extension; 43. a front stopper; 44. a rear stopper; 50. a rack support member; 60. a rack guide member; 60A, a metal plate member; 61. a guide roller; 62. a guide rail; 621. an upper flat extension; 621a, a notched portion; 622. a lower flat extension; 63. a storage recess; 631. a storage bottom; 632. a front lower extension; 633. a rear lower extension; 64. a restriction portion; 64a, leading edge portion; 641. a rear extension; 641a, oblique extensions.

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the commodity storage device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 and 2 are diagrams showing a commodity storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention, respectively, fig. 1 is a front view, and fig. 2 is a side sectional view schematically showing an internal structure. The commodity storage device 1 illustrated here is a vending machine for selling commodities, and is configured to include a main body cabinet 10 and a front door 20 as a device main body.

The main body cabinet 10 is a rectangular parallelepiped case having an opening (hereinafter, also referred to as a front surface opening) 10a on the front surface. The front door 20 is in a flat plate shape and is swingably held at one side of the main body cabinet 10 in a state where the front opening 10a of the main body cabinet 10 is opened and closed. The main body cabinet 10 and the front surface door 20 each have a heat insulating function, and when the front surface opening 10a of the main body cabinet 10 is closed by the front surface door 20, a commodity storage box 11 serving as a heat insulating space is formed inside the main body cabinet 10, which is not explicitly shown in the drawings.

The commodity storage 11 of the main body cabinet 10 is provided with a plurality of commodity racks 30 in the up-down direction. The commodity shelf 30 is configured by arranging commodity lanes 30a in parallel in the left-right direction, and the commodity lanes 30a accommodate a plurality of commodities in the front-rear direction, and the commodity shelf 30 is disposed in the commodity storage 11 in a state that the front ends of the commodity shelves 30 are located on the same vertical plane (hereinafter referred to as "delivery plane"). The commodity shelf 30 will be described later.

The commodity storage 11 is provided with an evaporator 12a. The evaporator 12a forms a refrigerant circuit for circulating a refrigerant with the compressor 12b, the condenser 12c, and the expansion mechanism 12d disposed in the equipment room 14, and cools the air by exchanging heat between the refrigerant passing through a refrigerant passage, not shown, and the air passing through the inside of the commodity storage 11 around the evaporator, and the equipment room 14 is partitioned and formed in a lower area of the commodity storage 11.

The air cooled around the evaporator 12a is sucked into the ventilation path 13b from the suction port 13a of the back panel 13 provided on the back surface of the commodity storage 11 by the in-house blower fan F1, passes through the ventilation path 13b, and is blown out from the respective blowing ports 13c, whereby the commodities stored in the commodity shelves 30 are cooled.

As shown in fig. 1, the front door 20 is provided with a window 21 and a commodity outlet 22. The window 21 is configured by disposing a transparent and heat-insulating surface material 21a such as a double glazing, and allows the forefront article stored in the article lane 30a of all the article shelves 30 to be visually recognized from the outside even when the front opening 10a of the main body cabinet 10 is closed by the front door 20.

The commodity outlet 22 is an opening through which a user collects purchased commodities, and the commodity outlet 22 is formed below the window portion 21 of the front face door 20. As can be seen from fig. 2, the opening upper edge 22a of the commodity outlet 22 is set to be positioned below the commodity shelf 30 arranged at the lowest level. The commodity outlet 22 is always kept in a closed state by the commodity outlet door 23 provided in the front surface door 20, and the commodity outlet 22 can be opened by pushing the commodity outlet door 23 inward. The commodity-extracting door 23 is supported by the front-surface door 20 via an upper end portion by an opening-closing shaft 23a along the left-right direction. Although not explicitly shown in the drawings, a gasket for preventing the circulation of the outside air and the internal environment of the commodity storage 11 through the commodity outlet 22 is disposed on the entire periphery of the portion of the front surface door 20 located around the commodity outlet 22, and the portion facing the commodity outlet door 23.

The front door 20 is provided with a commodity selecting section 24, a coin insertion opening 25, a bill insertion opening 26, a card reader 27, a coin return opening 28, and the like at a position located laterally to the window section 21.

The commodity selecting section 24 has a number key, a display, and the like, and allows the user to select a commodity. The coin inlet 25 is an opening for inputting coins. The bill insertion slot 26 is an opening for inserting bills.

The card reader 27 is used for transmitting and receiving data relating to money between a recording medium storing amount information called electronic money and a predetermined communicable area when the recording medium is held in the medium. The coin return opening 28 is an opening for returning or changing the inserted coins.

