JP2002150413A - Vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an intermediate size vending machine suitable for installing in an office or the like. SOLUTION: A partitioning wall 3, an inclined article-mounting rack 5, an elevation table 6, a sloped member 7 and the like are arranged inside a box 2 in this vending machine. When an article 85 is stored, an opening and closing door 11 provided in a front face is opened, the article-mounting table 5 is pulled out to this side, and the articles are arranged thereafter. When the article is purchased, the elevation table 6 is operated to move an engaging piece 75, up to a portion mounted with the desired article. The engaging piece 75 is made to project from the inside of an elevation member 61 toward the article mounting table 5 side, an operation piece 53 is pushed to thereby change the attitude of a flapper 40. The article 85 is mounted on the top panel of the elevation member 61 to be elevated, the article 85 is dropped from an opening part 28 to the cavity chamber 25 side, and is moved slidedly to the front face side along a slope on the sloped member 7 to reach to an article taking-out port 22 in the front face.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vending machine. The present invention is particularly suitable as a small-sized vending machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Vending machines are widely used as devices for selling beverages in cans, bottles, or PET bottles. Vending machines that sell these beverages can be classified into two types according to their installation locations. That is, one is installed in a street, a hall, a hotel lobby, or the like, and sells beverages and the like to an unspecified number of people. A vending machine installed on a street or the like has a function of storing a large amount of commodities in order to avoid a shortage of stock during the interval between inventory checks. That is, many vending machines installed on the street are large, capable of storing about 500 drinks, and are large.

On the other hand, a vending machine installed in a guest room of a hotel or a ryokan is used only by persons in the guest room and can check the stock at any time when making a bed or the like. It is small. That is, a vending machine installed in a guest room of a hotel or the like has a capacity of about 10 to 20 and is very small. As described above, large-sized and small-sized vending machines are known and those having various configurations have been developed. As described above, vending machines are known to be large, intended for an unspecified number of persons, and small, intended for persons in individual rooms. That is, a vending machine that accommodates about 200 bottles is halfway because it is too small to be placed on the street and too large to be placed in a hotel room, and there is no demand in the past, and there are few inventions related thereto. .

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Incidentally, the applicant of the present application
A market survey was conducted to develop a new market for vending machines. As a result, it became clear that demand for medium-sized vending machines accommodating about 200 bottles can be expected in business offices and design offices that perform general office work. In other words, in traditional Japanese labor practices, women in the workplace were distributing tea and other beverages to office workers. However, from a gender equality perspective, this labor practice is being re-evaluated, and staff must arrange their own drinks. Also, as an employer, there is no room for personnel to carry out tasks other than the original work, and the so-called "tea fetching" work is disappearing. Therefore, there is a demand to install a vending machine only for the staff of the business establishment, but the conventional technology for street use is too large to secure the installation space. On the other hand, hotel room interiors are too small to meet staff demand. In addition, vending machines for street use also have a problem that noise when storing products is loud. That is, a vending machine for a street stores and arranges products in a vertical direction, and throws the products from the upper end. For this reason, street vending machines produce loud noises when storing commodities. Also, a relatively loud falling sound is generated when the product is discharged. Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to develop a vending machine suitable for installation in an office or the like.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems The invention for solving the above-mentioned problems comprises a main body box provided with a product take-out port at an end on the front side, an opening / closing door attached to the front side of the main body box. A partition wall provided from the front side to the back side inside the main body box, a storage room and a void room formed in the main body box by the partition wall, and a storage room and a void room provided on the partition wall. And a plurality of product storage shelves provided in the storage chamber, which are inclined downward toward the partition wall side and can be pulled out to the front side, and downwardly on the front side provided in the void chamber. A product that can be placed on the product placement shelf by pulling out the product placement shelf to the front side, and the product placed on the product placement shelf can be tilted by the product placement shelf; Falls along the gap, enters the gap chamber through the opening in the partition wall, and And it falls along the slope of the inclined member is a vending machine, characterized in that lead to product outlet. This makes it possible to manufacture a vending machine that can be installed in a narrow place such as an office, and that can secure a sufficient number of storages to meet the demand in the office. Further, according to the present invention, there is no noise when storing the product.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS That is, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a main body box having a product take-out opening at an end on the front side, an opening / closing door mounted on the front side of the main body box, and a main body box. A partition wall provided inside from the front side to the rear side, a storage room and a void room formed in the main body box by the partition wall, and an opening provided in the partition wall and communicating the storage room and the void room. Part, a plurality of product mounting shelves provided in the storage chamber, which are inclined downward toward the partition wall side and can be drawn out to the front side, and an inclined member which is provided in the gap chamber and inclined downward to the front side. It is possible to pull out the product mounting shelf to the front side and mount the product on the product mounting shelf,
The product placed on the product placement shelf falls along the inclination of the product placement shelf, enters the gap chamber side from the opening of the partition wall,
The vending machine is characterized in that the vending machine falls along the inclination of the inclined member and reaches a product take-out opening.

