JP2564910Y2 - Product fall prevention device of direct-loading vending machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a direct-loading vending machine which vertically stacks and stores products such as tobacco in a product stocker section, wherein the product stored in the product stocker section has a product loading opening. The present invention relates to a device for preventing a product from falling down to the side.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a vending machine, as shown in FIG. 6, a product A such as a cigarette is stored in a vending machine main body 2 which supports a front door 1 so that the front door 1 can be opened and closed. In some cases, a plurality of stocker units 3 are provided vertically.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the inside of each product stocker section 3 is divided in the left-right direction by a partition plate 4 extending vertically, and a plurality of storage spaces 6 are formed. Commodities A are stored in the front and rear two rows in a directly stacked state on a shelf 5 provided at the lower end of the section 3. A product loading opening 7 for loading the product A is provided in the front of each storage space 6. In FIG. 8,
Reference numeral 8 denotes an extruding member that reciprocates in the front-rear direction on each shelf 5 and pays out a product A to a predetermined payout passage through payout openings 9 provided on the front and rear surfaces of each storage space 6.

[0004] A product falling prevention device 10 is provided in each product loading opening 7 for each storage space 6. The product falling prevention device 10, as shown in FIG. Base 1 arranged to extend left and right at
1 is slidably mounted back and forth. As shown in FIG. 9 to FIG.
Support member 12 having a pair of standing plate portions 12a formed
And a lever-shaped stopper member 14 rotatably supported via a pivot pin 13 inserted laterally into the upright plate portion 12a of the support member 12, and fitted externally to the pivot pin 13. It is composed of a torsion coil spring 15 whose both ends are in contact with the support member 12 and the stopper member 14 in the posture.

The stopper member 14 pivots about the pivot pin 13 between an upright position shown in FIG. 10 and an inclined position shown in FIGS. 11A and 11B, and is moved toward the upright position by a coil spring 15. Being energized. And the stopper member 1
By setting the position 4 to the upright position, the product A is prevented from falling to the side of the product loading opening 7 as described above, while the stopper member 14 is set to the inclined position, thereby enabling the product loading. The product A can be loaded from the opening 7.

Here, a slot 16 is formed in the stopper member 14 at the position where the pivot pin 13 is inserted, and the stopper member 14 is pivotally connected to the slot 16 from the inclined position shown in FIG. When the pin 13 is pushed backward to the position shown in FIG.
The fourth position regulating surface 14a contacts the upper surface of the support member 12 to hold the stopper member 14 at the tilted position.

9 to 11, reference numeral 12b denotes a position adjusting slot provided in the support member 12, and a position adjusting screw 18 (see FIG. 7) is mounted on the base through the position adjusting slot 12b. 11, the support member 12 is fixed. A plurality of recesses, in which the lower portion of the position adjusting screw 18 fits, are formed in the long hole portion 12b for position adjustment in the front-rear direction. The depth dimension of the space 6 can be adjusted. Reference numeral 17 denotes a projection for restricting the tilt angle of the stopper member 14. One end of the pivot pin 13 inserted into the stopper member 14 and the support member 12 is provided at one end of the pivot pin 1.
A retaining ring (not shown) for preventing the member 3 from falling out of the stopper member 14 and the support member 12 is attached.

[0008]

However, according to the above-described conventional device 10 for preventing falling of a vending machine of a vending machine,
At the time of assembling the product fall preventing device 10, the coil spring 15, the support member 12, and the stopper member 14 are arranged at the connecting position while the coil spring 15 is compressed, and the pivot pin 13 is inserted into these. And the pivot pin 13
Must be fitted with a retaining ring at one end of the
The assembling work such as the pin insertion step could not be easily performed, and it was troublesome.

Further, as shown in FIG. 11B, while the stopper member 14 is held at the tilted position, the front door 1 is erroneously attempted to be closed, and the tip 14a of the tilted stopper member 14 is There was a case where the rear surface of the front door 1 was damaged due to strong contact with the rear surface.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a device for preventing a product from falling down in a direct-loading type vending machine which is easy to assemble and does not damage a front door. .

[0011]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a product fall preventing device according to the present invention is provided with a stopper member for preventing a product from falling which has a pivot shaft projecting to both sides at one end. A groove for receiving the pivot shaft is formed, and the stopper member is rotatable around the pivot shaft fitted in the groove from a standing position for preventing the product from falling down to a tilting position for loading the product. A support member for supporting the
The stopper member is interposed between the support member and the stopper member to prevent the detachment of the stopper member from the support member by preventing the detachment of the stopper member from the support member by pulling the pivot shaft portion of the stopper member in the direction in which the support member fits into the groove. And a tension spring that urges a predetermined intermediate position as a boundary angle toward the upright position or the inclined position.

