JP3669189B2 - Vending machine with internal partition device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a vending machine provided with an internal partition device.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Many beverage vending machines combine so-called heated and cooled products. In this vending machine, a plurality of column storage units are usually provided in a cabinet insulated from the outside, and a plurality of columns storing sales products are juxtaposed in each column storage unit, and a partition device is provided between the column storage units. The inside of the storage is divided into a heating area and a cooling area, and a product carry-out device is provided at the front part of the column storage part so as to be movable up and down.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
According to the above-mentioned conventional vending machine, the partition device is formed of a heat-insulating plate material, and the plate material is attached and fixed between the column storage portions, so that the volume ratio between the heating region and the cooling region can be easily set. It cannot be changed.
Further, in a vending machine in which columns are arranged vertically, there is a conventional vending machine in which a heating area and a cooling area are divided into left and right by a partition plate so that the mounting position of the partition plate can be changed. However, in this case, since the partition plate cannot be attached or detached unless it is divided into two, changing the mounting position is troublesome, and when the entire interior is to be a cooling region, the partition plate must be removed and storage space is also required.
[0004]
The present invention is made in order to solve the problems of the conventional vending machine, and can easily attach and detach the partition device for partitioning the inside of the warehouse into a heating region and a cooling region, and the volume of the heating region and the cooling region. It is an object of the present invention to provide a vending machine equipped with an internal partition device that can change the ratio and that can be used as a cooling region even if it is attached to the internal storage.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
As a specific means for achieving this object, the present invention is provided with a plurality of column storage portions in a cabinet thermally insulated from the outside, and each column storage portion is provided with a plurality of columns storing sales products, In a vending machine provided with a partitioning device between the column storage units to divide the interior into a heating region and a cooling region, and equipped with a product carry-out device capable of moving up and down at the front part of the column storage unit,
The partition device has a shutter that is operated by an operation lever, and is detachable by opening and closing the shutter, and is provided with an internal partition device that is configured to be capable of changing the mounting position of the partition device. The main point is vending machines.
Further, in the vending machine provided with the internal partition device, the partition device is attached to the heat insulating substrate, the heat insulating plate shutters located on both sides of the substrate, and the lower surface side of the substrate. A lever arm that is pivotally supported by the substrate and that rotates horizontally as the operation lever rotates, and both ends of the lever arm have the plate-like shape. Each of which is pivotally supported at the end of a shutter arm pivotally supported by the shutter of the shutter, and is configured such that the plate-shaped shutter is opened and closed simultaneously by the rotation of the operation lever.
The shutter of the partition device opens and closes duct passages provided on both sides in the warehouse,
Is a summary.
[0006]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a vending machine according to the present invention. Reference numeral 1 denotes a vending machine body. As shown in FIG. 1 (b), a door 1a is attached to the front and a heat insulating door 2 is attached to the inside. And the interior is kept in a heat insulating state. Although not shown, the front door 1a is provided with a product display board, a product selection button, a coin slot, a change outlet, and other necessary display parts, and a product outlet 3 is provided at the bottom. .
[0007]
In the vending machine main body 1, a plurality of column storage portions 4 made up of shelves and the like are provided at predetermined intervals in the vertical direction, and each column storage portion 4 has a sale product S as shown in FIG. A plurality of columns 5 are arranged side by side, and a stopper 5a is provided at the tip of the column 5. When the stopper 5a is opened, the foremost product is dispensed.
[0008]
Reference numeral 6 denotes a product carry-out device. In the example shown in the figure, an elevator is installed in the passage R formed between the column storage portion 4 and the heat insulating door 2 by a known drive device (not shown) such as a chain. It is configured to move freely. As shown in FIG. 1 (c), the product carry-out device 6 has a bucket 6a that is movable in the left-right direction, and ascends to the vicinity of a desired column storage portion 4 at the time of sale and is discharged from the column 5. When the product S is received in the bucket 6a and lowered to the lower end standby position of the passage R, the bottom of the bucket 6a is opened so that the product S can be discharged to the product take-out port 3.
