JP2021051670A - Commodity storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

To reduce a lateral width dimension of an occupation space of a lock mechanism.SOLUTION: Provided is a commodity storage device including: a main body cabinet 10 in which a storage chamber 10a and a housing chamber 10b are formed to be aligned laterally; a front door 20 that opens/closes a front area of the storage chamber 10a; an auxiliary door 40 that opens/closes a front area of the housing chamber 10b; a first lock mechanism 60 having a first lock slider 61 provided for the main body cabinet 10 and a first hook member 62 provided for the front door 20; and a second lock mechanism 70 having a second lock slider 71 provided for the auxiliary door 40 and a second hook member 72 provided for the main body cabinet 10. The first lock mechanism 60 and the second lock mechanism 70 are provided such that, in a case where the first lock slider 61 and the first hook member 62 engage with each other so that the second lock slider 71 and the second hook member 72 engage with each other, the first lock slider 61 and the second lock slider 71 are aligned in the cross direction.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 21

Description

The present invention relates to a product storage device, and more particularly to a product storage device such as a vending machine that stores the product and sells the product.

Conventionally, a vending machine that sells products includes a main body cabinet that is a rectangular housing having a front opening, and a front door that opens and closes the front opening of the main body cabinet. A lock mechanism is provided between the main body cabinet and the front door.

The lock mechanism has a slider provided on the back surface of the front door so as to be slidable in the vertical direction, and a hook member provided on the main body cabinet. It regulates the front door from swinging in the opening direction. That is, it regulates that the front opening of the main body cabinet is opened.

In such a lock mechanism, the slider is slid by an operation lever linked to the input operation of the cylinder lock mounted on the front door, so that the engagement state between the slider and the hook member is released, and the front opening of the main body cabinet is opened. Is allowed to be established (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2012-83972

By the way, inside the main body cabinet, a storage room having a heat insulating structure with a heat insulating partition wall and a front door that opens and closes the front area of the storage room are configured so that the storage rooms are arranged side by side so as to face each other's front opening. , A vending machine in which an auxiliary door for opening and closing the front area of the accommodation chamber is provided in a so-called Kannon door type is known. The storage room is for storing products, and the storage room is for storing various electrical components.

In such a vending machine, as in the vending machine shown in Patent Document 1, a lock is locked between the front door and the heat insulating partition wall (main body cabinet), and between the auxiliary door and the heat insulating partition wall. A mechanism will be provided.

As described above, since the lock mechanism has a slider and a hook member, in a vending machine in which the front door and the auxiliary door are provided in a Kannon door type, the front door blocks the front area of the storage chamber. On the other hand, when the auxiliary door blocks the front area of the accommodation chamber, the sliders of the lock mechanisms are arranged side by side, and the space occupied by the lock mechanism needs to have a sufficient left-right width. The need for a sufficient left-right width for the space occupied by the lock mechanism in this way causes a decrease in the left-right width of the storage chamber in a vending machine in which the size of the left-right width of the main cabinet is restricted, resulting in a decrease in the left-right width of the storage chamber. There was a problem that the number of stored products was reduced.

In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a product storage device capable of reducing the left-right width dimension of the occupied space of the lock mechanism.

In order to achieve the above object, the product storage device according to the present invention has an opening on the front surface, and the main body is formed so that the first chamber and the second chamber are arranged side by side by a partition wall so as to face the opening. The cabinet, the first door body swingably provided on one of the left side edge portion and the right side edge portion of the opening of the main body cabinet in a manner of opening and closing the front area of the first chamber, and the main body cabinet. On the other side of the left side edge portion and the right side edge portion of the opening, a second door body is provided so as to be swingable in a manner of opening and closing the front area of the second chamber, and the first chamber and the second chamber are provided. A product storage device in which products are stored in at least one of the above, a first lock slider provided on one of the main body cabinet and the first door body and slidable in the vertical direction by an input operation, and the main body. It has a cabinet and a first hook member provided on the other side of the first door body, and when the first lock slider and the first hook member are engaged, the first door body opens in a direction. A first lock mechanism for restricting swinging, a second lock slider provided on one of the main body cabinet and the second door body and slidable in the vertical direction by an input operation, the main body cabinet and the main body cabinet, and the above. It has a second hook member provided on the other side of the second door body, and swings in a direction in which the second door body opens when the second lock slider and the second hook member engage with each other. The first lock mechanism and the second lock mechanism include a second lock mechanism for restricting the fact that the first lock slider and the first hook member are engaged with each other, and the second lock slider and the second lock mechanism are engaged with each other. When the two hook members are engaged with each other, the first lock slider and the second lock slider are provided so as to be arranged in the front-rear direction.