[0007] In the vending machine of the present invention, the inside of the front box is divided into a storage room and a void space by a partition wall. Here, the storage room is often temperature-controlled, and the void space is often provided with a money handling device or a control device. When storing a product in the vending machine of the present invention, the front door is opened, and the product mounting shelf is pulled out to the front. Then, the canned beverage or the like is placed on the pulled-out product mounting table, and the product mounting table is returned to the inside of the storage room. In the present invention, since the products are stored by placing the products on the drawer-like product mounting shelf, the dropping noise which is a problem in the related art does not occur. When the user designates a desired product, the product is discharged from the inclined product mounting table. Here, in the vending machine of the present invention, since the product mounting table itself is inclined, the product rolls or slides down to the partition wall side due to gravity. Here, since the partition wall is provided from the front side to the back side of the main body box, the product is discharged to the side as viewed from the front. Then, the product enters the adjacent void space from the opening provided in the partition wall. Here, in the vending machine of the present invention,
Since the gap chamber is provided with an inclined member that is inclined downward on the front side, the product rolls or slides down toward the front side along the inclination. Thus, the product reaches the product outlet on the front side and is taken out by the user. As described above, the vending machine of the present invention drops the product to the side by the inclined product mounting table, and moves the product to the front by the inclined member. For this reason, the merchandise is transported to the front side through a gap such as a money handling device. Therefore, the vending machine of the present invention has a small amount of wasted space inside and a small overall shape.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a lifting platform is provided between the end of the product loading shelf and the partition wall, and the products discharged from the product loading shelf are placed on the lifting platform. 2. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the vending machine is carried to an opening of a partition wall.

[0009] In the vending machine of the present invention, an elevator is provided between the end of the product mounting shelf and the partition wall. Therefore, according to the present invention, the opening of the partition wall can be provided at a high position, and the inclination angle of the inclined member can be increased. Further, the vending machine of the present invention adopts a configuration in which the products discharged from the product mounting shelves are carried on the elevator and conveyed to the opening of the partition wall, so that the number of stages of the product mounting shelves can be designed to be large. It is possible and the storage density of goods is high.

The invention according to claim 3 is the vending machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a wing-type opening / closing door is provided in the opening.

In the vending machine of the present invention, a wing-type opening / closing door is provided at the opening. Therefore, when the product passes, the open / close door is pushed open by the product.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a product discharging device for discharging a product from a product mounting shelf, wherein the product discharging device prevents the product from passing, and moves or changes the posture of the product. The product ejecting apparatus further comprises an operation piece interlocking with the obstacle, the elevator has an engagement piece, and the engagement piece of the elevator is engaged with the operation piece. The vending machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein an obstacle of the product dispensing device is moved or its posture is changed.

[0013] The vending machine of the present invention is provided with a product discharging device for discharging the product from the product mounting shelf, and the product discharging device prevents the product from passing and moves or changes the posture to pass the product. Have obstacles to make. That is, in a normal state, the obstacle is positioned on the course of the product and prevents the product from being discharged. On the other hand, if necessary, the obstacle moves out of the way of the product, passes the product, and discharges the product. Further, the vending machine of the present invention has an operation piece linked to an obstacle.
On the other hand, in the vending machine of the present invention, the lifting platform includes the engagement piece. Then, in the present invention, the engaging piece of the lifting platform is engaged with the operation piece to move or change the posture of the obstacle of the article discharging device, and the article is passed. According to the present invention, there is no need to mount a power source for driving the product discharging device on the product mounting shelf side. Therefore, in the vending machine of the present invention, it is not necessary to connect a cable or the like to the product placing shelf side. Therefore, in the vending machine of the present invention, the cable or the like does not hinder the pulling out of the product placing shelf to the front side.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there are provided a plurality of merchandise shelves, an elevator for lifting the merchandise discharged from the merchandise shelf to a predetermined height, and a merchandise ejection for discharging the merchandise from the merchandise rack. Device, the product ejection device has an obstacle that blocks the passage of the product and moves or changes the posture to allow the product to pass, and the product ejection device further includes an operation piece that is interlocked with the obstacle. The lift is provided with an engaging piece, and the engaging piece of the lift is engaged with the operation piece to move or change the position of the obstacle of the commodity discharging apparatus.