As shown in fig. 2, a commodity take-out area 11A and a conveying area 11B are secured at the front end portion of the commodity storage container 11. The commodity-taking-out area 11A is a space in which a commodity purchased by a user is finally conveyed, and is configured to be a portion below the upper edge of the commodity-taking-out port 22 when the front-face door 20 is in a state of closing the front-face opening 10 a.

The conveying area 11B is a space for conveying the commodity sent from each commodity lane 30a of the commodity shelf 30 to the commodity-taking-out area 11A, and is provided above the commodity-taking-out area 11A continuously with the commodity-taking-out area 11A. The front-rear dimension and the left-right dimension of the conveyance area 11B are both configured to be substantially equal to those of the commodity extraction area 11A.

In the commodity extraction region 11A and the conveying region 11B secured to the front end portion of the commodity storage 11, conveying rails 15 are disposed in a pair on both sides of the commodity extraction region 11A and both sides of the conveying region 11B, and a conveying tray 16 is provided so as to be movable in the up-down direction between these conveying rails 15 by a conveying mechanism not shown.

The conveyance tray 16 is configured by disposing a center plate 16b between a pair of side plates 16a, and the dimension of the center plate 16b in the lateral direction is set to be substantially the same as the total width of the commodity shelf 30. The transport tray 16 is a vertically long member having a length extending in the left-right direction sufficiently longer than the length extending in the front-rear direction, and the left-right direction is a longitudinal direction.

Fig. 3 to 5 are views showing the product rack 30 shown in fig. 2 and the peripheral structure thereof, respectively, fig. 3 is a perspective view, and fig. 4 and 5 are exploded perspective views. In fig. 3 to 5, only 1 commodity shelf 30 is shown, and 1 commodity shelf 30 will be described below.

The commodity shelf 30 illustrated here is erected on a pair of left and right shelf support members 50. The rack support member 50 is a longitudinal member having a longitudinal direction. The rear end portions of the rack support members 50 are engaged with and supported by the support posts 17, and the support posts 17 are erected on the rear side of the commodity storage box 11 and are provided in the opposite side regions of the rear surface plate 13, so that the rack support members 50 are provided with their inner surfaces facing each other. For convenience, the directions in which the pair of left and right rack support members 50 approach each other will be referred to as the inner sides, and the directions in which the pair of left and right rack support members are away from each other will be referred to as the outer sides.

In the commodity shelf 30, a plurality of (3 in the illustrated example) commodity lanes 30a are juxtaposed in a side-to-side arrangement on the upper surface of a shelf base 31 made of a metal plate.

The rack base 31 has a base portion 311, a base side wall portion 312, and a base rear wall portion 313. The base 311 is a rectangular-shaped portion provided with a commodity lane 30a on the upper surface. The base side wall portions 312 are provided on both left and right side portions of the base portion 311, and are formed by bending both left and right side portions of the rack base 31 upward. The base rear wall portion 313 extends upward from the rear end portion of the base portion 311, and connects the base side wall portions 312 to each other. Further, the plurality of commodity lanes 30a are arranged in parallel by locking the plurality of partition plates 32 to the base portion 311 and the base rear wall portion 313.

The commodity lane 30a provided in the commodity shelf 30 individually operates to sequentially feed the stored commodities forward, and thereby the commodity positioned in the forefront can be dropped downward through the intersection surface. In the present embodiment, the commodity lane 30a includes a spiral rack 33. The spiral rack 33 is configured to be spiral in the front-rear direction, and is configured to sequentially feed forward the products held between the respective pitches by rotating around the central axis. The commodity lane 30a is not necessarily limited to the commodity lane in which the commodity is fed by the rotation of the spiral rack 33, and for example, a commodity lane configured to feed the commodity forward by the driving of the conveying belt may be applied.

A guided member 40 made of, for example, a metal plate is provided on the outer surface of the base side wall 312. The guided member 40 is a long member having a longitudinal direction in the front-rear direction, and is provided in substantially the entire area of the outer surface of the base side wall 312 in the front-rear direction. The guided member 40 includes a guided roller 41, a guided horizontal extension 42, a front Fang Zhidong part 43, and a rear stopper 44.

The guided roller 41 is provided at the rear end of the guided member 40 so as to protrude outward. The guided roller 41 is provided on the guided member 40 so as to be rotatable about its central axis.

