JP2553338Y2 - vending machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vending machine for selling goods such as beverages in bottles or specially shaped containers.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 62-22940, for example, a chain stretched over a pair of upper and lower sprockets, a motor for driving the chain to rotate, and an equidistant outside of the chain. With a large number of product shelves attached in the above, by lowering each product shelf on one side of the chain and moving each product shelf by one pitch,
There is disclosed a vending machine in which commodities supported on each merchandise shelf are sequentially dropped and carried out from merchandise shelves that are inverted from a descending side to an ascending side. In addition, the products are supported by walls located on the sides of the product shelf and the chain.

[0003]

In a vending machine of the type described above, a sold-out detection lever is provided between a product shelf at a carry-out standby position and a wall. It detects the presence or absence of a product. However, since the size and shape are different depending on the product to be sold, the sold-out detection lever may not come into contact with a product having a special shape. For this reason, there is a risk that even though there is a product, sold-out may be detected, and there is a problem that the service for the purchaser is reduced.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine which can always operate a sold-out detection lever accurately regardless of the shape of a product. To provide.

[0005]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a plurality of product shelves attached to an endless member which rotates vertically and a sold-out product are detected. And a rotatable sold-out detection lever, which supports the product by a product shelf positioned on the descending side of the endless member, and sequentially drops and carries out the product from the product shelf which is inverted from the descending side to the ascending side. In a vending machine in which the presence / absence of a product on a product shelf at a standby position is detected by a sold-out detection lever, the sold-out detection lever is urged upward in a rotating direction.
The product is placed on the product
A product that is smaller than the pressure on the product shelf and has no products placed
It is set larger than the pressing force of the shelf .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automatic transmission according to the first aspect.
In the vending machine, a groove for receiving a product is provided in the product shelf.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF] According to the vending machine of claim 1, when item into shelf unloading standby position that is mounted, the weight of the shelf and products overcomes the biasing force of the sold-out detection lever, sold out The detection lever rotates downward . Also, If no goods that have been placed on the shelf of the carry-out standby position, the biasing force of the sold-out detection lever overcomes the weight of the shelves, the shelf is pivoted upward. This
Accordingly , the sold-out detection lever operates by contact with the product shelf, so that the sold-out detection lever always operates accurately regardless of the shape of the product.

[0008] According to the vending machine of the second aspect, in addition to having the effect of the first aspect, since the products on the product shelf are received in the grooves of the product shelf, the attitude of the product is always stably held. Is done.

[0009]

1 to 4 show one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of a vending machine. This vending machine includes a number of merchandise shelves 2 arranged at regular intervals inside a vending machine main body 1, and each merchandise shelf 2 supports a product A such as a beverage in a bottle or a specially shaped container. It is supposed to be.

Each of the product shelves 2 is formed in an L shape as shown in FIG. 2, and a groove 2a for receiving the product A is provided on the upper surface thereof. Each of the product shelves 2 is attached to a chain 4 which is hung over a pair of upper and lower sprockets 3 (only the upper portion is shown), and the upper end thereof is rotatably connected to the chain 4 via a pin 5. Each sprocket 3 is rotatably supported by side plates 6 provided on both sides of each product shelf 2, and a motor 7 is connected to a rotation shaft 3 a of the upper sprocket 3 via a speed reducer 8.

In this vending machine, each product shelf 2 descends on one side of the chain 4 and rises on the other side, and the product A is supported by the product shelf 2 on the descending side. At this time, since the product A is received in the groove 2a of the product shelf 2, the attitude of the product A is always stably maintained. That is, each of the merchandise shelves 2 is moved one pitch at a time by the motor 7, and when the merchandise shelves 2 reaching the lower end are turned upside down, the merchandise A on the merchandise shelves 2 is dropped and carried out. Product shelf 2
Is dropped out of the vending machine main body 1 via the chute plate 9 as shown by a two-dot chain line in the figure.

