JP2021033927A - Article vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an article vending machine having a structure that prevents an article from entering and being left in a space at an upper part in a cabinet when the article is input to an input passage.SOLUTION: Provided is an automatic vending machine 1 including, in the inside of a box-shaped cabinet 2, a column 3 having a commodity passage 14a that stores a commodity and an input passage 8a having a bottom plate 10a extending rearward to an upper end part of the commodity passage 14a while being inclined downward from an input port 9a provided in the front surface of the cabinet 2, a commodity input to the input port 9a being rolled on the bottom plate 10a to be guided to the commodity passage 14a. The automatic vending machine includes a remaining can prevention plate 20 that is provided above the commodity passage 14a at the rearmost part in the cabinet 2, and prevents the commodity from passing at a position higher than the height of the commodity from the bottom plate 10a of the input passage 8a.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

The present invention relates to an article loading mechanism of an article vending machine in which articles are loaded and stored in a column in a cabinet.

In vending machines (goods vending machines) that sell cylindrical products such as canned beverages, workers such as managers load the products from the slot provided on the front of the cabinet and put the products in the columns inside the cabinet. There are many structures to store.

For example, the vending machine described in Patent Document 1 is provided with a loading path that is inclined downward from the loading port toward the upper end of the rear column (corresponding to the article storage portion of the present invention). The product rolls backward on the input path due to its own weight and is stored in the column. In addition, in order to store a plurality of types of products, a plurality of columns are arranged side by side in the cabinet in the front-rear direction, and along with this, input paths are arranged side by side in the vertical direction at the upper part of the columns. ..

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 6-103455

As described above, the input passage provided at the upper part of the column is often formed in a gutter shape, for example, and is arranged vertically on top of the cabinet.

Further, in the configuration in which the input path is inclined downward toward the rear, even if the input port is arranged at the uppermost part inside the cabinet, it is between the horizontally extending top plate and the rear part of the input path. Spaces (gap) are often formed. Then, when the worker vigorously throws the product into the input port of the input path, the product may jump out from the input path and enter the space between the top plate and the rear part of the input path. Therefore, there is a risk that the worker will be left unnoticed for a long period of time.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has a structure for preventing the article from entering the upper space in the cabinet and being left unattended when the article is loaded into the loading path. The purpose is to provide a goods vending machine.

In order to solve the above problems, the article vending machine of the present invention has an article storage unit for storing articles inside a box-shaped cabinet and a rearward tilting downward from an input port provided on the front surface of the cabinet. An article sale provided with a column having a bottom plate extending to the upper end of the article storage section and a loading path for rolling an article loaded into the loading port on the upper surface of the bottom plate to lead the article storage section to the article storage section. A passage blocking member which is a machine and is erected behind the loading path in the cabinet or above the article storage portion to prevent the passage of articles above the height of the articles from the bottom plate of the loading path. It is characterized by having.

Preferably, the lower end of the passage blocking member is located at a position higher than the height of the article from the bottom plate of the input path.

Preferably, the passage blocking member is supported by the support member, is configured separately from the cabinet together with the support member, and the support member can be fixed to a support portion provided in the cabinet.

Preferably, the passage blocking member is supported by the support member and is configured separately from the cabinet and the column together with the support member, and the support member can be fixed to a support portion provided on the column. It would be nice to have one.

Preferably, the support member is formed in a flat plate shape and is supported by the support portion along the inner wall surface of the top plate of the cabinet.

Preferably, the passage blocking member is formed in a flat plate shape, is rotatably supported by an end portion of the support member, and the support member is placed in a predetermined front-rear, left-right, and rear direction with respect to the top plate with the end portion rearward. When positioned at the position, the passage blocking member may be rotated by its own weight to be positioned at a predetermined position to prevent the passage of the article above the height of the article from the bottom plate of the input path.

Preferably, it is preferable to provide a rotation restricting portion that restricts the rotation of the passage blocking member with respect to the support member backward from the predetermined position.

