JP2008299804A - Commodity storage device of vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent commodities from being replenished more than necessary in a commodity storage rack. <P>SOLUTION: A commodity storage device of a vending machine is provided with a first-in first-out commodity storage rack 20 which is housed in a storage of a main body cabinet 1, has commodity storage passages storing many commodities by aligning in one row in an anteroposterior direction and having a commodity carrying out port at one end. Thin-plate-shaped protruded members (flanges 2132) are disposed at commodity replenishment ends of the passages of the rack 20 in an erected manner. In this configuration, even when gaps which are not enough to completely store the commodities on front sides (commodity replenishment sides) of the passages occur, commodities cannot be loaded in the gaps due to the existence of the members (flanges 2132). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention includes a main body cabinet having an open front surface, an outer door hinged to the front surface of the main body cabinet so as to be openable and closable, and stored in the cabinet of the main body cabinet so that a large number of products are aligned in a longitudinal direction. In particular, a product storage device of a vending machine having a first-in / first-out product storage rack that forms a product storage passage and has a product outlet at one end of the product storage passage. The present invention relates to a product storage device for a vending machine that prevents the above-described problem.

  In the product storage rack in the product storage device of this type of vending machine, partition walls are arranged in parallel at a predetermined interval corresponding to the size of the product sold on the bottom plate. A product storage passage (product column) for storing a large number of products arranged in a line in the front-rear direction is defined between the partition walls, and at one end of the product storage passage (the rear side of the main body cabinet). A product exit is formed. The product storage rack is inclined with a predetermined gradient so that the product outlet is lowered, and a product outlet mechanism for holding the front row of products is disposed at the product outlet of the product storage passage. The product stored in the product storage passage by the carry-out mechanism is cut out one by one and supplied to the sale or cooling / warming storage.

The product storage rack is arranged in a plurality of stages in the left-right width direction and the up-down direction in the main cabinet. The replenishment of the product to the product storage rack is configured such that the outer door hinged to the main body cabinet is opened, and the product is replenished from the front side of the main body cabinet to the product storage passage (product column) of the product storage rack. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).
JP 10-255135 A

  By the way, this type of product storage rack is configured to be shared for selling a plurality of types of products having different product diameters and container shapes. For this reason, depending on the type of product, there is a product that fits exactly in the product column, but there may be a gap that is not enough to completely store the product on the front side (product replenishment side) of the product column. Originally, it should be avoided to replenish the product in the gap, but the administrator of the vending machine tends to replenish the product in the gap in order to increase the number of storage and increase the operating rate. When a product is replenished in the gap, the product is unstable because it is not completely stored in the product column. Such unstable products may fall due to vibration or the like. In addition, in order to prevent the product from falling, it is conceivable that a door covering the inside of the cabinet is arranged close to the front side of the product storage rack, but it is replenished more than necessary and protrudes from the front end of the product storage rack. There is a risk of the product and door colliding. In the prior art described in Patent Document 1, when a product is refilled in a product storage rack (product column), the product remaining in the product column is visually recognized and the same type of product is replenished. When there are few products left in the product column, it is difficult to check the product because the remaining product is located on the rear side of the product column. It has the problem of being extremely difficult.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a product storage device for a vending machine capable of preventing the product storage rack from being replenished with more than necessary products.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention according to claim 1 is stored in a main body cabinet having an open front surface, an outer door hinged to the front surface of the main body cabinet so as to be openable and closable, and a cabinet of the main body cabinet. In a product storage device of a vending machine comprising a product storage passage for storing a large number of products arranged in a line in the front-rear direction and having a first-in / first-out product storage rack having a product exit at one end thereof, A thin plate-like protruding member is provided upright at a product replenishment end of the product storage passage in the product storage rack.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the commodity storage device for the vending machine according to the first aspect, the protruding member is a flange formed integrally with a member forming the commodity storage passage.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the commodity storage device of the vending machine according to the first or second aspect, the front surface of the protruding member or the flange is a commodity information display surface.

  According to the commodity storage device for a vending machine according to claim 1 of the present invention, a main body cabinet having an open front surface, an outer door hinged to the front surface of the main body cabinet so as to be openable and closable, and an interior of the main body cabinet Products in a vending machine having a product storage passage that stores a large number of products arranged in a line in the front-rear direction and that has a first-in / first-out product storage rack at one end thereof In the storage device, the product is completely stored on the front side (product replenishment side) of the product storage passage by providing the thin plate-like protruding member at the product supply end of the product storage passage in the product storage rack. Even if an insufficient gap occurs, the product cannot be loaded into the gap due to the presence of the protruding member, so that it is reliably prevented that the product is accidentally replenished more than necessary. It can be.

