JP4380065B2 - Vending machine vending machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a vending machine sales vending machine for accepting and selling merchandise paid out at the time of sale, and more particularly to a vending machine equipped with a crime prevention function for preventing unauthorized access to the inside.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, as this type of sales opening device, the one shown in FIG. 5 is known. The sales port device 50 is provided on a main door (none of which is shown) of the vending machine, and has a sales port product box 51 having a sales port 51a on the front and an open back, and a sales port 51a. The sales outlet door 52 and the product receiving door 53 that open and close while cooperating with each other, the shaft 54 provided in the sales outlet product box 51, a security plate 55, a stopper 56, and the like. Further, a heat insulating door 57 having a payout outlet 57a is provided behind the sales outlet product box 51, and a payout door 58 for opening and closing the payout outlet 57a is attached to the heat insulating door 57.
[0003]
The said axis | shaft 54 is extended in the left-right direction, and the both ends are attached to the wall of the both sides of the sales opening merchandise box 51 via a fixing tool, respectively. On the other hand, the security plate 55 has a cylindrical curled portion 55a at the upper end thereof, and the curled portion 55a is rotatably attached to the shaft 54 in a state where the curled portion 55a is fitted to the shaft 54. As a result, the security plate 55 comes into contact with the payout door 58 in a state where the crime prevention plate is lowered obliquely rearward (position indicated by a two-dot chain line in the same figure) and a position in which the crime prevention plate 55 comes into contact with the stopper 56 obliquely forwardly lowered (Position indicated by a one-dot chain line in FIG. 2) and is normally suspended in front of the payout door 58 as indicated by a solid line in FIG. Further, the payout outlet door 58 always closes the payout opening 57a due to its own weight.
[0004]
In this vending machine, at the time of sale, the product usually slides down on a chute (not shown) in a sideways state and is dispensed forward from the dispensing outlet 57a while pushing the dispensing outlet door 58 open. Fall. At that time, the payout door 58 comes into contact with the security plate 55 from the rear, rotates forward while pushing it, and then returns to the payout 57a side. Thereafter, as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 5, the product purchaser opens the sales port door 52 and the product receiving door 53 and takes out the product from the sales port product box 51 while pushing the security plate 55 backward. On the other hand, at times other than sales, a person who attempts to gain unauthorized access to the inside of the outlet 57a opens the outlet door 52 and the product receiving door 53, inserts his hand through the outlet 51a, and puts the outlet door 58 forward. Even if it tries to open, the security plate 55 is in the way, so that the payout door 58 cannot be fully opened and the hand cannot be inserted inside the payout port 57a. This prevents goods from being stolen or mischievous.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
According to the conventional sales opening device 50 described above, when a product purchaser takes out a product from the sales port product box 51, the product purchaser must push the security plate 55 backward, which makes it difficult to take out the product. For this reason, when the installation location of the vending machine is indoor and there is no fear of theft or mischief of the product, when the security plate 55 is unnecessary, the security plate 55 can be removed in order to make it easier to take out the product. preferable. In that case, in the sales port device 50, it is necessary to remove the shaft 54 from the sales port product box 51 and to remove the curl portion 55a from the shaft 54. However, since the shaft 54 is attached to the sales outlet product box 51 via a fixing tool, it is necessary to perform a disassembling operation using a tool in order to remove the shaft 54, which is troublesome. Further, when the merchandise is paid out into the sales outlet merchandise box 51, the payout outlet door 58 must be rotated while pushing the security plate 55 forward. The sales operation may not be performed properly, such as being caught by the exit door 58.
[0006]
The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and can reliably obtain a security function by the security member, and when the security function is unnecessary, the security member can be easily removed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a vending machine sales opening device from which products can be easily taken out.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The invention according to claim 1 is a vending machine that is provided on the main door and accepts and sells a product dispensed forward from the payout opening while opening the payout door that opens and closes the payout opening at the time of sale. A sales port product box having a back surface open to accept a product paid out from the payout opening and having a sales port for taking out the product on the front surface, and the sales port product It has a shaft provided in the box so as to extend in the left-right direction, and an engaging portion curved in a U shape at one end, and the engaging portion is detachably and rotatably engaged with the shaft. And a security member that is suspended in front of the payout door and prevents access to the inside of the payout port, and is disposed close to the shaft, and when the main door is in a closed state, the security member The engaging part will not come off the shaft When the main door is in an open state and the security member is rotated backward from the rear side of the sales outlet product box, the control member permits removal of the security member from the shaft. And the restricting member is a stopper that restricts the position at which the security member rotates to the sales outlet side of the sales outlet product box .
