JP2005128682A - Vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To sharply reduce the number of parts used, reduce the number of points where article storage racks are set, or soften feeding to an article outlet, in a vending machine for selling not only canned, bottled or PET-bottled beverages but also cartoned beverages. <P>SOLUTION: A plurality of article shelves 3 sloping down to an article dispensing passage 14 are disposed in a storage chamber 15, and for storage of articles 49, the article shelves 3 can be drawn out to the front to facilitate and expedite the storage of the articles 49. A bucket device 4 for delivering the article 49 stored on the article shelf 3 is disposed in the article dispensing passage 14, and the bucket device 4 is provided with means for detecting whether or not there is an article 49 thereon, to dispense with dispensing devices and article detecting means on the article shelves 3 and reduce the number of parts used. The bucket device 4 is configured to scoop up the article 49 on the article shelf 3, to softly feed the article 49. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a vending machine.

  Conventional vending machines are widely used as devices for selling beverages in cans, bottles, or PET bottles, and are provided with a plurality of racks for storing products. In addition, an input port for receiving a product is provided at the top of each rack, and a carry-out device for delivering the product is provided individually at the bottom (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In addition, as a vending machine that sells beverages in paper packs, a structure is provided that includes a rack for stacking products, and the width and depth in the rack are adjusted according to the product size (see, for example, Patent Document 2). It has become.

Furthermore, in these vending machines, the product outlet has an intermediate height so that it can be easily understood that the sold product has come out to the outlet, and it does not have to bend when the product is taken out. The thing (for example, refer patent document 3) provided in this is known. Each of these has an elevating device inside, and raises the product thrown out from the product storage chamber to the position of the product take-out port by the elevating device.
JP 2003-51061 A JP 2001-195650 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-100794

  However, since the conventional vending machine is provided with a carry-out device and a product sold-out detection device for each rack, a large number of parts are required, thereby reducing reliability or increasing costs and assembling man-hours. There was a drawback.

  An object of the present invention is to solve the conventional problems and to provide a vending machine capable of greatly reducing the number of parts used.

  In addition, since the conventional vending machine is a method of stacking and storing beverages in paper packs, the bottom product causes product clogging and liquid leakage due to deformation due to the load of the product stacked on it. There was a drawback. Further, when storing products of different sizes, there are many disadvantages that the operation efficiency is poor because there are many rack setting points.

  Another object of the present invention is to reduce the stress on the product and to reduce the number of rack setting points.

  Further, the conventional vending machine has a drawback that the noise is loud because the goods are dropped and paid out by the carry-out device.

  Another object of the present invention is to reduce noise when selling products.

The invention of the vending machine according to the present invention is provided with a main body box provided with a product outlet on the front surface of the main body, a storage chamber formed in the main body box and a product discharge passage, and the storage chamber has the product discharge passage. A plurality of product placement shelves inclined downward toward the product, and a bucket device for delivering the products stored in the product placement shelf is provided in the product delivery path, wherein the bucket device is configured to receive the product placement shelf. In the vending machine that receives the product from the storage shelf and transports it to the product outlet, when storing the product, the product storage shelf is pulled out to the front side to place canned beverages, etc. Can be easily and quickly. Moreover, since the accommodation state of goods and an item can be directly visually checked, even an unfamiliar person can easily check the inventory and reduce mistakes in the item. Further, since the product placement shelf does not require a carry-out device, the product placement shelf can have a very low number of used parts while having high reliability.

  As described above, the vending machine according to the present invention has a plurality of product placement shelves inclined downward toward the product carry-out passage in the storage chamber, and the product placement shelf is placed on the front side when storing the products. Since a canned beverage or the like is placed by being pulled out, the product can be easily and quickly accommodated. Moreover, since the accommodation state of goods and an item can be directly visually checked, even an unfamiliar person can easily check the inventory and reduce mistakes in the item. In addition, since the product carrying passage is provided with a bucket device for delivering the products stored in the product placing shelf, no carrying device is required on the product placing shelf, and the number of parts used is extremely high while having high reliability. Can be reduced. Moreover, since the mounting surface of the product mounting shelf has an inclined structure, it is possible to prevent product clogging and liquid leakage due to deformation by suppressing the stress caused by the load on the lowermost product. In addition, the bucket device scoops up and receives the product placed on the product placement shelf and moves backward while supporting the next product stored in the product placement shelf. Noise can be kept low.

