JP2019063256A - Dispensing device - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a dispensing device that can perform an operation concerning the transfer of tobacco products, etc., by a mechanism of a more efficient configuration.SOLUTION: A dispensing device is capable of dispensing tobacco products to be dispensed. The dispensing device includes a magazine for containing multiple tobacco products, or an operating unit for operating the transfer of the tobacco products. The operating unit includes: an operating unit body (mobile body 70); an actuator; and an appearance part 80 capable of protruding to any of a first direction in the horizontal direction or a second direction being an opposite direction to the first direction from the operating unit body according to the operation of the actuator.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 26

Description

  The present invention relates to a dispensing device that automatically dispenses tobacco products to be dispensed.

  In stores such as general convenience stores, various brands of tobacco products are displayed in so-called fixtures by brand, and (1) When a buyer designates a brand, a clerk picks up the brands of cigarette products from the fixtures Or (2) the purchaser takes out the desired branded tobacco products from the furniture and purchases them. The term "cigarette goods" as used herein refers not to individual cigarettes provided for smoking but to a rectangular parallelepiped package that accommodates a plurality of cigarettes as described later, and a rectangular parallelepiped that accommodates other tobacco products. Means package.

Further, Patent Document 1 describes a vending machine that automatically pays out tobacco products to be paid out.
In the vending machine of Patent Document 1, a plurality of product storage columns in which tobacco products are stored in a loaded state are arranged in rows and columns in rows and columns, and the lower part of each product storage column A product pushing means for pushing out the lowermost tobacco product is provided. The vending machine of the same document further includes a product pick-up means for taking out the product pushed out by the product pushing means, and a moving means for moving the product pick-up means from the opposing position of the product pushing means of each product storage column to the product delivery unit. And. When dispensing tobacco products, first, the lowermost tobacco product in the product storage column is taken into the product pick-up means, then the product pick-up means is moved to the product delivery section, and then the tobacco product is picked up By being carried out on the shooter from the means, the tobacco product is paid out.

JP 2000-149126 A

  By the way, for example, when it is going to install the delivery apparatus of the tobacco goods using such a structure and structure in stores, such as a convenience store with a limited space, size reduction of the whole apparatus is calculated | required. In particular, it is desirable that the mechanism that performs operations relating to the transfer of tobacco products etc. have a more efficient configuration.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a dispensing device capable of performing an operation related to the transfer of a tobacco product or the like by a mechanism having a more efficient configuration.

According to the present invention, there is provided a dispensing device capable of dispensing a tobacco product to be dispensed,
A magazine for storing a plurality of the tobacco products, or an operation unit performing an operation related to transfer of the tobacco products;
The operating unit is
Operation unit body,
An actuator,
A projecting / retracting portion that can project from the operation unit main body in any of a first direction in the horizontal direction or a second direction opposite to the first direction according to the operation of the actuator;
A dispensing device is provided.

  According to the present invention, since the projecting / retracting portion projects from the operating portion main body in the first direction or the second direction according to the operation of the actuator, the common projecting / retracting portion operates in relation to the transfer of the tobacco product or magazine in both directions. It can be performed. Thus, it is possible to perform operations relating to the transport of tobacco articles or magazines by means of a more efficient configuration of the operating part.

It is a perspective view of the payout device concerning a 1st embodiment. It is a top view of the paying-out apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment, and makes a top-plate part unillustrated in FIG. It is a sectional side view of the payout device concerning a 1st embodiment. It is front sectional drawing of the delivery apparatus along the AA of FIG. It is the elements on larger scale of FIG. 4, and makes some magazines not shown. It is a perspective view of the partial expansion of the payment apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. FIGS. 7 (a), 7 (b) and 7 (c) are perspective views showing a series of operations for storing a cigarette product in a magazine. It is a perspective view which shows the movable body of the conveyance mechanism of the paying-out apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. 9 (a) and 9 (b) are side views of the movable body of the transport mechanism of the dispensing apparatus according to the first embodiment, and among these, FIG. 9 (a) shows the projecting / retracting portion on the movable body of the movable body FIG. 9 (b) shows a state in which the projecting / retracting portion protrudes from the movable body. It is a perspective view of the mobile of the conveyance mechanism of the delivery apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment, and shows the state which the protrusion part protruded from the mobile main body. It is a figure which shows a series of operation | movement which hold | maintains a magazine by the moving body of the paying-out apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment, and shows the state which the protrusion part protruded from the moving body main body. It is a figure which shows a series of operation | movement which hold | maintains a magazine by the moving body of the paying-out apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment, and shows the state which the moving body raised relatively with respect to the magazine. It is a figure which shows a series of operation | movement which hold | maintains a magazine by the moving body of the paying-out apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment, and shows the state in which the protrusion part was accommodated in the moving body main body. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement which transfers a magazine to a magazine support part by the mobile of the delivery apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment, a mobile moves to the position which opposes a magazine, and a protrusion part protrudes from a mobile main part Show the condition. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement which delivers tobacco goods from a magazine by the mobile body (dispense mechanism) of the payment apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment, and shows the state which the protrusion part protruded from the mobile body main body. 16 (a) and 16 (b) are perspective views showing a state in which the magazine is held by the projecting / retracting portion of the moving body of the dispensing device according to the first embodiment, and of these, FIG. 16 (a) shows the projecting / retracting portion The state which protruded from the mobile body main body is shown, and FIG.16 (b) shows the state in which the protrusion part was accommodated in the mobile body main body. It is a perspective view which shows the lower part (mobile body main part and protrusion part) of the mobile body of the paying-out apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the lower part of the moving body of the paying-out apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment, and makes the 3rd protrusion and recess part not shown. It is a perspective view which shows the lower part of the moving body of the paying-out apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment, and makes many members not shown rather than making it not shown in FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the lower part of the moving body of the paying-out apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment, and makes many members not shown rather than making it not shown in FIG. It is a top view which shows the lower part of the moving body of the paying-out apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment, and makes some members not shown similarly to FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the lower part of a mobile body, and makes many members not shown rather than making it not shown in FIG. It is a perspective view of the main body member which comprises the 1st projection and withdrawal part of the projection and withdrawal part of the paying-out apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a perspective view of the 2nd projection and withdrawal part of the projection and withdrawal part of the paying-out apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a perspective view of the 3rd projection and withdrawal part of the projection and withdrawal part of the paying-out apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the lower part of the moving body of the paying-out apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment, and shows the state which the protrusion part protruded from the moving body main body. It is the perspective view which looked over the lower part of the mobile of the delivery apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment, and shows the mechanism regarding the drive of an appearance part. It is a top view which shows the lower part of the moving body of the paying-out apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment, and shows the mechanism regarding the drive of an appearance part. It is the perspective view which looked up the lower part of the moving body of the paying-out apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment, and shows the mechanism regarding the drive of an appearance part. It is a perspective view showing the 1st projected and drawn part of the projected and drawn part of the payout device concerning a 1st embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the state which remove | eliminated the main body member from the 1st projection part shown in FIG. It is a top view which shows the rotating shaft which has a rotating shaft of the paying-out apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment, the moving block of a 1st protrusion-and-disappearance part, and an engaging part. Each of FIG. 33 (a), FIG. 33 (b) and FIG. 33 (c) is a view showing the moving block and the rotating member of the dispensing device according to the first embodiment. FIG. 33, (b) is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 33 (a), and FIG. 33 (c) is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. It is a perspective view of the rotating shaft of the paying-out apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. Each of FIGS. 35 (a) and 35 (b) is a side view of the rotating shaft of the dispensing device according to the first embodiment, wherein among these, FIG. 35 (a) shows the first spiral of the engaging portion of the rotating member. FIG. 35 (b) shows a state in which the engaging portion is engaged with the second spiral groove. It is a bottom view of the rotating shaft of the paying-out apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the conveyance mechanism of the paying-out apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram of the payment apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. 39 (a), 39 (b), 39 (c) and 39 (d) are schematic views for explaining a series of operations of the payout device according to the second embodiment. Fig.40 (a), FIG.40 (b) and FIG.40 (c) are schematic diagrams for demonstrating a series of operation | movement of the payment apparatus which concerns on 3rd Embodiment. Fig.41 (a), FIG.41 (b) and FIG.41 (c) are schematic diagrams for demonstrating a series of operation | movement of the paying-out apparatus which concerns on the modification of 3rd Embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described using the drawings. In all the drawings, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted as appropriate.

First Embodiment
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the payout device 100 according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 1, two dispensing devices 100 are arranged side by side, and among them, the symbol 100A is given to the dispensing device 100 on the left side, and the symbol 100B is given to the dispensing device 100 on the right side. . The description of the payout device 100 performed below is the description of the payout device 100A on the left side. The payout device 100A and the payout device 100B, for example, are configured to be symmetrical to each other, so detailed description of the payout device 100B is omitted.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the payout device 100 according to the present embodiment. However, in FIG. 2, the top plate 12 of the housing 10 is not shown. FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of the dispensing device 100. As shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a front sectional view of the dispensing device taken along the line A-A of FIG. FIG. 5 is a partial enlarged view of FIG. However, some of the magazines 30 are not shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a partially enlarged view of the dispensing device 100 according to the embodiment. However, in FIG. 6, the open / close door 17 (FIG. 1) is not shown, and an internal structure that can be seen when the open / close door 17 is opened is shown.
7 (a), 7 (b) and 7 (c) are perspective views showing a series of operations for storing the tobacco product 50 in the magazine 30. FIG.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing the movable body 60 of the transport mechanism of the payout device 100 according to the present embodiment.
9 (a) and 9 (b) are side views of the movable body 60. FIG. Among these, FIG. 9A shows a state in which the projecting / retracting portion 80 is stored in the movable body main body 70 of the movable body 60 (a state in which the projecting / retracting portion 80 is sunk), and FIG. The state which the part 80 protruded is shown. FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the movable body 60, showing a state in which the projecting / retracting portion 80 protrudes from the movable body main body 70. FIG.
11 to 13 show a series of operations for holding the magazine 30 by the moving body 60. FIG. Among these, FIG. 11 shows a state in which the projecting / retracting portion 80 protrudes from the moving body main body 70, FIG. 12 shows a state in which the moving body 60 is lifted relative to the magazine 30, and FIG. The state accommodated in the main body 70 is shown.
FIGS. 13 and 14 are diagrams showing a series of operations for transferring the magazine 30 to the magazine support 23 by the moving body 60. FIG. Among these, FIG. 13 shows a state in which the movable body 60 has moved to a position facing the magazine 30, FIG. 14 shows that the projecting / retracting portion 80 protrudes from the movable body main body 70, and the movable body 60 is relative to the magazine support 23. It shows a state of falling down.
FIG. 15 is a view showing an operation of delivering the tobacco product 50 from the magazine 30 by the moving body 60 (dispensing mechanism), and shows a state in which the projecting and retracting portion 80 protrudes from the moving body main body 70.
16 (a) and 16 (b) are perspective views showing a state in which the magazine 30 is held by the projecting / retracting portion 80 of the movable body 60. Among these, FIG. 16 (a) shows the projecting / retracting portion 80 from the movable body main body 70. FIG. 16 (b) shows a state in which the projecting and retracting unit 80 is accommodated in the movable body 70.

FIG. 17 to FIG. 20 and FIG. 22 are perspective views showing the lower portion (the movable body 70 and the projecting / retracting portion 80) of the movable body 60 of the dispensing device 100 according to the present embodiment. However, in FIG. 18, the third projecting and recessed part 83 is not shown. In addition, in FIG. 19, the third projecting and retracting portion 83, the pair of left and right second pinions 77, the pair of left and right fixing members 72, the pair of left and right guide members 74, and the pair of left and right rack members 75 are not shown. Further, in FIG. 20, the third projecting and retracting portion 83, the pair of left and right second pinions 77, the pair of left and right fixing members 72, the pair of left and right guide members 74, the pair of left and right rack members 75, and the second projecting and recessing portion 82 It is not shown.
In FIG. 22, the third projecting and retracting portion 83, the pair of left and right second pinions 77, the pair of left and right fixing members 72, the pair of left and right guide members 74, the pair of left and right rack members 75, the second projecting and recessing portion 82, and the pair of left and right The first pinion 76, the pair of left and right pressing members 73, and the third projecting and recessed portion 83 are not shown.
FIG. 21 is a plan view showing the lower part of the movable body 60. As shown in FIG. However, in FIG. 21, the third projecting and retracting portion 83, the pair of left and right second pinions 77, the pair of left and right fixing members 72, the pair of left and right guide members 74, and the pair of left and right rack members 75 are not shown.
FIG. 23 is a perspective view of the main body member 811 constituting the first projecting / retracting portion 81 of the projecting / retracting portion 80. As shown in FIG. FIG. 24 is a perspective view of the second projecting / retracting portion 82 constituting the projecting / retracting portion 80. As shown in FIG. FIG. 25 is a perspective view showing the lower surface side of the third projecting / retracting portion 83 constituting the projecting / retracting portion 80. As shown in FIG.
FIG. 26 is a perspective view showing the lower part of the movable body 60, showing a state in which the projecting / retracting portion 80 protrudes from the movable body 70. As shown in FIG.

