JP2002203270A - Selling port device for automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the selling port device of an automatic vending machine, in which a crime preventing function by a crime preventing member can be obtained, the crime preventing member can easily be removed when the crime preventing function is not necessary and a commodity can easily be taken out. SOLUTION: The crime preventing board 11 of the selling port device 1 of the automatic vending machine 2 arranged in a main door 3 prevents access to the inner side of a discharge port 4a in a state where it is suspended in front of a discharge port door 5 by making a U-shaped hook part 11b engage with a shaft 10 in a selling port commodity box 6 so that it can freely be attached detached and it can freely turn. A stopper 12 is arranged close to the shaft 10 and regulates the hook part 11b so that it does not come off from the shaft 10 when the main door 3 is in a closed state and permits the removal of the crime preventing board 11 from the shaft 10 when the crime preventing board 11 is turned backward from the back side of the selling port commodity box 6 if the main door 3 is in an open state.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vending machine for a vending machine for receiving and selling goods paid out at the time of sale, and more particularly to a vending machine having a security function for preventing unauthorized access to the inside. Related to sales outlet device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this kind of sales outlet device, FIG.
The following are known. The vending machine 50 is provided on a main door (not shown) of a vending machine, has a vending machine 51a on the front surface, and has a vending machine box 51 with an open back and a vending machine 51a. , A sales port door 52 and a product receiving door 53 that open and close while cooperating with each other, a shaft 54, a security plate 55, and a stopper 56 provided in the sales port product box 51. Insulated door 57 having a payout port 57a is provided behind the sales outlet product box 51.
The heat-insulating door 57 has a payout port 57
A payout door 58 that opens and closes a is attached.

The shaft 54 extends in the left-right direction, and both ends of the shaft 54 are attached to the walls on both sides of the merchandise box 51 via fixing members. On the other hand, the security plate 55 has a cylindrical curl portion 55a at the upper end thereof, and the curl portion 55a is rotatably attached to the shaft 54 in a state fitted to the shaft 54. As a result, the security plate 55 comes into contact with the payout door 58 in a state where the security plate 55 is lowered obliquely rearward (the position indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 4) and a position in which the security plate 55 comes into contact with the stopper 56 in a diagonally forward lowered position (see FIG. (A position shown by a one-dot chain line), and always hangs in front of the payout door 58 as shown by a solid line in FIG. The payout door 58 always closes the payout port 57a by its own weight.

[0004] In this vending machine, at the time of sale, commodities are usually slid down on a chute (not shown) in a sideways position, and are dispensed forward from a payout port 57 a while pushing and opening a payout port door 58, and a sales outlet merchandise box. It falls into 51. At that time, the payout door 58 abuts against the security plate 55 from the rear, rotates forward while pushing it, and then returns to the payout port 57a side. Thereafter, as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 5, the product purchaser opens the sales port door 52 and the product receiving door 53, and removes the product from the sales port product box 51 while pushing the security plate 55 backward. On the other hand, at times other than the time of sale, a person who tries to gain unauthorized access to the inside of the payout opening 57a opens the sales outlet door 52 and the product receiving door 53, inserts his / her hand through the sales outlet 51a, and places the payout door 58 forward. Even if an attempt is made to open the door, the payout door 58 cannot be sufficiently opened because the security plate 55 is in the way, and a hand cannot be inserted inside the payout port 57a. This prevents theft or mischief of the product.

[0005]

According to the above-described conventional sales outlet device 50, the product purchaser can store the product in the sales outlet product box 51.
The security plate 55 must be pushed backward when the product is taken out of the vehicle, making it difficult to take out the product. For this reason, when the vending machine is installed indoors and there is no risk of theft or mischief of the product, and when the security plate 55 is unnecessary, the security plate 55 can be removed to make it easier to take out the product. preferable. In this case, in the sales outlet device 50, it is necessary to remove the shaft 54 from the sales outlet product box 51 and remove the curl portion 55a from the shaft 54. However, the axis 54
Is attached to the sales outlet merchandise box 51 via a fixing tool, and to remove it, it is necessary to perform a disassembling operation using a tool, which is troublesome. Further, when the product is dispensed into the sales outlet merchandise box 51, the payout exit door 58 must rotate while pushing the security plate 55 forward, so that the product is paid out by not being opened smoothly and sufficiently. The selling operation may not be performed properly, such as being caught on the exit door 58.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and a security function by a security member can be reliably obtained. When the security function is unnecessary, the security member is easily removed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a vending machine of a vending machine which can easily take out a product.