Further, according to the present invention, in the product storage device, the first lock mechanism is provided with the first lock slider on a base disposed at the front end portion of the partition wall, and the first hook member is provided on the first door body. The second lock mechanism is characterized in that the second lock slider is provided on the second door body and the second hook member is provided on the base.

Further, according to the present invention, in the product storage device, the second lock slider slides by an operation lever interlocked with the input operation of the cylinder lock mounted on the second door body, and the first lock slider is , It is characterized in that it slides by an input operation given to a handle for a slider attached to itself.

According to the present invention, the first lock mechanism and the second lock mechanism are described when the first lock slider and the first hook member are engaged and the second lock slider and the second hook member are engaged. Since the first lock slider and the second lock slider are provided so as to be arranged in the front-rear direction with each other, it is possible to reduce the left-right width dimension of the space occupied by the first lock mechanism and the second lock mechanism. It works.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external configuration of a product storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an internal configuration of a product storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional side view showing the internal structure of the storage chamber of the vending machine shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an external configuration of the transport tray shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a vertical cross section of the transport tray shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. FIG. 6 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the transport tray shown in FIG. FIG. 7 is a front view showing an installation application example of the vending machine shown in FIG. FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing the internal configuration of the vending machine shown in FIG. FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the operation input unit shown in FIG. FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the operation input unit shown in FIG. FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view of the lower slider and the lower rail shown in FIGS. 9 and 10. FIG. 12 is an exploded perspective view of the lower slider and the lower rail shown in FIGS. 9 and 10. FIG. 13 is an exploded perspective view of the upper slider and the upper rail shown in FIGS. 9 and 10. FIG. 14 is an exploded perspective view of the upper slider and the upper rail shown in FIGS. 9 and 10. FIG. 15 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the operation input unit shown in FIG. FIG. 16 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the operation input unit shown in FIG. FIG. 17 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the operation input unit shown in FIG. FIG. 18 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the operation input unit shown in FIG. FIG. 19A is a perspective view showing a first lock slider constituting the first lock mechanism, and FIG. 19B is a mounting state of the first hook member constituting the first lock mechanism. It is a perspective view. FIG. 20 is a perspective view showing a second lock slider constituting the second lock mechanism. FIG. 21 is a cross-sectional plan view showing an arrangement state of the first lock mechanism and the second lock mechanism when the front door and the auxiliary door are closed. FIG. 22 is a plan view schematically showing the door fixing mechanism shown in FIG. FIG. 23 is a perspective view showing the lock lever shown in FIG. 22. FIG. 24 is a plan view schematically showing the door fixing mechanism shown in FIG.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the product storage device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 and 2 show a product storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention, respectively, FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external configuration, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an internal configuration. .. The product storage device illustrated here is, for example, a vending machine 1 installed in a store or the like, and includes a main body cabinet 10.

The main body cabinet 10 is a rectangular housing having an opening (hereinafter, also referred to as a front opening) 11 on the front surface, and is divided into a storage chamber 10a and a storage chamber 10b via a heat insulating partition wall portion 12.

The storage chamber 10a is arranged on the left side of the heat insulating partition wall portion 12 and is surrounded by a heat insulating material to have a heat insulating structure. As shown in FIG. 3, the storage chamber 10a is provided with a plurality of product racks 13 in a plurality of stages in the vertical direction. These product racks 13 are erected between the rack support side plates (not shown) erected on both sides of the storage chamber 10a, respectively. The product rack 13 is configured such that product columns 14 for storing products in the front-rear direction are arranged side by side. The product column 14 is a conventionally known product, and is a transport belt 14b that restrains a product between each pitch of a spiral 14a extending in the front-rear direction or is stretched endlessly between a pair of front-rear pulleys. The product is stored by placing the product on the horizontally extending portion on the upper side. Such a product column 14 pays out the frontmost product to the front side when the driving force from the driving source is transmitted to drive the product.

The front area of such a storage chamber 10a is opened and closed by the front door (first door body) 20. The front door 20 has a size sufficient to close the front region of the storage chamber 10a in the front opening 11, and is swingably provided on the left side edge portion on the front side of the main body cabinet 10. ing. The front door 20 has a heat insulating structure, is provided with a heat insulating glass plate 21 that enables the inside to be visually recognized from the outside, and has a rectangular product outlet 22 below the glass plate 21. It is formed. The product outlet 22 is an opening for the user to take out the product, and is opened and closed by the product outlet door 23.

