JP2010198254A - Sliding-down auxiliary plate - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve high workability that eliminates the need for removal of a chuter, low cost and durability for long-term use and versatility allowing use to various chuters, when achieving a function of doing away with a pouch commodity stay on the chuter in vending machine sales of a pouch commodity even under adverse environment such as dew condensation. <P>SOLUTION: A sliding-down auxiliary plate is used by sticking, to the chuter through a magnet sheet including an adhesive layer or a magnetic material, a corrugated sliding-down member wherein a plurality of protrusions and recesses continuously extend in a back and forth direction with the sliding-down member as a main member. The pouch commodity having a small contact face by irregular rails of the sliding-down members smoothly slides on the chuters even in dew condensation, and reaches to a take-out port. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention is used for a vending machine, and particularly relates to a sliding assist plate attached to a shooter of a vending machine for the purpose of stably moving to a product outlet when selling pouch container products. Is.

  In recent years, vending machines that sell beverages and foods (hereinafter referred to as pouch products) in pouch containers have appeared on the market. Among them, a pouch that suspends the spout part of the pouch product on two rails, uses the solenoid as a drive device, pays out the pouch product outside the rail, drops it, slides the shooter part to the product outlet, and sells it There exists a container delivery apparatus (for example, refer patent document 1). In the vending machine equipped with the apparatus, the pouch product must slide and move on the shooter part, and the frictional resistance on the shooter must be small for stable movement.

  As a method for reducing the friction of the shooter part, there is a conventional method of treating a shooter using a fluororesin represented by polytetrafluoroethylene (see, for example, Patent Document 2 and Patent Document 3).

Japanese Patent Application No. 2008-262339 Japanese Patent Application No. 11-162963 Japanese Patent Application 2001-93513

The pouch container delivery device referred to in Patent Document 1 can be attached not only to a new vending machine but also to a used vending machine (hereinafter referred to as a used vending machine), and has opened up a way to utilize a used vending machine of a beverage company. . On the other hand, there are many types of used vending machines, and the angle and material of the shooter part where the pouch product must slide and move vary, and depending on the model, there is a low probability that the pouch product will reach the outlet. To do.

  In addition, some older models have shooters that are partially scratched or shallowly corroded, and even in used vending machines with such shooters, there is a low probability that pouch products will reach the outlet. .

  In order to improve the slidability of the shooter, there is a method of coating the shooter with fluororesin as in the prior art. However, in a slippery test in a poor environment where water droplets are sprayed on a shooter coated with a fluororesin and the height of the pouch product is minimized, the probability that the pouch product will stop on the shooter is It was 0.4%, which was a little uneasy for actual operation.

Also, the method of painting fluororesin etc. on the shooter requires the steps of (1) removing the shooter from the vending machine, (2) applying the fluororesin etc. to the shooter, and (3) attaching to the vending machine. Therefore, the cost including the raw materials becomes high. Furthermore, the attachment of the pouch container delivery device described in Patent Document 1 to a used vending machine is not only performed in a vending machine-dedicated factory, but also on a vending machine installed in the market. The operation of removing the shooter at the on-site vending machine, attaching a new fluorinated resin shooter, bringing back the removed shooter and storing the shooter in stock for the next installation is extremely practical. It becomes complicated.

The present invention has been devised by paying attention to such a problem, and an object thereof is to improve the slipperiness of the shooter, to provide an inexpensive and easy mounting operation.

  The sliding assist plate according to the present invention is a member having a corrugated rail structure having a plurality of irregularities, and is pasted on the flow line of the pouch product of a shooter of existing vending machines including used ones. To the product outlet.

  The sliding-off auxiliary plate is mainly composed of a flexible synthetic resin that is not normally used for a shooter part of a vending machine, and can be applied to various shapes of shooters.

Further, the lower layer is made of a magnetic sheet so as to prevent the sticking part from being peeled off by an impact when the pouch product falls on the sliding member for the vending machine shooter, and has a fixing force by magnetic force.

The present invention completes the slipping of pouch products, which was insufficient with fluororesin processing of shooters, can be applied to all shooters regardless of used vending machines and new vending machines, has a certain level of durability, and is inexpensive. Realize that it is easy to install.

The perspective view showing the use condition of this invention Top view of a shooter fitted with the present invention Partial perspective view of the present invention Partial perspective view of the present invention Partial perspective view of the present invention Perspective view of the present invention Sectional view of a shooter fitted with the present invention Front view of the present invention

(Confirmation of basic operation of pouch product delivery)
The basic operation of pouch product delivery will be described with reference to FIG. The storage room of the vending machine is partitioned by a storage wall 32, and the housing 20 suspended by the metal fittings at the upper part of the storage room is provided with a pouch container delivery device 21 for suspending and stocking the pouch product 40, and selling Accordingly, the pouch product 40 is paid out from the tip of the pouch container delivery device 21. The discharged pouch product 40 slides on the inclined surface of the housing cover 22, falls onto the shooter 30, further slides on the shooter 30, and is carried to the takeout port connected to the end of the shooter 30.