[0012]

With the above construction, the product fall prevention device can be easily assembled simply by hooking the ends of the tension springs on the support member and the stopper member, and fitting the pivot shaft of the stopper member into the groove of the support member. be able to.

Further, the stopper member is always rotatable in a range from the standing position to the tilting position, and is only urged to the standing position side or the tilting position side by the tension spring. In the state where the front door is accidentally closed and the back of the front door comes in contact with the tip of the inclined stopper member, the stopper member is pressed against the back of the front door and rises with the front door in the standing position side. At the stage beyond the intermediate position, it is rotated and held at the upright position by the urging force of the tension spring.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. In addition, since only the configuration of the device for preventing the product from falling down is different from that of the conventional device, other portions are denoted by the same reference numerals as those of the conventional device, and description thereof will be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 2, the product loading opening 7 of the product stocker unit 3 has a product fall prevention device for preventing the product A in the product stocker unit 3 from falling down to the product loading opening 7 side. 20 are provided.

As shown in FIG. 1, a stopper member 22 for preventing a product from falling, which has a rotating shaft portion 21 protruding on both sides at one end, as shown in FIG. A groove 23 into which the portion 21 is inserted is formed, and the stopper member 22 is set up around the pivot shaft 21 inserted into the groove 23 so as to prevent the product A from falling down as shown by a solid line in FIG. A support member 24 rotatably supporting from X to an inclined position Y for loading a product indicated by a solid line in FIG. 3B, and a support member 24 and a stopper member 22.
And the rotation shaft portion 2 of the stopper member 22.
1 is pulled in the direction in which the support member 24 fits into the groove 23 to prevent the stopper member 22 from being detached from the support member 24, and the stopper member 22 is shown by the imaginary lines in FIGS. 3A and 3B. There is provided a tension spring 25 that urges the intermediate position Z toward the upright position or the inclined position with the boundary angle as the boundary angle.

That is, as shown in FIG. 2, a support member 24 is provided with a position adjusting screw 18 on a base 11 disposed so as to extend left and right on the front surface of the lower end portion of the commodity stocker section 3.
As shown in FIG. 1, a pair of upright plate portions 28 extending upward is formed on the support member 24. A groove 23 into which the pivot shaft 21 is fitted is formed in the upright plate 28 of the support member 24 in a direction obliquely downward from the upper surface toward the back, and at the end of the groove 23 as shown in FIG. As shown in an enlarged manner, a circular hole 23a having substantially the same size as the diameter of the rotating shaft 21 is formed, and the groove 23 is expanded rearward. Further, the pivot shaft 21 of the stopper member 22 is provided with a surface 22 for preventing the product from falling down.
a is formed in a bent portion 22b which is bent in a U-shape in cross section, and the rotating shaft portion 21 is cut out so that a part thereof becomes flat, and is turned in a direction orthogonal to the cutout flat portion 21a. The dimension L1 of the moving shaft portion 21 is formed so as to be substantially the same as the width L2 of the groove portion 23 on the entrance side.

In the center of the surface 22a for preventing the product from falling down of the stopper member 22, there is formed a projecting locking portion 22c having a hole protruding to the back surface side, and the stopper member 22 of the support member 24 is erected. Protruding locking part 22c
A locked portion 24a formed between the two holes is provided at a position directly below from the hole. The tension spring 25 is provided with the protruded locking portion 22c of the stopper member 22 and the locked portion 24a of the support member 24. And have been hooked over. The action of the tension spring 25 causes the stopper member 22 to rotate to an intermediate position (in a side view, a line segment in the tension direction of the tension spring 25 in FIG. 3A and FIG. 3B). When the stopper member 22 is located above the position (the position where the center of the moving shaft portion 21 overlaps) Z, the stopper member 22 is urged toward the upright position X while the stopper member 22 is located below the intermediate position Z. The stopper member 22 is urged toward the tilt position Y.

The bent portion 22b of the stopper member 22 has a first regulating surface 22 perpendicular to the surface 22a for preventing the product from falling down.
e, and a second regulating surface 22f slightly inclined with respect to the surface 22a for preventing the product from falling down, and the stopper member 22 is brought into the upright position X when the first regulating surface 22e contacts the upper surface of the support member 24. In addition to the positioning, the second regulating surface 22f contacts the upper surface of the support member 24 and is positioned at the inclined position Y.

In the above configuration, the product fall prevention device 20
When assembling, first, in a state where the stopper member 22 and the support member 24 are not engaged with each other, both ends of the hook-shaped tension spring 25
2c and the locked portion 24a of the support member 24.

