JP2010067078A - Newspaper vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a newspaper vending machine that does not feed a newspaper to be sold next until a newspaper is taken from an outlet. <P>SOLUTION: This newspaper vending machine includes: a rack that is mounted on a body cabinet and stores the newspaper; and a conveying device that is mounted on the body cabinet and conveys the newspaper stored on the rack to the outlet 51c formed in an outside door by moving a hand taken down on the newspaper from a standby position to a carrying out position. The newspaper vending machine further includes a newspaper extraction detecting switch 64 for detecting extraction of the newspaper conveyed from the rack to the outlet 51c. When the conveyed newspaper is taken out from the outlet 51c, the hand is moved from the carrying out position to the standby position. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a newspaper vending machine that sells newspapers.

  A newspaper vending machine that sells newspapers includes a box-shaped main body cabinet having an open front surface and an outer door that closes the front opening of the main body cabinet. The main cabinet is provided with a plurality of shelves in the vertical direction, and a newspaper storage rack is mounted on each shelf. The newspaper storage rack includes a box-shaped rack (stock unit) configured to be drawable, and a transport device that feeds out newspapers from the stored rack. The rack has an opening at the front and upper surface, and can store the stacked newspapers to be sold. The transport device includes a drive unit that moves forward from the back of the main body cabinet, an arm that is pivotally attached to the drive unit, that can be moved forward from the back, a pivot that is attached to the arm, and a newspaper. And a hand fitted with a hooking needle. When the sales command is received from the vending machine main body with the hand lowered, the drive unit moves the arm from the back (standby position) to the front (unloading position), so that the needle hooks the newspaper and removes the newspaper from the rack. Are to be delivered one by one. The fed-out newspaper is taken out from an outlet provided in the outer door so as to correspond to the rack (for example, see Non-Patent Document 1).

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  However, in the above-described newspaper vending machine, there may occur a situation in which a newspaper to be sold next is delivered without being taken out from the outlet. In such a case, the newspaper is clogged at the outlet, and the subsequent sales of the newspaper become impossible.

  Similarly, when selling newspapers from the same rack in the same way as above, if you select a newspaper in the same rack without taking out the first newspaper from the outlet, the newspaper will be jammed at the outlet, and subsequent newspaper sales will not be possible. It becomes impossible.

  In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a newspaper vending machine that does not feed out a newspaper to be sold next until a newspaper is taken out from an outlet.

  In order to achieve the above object, a newspaper vending machine according to claim 1 of the present invention is mounted on a main body cabinet, a rack for storing newspapers, mounted on the main body cabinet, and lowered onto the newspaper. In a newspaper vending machine equipped with a transport device that transports a newspaper stored in a rack to a take-out port formed on the outer door by moving the hand from the standby position to the carry-out position, the hand is transported from the rack to the take-out port. Newspaper pick-up detection means for detecting that the newspaper has been taken out, and when the conveyed newspaper is taken out from the take-out port, the hand is moved from the carry-out position to the standby position.

  Further, the newspaper vending machine according to claim 2 of the present invention is the newspaper vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the newspaper take-out detecting means is configured to further switch to an off state after the input has shifted from an off state to an on state. The newspaper is taken out.

  The newspaper vending machine according to claim 3 of the present invention is mounted on the main body cabinet, a rack for storing the newspaper, and a hand mounted on the main body cabinet and lowered onto the newspaper from the standby position. In a newspaper vending machine equipped with a transport device for transporting a newspaper stored in a rack to a take-out port formed on the outer door by moving the hand to a The hand is raised when the is carried out.

  The newspaper vending machine according to claim 4 of the present invention is the newspaper vending machine according to claim 3, wherein the lifting means further raises the hand when the outer door is opened.

  The newspaper vending machine according to claim 5 of the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned claim 3 or 4, the lifting means lowers the hand when the outer door is further closed.

  The newspaper vending machine according to claim 6 of the present invention is mounted on the main body cabinet, a rack for storing the newspaper, and a newspaper mounted on the main body cabinet and stored in the rack on the outer door. In a newspaper vending machine comprising a transport device for transporting to an outlet, the newspaper vending machine comprises newspaper take-out detecting means for detecting that the newspaper transported from the rack to the take-out port has been taken out. The newspaper is stopped until it is taken out.

