JP3555714B2 - Vending machine bend rack - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bend rack of a vending machine in which products such as cigarettes are stacked and stored, and when the products are sold, the products are pushed out by a pusher-type bend mechanism and carried out to a product outlet.
[0002]
Conventionally, as this kind of bend rack, one that carries out stacked products in order from the bottom like a darling is conventionally known. However, since the bend rack of this system has a low product take-out position, the product take-out port for receiving the carried product must be low, and there is a disadvantage that the product must be bent and taken out.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Therefore, according to Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-168389, a large number of commodities stacked and housed in an upright commodity rack are supported by a commodity support table which can be raised and lowered and constantly urged upward, and the commodities are sold when the commodities are sold. A pusher type bend mechanism pushes out the product in order from the top and carries it out to the product outlet, and raises the product support base by the height of the product carried out, and the bend rack of the vending machine prepared for the next sale is Proposed. According to this bend rack, the product take-out position is at the highest position of the bend rack, so that the product take-out opening is high, and the product can be easily taken out.
[0004]
In the above-mentioned bend rack which carries out goods in order from the top, in order to carry out first-in first-out of goods, it is necessary to fill a supplementary product between the product support base and the remaining goods thereon, but as a means for facilitating it. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-168389 discloses a configuration in which the entire bend rack can be tilted down via a hinge when refilling the product. However, such a configuration has a problem that the structure of the vending machine becomes complicated and a space for lowering the bend rack is required around the vending machine.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a vending machine for a vending machine according to the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-168389, in which replenishment of goods for first-in first-out is realized with a simple structure and without taking up space.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention is to support a large number of products stacked and housed in an upright product rack with a product support table which can be moved up and down and constantly urged upward, The product is pushed out from the top by a pusher-type bend mechanism and carried out to the product outlet, and the product support is raised by the height of the product taken out to prepare for the next sale. In the rack, a commodity receiving stand for stacking and placing replenished commodities is provided at the lower end of the commodity rack, and the commodity supporting stand supporting the commodity is withdrawn from the inside of the commodity rack, and then placed on the commodity receiving stand. It is configured to be able to advance and retreat so that it can be sent below the placed replenishment product.
[0006]
According to the above configuration, the supplementary products are stacked and placed on the product receiving table so as to fill the lower space of the product support table which has been gradually raised with the progress of the product sales, and the product support table is moved out of the product rack. The entire product can be supported by the product support by dropping the remaining product onto the replenishment product and then pushing down the product support to enter the lower side of the replenishment product on the product receiving pedestal. At that time, the product support base only performs the retreating, descending, and entering operations, so that it does not take up space, and the structure for performing the operations is simple.
[0007]
The product support base can be configured to be able to advance and retreat with respect to the product rack by rotating movement or horizontal movement.
[0008]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention in a cigarette vending machine will be described with reference to FIGS. First, FIGS. 1 and 2 show an embodiment in which a commodity support table can be moved forward and backward by rotational movement. FIG. 1 (A) is a front view of a bend rack, FIG. 1 (B) is a side view, and FIG. FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line II-II in FIG. In the figure, a number of commodities (cigarettes) 2 are stacked and accommodated in an upright commodity rack 1 and supported by a commodity support stand 3. The product rack 1 is open at the front, and has a vertical opening 4 (FIG. 2) on the right side. The product support 3 is rotatably supported by a lift 6 via a pin 5 at the tip of an arm 3a extending in an inverted L-shape through an opening 4, and is rotated by a torsion spring 7 (FIG. 2) as shown in FIG. A) is urged in a clockwise direction to abut against a stopper (not shown), and is held in the illustrated posture.
[0009]
A slide rail 8 is installed vertically along the right side surface of the product rack 1, and the elevator 6 is guided so as to be able to ascend and descend via inner wall surfaces along the two surfaces, and a pulley as shown in FIG. It receives the force of the tension spring 9 via the mechanism and is constantly urged upward. Here, the pulley mechanism includes one constant pulley 10, three moving pulleys 11, and three ropes 12 connecting these pulleys. The pulling mechanism 9 reduces the force of the tension spring 9 applied to the elevator 6 to 1/8, and reduces the tension spring. Strokes eight times as large as the extension of 9 are given to the lift 6 so that the lift 6 can obtain substantially the same appropriate biasing force over a wide range.
[0010]
At the upper end of the product rack 1, a pusher type bend mechanism 13 is installed. The bend mechanism 13 includes a pusher 16 which is fed back and forth by a feed screw 15 driven forward and reverse by a speed reducer motor 14, and the pusher 16 is located behind the uppermost product 2 in the product rack 1 in a sales standby state. It is positioned as shown in (B), but is sent forward to push out the product 2 in the direction of the arrow to the product outlet 17 (FIG. 1 (B)) at the time of selling the product, and then retreats to the standby position again. During this time, the product support 3 rises by the height of the product 2 carried out under the force of the tension spring 9, and the second product 2 is positioned at the uppermost position to prepare for the next sale.
