JP2568087Y2 - 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 canned or bottled beverages.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this kind of vending machine, for example, one described in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 4-20187 is known. The vending machine includes a plurality of product storage columns arranged side by side in the left-right direction, and a product corresponding to a product selection button is carried out from a predetermined product storage column.

[0003]

[0005] Recently, the installation space for vending machines has tended to be reduced at storefronts and sales corners, and miniaturization of vending machines has been demanded. Therefore, in the conventional vending machine, the dimensions of the vending machine main body are reduced by keeping the product storage columns close by bringing the respective product storage columns close to each other. However, a movable plate that changes the front-rear width of the product passage is provided in each product storage column, and the shaft of the movable plate is inserted into a long hole provided on both side plates of the product storage column.
For this reason, the end of the shaft protrudes from the side plate of the product storage column, and when the product storage columns are installed close to each other, the shafts of the movable plates come into contact with each other, and the movable plate moves inadvertently, hindering the unloading operation. There was a problem of coming.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic vending machine in which the movable plate shafts do not come into contact with each other even when the product storage columns are installed close to each other. To provide machines.

[0005]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a plurality of product storages are provided in which a shaft of a movable plate for changing a front-rear width of a product passage is inserted into long holes provided on both right and left plates. in vending machines arranged side by side in the longitudinal direction and lateral direction of the column, provided with abutting projections on the side surface of the other product storage columns adjacent in the horizontal direction to the side of the commodity storage column on one front-projecting The size of the part is larger than the length of the end of the shaft protruding from the side plate of the product storage column , and at least one of the product storage
Another product storage column adjacent to the one end of the ram in the front-back direction
Are provided on both sides .

[0006]

According to the vending machine of the action present invention, when placed to approximate longitudinal direction one <br/> each commodity storage column to the left and right directions, the projection is left-right direction provided on a side surface of the commodity storage column
A gap is held between each product storage column by contacting the side surface of another adjacent product storage column, and the size of the protrusion is formed larger than the length of the end of the shaft protruding from the side plate of the product storage column. Therefore, the ends of the shaft do not come into contact with each other. In this case, it is adjacent in the front-back direction
Each of the product storage columns
The left and right movements are restricted by the locking part
The product storage column in contact with the protrusion
In the same way as described above, the shuffle
Gap is kept just to prevent contact of the object.

[0007]

1 to 3 show one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a front sectional view of a vending machine having a plurality of serpentine type product storage columns.

As shown in FIG. 1, the vending machine accommodates a plurality of product storage columns 1 arranged in a total of four rows in the left-right direction. Although not shown, the product storage columns 1 of each row are omitted. Are provided in total in the front-rear direction. Each product storage column 1 has its upper end fixed and installed in a state of being suspended in a vending machine. Each product storage column 1
As shown in FIG. 2, there are a pair of side plates 2 on the left and right sides.
The product passages 3a, 3b, 3c (3
a is shown), and a product outlet 4 is provided on the lower front surface.

Each of the product passages 3a, 3b, 3c is formed by opposing a large number of arcuate product guide plates 5, 6 which are arranged vertically in the front-back direction at an interval in the front-rear direction. A movable plate 7 serving as a front wall and an unloading mechanism 8 serving as a rear wall are provided. That is, each product passage 3a, 3
The goods in b and 3c are dropped and carried out one by one by the carry-out mechanism 8, and the dropped goods are rolled by the chute plate 9 to the goods outlet 4.

The movable plate 7 has mounting pieces 7b bent from both sides of a back part 7a to the front side, and two shafts 10 penetrate in the upper and lower parts of each mounting piece 7b in the left-right direction. Each shaft 10 is movably supported by an oblong slot 11 provided in both side plates 2. The upper end side of the oblong slot 11 is curved counterclockwise in the figure and the tip is a positioning groove 11a.
The shaft 10 is held in the upper position by receiving the shaft 10 in the positioning groove 11a. That is, when narrowing the width of the product passage 3a, the movable plate 7 is moved rearward by moving each shaft 10 along the oblong slot 11 and receiving it in the positioning groove 11a on the upper end side. Becomes narrower. When the width of the product passage 3a is increased, the movable plate 7 is moved forward by moving each shaft 10 of the movable plate 7 to the lower end side along the oblong slot 11 to increase the passage width. .

On both side plates 2 of the commodity storage column 1 on the front side, there are provided protrusions 12 projecting in the left-right direction. The protruding portion 12 is formed by partially extending the rear end of the side plate 2 and is curved, and has a size larger than the length of the end portion of the shaft 10 protruding from the side plate 2. Further, locking pieces 13 are provided at the rear ends of the two side plates 2 for locking to the rear product storage column 1, and each locking piece 13 sandwiches both side surfaces of the rear product storage column 1. It has become.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, when each of the product storage columns 1 is placed close to each other, the protrusion 12 of the front product storage column 1 is moved to the side of the adjacent product storage column 1.
2 , a constant gap A is maintained between each of the product storage columns 1, and the size of the protrusion 12 is formed larger than the length of the end of the shaft 10 protruding from the side plate 2 of the product storage column 1. Therefore, the ends of the shaft 10 do not come into contact with each other. Moreover, the product storage columns 1 of the rear side from being restricted to move in the horizontal direction by the locking piece 13 of the front of the product storage column 1, similarly to the front side of the commodity storage column 1, between the product storage columns 1 A gap A enough to prevent contact of the shaft 10 is maintained.

As described above, according to the vending machine of the present embodiment, the length of the end of the shaft 10 protruding from the side plate 2 between the respective product storage columns 1 by the projections 12 provided on the respective product storage columns 1. Even when the product storage columns 1 are installed close to each other in the left-right direction, the ends of the shaft 10 do not come into contact with each other even if the product storage columns 1 are installed close to each other in the left-right direction, so that the obstruction to the unloading operation is reliably prevented. Can be prevented.
In addition, the product storage column 1 on the front side and the product storage column on the rear side
1 is provided on both side surfaces, so that the rear side
It is possible to restrict the left and right movement of the product storage column 1
It is not necessary to provide a protrusion on the rear product storage column 1.
And the structure can be simplified.

[0014]

As described above, according to the vending machine of the present invention, the end portions of the shafts do not come into contact with each other even when the product storage columns are installed close to each other, which hinders the unloading operation. It is possible to reduce the size of the vending machine without causing trouble. Also, keep the gap between each product storage column
Projections are provided only on each product storage column in the front-rear direction.
The structure can be simplified.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged perspective view of a product storage column.

FIG. 3 is a partial front view of an adjacent product storage column.

FIG. 4 is a partial plan view of an adjacent product storage column.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Commodity storage column, 2 ... Side plate, 3a, 3b, 3c ... Commodity passage, 7 ... Movable plate, 10 ... Shaft, 11 ... Slope long hole, 12 ... Protrusion , 13 ... Locking piece .

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A vending machine in which a plurality of product storage columns, each having a shaft of a movable plate for changing the front-rear width of a product passage inserted into long holes provided on both right and left side plates, are arranged in the front- rear direction and the left-right direction. , Next to the side of each product storage column in the front-rear direction
A protrusion is provided to abut on the side surface of the other product storage column that is in contact, and the size of the protrusion is formed larger than the length of the end of the shaft protruding from the side plate of the product storage column , and at least one of each of the front and rear directions is formed. At one end of the product storage column
Locks on both sides of other product storage columns adjacent in the front-rear direction
A vending machine characterized by having a locking portion for locking .