  Further, according to the commodity storage device of the vending machine according to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to reduce the cost by configuring the projecting member by the flange formed integrally with the member forming the commodity storage passage.

  According to the product storage device of the vending machine according to claim 3 of the present invention, the projection member or the flange has a front surface of the product information display surface, so that the projection member (flange) prevents erroneous loading of the product. It can be a product information display unit that displays product information (product type, etc.), and it is possible to easily know the type of product to be replenished by displaying product information (product type, etc.) on this display unit. It becomes.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of a product storage device for a vending machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
(Embodiment 1)
First, the overall configuration of a vending machine to which the product storage apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention is applied will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a front view of a vending machine equipped with a first-in / first-out product storage rack for selling canned beverages, bottled beverages, plastic bottled beverages and the like targeted by the present invention, and FIG. It is a cross-sectional view.

  The vending machine according to the embodiment shown in the figure allows a product to be sold when a coin, bill, or other money is inserted, and the condition that the input amount matches the sales price of the product is satisfied, and a product selection button Is operated to sell products such as canned beverages, bottled beverages, and plastic bottled beverages, and has a main body cabinet 1 (see FIG. 2) formed as a heat insulating casing. The main body cabinet 1 is formed in a box shape with an open front, and stores products in a cabinet surrounded by a heat insulating casing.

  The outer door 2 that covers the front opening of the main body cabinet 1 is formed as a single-open door that is hinged to the left end side of the main body cabinet 1. In this embodiment, the outer door 2 has a large glass window 3 that can be seen through from the left side when viewed from the front, and a customer operation section on the right end side. The customer service section includes a coin insertion slot 4 for inserting coins, a bill insertion slot 5 for inserting banknotes, coins inserted into the coin insertion slot 4, banknotes inserted into the banknote insertion slot 5, or change return The return lever 6 operated for the purpose, the money input amount, the display 7 indicating that the vending machine is in a state where the product can be sold, the change of the change or the operation content, and the product to be purchased. A product selection button 8 to be selected, a coin return port 9 through which coins returned when the return lever 6 is operated, a product outlet 10 through which sold products are sent out, and the like are provided. The manual operation handle constituting the door lock device and the intake port of the refrigerator condensing unit are not shown. Moreover, the glass window 3 of the outer door 2 is comprised so that heat insulation may be maintained as double glass. An acrylic resin can be used instead of the glass.

  The interior of the main body cabinet 1 is partitioned into a left chamber facing the glass window 3 on the left side of the outer door 2 and a right chamber facing the customer operation section on the right side of the outer door 2. A heat insulating partition wall (not shown) is disposed between them. The left chamber in the cabinet is formed as a product cooling / warming storage, and the right chamber is formed as a room temperature storage. A plurality of stages of product storage racks 20 are arranged along the vertical direction in the cabinet (cooling / heating storage and room temperature storage) of the main body cabinet 1, and the product columns 201 are arranged on the left and right of each product storage rack 20. A plurality of rows are provided in the width direction. As shown in FIG. 2, the product storage rack 20 of the cooling / heating chamber is installed with a predetermined slope so that the front side is lowered, and has a predetermined space in the front area in the store on the glass window 3 side. is doing. The front end of the product storage rack 20 is formed as a product carry-out port, and a product carry-out mechanism 23 is provided adjacent to the product carry-out port. The product storage rack 20 and the product carry-out mechanism 23 constitute a product storage device. On the other hand, the product storage rack of the room temperature storage is configured in the same manner, except that the product storage rack is inclined with a predetermined gradient so that the front side is high and the rear side is low.

  In the space in front of the product storage rack 20 in the cooling / warming storage, a bucket 24 for receiving the product carried out from the product storage rack 20 and transporting it to the product outlet 10 is provided. The bucket 24 is formed in a concave shape in the longitudinal section, and the concave portion is formed as a product passage, and a pair of left and right gates 241 and 241 are provided at the front end of the product passage. The pair of left and right gates 241 and 241 are closed so as to close the merchandise passage in the sales standby state, and the merchandise carried out from the merchandise storage rack 20 is received and held by the gates 241 and 241. The bucket 24 is connected to an X-axis transport mechanism 242 of an already well-known XY transport mechanism. The XY transport mechanism includes the X-axis transport mechanism 242 and a Y-axis transport mechanism 243 (see FIG. 2) to which one end of the X-axis transport mechanism 242 is connected. An XY transport mechanism is also provided in the space behind the product storage rack 20 disposed in the store, and an X-axis transport mechanism including a bucket is provided across the cooling / warming storage and the room temperature storage. It has been.

