JP3763217B2 - vending machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a vending machine for disaster countermeasures that can be used as a beverage and food supply source when a large-scale disaster such as an earthquake occurs and a lifeline in the area stops.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Vending machines include vending machines for cans, various beverages with jars, or snack foods. In addition, with the spread of vending machines, beverage vending machines are now widely deployed nationwide, including urban areas, and are installed in streets and buildings.
[0003]
Here, the conventional configuration of a general can beverage vending machine is shown in FIGS. In the figure, 1 is a vending machine cabinet, 2 is an outer door placed on the front of the cabinet 1, 3 is a heat-insulated inner door, and 4 is a serpentine type product storage rack mounted in the cabinet. The front outer door 2 is provided with a display room 6 for displaying a product sample 5, a product selection button 7, a product outlet 8, and an operation panel 9.
[0004]
The operation panel 9 includes a coin mechanism 10 disposed on the back side of the outer door 2, a coin insertion slot 10 a corresponding to the bill validator 11, a bill insertion slot 11 a, a refund lever 12, and a lock (cylinder). A handle 13 with a lock) is provided. In addition, 14 is a cash box provided in parallel with the coin mechanism 10 on the back side of the outer door 2, and 15 is a control box. Further, on the back side of the outer door 2, there is provided a latch 13a that is connected to the handle 13 and moves up and down by the operation of the handle, and the cabinet 1 is provided with a hook 13b protruding forward, facing the latch 13a. The door lock device of the outer door 2 is configured.
[0005]
This vending machine, as is well known, includes the bend mechanism, money handling mechanism, sales control unit, internal cooling / heating unit, internal lighting, etc. Operation and control are performed using.
On the other hand, a storage battery is installed in the machine as an emergency power supply so that even if the commercial power supply fails, the vending machine can continue selling operations. Vending machines that have been switched to storage batteries so that the sales operation can be continued have already been proposed, and are known in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 1-68576, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-116379, and the like.
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the event of a large-scale disaster such as an earthquake disaster and the local lifeline (electricity, water, gas, etc.) has stopped, it is important to provide water and other drinks and food as soon as possible to the residents in the disaster area It becomes.
[0007]
In this regard, vending machines deployed in the city store beverages and foods as products in the product storage racks in the aircraft. In this case, even if the lifeline is stopped due to a disaster, the sales function can be maintained, so that the vending machine can serve as a beverage and food supply base in the event of a disaster.
[0008]
However, as described above, vending machines that are equipped with storage batteries and can continue to sell products as a countermeasure against power outages have the following problems in the event of a large-scale disaster. .
In other words, in an emergency situation where a large-scale disaster such as the earthquake occurred and the lifeline was shut down, many victims evacuated without money, and these people wanted drinks and food. In many cases, products cannot be purchased with vending machines, and emergency distribution of beverages and foods by local governments etc. is delayed and does not function well.
[0009]
Therefore, the present invention is free for victims in disaster areas without having to pay for beverages and food stored in the product storage racks in an emergency when a large-scale disaster occurs and the lifeline is stopped. The purpose is to provide a vending machine having a disaster countermeasure function that can be provided.
[0010]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, an outer door with a door lock device is provided on the front surface of a cabinet in which a product storage rack is mounted in a warehouse , and a coin mechanism, a bill validator, In a vending machine having a cash box and a control box, (1) the door lock device provided on the outer door is locked to the closed position by always energizing a commercial power supply by a key locking operation ; There is no automatic lock device that is unlocked by unlocking the key and operates to release the lock when the commercial power supply is stopped. In the event of an emergency when the commercial power supply is stopped, the automatic door lock is unlocked by the automatic lock device. It is assumed that the product can be taken out freely from inside the machine by opening the door (Claim 1). Specifically, the automatic locking device is placed from the cabinet in the closed position of the outer door. A slider with a hook hole that engages with a hook protruding to the hook, and a solenoid that pulls the slider to the locked position when energized, and locks and unlocks the handle lock provided on the outer door between the solenoid and the commercial power supply. The key switch contacts that operate ON and OFF are connected in accordance with (2).
[0011]
According to the above configuration, the outer door is locked in the closed position under normal sales conditions, but if the local lifeline stops and the commercial power supply fails due to a large-scale disaster, etc. The lock device is unlocked and the outer door can be freely opened. This makes it possible to provide stock items remaining in the vending machine warehouse to people in disaster areas as emergency discharge beverages and foods.
