JP4337647B2 - Vending machine product storage rack - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a product storage rack of a vending machine that stores various products such as paper packs, cans, bottles, and plastic bottles.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a product storage rack that stores various products such as paper packs, cans, bottles, and plastic bottles is known for vending machines. The product storage rack has a rack case that stores products stacked in the vertical direction, and cuts out products one by one from the bottom according to a sales order and carries them out. The rack case is accommodated in a main body cabinet of a vending machine that forms a heat-insulating housing whose front can be opened and closed by a front door, and is provided so as to be able to be pulled out in front of the main body cabinet. And the rack case is stacked and stored from the side opening in the form pulled out to the front of the main body cabinet. The rack case is provided with a door body that closes the side opening in order to prevent a situation in which stacked and stored products collapse from the side opening. The door body swings in such a manner that a pivot shaft extending vertically is inserted and supported in a bearing hole provided at an upper and lower position of the rack case to open and close the side opening (for example, Patent Document 1). reference).

JP 2002-183822 A

  In the above-described conventional product storage rack of a vending machine, for example, when performing maintenance work on a carry-out device for carrying out the product, the opened door body may become an obstacle. In such a case, the door body is removed as necessary. However, the door body prevents the rotation shaft from coming out of the bearing hole by a holding member fixed with screws or the like. For this reason, when removing the door body from the rack case, it is necessary to remove a screw or the like with a tool to release the blocking by the holding member. On the other hand, when the door body is attached to the rack case, it is necessary to restore the prevention by the holding member by attaching a screw or the like with a tool. Thus, conventionally, the door cannot be easily attached and detached.

  An object of this invention is to provide the goods storage rack of the vending machine which can perform attachment or detachment of a door body easily in view of the said situation.

In order to achieve the above object, a product storage rack of a vending machine according to claim 1 of the present invention supports a rack case in which products are stacked and stored from a side opening, and a product stored in the rack case. In a product storage rack of a vending machine having a plate-like door body that closes the side opening in a manner that does, the rotating shaft inserted through a pair of bearing holes arranged facing the rack case side. The door body is swingably provided in such a manner that it can move in the vertical direction and opens and closes the side opening , and is provided on the rack case side at the closed position of the door body at the upper end of the door body. An engagement hole extending in the vertical direction to engage with the engagement piece, and the door body is moved upward until the engagement hole is detached from the engagement piece. When the door is swung in the opening direction, the lower edge of the door is placed on the guide And a guide restricting piece having a contact portion that determines the fully open position of the door body, and the door body is swung in the closing direction with the lower edge of the door body being placed on the guide restricting piece. When the lower end edge of the door body falls off from the guide restricting piece, the engagement hole at the upper end of the door body is engaged with the engagement piece to maintain the closed position, and the bearing hole A door body that prevents the rotation shaft from coming out of the bearing hole when the door body is in a fully open position where it comes into contact with the contact portion of the guide restriction piece An attachment / detachment means is provided.

  The product storage rack of the vending machine according to claim 2 of the present invention is the product storage rack according to claim 1, wherein the door body attaching / detaching means includes a locking piece extending radially outward of the rotating shaft, and the bearing hole. A locking groove that is disposed so that the locking piece can be inserted when the door body is in a predetermined open position. It is characterized by comprising.

  The commodity storage rack of the vending machine according to the present invention is provided with door body attaching / detaching means that allows the rotation shaft to be pulled out from the bearing hole when the door body is in a predetermined open position. As a result, for example, when the maintenance operation of the product storage rack is performed, even when the opened door body becomes an obstacle, the door body can be easily attached and detached.

  Exemplary embodiments of a product storage rack of a vending machine according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

  1 is a perspective view showing an example of a vending machine equipped with a product storage rack according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a product storage rack according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a side view showing the operation of a bend mechanism. 4 is an exploded perspective view showing the structure of the door body in the commodity storage rack of the present invention, FIG. 5 is a plan view showing the closed position of the door body, FIG. 6 is a side view showing the closed position of the door body, and FIG. FIG. 8 is a side view showing the opened state of the door body, FIG. 9 is a plan view showing a predetermined opening position of the door body, and FIG. 10 is a side view showing the detached state of the door body. is there.

  The vending machine illustrated here is for selling various products such as paper packs, cans, bottles or plastic bottles, and includes a main body cabinet 1, an outer door 2, and a heat insulating door 3 as shown in FIG. Yes.