FIGS. 27 to 29 are diagrams showing a mechanism related to driving of the projecting / retracting portion 80 of the movable body 60 of the dispensing device 100 according to this embodiment, and FIG. 27 is a perspective view looking down the lower portion of the movable body 60. FIG. 28 is a plan view of the lower portion of the movable body 60, and FIG. 29 is a perspective view of the lower portion of the movable body 60 as viewed from above.
FIG. 30 is a perspective view showing the first projecting and retracting portion 81 of the projecting and retracting portion 80. As shown in FIG.
FIG. 31 is a perspective view showing the first projecting / retracting portion 81 shown in FIG.
FIG. 32 is a plan view showing the rotating member 250 having the rotating shaft 210, the moving block 240 of the first projecting / retracting portion 81, and the engaging portion 251. As shown in FIG.
Each of FIG. 33 (a), FIG. 33 (b) and FIG. 33 (c) is a view showing the moving block 240 and the rotating member 250, wherein FIG. 33 (a) is a plan view, FIG. 33 (b) 33A is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 33A, and FIG. 33C is a cross-sectional view taken along the line B-B of FIG.
FIG. 34 is a perspective view of the rotating shaft 210. FIG.
Each of FIGS. 35 (a) and 35 (b) is a side view of the rotating shaft 210, and in FIG. 35 (a), the engaging portion 251 of the rotating member 250 is engaged with the first spiral groove 211. FIG. 35 (b) shows a state in which the engaging portion 251 is engaged with the second spiral groove 212.
FIG. 36 is a bottom view of the rotating shaft 210. FIG.

FIG. 37 is a perspective view showing the transport mechanism (moving body 60 and moving mechanism 90).
FIG. 38 is a block diagram of the payout device 100. As shown in FIG.

  Note that the various components of the present invention do not have to be independent entities, and one component is a part of another component, part of one component and the other component. Permit overlapping with some, etc.

The dispensing device 100 according to the present embodiment is a dispensing device 100 capable of dispensing the tobacco product 50 to be dispensed, and is an operation that performs an operation related to the transfer of the magazine 30 containing the plurality of tobacco products 50 or the tobacco product 50 It has a department. That is, the operation unit performs an operation related to the transfer of the magazine 30 or the tobacco product 50 from the time the magazine 30 or the tobacco product 50 is inserted into the discharge device 100 to the time it is extracted from the discharge device 100.
The operation unit includes an operation unit main body (a moving body main body 70 described later), an actuator (for example, a retractable drive motor 161 (FIG. 27, FIG. 38, etc.)), and a first direction in the horizontal direction or And a projecting / retracting portion capable of projecting from the operating portion main body in any of a second direction opposite to the first direction.

  According to the present invention, since the protrusion / recess portion 80 protrudes from the operation portion main body (the movable body 70) in the first direction or the second direction according to the operation of the actuator, the common protrusion / retract portion 80 In both directions in the second direction, operations relating to transport of the tobacco product 50 or magazine 30 can be performed. Therefore, it is possible to perform an operation relating to the transfer of the tobacco product 50 or the magazine 30 by the operation unit configured more efficiently.

Here, the operation relating to the transfer of the magazine 30 or the cigarette product 50 includes, for example, a transport operation of the magazine 30 (pickup operation, supply operation such as transfer, etc.), an extrusion operation for delivering the cigarette product 50, the cigarette product 50 These operations include the extraction operation, the supply operation of the tobacco product 50, and the like.
In the present embodiment, an example in which the operation unit performs the pickup operation of the magazine 30, the transfer operation of the magazine 30, and the pushing operation of the tobacco product 50 will be described.

In the case of this embodiment, the operation unit is configured by the transport mechanism shown in FIG. The transport mechanism is configured to include a moving body 60 and a moving mechanism 90 which will be described later. In the case of the present embodiment, each of the movable body 70 and the projecting / retracting portion 80 is a configuration of a part of the movable body 60.
In the case of the present embodiment, the transport mechanism carries out the dispensing operation of the tobacco product 50. That is, the transport mechanism has a function as a payout mechanism for dispensing the tobacco product 50.

  The tobacco product 50 means a rectangular package containing a plurality of cigarettes, and a rectangular package containing other tobacco products other than cigarettes, not individual cigarettes used for smoking. doing. Other tobacco products can include snuff, pipe tobacco, and related articles such as suction devices used for these other tobacco products.

The payout device 100 is installed, for example, at a sales counter of a store such as a convenience store. However, the dispensing device 100 may be installed at another place.
The operation of the dispensing device 100 is performed by, for example, a store clerk. However, the operation may be performed by the buyer.

In the present embodiment, the payout device 100 does not have, for example, a money (money, electronic money, etc.) processor, and the processing (monetary processing) relating to the settlement of the consideration of the commodity 50 paid out is, for example, payout The processing is performed by a sales processing device such as an electronic cash register installed separately from the device 100.
However, in the present invention, the dispensing device 100 may be a vending machine provided with a money (money, electronic money, etc.) processing device.

As shown in any of FIG. 1 to FIG. 6, the dispensing device 100 includes the housing 10, and in the housing 10, for example, the storage rack 21, the second storage rack 22, and the transport mechanism (moving body 60 and A moving mechanism 90) is arranged.
The accommodation rack 21 and the second accommodation rack 22 each accommodate a plurality of magazines 30.
The magazine 30 accommodates a plurality of tobacco products 50 stacked in the vertical direction, and the delivery of the tobacco products 50 is performed from the magazine 30. In the case of the present embodiment, the tobacco product 50 is paid out by extruding the lowermost tobacco product 50 among the tobacco products 50 stored in the magazine 30.
In addition, the storage rack 21 has an input magazine setting portion 24 (FIG. 6) in which the magazine 30 is input and set, and a magazine support portion 23 (FIG. 3) supporting the plurality of magazines 30. The input magazine setting unit 24 is a position where the operator of the dispensing device 100 inserts and installs the magazine 30 in the dispensing device 100. The dispensing mechanism is configured to dispense the tobacco product 50 from the magazine 30 supported by the magazine support 23.
In addition, it is not limited to the magazine 30 always containing a plurality of products 50, and there may be a magazine 30 in which only one (single) product 50 is stored, or one product 50 is also stored. There may be magazines 30 which are not included.
In the case of the present embodiment, the transport mechanism transports the magazine 30 between the insertion magazine setting unit 24 and the magazine support unit 23.
Therefore, a plurality of magazines 30 each containing a plurality of tobacco products 50 are supported by the magazine support portion 23 of the storage shelf 21, and the tobacco products 50 to be dispensed from the magazine 30 supported by the magazine support portion 23 are It can be paid out automatically.
In addition, the magazine 30 transported from the input magazine setting unit 24 to the magazine support 23 from the input magazine setting unit 24 by the transport mechanism, or installed from the magazine support 23 the magazine 30 required to replenish the tobacco product 50 It can be transported to the unit 24. Therefore, replenishment of the tobacco goods 50 can be performed suitably.

The accommodation rack 21 and the second accommodation rack 22 have the same structure, and accommodate a plurality of magazines 30 in a plurality of arrays in the vertical direction and a plurality of arrays in the horizontal direction.
As an example, as shown in FIG. 4, the second storage shelf 22 stores the magazines 30 in four stages in the vertical direction. In each row of the second accommodation rack 22, fifteen magazines 30 can be arranged side by side in the left-right direction.

The transport mechanism includes a moving body 60 that holds and moves the magazine 30. The moving body 60 has a first delivery position 141 (FIG. 6) where delivery of the magazine 30 is possible between the moving body 60 and the insertion magazine setting unit 24, and a magazine between the moving body 60 and the magazine support 23. It is movable between the second delivery position where delivery is possible at 30.
Here, the second delivery position is a position opposite to any of the magazines 30 supported by the magazine support portion 23 of the storage shelf 21 or supported by the magazine support portion 23 of the second storage shelf 22. This position is opposite to the magazine 30 of the present invention.
In the movement area 181 (FIG. 2, FIG. 3) between the storage rack 21 and the second storage rack 22, the movable body 60 is movable vertically and horizontally (left and right in this embodiment).
Note that the moving body 60 can move up and down and to the left and right in the moving area 181 even in the state of holding the magazine 30.
The transport mechanism can transport the magazines 30 from the common input magazine setting unit 24 to the magazine support 23 of the storage rack 21 and the magazine support 23 of the second storage rack 22. Further, the transport mechanism can transport the magazine 30 from both the magazine support portion 23 of the storage shelf 21 and the magazine support portion 23 of the second storage shelf 22 to the common input magazine setting portion 24.

The housing 10 is formed in, for example, a rectangular parallelepiped shape having a front wall 11, a top plate 12, a left wall 13, a right wall 14, a back wall 15, and a bottom plate 16.
An insertion port 17a (FIG. 6), which is an opening for inserting the magazine 30 into the input magazine setting unit 24 from the front of the housing 10, is formed on the front wall 11. The front wall 11 is provided with an open / close door 17 for opening and closing the inlet 17a. For example, one side edge of the open / close door 17 is connected to the front wall 11 via a hinge, for example.
At the lower part of the front wall 11, an extraction opening 18 which is an opening for extracting the tobacco product 50 discharged from the magazine 30 to the front of the housing 10 is formed. At a lower portion inside the housing 10, a shooter 19 is provided for downflow guiding the tobacco product 50 discharged from the magazine 30 toward the removal position 20. The removal position 20 is, for example, a flat portion provided at the lower end portion of the shooter 19 and is disposed at a position where it can be easily accessed from the outside of the housing 10 through the removal opening 18.

As described above, the storage rack 21 accommodates the plurality of magazines 30 in a plurality of arrays in the vertical direction and a plurality of arrays in the lateral direction. The storage rack 21 is disposed at the front of the housing 10.
The storage rack 21 supports a plurality of (for example, four) shelf plates 25 (see FIG. 3) for supporting the magazine 30 via a magazine receiving portion 26 (see FIG. 5 etc.) described later and the shelf plates 25. And a frame. Each shelf board 25 extends to the left and right.
The insertion magazine setting unit 24 is disposed, for example, in a partial area of the lowermost shelf plate 25 of the storage shelf 21 (for example, the right end of the shelf plate 25). Therefore, for example, the maximum storage number of the magazines 30 in the storage rack 21 is smaller than the maximum storage number of the magazines 30 in the second storage rack 22.

  The second storage rack 22 is disposed at the rear of the housing 10. As shown in FIG. 4, the second accommodation shelf 22 also includes a four-tiered shelf plate 25 and a frame supporting the shelf plate 25, and each shelf plate 25 extends leftward and rightward.

In the case of the present embodiment, one magazine 30 accommodates the tobacco products 50 of the same brand, and the magazine 30 accommodates tobacco articles 50 of different brands. However, there may be a plurality of magazines 30 accommodating the same brand of tobacco products 50.
The dispensing mechanism dispenses the tobacco product 50 from the magazine 30 containing the tobacco product 50 to be dispensed.

As shown in FIG. 5, the shelf board 25 is provided with a plurality of magazine receiving portions 26 for supporting the magazines 30. In the case of the present embodiment, the magazine receiving portion 26 is in the form of a table provided in a state of projecting upward from the upper surface of the shelf plate 25 and is disposed at predetermined intervals (for example, constant intervals) in the left-right direction. As shown in FIG. 5, one magazine 30 is supported by a pair of magazine receivers 26 adjacent to each other. That is, the left end of the lower end of the magazine 30 is supported by the left magazine receiving portion 26, and the right end of the lower end of the magazine 30 is supported by the right magazine receiving portion 26.
Thereby, the insertion space 130 of the projecting / retracting portion 80 of the movable body 60 is secured between the upper surface of the shelf plate 25 and the bottom surface of the magazine 30.
As described above, the magazine support portion 23 includes the magazine receiving portion 26 that supports the magazine 30 in a state where the insertion space of the projecting and retracting portion 80 is secured below the bottom surface of the magazine 30.

One magazine receiving portion 26 is shared by the support of two magazines 30 arranged adjacent to each other. That is, each magazine receiving portion 26 has a right end portion at the lower end of the magazine 30 located on the left side with respect to the magazine receiving portion 26 and a left end portion at the lower end of the magazine 30 located on the right side with respect to the magazine receiving portion 26. To support.
A storage space for the magazines 30 is formed between the two adjacent magazine receivers 26. For example, 15 storage spaces are respectively formed at the top and the second from the top of the storage rack 21, for example, the bottom and the third from the top, for example, 12 each. Each accommodation space is formed. In addition, for example, 15 storage spaces are formed in each stage of the second storage rack 22.

