JP2007122124A - Commodity storage rack for automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase the kind of a salable commodity by vertically stacking commodities having an unexpected full length along a commodity passage to a commodity storage rack for an automatic vending machine already installed in a market, and normally dispensing it. <P>SOLUTION: This commodity storage rack 5 for the automatic vending machine has a width restriction member 15 capable of abutting on a left-side fixed side plate 1a and a movable side plate 6 between them. The width restriction member 15 abuts on the movable side plate 6 and the left-side fixed side plate 1a to prevent increase of a width of the commodity passage 4. Thereby, because the movable side plate 6 set in an optimum width position to the unexpected full length of the commodity abuts on the left-side fixed side plate 1a through the width restriction member 15 to easily increase new width setting even to the unexpected full length of the commodity, the commodity having the new full length can be stored in the commodity storage rack 4. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a product storage shelf of a vending machine that stores products stacked in the vertical direction in a lying position.

  Conventionally, a product storage shelf of this type of vending machine is mainly intended to store cans, baskets, and PET containers having a substantially cylindrical cross section and a substantially square cross section in a lateral orientation. As shown in the figure, the product passages having a meandering cross section are arranged in a plurality of rows in the front-rear direction, a plurality of product inlets in the vertical direction are provided in the upper part, and a plurality of product outlets are provided in the lower part. The mainstream is what has been configured.

  In recent years, the diversification of sales products has further progressed, and it is desired that the total length of the products be stored and sold in many types.

  In view of these backgrounds, for example, the product width of each product passage provided in a plurality of rows on the product storage shelf of the vending machine, such as the product storage shelf of the vending machine shown in Patent Document 2, is set to the full length of the product. In order to set the optimum position accordingly and to carry out the goods normally, the product passage is formed between the movable side plate provided on the left fixed side plate side so as to be movable in the width direction and the right fixed side plate. It has evolved its composition.

  FIG. 6 shows a perspective view of a conventional product storage shelf described in Patent Document 2. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, a chute 2 curved in an arc shape between the left fixed side plate 1a and the right fixed side plate 1b as two opposed fixed side plates is made to wait upward at the lower end by the biasing member 2a, and the upper end is substantially cylindrical. A plurality of zigzag-shaped product passages 4 which are formed in a zigzag shape in the vertical direction and in the front-rear direction, are arranged on the pin 3 and have a plurality of rows in the front-rear direction. A merchandise storage shelf 5 of the vending machine is configured. Each product passage 4 is provided with a movable side plate 6 attached to the left fixed side plate 1a so as to be movable in the width direction of the product storage shelf 5. The chute 2 does not exist outside the moving range of the movable side plate 6 in the lateral width direction.

  By the way, the cans, baskets, and PET whose cross-sectional shape is generally cylindrical and generally square in a posture in which the longitudinal direction is horizontally oriented from the front of the product storage shelf 5 to the product passages 4 at the upper part of the product passages 4. A product guide plate 7 for rolling or sliding guiding a product made of a container or the like is provided, and a product insertion port 8 is configured. The merchandise guide plate 7 is provided with a merchandise slot changing member 9 which can be movably set in the width of the merchandise slot 8 and is connected to the movable side plate 6 so as to be movable only in the vertical direction at the rear end.

  Here, the product input port changing member 9 is moved in the width direction according to the total length of the product stored in the product passage 4 to set the width direction of the product input port 8. Since the movable side plate 6 is connected to the movable side plate 6, the movable side plate 6 also moves in conjunction with the width direction of the product passage 4 to set the width of the product passage 4.

  For the product insertion port 8 provided in the upper part of the product passage 4 arranged in the front row or relatively front side of the product storage shelf 5, the product introduction position and the distance in the front-rear direction to the product passage 4 are small. Therefore, there is no need to roll or slide the product, and the product guide plate 7 may be omitted.

  Similarly, for the product input port 8 from which the product input port changing member 9 is omitted, the movable side plate 6 is directly moved to set the width direction of the product input port 8 and the product passage 4.

  Further, the product guide plate 7 is held so as to be movable in the front-rear direction with respect to the left movable side plate 1a and the right movable side plate 1b, and the distance in the front-rear direction of the product passage 4 is changed by the change in the rear end position of the product guide plate 7. When the product guide plate 7 is in front, the distance in the front-rear direction of the product passage 4 is increased. When the product guide plate 7 is in the rear, the distance in the front-rear direction of the product passage 4 is decreased, so The setting can be made according to the diameter.