  The main body cabinet 1 is configured by appropriately combining a plurality of steel plates, and has a rectangular shape with an open front surface. Inside the main body cabinet 1 (inside the machine), a commodity storage 4 is provided. The commodity storage 4 is provided with a plurality (two in this embodiment) of independent storages 4a and 4b.

  The product storage 4 is for storing the product W in a state maintained at a desired temperature, and has an opening on the front surface. A plurality of product storage racks 10 to be described later are arranged in the upper part of the product storage 4. In this embodiment, two commodity storage racks 10 are stored in each storage 4a and 4b, and a total of four commodity storage racks 10 are provided. A shooter 5 for carrying out the product W cut out from the product storage rack 10 to the front of the product storage 4 is provided below each product storage rack 10.

  A heat exchanger is disposed in a lower portion of the product storage 4 that is partitioned by the shooter 5. For example, when the storage 4a located on the left side of the front is dedicated to cooling, although not shown in the drawing, a cooling unit evaporator, an internal fan, and an internal fan motor are provided as heat exchangers. On the other hand, for example, when the storage 4b located on the right side can be switched between cooling / warming, although not shown in the drawing, it serves as a heat exchanger for the evaporator of the cooling unit, the internal fan, and the internal fan. A heater is provided in addition to the motor.

  A machine room 6 is provided at a position below the commodity storage 4 (4a, 4b). The machine room 6 is for housing machine parts that are commonly used in the storages 4a and 4b. Although not shown in the drawing, the machine room 6 is provided with components of the cooling unit such as a compressor, a condenser, and an expander, an external fan, and an external fan motor. An electromagnetic valve for selecting the evaporator to be driven is individually provided in the refrigerant supply pipe extending from the expander to the evaporator disposed in each of the storage boxes 4a and 4b.

  The outer door 2 has a size large enough to cover the front opening of the main body cabinet 1, is firmly constructed of steel, and is supported on one side edge of the main body cabinet 1. The outer door 2 is provided with a product outlet 2a. On the front surface (outer surface) of the outer door 2, a display window for visually observing a product sample (not shown in the figure), a coin insertion slot, a bill insertion slot, a display, a coin return slot and a product selection for selling the product Buttons are provided. On the other hand, on the back surface (inner surface) side of the outer door 2, a coin processing machine, a coin collection box, a banknote processing machine, and the like are provided although not explicitly shown in the drawing.

  The heat insulating door 3 of the vending machine has a size sufficient to cover the opening on the front surface of the product storage 4 (4a, 4b) provided in the main body cabinet 1, and is provided with a heat insulating property by a steel material. It is. The heat insulation door 3 insulates the inside of the product storage 4 from the outside by closing the front opening of the product storage 4 in a sealed state. The heat insulation door 3 is provided with a carry-out door 3a for carrying out the product W guided from the shooter 5 to the product take-out port 2a of the outer door 2.

  Hereinafter, the commodity storage rack 10 will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, the product storage rack 10 is provided suspended from the inside of the main body cabinet 1 in the vending machine described above, and is arranged so as to be able to be pulled forward from the front opening by a rail or the like not explicitly shown in the drawing. It is. As shown in FIG. 2, the product storage rack 10 is provided with a plurality of rack cases 11 for storing products W. A plurality of rack cases 11 are arranged side by side in the direction in which the product storage rack 10 is pulled out. The rack case 11 in the present embodiment has a front plate 12a and a rear plate 12b that are opposed to each other in the pulling-out direction of the product storage rack 10, and has a side plate 12c that closes one side between the front plate 12a and the rear plate 12b. Thus, a substantially U-shaped frame 12 is formed in a plan view that forms the side opening 12d on the other side. And the two rack cases 11 and 11 arranged in the pulling-out direction of the product storage rack 10 are integrally configured by partitioning the front plate 12a and the rear plate 12b with the partition portion 13. A bend mechanism 14 is provided at the lower end of the partition 13. In the rack case 11, products W (for example, paper pack products or can products) are stacked and stored from the side opening 12d.

  2 and 3, the bend mechanism 14 has a lower flapper 14a and an upper flapper 14b. The lower flapper 14 a and the upper flapper 14 b are provided so as to be movable between a projecting position that projects into the rack case 11 and a retracted position that retracts from the rack case 11. The lower flapper 14a and the upper flapper 14b are moved to a protruding position and a retracted position by a driving unit (not shown) such as a motor or a solenoid.