[0015] The vending machine of the present invention is provided with a product discharging device for discharging the product from the product mounting shelf, similarly to the above-described invention, and the product discharging device prevents the product from passing and moves or moves. There is an obstacle to change the posture and allow the goods to pass. That is, in a normal state, the obstacle is positioned on the course of the product and prevents the product from being discharged. On the other hand, if necessary, the obstacle moves out of the way of the product, passes the product, and discharges the product. Further, in the vending machine of the present invention, the vending machine has the operation piece interlocked with the obstacle, and the elevator is provided with the engagement piece. In the present invention, the engaging piece of the elevator is engaged with the operating piece to move or change the posture of the obstacle of the product discharging device. According to the present invention, there is no need to mount a power source for driving the product discharging device on the product mounting shelf side. Therefore, in the vending machine of the present invention, there is no need to connect a cable to the product mounting shelf side.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the engagement piece projects from the lifting platform.
6. The vending machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5,

In the vending machine according to the present invention, the engaging piece projects from the lifting platform and engages with the operating piece.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, a plurality of rows of commodities are placed on the merchandise loading shelf, and a plurality of commodity ejection devices are provided corresponding to the rows of the commodities. Is provided with a row direction moving mechanism that moves in the row direction of the product, the engaging piece is moved by the row direction moving mechanism, and is engaged with an operation piece of the product discharging device corresponding to a desired product. A vending machine according to any one of claims 4, 5 and 6.

In the vending machine according to the present invention, products can be placed in a plurality of rows on the product placement shelf, and a wide variety of products can be stored. Further, in the vending machine of the present invention, a plurality of product dispensing devices are provided corresponding to the product rows. On the other hand, a row direction moving mechanism that moves in the column direction of the products is provided on the lifting platform side, and the engagement pieces are moved by the row direction moving mechanism, and the operation pieces of the product ejection device corresponding to the desired products are provided. Engage with. Therefore, in the vending machine of the present invention, a plurality of types of products can be placed and can be individually taken out.

The invention according to claim 8 has a shaft arranged in the elevating direction and rotated by power, and the elevating table is provided with a power transmission piece constituting a part of a mechanism for operating the engaging piece. A shaft is slidably attached to the power transmission piece in a slidable manner and integrally with the power transmission piece, and a lifting table moves up and down along the shaft, and the engagement piece is operated by rotating the shaft. The vending machine according to any one of claims 4 to 7, characterized in that: Here, the "mechanism for operating the engagement piece"
For example, it includes a mechanism for projecting the engagement piece and a mechanism for moving the engagement piece in the row direction of the product.

In the vending machine of the present invention, the power transmission piece provided on the elevator is rotated by rotating the shaft.
Activate the engagement piece. Further, in the vending machine of the present invention, since the power transmission piece is slidable with respect to the shaft, the elevator is moved up and down along the shaft. Therefore, in the vending machine of the present invention, the shaft also functions as a part of the guide.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the vending machine according to the eighth aspect, wherein the power transmission piece is a gear or a pulley.

In the vending machine of the present invention, the power of the shaft can be transmitted to the engagement piece via the gear or the pulley.

[0024]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is a front view of a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a side view of the vending machine of FIG. FIG.
FIG. 2 is a plan view of the vending machine of FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the internal structure of the vending machine of FIG. FIG. 5 is a front view showing the inside of the vending machine of FIG. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the partition wall, the elevator, and the mechanism at the tip of the product mounting shelf of the vending machine in FIG. 1 as viewed from the storage room side. FIG. 7 is an enlarged front view of the end of the elevating table and the product mounting table in the standby state. FIG. 8 is an enlarged front view of the lifting platform and the end of the product mounting table when the product is discharged.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. The vending machine 1 according to the present embodiment includes a main body box 2 in which a partition wall 3, a product mounting shelf 5, a lift 6 and an inclined member 7 are arranged. The main body box 2 includes a main body 10 and an opening / closing door 11. That is, the main body 10 of the main body box 2 is formed by pressing a thin steel plate and then bending the steel plate, and has five surfaces excluding the front surface. That is, the main body 10 has a top surface, left and right side surfaces, a back surface, and a bottom surface,
Only the front side is open. On the inner surface of the main body 10,
A heat insulating plate (not shown) is attached.

A decorative panel 12 is mounted on the top surface of the main body 10, and a push button panel 13 is provided on the front side of the top surface of the main body 10. The push button panel 13 has an inclined cylindrical portion 1 at an end as shown in FIGS.
5 and the other part is a plate part 16 inclined toward the front side. The inclined cylindrical portion 15 is provided with a coin slot 17. On the other hand, the plate portion 16 has
A large number of push buttons 18 are provided side by side. The push button 18 is for selecting a product. The decorative panel 12 and the push button panel 13 on the top surface
Can be replaced according to the installation location. The main body 10 of the main body box 2 includes casters 2 for easy movement.
4 is attached.