The magazine support portion 23 further includes a magazine guide portion 27 erected from a central portion in the left-right width direction of the magazine receiving portion 26. Then, as shown in FIG. 5, the pair of magazine guides 27 approach or abut on the left and right side surfaces of the magazine 30 respectively.
That is, the magazine support portion 23 includes a pair of magazine guide portions 27 which are erected from the magazine receiving portion 26 and arranged to be opposed to each other, and the magazine 30 is supported by the magazine receiving portion 26. The pair of magazine guides 27 approach or abut on both side surfaces 30 respectively.
Thereby, the magazine 30 can be stably supported by the magazine support portion 23.

As shown in FIG. 6, a loading magazine setting unit 24 is disposed at the back of the loading port 17a. The structure of the input magazine setting unit 24 is the same as that of the magazine support unit 23, and the input magazine setting unit 24 includes a pair of magazine receiving units 26 provided on the shelf board 25 and a magazine formed on each magazine receiving unit 26. And a guide portion 27.
The operator of the dispensing apparatus 100 loads the magazine 30 with the tobacco product 50, and then loads the magazine 30 into the loading magazine setting unit 24 through the loading port 17a as shown in FIG. That is, in the same manner as the magazine 30 is supported by the pair of magazine receiving portions 26 in the magazine support portion 23, the magazine 30 is supported by the pair of magazine receiving portions 26 in the input magazine setting portion 24.

Here, the structure of the magazine 30 will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 (a) to 7 (c).
The magazine 30 includes, for example, a box body portion 31 and a box body lid portion 32 pivotally supported to the box body portion 31 so as to be openable and closable. A magazine body is constituted by the box body 31 and the box lid 32.

As shown in FIGS. 7 (a) and 7 (b), the box main body 31 is a rectangular parallelepiped box-shaped unit capable of putting in and out a plurality of (for example, 10 or more) tobacco products 50 collectively.
More specifically, the box main body portion 31 has a pair of side surfaces, a front surface (see FIG. 5), a top surface and a bottom surface, and has a box shape having an open rear surface side. Here, the front surface of the magazine 30 is a surface that faces the moving area 181 in a state in which the magazine 30 is disposed on the storage rack 21, the second storage rack 22, or the insertion magazine setting unit 24.
On the other hand, the box cover 32 is pivotally supported on the box body 31 via a hinge, and the case where the back of the box body 31 is closed (FIG. 7 (c)) and the open state It can be opened and closed in (Fig. 7 (a), Fig. 7 (b)).
The magazine 30 may be disposed on the storage shelf 21, the second storage shelf 22, and the input magazine setting unit 24 such that the box cover 32 faces the moving area 181 side.
7A to 7C show a state in which the magazine 30 is laid down, but the magazine 30 is vertically disposed as shown in FIG. The tobacco products 50 are stored in a stacked state.

  Here, the tobacco product 50 is typically formed in a flat rectangular parallelepiped shape having front and back surfaces, a pair of side surfaces, and a top and bottom surface. Assuming that the direction from the front to the back in the tobacco product 50 is the depth direction, and the direction from the top surface to the bottom is the vertical direction, in the magazine 30, the depth direction of each tobacco product 50 is the vertical direction. The plurality of tobacco products 50 are accommodated in a state where the plurality of tobacco products 50 are vertically aligned such that the direction is the front-rear direction.

  While the box cover 32 is opened as shown in FIG. 7 (a), a plurality of tobacco products 50 are inserted into the box body 31 as shown in FIG. 7 (b), and then FIG. By closing the box lid 32 as shown in c), the filling operation of the tobacco product 50 into the magazine 30 can be performed.

As shown in FIG. 5, at the lower end portion of the magazine 30, discharge ports 33 capable of delivering the lowermost tobacco product 50 in the magazine 30 are respectively formed in the front and back.
In the case of the present embodiment, as described later, the cigarette product 50 is paid out by pushing the cigarette product 50 horizontally from the magazine 30 by the appearing and retreating part 80 provided in the moving body 60. That is, the projecting / retracting portion 80 is inserted into the magazine 30 from one discharge port 33, and the tobacco product 50 is pushed by the tip of the projecting / retracting portion 80 to push out the tobacco product 50. Can be paid out.
However, the discharge port 33 is formed only in front of or behind the magazine 30 as long as the projecting / retracting portion 80 can be inserted into the magazine 30 in order to discharge the lowermost tobacco product 50 in the magazine 30. Also good.

  Thus, the magazine 30 includes a rectangular parallelepiped box-like magazine main body (formed by the box body 31 and the box cover 32) having the outlet 33 for the tobacco product 50, and the magazine 30 is provided in the magazine main body. A plurality of tobacco products 50 can be accommodated. The discharge port 33 is disposed at a position corresponding to the lowermost tobacco product among the tobacco products 50 housed in the magazine main body, and the dispensing mechanism via the discharge port 33 corresponds to the lowermost one in the magazine main body. Pay out the tobacco product 50.

  Next, the movable body 60 will be described using FIGS. 8 to 36. FIG.

The movable body 60 is capable of moving up and down with respect to the movable body main body 70 (FIG. 17) movable in the horizontal movement direction of the movable body main body 70 (FIG. 17) vertically movable and horizontally movable. A projecting and recessed part 80 (see FIG. 9A, FIG. 9B and FIG. 10) is provided. In the case of the present embodiment, the movable body 70 can move up and down and to the left and right, and the projecting and retracting portion 80 can be moved forward and backward with respect to the movable body 70.
The transport mechanism moves the projecting / retracting portion 80 relative to the loading magazine setting portion 24 or the magazine support portion 23 in a state (FIG. 10) in which the projecting / retracting portion 80 projects from the movable body 70. The magazine 30 is held. FIG. 16A shows a state in which the magazine 30 is held by the projecting / retracting section 80 in a state in which the projecting / retracting section 80 protrudes from the moving body main body 70.
Further, the transport mechanism moves the moving body 70 while holding the magazine 30 by the projecting and retracting unit 80, thereby moving the magazine 30 between the first delivery position 141 and the second delivery position.
The movable body 60 holds the magazine 30 by supporting the bottom surface of the box body 31 from below by the projecting and retracting unit 80.

More specifically, in the state in which the transport mechanism stores the projecting and retracting unit 80 in the movable body 70 and holds the magazine 30 at the upper position of the movable body 70 (FIG. 16B), The sheet is transported between the delivery position 141 and the second delivery position.
Thus, the magazine 30 can be transported by the mobile unit 60 in a state where the planar dimensions of the space occupied by the mobile unit 60 and the magazine 30 are made compact. Therefore, it is possible to transport the magazine 30 without the projecting and retracting unit 80 and the magazine 30 interfering with the accommodation shelf 21 and the second accommodation shelf 22.

As shown in FIG. 8 and the like, the movable body 60 is provided with a pair of movable body side magazine guide portions 61 which are respectively erected from the movable body main body 70 and arranged to be opposed to each other.
When the transport mechanism holds the magazine 30 at the upper position of the movable body 70, the pair of movable magazine guides 61 approach or abut on both sides of the magazine 30 (see FIG. 16B). .
As a result, when the magazine 30 is transported by the moving body 60, the magazine 30 can be held more stably.
The height dimension of the mobile-side magazine guide portion 61 is preferably larger than the lateral width dimension of the magazine 30. By doing this, the magazine 30 can be held more stably by the mobile body 60.

Next, an operation (pickup operation) of taking out the magazine 30 from the magazine support portion 23 of the storage shelf 21 by the moving body 60 and holding the magazine 30 on the moving body main body 70 will be described using FIG. 11 to FIG.
First, the transport mechanism moves the movable body 60 to a position facing the magazine 30 to be taken out, that is, the second delivery position, by the moving mechanism 90 (described later: FIG. 37).
Next, as shown in FIG. 11, the transport mechanism causes the projecting / retracting portion 80 to protrude from the movable body 70, and inserts the projecting / retracting portion 80 into the insertion space 130 below the magazine 30.
Next, as shown in FIG. 12, the transport mechanism raises the movable body 60. As a result, the state in which the magazine 30 is supported by the magazine receiving portion 26 of the magazine support portion 23 is shifted to a state in which the magazine 30 is held by the projecting and retracting portion 80 (picked up state).
Next, as shown in FIG. 13, the transport mechanism causes the mobile unit main body 70 to store the projecting and retracting unit 80. As a result, the magazine 30 is disposed on the movable body main body 70 of the movable body 60 at an interval between the pair of movable body side magazine guides 61. In other words, the magazine 30 is held on the movable body 70. In the state shown in FIG. 13 as well, the magazine 30 is held by the projecting and retracting unit 80.
Here, the operation of taking out the magazine 30 from the magazine support 23 of the storage rack 21 and holding it on the movable body 70 has been described, but the magazine 30 is taken out of the magazine support 23 of the second storage rack 22 and the movable body The operation to be held on 70 is the same as the operation described using FIGS. 11 to 13 except that the projecting direction of the projecting / retracting portion 80 from the moving body main body 70 is different, so detailed description will be omitted.
Further, the operation of taking out the magazine 30 from the input magazine setting unit 24 and holding it on the movable body 70 is the same as that described with reference to FIGS. 11 to 13 and thus detailed description will be omitted.

In addition, after the magazine 30 is taken out from the magazine support 23 of the storage shelf 21 or the second storage shelf 22 and held on the movable body 70, the transport mechanism moves the movable body 60 vertically or horizontally to the magazine 30. Are transported to the first delivery position, and the magazine 30 is transferred from the movable body 60 to the loading magazine setting unit 24.
On the other hand, after the magazine 30 is taken out from the insertion magazine setting unit 24 and held on the movable body main body 70, the transport mechanism moves the movable body 60 vertically or horizontally to transport the magazine 30 to the second delivery position. The magazine 30 is transferred from the moving body 60 to the magazine support 23 of the storage rack 21 or the second storage rack 22.

  As described above, the operating unit (transport mechanism) transports the magazine 30, and the projecting and retracting unit 80 has a function of indirectly or directly holding the magazine 30 when transporting the magazine 30 by the operating unit. In the case of this embodiment, the projecting and retracting unit 80 holds the magazine 30 directly.

Further, the operating unit (transport mechanism) causes the projecting / retracting unit 80 to move the magazine relative to the magazine 30 in a state where the projecting / retracting unit 80 is projected from the operating unit main body (moving body 70). The magazine 30 is transported in a state in which the magazine 30 is held at the upper position of the operation unit main body by holding the projecting / retracting unit 80 in the operation unit main body and holding the projection / retraction unit 30 indirectly or directly.
The operation unit is provided with a pair of magazine guide portions (moving body side magazine guide portions 61) that approach or abut against both side surfaces of the magazine 30 when the magazine 30 is held at the upper position of the operation portion body. ing.

Next, the operation of transferring the magazine 30 from the movable body 60 to the magazine supporting portion 23 of the storage rack 21 will be described with reference to FIGS. 13 and 14.
First, as shown in FIG. 13, the transport mechanism causes the moving mechanism 90 (described later: FIG. 37) to move the movable body 60 to a position facing the storage space to be transferred, that is, the second delivery position.
Next, as shown in FIG. 14, the transport mechanism causes the projecting / retracting unit 80 to project from the moving body main body 70 and arranges the magazine 30 above the pair of magazine receiving units 26 that constitute the storage space of the transfer target. And, the moving body 60 is lowered. As a result, the state in which the magazine 30 is held by the projecting and retracting unit 80 is shifted to a state in which the magazine 30 is supported by the magazine receiving unit 26 of the magazine supporting unit 23. That is, the magazine 30 is transferred from the movable body 60 to the magazine support portion 23.
Next, the transport mechanism causes the mobile unit main body 70 to store the projecting and retracting unit 80.
Here, the operation of transferring the magazine 30 from the movable body 60 to the magazine support 23 of the storage rack 21 has been described, but the operation of transferring the magazine 30 from the movable body 60 to the magazine support 23 of the second storage rack 22 This is the same as the operation described using FIGS. 13 and 14 except that the projecting direction of the projecting and retracting portion 80 from the moving body main body 70 is different, so the detailed description will be omitted.
The operation of transferring the magazine 30 from the movable body 60 to the insertion magazine setting unit 24 is the same as the operation described by using FIGS. 13 and 14, and thus the detailed description is omitted.