  The newspaper vending machine according to claim 7 of the present invention has a main body cabinet on which a plurality of racks are mounted, a front opening of the main body cabinet, and a plurality of outlets corresponding to the plurality of racks. In a newspaper vending machine that has a formed outer door and transports newspapers from the selected rack to the outlet, when selling multiple newspapers in one transaction, the rack in which one newspaper is stored is selected Then, selection restriction means for prohibiting selection of a rack in which the one newspaper is stored is provided.

  The newspaper vending machine according to claim 8 of the present invention is the newspaper vending machine according to claim 7, wherein when the newspaper is taken out from a rack in which the newspaper is stored, It is possible to select a rack in which newspapers are stored.

  The newspaper vending machine according to the present invention moves the hand from the carry-out position to the standby position when the conveyed newspaper is taken out from the take-out port, so that the newspaper is conveyed to the take-out port after the newspaper to be sold is selected. Time to be done can be shortened.

  Further, the newspaper vending machine according to the present invention raises the hand when all the newspapers are carried out from the rack, so that the newspaper replenishment work and replacement work can be facilitated.

  Further, the newspaper vending machine according to the present invention stops the transport of the newspaper until the transported newspaper is taken out, so that the jam caused by the double feed of the newspaper does not occur.

  Exemplary embodiments of a newspaper vending machine according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

  FIG. 1 is a front view showing a newspaper vending machine. A newspaper vending machine is a vending machine that sells newspapers, and a single machine can sell a plurality of types of newspapers (up to seven types of newspaper vending machines shown in FIG. 1).

  The newspaper vending machine includes a box-shaped main body cabinet 1 having an open front surface and an outer door 2 that closes the front opening of the main body cabinet 1.

  The main body cabinet 1 is a combination of steel plates as appropriate, and is provided with a plurality of shelves in the vertical direction. As shown in FIG. 2, a newspaper storage rack 3 is detachably mounted on each shelf ( The newspaper vending machine shown in FIG. 1 is equipped with seven newspaper storage racks 3).

  The newspaper storage rack 3 stores the newspapers to be sold in a stacked state, and feeds out the newspapers one by one in accordance with a sales command from the newspaper vending machine body (main control unit 8). As shown in FIG. 3, a rack 31 and a transfer device 33 are provided.

  The rack 31 is detachably mounted on the main body cabinet 1. The rack 31 accommodates the newspaper such that the longitudinal direction of the newspaper is the width direction of the rack 31, and is configured by bending a steel plate. The rack 31 has a box shape in which the front surface and the upper surface are opened, and newspapers stored in the rack 31 are fed out one by one from the front opening.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the bottom upper member 32 constituting the bottom of the rack 31 is attached to the bottom surface of the rack 31. The bottom upper member 32 is for protecting a needle to be described later, and is configured such that the upper surface slightly floats from the bottom surface of the rack 31 by bending both edges of a plate-like body (for example, a steel plate) in a stepped manner. It is. Further, a cutout 32 a is provided on the upper surface of the bottom upper member 32. The cutout 32a is formed so that the needle is inserted over the movement range of the needle, and is formed in a rectangular shape.

  The transport device 33 is mounted on the main body cabinet 1 and is used to feed out newspapers from the rack 31 in accordance with a sales command from the vending machine main body (main control unit 8), and includes a drive unit 34, an arm 35, and a hand 36. ing.

  The conveying device 33 moves the drive unit 34 from the back (standby position) of the main body cabinet 1 to the front (unloading position).

  One end of an arm 35 is rotatably attached to the drive unit 34, and the arm 35 moves from the back (standby position) of the rack 31 to the front (unloading position) as the drive unit 34 moves. It has become.

  The arm 35 is formed by bending both edges of an elongated plate-like body (for example, a steel plate) downward, and has a plurality of holes cut out for weight reduction and the like. A hand 36 is rotatably attached to the other end of the arm 35.

  The hand 36 is formed by bending a plate-like body (for example, a steel plate) into a substantially L shape, and has a plurality of holes cut out for weight reduction and the like. A needle unit 37 is attached to each of the left and right sides of the hand 36, and the center thereof is attached to the arm 35. For this reason, a force is applied equally to the right needle unit 37 and the left needle unit 37.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the needle unit 37 is for attaching the needle 371 to the hand 36. The needle 371 is attached to the needle 36. By attaching the needle unit 37 to the hand 36, the needle 36 is attached to the hand 36. 371 is mounted. The needle 371 is for catching a newspaper. When the drive unit 34 is driven with the needle 371 hooked on a newspaper, the arm 35 moves from the back (standby position) to the front (unloading position), and the hand 36 moves to the newspaper. Is supposed to be transported.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the hand 36 includes a cover 38. The cover 38 lifts the arm 35 to cover the needle 371 when the needle 371 is separated from the paper surface of the newspaper, and the needle 371 is exposed when the hand 36 is lowered.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the outer door 2 is a combination of steel plates as appropriate, and is supported on the left edge of the main body cabinet 1. A handle lock 21 is disposed in the middle of the right side of the outer door 2 and can be locked with the outer door 2 closed. Moreover, the door switch 11 (refer FIG. 7) is attached to the main body cabinet 1, and it can detect opening and closing of the outer door 2. FIG.