The opening / closing door 11 is located at an opening on the front side of the main body 10, and is attached to the main body 10 by a hinge (not shown) provided on a left side 20 of FIG.
Therefore, the opening and closing door 11 is opened and closed about a hinge (not shown) provided on the left side 20. In addition, in opening and closing door 11,
A hinge 21 is provided at the center, and the whole is bent in a “<” shape around the hinge 21 as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. A product take-out port 22 is provided in a side portion of the door 11. In the present embodiment, when the opening / closing door 11 is closed, the product take-out port 22 is located on the left side as viewed from the front of the main body box 2 and located immediately below the inclined cylindrical portion 15 of the decorative plate 12 described above. I do.

Next, the inside of the main body box 2 will be described.
A partition wall 3 is provided inside the main body box 2, and the inside is partitioned into two rooms on the left and right. That is, the partition wall 3
Is provided from the front side to the back side (back side) of the main body box 2, and divides the inside of the main body box 2 into a storage room (right side in the drawing) 23 and a void room (left side in the drawing) 25. However,
The storage room 23 and the void space 25 are large and small, and the volume of the storage room 23 is about four times larger than the volume of the void space 25. An opening 28 is provided near the upper part of the partition wall 3. An opening / closing door 29 that covers the opening 28 is attached. The opening / closing door 29 is a wing-shaped door attached to the opening 28 via a hinge 30 provided at the upper end, and opens freely from the storage room 23 side to the cavity room 25 side. However, the opening / closing door 29 does not open from the gap chamber 25 side to the storage chamber 23 side.

The drawer rail 3 is provided inside the storage room 23.
1 is provided. The drawer rail 31 is the main body box 2
Are provided from the front side to the back side, and are provided in seven steps (seven pairs) in this embodiment. The pull-out rails 31 of each pair are parallel, but the mounting height is different between left and right. That is, each pair of rails 31 is
The mounting position on the side is low. A roller 39 is provided on the drawer rail 31.

The product mounting table 5 is attached to each drawer rail 31 so as to be able to be pulled out to the front side.
As described above, since the mounting position of the drawer rail 31 on the partition wall 3 side is low, the product mounting table 5 is inclined downward as a whole toward the partition wall 3 side.

The product mounting table 5 has one or two partition walls 33, and can place beverages in cans in two or three rows. Tip of the product mounting table 5 (partition wall 3 side)
Is provided with a product discharging device 35 corresponding to a row of products.

The product discharging device 35 has two flappers (obstacles) 40 and 41 as shown in FIGS. The flappers (obstacles) 40 and 41 are linked by a slider 43. That is, two flappers (obstacles) 4
0, 41, the lower flapper 40 provided at the lower part,
It holds the product located at the front end, swings around the shaft 45, and the flapper 40 rises above the product path, preventing the product 85 from passing therethrough.

On the other hand, an upper flapper (obstacle) 41 provided on the upper side holds a product located second from the tip in order to prevent a plurality of products from being discharged at one time. Regarding the upper flapper (obstacle) 41,
The shaft 45 is fixed to the shaft. Upper flapper (obstacle) 4
1 protrudes above the product path to prevent the product from passing. On the back side of the upper flapper (obstacle) 41, an engagement groove 46 extending in an oblique direction is provided.

The slider 43 slides in parallel with the product table 5 by a guide groove (not shown). However, a spring 49 is attached to the tip of the slider 43, and the slider 43 is constantly urged downward. The slider 43 is provided with two shafts 47 and 48,
The shafts 47 and 48 move integrally with the slider 43. Of the shafts 47 and 48, the shaft 47 located below is linked to the lower flapper 40 via the connecting member 50. That is, once the connecting member 50 is
And the other end is attached to the lower flapper 40 via a pin 51.

On the other hand, the shaft 48 located at the upper part is engaged with an engaging groove 46 formed on the back side of the upper flapper (obstacle) 41.

When the slider 43 is located on the lower end side, the shafts 45 and 47 and the pin 51 are located at the respective vertices of the triangle, and the connecting member 50 attached to the shaft 47 The lower flapper (obstacle) 40 is raised to the open end side. Therefore, when the slider 43 is located on the lower end side, the lower flapper (obstacle) 40 rises above the product passage and prevents the product from passing. Also, at this time, the upper flapper (obstacle) 41 is parallel to the upper part of the product path as shown in FIG. 7 and sinks below the upper part of the product path.

Conversely, when the slider 43 is located on the upper side, the shaft 47 is close to the shaft 45 of the lower flapper (obstacle) 40, and the connecting member 50 is parallel to the product passage, so that the lower flapper (obstacle) 40 Sinks in the product passage and allows the product to pass through. That is, the posture of the lower flapper (obstacle) 40 is changed from the standing posture to the parallel posture, and the open end moves to allow the commodity to pass. On the other hand, in the upper flapper (obstacle) 41, the engagement position between the engagement groove 46 and the shaft 48 changes, and the open end swings and rises above the product passage. That is, the upper flapper (obstacle) 41 changes the posture from the parallel posture to the standing posture, and the open end moves upward to prevent the commodity from passing.

