JP3671710B2 - Vending machine with moving partition device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a vending machine provided with a moving partition device in a warehouse.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Many vending machines such as beverages can sell both heated and cooled vending machines. In this type of vending machine, a plurality of shelves for placing a plurality of product storage columns are provided in a vertical direction in a cabinet that is normally insulated from the outside, and a partition plate that divides the interior into a heating region and a cooling region is provided between the shelves. The product carrying elevator is installed in the front elevator passage of these shelves and partition plates so as to be movable in the vertical direction.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, according to the conventional vending machine, since the heating area and the cooling area are separated by the partition plate, one elevator for carrying out the goods is sold in each area in order to sell the heating goods and the cooling goods. Need to be installed. In this case, there is a problem that not only the cost increases but also the space in the warehouse cannot be made compact due to the expansion of the space inside.
In addition, a common product carrying elevator is installed in the heating area and the cooling area, and the elevator passage is closed during standby, and a blocking member that opens so that the elevator can pass through the product is provided continuously with the partition plate. Conventional vending machines also exist. In this case, a drive mechanism for opening and closing the blocking member is required. Further, in the conventional vending machine, since the partition plate is fixed, the heating area and the cooling area are regulated in advance, and there is a problem that these areas cannot be changed later.
[0004]
The present invention has been made in order to eliminate all such problems of the related art, and the elevator for carrying goods out is common in the heating region and the cooling region, and the blocking member of the elevator passage does not require a drive mechanism, and the partition plate An object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine equipped with a moving partition device that can change a heating area and a cooling area.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
As a means for achieving this object, the present invention is provided with a plurality of vertical shelves in which a plurality of product storage columns are juxtaposed in a cabinet insulated from the outside, and the inside of the cabinet includes a heating region and a cooling region. In a vending machine in which a partition plate is provided between the shelves, and an elevator for removing goods is movably installed in the elevator passage at the front end of the warehouse,
A moving partition device for blocking the elevator passage is provided at the front end of the partition plate. The moving partition device is formed to be extendable back and forth between the front plate and the rear plate, and is in a contracted state when pushed up by the elevator. The gist of the present invention is a vending machine equipped with a moving partition device that is connected to an elevator and is lifted and stopped at the front end of the partition plate when the elevator is lowered so as to be extended from the elevator. .
Further, in the vending machine equipped with this moving partition device, the partition plate and the moving partition device are formed so that the mounting position in the warehouse can be changed, so that the volume ratio between the heating region and the cooling region can be changed. What
The moving partition device moves up and down along an elevator guide rail or a dedicated guide rail, and is configured to be manually movable up and down during standby of the elevator,
The left and right end portions of the moving partition device are received by a stopper member that is attached and detached at the same height position on the left and right side surfaces in the warehouse, and the stopper member also serves as a sealing material for the left and right end portions of the moving partition device,
The stopper member is provided with a detection device such as a switch, and the detection device detects the return of the moving partition device to the standby position.
It is characterized by.
[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, which is provided with a door 1a on the front surface and a heat insulating door 2 attached to the inside thereof. A plurality of shelves 3 are provided, and a plurality of product storage columns 4 are juxtaposed on each shelf 3.
[0007]
Although not shown, the front door 1a of the vending machine main body 1 is provided with members and indicators necessary for sale such as a display board of merchandise, a merchandise selection button, a coin slot, and a change outlet. A product outlet 5 is provided.
[0008]
Reference numeral 6 denotes a partition plate attached to the inside of the cabinet. The partition plate 6 is divided into a heating region P and a lower portion is divided into a cooling region Q, and the heating region P is installed in the heating unit 7 installed at the upper end of the chamber. The inside is heated, and the cooling region Q is cooled by the cooling unit 8 installed at the lower end in the cabinet.
[0009]
The partition plate 6 can change the mounting position, that is, a receiving member (not shown) is attached to each side wall of the cabinet at the lower part of each shelf 3, and the partition member is divided into the receiving member. The both end portions of the plate 6 are detachably received so as to be held and fixed at an arbitrary position. For example, a notch hole is provided in place of such a receiving member, and both end portions of the partition plate 6 are detachably engaged with the notch hole so that the partition plate 6 is held and fixed at an arbitrary position. You may do it.