Next, with reference to FIG. 15, an operation of paying out the tobacco product 50 from the magazine 30 supported by the magazine support portion 23 of the storage rack 21 will be described.
First, the transport mechanism causes the moving mechanism 60 (described later: FIG. 37) to move the movable body 60 to a position facing the magazine 30 containing the tobacco product 50 to be dispensed.
Next, as shown in FIG. 15, the transport mechanism causes the projecting / retracting portion 80 to project from the movable body main body 70 and inserts the projecting / retracting portion 80 into the magazine 30 via the discharge port 33 at the lower end of the magazine 30. . As a result, the lowermost tobacco product 50 in the magazine 30 is pushed out of the magazine 30 by the projecting and retracting unit 80. The tobacco article 50 pushed out of the magazine 30 falls onto the shooter 19, is flowed down by the shooter 19, and discharged to the take-out position 20 (FIG. 1). Therefore, the dispensed tobacco product 50 can be taken out of the dispensing apparatus 100.
Next, the transport mechanism causes the mobile unit main body 70 to store the projecting and retracting unit 80.
Here, the operation of taking out the tobacco product 50 from the magazine 30 supported by the magazine support 23 of the storage rack 21 has been described, but from the magazine 30 supported by the magazine support 23 of the second storage rack 22 The operation of delivering the product 50 is the same as the operation described using FIG. 15 or the like except that the projecting direction of the projecting / retracting portion 80 from the moving body main body 70 is different, so the detailed description will be omitted.

  Thus, the appearance part 80 bears the function of extruding the tobacco article 50 directly or indirectly from the magazine 30 when the tobacco article 50 is dispensed from the dispensing device 100. In the case of the present embodiment, the ingress and egress section 80 directly contacts the tobacco product 50 and pushes out the tobacco product 50.

In the case of the present embodiment, at least one of the pair of mobile-side magazine guides 61 is provided with a commodity detection sensor that detects the tobacco commodity 50 in the magazine 30 supported by the magazine support 23.
For example, as shown in FIG. 37, the commodity detection sensors 111 and 112 are provided in each of the pair of mobile-side magazine guides 61.
In each of the pair of mobile-side magazine guides 61, the product detection sensor facing the storage shelf 21 (facing the first direction) and the product detection facing the second storage shelf 22 (facing the second direction) Sensors are provided respectively.
That is, the moving body side magazine guide portion 61 on the left side is provided with a product detection sensor 111 facing the storage rack 21 and a product detection sensor 113 (FIG. 38) facing the second storage rack 22.
Further, the moving body side magazine guide portion 61 on the right side is provided with a product detection sensor 112 facing the storage rack 21 and a product detection sensor 114 (FIG. 38) facing the second storage rack 22.

As goods detection sensors 111-114, an infrared sensor can be used, for example. The detection of the tobacco product 50 in the magazine 30 can be performed, for example, through the vertically long opening 31 a (FIG. 5) formed in the box body portion 31.
In the case where the magazine 30 is supported by the magazine support 23 oppositely to the direction shown in FIG. 5, the detection of the tobacco product 50 in the magazine 30 is performed by the vertically long formed in the box lid 32. Can be performed through the opening 32a (FIG. 7C).
Detection signals from the product detection sensors 111 to 114 are input to a control unit 150 (FIG. 38) described later. The control unit 150 has a function of determining the number of tobacco products 50 in the magazine 30 based on the detection results of the product detection sensors 111 to 114 or determining erroneous loading of the tobacco products 50 in the magazine 30. ing.
That is, the payout apparatus 100 includes a quantity determination unit that determines the number of tobacco products 50 in the magazine 30 based on the detection results of the product detection sensors 111 to 114. Therefore, inventory management of the tobacco products 50 in the payout device 100 can be easily performed.
In addition, the payout apparatus 100 includes an erroneous loading determination unit that determines erroneous loading of the tobacco product 50 in the magazine 30 based on the detection results of the commodity detection sensors 111 to 114. Therefore, when the mis-loaded magazine 30 exists, the magazine 30 can be temporarily moved to the loading magazine setting unit 24, and the operator can reload the tobacco product 50 again.

The determination of the number of tobacco products 50 in the magazine 30 can be performed, for example, by dividing the height position of the upper surface of the uppermost tobacco product 50 among the tobacco products 50 contained in the magazine 30 by the known thickness of the tobacco products 50. It is possible to calculate by doing.
The detection of the misloading of the tobacco product 50 in the magazine 30 is, for example, when a non-detection occurs temporarily after detecting the tobacco product 50 once when scanning with the product detection sensor from the upper side to the lower side. , It can be detected that an erroneous loading has occurred.

Here, the interval between the left and right commodity detection sensors (the interval between the commodity detection sensor 111 and the commodity detection sensor 112 and the interval between the commodity detection sensor 113 and the commodity detection sensor 114) is the arrangement interval between the adjacent magazines 30. It is set equal to (distance between centers).
For this reason, while detecting the tobacco products 50 of one of the magazines 30 of the magazines 30 aligned in the left and right direction by one of the product detection sensors of the left and right, the other product detection sensor detects the tobacco products 50 of the other magazine 30. Detection of the tobacco product 50 can be performed. Therefore, inventory control and erroneous loading detection can be performed promptly.
Furthermore, while the detection of the tobacco products 50 of the two magazines 30 of the storage rack 21 is performed in parallel by the product detection sensor 111 and the product detection sensor 112, the second storage rack by the product detection sensor 113 and the product detection sensor 114. Detection of the tobacco products 50 of the 22 two magazines 30 can be performed in parallel. Therefore, inventory control and erroneous loading detection can be performed more quickly.

  As described above, in at least one of the pair of magazine guides (mobile-side magazine guide 61), the first product detection is performed to detect the tobacco product 50 in the magazine 30 positioned in the first direction with reference to the magazine guide. A sensor and a second product detection sensor for detecting the tobacco product 50 in the magazine 30 positioned in the second direction with respect to the magazine guide portion are provided.

  And a 1st goods detection sensor and a 2nd goods detection sensor are provided in each of a pair of magazine guide parts (mobile side magazine guide part 61).

  Next, with reference to FIG. 17 to FIG. 36, the moving body main body 70 (operating portion main body) of the moving body 60 and the projection / retraction portion 80 will be described in detail.

As shown in FIG. 17, the movable body 70 is provided, for example, on the lower housing 71, a pair of left and right pressing members 73 provided on the upper surface of the lower housing 71, and the upper surface of the lower housing 71. And a pair of left and right fixing members 72.
The lower housing 71 is configured, for example, by mutually assembling a housing configuration lower member 71a and a housing configuration upper member 71b. The lower housing 71 is formed, for example, in a rectangular shape in plan view.
At the lower part of the lower housing 71, a fixing hook 71c for fixing the lower housing 71 to a mounting plate 98 (FIG. 37) of the moving mechanism 90 described later is formed.

The projecting and recessed part 80 has, for example, a plurality of stages. In the case of the present embodiment, the projection / retraction unit 80 has a three-stage configuration of the first projection / retraction unit 81 including the main body member 811, the second projection / retraction unit 82, and the third projection / retraction unit 83.
Furthermore, the projecting / retracting portion 80 has a power transmission mechanism for transmitting power from the first projecting / retracting portion 81 to the second projecting / retracting portion 82, and a second power transmitting mechanism for transmitting power from the second projecting / retracting portion 82 to the third projecting / retracting portion 83 , Is configured.
As shown in FIG. 26, the main body member 811 constituting the first projecting / retracting portion 81 protrudes from the moving body main body 70, the second projecting / retracting portion 82 protrudes further than the main body member 811, and the third projecting / retracting portion 83 is the second It projects further longer than the projection 82. The projecting / retracting portion 80 can project from the movable body 70 in the direction opposite to the projecting direction shown in FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 27 and 28, the lower housing 71 accommodates a drive mechanism configured to include a retractable drive motor 161 (FIG. 38), which is a drive source of the retractable portion 80, and the rotating shaft 210. It is done.
The axial direction of the rotating shaft 210 extends in the front-rear direction, and a spiral groove is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating shaft 210. As described in detail later, in the case of the present embodiment, the first helical groove 211 and the second helical groove 212 are formed in the rotating shaft 210 (FIG. 31).
The projecting / retracting portion 80 projects forward (first direction) from the movable body main body 70 along the axial direction of the rotating shaft 210 in conjunction with the rotation of the projecting / retracting drive motor 161 or from the movable body main body 70 It projects backward (second direction).

As shown in FIG. 23, the main body member 811 is a flat plate-like member. For example, the main body member 811 is formed in a rectangular shape elongated in the front and back direction in plan view. The front-rear dimension of the main body member 811 matches the front-rear dimension of the lower housing 71.
On the upper surface of the main body member 811, pinion holding bosses 811 a are formed to project upward at the left end portion and the right end portion of the central portion in the front-rear direction of the main body member 811.

As shown in FIG. 20, the main body member 811 is disposed along the upper surface of the lower housing 71. The main body member 811 is disposed, for example, at the center of the lower housing 71 in the lateral width direction. The main body member 811 is movable back and forth along the upper surface of the lower housing 71.
The pinion holding bosses 811 a of the main body member 811 are respectively inserted into the first pinion 76. Thus, the pinion holding boss 811a rotatably holds the first pinion 76. That is, the pinion holding boss 811 a is a rotation shaft of the first pinion 76. The rotational axis direction of the first pinion 76 is the vertical direction.

As shown in FIG. 17, the edge portions 811b on the left and right sides of the main body member 811 are restricted from moving upward by a pair of left and right pressing members 73 fixed to the upper surface of the lower housing 71. That is, the edge portion 811 b is vertically sandwiched by the upper surface of the lower housing 71 and the pressing member 73. Thus, the main body member 811 is restricted from dropping upward from the lower housing 71, and the main body member 811 is slidable back and forth relative to the movable body 70.
As shown in FIG. 20, the pressing member 73 is a plate-like member elongated in the front and back direction. For example, the front-rear dimension of the pressing member 73 matches the front-rear dimension of the lower housing 71.
The pair of pressing members 73 are arranged in parallel to each other.
In the pair of pressing members 73, rack portions 73a having a rack-and-pinion structure are respectively formed on the edge portions facing each other.
The rack portion 73a of the left pressing member 73 meshes with the left first pinion 76, and the rack portion 73a of the right pressing member 73 meshes with the right first pinion 76.

As shown in FIG. 18, a pair of left and right fixing members 72 is fixed to the upper surface of the lower housing 71. The pressing member 73 is sandwiched between the fixing member 72 and the lower housing 71. Each fixing member 72 is a flat plate-like member, and is formed in a rectangular shape elongated in the front and back direction in a plan view. The front-rear dimension of the fixing member 72 matches the front-rear dimension of the lower housing 71.
The left moving body side magazine guide portion 61 is fixed on the left side fixing member 72, and the right moving body side magazine guide portion 61 is fixed on the right side fixing member 72.

Further, rack members 75 are fixed to the upper surfaces of the left and right end portions of the main body member 811 respectively. Each rack member 75 is formed long in the front and back. The longitudinal dimension of each rack member 75 matches the longitudinal dimension of the main body member 811.
A rack portion 75a having a rack and pinion structure is formed on the right edge of the left rack member 75 and the left edge of the right rack member 75, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 24, the second protrusion / recess portion 82 is a flat plate-like member. For example, the second projection / retraction portion 82 is formed in a rectangular shape elongated in the front and back direction in plan view. The front-rear dimension of the second projecting and recessed portion 82 matches the front-rear dimension of the lower housing 71.
A pinion holding boss 82b is formed to project upward at the left end and the right end of the central portion of the second projecting / retracting portion 82 in the front-rear direction on the upper surface of the second projecting / retracting portion 82.

As shown in FIGS. 19 and 21, the second projecting / retracting portion 82 is disposed along the upper surface of the main body member 811, and is slidable back and forth along the upper surface of the main body member 811.
Each rack member 75 covers the upper side of the left and right sides 82c of the second projecting and retracting portion 82, and it is restricted by the rack member 75 that the second projecting and retracting portion 82 falls off from the main body member 811. There is. That is, the edge 82 c is vertically sandwiched by the rack member 75 and the main body member 811.
The lateral width dimension of the second projecting and retracting portion 82 is smaller than the lateral width dimension of the main body member 811, and the second projecting and recessing portion 82 is disposed at the central portion in the lateral width direction of the body member 811.
Rack portions 82 a having a rack and pinion structure are formed on the left and right sides of the second projecting / retracting portion 82.
The left rack portion 82a meshes with the left first pinion 76, and the right rack portion 82a meshes with the right first pinion 76.

As shown in FIG. 18, the pinion holding bosses 82 b of the second projecting and retracting portion 82 are respectively inserted into the second pinion 77. Thus, the pinion holding boss 82b rotatably holds the second pinion 77. That is, the pinion holding boss 82 b is a rotation shaft of the second pinion 77. The rotational axis direction of the second pinion 77 is the vertical direction.
The left second pinion 77 meshes with the rack portion 75a of the left rack member 75, and the right second pinion 77 meshes with the rack portion 75a of the right rack member 75.