Preferably, the rotation restricting portion is provided on at least one of the passage blocking member and the supporting member.

Preferably, the rotation restricting portion is provided in at least one of the cabinet and the column.

According to the present invention, a passage blocking member for blocking the passage of articles above the height of the articles from the bottom plate of the loading path is provided behind the loading path in the cabinet or above the article storage portion. When an article is loaded into the loading port, it is possible to prevent the article from entering the space above the article storage portion beyond the upper part of the passage blocking member.

As a result, it is possible to prevent the product from being left unknowingly for a long period of time in the space above the article storage portion in the cabinet. Therefore, it is possible to prevent an article that has entered the space between the article storage section and the top plate and has been left for a long period of time from falling from this space into the article storage section and being stored.

In addition, when an article that has entered the space between the article storage unit and the top plate falls from this space due to vibration or the like, the article that has been inserted into the same loading path after the article has been loaded and the article behind the loading path. It is possible to prevent the articles from being clogged by overlapping above the article storage section.

It is a perspective view seen from the front side of the upper part of the vending machine of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a vertical cross-sectional view of the upper part of the vending machine before the residual can prevention plate is attached. It is a perspective view which shows the vertical cross-sectional shape of the upper part of a vending machine. It is a vertical sectional view of the upper part of the vending machine after attaching the residual can prevention plate of 1st Embodiment. It is a side view which shows the shape of the residual can prevention plate and the mounting support plate in 1st Embodiment. It is a vertical cross-sectional view which shows the detail of the attachment part of the remaining can prevention plate and the attachment support plate. It is a vertical sectional view of the upper part of the vending machine after the residual can prevention plate of the 2nd Embodiment of this invention is attached. It is a vertical sectional view of the upper part of the vending machine which has the residual can prevention plate of the 3rd Embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the upper part of the vending machine (goods vending machine) according to the embodiment of the present invention as viewed from the front side. FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the upper part of the vending machine before the remaining can prevention plate is attached. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a vertical cross-sectional shape of the upper part of the vending machine. Note that FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a portion AA of FIG. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a cross section of the portion BB of FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the vending machine 1 of the embodiment adopting the present invention stores a product (article) to be sold inside a cabinet 2 having a heat insulating structure formed in a rectangular box shape. It has a column 3 to store. The column 3 stores a product formed in a cylindrical shape, such as a canned beverage.

The column 3 is arranged in the front-rear direction in a storage room (for example, three in the present embodiment) in which the internal space between the top plate 4 of the cabinet 2, the bottom plate (not shown), and the left and right side plates 5 of the cabinet 2 is partitioned by a partition plate 19. (For example, three in this embodiment) are arranged side by side. Further, a plurality of columns 3 in a row arranged side by side in the front-rear direction are further arranged in a plurality of rows (4 rows in the present embodiment) in the left-right direction in the cabinet 2.

The column 3 includes a pair of flat plate-shaped left and right side plates 6 arranged at predetermined intervals in the left-right direction, and a plurality of vertical plates 7 arranged between the left and right side plates 6 at predetermined intervals in the front-rear direction. It is formed in a mold. In the column 3, a product passage 14 (article storage portion) for vertically stacking and storing products is formed between a pair of left and right side plates 6 and vertical plates 7 adjacent to each other in the front-rear direction. The spacing between the left and right side plates 6 and the spacing between the vertical plates 7 are set so that the products that have been laid sideways in the left-right direction can be stacked and stored in the product passage 14 in the vertical direction.

In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, one column 3 is provided with two product passages 14, respectively. Further, in FIG. 2, the vertical plate 7 is described so as to extend linearly in the vertical direction, but the vertical plate 7 is alternately bent in the front-rear direction in a semicircular shape, or along the vertical plate 7 or along the vertical plate. Instead of 7, it is desirable to arrange chute plates bent in a semicircular shape in a row in the vertical direction so that the product passage 14 meanders in a so-called serpentine type.

