JP3228015B2 - 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 having an opening which is opened on the outer surface of a machine body and from which goods are taken out.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A vending machine is known in which merchandise carried out of a machine every time it is sold is taken out from an outlet opening on an outer surface of the machine. Many of these types of vending machines are constituted by a case in which commodities are stored and whose front surface is opened, and a door that covers the front opening of this case. An outlet is opened at the front surface of the door of the machine, and goods carried out of the body are received by a merchandise receiver arranged in the door and then taken out through the front opening of the outlet.

[0003] On the other hand, vending machines which are usually installed in confined spaces indoors and outdoors facing roads and aisles, in order to prevent obstacles to the surrounding traffic, the vending machines are placed inside the roads and aisles. Extrusion is restricted, and this aircraft tends to be narrower in the front-rear direction and thinner. As a result, the door becomes thinner, and the width of the product trays placed in this door is narrower and thinner in the front-rear direction. Although there is a tendency that the vending machine is difficult to take out by hand, FIGS. 2 and 3 show a conventional example of this type of vending machine. 2A and 2B show the structure of a vending machine to which the present invention is applied. FIG. 2A is a perspective view of the vending machine viewed from the upper right front, and FIG. 2B is a perspective view of the vending machine shown in FIG. With the storage room door open,
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the conventional vending machine viewed from the upper right front, and FIG.
(B) is a perspective view of the main part viewed from the upper left front, showing the configuration of the product receiver of (A), (C) is a left vertical sectional view of (B),
In (C), the right side of the figure is the front side.

[0004] In FIGS. 2 and 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a case having an open front surface and a narrow width in the depth direction.
Inside, a storage chamber 3 having an opening on the front side, in which the inside is cooled by a cooling device (not shown) and the product 2 is stored, is defined by a heat insulating wall. A storage room door 4 having a heat insulating property and a door 5 having a narrow width in the depth direction, which respectively cover the front opening of the storage room 3 and the case 1, are supported by the case 1 so that the left end is rotatable in a horizontal plane. The case 1 and the door 5 form a thin body 6 having a narrow width in the depth direction, which forms the outer peripheral surface of the vending machine.

[0005] In the storage room 3 which is the machine body 6, there are provided at the upper and lower ends of an opening 7 at the front and an opening 8 at the front and a discharge opening 8 at the lower side, through which the goods 2 drop. A plurality of storage shelves 9 which are formed and store the products 2 are provided in parallel on the left and right. In the storage shelf 9, a plurality of unillustrated passages are formed in parallel in the front and rear, each of which extends vertically while meandering back and forth, and each of the goods 2 is stored and conveyed downward by its own weight. Discharge mechanisms (not shown) are provided at the lower end of the storage shelf 9 for each of the above-mentioned passages so that the commodity 2 is dropped and discharged one by one at the time of sale through the discharge port 8 in order from the lowest order.

A shooter 10 having an upper surface forming a downwardly sloping slope toward the front is provided in the case 1 under the storage shelf 9, and a door 5 and a storage room in front of the shooter 10 are provided. At the lower part of the door 4, an outlet 11 which opens on both front and rear sides to take out the product 2, and this outlet 11
An outlet 12 through which the inside and the storage chamber 3 communicate with each other and the commodity 2 is sent out into the outlet 11 is formed. Exit 1
Numeral 2 is covered with a shielding door 13 that is rotatably supported on the upper end of the storage room door 4 in a vertical plane and prevents inflow of outside air into the storage room 3 and outflow of air from the storage room 3. I have. The periphery of the outlet 11 is formed by an outlet frame 15 fitted to a front forming member 14 made of a steel plate, which forms the front surface of the door 5 which is the front surface of the body 6. An outlet door 16 that covers the opening from the front side is rotatably closed in the vertical plane by the outlet frame 15 and is supported at its upper end without permission.

[0007] In the door 5 behind the outlet frame 15, there is a box-like shape having a narrow upper and lower front and rear sides for receiving the goods 2 sent out of the storage chamber 3 through the outlet 12 toward the outlet 11. Is fixed to the door 5 with the upper opening face down from the lower edge of the outlet 11. The product receiver 17 includes a front forming member 18 having a substantially vertical L-shaped lateral longitudinal cross-section, and a rear forming member 19 having a substantially L-shaped vertical longitudinal cross-section. The rear forming member 19 and the front forming member 18
The lower end of the front and rear ends are fixed to the lower end of the
7 and a product receiving main body 20 having a U-shaped front vertical section.