  A guide member 74 is integrally provided on each of the left and right rack members 75. Each guide member 74 is formed long in the front and back. The longitudinal dimension of each guide member 74 matches the longitudinal dimension of the rack member 75.

As shown in FIG. 25, the third projecting and recessed part 83 is a flat plate-like member. For example, the third projection / retraction portion 83 is formed in a rectangular shape elongated in the front and back direction in plan view. The front-rear dimension of the third projecting and retracting portion 83 matches the front-rear dimension of the lower housing 71.
The third projecting and retracting portion 83 has a lower projecting portion 831 that protrudes to the lower surface side. The lower protruding portion 831 extends, for example, from the front end to the rear end of the third projection 83.
At the left and right edge portions of the lower projecting portion 831, rack portions 83a of a rack and pinion structure are formed.

As shown in FIG. 17, the third projecting / retracting portion 83 is disposed along the upper surface of the second projecting / retracting portion 82, and can slide forward and backward along the upper surface of the second projecting / retracting portion 82.
The left rack portion 83a of the third projecting and retracting portion 83 meshes with the left second pinion 77 (FIG. 18), and the right rack portion 83a of the third projecting and retracting portion 83 and the right second pinion 77 (FIG. 18) It is engaged.
The left side of the third projection 83 is vertically sandwiched by the left guide member 74 and the left rack 75, and the right side of the third projection 83 is the right guide. It is sandwiched from above and below by the right rack member 75.
Thus, the third projecting and retracting portion 83 is restricted by the guide member 74 from falling upward.

The first projecting and retracting portion 81 is configured to include the main body member 811, the pair of left and right rack members 75, and the pair of left and right guide members 74 among the configurations described above.
Furthermore, the first projection / retraction unit 81 includes a moving block 240 (FIG. 30) described below.
Further, the projecting and retracting unit 80 includes a rotating member 250 (FIGS. 32 and 34) described below.
The body member 811 is connected to the rotating shaft 210 via the moving block 240 and the rotating member 250.

As shown in FIG. 30, the main body member 811 is provided with a pair of left and right projecting pieces 811 c projecting downward, and the moving block 240 is held by the projecting pieces 811 c.
Each projecting piece 811c is inserted into the lower housing 71 from above through the pair of left and right slits 201 (FIG. 22) formed on the upper surface of the lower housing 71 (the upper surface of the housing configuration upper member 71b). (See FIG. 29). Each slit 201 extends in the front and back direction, and permits back and forth movement of the protruding piece 811 c.
Locking protrusions 242 (FIG. 31) are respectively formed on the left and right side surfaces of the moving block 240, and locking holes 811d which engage with the locking protrusions 242 are formed in the respective projecting pieces 811c. . The moving block 240 is held by the main body member 811 by the locking projections 242 of the moving block 240 being fitted into the locking holes 811 d of the projecting pieces 811 c.
The moving block 240, the rotating member 250 and the rotating shaft 210 are disposed inside the lower housing 71.

As shown in FIG. 33 (a), FIG. 33 (b) and FIG. 33 (c), the moving block 240 is provided with an insertion hole 241 (see FIG. 30) for inserting the rotating shaft 210; And a locking claw 245 for restricting the removal of the rotating member 250 upward.
The axial direction of the rotation of the rotary member 250 with respect to the moving block 240 is, for example, the vertical direction.
The moving block 240 further includes a detection target piece 243 detected by a first position detection unit 221, a second position detection unit 222, and a third position detection unit 223, which will be described later. A slit 243 a is formed in the detection target piece 243.

  As shown in FIG. 27, a pair of front and rear bearing portions 202 rotatably supporting one end and the other end of the rotary shaft 210 are formed in the housing lower member 71a. The rotating shaft 210 is supported by a bearing 202.

  As shown in FIGS. 27 and 28, a driven gear 232 is provided at one end of the rotary shaft 210 coaxially with the rotary shaft 210. The driven gear 232 is fixed to the rotating shaft 210 by screwing. An output gear 231 is provided on a drive shaft (not shown) of the advancing and retracting drive motor 161 coaxially with the drive shaft. The output gear 231 and the driven gear 232 mesh with each other. For this reason, the rotating shaft 210 is rotated by the rotation of the drive motor 161. In addition, the advancing and retracting drive motor 161 is capable of rotating in the forward and reverse directions, so that the rotating shaft 210 can rotate in the first rotation direction and the second rotation direction.

As shown in FIG. 34, FIG. 35 (a), FIG. 35 (b) and FIG. 36 etc., on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating shaft 210, the first spiral groove 211 and the first spiral groove 211 spiral in the opposite direction. A second spiral groove 212 which is pivoted and intersects the first spiral groove 211 is formed. That is, the first spiral groove 211 and the second spiral groove 212 periodically cross each other.
Furthermore, on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating shaft 210, a first turning groove 213 connecting one end of the first spiral groove 211 and one end of the second spiral groove 212, and the other end of the first spiral groove 211 A second turning groove 214 connecting the other ends of the two spiral grooves 212 is formed.

The first turning groove 213 is formed in a U-shape, and the groove including one end of the first spiral groove 211, the first turning groove 213, and one end of the second spiral groove 212 is a first turning groove 213. The first spiral groove 211 is continuously formed from the first spiral groove 211 to the second spiral groove 212 (continuously from the second spiral groove 212 to the first spiral groove 211).
Similarly, the second turning groove 214 is U-shaped, and the groove including the other end of the first spiral groove 211, the second turning groove 214, and the other end of the second spiral groove 212 is The second turning groove 214 is folded back to be continuously formed from the first spiral groove 211 to the second spiral groove 212 (continuously from the second spiral groove 212 to the first spiral groove 211).

  The rotation member 250 includes an engagement portion 251 (FIGS. 32 and 34) that engages with the first spiral groove 211 or the second spiral groove 212 of the rotation shaft 210. As the rotation shaft 210 rotates, the engagement portion 251 moves forward or backward along the first helical groove 211 or the second helical groove 212, and the entire first projection / retraction portion 81 also moves forward or backward. It has become.

When the rotating shaft 210 rotates in the first rotation direction while the engaging portion 251 is engaged with the first spiral groove 211, the engaging portion 251 reaches the first turning groove 213 from the first spiral groove 211. The first projection 81 moves forward until the end. When the rotating shaft 210 further continues to rotate in the first rotation direction, the engagement portion 251 shifts from the first turning groove 213 to the second spiral groove 212, and the first projecting and retracting portion 81 starts to move rearward.
Here, when the engaging portion 251 transitions from the first spiral groove 211 to the second spiral groove 212 via the first turning groove 213, the entire rotating member 250 including the engaging portion 251 is a moving block 240. Rotate against
Thereafter, when the rotating shaft 210 is further rotated in the first rotation direction, the first projecting / retracting portion 81 moves rearward until the engaging portion 251 reaches the second turning groove 214 from the second spiral groove 212. When the rotary shaft 210 further continues to rotate in the first rotational direction, the engagement portion 251 shifts from the second turning groove 214 to the first spiral groove 211, and the first protrusion / removal portion 81 starts to move forward.
Here, even when the engaging portion 251 transitions from the second spiral groove 212 to the first spiral groove 211 via the second turning groove 214, the entire rotating member 250 including the engaging portion 251 is a moving block. Rotate relative to 240.

In addition, when the rotating shaft 210 is rotated in the second rotation direction, which is the opposite rotation direction to the first rotation direction, when the engaging portion 251 is engaged with the first spiral groove 211, the engaging portion The first projecting and retracting portion 81 moves rearward until the 251 reaches the second turning groove 214 from the first spiral groove 211. When the rotary shaft 210 further continues to rotate in the second rotational direction, the engagement portion 251 shifts from the second turning groove 214 to the second spiral groove 212, and the first projecting and retracting portion 81 starts to move forward.
Here, even when the engaging portion 251 transitions from the first spiral groove 211 to the second spiral groove 212 via the second turning groove 214, the entire rotating member 250 including the engaging portion 251 is a moving block. Rotate relative to 240.
Thereafter, when the rotating shaft 210 is further rotated in the second rotation direction, the first projecting / retracting portion 81 moves forward until the engaging portion 251 reaches the first turning groove 213 from the second spiral groove 212. When the rotary shaft 210 further continues to rotate in the second rotational direction, the engagement portion 251 shifts from the first turning groove 213 to the first spiral groove 211, and the first projecting and retracting portion 81 starts to move rearward.
Here, even when the engaging portion 251 is transferred from the second helical groove 212 to the first helical groove 211 via the first turning groove 213, the entire rotating member 250 including the engaging portion 251 is a moving block. Rotate relative to 240.

When the engaging portion 251 is at the central position in the longitudinal direction of the rotary shaft 210, the first projecting / retracting portion 81 is in the storage state (FIG. 17) which does not protrude forward or backward from the movable body 70. There is.
When the engaging portion 251 moves forward of the central position in the longitudinal direction of the rotating shaft 210, the main body member 811 of the first projecting and retracting portion 81, the pair of rack members 75, and the pair of guide members 74 from the moving body main body 70 Project forward.
In addition, the main body member 811 of the first projecting / retracting portion 81, the pair of rack members 75, and the pair of guide members 74 move by moving the engaging portion 251 rearward with respect to the central position in the longitudinal direction of the rotary shaft 210. Project backward from 70

  Here, when the main body member 811 of the first projecting / retracting portion 81 protrudes forward with reference to the lower housing 71 by the drive of the advancing and retracting drive motor 161, the left and right pair of first pinions 76 along with the main body member 811 move forward. Moving. At this time, the pair of left and right first pinions 76 move forward while rotating while meshing with the rack portion 73a. In addition, the second projecting and retracting portion 82 has a pair of left and right rack portions 82 a engaged with the pair of left and right first pinions 76. Therefore, the second projection / retraction portion 82 protrudes forward from the first projection / retraction portion 81 by the same amount as the amount of projection of the main body member 811 from the lower housing 71 (see FIG. 26).

  In addition, when the second projecting / retracting portion 82 projects forward from the first projecting / retracting portion 81, the pair of left and right second pinions 77 move forward along with the second projecting / retracting portion 82. At this time, the pair of left and right second pinions 77 move forward while rotating while meshing with the rack portion 75a. Further, the third projecting and retracting portion 83 has a pair of left and right rack portions 83 a engaged with the pair of left and right second pinions 77. For this reason, the third projection / retraction portion 83 protrudes forward from the second projection / retraction portion 82 by the same amount as the amount of projection of the second projection / retraction portion 82 from the main body member 811 (see FIG. 26).

  Therefore, the amount of projection of the third projecting and retracting portion 83 from the lower housing 71 is three times the amount of projection of the main body member 811 from the lower housing 71.

  The same applies to the case where the main body member 811 protrudes rearward with reference to the lower housing 71 by the drive of the drive motor 161. That is, the second projecting / retracting portion 82 protrudes rearward from the first projecting / retracting portion 81 by the same amount as the amount of protrusion of the main body member 811 from the lower housing 71, and the third projecting / retracting portion 83 is the second projecting / retracting from the main body member 811. It projects rearward from the second projection 82 as much as the projection amount of the portion 82.

As shown in FIGS. 27 to 29, in the lower housing 71, a first position detection unit 221, a second position detection unit 222, and a third position detection unit that detect the detection target piece 243 of the moving block 240, respectively. 223 are provided.
The first position detection unit 221, the second position detection unit 222, and the third position detection unit 223 are, for example, optical sensors (for example, photo sensors).
The first position detection unit 221 is disposed in the vicinity of the first turning groove 213 (FIG. 36) of the rotating shaft 210, and the moving block 240 is attached to the rotating shaft 210 until the engaging portion 251 reaches the first turning groove 213. Detects progress along.
The second position detection unit 222 is disposed in the vicinity of the second turning groove 214 (FIG. 36) of the rotating shaft 210, and the moving block 240 is attached to the rotating shaft 210 until the engagement unit 251 reaches the second turning groove 214. It detects that it retreats along.
The third position detection unit 223 is disposed in the vicinity of the central portion in the longitudinal direction of the rotary shaft 210, and detects that the moving block 240 and the engagement portion 251 are at the reference position.
More specifically, each of the first position detection unit 221, the second position detection unit 222, and the third position detection unit 223 detects the slit 243a formed in the detection target piece 243, and thereby the engagement portion 251 Moving block 240 advancing along rotating shaft 210 until first turning groove 213 is reached, moving block 240 retracts along rotating shaft 210 until engaging portion 251 reaches second turning groove 214, and , And detects that the moving block 240 and the engaging portion 251 are at the reference positions. This achieves higher detection accuracy.