The guided horizontal extension 42 is formed by bending the upper end portion of the region of the guided member 40 on the front side of the guided roller 41 to the outside. The guided horizontal extension 42 is formed below the guided roller 41.

The front stopper 43 is formed by bending the distal end portion of the guided member 40 outward. The front stopper 43 is formed on the lower side of the front end portion of the guided horizontal extension 42.

The rear stopper 44 is formed by bending a tongue-shaped portion formed by cutting a part of the guided member 40 between the guided roller 41 and the guided horizontal extension 42 outward. The rear stopper 44 extends in the horizontal direction and is formed below the guided horizontal extension 42.

As shown in fig. 6, a rack guide member 60 made of, for example, a metal plate is provided on the inner side surface of the rack support member 50. The rack guide member 60 is a longitudinal member having a longitudinal direction in the front-rear direction, and is provided in substantially the entire area of the inner surface of the rack support member 50 in the front-rear direction. The carriage guide 60 includes guide rollers 61 and guide rails 62.

The guide roller 61 is provided at the front end of the rack guide member 60 so as to protrude inward. The guide roller 61 is provided on the carriage guide member 60 so as to be rotatable about its central axis.

The guide rail 62 is formed in a region of the rack guide member 60 on the rear side of the guide roller 61. The rail 62 has an upper planar extension 621 and a lower planar extension 622. The upper flat extension 621 is formed by bending an upper end portion of a part of the rack guide member 60 inward, and is a horizontal extension in which the front-rear direction is a longitudinal direction. The lower flat extension 622 is formed by bending the lower end portion of a part of the rack guide member 60 inward, and is a horizontal extension in which the front-rear direction is the longitudinal direction.

The upper and lower flat extensions 621 and 622 are opposite to each other and are formed to have a distance from each other larger than the outer diameter of the guided roller 41. The upper flat extension 621 is formed above the guide roller 61, and the lower flat extension 622 is formed slightly below the center axis of the guide roller 61. Thus, the guide rail 62 is a pair of right and left guide rails that extend in the front-rear direction inside the main body cabinet 10 and that have upper flat extension 621 and lower flat extension 622 that face each other.

The guide rail 62 is provided with a storage recess 63 and a restricting portion 64. The receiving recess 63 is formed by another sheet metal member 60A different from the rack guide member 60 and is continuous with the front end portion of the upper flat extension 621 that forms the guide rail 62.

The storage recess 63 is formed by a storage bottom 631 extending in the front-rear direction, a front lower extension 632 extending downward from the front end portion of the storage bottom 631, and a rear lower extension 633 extending downward from the rear end portion of the storage bottom 631, and the rear lower extension 633 contacts the front end portion of the upper flat extension 621.

In such a housing recess 63, the front lower extension 632 and the rear lower extension 633 face each other. In addition, the extension dimension (front-rear dimension) of the receiving bottom 631, the extension dimension (up-down dimension) of the front lower extension 632, and the extension dimension (up-down dimension) of the rear lower extension 633 are slightly larger than the outer diameter of the guided roller 41, allowing the guided roller 41 to enter.

The restricting portion 64 is formed in a notch portion 621a of the upper flat extending portion 621 located on the rear side of the accommodating recess 63. The restricting portion 64 is a concave portion formed by penetrating the inclined extending portion 641a from the lower direction to the upper direction through the notch portion 621a, and the inclined extending portion 641a is formed by bending upward a part of the rear extending portion 641 extending rearward from the extending end portion of the rear lower extending portion 633 of the sheet metal member 60A constituting the accommodating recess 63 and gradually inclining upward as going rearward. The upwardly curved portion of the sheet metal member 60A forms a leading edge portion 64a of the recess.

The commodity shelf 30 is supported by the pair of left and right shelf support members 50 as described above by accommodating the guided rollers 41 between the upper flat extension 621 and the lower flat extension 622 of the corresponding guide rail 62 and placing the guided horizontal extension 42 on the corresponding guide roller 61.

When the front door 20 swings forward to open the front opening 10a of the main body cabinet 10, the guide roller 61 and the guided roller 41 are rotated, so that the commodity shelf 30 can slide in the front-rear direction with respect to the main body cabinet 10.

