JP2003091771A - Card commodities carrying out device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a card carrying out device capable of eliminating a negative effect caused by an external atmosphere such as moisture and dimensional adjustment of a complicated taking out mechanism, and enabling users to take out commodities securely with a simple shape structure without increasing the cost. SOLUTION: The card commodities carrying out device is characterized in that it is provided with a cassette 9 for stacking and housing package merchandise 8 such as a packed game card, a side plate 10 for forming a wall surface of the cassette 9, including a slot 13 having width and height dimensions equal to one piece of the commodity formed on a lower end corresponding to a bottom plate 12 for mounting the commodities, a taking out piece 16 sliding on the bottom plate 12 of the cassette, and having a capturing groove 16a of an approximately U shape for capturing a side end edge of the commodity formed on a tip end, and a carrying out mechanism 15 for sliding and moving the taking out piece and carrying out the commodities from the slot to an outside of the cassette.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a product unloading device for a vending machine, and more particularly to a product unloading structure for a bag game card or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 14, a packaged product such as a bag game card in an automatic vending machine has a flat shape in which a plurality of sheet game cards are packed in a bag, as shown in FIG. Bag (58), cassette (5
In addition to accommodating a large number of them in a stack in 9), one side of the cassette side plate (51) is provided with a slot (53) having a width and height dimension through which one bag packing card (58) can pass. .

At the time of carrying out the product, the carry-out roller (66) arranged above the bag packing card (58) or in the example shown in FIG. 15 is rotated to rotate the outer circumference of the carry-out roller (66). By bringing the card (58a) into contact with the upper or lower surface of the bagging card (58a) to be carried out and frictionally engaging with the roller (66), or by sliding an extruding piece such as a picker knife (not shown). The product was pushed out from the slot (53) by the pushing action.

However, since the bag-filling card (58) is housed in the film-like bag, the bag-filling card (58a) is different from the bag-filling card (58a) in the carrying-out method by frictional engagement by the rotation of the carry-out roller (66). If the distance between the roller (66) and the roller (66) becomes wider than the specified value due to aging or deformation due to external force, the roller (66) will slip and prevent reliable carry-out operation. The adjustment work for this was extremely complicated.

Further, even in the case of the pushing method using a picker knife, when the humidity is high, the bags cannot be separated due to the close contact between the bags due to the humidity, and the slots (53) are clogged, making it difficult to carry out the product. Was occurring frequently.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to this point, and eliminates troubles due to external atmosphere such as complicated size adjustment of the take-out mechanism and humidity, and the product can be reliably manufactured with a simple shape configuration without increasing the cost. A card unloading device that can be taken out.

[0007]

In order to solve the above problems, the card product unloading device according to claim 1 forms a cassette for stacking and storing packaged products such as bag game cards and a wall surface of the cassette. In addition, it slides on the side plate that has a slot having the width and height dimensions for one product at the lower end corresponding to the bottom plate on which the product is placed, and the bottom plate of the cassette, and captures the side edge of the product at the tip. The present invention is characterized by comprising a take-out piece having a U-shaped catching groove formed therein and a carry-out mechanism for sliding the take-out piece to carry out a product from the slot to the outside of the cassette.

With this configuration, even with a bag-filled card stored in a film-like bag, the troublesome size adjustment of the take-out mechanism and the harmful effects of the external atmosphere are eliminated, and the conventional carry-out roller causes slipping and jamming. It is possible to reliably take out a product with a simple structure that is inexpensive and simple.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a cassette for stacking and storing packaged products such as bag game cards and a wall surface of the cassette is formed, and one product is provided at the lower end corresponding to the bottom plate on which the product is placed. A slot having the width and height dimensions of the slot is provided, and the side plate on which the pressing portion having the elastic action is formed on the upper surface of this slot slides on the bottom plate of the cassette, and the tip is brought into contact with the upper surface of the slot of the side plate. In addition, it is characterized by including a take-out piece formed with a U-shaped catching groove for catching the side edge of the product and a carry-out mechanism for sliding the take-out piece to carry the product out of the cassette. is there.