As described above, the operation unit includes the rotating shaft 210 axially driven to rotate in at least one direction by the actuator (the drive motor 161), and the outer peripheral surface of the rotating shaft 210 is provided with the first spiral groove 211 and the first spiral. A second spiral groove 212 spirally turning in a direction opposite to the groove 211 and connecting one end of the first spiral groove 211 to one end of the second spiral groove 212 and a second spiral groove 212 crossing the first spiral groove 211; A first turning groove 213 and a second turning groove 214 connecting the other end of the first spiral groove 211 and the other end of the second spiral groove 212 are formed.
The projecting / retracting portion 80 moves along the rotary shaft 210 and projects from the operating portion body (mobile body 70) in a first direction (forward) or a second direction (backward), and a first projecting / retracting portion And an engaging portion 251 rotatably held with respect to the portion 81 and engaged with the first spiral groove 211 or the second spiral groove 212 according to the direction of rotation with respect to the first projecting / retracting portion 81 (of the moving block 240) And.
The first spiral groove 211 transmits power to the first projecting / retracting portion 81 through the engaging portion 251 by the rotation of the rotary shaft 210 in the first rotational direction, and the first projecting / retracting portion 81 protrudes in the first direction. Let
The second spiral groove 212 transmits power to the first projecting / retracting portion 81 through the engaging portion 251 by the rotation of the rotary shaft 210 in the first rotational direction, and the first projecting / retracting portion 81 protrudes in the second direction. Let
The first turning groove 213 and the second turning groove 214 receive the engaging portion 251 between the first spiral groove 211 and the second spiral groove 212 while the rotary shaft 210 continues rotating in the same direction. It is something to pass.

  For this reason, by rotating the rotating shaft 210 in the same direction, the reciprocation operation of the projecting / retracting portion 80 (for example, the operation of performing the projection and the storage in the first direction or the projection and the storage in the second direction) Operation) is possible.

More specifically, the first spiral groove 211 transmits power to the first projecting / retracting portion 81 via the engaging portion 251 by rotation of the rotary shaft 210 in the second rotational direction, and the first projecting / retracting portion 81 Make it project in the second direction.
The second spiral groove 212 transmits power to the first projecting / retracting portion 81 via the engaging portion 251 by rotation of the rotary shaft 210 in the second rotational direction, and projects the first projecting / retracting portion 81 in the first direction. Let

In addition, the operating unit includes a rotary shaft 210 having a spiral groove (first spiral groove 211 and second spiral groove 212) formed on the outer peripheral surface and axially driven by an actuator (recession drive motor 161). The first projecting / retracting portion 81 protrudes in the first direction (forward) or the second direction (backward) from the operating portion main body (moving body main body 70), and the rotating shaft engages with the spiral groove of the rotating shaft 210 And an engaging portion 251 configured to transmit power from the portion 210 to the first protrusion / recess portion 81.
Edge portions (edge portions 811b of the main body member 811) of both sides of the first projection / retraction portion 81 in a direction intersecting with the first direction and the second direction (in the present embodiment, right and left direction orthogonal to the front and rear direction) Each is held by the operating unit body so as to be slidable in the first and second directions with respect to the operating unit body.
Therefore, since the first projecting and retracting portion 81 can be stably retained by the movable body 70, the projecting and retracting portion 80 can retain the magazine 30 more stably.

Further, the projection / retraction portion 80 includes a power transmission mechanism and a second projection / retraction portion 82 connected to the first projection / retraction portion 81 via the power transmission mechanism.
When the first projecting / retracting portion 81 protrudes from the operating portion main body (moving body main body 70) in the first direction, power is transmitted from the first projecting / retracting portion 81 to the second projecting / retracting portion 82 via the power transmission mechanism. The second protrusion 82 protrudes from the first protrusion 81 in the first direction.
When the first projecting / retracting portion 81 protrudes from the operating portion main body in the second direction, power is transmitted from the first projecting / retracting portion 81 to the second projecting / retracting portion 82 through the power transmission mechanism, and the second projecting / retracting portion 82 (1) Protrudes from the projecting part 81 in the second direction.
Therefore, since the protrusion / recess portion 80 including the first protrusion / recess portion 81 and the second protrusion / recess portion 82 can be protruded from the moving body main body 70 with a longer protrusion length, the transport stroke of the magazine 30 by the protrusion / recess portion 80 is longer It can be secured.

  Further, the power transmission mechanism includes a first rack gear (rack portion 73a) formed on the movable body 70, a first pinion gear (first pinion 76) meshing with the first rack gear, and a first rack gear. The second rack gear (rack portion 82a) is formed in the second projecting / retracting portion 82 in a parallel arrangement, and is engaged with the first pinion gear.

Further, each of the side portions 82c on both sides of the second projecting and retracting portion 82 in the direction intersecting with the first direction and the second direction (in the present embodiment, the left and right direction orthogonal to the front and rear direction) It is held by the first projecting and retracting part 81 so as to be slidable in the first direction and the second direction with respect to the part 81.
Therefore, since the second projection / removal portion 82 can be stably held by the first projection / retraction portion 81, the magazine 30 can be held more stably by the projection / retraction portion 80.

Moreover, the projection / retraction unit 80 includes a second power transmission mechanism and a third projection / retraction unit 83 connected to the second projection / retraction unit 82 via the second power transmission mechanism.
When the second projecting / retracting portion 82 projects from the first projecting / retracting portion 81 in the first direction, power is transmitted from the second projecting / retracting portion 82 to the third projecting / retracting portion 83 via the second power transmission mechanism, and the third projecting / retracting portion The portion 83 protrudes from the second projecting portion 82 in the first direction.
When the second projecting / retracting portion 82 projects from the first projecting / retracting portion 81 in the second direction, power is transmitted from the second projecting / retracting portion 82 to the third projecting / retracting portion 83 via the second power transmission mechanism, and the third projecting / retracting portion The portion 83 protrudes from the second projecting portion 82 in the second direction.
Thus, the projecting / retracting section 80 including the first and second projecting / retracting sections 81, 82 and the third projecting / retracting section 83 can be projected from the movable body 70 with a longer projecting length. A longer transport stroke can be ensured.

  Further, the second power transmission mechanism includes a third rack gear (rack portion 75a) formed in the first projecting and retracting portion 81, a second pinion gear (second pinion 77) meshing with the third rack gear, and a third rack gear And a fourth rack gear (rack portion 83a) which is formed in the third projecting / retracting portion 83 and is in mesh with the second pinion gear.

Further, each of the side portions 83c on both sides of the third projecting and retracting portion 83 in the direction intersecting with the first direction and the second direction (in the present embodiment, the left and right direction orthogonal to the front and rear direction) It is held by the first projecting and retracting portion 81 slidably with respect to the portion 81.
Therefore, since the third projection / removal portion 83 can be stably held by the first projection / retraction portion 81, the magazine 30 can be more stably held by the projection / retraction portion 80.

  Further, in the dispensing device 100, a first position detection unit 221 that detects that the first projecting and retracting unit 81 protrudes from the moving body main body 70 in the first direction, and the first projecting and retracting unit 81 is second from the moving body main body 70. The second position detection unit 222 detects that the first protrusion 81 protrudes in the direction, and the third position detection unit 223 detects that the first protrusion 81 is at the reference position.

Next, the transfer mechanism 90 of the transfer mechanism will be described using FIG.
The moving mechanism 90 is provided at a left end portion and a right end portion of the mounting plate 98 on which the moving body 60 is mounted, a rail 97 holding the mounting plate 98 movably to the left and right, and the rail 97. And a pair of left and right support plates 96. The rails 97 are arranged horizontally and extend left and right.
Furthermore, the moving mechanism 90 includes, for example, a pair of left and right frames 91 and 92. The left frame 91 is, for example, disposed along the inner surface of the left wall 13 and extends vertically, and the right frame 92 is, for example, disposed along the inner surface of the right wall 14 It is extended.

The frame 91 is provided with a pair of upper and lower pulleys 93 (the lower pulley 93 is not shown). A Y drive timing belt 94 is stretched around these pulleys 93. A support plate 96 on the left side is fixed to one point in the circumferential direction of the Y drive timing belt 94.
Similarly, the frame 92 is also provided with a pair of upper and lower pulleys (not shown), and a Y drive timing belt (not shown) is stretched over these pulleys, and the circumference of the Y drive timing belt The right support plate 96 is fixed at one point in the direction.
Further, the moving mechanism 90 is configured such that the upper pulleys (of the upper and lower pulleys 93 provided on the left frame 91 and the upper and lower pulleys provided on the right frame 92 are selected. And the drive transmission shaft 95 which mutually connects the pulleys.
Furthermore, the moving mechanism 90 includes a Y drive motor 163 that rotationally drives the upper pulley 93. Note that one or more gears may be interposed between the Y drive motor 163 and the pulley 93.

When the left pulley 93 is rotationally driven by the Y drive motor 163, the left Y drive timing belt 94 is rotated. Further, since the right pulley rotates in synchronization with the left pulley 93 through the drive transmission shaft 95, the right Y drive timing belt also rotates.
As a result, the left and right support plates 96 move up or down. Therefore, the rail 97, the mounting plate 98 and the movable body 60 are also raised or lowered integrally with the support plate 96.

Although not shown, the moving mechanism 90 includes a pair of left and right pulleys, an X drive motor 162 (FIG. 38) for rotating one of the pulleys, and an X drive timing bridged between these pulleys. A belt is provided, for example, inside the rail 97.
A mounting plate 98 is fixed to one place in the circumferential direction of the X drive timing belt.
When the pulley is rotationally driven by the X drive motor 162, the X drive timing belt rotates.
As a result, the mounting plate 98 and the moving body 60 move left or right along the rail 97.

  Thus, the moving mechanism 90 can move the moving body 60 vertically and horizontally.

  The structure of the moving mechanism 90 described here is an example, and as the moving mechanism 90, other mechanisms capable of moving the moving body 60 vertically and horizontally can be used.

Next, the block configuration of the payout device 100 will be described using FIG.
The payout device 100 includes a control unit 150 that centrally controls the operation of each part of the payout device 100. The control unit 150 performs operation control of the insertion and retraction drive motor 161, the X drive motor 162, the Y drive motor 163, and the like.
The control unit 150 includes a ROM 152 which stores and holds a control program, a CPU 151 which executes a control operation according to the control program, and a RAM 153 which functions as a work area of the CPU 151 and the like.

Here, for example, a bar code reader 191 is provided at a position near the open / close door 17 on the front wall 11. The arrangement of the magazines 30 on the storage rack 21 and the second storage rack 22 is, for example, predetermined for each brand.
When inserting the magazine 30 into the dispensing apparatus 100, the operator holds the tobacco product 50 over the barcode reader 191 and causes the control unit 150 to read the barcode attached to the outer surface of the tobacco product 50. The brand of the tobacco product 50 stored in the input magazine 30 and the storage space in which the magazine 30 should be stored are recognized.

Furthermore, the payout device 100 includes a door switch (not shown) that detects whether the open / close door 17 is closed. That is, the door switch is configured to detect when the open / close door 17 is closed or to detect when the open / close door 17 is open.
The detection result by the door switch is input to the control unit 150 as needed, and the control unit 150 constantly monitors whether the open / close door 17 is closed.

When the open / close door 17 is closed after the magazine 30 is loaded into the loading magazine setting unit 24, the control unit 150 performs control to transport the magazine 30 and the storage space according to the brand.
That is, when the magazine 30 is installed in the input magazine setting unit 24, the dispensing device 100 causes the transport mechanism to transport the magazine 30 to the empty area in the magazine support 23 of the storage shelf 21 or the second storage shelf 22. And a magazine transport control unit (control unit 150).

Furthermore, the payout device 100 includes a payout command acquisition unit 155.
The payout command acquisition unit 155 is, for example, an operation unit provided on the outer surface of the housing 10 or an operation tablet provided at a position separated from the housing 10.
The store clerk or the purchaser of the tobacco product 50 performs a predetermined operation on the dispensing instruction acquisition unit 155, whereby designation of the brand of the tobacco product 50 purchased by the purchaser can be made.
In addition, it is possible to search and designate various brands of tobacco products 50 by various search methods such as 50 sound search, brand name search, tar value search, nicotine value search, etc. by an operation on the payout command acquisition unit 155 It may be Alternatively, the purchaser may be specified by the purchaser's personal authentication information (information authenticated by voice print authentication, vein authentication, reading of a recording medium, etc.), and the brand purchased last time may be searched.
Here, the fact that the brand of the tobacco product 50 purchased by the purchaser is designated by an operation on the dispensing instruction acquisition unit 155 is referred to as the dispensing instruction acquisition unit 155 acquiring a dispensing instruction. The payout command acquired by the payout command acquisition unit 155 is notified from the payout command acquisition unit 155 to the control unit 150.
The control unit 150 is configured to cause the transport mechanism to perform processing of dispensing the tobacco product 50 from the magazine 30 containing the cigarette product 50 of the brand corresponding to the dispensing instruction.

