JP3399058B2 - Vending machine product delivery shooter - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is directed to a vending machine for chewing gum, candy and the like, and has a structure of a product take-out shooter for guiding a product taken out of a product rack to a product take-out port. About. 2. Description of the Related Art First, FIG. 2 shows the structure of a conventional product delivery shooter of a vending machine to which the present invention is applied. In the figure, reference numerals 1 and 2 denote merchandise racks arranged and arranged in a vending machine in a vertically arranged manner, and 3 denotes a bend mechanism (for example, a pusher-type merchandise unloading mechanism) attached to each merchandise rack. 2, box-shaped products 4 such as chewing gum and candy are stacked and stored in a horizontal position. In addition, an upper half portion bulges rearward as shown in the figure in front of the product discharge end corresponding to each of the upper and lower product racks 1 and 2 individually, and a product input port is opened in the back. Sheet metal hopper-type shooters 5 and 6 are provided, and a vertical cylindrical relay shooter 7 is provided in cooperation with upper and lower shooters 5 and 6.
Constitutes a product take-out chute which leads to a product take-out port (not shown). [0003] In such a configuration, the product 4 transported forward from the upper product rack 1 in the storage position (sideways position).
Enters the upper hopper type shooter 5, slides on the upper inclined surface thereof and is controlled in the vertical position, and then falls freely in the relay shooter 7 and the lower hopper type shooter 6 to the product outlet. Taken out. Further, the commodity 4 carried forward from the commodity rack 2 on the lower side is introduced into the hopper type shooter 6 on the lower side, and is slid on the inclined surface of the chute in the same manner as described above, and the posture is controlled in the vertical direction. It is sent to the exit. In other words, the hopper-shaped chute 6 of the lower side of the upper side
It functions as a common shooter for the product carried out from the product rack 1 and the product rack 2 on the lower side . [0004] By the way, in the conventional structure of the above-mentioned product carry-out shooter, the following carry-out trouble often occurs. That is, in the lower hopper type shooter 6 shown in FIG. 3, the product 4A that has freely fallen in the vertical position from the upper product rack via the relay shooter passes through the internal passage of the shooter 6 as it is. However, when the product 4B carried out from the lower product rack in the horizontal position and put into the shooter 6 is not properly controlled, the passage in the chute is maintained while maintaining the horizontal position as shown by a chain line in the figure when the position control is not performed well. May fall down and be caught in the throat with a reduced passage cross section on the way, causing a product jam. In addition, if the above-mentioned trouble of product clogging occurs in the lower hopper type shooter 6, the product passage from the upper product rack will be blocked, and only the lower product rack will be used. In addition, the upper product rack cannot be sold at the same time. [0005] In this respect, if the depth dimension of the chute passage is set to be larger than the length of the product 4 in advance, such a trouble that the product is jammed can be avoided. Since the depth of the cabinet of the vending machine is increased, a problem such as the protruding road (the protruding road of the vending machine installed in stores has recently become a social problem) is not preferable. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and has as its object to solve the above-mentioned problems, and to smoothly pick up products taken out of product racks lined up and down without any trouble such as product clogging. An object of the present invention is to provide a product unloading shooter that can be sent to an exit. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a vending machine product for guiding a box-shaped product delivered from a product rack arranged in a vertical line in the machine to a product outlet. A delivery shooter, in which a hopper-type shooter is provided in front of the product delivery end corresponding to each product rack, and between the upper hopper-type shooter and the lower hopper-type shooter via a cylindrical relay shooter. For the lower hopper type shooter, the internal passage is divided into a front passage leading to the relay shooter and a rear passage leading to the commodity discharge end of the lower commodity rack. So
With the top of the product facing the product exit end of the lower product rack
Provide an inclined partition plate and carry it from the upper product rack.
The boxed product is kept in the unloading position from the relay shooter.
Fall down the front aisle and carry it out of the lower product rack.
