JP2014000971A - Cushioning container for vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a commodity fixing/shock absorption method, in the case a commodity other than a drink is concurrently sold in a drink vending machine, the method preventing damage to the commodity by vibration or shock before the canned drink reaches a drink takeout opening through an outgoing passage from a storage section.SOLUTION: By injecting bubbling cushioning material or granule cushioning material in a gap between a contained commodity 3 and a container 1, the commodity is fixed in the container. In this way, the shock is absorbed and buffered and various kinds of commodities are fixed and cushioned in the container by similar methods. The container has a structure in which disassembly and assembly is possible easily, to facilitate commodity takeout.

Description

  The present invention relates to a container with a buffer function that accommodates a product other than a beverage sold at the same time as a beverage in a beverage vending machine.

  Currently, vending machines are widespread throughout the country, such as soft drinks and alcoholic beverages, foods such as confectionery and nutritional supplements, household goods such as handkerchiefs and masks, and anime figures. A wide variety of beverages, foods, and non-foods are sold automatically. Among these, beverage vending machines are particularly widespread nationwide.

  In the past, vending machines other than beverages as described above were often installed separately from beverage vending machines as dedicated vending machines. However, as a user, for example, in order to purchase juice and confectionery at the same time, it is very inconvenient to search for a vending machine separately.

  On the other hand, as a seller, a beverage vending machine and a vending machine other than many types of beverages must be installed. In view of this, it has been proposed to use a beverage vending machine that is most widely used at present and to accommodate and serve products other than the beverages described above in a container that is substantially the same shape as the beverage.

  Patent Documents 1 to 5 disclose examples in which a product other than a beverage sold by a beverage vending machine is accommodated in a container substantially the same shape as a beverage and sold by a beverage vending machine.

  The beverage vending machine can store a large number of beverage cans and beverage bottles to be sold in the storage unit of the vending machine, and is configured to move the passage leading from the storage unit to the beverage outlet and send it to the outlet. Yes.

  When selling products other than beverages using a beverage vending machine, do not make the product storage container almost the same shape as the beverage can or beverage bottle so that it will not get caught in the storage part or moving passage of the above configuration. On the other hand, the product in the container must be fixed and shock-absorbed so that the stored product will not be damaged even if it receives the same vibration and impact as a beverage can moving through the passage at a considerable momentum.

  Due to the use situation as described above, it is considered that it is not sufficient to restrict the movement as in the commodity container disclosed in Patent Document 2.

  Patent Document 4 discloses a technical idea of storing a small drink in a container that is almost the same shape as a beverage can. In the technical idea, there is a hole in the center for fixing the drink and absorbing the shock. The circular member which has is used. In this method, the central hole must exactly match the outer diameter of the drink, and cannot be used to fix drinks of different diameters or other types of goods, and to absorb impacts. Furthermore, there is a possibility that the circular member may be caught by the storage container and hinder the take-out of the product.

  Patent Document 5 is an elastic member that undulates a product other than a beverage sold by a beverage vending machine, and performs fixing and shock absorption. While it has the potential to be a method with excellent advantages, it is difficult to create a wave-like elastic member suitable for its outer shape when accommodating products with complicated shapes such as anime figures, and when removing products May be damaged.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-38896 JP 2003-2330 A JP 2007-39061 A JP 2009-102032 A JP 2000-353271 A

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  As mentioned above, when products other than beverages are sold at the same time in a beverage vending machine, the product can be fixed so that the product can not be damaged by vibration and impact from the storage unit through the delivery passage to the beverage outlet. It is a problem to provide a shock absorbing method.

  Moreover, it is a problem to provide a product fixing and shock absorbing method that can be used in common regardless of the type of sale product, the appearance shape, and the like.

  Furthermore, when taking out goods from a storage container, it is a subject to provide the container structure, goods fixing, and shock absorption method which do not damage goods.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, in the buffer container for a vending machine according to the present invention, a liquid foam cushioning material or a granular cushioning material is provided in the gap between the container and the product accommodated in the container as in claim 1. By injecting, the product is fixed in the container, and the product is used as a cushioning material that protects the product from vibration shock.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, a liquid foam cushioning material is used as the injection cushioning material.

  Further, as described in claim 3, a fine grain cushioning material is used.

  Further, according to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the container is structured so that it can be easily disassembled and assembled.

  According to the present invention having the above-described configuration, when a product other than a beverage is sold at the same time as a beverage sold by a beverage vending machine, the most widely used at present is by using the vending machine buffer container according to the present invention. It is possible to simultaneously sell products other than beverages without changing the beverage storage unit and the beverage delivery mechanism of the beverage vending machine.

  Moreover, if the buffer container for vending machines according to the present invention is used, the same product fixing and impact buffering method can be used regardless of the shape of the product stored in the container, and the stored product can be easily taken out. .

It is the schematic which shows one Example of the buffer container for vending machines which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is the schematic which shows another Example of the buffer container for vending machines which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is the schematic which shows another Example of the buffer container for vending machines which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is the schematic which shows the position of the foam cushioning material in the buffer container for vending machines which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of another method of inject | pouring a buffer material into the buffer container for vending machines which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is the schematic which shows the decomposition | disassembly method of the buffer container for vending machines which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is the schematic which shows the decomposition | disassembly method of the buffer container for vending machines which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is the schematic which shows the decomposition | disassembly method of the buffer container for vending machines which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is the schematic which shows the assembly method of the buffer container for vending machines which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is the schematic which shows the assembly method of the buffer container for vending machines which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is the schematic which shows the assembly method of the buffer container for vending machines which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is the schematic which shows the decomposition | disassembly method of the buffer container for vending machines which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following, the range necessary for the description for achieving the object of the present invention is schematically shown, and the range necessary for the description of the relevant part of the present invention will be mainly described. It shall be by a well-known technique.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a buffer container for a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, and shows a case where a character doll is accommodated as a product.