Next, as shown in FIG. 5, with the tension spring 25 hooked, the rotation shaft 21 of the stopper member 22 is held.
At the entrance of the groove 23 of the support member 24. As a result, the stopper member 22 has an inclined posture substantially the same as the intermediate position Z, that is, the notch plane portion 21a of the rotation shaft portion 21 extends along the upper surface of the groove portion 23, and the tensile force of the tension spring 25 extends the groove portion 23. Posture that matches the direction
By simply reducing the force holding the stopper member 22, the tension spring 2
Due to the tensile force of 5, the rotation shaft 21 is easily fitted into the hole 23a at the end of the groove 23.

In this manner, the product fall prevention device 20 can be easily assembled, and the rotation shaft portion 21 of the stopper member 22 is inserted into the hole 23a at the end of the groove portion 23 from the standing position to the inclined position. It becomes rotatable.

When the product A is loaded into the product stocker section 3, the stopper member 22 is easily rotated to the tilt position Y by the urging force of the tension spring 25 simply by rotating the stopper member 22 below the intermediate position. Is held. When the loading of the product A is completed, the stopper member 22 is easily held at the upright position X by the urging force of the tension spring 25 simply by rotating the stopper member 22 to a position above the intermediate position.

Further, even if the front door 1 is closed as shown in FIG. 3B in a state where the stopper member 22 is in the tilted position X, the stopper member 22 is moved by the rear surface of the front door 1. Is pressed rearward and is automatically rotated and held toward the standing position X, thereby preventing the rear surface of the front door 1 from being damaged.

The stopper member 22 is held at the upright position X or the inclined position Y by the urging force of the tension spring 25.
The stopper member 22 does not fall out of the hole 23a of the groove portion 23, so that the stopper member 22 is prevented from coming off the support member 24 by mistake.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention, a stopper device for preventing a product from falling, which has a rotating shaft projecting to both sides at one end, is provided. A groove for receiving the shaft is formed, and a support for rotatably supporting the stopper member from an upright position for preventing the product from falling down to a tilting position for loading the product around the rotation shaft fitted in the groove. And a tension spring interposed between the support member and the stopper member to urge the stopper member to the upright position or the tilting position. The product stopper device can be easily assembled simply by hooking the stopper member and the pivot shaft of the stopper member into the groove of the support member, thereby improving the efficiency of the assembling operation.

Further, even if the front door is accidentally closed while the stopper member is in the inclined position, the stopper member is automatically rotated and held at the upright position, so that the rear surface of the front door is damaged. Can be prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a device for preventing a product from falling down of a direct-loading type vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a product stocker section of the direct stacking type vending machine.

3 (a) and 3 (b) are side cross-sectional views showing a standing position and a tilting position of a product fall prevention device of the direct stack type vending machine.

FIG. 4 is a partially cut-away enlarged side view of the product fall prevention device in an upright position.

FIG. 5 is a partially cut-away enlarged side view for explaining an operation at the time of assembly in the product fall prevention device.

FIG. 6 is an overall perspective view of a direct stacking type vending machine.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a product stocker section of a conventional direct stacking type vending machine.

FIG. 8 is a side view showing a product stocker section of a conventional direct stacking type vending machine.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a conventional product stacking prevention device for a direct-loading type vending machine.

FIG. 10 is a side cross-sectional view of the conventional product fall prevention device in an upright position.

11A and 11B are side cross-sectional views of a conventional product fall prevention device in a tilted position, respectively.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 Commodity stocker section 6 Storage space 7 Commodity loading opening 20 Commodity fall prevention device 21 Rotating shaft section 21a Notch flat part 22 Stopper member 22a Commodity fall prevention surface 22c Projection locking portion 22e First regulating surface 22f Second regulation Surface 23 Groove 23a Hole 24 Supporting member 24a Locked portion 25 Tension spring 28 Standing plate A Product X Standing position Y Tilt position Z Intermediate position

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A direct stacking type disposed in an article loading opening of an article stocker section for directly stacking and storing articles vertically to prevent the articles in the article stocker section from falling down to the article loading opening side. A vending machine product fall prevention device,
A stopper member for preventing the product from falling down is formed at one end with a pivot shaft projecting to both sides, and a groove is formed to fit the pivot shaft, and the pivot shaft fitted into the groove is formed. A support member rotatably supporting a stopper member as a center from an upright position for preventing the product from falling down to a tilting position for loading the product, and a support member interposed between the support member and the stopper member; While preventing the detachment of the stopper member from the support member by pulling the rotation shaft portion in the fitting direction of the support member into the groove portion, the stopper member is attached to the upright position or the inclined position side with a predetermined intermediate position as a boundary angle. A device for preventing falling of a product of a direct-loading type vending machine having a tension spring for biasing.