A sold-out detection lever 10 for detecting the presence or absence of the product A is provided at a carry-out standby position of the product shelf 2. As shown in FIG. 3, the sold-out detection lever 10 has one end rotatably attached to the substrate 11 by a pin 12, and an operation piece 10a extending diagonally downward at the other end. Pin 12 is hole 10b of sold-out detection lever 10.
Into the screw hole 1 of the substrate 11.
1a. Further, a coil spring 13 for urging the sold-out detection lever 10 is wound around the pin 12, and one end of the coil spring 13 has one end.
The other end is locked to the lower surface of the base plate 11 and the protruding piece 11b of the substrate 11, respectively, and urges the sold-out detection lever 10 upward. Further, a microswitch 14 is attached to the substrate 11, and a contact 14 a of the microswitch 14 contacts the upper surface of the sold-out detection lever 10.

The operating piece 10a of the sold-out detection lever 10 comes into contact with the back of the product shelf 2 as shown in FIG. 4, and the product A is placed on the product shelf 2 at the carry-out standby position. If the weight of the product shelf 2 and the product A is the sold-out detection lever 1
The out-of-stock detection lever 10 pivots downward as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. Also, If no product shelves 2 in a not commodity A is placed in the unloading standby position, the biasing force of the sold-out detection lever 10 as indicated by a solid line in FIG overcomes the weight of the commodity shelf 2, the shelf 2 Rotate upward. That is, the urging force of the sold-out detection lever 10 is applied to the product shelf 2 on which the product A is placed.
Of the product shelf 2 which is smaller than the pressure and has no product A placed thereon.
It is set larger than the pressing force.

In the vending machine of this embodiment, after a single unloading operation is performed, when the sold-out detection lever 10 is rotated downward by the next product shelf 2 moved to the unloading standby position, the sold-out detection lever is turned off. 10 is separated from the contact 14a of the microswitch 14, and it is determined by the control means (not shown) connected to the microswitch 14 that it is not sold out. Also,
The product shelf 2 moved to the carry-out standby position is the sold-out detection lever 10
Is rotated upward, the sold-out detection lever 10 does not rotate but keeps pressing the contact point 14a of the microswitch 14, and the control means determines that the sold-out state is reached.

As described above, according to the vending machine of the present embodiment, the sold-out detection lever 10 is activated by contact with the product shelf 2, so that the sold-out detection lever can be used regardless of the shape of the product. 10 can be operated accurately,
It is possible to reliably prevent the malfunction of the sold-out display as in the related art. A groove 2 for receiving the product A is provided on the upper surface of the product shelf 2.
Since a is provided, the attitude of the product A can always be stably maintained.

[0016]

As described above, according to the vending machine of the first aspect, the sold-out detection lever can be operated accurately regardless of the shape of the product. The malfunction of the display can be reliably prevented, and the service to the purchaser can be thoroughly performed.

According to the vending machine of the second aspect, the effect of the first aspect can be achieved, and the attitude of the product can always be stably maintained, so that the vending machine can handle products of more shapes. can do.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of a vending machine showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view of a vending machine.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a main part of the vending machine.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an operation of a sold-out detection lever.

[Explanation of symbols]

2. Product shelf, 2a groove, 4 chain, 10 sold-out detection lever, 13 coil spring, A product.

Claims (2)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. An endless member which is mounted on a vertically rotatable endless member and has a rotatable sold-out detection lever for detecting the sold-out of the product. The product is supported by the product shelf located on the side, and the products are sequentially dropped and carried out from the product shelf that is inverted from the descending side to the ascending side,
In a vending machine configured to detect the presence or absence of a product on a product shelf at a carry-out standby position by a sold-out detection lever, the product shelf is rotatably mounted on an endless member, and the sold-out detection lever is moved to a carry-out standby position. Is provided so as to be in contact with the product shelf, and biasing means for biasing the sold-out detection lever in the upward rotation direction is provided, and the biasing force of the biasing means is pressed against the product shelf on which the product is placed.
Pressing force on a shelf that is smaller than the force and does not contain any products
A vending machine characterized by being set larger than the vending machine. 2. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein a groove for receiving a product is provided on the product shelf.