  The XY transport mechanism provided in the front area of the product storage rack 20 places the bucket 24 in the front area of the product storage rack 20 (product column 201) designated based on the product sales command by the operation of the product selection button 8. The bucket 24 is temporarily stopped, and when the commodity is received in the bucket 24, the bucket 24 is moved to the position of the commodity outlet 10. And after rotating the said gates 241 and 241 with the motor with which the said bucket 24 is rotated and sending out goods, XY conveyance mechanism moves the said bucket 24 to a predetermined | prescribed sales standby position, and performs a series of goods sales operation | movement. It is configured to terminate. On the other hand, the XY transport mechanism provided in the rear area of the product storage rack 20 can store the same type of product as the sold product stored in the product storage whenever the product is discharged from the cooling / warming storage. A product is cut out from the product column to be received and received in the bucket 24, and the product received in the bucket 24 is transported to the product column 201 sold last time to supply the product column 201 with the product.

  Now, details of the product storage rack 20 disposed in the cooling / warming storage described above are shown in FIG. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 21 denotes a flat product shelf (slide rail frame) that forms the bottom surface of the product storage rack 20, and this product shelf is formed from a single metal material. Slide rail frames, which will be described later, are integrally assembled on the left and right ends of the product shelf 21, and the product shelf 21 is mounted by spanning the slide rail frames on a shelf frame (described later) laid in the cabinet of the main body cabinet 1. Is configured to be movable in the front-rear direction in the cabinet. A plurality of engagement holes 212 having a predetermined interval in the left-right width direction (interval corresponding to the size (diameter) of each product to be sold) are formed in the product shelf 21 in the front-rear direction. Reference numeral 22 denotes a partition wall made of plastic, and an engagement protrusion (not shown) corresponding to the engagement hole 212 is formed on the lower end surface of the partition wall. By engaging the engagement protrusion with the engagement hole 212, the product shelf 21 is erected. In the drawing, the rightmost partition 22 is erected by engaging an engagement protrusion 212 in an engagement hole 212 formed at the right end of the commodity shelf 21, and the partition 22 adjacent to the left side of the rightmost partition 212 is a product to be sold. The engaging protrusions are engaged with the engaging holes 211 formed at intervals of the size (diameter), and are erected. Similarly, the left partition wall not shown in the figure is also erected by engaging the engaging protrusion with the corresponding engaging hole according to the size (diameter) of the product to be sold. A product storage passage (product column 201) is formed between a pair of partition walls 212 erected on the product shelf 21. A mounting plate 213 made of plastic and having a plurality of concave and convex surfaces extending in the front-rear direction is laid on the bottom surface of the product storage passage, and the product is stored in an upright state on the mounting plate 213.

  In FIG. 3, the product delivery mechanism 23 is again shown at 23, and the product delivery mechanism 23 is connected to the front side of each partition wall 22. The product carry-out mechanism 23 is a first gate means 30 that appears in the product storage passage and holds the products in the front row stored in the product storage passage, and the products in the front row and the next sale products that appear in the product storage passage. And a slider 50 for driving the first gate means 30 and the second gate means 40. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 25 denotes a bridging member provided at the front end of the commodity storage passage. This bridging member 25 can be rotated between a standing position as shown in the figure and a position pushed forward by the product and tilted so as to straddle between the product storage rack 20 and the bucket 24. The bridging member 25 is locked in an upright state by a slider 50 (reciprocating) in a product carry-out mechanism 23 described later, released from the lock by the forward movement of the slider 50, and returned to an upright state by the backward movement of the slider 50. It is configured to be locked.

  Here, the operation of the product carry-out mechanism 23 will be described. The bucket 24 (see FIGS. 1 and 2) mounted on the XY transport mechanism is sold based on a product sale command by operating the product selection button 8 (see FIG. 1). The product stops from the standby position in front of the selected product column 201. The bucket 24 incorporates a pressing member, a Napier screw mechanism for moving the pressing member forward and backward, and a motor for driving the Napier screw mechanism, as already known (for example, JP-A-10-302140). (These mechanisms are shown schematically in FIG. 2 at 240). In the state where the bucket 24 is stopped in the front region of the selected product column 201, the pressing member is configured to face the slider 50 in the product carry-out mechanism 23, and is driven by the motor via the Napier screw mechanism. The slider 50 is reciprocated back and forth against a return spring (not shown).

