JP3191015U - Vending machine with manually operated product delivery mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vending machine provided with a manually operated product unloading mechanism capable of taking out products by manual operation even when the power supply is stopped due to an earthquake or the like. SOLUTION: A wire 59 is passed through a through hole 47 formed in a hook portion 33 of a link member 31 and further passed between a guide plate 49 and a substrate in an inverted U shape and then hung down. A caulking ball 61 is attached to the end of the wire 59. When the wire 59 is pulled, the wire 59 becomes tense between the hook portion 33 and the guide plate 49 and pulls up the hook portion 33. By pulling up the hook portion 33, the beverage can is taken out in the same manner as the electrically driven product carrying-out mechanism. When the knob portion 73 is released, the link member 31 descends due to the elastic urging force of the spring 35 and returns to the lower position during standby. [Selection diagram] FIG. 7

Description

  The present invention relates to a vending machine for products such as beverage cans, and more particularly to a vending machine equipped with a manually operated product take-out mechanism that can take out products by manual operation even when power supply is stopped due to an earthquake or the like. Is.

Normally, in a vending machine, products are stored in a row in a product storage passage that extends vertically in the main body cabinet, and during standby, a stopper advances in the product storage passage to lower the product downward. Although movement is restricted, it is configured such that when a coin or banknote is inserted, the stopper is retracted to allow the product to move downward, and the moved product is discharged to the product outlet. .
Since this stopper is driven by a solenoid using electric power as a drive source and moves backward, if a power failure occurs during a disaster such as an earthquake disaster, the solenoid does not operate, and the product cannot be taken out from the vending machine.

Recently, however, it has been proposed to use vending machines as stockpiling warehouses to respond to disasters such as earthquakes. In response to this proposal, even when power cannot be supplied, automatic operation is performed manually. A vending machine having a manually operated merchandise take-out mechanism capable of taking out merchandise from a vending machine has been developed, and is described in Patent Document 1.
This conventional manually operated product carry-out mechanism is composed of a movement conversion cam that is rotatably supported by a pin, a coil spring that urges the movement conversion cam in a predetermined direction, a wire connected to the movement conversion cam, and the like. By holding the operation knob connected to the wire and pulling the wire forward, the stopper is moved backward to carry out the product.

Japanese Patent No. 3026805

However, this conventional manually operated product carry-out mechanism has not only a large number of components but also a high cost, and there is a problem that the work of attaching to the vending machine is complicated and troublesome. In addition, since the wire is exposed and crosses the merchandise housing passage, even if the vending machine is slightly tilted due to an earthquake disaster or the like, it may be caught on the merchandise and difficult to take out.
In addition, since the vending machine itself is expensive, even if a product is taken out using manual operation for a period of time, it is desired to use it again as a normal vending machine.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to the above-mentioned conventional problems, has a small number of parts, is easy to install, can hardly be broken down, and can be reliably taken out by manual operation even in a disaster. It is an object of the present invention to provide a new and useful vending machine that can use the electric drive type product take-out mechanism again after taking out the product by manual operation.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the invention of claim 1 is attached to the rear surface of the substrate and includes a solenoid having a plunger that moves in the vertical direction, and is attached to the lower end side of the plunger. In the vending machine comprising a link member and a stopper that retreats from the commodity receiving passage to the opening formed on the substrate by the upward movement of the link member, the plunger of the upper edge of the opening An edge wall provided at a lower position, projecting rearward of the substrate, a through hole formed at a position above the edge wall in the link member, passed through the through hole, and having one end side A wire that has come to the upper side of the edge wall, a terminal portion that is formed on one end side of the wire and prevents the wire from coming off from the through hole, and the wire is bent in an inverted U shape Manual means having a guide means for hanging the other end side downward, and having a product carrying mechanism for moving the link member not only by energizing the solenoid but also by lowering the other end side of the wire This is a vending machine equipped with an operation-type product delivery mechanism.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vending machine including the manually operated commodity carry-out mechanism according to the first aspect, wherein the terminal portion is constituted by a caulking ball.

  The invention of claim 3 is a vending machine provided with the manually operated product take-out mechanism according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a wire is inserted through a tightly wound spring.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the vending machine provided with the manually operated product carry-out mechanism according to any one of the first to third aspects, the edge wall is formed by bending the opening side of the substrate. This is a vending machine.

  According to the vending machine provided with the manual operation type product carry-out mechanism of the present invention, the number of parts is small, the mounting work is easy, and the product is not easily broken down. In addition, it is possible to take out the product by electric drive again after taking out the product by manual operation.

It is a figure which shows the state which opened the main body cabinet inside the vending machine provided with the manual operation type | goods carrying-out mechanism which concerns on embodiment of this invention by opening an outer door and an inner door. It is a rear view of the merchandise carry-out mechanism of the vending machine of FIG. FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of FIG. 2. It is the rear view and side sectional view explaining the operation state of goods taking-out of the goods taking-out mechanism of Drawing 2 at the normal time (at the time of electric drive). It is the rear view and side sectional view explaining the operation state of goods taking-out of the goods taking-out mechanism of Drawing 2 at the normal time (at the time of electric drive). It is the rear view and side sectional view explaining the operation state of goods taking-out at the time of emergency (at the time of manual operation) of the goods carrying-out mechanism of FIG. It is the rear view and side sectional view explaining the operation state of goods taking-out at the time of emergency (at the time of manual operation) of the goods carrying-out mechanism of FIG.

A vending machine 1 equipped with a manually operated product carry-out mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
This vending machine 1 is an existing vending machine provided with a retrofitting part and equipped with a manual merchandise carrying mechanism.
First, the overall configuration of the vending machine 1 and the product carry-out operation will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1, the code | symbol 3 shows a main body cabinet, this main body cabinet 3 has made the box shape, and the front surface is opening. The main body cabinet 3 is provided with a plurality of product storage passages 5 in the left-right and front-rear directions. In each product storage passage 5, products, in this embodiment, beverage cans C are laid down and stacked in a line in the vertical direction. Is contained. The product replenishment section 7 of the beverage can C is above the product storage passage 5. A product discharge chute 9 is connected to the lower end of the product storage passage 5.
An inner door 11 and an outer door 13 are rotatably connected to the left side edge of the main body cabinet 3. When the inner door 11 is closed by heat insulation, the inner door 11 faces the commodity accommodating passage 5. A product outlet 15 is provided in the lower part of the outer door 13, and the beverage can C carried out from the product storage passage 5 through the product discharge chute 9 is an opening (not shown) formed in the lower part of the inner door 11. It passes through the product outlet 15 of the outer door 13.

Next, the electrically driven product discharge mechanism of the vending machine 1 will be described.
In FIG. 2, reference numeral 17 denotes a vertically long rectangular substrate, which is disposed at the lower part on the rear surface side of the product storage passage 5, and the front surface thereof is a part of the wall portion constituting the product storage passage 5. A large rectangular opening 19 is formed in the substrate 17.
A solenoid 21 as an electrical drive source is attached to the upper side of the rear surface of the substrate 17. The solenoid 21 is provided with a plunger 23. The plunger 23 is attracted upward by excitation by energization of the solenoid 21, and the plunger 23 moves up and down by excitation and demagnetization. A hooking hole 25 is formed on the lower end side of the plunger 23.

Two link shafts 27 and 29 are installed in the opening 19 of the substrate 17 in the horizontal direction in parallel to each other, and both of the link shafts 27 and 29 are movable in the vertical direction.
Reference numeral 31 denotes a link member. The link member 31 has a vertically long thin plate shape as a whole, and its upper portion is bent forward to form a hook portion 33. This hook portion 33 is inserted and connected from the rear side to a hooking hole 25 formed in the plunger 23 of the solenoid 21. In addition, two sets of a pair of bent pieces are provided on the left and right side edges of the link member 31 in a row. Each bending piece is formed with an insertion hole, the link shaft 27 is passed through the upper pair of insertion holes, the link shaft 29 is passed through the lower insertion hole, and the link member 31 is moved up and down. The link shafts 27 and 29 are interlocked with each other.
Further, a spring 35 is bridged between the lower end side of the link member 31 and the substrate 17, and the link member 31 is elastically biased downward.

  With the above-described configuration, the link shafts 27 and 29 are in a lower position due to the downward elastic biasing force of the spring 35 when not energized, and when energized, the plunger 23 is attracted by the excitation of the solenoid 21 to link the link member 31. As the link moves upward, the link shafts 27 and 29 also move upward. When energization ends, the spring 35 is elastically restored and returns to the lower position by the action of the spring 35.

Reference numeral 37 denotes a lower stopper. The lower stopper 37 is rotatably supported by a support shaft 39 that is installed in the horizontal direction between the link shafts 27 and 29. The lower stopper 37 is urged in a direction in which the lower stopper 37 protrudes into the commodity accommodating passage 5 by a spring (not shown) wound around the support shaft 39. Further, the link shaft 29 is opposed to the retreat / retreat side of the lower stopper 37 when not energized, and the rotation to the retreat / retreat side is restricted by contact with the link shaft 29.
Reference numeral 41 denotes an upper stopper. The upper stopper 41 is rotatably supported by a support shaft 43 installed in the lateral direction. The support shaft 43 is above the support shaft 39 between the link shafts 27 and 29. The upper stopper 41 is urged in a direction of retreating and retreating from the product storage passage 5 by a spring (not shown) wound around the support shaft 43. Further, the upper stopper 41 is engaged with the link shaft 27, and is rotated by the upward movement of the link shaft 27 so as to protrude.

Due to the configuration and operation of each part described above, at the time of standby when the solenoid 21 is not energized, the link shafts 27 and 29 are in the lower position, the upper stopper 41 moves backward, and does not participate in the beverage can C. The lower stopper 37 restricts the downward movement of the beverage can C against its own weight at the forward protruding position.
At the time of sale, the solenoid 21 is energized, and the link member 31 moves up against the elastic biasing force of the spring 35 to pull up the link shafts 27 and 29. Due to the upward movement of the link shaft 27, the upper stopper 41 protrudes into the front product storage passage 5, enters between the lowermost beverage can C and the beverage can C above it, and Restrict downward movement. On the other hand, the contact partner of the lower stopper 37 disappears due to the upward movement of the link shaft 29, so that the beverage can C retracts under its own weight. And the drink can C moves below and is carried out.

When the discharge of the beverage can C is completed, the lower stopper 37 protrudes forward again by the elastic biasing force and is maintained at that position, and the upper stopper 41 is retracted so that the beverage can C placed thereon is lowered. It falls to the side stopper 37 and is placed on it to enter a standby state.
In this way, the beverage cans C are discharged one by one from the lower side.

Next, the manually operated product discharge mechanism of the vending machine 1 will be described.
The manually operated product discharge mechanism is configured by borrowing a part of the components of the above-described electrically driven discharge mechanism.
As shown in detail in FIG. 2, the opening 19 is formed by punching out the substrate 17, but the portion of the upper edge located below the plunger 23 of the solenoid 21 flaps the mouth inward. The edge wall 45 is formed by bending the portion vertically toward the rear surface side. The edge wall 45 is rectangular and extends along the opening 19 and protrudes rearward with the plate thickness surface facing.
In many cases, the edge wall 45 is originally formed on the existing substrate 17, so that a manually operated product discharge mechanism can be easily constructed by attaching the substrate 17 of that type to the vending machine 1. it can.

A small through hole 47 is formed in the hook portion 33 of the link member 31 at the center position in the left-right direction. The through hole 47 is located above the edge wall 45 described above.
Reference numeral 49 denotes a guide plate, and the guide plate 49 is formed of a metal thin plate and has a “<” shape. The solenoid 21 has a rectangular shape excluding the plunger 23, and its central portion protrudes one step rearward from the peripheral edge portion. The guide plate 49 is overlapped from the rear surface side in a portion recessed in a “<” shape formed in the left corner (FIG. 2) of the solenoid 21. Since the corners of the laminated portion of the peripheral portion of the solenoid 21 are fastened and fixed with screws 51, the guide plate 49 is also fixed to the solenoid 21 using the screws 51. Two insertion holes 53 are formed in the upper horizontal portion of the guide plate 49. One insertion hole 53 is on substantially the same vertical line as the through hole 47 on the hook portion 33 side, and the remaining insertion holes 53 are closer to the screw 51.

  Further, the board 17 has a mounting piece 55 formed by punching out at the mounting site of the solenoid 21. The mounting piece 55 is bent, and the tip portion of the mounting piece 55 goes around from the left peripheral portion of the solenoid 21 to the rear side to press the solenoid 21. A plastic loop 57 is attached to the attachment piece 55.

Reference numeral 59 denotes one elongated wire, and a crimping ball 61 is attached to one end side of the wire 59 as a terminal portion. The wire 59 is passed through the through hole 47 of the hook portion 33 with a margin, but the caulking ball 61 cannot pass through the through hole 47.
The wire 59 is passed so that the caulking ball 61 comes to the rear surface side of the substrate 17, and the caulking ball 61 is on the upper side of the edge wall 45 on the substrate 17 side, and the edge wall 45 serves as a barrier and goes down. The move to is described.
When the wire 59 passes through the through hole 47, the wire 59 is slidably inserted into the protective tube 63 made of resin. The protective tube 63 cannot pass through the through hole 47. Further, beyond that, it is slidably inserted into a long tightly wound spring 65.

  The tightly wound spring 65 is passed through the insertion hole 53 on the right side of the guide plate 49, goes around the gap with the solenoid 21, and comes out of the left end of the guide plate 49. The tightly wound spring 65 is sandwiched between the guide plate 49 and the solenoid 21 and cannot move. There is a protective tube 63 between the end of the tightly wound spring 65 on the insertion hole 53 side and the through hole 47, but the dimension of the protective tube 63 is shorter than the dimension of the wire 59, and the protective tube 63 is between them. It is slidable.

The tightly wound spring 65 is passed through the loop 57 and guided toward the left end of the substrate 17.
As shown in FIG. 2, a guide cylinder 69 is provided on the left end side of the rear surface of the substrate 17 for pulling out a power supply electric wire 67 to the solenoid 21 downward. A tightly wound spring 65 that has come out of the guide plate 49 is passed through the guide tube 69 together with the electric wire 67, and is guided downward. Within the guide tube 69, there is a margin for the tightly wound spring 65 to move.

The tightly wound spring 65 comes out of the guide tube 69 downward.
The wire 59 is guided by the tightly wound spring 65 wound around as described above, passes through the wire 59, and is drawn down from the tightly wound spring 65 below the substrate 17.
The other end side of the wire 59 has come out of the tightly wound spring 65, and a crimping ball 71 is also attached as a terminal portion to the tip. Between the crimping ball 71 and the tightly wound spring 65, the wire 59 is slidably passed through the hole of the knob 73, and the above-described crimping ball 71 prevents the wire 59 from falling off.
As shown in FIG. 1, the wire 59 pulled out from the tightly wound spring 65 and droops out downward from the lower end of the commodity accommodating passage 5.

Next, the state of the manually operated product carry-out mechanism during electric drive will be described.
At the time of standby shown in FIG. 2, the link member 31 is at the lower standby position, and the wire 59 is pulled out in a state where it is slightly slackened between the upper and lower sides of the hook portion 33 and the guide plate 49.
In the middle of the operation for discharging the product shown in FIG. 4, the link member 31 is moved upward by electric drive by the solenoid 21, but the wire 59 is loosely fitted in the through hole 47 of the link member 31. Therefore, the wire 59 is hardly dragged by the upward movement, and the wire 59 mainly slides relatively through the through hole 47 of the hook portion 33. Accordingly, even when the upper movement limit shown in FIG. 5 is reached, the wire 59 continues to be pulled lightly between the hook portion 33 and the guide plate 49.

  When the wire 59 is fixed to the hook portion 33, the link member 31 is moved upward so that the wire 59 is pulled out between the hook portion 33 and the guide plate 49. Although there is a possibility of causing interference such as entanglement, the fear has been eliminated by the above-described device.

Next, the operation of the manually operated product carry-out mechanism will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1, when the outer door 13 of the vending machine 1 is opened, the knob 73 is exposed from the lower side of the commodity housing passage 5 in the main body cabinet 3. Then, the wire 59 slides between the protective tube 63 and the tightly wound spring 61 and is lowered.
Thereby, as shown in FIG. 6, the wire 59 is tensioned between the hook portion 33 and the guide plate 49 to pull up the hook portion 33. By pulling up the hook portion 33, the beverage can C is taken out in the same manner as the electrically driven product carry-out mechanism.
When the knob 73 is released, the link member 31 is lowered by the elastic biasing force of the spring 35 and returns to the lower position during standby. Therefore, even after the product is taken out by manual operation, the product can be taken out again by electric drive.

When returning to the standby posture, there is a momentum on the caulking ball 61 side of the wire 59, so it may try to jump out to the substrate 17 side, but as shown in FIG. Large jumping to the opening 19 side is prevented. When the wire 59 jumps to the opening 19 side, there is a risk of causing interference such as entanglement with the upper stopper 41, but this fear is eliminated by the above-described device. Therefore, it smoothly returns to the standby posture shown in FIG. 2 and does not adversely affect the electric drive using the solenoid 21 thereafter.
Further, by using the tightly wound spring 65 as an outer casing of the wire 59, the wire 59 is easy to slide and the operability is improved.

  As described above, the manual operation type product take-out mechanism is capable of taking out the product by electric drive again after taking out the product by manual operation. In addition, the number of parts is small, the mounting work is easy, and it is difficult to break down, so that the product can be reliably taken out by manual operation even in the event of a disaster.

  As mentioned above, although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and even if there is a design change without departing from the gist of the present invention, the invention can be devised. included.

  Some existing vending machines have an edge wall on the circuit board. If the edge wall is used, the number of parts is reduced, and a manual operation type product take-out mechanism can be retrofitted with a simple operation. Can do.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Vending machine 3 ... Main body cabinet 5 ... Product accommodation passage 7 ... Product replenishment part 9 ... Product discharge chute 11 ... Inner door 13 ... Outer door 15 ... Product outlet 17 ... Substrate 19 ... Opening 21 ... Solenoid 23 ... Plunger 25 ... Locking holes 27, 29 ... Link shaft 31 ... Link member 33 ... Hook 35 ... Spring 37 ... Lower stopper 39 ... Support Shaft 41 …… Upper stopper 43 …… Support shaft 45 …… Edge wall 47 …… Through hole 49 …… Guide plate 51 …… Screw 53 …… Insertion hole 55 …… Mounting piece 57 …… Loop 59 …… Wire 61… … Caulking ball 63 …… Protection tube 65 …… Closely wound spring 67 …… Electric wire 69 …… Guide tube 71 …… Caulking ball 73 …… Pinch C …… Beverage can

Claims (4)

A solenoid provided with a plunger which is attached to the rear surface of the substrate and moves in the vertical direction, a link member attached to the lower end side of the plunger, and an opening formed in the substrate from the commodity receiving passage by the upward movement of the link member In a vending machine with a stopper that retracts on the side,
An edge wall provided below the plunger of the upper edge of the opening and protruding rearward of the substrate; and a through hole formed in the link member at a position above the edge wall A wire that is passed through the through-hole and has one end side also above the edge wall, a terminal portion that is formed on one end side of the wire and that cannot be pulled out of the through-hole, and the wire is reversed. Guide means for bending the other end side downward by bending in a U-shape,
A vending machine provided with a manually operated product carry-out mechanism, characterized in that it comprises a product carry-out mechanism in which the link member moves up not only by energizing the solenoid but also by pulling down the other end of the wire. In the vending machine provided with the manually operated product carry-out mechanism according to claim 1,
A vending machine characterized in that the terminal part is composed of caulking balls. In the vending machine provided with the manually operated product carry-out mechanism according to claim 1 or 2,
A vending machine characterized in that the wire is inserted into a tightly wound spring. In the vending machine provided with the manually operated product carry-out mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
A vending machine, wherein the edge wall is formed by bending the opening side of the substrate.

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