  On the other hand, a plate-like product holding plate 11 is provided at the lower end portion of each product passage 4 so as to face the product carry-out device 10 to constitute a product carry-out port 12. Here, the product holding plate 11 is supported by the left fixed side plate 1a and the right fixed side plate 1b so as to be movable in the front-rear direction, and is moved back and forth in accordance with the trunk diameter of the stored product to adjust the distance from the product carry-out device 10 for sale. This is for setting in advance a position that can be carried out one by one from the lowest product among the products stored in the product passage 4 based on the command.

  By the way, a plurality of substantially rectangular slits 13 are provided across the width on the product guide plate 7 constituting the product input port 8, and the bottom of the product input port changing member 9 having a substantially L-shaped cross section. A fitting protrusion 14 that protrudes downward is provided at a position that fits with any of the slits 13 on the surface that contacts the product guide plate 7.

  The product inlet changing member 9 is moved in the lateral width direction in accordance with the total length of the products that can be stored in the product storage shelf 5, and the fitting protrusion 14 is fitted into the slit 13, whereby the inlet on the product guide plate 7. The position of the changing member 9 is fixed. A plurality of slits 13 are provided at positions where the insertion port changing member 9 and the movable side plate 6 set the optimum lateral width of the product passage 4 with respect to the products stored in advance, and there are a plurality of setting patterns.

  Various settings and operations of each component when the product is stored in the product storage shelf 5 of the vending machine configured as described above will be described.

  First, in order to stabilize the lateral orientation when the product is guided from the product guide plate 7 to the product passage 4 and to prevent unloading failure due to the product standing in the product passage 4, depending on the diameter of the product to be stored The product guide plate 7 is set to an optimal position in the front-rear direction. Further, the product holding plate 11 that constitutes the product carry-out port 12 is moved back and forth to adjust the distance from the product carry-out device 10, so that one is lower than the lowest product among the products stored in the product passage 4 based on the sales command. Set to a position where you can carry out the book one by one. Next, the input port changing member 9 constituting the product input port 8 is moved in the lateral width direction according to the total length of the products to be stored.

The movable side plate 6 is also moved in the lateral width direction of the product passage 4 in conjunction with the insertion port changing member 9. The insertion port changing member 9 and the movable side plate 6 are provided with fitting projections 14 provided on the lower surface of the insertion port changing member 9 in the vicinity of the optimal position in the lateral width direction, among the plurality of slits 13 provided on the product guide plate 7. The width is fixed and the setting is completed. When the product is stored in the product passage 5 set in this way, the product is stacked and stored in a meandering manner sequentially from the product carry-out port 13 in a horizontal posture with the longitudinal direction set sideways.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 64-27768 JP-A-8-77445

  However, in the above conventional configuration, there is a setting in the width direction for the total length of the product planned to be stored in advance, but for the unplanned product, in particular for the new container shape product for which the total length did not exist conventionally, The input port changing member 9 and the movable side plate 6 cannot be set to the optimum positions in the lateral width direction. In particular, the width setting corresponding to the product as described above cannot be structurally adapted to the already installed vending machine, and the inside of the storage unit. There was a trouble at.

  FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view from the front showing the stacked posture of the product when it is stored with a width setting larger than the total length of the product to be stored. By setting the width to be larger than the total length of the product to be stored, the stacked posture of the stored product is tilted in one direction in the width direction as it goes upward, and it is movable by generating a force to push the movable side plate 6 There is a case where the product is jammed due to the product standing in the product passage 4 due to the deformation of the side plate 6 or the deformation of the right fixed side plate 1b, and the unloading failure may occur.

  In particular, when storing products that are not planned to be stored at a width setting greater than the maximum body diameter added to the total length of the product to be stored, the product is placed in a horizontal position and the longitudinal direction is oriented vertically next to the product that has been stored normally. In some cases, two bottles are lined up in the width direction while standing in the commodity passage 4.

  FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view from the front showing the product parallel storage state. When two stored products are arranged in the product passage 4 or in the product delivery port 12 in the lateral width direction, one by one based on the sales instruction. Could not be sold, and it was a bad export.

  Further, when a product having a new body shape with a smaller trunk diameter and a larger overall length than the lateral width of the chute 2 is accommodated, it is accommodated through a gap 15 formed between the movable side plate 6 and the end surface of the chute 2 on the movable side plate 6 side. A part of the product may jump out and collide with the pin 3 to break the falling posture of the product, causing a carry-out failure due to the product standing in the product passage 4.

