JP2005141666A - Merchandise conveying device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a merchandise conveying device with which merchandise whose size is large in a longitudinal direction of an opening/closing board can always be excellently conveyed without the opening and closing board bending downward. <P>SOLUTION: The merchandise conveying device is composed in such a way that a plurality of reinforcing ribs 22b are formed on the lower face of the opening/closing board 22 so that the ribs extend in an oblique direction with respect to the longitudinal direction of the opening/closing board 22. Thus, the strength in the thickness direction of the opening/closing board 22 can be improved in the longitudinal direction by the reinforcing ribs 22b, and merchandise A having a large dimension in the longitudinal direction can always be excellently conveyed without the opening/closing board 22 bending downward. Since the reinforcing ribs 22b are formed between a plurality of recessed parts 22c arranged in a honeycomb shape, strength can be effectively improved by the honeycomb shape. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a product carry-out device of a vending machine that sells products in paper packs, cans, bottles or plastic bottles.

  Conventionally, as this kind of product carry-out device, a plurality of product storage units that stack and store products in the vertical direction, a vertically long partition member that partitions each product storage unit in the width direction, and a lower end side of the partition member The thing provided with the carrying-out unit attached to is known (for example, refer patent document 1).

  The carry-out unit includes a rotatable opening / closing plate that opens and closes the lower surface of the product storage portion in a vertical direction, a substantially semicircular rotation restricting plate that restricts the downward rotation of the opening / closing plate at a substantially horizontal position, and a product. A product holding plate provided in the storage portion so as to be able to protrude and retract in the width direction, and a cam-like contact member that protrudes the product holding plate into the product storage portion by contacting a predetermined portion of the product holding plate. .

  Further, in the carry-out unit, when an arbitrary product is selected, the product holding plate protrudes into the product storage unit and is locked to the second product from below the product storage unit. The product holding plate is held in the product storage unit, and in this state, the rotation restriction of the opening / closing plate by the rotation restricting plate is released, so that the opening / closing plate is rotated downward to open the lower surface of the product storage unit. Lower products are dropped out of the product storage unit.

Further, in the product carry-out device, in order to deal with a product that is long in the depth direction of the product storage unit such as a plastic bottle, the depth of the product storage unit is formed large, and the shape of the opening / closing plate is also the shape of the product storage unit. It is formed to be long in the depth direction.
JP 2003-233866 A

  However, since the opening / closing plate has its longitudinal center portion connected to the carry-out unit side, if the opening / closing plate is formed long in the depth direction of the product storage portion, the both ends in the longitudinal direction are easily bent in the vertical direction. For this reason, when a product with a large dimension in the longitudinal direction is stored in the opening / closing plate, the product becomes unstable due to the bending of the opening / closing plate placed on the opening / closing plate, for example, the product tilts and falls off the opening / closing plate. There has been a problem in that it is likely to cause a problem in carrying out a product having a large dimension in the longitudinal direction of the opening / closing plate.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and the object of the present invention is to always carry out the opening / closing plate satisfactorily without being bent downward even if the product has a large size in the longitudinal direction of the opening / closing plate. It is in providing the goods carrying-out apparatus which can do.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has a product storage part for stacking and storing products in the vertical direction, and is formed to be long in the front-rear direction of the product storage part, and is rotatable to open and close the lower surface of the product storage part in the vertical direction. An opening / closing plate and a product holding member capable of holding the second product from the lower part of the product storage unit, and rotating the opening / closing plate downward while holding the second product from the lower part of the product storage unit In the product carry-out device in which the lowermost product is dropped from the product storage unit by opening the lower surface of the product storage unit, at least one of the upper and lower surfaces of the open / close plate is inclined with respect to the longitudinal direction of the open / close plate A reinforcing portion extending in the direction is formed.

  As a result, the reinforcing portion extending in the oblique direction with respect to the longitudinal direction of the opening / closing plate is formed on at least one of the upper surface and the lower surface of the opening / closing plate, so that the strength in the thickness direction of the opening / closing plate is increased in the longitudinal direction by the reinforcing portion. Is enhanced over time.

  According to the present invention, since the strength of the opening / closing plate in the thickness direction can be increased in the longitudinal direction by the reinforcing portion, the opening / closing plate does not always bend downward even if the product has a large size in the longitudinal direction. It can be carried out well.