The storage chamber 10a is provided with an evaporator 15a as a cooling means. The evaporator 15a constitutes a refrigerating cycle in which the refrigerant is circulated with the compressor 15b, the condenser 15c, etc. arranged in the machine room 10c defined in the lower region of the storage chamber 10a, and is not shown in the figure. The refrigerant passing through the refrigerant passage and the air inside the storage chamber 10a passing around itself are heat-exchanged to cool the air.

The air cooled around the evaporator 15a is sucked into the ventilation passage 18 from the suction port 17a of the rear duct 17 installed on the back surface of the storage chamber 10a by driving the blower fan 16, and the ventilation passage 18 is introduced. The product stored in the product rack 13 is cooled by being blown out from the air outlet 17b after passing through.

In the front region of the product rack 13, transport rails 30 are arranged on both sides of the product rack 13 in a pair on the left and right sides, and the transport tray 31 is arranged along the vertical direction between the transport rails 30 by a transport mechanism (not shown). It is provided so that it can be moved. That is, a transport passage 32 for passing the transport tray 31 is formed between the transport rails 30. The transport passage 32 extends to the product take-out position 33, which is in front of the machine room 10c. Here, the product take-out position 33 is a position where the user can take out the product conveyed by the transport tray 31 through the product take-out outlet 22 while being placed on the transport tray 31. Detection means (not shown) configured on the left and right sides of the product take-out position 33, for example, an optical sensor or the like for detecting whether or not a product is placed on the transport tray 31 that has moved to the product take-out position 33. ) Is arranged.

4 and 5 show the transport tray 31 shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, respectively, FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an external configuration, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a vertical cross section. The transport tray 31 illustrated here is formed by appropriately combining a plurality of sheet metals, and includes a bottom portion 311, a guide portion 312, a regulation piece portion 313, and a side wall portion 314.

The bottom portion 311 is for placing the products paid out from the product columns 14 constituting the product rack 13, and has a V-shaped vertical cross section. The bottom portion 311 has a first bottom component 311a and a second bottom component 311b. The first bottom component 311a is a portion that gradually inclines downward as it approaches the product rack 13, that is, toward the rear. The second bottom component 311b is a portion that gradually inclines upward as it approaches the product rack 13 from the trailing edge of the first bottom component 311a, that is, toward the rear. A plurality of drain holes 311c are formed at the boundary portion between the first bottom component 311a and the second bottom component 311b. These drain holes 311c are formed at predetermined intervals along the left-right direction.

The guide portion 312 is made of the same sheet metal as the bottom portion 311 and is a portion that gradually inclines upward as it approaches the product rack 13 from the rear end edge portion of the second bottom portion component 311b, that is, toward the rear. The guide portion 312 is formed in such a manner that the inclination angle with respect to the horizontal plane is larger than the inclination angle of the second bottom component 311b with respect to the horizontal plane. The bottom portion 311 and the guide portion 312 are appropriately beaded.

The regulation piece portion 313 is composed of a sheet metal different from the bottom portion 311 and the guide portion 312, and extends in a manner of gradually inclining backward toward the upper side from the front end edge portion of the first bottom component 311a. It is the part to do. Of the sheet metal constituting the regulated piece portion 313, the evaporation sheet 315 that sucks and evaporates the water that has passed through the drainage hole 311c, for example, by a capillary phenomenon, in the region on the lower side of the drainage hole 311c. Is laid.

The side wall portion 314 is a pair of left and right sides provided in a manner of closing the left and right side portions of the bottom portion 311. A plurality of detection holes 314a are formed in each of the side wall portions 314. These detection holes 314a enable detection by the detection means, and when the detection means is composed of an optical sensor or the like, allow the passage of light emitted from the light emitting unit.

In the transport tray 31 having such a configuration, when the transport mechanism is driven by being given a transport command for the product, it is located in the front region of the product rack 13 provided with the product column 14 for storing the product subject to the transport command. Move and accept the goods paid out from the goods column 14. In this case, in the transport tray 31, the guide portion 312 continuous with the bottom portion 311 is rearward of the second bottom portion component 311b in such a manner that the inclination angle with respect to the horizontal plane is larger than the inclination angle of the second bottom component 311b with respect to the horizontal plane. Since the product is gradually inclined upward as it approaches the product rack 13 from the edge portion, the product discharged from the product column 14 is divided into the second bottom component 311b and the guide portion 312 as shown in FIG. It can be in a straddling posture. The contact area between the transport tray 31 and the product can be reduced by arranging the product dispensed in this way so as to straddle the second bottom component 311b and the guide portion 312. As a result, even if the product is placed in a soft bag-shaped container, for example, and water droplets due to dew condensation or the like adhere to the surface of the product, the contact area between the product and the transport tray 31 can be reduced. It is possible to prevent the product from adhering to the guide portion 312 or the like, and the product can be slid to a predetermined position on the bottom portion 311.