The upper ends of the left and right rising portions of the product receiving body 20 are connected to the upper ends of the left and right rising portions.
The left and right ends of a reverse U-shaped connecting member 21 having a flat front longitudinal section are fastened with screws 22, and the left and right ends of a rotating shaft 23 whose axis length direction is horizontal left and right are rotatably supported. . The pivot shaft 23 has a flapper-shaped partition door 24 that partitions the space inside the outlet 11 above the product receiver 17 back and forth.
The partition door 24 is suspended from the commodity receiving main body 20 via a rotation shaft 23 so as to be freely rotatable. The rear end face of the outlet frame 15 and the front face of the peripheral edge of the outlet 12 are separated by the partition door 24 and face each other across the space in the outlet 11 on the upper side of the product receiver 17. When pivoted, the lower ends of the partition doors 24 come into contact with each other to form contact surfaces 25 and 26 whose rotation is regulated.

In the door 5, an exhibition room 28 for displaying and displaying an advertisement (not shown), a product sample 27 and the like and displaying the advertisement with the product 2 facing the front is formed at the upper end of the front portion. The selection buttons 29 are provided side by side with the product samples 27 so as to project from the front end of the exhibition room 28 at the front end. In the front part of the door 5 below the exhibition room 28, a slot 30 and a slot 3 into which coins and bills are to be inserted, respectively.
1, a return lever 32 for returning the inserted coins, a return port 33 for returning change, and the like are provided. A coin mechanism 34 for paying out change to the return opening 33 and receiving coins inserted from the insertion opening 30 and an identification device 35 for processing bills inserted from the insertion opening 31 are provided inside the door 5. ing.

The vending machine constructed as described above operates in a vending machine in such a manner that coins and / or bills are inserted through the insertion port 30 and the insertion port 31, and then when the commodity 2 is selected by the selection button 29, a sales command signal is issued. The selected product 2 is dropped and discharged from the storage shelf 9 in which the product 2 is stored in the passage through the discharge port 8 by the discharge mechanism. The dropped product 2 is lowered while rolling or sliding on the upper surface of the chute 10 by its own weight, and is conveyed toward the front opening 11. 3 from within. The product 2 sent out from the storage room 3 falls into the product receiver 17 and is received by the product receiver 17, and is opened by opening and holding the outlet door 16, through the front opening of the outlet 11. It is taken out by the customer.

The function of the partition door 24 is as follows. When the shield door 13 is pushed out by putting a hand from the outlet 11 and the product 2 stored in the storage chamber 3 is taken out through the outlet 12, the contact surface 25. , 26 prevent the hand from being blocked by the partition door 24 whose rotation is restricted from reaching the shielding door 13 so that the product 2 stored in the storage room 3 is not stolen.

[0012]

By the way, in such a conventional vending machine, the door 5 has a
A product receiver 17 having a narrow front and rear width formed by a front forming member 18, a rear forming member 19, and a product receiving main body 20, which receives the product 2 sent out from the storage chamber 3 to the inside of the outlet 11 through the outlet 12 is fixed. Have been. This product receiver 1
A partition door 24 that partitions the space inside the outlet 11 on the upper side inside the product receiver 17 back and forth is suspended rotatably via a rotation shaft 23 in the product receiver main body 20 constituting the product receiver 7.

Thus, it is possible to prevent the product 2 stored in the storage room 3 from being taken out and stolen by hand inserted through the outlet 11. However, the merchandise receiver 17 provided in the thin door 5 constituting the thin body 6 has a narrow front and rear width,
In addition, the space inside the outlet 11 on the upper side of the product receiver 17 is partitioned forward and backward by a partition door 24. Therefore, when the product 2 in the product receiver 17 is taken out with the hand inserted through the front opening of the outlet 11, it is necessary to extremely bend the wrist so that the user's hand is directed downward in the product receiver 17, and the wrist is extremely bent. It is difficult to grasp the product 2 in the cramped product tray 17 with the narrow front and rear widths of the fingertip which is hard to move due to bending.

Therefore, when the customer takes out the purchased product 2 sent from the storage room 3 through the delivery port 12 and into the product receiver 17, the product is opened by opening and holding the removal door 16 with one hand. There is a problem that the product 2 cannot be quickly taken out with the other hand put into the outlet 11 through the front opening. According to the present invention, even if the width of the front and rear of the product tray is narrow and the space inside the outlet on the upper side of the product tray is partitioned back and forth by the partition door, the product carried out of the machine into the product tray is taken out of the outlet. It is an object of the present invention to provide a vending machine which can be quickly taken out by hand through an opening surface.

[0015]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is directed to a case, in which a storage room for storing goods is formed in a case having an open front surface, and a door for opening and closing the front surface of the case is provided. In an automatic vending machine having an opening for taking out the goods taken out of the vending machine, an L-shaped product pocket is installed in a product taking-out frame provided on the door and receiving the goods taken out of the storage room. The L-shaped vertical portion is aligned with the front surface of the door, the vicinity of the end of the L-shaped bottom is hinged to the bottom plate of the product take-out frame with a hinge, and the product pocket is attached to the product take-out frame with a spring. A stopper is provided between the product pocket and the product take-out frame to urge the product pocket in the closing direction and to regulate the opening degree of the product pocket.

[0016]

According to the present invention, a product carried out of the storage room is received in an L-shaped product pocket, and the L-shaped product pocket has a hinge located near the end of the L-shaped bottom. Since it is rotatably supported as a fulcrum, the user can take out the product by pulling the upper end of the L-shaped product pocket down to the stopper by hand. When the product is taken out,
The product pocket is returned to its original position with a spring and closed to prepare for the next product.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a vending machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG.
(B) is a side view of the goods receiver of (A), (C) is an enlarged side view of (B). 2A and 2B show the configuration of a vending machine to which the present invention is applied, wherein FIG. 2A is a perspective view as viewed from the front upper right, and FIG. It is the perspective view seen from the front diagonal upper right in the state which opened the door and the storage room door. In the prior art and in each drawing, those given the same reference numerals are substantially the same members, etc.
Duplicate explanations may be omitted.

In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a case having an open front surface and a narrow width in the depth direction. Is formed by a heat insulating wall. A storage room door 4 that covers the front openings of the storage room 3 and the case 1 and a door 5 having a narrow width in the depth direction are supported by the case 1 at the left end so as to be rotatable in a horizontal plane. The door 5 forms a thin body 6 having a small width in the depth direction.

In the storage room 3 which is the machine body 6, storage shelves 9 formed at the upper and lower ends of a loading slot 7 into which the product 2 is inserted and an outlet 8 through which the product 2 is dropped and discharged are arranged side by side. And several are installed. In the storage shelf 9, a plurality of passages (not shown) are formed in parallel in the front and rear, and for each of the passages, the products 2 in the passage are dropped and discharged through the discharge port 8 one by one at every sale in order from the lowest order. A discharge mechanism (not shown) is provided at the lower end of the storage shelf 9.

A shooter 10 is provided in the case 1 below the storage shelf 9 and a door 5 in front of the shooter 10 is provided.
In the lower part of the storage room door 4, an outlet 11 for opening the front and rear surfaces thereof to take out the product 2 and an outlet 12 for sending the product 2 into the outlet 11 are formed. The outlet 12 is supported by the upper end of the storage room door 4 so as to be rotatable in a vertical plane, and is provided with a shielding door 13 for preventing the inflow of outside air into the storage room 3 and the outflow of air from the storage room 3. Covering. The upper edge and the left and right side edges of the peripheral portion of the outlet 11 are formed by an outlet frame 36 fitted to the front surface forming member 14 forming the front surface of the door 5 which is the front surface of the body 6. At 36, the front opening of the outlet 11 is covered from the front side by the outlet door 16 which is rotatably closed in the vertical plane and supported at the upper end without any change, and the above is the same as the above-mentioned conventional example.

Immediately below the opening 11 of the door 5, the front surface forms a part of the front surface of the door 5, which is the opening side of the opening 11, and the upper end of the front surface forms the lower edge of the peripheral portion of the opening 11. FIG. 1 is a box-shaped box having an open upper surface and a narrow front and rear width, which receives the product 2 sent out from the storage chamber 3 through the outlet 12 toward the inside.
, A product take-out frame 61 is provided.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, a product take-out frame 6 which fits in the thickness of the door 5 and receives the product 2 carried out.
1 and an L-shaped product pocket 62 is set in the product take-out frame 61. The L-shaped vertical portion 62a is aligned with the front surface of the door, and the L-shaped corner is rotatably attached to the bottom plate 61a of the product take-out frame 61 with the hinge 63, and the product pocket 62 is attached to the product take-out frame 61 with the spring 64. In the closing direction.
A stopper 65 comprising a pin 65a for regulating the rotational opening of the product pocket 62 and an arc-shaped long hole 65b is attached to the product pocket 6
2 and the product take-out frame 61.

In this embodiment, when the commodity 2 is carried out, the commodity 2 can be taken out by pulling the upper end of the L-shaped commodity pocket 62 down to the stopper 65 by hand. When the product 2 is taken out, the product pocket 62 is returned to its original position with the spring 64 and closed, so that the next product 2 can be carried out.
If a flapper 67 is provided which can be opened and closed by a hinge 66 on the upper part of the product take-out frame 61, and dust is not entered when the upper end of the product pocket 62 is positioned inside the lower end of the flapper 67 in a state where the product pocket 62 is closed. In order to prevent cold air or warm air from flowing out to the product take-out frame 61, a partition plate 68 is swingably provided at the opening 12 of the storage room door 4 having the packing 5a,
Further, it is preferable to provide a partition plate 69 in the product take-out frame 61 for preventing unauthorized product take-out.

As described above, according to this embodiment, when taking out the product 2 in the product take-out frame 61 disposed in the thin door 5, the upper end of the L-shaped product pocket 62 is manually held. The opening surface of the outlet 11 can be widened by pulling down to the stopper 65 in front. Thus, when the product 2 in the product pocket 62 is taken out by hand inserted through the front opening of the outlet 11, it is not necessary to bend the wrist extremely or to grip the product 2 in the cramped product take-out frame 61 having a narrow front and rear width. . Therefore, when the customer takes out the purchased product 2 sent from the storage room 3 through the delivery port 12 into the product takeout frame 61,
The flapper 67 is opened by hand, and then the product 2 can be easily grasped and taken out through the front opening which is opened by pulling the upper end of the L-shaped product pocket 62 forward by hand.

[0025]

As described above, according to the vending machine of the present invention, the commodity can be taken out by pulling the upper end of the commodity pocket down to the stopper by hand. When the product is removed, the product pocket is closed back with a spring,
As it prepares for the next product to be carried out, it is not necessary to bend the wrist of this hand extremely when taking out the product taken out into the product takeout frame with the hand put in this outlet through the opening surface of the outlet, The fingertip can be quickly and easily moved and grasped, and the product in the outlet can be quickly and easily taken out.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a vending machine according to one embodiment of the present invention,
(A) is a front view of the product receiver, (B) is a side view of the product receiver of (A), (C) is an enlarged side view of (B),

FIGS. 2A and 2B show the configuration of a vending machine to which the present invention is applied, wherein FIG. 2A is a perspective view as viewed from the front upper right, and FIG. 2B is a door which covers the front opening of the case and the storage chamber of FIG. Perspective view from the upper right front diagonal with the storage room door open

3A and 3B show a configuration of a vending machine of a conventional example, in which FIG. 3A is a perspective view of a main part viewed from the upper left front, and FIG. 3B is a perspective view of the product receiver shown in FIG. Main part perspective view,
(C) is a left vertical sectional view of (B).

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Case 2 Merchandise 3 Storage room 4 Storage room door 5 Door 6 Body 11 Outlet 13 Shielding door 14 Front forming member 15 Outlet frame 16 Outlet door 61 Product takeout frame 62 Product pocket 63 Hinge 64 Spring 65 Stopper

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-2-138690 (JP, A) JP-A-3-99393 (JP, A) JP-A-3-127797 (JP, U) JP-A 159863 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model 63-114373 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Hei 2-73276 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G07F 9/00-9 /Ten

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An automatic storage system, wherein a storage chamber for storing goods is formed in a case having a front opening, and a door for opening and closing the front of the case is provided with an opening for taking out goods taken out of the storage chamber. In the vending machine, the vending machine is provided with the door,
An L-shaped product pocket is installed in a product take-out frame for receiving a product carried out of the storage room, and an L-shaped vertical portion is aligned with a front surface of the door, and an end of an L-shaped bottom is provided. A hinge is installed around the bottom plate of the product take-out frame with a hinge so that the product pocket is urged in the direction to close the product take-out frame with a spring, and a stopper that regulates the rotation opening of the product pocket and the product is provided. A vending machine provided between a take-out frame.