Further, the front stopper 43 comes into contact with the guide roller 61, so that the commodity shelf 30 is restricted from further sliding rearward, and the commodity shelf 30 is disposed at the rearmost storage position. On the other hand, when the guided roller 41 is accommodated in the accommodating recess 63, the commodity shelf 30 is disposed at the forefront replenishment position, which will be described later in detail. When the commodity shelf 30 slides to a position where the guided roller 41 is accommodated in the accommodation recess 63, the rear stopper 44 abuts against the protruding portion 51 formed so as to protrude inward from the inner surface of the shelf support member 50, whereby the commodity shelf 30 is further restricted from sliding forward. That is, the commodity shelf 30 is slidable in the front-rear direction with respect to the main body cabinet 10 between the storage position as the rearmost position and the replenishment position as the frontmost position.

In the commodity storage device 1 having the above-described configuration, as shown in fig. 7, in a state where the commodity shelf 30 is arranged at the storage position, the commodity stored in the commodity shelf 30 is sent forward as needed and delivered, and sales of the commodity are performed. When the commodity shelf 30 is placed in the storage position in this way, as shown in fig. 8, the guided roller 41 is placed on the lower flat extension 622 at the rear end portion of the guide rail 62.

Then, when it is necessary to replenish the commodity shelf 30, the replenishment worker opens the front surface opening 10a of the main body cabinet 10 and slides the commodity shelf 30 forward.

As a result, the commodity shelf 30 slides forward in the same substantially horizontal posture as when the commodity shelf 30 is placed in the storage position by the guided roller 41 rolling on the lower flat extension 622 at the rear end portion of the guide rail 62. When the guided roller 41 reaches the front end of the guide rail 62, the guided roller 41 rolls on the upper flat extension 621 at the front end of the guide rail 62 by the self weight of the commodity shelf 30, and the commodity shelf 30 slides forward in a posture with its front lower and rear higher.

Since the restricting portion 64 is formed in the guide rail 62 as described above, as shown in fig. 9 and 10, a part of the guided roller 41 enters the restricting portion 64 and abuts against the leading edge portion 64a of the commodity shelf 30 that slides forward in the posture of being low in the front and high in the rear, and the commodity shelf 30 is restricted from continuing to slide forward in the posture of being low in the front and high in the rear.

When the forward sliding of the commodity shelf 30 is restricted by the restricting portion 64 in this way, as shown in fig. 11 and 12, the replenishment worker can slide the commodity shelf 30 forward in a substantially horizontal posture by holding the commodity shelf 30 in a substantially horizontal posture and disengaging the guided roller 41 from the restricting portion 64.

That is, the restricting portion 64 is abutted against the guided roller 41 of the commodity shelf 30 that slides forward in the low-front-high posture to restrict the commodity shelf 30 from continuing to slide forward in the low-front-high-rear posture, and allows the guided roller 41 to pass through the restricting portion 64 in the forward direction when the commodity shelf 30 is in the substantially horizontal posture.

Then, when the commodity shelf 30 is restricted from sliding forward by the rear stopper 44 abutting on the protruding portion 51, the replenishment worker holds the commodity shelf 30 in a substantially horizontal posture and slides forward, and stops the commodity shelf 30 from sliding forward.

As a result, as shown in fig. 13 and 14, the guided roller 41 is accommodated in the accommodation recess 63, and the commodity shelf 30 is placed in the replenishment position in a forward tilting posture in which it gradually tilts downward as it goes forward.

By disposing the commodity shelf 30 in the storage position in the forward tilted posture in this manner, the replenishment worker can easily replenish the commodity lanes 30a with the commodity.

When the commodity replenishment is completed, the replenishment worker may disengage the guided roller 41 from the storage recess 63 by bringing the commodity shelf 30 into a substantially horizontal posture, and slide the commodity shelf 30 rearward while maintaining the substantially horizontal posture.

Thus, the front stopper 43 is in contact with the guide roller 61, and the product rack 30 is disposed at the storage position. Thereafter, the front surface door 20 is swung rearward to close the front surface opening 10a of the main body cabinet 10, thereby completing the replenishment work for the commodity.

As described above, according to the commodity storage apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the guided roller 41 rolls on the lower flat extending portion 622 at the rear end portion of the guide rail 62, whereby the commodity shelf 30 is brought into a substantially horizontal posture and slides, and the guided roller 41 rolls on the upper flat extending portion 621 at the front end portion of the guide rail 62, whereby the commodity shelf 30 is brought into a vertically forward posture and slides, and when the guided roller 41 is accommodated in the accommodation recess 63 provided at the front end portion of the guide rail 62, the commodity shelf 30 is brought into a forwardly inclined posture and is placed in the replenishment position, and the restriction portion 64 provided at the rear side of the accommodation recess 63 of the guide rail 62 abuts against the guided roller 41 of the commodity shelf 30 that is brought into a vertically forward posture and restricts the commodity shelf 30 from continuing to slide forward in a vertically forward and backward posture, and when the commodity shelf 30 is brought into a substantially horizontal posture, the guided roller 41 is allowed to pass through the restriction portion 64 forward, whereby an operator who performs work such as replenishment can be urged to grasp the commodity shelf 30 to be brought into a substantially horizontal posture and can be restrained from sliding forward. Thus, the commodity shelf 30 can be brought into the forward tilted posture more safely, and breakage of the components can be prevented.

