JP2018142257A - Commodity storage rack for automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a commodity storage rack for an automatic vending machine, capable of facilitating an operation of installing an interval regulation member to a rack side plate and maintaining its installation state stably.SOLUTION: An attachment hole 21 of a rack side plate 2 includes a pore 22 and an engaging projection part 24 that projects toward the center of this pore 22. Provided on an end of an interval regulation member 1 is a locking and fixing part 12 having an annular groove 13 that extends therethrough and deflects the engaging projection part 24 toward the outside of the rack side plate 2 by press-fitting into the attachment hole 21 of the rack side plate 2 and accepts the leading end of the engaging projection part 24 on its peripheral wall to lock the engaging projection part 24 in a deflected state. A stable installation state of the interval regulation member 1 is obtained by means of the engaging projection part 24 in a state locked in the annular groove 13 merely by press-fitting the locking and fixing part 12 of the interval regulation member 1 into the attachment hole 21 so as to extend therethrough to be deflected toward the outside of the rack side plate 2.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

  According to the present invention, the interval between the pair of left and right rack side plates is made constant by a rod-shaped interval regulating member that is disposed in the commodity storage of the main body cabinet and is inserted through the mounting holes formed in the pair of left and right rack side plates. The present invention relates to a product storage rack of a vending machine configured to keep.

  Vending machines that sell products such as canned beverages and plastic bottled beverages store the products in the product storage of the main cabinet, which is a heat-insulating housing, in a cold and hot state and store them in the display room of the outer door. A plurality of product samples are displayed side by side on the left and the product selected based on the operation of a product selection button provided corresponding to the product sample is sold. This type of vending machine will be described with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the vending machine includes a main body cabinet 100 having an open front surface, and an outer door 160 supported by a hinge on the front surface of the main body cabinet 100 so as to be opened and closed. The main body cabinet 100 is made of a steel plate. A heat insulation board made of urethane foam is arranged on the top wall, left and right side walls, back wall and bottom wall 110 inside the outer box of the outer case to constitute a heat insulation casing. The inside of the product storage box surrounded by the heat insulation board of the main body cabinet 100 is partitioned into a plurality of product storage chambers 130, 140, 150 in the left-right direction by the heat insulation partition plate 120. In each of the product storage chambers 130, 140, and 150, product storage racks 180 each having a meandering product storage passage called a serpentine method are stored. A heat-insulated inner door 170 is disposed between the outer door 160 supported on the front surface of the main body cabinet 100 so as to be openable and closable and the front surface of the product storage in the main body cabinet 100. In this example, the inner door 170 is vertically moved. It is divided into The lower inner door 170 is provided with a product outlet having a delivery door 170a at a position facing the chute 190 that sends out the product delivered from the product storage rack 180 of each product storage chamber 130, 140, 150. Yes. The unloading door 170a is pivotally supported at the upper end and hangs down, and closes the product unloading port by its own weight to prevent outflow of cold air or warm air, and is pushed open by the product unloaded through the chute 190. Is delivered to the product outlet 160a of the outer door 160. The upper area of the front surface of the outer door 160 is formed as a display room covered with a transparent plate for displaying product samples, and a product selection button unit is provided on the front surface of the transparent plate. It has a product selection button provided corresponding to the displayed product sample. In addition, a coin insertion slot, a bill insertion slot, a coin return slot, a return lever, a product outlet, a handle lock, and the like are provided on the front surface of the outer door 160.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the product storage rack 180 includes a pair of left and right rack side plates 181 and 181 made of flat sheet steel plates, and the rack side plates 181 and 181 that are mounted on the rack side plates 181 and 181 so as to face each other with a half pitch shift. A plurality of front and rear (five rows in the figure) meandering product storage passages (product columns) 183 defined between a pair of curved rail segment rows 182 and a product inlet formed in the front opening of the main body cabinet 100 SL (see FIG. 7) and the top tray 184 that links the upper end inlets of the second and subsequent product storage passages 183, the product delivery device 200 disposed at the lower end exit of each product storage passage 183, and the product delivery It consists of an apparatus 200 and an outlet adjusting plate 290 arranged opposite to each other across the product storage passage. In this example, the product storage rack 180 is composed of a front product storage rack 180 a having two rows of product storage passages 183 and a rear product storage rack 180 b having three rows of product storage passages 183. The rack side hook metal fittings 811 and 811 installed on the upper ends of the pair of left and right rack side plates 181 and 181 of the product storage racks 180a and 108b are attached to the main body side hook metal fittings (not shown) laid on the ceiling of the product storage case. Locked and fixed.