  FIG. 1 to FIG. 15 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a product carry-out apparatus, FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view thereof, FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view thereof, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the carry-out unit, FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the auxiliary plate, FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the main portion of the carry-out unit equipped with the auxiliary plate, and FIG. 8 is a bottom view of the opening / closing plate. 9 is a partial side sectional view, FIGS. 10 and 11 are plan sectional views of a product storage unit, FIG. 12 is a side view of a product holding plate and a cam member, FIG. 13 is a plan view thereof, and FIGS. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of an apparatus.

  This merchandise carry-out device is composed of a plurality of merchandise storage units 10 that stack and store the products A one by one in the vertical direction, and a carry-out unit 20 that carries out the products A in each product storage unit 10 one by one from below. , Used in vending machines that sell products in cans, bottles, paper packs or plastic bottles.

  Each product storage unit 10 is partitioned in the width direction by a plurality of first and second partition members 11, 12 arranged alternately one by one in the width direction, and the product storage units at both ends in the width direction Each side of 10 is covered with a side plate 13. The first and second partition members 11 and 12 are formed in a vertically long hollow shape, and openings 11 a and 11 b for exposing a part of the carry-out unit 20 are provided on the lower end side of the first partition member 11. ing. Each side plate 13 is formed to be shorter than the size of the product storage unit 10 in the front-rear direction, and is arranged so that the front end side thereof is located behind the front end surface of the product storage unit 10. Further, an extension portion 13 a extending obliquely downward toward the front is provided on the lower end side of each side plate 13, and the front end of the extension portion 13 a extends to the front end position of the product storage portion 10. A top plate 14 is attached to the upper surfaces of the partition members 11, 12 and the side plates 13, and the front end lower portion and the rear surface are connected by a plurality of connecting plates 15 extending in the width direction. In this case, the connecting plates 16 on the back side are attached to a plurality of locations at intervals in the vertical direction.

  In addition, a product spacer 16 that is movable in the front-rear direction is provided on the back side in the product storage unit 10, and the product spacer 16 is formed by a plate-like member that extends in the up-down direction. The product spacer 16 is bent at both ends in the width direction rearward, and is supported by the partition members 11 and 12 and the side plates 13 via engagement pins 16a made of stepped screws attached to the upper end side and the lower end side, respectively. Has been. Long holes 17 and 18 into which engagement pins 16a are movably inserted are respectively provided on the upper end side and the lower end side of each partition member 11 and 12 and each side plate 13, and each long hole 17 and 18 has an engagement pin. A plurality of grooves (not shown) capable of engaging with 16a are provided at intervals in the front-rear direction. That is, the product spacer 16 can be moved to an arbitrary position in the front-rear direction by engaging the engaging pin 16 a with an arbitrary groove of each of the long holes 17 and 18. Further, a concave portion 16b extending in the vertical direction is provided at the center in the width direction of the product spacer 16 so as to form a concave shape with respect to the front side, and the lid of the plastic bottle-shaped product A is provided in the concave portion 16b as shown in FIG. Part is to be inserted.

  Further, a drop prevention plate 19 for preventing the product A from dropping forward is provided on the front side of each product storage section 10, and the fall prevention plate 19 has a support shaft 19 a extending vertically at one end in the width direction. Is pivotally attached to the. That is, one end in the width direction of the front opening of the product storage unit 10 is covered by the fall prevention plate 19, and when the fall prevention plate 19 is rotated rearward, the front opening of the product storage unit 10 is opened. Yes.

  The carry-out unit 20 includes a unit main body 21 inserted into the first partition member 11, a pair of opening / closing plates 22 that open and close the lower surface of each product storage unit 10, and a pair of products that appear and disappear in each product storage unit 10. The holding plate 23, a pair of slide plates 24 that support the product holding plate 23 so as to be movable in the vertical direction, the auxiliary plate 25 attached to the product holding plate 23, and the downward rotation of the opening / closing plate 22 are substantially horizontal. A rotation restricting plate 26 for restricting the position, a motor 27 for driving each opening / closing plate 22 and each product holding plate 23, and a cam member 28 for projecting each product holding plate 23 into each product storage unit 10. ing.

  The unit main body 21 is formed by a frame-shaped member that covers the front surface, the upper surface, and the rear surface of the carry-out unit 20, and both side surfaces in the width direction are open. Reinforcing members 21a and 21b for connecting the front end side and the rear end side of the unit main body 21 are attached to approximately the center and the lower end side in the vertical direction of the unit main body 21, respectively.