  The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention is provided with a main body box provided with a commodity outlet on the front surface of the main body, a storage chamber formed in the main body box and a commodity discharge passage, and the commodity is provided in the storage chamber. A plurality of product placement shelves that are inclined downward toward the carry-out passage are arranged, and the product carry-out passage is provided with a bucket device that delivers products stored in the product placement shelf, In the vending machine that receives the product from the product placement shelf and transports it to the product outlet, when storing the product, the product placement shelf is pulled out to the front side to place canned beverages, etc. Can be accommodated easily and quickly. Moreover, since the accommodation state of goods and an item can be directly visually checked, even an unfamiliar person can easily check inventory and reduce mistakes in the item. Further, since the product placement shelf does not require a carry-out device, the product placement shelf can have a very low number of used parts while having high reliability.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1, wherein the bucket device is provided with a product presence / absence detection means, and the product placement shelf needs to be provided with the product presence / absence detection means. In addition, the configuration of the product placement shelf can be simplified.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the invention of the second aspect, the product presence / absence detecting means advances in the direction of the product placement shelf and directly contacts the product to detect the presence / absence of the product. Thus, erroneous detection that tends to occur when the presence or absence of a product is indirectly detected, such as an optical sensor or a sound wave sensor, can be prevented and reliably detected.

  According to a fourth aspect of the invention, in the invention of the third aspect, the commodity presence / absence detecting means is advanced in conjunction with the advance operation of the bucket device for receiving the goods. It is not necessary to provide an advance mechanism unique to the product presence / absence detection means.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of a vending machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a front view of a vending machine according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a front view showing the internal structure of the vending machine according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a partial perspective view of the vending machine according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a partial perspective view showing the internal structure of the vending machine according to the embodiment. FIG. 5 is a partial perspective view showing the internal structure of the vending machine according to the embodiment during standby. FIG. 6 is a partial perspective view showing the internal structure of the vending machine according to the embodiment at the time of taking in the product. FIG. 7 is a partial perspective view showing the internal structure of the vending machine according to the embodiment when the product is discharged. FIG. 8 is an enlarged front view showing the internal structure of the vending machine according to the embodiment. FIG. 9 is an enlarged front view showing the internal structure of the vending machine according to the embodiment. FIG. 10 is an enlarged front view showing the internal structure of the vending machine according to the embodiment.

  1 and 2, a vending machine 1 includes a main body box 2, a product placement shelf 3, a bucket device 4, and the like. The main body box 2 includes a main body portion 5, an opening / closing door 6, a partition wall 7, and an inner door 8. That is, the main body portion 5 of the main body box 2 is made by bending a thin steel plate, and has five surfaces excluding the front surface. That is, the main body 5 has a top surface, left and right side surfaces, a back surface, and a bottom surface, and only the front side is open. A heat insulating plate (not shown) is attached to the inner surface of the main body 5.

  A push button panel 9 is provided in the upper half of the front side of the open / close door 6. The push button panel 9 is provided with a large number of push buttons 10 arranged in three horizontal rows as shown in FIG. A coin insertion slot 11 is provided at the front right center of the open / close door 6. This push button 10 is used to select a product.

  The opening / closing door 6 is located in the opening on the front side of the main body 5 described above, and is attached to the main body 5 by a hinge 12 provided on the left end side in FIG. Therefore, the open / close door 6 is opened / closed around the hinge 12. A product take-out port 13 is provided in the front left central portion of the open / close door 6.

  The partition wall 7 is a heat insulating wall provided behind the open / close door 6 so as to close the front left opening of the main body 5.

  The inner door 8 is located at the front-side opening of the main body 5 at the rear of the opening / closing door 6 and is attached to the right end side of the partition wall 7 by a hinge 8a. Therefore, the inner door 8 is opened / closed around the hinge 8a.

  Next, the inside of the main body box 2 will be described.