  The pair of left and right rack side plates 181 and 181 need to maintain a constant interval in order to construct the curved rail segment row 182, the top tray 184, and the like. For this reason, a space restriction member 186 (see FIG. 8: the space restriction member 186 provided on the upper side of the rear product storage rack 180b is visible in FIG. 8) is provided over the pair of left and right rack side plates 181 and 181. Is known (for example, Patent Document 1).

  FIG. 9 shows a main part of the invention described in Patent Document 1, and shows one mounting hole 185 provided in one rack side plate 181 of one of the pair of left and right rack side plates 181 and 181 and one end of the spacing regulating member 186. It is an enlarged view of a part. A pair of front and rear locking recesses 186a formed by cutting out the peripheral wall is provided in the vicinity of the end portion of the interval regulating member 186 formed in a cylindrical shape by curling. A mounting hole 185 provided at a predetermined position of the rack side plate 181 forms a tongue piece 185a having flexibility by cutting in an inverted V shape, while projecting back and forth in the upper region of the top of the tongue piece 185a. An engaging convex portion 185b is formed. The interval regulating member 186 is installed by being inserted into the mounting holes 185 and 185 of the rack side plates 181 and 181 from the inside of the pair of left and right rack side plates 181 and 181. In this case, the end portion of the distance regulating member 186 is brought into contact with the tongue piece 185a, and the tongue piece 185a is bent outwardly, thereby being inserted into the attachment hole 185. When the pair of front and rear locking recesses 186a of the spacing restriction member 186 are vertically slid in a position where the pair of front and rear engagement protrusions 185b of the mounting hole 185 overlaps in the vertical direction, the pair of front and rear locking recesses 186a. A pair of front and rear engaging projections 185b are fitted into 186a, and the tongue piece 185a bent outward is restored to its original state, thereby supporting the interval regulating member 186 to support the pair of front and rear locking recesses 186a. The engagement with the pair of engaging projections 185b is maintained. As a result, the interval regulating member 186 is installed on the pair of left and right rack side plates 181 and 181.

JP 2004-86854 A (paragraphs 0100 to 0106, FIGS. 31 to 33)

  The invention described in Patent Document 1 is excellent in that it is easy to construct the interval regulating member 186 on the pair of left and right rack side plates 181 and 181. However, since the interval regulating member 186 is supported by the pair of left and right rack side plates 181 and 181 while being supported by the tongue piece 185a restored to the original state, a downward external force is applied to the interval regulating member 186. And the tongue piece 185a bend outward or inward of the rack side plate 181, and the pair of front and rear locking recesses 186a of the spacing regulating member 186 come out of the pair of front and rear engaging projections 185b of the mounting hole 185 and maintain the engaged state. There is a problem that there is a possibility of being impossible.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned points, and the object thereof is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to stably maintain the erection state while facilitating the erection work of the interval regulating member on the rack side plate. The object is to provide a product storage rack for a vending machine.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is provided by a bar-shaped interval regulating member that is disposed in a commodity storage of the main body cabinet and is inserted through a mounting hole formed in a pair of left and right rack side plates. In the commodity storage rack of the vending machine configured to keep the distance between the pair of left and right rack side plates constant, the mounting holes of the pair of left and right rack side plates are formed by opening a hole portion formed between the hole portion and the hole portion. An engagement projection that protrudes toward the center is provided, and the plurality of engagement projections are rack-mounted by press-fitting into the hole of the mounting hole from the inside of the rack side plate at the end of the interval regulating member. It penetrates while being bent toward the outside of the side plate and receives the tips of the plurality of engaging projections on its peripheral wall and locks the plurality of engaging projections in a state bent toward the outside of the rack side plate. Having locking means to And characterized in that it comprises a stop fixed part.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the commodity storage rack of the vending machine according to the first aspect, the engagement protrusions of the mounting holes are separated by a plurality of notches communicating with the holes. It is formed in the shape of a petal crown, and has a plurality of engaging protrusions whose front ends protrude toward the hole at the center by the adjacent notches.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the commodity storage rack of the vending machine according to the first aspect, the locking means at the end of the spacing regulating member is from an annular groove formed on the peripheral wall of the locking fixing portion. It is characterized by becoming.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the left and right sides of the left and right are controlled by the bar-shaped interval regulating members that are installed in the commodity storage of the main body cabinet and are inserted through the mounting holes formed in the pair of left and right rack side plates. In the commodity storage rack of the vending machine configured to keep the distance between the pair of rack side plates constant, the mounting holes of the pair of left and right rack side plates are formed in a hole formed at the center and the center of the hole. The plurality of engaging protrusions are provided on the end of the spacing regulating member by press-fitting into the holes of the mounting holes from the inside of the rack side plate. A member that penetrates while being bent toward the outside and receives the tips of the plurality of engaging protrusions on its peripheral wall and locks the plurality of engaging protrusions in a state of being bent toward the outside of the rack side plate. Locking fixing part having locking means As a result, the locking and fixing portion of the spacing regulating member is pressed into the hole of the mounting hole from the inside of the rack side plate, and then the engaging protrusion is bent toward the outside of the rack side plate. Since the interval regulating member can be installed only by penetrating in a manner of being locked to the means, the installation state of the interval regulating member on the rack side plate can be easily maintained while the installation state can be stably maintained. This is an effect.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the commodity storage rack of the vending machine according to the first aspect, the engagement protrusion of the mounting hole is a valve release valve in which a petal communicating with the hole is opened. It is formed by a plurality of cutout portions drilled in a flower crown shape, and has a plurality of engaging projections whose front ends protrude toward the hole portion of the central portion by the adjacent cutout portions, thereby Even if one engagement projection part deteriorates while facilitating the installation work to the rack side plate, there is an effect that the installation state of the interval regulating member can be stably maintained by the other engagement projection part. is there.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the commodity storage rack of the vending machine according to the first aspect, the locking means at the end of the spacing regulating member is formed on the peripheral wall of the locking fixing portion. Due to the annular groove formed, the locking means for receiving and locking the tips of the plurality of engaging protrusions bent toward the outside of the rack side plate is one-to-one with the plurality of engaging protrusions. Since it is not necessary to perform positioning as in the case of being formed in an opposing manner, it is possible to easily perform the installation work of the interval regulating member on the rack side plate.