  When the slider 50 is pushed in, the second gate means 40 in the retracted position retracted from the merchandise storage passage among the first gate means 30 and the second gate means 40 interconnected with the slider 50 is shown in FIG. In FIG. 2, the product is rotated counterclockwise to advance between the front row product and the next sale product, and is divided into the front row product and the next sale product. Further, when the slider 50 of the product carry-out mechanism 23 is pushed into the final position by the advancement of the pressing member provided in the bucket 24, the first gate means 30 is rotated 90 degrees clockwise in FIG. Move from the advance position to the retreat position. As a result, the products in the front row move forward. At this time, the bridging member 25 provided at the front end of the product storage passage is pushed and tilted by the product in the front row, and straddles between the product storage rack 20 and the bucket 24. As a result, the products in the forefront row are surely carried out without disturbing the posture by the bridging member 25 that fills the gap between the product storage rack 20 and the bucket 24.

  When the pressing member included in the bucket 24 starts to move backward from forward movement, the slider 50 of the product carry-out mechanism 23 returns to the standby position by the urging force of a return spring (not shown). In the returning process of the slider 50, first, the first gate means 30 is rotated from the retracted position retracted from the product storage passage to the advanced position, and then the second gate means 40 is retracted from the advanced position to the product storage passage. It moves to the position, returns to the standby state, and ends a series of unloading operations.

  FIG. 4 shows a commodity storage rack 20 disposed in a room temperature storage. The product storage rack 20 shown in FIG. 4 is configured in substantially the same manner as the product storage rack 20 shown in FIG. 3, but the product storage rack 20 shown in FIG. 4 is different from the product storage rack 20 shown in FIG. This is a mounting plate 2131 made of a plastic material laid on the bottom surface of the product storage passage (product column 201). The product storage rack 20 shown in FIG. 4 is installed with an inclination with a predetermined gradient so that the front (left side in FIG. 4) is high and the rear (right side in FIG. 4) is low. The mounting plate 2131 is different from the mounting plate 213 shown in FIG. 3 in that a flange 2132 is formed at the front edge. This flange 2132 corresponds to the protruding member of the present invention. The flange 2132 is formed in an arc shape on both left and right sides.

  The product storage rack 20 shown in FIG. 4 is replenished with products from the front side, and the replenished products are slid on the mounting plate 2131 toward the rear and stored in the product storage passage. Here, the product storage rack 20 is configured to store a plurality of types of products having different diameters. In other words, the product storage rack 20 is shared by a plurality of types of products having different diameters. For this reason, the number of products that can be stored in the product storage rack 20 varies depending on the diameter of the product, and depending on the type of product, there is a product that fits tightly in the front-rear direction of the product storage path of the product storage rack 20, while Depending on the type, there may be a gap that is insufficient to completely store the product on the front side (product replenishment side) of the product storage passage. Originally, it is necessary to avoid replenishing the gap more than necessary, but the manager of the vending machine tends to replenish in order to increase the number of storage and increase the operating rate. When a product is loaded into the gap, the product is not fully stored in the product column, and thus is unstable. A product placed in such an unstable state may drop due to vibration or the like, and the product may be damaged, or the container may be damaged depending on the type of the product container.

  In this respect, in the first embodiment of the present invention in which the mounting plate 2131 is formed with the flange 2132, even if there is a gap that is not enough to completely store the product on the front side (product replenishment side) of the product storage passage. If an attempt is made to replenish products in the gap more than necessary, the flange 2132 becomes an obstacle and the products cannot be aligned in the product column. Further, even if a product is placed on the flange 2132, the left and right ends of the flange 2132 are formed in an arc shape, so that the product placed on the flange 2132 has either a left or right position without being determined. Will fall over. Therefore, the flange 2132 can prevent the product from being replenished more than necessary. Furthermore, the front surface of the flange 2132 is a product information display unit that represents product information, and product information, in this case, a label that represents the type of product, can be attached to the product information display unit, thereby replenishing the product. It is possible to prevent sometimes different products from being replenished by mistake.