  Each opening / closing plate 22 is disposed at the lower end of each product storage unit 10, and one end side thereof is rotatably supported by the unit main body 21 via a support shaft 22 a. The opening / closing plate 22 is formed horizontally long with respect to the side surface of the unit main body 21 so as to extend in the depth direction of the product storage unit 10, and a honeycomb-like reinforcing rib 22 b is formed on the lower surface thereof. In this case, a number of regular hexagonal recesses 22c are formed on the lower surface of the opening / closing plate 22 so as to form a honeycomb shape, and the reinforcing ribs 22b are formed between the recesses 22c. A spring 22d is attached to the support shaft 22a of the opening / closing plate 22. One end of the spring 22d is locked to the upper surface side of the opening / closing plate 22, and the other end is fixed to the unit main body 21 side. That is, the opening / closing plate 22 is biased downward by the spring 22d.

  Each product holding plate 23 is disposed above each opening / closing plate 22 and has an upper end rotatably attached to a lower end side of the slide plate 24 via a support shaft 23a. A pair of bearing portions 23b through which the support shaft 23a is inserted is provided on the upper end side of the product holding plate 23, and the respective bearing portions 23b are arranged at intervals in the width direction. A contact portion 23c with which the cam member 28 abuts is provided between the bearing portions 23b, and the contact portion 23c is formed to be inclined downward toward the rear. In addition, the product holding plate 23 is provided with a pair of slit-like long holes 23d for attaching the auxiliary plate 25 at intervals in the width direction.

  The slide plate 24 is provided on the unit main body 21 so as to be movable in the vertical direction, and an operation pin 24a for moving the slide plate 24 in the vertical direction is attached to the upper end side thereof. One end of the operation pin 24a is inserted into a long hole 24c of an operation plate 24b attached to the front surface of the unit main body 21 so as to be movable in the vertical direction. The operation pin 24a can be engaged in the long hole 24c. A plurality of grooves 24d are provided at intervals in the vertical direction. That is, the vertical position of the product holding plate 23 can be changed by engaging the operation pin 24a with an arbitrary groove 24d.

  The auxiliary plate 25 is made of a flat plate-like member, and is formed horizontally long with respect to the side surface of the unit main body 21 so as to extend in the depth direction of the product storage unit 10. In this case, the auxiliary plate 25 is longer than the product holding plate 23 in the depth direction of the product storage unit. The auxiliary plate 25 is provided with a pair of attachment pieces 24a that are engaged with the respective long holes 23d of the product holding plate 23 at intervals in the width direction, and each attachment piece 24a is provided on the back surface of the auxiliary plate 25 as shown in FIG. Are bent so as to be substantially L-shaped. That is, by inserting each mounting piece 24a into each long hole 23b of the product holding plate 23 and moving it to the front end side of the product holding plate 23, each mounting piece 24a engages with each long hole 23d, and FIG. As shown, the auxiliary plate 25 is fixed to the product holding plate 23.

  The rotation restricting plate 26 is formed in a substantially semicircular shape, and is rotated in the horizontal direction below each opening / closing plate 22. That is, as shown in FIG. 8, when the rotation restricting plate 26 is positioned over both the opening and closing plates 22, the opening and closing plates 22 are all restricted from rotating downward by the rotation restricting plate 26. When the rotation restricting plate 26 is rotated toward one of the opening / closing plates 22, the other opening / closing plate 22 is released from the rotation restriction and rotates downward, and the product storage portion The lower surface of 10 is opened.

  The motor 27 is disposed on the upper part of the unit main body 21 and is configured to be capable of normal rotation and reverse rotation. A drive shaft 27a extending to the lower end of the unit main body 21 is connected to the motor 27 via a gear unit 27b. The drive shaft 27a is rotatably supported by the reinforcing members 21a and 21b of the unit main body 21, and its lower end. Is attached with a rotation restricting plate 26. That is, the motor 27 is connected to a control unit (not shown) of the vending machine, and the rotation operation is controlled by the control unit.