With this structure, the pressing portion on the upper surface of the slot serves as an entrance guide for the upper edge portion of the U-shaped trapping groove of the extruded piece,
Not only can the extruded piece pass smoothly and the bagging card can be reliably carried out, but the pressing part on the upper surface of the slot presses the bagging card downward, and the rear end of the bagging card is a catch groove. Since they are engaged, the bagging card is conveyed in a horizontal state until just before it is taken out from the cassette, and it is possible to prevent the rear end of the card from rising and causing a conveyance failure. Further, it is possible to prevent the bagging card products other than the object to be carried out from being pushed out easily and to stabilize the stacked state of the bagging cards.

The take-out piece according to the third aspect of the invention is
The push-out mechanism allows the product to enter the cassette through the through hole provided on the opposite surface of the slot and slide on the bottom plate to push out the product from the slot, which ensures the capture of the bag-filled card product. At the same time, the product can be unloaded by a simple mechanism.

The take-out piece according to the invention of claim 4 is
It is characterized in that it enters between the bottom plate of the cassette and the product from the slot, captures the product at its tip, draws it out, and carries out the product by rotating it. The space for carrying out the product can be made small by the entry, the product withdrawal, and the rotational carry-out.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

The bagging card vending machine (1) whose appearance is shown in FIG. 1 is provided with a product sample display window (3) on the front opening door (2) so that the purchaser can purchase a predetermined amount of coins. The desired product can be obtained from the product take-out port (7) provided below by dropping the product into the insertion port (4) or the 1,000-yen bill insertion port (5) and pressing the product selection button (6). It is an existing configuration.

In the storage space inside the vending machine (1), as shown in FIG. 2, bagging cards (8), which are products, are classified according to type and stored in respective cassettes (9). Many are stacked and stored in.

The cassette (9) is composed of side plates (10) and (11) forming a peripheral wall and a flat bottom plate (12), and one side of the side plate (10) serving as a carry-out port for bagging cards (8). A slot (13) having a width and a height dimension corresponding to the thickness through which one bag-filled card (8) can pass is formed below.

The upper surface of the slot (13) is formed of a leaf spring having an elastic action, and the bag packing card (8)
The arcuate portion (13a) is provided so as to curve downward in the direction of passage to the outside.

Below the cassette side surface (11) on the opposite side of the slot (13), a transparent piece (16) for pushing out a product (15), which will be described later, enters and leaves the cassette (9). A hole (14) is provided.

The product pushing-out mechanism section (15) is arranged on the lower side of the cassette (9), and the pushing-out piece (1) is normally urged by the spring force toward the pushing-out mechanism section (15).
The movable table (17) to which 6) is attached is configured so as to project and move forward over a predetermined length by exciting a solenoid (not shown).

Therefore, the movable table (17) protruding and moved forward is pulled back to the pushing mechanism section (15) again by the spring force when the excitation of the solenoid is deenergized.

The extruding piece (16) is composed of a wide member attached to the front end of the moving base (17) which moves back and forth, and has a thickness of one side edge for one bagging card product (8) at the front end. A substantially U-shaped catching groove (16a) for catching and engaging one side of the card product (8) is provided with a combined space and a small depth.

The push-out piece (16) is moved forward as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the bottom edge of one of the bagging cards (8) that slide on the bottom plate (12) and are stacked on the bottom plate (12) has a substantially U-shaped edge. It securely engages the inside of the catching groove (16a) to catch it, and pushes it out from the slot (13) formed on the opposite side to carry it out.

The card product unloading mechanism is configured as described above, and the unloading operation will be described below with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5.

FIG. 2 shows a state where the bag-filled card product (8) is started to be carried out. When a solenoid (not shown) is excited by a sales instruction, the drive shaft protrudes forward to push the extruded piece. (16) enters into the cassette (9) through the through hole (14) and has a U-shaped catching groove (16
In a), only one lowermost bagging card (8a) is captured and engaged and pushed forward.