  In the sales standby state in which the product W is stored in the rack case 11, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3A, the bend mechanism 14 has the lower flapper 14a in the protruding position and the upper flapper 14b in the retracted position. is there. In this sales standby state, the bend mechanism 14 holds all the products W above it by holding the lowest product W by the lower flapper 14a in the protruding position as shown in FIG. . Here, when money is inserted into the vending machine, a product selection button is selected, and a sales command is input, the bend mechanism 14 is in a sales state. In this sales state, as shown in FIG. 3B, the bend mechanism 14 first holds the second product W from the bottom when the upper flapper 14b is in the protruding position, and then the lower flapper 14a is in the retracted position. Only the lowest product W is dropped. Thereafter, the lower flapper 14a is returned to the projecting position, and then the upper flapper 14b is returned to the retracted position to reach the sales standby state again. Thus, the bend mechanism 14 carries out only the lowest product W according to the sales command. The product W dropped from the rack case 11 slides down with the shooter 5 shown in FIG. 1 and reaches the product outlet 2 a of the outer door 2 through the carry-out door 3 a of the heat insulating door 3. In FIG. 3, a paper pack product W is illustrated as an example of the product W. When the paper pack product W is held by the upper flapper 14b in the sales state, the paper pack product W is held by pressing the side portion of the paper pack product W. In addition, when the can product W shown in FIG. 2 is held by the upper flapper 14b in the sales state, for example, the can product W is held in a mode of supporting from the lower side.

  Although not clearly shown in the drawing, the rack case 11 is provided with a regulating member for dealing with various products having different sizes. For example, the regulating member changes the size of the product storage area by changing the distance between the front plate 12a and the partition portion 13 of the frame 12 in the rack case 11 and the distance between the rear plate 12b and the partition portion 13 to change the size of the product storage region. In the width direction of the product W. Further, the restricting member is configured to change the size of the product storage area by changing the distance from the side plate 12c of the frame 12 to the side opening 12d in the rack case 11 to adjust the product storage area in the length direction of the product W. have.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the rack case 11 closes the side opening 12d in order to prevent the product W stacked and stored from the side opening 12d from collapsing from the side opening 12d. A door 15 is provided. In FIG. 4, one door 15 corresponding to the side opening 12d of one rack case 11 is shown.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the door body 15 has a substantially plate shape, and a pivot shaft 151 extending vertically is provided at a side end portion thereof. The rotation shaft 151 in this embodiment includes an upper rotation shaft 151 a provided to extend above the door body 15 and a lower rotation shaft 151 b provided to extend below the door body 15. . Each rotating shaft 151a, 151b is disposed on the same axis extending in the vertical direction. In addition, although the rotating shaft 151 (151a, 151b) shown in FIG. 4 is formed by bending a sheet metal into a cylindrical shape, it may be formed in a rod shape.

  Further, the door body 15 has a plate-like locking piece (door body attaching / detaching means) 152 extending in a radially outward direction of the upper rotating shaft 151a at a position below the upper end of the upper rotating shaft 151a. Is provided. The locking piece 152 is provided along the plate-like portion of the door body 15. The upper rotating shaft 151 a forms an upper rotating shaft 151 a in which a portion extending above the locking piece 152 substantially acts as the rotating shaft 151 of the door body 15.

  Further, an engagement hole 153 is provided in the plate-like upper end portion of the door body 15. Furthermore, a plate-like contact piece 154 extending downward is provided at the plate-like lower end portion of the door body 15. Furthermore, a substantially horizontal lower end edge 155 is provided at a position in the vicinity of the lower rotating shaft 151b, which is a plate-like lower end of the door body 15.

  In the door body 15, the rotation shaft 151 (151 a, 151 b) is inserted and supported through a pair of bearing holes (upper bearing hole 161, lower bearing hole 171) provided facing the vertical position of the rack case 11. Thus, the side opening 12d is disposed so as to be swingable in a manner to open and close.

  The upper bearing hole 161 is formed in the plate-like upper plate 16 that closes the upper opening of the frame 12 that forms the rack case 11. The upper bearing hole 161 is a circular hole through which the upper rotation shaft 151a can be inserted. The upper bearing hole 161 is integrally provided with a locking groove hole (door body attaching / detaching means) 162 extending in the radially outward direction of the upper bearing hole 161. The locking groove 162 is a long hole through which the locking piece 152 provided in the door body 15 can be inserted. That is, the upper bearing hole 161 and the locking groove hole 162 are inserted through the upper rotating shaft 151a and the locking piece 152 together. The locking groove 162 extends in a direction away from the door body 15 in a state where the door body 15 is in the closed position where the side body opening 12d is closed, and the door body 15 opens the side opening 12d. It is provided in such a manner that the locking piece 152 is inserted in a state where it is in a predetermined open position. The upper plate 16 provided with the upper bearing hole 161 is provided with an engagement piece 163 bent upward so as to engage with the engagement hole 153 of the door 15 at the closed position.