  In FIG. 3, a product carry-out passage 14 (left side in the drawing) is provided on the left side inside the main body box 2, and a storage room (right side in the drawing) 15 is provided on the right side. However, the storage chamber 15 and the product carry-out passage 14 are large and small, and the volume of the storage chamber 15 is about four times larger than the volume of the product carry-out passage 14. In addition, an opening 16 that is a merchandise passage at the time of sale is provided at the center of the partition wall 7. An opening / closing door 17 is attached to the opening 16 to cover it. The open / close door 17 is a wing-type door attached to the opening 16 via a hinge 18 provided at the upper end, and freely opens from the product carry-out passage 14 side toward the product take-out port 13. However, the open / close door 17 is not opened from the product takeout port 13 toward the product carry-out passage 14 side.

A drawer rail 19 is provided inside the storage chamber 15. The drawer rails 19 extend from the front side to the back side of the main body box 2 and are provided in 10 stages (10 pairs) in the present embodiment. Each pair of drawer rails 19 is parallel, but the mounting height is different on the left and right. That is, each pair of rails 19 has a low mounting position on the commodity carry-out passage 14 side. The drawer rail 19 is provided with a roller 20.

  And on each drawer rail 19, the product mounting shelf 3 is attached to the front side so that it can be pulled out. As described above, since the pull-out rail 19 has a low mounting position on the product carry-out passage 14 side, the product placement shelf 3 is entirely inclined downward toward the product carry-out passage 14 side.

  The product placement shelf 3 has one or two partition walls 21, and can place beverages in cans, bottles, or PET bottles in two rows or three rows as well as beverages in paper packs. be able to. The tip of the product placement shelf 3 (the product carry-out passage 14 side) has a substantially L-shaped comb shape having a plurality of notches 3a. The substantially L-shaped tip portion is formed as a product receiving portion 3b for preventing the product 49 from dropping. The product receiving portion 3b is bent upward.

  Next, the structure of the bucket device 4 will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the bucket device 4 includes a vertical member 22 and an elevating member 23. The vertical member 22 is fixed to the main body box 2, and toothed pulleys 24 and 25 are attached to upper and lower ends. A toothed belt 26 is suspended on the toothed pulleys 24 and 25. Further, a pulse motor 27 placed in a horizontal posture is attached to the upper toothed pulley 24. Further, two pulse motors 28 and 29 are provided in the vicinity of the upper portion of the vertical member 22 downward. Two square shafts 30 and 31 are rotatably provided along the vertical member 22, and the output shafts of the pulse motors 28 and 29 are connected to the square shafts 30 and 31, respectively.

  On the other hand, the elevating member 23 is a rectangular box in plan view as shown in FIG. Two systems of power transmission mechanisms are built in the elevating member 23, and the picking actuator 32 is moved in two directions by the power transmission mechanisms. That is, inside the elevating member 23, a row direction moving mechanism for moving the picking actuator 32 in the row direction of the product and an advancing mechanism for projecting the picking actuator 32 are incorporated. Of the two mechanisms described above, the row-direction moving mechanism mainly includes a pair of toothed pulleys 33 (only one side is shown) and a toothed belt 34. That is, a pair of toothed pulleys 33 are rotatably mounted inside the elevating member 23, and a toothed belt 34 is suspended on the toothed pulley 33. A guide member 35 is attached to the toothed belt 34.

  Another power transmission mechanism, that is, the advance mechanism is mainly composed of bevel gears 36 and 37, a square shaft 38, a spur gear 39, and the like. That is, inside the elevating member 23, a square shaft 38 is provided along the longitudinal direction and is rotatably supported. A bevel gear 36 is integrally attached to the end of the square shaft 38. Further, another bevel gear (power transmission piece) 37 is attached to the elevating member 23 by a bearing (not shown), and the two bevel gears 36 and 37 are fitted to each other.