The box-shaped product enters the rear passage along the slope of the partition
It is characterized by being guided . [0008] by the [action] configuration of the above, is carried out from the upper side of the commodity rack, the upper side of the hopper-shaped chute, products that come to free-fall to the vertical posture through the relay chute, as it is of appearance
The product that passes through the front passage partitioned by the middle partition plate of the lower hopper type shooter while maintaining the force, is carried out from the lower product rack in a horizontal position, and is put into the lower hopper type shooter. While its tip is in vertical orientation with its tip abutting against the inclined guide surface on the upper part of the partitioning plate, it falls through the rear passage and is sent out to the product outlet. Therefore, it is possible to reliably prevent a product jam in the lower hopper type shooter from being carried out , and to temporarily prevent the trouble.
The product delivered from the lower product rack is
Unloading trouble occurred in the rear passage of the chute chute.
Even if you do, the products delivered from the upper product rack
In the lower hopper chute, the quotient
It can be sent to the product outlet. An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. Note that the same reference numerals in FIG. 1 denote the same members as those in FIG. In FIG. 1, the lower hopper type shooter 6 of the upper and lower hopper type shooters 5, 6 and the tubular relay shooter 7 arranged in front of the product racks corresponding to the upper and lower product racks 1, 2 is shown. Is
A partitioning plate indicated by reference numeral 8 is provided in the inside, a front passage 6a that connects a passage inside the shooter to the upper cylindrical relay shooter 7 with the partitioning plate 8 as a boundary, and a product of the product rack 2 on the lower tier. It is bisected into a rear passage 6b leading to the discharge end. The upper part of the middle partition plate 8 is inclined toward the commodity discharge end of the commodity rack 2 on the lower side, and the inclined surface forms the posture guide 8a for the commodity to be discharged. [0010] With this configuration, the product carried out from the upper product rack 1 and freely dropped in the vertical position through the upper hopper type shooter 5 and the cylindrical relay shooter 7 retains the same posture. the lower side of the hopper-shaped chute while
6 , is guided through the front passage 6 a partitioned by the middle partition plate 8 to the product outlet. On the other hand, the lower product rack 2
The product that has been carried out from the horizontal position and fed into the lower hopper-type shooter 6 has its tip abutting on the upper part of the middle partition plate 8 and is controlled in the vertical position along the position guide 8a while the rear passage is being controlled. 6b and is sent out to the product outlet. Therefore, there is no possibility that a trouble in carrying out the product jam as described with reference to FIG. 3 occurs inside the hopper type shooter 6. As described above, according to the structure of the present invention, a product carried out of the product racks on the upper and lower stages causes a trouble of carrying out the product jam in the hopper type shooter on the lower side. As well as the lower product rack
Is delivered to the lower hopper-type chute
Even if a trouble occurs in the rear aisle,
The products delivered from the product rack are hopper-shaped
Delivery to the product exit via the front passage in the
Which requires a shooter depth dimension
It is possible to provide a vending machine capable of minimizing a sales opportunity and not losing a sales opportunity.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a conventional structure of a product carry-out shooter in combination with a product rack arranged in upper and lower stages. FIG. Explanatory diagram showing the state of occurrence of product clogging in the structure [Description of reference numerals] 1 Upper product rack 2 Lower product rack 4 Products 5 Upper hopper type shooter 6 Lower hopper type shooter 6a Front passage 6b Rear portion Passage 7 Cylindrical relay shooter 8 Middle partition plate 8a Posture guide

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] [Claim 1] A vending machine product unloading shooter that guides box-shaped products unloaded from product racks lined up and down in the machine to a product outlet, and corresponds to each product rack. And a hopper-type shooter is provided in front of the product discharge end, and the upper hopper-type shooter and the lower hopper-type shooter are linked via a cylindrical relay shooter. The internal chute is divided into a front passage leading to the relay chute and a rear passage leading to a product discharge end of a lower commodity rack.
With the upper part facing the product discharge end of the lower product rack
Provided with a sloping middle partition plate and carried out from the upper product rack
The box-shaped product is kept in the unloading position from the relay shooter.
After falling down the front aisle, it is unloaded from the lower product rack
The box-shaped product is guided to the rear passage along the slope of the partition.
A vending machine product takeout shooter characterized by the following .