Further, the column 3 is provided with a loading path 8 above the product passage 14 for loading products into each column 3 from the front side of the cabinet 2.

One input path 8 is provided for one product passage 14, and a plurality of input paths 8 are arranged so as to be stacked in the vertical direction. The front end of the loading path 8 is provided with a loading port 9 for loading products when the front door (not shown) of the cabinet 2 is opened.

The input path 8 is formed by a bottom plate 10 extending in the left-right direction between adjacent left and right side plates 6, 6. The bottom plate 10 is inclined downward from the front surface of the cabinet 2 toward the rear and extends to the upper end portion of the vertical plate 7.

As shown in the shape of ◯ in FIG. 2, the product loaded from the loading port 9 rolls on the upper surface of the bottom plate 10 of the loading path 8 and moves backward, and from the upper end of the product passage 14. It moves into the product aisle 14 and is stored so as to be stacked vertically in the product aisle 14.

Above the connection portion between the loading path 8 and the product passage 14, a guide plate 11 for changing the moving direction of the product that has rolled the loading path 8 backward toward the product passage 14 is provided. There is. The guide plate 11 is formed, for example, in a U-shape having a vertical cross section with both ends widened, and is arranged so as to extend in the left-right direction between adjacent left and right side plates 6, 6.

Since a plurality of product passages 14 and input paths 8 are provided in the cabinet 2, a plurality of types of products can be stored. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, when three columns 3 in which two product aisles 14 are arranged in the front-rear direction are arranged side by side in the front-rear direction, six product aisles 14 are arranged in one row in the front-rear direction. It is arranged in. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, since the columns 3 in one row are arranged in four rows in the left-right direction, 6 × 4 = 24 types of products can be stored in the cabinet 2. The products stored in the product aisle 14 of the column 3 are carried out one by one from the lower part of the product aisle 14 based on the purchase operation.

Of the input paths 8 arranged side by side in the vertical direction, the uppermost input path 8a is arranged so that the input port 9a at the front end is adjacent to the top plate 4 of the cabinet 2. On the other hand, since the input path 8 is inclined downward toward the rear, above the rear portion of the uppermost input path 8a, between the top plate 4 extending horizontally and the guide plate 11 at the rear portion of the input path 8a. A space 12 (gap) is formed in the cabinet 2.

On the other hand, a frame 15 as a reinforcing member extends to the left and right at the front end portion of the top plate 4. Further, on the inside of the top plate 4, a rail that detachably supports, for example, a hook portion formed in an inverted U shape on the upper end portion of the left and right side plates 6 of the column 3 along the inner wall surface of the top plate 4. 16 is provided. The rails 16 are arranged so as to extend in the front-rear direction along the upper ends of the left and right side plates 6. The front end of the rail 16 is connected to the frame 15, and the rear end is connected to the back plate of the cabinet 2. Between the rail 16 and the heat insulating material 17 arranged on the lower surface of the top plate 4, each row of columns 3, that is, each uppermost input path 8a, is paired to the left and right, facing inward in the left-right direction of the input path 8a. A support portion 18 is formed which opens and extends in the front-rear direction. The support portion 18 extends rearward from the rear portion of the frame 15, and has a vertical width thereof, that is, a gap of, for example, several mm existing between the rail 16 and the heat insulating material 17. The pair of support portions 18 in each row are provided at the same vertical position so that the end portions of the horizontal plate members can be inserted. Regarding the support portion 18, instead of utilizing the gap existing between the rail 16 provided in the cabinet 2 and the heat insulating material 17, a groove portion is provided in the rail 16 and this groove is used as the support portion 18. You may use it. Further, the support portion 18 may be provided in the column 3 or the partition plate 19 by processing the left and right side plates 6 of the column 3 instead of providing the support portion 18 in the cabinet 2.

FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the upper part of the vending machine 1 after the remaining can prevention plate 20 (passage prevention member) of the first embodiment of the present invention is attached. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the shapes of the remaining can prevention plate 20 and the mounting support plate 21 (support member) in the first embodiment. FIG. 6 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing details of the mounting portions of the remaining can prevention plate 20 and the mounting support plate 21. In FIG. 6, the remaining can prevention plate 20 and the mounting support plate 21 are shown in shaded areas.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the vending machine 1 in the present embodiment loads the product from the loading port 9a at the front end of the top loading path 8a in order to store the product in the product passage 14a at the rearmost portion. At that time, a residual can prevention plate 20 for preventing products from entering the space 12 at the rear of the cabinet 2 is provided.

The remaining can prevention plate 20 is arranged between the left and right side plates 6 of the column 3 above the product passage 14a located at the rearmost portion, that is, behind the loading path 8a located at the uppermost portion, and is wider than the left and right width of the product passage 14a. It is a rectangular flat plate having a slightly short left-right width and extending substantially in the vertical direction from the front end portion of the guide plate 11a arranged above the product passage 14a at the rearmost portion to the top plate 4.

At the end of the remaining can prevention plate 20, the end of the mounting support plate 21 is rotatably supported by a hinge 22.

The mounting support plate 21 is a rectangular flat plate having a slightly larger left-right width than the remaining can prevention plate 20. The remaining can prevention plate 20 and the mounting support plate 21 are rotatably supported by about 90 degrees or more from a state in which they overlap each other until the remaining can prevention plate 20 and the mounting support plate 21 are at least vertical. Further, the left and right end portions 21a of the mounting support plate 21 are bent so as to be slightly above the central portion in the left and right direction.

The remaining can prevention plate 20 and the mounting support plate 21 are formed separately from the cabinet 2, the column 3, and the partition plate 19.

For the vending machine 1 which is not provided with the remaining can prevention plate 20 as shown in FIG. 2, the operator can retrofit the remaining can prevention plate 20 above the uppermost loading path 8a. ing. The installation procedure will be described below.

First, the operator puts the mounting support plate 21 and the remaining can prevention plate 20 in a folded state, and then attaches the mounting support plate 21 and the remaining can prevention plate 20 to the uppermost insertion port 9a from the front side of the cabinet 2. Insert with the prevention plate 20 on the lower side and the hinge 22 side as the tip (toward the rear).

Next, the mounting support plate 21 and the remaining can prevention plate 20 are inserted behind the frame 15, and the left and right end portions 21a of the mounting support plate 21 are slightly tilted in the vertical direction behind the frame 15 to form the mounting support plate 21. The left and right end portions 21a are inserted into the support portion 18 one by one, and the mounting support plate 21 is supported by the rail 16 arranged on the inner surface of the top plate 4.

Next, the mounting support plate 21 is slid forward until it comes into contact with the rear end portion of the frame 15, and the front-rear position of the mounting support plate 21 (predetermined front-back and left-right positions of the present invention) is defined.

Regarding the front-rear position of the mounting support plate 21, a mark or the like is shown on the inner surface of the top plate 4 or the rail 16 for the position of the front end portion of the mounting support plate 21, and the mounting support plate 21 is slid to the mark position. It may be specified so as to be allowed.

Alternatively, when the mounting support plate 21 is positioned at a predetermined front-rear position, a stopper that makes it impossible to slide further rearward may be provided on the inner surface of the top plate 4, the rail 16, or the like.

A reinforcing member 24 is provided inside the top plate 4, and while the remaining can prevention plate 20 is being inserted, the reinforcing member 24 restricts downward rotation.

