JP2659161B2 - Vending machine product unloading device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a merchandise unloading device for a vending machine for unloading merchandise stored in a serpentine rack or the like one by one.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a vending machine, for example, serpentine racks for storing canned beverages are installed in front and rear, respectively. In order to carry out products one by one from these racks,
At the lower side of each rack, a product unloading device, for example, a real open flat 2-1
No. 38387 discloses a product carrying device.

[0003] In this product carrying device, a gate lever for restricting or releasing the falling of the lowest product and a lock lever for restricting or releasing the falling of the second product from the lowest are installed in the device case body. Each of the levers is driven by a drive mechanism including a solenoid, a return spring, and the like in the body of the apparatus case to carry out products one by one.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional product unloading device, since one device case is installed for each rack, when the number of racks increases, the number of device cases increases. Installation space is required. For this reason, the vending machine has a large width in the front-rear direction, and the vending machine installed outdoors has a problem that the vending machine protrudes into the road and hinders the passage of pedestrians.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine product unloading device capable of reducing the thickness and the width of the vending machine in the front-rear direction.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems] vending machine according to the present invention, in order to solve the above problems, is arranged respective surface on each commodity passage adjacent, apertured its the back side
Each side are superposed so that the side plate surfaces of respectively are opposed to each other
A pair of flat case bodies fixed to the side wall of the product passage with a common mounting pin penetrating the plate , and a product arranged on the surface side of each case body to regulate or cancel the falling of the product in the adjacent product passage. It comprises a carry-out lever and two drive mechanisms that are arranged side by side on the back side of each case body and operate the product carry-out lever.

[0007]

According to the present invention, since the drive mechanisms for driving the product discharge levers of the adjacent product passages are arranged side by side in each case body with the back side overlapped, the thickness of the stacked case bodies is increased. Is the thickness of one drive mechanism,
The width in the front-rear direction of the vending machine can be reduced.

[0008]

1 to 5 show an embodiment of a product unloading device of a vending machine according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a front view of the product unloading device, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the product unloading device, FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing an example of the unloading state of the product unloading device, FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing another example of the unloading state of the product unloading device, and FIG. It is an assembly perspective view.

Here, the vending machine to which the product unloading device is applied has a plurality of serpentine columns arranged side by side in a meandering manner, and the product unloading device has a product passage located under each serpentine column. Are arranged on the side wall.

[0010] The structure of the product carrying device will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.

The product unloading device 1 has a pair of eccentric square shaped case bodies 2a and 2b.
The side plate surface of each case body 2a, 2b is
At the lower part of the side plate, a mounting pin 3 penetrates, and the side walls 5 which partition the product unloading device 1 into the product passages 4a, 4b by the mounting pin 3.
I support it. In addition, each case body 2a, also the top of the 2b
It is supported on both side walls 5 of the product passages 4a and 4b via a mounting bin 6 in the same configuration as the mounting pin 3 . The adjacent product passages 4a and 4b are partitioned by the product unloading device 1,
The canned beverage A is filled up and down between the surface side of each case body 2a, 2b and the side wall 7 of each of the product passages 4a, 4b opposed thereto.

Each case body 2 thus combined
A product carry-out lever is fixed to the front side of a and 2b. This product carry-out lever comprises gate levers 8a and 8b for regulating and releasing the lowermost canned beverage A1 from falling, and lock levers 9a and 9b for regulating and releasing the second lowermost canned beverage A2 from falling. One gate lever 8a
The lock lever 9a is pivotally supported in the case body 2a, and the other gate lever 8b and the lock lever 9b are pivotally supported in the case body 2b to be vertically rotatable.

Gate levers 8a, 8b and lock levers 9a, 9b are provided inside each of the case bodies 2a, 2b.
The drive mechanisms 10a and 10b for driving are provided.
Each of the drive mechanisms 10a and 10b is connected to each of the case bodies 2a and 2b.
The drive mechanisms 10a, 10
The width b in the thickness direction is the thickness of one of the driving mechanisms 10a and 10b.

The structure of each of the driving mechanisms 10a and 10b will be described below.

Each of the driving mechanisms 10a and 10b includes a solenoid 11a and 11b, and the solenoids 11a and 11b.
Operating plates 13a, 13b which are connected to connecting pins 12a, 12b and extend downward, and which are connected to lower portions of the operating plates 13a, 13b and which are opposite to the solenoids 11a, 11b,
Returning springs 14a, 14 for urging the 3a, 13b downward
b.

The operating plates 13a and 13b are provided in the case 2
a, 2b are connected to gate lever operating arms 16a, 16b and lock lever operating arms 17a, 17b via supporting plates 15a, 15b, and three types of connections are used in this connection structure. Pins 18a, 18
b, 19a, 19b, 20a, and 20b are used.

