JP2533672Y2 - Product change transport mechanism for vending machines - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a product change transport mechanism for a vending machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, after a sold product and change are dropped naturally, the dropped product and change are transported to a product outlet and a change outlet provided above using a product transport mechanism and a change transport mechanism. A vending machine for taking out from a commodity outlet and a change outlet is known.

As an example of such a vending machine, there is one disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 3-11493. This publication describes a product transport mechanism. According to this publication, when taking out a product, the product is placed on a product placement shelf, and the product placement shelf is forcibly tilted at a product delivery port. It should be done by doing.

Therefore, the change can be taken out from the change taking out port by placing the change on the change taking shelf and providing a transport mechanism for forcibly tilting the change placing shelf at the change sending port. .

[0005]

However, in such a conventional change transport mechanism of a vending machine, since the change is lightweight, the change is removed from the change transport shelf by an urge to raise the change transport shelf. The change transport shelf may need to be formed in a box having a predetermined depth, instead of a flat shelf such as the product transport shelf disclosed in the official gazette.

Therefore, in order to take out the change from such a change transport shelf, a mechanism for tilting the change transport shelf by 90 degrees or more is required. Therefore, it is necessary to provide a transport mechanism having a structure different from that of the product and the change. is there.

[0007] For this reason, two different transport mechanisms exist in one vending machine, which complicates the structure of the vending machine and causes a failure in the transport mechanism. However, there is a problem that the probability of becoming unusable increases.

An object of the present invention is to provide a commodity change transport mechanism of a vending machine capable of transporting goods and change simultaneously by one transport mechanism.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a merchandise change transfer mechanism of a vending machine for dropping sold merchandise and change spontaneously and conveying the dropped merchandise and change to a merchandise change outlet provided above. In the above, two bottom plates forming a V-shape having a depth not protruding change, and two side plates having projections on the outside are fixedly provided on one side of one of the two bottom plates, and the other is provided. A roller is provided at the upper end of the bottom plate of the bottom plate, and a lower end of the one bottom plate is rotatably joined to the lower end of the one bottom plate by a hinge. On both sides of the passage, a basket guide groove is provided in a vertical direction for fitting a projection provided on the outside of the side plate of the basket, and on the merchandise selling side of the passage, the commodity change outlet and the lower end of the commodity change outlet are provided. Write the formed the roller and contacts is provided with a basket guide plate provided with roller guide portion to prevent rotation of the product sales side of the other bottom plate.

[0010]

According to this structure, a single-sided basket having a V-shape with a depth that does not allow change to be formed can be formed by forming two bottom plates with two side plates. The basket can be guided up and down by fitting a projection provided on the outside of the side plate of the basket into the basket guide groove of the basket guide plate. In addition, since the bottom plate on the product sales side of the basket is prevented from rotating by the roller guide portion of the basket guide plate during the transportation to the commodity change exit, the commodity can be reliably sent to the commodity change exit.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a commodity change transport mechanism of a vending machine according to one embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a commodity and a change transported to a commodity change sending port 2 provided at an upper portion. For the basket. The basket 1 is now in a state of waiting for commodities and change to fall.

The basket 1 has two bottom plates 3 and 4 made of a hard material such as metal, and two base plates 3 made of a hard material such as metal.
The side plates 5 are formed in a V-shape with a depth that does not allow change to jump out. The basket 1 has a one-sided structure in which two bottom plates 3 and 4 are joined by a hinge 6, one bottom plate 3 is fixed to two side plates 5, and the other bottom plate 4 is rotatable. ing.

A roller 4a is rotatably provided at the upper end of a rotatable bottom plate (hereinafter referred to as a "rotatable bottom plate") 4. 5a is provided.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a basket guide plate which forms a passage for the basket 1 to go up and down. By inserting projections 5a provided on the outer sides of both side plates 5 of the basket 1 into both side surfaces 7a of the passage, a basket guide groove for vertically guiding the basket 1 ascending and descending by a belt or a chain (not shown). 8 is provided in the up and down direction, and on the merchandise selling side of this passage, the merchandise change outlet 2 and the lower end of the merchandise change outlet 2 are formed below and in contact with the roller 4a, and the rotating bottom plate 4 is moved to the merchandise selling side. A roller guide portion 7b for preventing rotation is provided.

Next, a description will be given of a commodity change transport operation of the commodity change transport mechanism of the vending machine thus configured.

Until the product is sold, the basket 1 is located at the lower limit of the basket guide groove 8 as shown in FIG.
The product and the change are discharged from a not-shown product discharge mechanism and a change discharge mechanism, and are waiting to fall from the slope 9. In addition, since the commodity discharging mechanism and the change discharging mechanism are usually located at a distance from each other, a path such as a pipe is separately provided from the change discharging mechanism to the slope 9 to drop the change from the slope 9.