When the mounting support plate 21 and the remaining can prevention plate 20 are located at predetermined front and rear positions, the end portion of the remaining can prevention plate 20 opposite to the hinge 22 (rotation mechanism) rotates downward due to its own weight. To do. As a result, the remaining can prevention plate 20 becomes substantially perpendicular to the mounting support plate 21. The mounting support plate 21 and the remaining can prevention plate 20 are temporarily fixed with adhesive tape or the like in a folded state, and when the operator removes the fixing when the mounting support plate 21 and the remaining can prevention plate 20 are positioned at predetermined front and rear positions, the remaining can prevention plate 20 is rotated. You may move it. At this time, the vertical length of the remaining can prevention plate 20 is set so that the lower end portion of the remaining can prevention plate 20 is located near the guide plate 11a located above the product passage 14a at the rearmost portion. Therefore, the remaining can prevention plate 20 blocks the passage of the article above the height of the article from the bottom plate of the loading path 8a above the product passage 14a at the rearmost portion or behind the loading path 8a located at the uppermost portion. It will be located in a predetermined position. When the remaining can prevention plate 20 is arranged above the product passage 14a, the passage of the article above the height of the article is blocked from a virtual position in which the bottom plate 10a of the loading path 8a is extended rearward. As described above, the vertical length of the remaining can prevention plate 20 is set.

Since the lower end of the remaining can prevention plate 20 is located higher than the height of the article from the bottom plate 10a, the product can pass under the remaining can prevention plate 20.

The remaining can prevention plate 20 may be composed of two upper and lower parts, and the lower member may be rotatably connected to the lower end of the upper member supported by the mounting support plate 21 by a hinge or the like.

A reinforcing member 23 connecting the left and right side plates 6 is provided above the product passage 14a.

In the present embodiment, the remaining can prevention plate 20 is provided to prevent the product from passing above the reinforcing member 23. The reinforcing member 23 serves as a stopper (rotation regulating portion of the present invention) that restricts the remaining can prevention plate 20 from rotating backward in the vertical direction. The rotation restricting portion may be a member extending from the top plate 4, the rail 16, the partition plate 19, or the like of the cabinet 2.

With the above configuration, in the vending machine 1 of the present embodiment, the product is loaded by the worker inserting the product such as a can into the loading port 9 opened in the front of the cabinet 2 with the front door opened. It rolls backward on the bottom plate 10 of the road 8. Then, the product falls from the input path 8 to the product passage 14 and is stored.

A plurality of input paths 8 are arranged side by side in the vertical direction. Further, the input port 9a at the front end of the uppermost input path 8a is arranged adjacent to the top plate 4 of the cabinet 2, but since the input path 8a is inclined downward toward the rear, it is horizontal. A space 12 is formed between the top plate 4 extending in a shape and the guide plate 11a provided at the rear end of the uppermost input path 8a.

In the vending machine 1 having such a configuration, when a worker vigorously loads a product from the top loading port 9a into the loading path 8a, the product pops out from above the bottom plate 10a of the top loading path 8a. Therefore, there is a risk that the product may enter the space 12 between the top plate 4 and the guide plate 11a above the product passage 14a at the rearmost portion.

In the present embodiment, as described above, the passage of the product above the height of the product from the bottom plate 10a of the loading path 8a is blocked above the product passage 14a at the rear end or behind the loading path 8a at the top. Since the remaining can prevention plate 20 is arranged so as to prevent the products loaded into the loading path 8a from the top loading port 9a from entering the space 12 between the top plate 4 and the product passage 14a. The product is guided into the rearmost product passage 14a.

As a result, it is possible to prevent the product from entering the space 12 above the product passage 14a in the cabinet 2 without being noticed and being left for a long period of time. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a product left in the space 12 between the guide plate 11a and the top plate 4 for a long period of time from falling into the product passage 14a due to vibration or the like and being sold by mistake. ..

Further, when a product that has entered the space 12 between the guide plate 11a and the top plate 4 falls from the space 12 due to vibration or the like, the product that has been introduced into the input passage 8a after the introduction of the product and the input passage 8a It is possible to prevent the products from being clogged by overlapping at the rear of the product or above the product passage 14a.