[0010]
Reference numeral 9 denotes an elevator for carrying out goods, which is mounted in the elevator passage R between the front end of the shelf 3 and the heat insulating door 2 in the warehouse so as to be movable in the vertical direction. That is, the elevator 9 has support pieces 9a attached to both end portions on the rear surface side, and rollers 9b are attached to the upper and lower portions of the support pieces 9a. These rollers 9b are engaged with guide rails 10 attached to both side walls in the warehouse. In addition, the rear end of the support piece 9a is fixed to a part of the elevator drive chain 11 attached to both side walls in the warehouse. Therefore, when the elevator drive chain 11 is moved by a motor (not shown), the elevator 9 rises along the guide rail 10, and when the chain 11 is moved in the opposite direction, the elevator 9 descends along the guide rail 10. To do.
[0011]
The elevator 9 has a product receiving bucket (not shown) in the interior thereof, and this bucket is formed so as to be movable in the left-right direction inside the elevator 9. When the product S paid out from the product storage column 4 is received and the elevator 9 descends and returns to the standby position (position shown in FIG. 1), the product S falls to the product take-out port 5. I can do it.
[0012]
A moving partition device 12 is located at the front end of the partition plate 6 and is attached so as to block the elevator passage R. As shown in FIG. 2, the moving partition device 12 includes a base substrate 13, a front plate 14 and a rear plate 15 mounted on the upper portion of the substrate 13, and an operation lever 16 provided inside the substrate 13. It is composed of
[0013]
Supporting pieces 13 a are connected to both sides of the rear end of the base 13, and rollers 13 b are attached to the upper and lower portions of the supporting pieces 13 a, and the rollers 13 b are engaged with the guide rail 10. In addition, arcuate guide holes 13c and protrusions 13d are provided at important points on both side walls of the base 13. In addition to the guide rail 10, a dedicated guide rail (not shown) may be provided to engage the roller 13b.
[0014]
The front plate 14 has sliding shafts 14a projecting downwardly in front of and behind the lower surface, and the sliding shafts 14a are guide holes (not shown) formed in the stepped surface 13e of the base 13 in the front-rear direction. ) Are slidably engaged with each other, and mounting pieces 14 b are vertically suspended at both side ends of the front plate 14, and a spring 14 c is contracted between the mounting piece 14 b and the front wall of the base 13. . Further, a sealing material 14 d that is in close contact with the heat insulating door 2 is attached to the front surface of the front plate 14, and a finned sealing material 14 e that is in close contact with the rear plate 15 is attached to the rear end of the upper surface.
[0015]
The rear plate 15 has sliding shafts 15a projecting downwardly in front and rear of the rear portion of the lower surface, and these sliding shafts 15a are formed in guide holes (see FIG. The mounting piece 15b is suspended from the rear end portions of the rear plate 15, and rollers 15c are attached to the mounting piece 15b on the front and rear sides of the mounting plate 15b. A guide hole 15d is formed at an important point of the attachment piece 15b, which is engaged with the attached guide rail 13g. Furthermore, fin-attached sealing materials 15e and 15f are attached to the front and rear surfaces of the rear plate 15, respectively.
[0016]
The operation lever 16 has a substantially central portion pivotally supported on the side wall surface of the base 13 via a pin 17, and a roller 16 b is provided at the rear end portion of the first arm 16 a extending rearward from the central portion. A sliding shaft 16d is attached to the upper end portion of the second arm 16c that is attached and extends upward from the center, and this sliding shaft 16d is slidably engaged with the guide hole 15d of the mounting piece 15b. Match. A sliding shaft 16f is attached to the front end portion of the third arm 16e extending forward from the central portion of the operation lever 16, and this sliding shaft 16f is a circle formed on the side wall portion of the base 13. The arc-shaped guide hole 13c is slidably engaged, and the rear end portion of the fourth arm 16g is pivotally supported by the front end portion of the third arm using the sliding shaft 16f as a common shaft, A front end portion of the fourth arm 16g is pivotally supported by a mounting piece 14b of the front plate 14 via a pin 18.
[0017]
The moving partition device 12 constructed in this way has both end portions at the stepped stopper members 19 attached to the left and right side surfaces 1b of the elevator passage R as shown in FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b). It is supported stably by being received. The stopper member 19 also serves as a sealing material for sealing both end portions of the moving partition device 12.
[0018]
The left and right side surfaces 1b of the elevator passage R are provided with a plurality of cutout holes (not shown) at the same height on the left and right sides, corresponding to the mounting position of the partition plate 6 along the vertical direction. The stopper member 19 is detachably attached by locking the locking piece 19a formed on the block 19 to any one of the cutout holes. That is, the moving partition device 12 can be attached to a desired position in the warehouse via the stopper member 19, and the position can be changed after the attachment. Therefore, the volume ratio between the heating region P and the cooling region Q can be easily changed by changing the mounting positions of the partition plate 6 and the moving partition device 12.