It is a perspective view of the space | interval control member which concerns on the goods rack of the vending machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is an enlarged view of the attachment hole provided in one rack side plate which concerns on the goods rack of the vending machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is an enlarged view of one end part of the attachment hole provided in one rack side plate and the space | interval control member which concern on the product rack of the vending machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is an enlarged view which shows an example of the jig | tool at the time of constructing a space | interval control member in an attachment hole with an attachment hole. It is sectional drawing of the state which installed the space | interval control member in the attachment hole. It is an enlarged view which shows the modification of an attachment hole. It is a perspective view of the outside door open state of the vending machine used as the object of the present invention. It is a perspective view of the goods storage rack in the vending machine of FIG. It is a perspective view of the principal part in the conventional goods storage rack.

  Hereinafter, a commodity storage rack of a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that the overall configuration of the vending machine and the configuration of the commodity storage rack are the same as those shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, and therefore, a duplicate description will be omitted and will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8 as appropriate. .

  FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of an interval regulating member 1 according to the present invention. The spacing regulating member 1 includes a main body piece portion 11 and a locking and fixing portion 12 protruding outward from both ends of the main body piece portion 11. The main body piece portion 11 of the spacing regulating member 1 has a pair of left and right rack side plates 2 and 2 (see FIG. 2; FIG. 2 shows one rack side plate 2; The other rack side plate 2 is arranged opposite to each other) and is positioned between the pair of left and right rack side plates 2 and 2. The locking and fixing portions 12 and 12 protrude outward from the pair of left and right rack side plates 2 and 2 in a state where the spacing regulating member 1 is installed on the pair of left and right rack side plates 2 and 2, and the diameter R2 thereof is The diameter is smaller than the diameter R3 of the main body piece portion 11. An annular groove 13 for receiving and locking a plurality of engaging projections 24 in the mounting holes 21 of the rack side plate 2 shown in FIG. In this embodiment, the spacing regulating member 1 is curled in such a manner that both ends on the long side of a strip-shaped steel plate are abutted by pressing a rectangular steel plate as a raw material using an upper die and a lower die. By doing so, it is formed as a hollow cylindrical body.

  FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the mounting hole 21 drilled in the pair of left and right rack side plates 2, 2 according to the present invention. The attachment hole 21 is formed by a central hole portion 22 formed as an opening, and a plurality of cutout portions 23 formed in the shape of a valve-leaved flower crown in which the petals communicating with the hole portion 22 are opened. The notch portions 23, 23 are formed with engaging protrusions 24 whose tip protrudes toward the center of the hole 22. The tips of these engaging projections 24 are formed as concave arcs. In this embodiment, four notches 23 are provided in a cross shape, and four engagement protrusions 24 are formed correspondingly.