  Further, on the right side of the outer door 2, a coin insertion slot 22, a bill insertion slot 23, an electronic money receiving unit 24, an integrated display 25, a return lever 26, and a return slot 27 are arranged. The coin insertion slot 22 is an opening for accepting coins, and the coins inserted from the coin insertion slot 22 are coin mechanisms (coin processing devices) 221 disposed inside the back surface of the outer door 2 (see FIG. 7). Is to be housed. The banknote insertion slot 23 is an opening for receiving banknotes, and the banknote inserted from the banknote insertion slot 23 is a bill validator (banknote processing device) 231 disposed on the back inner side of the outer door 2 (see FIG. 7). Is to be housed. The electronic money receiving unit 24 is a part that receives a recording medium such as a card charged with electronic money. When the recording medium is held over, the electronic money receiving unit 24 receives the price by transmitting / receiving electronic money data to / from the recording medium. It is supposed to be. The integrated display 25 is for displaying various information such as change, out-of-charge amount, bill prohibition, etc. during sales. The return lever 26 is for instructing to interrupt the transaction. When the return lever 26 is operated, the transaction is interrupted, and change or the like is discharged to the return port 27.

  The outer door 2 is provided with a plurality of display selection devices 4 and newspaper outlet devices 5 in the vertical direction (the newspaper vending machine shown in FIG. 1 has seven display selection devices 4 and seven newspaper outlets. Device 5). The display selection device 4 and the newspaper outlet device 5 have a one-to-one relationship, and are provided so as to correspond to the newspaper storage rack 3 mounted on the main body cabinet 1.

  The display selection device 4 includes a plate 41 on which newspaper paper names (including morning and evening newspapers) are described, and a selection button 42 for selecting a newspaper described on the plate 41. The plate 41 is mounted on the back surface of the outer door 2 and can be replaced with the outer door 2 opened. The selection button 42 is constituted by, for example, a push button switch that can be turned on. The selection button 42 is turned on when the selection is possible, and is controlled to blink for a predetermined time when selected. The uppermost display selection device 4 is provided with an exhibition unit 43 adjacent to the upper side. A transparent panel 43a is fitted in the display section 43 so that a newspaper with a featured article can be displayed.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the newspaper take-out device 5 is for taking out a newspaper conveyed from the newspaper storage rack 3. As shown in FIG. 5, the newspaper outlet device 5 includes a decorative frame 51 in which a part of the front surface is exposed on the front surface of the outer door 2. As shown in FIG. 5, the decorative frame 51 is a synthetic resin frame that is wide in the width direction of the newspaper vending machine, and includes a frame portion 51a and a convex portion 51b. The frame portion 51a is attached to the outer door 2, and the front surface is in close contact with the back surface of the outer door 2. The outer shape is substantially rectangular and has a thickness in the depth direction. The convex portion 51b is a portion exposed to the front surface of the outer door 2, and has an outer shape that is substantially rectangular and has the same thickness as the outer door 2 in the depth direction. Therefore, when the decorative frame 51 is attached to the outer door 2, the front surface of the convex portion 51 b and the front surface of the outer door 2 are flush with each other.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the decorative frame 51 is formed with an outlet 51 c. The take-out opening 51c is an opening for taking out a newspaper, and is formed so as to penetrate the frame portion 51a and the convex portion 51b of the decorative frame 51, that is, the decorative frame 51. The outlet 51c is formed in a rectangular shape when viewed from the front, and its opening width is formed so as to be substantially the same as the length in the longitudinal direction of the newspaper so that the newspaper can pass through.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG. 6, the flapper 52 is supported in the back upper part of the outlet 51c. The flapper 52 closes the take-out port 51c while being inclined so as to gradually become lower from the back toward the near side. The flapper 52 closes the take-out port 51c, and the front end of the flapper 52 has a makeup. It protrudes from the convex portion 51 b of the frame 51.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a pair of left and right guide side plates 61 are attached to a plurality of decorative frames 51. The guide side plate 61 reinforces the side portion of the decorative frame 51 and restricts movement of the newspaper fed out from the newspaper storage rack 3 in the width direction. The left guide side plate 61L and the right guide side plate 61R are left and right. It is formed symmetrically.

