JP2001101509A - Improved general-purpose vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vending machine which can sell various kinds of commodities. SOLUTION: A vending machine uses all kinds of containers inside.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vending machine in which a container for storing a product is installed in a vending machine in advance, and any container is moved to an outlet in the vending machine and the product is sold. Things.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional vending machine, products of a similar shape are stacked like a magazine, filled into a vending machine, and sold as it is. In addition, it is assumed that a certain amount of stock is put on each product.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Conventional vending machines are:
There has been a problem that the form of the product that can be moved to the take-out port by one machine is limited because the product is moved to the take-out port mechanically and sold as it is as it is.

[0004]

[MEANS FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEMS] Various kinds of goods can be mechanically sold by a vending machine by interposing all kinds of internal containers between the goods and the goods moving machine.

[0005]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, driving devices and the like that are not considered to be relevant to the description are omitted or simplified as appropriate.

FIG. 1 shows a vending machine for selling stationery and snacks in an office or school. (B) Paper and bento boxes are bent, bent or biased when placed vertically, so it is desirable to place them horizontally. Because of their large demand and heavy weight, they are mainly made of paper and lunch boxes as an integrated internal container (6a) placed horizontally in FIG. Slide the inner container (6a) into the side opening (1a) and open part or all of the lid (8) in FIG. 3 according to the size of the opening of the container. (B) Lid (8) and outlet ( In 1), there is a lid container holder (9), a take-out opening (1) and containers (6, 7).
Close the gap and take out the container and fix it to the opening.

[0007] Other commodities such as pencils, erasers, and confectionery are placed in the inner container (7a). The inner container (7a) is stored in the container shelf (10) in FIG. 4 and is always fixed to the container shelf by the container holder (12) in FIG. The container holder includes a slide type (12a), an opening and closing type (12b), a rotary type (12c), and the like. (B) When an order is placed for the product in the inner container (7a),
As shown in FIG. 6, the integrated internal container is slid, and the container shelf (10) is slid along the stacker crane rail (13). In this way, the slide space is shared internally, and the capacity of the vending machine is effectively used. (B) FIG. 7 The base of the stacker crane (14) is as shown in FIG. 8, and there is a slide ring (20) between the holding ring (16) and the holding ring arm (15). ) Allows the container to be sandwiched. The position (21) of the presser ring, including the presser ring arm, is located below the load receiving platform. (C) The stacker crane moves in front of the container containing the ordered product, inserts the presser ring arm (15) into the container shelf as shown in FIG. 9, rotates the presser (17) by 90 °, and moves the slide ring. The joint (20a) is pulled by a wire, a shaft or the like so that the container can be sandwiched. Further, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, a joint may be formed by a cylindrical joint or other means only by a front holder, or an arm may be inserted from the side as shown in FIG. (E) The arm is slightly retracted, and the container is placed on the stacker crane, carried to the take-out port as shown in FIG. 13, and the lid is opened according to the size of the container port.

A vending machine as shown in FIG. 14 is a vending machine having the same function as a convenience store. (B) The upper part is the container shelves for products compatible with stacker cranes and their related parts. (B) It is desirable to store beverages and foods in convenience stores in containers with large weights and with functions such as refrigeration, heat retention, and aseptic storage. Therefore, the inner container (7b) including the product becomes quite heavy, and it is difficult to carry with a stacker crane alone. (C) Therefore, there is a case where the front and rear, the left and right movement and the lifting and lowering are performed by the fixing device. FIG. 14 shows that the hook is put out in the inner container (7b), and the hook is provided along the moving path.
It is a schematic diagram of the apparatus which moves an internal container to an extraction port by installing a belt-shaped thing. All drives are not shown. (D) Independent mobile unit (26), elevator (24)
May be used. (E) To move the product from the integrated inner container (6b) of the container shelf (10c) to the front of the take-out opening so that the product does not come out,
A lid is also provided on the inner container for refrigeration and heat retention, and the lid is opened and closed in conjunction with the outlet or independently.

FIG. 15 is a schematic view of an apparatus for automatically and automatically delivering all kinds of goods by interposing an internal container. The goods are automatically transferred from the vending machine (29) to the transport machine together with the inner container and immediately delivered to the place where the order was placed. The transporter (30) also has an outlet as shown in FIG. A horizontal product such as a lunch box uses a container as shown in FIG. This device can also be used as an automatic transport machine that connects vending machines and others, such as transporting a transport aircraft by piston.