The connecting structure of the connecting pins 18a to 20b will be described with reference to FIG. 5 showing one driving mechanism 10a.
That is, a circular hole 21, a horizontally long hole 22, and a vertically long hole 23 are sequentially formed in the center of the operation plate 13 a in the vertical direction, while the vertically long hole 24 and the oblique long hole 25 are formed in the support plate 15 a. , Round hole 2
6 are also vertically drilled. This connecting pin 18
a penetrates into the center connecting hole 27 of the lock lever operating arm 17a through the round hole 21 and the long hole 24, and the connecting pin 19a passes through the horizontally long oblong hole 22 and the oblique long hole 25. Hole 28 in the lower part of the operating arm 17a
Further, the connecting pin 20a passes through the vertically long slot 23 and the round hole 26 and passes through the connecting hole 29 of the gate lever operating arm 16a. These structures correspond to the driving mechanism 10b.
The same is true for

The unloading operation of the canned beverage A of the product unloading apparatus 1 thus configured will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 shows a state in which the product passage 4a is in a product carry-out standby state.
The b side is in a product carry-out state. Here, product passage 4
The operation of the a-side drive mechanism 10a will be described. In the standby state for carrying out the product, the solenoid 11a is in a non-energized state, whereby the operating plate 13a is pulled downward by the return spring 14a. The downward movement of the operating plate 13a causes the lock lever operating arm 17a to move downward, and the lower end of the lock lever operating arm 17a is pressed against the upper end of the gate lever operating arm 16a. Here, the upper end of the gate lever operating arm 17a is obliquely curved, and the lower end of the lock lever operating arm 17a is pressed and moved along the curved surface, and the product passage 4a is inserted into the gate lever operating arm 16a. Apply rotational force to the side. The rotation of the gate lever operating arm 16a causes the gate lever 8a to rotate upward by a predetermined angle, thereby holding the lowest canned beverage A1 from below and restricting the falling of the canned beverage A1.

On the other hand, FIG. 4 shows a state in which the product passage 4a is in a product carry-out state and the product passage 4b is in a product carry-out standby state, contrary to FIG. Here, the drive mechanism 10 on the product passage 4a side
The operation will be described with reference to FIG. In this product unloading state, the solenoid 11a is in an energized state, whereby the operating plate 13a is pulled upward. The upward movement of the operation plate 13a causes the lock lever operation arm 17a to move upward while tilting along the oblique long hole 25. As a result, the pressing state of the lock lever operation arm 17a against the gate lever operation arm 16a is released, the gate lever 8a returns to the inside of the case bodies 2a, 2b, and the lowermost canned beverage A1 is dropped and carried out. On the other hand, the inclination of the lock lever operating arm 17a causes the lock lever 9a to move toward the commodity passage 4a, and holds the second lowest canned beverage A2 from below. As a result, the above-described falling and discharging of only the lowermost canned beverage A1 is performed.

It should be noted that the driving mechanism 10 will be described with reference to FIGS.
Although the operation on the side a has been described, the driving mechanism 10b operates similarly.

As described above, in the commodity unloading apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, the back surfaces of the case bodies 2a and 2b are overlapped with each other, and the drive mechanisms 10a and 1 are disposed in the case bodies 2a and 2b.
0b are arranged side by side, the size of the product unloading device 1 in the thickness direction is reduced, and the two drive mechanisms 10a, 10b are connected to each case via a pair of upper and lower mounting pins 3, 6. The body 2a, 2b is supported, and the number of parts of the mounting member is reduced.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The drive mechanisms for driving the product discharge levers of the adjacent product passages are arranged side by side in each case body with the back side overlapped, so that the thickness of the overlapped case body is the thickness of one drive mechanism. This has the advantage that the width of the vending machine in the front-rear direction is reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a product unloading device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a product unloading device.

FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing an example of an unloading state of the product unloading device.

FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view showing another example of the unloading state of the product unloading device.

FIG. 5 is an assembled perspective view showing a main part of a drive mechanism of the product unloading device.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Commodity carry-out apparatus, 2a, 2b ... Case body, 4a, 4b
... Product passages, 3,6 ... Mounting pins, 5 ... Side walls, 8a, 8b
… Gate lever, 9a, 9b… lock lever, 10a,
10b: drive mechanism, A, A1, A2: canned beverage.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A front surface is arranged in each of the adjacent product passages, and each side plate surface is formed on the opened back surface side.
A pair of flat case bodies fixed to the side wall of the product passage with common mounting pins that are overlapped so as to face each other and penetrate each side plate , and are disposed on the surface side of each of the case bodies. A product discharge lever that regulates or releases the product from falling in the adjacent product passage; and two drive mechanisms that are arranged side by side on the back side of each of the case bodies and operate the product discharge lever, respectively. Product unloading device for vending machines.