  In addition, a product with a new shape having a smaller body diameter and a larger overall length than the width of the chute 2 is part of the product stored in the gap 15 and abuts on the pin 3 and is sandwiched between products stored immediately above. In some cases, the product may remain in the product passage 4.

  The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, and sets the movable side plate 6 at an optimal position in the width direction of the product passage 4 with respect to the total length of the product that is not planned to be stored, thereby obtaining a stable product drop posture. An object of the present invention is to provide a commodity storage shelf for a vending machine with higher versatility, which can prevent unsuccessful carry-out and can store products that are not scheduled to be stored as seen in products having a new container shape.

  In order to solve the above-described conventional problems, the product storage shelf of the vending machine according to the present invention includes a lateral width regulating member that regulates the lateral width of the product passage between the fixed side plate and the movable side plate, and the lateral width regulating member is movable. The lateral width of the product passage is regulated by contacting the side plate and the fixed side plate.

  By installing the width regulating member between the fixed side plate and the movable side plate so as to be the optimum width position when storing the product in which the setting position of the movable side plate is not predetermined in the storage shelf with the above-described configuration. The setting position of the movable side plate can be determined.

  According to the product storage shelf of the vending machine of the present invention, the movable side plate is set at an optimal position in the width direction of the product passage even with respect to the total length of the product that is not scheduled to be stored, thereby obtaining a stable product drop posture. Unloading failure can be prevented. In addition, it is possible to easily increase the new width setting of the movable side plate for a product that is not scheduled to be stored as seen in a product having a new overall length, so that the product can be stored in the product passage, thereby improving versatility. .

  The invention according to claim 1 is a vending machine having a fixed side plate that extends in the vertical direction to form a product passage, and a movable side plate that can move in the width direction according to the length of the product that faces and stores the fixed side plate. In the product storage shelf of the machine, a lateral width regulating member for regulating a lateral width dimension of the product passage is provided between the fixed side plate and the movable side plate, and the horizontal width regulating member abuts on the movable side plate and the fixed side plate. The width of the product passage is regulated.

  With the above-described configuration, the movable side plate set at the optimum lateral width position with respect to the total length of the product that is not planned to be stored abuts the fixed side plate via the lateral width regulating member.

  This makes it possible to easily set a new width setting for the total length of a product that is not scheduled to be stored, and the posture of the product stacked in the product passage is stacked vertically in a horizontal state. Thus, the product can be stably carried out without generating a force of pushing out and without deforming the movable side plate or the fixed side plate.

  In addition, since the stored products can be set at the position of the movable side plate so that no two products are lined up in the width direction in the product passage, the stored products can be stacked one by one in a horizontal posture, and one product can be stored based on a sales order. It can always be sold one by one.

  Further, when storing a product having a new shape such as a small trunk diameter and a large total length, the lateral width between the movable side plate and the right fixed side plate can be provided as a new lateral width setting position by the lateral width regulating member. Therefore, a part of the stored product does not jump out of the product passage, and a stable product dropping posture can be obtained.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of rows of product passages in the front-rear direction, wherein one lateral width regulating member communicates between each fixed side plate and the movable side plate. The lateral width dimension of the product passage is regulated by contacting the movable side plate and the fixed side plate.

  Thereby, the optimal width setting position can be provided at a time with respect to the merchandise passage from the front to the rear of the merchandise storage shelf with one breadth regulating member. In addition, since the width regulating member has a shape sufficient to communicate with a plurality of product passages, an arbitrary row of product passages from the front, like one row and two rows from the front, can be arranged in the front-rear direction of the width regulating member. By changing the length, the optimum width setting position can be provided at a time.

  The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that, in the invention according to claim 1 or 2, the width regulating member is supported by a pin for holding a plurality of chutes formed in the product passage. is there.

  As a result, the vertical mounting position can be fixed simply by inserting the width regulating member from the front to the rear of the product storage shelf, so that it can be easily mounted while visually checking.

  The invention according to claim 4 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the width regulating member is detachably fitted to a pin holding a plurality of chutes formed in the product passage. It is characterized by doing.

  As a result, the attachment position of the lateral width regulating member with respect to the commodity storage shelf is fixed, and it is possible to prevent the lateral width regulating member from being displaced or dropped during use.

  The invention according to claim 5 is characterized in that, in the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, the lateral width regulating member is detachably fitted to the fixed side plate.

  As a result, the attachment of the width regulating member to the stronger fixed side plate can be performed with more fitting force, and the mounting position of the width regulating member with respect to the product storage shelf is fixed, and the position of the width regulating member during use can be reduced. Dropping can be prevented.