Further, a spur gear 39 is attached to an intermediate portion of the square shaft 38. The spur gear 39 is provided with a square hole in the center, and rotates integrally with the square shaft 38. However, on the other hand, the spur gear 39 is movable in the axial direction with respect to the square shaft 38. The spur gear 39 engages with the guide member 35 described above, and the spur gear 39 moves horizontally as the guide member 35 moves. The picking actuator 32 corresponding to the product receiving unit is a comb-shaped member, and a rack 40 is formed on one surface. The rack 40 of the picking actuator 32 is engaged with the spur gear 39. Therefore, the picking actuator 32 moves linearly according to the rotation of the spur gear 39. Therefore, the toothed belt 34 operates in accordance with the rotation of the toothed pulley (power transmission piece) 33, the guide member 35 moves, and the picking actuator 32 moves horizontally together with the spur gear 39. Further, the spur gear 39 engaged therewith rotates according to the rotation of the square shaft 38, and the picking actuator 32 moves forward and backward from the lifting member 23 by the action of the rack 40.

  Next, the attachment relationship between the vertical member 22 and the elevating member 23 will be described. The elevating member 23 is joined to a toothed belt 26 suspended from the vertical member 22 via a bracket (not shown). One of the two square shafts 30, 31 provided on the vertical member 22 is inserted into a toothed pulley (power transmission piece) 33 provided on the elevating member 23. That is, the toothed pulley (power transmission piece) 33 is provided with a square hole, and the square shaft 30 is inserted into the square hole of the toothed pulley (power transmission piece) 33. Therefore, the toothed pulley (power transmission piece) 33 rotates integrally with the square shaft 30 but can move freely in the axial direction.

  On the other hand, a bevel gear 37 attached to the elevating member 23 is inserted through another square shaft 31. The bevel gear 37 is also provided with a square hole, and the square hole of the bevel gear 37 is inserted into the square shaft 31, and the bevel gear 37 rotates integrally with the square shaft 31, but moves freely in the axial direction. be able to.

  The above-described bucket device 4 is disposed in the product carry-out passage 14 on the left side of the product placement shelf 3.

  The guide member 35 has a substantially L-shaped cross-sectional shape having an inclined surface in the same direction as the inclination of the product mounting shelf 3 as viewed from the front side of the main body box 2 that is pivotally supported at the front end thereof. A damper 41 is provided. In addition, an engagement piece 42 projects downward from the lower surface of the elevating member 23 at the front lower portion of the damper 41. Further, a contact piece 43 projects downward from the lower surface of the elevating member 23 at the lower front portion of the elevating member 23.

  Next, the commodity presence / absence detection means provided in the bucket device 4 will be described.

  As shown in FIGS. 5, 6, 8, and 9, two parallel ribs 32 a protrude from the center of the back surface of the picking actuator 32, and a hole is formed in the center of the rib 32 a. The pin 44 is inserted and fixed. Further, a product detection lever 45 (product presence / absence detection means) is provided below the comb-shaped central portion of the picking actuator 32 so as to be juxtaposed with the comb-shaped central portion of the picking actuator 32. A rib 45a juxtaposed on the center of the upper surface of the product detection lever 45 projects and has a hole in the center. The above-described pin 44 is inserted into this hole, and the picking actuator 32 and the product detection lever 45 are in a rotatable relationship. Further, a torsion coil spring 46 is inserted into the pin 44, and one end thereof is in contact with the picking actuator 32, and the other end is in contact with the product detection lever 45, so that the tip of the product detection lever 45 is always at the picking actuator 32. It is urged | biased so that it may contact | abut to the center part lower surface.

  Further, the tip of the comb-shaped shape of the picking actuator 32 is bent upward. When the product detection lever 45 is in contact with the picking actuator 32, the tip protrusion 45 b of the product detection lever 45 is bent by the picking actuator 32. It protrudes further upward than the formed tip.

  Further, a detection switch 47 is fixed to the lower left portion of the guide member 35 when the bucket device 4 is viewed from the front. The detection switch 47 is fixed at a position where the rear end of the product detection lever 45 contacts in the state where the picking actuator 32 is moved forward in the direction of the product placement shelf 3 by the advance mechanism.

  In addition to these, a refrigeration device 48 is built in the product storage room.

  The operation of the vending machine configured as described above will be described below.