  The lower bearing hole 171 is provided in the lower end frame 17 provided in a manner straddling the side opening 12d at the lower end portion of the frame 12 forming the rack case 11. The lower end frame 17 is a portion formed by bending the upper end of a plate-like substrate (not shown) extending upward in a substantially horizontal direction. The lower bearing hole 171 is formed in this horizontal portion. The lower bearing hole 171 has a rectangular shape through which the lower rotating shaft 151b can be inserted. The lower end frame 17 provided with the lower bearing hole 171 is provided with a guide regulating piece 172 bent upward. The guide restricting piece 172 includes a first contact portion 172a that contacts the lower end edge portion 155 of the door body 15 in the closed position, and an upper end edge of the first contact portion 172a. The guide edge 172b that guides the opening of the door body 15 by placing the portion 155, and the lower edge 155 of the door body 15 that extends above the first contact part 172a and is in a predetermined open position. A second contact portion 172c that comes into contact is provided.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the door body 15 has an upper rotation shaft 151 a inserted through the upper bearing hole 161 and a lower rotation shaft 151 b inserted through the lower bearing hole 171 so that the side opening 12 d of the rack case 11 is opened. Is supported to be openable and closable. 5 and 6, the door 15 is in the closed position where the side opening 12d is closed. In this closed position, the door body 15 has the engagement hole 153 engaged with the engagement piece 163 and the lower end edge portion 155 positioned on the side opening 12d side of the first contact portion 172a as shown in FIG. Therefore, the closed position is maintained. When the door 15 is in this closed position, as shown in FIG. 5, since the locking piece 152 has a different orientation with respect to the locking groove hole 162 as shown in FIG. 5, the locking piece 152 has the periphery of the upper bearing hole 161. The lower rotating shaft 151b does not come out of the lower bearing hole 171 and the rotating shaft 151 (151a, 151b) may be disengaged from the bearing holes 161, 171. Absent. For this reason, the door body 15 cannot be removed from the rack case 11.

  As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the door body 15 is lifted up and swung in the opening direction to open the side opening 12 d. As described above, the door body 15 is not detached from the rack case 11 due to the restriction by the locking piece 152, the engagement hole 153 is disengaged from the engagement of the engagement piece 163, and the lower end edge 155 is the guide edge 172b. It will be in an open state by putting on. In this open state, as shown in FIG. 7, the door body 15 has the locking piece 152 in a different direction with respect to the locking groove hole 162, so that the locking piece 152 has the periphery of the upper bearing hole 161 (upper plate 16 The lower rotating shaft 151b does not come out of the lower bearing hole 171 and the rotating shaft 151 (151a, 151b) may be disengaged from the bearing holes 161, 171. Absent. For this reason, the door body 15 cannot be removed from the rack case 11. Then, in the opened state of the door body 15, the product W is replenished to the rack case 11.

  When the door body 15 is further swung in the opening direction from the open state shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the door body 15 assumes a predetermined open position as shown in FIG. Here, the predetermined open position means that when the door body 15 is further swung in the open direction in the open state shown in FIG. 8, the lower end edge portion 155 is placed on the guide edge portion 172b. Guided. When the door body 15 is further swung in the opening direction, the lower end edge portion 155 contacts the second contact portion 172c, and swinging in the opening direction is restricted. A position where the swinging is restricted and the door body 15 is fully opened is a predetermined opening position.

  As shown in FIG. 10, since the locking piece 152 has the same direction with respect to the locking groove hole 162 at the predetermined open position, the locking piece 152 is locked into the locking groove by lifting the entire door body 15 upward. It is inserted through the hole 162. For this reason, the lower rotating shaft 151 b comes out of the lower bearing hole 171. When the lower rotating shaft 151b is removed from the lower bearing hole 171, the upper rotating shaft 151a is removed from the upper bearing hole 161 by moving the door body 15 downward. As a result, the rotating shaft 151 (151a, 151b) is detached from the bearing holes 161, 171 and the door body 15 is detached from the rack case 11.

