JP2000163644A - Commodity carrying-out device for automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inexpensive commodity carrying-out device for an automatic vending machine capable of improving the commodity storage efficiency of the device by arranging commodity storage columns in which various kinds of commodities stored for every commodity in a stacked state at the inside and front side face of the automatic vending machine, and also capable of simplifying the commodity carrying-out mechanism of the device. SOLUTION: In the automatic vending machine 1, commodity storage columns 10 in which various kinds of commodities S are stored for every commodity in a stacked state are arranged in plural stages and rows in both vertical and horizontal directions. In addition, a commodity picking-up means 20 which picks up the commodities S housed in the columns 10 at the positions opposite to the commodities S is provided in a state where the means 20 can be moved in the vertical direction Y and horizontal direction by means of first and second moving means. The commodities S picked up by means of the picking-up means 20 are moved to the commodity carrying-out section 8 of the machine 1 for carrying out.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vending machine product delivery device used for automatic vending of various kinds of products such as cigarettes, for example. The present invention relates to a merchandise unloading device of a vending machine in which a mechanism for taking in merchandise into each of the merchandise storage columns stored therein and carrying out and out to a merchandise unloading section is improved.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a vending machine of this type, there are various types of vending machines, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 8-315240, which was previously filed and published by the present applicant. A drive belt is provided at the lower part of each product storage column in which products are stored in a loaded state for each type, and the lowermost products loaded on the drive belt are pushed out by movement of the projections due to substantially horizontal travel of the drive belt. Some products have a configuration of being dropped and carried out toward a product carrying-out section.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional product vending machine of a vending machine,
Since a drive mechanism is installed independently for each product storage column in the aircraft, especially when storing various types of products,
Since the number of product storage columns increases, the number of drive mechanisms also increases, the wiring inside the machine becomes complicated, not only hinders the reduction in the number of parts, but also increases the cost of the entire apparatus.

Further, in order to improve the space efficiency of the product storage column disposed in the body, it is desirable to provide the product storage column inside the door that opens and closes the front side of the body of the body. This is difficult to achieve with a conventional device.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and has a product storage column capable of storing various types of products in a loaded state for each type on a main body side and a door side of an airframe. It is an object of the present invention to provide a vending machine product unloading device capable of improving storage efficiency and reducing the cost of the entire device by reducing the number of parts of the product unloading mechanism.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a product storage column in which various types of products are loaded and stored in the machine body by type. In a plurality of stages and rows, in a product unloading device of a vending machine for unloading a product selectively taken out of each of these product storage columns to a product unloading unit, the product in each of the product storage columns is Product pick-up means for picking up and taking in one by one at the opposing position; and moving means for selectively moving the product pick-up means from the merchandise unloading section to opposing positions of the respective product storage columns. The means includes a product take-in placement portion, and a projecting member that is capable of projecting and moving and being retractably movable so as to take in the product at the lowest stage in the product storage column into the product take-in placement portion. A protruding member provided at the protruding end of the protruding member so as to be able to rise and rotate, and a driving unit for driving the protruding member, and the product is drawn by the driving unit after the protruding member protrudes. The lowermost product in the storage column is extruded from the back side toward the product take-in / placement section by the pushing member.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, each of the commodity storage columns is provided on the main body side of the body and on the front side of the main body so as to be openable and closable inside a door body. And are arranged in a line.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the present invention, the commodity pickup means is interposed between the main body and the door of the body. .

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first, second or third aspect of the present invention, the moving means has a suspending means for suspending the commodity pickup means so as to be movable in a horizontal direction. A vertical movement mechanism for vertically moving the suspension means, and a horizontal movement mechanism for horizontally moving the product pickup means suspended by the suspension means. is there.

[0010] That is, according to the merchandise unloading device of the vending machine according to the present invention, each merchandise storage column in which various commodities are loaded and stored for each type in the machine body is arranged vertically and horizontally in a plurality of rows and columns. In order to move the goods picked up by the goods pick-up means to take in the goods in each of the goods storage columns at the opposing positions, the goods picked up by the goods pick-up means are moved to the merchandise discharge section of the machine to be carried out. In addition, one product pick-up means can drive all the product storage columns to push out the products, thereby reducing the cost of the entire apparatus by reducing the number of components of the product unloading mechanism.