  As described above, detection signals from the product detection sensors 111 to 114 are input to the control unit 150, and the control unit 150 functions as a quantity determination unit or a misloading determination unit.

Further, detection signals from the first position detection unit 221, the second position detection unit 222, and the third position detection unit 223 are input to the control unit 150.
For this reason, the control unit 150 drives in and out at a time when the protruding and retracting part 80 is maximally protruded in the first direction (when the protruding and retracting part 80 protrudes in the first direction until the engaging part 251 reaches the first turning groove 213). The movement of the motor 161 is stopped, or the projection and retraction portion 80 projects at the maximum in the second direction (when the projection and retraction portion 80 protrudes in the second direction until the engagement portion 251 reaches the second turning groove 214). The operation of the drive motor 161 can be stopped, or the operation of the drive motor 161 can be stopped in the storage state of the projection / retraction unit 80 (when the engagement unit 251 is positioned at the center in the longitudinal direction of the rotary shaft 210). .

In the case where the plurality of (for example, two) tobacco articles 50 are continuously taken out from one magazine 30 of the storage shelf 21 when the engaging portion 251 is engaged with the first spiral groove 211, For example, first, the projecting / retracting portion 80 is protruded in the first direction by continuously rotating the rotating shaft 210 in the first rotation direction, and is subsequently stored, and then, the rotating shaft 210 is continued in the second rotation direction. By making it rotate, the projecting / retracting part 80 is made to project in the first direction and to be stored continuously.
Further, when the plurality of (for example, two) tobacco articles 50 are continuously taken out from one magazine 30 of the storage shelf 21 when the engaging portion 251 is engaged with the second spiral groove 212, For example, first, the projecting / retracting portion 80 is protruded in the first direction by continuously rotating the rotating shaft 210 in the second rotation direction and is subsequently stored, and then, the rotating shaft 210 is continued in the first rotation direction. By making it rotate, the projecting / retracting part 80 is made to project in the first direction and to be stored continuously.
Further, when the plurality of (for example, two) cigarette products 50 are continuously taken out from one magazine 30 of the second storage shelf 22 when the engaging portion 251 is engaged with the first spiral groove 211 For example, first, the projecting / retracting portion 80 is protruded in the second direction by continuously rotating the rotating shaft 210 continuously in the second rotational direction, and is subsequently stored, and then the rotating shaft 210 is subjected to the first rotational direction. By causing the projecting / retracting portion 80 to project in the second direction and to store the projecting / retracting portion 80 continuously.
Further, when the plurality of (for example, two) tobacco articles 50 are continuously taken out from one magazine 30 of the second storage shelf 22 when the engagement portion 251 is engaged with the second spiral groove 212 For example, first, the projecting / retracting portion 80 is protruded in the second direction by continuously rotating the rotating shaft 210 continuously in the first rotation direction, and is subsequently stored, and then the rotating shaft 210 is moved in the second rotation direction. By causing the projecting / retracting portion 80 to project in the second direction and to store the projecting / retracting portion 80 continuously.
Further, in order to realize such an operation, the control unit 150 determines which of the first spiral groove 211 or the second spiral groove 212 the engaging portion 251 is engaged with, the rotation direction and the position of the rotating shaft 210 It always recognizes based on the information from the detection unit (the first position detection unit 221, the second position detection unit 222, and the third position detection unit 223). The control unit 150 controls the rotation direction of the rotary shaft 210 according to which of the first spiral groove 211 and the second spiral groove 212 the engaging portion 251 is engaged with, and a desired direction of the projecting and retracting portion 80 Make it stand out.

In the first embodiment described above, an example in which the operating unit is configured by the moving mechanism 90 and the moving body 60 has been described, but the operating unit further includes transport means other than the moving mechanism 90 and the moving body 60. It may be
In the first embodiment described above, the operating unit carries the transport function of the magazine 30 and the dispensing function of the tobacco product 50. However, the operating unit carries the transport function of the magazine 30, and the other mechanisms perform the tobacco function. It may be responsible for the delivery function of the product 50.

  In the first embodiment described above, an example in which the first helical groove 211 and the second helical groove 212 are formed in the rotating shaft 210 has been described, but the number of helical grooves formed in the rotating shaft 210 is one. It may be one. In this case, there is no need for the rotatable member 250 which can rotate with respect to the moving block 240, and it is sufficient that the moving block 240 has an engaging portion which engages with the spiral groove of the rotating shaft 210. The engaging portion may be an internal thread. In this case, the projecting / retracting portion 80 can be made to project in the first direction or the second direction by rotating the rotating shaft 210 forward and reverse.

  Further, in the first embodiment described above, the configuration in which the protrusion / recess portion 80 can be protruded in any of the first direction and the second direction by one protrusion / recess drive motor 161 and one rotation shaft 210 has been described. The present invention is not limited to this example, and the dispensing device 100 includes a first actuator (for example, a first drive motor) and a first rotary shaft for causing the protrusion / recess 80 to protrude in the first direction, and the protrusion / recess 80 A second actuator (for example, a second drive motor) and a second rotating shaft may be provided to project in the second direction.

  In the above-described first embodiment, an example is described in which the projecting / retracting portion 80 is telescopic with a plurality of steps (for example, three steps), but the projecting / retracting portion 80 may not be telescopic.

Second Embodiment
39 (a), 39 (b), 39 (c) and 39 (d) are schematic views for explaining a series of operations of the payout device according to the second embodiment.
In the case of the present embodiment, an example in which the operation unit performs the supply operation of the tobacco product 50 will be described.

In the case of the present embodiment, the tobacco product 50 can be inserted into the magazine 30 from the upper end of the magazine 30 (see FIG. 39D).
Also in the case of the present embodiment, the movable body 60 is provided with a telescopic portion 80 which can expand and contract (for example, can be expanded and contracted in three stages). In the case of this embodiment, the mobile unit 60 transports the tobacco product 50.
Further, above the magazine 30, a shutter 260 capable of moving up and down under the control of the control unit 150 is provided.

First, as shown in FIG. 39A, the tobacco article 50 is conveyed by the moving body 60 to the opposite position of the upper end of the magazine 30.
Next, as shown in FIG. 39 (b), the projecting / retracting portion 80 is protruded in the first direction, and the tobacco product 50 is moved to the upper position of the magazine 30.
Next, as shown in FIG. 39 (c), the shutter 260 is lowered.
Next, as shown in FIG. 39 (d), the projecting and retracting unit 80 is stored. At this time, the tobacco product 50 is dispelled from above the projection / recession section 80 by the shutter 260 and dropped into the magazine 30.
Thus, the tobacco product 50 can be loaded into the magazine 30.

Third Embodiment
Fig.40 (a), FIG.40 (b) and FIG.40 (c) are schematic diagrams for demonstrating a series of operation | movement of the payment apparatus which concerns on 3rd Embodiment.
In the case of the present embodiment, an example will be described in which the operation unit performs the operation of extracting the tobacco product 50.

In the case of the present embodiment, the discharge port 33 of the magazine 30 is formed on one side of the lower end portion of the magazine 30, and the height dimension of the lower end portion of the magazine 30 is a cigarette product 50 at the opposite side to the discharge port 33. A shunt hole 270 is formed smaller than the height dimension of.
In the case of the present embodiment, the projecting and recessing portion 80 is provided with the hooks 85 for hooking and removing the tobacco product 50 at both ends. Each hook 85 is formed in a shape projecting upward. In the case of the present embodiment, the projecting and recessed part 80 may not be telescopic.

First, as shown in FIG. 40 (a), the movable body 60 is moved to the opposite position of the lower end portion of the magazine 30 containing the tobacco product 50 to be extracted.
Next, as shown in FIG. 40 (b), the projecting / retracting portion 80 is made to project, and the hook 85 is locked to the tobacco product 50 to be removed (the lowermost tobacco product 50 in the magazine 30). At this time, the projection / recession portion 80 dives between the lower surface of the tobacco product 50 to be extracted and the bottom surface of the magazine 30 and protrudes until the hook 85 reaches the evacuation hole 270. As a result, the hook 85 is locked (hooked) on the surface (top or bottom) opposite to the moving object 60 in the tobacco product 50 to be extracted.
Next, as shown in FIG. 40C, the projecting and retracting unit 80 is accommodated. At this time, the tobacco product 50 with the hook 85 hooked is pulled out of the magazine 30 through the discharge port 33 and taken into the moving body 60.

  In the second embodiment and the third embodiment, the moving body 60 may carry the magazine 30 as in the first embodiment, or may not carry the magazine 30. In the latter case, the magazine 30 may be transported by another transport mechanism (not shown), or may be fixedly provided to the storage rack 21 and the second storage rack 22 by an operator. It may be detachable with respect to the storage rack 21 and the second storage rack 22.

<Modification of Third Embodiment>
Fig.41 (a), FIG.41 (b) and FIG.41 (c) are schematic diagrams for demonstrating a series of operation | movement of the paying-out apparatus which concerns on the modification of 3rd Embodiment.
In the case of this modification, the dispensing device is different from the dispensing device according to the third embodiment in the points to be described below, and in the other points the same as the dispensing device according to the third embodiment. It is configured.

In the present modification, the projecting / retracting portion 80 is disposed on the lower surface side of the movable body 60, and the hooks 85 are formed in a shape projecting downward.
Further, the height range in which the shunt hole 270 exists is from the upper portion of the lowermost tobacco product 30 in the magazine 30 to the lower portion of the second lowermost tobacco product 40 in the magazine 30.

First, as shown in FIG. 41 (a), the movable body 60 is moved to the opposite position of the lower end portion of the magazine 30 containing the tobacco product 50 to be extracted.
Next, as shown in FIG. 41 (b), the projecting / retracting portion 80 is made to project, and the hook 85 is locked to the tobacco product 50 to be removed (the lowermost tobacco product 50 in the magazine 30). At this time, the sunken portion 80 dives between the upper surface of the tobacco product 50 to be extracted and the lower surface of the tobacco product 50 stacked on one of the tobacco products 50, and the hook 85 reaches the evacuation hole 270. Stand out until you do. As a result, the hook 85 is locked to the surface of the tobacco product 50 to be removed that is opposite to the side of the moving body 60.
Next, as shown in FIG. 41C, the projecting and retracting unit 80 is accommodated. At this time, the tobacco product 50 with the hook 85 hooked is removed from the magazine 30 through the discharge port 33, and the tobacco product 50 subsequently falls according to gravity.
As described above, in the present modification, since the tobacco product 50 removed from the magazine 30 is dropped, quick payment can be performed as in the first embodiment.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment was described with reference to drawings, this is an illustration of this invention, and can also employ | adopt various structures other than the above.