An operation piece 53 is attached to the tip end of the above-described product discharging device 35. The operation piece 53 is
It is constituted by a connecting member 54 and a contact piece 56. The connection member 54 of the operation piece 53 has a downward angle with respect to the slider 43, and the contact piece 56 is provided at the tip of the connection member 54 via a hinge 55. The contact piece 56 is
It is an "L" shaped member. The contact piece 56 has a basic posture in which the “L” -shaped pieces as shown in FIG. 7 are positioned vertically and horizontally, respectively, and can swing clockwise by the hinge 55. However, the contact piece 56 cannot be rotated in the counterclockwise direction from the above-described basic posture. As described above, the contact piece 56 can be swung only clockwise through the hinge 55 because the product moving on the lower product placing table 5 is a contact piece 56 of the upper product placing table 5. This is because the contact piece 56 is released when the contact is made.

Next, the structure of the lift 6 will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, the lifting table 6 includes a vertical member 60 and a lifting member 6.
1. The vertical member 60 is attached to the main body box 2.
The pulley 6 is provided with a toothed pulley 6 at the upper and lower ends.
2, 63 are attached. And toothed pulley 6
2, 63, a toothed belt 64 is suspended. A geared motor 65 mounted in a horizontal posture as shown in FIGS. 4 and 6 is attached to the upper pulley 62 with teeth. Further, two geared motors 67 and 68 are provided downward in the vicinity of the upper part of the vertical member 60. Two hexagonal shafts 70 and 71 are rotatably provided along the vertical member 60, and the output shafts of the geared motors 67 and 68 are connected to the hexagonal shafts 70 and 71, respectively.

On the other hand, the elevating member 61 is a rectangular box in a plan view as shown in FIG. However, when the lifting member 61 is viewed from the front side, it has a trapezoidal shape as shown in FIG. 4, and the top surface 69 is inclined toward the partition wall 3 side. A pair of guide walls 74 is provided on the top surface 69 of the elevating member 61.
The guide wall 74 is tapered and has a downstream side (partition wall 3).
Side) is narrower.

As shown in FIG. 6, a power transmission mechanism of two systems is built in the elevating member 61, and the engaging piece 75 is moved in two directions by the power transmission mechanism. That is, a row direction moving mechanism for moving the engaging piece 75 in the row direction of the product and a protruding mechanism for projecting the engaging piece 75 are built in the elevating member 61. Of the above two mechanisms, the row direction moving mechanism is a pair of toothed pulleys 79 (only one side is shown).
And the toothed belt 72 as a main component. That is, a pair of toothed pulleys 79 are rotatably mounted inside the elevating member 61, and the toothed belt 72 is suspended on the toothed pulley 79. A guide member 76 is attached to the toothed belt 72.

The power transmission mechanism of the other system, ie, the protruding mechanism, includes bevel gears 80, 81, hexagon shaft 73, and spur gear 77.
And so on. That is, a hexagonal shaft 73 is provided inside the elevating member 61 along the longitudinal direction, and is rotatably supported. A bevel gear 80 is integrally attached to an end of the hexagon shaft 73. The lifting member 61
Is mounted with another bevel gear (power transmission piece) 81 by a bearing (not shown).
0, 81 are fitted to each other.

Further, a spur gear 7 is provided at an intermediate portion of the hexagonal shaft 73.
7 is attached. The spur gear 77 has a hexagonal hole at the center, and rotates integrally with the hexagonal shaft 73.
However, on the other hand, the spur gear 77 is movable in the axial direction with respect to the hexagonal shaft 73. The guide member 76 is engaged with both ends of the spur gear 77, and the spur gear 77 moves horizontally as the guide member 76 moves. The engagement piece 75
Is a bar-shaped member, and a rack 78 is formed on one surface. The rack 78 of the engagement piece 75 is engaged with the spur gear 77. Therefore, the engagement piece 75 moves linearly in accordance with the rotation of the spur gear 77. Accordingly, the toothed belt 72 operates in response to the rotation of the toothed pulley (power transmission piece) 79, the guide member 76 moves, and the engagement piece 75 moves horizontally together with the spur gear 77. Further, the spur gear 77 engaged with the hexagonal shaft 73 rotates according to the rotation of the hexagonal shaft 73, and the engagement piece 75 moves forward and backward from the elevating member 61 by the action of the rack 78.