  First, the vending machine of the present embodiment sells beverages in cans, bottles, or PET bottles as well as beverages in paper packs from the beginning. The product 49 is stored. That is, the opening / closing door 6 and the inner door 8 provided on the front are opened, and the product placement shelf 3 is pulled out to the front side (front side) as shown in FIG. At this time, since the drawer rail 19 is provided in the storage chamber, and the roller 20 is provided on the drawer rail 19, the commodity placement shelf 3 can be easily pulled out. Further, no solenoid, motor, or movable mechanism component is placed on the product placement shelf 3. Therefore, since no electrical cord or cable is connected to the product placement shelf 3, there is no obstacle to pulling out the product placement shelf 5, and the product placement shelf 3 can be pulled out with a light force. In addition, the commodity placement shelf 3 can form a very simple structure without moving parts such as a conveyor and a pusher. However, since the product mounting shelf 3 has high reliability and uses a very small number of parts, it can be assembled quickly and easily at low cost.

  Then, for example, beverages containing paper packs are arranged on the drawn product placement shelf 3. Actually, about 450 paper-packed beverages are arranged on the 10-stage product placement shelf 3. Here, since the product 49 is mounted on the product mounting shelf 3 in a planar manner, the operator can directly visually check the items and the remaining amount of the product 49. Therefore, even an unfamiliar person can easily check the inventory, and there are few mistakes in items. Finally, the product placement shelf 3 is pushed back into the storage chamber, the door 6 is closed, and the product 49 storing operation is completed. Therefore, since the mounting surface of the product mounting shelf 3 has an inclined structure, the stress due to the load on the lowermost product 49 can be kept small. Therefore, the lowermost product 49 does not cause product clogging or liquid leakage due to deformation.

  When purchasing a product, a coin is inserted in the same manner as a known vending machine, and a desired product is selected by operating the push button 10 of the push button panel 9. Then, the bucket device 4 operates, and the picking actuator 32 moves to the site where the desired product is placed. For example, assuming that the desired product is in the front side row of the second product placing shelf 3 from the bottom, the pulse motor 27 rotates to rotate the toothed pulley 24, and the toothed gear suspended on the toothed pulley 24. The belt 26 is moved. As a result, the elevating member 23 fixed to a part of the toothed belt 26 moves. Here, in the present embodiment, two rectangular shafts 30 and 31 are erected on the vertical member 22, and a toothed pulley (power transmission piece) 33 and a bevel gear (power transmission piece) attached to the elevating member 23. 37) is slidable with respect to the square shafts 30 and 31. That is, as described above, the elevating member 23 is provided with a toothed pulley (power transmission piece) 33 and a bevel gear (power transmission piece) 37, and the square shafts 30 and 31 are inserted into the square holes provided therein. The toothed pulley (power transmission piece) 33 and the bevel gear (power transmission piece) 37 are movable in the axial direction. Therefore, the toothed pulley (power transmission piece) 33 and the bevel gear (power transmission piece) 37 function as a guide, and the elevating member 23 moves vertically along the two square shafts 30 and 31. Then, in response to a predetermined pulse signal transmitted to the pulse motor 27, the elevating member 23 stops at the height of the second stage product mounting shelf 3 on which the desired product 49 is placed. The picking actuator 32 is pulled into the guide member 35 when the elevating member 23 moves up and down. Therefore, the picking actuator 32 does not collide with other members when the elevating member 23 moves up and down.

Subsequently, the pulse motor 28 disposed vertically downward rotates, and one square shaft 30 rotates. As a result, the toothed pulley (power transmission piece) 33 engaged with the square shaft 30 rotates, and the toothed belt 34 engaged therewith operates. The guide member 35 attached to the toothed belt 34 moves along the longitudinal direction of the elevating member 23, and the spur gear 39 engaged therewith moves together with the picking actuator 32. That is, the picking actuator 32 moves in the row direction of the product by the rotation of the pulse motor 28. The picking actuator 32 stops at a position below the front row on which the desired product 49 is placed by a predetermined pulse signal transmitted to the pulse motor 28. That is, the picking actuator 32 stops at the front lower part of the desired product 49. Even when the guide member 35 moves in the row direction of the product, the picking actuator 32 is drawn into the guide member 35, so that it does not collide with other members.