The remaining can prevention plate 20 is supported by the mounting support plate 21, and is configured separately from the cabinet 2 together with the mounting support plate 21. Since the mounting support plate 21 can be fixed to the cabinet 2 by retrofitting, the remaining can prevention plate 20 can be fixed. It is possible to attach the remaining can prevention plate 20 to the cabinet 2 via the attachment support plate 21 for the vending machine 1 without 20. Therefore, the remaining can prevention plate 20 can be retrofitted to the vending machine 1 that has been manufactured or is in use. The remaining can prevention plate 20 and the mounting support plate 21 may be removable in the cabinet 2 or may not be removable once mounted in the cabinet 2. It suffices if it can be retrofitted at least in the cabinet 2.

The remaining can prevention plate 20 and the mounting support plate 21 have a relatively simple structure in which the flat plate is rotatably supported by the hinge 22, and can be prepared at low cost.

Further, since the mounting support plate 21 is supported by being inserted into the support portion 18 formed on the inner surface of the top plate 4 of the cabinet 2, the remaining can prevention plate 20 and the mounting support plate 21 can be easily installed by retrofitting. can do.

The remaining can prevention plate 20 is rotatably supported by the mounting support plate 21, and by positioning the mounting support plate 21 at a predetermined front-rear position of the top plate 4, the remaining can prevention plate 20 rotates due to its own weight. Since the remaining can prevention plate 20 is located at a predetermined position that prevents the passage of the product above the height of the product from the bottom plate 10a of the loading path 8a, the remaining can prevention plate 20 can be easily installed at an appropriate position and angle.

Further, since the remaining can prevention plate 20 and the mounting support plate 21 are rotatably connected and configured to be foldable, when the remaining can prevention plate 20 and the mounting support plate 21 are installed in the cabinet 2, the remaining can prevention plate 20 and the mounting support plate 21 are installed in the cabinet 2. Even if the vertical width of the loading port 9a is narrow, it can be inserted from the loading port 9a and installed at the lower part of the top plate 4, and the vertical length of the remaining can prevention plate 20 can be made relatively large. .. Further, in many cases, a rod-shaped reinforcing member 24 connecting between the left and right side plates 6 is provided on the upper part of the loading path 8a, but the remaining can prevention plate 20 and the mounting support plate are provided while avoiding the reinforcing member 24. 21 can be installed.

FIG. 7 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the upper part of the vending machine 30 (goods vending machine) after the remaining can prevention plate 31 (passage blocking member) of the second embodiment of the present invention is attached.

The vending machine 30 of the second embodiment has a different structure of the remaining can prevention plate 31 and the mounting support plate 32 from the vending machine 1 of the first embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 7, regarding the mounting support plate 32 and the remaining can prevention plate 31 of the second embodiment, it is regulated that the remaining can prevention plate 31 rotates 90 degrees or more with respect to the mounting support plate 32. A stopper 33 (rotation restricting portion) is provided on the remaining can prevention plate 31. The stopper 33 is formed, for example, by extending a part of the end portion of the remaining can prevention plate 31 on the hinge 22 side and bending it at 90 degrees. When the mounting support plate 32 and the mounting support plate 31 are installed in the cabinet 2 having the same structure as that of the first embodiment, the remaining can prevention plate 31 and the mounting support plate 32 are positioned at predetermined front and rear positions, and then the remaining cans are left. When the can prevention plate 31 rotates in the substantially vertical direction due to its own weight, the stopper 33 comes into contact with the top plate 4 or the heat insulating material 17 and is restricted from further rotating backward. Therefore, unlike the first embodiment, it is not necessary to use the reinforcing member 23 as a stopper, so that the remaining can prevention plate 31 is defined at an appropriate angle even if the reinforcing member 23 is not arranged at an appropriate front-rear position. be able to. The mounting support plate 32 may be provided with a stopper that restricts the remaining can prevention plate 31 from opening at 90 degrees or higher.

FIG. 8 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the upper part of the vending machine 40 (goods vending machine) having the remaining can prevention plate 41 (passage blocking member) according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 8, in the vending machine 40 of the third embodiment, the remaining can prevention plate 41 is provided in the cabinet 2 in advance.