The present embodiment includes the following technical ideas.
(1) A dispensing device capable of dispensing tobacco products to be dispensed,
A magazine for storing a plurality of the tobacco products, or an operation unit performing an operation related to transfer of the tobacco products;
The operating unit is
Operation unit body,
An actuator,
A projecting / retracting portion that can project from the operation unit main body in any of a first direction in the horizontal direction or a second direction opposite to the first direction according to the operation of the actuator;
Dispensing device equipped with.
(2) The operating unit includes a rotating shaft which is rotationally driven in at least one direction by the actuator.
On the outer peripheral surface of the rotating shaft, a first spiral groove, a second spiral groove spirally rotating in a direction opposite to the first spiral groove and intersecting the first spiral groove, and the first spiral A first turning groove connecting one end of the groove and one end of the second spiral groove, and a second turning groove connecting the other end of the first spiral groove and the other end of the second spiral groove; Is formed,
The projecting / retracting portion is rotatably held with respect to a first projecting / retracting portion that moves along the rotating shaft and protrudes from the operating portion main body in the first direction or the second direction, and the first projecting / retracting portion And an engagement portion engaged with the first spiral groove or the second spiral groove in accordance with the direction of rotation with respect to the first projection / recess portion,
The first helical groove transmits power to the first projecting and retracting portion through the engaging portion by the rotation of the rotating shaft in the first rotational direction, and moves the first projecting and retracting portion in the first direction. Let out,
The second helical groove transmits power to the first projecting and retracting portion through the engaging portion by the rotation of the rotating shaft in the first rotational direction, and the first projecting and retracting portion is moved in the second direction. Make it stand out,
The first turning groove and the second turning groove respectively receive the engaging portion between the first spiral groove and the second spiral groove in a process in which the rotating shaft continues to rotate in the same direction. The dispensing device according to (1), which is to be delivered.
(3) The operating unit includes a rotating shaft having a helical groove formed on the outer peripheral surface and rotationally driven by the actuator.
The said appearance part is
A first projecting / retracting portion projecting from the operating portion main body in the first direction or the second direction;
An engagement portion engaged with the spiral groove of the rotating shaft and transmitting power from the rotating shaft to the first projecting and retracting portion;
Equipped with
Each of the side portions on both sides of the first protrusion and recess portion in the direction intersecting with the first direction and the second direction is slidable in the first direction and the second direction with respect to the operation portion main body. The dispensing device according to (1) or (2), which is held by the operation unit main body.
(4) The said appearance part is
Power transmission mechanism,
A second projection part connected to the first projection part via the power transmission mechanism;
Equipped with
When the first projecting / retracting portion projects from the operating portion main body in the first direction, power is transmitted from the first projecting / retracting portion to the second projecting / retracting portion through the power transmission mechanism, and the second projecting / retracting portion A portion protrudes in the first direction from the first projecting portion;
When the first projecting / retracting portion projects from the operating portion main body in the second direction, power is transmitted from the first projecting / retracting portion to the second projecting / retracting portion through the power transmission mechanism, and the second projecting / retracting portion The dispensing device according to (2) or (3), in which the unit protrudes in the second direction from the first projecting and retracting unit.
(5) The power transmission mechanism includes a first rack gear formed in the operation unit main body, a first pinion gear meshing with the first rack gear, and the second rack gear arranged in parallel with the first rack gear. The dispensing device according to (4), which is formed of a second rack gear which is formed in the projecting and retracting portion and is engaged with the first pinion gear.
(6) Each of the side portions on both sides of the second projecting portion in the direction intersecting the first direction and the second direction is the first direction and the second direction with respect to the first projecting portion. The dispensing device according to (4) or (5), slidably held by the first projecting and retracting portion.
(7) The said appearance part is
A second power transmission mechanism,
A third projection / retraction unit coupled to the second projection / retraction unit via the second power transmission mechanism;
Equipped with
When the second projecting / retracting portion projects from the first projecting / retracting portion in the first direction, power is transmitted from the second projecting / retracting portion to the third projecting / retracting portion through the second power transmission mechanism. A third projecting portion protrudes from the second projecting portion in the first direction,
When the second projecting / retracting portion projects from the first projecting / retracting portion in the second direction, power is transmitted from the second projecting / retracting portion to the third projecting / retracting portion through the second power transmission mechanism. The dispensing device according to any one of (4) to (6), wherein a third inward / outward portion protrudes in the second direction from the second inward / outward portion.
(8) The second power transmission mechanism is disposed in parallel to the third rack gear formed in the first projecting and retracting portion, the second pinion gear meshing with the third rack gear, and the third rack gear. The dispensing device according to (7), further including: a fourth rack gear that is formed in the third projecting and retracting portion and that meshes with the second pinion gear.
(9) Each of the side portions on both sides of the third projecting portion in the direction intersecting with the first direction and the second direction can slide relative to the first projecting portion, the first projecting portion The dispensing device according to (7) or (8) held by
(10) A first position detection unit that detects that the first projection and the projection project in the first direction;
A second position detection unit that detects that the first projection and the projection project in the second direction;
A third position detection unit configured to detect that the first projection / recession portion is at a reference position;
The dispensing apparatus according to any one of (2) to (9), comprising:
(11) The operating unit transports the magazine.
The dispensing apparatus according to any one of (1) to (10), wherein the projecting / retracting unit has a function of holding the magazine indirectly or directly when the operation unit transports the magazine.
(12) The operating unit holds the magazine indirectly or directly by the projecting / retracting section by raising the projecting / retracting section relative to the magazine in a state in which the projecting / retracting section is projected from the operating section main body And the magazine is transported in a state in which the projecting and retracting unit is accommodated in the operating unit main body and the magazine is held at the upper position of the operating unit main body,
The operation unit includes a pair of magazine guide portions that approach or abut against both side surfaces of the magazine when the magazine is held at the upper position of the operation unit main body,
In at least one of the pair of magazine guide portions, a first product detection sensor for detecting the tobacco product in the magazine located in the first direction with reference to the magazine guide portion, and with reference to the magazine guide portion (11) The dispensing device according to (11), further including: a second commodity detection sensor that detects the tobacco commodity in the magazine located in the second direction.
(13) The dispensing device according to (12), wherein the first commodity detection sensor and the second commodity detection sensor are provided in each of the pair of magazine guide portions.
(14) The ingress / recession unit has a function of directly or indirectly pushing out the tobacco product from the magazine upon delivery of the tobacco product from the dispensing device, according to any one of (1) to (13). Dispensing device.

DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS 10 case 11 front wall 12 top plate 13 left side wall 14 right side wall 15 back wall 16 bottom plate 17 opening / closing door 17 a opening 18 extraction opening 19 shooter 20 extraction position 21 storage shelf 22 second storage shelf 23 magazine support portion 24 Input magazine setting portion 25 Shelf plate 26 Magazine receiving portion 27 Magazine guide portion 30 Magazine 31 Box body portion 31a Opening 32 Box lid 32a Opening 33 Ejection port 50 Tobacco product 60 Moving body 61 Moving body side magazine guide portion (Magazine guide portion )
70 Mobile Body 71 Lower Case 71a Case Configuration Lower Member 71b Case Configuration Upper Member 71c Fixing Hook 72 Fixing Member 73 Holding Member 73a Rack Part 74 Guide Member 75 Rack Member 75a Rack Part 76 First Pinion Gear 77 Second Pinion gear 80 Projection part 81 First projection part 811 Main body member 811a Pinion holding boss 811b Edge part 811c Projection piece 811d Locking hole 82 Second projection part 82a Rack part 82c Edge part 82b Pinion holding boss 83 Third projection part 83a Rack part 83b Hole 83c Edge side 831 Lower projection 85 Hook 90 Movement mechanism 91, 92 Frame 93 Pulley 94 Y drive timing belt 95 Drive transmission shaft 96 Support plate 97 Rail 98 Mounting plate 100, 100A, 100B Dispensing device 111 Product detection sensor 112 quotients Detection sensor 113 product detection sensor 114 product detection sensor 130 insertion space 141 first delivery position 150 the control unit 151 CPU
152 ROM
153 RAM
155 Dispensing command acquisition unit 161 Disengagement drive motor (actuator)
162 X drive motor 163 Y drive motor 181 moving area 191 bar code reader 201 slit 202 bearing portion 210 rotary shaft 211 first spiral groove 212 second spiral groove 213 first turning groove 214 second turning groove 221 first position detecting portion 222 Second position detection unit 223 Third position detection unit 231 Output gear 232 Drive gear 240 Moving block 241 Insertion hole 242 Locking protrusion 243 Detected piece 243a Slit 244 Holding hole 245 Locking claw 250 Rotating member 251 Engagement portion 260 Shutter 270 Escape hole

Claims (14)

A dispensing device capable of dispensing tobacco products to be dispensed,
A magazine for storing a plurality of the tobacco products, or an operation unit performing an operation related to transfer of the tobacco products;
The operating unit is
Operation unit body,
An actuator,
A projecting / retracting portion that can project from the operation unit main body in any of a first direction in the horizontal direction or a second direction opposite to the first direction according to the operation of the actuator;
Dispensing device equipped with. The operating unit includes a rotating shaft axially driven in at least one direction by the actuator.
On the outer peripheral surface of the rotating shaft, a first spiral groove, a second spiral groove spirally rotating in a direction opposite to the first spiral groove and intersecting the first spiral groove, and the first spiral A first turning groove connecting one end of the groove and one end of the second spiral groove, and a second turning groove connecting the other end of the first spiral groove and the other end of the second spiral groove; Is formed,
The projecting / retracting portion is rotatably held with respect to a first projecting / retracting portion that moves along the rotating shaft and protrudes from the operating portion main body in the first direction or the second direction, and the first projecting / retracting portion And an engagement portion engaged with the first spiral groove or the second spiral groove in accordance with the direction of rotation with respect to the first projection / recess portion,
The first helical groove transmits power to the first projecting and retracting portion through the engaging portion by the rotation of the rotating shaft in the first rotational direction, and moves the first projecting and retracting portion in the first direction. Let out,
The second helical groove transmits power to the first projecting and retracting portion through the engaging portion by the rotation of the rotating shaft in the first rotational direction, and the first projecting and retracting portion is moved in the second direction. Make it stand out,
The first turning groove and the second turning groove respectively receive the engaging portion between the first spiral groove and the second spiral groove in a process in which the rotating shaft continues to rotate in the same direction. The dispensing device according to claim 1, which is a delivery device. The operating unit includes a rotating shaft having a helical groove formed on an outer peripheral surface and axially driven by the actuator.
The said appearance part is
A first projecting / retracting portion projecting from the operating portion main body in the first direction or the second direction;
An engagement portion engaged with the spiral groove of the rotating shaft and transmitting power from the rotating shaft to the first projecting and retracting portion;
Equipped with
Each of the side portions on both sides of the first protrusion and recess portion in the direction intersecting with the first direction and the second direction is slidable in the first direction and the second direction with respect to the operation portion main body. The dispensing device according to claim 1, being held by the operation unit main body. The said appearance part is
Power transmission mechanism,
A second projection part connected to the first projection part via the power transmission mechanism;
Equipped with
When the first projecting / retracting portion projects from the operating portion main body in the first direction, power is transmitted from the first projecting / retracting portion to the second projecting / retracting portion through the power transmission mechanism, and the second projecting / retracting portion A portion protrudes in the first direction from the first projecting portion;
When the first projecting / retracting portion projects from the operating portion main body in the second direction, power is transmitted from the first projecting / retracting portion to the second projecting / retracting portion through the power transmission mechanism, and the second projecting / retracting portion The dispensing device according to claim 2 or 3, wherein a portion protrudes from the first projecting portion in the second direction.   The power transmission mechanism includes a first rack gear formed in the operation unit main body, a first pinion gear meshing with the first rack gear, and a second protrusion and a recess in parallel arrangement with the first rack gear. 5. The dispensing device according to claim 4, wherein the second rack gear is formed and engaged with the first pinion gear.   Each of the side portions on both sides of the second protrusion and recess in the direction intersecting the first direction and the second direction is slidable in the first and second directions with respect to the first protrusion and recess. The dispensing device according to claim 4, wherein the dispensing device is held by the first projecting and retracting portion. The said appearance part is
A second power transmission mechanism,
A third projection / retraction unit coupled to the second projection / retraction unit via the second power transmission mechanism;
Equipped with
When the second projecting / retracting portion projects from the first projecting / retracting portion in the first direction, power is transmitted from the second projecting / retracting portion to the third projecting / retracting portion through the second power transmission mechanism. A third projecting portion protrudes from the second projecting portion in the first direction,
When the second projecting / retracting portion projects from the first projecting / retracting portion in the second direction, power is transmitted from the second projecting / retracting portion to the third projecting / retracting portion through the second power transmission mechanism. The dispensing device according to any one of claims 4 to 6, wherein a third projecting portion protrudes from the second projecting portion in the second direction.   The second power transmission mechanism includes a third rack gear formed in the first projecting and retracting portion, a second pinion gear meshing with the third rack gear, and the third power transmission mechanism in parallel arrangement with the third rack gear. The dispensing device according to claim 7, comprising a fourth rack gear which is formed in the projecting and retracting portion and is engaged with the second pinion gear.   Each of the side portions on both sides of the third protrusion and recess in the direction intersecting the first direction and the second direction is slidably held by the first protrusion and recess with respect to the first protrusion and recess. The dispensing device according to claim 7 or 8. A first position detection unit that detects that the first projection and the projection project in the first direction;
A second position detection unit that detects that the first projection and the projection project in the second direction;
A third position detection unit configured to detect that the first projection / recession portion is at a reference position;
The dispensing device according to any one of claims 2 to 9, comprising: The operating unit transports the magazine.
The dispensing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the projecting and retracting unit has a function of holding the magazine indirectly or directly when the operation unit transports the magazine. The operating unit is configured to hold the magazine indirectly or directly by the projecting / retracting portion by raising the projecting / retracting portion relative to the magazine in a state in which the projecting / retracting portion is projected from the operating portion main body, The magazine is conveyed in a state in which the projecting and retracting unit is accommodated in the operation unit main body and the magazine is held at the upper position of the operation unit main body,
The operation unit includes a pair of magazine guide portions that approach or abut against both side surfaces of the magazine when the magazine is held at the upper position of the operation unit main body,
In at least one of the pair of magazine guide portions, a first product detection sensor for detecting the tobacco product in the magazine located in the first direction with reference to the magazine guide portion, and with reference to the magazine guide portion The dispensing device according to claim 11, further comprising: a second commodity detection sensor configured to detect the tobacco commodity in the magazine located in the second direction.   The dispensing device according to claim 12, wherein the first commodity detection sensor and the second commodity detection sensor are provided in each of the pair of magazine guide portions.   The dispensing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein the appearance unit plays a role of extruding the tobacco article directly or indirectly from the magazine when the tobacco article is dispensed from the dispensing apparatus.

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