[0007]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
A vending machine for a vending machine which is provided on a main door and accepts and sells a product paid out from a payout port while opening a payout door which opens and closes a payout port at the time of sale. A sales outlet product box having a sales outlet on the front side for taking out products and a sales outlet product box having a sales outlet on the front side for receiving the products paid out from the exit, and provided in the sales outlet product box so as to extend in the left-right direction. A shaft, and an engaging portion curved in a U-shape at one end, and the engaging portion is detachably and rotatably engaged with the shaft to be hung in front of the payout door, and A security member that prevents access to the inside of the vehicle and a security member that is arranged close to the shaft, and when the main door is in the closed state, restricts the engagement portion of the security member from coming off the shaft, and the main door is opened. In some cases, the back of the sales box When the security element is operated to rotate backward from is characterized by comprising a regulating member to allow the removal of the security members from the axis, the.

According to the vending machine of the vending machine, at the time of sale, the merchandise is dispensed into the merchandise box through the payout port, and thereafter is taken out from the sales outlet by the merchandise purchaser. On the other hand, even if the hand is inserted from the sales outlet into the sales outlet product box at times other than during sales, the security member suspended in front of the outlet door prevents unauthorized access to the inside of the outlet. can do. Further, when the main door is in the closed state, the engaging portion of the security member is regulated by the regulating member so that the engaging portion does not come off the shaft. However, this cannot be removed, and the security function of the security member can be maintained.

[0009] Further, when the security member is rotated rearward from the rear side of the sales outlet merchandise box by the operator when the main door is in the open state, the removal of the security member from the shaft is permitted. If the security member is not needed, it can be removed. In this way, just open the main door and rotate the security member backward,
The security member can be easily removed from the shaft, so that the security member does not become an obstacle at the time of removing the product, so that the product can be easily removed. For the same reason, for example, even when the security member is arranged on the trajectory of the opening / closing operation of the payout door, this does not become any obstacle to the opening / closing operation of the payout door, so that the payout door is smoothly and By sufficiently opening and closing, the selling operation can be performed appropriately and reliably.
Further, the above-described operation can be obtained by a simple and inexpensive configuration in which a security member having a U-shaped engaging portion, a shaft, and a regulating member are combined.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a vending machine for a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a vending machine provided with a vending machine of the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing a schematic configuration of the vending machine. In FIG. 2, hatching of a cross-sectional portion is omitted except for a part for easy understanding (the same applies to FIGS. 3 and 4). This vending machine 2
Sells a plastic bottle type product S, and includes a vending machine main body 2a (only part of which is shown) and a main door 3 which opens and closes a front opening (not shown).

The main door 3 is always connected to the vending machine main body 2.
a is closed with its front opening closed, and has a sales port 3a opened at the center of the front. The main door 3 incorporates a sales port device 1 described later.

A heat-insulating door 4 is provided at the rear of the main door 3 so as to be close to the main door 3 and extend vertically, and open and close the front opening of the vending machine main body 2a. The heat-insulating door 4 has three payout ports 4a formed side by side in the left-right direction, and three payout doors 5 that open and close the payout doors 4a, respectively (only one is shown). Each payout door 5 is formed so as to be convexly curved forward and is rotatably suspended from the heat insulating door 4 via a hinge 5a. (See FIG. 2), and at the time of sale, is opened forward by the product S (not shown).

A plurality of merchandise racks and chutes are accommodated in the vending machine main body 2a (both are not shown), and each merchandise rack accommodates a large number of merchandise S. At the time of sale, the commodity S paid out from one of the commodity racks slides down on the chute in a state of being laid down, and while turning the payout door 5 forward, passes through the payout port 4a and moves through the payout port 4a. It falls into the sales mouth product box 6.

On the other hand, the sales port device 1 comprises the sales port product box 6, the shaft 10, the security plate 11, the stopper 12, and the like. The merchandise box 6 has a payout port 4 at the time of sale.
This is for receiving the commodity S paid out from a, and is attached to the main door 3. The sales outlet product box 6 has vertical left and right side walls 6a, 6a (only one is shown).
And a horizontal top wall 6b extending between the upper ends of the side walls 6a, 6a, an inclined front lowering wall 6c extending between the lower ends of the side walls 6a, 6a, and the left and right side walls 6a, 6a. It is composed of three vertical partition walls (not shown) arranged at intervals. The front of the sales outlet product box 6
The sales port 3a is open, and the back face is also open to the payout port 4a. In addition, the three partition walls are provided in parallel with the side walls 6a, 6a, and the inner space of the sales outlet product box 6 corresponds to the three payout ports 4a by these three partition walls. It is divided into one product receiving space and one dead space which is narrower than these and is arranged between the two product receiving spaces (neither is shown).