[0019]
Further, a detection device 20 such as a micro switch is attached to the stopper member 19 as shown in FIG. 4B, and is turned on by an operation piece 15g attached to the lower surface end of the rear plate 15 of the moving partition device 12. , OFF operation is performed. As will be described later, the detection device 20 detects the return of the moving partition device 12 after the movement.
[0020]
Further, an engaging piece 9c is projected upward on the rear surface of the upper portion of the elevator 9 as shown in FIG. 2, and this engaging piece 9c moves the moving partition device 12 when the operation lever 16 is moved. The roller 16b is pushed up. Further, a connecting piece 9d is provided on the upper end portion of the elevator 9 so as to project upward, so that it can be connected to and detached from the protrusion 13d of the base 13.
[0021]
Next, the operation will be described.
FIG. 1 shows a sales standby state. When a purchaser inserts a coin and selects a sales product belonging to the cooling region Q, a command signal is issued to the elevator drive chain 11 and the chain is selected. 11 is driven and the elevator 9 moves up in the elevator passage R and stops at the position of the commodity storage column storing the commodity for sale, and the bucket in the elevator moves laterally and is positioned in the commodity storage column. At this time, the front end stopper of the product storage column is removed, and the forefront sales product is paid out and stored in the bucket. After storing the sales commodity, the chain 11 is driven in the opposite direction, the elevator descends in the elevator passage R, stops at the standby position, and the bottom of the bucket opens to drop the sales commodity to the commodity outlet 5. The purchaser can take out the sale merchandise from the merchandise take-out port 5.
[0022]
When the purchaser selects a product for sale belonging to the heating area P, a command signal is issued to the elevator drive chain 11 as before, and the chain 11 is driven so that the elevator 9 rises in the elevator passage R. When the movable partition device 12 is reached, the engaging piece 9c pushes up the roller 16b of the operation lever 16 to contract the movable partition device 12 back and forth as shown in FIG. 3, and the movable partition device 12 is connected. The
[0023]
That is, when the roller 16b of the operation lever 16 is pushed up by the engagement piece 9c of the elevator 9, the operation lever 16 rotates counterclockwise around the pin 17 as shown in FIG. The arm 16c moves the rear plate 15 forward along the guide rail 13g of the base 13 by pushing the mounting piece 15b forward, and the third arm 16e has a sliding shaft 16f in the guide hole 13c of the base 13. The fourth arm 16g is pulled backward while rotating clockwise about the pin 18 by the movement of the sliding shaft 16f, and the mounting piece 14b is moved backward against the spring 14c. The front plate 14 is moved backward by pulling. Thereby, the dimension of the moving partition device 12 is reduced in the front-rear direction, the front plate 14 is separated from the heat insulating door 2, and the rear plate 15 is separated from the partition plate 6. At this time, the connecting piece 9d of the elevator 9 is engaged with the protrusion 13d of the base 13, and the elevator 9 and the moving partition device 12 are connected.
[0024]
When the elevator 9 further rises from this state, the moving partition device 12 moves away from the stopper member 19 and is lifted together with the elevator 9. When the elevator 9 enters the heating area P and stops at the position of the commodity storage column that stores the commodity for sale, when the bucket in the elevator moves sideways and is positioned on the commodity storage column 4 as described above, the commodity storage column The front end stopper is removed and the foremost sales item is paid out and stored in the bucket. At this time, the moving partition device 12 connected to the elevator 9 is positioned above the product storage column so as not to get in the way.
[0025]
When the commodity for sale is stored in the bucket, the elevator 9 is lowered, and when the moving partition device 12 reaches the position of the partition plate 6, both ends are received by the stopper members 19 and stopped, and only the elevator 9 is continuously lowered. By the lowering of the elevator 9, the connecting piece 9d is separated from the protrusion 13d of the base 13 and the connection is released, and the engaging piece 9c is also separated from the roller 16b of the operation lever 16.
[0026]
The moving partition device 12 received by the stopper member 19 is attached to the heat insulating door 2 at the same time when the mounting piece 14b is pulled forward by the restoring force of the spring 14c so that the front plate 14 moves forward. As the piece 14b moves forward, the fourth arm 16g of the control lever 16 rotates counterclockwise around the pin 18 while moving forward. Then, the common sliding shaft 16f with the third arm 16e moves upward along the guide hole 13 of the base 13, whereby the operation lever 16 rotates clockwise around the pin 17, and with this rotation The second arm 16c is pushed rearward, the rear plate 15 is moved rearward via the mounting piece 15b to contact the partition plate 6, and the roller 16b of the first arm 16a is lowered to the original position. .