  5 and 6, an upper guide plate 62 and a lower guide plate 63 are disposed between the pair of guide side plates 61 for each outlet 51c (decorative frame 51).

  The upper guide plate 62 is for conveying the newspaper fed out from the newspaper storage rack 3 to the first side to the outlet 51c, and is formed by bending a single steel plate.

  The lower guide plate 63 is used to convey the newspaper fed out from the newspaper storage rack 3 toward the end to the outlet 51c, and is formed by bending a single steel plate.

  The lower guide plate 63 is provided with a newspaper take-out detection switch 64 (newspaper take-out detecting means). The newspaper take-out detection switch 64 is a switch (for example, a proximity switch or a limit switch) for detecting that the newspaper conveyed from the newspaper storage rack 3 to the take-out port 51c has been taken out. When detected, it is turned on.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the door switch 11, the coin mechanism 221, the bill validator 231, the integrated display 25, the display selection device 4, and the newspaper storage rack 3 are connected to the main control unit 8 (the vending machine main body). The main control unit 8 performs centralized management.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the newspaper vending machine described above closes the outlet 51c while the flapper 52 is inclined from the back to the front as shown in FIG. At this time, the input of the newspaper take-out detection switch 64 is in an off state. When the consideration is received from the coin insertion slot 22 or the like and a newspaper is selected, the main control unit 8 outputs a sales command to the newspaper storage rack 3 in which the selected newspaper is stored. Will issue a newspaper.

  Specifically, the newspaper is fed out from the rack 31 by moving the arm 35 from the back (standby position) to the front (carrying-out position) with the newspaper hanged on the needle 371.

  The fed newspaper is guided by the upper guide plate 62, the lower guide plate 63, and the guide side plate 61, and conveyed to the take-out port 51c. Then, the input of the newspaper take-out detection switch 64 shifts from the off state to the on state.

  And the conveyed newspaper pushes open the flapper 52 in the newspaper outlet device 5 of the vending machine, and a part of the product appears from the outlet 51c. In this state, the newspaper can be taken out by the user. Here, when the user takes out the newspaper, the flapper 52 closes the take-out port 51c by its own weight and enters a standby state, and the input of the newspaper take-out detection switch 64 shifts from the on state to the off state.

  The main control unit 8 determines that the newspaper has been taken out when the input of the newspaper take-out detection switch 64 shifts from the OFF state to the ON state and then shifts to the OFF state, and moves the arm 35 forward (carrying position). To the back (standby position) to prepare for the sale of the next newspaper.

  According to the newspaper vending machine described above, the hand 36 is positioned at the carry-out position until the newspaper is taken out, so that the newspaper does not slide out of the lower guide plate 63 from the take-out port 51c and cannot be taken out. On the other hand, when the newspaper is taken out, the hand 36 is moved from the carry-out position to the standby position, so that it can be prepared for the next sale and the waiting time can be shortened.

(Embodiment 2)
The vending machine according to the second embodiment is the same as the above-described vending machine according to the first embodiment, and includes an elevating mechanism (elevating means) that elevates and lowers the hand 36. When the newspaper is carried out, the hand 36 is raised.

  The elevating mechanism raises the hand 36 by raising the arm 35 to which the hand 36 is attached. For example, the elevating mechanism uses power of a motor (not shown).

  The elevating mechanism is interlocked with the door switch 11. When the outer door 2 is opened, the elevating mechanism raises the arm 35 to raise the hand 36, and when the outer door 2 is closed, the elevating mechanism moves the arm 35. It is designed to be lowered.

  In this way, if the hand 36 rises due to the opening of the outer door 2, it becomes easy to replenish and replace the newspaper. If the hand 3 moves down due to the closure of the outer door 2, the hand 36 is not forgotten to be lowered.

(Embodiment 3)
The vending machine according to the third embodiment can sell a plurality of newspapers in one transaction in the vending machine according to the first embodiment described above (for example, by inserting X yen, B paper and C paper can be sold). That is, the main control unit 8 can select a newspaper from the display selection device 4 for a certain period of time, instead of immediately returning 27 change to the return slot when the newspaper can be further sold with change. If it is desired to return the change immediately without waiting for a certain period of time, the return lever 27 may be operated.