According to the commodity storage device 1 described above, the restricting portion 64 is a recessed portion provided in the upper flat extending portion 621 of the guide rail 62, and since a part of the guided roller 41 can enter the restricting portion 64 and the leading edge portion 64a comes into contact with the guided roller 41, the distance between the upper flat extending portion 621 and the lower flat extending portion 622 can be set to a sufficient size as required, and an excessive increase in the vertical dimension of the guide rail 62 can be suppressed.

The restricting portion (concave portion) 64 is formed by penetrating the inclined extending portion 641a through the notch portion 621a formed in the upper flat extending portion 621 of the guide rail 62, and the inclined extending portion 641a is formed by bending a part of the sheet metal member 60A constituting the accommodating recess 63 upward, and the leading edge portion 64a is formed by a bent portion, so that the guided roller 41 can be brought into contact with the inclined extending portion 641a, and damage or the like of the guided roller 41 can be prevented.

The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, but the present invention is not limited to these, and various modifications are possible.

In the above embodiment, the guided roller 41 rotatably provided on the commodity shelf 30 is illustrated as the guided portion, and the guided roller 41 is guided so as to roll between the upper flat extending portion 621 and the lower flat extending portion 622 of the guide rail 62, but in the present invention, the guided portion is not limited to the guided roller 41, and may be a block-shaped structure formed of a resin material or the like having a smooth surface. That is, the upper and lower flat extensions 621 and 622 of the guide rail 62 may be guided while sliding in contact with each other.

In the above-described embodiment, the restricting portion 64 is constituted by a concave portion provided in the upper flat extending portion 621, but in the present invention, the restricting portion may be constituted by a protrusion protruding downward from the upper flat extending portion as long as the restricting portion can abut against a guided portion of the commodity shelf that slides forward in the front low and rear high posture to restrict the commodity shelf from continuing to slide forward in the front low and rear high posture.

Claims (6)

1. A commodity storage device is provided with: a pair of left and right guide rails extending in the front-rear direction inside the device main body and having upper and lower flat extending portions facing each other; and a commodity shelf configured to be slidable in a front-rear direction with respect to the apparatus main body by guiding a guided portion of the commodity shelf between the upper flat extending portion of the guide rail and the lower flat extending portion of the guide rail, wherein the commodity shelf accommodates a commodity,

the commodity shelf is configured to slide to a forefront position in a forward tilting posture gradually tilting downward as going forward when the guided portion is accommodated in an accommodating recess provided at the front end portion of the guide rail,

the guide rail includes a restricting portion provided on a rear side of the storage recess, the restricting portion being in contact with a guided portion of the commodity shelf that slides forward in the front-low-rear-high posture to restrict the commodity shelf from continuing to slide forward in the front-low-rear-high posture, and allowing the guided portion to pass through the restricting portion when the commodity shelf is in a substantially horizontal posture.

2. The article storage device of claim 1, wherein,

the restricting portion is a concave portion provided in the upper flat extending portion of the guide rail, a part of the guided portion can enter the restricting portion, and a leading edge portion of the restricting portion abuts against the guided portion.

3. The article storage device of claim 2, wherein,

the recess is formed by penetrating an inclined extension portion formed by bending a part of the metal plate member constituting the receiving recess upward with respect to a notch portion formed in the upper flat extension portion of the guide rail,

the leading edge portion is formed by the curved portion.

4. The article storage device according to any one of claim 1 to 3, wherein,

the guided portion is a guided roller provided rotatably about its central axis.

5. The article storage device according to any one of claim 1 to 4, wherein,

the commodity shelf is formed by arranging commodity channels in parallel left and right, and the commodity channels accommodate commodities along the front-rear direction.

6. The article storage device of claim 5, wherein,

the commodity lane is provided with a spiral rack which is spirally configured in the front-rear direction and rotates around a central axis to convey commodities restrained between the intervals to the front and deliver the forefront commodity to the outside.

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