  Next, the product storage rack 20 in the middle of pulling out the slide support mechanism of the product storage rack 20 drawn out from the inside of the cabinet to the front of the main body cabinet 1 and the product storage rack 20 from the inside of the cabinet to the product replenishment position in front of the main body cabinet 1. An interlocking mechanism for stopping at a plurality of positions will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the commodity storage rack 20 as viewed obliquely from the right end side, FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the slide rail frame, and FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of the shelf frame. In FIG. 5, the same members as those in FIG.

  In FIG. 5, 60 is a slide rail frame made of steel plate integrally assembled at the end of the flat product shelf 21 forming the bottom surface of the product storage rack 20, and 70 is laid in the cabinet of the main body cabinet 1. It is a steel plate shelf frame, and this shelf frame 70, together with the slide rail frame 60, constitutes a slide support mechanism that supports the product storage rack 20 so that it can be stored and pulled out in the cabinet. Reference numeral 80 denotes a slide plate 81 that is slidable forward and backward in the slide rail frame 60 and is urged forward, and is pivotally supported by the product storage rack 20 and connected to the rear end of the slide plate 81 with play. And a latch plate 82 that rotates in conjunction with the rearward movement of the slide plate 81 and a latch engagement member that is hidden behind the shelf frame 70 in FIG. 5 (a latch engagement member shown in FIG. 7 described later). 83). All of the slide plate 81, the latch plate 82, and the latch engaging member 83 constituting the interlock mechanism 80 are formed of a steel plate.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the slide rail frame 60 includes a frame body 61 having a substantially Z-shaped cross section, and a rail holder having a pair of upper and lower rail pieces 621, a roller RL <b> 1, and a mounting piece 622 that pivotally supports a latch plate 82. The frame main body 61 and the rail holder 62 are integrally formed by spot welding. The leg pieces 611 below the frame body 61 are spot-welded to the end of the product shelf 21 (see FIG. 3) of the product storage rack 20, whereby the frame body 61 (slide rail frame 60) is attached to the product storage rack 20. It is assembled integrally. Further, an urging spring mounting piece 6121, which will be described later, is formed on the leg piece 612 above the frame body 61 by cutting and raising. A stopper piece 623 formed by cutting and raising is formed in front of the roller RL1 pivotally supported by the mounting piece 622 in the rail holder 62. A stopper piece 613 is also formed at the front end of the frame body 61.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the slide plate 81 constituting the interlock mechanism 80 has a sliding portion 811 that is L-shaped in cross section and is elongated in the front-rear direction. The flat portion of the sliding portion 811 includes A pair of front and rear elongated holes 812 through which the stepped screws S1 and S2 are inserted are perforated, and a biasing spring mounting piece 813 described later is formed by cutting and raising. A front end of the sliding portion 811 is bent downward to form a pressing portion 814, and an engaging tongue piece 815 that falls from a flat portion of the sliding portion 811 is formed at the rear portion of the sliding portion 811. The tongue piece 815 is formed with an opening 8151 that opens upward and a clamping piece 816. The latch plate 82 constituting the interlock mechanism 80 has a latch claw 822 and an engagement piece 823 formed by bending from a mounting portion 821 in which the insertion hole 8211 of the stepped screw S3 is formed. It is formed one step higher than the engaging piece 823. The engaging piece 823 of the latch plate 82 is formed to have a size that can be loosely fitted into an opening 8151 formed in the engaging tongue piece 815 of the slide plate 81.

  The slide plate 81 is placed on the leg piece 612 above the frame main body 61 constituting the slide rail frame 60 described above, and the stepped screws S1 and S2 are inserted into the pair of front and rear elongated holes 812, thereby the stepped screw S1. , S2 are slidably assembled to the slide rail frame 60 by screwing them into the frame body 61. On the other hand, the latch plate 82 is assembled to the slide rail frame 60 as follows. That is, the engagement piece 823 of the latch plate 82 is fitted into the opening 8151 formed in the engagement tongue 815 of the slide plate 81, and the attachment portion 821 of the latch plate 82 is attached to the slide rail frame 60 while maintaining this state. The stepped screw S <b> 3 is screwed into the mounting piece 622 through the insertion hole 8211 of the mounting portion 821. As a result, the latch plate 82 is rotatably assembled to the slide rail frame 60. Here, the latch plate 82 is pivotally supported eccentrically so as to rotate by its own weight in the clockwise direction around the stepped screw S3 in the drawing, and when the latch plate 82 is in a free state (standby state), The latch claw 822 is engaged with the front edge of the opening 8151 formed in the engaging tongue piece 815 of the slide plate 81. Then, both ends of the urging spring (tensile coil spring) 84 are locked and attached to the attachment piece 813 of the slide plate 81 and the attachment piece 6121 of the slide rail frame 60. Thus, the slide plate 81 is configured to be urged forward by the urging spring 84. At this time, the stepped screws S1 and S2 are in contact with the rear edges of the pair of front and rear elongated holes 812 and 812 of the slide plate 81, and the slide plate 81 is held at the standby position. When the slide plate 81 and the latch plate 82 are assembled to the slide rail frame 60, the clamping piece 816 formed on the engagement tongue piece 815 of the slide plate 81 covers the upper end side of the mounting portion 821 of the latch plate 82. Thus, the upper end side of the attachment portion 821 of the latch plate 82 is sandwiched between the attachment piece 622 of the rail holder 62.