Further, since the product storage columns and the product pushing means are respectively arranged on the main body side of the machine body and the inside of the door body, the product storage efficiency is improved.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 schematically shows the overall structure of a vending machine equipped with a product unloading device according to the present invention, wherein reference numeral 1 denotes a body, 2 denotes a body of the body 1,
A door 3 is provided on the front side of the main body 2 so as to be openable and closable. On the front surface of the door 3, a bill insertion slot 4A and a coin insertion slot 4B, a change return slot 5 and a merchandise outlet 6, which are cash input sections, are provided. (For example, cigarettes) S are displayed in a plurality of stages, and a push button device 7 as a product selection switch is provided for each stage of each of these sales sample products S.

As shown in FIG. 2, on the bottom of the body 1 of the body 1, a shooter 8 as a product carrying-out portion is arranged corresponding to a product outlet 6 provided at a lower front portion of the door 3.
The shooter 8 discharges a product S which is taken in from a product storage column 10 to be described later via a product pickup means 20 and carried out toward the product outlet 6.

On the main body 2 side of the machine body 1 and on the front and rear portions inside the door 3, a plurality of product storage columns 10 in which various types of products S are loaded and stored in a horizontal position for each type are arranged vertically and horizontally. And a matrix of a predetermined arrangement pattern of rows and columns, and the front and rear product storage columns 10, 10 are
As shown in FIG. 3, the doors are arranged so as to face each other in the closed state, and between them, the product pickup means 20 is suspended and supported by suspension means 40 to be described later. Two moving means 50 and 60 are provided so as to be movable in the vertical direction Y and the horizontal direction X in the horizontal direction.

A column base 11 is disposed below each of the product storage columns 10, and a corresponding position of the lowest product S stacked and mounted on the column base 11 is
A product take-out opening 12 is provided.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the product pickup means 20 includes a support frame 21, a pair of left and right guide rails 22A and 22B provided in the support frame 21 and extending in the front-rear direction Z, and guides for each of these guide rails. Rail 22
Slide rails 23A and 23B provided on A and 22B alternately toward the main body 2 side and the door 3 side of the body 1 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction Z, respectively, and the respective slide rails 23
A and 23B have arms 24A and 24B formed of gear racks movably provided in the front-rear direction Z, respectively, and the support frame 21 constitutes a product take-in mounting portion on which the product S is taken and mounted on the upper surface. , Slide rail 23
A and 23B and arms 24A and 24B constitute projecting members, respectively.

Slide rail 23 constituting a projecting member
A, 23B and arms 24A, 24B
Guide grooves 25 provided in A, 24B along the front-back direction Z
By engaging the sliding pins 26A, 26B provided on the slide rails 23A, 23B with the slide rails 23A, 23B, the slide rails 23A, 23B move the arms 24A, 24B.
B moves in two steps. In this case, each slide rail 23A, 23B
4A and 24B have an assisting function that enables smooth movement of the moving-out operation, particularly, the projecting operation.

Furthermore, pushers 27A, 27 as push members are provided at the protruding ends of the arms 24A, 24B.
B is provided so as to be able to rise and rotate, and the respective pushers 27A and 27B are constantly urged in the rising direction by springs 28A and 28B.

Each of the arms 24A and 24B is
The drive units 30A and 30B are respectively driven so as to protrude in the front-rear direction Z at 0A and 30B so as to be movable and retractable. The drive units 30A and 30B are Z-axis drive motors 31A and 31B, respectively. Z-axis drive motor 3
1st, 2nd, and 3rd gear groups 3 that are rotationally driven to 1A, 31B via reduction gear boxes 32A, 32B, respectively.
3A, 34A, 35A and 33B, 34B, 35B, and has a configuration in which the respective arms 24A, 24B mesh with the third gear groups 35A, 35B.

