JP3381268B2 - Double-sided 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 double-sided vending machine capable of selling from two directions.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Such a double-sided vending machine is known, for example, from Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 51-16993, and a customer waits for a customer to perform various operations necessary for a sales operation to receive a product. This is a configuration with two surfaces.

[0003]

Such a double-sided vending machine is provided with a coin receiving port for each customer-facing side, but only one device for processing received coins is provided and shared on both sides. There are two types of configurations, one for each customer service side.
And according to the latter configuration, coins are received, sorted,
Since counting and coin payout can be performed for each customer side, it becomes an efficient double-sided vending machine.

By the way, the coin processing device has a function of storing the received coins, but when the storing part is full or coins that do not need to be stored, they are introduced into the coin storing part. It has become. Therefore, in a double-sided vending machine configured to provide a coin processing device for each customer service side,
It is common to provide a coin storage section for each customer service side. Therefore, the collection of coins from the coin storage by such a double-sided vending machine must be performed for each customer service side, resulting in poor work efficiency.

From the above point of view, according to the present invention, a plurality of sales units for selling products by inserting coins are provided in one cabinet so as to face each other on the rear surface thereof, and one or all of the sales units are arranged on the front surface. (EN) Provided is a double-sided vending machine which is configured to be able to be withdrawn and which can collectively collect coins at this withdrawing portion.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a plurality of selling units for selling products by inserting coins in one cabinet so as to face each other on the back surface thereof, and A part or all of the selling unit is configured to be pulled out to the front, and the selling unit having a coin slot on the customer service side is a coin processing device that processes the coins inserted from each coin slot. Two separate coin storages are provided in the drawer part of the sales unit that can be withdrawn separately.
Normally, when one of the coin storage units receives coins introduced from both of the coin processing devices, and when the withdrawal portion is withdrawn from the cabinet, it is arranged in the selling unit that does not correspond to the withdrawal portion. The coins introduced from the coin processing device are received by the other coin storing portion.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a plurality of selling units for selling products by inserting coins are provided in one cabinet so that their backs face each other, and one of the selling units is pulled out to the front. The selling unit having a possible configuration and provided with a coin slot on the customer service side is equipped with a coin processing device for processing the coins inserted from the respective coin slot, and is provided in the withdrawal portion of the selling unit that can be withdrawn. It is provided with a coin storing unit for both of the coin processing apparatus <br/>, and corresponds to the lead portion
Not handling the coins placed in the selling unit
In the passage part for guiding coins from the device to the coin storage part,
Providing a temporary coin storage unit with holding means for holding coins ,
Usually accept coins to be introduced from both of the coin processing apparatus in the coin storing unit, wherein when the lead portion is pulled out from the cabinet, the coins are placed in the sales unit that do not correspond to the lead portion coins introduced from the processing apparatus is held in the temporary coin storing unit by the holding unit, by the holding means in conjunction with the operation of pushing the drawer portion to said cabinet
By releasing the holding of the coin, the coin held in the temporary coin storing unit is introduced into the coin storing unit.

[0008]

In the double-sided vending machine, coin handling is performed by the coin handling device corresponding to each customer service side and the selling operation is independently performed. At this time, each coin processing device is configured to guide the coin to the coin storage portion. And when the drawer part is pulled out from the cabinet, 2
The coin storage section of the street also moves, and the coins sent from the coin processing device arranged in the selling unit that does not correspond to the drawer section are introduced into the other coin storage section.