Next, the mounting relationship between the vertical member 60 and the elevating member 61 will be described. The elevating member 61 is joined to a toothed belt 64 suspended on the vertical member 60 via a bracket (not shown). Further, one of the two hexagonal shafts 70 and 71 provided on the vertical member 60 has a hexagonal shaft 7.
0 is inserted into a toothed pulley (power transmission piece) 79 provided on the elevating member 61. That is, the toothed pulley (power transmission piece) 79 is provided with a hexagonal hole, and the hexagonal shaft 70 is inserted into the hexagonal hole of the toothed pulley (power transmission piece) 79. Toothed pulley (power transmission piece)
79 rotates integrally with the hexagonal shaft 70, but can move freely in the axial direction.

On the other hand, a bevel gear 81 attached to the elevating member 61 is inserted through the other hexagonal shaft 71.
The bevel gear 81 is also provided with a hexagonal hole, the hexagonal hole of the bevel gear 81 is inserted through the hexagonal shaft 71, and the bevel gear 81 rotates integrally with the hexagonal shaft 71, but freely moves in the axial direction. be able to.

The elevating table 6 is disposed between the product table 5 and the partition wall 3.

The gap chamber 25 is provided with an inclined member 7. The inclined member 7 is inclined downward from the back side to the front side. The upper end is near the opening 28 of the partition wall 3, and the lower end is near the product take-out opening 22 provided in the door 11. Has been reached.

In addition, a refrigeration unit 82 is built in the product storage room. The void chamber 25 contains a cash processing device (not shown).

Next, the function of the vending machine 1 of this embodiment will be described. The vending machine 1 of the present embodiment mainly sells canned beverages, and stores a product 85 in advance in a product mounting table 5 in a storage room. That is, in the vending machine 1 of the present embodiment, the opening / closing door 11 provided on the front is opened, and the commodity mounting table 5 is further pulled out to the near side (front side) as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. At this time, in the vending machine 1 of the present embodiment, the drawer rail 31 is provided in the storage room,
Further, since the rollers 39 are provided on the drawer rail 31, the drawers can be easily drawn on the product mounting shelf 5. Further, in the vending machine 1 of the present embodiment, no solenoid, motor or the like is mounted on the product mounting shelf 5. Therefore, in the vending machine 1 of the present embodiment, no electric cord or cable is connected to the product placing shelf 5 at all. Therefore, the vending machine 1 of the present embodiment has no obstacle in pulling out the product placing shelf 5 and can pull out the product placing shelf 5 with a light force.

Subsequently, the canned beverages are arranged on the drawn product placing shelf 5. Actually, about 200 canned beverages are arranged on the seven-stage product mounting shelf 5. Here, in the vending machine of the present embodiment, the product is placed on the product placing shelf 5.
The operator can directly view the item and the remaining amount of the product. Therefore, even an unskilled person can easily check the stock, and there are few mistakes in the items.
In addition, a dropping sound which is a problem in the related art does not occur. Finally, the product placing shelf 5 is pushed back into the storage room as before, and the door 11 is closed to complete the product storage operation.

When purchasing a product, coins are inserted as in a known vending machine, and a desired product is selected by operating the push button 18 of the push button panel 13. Then, the elevating table 6 operates, and the engaging piece 75 is moved to the site where the desired product is placed. For example, assuming that the desired product is in the front row of the second product placement shelf 5 from the bottom, the keyed motor 65 rotates to rotate the toothed pulley 62 and the toothed pulley 62 suspended by the toothed pulley 62. The belt 64 is moved. As a result, the elevating member 61 fixed to a part of the toothed belt 64 moves. Here, in this embodiment, two hexagonal shafts 70 and 71 are erected on the vertical member 60, and a toothed pulley (power transmission piece) 79 and a bevel gear (power transmission piece) attached to the elevating member 61. 81 is the hexagonal shaft 7
It is slidable with respect to 0,71. That is, as described above, the lifting member 61 has the toothed pulley (power transmission piece) 79.
And a bevel gear (power transmission piece) 81 are attached,
The hexagonal shafts 70 and 71 are inserted through the hexagonal holes provided in these, and the toothed pulley (power transmission piece) 79 and the bevel gear (power transmission piece) 81 are movable in the axial direction. Therefore, the toothed pulley (power transmission piece) 79 and the bevel gear (power transmission piece) 81 function as guides, and the elevating member vertically moves along the two hexagonal shafts 70 and 71. Then, by the function of an encoder or a limit switch (not shown), the elevating member 61 stops at the height of the second-stage product mounting shelf 5 on which the desired product is mounted. When the elevating member 61 moves up and down, the locking pieces 75 are drawn into the elevating member 61. Therefore, when the elevating member 61 moves up and down, the engaging piece 75 does not collide with another member.