[0012]
(2) Coin mechanisms, bill validators, cash boxes, and control boxes are concentrated on the back side of the outer door, and a door-type antitheft cover is installed on the back side of the outer door to cover these devices. The anti-theft cover is provided with an automatic lock device that locks the cover in the closed position when the commercial power supply is stopped. Specifically, the automatic lock device is installed at the closed position of the anti-theft cover. And a solenoid with a hook hole that engages with a hook attached to the hook, and a solenoid that pulls the slider up to the locked position when energized, and the solenoid is connected to a commercial power source for excitation.
[0013]
In this way, the coin mechanism, bill validator, cash box, and control box equipped on the back side of the outer door are covered with the anti-theft cover, and the anti-theft cover cannot be locked and opened when the commercial power supply is stopped. By doing so, when the outer door is opened in the event of a disaster so that the goods in the warehouse can be taken out freely, the coin mechanism, bill validator, cash stored in the cash box is illegally stolen, or the control box Can be prevented from being mischievous.
[0014]
(3) As another solution, the emergency door is provided at one corner of the outer door, and a manual door opening handle connected to the door locking device of the outer door is incorporated inside the emergency door. On the other hand, there is a configuration in which an automatic lock device is provided that normally locks the emergency door in the closed position by energizing the commercial power supply and operates to release the lock when the commercial power supply is stopped.
[0015]
Although it is difficult to immediately install vending machines with such disaster countermeasure functions in all areas, vending machines are installed at least in public facilities that serve as evacuation sites in the event of a large-scale disaster. If applied to, it will serve as a part of disaster countermeasures. In addition, if sales data such as the quantity of products sold before a power outage due to the occurrence of a disaster is stored in a non-volatile memory in the control unit, the quantity of products that have been taken out of the vending machine and provided free of charge in an emergency can be reduced. It can be confirmed from.
[0016]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the illustrated examples. In addition, in the figure of an Example, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the same member corresponding to FIG. 4, and the description is abbreviate | omitted.
[0017]
First, FIGS. 1A and 1B and FIGS. 2A and 2B show the configuration of an embodiment of a vending machine having a disaster countermeasure function according to the present invention.
[0018]
In the illustrated embodiment, the door lock device of the outer door 2 is configured as an electromagnetic automatic lock device 16 that automatically releases the lock when the commercial power supply is stopped as described below. Further, as shown in FIG. 2 (a), a coin mechanism 10, a bill validator 11, a cash box 14, and a control box 15 are intensively arranged at one corner on the back side of the outer door 2, and these devices are covered. An anti-theft cover 17 is newly installed on the back surface of the outer door 2, and an electromagnetic automatic lock device 18 is provided for automatically locking the anti-theft cover 17 when the commercial power supply is stopped. The anti-theft cover 17 is provided with a simple latch (not shown) for manually opening and closing the cover in addition to the automatic lock device 18.
[0019]
Here, the automatic locking device 16 of the outer door 2 includes a hook 16a, a slider 16b having a hook hole (a square hole having a height d) 16b-1 on the plate surface, and a solenoid 16c for driving the slider 16b upward. And a slider cover 16d for guiding and supporting the slider 16b. The hook 16a is attached to the cabinet 1 with its tip facing downward, and the assembly of the slider 16b, solenoid 16c, and slider cover 16d is opposed to the hook 16a. It is attached to the door 2.
[0020]
In such a configuration, if the solenoid 16c is OFF (no power supply) with the outer door 2 closed, the slider 16b descends by its own weight as shown in FIG. 1 (c), and the hook 16a and the hooking hole 16b-1 Line up at the same height. Therefore, the lock is released. On the other hand, if the solenoid 16c is ON (energized), the slider 16b is pulled upward as shown in FIG. 1 (d), and the hook 16a and the hooking hole 16b-1 are engaged. .
[0021]
The solenoid 16c is connected to a commercial power source 19 through a contact point of a key switch 20. This key switch 20 is linked to a handle 13 with a lock (cylinder lock) disposed on the outer door 2 (see FIG. 3 (a)), and the contact is turned ON / OFF corresponding to locking / unlocking by operating the key 13a. Operate.