  Subsequently, another pulse motor 29 rotates, and the square shaft 31 engaged therewith rotates. As a result, the bevel gear (power transmission piece) 37 engaged with the square shaft 31 rotates, and the bevel gear (power transmission piece) 36 further rotates to rotate the square shaft 38. Then, the spur gear 39 that engages with the square shaft 38 rotates, and the picking actuator 32 that engages with the spur gear 39 via the rack 40 is located below the product 49 on the product placement shelf 3 side from the guide member 35 (FIG. 8). ).

  At this time, since the product detection lever 45 is engaged with the picking actuator 32 via the pin 44, the product detection lever 45 is also placed on the product placement as the picking actuator 32 advances to the product placement shelf 3 side. Advance to shelf 3 side. In this state, the tip protrusion 45b of the picking actuator 32 that has advanced has protruded above the comb-shaped tip bending portion of the picking actuator 32 due to the biasing force of the torsion coil spring, and the rear end of the commodity detection lever 45 Is pressing the detection switch 47 (electrically on).

  Then, the rotation of the pulse motor 27 moves up through the notch 3a of the product placement shelf 3 while pushing up the product. That is, since the end of the product mounting shelf 3 is comb-shaped and the end of the picking actuator 32 is also comb-shaped, the comb-shaped unevenness of the picking actuator 32 passes through the comb-shaped unevenness of the product mounting shelf 3. Rise. As a result, the first product 49 is pushed up by the picking actuator 32, moves to the damper 41 (FIG. 10), and rolls down to the inclined lower part.

  At the time of the ascent, the tip detection portion 45b of the product detection lever protrudes upward from the comb-shaped tip bending portion of the picking actuator 32, so that it contacts the product 49 before the picking actuator 32 and twists. Since the urging force of the coil spring 46 is set lower than the resistance force when pushing up the product, as a result, the tip protrusion 45b of the product detection lever is pushed down by the product 49, and the product is detected around the pin 44. As the lever 45 rotates, the rear end of the product detection lever 45 is separated from the detection switch 47 (electrically off). This signal is transmitted to a control unit of a vending machine (not shown) to recognize “product is present”.

  Then, when the pulse motor 27 is stopped, the picking actuator 32 stops rising before the next product. That is, when the picking actuator 32 moves up after moving to the product placement shelf 3 side, the position where the first product does not interfere with the product receiving portion 3b and the position where the picking actuator 32 can support the next product well ( It stops at FIG.

Thereafter, the picking actuator 32 that has advanced advances the next product and retracts into the guide member 35 by the rotation of the pulse motor 29. Next, with the rotation of the pulse motor 27, the elevating member 23 rises to the height of the opening 16 and stops with the product 49 placed on the damper 41. Subsequently, the damper 41 provided immediately above the guide member 35 by the rotation of the pulse motor 28 advances to the front side of the main body box 2 with the product 85 placed thereon, and the engagement piece 42 of the damper starts to contact the contact piece 43. . Then, the damper 41 rotates counterclockwise when viewed from the right side surface of the main body box 2 with the rotation shaft provided at the front end as a fulcrum, and tilts downward from the back side to the front side. When the damper 41 is tilted to a predetermined tilt angle, the guide member 35 stops moving forward as the pulse motor 28 stops. Accordingly, the product 49 placed on the damper 41 slides down from the back side to the front side as the damper 41 is inclined. Along with this, the product 49 pushes the wing-type opening / closing door 17 and reaches the product outlet 13. Thereafter, the bucket device 4 returns to a predetermined standby position. Then, a predetermined amount is collected and change is paid out when necessary. Thus, the user can obtain a desired product.

  Here, a case will be described in which there is no product 49 in the product placement shelf 3 corresponding to the push button 10 pressed by the user.