That is, the arm 24A or 24B
Z-axis drive motor 3 constituting drive unit 30A or 30B
1A or 31B drives and moves in the front-rear direction Z, and the pusher 27A or 27 provided at the protruding end thereof.
When B reaches the open position on the back side of the lowermost product S placed on the column base 11 of the product storage column 10, the pushers 27A or 27B rise and rotate by the urging forces of the springs 28A and 28B. And, it is controlled so as to stop by detecting the projecting position by the position detecting sensor 36A or 36B.

On the other hand, when the arm 24A or 24B protrudes and moves, the Z-axis drive motor 31A or 31A
The lowermost product S placed on the column base 11 by the pusher 27A or 27B provided at the protruding end of the lowermost product S is supported by the reverse rotation drive of the support frame B through the product take-out opening 12 from the back side. The product S is pushed out onto each of the product storage columns 10.
Are taken out one by one, placed on the upper surface of the support frame 21 and taken in, and are controlled so as to stop after being detected by the position detection sensor 36A or 36B.

The merchandise pick-up means 20 includes the hanging support means 4
0, and as shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, a pair of left and right movable brackets 41A, 4
1B, and a pair of upper and lower X-axis guide shafts 42, 43 suspended between the movable brackets 41A, 41B.
And the respective X-axis guide shafts 42 and 43
A support frame 21 of the product pickup means 20 is supported movably in the left-right horizontal direction X therebetween. On the other hand, a pair of left and right movable brackets 41A, 41B of the suspension support means 40
Is suspended so as to be movable in the vertical direction Y by a vertical moving mechanism 50 as a first moving means.

As shown in detail in FIGS. 10 to 12, the vertical movement mechanism 50 includes Y-axis guide rails 51 provided on the left and right frames 2A and 2B on the main body 2 side of the body 1 respectively.
A, 51B and these Y-axis guide rails 51A, 51B.
A pair of left and right pulleys 52A, 52B and 53A, 53B provided at the upper end and lower end of the shaft, a shaft 53C connecting the pulleys 53A, 53B at the lower end thereof, and upper and lower pulleys 52A, 53A and Y-axis drive belts 54A and 54B stretched between 52B and 53B, and shaft 53C
A pair of left and right springs 55A and 55B for applying tension to the Y-axis drive belts 54A and 54B by urging them downward.
The Y-axis drive motor 56A is connected to a pulley 52A provided on the upper end side of one Y-axis guide rail 51A via a reduction gear box 56B.

On the Y-axis driving belts 54A and 54B, a plurality of rollers for guiding a pair of left and right movable brackets 41A and 41B constituting the suspension means 40 so as to roll along the Y-axis guide rails 51A and 51B. On the other hand, the balancers 57A and 57B are fixed to the Y-axis drive belts 54A and 54B corresponding to the suspension positions of the movable brackets 41A and 41B, respectively, while being fixed so as to be movable in the vertical direction Y via 44A and 44B. Y-axis guide rails 51A, 5
A plurality of rollers 58A, which are guided so as to be able to roll along 1B,
It is fixed via 58B. This balancer 57A,
57B is provided on the Y-axis drive belts 54A and 54B by the suspension
The weight balance between the pulley 52 and the product pickup means 20 suspended via the
The load torque applied to A, 52B and 53A, 53B is reduced, thereby smoothing the movement of the commodity pickup means 20 in the vertical direction Y.

That is, the vertical movement mechanism section 50 drives one Y-axis drive belt 54A via the pulley 52A by forward and reverse rotation drive of the Y-axis drive motor 56A, and interlocks with this to drive the other Y-axis drive belt. By driving the belt 56B, the commodity pickup means 20 is moved in the vertical direction Y. The movement of the commodity pickup means 20 in the vertical direction Y is controlled by a Y-axis drive motor 56.
The detection is performed by detecting a pulse signal generated by a position detection pulse generator 59A provided on the rotation axis of A by a position detection pulse sensor 59B.