(Confirmation of issues)
As described above, when the pouch container delivery device 21 is used in a used vending machine, it has been found that the pouch product 40 stops on the shooter 30 before reaching the outlet. This state is conspicuous during the wet season such as the rainy season, during which the shooter 30 and the pouch product 40 tend to form dew, and when the dew is formed, the pouch product 40 stops on the shooter 30 due to surface tension due to moisture. It becomes easy. Furthermore, since the pouch product 40 reaches the take-out port with the force of free fall, the probability of stoppage increases in the case of paying out from the lowermost pouch container delivery 40. Therefore, an environment in which the pouch product 40 and the shooter 30 are wetted and the pouch product 40 is paid out from the lowermost pouch container delivery device 21 is hereinafter referred to as a bad environment.
The probability that 1000 pouch products 40 will be discharged and stopped on the shooter 30 in an adverse environment (hereinafter referred to as the stop probability) is 1.0% for the galvanized steel shooter 30 that has been used for 5 years or more. Insufficient frequency. Furthermore, looking at the shooter 30, the used vending machine has various specifications, and the shooter's material and shooter's tilt angle are different. There are individual differences. Therefore, there is a possibility that the stopping probability in the case of a used vending machine having the shooter 30 having a small inclination angle and a corroded portion and poor sliding conditions may be further increased.

(Confirmation 2)
When the galvanized steel shooter 30 is subjected to fluororesin processing in order to reduce the frictional resistance of the shooter 30, the probability of stoppage in an adverse environment is 0.4%, and when the galvanized steel shooter 30 is glass coated, the same is true. Although the slip was improved by 2%, there was still anxiety in actual operation.

(Confirmation 3)
Although the method of adding processing such as fluororesin or glass to the shooter 30 is an effective improvement method in a bad environment, it is not possible to completely eliminate the anxiety, and complicated processes such as removal, processing and attachment of the shooter 30 occur. Improvement of the shooter 30 such as raw material cost, work cost, and management of the shooter 30 having a plurality of shapes is expensive. In actual operation, the pouch delivery device 21 may be installed locally on the existing vending machine as well as the used vending machines staying in the factory. Is difficult.

(Organization of issues)
What is required of the present invention is that the probability of stoppage in a bad environment is low, the workability in which the shooter 30 is not removed, the low cost, the versatility that can be used for various types of shooters 30, and the durability for long-term use. Is to satisfy.

(Basic configuration)
As shown in FIGS. 4, 6, and 8, the sliding assist plate 1 b according to the present invention has a corrugated member having a corrugated plate shape in which a plurality of convex portions 6 and concave portions 7 extend in the front-rear direction. 2 and a magnetic sheet 5 containing a magnetic material and a sliding member 2 are polymerized by an adhesive layer 3.

(Basic usage)
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the sliding-off auxiliary plate 1 b is used by being attached to the drop flow line of the pouch product 40 on the shooter 30 by the magnetic force of the magnet sheet 5.

(principle)
The main cause of the pouch beverage 40 stopping on the shooter 30 is the frictional force and the surface tension due to water droplets, but the continuous unevenness of the sliding member 2 on the surface of the sliding assist plate 1b according to the present invention is the pouch beverage 40. The pouch beverage 40 has a small contact surface with the sliding-off auxiliary plate 1b because the convex area 6 is inclined like a rail and extends in the downward outlet direction in the front-rear direction. As it is, it is guided along the rail of the convex portion 6 toward the front side of the shooter 30 and carried to the take-out port.

(Need for flexibility)
FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view in the front-rear direction in a state where the sliding-off auxiliary plate 1b is attached to the shooter 30. Some shooters have a flat shooter 30 surface as shown in FIG. 7A, and some shooters have a refraction point 33 at any position of the shooter 31 as shown in FIG. 8B. Therefore, in order for the present invention to have versatility to be applied to various types of shooters, it is necessary to have flexibility so as to cope with both cases where the shooter surface is flat and refracted.

(Material)
The sliding member 2 is made of a synthetic resin having flexibility at room temperature, and is made of, for example, polyethylene or vinyl chloride. The magnet sheet 5 is a flexible material including a magnetic material, and is made of, for example, a synthetic rubber including a magnetic material. The adhesive layer 3 may be a material that adheres the sliding member 2 and the magnet sheet 5, for example, a commercially available double-sided tape or acrylic adhesive. Until now, we have not used anything other than metal for the shooter part of vending machines in beverages, but in terms of assisting sliding down of pouch products 40, maintaining sliding performance and durability even with non-metals such as synthetic resins and rubber materials Can do.