  The cam member 28 is a vertically long member having an elliptical cross section, and is attached to the drive shaft 27a so as to rotate integrally. In this case, the cam member 28 is formed so that the drive shaft 27a is unevenly distributed on one end side in the longitudinal direction of the cross section, and a part of the circumferential direction (the other end side in the longitudinal direction of the cross section) is the contact portion 23c of the product holding plate 23. A first abutting portion 28a that abuts on the first contact portion 28a is formed. On the lower end side of the cam member 28, a second contact portion 28 b that can contact the lower surface of the lower end side (the front end side) of the product holding plate 23 protrudes in the radial direction, and the second contact portion 28 b It protrudes in the same direction as the first contact portion 28a.

  The carry-out unit 20 configured as described above is inserted into the first partition member 11 from below with the spacer 21c disposed on the back side of the unit main body 21, and fixed to the first partition member 11 with screws or the like. Is done. At that time, both side surfaces in the width direction of the unit main body 21 are covered with the side surfaces of the first partition member 11, and each opening / closing plate 22 and each product holding plate 23 of the carry-out unit 20 are opened from the opening 11 a of the first partition member 11. Exposed outside.

  Next, when the product A is carried out from the product storage unit 10 in the product carry-out device, the motor 27 of the carry-out unit 20 is rotated and the rotation restricting plate 26 is rotated as shown in FIG. At that time, the cam member 28 rotates together with the rotation restricting plate 26, the first contact portion 28 a of the cam member 28 contacts the contact portion 23 c of the product holding plate 23, and the product holding plate 23 is on the product storage unit 10 side. And the second contact portion 28 b of the cam member 28 moves downward on the lower end side of the product holding plate 23. Thereby, the product holding plate 23 projects into the product storage unit 10 together with the auxiliary plate 25, and the product A is held in the product storage unit 10 by the auxiliary plate 25 engaging with the second product A from below. . At that time, the product A held by the product holding plate 23 is not only the first contact portion 28a of the cam member 28 that contacts the upper end side of the product holding plate 23, but also the lower end side (the front end side) of the product holding plate 23. ) Is also supported by the second abutting portion 28b that abuts. Thereafter, as the rotation of the rotation restricting plate 26 proceeds, the rotation restriction of the opening / closing plate 22 by the rotation restricting plate 26 is released, and the opening / closing plate 22 is rotated downward by the spring 22d as shown in FIG. The lower surface of the product storage unit 10 is opened and the lowest product A is dropped and carried out.

  In the product carry-out device, when it is desired to adjust the protruding position of the product holding plate 23, such as when the product stored in the product storage unit 10 is changed to another type of product having a different outer diameter, the slide plate 24 is operated. The product holding plate 23 may be moved to an arbitrary position in the vertical direction by the pin 24a. Further, when it is desired to adjust the depth dimension in the product storage unit 10 such as when the product stored in the product storage unit 10 is changed to another type of product having a different length dimension, as shown in FIG. What is necessary is just to move 18 to the arbitrary positions in the front-back direction.

  According to the commodity carry-out device of the present embodiment, since the plurality of reinforcing ribs 22b extending obliquely with respect to the longitudinal direction of the opening / closing plate 22 are formed on the lower surface of the opening / closing plate 22, the thickness of the opening / closing plate 22 is increased by each reinforcing rib 22b. The strength in the vertical direction can be increased over the longitudinal direction, and even the product A having a large dimension in the longitudinal direction can be always carried out satisfactorily without the opening / closing plate 22 being bent downward.

  Further, since the reinforcing ribs 22b are formed between the plurality of concave portions 22c arranged in a honeycomb shape, the honeycomb shape can effectively increase the strength, which is extremely advantageous for practical use.

  In the above embodiment, the reinforcing ribs 22b are formed on the lower surface of the opening / closing plate 22. However, the reinforcing ribs 22b may be formed on the upper surface or both surfaces.

  In the above embodiment, the reinforcing ribs 22b are formed between the plurality of recesses 22c. However, for example, as shown in FIG. 16, between the plurality of through holes 22e arranged in a honeycomb shape. You may make it form.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the regular hexagonal concave portion 22c and the through hole 22e are arranged in a honeycomb shape, but these may be formed in other polygonal shapes or circular shapes.

  FIGS. 17 to 20 show other embodiments of the opening / closing plate, in which the upper surface of the opening / closing plate is formed such that both ends in the longitudinal direction are located above the center side.

  That is, the opening / closing plate 30 shown in FIG. 17 is formed so that its longitudinal ends 30a are curved upward. When the product A is placed as shown in FIG. The longitudinal direction both ends 30a bend downward, and the upper surface of the opening / closing plate 30 is deformed into a substantially flat shape as a whole.