Further, in the transport tray 31, the regulation piece portion 313 extends in a manner of gradually inclining backward from the front end edge portion of the first bottom component 311a, and thus is paid out from the product column 14. When the product is a so-called round-diameter product such as a beverage placed in a container such as a can, as shown in FIG. 6, the bottom 311 is rolled forward with the momentum of the product being paid out. Even if the restricted piece 313 comes into contact with the product to prevent the product from popping out in front of the transport tray 31, the product is rolled to a predetermined position on the bottom 311 by utilizing the inclination of the first bottom component 311a. Can be moved.

As shown in FIG. 2, the accommodation chamber 10b is arranged on the right side of the heat insulating partition wall portion 12. The storage chamber 10b is a room temperature chamber whose left-right length is sufficiently smaller than the left-right length of the storage chamber 10a.

The front area of the accommodation chamber 10b is opened and closed by an auxiliary door (door body; second door body) 40. The auxiliary door 40 has a size sufficient to close the front region of the accommodation chamber 10b in the front opening 11, and is swingably provided on the right side edge portion on the front side of the main body cabinet 10. ing. The auxiliary door 40 constitutes the main body of the device together with the main body cabinet 10 and the front door 20, and on the front surface thereof, a product selection unit 41, a coin insertion slot 42, a bill insertion slot 43, a card reader 44, and a coin return slot 45. Etc. are provided.

The product selection unit 41 has a push button numeric keypad, a display, and the like, and is for the user to select a product. The coin insertion slot 42 is an opening for inserting coins. The bill insertion slot 43 is an opening for inserting bills. The card reader 44 transmits / receives data related to money to / from a recording medium in which monetary information, so-called electronic money, is stored in a predetermined communicable area. .. The coin return port 45 is an opening for returning the inserted coins or for returning change or the like.

The control system component of the vending machine 1 is housed in the storage room 10b, and the money processing unit 46 and the control unit 47 are housed in the storage room 10b. The money processing unit 46 has a processing machine called a coin mech 46a or a bill validator 46b, and processes coins inserted from a coin insertion slot 42 or bills inserted from a bill insertion slot 43. Is to do. Further, the money processing unit 46 performs money processing such as subtraction processing of the amount information read by the card reader 44.

The control unit 47 is electrically connected to each part of the vending machine 1 including the money processing unit 46, and comprehensively controls the sales operation and the product management operation of the vending machine 1. Further, the control unit 47 controls the sales operation and the product management operation of the other adjacent vending machines 2 as shown in FIG. 7 via a communication unit (not shown). Here, the other vending machine 2 has a structure in which the accommodation chamber 10b and the auxiliary door 40 are omitted from the vending machine 1 shown in FIG. 1 and the like.

Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the operation input unit 50 is housed in the storage chamber 10b. As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the operation input unit 50 has a first base 51 and a second base 52. The first base 51 has a flat plate shape, and is erected so that the front surface faces the right side and the back surface faces the left side. A first magnet 511 (see FIG. 18) is provided at the rear end of the surface of the first base 51. Further, a plurality of (two in the illustrated example) mounting plates 512 are provided at the front end portion of the back surface of the first base portion 51. Each of these mounting plates 512 is a metal plate member whose vertical direction is the longitudinal direction.

A lower slider 53 is attached to the lower surface of the first base 51, and an upper slider 54 is attached to the upper surface.

The lower slider 53 is attached to the lower surface of the first base 51 so as to project rearward from the first base 51, and is a long member having a longitudinal direction in the front-rear direction. As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the lower slider 53 is slidably mounted along the front-rear direction with respect to the lower rail 55 fixedly arranged in the accommodation chamber 10b. That is, the lower slider 53 can slide in the front-rear direction with respect to the lower rail 55 by rotating the slide roller 531 provided on the lower slider 53 and the rail roller 551 provided on the lower rail 55. ..

