JP3497931B2 - Vending machine vending machine - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention mainly relates to a vending machine for a vending machine that sells canned products and bottled products such as juice and beer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 3 shows a conventional vending machine vending machine. The sales outlet device 51 includes a sales outlet 52 provided on the front surface of the main door 51, a sales outlet door 53 for opening and closing the main outlet 51, and a sales outlet box 54 provided inside the sales outlet 53.
It has and. The sales door 53 is a so-called upper hinge outward opening type, and is closed by its own weight. The product A sliding down on the chute 55 is the sales box 54.
The product purchaser receives the product and opens the sales port door 53 to take out the product A from the sales port 52.
A cushion member 56 is provided on the inside and outside of the sales port box 54 at the sales port edge portion of the sales port box 54 that forms the lower side of the sales port 52. In this case, the portion of the cushion member 56 located inside the sales opening box 54 is located substantially on the sliding line of the product A and absorbs the drop impact of the product A, and the portion of the cushion member 56 located outside is
Absorbs the impact of closing the sales door 53. As a result, the dropping sound of the product A and the closing sound of the sales door 53 are attenuated.

[0003]

Since the vending machines in recent years tend to be made thinner, the conventional vending machine 51 is
The cushion member 56 that absorbs the drop impact of the product A must be formed thin in the depth direction of the vending machine, and it is impossible to sufficiently absorb the drop impact of the product A. However, if the cushion member 56 is formed to be long in the up-down direction and the bending impact is utilized to absorb the drop impact, the above problem is solved. However, if the cushion member 56 is formed to be vertically long, the amount of deformation of the cushion member 56 increases, and it becomes easy to put a hand deep into the selling port 52, which causes the problem of theft.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and it is possible to reduce the drop impact sound of a product without violating the thinning of the vending machine and without impairing the theft prevention function. It is an object of the present invention to provide a vending machine sales outlet device that can perform the following.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vending machine for a vending machine, wherein the vending machine receives a product sliding down on a chute, and a vending machine formed on an upper front portion of the vending box. A sales opening device for an automatic vending machine having an opening door that covers the sales opening.
It is characterized in that a cushion member for cushioning a drop impact of the product is provided at a position on the door substantially on the downline of the product .

According to this structure, the commodity sliding down on the chute collides with the cushion member located substantially on the sliding line and the impact of the fall is buffered. In this case, since the cushion member is provided on the outside opening type sales port door, the sales port door does not protrude from the front of the sales port box.
Accordingly , the thickness of the cushion member can be increased without increasing the depth dimension of the vending machine itself. That is, the shock absorbing ability of the cushion member is increased. Further, when the product collides with the cushion member, the inertial force of the product acts as a force for opening the sales door. This opening force is instantaneous, with the outlet door pushing the air present in front of it. That is, the air existing in front of the selling door can be utilized as a cushioning means for absorbing the impact of dropping the product.

In the vending machine of the automatic vending machine according to the first aspect of the present invention, it is preferable that the vending door is opened and closed by a hinge provided at a lower end portion thereof and below the cushion member.

According to this structure, the product sliding down on the chute exerts a force for opening the above-mentioned selling-door door in the vicinity of the hinge of the selling-door door. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the selling door from being greatly opened due to the impact of dropping the product.

In the vending machine of the automatic vending machine according to claim 1 or 2, it is preferable that the vending door further includes a damper mechanism for applying a braking force to the opening operation of the vending door.

According to this structure, in addition to the air existing on the front surface of the cushion member and the door of the selling port, the shock of dropping the product can be absorbed by this damper mechanism, and the shock absorbing property against the shock of dropping is significantly improved. Can be improved.

In the vending machine vending machine according to the third aspect of the present invention, it is preferable that the damper mechanism closes the further opened vending door.

According to this structure, the damper mechanism can have both the function of absorbing the above-mentioned shock and the function of closing the sales door.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, a vending machine device for a vending machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view around a vending machine of an automatic vending machine for can products. The right half of the drawing is a part of the product storage 3 housed in the vending machine main body 1, and the left half is the sales port device 4 housed in the main door 2.

