JP2002159350A - Rack stand and automatic vending machine for beverage equipped with rack stand - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rack stand on which a corrugated board box containing a commodity mounted when the commodity is replenished in an automatic vending machine for a beverage to reduce the burden on a worker. SOLUTION: This rack stand is constituted of a frame body 2, a mounting base 4 and arms 7 and 7. In this case, the frame body 2 has an approximately rectangular shape, and on the upper end 3a of which, a fastening section 3b is provided. The base end of the mounting base 4 is turnably supported by the lower section of the frame body 2. One end of the arm 7 is turnably supported by the frame body 2, and the other end of the arm 7 is connected with the free end of the mounting base 4. Then, at the time of usage, the arms 7 and 7 support the mounting base 4 at an extended location, and at the time of housing, the arms 7 and 7 hold the mounting base 4 at a kicked up location.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rack stand suitable for replenishing commodities to a beverage vending machine and a beverage vending machine provided with the rack stand.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a vending machine for beverages is replenished with commodities such as canned juice, an operator carries a cardboard box containing commodities to be replenished to the vending machine, and opens the front door of the vending machine. When opened, the commodities are taken out of the cardboard box and supplied. Since the vending machine has a structure in which the supply port for commodities is located at a high position, the worker leans forward and removes the commodities from the cardboard box, and stands upright to insert the retrieved commodities from the supply port. I have to. Alternatively, the worker takes out the product while holding the cardboard box with one hand and supplies it.

[0003]

However, when a worker replenishes commodities, the worker leans forward and takes out commodities such as canned juice from a cardboard box, and stands straight and puts the commodities through a replenishing port, resulting in poor workability. . In particular, in recent years, 1
A large number of vending machines that sell many types and a large number of commodities are installed in one vending machine, and the fatigue of the worker increases. In addition, when holding a cardboard box containing a product with one hand to improve work efficiency, the burden on the arm increases. For this reason, a measure for reducing the burden on the worker is desired.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and is intended to reduce the burden on an operator by placing a cardboard box containing the product when replenishing the product to a beverage vending machine. It is an object of the present invention to provide a vending machine for beverages provided with a rack stand and a rack stand.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a frame having a substantially rectangular shape, a locking portion provided at an upper end, and a lower portion of the frame. A mounting table whose base end is rotatably supported, one end of which is rotatably supported by the frame body, and the other end is connected to the free end of the mounting table, and when used, the mounting table is extended. And an arm that is held in a flipped-up position during storage.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a rack vending machine according to the first aspect is built in a beverage vending machine. When replenishing products to beverage vending machines,
Open the front door, hook the hanging part of the rack stand on the heat-insulating door of the vending machine or the upper open end of the product rack and hang it, tilt the mounting table toward you, hold it horizontally, and supply it to the mounting table. Place the cardboard box containing the product. The worker
The product can be taken out of the cardboard box while standing substantially straight, and can be supplied and supplied through the supply port of the product. This facilitates the operation of replenishing commodities of the vending machine. After use, the mounting table is flipped up and stored.

[0007] Further, by providing the rack stand as an accessory to the vending machine, it is not necessary to carry the rack stand each time, and the operator can use the rack stand as needed, thereby improving usability.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a rack stand according to the present invention. The frame 2 of the rack stand 1 is a vertically long frame formed by bending the pipe 2 into a substantially U-shape, and both sides of the hook 3 are fixed to ends of both sides 2a, 2a. I have. The upper portion 3a of the hook 3 is bent to one side at a right angle, and the tip is bent further inward (downward in the figure) at a right angle to form a locking portion 3b. A central portion 2b of the frame 2 is a handle. This rack stand 1
The upper part is on the hook 3 side, and the lower part is the central part 2b.

The mounting table 4 has a substantially quadrangular shape, and the front portion 4b, both side portions 4c, 4c, and the rear portion 4d of the upper surface 4a are each bent downward at right angles to form a flange. A handle 5 is provided on the mounting table 4 so as to be able to be pulled out to the front side (front side). The handle 5 has a front part 5a, both side parts 5c, 5c
And a rear portion 5d, and is a substantially rectangular frame elongated in the pull-out direction. As shown in FIG. 2, the handle 5 has an upper end of a front portion 5a bent inward at a substantially right angle to form a locking portion 5b, and the front portion 5a and both side portions 5c connected to the front portion 5a. Each of the front end portions 5c 'is widened over substantially the same length as or slightly longer than the locking portion 5b.