The upper slider 54 is attached to the upper surface of the first base 51 so as to project rearward from the first base 51, and is a long member having a longitudinal direction in the front-rear direction. As shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the upper slider 54 is fixedly arranged in the accommodation chamber 10b and is slidably attached to the lower rail 55 and the upper rail 56 constituting the rail mechanism in the front-rear direction. Has been done. That is, the upper slider 54 is slidable in the front-rear direction with respect to the upper rail 56 by rotating the slide roller 541 provided on its own and the rail roller 561 provided on the upper rail 56. .. Reference numeral 542 in FIG. 14 is a stopper piece, and when the stopper piece 542 abuts on the contacted piece 562 of the upper rail 56, the sliding of the upper slider 54 forward with respect to the upper rail 56 is restricted. Rail.

As described above, the first base portion 51 is provided inside the accommodation chamber 10b so as to be movable in the front-rear direction via the rail mechanism (55, 56).

The second base portion 52 is formed by bending a sheet metal or the like, and is capable of swinging around the central axis of the shaft portion 52a extending in the vertical direction at the right front end portion of the first base portion 51. It is provided in the first base 51. Such a second base 52 is provided with a so-called touch panel type operation input unit 521. The operation input unit 521 is for inputting various information such as the expiration date of the product, and the input contents are output as an input signal to the electrically connected control unit 47.

When such a second base 52 is attached to the surface of the first base 51 by the magnetic force of the first magnet 511 as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the operation input unit 521 is arranged so as to face to the left. To. Further, the second base portion 52 has a handle portion 522. As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the handle portion 522 is provided so as to project forward when the second base portion 52 is attached to the surface of the first base portion 51, and the operation input portion 521 is provided. A plurality of (two in the illustrated example) second magnets 522a are provided on the surface opposite to the provided surface (the right surface in FIGS. 9 and 10).

In the operation input unit 50, after the auxiliary door 40 is swung in the opening direction to open the front area of the accommodation chamber 10b in the front opening 11, the operator grips the handle portion 522, and FIGS. 15 and 16 As shown in the above, the first base 51 can be advanced and moved to the front region of the main body cabinet 10 through the front opening 11. In this case, the operation input unit 521 of the second base unit 52 is arranged so as to face the left side. Therefore, when the product is replenished to each product rack 13 by swinging the front door 20 in the opening direction, the product is put into the corresponding product column 14 while inputting various information such as the expiration date of the replenished product. Can be replenished.

By the way, as shown in FIGS. 17 and 18, the second base portion 52 is swung around the central axis of the shaft portion 52a to bring the second magnet 522a of the handle portion 522 into contact with the corresponding mounting plate 512. The second base 52 can be attached to the back surface of the first base 51 by magnetic force. In this case, the operation input unit 521 is arranged so as to face the right side. Therefore, when the front door 20 of the other vending machine 2 (see FIG. 7) adjacent to the vending machine 1 is swung in the opening direction to replenish the products to each product rack 13, the replenished products are replenished. Products can be replenished to the corresponding product column 14 while inputting various information such as the expiration date of the product.

After the replenishment work is completed, the second base 52 is swung to be attached to the surface of the first base 51 by magnetic force, the first base 51 is regressed to the inside of the accommodation chamber 10b through the front opening 11, and then the auxiliary door 40 And the front door 20 may be swung in the closing direction to close the front opening 11.

Next, the first lock mechanism 60 that regulates the swing of the front door 20 and the second lock mechanism 70 that regulates the swing of the auxiliary door 40 will be described.

As shown in (a) of FIG. 19 and (b) of FIG. 19, the first lock mechanism 60 includes a first lock slider 61 and a first hook member 62. The first lock slider 61 is slidably provided along the vertical direction on the base 12a provided at the front end portion of the heat insulating partition wall portion 12. The first lock slider 61 is a long member having a longitudinal direction in the vertical direction, and a lock opening 611 that opens forward is formed on the upper side and the lower side. Further, the first lock slider 61 is formed with a slider handle 612 so as to project forward. Although not explicitly shown in the drawing, the first lock slider 61 is urged downward by an urging means (not shown).

The first hook member 62 is provided in a pair of upper and lower parts at a right end portion of the front door 20 which is a free end. The first hook member 62 is provided so as to project rearward, and is provided corresponding to the lock opening 611 of the first lock slider 61.

In such a first lock mechanism 60, the front door 20 swings in the closing direction, and the tip end portion of the first hook member 62 is inserted into the corresponding lock opening 611, and the tip end portion of the first hook member 62 and the tip portion thereof. When the upper edge of the lock opening 611 is locked, the first lock slider 61 and the first hook member 62 are engaged with each other to prevent the front door 20 from swinging in the opening direction. ..