[0008]
According to the vending machine sales opening device, at the time of sales, the product is paid out into the sales port product box through the payout port, and then is taken out from the sales port by the product purchaser. On the other hand, even when the hand is inserted into the sales box product box from the sales outlet at times other than during sales, the crime prevention member suspended in front of the outlet door prevents unauthorized access to the inside of the outlet. can do. Also, when the main door is in a closed state, the restricting member restricts the engaging portion of the security member from coming off the shaft, so that a person who tries to gain unauthorized access operates the restricting member from the sales outlet side. However, it cannot be removed, and the security function by the security member can be maintained.
[0009]
Furthermore, when the main door is open, when the security member is rotated backward from the rear side of the sales outlet product box by the operator, the security member can be removed from the shaft. If not needed, it can be removed. In this way, the security member can be easily removed from the shaft simply by opening the main door and rotating the security member rearward, which may be an obstacle when the security member takes out the product. The product can be easily taken out by eliminating it at all. For the same reason, for example, even when the security member is arranged on the trajectory of the opening / closing operation of the payout door, it will not become an obstacle to the opening / closing operation of the payout door. By fully opening and closing, the sales operation can be performed appropriately and reliably. Further, the above-described operation can be obtained by a simple and inexpensive configuration in which a crime prevention member having a U-shaped engagement portion, a shaft, and a restriction member are combined.
[0010]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, a vending machine sales vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a vending machine provided with the sales opening device of this embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a schematic configuration of the sales opening device. In FIG. 2, hatching of the cross section is omitted except for a part for easy understanding (the same applies to FIGS. 3 and 4). The vending machine 2 sells a plastic bottle type product S, and includes a vending machine body 2a (only a part is shown) and a main door 3 that opens and closes a front opening (not shown). .
[0011]
The main door 3 is normally locked with the front opening of the vending machine main body 2a closed, and has a sales opening 3a that opens at the center of the front. The main door 3 incorporates a sales port device 1 described later.
[0012]
Further, behind the main door 3, there is provided a heat insulating door 4 which is close to the main door 3 and extends in the vertical direction and opens and closes the front opening of the vending machine body 2a. The heat insulating door 4 is formed with three payout openings 4a arranged side by side in the left-right direction, and three payout opening doors 5 for opening and closing each of them are attached (only one is shown). Each payout exit door 5 is formed to be convexly curved forward and is pivotably suspended from the heat insulating door 4 via a hinge 5a. Thus, the payout exit 4a is normally closed by its own weight. (See FIG. 2), and at the time of sale, the product S opens forward (not shown).
[0013]
A plurality of product racks and chutes are housed in the vending machine main body 2a (none is shown), and a large number of products S are housed in each product rack. At the time of sale, the product S paid out from one of the product racks slides down on the chute in a state of being laid down, and the sales outlet device 5 of the sales outlet device 1 passes through the payout outlet 4a while rotating the payment outlet door 5 forward. It falls into the sales outlet product box 6.
[0014]
On the other hand, the sales outlet device 1 includes the sales outlet product box 6, the shaft 10, the security plate 11, the stopper 12, and the like. The sales outlet product box 6 is for receiving the product S paid out from the payout opening 4 a at the time of sale, and is attached to the main door 3. The sales outlet product box 6 includes vertical left and right side walls 6a, 6a (only one shown), a horizontal top wall 6b extending between the upper ends of these side walls 6a, 6a, and the lower ends of the side walls 6a, 6a. The bottom wall 6c is slanting forward and downward, and three vertical partition walls (not shown) disposed between the left and right side walls 6a, 6a with a space between each other. The front face of the sales outlet product box 6 is the opened sales outlet 3a, and the rear face is also opened facing the payout opening 4a. Further, the three partition walls are provided in parallel with the side walls 6a, 6a. With these three partition walls, the internal space of the sales outlet product box 6 corresponds to the three payout ports 4a. It is partitioned into one product receiving space and one dead space narrower than these and disposed between the two product receiving spaces (both not shown).
