JP2562741Y2 - 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 cooling or heating products such as canned beverages for sale.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIGS. 7 and 8 show a vending machine of this kind.
Are known. In the figure, in the vending machine, a heat insulating chamber 2 is formed by a heat insulating wall in a main body case 1, and in this case, the heat insulating chamber 2 is provided with two heat insulating partition plates 3 according to the demand of the vending machine user. By doing so, three small heat-insulating chambers, namely, a small heat-insulating chamber A, a small heat-insulating chamber B and a small heat-insulating chamber C are divided, and the small heat-insulating chamber A has a cooler, and the small heat-insulating chambers B and C have respective coolers and heaters. Is arranged. A product rack 4 and a product chute 5 are installed in each small insulated room. Heat insulation room 3
Is provided with a heat-insulating inner door 6 on the front surface thereof, and an outer door 7 provided with a coin slot, a product selection push button, a product outlet, and the like on the front surface of the main body case 1. In the vending machine described above, the cold insulation room A stores cold products exclusively for cooling, and the small insulation room B
And C are switched to cold products or hot products depending on the product to be sold.

[0003]

[0005] By the way, in recent vending machines, even with the same number of kinds of goods and the same amount of goods, the diversification of goods and sales further expands the small heat insulating room A dedicated to cooling. The required specifications of the heat-insulating chamber 2 have been diversified, for example, only for cooling or providing a small heat-insulating chamber for heating. For this reason, the number of models of vending machines has increased remarkably in manufacturers, and there has been a problem that a mass production effect cannot be expected and the manufacturing process becomes extremely complicated.

An object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine which responds to the diversification of user's required specifications for the compartments of the heat insulating room, and which can reduce the number of models and simplify the manufacturing process.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a vending machine in which a heat insulating partition is provided in a heat insulating chamber of a main body case and a plurality of small heat insulating chambers are formed. A caster having a roller attached to the upper part of the partition plate, and a roller extending in a depth direction to a top plate of the heat insulating chamber in accordance with a width dimension of the minimum heat insulating chamber, and having an inlet portion of the roller at a front end. A plurality of slidable rails, and means provided at a front end of the rail for locking the roller, wherein the partition plate is provided on a rail at a predetermined position determined in accordance with a division request via a roller of the caster. To form a heat insulating room. Also,
It is preferable to provide a wind shield plate above the heat insulating partition plate to fill a gap with the rail.

[0006]

[Function] By simply relocating the partition plate, it is possible to make a vending machine with a large, small-sized heat-insulating chamber dedicated to cooling, for example. Vending machine provided with a heat insulating room of the present invention. Therefore, the manufacturing process is simple and the number of models can be reduced.

[0007]

1 to 6 show an embodiment of the present invention, in which parts common or identical to those in FIGS. 7 and 8 are denoted by the same reference numerals. 1 to 6, the partition plate 3 is configured to be detachable and removable. That is, a caster 11 having a pair of left and right rollers 11a is attached to the front and rear upper portions of the partition plate 3. On the other hand, the top plate 2a of the heat insulation room 2 has the heat insulation room 2
A plurality of rails 12 are provided side by side in accordance with the case where is divided into the largest number of small heat-insulating chambers, and the rails 12 are provided with pin holes 12a at the front end. Reference numeral 13 denotes a pin that is removably inserted into the pin hole 12a, and reference numeral 14 denotes a wind shield plate fixed to an upper portion of the partition plate 3 to fill a gap between the partition plate 3 and the rail 12. A not-shown groove in which the partition plate 3 slides back and forth is formed in the bottom plate of the heat insulating chamber 2 corresponding to the rail 12.

In the construction described above, the partition plate 3 is mounted on the heat insulating chamber 2 by running the rollers 11a of the casters 11 on the rails 12 and inserting the pins 13 into the pin holes 12a in front of the rollers 11a. Partition into required small heat insulation room. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, a vending machine having a small heat insulating room A dedicated to cooling by providing one partition plate 3 at the center and a small heat insulating room B that can be shared for cooling or heating is configured.
The partition plate 3 may be removed to make the entire heat insulation chamber exclusively for cooling. Also, as shown in FIG. 6, the vending machine may be provided with a small heat insulating room A dedicated to cooling having a large space and a small heat insulating room C used for both cooling and heating by transferring the partition plate 3 to the right side. Of course, it is also possible to make the small heat-insulating chamber C a heating-only small heat-insulating chamber having only a heater. As described above, the heat insulating chamber 2 can be divided into small heat insulating chambers according to the specifications required by the user by transferring or attaching and detaching the partition plate 3, so that the manufacturing process of the vending machine is almost common and simplified, and the mass production effect can be obtained. Vending machine models are reduced.

[0009]

According to the present invention, in a vending machine in which a heat insulating partition is provided in a heat insulating chamber of a main body case and a plurality of small heat insulating chambers are formed and partitioned, a roller is attached to an upper portion of the partition and a roller is provided. A plurality of casters, a plurality of rails extending in the depth direction to the top plate of the heat insulating chamber in accordance with the width dimension of the minimum heat insulating chamber, and the rollers having a roller entrance at a front end thereof can slide, and a front end of the rail Means for locking the roller provided in the section, the partition plate is attached via a roller of the caster to a rail at a predetermined position determined in accordance with a section request to form a heat insulating chamber, The removable partition can be made detachable, so that it is possible to respond to the user's various partition requests for the heat insulation room by transferring or removing the partition, thereby simplifying the manufacturing process and suppressing an increase in the number of models. Door can be. In addition, the partition plate,
By sliding the roller from the front side of the rail and locking the roller at the front end of the rail, all operations can be performed on the front side of the main body case, and the transfer or detachment of the partition plate can be easily performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an essential part of a vending machine showing an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a main part of the device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a side view of a main part of the device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the vending machine of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing an example of a section of a heat insulating room in the vending machine of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing an example of another section of the heat insulating chamber of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a conventional vending machine.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view showing an example of a section of the heat insulating room of the vending machine of FIG. 7;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body case 2 Heat insulation room 3 Partition plate A Small heat insulation room B Small heat insulation room C Small heat insulation room

Claims (2)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] In a vending machine provided with a heat insulating partition plate in a heat insulating chamber of a main body case, and a plurality of small heat insulating chambers are formed, a caster mounted on an upper part of the partition plate and having a roller, A plurality of rails that extend in the depth direction on the top plate of the heat-insulating chamber in accordance with the width of the chamber and have a roller entrance at a front end thereof, and a plurality of slidable rails provided at a front end of the rail; A vending machine comprising means for locking a roller, wherein the partition plate is attached to a rail at a predetermined position determined according to a section request via a roller of the caster to form a heat insulating chamber. 2. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein a wind shield plate is provided above the heat insulating partition plate to fill a gap with the rail.