When the merchandise is sold in this state, the merchandise discharging mechanism and the change discharging mechanism discharge the merchandise and change (not shown) from the merchandise discharging mechanism and the change discharging mechanism to the basket 1 through the slope 9. When this is detected by a sensor (not shown), a basket lifting / lowering mechanism (not shown) operates and the basket 1 starts to rise.

Here, since the rotating bottom plate 4 is sandwiched between the roller guide portion 7b of the basket guide plate 7 and both side plates 5, the basket 1 rises in a closed state.
At this time, since the basket 1 can be raised smoothly while the rollers 4a of the rotating plate 4 are in contact with the basket guide plate 7, it is possible to prevent the products in the basket 1 from being subjected to excessive vibration. it can.

When the basket 1 rises and the pivoting bottom plate 4 arrives at the commodity change outlet 2 of the basket guide plate 7, the pivoting bottom plate 4 is in a non-clamped state, and the hinge 6 is moved by its own weight.
Starts rotating clockwise around the center of the circle, whereby the basket 1 starts to open.

When the basket 1 further rises from this position, the pivoting bottom plate 4 further pivots clockwise, and when the basket 1 eventually moves to the upper limit of the basket guide groove 8, as shown in FIG. Is completely opened, and the rotating bottom plate 4 forms a substantially straight slope with the other bottom plates 3.

Due to this inclination, the goods and change slide out of the basket 1 by their own weight, are discharged from the goods change outlet 2 to the goods change receiver 10, and are taken out from a goods change outlet (not shown).

It should be noted that this basket 1
When the basket 1 is completely open, the goods may roll down due to its own weight even before the basket 1 is completely opened. However, since the change is light and has a flat shape, the change is discharged. In order to make the basket 1 reach, the basket 1 needs to reach the upper limit of the basket guide groove 8.

After a predetermined time has elapsed after the goods and change have been discharged to the goods change receiver 10, the basket lifting mechanism operates and the basket 1 starts to descend. When the basket 1 starts lowering, the rotating bottom plate 4 comes into contact with the edge of the commodity change sending port 2 and starts rotating counterclockwise.

When the basket 1 is further lowered from this position, the turning bottom plate 4 further turns counterclockwise, and the turning bottom plate 4 is sandwiched between the roller guide portion 7b of the basket guide plate 7 and both side plates 5 soon. The basket 1 is in a closed state. Then, the basket 1 descends smoothly while bringing the rollers 4a of the rotating plate 4 into contact with the roller guide portions 7b of the basket guide plate 7.

Eventually, when the basket 1 moves to the lower limit of the basket guide groove 8 and this is detected by a sensor (not shown), the basket lifting mechanism stops, and the basket 1 returns to the standby state as shown in FIG.

As described above, by forming the basket 1 in a V-shape having a depth at which change does not fly out, goods and change can be transported simultaneously. In addition, by adopting the one-sided structure, the commodity and the change can be discharged to the commodity change receiver 10 without forcibly tilting the basket 1.

In the above description, the stand-by position of the basket is set as the lower limit of the basket guide groove, and it is assumed that the product and the change wait at this position to fall. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Is sold, among the plurality of product storage shelves vertically arranged in the vending machine, the product moves to the vicinity of the product discharge mechanism of the product storage shelf in which the sold product is stored, and the product is moved. It is good also as what waits for a fall.

In such a case, the change discharging mechanism is provided above the product discharging mechanism of the product storage shelf, and the change is dropped after the product has fallen.
Commodity and change can be simultaneously conveyed by two conveyance mechanisms.

[0030]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to form a one-sided basket having a V-shape which is composed of two bottom plates and two side plates and has a depth such that change does not fly out. The basket can be guided up and down by fitting a projection provided on the outside of the side plate of the basket into the basket guide groove of the basket guide plate. Thus, the commodity and the change can be transported simultaneously by one transport mechanism, and the commodity and the change can be sent out of the basket without forcibly tilting the entire basket.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a commodity change transport mechanism of a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a state of a basket in an opened state.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 basket 2 merchandise change exit 3, 4 bottom plate 5 side plate 5a projection 6 hinge 7 basket guide plate 7b roller guide section 8 basket guide groove

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] Claims: 1. The sold goods and change are allowed to fall naturally,
In product change transfer mechanism of an automatic vending machine for conveying the dropped item and change to the commodity change delivery port provided above, and two bottom plate forming a V-shaped depth not jump out the fishing Qian, One side of each of the two bottom plates has an outward projection
The two side plates having
A roller is provided at the upper end of the bottom plate, and the lower end is located below the one bottom plate.
A basket for sending change of goods provided rotatably joined by an end and a hinge, and a passage for elevating and lowering the basket, and a projection provided on an outer side plate of the basket on both side surfaces of the passage. A basket guide groove into which the product is inserted is provided in the vertical direction, and the product change side of the passage is formed below the product change outlet and the lower end of the product change outlet.
Product sale of the other bottom plate made in contact with the roller
A change transport mechanism for a vending machine, comprising a basket guide plate provided with a roller guide portion for preventing rotation to the side .