  The container 1 is made of a material such as metal, synthetic resin, or cardboard. The product character doll 3 is placed in the container 1, and the container 1 is closed at the top by a lid 101 to be described later.

  The lid 101 is provided with a buffer material injection port 5, from which a foam cushioning material 2 a (not shown) such as polyurethane foam of the technical document 1 or a polystyrene foam having a diameter sufficiently smaller than the diameter of the injection port 5 is provided. The buffer material 2 b (not shown) is injected by the buffer material injector 6.

  The injected cushioning material 2 is filled in the gap between the product 3 and the container 1 and serves as a cushioning material that fixes the product 3 in the container 1 and protects the product 3 from vibrations and shocks from the outside. If the product 3 has a complicated shape such as the character doll shown in FIG. 1 or has a fragile part, wrap the product 3 with a protective material 4 such as air packing so that foam cushioning materials do not stick. You may devise.

  FIG. 2 shows a case where a glass drink bottle which is easily broken as the product 3 is placed in the container 1. In such a case, the product 3 may be placed after placing a foamed polystyrene or cardboard cushion 7 under the drink bottle 3, and the cushioning material 2 may be injected into the gap. Further, FIG. 2 shows a case in which styrene foam granules are used as the buffer material 2.

  FIG. 3 shows a case in which a product such as a biscuit packed in a smaller package than the container 2 is enclosed as the product 3. In this case, the gap between the container 1 and the product 2 is small, but it is only necessary to inject the same cushioning material as described in FIGS. 1 and 2 into the gap without creating a dedicated cushioning material as in Patent Document 4.

  FIG. 4 shows a case where the foam cushioning material 2 is not injected into the entire gap between the container 1 and the product, but is injected into the lower part and the middle part of the product. Depending on the product, there may be a sufficient fixing and buffering effect even with only a part of the product.

  1-4, the buffer material inlet 5 was provided in the upper part of the container 1, and the buffer material 2 was injected from the said inlet 5, However, FIG. 5 divides the container 1 into the main body 1a and the lid | cover 1b, This is an example in which 3 and the buffer material 2 are easily inserted and injected. A hook-like notch 8 is provided on the upper portion of the container body 1a, and a protrusion 9 is provided on the inner side of the lid 1b. The protrusion 9 is inserted into the notch 8, and the lid 1b is rotated and fixed to the body 1a. Let

  In the above description, the foam cushioning material or the fine-grain cushioning material is used as the cushioning material 2 for fixing and cushioning the product 3 in the container 1. However, even if a large lid 1b is attached to the container 1a as shown in FIG. When the product is taken out, the cushioning material 2 may be caught on the edge of the container 1 to damage the product. In order to prevent such an accident, the container 1 needs to have a structure that can be easily disassembled and assembled.

  FIG. 6 shows an embodiment of the container 1 having the above-described disassembly / assembly structure. The container 1 has a structure that can be divided into almost half of 1c and 1d, and is connected by a hinge 10. With such a structure, for example, the product 3 can be easily taken out even if it is entirely covered with the foam cushioning material 2. A fixing method of 1c and 1d will be described later.

  FIGS. 7 and 8 are other structural examples of the container 1, which are a rectangular column and a polygonal column, unlike the cylindrical shape of FIGS. 1 to 6. In this way, it should be almost the same shape as a beverage can or beverage bottle sold in a beverage vending machine, and the storage part and delivery route of the vending machine can be used in common with the beverage can, and it must be shaped so that it is caught or damaged in the middle. It ’s fine.

  FIG. 9 shows an embodiment of a method for fixing the container 1 having the divided structure shown in FIGS. FIG. 9 shows an example in which an adhesive seal is used as a method for fixing the divided containers. The adhesive seal 12a is used for fixing the main body, and the buffer material inlet 5 is also closed with the adhesive seal 12a.

  FIG. 10 shows an example in which the latch 12 is used as the fixing method.

  FIG. 11 shows an example using a band 13 as a fixing method. As described above, there are various methods for fixing the container 1 other than the examples.

  FIG. 12 shows another example of dividing the container 1. The container 1 has a structure in which a main body 1 e divided into two parts is pressed from above and below by a lid 1 f. As described above, various structures of the container 1 that can be easily disassembled and assembled, easily inject the buffer material into the gap between the product and the container, and easily take out the product are conceivable.

  As described above, according to the invention of the present application, products other than beverages can be sold using the most widely used beverage vending machines. In addition, since a container having substantially the same shape as a beverage can (or bottle) is used, the beverage vending machine can be used without any modification.

  Furthermore, since there is no need to change the cushioning material depending on the type of product to be sold, any product smaller than a beverage can can be easily sold regardless of the type.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Container, 2 ... Buffer material, 3 ... Goods, 4 ... Product protection material, 5 ... Buffer material injection port, 6 ... Buffer material injection device, 7 ... Cushion, 8 ... Claw-shaped notch, 9 ... Projection, 10 ... Hinge, 11 ... Adhesive seal, 12 ... Hasp, 13 ... Band

Claims (4)

  A vending machine for selling merchandise other than beverages using a beverage vending machine, in which a cushioning material is injected into the gap between the merchandise and the containing container to fix and shock cushion the merchandise. Buffer container.   The buffer container for a vending machine according to claim 1, wherein a foamed cushioning material is used as the buffer material.   The buffer container for a vending machine according to claim 1, wherein a fine-grain buffer material is used as the buffer material. The buffer container for a vending machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the container can be easily disassembled and assembled.

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