As shown in FIG. 1, the handle 5 has two side portions 5c,
5c is a hole 4e formed on one side of the front part 4b of the mounting table 4,
The holes 4g and 4g formed in the locking portion 4f formed by cutting and erecting predetermined portions of the upper surface 4e and the upper surface 4a can pass through the front side in parallel with the upper surface 4a through the holes 4g and 4g.
These holes 4e and 4g are sized so that the side portion 5c has play in the vertical direction. As shown in FIG.
The front end 5c 'of the side part 5c is wider than the hole 4e, and the front part 5a and the locking part 5b project from the front part 4b of the mounting table 4 by the length of the front end 5c'. .

One end of the spring 6 has a rear portion 4
The other end of the handle d is engaged with the rear part 5 d of the handle 5 and is stretched, so that the handle 5 is drawn into the mounting table 4. When the handle 5 is pulled into the mounting table 4 by the spring force of the spring 6, the locking portion 5b is located at a position slightly higher than the upper surface 4a of the mounting table 4 as shown in FIG.

The arms 7, 7 have their base ends rotatably supported by pins 8, 8 at substantially the center of both sides 2a, 2a of the frame 2, and extend in the longitudinal direction from near the base end to the tip. Slits 7a, 7a are provided. Mounting table 4
The base ends of both sides 4b, 4b are rotatably supported by pins 9, 9 at the lower part of both sides 2a, 2a of the frame 2, and the front ends are slits 7a of arms 7, 7 by pins 10, 10. , 7a and these slits 7
a and 7a are slidably supported.

The support plate 11 is disposed substantially at the center of the frame 2, and both sides are fixed to both sides 2 a, 2 a of the frame 2. The support plate 11 prevents the object placed on the mounting table 4 from being displaced rearward.
The frame 2 is reinforced by preventing a and 2a from spreading laterally. In the state where the mounting table 4 is tilted to the front side as shown in the figure, the pins 10 and 10 at the tips are engaged with the front ends of the slits 7a and 7a of the arms 7 and 7 and are held horizontally to place the object to be mounted. It is possible. Further, when the mounting table 4 has its distal end portion lifted upward as indicated by the arrow A, the pins 10 and 10 slide in the slits 7a and 7a toward the base end side, and the arms 7 and 7 move. It turns in the direction of arrow B, and the mounting table 4 and the arms 7, 7
a, 2a, and are flipped up and stored along both sides 2a, 2a. Thus, the mounting table 4 is foldable. The cardboard box containing canned juice and other replenishment products is small,
Is small and lightweight and has rust resistance, for example,
It is formed of an aluminum alloy.

The mode of use will be described below. The rack stand 1 is carried on a vehicle with the mounting table 4 folded. When supplying the beverage vending machine, the worker opens the front door (not shown) of the vending machine 20 as shown in FIG.
The hook 3 of the rack stand 1 is hooked and hung at the position of the supply port 22 of the product to be replenished at the upper end of the rack stand 1 and the mounting table 4 is pulled down. Thereby, the mounting table 4
Is installed at the front side of the vending machine 20 at approximately the waist level of the worker. The rack stand 1 may be hung on the upper open end of the product rack and hung.

Next, as shown in FIG. 3 (b), the operator places a cardboard box 25 containing canned juice to be supplied on the mounting table 4. Then, the operator grasps the front part 5a of the handle 5 as shown in FIG.
And then push in the direction of arrow D to remove the cardboard box 2
The locking portion 5 b is inserted into the flapper portion 25 d of the bottom 25 a of the fifth cardboard 5, and the cardboard box 25 is locked to the handle 5. The bottom 25a of the corrugated cardboard box 25 is formed by folding inward the respective lower ends 25b of the opposed front and rear sides and folding inward the respective lower ends 25c of the opposed left and right sides, so as to overlap with the lower ends 25b. A space (gap) between these lower ends 25b and 25c is a flapper portion 25d.

An operator takes out canned juice from the cardboard box 25 and sequentially supplies it through the supply port 22 to supply it. In this replenishment work, as described above, the cardboard box 25
Is placed at a position substantially at the waist level of the worker, and the worker can replenish the product while standing substantially straight, thereby improving work efficiency and reducing fatigue. Reduction is achieved.