[0009]
Reference numeral 7 denotes a partition device, which is detachably attached between predetermined column storage portions 4. The partition device 7 is divided into a heating region P and a lower portion into a cooling region Q, as shown in FIG. The heating area P is heated or cooled to an appropriate temperature by the heating unit 8 provided in the upper part of the cabinet, and the cooling area Q is heated or cooled by the cooling unit 9 provided in the lower part of the cabinet.
An opening / closing or moving partition plate (not shown) is attached to the front end portion of the partition device 7 to block the passage R and insulate it.
[0010]
As shown in FIG. 2, the partition device 7 includes a substrate 10 made of a heat insulating material, left and right plate-like shutters 11 and 12 also made of a heat insulating material, and for opening and closing the shutters 11 and 12. The operation lever 13 is configured.
[0011]
As shown in FIG. 2 (a), the base end portion 13a of the operating lever 13 is pivotally supported by a pin 14 on the back side of the substrate 10, and the central portion of the lever arm 15 is fixedly attached to the base end portion 13a. . Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 (b) and 2 (c), step portions 10a and 10b are formed from substantially the middle to the rear end of both sides of the substrate 10, respectively, and the front end portions of the step portions 10a and 10b are shown in FIG. ), The guide rails 16 and 17 are attached to the left and right directions through the attachment pieces 16a and 17a, respectively, and a common guide rail 18 is attached to the rear ends of the step portions 10a and 10b through the attachment pieces 18a. Is attached.
[0012]
The shutters 11 and 12 are formed such that the depth dimension L is equal to the depth dimension of the step portions 10a and 10b, the width dimension W is slightly shorter than the width dimension of the step portions 10a and 10b, and the thickness dimension D is the step portions 10a and 10b. The base ends of the shutter arms 19 and 20 are pivotally supported by pins 21 and 22 at the substantially central portion on the back surface side, respectively, and the tip end portions 19a of the shutter arms 19 and 20 are formed. , 20a are pivotally supported on the tip portions 15a, 15b of the lever arm 15 by pins 23, 24, respectively. Further, rollers 25, 26, 27, and 28 that engage with the guide rails 16, 17, and 18 are attached to the front and rear of the rear surfaces of the shutters 11 and 12, respectively.
[0013]
The partition device 7 configured as described above can open and close the left and right shutters 11 and 12 simultaneously by operating the operation lever 13. That is, FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b) show the shutters 11 and 12 in a closed state. At this time, the left and right shutters 11 and 12 are respectively located laterally from the left and right step portions 10a and 10b of the substrate 10. The part protrudes. In this closed state, the partition device 7 is attached to the inside of the vending machine main body 1 as shown in FIG. 1 (c), and the side wall 1b of the vending machine main body 1 as shown in FIG. 1 (a). And the duct passages T on both sides formed by the duct wall 1c are blocked by the shutters 11 and 12, respectively.
[0014]
4 (a) and 4 (b) show the open state of the shutters 11 and 12. From the closed state of FIG. 3, the operating lever 13 is rotated clockwise around the pin 14 as shown in FIG. 4 (a). As shown in FIG. 4 (a), the lever arm 15 rotates in the clockwise direction along with this rotation, and the shutter arm 19 of the shutter 11 draws to the lever arm 15 while rotating counterclockwise around the pin 21. At the same time, the shutter arm 20 of the shutter 12 is attracted to the lever arm 15 while rotating counterclockwise about the pin 22. As a result, the shutters 11 and 12 are simultaneously drawn inward of the substrate 10 and enter the step portions 10a and 10b, respectively. At this time, since the rollers 25, 26, 27, and 28 move along the guide rails 16, 17, and 18, the shutters 11 and 12 are smoothly guided by the guide rails 16, 17, and 18. .
[0015]
When the shutters 11 and 12 are opened, the width of the partition device 7 is reduced, so that the partition device 7 can be removed, that is, the partition device 7 can be removed. The pulled-out partition device 7 is inserted into another mounting position in the warehouse while the shutters 11 and 12 are kept open, and the operation lever 13 is rotated in the opposite direction to perform the reverse operation. After that, the shutters 11 and 12 are closed, that is, the state shown in FIG. Therefore, if the notch holes through which the shutters 11 and 12 enter and exit the duct wall 1c in the warehouse are provided at the same height on the left and right sides between the column storage portions 4, the mounting position of the partition device 7 is desired. Thus, the volume ratio between the heating region P and the cooling region Q can be easily changed.