  FIG. 7 shows a latch engaging member that constitutes the interlock mechanism 80 together with the slide plate 81 and the latch plate 82. The latch engaging member 83 has a plurality of stages in the front-rear direction, and in this embodiment, four stages in the front-rear direction. A latch engaging portion 831 is formed, and this latch engaging portion 831 is provided at a location where the upper end of the latch engaging member 83 is folded back and formed in a thick plate shape. A lower end of the latch engaging member 83 is bent at a right angle to form a rail piece 832. The latch engaging member 83 is spot-welded to a shelf frame 70 constituting a slide support mechanism, and the rail piece 832 is attached to a slide rail frame 60 (FIGS. 5 and 5) together with a rail piece 71 formed at the lower end of the shelf frame 70. 6), and serves as a guide for the roller RL1 provided in FIG. A roller RL2 is pivotally supported in the vicinity of the front end of the shelf frame 70, and a stopper piece 72 is formed by cutting and raising behind the roller RL2. The roller RL2 is guided by a pair of upper and lower rail pieces 621 formed on the slide rail frame 60. The shelf frame 70 also has a four-stage latch engagement portion 74 corresponding to the latch engagement portion 831 of the latch engagement member 83, and a stopper piece 73 is formed at the front end of the shelf frame 70. Yes.

  Next, operations of the slide support mechanism and the interlock mechanism of the product storage rack 20 will be described with reference to FIGS. 5, 8, and 9. 8 is a side view of the product storage rack 20 including the shelf frame 70 viewed from the right side, and FIG. 9 is a side view of the product storage rack 20 viewed from the right side with the shelf frame 70 removed.

  First, an operation for storing the product storage rack 20 in the cabinet of the main body cabinet 1 will be described. The roller RL1 and the stopper piece 623 pivotally supported on the rear end of the slide rail frame 60 of the commodity storage rack 20 are moved over the roller RL2 provided near the front end of the shelf frame 70, and the roller RL1 is moved to the lower end of the shelf frame 70. The roller RL1 is guided by the rail piece 71 and the rail piece 832 when inserted and pushed between the rail piece 71 formed on the rail and the rail piece 832 of the latch engaging member 83 assembled to the shelf frame 70. Thus, the rear end of the product storage rack 20 is supported. The upper rail piece 621 of the pair of upper and lower rail pieces 621 formed on the slide rail frame 60 in the middle of pushing the product storage rack 20 while supporting the front end side of the product storage rack 20 is near the front end of the shelf frame 70. The product storage rack 20 is supported by a slide support mechanism composed of a slide rail frame 60 and a shelf frame 70 when riding on the provided roller RL2. When the product storage rack 20 is further pushed in from this state, the roller RL2 provided near the front end of the shelf frame 70 is guided to the pair of upper and lower rail pieces 621 and 621 formed on the slide rail frame 60, and thereafter the slide rail frame When the stopper piece 613 provided at the front end of 60 abuts against the stopper piece 73 provided at the front end of the shelf frame 70, the commodity storage rack 20 is stored in the cabinet.

  In the middle of storing the product storage rack 20 in the cabinet, the rear inclined surface of the latch claw 822 of the latch plate 82 constituting the interlock mechanism abuts on the latch engaging member 83. However, the interlock function does not work in the middle of storing the product storage rack 20 in the cabinet. This is because the latch plate 82 is loosely fitted in the opening 8151 formed in the engaging tongue 815 of the slide plate 81 and is in a state of being able to rotate counterclockwise. This is because the latch plate 82 rotates counterclockwise and escapes from the latch engaging member 83 when the rear inclined surface of 822 contacts the latch engaging member 83. Therefore, the interlock mechanism is configured not to act when the product storage rack 20 is stored in the cabinet. In the state where the product storage rack 20 is stored in the cabinet, the latch claw 822 of the latch plate 82 is in a standby state in which it is engaged (interlocked) with the last latch engaging portion 831 formed in the latch engaging member 83 ( 8), the state where the commodity storage rack 20 is stored at a predetermined position in the warehouse is maintained.

