JP2000137856A - Automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic vending machine which can securely prevent the burglar of articles. SOLUTION: When an arm A is inserted into an article take-out port 5 by aiming the burglar of articles by positioning the back end side of a base board 6 provided in the article take-out port 5, the arm inserted into the article carry- out port 4a from the lower end side of a carry-out door 4b cannot sufficiently be bent upward and a hand cannot be extended to the article in an article storage case 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vending machine for selling goods such as cans or bottled beverages.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a vending machine of this kind, for example, as described in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 2-126265, a vending machine main body having an open front and a front opening / closing front of the vending machine main body. It is known that an outer door to be provided, a product storage provided in a vending machine main body, and an inner door for opening and closing the product storage are provided, and a product outlet is provided at a lower front part of the outer door. . In addition, a carry-out door that opens and closes a commodity carry-out opening of the inner door is provided inside the commodity take-out opening, and the carry-out door is rotatably supported at an upper end. In this vending machine, when a product is dropped and carried out of a product storage column in a product storage, a carry-out door of a product take-out port is pushed open by the product,
The commodities are carried out into the commodities take-out opening.

[0003]

By the way, recently, theft of goods to unattended vending machines, such as storefronts and vending machine corners, has been increasing. For example, as shown in FIG. The arm A is inserted into the take-out opening 10 and the carry-out door 11 is opened to the front, and the arm A is bent to reach the commodity storage 13 from between the lower end of the carry-out door 11 and the commodity carry-out opening 12 to store the goods. The product was stolen by removing the product from the column. As a countermeasure against such a theft, as shown in FIG. 6, an antitheft door 14 whose upper end is rotatably supported in front of the carry-out door 11 is provided.
It is also known that the arm is prevented from being inserted into the product outlet 10 by this. However, in this structure, when the product which is normally carried out is taken out from the product outlet 10, the product is moved to the antitheft door 14. There is a risk of damage due to contact, and the number of components is increased by the provision of the antitheft door 14, which is disadvantageous in terms of manufacturing.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine capable of reliably preventing theft of a product.

[0005]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect, there is provided a product carrying outlet having a carry-out door whose upper end is rotatably supported at a commodity carry-out port. In a vending machine having an outlet disposed inside a product outlet, a bottom plate having a rear end positioned higher in the product outlet is provided. Thereby, since the rear end side of the bottom plate in the product outlet is positioned higher, when an arm is inserted into the product outlet, the arm inserted into the product outlet from the lower end side of the discharge door is directed upward. The product cannot be bent sufficiently and cannot reach the product in the product storage.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the vending machine according to the first aspect, the front end of the bottom plate is rotatably supported on the commodity outlet side, and the rear end of the bottom plate has an arbitrary height. And a holding means capable of holding the holding position. Thus, in addition to the operation of the first aspect, for example, when the vending machine is installed in a place where theft is less likely, such as indoors, the rear end of the bottom plate can be lowered.

[0007]

1 to 3 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a vending machine, and FIG.
3 is a side sectional view of the main part, FIG. 3 is a front view of the bottom plate, and FIG. 4 is a side sectional view of the main part of the vending machine.

The vending machine includes a vending machine main body 1 having an open front, an outer door 2 for opening and closing the front of the vending machine main body 1, and a product storage 3 provided in the vending machine main body 1.
And an inner door 4 for opening and closing the product storage 3, and a product outlet 5 is provided at a lower portion of the front surface of the outer door 2. A discharge door 4b that opens and closes a product discharge opening 4a of the inner door 4 is provided inside the product discharge opening 5, and the discharge door 4b is rotatably supported at an upper end.

A bottom plate 6 for receiving the product B is provided at a lower portion in the product outlet 5, and the bottom plate 6 has a fixing pin 7 at its front end.
Thus, it is rotatably supported on the side surface inside the product outlet 5. A pair of movable pins 8 in the width direction are mounted on the rear end side of the bottom plate 6, and holes 9 into which the movable pins 8 can be inserted are provided at a plurality of positions in the vertical direction on the side surface inside the product outlet 5.
Each movable pin 8 is supported by the bottom plate 6 so as to be movable in the width direction, and one end of the movable pin 8 is inserted into the side surface of the bottom plate 6 so as to protrude to the outside as shown in FIG. In this case, each movable pin 8 is urged in the protruding direction by a spring 8a, and when the gripping piece 8b provided on the other end side is pulled inward, it is opposed to the spring 8a as shown in FIG. It moves in the immersion direction and comes out of the hole 9 on the product outlet 5 side. That is, each movable pin 8 and each hole 9 constitute a holding means for holding the rear end side of the bottom plate 6 at an arbitrary height position.

In the vending machine configured as described above, when the product B is dropped and discharged from a product storage column (not shown) in the product storage 3, the discharge door 4b of the product discharge port 4a is opened. The product B is pushed open and the product B is carried out into the product outlet 5. Also, the bottom plate 6 in the product outlet 5
The height position on the rear end side can be arbitrarily changed by removing each movable pin 8 from the hole 9 on the product outlet 5 side and inserting it into another hole 9. In this case, by raising the rear end of the bottom plate 6 as shown in FIG. 2, the arm A is inserted into the product outlet 5 as shown in FIG. Move the arm A to the lower end of the take-out door 4b and the product exit 4a.
When inserted into the product storage 3 from between
Since the rear end of the product is located high, the arm inserted into the product exit 4a cannot be bent sufficiently upward, and it is not possible to reach the product in the product storage 3.

As described above, according to the vending machine of the present embodiment, the rear end of the bottom plate 6 provided in the product outlet 5 is positioned high, so that the product can be picked up for theft of the product. When the arm A is inserted into the outlet 5, the arm inserted into the product outlet 4 a from the lower end side of the unloading door 4 b is not sufficiently bent upward. It cannot be extended, and theft of the product can be reliably prevented. Further, the rear end of the bottom plate 6 can be changed to an arbitrary height position by selecting the holes 9 into which the movable pins 8 are inserted, so that, for example, the vending machine is less likely to be stolen indoors or the like. When installed in a place, the rear end side of the bottom plate 6 can be lowered as shown by the dashed line in FIG. 2 to effectively use the space in the product outlet 5.

In the above embodiment, the rear end of the bottom plate 6 can be changed to an arbitrary height position. However, a fixed bottom plate is provided by raising the rear end in advance. It may be.

[0013]

As described above, according to the vending machine of the first aspect, even if the arm is inserted into the product outlet for the purpose of theft of the product, the hand in the product storage can be reached. Since it cannot be extended, theft of the product can be reliably prevented.

Further, according to the vending machine of the first aspect, the rear end of the bottom plate can be changed to an arbitrary height position. In this case, the space in the product outlet can be effectively used by lowering the rear end of the bottom plate.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a vending machine showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of a main part of the vending machine.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a bottom plate of the vending machine.

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view of a main part of the vending machine.

FIG. 5 is a side sectional view of a main part of a vending machine showing a conventional example.

FIG. 6 is a side sectional view of a main part of a vending machine showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

3 ... commodity storage, 4a ... commodity exit, 4b ... carry-out door, 5
… Commodity outlet, 6… bottom plate.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A vending machine having a carry-out door whose upper end is rotatably supported at a commodity carry-out port of a commodity storage, and wherein the commodity carry-out port is arranged inside the commodity take-out port. A vending machine characterized by providing a bottom plate with a rear end positioned higher at a rear end. And a holding means for rotatably supporting a front end side of the bottom plate at a product outlet side and holding a rear end side of the bottom plate at an arbitrary height position. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein