JP2567740B2 - Product storage device 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 storage device for an automatic vending machine which sequentially dispenses stacked products.

[0002]

As a prior art prior to the present invention, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 1-116883 (G07F9 / 02) discloses:
In a vending machine that stores products in a stacked state and has a product storage column having an opening in the front, the product is vertically hung on the front of the product storage column and prevents the product from jumping out of the opening at the holding position. There is disclosed a product storage device for a vending machine in which a holding member is provided and a magnet for fixing the holding member is attached to the upper wall of the product storage column.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The above-described prior art product storage device has the following advantages when storing products in a product storage column.
The holding member is pulled up to a fixed position by hand and fixed by a fixing means such as a magnet. After the product is stored, the holding member must be closed again by hand. For this reason,
If the user forgets to close the holding member after storing the product,
Since the holding member remains in the fixed position, there is a problem that if the door is closed as it is, the chute or the like is deformed and the holding member is damaged.

In view of the above problems, the present invention provides a product storage device for a vending machine, which is intended to automatically return the holding member in conjunction with the closing of the door of the vending machine body. .

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] As a means for achieving the above object, the present invention comprises a product storage column which has an opening in the front surface and which stores the products to be filled through the opening in a stacked state. In the opening, a holding member that can swing between a holding position that prevents the product from jumping out of the opening of the product storage column and a fixed position that is fixed by fixing means to maintain the opened state of the opening is provided. In a provided product storage device of a vending machine, a guide lever for releasing the fixing of the holding member by the fixing means and a guide arm that rotates in association with the opening / closing operation of the door that closes the opening of the main body of the vending machine. And a guide plate for urging the guide lever so as to release the fixing of the holding member by the fixing means in association with the rotation of the guide arm accompanying the closing operation of the door. It is intended to provide the product storage apparatus.

[0006]

According to the article storage device of the present invention, the guide arm rotates in conjunction with the opening of the door attached to the main body. At this time, the guide plate fixed to the guide arm also rotates, and the guide lever pushed by the guide plate is rotated.
Are released and rotate upward to release the retaining member. Then, by manually pulling up the holding member from the holding position to the fixing position and fixing it by the fixing means, the opening of the product storage column is opened and the product can be filled.

Even after the holding member remains in the fixed position after the product is filled, the guide door can be closed by closing the door.
Is pushed back to its original position. At the same time, because the guide plate is attached to the guide arm, the guide plate also rotates and pushes the guide lever. As a result, the guide lever rotates and pushes the holding member fixed by the fixing means, so that the guide lever is released from the fixed position and returns to the holding position. As a result, the sales standby state is entered.

[0008]

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

6 and 7 is a main body of a vending machine for cigarettes or the like, and a door 3 having a display-2 on the front surface is openably and closably attached.
A coin insertion slot 5, a bill insertion slot 6, a return lever 7, a product outlet 8, and a return slot 9 are provided respectively. Further, a large number of product storage columns 10 are provided in the main body 1 as shown in FIG. 6, and the product storage columns 10 store stacked products 12 and have an opening 13 formed on the front surface. The rear wall 14 and a plurality of column partition plates 15 partition into a U-shape. Further, a carry-out mechanism (not shown) for carrying out the product 12 is provided at the bottom portion, and the product 12 is carried out forward and backward by the carry-out plate 16 of this device. Further, a holding member 11 that holds one surface of the product 12 at the holding position and prevents the product 12 from jumping out of the opening 13 is vertically provided in the opening 13 from the product storage column 10.