  The invention according to claim 6 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the width regulating member is attached to and detached from each of the pin holding the plurality of chutes formed in the product passage and the fixed side plate. The fitting is possible.

  Thereby, the mounting position of the lateral width regulating member with respect to the commodity storage shelf is fixed, and the positional deviation of the lateral width regulating member during use can be further reduced.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, the lateral width regulating member is engaged with a fitting portion that is fitted to an end portion of the fixed side plate, and is engaged with the end portion. The stopper portion is integrally formed, and the end portion is disposed between the fitting portion and the stopper portion so that the lateral width regulating member is fitted to the fixing member.

  Accordingly, when the lateral width regulating member is fixed to the fixed side plate, the stopper portion can be fitted over the end portion of the fixed side plate, and the end portion can be detachably fitted in the fitting portion.

  According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the first to seventh aspects, the lateral width regulating member is a plate-shaped member having a substantially U-shaped cross-section, and the lateral width regulating member contacts the movable side plate. The flange portion is formed by bending the upper and lower ends of the base surface in contact with the fixed side plate, and the front end of the flange portion abuts on the fixed side plate to regulate the width of the product passage.

  As a result, the end face of the flange portion of the lateral width regulating member comes into contact with the fixed side plate, and the stored product can be prevented from being damaged or damaged without contacting the flange portion.

  The invention according to claim 9 is the invention according to claim 8, wherein the lateral width regulating member is a plate-like member in which a protruding portion protruding toward the movable side plate is formed on the base surface. is there.

  As a result, the strength of the lateral width regulating member is increased, so that the lateral width regulating member is not deformed and the lateral width setting position of the product passage is stably secured even when the load applied to the movable side plate is increased by the stored product. be able to.

  According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the eighth aspect, the lateral width regulating member is a plate-like member in which a protruding portion protruding toward the fixed side plate is formed on the base surface. is there.

  Accordingly, even if the area of the protrusion is reduced, the movable side plate always comes into contact with the left fixed side plate, while the area other than the protrusion inevitably increases, so that the area in contact with the movable side plate increases. The position in the horizontal width direction is stably secured. Further, since the processing variation is reduced by reducing the area of the projecting portion, the processability is good and it can be supplied as a more accurate part.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

(Embodiment 1)
Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described sequentially with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing main components of a product storage shelf.

  As two fixed side plates facing left and right, a chute 2 curved in an arc shape between the left fixed side plate 1a and the right fixed side plate 1b is made to stand by the biasing member 2a at the lower end, and the upper end is a substantially cylindrical rotating shaft 2b. The vending machine is provided with a plurality of rows of merchandise passages 4 formed in a zigzag manner and arranged in a zigzag manner in the vertical direction and in the front-rear direction, with a plurality of rows in the front-rear direction. A shelf 5 is configured.

  Each product passage 4 is provided with a movable side plate 6 attached to the left fixed side plate 1a so as to be movable in the width direction of the product storage shelf 5. The chute 2 does not exist outside the moving range of the movable side plate 6 in the lateral width direction.

  By the way, the cans, baskets, and PET whose cross-sectional shape is generally cylindrical and generally square in a posture in which the longitudinal direction is horizontally oriented from the front of the product storage shelf 5 to the product passages 4 at the upper part of the product passages 4. A product guide plate 7 for rolling or sliding guiding a product made of a container or the like is provided, and a product insertion port 8 is configured. The product guide plate 7 is provided with a product input port changing member 9 that is connected to the movable side plate 6 so as to be movable only in the vertical direction at the rear end so that the width of the product input port 8 can be set freely.

  Here, the product input port changing member 9 is moved in the width direction according to the total length of the product stored in the product passage 4 to set the width direction of the product input port 8. Since the movable side plate 6 is connected to the movable side plate 6, the movable side plate 6 also moves in conjunction with the width direction of the product passage 4 to set the width of the product passage 4.

  For the product insertion port 8 provided in the upper part of the product passage 4 arranged in the front row or relatively front side of the product storage shelf 5, the product introduction position and the distance in the front-rear direction to the product passage 4 are small. Therefore, there is no need to roll or slide the product, and the product guide plate 7 may be omitted.

  Similarly, for the product input port 8 from which the product input port changing member 9 is omitted, the movable side plate 6 is directly moved to set the width direction of the product input port 8 and the product passage 4.