(Fixed)
The sliding member 2 has a direct effect on the sliding of the pouch product 40. A member including a member for fixing the sliding member 2 to the shooter 30 is a sliding assist plate. As shown in FIG. 3, the sliding assist plate 1 a in which the adhesive layer 3 such as a double-sided tape is provided on the bottom of the sliding member 2 can also be used by being attached to the shooter 30. If the material of the shooter 30 is a galvanized steel plate and the oil or dust on the shooter 30 is wiped off and applied at the time of application, the sliding assist plate 1a is peeled off from the shooter 30 due to condensation or impact when the pouch beverage 40 is dropped. Never do.

(Fixed 2)
The material of the shooter 30 includes not only a galvanized steel sheet but also a material that has been subjected to a treatment for reducing various frictions, for example, a material that has been processed with a fluorine resin. In this case, the adhesive layer 3 of the sliding assist plate 1a may not be sufficiently fixed, and the sliding assist plate 1a may peel off due to condensation or a drop impact of the pouch beverage 40. The sliding assist plate 1b shown in FIG. 4 has the magnet sheet 5 at the bottom as described above. However, if the sliding assist plate 1b is made of a material that has been processed by the shooter 30 to reduce friction, the action of magnetic force. Therefore, the sliding assist plate 1b is not peeled off due to the drop impact of the pouch beverage 40.

(Fixed 3)
The dropping trajectory of the pouch beverage 40 is not constant, and sometimes it falls while colliding with the left and right sides of the housing cover. The sliding auxiliary plate 1b is attached only by a magnetic force because pressure is applied to the sliding auxiliary plate 1b in the left and right directions. May deviate from a predetermined position (a slight misalignment does not cause a problem in moving the pouch product, and if there is a significant misalignment, the operator can correct it when the vending machine refills the product). As shown in FIG. 5, the sliding assist plate 1c is provided with an adhesive layer 4 such as a double-sided tape on the bottom of the magnet sheet 5 of the sliding assist plate 1b. The sliding assisting plate 1c can be completely fixed against condensation or the drop impact of the pouch beverage 40 regardless of the material of the shooter 30.

The material of the sliding member 2 is made of polyethylene and has 10 convex portions 6, the adhesive layer 3 is made of a base material, a polypropylene film, and a double-sided tape using an acrylic adhesive as an adhesive, and a magnet sheet 5 Two sliding assist plates 1b having a width of 18 mm and a length of 300 mm using a synthetic rubber containing a magnetic material are pasted in parallel in the vertical direction on the shooter 30, and the pouch beverage 40 is attached from the pouch container delivery device 21 under adverse environments. When 1000 pieces were continuously sent and dropped, the pouch container 40 was never stopped on the shooter 30. In addition, no conspicuous scratches were found on the surface of the sliding member 2.

  The slip-off assist plate according to the present invention can be attached to any used vending machine or existing vending machine shooter, and the pouch product can be stably taken out with low cost and easy workability by sticking the slip-off assist plate on the shooter. Therefore, it is possible to renew as a value-added vending machine by attaching a pouch container delivery device to many types of used vending machines and existing vending machines.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1a Sliding assisting plate 1b Sliding assisting plate 1c Sliding assisting plate 2 Sliding member 3 Adhesive layer 4 Adhesive layer 5 Magnet sheet 6 Convex part 7 Concave part 20 Housing 21 Pouch container delivery device 22 Housing cover 30 Shooter 31 Shooter 32 Warehouse wall 33 Refraction point 40 Pouch products

Claims (3)

A sliding assist plate having an adhesive layer at the bottom of the sliding member in a sliding member made of synthetic resin having a corrugated shape with convex and concave portions extending in the left-right direction and extending in the front-rear direction, By sticking the slip-off auxiliary plate on the shooter of the vending machine with the adhesive layer, the pouch product discharged from the pouch container delivery device and falling on the shooter is moved without stopping to the take-out port in front of the shooter. A sliding aid plate characterized by that. 2. The sliding assist plate according to claim 1, wherein a magnet sheet is polymerized on the bottom of the sliding assist plate according to claim 1, and is attached to a shooter of a vending machine by the magnetic force of the magnet sheet. The sliding assist plate according to claim 2, further comprising an adhesive layer on a bottom portion of the sliding assist plate according to claim 2, and attached to a shooter of a vending machine by magnetic force and adhesive force.

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