Subsequently, the motor 6 arranged vertically downward
7 rotates, and one hexagonal shaft 70 rotates. as a result,
Toothed pulley (power transmission piece) 79 engaged with hexagon shaft 70
Is rotated, and the toothed belt 72 engaged with this rotates. Then, the guide member 76 attached to the toothed belt 72 moves along the longitudinal direction of the elevating member 61, and the spur gear 77 engaged with the guide member moves together with the engaging piece 75. That is, the rotation of the motor 67 moves the engagement piece 75 in the row direction of the product. Then, by the function of an encoder or a limit switch (not shown), the engagement piece 75 stops at the position of the front row where the desired product is placed. That is, the engagement piece 75 stops before the desired product. The lifting member 61
Even when is moved in the row direction of the products, the engaging piece 75 is drawn into the elevating member 61, so that it does not collide with other members.

Subsequently, another motor 68 rotates, and the hexagonal shaft 71 engaged with the motor 68 rotates. as a result,
The bevel gear (power transmission piece) 81 that engages with the hexagonal shaft 71 rotates, and the bevel gear (power transmission piece) 80 further rotates to rotate the hexagonal shaft 73. Then, the spur gear 77 that engages with the hexagonal shaft 73 rotates, and the engaging piece 75 that engages with the hexagonal shaft 73 via the rack 78 protrudes from the elevating member 61 to the product mounting table 5 side. As a result, the tip of the engagement piece 75 is
5 engages with the contact piece 56 of the operation piece 53 and pushes the operation piece 53. Then, the slider 43 integrated with the operation piece 53 moves upward, the shaft 47 approaches the shaft 45 of the lower flapper (obstacle) 40, and the connecting member 50 is parallel to the product passage so that the lower flapper (obstacle) ) 40 sinks in the product passage and allows the product located at the bottom to pass through. On the other hand, the upper flapper (obstacle) 41 changes its engagement position between the engagement groove 46 and the shaft 48, changes its posture, swings at its open end, moves up, and rises above the product passage. The second product is held by the upper flapper (obstacle) 41, so that only the lowest product rolls down.

The product 85 discharged from the product mounting table 5 is
It rides on the top surface 69 of the elevating member 61 and is guided by the guide wall 74 and rolls to the center. When the discharge of the product 85 is confirmed by a sensor (not shown), the keyed motor 65 rotates to raise the elevating member 61 and move the elevating member 61 to the position of the opening 28 of the partition wall 3. As a result, the product brought to the center pushes open the wing-type opening / closing door 29 and spills down to the space 25 side. And commodity 85
Moves the inclined member 7 along the slope to the front side,
It reaches the product outlet 22 on the front. Thus, the user
A desired product can be obtained.

In the embodiment described above, the hexagonal shaft is used as the elevating guide of the elevating platform 6 and the power transmission member.
Other polygons can be used. Furthermore, a spline axis, a serration axis, or the like can be used instead of the polygon axis.

[0056]

As described above, in the vending machine of the present invention, the commodity can be stored by opening the front opening / closing door and pulling out the commodity placing shelf to the front side. Therefore, storage of goods is easy. In addition, since the storage state of the product and the item can be directly visually checked, even an unskilled person can easily check the stock, and the number of items is small. Further, in the vending machine of the present invention, since noise during storage and discharge of the product is low, even if it is installed indoors, it does not hinder work or the like. Furthermore, the vending machine of the present invention has a small amount of wasted space inside and a small overall shape.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the opening of the partition wall can be provided at a high position, and the inclination angle of the inclined member can be increased. Therefore, the product does not stop halfway. Furthermore, in the vending machine of the present invention,
Since a configuration is adopted in which the products discharged from the product mounting shelves are carried on the elevating table and conveyed to the opening of the partition wall, it is possible to design the number of stages of the product mounting shelves, and the storage density of the products is reduced. high.

In the vending machine according to the third aspect of the present invention, since the wing-type opening / closing door is provided at the opening, cold air in the storage room does not leak outside.

Further, the vending machine according to the fourth and fifth aspects is provided with a product discharging device for discharging the product from the product mounting shelf, and has an operation piece interlocked with an obstacle. In the vending machine according to the present invention, the engaging piece is provided on the side of the elevator, and the engaging piece of the elevator is engaged with the operation piece to move or change the position of the obstacle of the product discharging device. Therefore, in the vending machine of the present invention, there is no need to mount a power source for driving the product discharging device on the product mounting shelf side, and it is not necessary to connect a cable to the product mounting shelf side. Therefore, in the vending machine of the present invention,
Cables do not get in the way when pulling out the product storage shelf to the front side, making it easy to put in and out.

Further, in the vending machine according to the sixth aspect, the engaging piece is projected from the elevating platform to engage with the operating piece.
The operation of the elevator is smooth.

Further, the vending machine according to the seventh aspect has the effect that a plurality of types of commodities can be placed and can be taken out individually.

