JP4544584B2 - Equipment for selling goods - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an apparatus for selling goods with improved cooling or heating efficiency, and is particularly suitable for a can beverage vending machine capable of selling a plurality of types of can beverages.

  For example, in canned beverage vending machines among the various existing goods selling apparatuses, a plurality of racks are arranged in parallel so that a plurality of types of canned beverages can be sold. Each can be filled with a canned beverage. And in order to cool or heat the can beverage 14 loaded in each rack 21-26 of this can beverage vending machine, as shown in FIG. 5, not only the cooler 16 and the heater 18, but also the cooling or In order to blow the heated gas, the fan 20 is built in the can beverage vending machine.

  Therefore, the cooling gas or the heating gas is blown into the cabinet of the can beverage vending machine by the fan 20 to cool or heat the can beverage 14 in each rack, and is further sucked from the intake duct 38. By passing through the cooler 16 and the heater 18 again, this gas is circulated in the storage.

  However, there are six racks 21 to 26 in the can beverage vending machine shown in FIG. 5, for example. In the lower part of the third rack 23 and the fourth rack 24, The airflow is branched and flows into an airflow B directed from the front to the rear of the can beverage vending machine and an airflow A drawn downward by the negative pressure of the fan 20.

  Therefore, as a flow like the air flow A is generated, a gas that does not circulate through the cooler 16 and the heater 18 is generated. As a result, the can beverage 14 loaded in the rack is efficiently cooled and heated. There is a disadvantage that cannot be done.

Further, while the air blowing speed of the gas at the fan outlet is, for example, 7.1 m / s, the air speed at the fastest position after passing through the shooter 28 is about 3 m / s, which is about 42% of the fan outlet wind speed ratio. The arrow in FIG. 5 representing the wind speed of the gas has become smaller. As a result, since the gas does not sufficiently hit the canned beverage 14, a defect that the canned beverage 14 loaded in the racks 21 to 26 cannot be efficiently cooled or heated as described above occurs.
In view of the above facts, an object of the present invention is to provide an article selling apparatus that can improve the efficiency of cooling or heating.

The apparatus for selling goods according to claim 1 is arranged in a line-up in parallel, and a plurality of racks into which stored items are respectively loaded,
A fan disposed at the bottom of the plurality of racks for blowing air toward the plurality of racks;
A shooter that is disposed between the rack and the fan so as to guide an object to be stored discharged from the rack, and has a through hole through which gas blown from the fan passes;
A guide duct that is disposed between the shooter and the fan and guides the gas blown from the fan to the shooter;
A louver having one end attached to a lower portion of an intermediate point between mutually adjacent racks of the plurality of racks and the other end arranged with a gap between the shooters;
Have
The gas blown from the fan is guided along the louver along the shooter through the gap between the other end of the louver and the shooter while being guided along the louver to the object to be stored in the rack .

The operation of the article selling apparatus according to claim 1 will be described below.
The article selling apparatus according to the present invention has a plurality of racks in which a plurality of racks each loaded with an article to be stored are arranged in parallel, and a plurality of fans for blowing gas toward the plurality of racks. The structure is arranged at the bottom of the rack.

In addition, although the shooter disposed between the rack and the fan guides the object to be stored discharged from the rack, the shooter has a through hole. For this reason, the guide duct guides the gas blown from the fan to the shooter, and then the gas flows through the through hole provided in the shooter to the rack side.
And since one end is attached to the lower part of the intermediate point between mutually adjacent racks among a plurality of racks, and the other end exists with a gap between the shooter, there is a louver. After the gas blown from the air passes through the through hole, the gas is guided by the louver toward the object to be stored in the rack, and along the shooter through the gap between the other end of the louver and the shooter. Guided.

  That is, in this claim, there is a guide duct for guiding the gas blown from the fan, and the downward flow on the fan side is drawn by the negative pressure generated by the operation of the fan. It is not disturbed by the duct, and the gas blown from the fan is sent to the shooter while being guided by the guide duct, so that the turbulence of the gas flow is reduced, and the wind speed of the gas after passing the shooter is also reduced. Rise. As a result, for example, canned beverages, which are stored items loaded in a rack in the article selling apparatus, can be efficiently cooled or heated.

As described above, according to the apparatus for the sale of goods according to the claims, by a structure in which the louver is also guided member mounted on the rack as well as have a guide duct as possible manufactured at low cost with a simple structure It has become possible to save energy by improving the efficiency of cooling or heating at low cost.