[0010]

The present invention has the following effects.

[0011] By changing the size of the inner container and handling various cards, a vending machine similar to a department store that does not require a warehouse, including electric appliances and clothing, can be obtained. Product information can also be distributed on networks and catalogs.

Since goods can be stacked without having to adjust to the space where people pass or the height of people, a large number of goods can be sold on a small site by using the basement. The internal container configuration of the vending machine, that is, the product configuration can also be freely changed.

The cost of one vending machine is about 3 to 6 months for the labor cost of a convenience store, and the amortization is easy. Mostly need air conditioning, cleaning, etc.

[0014] Information such as sales, inventory, orders, etc. is sent to the delivery vehicle by radio waves or cables, and even if the inventory is low, the delivery vehicle can go around and replenish the products as soon as it is sold, and the same applies to the ordered products. It is possible to deliver. This ordering method can be selected at any time, eliminating the burden of interpersonal relationships.

[0015] Rental videos and the like can be used as they are, but the ordered product is delivered to the container of the nearest vending machine, and the return is also made to the nearest vending machine at that time.
It becomes possible. Similarly, the nearest vending machine can be used for cleaning, courier delivery, return, and repair.

This vending machine is inexpensive, and the site can be set up in one or two parking lots, so that it can be installed at a rate of about one in ten houses, including payment of utility charges. As a result, services can be provided directly to each home or office by a transport device, and all services can be provided exclusively.

If one or all of the containers and vending machines are made transparent and illuminated, there is also an advertising effect.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the appearance of a vending machine.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state of an inner container.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an outlet and a lid.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a state of a container shelf.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a structure of a container shelf.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the container shelf in a slid state.

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a stacker crane.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a structure of a gantry of the stacker crane.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a state where a container is taken out from a container shelf.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view when the joint is cylindrical.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a case where the joint is formed on a cylindrical joint.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view when an arm is inserted from the side.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of an inner container and an outlet.

FIG. 14 is a perspective view of a convenience store type vending machine.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view of the container transporter.

FIG. 16 is a perspective view of a container for a container transporter.

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] September 6, 1999 (September 9, 1999)

[Procedure amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] Claims

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

Claims (14)

[Claims] 1. A container (6, 7) of any shape for putting in a product is installed in a vending machine in advance, and an arbitrary container (6, 7) is mechanically moved to an outlet (1). A vending machine that sells products. 2. A vending machine in which an integrated inner container (6) is slid up and down, back and forth, left and right, and the container is moved to an outlet. 3. A lid container holder (9) is provided in the lid (8) and the outlet (1) to close the gap between the outlet (1) and the containers (6, 7), and the container is fixed to the outlet. Lid and outlet 4. A support (1) of a container shelf (5, 14, 15).
1) A container shelf provided with a sliding (12a) openable / closable (12b) rotating (12c) container holder (12) that bends at 90 °. 5. A vending machine using a technology similar to one or more stacker cranes (14) to the vending machine according to claim 1. 6. A presser (17) and an arm for mounting a relatively small, light, vertically long and easily fallable inner container (7a) for a vending machine on a gantry of a stacker crane and carrying it fixedly. A container moving device provided with a joint (21) so as to sandwich the internal container at (15, 19). 7. The device according to claim 6, wherein the joint is formed in a cylindrical shape, and the holder (17) is inserted into the joint so that the container does not have to be sandwiched. 8. The method according to claim 8, wherein the inner container is provided with freezing, refrigeration, heating, heat retention,
Vending machine with special functions such as aseptic storage and stirring. 9. Rails, belts and other inner containers (7)
b) A vending machine in which a lifting / lowering device and a front / rear / left / right slide moving device are provided between them and combined to move the inner container (7b) to an outlet. 10. A vending machine according to claim 1, wherein a part or the whole of the outside and the inside of the vending machine is made transparent or illuminated. 11. An inner container is also provided with a lid, which is opened and closed in accordance with a take-out port or independently. 12. A vending machine provided with the vending machine according to claim 1, wherein said vending machine has a function of exchanging sales and stock information with an external device by radio waves, cables, or the like. 13. A vending machine according to claim 1, wherein a transportation machine and a transportation route for transporting the internal container to each office or house are attached to the vending machine. A device that delivers products to offices, houses, etc. on each floor. 14. A vending machine having a structure in which the above technology is used in accordance with a product and a space of a slide portion is shared.