JP2546597Y2 - Vending machine for bottled products - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a vending machine which is easily installed in each department such as a storefront, in a car such as a shared bus, a business office, and the like. The present invention relates to a vending machine for bottled products that automatically stores and stores bottled products containing soft drinks in a cooled state.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to sell such products at stores, each store has a large refrigerator and stores a large amount and various kinds of products in the refrigerator. When a product is desired, a clerk removes the product from the refrigerator and hands it to the customer.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the case of a large refrigerator, not only is it inconvenient to handle, but also a large space for installation is required, and there is a problem that a sales clerk is troublesome in selling. . In addition, there is a demand for installing a vending machine for bottled goods in a car of a shared bus or a train, but it is difficult to install such a vending machine because there is no extra space in the car.

In addition, vending machines for bottled products are installed in business offices and the like. However, employees have to go to the vending machine installation site, which is cumbersome, and each office department is complicated. There is a demand for the emergence of a small vending machine that can be installed in a vending machine.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to provide a small-sized bottled vending machine which is convenient to handle and can be easily installed even in a small space. I do.

[0006] Another purpose of the present invention is as follows.
An object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine for bottled products in which a lock mechanism is provided for each product to prevent illegal extraction of a number of products exceeding the input amount.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine for bottled products, in which each product is held in an oblique position, so that the product can be easily taken out.

[0008]

The vending machine of the present invention is for storing bottled goods in a cooled state for automatic vending, and has a door which can be opened and closed on the front of the body and a money slot. Are provided, and inside the door, a product storage room closed by a front plate is formed. Inside the product storage chamber, a thermoelectric element as a cooling source is provided, and a support base provided with a support portion for supporting a bottle bottom of a plurality of products on the upper surface is arranged facing the front plate. is there. In the front plate, a plurality of openings for projecting the bottle tip of each product on the plate surface, and a regulating mechanism for regulating pulling out of the commodity from each opening are provided independently. It is connected to a control device that performs a release operation in response to the insertion of money into the money insertion slot.

[0009] In the vending machine according to the second aspect, the support table is provided in a state of being inclined obliquely,
By arranging the front plate so as to face the support table, each product is supported in an oblique posture.

[0010]

When the money is inserted into the money slot, the control device releases any one of the regulating mechanisms and sets the commodity in a state in which the commodity can be pulled out. In this case, since only the number of commodities corresponding to the input amount are set in a state in which the products can be extracted, there is no possibility that the number of commodities exceeding the input amount is illegally extracted by the extraction operation at the same timing. Since a thermoelectric element is used as a cooling source for cooling each product, the internal structure of the body is not complicated, and the entire body is downsized.

In the vending machine according to the second aspect, since each product is supported in an oblique posture by the support base and the front plate, the operation of removing the product becomes extremely easy.

[0012]

FIG. 1 shows the appearance of a vending machine for bottled goods according to an embodiment of the present invention. The illustrated bottled product 1 is one in which the inside of the bottle is filled with, for example, soft drink, the diameter of the bottle decreases from the main body portion to the tip portion, and the tip opening is covered with a cap.

This vending machine is for automatically selling a fixed number (ten in the illustrated example) of commodities 1 while keeping them in a cooled state. A door 4 that can be opened and closed is provided in the product outlet 3.

At the side of the door 4, a coin insertion slot 5 for receiving a 100-yen coin insertion, an out-of-stock indicator 6 for displaying out-of-stock goods, and a coin return opening for returning the inserted coins. 7 are provided. It is to be noted that an indicator of the amount of money may be provided if necessary.

A door 8 with a lock is provided on a side surface of the body 2. Inside the door 8, a withdrawable coin collection safe and a staff panel (not shown) for storing inserted coins are provided. Has been deployed. This attendant panel is provided with a reset button switch 9 and a start button switch 10 described later.

A front plate 11 for closing the internal product storage room R is attached to the product outlet 3 in an obliquely inclined state. The front plate 11 is provided with ten circular openings 12 having a diameter larger than the bottle diameter of the product 1 and arranged in two rows. A light emitting diode is provided near each of the openings 12. A lamp 13 is provided.

Each of the openings 12 is for allowing the tip of the bottle to protrude above the plate surface of the front plate 11.
Numeral 3 indicates the position of the product 1 that can be pulled out. In addition, each opening 12 is provided with “1” to “1” for control.
A product number of “0” is assigned.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a support table 14 made of a metal material having a high thermal conductivity such as aluminum is provided in the product accommodating chamber R inside the front plate 11 as shown in FIGS. And each product 1 is supported in an oblique posture. A circular bottle bottom insertion hole 15 for inserting and supporting the bottle bottom of each product 1 is formed on the upper surface of the support base 14, and a thermoelectric element 16, such as a Peltier element, 16 are mounted as two cooling sources.

In the figure, reference numeral 17 denotes a ridge formed at a symmetric position on the peripheral wall of the bottle bottom insertion hole 15, and each ridge 17 is engaged with a concave groove 18 formed at a symmetric position on the bottle peripheral surface. I do.
Therefore, only a predetermined bottle can be inserted into the bottle bottom insertion hole 15.

