JP3758243B2 - Hotel vendor - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a refrigerator type hotel vendor that is installed in a guest room of a hotel and keeps and sells goods such as cans and beverages containing straw.
[0002]
[Prior art]
The hotel vendor mentioned above incorporates a product storage rack into the refrigerator installed in the guest room, and when the customer picks up the cans and baskets stored in the refrigerator, the sales signal is transmitted to the front machine of the hotel online. Is equipped with a sales management function that performs automatic liquidation at the time of checkout, and its specific configuration is disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 60-37658 or Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 63-126981 Has been known.
[0003]
The conventional products of such hotel vendors are composed of a plurality of columns that store cans and bowls in a refrigerator in a horizontal position in the front and back direction, arranged side by side vertically and horizontally. Are provided with a sales detection means and a lock means for preventing the return of the product once taken out. And when taking out the product, open the refrigerator door, put your hand into the column from the front, and grab and pull out the product.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, in the above-mentioned conventional hotel vendors, since the cans and bag products are loaded in the front and back directions inside the column, the customer can only see the end face of the products, and is displayed on the body of the cans and bag. The brands of products that are in the market cannot be read because the partition wall of the column gets in the way. In addition, the product cannot be taken out of the column and determined (it cannot be returned as it was sold once it has been withdrawn from the column), and the customer has handwritten characters displayed in small letters on the front of the refrigerator column. The product is determined by reading the label (plug-in type).
[0005]
For this reason, sales troubles that the products drawn from the column are different from the brands desired by customers often occur, and there is a strong demand for measures to improve product display in terms of serviceability for customers and sales management on the hotel side. .
In recent years, hotel vendors installed in guest rooms have high demands for quietness, thinness, and compactness as interior decoration products. From this point of view, products that use electronic refrigeration equipment that does not generate noise are used as refrigerator cooling units. Although it has been developed, in the refrigerator that stores products in the front-rear direction in the inverted posture as described above, the depth dimension becomes large and it is difficult to reduce the thickness.
[0006]
The present invention has been considered in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide an improved hotel vendor that solves the above-described problems and improves the display properties of stored products and makes the refrigerator thinner.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, in the hotel vendor of the present invention, one product is provided for each column on the inside of a refrigerator provided with a front opening and on the back of an openable front door that closes the front opening. A plurality of columns that are stored in a vertical position are arranged vertically and horizontally, and the back side of each column is driven by the removal of the product, and an actuator is projected into the column. A lock means for preventing the return and a sales detection means responsive to the operation of the lock means are provided.
[0008]
According to such a configuration, when the refrigerator door is opened, all products loaded in each column in the warehouse are stored in a vertical position, and the cans, brands displayed on the perimeter surface, etc. The product can be determined by visual confirmation directly through the opening. Therefore, there is no possibility of causing sales troubles due to misidentification of product brands. Further, since the products are stored in the column in a standing posture, the depth of the refrigerator can be reduced and the vendor can be configured to be thin and compact compared to a configuration in which the products are stored in a horizontal position.
[0009]
Further, according to the present invention, the commodity storage column can be specifically configured in the following manner.
The column defined inside the refrigerator is partitioned by a cover having a concave cross-section with the front open, and a notch is formed on the front edge of the cover for picking up the product, and the front edge of the bottom of the column Is provided with a protruding stopper for holding the product in the storage position. With this configuration, the product can be easily grasped by hand when taking out the product from the column, and the product stored in the column can be prevented from being accidentally dropped due to vibration, impact, etc. associated with opening and closing of the refrigerator door.
[0010]
In addition, by using the stopper as an external stopper that can be exchanged according to the size of the stored product, various sizes of products having different diameters can be stably stored and held in the column.