The apparatus for selling goods according to claim 2 is a plurality of racks that are arranged in parallel and are loaded with articles to be stored therein, respectively.
A fan disposed at the bottom of the plurality of racks for blowing air toward the plurality of racks;
A shooter having a through-hole that is disposed obliquely between the rack and the fan so as to guide the objects to be discharged from the rack and allows the gas blown from the fan to pass through;
A guide duct that is disposed between the shooter and the fan and guides the gas blown from the fan to the shooter;
Two louvers having different sizes from each other, each having one end attached to the lower part of the rack and guiding the gas blown from the fan to the objects to be stored in the rack;
Have
The louver facing the portion of the shooter that is placed diagonally and raised is composed of an arc-shaped member,
The louver opposed to the lower shooter portion is formed by combining two arc-shaped members and is larger than the louver .

The operation of the article selling apparatus according to claim 2 will be described below.
The article selling apparatus according to the present invention has a plurality of racks in which a plurality of racks each loaded with an article to be stored are arranged in parallel, and a plurality of fans for blowing gas toward the plurality of racks. The structure is arranged at the bottom of the rack.

In addition, a shooter disposed obliquely between the rack and the fan guides an object to be stored discharged from the rack, but the shooter has a through hole. Therefore , after the guide duct guides the gas blown from the fan to the shooter and then passes through the through hole provided in the shooter, the gas is covered by the two louvers having different sizes from each other in the rack. Guided toward the storage.
And the louver facing the shooter portion which is arranged diagonally and is made up of an arc-shaped member, and the louver facing the shooter portion made lower than this is composed of two arcuate members. And larger than the louver.

That is, in this claim, since there are two louvers that guide the gas blown from the fan so as to be directed toward the stored item in the rack, the gas blown from the fan can pass through these two after passing the shooter . The louver comes into contact with the object more strongly and surely. As a result, for example, canned drinks, which are stored items loaded in a rack in the apparatus for selling goods, can be efficiently cooled or heated as in the first aspect.

From the above, according to the article for sale device according to the claims, a guiding member, such as can be manufactured at low cost with a simple structure and has a guide duct as possible manufactured at low cost with a simple structure 2 By adopting a structure in which two louvers are attached to the rack, it is possible to improve the efficiency of cooling or heating at low cost and to save energy.

The apparatus for selling goods according to claim 3 is arranged in a form arranged in parallel, and a plurality of racks into which the articles to be stored are respectively loaded,
A fan disposed at the bottom of the plurality of racks for blowing air toward the plurality of racks;
A shooter having a through-hole that is disposed obliquely between the rack and the fan so as to guide the objects to be discharged from the rack and allows the gas blown from the fan to pass through;
A guide duct that is disposed between the shooter and the fan and guides the gas blown from the fan to the shooter;
One of the two racks having one end attached to a lower portion of an intermediate point between adjacent racks and the other end having a gap between the racks and the shooter. Louver,
Have
The louver facing the portion of the shooter that is placed diagonally and raised is composed of an arc-shaped member,
The louver facing the lower shooter portion is composed of two arcuate members combined to be larger than the louver,
The gas blown from the fan is guided along the two louvers along the shooter through the gap between the other end of the louver and the shooter while being guided to the objects to be stored in the rack along the two louvers. And

The operation of the article selling apparatus according to claim 3 will be described below.
The article selling apparatus according to the present invention has a plurality of racks in which a plurality of racks each loaded with an article to be stored are arranged in parallel, and a plurality of fans for blowing gas toward the plurality of racks. The structure is arranged at the bottom of the rack.

In addition, a shooter disposed obliquely between the rack and the fan guides an object to be stored discharged from the rack, but the shooter has a through hole. Furthermore, not only the guide duct is arranged between the shooter and the fan, but also two louvers of different sizes for guiding the gas to the objects to be stored in the rack are attached at one end to the lower part of the rack. Arranged in a shape. From this, not only does the guide duct guide the gas blown from the fan to the shooter, and then the gas flows to the rack side through the through hole provided in the shooter, it also has a mutual size. Two different louvers guide this gas to the objects in the rack.
However, in this claim, although one end of two louvers is attached to the lower part of the middle point between adjacent racks among a plurality of racks, the other end of these two louvers is between the shooter. Each has a gap. Therefore, after the gas blown from the fan passes through the through hole, the gas is not only guided by the louvers toward the objects to be stored in the rack, but also between the other end of the louver and the shooter. It is guided along the shooter through the gap.
Further, in the present invention, the louver of the two louvers that is opposed to the shooter portion that is obliquely arranged and raised is formed of an arcuate member, and the shooter portion that is lowered below the louver portion. The opposing louvers are made larger than the louvers by combining two arcuate members.