[0016]
FIG. 5 shows an example in which the mounting position of the partition device 7 is changed. (A) shows the upper three stages as the heating area P, the lower four stages as the cooling area Q, and (B) shows the upper two stages heated. Region P, the lower five steps are the cooling region Q, and (C) is the heating region P only in the upper one, and the lower six steps are the cooling region Q. Thus, by changing the volume ratio between the heating region P and the cooling region Q easily, a suitable sales system corresponding to each season such as summer and winter can be prepared.
[0017]
Furthermore, since the duct passage T is opened when the shutters 11 and 12 are opened regardless of the mounting position of the partition device 7 in the interior, the entire interior can be made the cooling region Q. In order to prevent the partition device 7 from falling when the shutters 11 and 12 are opened, it is preferable to attach appropriate receiving members (not shown) under the cutout holes in the duct wall.
[0018]
In addition, a detecting device (not shown) such as a switch is arranged in the vicinity of the notch hole in the duct wall, and the mounting position is detected so that it is turned off when the partition device 7 is removed and turned on when it is attached. The opening / closing of the shutters 11 and 12 is detected by ON and OFF. Thereby, control by the division change of the heating area | region P and the cooling area | region Q is attained, and the goods carrying-out operation at the time of sale can be controlled appropriately.
[0019]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, since the partition device can be easily attached and detached by opening and closing the shutter with the operation lever, it is easy to change the mounting position of the partition device. It is possible to set and change the volume ratio between the heating area and the cooling area. When making the entire chamber into the cooling area, it is only necessary to open the shutter without removing the partition device, and the storage space for the partition device is not required. There are some excellent effects.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a vending machine according to the present invention, in which (A) is a schematic front view, (B) is a schematic longitudinal side view, and (C) is a schematic transverse bottom view.
FIGS. 2A and 2B show a partition device, in which FIG. 2A is a bottom view, FIG. 2B is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 2A, and FIG. 2C is a plan view of FIG.
FIGS. 3A and 3B show a closed state of the partition device, where FIG. 3A is a bottom view and FIG. 3B is a schematic plan view of FIG.
4A and 4B show an open state of the partition device, where FIG. 4A is a bottom view and FIG. 4B is a schematic plan view of FIG.
FIGS. 5A to 5C are explanatory views showing examples of changing the mounting position of the partition device, respectively.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Vending machine main body 2 ... Thermal insulation door 3 ... Product outlet 4 ... Column storage part 5 ... Column 6 ... Product delivery apparatus 7 ... Partition apparatus 8 ... Heating unit 9 ... Cooling unit 10 ... Board | substrate 11, 12 ... Shutter 13 ... Operation Lever 14 ... Pin 15 ... Lever arms 16, 17, 18 ... Guide rails 19, 20 ... Shutter arms 21, 22, 23, 24 ... Pins 25, 26, 27, 28 ... Rollers

Claims (3)

Multiple column storage units are provided in a cabinet insulated from the outside, and each column storage unit has a plurality of columns for storing products for sale, and a partition device is provided between the column storage units to heat the chamber. In a vending machine that is divided into a cooling area and equipped with a product carry-out device that can move up and down in the front part of the column storage part,
The partition device has a shutter that is operated by an operating lever, and is provided with an internal partition device that is configured to be removable by opening and closing the shutter, and the mounting position of the partition device can be changed. vending machine. The partition device includes a heat-insulating substrate, heat-insulating plate shutters located on both sides of the substrate, and an operation lever attached to the lower surface side of the substrate, and a base end portion of the operation lever is the substrate. At the same time, a lever arm that is pivoted horizontally as the operation lever is pivoted is attached, and both end portions of the lever arm are pivoted to end portions of the shutter arm pivotally supported by the plate-shaped shutter. 2. A vending machine comprising the internal partition device according to claim 1, wherein the vehicular partition device is supported and configured so that a plate-like shutter is opened and closed simultaneously by rotation of an operation lever. The vending machine provided with the internal partition device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the shutter of the partition device opens and closes duct passages provided on both sides of the internal space.

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