[0027]
Thus, the moving partition device 12 returns to the original state at the standby position as shown in FIG. The return of the moving partition device 12 is detected when the operation piece 15g pushes (turns on) the contact 20a of the detecting device 20 such as a microswitch as the rear plate 15 moves rearward. If not detected, the elevator 9 is raised and lowered again.
[0028]
On the other hand, the elevator 9 separated from the moving partition device 12 continues to descend and stops when it reaches the standby position, and the sale product stored with the bottom of the bucket opened is dropped to the product take-out port 5 as described above. The purchaser can take out the sale merchandise from the merchandise take-out port 5. That is, when selling the product in the heating region P, the elevator 9 is lifted to push up the moving partition device 12 and move upward in a connected state with the elevator 9. Then, the moving partition device 12 is returned to the standby position and the connection is released. Only the elevator 9 continues to descend and returns to the standby position, and the product is discharged as described above to end the sales.
[0029]
In this case, since one elevator 9 serves to receive sales products in the heating area P and the cooling area Q, the manufacturing cost of the vending machine main body is not increased, and a large amount of space in the warehouse is not required. It can be made compact. Further, no drive mechanism for driving the moving partition device 12 is required.
[0030]
Since the partition plate 6 can be attached to and detached from the inner wall of the cabinet as described above, its mounting position can be arbitrarily changed, and the moving partition device 12 can also be manually guided by removing the stopper member 19. Therefore, it can be easily attached via the stopper member 19 according to the change position of the partition plate 6.
[0031]
As a result, the volume ratio between the heating region P and the cooling region Q can be arbitrarily changed. Further, the partition plate 6 is removed from the interior, and the moving partition device 12 is attached to the uppermost position of the elevator passage R. It is also possible to change the whole inside to the cooling region Q (in some cases, the heating region P). When replenishing sales merchandise, the moving partition device 12 may be temporarily moved manually to the top to facilitate replenishment.
[0032]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, in the vending machine according to the present invention, since the elevator for taking out goods is common to the heating region and the cooling region, the manufacturing cost can be reduced and the size and size can be reduced, and the heating region and the cooling region can be reduced. Since the partition plate and the moving partition device attached to the boundary of each are formed so that the mounting position can be changed, the volume ratio between the heating region and the cooling region can be easily changed, and the moving partition device can be moved along with the movement of the elevator. Therefore, there is an excellent effect that a drive mechanism for driving the moving partition device is unnecessary.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing an embodiment of a vending machine according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a state before the moving partition device is pushed up by an elevator.
FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a state when the moving partition device is pushed up by an elevator.
FIGS. 4A and 4B show stopper members of the moving partition device, where FIG. 4A is a schematic diagram of the front side, and FIG.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Vending machine main body 2 ... Heat insulation door 3 ... Shelf 4 ... Product storage column 5 ... Product take-out 6 ... Partition plate 7 ... Heating unit 8 ... Cooling unit 9 ... Elevator 10 ... Guide rail 11 ... Elevator drive chain 12 ... Movement Partition device 13 ... Base 14 ... Front plate 15 ... Rear plate 16 ... Operation levers 17, 18 ... Pin 19 ... Stopper member 20 ... Detection device

Claims (5)

A plurality of shelves that juxtapose a plurality of product storage columns in an externally insulated cabinet are provided in the vertical direction, and a partition plate that divides the interior into a heating region and a cooling region is provided between the shelves, In addition, in the vending machine equipped with an elevator for removing goods in the elevator passage at the front end of the warehouse so as to be movable up and down,
A moving partition device for blocking the elevator passage is provided at the front end of the partition plate. The moving partition device is formed to be extendable back and forth between the front plate and the rear plate, and is in a contracted state when pushed up by the elevator. A vending machine provided with a moving partition device, wherein the vending machine is connected to an elevator and is lifted, and when the elevator is lowered, it stops at the front end portion of the partition plate and is extended to be detached from the elevator. The automatic partition equipped with the moving partition device according to claim 1, wherein the partition plate and the moving partition device are formed so as to be able to change the mounting position in the cabinet, and the volume ratio between the heating region and the cooling region can be changed. Vending machine. The automatic moving partition device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the moving partition device is vertically movable along an elevator guide rail or a dedicated guide rail, and can be manually moved up and down during standby of the elevator. Vending machine. The left and right end portions of the moving partition device are received by a stopper member that is attached to and detached from the same height position on the left and right side surfaces in the warehouse, and the stopper member also serves as a sealing material for the left and right end portions of the moving partition device. A vending machine comprising the moving partition device according to 2 or 3. 5. A vending machine comprising a moving partition device according to claim 4, wherein the stopper member is provided with a detecting device such as a switch, and the detecting device detects the return of the moving partition device to the standby position.

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