The horizontal moving mechanism 60 as the second moving means
As shown in FIG. 13 to FIG.
And a pair of left and right pulleys 61A, 61B provided on the movable brackets 41A, 41B constituting the pulleys 61A, 41B.
X-axis drive belt 62 stretched between
An X-axis drive motor 64 for driving, via a reduction gear box 63, one pulley 61A around which the shaft drive belt 62 is stretched. The X-axis drive belt 62 includes
The upper part of the support frame 21 of the commodity pickup means 20 which is horizontally movably supported between a pair of upper and lower X-axis guide shafts 42 and 43 laid horizontally between the movable brackets 41A and 41B of the "0". The product pickup means 20 is moved in the horizontal direction X by driving the X-axis drive belt 62 via the pulley 61A by forward and reverse rotation of the X-axis drive motor 64.

In this case, the movement of the commodity pickup means 20 in the horizontal direction X is controlled by detecting a pulse signal generated by a position detection pulse generator 65 provided on the rotation axis of the X-axis drive motor 64 with a position detection pulse sensor 66. This is done by:

As shown in FIG. 4, the upper portion of the support frame 21 constituting the commodity pickup means 20 is covered with a cover 70 which is open in the front-rear direction.
On one side wall surface, for example, on the left side wall surface in FIG. 4, a product carrying port 71 is opened, and this product carrying port 71 can be opened and closed by a flap 72 that can be turned up and turned outward. In addition, the flap 72 is
Is always urged in the door closing direction. A spout 74 is opened in the other side wall surface of the cover 70 facing the product outlet 71, and a projecting plate 81 of a product protruding means 80 described later is inserted into the spout 74. .

As shown in FIGS. 16 and 17, the product projecting means 80 has a projecting plate 81 fixed to one frame 2A of the main body 2 of the machine body 1, and the projecting plate 81 is provided with a door. 3 is a position close to the product take-out port 6, that is, a shooter in which the product pick-up means 20 after product take-in is a product unloading unit by the vertical movement mechanism unit 50 and the horizontal movement mechanism unit 60 which are the first and second movement means. 8 is fixed to a position where the tip 81a can be inserted into the spout 74 opened on the other side wall surface of the upper cover 70 of the product pickup means 20, as described later. , The projecting plate 8 at this product discharge position
1, the merchandise S placed on the support frame 21 of the merchandise pickup means 20 is transferred to the merchandise outlet 71.
To the flap 7 by the protruding operation of the product S.
By opening the door 2 against the urging force of the spring 73, the commodity S can be carried out to the shooter 8.

Next, the steps of taking in and carrying out the commodity S from each commodity storage column 10 by the commodity pickup means 20 will be described with reference to the drawings shown in FIGS. First, a predetermined amount of money is inserted into the bill insertion slot 4A or the coin insertion slot 4B of the money insertion section provided on the front surface of the door 3 of the body 1, and a desired sales sample product S is selected by operating the push button device 7. Then, a sales command signal is output. A control unit (not shown) in the body 1 sends a position signal corresponding to the product storage column 10 corresponding to the sales sample product S based on the sales command signal to a vertical moving mechanism as a first moving means of the product pickup means 20. It is output to the section 50 and the horizontal movement mechanism section 60 as the second movement means. The commodity pickup means 20 is moved in the vertical direction Y and the horizontal direction X from its standby position to a corresponding position of the desired commodity storage column 10 by driving the first and second moving means 50, 60.

In this case, the standby position of the commodity pickup means 20 is usually set on the shooter 8 (commodity carry-out section) from which the commodity S is carried out. May be set at the central part of. Further, the movement of the commodity pickup means 20 from the standby position to the corresponding position of the desired commodity storage column 10 is controlled so as to take the shortest distance by synchronous driving of the first and second moving means 50 and 60. Has become.

The product pick-up means 20 includes first and second
As shown in FIG. 18, by driving the moving means 50, 60, the corresponding position of the product storage column 10 corresponding to the desired sales sample product S, for example, the rear product storage column 10 arranged on the body 2 side of the body 1 Is stopped at the corresponding position, the drive unit 30A of the product pickup means 20 is driven.