[0015]
Further, the sales outlet product box 6 is provided with a sales outlet door 7 and a product receiving door 8. The sales outlet door 7 opens and closes substantially the upper half of the sales outlet 3a, extends in the left-right direction, and has a slightly shorter width than the sales outlet 3a. The sales outlet door 7 has a “<” shape in cross section, and a cylindrical mounting portion 7 a is provided at a tip portion bent from the upper end portion to the surface side.
[0016]
On the other hand, between the upper ends of the left and right side walls 6a, 6a, a shaft 6d having a circular cross section extends horizontally through the three partition walls. The shaft 6d is disposed close to the sales outlet 3a, and both end portions are fixed to the left and right side walls 6a, 6a. The sales outlet door 7 is pivotally attached to the shaft 6d via the mounting portion 7a, so that the sales outlet 3a is normally closed while partially overlapping the product receiving door 8 by its own weight. 2 (position shown by a solid line in FIG. 2), and can be opened to the position shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG.
[0017]
The product receiving door 8 opens and closes a substantially lower half of the sales outlet 3a by a slight angle and extends in the left-right direction with the same width as the sales outlet door 7. A mounting portion 8 a is provided at the lower end of the commodity receiving door 8. On the other hand, a shaft 6e is provided between the left and right side walls 6a, 6a in the same manner as the shaft 6d. The merchandise receiving door 8 is rotatably attached to the shaft 6e via the mounting portion 8a, whereby a position for closing the sales outlet 3a (position indicated by a solid line in FIG. 2) and a little of the sales outlet 3a are provided. , And an opening position (a position indicated by a two-dot chain line in the figure). Further, the commodity receiving door 8 is connected to the sales outlet door 7 through a link mechanism (not shown), and thereby opens and closes in conjunction with the opening and closing of the sales outlet door 7.
[0018]
Furthermore, the sales outlet product box 6 is provided with the shaft 10, the security plate 11, and the stopper 12 described above. Like the shafts 6d and 6e, the shaft 10 has a circular cross section, penetrates the three partition walls, extends horizontally in the left-right direction, and both ends are fixed to the center of the upper ends of the left and right side walls 6a and 6a. ing.
[0019]
Further, the security plate 11 and the stopper 12 are provided in each of the commodity receiving spaces described above. The security plate 11 (security member) is produced by bending a metal plate (for example, an aluminum alloy plate). The security plate 11 includes a main plate portion 11a bent forward, a hook portion 11b (engagement portion) curved in a U-shaped cross section from the upper end portion of the main plate portion 11a to the back side, and a lower end portion of the main plate portion 11a. And a curled portion 11c curved in a circular cross section on the front side.
[0020]
The hook portion 11b has a U-shaped open portion that is slightly larger than the diameter of the shaft 10. The security plate 11 is rotatably attached to the hook portion 11b while being hooked on the shaft 10. As a result, the security plate 11 is normally located at a normal position (a position indicated by a solid line in FIG. 2) depending on its own weight when the main door 3 is closed. And a position where the stopper 12 abuts against a later-described stop portion 12c (a position indicated by a one-dot chain line in FIG. 2), and a position where the curl portion 11c abuts against the outlet door 5 by rotating backward. (Position indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 2).
[0021]
Each stopper 12 (regulating member) is manufactured by bending a metal plate (for example, an aluminum alloy plate), and is disposed at a position close to the shaft 10 and the security plate 11. The stopper 12 has an attachment portion 12a attached to the top wall 6b of the sales outlet product box 6, a restriction portion 12b extending downward from the front end of the attachment portion 12a, and extending obliquely forward and downward from the lower end of the restriction portion 12b. The stop portion 12c is integrally formed.
[0022]
The restricting portion 12b is disposed in front of the shaft 10, and the distance from the shaft 10 is narrower than the depth (the length in the left-right direction in FIG. 2) of the hook portion 11b of the security plate 11. The mounting portion 12a is disposed above the shaft 10, and the distance between the shaft 10 is set slightly larger than the distance between the restricting portion 12b and the shaft 10. Due to the dimensional relationship as described above, the forward movement of the security plate 11 is restricted by the restricting portion 12b, and the upward movement is restricted by the attaching portion 12a. In addition, when the main door 3 is closed, the rearward movement of the security plate 11 is also restricted by the payout door 5. Thus, when the main door 3 is closed, the security plate 11 cannot be removed from the shaft 10 (see FIG. 3B). Moreover, as will be described later, the security plate 11 can be removed from the shaft 10 in a state where the main door 3 is opened (see FIG. 4).