As the worker replenishes the vending machine 20 with can juice from the cardboard box 25, the cardboard box 25 becomes lighter when the can juice in the cardboard box 25 decreases, and the cardboard box 25 becomes lighter when the worker lifts the can juice. The box 25 may also be lifted together, and the workability may be deteriorated. However, as described above, the cardboard box 25 is prevented from floating from the mounting table 4 by the locking portion 5b of the handle 5 being inserted into the flapper portion 25d and being locked by the handle 5, and The performance is improved.

The length of the mounting table 4 in the front-rear direction is set according to the length of the smallest box.
When the size 5 is the smallest size, it is placed as shown by the solid line in FIG. 4A and locked by the locking portion 5b of the handle 5. Also, as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 4A, even when the cardboard box 26 is larger than the mounting table 4 and protrudes from the tip of the upper surface 4a, the handle 5 retains the spring 6 (FIG. 1).
And can be locked by inserting the locking portion 5b into the flapper portion 26d in the same manner as described above. Thereby, the locking portion 5 of the handle 5
b can correspond to cardboard boxes of various sizes.

The operator places the cardboard box 25 on the mounting table 4.
Is placed in a random manner and a part of the bottom part 25a is placed on the locking part 5b of the handle 5, or the cardboard box is
4 (b), the handle 5 is attached to the mounting table 4 with play up and down even if it is longer than the length and protrudes from the tip of the upper surface 4a and is mounted on the locking portion 5b. There is no problem because the handle 5 is pushed down as shown in FIG. Therefore, the operator can place the cardboard box 25 on the placing table 4 without worrying about the locking portion 5b of the handle 5.
Further, it is not always necessary to insert and lock the locking portion 5b of the handle 5 into the flapper portion of the cardboard box 25 placed on the mounting table 4.

After the replenishment of the commodities is completed, the operator pulls the handle 5 toward the user and draws the flapper portion 25d of the cardboard box 25.
From the mounting table 4 and the cardboard box 2
5 is lowered, the mounting table 4 is lifted up (bounced up), housed between the two sides 2a, 2a, and the locking portion 3b is removed from the upper end of the heat insulating door 21 to complete the operation. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a main part of the beverage vending machine 20 provided with the rack stand 1 as an accessory, with a front door opened. Vending machine 20
Is provided with a storage section 24 on one side inside the main body, and the rack stand 1 is stored so as to be freely accessible. As described above, the rack stand 1 is small and lightweight, and the storage section 24 can be made a small space, and a space for storing the rack stand 1 is provided on the back side of the front door, the heat insulating door 21 or the like. It may be built in. A vending machine equipped with such a rack stand 1 needs to be carried every time when it is installed on a narrow road side where a transport vehicle cannot enter, on a place with stairs, or the like. In addition, it can be used as needed and is suitable.

The rack stand 1 may be removably attached to a cart for transporting cardboard boxes containing commodities to be supplied from a truck to a vending machine. This eliminates the need for the operator to carry the rack stand by hand. In addition, it can be taken out and used immediately as needed, which is convenient.

[0022]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when supplying goods to a beverage vending machine or the like with a simple structure, the heat insulating door of the vending machine or the upper part of the product rack can be used. By hooking and suspending the locking portion at the open end and placing the cardboard box containing the supply product on the mounting table, it becomes easy for an operator to take out the product from the cardboard box and supply it. It is possible to reduce the fatigue of the worker and to improve the working efficiency.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the rack stand is built into the vending machine as an accessory, so that the rack stand does not have to be carried with each time and can be used as needed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a rack stand according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a main part of a mounting table and a handle shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a use state of the rack stand shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a main part showing a relationship with a handle in a state where a cardboard box is mounted on the mounting table shown in FIG. 3;

5 is a perspective view of a main part of the vending machine incorporating the rack stand according to FIG. 1 with a front door opened.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Rack stand 2 Frame 3 Hook 3b Lock part 4 Mounting table 5 Handle 5b Lock part 7 Arm 20 Beverage vending machine 21 Insulated door 22 Product supply port 24 Rack stand storage part 25 Cardboard box with goods 25d Flapper part

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A frame having a substantially rectangular shape and a locking portion provided at an upper end, a mounting table having a base end rotatably supported at a lower portion of the frame, and one end attached to the frame. An arm that is rotatably supported, the other end is connected to the free end of the mounting table, supports the mounting table in a protruding position when in use, and holds the mounting table in a flipped-up position when stored. A rack stand characterized by: 2. A beverage vending machine provided with a rack stand, wherein the rack stand according to claim 1 is incorporated.