  As described above, when the bucket device 4 receives the product 49 from the product placement shelf 3, when the picking actuator 32 advances from the bucket device 4 to the product placement shelf 3 side and rises, Since the product detection lever 45 is raised without touching the product 49, the rear end of the product detection lever 45 remains in contact with the detection switch 47 by the biasing of the torsion coil spring 46. That is, since it rises in the on state electrically, the control unit of the vending machine recognizes “no product”. In this case, the picking actuator 32 is merely retracted into the guide member 35 by the rotation of the pulse motor 29, and the bucket device 4 returns to the predetermined standby position. Then, a sold-out indicator lamp (not shown) is turned on to notify the user that the desired product has been sold out.

  As described above, in the vending machine according to the present embodiment, the plurality of product placement shelves 3 that are inclined downward toward the product carry-out passage 14 are arranged in the storage chamber 15, and the product placement is performed when the product is stored. Since the shelf 3 is pulled out to the front side and canned beverages and the like are placed thereon, it is possible to easily and quickly store products. In addition, since the storage state and items of the product can be directly observed, even an unfamiliar person can easily check the inventory and reduce mistakes in the item.

  In addition, since the product 49 placed on the product placement shelf 3 is scooped upward from below by the picking actuator 32, the product placement shelf 3 does not require a carry-out device, and the product placement shelf 3 is highly reliable. The number of parts used can be extremely reduced while having the characteristics. Furthermore, since it does not depend on the thickness of the product 49 to be sold, the set location of the product placement shelf 3 can be reduced.

  Further, since the commodity detection lever 45 and the detection switch 47 are configured in the bucket device 4, it is not necessary to provide a commodity presence / absence detection means on the commodity placement shelf 3, and it can be simplified at low cost.

  In addition, since the product detection lever 45 is engaged with the picking actuator 32 and interlocked with the advancement to the product placement shelf 3 side, there is no need to provide an advancement mechanism unique to the product detection means.

  In the present embodiment, the rectangular shaft 38 is employed as the lifting guide and power transmission member of the bucket device 4, but other polygons may be used. Furthermore, it is possible to use a spline shaft, a serration shaft, or the like instead of the polygonal shaft.

  As described above, the vending machine according to the present invention can easily and quickly accommodate goods, and can reduce mistakes in items. Therefore, it is widely used in vending machines equipped with a goods carry-out mechanism. Can be applied.

The front view of Embodiment 1 of the vending machine by this invention Front view showing the internal structure of the vending machine of the embodiment Partial perspective view of the vending machine of the embodiment Partial perspective view showing the internal structure of the vending machine of the embodiment The fragmentary perspective view which shows the internal structure at the time of standby of the vending machine of the embodiment The fragmentary perspective view which shows the internal structure at the time of goods taking in of the vending machine of the embodiment The fragmentary perspective view which shows the internal structure at the time of goods discharge of the vending machine of the embodiment The enlarged front view which shows the internal structure of the vending machine of the embodiment The enlarged front view which shows the internal structure of the vending machine of the embodiment The enlarged front view which shows the internal structure of the vending machine of the embodiment

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vending machine 2 Main body box 3 Product mounting shelf 4 Bucket device 13 Product take-out port 14 Product take-out passage 15 Storage chamber 16 Opening portion 32 Picking actuator 32a Rib of picking actuator 45 Product detection lever 45a Product detection lever rib 45b Product detection Lever tip protrusion 47 Detection switch 49 Products

Claims (4)

  A main body box provided with a product outlet in front of the main body, a storage chamber formed in the main body box, and a product discharge passage are provided, and the storage chamber has a plurality of products inclined downward toward the product discharge passage. A placement device is provided, and a bucket device for delivering a product stored in the product placement shelf is provided in the product delivery path, and the bucket device is provided by a power transmission device provided only in the bucket device. A vending machine that receives a product from the product placement shelf and transports the product to the product outlet.   The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the bucket device includes means for detecting presence / absence of a product stored in the product placement shelf.   The product presence / absence detection means has a movable detection unit that directly touches the product, and the movable detection unit advances from the bucket device toward the product placement shelf to control the presence / absence of the product. The vending machine according to claim 2.   When the bucket device receives the product on the product placement shelf, the movable detection unit advances in the direction of the product placement shelf in conjunction with the advancement below the inclined lower portion of the product placement shelf. The vending machine according to claim 3.

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