  Further, the opening / closing plate 31 shown in FIG. 19 is provided with a stepped portion 30c on the upper surface thereof so that the longitudinal side ends 31a are located above the center side 30b, and when the product A is placed as shown in FIG. The both ends 31a in the longitudinal direction of the opening / closing plate 30 are bent downward by the weight of the product A, and the upper surface of the opening / closing plate 31 is deformed into a substantially flat shape as a whole.

  Thus, according to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 17 to 20, the product A is placed by previously forming the upper surfaces of the opening / closing plates 30 and 31 so that both longitudinal ends thereof are located above the center side. In this state, the upper surfaces of the opening and closing plates 30 and 31 are substantially flat, so that even in the case of a product A having a large size in the longitudinal direction, both end sides in the longitudinal direction of the opening and closing plate 22 are not always bent downward and are always good. Can be carried out.

  The present invention is not limited to the one shown in the above embodiment, but may be a merchandise carry-out device provided in a serpentine column, for example, which includes a gate lever as an opening / closing member and a lock lever as a merchandise holding member. Can be applied.

1 is an overall perspective view of a product carry-out apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention. Exploded perspective view of product delivery device Exploded perspective view of the main part of the product carry-out device Front cross-sectional view of the main part of the product carry-out device Perspective view of carry-out unit Perspective view of auxiliary plate Perspective view of main part of carry-out unit equipped with auxiliary plate Bottom view of the opening / closing plate Partial side sectional view of the opening / closing plate Plan sectional view of product storage Plan sectional view of product storage Side view of product holding plate and cam member Plan view of product holding plate and cam member Operation explanatory diagram of the product carry-out device Operation explanatory diagram of the product carry-out device Partial side sectional view of an opening and closing plate showing another embodiment Front view of an opening / closing plate showing another embodiment Front view of the opening and closing plate showing the state where the product is placed Front view of an opening / closing plate showing another embodiment Front view of the opening and closing plate showing the state where the product is placed

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Commodity storage part, 11 ... 1st partition member, 12 ... 2nd partition member, 13 ... Side plate, 20 ... Unloading unit, 21 ... Unit main body, 22 ... Opening / closing plate, 22b ... Reinforcement rib, 22c ... Recessed part, 22e ... through hole, 23 ... product holding plate, 24 ... slide plate, 25 ... auxiliary plate, 26 ... rotation restricting plate, 27 ... motor, 28 ... cam member, 30, 31 ... opening / closing plate, A, B ... product.

Claims (6)

A product storage unit that stores products stacked in the vertical direction, a pivotable opening / closing plate that is formed long in the front-rear direction of the product storage unit, and that opens and closes the lower surface of the product storage unit in the vertical direction, and from below the product storage unit A product holding member capable of holding the second product, and by opening the lower surface of the product storage unit by rotating the opening and closing plate downward while holding the second product from below the product storage unit, In the product unloading device that drops the lowest product from the product storage unit,
A product carrying-out apparatus, wherein a reinforcing portion formed in a honeycomb shape is provided on at least one of an upper surface and a lower surface of the opening / closing plate. The commodity carrying-out apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the reinforcing portion is formed between a plurality of concave portions arranged in a honeycomb shape. The product carrying-out apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the reinforcing portion is formed between a plurality of through holes arranged in a honeycomb shape. A product storage unit that stacks and stores products in the vertical direction, a pivotable opening / closing plate that is formed long in the front-rear direction of the product storage unit and opens and closes the lower surface of the product storage unit, and a lower surface of the product storage unit A pivotable opening and closing plate that opens and closes in the vertical direction, and by rotating the opening and closing plate downward while holding the second product from the bottom of the product storage unit, to open the lower surface of the product storage unit, In the product unloading device that drops the lowest product from the product storage unit,
The product carrying-out apparatus characterized in that the upper surface of the opening / closing plate is formed such that both ends in the longitudinal direction are positioned above the center side. The product carrying-out apparatus according to claim 4, wherein both ends of the opening / closing plate in the longitudinal direction are curved upward. The product carrying-out apparatus according to claim 4, wherein a stepped portion is provided on the upper surface of the opening / closing plate such that both end sides in the longitudinal direction are located above the center side.

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