  Further, the upper rotating shaft 151 a is inserted into the upper bearing hole 161 in such a manner that the locking piece 152 is inserted into the locking groove hole 162 while moving the door 15 removed from the rack case 11 upward in the reverse procedure. After that, the door body 15 is attached to the rack case 11 at a predetermined open position by moving the door body 15 downward and inserting the lower rotating shaft 151b into the lower bearing hole 171.

  Furthermore, when the door body 15 is swung in the closing direction from a predetermined open position or open state, the lower end edge portion 155 is placed on the guide edge portion 172b, so that the swing is guided. When the door body 15 reaches the closed position, the lower end edge portion 155 falls from above the guide edge portion 172b to the side opening 12d side of the first contact portion 172a. At this time, as shown in FIG. 6, the engagement hole 153 engages with the engagement piece 163, so that the door body 15 automatically enters the closed position and is maintained in the closed position.

  As described above, in the commodity storage rack of the vending machine described above, as the door body attaching / detaching means, the locking piece 152 extends in the radially outward direction of the upper rotating shaft 151a of the door body 15, and the upper rotating shaft 151a is supported. A locking groove 162 extending in the radially outward direction of the upper bearing hole 161 is provided in such a manner that the locking piece 152 is inserted into the upper bearing hole 161. When the door body 15 is in a predetermined open position (a position in the fully open state), the locking piece 152 can be inserted into the locking groove hole 162, and the rotation shaft 151 (151a, 151b) is inserted into the bearing hole. 161 and 171 and the door 15 is removed from the rack case 11. As a result, for example, when the maintenance work of the bend mechanism 14 or the work of changing the size of the product storage area in the rack case 11 according to the size of various products is performed, the opened door body 15 becomes an obstacle. Even in the case, the door 15 can be easily attached and detached.

It is a perspective view which shows an example of the vending machine provided with the goods storage rack which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the goods storage rack which concerns on this invention. It is a side view which shows operation | movement of a bend mechanism. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the structure of the door body in the goods storage rack of this invention. It is a top view which shows the obstruction | occlusion position of a door body. It is a side view which shows the obstruction | occlusion position of a door body. It is a top view which shows the open state of a door body. It is a side view which shows the open state of a door body. It is a top view which shows the predetermined open position of a door body. It is a side view which shows the attachment or detachment state of a door body.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body cabinet 10 Commodity storage rack 11 Rack case 12 Frame 12a Front plate 12b Rear plate 12c Side plate 12d Side opening 13 Partition 14 Bend mechanism 14a Lower flapper 14b Upper flapper 15 Door body 151 Rotating shaft 151a Upper rotating shaft 151b Lower Rotating shaft 152 Locking piece 153 Engagement hole 154 Contacting piece 155 Lower end edge 16 Upper plate 161 Upper bearing hole 162 Locking groove hole 163 Engagement piece 17 Lower end frame 171 Lower bearing hole 172 Guide restriction piece 172a First contact Contact part 172b Guide edge part 172c Second contact part W Product

Claims (2)

A product storage rack for a vending machine having a rack case in which products are stacked and stored from the side opening, and a plate-like door that closes the side opening in a manner to support the product stored in the rack case. In
It is possible to move in the vertical direction via a pivot shaft inserted through a pair of bearing holes arranged opposite to the rack case side , and to swing the door body in such a manner as to open and close the side opening. And
The upper end of the door body has an engagement hole extending in the vertical direction where it engages with an engagement piece provided on the rack case side at the closed position of the door body. When the door body is moved upward until it is detached from the piece and then the door body is swung in the opening direction, the lower end edge of the door body is placed on the guide and the fully open position of the door body is set. A lower end edge portion of the door body having a guide restricting piece having a contact portion to be determined, wherein the lower end edge portion of the door body is swung in the closing direction with the lower end edge portion of the door body being placed on the guide restricting piece. Is configured so that the engagement hole at the upper end of the door body is engaged with the engagement piece to maintain the closed position when falling off from the guide regulating piece,
While preventing the rotation shaft from coming out of the bearing hole, allowing the rotation shaft to come out from the bearing hole when the door body is in the fully open position where it comes into contact with the contact portion of the guide regulating piece. A product storage rack of a vending machine, characterized by comprising a door body attaching / detaching means. The door body attaching / detaching means includes
A locking piece extending radially outward of the pivot shaft;
A locking groove that extends outwardly of the bearing hole and is arranged so that the locking piece can be inserted when the door body is in a predetermined open position. The merchandise storage rack of the vending machine according to claim 1.

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