Further, a sales port door 7 and a product receiving door 8 are attached to the sales port product box 6. The sales port door 7 opens and closes almost the upper half of the sales port 3a.
It extends in the left-right direction and has a width slightly shorter than the sales port 3a. The vending door 7 has a "U" -shaped cross section, and a cylindrical mounting portion 7a is provided at a tip portion bent from the upper end portion to the front surface side.

On the other hand, between the upper end portions of the left and right side walls 6a, a shaft 6d having a circular section extends horizontally through the three partition walls. The shaft 6d is arranged close to the sales port 3a, and both ends are fixed to the left and right side walls 6a, 6a. The sales port door 7 is rotatably mounted on the shaft 6d via the mounting portion 7a.
In a state in which the product is partially overlapped with the product receiving door 8 by its own weight, the product is located at a position for closing the sales port 3a (a position shown by a solid line in FIG. 2), and is manually operated at the time of sale, for example, as shown in FIG. It can be opened to the position shown by the two-dot chain line.

The merchandise receiving door 8 opens and closes the lower half of the sales port 3a by a slight angle, and extends in the left-right direction with the same width as the sales port door 7. Product receiving door 8
A mounting portion 8a is provided at the lower end of the. On the other hand, between the lower ends of the left and right side walls 6a, 6a,
It is provided similarly to d. The product receiving door 8 is attached to the mounting portion 8
a rotatably attached to the shaft 6e via a, so that the position at which the sales port 3a is closed (the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 2) and the position at which the sales port 3a is opened by a small angle ( (The position shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 3). The product receiving door 8 is connected to the sales port door 7 via a link mechanism (not shown), and thereby opens and closes in conjunction with the opening and closing of the sales port door 7.

Further, the merchandise box 6 is provided with the shaft 10, the security plate 11, and the stopper 12 described above. Like the shafts 6d and 6e, the shaft 10 has a circular cross section, penetrates the three partition walls, extends horizontally in the left-right direction, and has both ends fixed to the center of the upper ends of the left and right side walls 6a, 6a. ing.

The security plate 11 and the stopper 12 are
It is provided in each of the product receiving spaces described above.
The security plate 11 (security member) is manufactured by bending a metal plate (for example, an aluminum alloy plate).
The security plate 11 has a main plate portion 11 bent forward and convex.
a, a hook portion 11b (engaging portion) curved in a U-shaped cross section from the upper end portion of the main plate portion 11a to the back side, and a curl portion 11c curved in a circular cross section from the lower end portion of the main plate portion 11a to the front side.
And are integrated.

The hook portion 11b has a U-shaped open portion slightly larger than the diameter of the shaft 10. Security board 1
Reference numeral 1 denotes a state in which the hook portion 11b is hooked on the shaft 10, and is rotatably attached thereto. Accordingly, when the main door 3 is closed, the security plate 11 is always located at a normal position (position indicated by a solid line in FIG. 2) which hangs forward of the payout door 5 by its own weight. And the stopper 12 of the stopper 12 to be described later.
2c (a position indicated by a chain line in FIG. 2);
It turns to the rear and can turn between a contact position (a position shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 2) where the curl portion 11 c contacts the payout door 5.

Each of the stoppers 12 (restriction members) is made by bending a metal plate (for example, an aluminum alloy plate), and the shaft 10 and the security plate 1 are formed.
1 is disposed at a position close to the position 1. This stopper 12
Is a mounting portion 12a mounted on the top wall 6b of the sales outlet product box 6, a restricting portion 12b extending downward from the front end of the mounting portion 12a, and a restraining portion 12c extending obliquely downward from the lower end of the restricting portion 12b. And are integrated.

The restricting portion 12b is disposed in front of the shaft 10, and the interval between the restricting portion 12b and the shaft 10 is smaller than the depth of the hook portion 11b of the security plate 11 (the length in the left-right direction in FIG. 2). The mounting portion 12a is disposed above the shaft 10,
The space between the shaft 10 and the shaft 10 is set slightly larger than the space between the regulating portion 12b and the shaft 10. Due to the dimensional relationship described above, the forward movement of the security plate 11 is restricted by the restricting portion 12b, and the upward movement is restricted by the mounting portion 12a. In addition to this, when the main door 3 is closed, the rearward movement of the security plate 11 also
Regulated by As described above, when the main door 3 is closed, the security plate 11 cannot be removed from the shaft 10 (see FIG. 3B). As will be described later, when the main door 3 is open, the security plate 1 is closed.
1 can be removed from the shaft 10 (see FIG. 4).