According to another aspect of the invention, when the drawer portion is pulled out from the cabinet, the coin storage portion is moved along with this movement.
Coins be moved, it is sent from the coin processing device which is arranged in the sales unit that does not correspond to the lead portion, the coercive
The holding means holds the coin in the temporary coin storage portion. And when you push the drawer part into the cabinet,
Interlocking with this storage operation, the holding of the coin by the holding means is released.
By removing the coins, the coins held in the temporary coin storage unit are introduced into the coin storage unit.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is a double-sided vending machine, and this double-sided vending machine 1 is provided with front and back sides 2 and 3, respectively. A label-type product sample 4 in which a product photograph or picture is attached to a semi-transparent acrylic plate is attached to each of the customer service surfaces 2 and 3, and a product selection button 5 is provided under the product sample 4. Is provided. In addition, a coin slot 6, a coin return port 7, a return switch 8, a display section 9 for displaying a sale or a sale stop, and the like are centrally arranged in the central portion of the customer service surfaces 2, 3. And on the upper part of the customer service surface 2,
A replenishing port 14 for filling the vending machine with the product is formed, and the replenishing port 14 opens upward.
It is designed to be opened and closed by 0. In the case of this example, the replenishment port 14 is provided only on the customer service surface 2 so that the customer service surface 3 can be filled with the product through the refill port 14 of the customer service surface 2.
A product supply path 13 in the cabinet 11 is configured.

In the cabinet 11 of the double-sided automatic vending machine 1, there are provided two sales units for selling products by inserting coins into the coin insertion slot 6 so as to oppose each other on their rear surfaces. Each sales unit corresponds to each of the customer service surfaces 2 and 3, and has a product storage 12 for storing products and a product supply path 13 for introducing the products filled from the supply port 14 into the product storage 12. And a product chute 16 are provided respectively. The product storage 12 is equipped with a product delivery device, and the products delivered from the product storage 12 are guided to the sales outlet 15 via the product chute 16.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the central portion of the customer service surface 2 on which the coin slot 6 and the like are arranged is the cabinet 1.
It is possible to pull out from 1 and this drawer part 1
7 is provided with a coin processor 18 for processing coins inserted from the coin slot 6 and for guiding return coins to the coin return slot 7 in response to the operation of the change and return switch 8. There is. The customer service surface 3 is also provided with a coin processing device 18A having the same function as the coin processing device 18.

The coin processing devices 18 and 18A have a function of storing coins received by sorting, but if the coin storage pipe is full or coins that do not need to be stored, they are separately provided. It is designed to be introduced into the provided coin storage portion 19. The coin storage 19 is a drawer 17
The coin processing devices 18 and 18A guide the collected coins to the coin storing portion 19 through the collecting pipes 20 and 20A, respectively. Further, when the drawer portion 17 is pulled out from the cabinet 11,
Another coin storage portion 19A is arranged in a positional relationship so as to face the exit side of the money collection pipe 19A. Therefore, when the drawer portion 17 is pulled out from the cabinet 11 for the purpose of inspecting the coin processing device 18 and collecting coins from the coin storage part 19, the coin storage part 19A collects the coins introduced from the coin processing device 18A. Since the gold coins are received, the coins do not scatter in the cabinet 11, and even if the customer service surface 2 stops selling, the customer service surface 3 can continue the sales.

5 and 6 show a structure in which a temporary coin storage portion 21 is provided instead of the coin storage portion 19A. The temporary coin storage unit 21 is a holding plate (holding unit) 22 which is located on the exit side of the money collection pipe 20A and which opens and closes its opening by rotation
And a guide member 23 that comes into contact with the holding plate 22 in association with the movement of the pull-out portion 17. The operation of the temporary coin storage portion 21 will be described. In the normal state where the drawer portion 17 is stored in the cabinet, the holding plate 21
Is not in contact with the guide member 23 and hangs down by its own weight and the outlet side of the money collection pipe 20A is open, so that the collected coins from the coin processing device 18A are guided to the coin storage portion 19.

When the pull-out portion 17 is pulled out from the cabinet, the guide member 23 comes into contact with the holding plate 22 along with this movement, and the holding plate 22 rotates so as to close the outlet side of the money collection pipe 20A. In this state, the coins collected from the coin processing device 18A are held by the holding plate 22. Then, when the drawer portion 17 is returned to the cabinet 11, the holding plate 22 is unsupported by the guide member 23 and is rotated by its own weight so as to open the outlet side of the money collection pipe 20A. At this time, since the exit side of the money collection pipe 20A faces the coin storage section 19, the collection coin held in the storage plate 21 is introduced into the coin storage section 19.