A heat-insulating door 11 is provided on the front surface of the product storage 3, and the heat-insulating door 11 is provided with a payout opening 12 for guiding the sales product A from the product storage 3 to the sales port device 4 side. . At the payout opening 12, a payout opening door 1 is rotatably suspended.
3 is provided. A chute 14 is arranged in the product storage 3 so that the downstream end faces the payout opening 12, and the product A dropped from a product column (not shown) in the product storage 3 is While sliding down (rolling) on the chute 14, the payout opening door 13 is kicked out so that the payout opening 1
It passes through 2 and is dropped into the selling port device 4.

The selling port device 4 has a selling port box 21 for receiving the product A sliding down on the chute 14, a selling port 22 formed in the upper front portion of the selling port box 21, and a selling port door covering the selling port 22. And 23. In this case, the product purchaser opens the selling door 23 and opens the selling port 22.
Insert the hand into the sales opening box 21 and take out the product A.

The selling port box 21 is formed wide in the left-right direction of the vending machine so as to correspond to the width of the downstream end of the chute 14, and rubber or the like is provided inside the front plate 21a and the bottom plate 21b. The thin sheet-like cushions 24, 24 configured by are adhered inside. Also, the sales outlet 22
The upper edge of the front plate 21a that forms the lower side is bent forward and is also bent in a circle, and functions as a stopper that restricts the closed position of the outlet port door 23.

The outlet door 23 is rotatably attached to the main door 2 at the lower end thereof via a hinge 25, and is opened and closed in an outwardly opened form. A torsion coil spring (not shown) is wound around the hinge 25, and the outlet door 23 is rotationally biased by the torsion coil spring in a closing direction. The sales door 23 includes a door body 26 made of transparent resin or the like, a holding metal fitting 27 on the hinge 25 side for holding the door body 26, and a screwing on the holding metal fitting 27 together with the door body 26 at the lower inside of the door body 26. The cushion member 28 is stopped.

The upper portion of the door body 26 is curved inward and bent outward in an "L" shape. In addition, the upper end of the door body 26 has an upper edge member 2 that forms the upper side of the selling port 22.
There is a gap 22a into which a human finger can be inserted, and the product purchaser inserts his / her finger through the gap 22a and hooks the finger on the L-shaped portion 26a of the door body 26. The outlet door 23 can be opened by pulling it toward you. In this case, since the L-shaped portion 26a of the door body 26 is inclined, the selling door 23 is opened by simply inserting the hand through the gap 22a. Therefore,
It is possible to take out the product A by opening the sales door 23 with only one hand, without performing the operation of opening the sales door 23.

The L-shaped portion 26a of the door body 26 may be formed in a circular cross section. Further, in the figure, the sales outlet door 23 is configured to be opened to a position that hangs downward, but a stopper is provided near the hinge 25 or the like,
The opening position of the sales door 23 may be regulated substantially horizontally. In such a case, when a plurality of products A are purchased, the opened sales door 23 can also be used as a stand for the products A.

The cushion member 28 is composed of an elastic body made of soft vinyl chloride, rubber or the like having a hollow portion 28a and a plurality of fin pieces 28b. As a result, the cushion member 28 has a good shock absorbing property. In this case, the cushion member 28 is arranged substantially on the sliding line of the product A sliding down on the chute 14.
The product A separated from the chute 14 is a cushion member 28.
After it collides with, it is dropped into the bottom of the sales box 21.

The height relationship between the upper edge of the front plate 21a of the sales opening box 21 that forms the lower side of the sales opening 22 and the dispensing outlet door 13 that closes the dispensing outlet 12 depends on the human hand.
The arrangement is difficult to enter, which helps prevent theft of the product A. In addition, the code | symbol 15 in the figure is the payout door 13
Is a stopper that regulates the forward rotation position of the.