  Here, if the diameter of the hole portion 22 of the mounting hole 21 is R0, the diameter R1 of the annular groove 13 formed in the locking and fixing portion 12 in the interval regulating member 1 is defined as R1> R0. The diameter R2 of the locking and fixing portion 12 is determined as R2> R1> R0, and the diameter R3 of the main body piece portion 11 is determined as R3> R2> R1> R0.

  Next, a method of laying the interval regulating member 1 on the pair of left and right rack side plates 2 and 2 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 shows a state where the right end of the interval regulating member 1 is installed on one rack side plate 2 located on the right side in the front view.

  After the interval regulating member 1 is arranged inside the rack side plate 2, the front end of the locking fixing portion 12 of the interval regulating member 1 is opposed to the mounting hole 21 of the rack side plate 2. In this case, a cylindrical jig 3 as shown in FIG. 4 is disposed outside the rack side plate 2. The inner diameter of the jig 3 is set larger than the diameter R <b> 2 of the locking and fixing portion 12 in such a manner as to straddle the plurality of notches 23 in the mounting hole 21. In this state, when the distal end of the locking and fixing portion 12 is press-fitted into the hole portion 22 in the attachment hole 21 from the inside of the rack side plate 2, the plurality of engagement protrusions 24 in the attachment hole 21 are in contact with the jig 3. Since the distal end side bends outward from the base end, press-fitting into the hole 22 of the locking and fixing portion 12 is allowed. Due to the subsequent press-fitting into the hole 22 in the mounting hole 21 of the locking and fixing part 12, the locking and fixing part 12 penetrates the mounting hole 21 and protrudes to the outside of the rack side plate 2. In this case, the distal ends of the plurality of engaging protrusions 24 bent outwardly come into contact with the peripheral wall of the locking and fixing portion 12 and slide. When the annular groove 13 of the locking and fixing portion 12 reaches the distal end portion of the plurality of engaging protrusions 24, the distal ends of the engaging protrusions 24 are within the annular groove 13 by the restoring force of the plurality of engaging protrusions 24. Depressed.

  Here, the diameter R1 of the annular groove 13 of the locking / fixing portion 12 is formed to be larger than the diameter of the hole portion 22 of the mounting hole 21 than R0, so that it falls into the annular groove 13 of the locking / fixing portion 12. The plurality of engaging protrusions 24 are maintained in a state of being bent outward (see FIG. 5). In this way, the plurality of engaging projections 24 that have fallen into the annular groove 13 of the locking and fixing portion 12 are bent outward, thereby preventing the gap regulating member 1 from coming off. That is, the plurality of engaging protrusions 24 bent outward function as serving bars. In addition, the diameter R3 of the main body piece portion 11 of the interval regulating member 1 is set larger than the outer diameter of the jig 3, and the main body piece portion 11 of the interval regulating member 1 passes through the mounting hole 21 of the rack side plate 2. It does not protrude outside the rack side plate 2. Further, the plurality of notches 23 located in the outer region of the jig 3 have a function of releasing the stress when the plurality of engaging projections 24 are bent and preventing the rack side plate 2 from cracking. .

  Installation to the rack side plate 2 on the other side (left side in front view) of the left end side of the spacing regulating member 1 can be performed in the same manner as the above-described installation method. As described above, the interval restriction member 1 can be installed on the pair of left and right rack side plates 2 and 2 simply by press-fitting the locking and fixing portion 12 of the interval restriction member 1 into the mounting hole 21 of the rack side plate 2. In addition to good workability, the plurality of engaging protrusions 24 that have fallen into the annular groove 13 of the locking and fixing portion 12 serve to prevent the spacing regulating member 1 from coming off, so that the installation state is stably maintained. Is.

  In the above-described embodiment, the jig 3 is used to assist the bending of the plurality of engaging protrusions 24. However, as shown in FIG. A plurality of notches (triangular holes) 4 can also be drilled in the base portion, and is not limited to the one using the jig 3.

  Here, in the said embodiment, the four notch parts 23 drilled in the shape of the leaf-off corolla which the petal connected to the hole part 22 in the attachment hole 21 opened are provided in the cross shape, and correspondingly Although the description has been given of the case where the four engagement protrusions 24 are formed, the number of the notches 23 and the engagement protrusions 24 can be appropriately changed. In particular, the engagement protrusion 24 that protrudes toward the center of the hole 22 in the mounting hole 21 is directed toward the outside of the rack side plates 2 and 2 in a manner that allows passage of the locking and fixing portion 12 in the interval regulating member 1. It is only necessary to be bent and locked to the annular groove 13 of the interval regulating member 1 in a state of being bent toward the outside of the rack side plates 2 and 2, and can be appropriately changed without departing from the gist of the present invention. It can be done.