  Further, the product guide plate 7 is held so as to be movable in the front-rear direction with respect to the left movable side plate 1a and the right movable side plate 1b, and the distance in the front-rear direction of the product passage 4 is changed by the change in the rear end position of the product guide plate 7. When the product guide plate 7 is in front, the distance in the front-rear direction of the product passage 4 is increased. When the product guide plate 7 is in the rear, the distance in the front-rear direction of the product passage 4 is decreased, so The setting can be made according to the diameter.

  On the other hand, a plate-like product holding plate 11 is provided at the lower end portion of each product passage 4 so as to face the product carry-out device 10 to constitute a product carry-out port 12. Here, the product holding plate 11 is supported by the left fixed side plate 1a and the right fixed side plate 1b so as to be movable in the front-rear direction, and is moved back and forth in accordance with the trunk diameter of the stored product to adjust the distance from the product carry-out device 10 for sale. This is for setting in advance a position that can be carried out one by one from the lowest product among the products stored in the product passage 4 based on the command.

  By the way, a plurality of substantially rectangular slits 13 are provided across the width on the product guide plate 7 constituting the product input port 8, and the bottom of the product input port changing member 9 having a substantially L-shaped cross section. A fitting protrusion 14 that protrudes downward is provided at a position that fits with any of the slits 13 on the surface that contacts the product guide plate 7.

  The product inlet changing member 9 is moved in the lateral width direction in accordance with the total length of the products that can be stored in the product storage shelf 5, and the fitting protrusion 14 is fitted into the slit 13, whereby the inlet on the product guide plate 7. The position of the changing member 9 is fixed. A plurality of slits 13 are provided at positions where the insertion port changing member 9 and the movable side plate 6 set the optimum lateral width of the product passage 4 with respect to the products stored in advance, and there are a plurality of setting patterns.

  Various settings and operations of each component when the product is stored in the product storage shelf 5 of the vending machine configured as described above will be described.

  First, in order to stabilize the lateral orientation when the product is guided from the product guide plate 7 to the product passage 4 and to prevent unloading failure due to the product standing in the product passage 4, depending on the diameter of the product to be stored The product guide plate 7 is set to an optimal position in the front-rear direction. Further, the product holding plate 11 that constitutes the product carry-out port 12 is moved back and forth to adjust the distance from the product carry-out device 10, so that one is lower than the lowest product among the products stored in the product passage 4 based on the sales command. Set to a position where you can carry out the book one by one.

  Next, the input port changing member 9 constituting the product input port 8 is moved in the lateral width direction according to the total length of the products to be stored. The movable side plate 6 is also moved in the lateral width direction of the product passage 4 in conjunction with the insertion port changing member 9. The insertion port changing member 9 and the movable side plate 6 are provided with fitting projections 14 provided on the lower surface of the insertion port changing member 9 in the vicinity of the optimal position in the lateral width direction, among the plurality of slits 13 provided on the product guide plate 7. The width is fixed and the setting is completed.

  When the product is stored in the product passage 5 set in this way, the product is stacked and stored in a meandering manner sequentially from the product carry-out port 13 in a horizontal posture with the longitudinal direction set sideways.

  Here, the total length of the products that can be stored in the product storage shelf 5 is classified in advance, and since there are the setting positions of the input port changing member 9 and the movable side plate 6 equivalent to the number of the classified products, each product is stored. In this case, the stacked posture is stacked vertically along the product passage 4.

  However, when there is an opportunity to store products that do not belong to each category classified based on the total length of the product, the stacked posture is stacked in accordance with the product channel 4, but as the product is stacked, the product channel 4 The storage posture is inclined obliquely in either one of the left and right directions.

  On the other hand, in FIG. 1, the lateral width attached between the left fixed side plate 1 a and the movable side plate 6 at a position where the product passage 4 is blocked from the front surface of the product storage shelf 5 at the substantially middle portion of the upper and lower ends of the movable side plate 6. The restricting member 15 is in contact with the upper portions of the plurality of pins 3 and is fitted and attached to a substantially cylindrical reinforcing portion 16 provided on the front end of the left fixed side plate 1a.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the width regulating member. In FIG. 2, the upper and lower ends of the plate-like base surface 17 are bent about 90 degrees to the fixed side plate side to form a flange portion, and the front end of the plate-like base surface 17 abuts on the left fixed side plate 1a.

  A protrusion 19 that abuts against the lateral width regulating member 15 is provided at the center of the base surface 17. Further, a fitting portion 20 having a substantially U-shaped cross section is formed at the front end of the lateral width regulating member 15, and a substantially triangular shape protruding in a direction to close the substantially U-shaped cross section at the upper end of the fitting portion 20. The stopper portion 21 is provided.

  FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the product storage shelf to which the width regulating member is attached. It consists of five rows of product passages 4 from the front of the product storage shelf 5 to the back, and the width regulating member 15 has a length that blocks the four rows of product passages 4 from the front. The two movable side plates 6 come into contact with the lateral width regulating member 15 when moving to the left fixed side plate 1a side.

  Further, the movable side plate 6 configured in the rearmost product passage is not in contact with the lateral width regulating member 15, but is in contact with the left fixed side plate 1a, so that the distance from the right fixed side plate 1b is the largest. It is possible to move to.

  Immediately after the substantially cylindrical reinforcing portion 16 provided at the front end of the left fixed side plate 1a, the cross section provided at the front end of the lateral width regulating member 15 is substantially U-shaped at the upper end of the substantially U-shaped fitting portion 20. A substantially triangular stopper portion 21 provided so as to protrude in the direction of closing the cross section is abutted.

  FIG. 4 is a partial perspective view just before attaching the width regulating member to the commodity storage shelf. An end surface constituting a part of the outer portion of the stopper portion 21 is in contact with the reinforcing portion 16 provided on the left fixed side plate 1a in a substantially wedge shape in a direction away from the left fixed side plate 1a from the front toward the rear. By pushing the lateral width regulating member 15, the stopper vertex 22 of the stopper portion 21 gets over the reinforcing portion 16 and the lateral width regulating member 15 is fitted into the reinforcing portion 16 applied to the left fixed side plate 1 a.

  FIG. 5 is a partial perspective view of a state in which the lateral width regulating member is fitted to a reinforcing portion provided on the left fixed side plate. When it is desired to expand the movable side plate 6 until it contacts the left fixed side plate 1a, it is necessary to remove the lateral width regulating member 15 from the reinforcing portion 16 provided on the left fixed side plate 1a.

  An end surface constituting a part of the outer portion of the stopper portion 21 is in contact with a substantially wedge shape in a direction away from the left fixed side plate 1a from the rear to the front immediately after the reinforcing portion 16 provided on the left fixed side plate 1a. By moving the member 15 forward, the stopper apex 22 of the stopper portion 21 gets over the reinforcing portion 16 to avoid fitting with the reinforcing portion 16 and the lateral width regulating member 15 is removed.

  By the way, if the product which does not belong to each category classified based on the total length of the product is stored in the product passage in which the maximum width of the product passage 4 can be set smaller by attaching the width regulating member 15, the stacked posture is The product will be stacked vertically along the product passage 4.

  However, the height of the flange portion 18 provided in the width regulating member 15 is smaller than the difference between the total length of products not belonging to each category classified based on the total length of the product and the maximum distance between the right fixed side plate 1 b and the movable side plate 6. The product path is set to be larger than the difference between the value obtained by adding the total length to the maximum body diameter of products not belonging to each category classified based on the product total length and the maximum distance between the right fixed side plate 1b and the movable side plate 6 Although the product stacking posture in 4 is stacked in a form that follows the product passage 4, the storage posture is inclined obliquely in either the left or right direction of the product passage 4 as it is stacked. It is a factor that is stacked vertically.

  In the first embodiment, both the flange portion 18 and the projection portion 19 are provided on the lateral width regulating member 15, but the same effect can be obtained with only one of them. However, it is desirable that the height of the flange portion 18 and the height of the projection portion 19 are determined by the total length and the maximum body diameter of the product stored in the product passage 4.

  Further, in the first embodiment, the protruding direction of the flange portion 18 and the protrusion portion 19 provided on the lateral width regulating member 15 is the left fixed side plate 1a side, but may be the right fixed side plate 1b side. Therefore, the substantially U-shaped fitting portion 20 must be contracted in the lateral width direction so that the base surface 17 and the left fixed side plate 1a come into contact with each other.

  In short, there is no restriction on the protruding directions of the flange portion 18 and the protrusion portion 19 provided on the lateral width regulating member 15, and the right side when the lateral width regulating member 15 abuts on the left fixed side plate 1 a and the movable side plate 6 simultaneously. The distance between the fixed side plate 1b and the movable side plate 6 is important.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the pair of left and right left fixed side plates 1a and 1b that extend in the vertical direction to form a part of the product passage, and the length of the product that is stored facing the left fixed side plate 1a. A vending machine commodity storage shelf 5 having a movable side plate 6 that can be moved in the width direction accordingly includes a lateral width regulating member 15 that can abut between the left fixed side plate 1a and the movable side plate 6 respectively. 6 and the left fixed side plate 1a are in contact with the lateral width restricting members 15 to prevent the product passage 4 from spreading.