As described above, the sales outlet device 4 of the first embodiment
According to the above, the commodity A sliding down on the chute 14 collides with the cushion member 28 provided at the lower portion of the selling door 23, so that the impact is sufficiently buffered (absorbed). In this case, since the sales outlet door 23 is an outwardly opening type and the cushion member 28 is provided on the opening port door 23, the cushion member 28 has a thickness with good shock absorption without increasing the depth dimension of the vending machine. It can consist of things. Moreover, since the impact force acting on the sales outlet door 23 via the cushion member 28 acts in the direction of opening the sales outlet door 23, the air existing on the front surface of the sales outlet door 23 can be prevented from falling impact of the product A. It can be utilized as a buffer means for absorbing. Since the cushion member 28 is provided in the vicinity of the hinge 25 of the selling door 23 and the impact force is instantaneous, the dropping impact of the product A causes the selling door 23 to fall.
Does not open up significantly.

On the other hand, the cushion member 28 is attached to the outlet door 23.
Since the upper edge of the front plate 21a of the selling port box 21 can be firmly formed without considering the absorption of the impact of the product A, the product A can be dropped as in the conventional case. The shock absorption and the theft prevention of the product A do not become contradictory factors. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the drop impact sound of the product A without deteriorating the thinning of the vending machine and without impairing the theft prevention function, and to reduce the noise accompanying the vending operation of the vending machine. .

Next, referring to FIG. 2, the vending machine 4 of the vending machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In the second embodiment, in the hinge 25 of the sales door 23,
A gear damper (damper mechanism) 31 is incorporated in place of the torsion coil spring. As described above, the sales door 23 has a so-called lower hinge structure, and the gear damper 3
1 automatically closes the opened sales door 23. Although the closing force of the gear damper 31 is about 1.2 kg, unlike the torsion coil spring, when the selling door 23 is opened, it has a structure that exerts an extremely small resistance force (braking force) of about 150 g. It facilitates opening of the door 23.

The gear damper 31 having such an action
Is composed of a damper main body 32, an output gear 33 fixed to the main shaft of the damper main body 32, an intermediate gear 34 meshing with the output gear 33, and an input gear 35 meshing with the intermediate gear 34 and fixed to the hinge 25, Damper body 3
The rotational force of 2 is applied to the outlet door 23 via the gear train including the output gear 33, the intermediate gear 34 and the input gear 35 to automatically close the outlet door 23.

As described above, the sales outlet device 4 of the second embodiment
According to the above, the gear damper 3 is attached to the hinge 25 of the sales door 23.
Incorporating 1 makes it possible to easily open the outlet door 23 and surely perform its automatic closing.
Further, the resistance force (braking force) of the gear damper 31 generated when the selling door 23 is opened also functions as a cushioning means for absorbing the above-mentioned drop impact of the product A. Can reduce the noise.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the door having the lower hinge is explained, but the door having the upper hinge can be applied.

[0028]

As described above, according to the vending machine of the vending machine of the present invention, the cushion member that absorbs the impact of dropping the product is provided not on the vending box but on the vending door. The cushion member can be made thick without affecting the depth dimension of the vending machine and without impairing the anti-theft function. Further, the air existing on the front surface of the sales door through the sales door can also be used as the cushion means. Therefore, the drop impact sound of the product can be reduced without deteriorating the thinning of the vending machine and without impairing the anti-theft function, and the annoying noise of the vending machine can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a selling port device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a selling port device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a conventional selling port device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Vending machine body 2 main door 4 Sales outlet device 14 shoots 21 Sales Box 22 Sales outlet 23 Sales Door 25 hinges 28 Cushion member 31 gear damper A product

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A sales opening box for receiving a product sliding down on a chute, a sales opening formed on an upper front portion of the sales opening box, and an opening door for opening the opening to cover the sales opening. The vending machine sales device, wherein a cushion member for cushioning a drop impact of the product is provided at a position on the door of the vending machine substantially on a slip line . 2. The vending machine vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the vending door is opened and closed by a hinge provided at a lower end portion of the cushion member below the cushion member. . 3. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the vending machine door further includes a damper mechanism for applying a braking force to the opening operation of the vending machine door. Selling mouth device. 4. The damper mechanism closes the further opened opening of the selling port door.
Vending machine sales device described in.