Each opening 12 is provided inside the front plate 11.
A restricting mechanism 20 for restricting withdrawal of the product 1 from the opening is provided for each opening. Each regulating mechanism 20 includes a regulating plate 21 that protrudes and retracts from one side edge of the opening 12,
And a lock mechanism 23 for restricting the restriction plate 21 from moving in the direction away from the opening 12.

The regulating plate 21 has a shape in which one edge 21A is along the periphery of the opening 12. When the edge 21A protrudes into the opening 12, the opening width of the opening 12 is smaller than the bottle diameter. As a result, when the edge 21A is withdrawn from the opening 12, the opening width of the opening 12 becomes larger than the diameter of the bottle, so that the drawing of the product 1 is permitted.

A shutter 24 protrudes from the lower surface of the regulating plate 21 and a photoelectric sensor 2 is positioned below the regulating plate 21.
The shutter 24 crosses the optical path of the photoelectric sensor 25 to turn on and off the photoelectric sensor 25 in accordance with the reciprocating operation of the regulating plate 21.

The lock mechanism 23 includes a solenoid 26
, A return spring 27, and an engagement hole 29 formed in the regulating plate 21. When the solenoid 26 is electrically biased, the rod 28 retracts and escapes from the engagement hole 29, The movement of the regulating plate 21 is allowed. Also solenoid 2
When the motor 6 is electrically deenergized, the rod 28 protrudes and engages with the engagement hole 29 to regulate the movement of the regulating plate 21.

FIG. 4 shows the configuration of the control device 30 incorporated in the body 1 and the electrical connection between the control device 30 and the input / output units. The control device 30
Is a CPU and a CPU 31.
1 is electrically connected to a ROM 33 and a RAM 34 via a bus 32. The ROM 33 stores programs and fixed data, and the CPU 31 controls the operations of the input / output units while reading and writing data from and to the RAM 34 in accordance with the programs.

FIG. 5 shows a work area of the RAM 34, which is provided with a flag area M1, a product number storage area M2, a count area M3, M4, and the like. Flag area M1
Is an area for storing flags F1 to F10 indicating whether or not the product 1 exists at the position of each opening 12 in an individual area, and a product number storage area M2 is a restriction release that allows the product 1 to be pulled out. This is an area for storing the product number i set in the state. The counting area M3 is an area for storing the inserted number n of 100-yen coins, and the counting area M4 is an area for storing the number N of remaining commodities.

The bus 32 has I / O ports 35 and 36
The input and output units are electrically connected via the. The coin detection sensor 37 detects a coin inserted into the coin insertion slot 5, and the authenticity discriminator 38 judges the authenticity and denomination of the inserted coin. Each of the first to tenth photoelectric sensors 25 is provided with the regulating plate 21.
And the first to tenth lamps 13 notify the position (number) of the product 1 that can be pulled out.
The out-of-stock indicator 6 indicates that the product is out of stock by lighting a lamp.

A reset button switch 9 and a start button switch 10 are provided on the attendant panel, and are pressed when the product 1 is loaded into the product storage room R. Each of the first to tenth regulating mechanisms 20 regulates and permits the movement of the regulating plate 21 provided in each opening 12. Coin passage switching mechanism 3
Numeral 9 is for guiding coins inserted from the coin insertion slot 5 to either the coin collection safe or the coin return slot 7.

FIGS. 6 to 8 show the control procedure by the control device 30. FIG. 6 shows the control procedure by the control device 30 at the time of loading a product from step 1 (indicated by "ST1" in the figure) to step 11 Indicated by

In step 1 of FIG. 3, prior to loading of a product, it is determined whether or not the reset button switch 9 has been pressed. If the determination is "YES", the CPU 31 determines whether all the regulating mechanisms 20 have been operated. The lock mechanism 23 is unlocked, and the product 1 is set in a state where the product 1 can be inserted into the product storage room R from each opening 12 (step 2).

When the product 1 is inserted through the first opening 12, the regulating plate 21 is pushed open to move, and the shutter 24 is moved.
Blocks the optical path of the first photoelectric sensor 25. As a result, the output of the photoelectric sensor 25 changes, and when the CPU 31 detects this output change, the determination in step 3 is “YE
S ”, and the CPU 31 sets the flag area M1 in the RAM 34.
The flag F1 is set to "1" in the corresponding area in the area (step 6), and the count value N of the count area M4 is incremented (step 9).

Next, when the product 1 is inserted through the second opening 12, step 4 becomes "YES" and the flag F
2 is set to "1", and the count value N is incremented (steps 7, 9). Thereafter, the same loading operation is repeated, and when the tenth product 1 is inserted through the final opening 12, the determination in step 5 becomes "YES" and the flag F10 is set to "1" (step 8). , The count value N finally becomes “10”. This allows Step 1
The determination of 0 becomes “YES”, and the CPU 31 sets the lock mechanism 23 to the locked state for all the regulation mechanisms 20,
Wait for the sale of goods.