Further, in the vending machine according to the eighth aspect, the power transmission piece provided on the lift platform is rotated by rotating the shaft, and the engaging piece is operated, so that the shaft has a power transmission function and a guide function. Doubles. Therefore, according to the present invention, the vending machine can be reduced in size.

In the vending machine according to the ninth aspect, the power of the shaft is transmitted to the engagement piece through a gear or a pulley, and the structure is simple and the operation is reliable.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a side view of the vending machine of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the vending machine of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the internal structure of the vending machine shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a front view showing the inside of the vending machine of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a mechanism of a partition wall, a lifting table, and a tip portion of a product mounting shelf of the vending machine of FIG. 1 as viewed from a storage room side.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged front view of an end portion of the elevating table and the product mounting table in a standby state.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged front view of the end of the lifting platform and the product mounting table when the product is discharged.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vending machine 2 Main body box 3 Partition wall 5 Commodity mounting shelf 6 Elevating stand 7 Inclined member 12 Decorative plate 13 Push button panel 21 Hinge 22 Product take-out port 23 Storage room 25 Void room 28 Opening 29 Opening door 30 Hinge 31 Drawer Rail 33 Partition wall 43 Slider 53 Operation piece 55 Hinge 56 Contact piece 60 Vertical member 61 Elevating member 62, 63 Toothed pulley 70, 71 Hex shaft 73 Hex shaft 74 Guide wall 75 Engagement piece 76 Guide member 77 Spur gear 78 Rack 79 Toothed pulley (power transmission piece) 80 Bevel gear 81 Bevel gear (power transmission piece)

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Yamazaki Zaki ▲ Yoshiaki 4- 2-5 Takaidahondori, Higashiosaka-shi, Osaka Matsushita Refrigerator Co., Ltd. F term (reference) 3E046 AA02 BA03 BB03 CA12 CB07 CC02 CC04 CC08 DA01 EA08 EA12 EB01 FA03 HA03 HA06

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A main body box provided with a product take-out opening at an end on the front side, an opening / closing door mounted on the front side of the main body box, and provided inside the main body box from the front side to the back side. A partition wall, a storage chamber and a void chamber formed in the main body box by the partition wall, an opening provided in the partition wall for communicating the storage chamber with the void chamber, and a partition wall side provided in the storage chamber. A plurality of product storage shelves that are inclined downward toward the front side and that can be drawn out to the front side, and an inclined member that is provided in the gap chamber and that inclines downward on the front side, and the product storage shelves are located on the front side. The product placed on the product placing shelf can be dropped out along the inclination of the product placing shelf, and can be moved from the opening of the partition wall to the void chamber side. Entering and falling along the inclination of the inclined member to reach the product take-out opening. Vending machine characterized. 2. A lifting platform is provided between the end of the product loading shelf and the partition wall, and the products discharged from the product loading shelf are placed on the lifting platform and carried to the opening of the partition wall. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein: 3. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein a wing-type opening / closing door is provided in the opening. 4. A product discharging device for discharging a product from a product mounting shelf, wherein the product discharging device has an obstacle for preventing a product from passing and moving or changing a posture to pass the product. Further, the product discharging device includes an operation piece that is interlocked with the obstacle, the lifting platform has an engagement piece, and the engagement piece of the lifting platform is engaged with the operation piece to remove the obstacle of the product discharging device. The vending machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the vending machine is moved or changed in posture. 5. A product storage device comprising: a plurality of product placement shelves; a lifting platform for lifting the product discharged from the product placement shelf to a predetermined height; and a product ejection device for discharging the product from the product placement shelf. The throwing-out device has an obstacle that blocks the passing of the product and moves or changes the posture to allow the passing of the product, and further, the product-projecting device includes an operation piece that is interlocked with the obstacle, and the lifting platform is engaged. A vending machine having a piece, wherein an engaging piece of a lifting platform is engaged with an operation piece to move or change an attitude of an article dispensing device. 6. The vending machine according to claim 4, wherein the engaging piece projects from the lifting platform. 7. A product rack is provided with a plurality of products on a product rack, and a plurality of product dispensing devices are provided corresponding to the rows of the products. 7. A row direction moving mechanism is provided, and the engaging piece is moved by the row direction moving mechanism, and engages with an operation piece of a product discharging device corresponding to a desired product. The vending machine according to any one of the above. 8. A power transmission piece constituting a part of a mechanism for operating an engagement piece is provided on the lift table, the power transmission piece having a shaft arranged in the elevating direction and rotated by power. The shaft is slidable and attached integrally in the rotation direction,
The lifting platform is moved up and down along the axis, and further, the shaft is rotated to operate the engagement piece.
The vending machine according to any one of the above. 9. The vending machine according to claim 8, wherein the power transmission piece is a gear or a pulley.