[0023]
Next, operation | movement of the sales outlet apparatus 1 of this embodiment is demonstrated. First, at the time of sale, the product S paid out from the product rack slides down on the chute, passes through the payout opening 4a while opening the payout door 5, and falls into the sales outlet product box 6. At that time, the security plate 11 is rotated forward by being pushed by the payout door 5. Thereafter, when the merchandise purchaser rotates the sales opening door 7 upward, the merchandise receiving door 8 is rotated forward in conjunction with this, thereby opening the sales opening 3a. Then, the product S is taken out from the sales outlet product box 6 through the sales outlet 3a. At that time, when the hand inserted into the sales outlet product box 6 hits the security plate 11, the security plate 11 is pushed by the hand, pivots backward, and then retracts.
[0024]
Further, when the main door 3 is closed, even if a person who tries to gain unauthorized access to the vending machine body 2a inserts his hand through the sales outlet 3a and opens the payout door 5 toward the front, the security plate Since 11 becomes obstructive, the payout door 5 cannot be opened sufficiently. In addition, as described above, when the main door 3 is closed, the security plate 11 cannot be removed from the shaft 10 due to the action of the stopper 12. As described above, unauthorized access to the inside of the payout opening 4a can be reliably prevented.
[0025]
On the other hand, when the main door 3 is opened during maintenance or the like, the security plate 11 can be detached from the shaft 10 as shown in FIG. That is, since the back of the sales outlet product box 6 is opened, it is possible to access the security plate 11 from behind, so that the security plate 11 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 4 until it contacts the mounting portion 12a. And then moving it forward until it abuts against the restricting portion 12b in that state, and then moving it downward along the restricting portion 12b. As shown by the solid line in FIG. Deviate from 10. In this way, it is possible to easily remove the security plate 11 from the shaft 10 by operating the security plate 11 by hand without using a tool. Therefore, for example, when the installation location of the vending machine 2 is indoors and there is no risk of the goods S being stolen or mischievous, the product S is removed from the sales outlet product box 6 by removing the security plate 11 from the shaft 10. The hand never hits the security plate 11. As a result, the product S can be easily taken out. For the same reason, the security plate 11 can be removed from the turning trajectory of the payout door 5 and, at the time of sale, the payout door 5 is opened and closed smoothly and sufficiently by the product S that has been paid out. The operation can be performed appropriately and reliably. Furthermore, the above effects can be obtained by a simple and inexpensive configuration in which the security plate 11 having the U-shaped hook portion 11b, the shaft 10 and the stopper 12 are combined.
[0026]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the vending machine of the vending machine of the present invention, the security function by the security member can be surely obtained, and when the security function is unnecessary, the security member can be easily removed, Thereby, the product can be easily taken out.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view of a vending machine including a sales outlet device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing the sales outlet device of the present embodiment.
[Fig. 3] When the main door is in a closed state, (a) a state when the security plate of the sales port device is in a normal position and (b) opening the sales port door and attempting to remove the security plate illegally. It is sectional drawing which shows an example of operation | movement at the time of doing.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing an operation when the security plate is properly removed with the main door opened.
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a conventional sales opening device.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Sales outlet apparatus 2 Vending machine 3 Main door 3a Sales outlet 4a Outlet 5 Outlet door 6 Sales outlet Product box 10 Axis 11 Security plate (security member)
11b Hook part (engagement part)
12 Stopper (Regulator)
S plastic bottle product

Claims (1)

A vending machine sales opening device for accepting and selling a product delivered forward from the payout opening while opening a payout door that opens and closes the payout opening at the time of sale.
A sales outlet product box having a sales opening for taking out the product on the front side, with a back surface open to accept the product paid out from the payout exit,
A shaft provided to extend in the left-right direction in the sales outlet product box;
An engagement portion curved in a U-shape at one end, and the engagement portion is detachably and pivotably engaged with the shaft so as to be suspended in front of the payout door. Security members to prevent access to the inside of the
When the main door is placed close to the shaft and the main door is in a closed state, the engagement portion of the security member is restricted so as not to come off from the shaft, and when the main door is in an open state, the sale When the security member is rotated backward from the back side of the mouth product box, a restriction member that allows the security member to be removed from the shaft, and
The vending machine sales opening device characterized in that the restricting member is a stopper for restricting the position where the security member rotates to the sales opening side of the sales outlet product box .

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