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
First, FIG. 1, FIG. 2 (a)-(c) shows the whole structure of a hotel vendor. In each figure, 1 is a main body cabinet of a vendor made as a heat-insulating housing, 2 is a front door, 3 is an electronic refrigeration cooling unit, 4 is a heat pipe, and a fin is disposed behind the cabinet 1 The heat radiating part 5 of the cooling unit 3 is a drain evaporating dish for the defrosted water of the cooling unit 3, and a can and a bowl product 6 are placed for each column in the cabinet 1 and on the back side of the door 2. A plurality of front open columns 7 that are housed one by one in a vertical posture are defined by being arranged vertically and horizontally.
[0012]
Here, the column 7 defined on the back side of the door 2 is constituted by a pocket-shaped partition cover for inserting each product 6 into the standing posture from the upper side for each column. On the other hand, the column 7 defined inside the cabinet 1 is a concave cover (resin molded product) 8 having a semicircular cross section with its front open as shown in FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b). An arc-shaped notch 8a for picking up a product is formed on a part of the front edge of the cover 8 protruding forward and separating the columns arranged on the left and right. Further, the front edge of the bottom surface of the column is provided with a protruding stopper 9 that prevents the product 6 from being accidentally dropped and holds it in the storage position. This stopper 9 is screwed to the column as an external part so that it can be exchanged according to the size of the stored product. The stopper 9 can be integrally formed on the bottom wall of the column as shown by a chain line without being an external component.
[0013]
Further, on the back side of each column 7, a lock mechanism 10 that protrudes into the column from which the product 6 is taken out to prevent the return of the product, and a sales detection switch that opens and closes in response to the operation of the lock mechanism 10. 11 is provided. Here, the lock mechanism 10 includes an oscillating actuator 10a pivotally supported at the upper end, a spring (torsion coil spring) 10b that projects and urges the actuator 10a forward toward the column 7, and a rear end of the actuator. A suspended pendulum type latch piece 10c swingable in the left-right direction, a latch guide 10d installed on the rear side of the latch piece 10c facing the latch piece 10c, and the latch guide 10d is moved to the locked and released position. The operating rod 10e is connected to the lock releasing cylinder lock 12 shown in FIGS. 2 (b) and 2 (c) via a link mechanism (not shown).
[0014]
The sales detection switch 11 is a reed switch, and a magnet 11a for operating the switch is attached to the rear end of the actuator 10a so as to face the switch.
With this configuration, when the product 6 is loaded into the column 7, the door 2 of the refrigerator is opened and the cylinder lock 12 for releasing the lock provided on the front surface of the cabinet body 1 and the back surface side of the door 2 (FIG. 2). (see (b), (c)), a management key is inserted and rotated to release the latch guide 10d shown in FIG. 3 from the solid line position (see FIG. 3 (a)) so as not to interfere with the latch piece 10c (see FIG. 3 (a)). Move backwards (shown in dashed lines). Next, when one product 6 is stored and set vertically for each column 7 in this state, the actuator 10a of the lock mechanism 10 is pushed by the product 6 and retracts from the solid line position to the chain line position. After the products 6 are loaded in all the columns 7, the key is removed from the cylinder lock 12, and the latch guide 10d is returned to the solid-line locked position. In this product loading state, as the actuator 10a retracts to the chain line position, the magnet 11a retracts and the reed switch 11a is turned off. In addition, the pendulum type latch piece 10c hits the side surface of the latch guide 10d returned to the solid line position, and assumes an oblique posture.
[0015]
When the door 2 of the refrigerator is opened in this product loading state, it can be seen that all the products 6 stored in the column 7 are arranged in a vertically oriented posture with their cans and the body of the bag exposed to the front. Therefore, the customer of the hotel vendor can confirm the brand of the product by directly viewing the label displayed on the body portion of the product container, and can determine the desired product without mistake. Then, when the desired product 6 is taken out from the column 7, the actuator 10a of the lock mechanism 10 that has been pushed back by the product 6 until now protrudes from the chain line position to the solid line position under the spring bias, and the pendulum type The latch piece 10c is detached from the side surface of the latch guide 10d and has a hanging posture, and faces the front end of the latch guide 10d. Therefore, the actuator 10a is restrained at the protruding position of the solid line and prevents the product taken out from the refrigerator from being returned. At the same time, the magnet 11a attached to the rear end of the actuator 10a approaches the reed switch 11, and the reed switch 11 is turned on by the magnetic field of the magnet. This switch operation detects the sale of the product (taken out of the column), and the signal is transmitted online to the hotel front machine and recorded.