The product pickup means 20 includes a driving unit 30
The arm 24A projects and moves toward the column base 11 side of the product storage column 10 by the forward rotation drive of the Z-axis drive motor 31A at A. At this time, as shown in FIG. 19, a pusher 27A provided at the protruding end of the arm 24A
Is tilted and turned against the urging force of the spring 28A so as to scrape under the lowermost product S placed on the column base 11, and allows the projecting movement thereof. At the same time, the arm 24A independently projects and moves according to the length of the guide groove 25A.

In this state, the guide groove 25 of the arm 24A is
When the slide pin 26A of the slide rail 23A is locked to A, as shown in FIG. 20, the slide rail 23A follows the movement of the arm 24A in two steps, and as shown in FIG. Part, ie, pusher 2
When 7A reaches the open position on the back side of the lowermost product S placed on the column base 11 of the product storage column 10, the pusher 27A rises and rotates by the urging force of the spring 28A, and simultaneously the arm 24A. Stop the overhang movement.

When the Z-axis drive motor 41A of the drive section 40A is driven to rotate in the reverse direction with the arm 24A extended, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, the arm 24A retracts and pushes the lowermost product S placed on the column base 11 from the back side toward the product take-out opening 12 by a pusher 27A provided at the protruding end thereof.

The product take-out opening 1 of the product storage column 10
The product S extruded from FIG. 2 is further extruded toward the support frame 21 side of the product pickup means 20, and FIG.
24, it is placed on the support frame 21 and taken into the cover 70.

When the commodity S is placed on the support frame 21 of the commodity pickup means 20, the commodity pickup means 20 is driven by the first and second moving means 50, 60 from the take-in position to the shooter 8 ( The movement is started at the shortest distance toward the product discharge position corresponding to the product discharge section), and is stopped at the product discharge position as shown in FIGS.

Thus, the commodity pickup means 2
When 0 moves to the product unloading position, as shown in FIG.
The tip portion 81a of the protruding plate 81 of the product protruding means 80 is protruded into the protruding opening 74 opened on the other side wall surface of the cover 70, and the protruding operation of the protruding plate 81 causes the protruding plate 81 to move onto the support frame 21 of the product pickup means 20. The placed product S is projected toward the product exit 71. By the projecting operation of the product S by the projecting plate 81 of the product projecting means 80, the flap 72 opens the door against the urging force of the spring 73,
The merchandise S is carried out to the shooter 8 and made available for sale.

FIGS. 26 and 27 show another embodiment of the product projecting means. This product protruding means 90
A pair of left and right pulleys 91 and 92 are disposed at a position corresponding to the product discharge position on the main body 2 side of the main body 2, and an endless belt 93 is wound between the pulleys 91 and 92, and a piece 94 protrudes above the endless belt 93. One of the pulleys 91 and 92 is connected to a driving motor 95 and driven to rotate the endless belt 93 so that the projecting piece 94 is opened on the other side wall surface of the cover 70. The product S placed on the support frame 21 of the product pick-up means 20 by moving the product S
Projecting toward the product outlet 71.

In the above-described embodiment, the operation of pushing, taking in, and carrying out the commodity S to and from the rear commodity storage column 10 arranged on the main body 2 side of the machine body 1 has been described. The same applies to the front product storage column 10 that has been set.

Further, it goes without saying that the present invention can be variously modified and implemented without departing from the gist of the present invention.

[0042]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, each product storage column in which various types of products are loaded and stored for each type in the body is arranged in a plurality of rows and columns vertically and horizontally. Product pick-up means for taking in the product in each product storage column at the opposed position is provided so as to be movable, and the product taken in by this product pick-up means is moved to the product take-out section of the machine and is carried out. A single product pick-up means can drive the products in all the product storage columns. In addition, since it is not necessary to install a complicated product pushing mechanism as before in the product storage column side, it is possible to reduce the number of parts of the product unloading mechanism and to reduce the cost of the entire apparatus. Can be.