[0011]
On the other hand, at the lower end of the product rack 1, there is provided a product receiving stand 18 on which replenished products are stacked and placed. The product receiving table 18 is made up of plate pieces 18a and 18b (FIG. 2) which are divided into two parts in the front and rear directions, and the product supporting table 3 is configured to be able to pass vertically between them. Now, the replenishment of the product 2 using the product cradle 18 will be described below.
[0012]
Now, assuming that the sale of the product 2 has proceeded and the product support 3 has risen to the position of FIG. 1, the replenishment product 2 ′ (FIG. 1A) is inserted from the front of the product rack 1, and the product support 3 is inserted. Are stacked on the product cradle 18 with a small space left below. Thereafter, the product support 3 supporting the remaining product 2 is rotated counterclockwise as indicated by an arrow to the position indicated by a dashed line against a torsion spring (not shown), and is withdrawn from the product rack 1. As a result, the remaining product 2 previously supported by the product support 3 falls onto the replenishment product 2 'and overlaps. Next, the lifting platform 6 is pushed down against the tension spring 9, and the product support 3 is positioned below the product receiving platform 18 as shown by a two-dot chain line. When the product support 3 is opened in this state, the product support 3 enters into the product rack 1 by the force of the torsion spring 7 and contacts the lower surface of the lowermost replenishment product 2 ′ so that the remaining products 2 and Lift up the entire refill product 2 '. Thereby, the replenishment of the commodity 2 'is completed.
[0013]
Next, FIGS. 3 and 4 show an embodiment in which the product support table can be moved forward and backward by horizontal movement. FIG. 3 (A) is a front view of a bend rack, FIG. 3 (B) is a side view, FIG. FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG. In this embodiment, the elevating platform 20 that supports the product support 19 comprises a vertical U-shaped portion 20a along the slide rail 8 and a horizontal U-shaped portion 20b orthogonal to the slide rail 8. A key-shaped arm 19a is slidably inserted back and forth into the U-shaped portion 20b and is cantilevered. The product support 19 is pulled into the product rack 1 by a tension spring 21 hung between the arm 19a and the U-shaped portion 20b. Further, in this case, the product receiving stand 22 is formed of a single plate material, and the tip thereof is bent slightly downward so as to form an inclined surface. Other configurations are substantially the same as those of the first embodiment.
[0014]
In such a configuration, at the time of product replenishment, the replenished products 2 ′ are stacked on the product receiving table 22, and then the product support 19 is pulled forward against the tension spring 21 as shown by the arrow in FIG. Evacuate rack 1. As a result, the remaining product 2 on the product support 19 falls onto the replacement product 2 '. Next, the elevating platform 20 is lowered against the tension spring 9 until the product support 19 is at the same level as the product support 22, and the product support 19 is opened. As a result, the product support table 19 slides on the slope of the product receiving table 22 by the force of the tension spring 21 and enters the product rack 1 and enters the lower side of the replenished product 2 '. Then, when the lifting platform 20 is opened, the entire refill product 2 'and the remaining product 2 are lifted by the force of the tension spring 9, and the refill of the product 2' is completed.
[0015]
As described above, in any of the embodiments, in the refilling operation of the product 2 ', the product support tables 3 and 19 only perform the retreating, descending and entering operations with respect to the product rack 1, so that no space is required, and the bend rack is not required. Does not require a large work space around. Further, the product supports 3 and 19 are rotatably or drawably supported by the elevating tables 6 and 20, and the product receiving tables 18 and 22 are provided at the lower end of the product rack 1, so that the structure is simple.
[0016]
【The invention's effect】
ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, while taking out goods from the upper end part of a bend rack and taking it out easily, filling of goods for first-in first-out can be implement | achieved with a simple structure without taking space. .
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, in which (A) is a front view of a bend rack, and (B) is a side view.
FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line II-II in FIG.
3A and 3B show another embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 3A is a front view of a bend rack, and FIG. 3B is a side view.
FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Commodity rack 2 Commodity 3 Commodity support stand 6 Elevating stand 8 Slide rail 13 Bend mechanism 16 Pusher 18 Commodity receiving stand 19 Commodity support stand 20 Elevating stand 22 Commodity receiving stand

Claims (3)

A large number of products stacked and housed in an upright product rack can be moved up and down freely, and are always supported by a product support that is urged upward.When selling products, the products are sequentially pushed from the top by a pusher-type bend mechanism. In the bend rack of the vending machine for pushing out and carrying out to the product outlet, raising the product support stand by the height of the carried out product, and preparing for the next sale,
At the lower end of the product rack, a product tray for stacking and placing replenished products is provided, and the product support table during product support is withdrawn from the product rack, and then placed on the product tray. A bend rack for a vending machine, wherein the bend rack is configured to be able to advance and retreat so as to be able to enter a lower side of the replenishment product. 2. A vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the product support table is movable forward and backward with respect to the product rack by rotational movement. 2. The bend rack according to claim 1, wherein the product support is movable in a horizontal direction with respect to the product rack.

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