By the way, the first lock mechanism 60 grips the handle 612 for the slider, and the first lock slider 61 slides upward against the urging force of the urging means, so that the tip portion of the first hook member 62 By releasing the locked state between the lock opening 611 and the upper edge portion of the lock opening 611, the engaged state between the first lock slider 61 and the first hook member 62 is released, and the front door 20 swings in the opening direction. Allow to do.

As shown in FIGS. 19 and 20, the second lock mechanism 70 includes a second lock slider 71 and a second hook member 72. The second lock slider 71 is provided so as to be slidable in the vertical direction at the left end portion which is the free end of the auxiliary door 40. The second lock slider 71 is a long member whose vertical direction is the longitudinal direction, and is provided with a slider locking portion 711 projecting rearward on the upper side and the lower side. A notch 711a that opens downward is formed at the tip of the slider locking portion 711. Such a second lock slider 71 is known in the past, and is engaged with an operation lever 74 that is interlocked by an input operation of the cylinder lock 73 mounted on the auxiliary door 40, and is vertically moved by the input operation. It slides along. More specifically, the second lock slider 71 slides upward when the cylinder lock 73 is unlocked, and slides downward when the cylinder lock 73 is locked. ..

The second hook member 72 is provided on the base 12a so as to form a pair of upper and lower hook members 72, and is provided corresponding to the slider locking portion 711. The second hook member 72 extends in a manner of projecting to the right with respect to the base 12a, and the extending end thereof is bent rearward.

Such a second lock mechanism 70 swings in the direction in which the auxiliary door 40 closes in a state where the second lock slider 71 slides upward, and when the cylinder lock 73 locks the door 40, the second lock slider 70 is locked. 71 slides downward, and as shown in FIG. 20, a part of the second hook member 72 relatively enters the notch 711a of the slider locking portion 711, and the slider locking portion 711 and the second hook member When the 72 is locked, the second lock slider 71 and the second hook member 72 are engaged with each other to prevent the auxiliary door 40 from swinging in the opening direction.

By the way, when the second lock mechanism 70 is unlocked by the cylinder lock 73, the second lock slider 71 slides upward, so that the notch 711a of the slider locking portion 711 to the second hook member 72. Is released and the locked state between the slider locking portion 711 and the second hook member 72 is released, so that the engaged state between the second lock slider 71 and the second hook member 72 is released, and the auxiliary door 40 is released. Allows the door to swing in the opening direction.

Then, in the second lock mechanism 70, the slider locking portion 711 on the upper side and the second hook member 72 on the upper side have the first hook member 62 on the upper side and the locking opening 611 on the upper side of the first lock mechanism 60. The lower slider locking portion 711 and the lower second hook member 72 are arranged below the lower first hook member 62 and the lower locking opening 611 of the first locking mechanism 60. It is located below.

As a result, in these first lock mechanism 60 and second lock mechanism 70, as shown in FIG. 21, the first lock slider 61 and the first hook member 62 are engaged with each other, and the second lock slider 71 and the second hook are engaged. When the member 72 is engaged, the first lock slider 61 and the second lock slider 71 are provided so as to line up with each other in the front-rear direction.

As shown in FIG. 2, a door fixing mechanism 80 is provided between the main body cabinet 10 and the auxiliary door 40. As shown in FIG. 22, the door fixing mechanism 80 includes a lock lever 81 and a guide member 82. A door fixing mechanism is also attached between the main body cabinet 10 and the front door 20, but since such a door fixing mechanism is conventionally known, its description is omitted.

The lock lever 81 is formed by processing, for example, sheet metal or the like, and is a long member whose one end is pivotally supported by a lower end portion of the auxiliary door 40 so as to be rotatable. At the other end of the lock lever 81, a guided portion 811 is provided so as to project downward.

Further, as shown in FIG. 23, the lock lever 81 has an integral protrusion 812 protruding in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the lock lever 81 at one end portion facing the left side in FIG. 22. It is provided in. A contact piece 813 extending upward is formed at the protruding end of the protrusion 812.

The guide member 82 is made of, for example, a steel plate or the like. The guide member 82 is provided at the lower edge of the front region of the accommodation chamber 10b in the front opening 11 of the main body cabinet 10, and has a guide groove 821 and a lock groove 822.