Next, an essential part of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5. The door 3 rotates about a point A shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, and a stop lever 17 having a long hole 18 for suppressing the rotation is provided. One end of the stop lever 17 is axially attached to the upper part of the inner surface of the door 3, and a pin 19 for suppressing rotation of a guide arm 20 described later is provided in the vicinity of this end in a protruding manner.
At the other end, a pin 25 to be inserted into the elongated hole 18 is projectingly provided on the upper portion of the inner surface of the main body 1, and is slidably attached within the range of the elongated hole 18. A guide arm 20 is rotatably attached to the side surface of the main body 1. The guide arm 20 has an inverted L-shape and a spring 2.
At 1, the door is always urged in the opening direction. A guide plate 22 is screwed on the lower portion of the guide arm 20 where the spring 21 is provided, and the guide plate 22 is constantly urged upward by a spring (not shown). It has a function of pushing back the guide lever 23 extending in the longitudinal direction. As shown in FIG. 3, the guide lever 23 is provided in the upper portion of the main body 1 and is rotated in the vertical direction within the range of the dotted line and is rotated downward to push back the holding member 11. Further, the holding member 11 is vertically provided on the upper part of the product storage column 10 and is rotated in the vertical direction to rotate the product storage column 1.
0 is opened or closed. Then, the holding member 1 has a holding member 1 when the product storage column 10 is opened.
In order to fix 1 itself, a fixing means such as a magnet 24 is provided, and a receiving portion 27 made of metal is provided above the inner surface of the main body 1 corresponding to the magnet 24.

According to the above configuration, when the product 12 is carried into the vending machine body 1, the state shown in FIGS.
When the door 3 is opened in the direction indicated by the arrow, the stop lever 17 connected to the door 3 moves and the guide arm 20 biased by the spring 21 rotates to the left. Along with this, the guide plate 22 attached to the guide arm 20
Also rotates and releases the guide lever 23. The released guide lever 23 is rotated upward by the urging force of a spring (not shown) to open the holding member 11. After that, the holding member 11 is pulled up by hand to move the magnet 2
At 4, the upper part of the inner surface of the vending machine body 1 is fixed. With the above operation, the state shown in FIGS. 3 to 5 is obtained, and the product storage column 10 is opened.
You can bring in.

Next, when the door 3 is closed after the products 12 are stored, when the door 3 is closed in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. 4, the stop lever 17 moves and the guide arm 20 is pushed to move the guide arm. 20 rotates in the direction opposite to the urging force of the spring 21, that is, rotates in the right direction. Along with this, the guide plate 22 also rotates to the right and pushes the guide lever 23. At this time, if the holding member 11 is forgotten to be closed, the guide lever 23 rotates downward, that is, comes to the position indicated by the dotted line in FIG. 3, so that the holding member 11 is pushed downward from the fixed position to the holding position. . As a result, the product storage column 10 is closed and put in a standby state for sale.

However, according to the present invention, it is possible to close the product storage column 10 by manually pulling down the holding member 11 after the product is stored, as in the conventional case.

As described above, in the commodity storing apparatus of the present invention, when the holding member 11 is forgotten to be closed, the holding member 11 remains in the fixed position, but when the door 3 is closed, the holding member 11 is interlocked. Since it is closed, it is possible to prevent the deformation of the product carrying out shoe 26 or the damage of the holding member 11.

[0015]

The product storage device of the vending machine of the present invention is
Even if you forget to close the holding member after storing the product, the holding member closes in conjunction with the door, so that the door and the holding member do not interfere with each other, and it is possible to avoid damage to the door shoot and the holding member. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional side view of a main part when a door is closed.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a main part when the door is closed.

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional side view of a main part when the door is opened.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a main part when the door is opened.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a main part when the door is opened.

FIG. 6 is a front view of the vending machine when the door is opened.

FIG. 7 is a front view of the vending machine on standby for sale.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Vending Machine Main Body 3 Door 10 Product Storage Column 11 Holding Member 12 Product 13 Opening 17 Stop Lever 20 Guide Arm 21 Spring 22 Guide Plate 23 Guide Lever

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A holding position which has an opening on the front surface, and which holds a product stored in the opening in a stacked state and which prevents products from popping out from the opening of the product storage column, In the product storage device of the vending machine, wherein the opening is provided with a holding member that can be swung between a fixed position where the opening is kept open by being fixed by the fixing means. A guide lever for releasing the fixing of the members, a guide arm that rotates in conjunction with the opening and closing operation of the door that closes the opening of the main body of the vending machine, and an interlocking movement of the guide arm that accompanies the closing operation of the door. And a guide plate for urging the guide lever so as to release the fixing of the holding member by the fixing means.