  Next, an operation for pulling out the product storage rack 20 stored in the cabinet as described above will be described. First, the pressing portion 814 formed at the front end of the slide plate 81 in the product storage rack 20 is pressed against the force of the biasing spring 84. As a result, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the latch plate 82 rotates counterclockwise via the latch claw 822 that contacts the front edge of the opening 8151 formed in the engagement tongue 815 of the slide plate 81. Thus, the engagement with the last latch engaging portion 831 formed in the latch engaging member 83, that is, the interlock is released. When the interlock is released in this way, the commodity storage rack 20 is inclined and installed with a predetermined gradient so that the front side is lowered, and thus moves forward due to its own weight.

  Release the product storage rack 20 due to an unexpected situation while the product storage rack 20 moves forward while the interlock is released, that is, with the pressing portion 814 formed at the front end of the slide plate 81 being pressed. That is, when it becomes impossible to maintain the state in which the interlock is released by pushing the pressing portion 814 formed at the front end of the slide plate 81, the slide plate 81 moves forward by the urging force of the urging spring 84, so that it latches. The plate 82 is in a free state. When the latch plate 82 is in a free state, the latch plate 82 is eccentrically supported by the shaft, so that the latch plate 82 can be rotated in the clockwise direction, and the latch claw 822 contacts the upper edge of the latch engagement member 83 and moves relatively. It becomes a state to do. Then, the position at which the latch claw 822 faces one of the plurality of stages of latch engagement portions 831 formed on the latch engagement member 83, for example, the latch engagement portion 831 of the second stage from the rear of the four stages. The latch plate 82 is rotated clockwise, and the latch claw 822 falls into the latch engagement portion 831. Next, the latch claw 822 contacts and engages the front edge of the latch engagement portion 831. Thus, the latch pawl 822 engages with one latch engaging portion 831 of the latch engaging member 83, so that the interlock function works and the forward movement of the commodity storage rack 20 is stopped.

After the unexpected situation is resolved, the product storage rack 20 is pulled out by pushing the pressing portion 814 formed at the front end of the slide plate 81 against the force of the biasing spring 84 in the same manner as described above to release the interlock. That's fine. The product storage rack 20 is pulled out while maintaining the unlocked state, and the stopper piece 623 formed at the rear end of the slide rail frame 60 of the product storage rack 20 is formed near the front end of the shelf frame 70. The product storage rack 20 stops moving forward when it is pulled out to the position where it comes into contact. This state is the product replenishment position of the product storage rack 20. Note that when the product storage rack 20 is not pulled out when the product storage rack 20 is pulled out (when an unexpected situation does not occur), the product storage rack 20 is continuously moved to the product replenishment position while releasing the interlock. Can be withdrawn. The operation of storing the product storage rack 20 in the cabinet after the product is replenished is as described above.
(Embodiment 2)
FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a mounting plate in a main part to which the commodity storage device of the vending machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention is applied, particularly in the commodity storage rack of the commodity storage. In FIG. 10, 2131a is a mounting plate laid in the product storage path (product column) in the product storage rack 20 (see FIG. 4) of the product storage in the first embodiment, and 2132a is the front end of the mounting plate 2131a. The flange formed in the edge is shown. Here, the left and right corners of the lower side of the flange 2132a are formed with bag-like pockets 2133 in which the edges along the outer shape of the flange 2132a are closed and the other edges are opened. In this pocket 2133, product information, in this case, a character indicating the type of product, or a nameplate 2134 displaying the outer shape of the product container is mounted.

According to the mounting plate 2131a according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the nameplate 2134 can be freely attached to and detached from the pocket 2133 formed in the flange 2132a, so that the product stored in the product storage rack can be replaced with a product. If the nameplate 2134 representing the information is exchanged, the information of the supplement product can be displayed. Therefore, the product information can be easily displayed when the product stored in the product storage rack is changed with respect to the one to which the label is attached as in the first embodiment shown in FIG.
(Embodiment 3)
FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a mounting plate in a main part to which the commodity storage device of the vending machine according to the third embodiment of the present invention is applied, particularly in a commodity storage rack of a commodity storage. In FIG. 11, 2131b is a mounting plate laid in the product storage passage (product column) in the product storage rack 20 (see FIG. 4) of the product storage in the first embodiment, and 2132b is the front end of the mounting plate 2131a. The flange formed in the edge is shown. The flange 2132b is formed in a mountain shape whose upper side is convex upward. According to the flange 2132b in the third embodiment, a gap that is not enough to completely store the product is generated on the front side (product replenishment side) of the product storage passage, and the product is to be replenished more than necessary in the gap. Since the product on the mountain-shaped flange 2132b is supported by a point, its center of gravity is not fixed and falls down. Therefore, according to the flange 2132b, it is possible to further suppress the product from being replenished more than necessary.

  In the above-described present invention, the main body cabinet 1 having an open front surface, the outer door 2 hinged to the front surface of the main body cabinet 1 so as to be openable and closable, and housed in the cabinet of the main body cabinet 1 are arranged in the front-rear direction. In the product storage device of the vending machine, the product storage device includes a first-in / first-out product storage rack 20 having a product storage passage for forming and storing a product storage passage in one row and having a product outlet at one end thereof. Since the thin plate-like protruding member (flange) is provided upright at the product replenishment end of the product storage passage in the rack 20, it is not enough to completely store the product on the front side (product replenishment side) of the product storage passage. Even if a gap occurs, it is impossible to load a product into the gap due to the presence of the protruding member (flange), so it is possible to reliably prevent the product from being accidentally replenished more than necessary. It can be.

  The present invention is not limited to the flange formed integrally with the mounting plate as described in the above-described embodiment, and is formed separately from the mounting plate and fixed to the mounting plate or the product storage rack. It can be constituted as follows. The product information displayed on the protruding member includes a cooling / warming state, a product price, and the like. Further, the present invention is not limited to a product storage device of a vending machine arranged as a product storage rack with a predetermined slope so that the product exit side is lowered, but a vending machine in which the product storage rack is horizontally arranged This product storage device is also useful, and is not limited to a product storage rack that is inclined with a predetermined gradient so that the product outlet side is lowered.

1 is a front view of a vending machine according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. It is a cross-sectional view of the vending machine of FIG. It is the perspective view seen from the diagonally upper left which shows the principal part of the goods storage rack of the goods storage in the vending machine of FIG. The principal part of the goods storage rack of the goods storage in the vending machine of FIG. 1 is shown, (a) is the perspective view seen from diagonally upward right, (b) is the perspective view of a mounting board. It is the perspective view which looked at the goods storage rack 20 in the vending machine of FIG. 1 from diagonally upward on the right end side. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the slide rail frame of FIG. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the shelf frame of FIG. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing for demonstrating operation | movement of an interlock mechanism, (a) is a side view showing a standby state, (b) is a side view showing an operation state. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing for demonstrating the operation | movement of an interlock mechanism by deleting a shelf frame with respect to FIG. 8, (a) is a side view showing a standby state, (b) is a side view showing an operation state. . It is a perspective view which shows the principal part of the mounting board laid in the goods storage rack in the goods storage of the vending machine which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the principal part of the mounting board laid in the goods storage rack in the goods storage of the vending machine which concerns on Embodiment 3 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body cabinet 2 Outer door 20 Commodity storage rack 21 Commodity shelf 22 Bulkhead 23 Commodity carry-out mechanism 24 Bucket 30 First gate means 40 Second gate means 50 Slider 60 Slide rail frame 70 Shelf frame 80 Interlock mechanism 81 Slide plate 82 Latch plate 83 Latch engagement member 2131, 2131a, 2131b Placement plate 2132 Flange (projection member)

Claims (3)

A main body cabinet with an open front, an outer door hinged to the front of the main body cabinet so as to be openable and closable, and a product that is stored in the cabinet of the main body cabinet and stores a large number of products in a line in the front-rear direction. In a product storage device of a vending machine having a storage passage and a first-in / first-out product storage rack having a product outlet at one end of the storage passage, the product replenishment end of the product storage passage in the product storage rack has a thin plate shape A product storage device for a vending machine, wherein the protruding member is provided upright. 2. A product storage device for a vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the protruding member is a flange formed integrally with a member forming the product storage passage. 3. The product storage device for a vending machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a front surface of the protruding member is a product information display unit.

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