The guide groove 821 is a deformed hole that allows the guided portion 811 of the lock lever 81 to enter, and extends so as to gradually incline to the right as it goes forward. The lock groove 822 is an elongated hole continuous with the front end portion of the guide groove 821, and extends in a manner of gradually inclining forward from the front end portion of the guide groove 821 toward the left.

In such a door fixing mechanism 80, as shown in FIG. 22, when the auxiliary door 40 closes the front area of the accommodation chamber 10b in the front opening 11, the guided portion 811 of the lock lever 81 is the guide member 82. It is arranged at the rear end portion of the guide groove 821. Then, when the auxiliary door 40 swings in the opening direction, the guided portion 811 is displaced along the guide groove 821, and as shown in FIG. 24, the auxiliary door 40 swings in the opening direction to a predetermined opening degree. In this case, the guided portion 811 is urged by a leaf spring or the like (not shown) to enter the lock groove 822 to regulate and fix the swing of the auxiliary door 40. In this case, the protrusion 812 provided at one end of the lock lever 81 is provided in a portion facing the front of the one end so as to project forward.

As described above, in the door fixing mechanism 80, the protrusion 812 of the lock lever 81 is a portion facing the front of one end of the lock lever 81 when the auxiliary door 40 swings in the opening direction to a predetermined opening degree. Since it is provided so as to project forward, the operator kicks (presses) the contact piece 813 in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 24 with a leg or the like to lock the guided portion 811 to the lock groove 822. Can be displaced from the guide groove 821 to release the fixed state.

As described above, according to the vending machine (product storage device) 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the transport tray 31 takes the product received from the product rack 13 (product column 14) into its shape and the like. Regardless of this, the product can be slid or rolled at a predetermined position on the bottom 311 so that the product can be satisfactorily placed on the bottom 311 of the transport tray 31.

As a result, the presence or absence of the product in the transport tray 31 can be satisfactorily detected, and it is possible to prevent the product from being lost as a sales opportunity.

Further, since the drain hole 311c is formed at the boundary between the first bottom component 311a and the second bottom component 311b of the transport tray 31, it is possible to prevent water or the like from remaining on the bottom 311. It is possible to prevent water or the like from adhering to the surface of the product.

According to the vending machine 1, the operation input unit 50 is provided inside the main body cabinet 10 via a rail mechanism (55, 56) so as to be movable in the front-rear direction, and the auxiliary door 40 provides a front area of the accommodation chamber 10b. Is open, the first base 51 that can advance into the front region of the main body cabinet 10 and the shaft 52a that extends in the vertical direction with respect to the first base 51 can swing around the axis. Since it is provided with a second base 52 provided with an operation input unit 521 for inputting various information of the products to be stored in the main body cabinet 10, the operation input unit 521 is provided according to the location where the products are replenished. The direction in which the product faces can be arbitrarily adjusted, and the burden on the worker who replenishes the product can be reduced. Moreover, since these operation input units 50 are housed inside the main body cabinet 10, safety is improved as compared with the case where these operation input units 50 are provided in a state of being exposed to the outside like a conventional vending machine. Can be planned.

According to the vending machine 1, the first lock mechanism 60 and the second lock mechanism 70 engage the first lock slider 61 and the first hook member 62, and the second lock slider 71 and the second hook member 72. Since the first lock slider 61 and the second lock slider 71 are provided so as to line up with each other in the front-rear direction when they engage with each other, the space occupied by the first lock mechanism 60 and the second lock mechanism 70 It is possible to reduce the left-right width dimension of. According to this, the left-right width of the storage chamber 10a can be relatively expanded, or the size of the storage chamber 10a can be made the same level as before, so that the entire device can be miniaturized.

According to the vending machine 1, when the protrusion 812 of the lock lever 81 of the door fixing mechanism 80 swings in the direction in which the auxiliary door 40 opens to a predetermined opening, the front of one end of the lock lever 81. Since the portion facing the door is provided so as to project forward, the fixed state can be released by the operator kicking (pressing) the contact piece 813 with a leg or the like, whereby a predetermined state can be released. The operation of releasing the state of restricting the swing of the auxiliary door 40 swinging up to the opening degree of the above can be easily performed.

Although the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this, and various modifications can be made.

In the above-described embodiment, the transport tray 31 has a regulated piece portion 313 as a component, but in the present invention, the transport tray may not be provided with the regulated piece portion 313.

In the above-described embodiment, the guide portion 312 constituting the transport tray 31 is made of the same sheet metal as the bottom portion 311. However, in the present invention, the guide portion may be made of a sheet metal different from the bottom portion. .. Further, although the regulated piece 313 constituting the transport tray 31 is made of a sheet metal different from that of the bottom 311 in the present invention, the regulated piece may be made of the same sheet metal as the bottom.