  In the vending machine according to the third embodiment, the main control unit 8 stores the one newspaper (A newspaper) after the rack storing one newspaper (for example, A newspaper) is selected. The selection of racks that are open is prohibited (selection restricting means).

  As described above, if the selection of the rack in which the newspaper is stored is prohibited after the rack in which the newspaper is stored is selected, even if it is not detected that the newspaper has been removed, In the transaction, goods are not continuously conveyed from the same rack, and a situation where the newspaper is jammed at the outlet is avoided.

  In the vending machine described above, when it is detected that one newspaper has been taken out, the rack in which the one newspaper (A newspaper) is stored can be selected.

  In this way, when it is detected that one newspaper (A newspaper) has been taken out, if the selection of the rack in which one newspaper (A newspaper) is stored is made possible, the same newspaper is sold in one transaction. become able to.

It is a front view which shows the newspaper vending machine which is embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the relationship between a newspaper outlet device and a newspaper storage rack. It is a perspective view which shows a newspaper storage rack. It is a perspective view which shows the hand which conveys a newspaper. It is a perspective view showing a newspaper outlet device. It is a sectional side view showing a newspaper outlet device. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a newspaper vending machine.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body cabinet 11 Door switch 2 Outer door 21 Handle lock 22 Coin slot 221 Coin mechanism 23 Bill insertion slot 231 Bill validator 24 Electronic money reception part 25 Integrated display 26 Return lever 27 Return slot 3 Newspaper storage rack 31 Rack 32 Bottom Upper member 33 Conveying device 34 Drive unit 35 Arm 36 Hand 37 Needle unit 371 Needle 38 Cover 4 Display selection device 41 Plate 42 Selection button 43 Display unit 43a Panel 5 Newspaper outlet device 51 Cosmetic frame 51a Frame portion 51b Protruding portion 51c 52 Flapper 61 Guide side plate 62 Upper guide plate 63 Lower guide plate 64 Newspaper take-out detection switch 8 Main controller

Claims (8)

The rack that is installed in the main cabinet and stores the newspaper, and the hand that is mounted on the main cabinet and is lowered onto the newspaper is moved from the standby position to the carry-out position, so that the newspaper stored in the rack is moved to the outer door. In a newspaper vending machine equipped with a conveying device that conveys to the formed outlet,
A newspaper take-out detecting means for detecting that the newspaper transported from the rack to the take-out port has been taken out;
A newspaper vending machine which moves a hand from a carry-out position to a standby position when a conveyed newspaper is taken out from a take-out port.   2. The newspaper vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the newspaper take-out detection unit is configured to take out a newspaper when an input is shifted from an off state to an on state and then further shifted to an off state. The rack that is installed in the main body cabinet and stores the newspaper, and the hand that is mounted on the main body cabinet and is lowered onto the newspaper is moved from the standby position to the carry-out position, so that the newspaper stored in the rack is moved to the outer door. In a newspaper vending machine equipped with a transport device for transporting to the formed outlet,
Elevating means to raise and lower the hand,
A newspaper vending machine that raises the hand when all newspapers are carried out of the rack.   4. The newspaper vending machine according to claim 3, wherein the elevating means further raises the hand when the outer door is opened.   5. The newspaper vending machine according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the elevating means further lowers the hand when the outer door is closed. In a newspaper vending machine equipped with a rack that is mounted in the main body cabinet and stores newspapers, and a transport device that is mounted in the main body cabinet and transports the newspaper stored in the rack to an outlet formed in the outer door,
A newspaper take-out detecting means for detecting that the newspaper transported from the rack to the take-out port has been taken out;
The newspaper vending machine, wherein the transport device stops transporting a newspaper until the transported newspaper is taken out. A main body cabinet in which a plurality of racks are mounted, and an outer door that closes the front opening of the main body cabinet and has a plurality of outlets formed so as to correspond to the plurality of racks,
In a newspaper vending machine that transports newspapers from the selected rack to the outlet,
In the case of selling a plurality of newspapers in one transaction, a selection restricting means for prohibiting selection of a rack storing the one newspaper is selected after the rack storing the one newspaper is selected. A featured newspaper vending machine.   The selection restricting means, when a newspaper is taken out from a rack in which one newspaper is stored, makes it possible to select a rack in which the one newspaper is stored. .

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