As shown in FIG. 3, the lowermost bag packing card (8a) caught and engaged by the U-shaped catch groove (16a) of the extruded piece slides on the bottom plate (12) of the cassette as it is. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the bagging card (8a) is pushed out and carried out from the slot (13) formed in the lower part of the opposite side surface (10).

At this time, the substantially U-shaped catching groove (16a) at the tip of the extruding piece (16) has an arcuate portion (13) on the upper surface of the slot.
a) and the arcuate portion (13
It moves forward while pushing up a) and pushes the bagging card (8a) completely outward.

Therefore, the opening of the slot (13) is
Tip catch groove (16a) of extruded piece (16) for product delivery
The arc-shaped part (13a) of the upper surface of the bag is lowered except when the card passes, preventing the bagging card product (8) other than the carried-out product from being easily pushed outside and It acts to stabilize the stacked state of (8).

Even if the vending machine is shaken to take out the bagging card illegally, the gap between the slot (13) and the leaf spring (13a) is larger than the thickness of the bagging card (8). Since it is small, the card (8) does not go outside.

When the extruded piece (16) passes, the tip catching groove (16a) of the extruded piece (16) and the opening upper surface of the slot (13) come into contact with each other, but the arc-shaped portion of the upper surface of the slot. The (13a) serves as an entry guide for the upper edge of the U-shaped catching groove (16a) of the extruded piece, allows the extruded piece (16) to pass smoothly, and allows the bagging card (8a) to be reliably carried out.

Further, an arcuate portion (13a) on the upper surface of the slot
The bagging card (8a) is pressed downward with and the back end of the bagging card is engaged with the catching groove (16a), so the bagging card is in a horizontal state until just before being unloaded from the cassette (9). In this case, the rear end of the card does not float up on the way and there is no possibility of poor conveyance.

After the bagging card is carried out, as shown in FIG. 5, the push-out piece (16) is retracted by the biasing force of the spring as the solenoid is deenergized, and the bagging card (8) at the lowermost stage is discharged.
During the unloading of a), it slides between the bottom plate and the bagging card (8b) at the next stage which is lowered downward, passes through the inside of the cassette (9), and again through the through hole (14). Extrusion mechanism part (15)
By returning to the original position and stopping, it will be in a standby state in preparation for the next sale.

Therefore, even if the bag-filling card (8) is stored in the film-like bag, the distance between the bag-filling card and the carry-out roller is the same as in the conventional carry-out method by frictional engagement by rotation of the carry-out roller. However, the rollers become wider than a predetermined value due to changes over time, and the rollers are unable to carry out due to slippage, and there is no need to perform a complicated interval holding adjustment work to prevent this.

Even if the bags adhere to each other due to moisture, the U-shaped catching groove (16a) of the extruded piece easily separates the bags due to the catching engagement of the edges of the packed card product (8). Therefore, it is possible to prevent a plurality of closely-attached products from being jammed in the slot portion and difficult to carry out.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The take-out piece (26) in this embodiment is the extruded piece (1) in the above-mentioned embodiment.
Unlike 6), the bagging card product (18) is pulled out by the reciprocating movement that goes in and out of one slot (24), and the drive mechanism (25) of the take-out piece (26) elastically moves its upper surface. It is provided outside the slot (24) portion in which the arcuate portion (24a) is formed by a leaf spring having an action. Therefore, the through hole (14) in the facing surface of the slot is not always necessary as in the above-described embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 6, a merchandise take-out mechanism (25) is arranged outside the side surface of the slot (24) provided in the lower part of the side plate (21) forming the cassette (19). A take-out piece (26) is attached so as to face the slot (24).

The product pushing-out mechanism (25) has a movable base (27) with a take-out piece (26) attached to a predetermined length by exciting a solenoid (not shown) and a spring force, as in the above-mentioned embodiment. I am trying to move it back and forth.