Next, the operation of the sales outlet device 1 of the present embodiment will be described. First, at the time of sale, the product S paid out from the product rack slides down on the chute, and the payout door 5
Is passed through the payout opening 4a and falls into the sales outlet merchandise box 6. At that time, the security plate 11 is rotated forward by being pushed by the payout door 5. Thereafter, when the sales port door 7 is rotated upward by the product purchaser, the product receiving door 8 is rotated forward in conjunction with this, whereby the sales port 3a is opened. Then, the product S is taken out of the sales port product box 6 through the sales port 3a. At this time, when the hand inserted into the sales outlet product box 6 hits the security plate 11, the security plate 11 is pushed by hand, rotates backward, and retreats.

When the main door 3 is closed, a person who tries to gain unauthorized access to the vending machine main body 2a inserts his hand through the sales port 3a and tries to open the payout door 5 forward. However, the payout door 5 cannot be sufficiently opened because the security plate 11 is in the way. In addition, as described above, when the main door 3 is closed, the security plate 11 is
Cannot be removed from the shaft 10. As described above, unauthorized access to the inside of the payout port 4a can be reliably prevented.

On the other hand, when the main door 3 is opened for maintenance or the like, as shown in FIG.
Can be removed from the shaft 10. That is, since the back surface of the sales outlet product box 6 is open, the security plate 11 can be accessed from behind,
The security plate 11 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 4 until it comes into contact with the mounting portion 12a, and in this state, is moved forward until it comes into contact with the regulating portion 12b, and then moves downward along the regulating portion 12b. By doing so, the security plate 11 comes off the shaft 10 as shown by the solid line in FIG. In this manner, the security plate 11 can be easily removed from the shaft 10 only by manually operating the security plate 11 without using a tool. Therefore,
For example, when the vending machine 2 is installed indoors and there is no danger of theft or mischief of the product S, the security plate 11 is removed from the shaft 10 so that when the product S is taken out from the sales outlet product box 6, a hand is taken. It does not hit the security plate 11 at all. As a result, the product S can be easily taken out. For the same reason, the security plate 11 can be removed from the turning trajectory of the payout door 5, and the payout door 5 is smoothly and sufficiently opened and closed by the paid-out product S at the time of sale, so that the sales The operation can be performed appropriately and reliably. Further, the above effects can be obtained by a simple and inexpensive configuration in which the security plate 11 having the U-shaped hook portion 11b, the shaft 10 and the stopper 12 are combined.

[0026]

As described above, according to the vending machine of the vending machine of the present invention, the security function by the security member can be reliably obtained, and when the security function is unnecessary, the security member can be easily attached. It can be removed and the product can be easily removed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing the sales port device of the embodiment.

FIGS. 3A and 3B show a state in which the security door of the sales port device is in a normal position when the main door is in a closed state, and FIG.
It is sectional drawing which shows an example of operation | movement at the time of opening a sales door and trying to remove a security board illegally.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing an operation when the security plate is properly removed with the main door opened.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a conventional sales outlet device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 vending machine 2 vending machine 3 main door 3a vending port 4a payout port 5 payout door 6 sales port product box 10 axis 11 security plate (security member) 11b hook portion (engaging portion) 12 stopper (regulation member) S PET bottle products

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A vending machine for a vending machine, provided on a main door, for accepting and selling goods paid forward from the payout port while opening a payout door for opening and closing the payout port at the time of sale. A device, wherein the back surface is open to receive the goods paid out from the payout port, and a sales port product box having a sales port for taking out the product on the front face, and the inside of the sales port product box. A shaft provided so as to extend in the left-right direction, and an engaging portion curved in a U-shape at one end portion, and the engaging portion is detachably and rotatably engaged with the shaft so that the dispensing is performed. A security member suspended from the front of the exit door to prevent access to the inside of the payout opening; and a security member arranged close to the shaft and the engagement portion of the security member when the main door is in a closed state. So that it does not come off the shaft. And, when the main door is in the open state, when the security member is rotated rearward from the back side of the sales outlet product box, a regulating member that allows removal of the security member from the shaft. A vending machine vending machine characterized by comprising: