JP3311511B2 - 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 device for carrying out a product provided in a vending machine for a product in a paper pack enclosing a beverage.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a vending machine for merchandise in a paper pack enclosing various kinds of beverages is, for example, a merchandise storage section for stacking and storing merchandise in a vertical direction as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-108943. A rotatable opening / closing plate for opening and closing the lower surface of the product storage unit, a partition plate forming one side surface of the product storage unit, and a product pressing plate protruding from the other side in the product storage unit. It has a product unloading device. In this product unloading device, when an arbitrary product is selected, the product pressing plate protrudes into the product storage unit, and the second lowest product in the product storage unit is held between the product storage plate and the partition plate by pressing the product pressing plate. In this state, the opening / closing plate is opened, and only the lowest product falls from the product storage section to a predetermined outlet. Further, the partition plate is formed by a flat thin plate that is long in the vertical direction, and is provided so as to face the product pressing plate side.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned commodity carrying-out device, a large number of commodities are stacked in the vertical direction to store the commodities, so that the commodity storing section is formed in a vertically long shape. There is a problem that the strength in the width direction of the product storage portion is not sufficient because the product storage portion is formed from a thin plate. In addition, although the strength can be increased by increasing the thickness of the partition plate, the weight and the cost of materials are increased by that much, and it cannot be a proper solution.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a product unloading device capable of increasing the strength of a product storage section without increasing the thickness of a partition plate. Is to do.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention achieves the above object by providing a product storage portion for stacking and storing products in a vertical direction, an opening / closing plate for opening and closing the lower surface of the product storage portion, and one of the product storage portions. A partition plate that forms the side surface of the product, and a product pressing plate that protrudes and retracts from the other side surface in the product storage unit. The product pressing plate presses the second product from below the product storage unit to form a partition plate. In the commodity discharging device for holding and opening the opening / closing plate in this state to drop the lowest commodity from the commodity storage section, the partition plate is placed on the rear side of the commodity storage section.
From the front by bending it into a U-shaped cross section.
In addition, a bent portion is provided on both sides in the width direction of the U-shaped portion of the partition plate such that a part in the depth direction is bent so as to be immersed outside the product storage portion, and the bent portion of the partition plate is provided . It is formed so that the width in the depth direction is wider than the product.

[0006]

According to the merchandise carrying-out device of the present invention , since the partition plate is formed in a cross-sectional shape having a bent portion in a part of the depth direction, the second moment of area in the thickness direction is improved and the partition plate is formed. Strength is increased without increasing the thickness of the plate.
In this case, since the bent portion of the partition plate is formed so as to be immersed outside the product storage portion, the width of the storage space in the width direction of the product storage portion is not reduced.

Further, since the bent portion of the partition plate is formed to be wider than the width of the product in the depth direction, a part of the stored product is accommodated in the bent portion, and the product is reduced by the depth of the bent portion. The dimension of the storage section in the width direction is reduced.

[0008]

1 to 8 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a front view of a product carrying device, FIG. 2 is a plan sectional view thereof, FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line XX in FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along YY in FIG.
It is sectional drawing in the direction of arrow.

This product unloading device is used in a vending machine for paper-packed products, and is composed of a plurality of product storage units 1 for storing products A stacked one by one in the vertical direction.
And an unloading unit 10 for unloading the products A of each product storage unit 1 one by one from below.

[0010] Each product storage section 1 is divided in the width direction by a total of two by a partition plate 2, and the product storage section 1 between the partition plates 2 is partitioned by a carry-out unit 10. The partition plate 2 is bent forward from the back side of the product storage unit 1 in a U-shaped cross section, and both sides in the width direction of the U-shaped portion form one side surface of the left and right product storage units 1. Further, the partition plate 2 has a cross-sectional shape having a bent portion 2a partially immersed outside the product storage portion 1 in the depth direction, and the bent portion 2a
It is formed so that the width in the depth direction is wider than that. Although only one carry-out unit 10 and two merchandise storage units 1 on both sides thereof are shown in the figure, a large number of the merchandise storage units 1 and the carry-out units 10 are actually arranged in parallel.

The carry-out unit 10 includes a pair of opening / closing plates 11 for opening and closing the lower surface of each product storage unit 1, a pair of product pressing plates 12 protruding and retracting in each product storage unit 1, each opening / closing plate 11, and each product pressing unit. A motor 13 for driving the plate 12;
These are accommodated in a unit case 14 which also serves as a partition wall of each product storage unit 1. Each of the opening / closing plates 11 is disposed below each of the product storage units 1, and has one end rotatably mounted in the unit case 14 via a support shaft 11 a. Each product pressing plate 12 is disposed above each opening / closing plate 11, and each upper end has a mounting plate 15 in a unit case 14.
Is rotatably mounted via a support shaft 12a. The motor 13 is disposed above each product pressing plate 12, and a shaft 13 a connected to a rotating shaft of the motor 13 is a unit case 14.
To the lower end of the A substantially semicircular rotary plate 16 for opening and closing each open / close plate 11 is attached to the lower end of the shaft 13a. When the rotary plate 16 is located over both open / close plates 11 as shown in FIG. Each of the opening / closing plates 11 is held in a closed state by the rotating plate 16, and when the rotating plate 16 rotates toward one of the opening / closing plates 11, the other opening / closing plate 11 rotates downward and the lower surface of the product storage unit 1 is opened. It is supposed to be. In the middle of the shaft 13a, each product pressing plate 1
When the cam 17 is in the neutral position as shown in FIG. 5, each of the product pressing plates 12 is in a retracted state, and when the cam 17 rotates to one side, one product presses. The plate 12 protrudes into the product storage unit 1 and rotates to the other, so that the other product pressing plate 12 protrudes.

Next, the operation of the commodity unloading device of this embodiment will be described. First, the product A in the product storage unit 1 on the left side in the figure
Is selected, the motor 13 operates to rotate the shaft 13a clockwise in the plane direction as shown in FIG. As a result, the rotating plate 16 starts to move toward the opening / closing plate 11 on the right side in the figure while rotating, and the cam 17 rotates the product pressing plate 12 on the left side in the figure to the inclined state to enter the product storage unit 1. Protrude. As a result, the second product A from the bottom is pressed from the side by the lower end of the product pressing plate 12,
This product A is held between the product pressing plate 12 and the partition plate 2. At this time, the product A held by the product pressing plate 12 is slightly compressed in the pressing direction. Next, as the rotation of the shaft 13a advances, the rotating plate 16 is completely moved to the right opening / closing plate 11 side as shown in FIG. A is dropped and carried out of the product storage unit 1. Thereafter, when the motor 13 rotates in the reverse direction and the shaft 13a reverses, as shown in FIG. 8, the rotating plate 16 moves to the left opening / closing plate 11 side again to close the left opening / closing plate 11 in the drawing. When the cam 17 rotates to the neutral position, the product pressing plate 12 is immersed in the unit case 14, and
The product A held by the product pressing plate 12 falls onto the opening / closing plate 11 and is brought into a carry-out standby state. When the motor 13 rotates in the opposite direction in the above operation, the opening / closing plate 11 and the product pressing plate 12 of the product storage unit 1 on the right side in the drawing operate.

According to the commodity discharging device of this embodiment, since the partition plate 2 is formed in a sectional shape having a bent portion 2a in a part of the depth direction, the second moment of area in the thickness direction is improved, and The strength can be increased without increasing the thickness of the plate 2. In this case, since the bent portion 2 a of the partition plate 2 is formed so as to be immersed outside the product storage unit 1, the storage space in the width direction of the product storage unit 1 is not reduced. Further, by providing the partition plate 2 with the bent portion 2a, a part of the product A in the width direction is accommodated in the bent portion 2a of the partition plate 2 as shown in FIG. Only the size of the product storage unit 1 in the width direction can be reduced.

[0014]

As described above, according to the commodity discharging apparatus of the present invention , the strength can be increased without increasing the thickness of the partition plate, so that the weight and material cost can be reduced. it can. Further, the size of the product storage section in the width direction can be reduced, so that downsizing can be achieved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a product unloading device showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional plan view of the product unloading device.

FIG. 3 is a front sectional view of a main part of the product unloading device.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line XX in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line YY in FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the product unloading device.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the product unloading device.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the product unloading device.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Product storage part, 2 ... Partition plate, 2a ... Bending part, 11 ... Opening / closing plate, 12 ... Product pressing plate, A ... Product.

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A product storage unit for storing products stacked vertically, an opening / closing plate for opening and closing a lower surface of the product storage unit, a partition plate forming one side surface of the product storage unit, and the other inside the product storage unit. And a product pressing plate that protrudes and disappears from the side surface of the product. The product pressing plate presses the second product from below the product storage unit to hold it between the product and the partition plate. In a product unloading device for dropping a lower-order product from a product storage unit, the partition plate has a U-shaped cross section forward from the back side of the product storage unit.
In addition to forming a bent portion on the both sides in the width direction of the U-shaped portion of the partition plate, a bent portion is formed so that a part of the partition plate in the depth direction is immersed in the outside of the product storage portion. A product carrying device characterized in that it is formed to have a width in the depth direction larger than that of the product.