In the above-described embodiment, the second base portion 52 constituting the operation input unit 50 is attached to one of the front surface and the back surface of the first base portion 51 by a magnetic force, but in the present invention, the second base portion is the second. It may be rotatable at any angle with respect to one base.

In the above-described embodiment, the first lock slider 61 constituting the first lock mechanism 60 is provided in the main body cabinet 10, the first hook member 62 is provided in the front door 20, and the second lock mechanism 70 is formed. The second lock slider 71 was provided on the auxiliary door 40 and the second hook member 72 was provided on the main body cabinet 10. However, in the present invention, the first lock slider constituting the first lock mechanism is the first door body. The first hook member may be provided in the main body cabinet, and the second lock slider constituting the second lock mechanism may be provided in the main body cabinet and the second hook member may be provided in the second door body. ..

1 ... Vending machine, 10 ... Main body cabinet, 10a ... Storage room, 10b ... Storage room, 10c ... Machine room, 11 ... Front opening, 12 ... Insulation partition wall, 13 ... Product rack, 14 ... Product column, 20 ... Front door, 21 ... glass plate, 22 ... product outlet, 30 ... transport rail, 31 ... transport tray, 311 ... bottom, 311a ... first bottom component, 311b ... second bottom component, 311c ... drain hole, 312 ... Guide part, 313 ... Regulation piece part, 314 ... Side wall part, 314a ... Detection hole, 315 ... Evaporation sheet, 33 ... Product take-out position, 40 ... Auxiliary door, 46 ... Money processing unit, 47 ... Control unit, 50 ... Operation input unit, 51 ... 1st base, 511 ... 1st magnet, 512 ... Mounting plate, 52 ... 2nd base, 52a ... Shaft, 521 ... Operation input, 522 ... Handle, 522a ... 2nd magnet, 53 ... Lower slider, 54 ... Upper slider, 55 ... Lower rail, 56 ... Upper rail, 60 ... 1st lock mechanism, 61 ... 1st lock slider, 611 ... Lock opening, 612 ... Slider handle, 62 ... 1st hook Member, 70 ... 2nd lock mechanism, 71 ... 2nd lock slider, 711 ... slider locking part, 72 ... 2nd hook member, 80 ... door fixing mechanism, 81 ... lock lever, 811 ... guided part, 812 ... bump Part, 813 ... Contact piece, 82 ... Guide member, 821 ... Guide groove, 822 ... Lock groove.

Claims (3)

A main body cabinet having an opening on the front surface and formed so that the first chamber and the second chamber are arranged side by side by a partition wall so as to face the opening.
A first door body oscillatingly provided on one of the left side edge portion and the right side edge portion of the opening of the main body cabinet so as to open and close the front area of the first chamber.
On the other side of the left side edge portion and the right side edge portion of the opening of the main body cabinet, a second door body provided so as to be swingable in a manner of opening and closing the front area of the second chamber is provided.
A product storage device in which products are stored in at least one of the first room and the second room.
A first lock slider provided on one of the main body cabinet and the first door body and slidable in the vertical direction by an input operation, and a first hook provided on the other of the main body cabinet and the first door body. A first lock mechanism having a member and restricting the first door body from swinging in the opening direction when the first lock slider and the first hook member are engaged with each other.
A second lock slider provided on one of the main body cabinet and the second door body and slidable in the vertical direction by an input operation, and a second hook provided on the other of the main body cabinet and the second door body. It has a member, and is provided with a second lock mechanism that regulates the second door body from swinging in the opening direction when the second lock slider and the second hook member are engaged with each other.
The first lock mechanism and the second lock mechanism are used when the first lock slider and the first hook member are engaged with each other and the second lock slider and the second hook member are engaged with each other. A product storage device characterized in that the first lock slider and the second lock slider are provided so as to be arranged in the front-rear direction with respect to each other. In the first lock mechanism, the first lock slider is provided on a base disposed at the front end portion of the partition wall, and the first hook member is provided on the first door body.
The product storage device according to claim 1, wherein the second lock mechanism is provided with the second lock slider on the second door body and a second hook member on the base. The second lock slider slides by an operation lever interlocked with the input operation of the cylinder lock mounted on the second door body.
The product storage device according to claim 2, wherein the first lock slider slides by an input operation provided to a handle for a slider attached to the first lock slider.

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