  Accordingly, the movable side plate 6 set at the optimum lateral width position with respect to the total length of the product not planned to be stored comes into contact with the left fixed side plate 1a via the horizontal width regulating member 15, thereby However, it is possible to easily increase the new width setting, and since the posture of the products stacked in the product passage 4 is stacked vertically in the horizontal state, no force is generated to push the movable side plate 6 or the movable side plate 6 or A stable product can be carried out without deforming the left fixed side plate 1a or the right fixed side plate 1b.

  In particular, since the stored products can be set at the position of the movable side plate 6 in which no two products are arranged in the width direction in the product passage 4, the stored products can be stacked one by one in a horizontal posture, and one product can be stored based on a sales order. Since each sale is always possible, it is possible to reduce unloading defects.

  Furthermore, when storing a product having a new shape such as a small trunk diameter and a long overall length, the lateral width between the movable side plate 6 and the right fixed side plate 1b can be provided as a new lateral width setting position by the lateral width regulating member 15. Therefore, a part of the stored product does not jump out of the product passage 4 and a stable product dropping posture can be obtained.

  Also, there are a plurality of rows of product passages 4 in the front-rear direction, and one lateral width regulating member 15 communicates between the left fixed side plate 1a and the movable side plate 6 and abuts on the movable side plate 6 and the left fixed side plate 1a. From this, it is possible to provide an optimum width setting position at a time for the product passage 4 from the front to the rear of the product storage shelf 5 with one width regulating member 15.

  Furthermore, the width regulating member 15 has a shape sufficient to allow the plurality of product passages 4 to communicate with each other, so that one row from the front and the arbitrary row of the product passages 4 from the foremost row such as two rows can be arranged in the width regulating member. By changing the length of 15 in the front-rear direction, an optimum width setting position can be provided at a time.

  Further, since the lateral width regulating member 15 is supported on the pins 3 that hold the plurality of chutes 2 formed in the product passage 4, the lateral width regulating member 15 is moved rearward from the front surface of the product storage shelf 5. By simply fixing the vertical mounting position, it can be easily mounted with visual confirmation.

  Further, the lateral width restricting member 15 is a pin 2 that holds a plurality of chutes 2 formed in the product passage 4 or a pin 3 that suppresses the spread of the pair of left and right left fixed side plates 1a and right fixed side plates 1b in the lateral width direction. You may make it fit so that attachment or detachment is possible, and it can implement | achieve by providing the fitting part 20 in the front end of either the upper or lower flange part 18 as a shape of the horizontal width control member 15 at this time.

  With this configuration, the mounting position of the lateral width regulating member 15 with respect to the commodity storage shelf 5 is fixed, and the lateral displacement regulating member 15 can be prevented from being displaced or dropped during use.

  Further, when the lateral width regulating member 15 is detachably fitted to the left fixed side plate 1a, the lateral width regulating member 15 can be attached to the left fixed side plate 1a having higher strength and can be attached with a fitting force. It is possible to prevent the lateral width restricting member 15 from being displaced or dropped during use after the attachment position of the restricting member 15 to the product storage shelf 5 is fixed.

  Further, the width regulating member 15 is detachably fitted to each of the pin 3 holding the plurality of chutes 2 formed in the merchandise passage 4 and the left fixed side plate 1a, so that the merchandise storage shelf of the width regulating member 15 can be attached. The mounting position with respect to 5 is fixed, and the positional deviation of the lateral width regulating member 15 during use can be further reduced.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the lateral width regulating member 15 is a plate-like member having a flange 19 formed toward the left fixed side plate 1a, but the lateral width regulating member 15 has a flange portion 18 formed toward the movable side plate 6 side. A plate-shaped member may be used, and the height of the flange portion 18 can be easily changed for both design and processing, and the dedicated width regulating member 15 can be easily processed for a product having a new overall length. Therefore, the optimal width setting of the product passage 4 can be easily provided, and the types of products that can be stored in the product storage shelf 5 can be easily increased.