The remaining can prevention plate 41 is fixed to, for example, a reinforcing member 23 in the cabinet 2, and is arranged so as to extend in a substantially vertical direction between the front end of the guide plate 11a above the rearmost product passage 14a and the top plate 4. Has been done.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, the remaining can prevention plates 20 and 31 do not have a separate structure from the cabinets 2 of the vending machines 1 and 30 as in the first or second embodiment, but the cabinet 2 of the vending machine 40 in advance. It is provided inside. In the present embodiment, the remaining can prevention plate 41 is fixed to the cabinet 2 or the like in advance, so that the remaining can prevention plate 41 cannot be easily added by retrofitting, but the mounting support plates 21 and 32 are unnecessary. Therefore, the number of parts can be reduced and the structure can be simplified.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, details such as the shapes, mounting methods, and mounting positions of the remaining can prevention plates 20, 31, and 41 and the mounting support plates 21 and 32 may be appropriately changed according to the structure of the vending machine.

For example, when the distance between the guide plate 11a on the rearmost product passage 14a and the top plate 4 is relatively large, the two remaining can prevention plates 20 are rotatably connected and attached, and these are attached. It may be arranged so as to be rotatably supported by the mounting support plate 21. In this way, even when the space for the remaining can prevention plate 20 to rotate in the cabinet 2 is narrow, the remaining can prevention plate 20 having a sufficient vertical length can be installed. Regarding the vertical length of the remaining can prevention plate 20, since it is sufficient that the product does not enter the space 12 as described above, there may be a slight gap.

In addition to vending machines, the present invention can also be applied to, for example, goods vending machines that store and sell cylindrical products.

1, 30, 40 Vending machines (goods vending machines)
2 Cabinet 3 Column 4 Top plate 8, 8a Input path 9, 9a Input port 10, 10a Bottom plate 12 Space 14, 14a Product passage (article storage section)
18 Supports 20, 31, 41 Remaining can prevention plate (passage prevention member)
21, 32 Mounting support plate (support member)
23 Reinforcing member (rotation control part)
33 Stopper (Rotation restriction part)

Claims (9)

Inside the box-shaped cabinet, there is an article storage section for storing articles, and a bottom plate that is inclined downward from a slot provided on the front surface of the cabinet and extends rearward to the upper end of the article storage section. An article vending machine provided with a column having an entry path for rolling an article put into a mouth on the upper surface of the bottom plate and guiding the article to the article storage portion.
It is provided with a passage blocking member which is erected behind the loading path in the cabinet or above the article storage portion and prevents the passage of articles above the height of the articles from the bottom plate of the loading path. Characterized goods vending machine. The article vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the lower end portion of the passage blocking member is located at a position higher than the height of the article from the bottom plate of the input path. The passage blocking member is supported by the support member, and is configured separately from the cabinet together with the support member.
The article vending machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the support member can be fixed to a support portion provided in the cabinet. The passage blocking member is supported by the support member, and is configured separately from the cabinet and the column together with the support member.
The article vending machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the support member can be fixed to a support portion provided on the column. The article vending machine according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the support member is formed in a flat plate shape and is supported by the support portion along the inner wall surface of the top plate of the cabinet. The passage blocking member is formed in a flat plate shape and is rotatably supported by an end portion of the support member.
When the support member is positioned at a predetermined front-rear, left-right position with respect to the top plate with the end portion rearward, the passage blocking member rotates by its own weight and is above the height of the article from the bottom plate of the input path. The article vending machine according to claim 5, wherein the article vending machine is located at a predetermined position to prevent the passage of articles above. The article vending machine according to claim 6, further comprising a rotation restricting portion for restricting the rotation of the passage blocking member with respect to the supporting member from the predetermined position to the rear. The article vending machine according to claim 7, wherein the rotation restricting portion is provided on at least one of the passage blocking member and the supporting member. The article vending machine according to claim 7, wherein the rotation restricting unit is provided in at least one of the cabinet and the column.

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