[0016]
In the loaded state of the product 6, the stopper 9 provided on the bottom front edge of the column 7 prevents the product from being accidentally dropped off when the door 2 is opened and closed. Further, when taking out the product 6 from the column 7, the product 6 can be easily grasped by inserting a fingertip into the notch 8 a formed on the front edge of the cover 8.
Next, FIG. 4 shows an application example of the product storage column 7 defined inside the refrigerator cabinet. In this configuration, the column 7, the lock mechanism 10, the sales detection switch 11, etc. are basically the same as in FIG. 3, but the entire column 7 is horizontally oriented so that the storage posture of the product 6 is tilted backward. In contrast, it is formed to be inclined backward by an angle θ. With this configuration, the product 6 leans against the back cover 8 at the storage position, so that the product storage posture is more stable than the column configuration shown in FIG. Is reliably engaged with the actuator 10a of the lock mechanism 10, so that it is possible to reliably prevent an unexpected malfunction of the lock mechanism 10 and a product sales detection error.
[0017]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the configuration of the present invention, all the products stored in the refrigerator of the hotel vendor are loaded in a standing posture, and the customer can use the products displayed on the cans and the trunk of the bag. It is possible to determine a desired product by directly confirming the brand name, and it is possible to avoid a sales trouble due to a product mix. In addition, since the product is stored in the vertical orientation even inside the refrigerator, the depth dimension of the refrigerator can be reduced and compared to the conventional configuration in which the product is stored horizontally, so that it can be configured to be thin and compact.
[0018]
Moreover, according to the structure of Claim 2, the take-out property of goods and the storage posture can be stabilized, and the stopper can be externally attached as in Claim 3, so that the stoppers can be provided for various products of different sizes. Can be exchanged.
As shown in FIG. 4, by forming the backward inclined posture column in the present invention, the retracted position of the product more stable is allowed Rutotomoni, unexpected malfunction of the locking mechanism, in advance of the erroneous detection of product sales This can improve the reliability of sales management.
[Brief description of the drawings]
1 is a longitudinal sectional view of an entire hotel vendor according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a column arrangement in a refrigerator in the hotel vendor in FIG. 1, (a) is a cross-sectional plan view, and (b) is a door. Fig. 3 (c) is a front view of the column defined in the cabinet cabinet. Fig. 3 is a column defined inside the refrigerator cabinet, and a lock mechanism incorporated in the column. FIG. 4 is a detailed structural view of a sales detection switch, in which (a) is a cross-sectional plan view for one column, (b) is a vertical side view thereof. [FIG. 4] FIG. Explanation】
1 Refrigerator cabinet 2 Front door 3 Cooling unit 6 Product 7 Column 8 Column partition cover 8a Notch 9 Stopper 10 Lock mechanism 10a Actuator 11 Sales detection switch

Claims (3)

A hotel vendor that cools and sells cans, bottled drinks, etc. in a hotel guest room, and that can be opened and closed in a refrigerator compartment with a front opening and to close the front opening. On the back side of each column, a plurality of columns for storing one product for each column are arranged vertically and horizontally, and each column is driven to take out products on the back side. A hotel vendor comprising: a lock unit that protrudes an actuator into the column to prevent the return of the product; and a sales detection unit that responds to the operation of the lock unit. 2. The hotel vendor according to claim 1, wherein the column defined inside the refrigerator is partitioned by a cover having a concave cross section with the front open, and a notch for picking up a product is formed on a part of the front edge of the cover. In addition, a hotel vendor is characterized in that a protrusion-like stopper is provided on the front edge of the bottom of the column to hold the product in the storage position. 3. The hotel vendor according to claim 2, wherein the stopper is an external stopper that can be replaced according to the size of the stored product.

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