  Further, the lateral width regulating member 15 is a plate-like member having a flange 19 formed toward the left fixed side plate 1a, so that the end surface of the front end of the flange portion 18 of the lateral width regulating member 15 is reversed with respect to the product passage 4. The stored product comes into contact with the left fixed side plate 1a, and the stored product can be prevented from being damaged or damaged without coming into contact with the end face of the front end of the flange portion 18.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the protrusion 19 projecting toward the left fixed side plate 1a is formed on the lateral width regulating member 15, but the lateral width regulating member 15 is formed with the projecting portion 19 projecting toward the movable side plate 6 side. A plate-shaped member may be used, and this configuration increases the strength of the lateral width regulating member 15, so that the lateral width regulating member 15 is not deformed even when the load applied to the movable side plate 6 is increased by the stored product, and the lateral width setting of the product passage 4 is set. The position can be secured stably.

  Further, since the lateral width regulating member 15 is a plate-like member formed with the protruding portion 19 protruding toward the left fixed side plate 1a, the effect of not only increasing the strength of the lateral width regulating member 15 but also the Even if the area is reduced, it always abuts against the left fixed side plate 1a, while the area other than the protrusion 19 inevitably increases, so that the area abutting on the movable side plate 6 increases, so the position of the movable side plate 6 in the lateral width direction is stable. Secured. Moreover, since the process variation is reduced by reducing the area of the protrusion 19, the processability is good and the parts can be supplied with higher accuracy.

  As described above, the beverage vending machine according to the present invention is compatible with various types of can beverages and pet beverage vending machines, and can provide a vending machine with improved quality of product delivery.

The perspective view which showed the main components of the goods storage shelf in Embodiment 1 of this invention The perspective view of the width regulation member in Embodiment 1 of this invention Sectional drawing of the goods storage shelf in Embodiment 1 of this invention The partial perspective view in Embodiment 1 of this invention The partial perspective view in Embodiment 1 of this invention Perspective view of a conventional product storage shelf Cross-sectional view of a conventional product storage shelf during product replenishment Cross-sectional view of a conventional product storage shelf during product replenishment

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1a Left fixed side plate 1b Right fixed side plate 2 Chute 2a Energizing member 2b Rotating shaft 3 Pin 4 Product passage 5 Product storage shelf 6 Movable side plate 7 Product guide plate 8 Product input port 9 Product input port change member 10 Product carry-out device 11 Product holding Plate 12 Product exit 13 Slit 14 Fitting projection 15 Width restricting member 16 Reinforcement portion 17 Base surface 18 Flange portion 19 Protrusion portion 20 Fitting portion 21 Stopper portion 22 Stopper apex

Claims (10)

  In a product storage shelf of a vending machine having a fixed side plate that extends in the vertical direction to form a product passage and a movable side plate that can move in the width direction according to the length of the product that faces and stores the fixed side plate. A lateral width regulating member that regulates the lateral dimension of the product passage is provided between the side plate and the movable side plate, and the lateral width regulating member abuts the movable side plate and the fixed side plate to regulate the lateral width dimension of the product passage. A product storage shelf of a vending machine.   There are multiple rows of product passages in the front-rear direction, and one lateral width restricting member communicates between each fixed side plate and the movable side plate and abuts against the movable side plate and the fixed side plate to regulate the width dimension of the product passage. The product storage shelf of the vending machine according to claim 1.   The product storage shelf of a vending machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the width regulating member is supported by a pin for holding a plurality of chutes formed in the product passage.   The product of the vending machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the width regulating member is detachably fitted to a pin that holds a plurality of chutes formed in the product passage. shelf.   The product storage shelf of a vending machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the width regulating member is detachably fitted to the fixed side plate.   4. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the width regulating member is detachably fitted to each of a pin and a fixed side plate that hold a plurality of chutes formed in the commodity passage. 5. Product storage shelf of the machine.   The width regulating member is integrally formed with a fitting portion that fits to the end portion of the fixed side plate and a stopper portion that engages with the end portion, and the end portion is disposed between the fitting portion and the stopper portion. The product storage shelf of the vending machine according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the lateral width regulating member is fitted into the fixed member.   The lateral width restricting member is a plate-shaped member having a substantially U-shaped cross section, and the flange portion is formed by bending the upper and lower ends of the base surface contacting the movable side plate to the fixed side plate side by the lateral width restricting member, and the front end of the flange portion is The product storage shelf of the vending machine according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein a lateral width dimension of the product passage is regulated by contacting the fixed side plate.   9. The product storage shelf of a vending machine according to claim 8, wherein the lateral width regulating member is a plate-like member having a protruding portion protruding toward the movable side plate on the base surface.   9. The product storage shelf of a vending machine according to claim 8, wherein the lateral width regulating member is a plate-like member having a protrusion formed on the base surface protruding toward the fixed side plate.

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