In the present embodiment, the rotary solenoid (28) is arranged at the mounting portion of the take-out piece (26) mounted on the moving table (27). The rotary solenoid (28) is a rotary solenoid that is adapted to directly obtain a rotary motion. After the reciprocating movement of the take-out piece (26), the take-out piece (26) is instantly excited, for example, by 90 degrees. It is to rotate.

The take-out piece (26) attached to the moving table (27) is normally urged by the spring force toward the push-out mechanism (25) side, but the moving table (26) moved by the excitation of the solenoid. 27), and is configured to project and move forward over a predetermined length, and its tip has a substantially U-shape with an interval corresponding to the thickness of one bagging card (18) and a small depth. The trapezoidal groove (26a) is provided.

Then, FIG. 6 shows a bag-filled card product (1
8) shows the start of unloading, the solenoid in the push-out mechanism section (25) is excited by the sales instruction, and the moving table (2
Due to the forward movement of 7), the take-out piece (26) advances toward the slot (24).

As a result of this forward movement, as shown in FIG. 7, the upper part of the substantially U-shaped catching groove (26a) at the tip of the take-out piece (26) comes into contact with the arcuate part (24a) on the upper surface of the slot, and the arcuate part (24a) is pushed up to enter into the cassette (19), and the U-shaped catching groove (26a) is slid forward while being fitted between the lowermost bagging card (18a) and the bottom plate (22). Will be done.

Then, as shown in FIG. 8 and FIG.
The U-shaped catching groove (26a) at the tip of the take-out piece penetrates through the through hole (23) formed in the lower part of the side plate (20) on the opposite side of the bagging card product (18).

As described above, the through hole (23) in the facing surface of the slot (24) is not always necessary, and for example, a recess is formed in the lower part of the side plate (20) to capture the U-shaped tip of the take-out piece. The protrusion of the groove (26a) may be housed in this recess.

With the penetrating to the opposite side, take out the take-out piece (2
6) Hooks only one edge of the lowermost bagging card (18a) by the U-shaped trapping groove (26a) to engage and capture it, and then the solenoid is deenergized as shown in FIG. The urging force of the spring causes the bagging card (18a) to be pulled out.

Then, as shown in FIGS. 11 to 12,
The bagging card (18a) is pulled out again through the slot (24), and finally the take-out piece (26) is
At the stage of returning to the push-out mechanism section (25), as shown in FIG. 13, the rotary solenoid (25) is rotated to rotate the take-out piece (26) portion by approximately 90 degrees, so that the bag-filled card ( 18a) is dropped downward as shown by the arrow and carried out to the outside, and then the take-out piece (26).
Is rotated again to return to the original horizontal state, and is stopped at a predetermined standby position until the next sales command is received.

Therefore, with respect to the cassette (19) in which a large number of bagging cards (18) are stacked, the take-out piece (26) from the pushing-out mechanism section (25) enters and pulls out from one slot (24). Since the rotary solenoid (25) is used to drop and carry out when it is pulled out of the cassette, the size of the carry-out device in the front-rear direction can be shortened and the device space can be reduced as compared with the above-described embodiment. it can.

Also in this case, similarly to the above-described embodiment, initially, the upper end of the substantially U-shaped catching groove (26a) of the take-out piece abuts on the arcuate portion (24a) of the upper surface of the slot, and the leaf spring is formed. Is pushed into the cassette (19) by pushing up the arcuate part (24a) by the elastic action of the U-shaped catching groove (26a).
After the bagging card (18a) is captured with, the product acts so as to pull the product outward while being placed on the take-out piece (26).

Further, the arcuate portion (24
Similar to the above embodiment, a) is a state in which the upper surface is lowered downward except when the take-out piece (26) passes, and the stacking of the bagging cards (18) is stable, and other bagging cards are (18) is prevented from being pulled out, and as shown in FIGS. 10 to 11, when the take-out piece (26) passes, the arcuate portion (24a) on the upper surface of the opening of the slot (24). Serves as an entrance guide for the upper edge of the U-shaped catching groove (26a) of the take-out piece, and its elasticity allows smooth passage.