[0022]
On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, the automatic lock device 18 for the anti-theft cover 17 includes a hook 18a, a slider 18b having hook hook holes (square holes of height d) 18b-1 on the plate surface, and a slider 18b facing upward. A solenoid 18c for driving and a slider cover 18d for guiding and supporting the slider 18b are formed. Here, the hook 18a is attached to the anti-theft cover 17 with the tip facing upward, and the assembly of the slider 18b, solenoid 18c and slider cover 18d is the hook 18a. Is attached to the back side of the outer door 2. The solenoid 18c is connected to a commercial power source 19.
[0023]
In such a configuration, if the solenoid 18c is ON (energized) with the anti-theft cover 17 closed, the slider 18b is pulled upward as shown in FIG. 2 (d) so that the hook 18a and the hooking hole 18b-1 are connected. Arranged at the same height, the anti-theft cover 17 is unlocked. On the other hand, when the solenoid 18c is turned off (non-energized), as shown in FIG. 2 (c), the slider 18b is lowered by its own weight, and the hook 18a and the hooking hole 18b-1 are engaged and locked. .
[0024]
Next, the behavior of the outer door at the normal time of the disaster countermeasure vending machine configured as described above and when a disaster occurs will be described. That is, in a normal state where the commercial power supply 19 for supplying power to the vending machine is normal, when the outer door 2 is closed and the main lock (cylinder lock of the handle 13) is locked, the automatic lock device 16 is locked. Since it is hung (see Fig. 1 (d)), the outer door 2 cannot be opened freely. In contrast, the anti-theft cover 17 is unlocked (see FIG. 2 (d)) while the commercial power supply 19 is energized, and the maintenance staff can freely open the anti-theft cover 17. Even if the commercial power supply is temporarily interrupted (instantaneous interruption), it returns to its original state when the power is restored.
[0025]
On the other hand, when a large-scale disaster such as an earthquake occurs at the vending machine location and the lifeline of electricity, water, gas, etc. is stopped, the commercial power supply 19 is turned off and the outer door 2 is turned off. The automatic lock device 16 is automatically unlocked (see FIG. 1 (c)). Therefore, in this state, the outer door 2 and the inner door 3 are opened without using the vending machine key 13a (see FIG. 1 (b)), and stock products (beverages, Food) can be taken out and provided to victims. It should be noted that this vending machine has a display such as “disaster countermeasure vending machine” and “an operation procedure for taking out a product when a disaster occurs” on the front of the outer door.
[0026]
When the commercial power supply 19 is stopped, the automatic lock device 18 of the anti-theft cover 17 is locked, and the anti-theft cover 17 cannot be opened by hand. That is, in the case of an emergency disaster as described above, when the outer door 2 of the vending machine is opened so that the goods in the warehouse can be taken out freely, the coin mechanism provided on the back side of the outer door 2 as shown in FIG. 10. If the money processing device such as the bill validator 11 and the cash box 14 and the control box 15 are exposed, money such as sales and change stored in these money processing devices may be illegally stolen. However, as shown in the illustrated example, by locking the anti-theft cover 17 on the money processing device and the control box, it is possible to prevent money from being stolen and mischievous to the control box 15.
[0027]
In addition, if you store sales data, such as the quantity of products sold before the power outage accompanying the occurrence of a disaster in the control unit, in the nonvolatile memory provided in the control unit, products that are taken out of vending machines and provided free of charge in the event of a disaster You can check the quantity later.
[0028]
Next, another embodiment corresponding to claim 5 of the present invention is shown in FIGS. In this embodiment, a single-open emergency door 21 is provided at one corner of the front surface of the outer door 2 and a manual-type outer door opening handle 22 is installed in a pocket portion defined inwardly. 21 is equipped with an automatic locking device that is normally locked in the closed position and that unlocks when a large-scale disaster occurs and the commercial power supply stops. The emergency door 21 is biased in the closing direction by a spring or the like.
[0029]
Here, the handle 22 is connected to a latch 13a shown in FIG. 4 through a lever connected to the rear end thereof. By manually operating the handle 22, the main lock (the handle 13 with lock 13) of the outer door 2 can be obtained. Even when the cylinder lock is locked, the outer door 2 can be freely opened by disengaging the latch 13a and the hook 13b. On the other hand, a strike plate 21a is attached to the back surface of the emergency door 21, and a solenoid 23 that is excited by being connected to a commercial power source 19 on the outer door 2 side facing the strike plate 21a, and a latch bolt connected to the solenoid 23. 23a is provided, and these parts constitute an automatic locking device for the emergency door 21. The latch bolt 23a is driven to protrude toward the strike plate 21a when the solenoid 23 is energized. When the solenoid 23 is de-energized, the latch bolt 23a is retracted by a return spring (not shown) to disengage from the strike plate 21a. .