When the provisional coin storage section 21 is provided, all the coins collected from both sides can be concentrated in one place, so that the collected coins can be easily collected.

Further, in the present example, also on the customer service surface 3, the portion in which the coin slot and the coin processing device 18A are arranged is constructed so as to be freely drawn out. However, when the drawn out portion 24 is drawn out from the cabinet 11. , Coin processing device 1
The coins collected from 8A are the coin storage unit 19 and the temporary coin storage unit 2.
Introduced in 1. Thereby, when the coins stored in the coin processing device 18A are to be collected, the collected coins paid out from the coin processing device 18A can be collected on the customer service surface 2 side.

The above-mentioned double-sided vending machine has a customer service surface 2, 3
The selling operation is performed independently of each other, but the collected coins can be collectively collected by pulling out the drawer portion 17 from the cabinet.

[0019]

According to the present invention, a double-sided vending machine is provided which facilitates collection work because the coins collected can be collected at one place. In addition, even if the customer is collecting money, it can be sold from the other side of customer service, so that sales efficiency is not reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a double-sided vending machine according to the present invention as viewed from one of its customer service surfaces.

FIG. 2 is a partial side sectional view of the double-sided vending machine of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a layout configuration diagram of a drawer portion of the double-sided vending machine.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a state in which a pull-out portion is pulled out in the arrangement configuration of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is another layout configuration diagram of the drawer portion of the double-sided vending machine.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a state in which a drawer portion is drawn out in the arrangement configuration of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols] 1 double-sided vending machine 2 customer service 3 Customer service 11 cabinets 12 sales units 17 Drawer 18 coin handling equipment 18A coin processing device 19 coin storage 19A coin storage 21 Temporary coin storage

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-3-100793 (JP, A) JP-A-4-138588 (JP, A) JP-A-4-195284 (JP, A) Actual flat 3- 116476 (JP, U) (58) Fields surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G07F 9/10

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A structure in which a plurality of sales units for selling products by inserting coins are provided in one cabinet so as to face each other on the back surface thereof, and a part or all of one of the sales units can be pulled out to the front surface. And nothing,
In addition, each of the sales units having a coin slot on the customer service side is individually equipped with a coin processing device for processing the coins inserted from each coin slot, and there are two types of withdrawable portions of the sales unit. A coin storage unit is provided, and normally one of the coin storage units receives coins introduced from both of the coin processing devices, and when the drawer portion is pulled out from the cabinet, the coin does not correspond to the drawer portion. A double-sided automatic vending machine, wherein coins introduced from the coin processing device arranged in a selling unit are received by the other coin storing section. 2. A plurality of sales units for selling products by inserting coins are provided in one cabinet so as to face each other on the back surface, and one of the sales units can be pulled out to the front surface. the sale unit provided with the coin inlet to reception surface is provided with a coin processing device for processing coins to be introduced from each coin slot, both of the coin processing apparatus the drawer portion of the vending unit capable drawers A coin storage unit for
And the sales unit that does not correspond to the drawer part
From the arranged coin processing device to the coin storage section
A holding means for holding the coin is provided at the passage portion for guiding the coin.
Provided temporary coin storing unit was example, usually accept coins to be introduced from both of the coin processing apparatus in the coin storing unit, when the lead portion is pulled out from the cabinet does not correspond to the lead portion wherein coins to be introduced from the coin processing device which is arranged in the sales unit and held in the temporary coin storing section by the holding means,
The holding of the coin by the holding means is released in conjunction with the operation of pushing the drawer portion into the cabinet .
By doing so, the coins held in the temporary coin storage section are introduced into the coin storage section.