In the above embodiment, the leaf spring portion on the upper surface of the slot is described as an arcuate portion, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the point is that the bagging card to be carried out is pressed without obstructing the conveyance. Any configuration will do.

[0049]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, even a bag-filled card housed in a film-like bag is not affected by troublesome dimensional adjustment of the take-out mechanism and the external atmosphere. It is an object of the present invention to obtain a card carry-out device that can reliably take out a product with an inexpensive and simple structure that does not cause slipping or clogging without using it.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the arcuate portion on the upper surface of the slot serves as an entrance guide for the upper edge of the U-shaped catching groove of the extruded piece to smooth the passage of the extruded piece and to fill the bag-filled card. Not only can it be reliably carried out, but the pressing part on the top of the slot presses the bagging card downward, and the rear end of the bagging card is engaged with the catch groove, so the bagging card can be removed from the cassette. It will be conveyed in a horizontal state until just before it is carried out, and it is possible to prevent the rear end of the card from rising and causing a conveyance failure. Further, it is possible to prevent the bagging card products other than the object to be carried out from being pushed out easily and to stabilize the stacked state of the bagging cards.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to ensure the capture of the bagging card product and to carry out the product with a simple mechanism.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, the space for carrying out can be made small by entering the take-out piece from the same slot, drawing out the product, and rotationally carrying out.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a bag filling card vending machine of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the card carry-out device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing an extruded state of a product unloading step of the unloading device in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing the next step of FIG.

5 is a side view showing the next step of FIG. 4. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a side view showing another embodiment of the card carry-out device of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a side view showing the next step of FIG.

8 is a side view showing the next step of FIG. 7. FIG.

9 is a front view from the through hole side of FIG.

FIG. 10 is a side view showing the next step of FIG. 8.

FIG. 11 is a side view showing the next step of FIG. 10.

FIG. 12 is a side view showing the next step of FIG. 11.

FIG. 13 is a side view showing the next step of FIG. 12.

FIG. 14 is a side view showing a conventional carry-out device.

FIG. 15 is a side view showing another example of the conventional carry-out device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1… Vending machine 8, 18… Bagging card 9, 19
… Cassettes 10, 11, 21, 22… Side plates 12, 22… Bottom plates 13, 24
... Slots 13a, 24a ... Arc-shaped parts 14, 23 ... Through holes 15, 25 ... Product pushing mechanism part 16 ... Pushing pieces 16a, 26a ... U-shaped catching grooves 17, 27 ... Moving table 25
… Drive mechanism 26… Take-out piece 28… Rotary solenoid

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A cassette for stacking and storing packaged products such as bag-filled game cards and a wall surface of the cassette, and a width and height of one product at a lower end corresponding to a bottom plate on which the product is placed. A side plate provided with a slot having a slot and a take-out piece that slides on the bottom plate of the cassette and has a substantially U-shaped catching groove formed at the tip to catch the side edge of the product, and slide the take-out piece. A card product unloading device comprising a carry-out mechanism for carrying out a product from the slot to the outside of the cassette. 2. A cassette for stacking and storing packaged products such as bag-filled game cards and a wall surface of the cassette, and the width and height of one product at the lower end corresponding to the bottom plate on which the product is placed. And a side plate having a pressing portion having an elastic action formed on the upper surface of the slot and the bottom plate of the cassette slide on the top surface of the slot to abut and engage with the upper surface of the slot of the side plate and the side end of the product. A card product unloading device comprising: a take-out piece formed with a substantially U-shaped catching groove for catching an edge, and a carry-out mechanism for sliding a take-out piece to carry a product out of a cassette. 3. The take-out piece enters into the cassette through a through hole provided on the facing surface of the slot by an extruding mechanism, and slides on the bottom plate to push out the product from the slot. The described card product unloading device. 4. The take-out piece enters between the cassette bottom plate and the product through the slot, captures the product at its tip, draws it out, and rotates to carry out the product. The card product carry-out device according to 1 or 2.