  Further, the spacing regulating member 1 can be applied to a pin member that holds the curved rail segment row 182, the top tray 184, the commodity carry-out device 200, and the like shown in FIG. 8.

  As described above, the left and right pair of left and right pairs are provided by the bar-shaped interval regulating member 1 which is disposed in the commodity storage of the main body cabinet 100 and is inserted and installed in the mounting holes 21 formed in the pair of left and right rack side plates 2 and 2. In the commodity storage rack of the vending machine configured to keep the interval between the rack side plates 2 and 2 constant, the mounting holes 21 of the pair of left and right rack side plates 2 and 2 are formed by opening holes 22 and An engagement protrusion 24 that protrudes toward the center of the hole 22 is provided, and the end of the distance regulating member 1 is press-fitted into the hole 22 of the mounting hole 21 from the inside of the rack side plates 2 and 2. As a result, the engaging protrusion 24 is penetrated while being bent toward the outside of the rack side plates 2 and 2, and the front end of the engaging protrusion 24 is received on the peripheral wall thereof so that the engaging protrusion 24 is connected to the rack side plate. To the outside of 2, 2 By providing a locking and fixing portion 12 having locking means (annular groove 13) that locks in a bent state, the locking and fixing portion 12 of the interval regulating member 1 can be moved from the inside of the rack side plates 2 and 2. The press-fitting into the hole portion 22 of the mounting hole 21 and only allowing the engagement protrusion 24 in a state of being bent toward the outside of the rack side plates 2 and 2 to pass through the locking means (annular groove 13). Thus, it is possible to install the space regulating member 1 in the above manner, so that it is possible to stably maintain the installed state while facilitating the work of installing the space regulating member 1 on the rack side plates 2 and 2. It is.

  In the above-described embodiment, the commodity storage rack of the vending machine has a meandering commodity storage passage called a serpentine system. However, a plurality of products are stored in a line in the front-rear direction in a lying position. The present invention can also be applied to a product storage rack called a slan track in which product storage shelves each having a plurality of product storage passages defined in the left-right direction are arranged in multiple stages in the vertical direction. Moreover, the space | interval control member 1 is not restricted to what was formed as a hollow cylindrical body, A solid thing may be used. Further, in the case where the distance regulating member 1 may regulate the movement of the left and right rack side plates 2 and 2 in the outer direction (for example, the movement of the left and right rack side plates 2 and 2 to the inside of the slan track is caused by the product storage shelf. In the case of being regulated), one end of the spacing regulating member 1 may be formed as a header that bulges in the radially outward direction. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Space | interval control member, 2 ... Rack side plate, 11 ... Main body piece part, 12 ... Locking fixing part, 13 ... Annular groove (locking means), 21 ... Mounting hole, 22 ... Hole part, 23 ... Notch part, 24 ... engaging protrusion, 100 ... main body cabinet, 180 ... commodity storage rack.

Claims (3)

It is arranged in the product storage of the main body cabinet, and is configured so as to keep the interval between the pair of left and right rack side plates constant by a bar-shaped interval regulating member that is installed through the mounting holes formed in the pair of left and right rack side plates. In the product storage rack of the vending machine, the mounting holes of the pair of left and right rack side plates include a hole formed to open and an engagement protrusion that protrudes toward the center of the hole, The end portion of the spacing regulating member penetrates through the plurality of engaging projections while being bent toward the outside of the rack side plate by press-fitting into the hole portion of the mounting hole from the inside of the rack side plate and into the peripheral wall thereof. A locking fixing portion having locking means for receiving the tips of the plurality of engaging protrusions and locking the plurality of engaging protrusions in a state of being bent toward the outside of the rack side plate; Vending featuring Commodity storage rack. 2. The product storage rack of the vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the engaging projections of the mounting holes are formed in the shape of a valve-release corolla in which petals are opened by a plurality of notches communicating with the holes, and adjacent to each other. A merchandise storage rack for a vending machine comprising a plurality of engaging protrusions whose front ends protrude toward a hole in the center by a notch. 2. The product storage rack of a vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the locking means at the end of the interval regulating member comprises an annular groove formed in the peripheral wall of the locking fixing portion. Product storage rack.

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