Further, by arranging the product storage columns and the product pushing means on the body side of the machine body and inside the door body, respectively, the product storage efficiency can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing one embodiment of a vending machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view schematically showing an arrangement form of product storage columns in a state where the body is opened.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view schematically showing the arrangement of the product storage columns and the arrangement of the product pickup means when the body is open.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged front view of a main part of the product pickup means.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged side view of a main part of the product pickup means.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged plan view of a main part of the product pickup means.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged front view of a main part of the moving means.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged side view of the main part of the moving means.

FIG. 9 is an enlarged plan view showing a main part of the moving means.

FIG. 10 is an enlarged front view of the main part of the first moving means.

FIG. 11 is an enlarged side view of a main part of the first moving means.

FIG. 12 is an enlarged plan view of a main part of the first moving unit.

FIG. 13 is an enlarged fragmentary front view showing the second moving means;

FIG. 14 is an enlarged side view of the main part of the second moving means.

FIG. 15 is an enlarged plan view of a main part of the second moving unit.

FIG. 16 is a front view schematically showing a product protruding unit in the product discharge unit.

FIG. 17 is a side view schematically showing a product protruding means in the product carrying-out section.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram showing a product taking operation state of the product pickup means.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram showing a product taking operation state of the product pickup means.

FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram showing a product taking operation state of the product pickup means.

FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram showing a product taking operation state by the product pickup means.

FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram showing a product taking operation state by the product pickup means.

FIG. 23 is an explanatory view showing a product taking operation state by the product pickup means.

FIG. 24 is an explanatory diagram showing a product taking operation state by the product pickup means.

FIG. 25 is an explanatory diagram showing a product unloading operation state in the product unloading unit.

FIG. 26 is a front view showing another embodiment of the product unloading state in the product unloading unit.

FIG. 27 is a side view showing the state of carrying out the product in FIG. 26;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Body 2 Main body 3 Door 6 Merchandise exit 8 Merchandise discharge part (shooter) 10 Merchandise storage column 11 Column base 20 Merchandise pick-up means 21 Merchandise take-in placement part (support frame) 22A Guide rail 22B Guide rail 23A Projecting member (Slide rail) 23B Projecting member (slide rail) 24A Projecting member (arm) 24B Projecting member (arm) 27A Pushing member (pusher) 27B Pushing member (pusher) 28A Spring 28B Spring 30A Z-axis drive unit 30B Z-axis drive unit 40 Suspension means 50 First moving means (vertical moving mechanism section) 60 Second moving means (horizontal moving mechanism section) S Commodity X Horizontal horizontal direction Y Vertical direction Z Front-back direction

Claims (4)

[Claims] A product storage column in which various types of products are loaded and stored in the body is arranged in a plurality of rows and columns vertically and horizontally, and a product selectively taken out of each of these product storage columns is arranged. In a product unloading device of a vending machine for unloading to a product unloading unit, a product pick-up means for picking up and taking in the products in the respective product storage columns one by one at their opposing positions, and transferring the product pick-up means from the product unloading unit. Moving means for selectively moving each of the product storage columns to opposing positions, wherein the product pickup means includes a product take-in placement part, and a lowermost stage in the product storage column provided in the product take-in placement part. A protruding member that can protrude and move and retract so as to take in the product, and an extruding member that is provided to be able to rise and rotate at the protruding end of the protruding member;
A drive unit for driving the protruding member, and the lowermost product in the product storage column is taken in from the rear side by the pushing member by the pull-in movement of the protruding member after the protruding member is driven by the driving unit. A product discharging device for a vending machine, which is extruded toward a mounting portion. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of the commodity storage columns is arranged on a main body side of the body and an inside of a door body provided to be openable and closable on a front side of the main body. A vending machine described above. 3. An apparatus for unloading goods from a vending machine according to claim 2, wherein said goods pickup means is interposed between the main body side and said door body side of said machine body. 4. The moving means includes a suspending means for suspending the article pickup means so as to be movable in a horizontal direction, a vertical moving mechanism for moving the suspending means in a vertical direction, and the suspending means. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a horizontal moving mechanism for horizontally moving said commodity pickup means suspended by said means.