[0030]
With such a configuration, if the commercial power supply 19 is energized, the emergency door 21 is locked in the closed position and cannot be opened from the outside. On the other hand, in a situation where a large-scale disaster occurs and the lifeline is also stopped, the commercial power supply 19 is turned off and the emergency door 21 is unlocked. Therefore, in this state, the emergency door 21 is opened and the handle 22 inside thereof is manually turned to open the outer door 2 without using a key, so that the products stored in the in-machine product storage rack can be freely used. Can be taken out.
[0031]
Although not shown in FIG. 3, in this embodiment as well, an anti-theft cover 17 is provided on the back side of the outer door 2 in the same manner as described in FIG. And
[0032]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the vending machine of the present invention, the normal front door of the cabinet is locked in the closed position and the normal sales of goods are carried out by throwing money. In the event of an emergency that has stopped, the outer door or emergency door is automatically unlocked, and from this state, the outer door is opened and the stock items remaining in the vending machine are manually operated from outside the machine. The vending machine can be used as a base for providing beverages and foods in the event of a large-scale disaster.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, (a) is an external view of a vending machine with an outer door open, (b) is a front view showing the structure of a door lock device of the outer door, (c) , (d) is a side view of the door lock device showing the unlocked state and the locked state, respectively. FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the anti-theft cover in FIG. 1 and its surroundings, and (a) is an external view of the anti-theft cover in an open state. (b) is a front view showing the structure of the lock device for the anti-theft cover, and (c) and (d) are side views of the anti-theft cover lock device showing the unlocked and locked states, respectively. It is a block diagram of an example, (a) The front view of a vending machine, (b) is a perspective view of the surrounding structure showing the open state of the emergency door in (a) figure. It is a block diagram of a conventional example of a vending machine, (a) is a front view, (b) is an external view showing the state where the outer and inner doors are opened.
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vending machine cabinet 2 Outer door 4 Commodity storage rack 8 Commodity outlet 10 Coin mechanism 10a Coin slot 11 Bill validator 11a Bill slot 13 Handle 16 with lock on outer door Automatic lock device 16a Hook 16b Slider 16c Solenoid 17 Anti-theft Cover 19 Commercial power supply 20 Key switch 21 Emergency door 21a Strike plate 22 Manual door opening handle 23 Emergency door locking solenoid 23a Latch bolt

Claims (5)

In a vending machine having an outer door with a door lock device on the front of a cabinet equipped with a product storage rack in the warehouse, and a coin mechanism, bill validator, cash box, and control box installed on the back of the outer door, The door lock device provided on the outer door is normally locked to the closed position by energizing the commercial power supply by the key locking operation, and unlocked by the key unlocking operation, and locked when the commercial power supply is stopped. without an automatic locking device that operates to release the, and characterized in that the commercial power supply to unlock the outer door by the automatic locking device in an emergency, which was stopped and from the cabin to open the outer door to release the goods freely Vending machine. 2. The automatic vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the automatic locking device includes a slider with a hooking hole that engages with a hook that protrudes from the cabinet to the front when the outer door is closed, and a solenoid that pulls the slider to the locked position when energized. A vending machine comprising a key switch contact between the solenoid and the commercial power supply, which is turned on and off in accordance with locking and unlocking of the handle lock provided on the outer door. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the coin mechanism, the bill validator, the cash box, and the control box are concentrated on the back side of the outer door, and the door type is covered on the back side of the outer door. A vending machine provided with an anti- theft cover and provided with an automatic lock device for locking the anti-theft cover in a closed position when the product power supply is stopped. The automatic vending machine according to claim 3, wherein the automatic locking device comprises a slider with a hook hole that engages with a hook attached to the cover in the closed position of the anti-theft cover, and a solenoid that raises the slider to the locked position when energized. The vending machine is characterized in that the solenoid is connected to a commercial power source. In a vending machine equipped with an outer door with a door lock device on the front of a cabinet equipped with a product storage rack in the warehouse, an emergency door is provided at one corner of the outer door and connected to the door lock device of the outer door inside with incorporation of the manual door opening handle, the relative emergency door, normally locked in the closed position the emergency door in the energization of the commercial power supply, provided with an automatic locking device that operates to release the lock when the stop of the commercial power supply Vending machine characterized by that.

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