If the number of stocked products is less than 10, if the start button switch 10 is pressed after the loading of the number of stocks is completed, the determination in step 12 becomes "YES", and the lock mechanisms for all the regulating mechanisms 20 at that time are determined. 23 is set to a locked state.

FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 show the control procedure by the control device 30 at the time of sale of goods, from step 1 to step 19.
Indicated by In step 1 of FIG.
Waiting for insertion of 0 yen coin, and the determination is "YES"
If so, in the next step 2, the CPU 31 determines whether or not the count value N is “0”. If the judgment is "N
If it is "O", that is, if the remaining number of commodities is not zero, the authenticity determination (including the denomination) of the inserted coin is performed in the next step 3. If the coin is an appropriate coin, the determination in step 4 becomes “YES”, and the CPU 31 increments the count value n in the count area M3 and then sets the flag area M
The product number i whose flag is set to "1" is searched with reference to 1 (steps 5 and 6).

In the next step 7, the CPU 31 unlocks the lock mechanism 23 of the regulating mechanism 20 of the opening 12 corresponding to the product number i and turns on the lamp 13 for the opening 12. When the count value N is determined to be "0" in step 2 or when it is determined in step 4 that the coin is not a 100-yen coin, the process proceeds to step 10 and the CPU 31 activates the coin passage switching mechanism 39. Then, the inserted coin is returned to the coin return slot 7.

The next step 9 is whether or not the second 100-yen coin has been inserted, and the next step 10 is whether or not the photoelectric sensor 25 has detected the shutter 25, that is, the product of the corresponding product number i. It is determined whether 1 has been extracted. If the second 100-yen coin has been inserted, the determination in step 9 is "YES" and the process returns to step 2, the same procedure as described above is executed, and the flag is set to "1". When another product number i is searched, the lock mechanism 23 of the corresponding opening 12 is unlocked and the lamp 13 is turned on.

If the product 1 is pulled out, the regulating plate 21 is pushed open and moves, the shutter 24 blocks the optical path of the first photoelectric sensor 25, and the output of the photoelectric sensor 25 changes. As a result, the determination in step 12 becomes “YE
S ", the CPU 31 decrements the count values n and N, resets the flag Fi to" 0 ", and turns off the corresponding lamp 13 (steps 13 to 16).

The next step 17 is to determine whether or not the count value n has become zero, that is, whether or not the number of products 1 corresponding to the inserted amount has been pulled out. If there is, the process returns to the standby state of step 9, and if the determination is "YES", the next step 18
It is determined whether or not the count value N (remaining number) has become zero.

If the determination in step 18 is "NO",
The process returns to step 1 and waits for the next coin to be inserted. If the determination in step 18 is "YES", the process proceeds to step 19 where the out-of-stock indicator 6 is turned on.

[0039]

As described above, the present invention uses an electric heating element as a cooling source, stores the products loaded in the product storage room in a cooled state, releases the regulating mechanism by inserting money, and takes out the products. As a result, the vending machine does not have a complicated internal structure unlike conventional refrigerators, and the vending machine as a whole is downsized, and can be easily installed in various departments such as stores, in-car buses, and business offices. It is possible.

Further, since a regulating mechanism is provided for each opening and one of the regulating mechanisms is operated to be released by the insertion of money, only the number of products corresponding to the inserted amount is set so that it can be taken out. There is no risk that the number of bottled products exceeding the number is illegally extracted.

Further, in the invention according to the second aspect, each product is held in an oblique posture by the support base and the front plate, so that the operation of removing the product becomes extremely easy, and the practical effect is remarkable. It is.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a structure of a regulating mechanism.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a structure of a support base.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a control device and an electrical connection relationship between the control device and input / output units.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a work area of a RAM.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a control procedure of a control device when a product is loaded.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a control procedure of the control device at the time of selling goods.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a control procedure of the control device at the time of selling goods.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Body 4 Door 5 Coin slot 11 Front plate 12 Opening 14 Support base 16 Thermoelectric element 20 Regulatory mechanism 30 Control device

Claims (2)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] Claims 1. A vending machine for storing and automatically selling bottled goods in a cooled state, wherein the vending machine is provided with a door which can be opened and closed and a money slot in the front of the body.
A product storage room closed by a front plate is formed inside the door, and a thermoelectric element as a cooling source is provided inside the product storage room and supports a bottle bottom of a plurality of products on an upper surface. A support base having a support portion is provided so as to face the front plate.The front plate has a plurality of openings for projecting a bottle tip of each product on the plate surface, and a plurality of openings from each opening. A vending machine for bottled products, wherein a vending machine is provided independently of a restriction mechanism for restricting withdrawal of the commodity, and each of the restriction mechanisms is connected to a control device that performs a release operation in response to the insertion of money into the money insertion slot. 2. The product according to claim 1, wherein said support base is disposed in an obliquely inclined state, and said products are supported in an oblique posture by arranging said front plate so as to face said support base. A vending machine for bottled goods according to 1.