That is, in this claim, there is a guide duct for guiding the gas blown from the fan , and not only guides the gas blown from the fan toward the stored item in the rack, but also the other end. There are two louvers that guide along the shooter through a gap between the shooter and the shooter .

  For this reason, the downward flow on the fan side due to the negative pressure generated by the operation of the fan is prevented from being disturbed by the guide duct, and the gas blown from the fan is guided by the guide. By being sent to the shooter while being guided by the duct, the turbulence of the gas flow is reduced, and the wind speed of the gas after passing through the shooter is also increased. The gas blown from the fan also strikes the object to be stored more strongly and reliably after passing through the shooter. As a result of the above, for example, canned beverages, which are stored items loaded in a rack in the article sales apparatus, are efficiently cooled or heated.

  As described above, according to the apparatus for selling goods according to this claim, the rack has a guide duct that can be manufactured at a low cost with a simple structure, and a louver that can be manufactured at a low cost with a simple structure. By adopting the attached structure, it is possible to improve the efficiency of cooling or heating at low cost and to save energy.

  As described above, according to the above-described configuration of the present invention, it is possible to provide an article selling apparatus with improved cooling or heating efficiency, and in particular, by applying it to a can beverage vending machine capable of selling a plurality of types of can beverages. , Exhibit excellent effects.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of an article selling apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a can beverage vending machine 10 that is an apparatus for selling goods according to the present embodiment, and is close to the upper part inside a housing 12 that is an outer frame of the can beverage vending machine 10. In the place, six racks from the first rack 21 to the sixth rack 26 in which canned beverages 14 to be stored are respectively loaded are arranged in parallel.

  A cooler 16 for cooling the gas and a heater 18 for heating the gas are continuously arranged at a position near the lower part in the casing 12 of the can beverage vending machine 10. A fan 20 for blowing air is disposed adjacent to the heater 18. Moreover, it forms with a metal board | plate material so that the can beverage 14 discharged | emitted and dropped from each of the said racks 21-26, respectively, may be guided, rolling ahead of the can beverage vending machine 10 (left side in FIG. 1). The shooter 28 is disposed obliquely at a location between the racks 21 to 26 and the fan 20 with the front of the can beverage vending machine 10 being lowered. The shooter 28 is provided with a plurality of through holes 30 at equal intervals.

  A guide duct 32 including an upper guide 32A and a lower guide 32B is disposed between the shooter 28 and the fan 20, and the guide duct 32 guides the gas blown from the fan 20 to the shooter 28. It has become. Accordingly, the gas blown from the fan 20 passes through the through hole 30 of the shooter 28 and is blown toward the plurality of racks 21 to 26.

  On the other hand, the upper end of the louver 34 is attached to the lower part of the third rack 23 from the left among the six racks 21 to 26, and the louver 34 sends the gas blown from the fan 20 to the third rack 23. The can 23 is guided to the can beverage 14 in the rack 23. However, the louver 34 has a structure in which two members formed in a circular arc shape with a thin plate material are combined.

  In addition, the upper end of the louver 36 is similarly attached to the lower part of the fifth rack 25 from the left among the six racks 21 to 26, and the louver 36 transmits the gas blown from the fan 20 to the first. The cans 14 are guided to the four racks 24 and the fifth rack 25. However, the louver 36 has a structure in which the louver 36 is simply formed in a circular arc shape with a thin plate material.

  Further, an intake duct 38 connected to the cooler 16 and the heater 18 is disposed at a position near the rear (right side in FIG. 1) of the can beverage vending machine 10, and the racks 21 to 21 in the housing 12 are arranged. The gas that has passed through the gaps 26 and the like is sucked into the intake duct 38 and is cooled or heated again by the cooler 16 and the heater 18 to circulate.

Next, the operation of the can beverage vending machine 10 according to the present embodiment will be described below.
In the can beverage vending machine 10 according to the present embodiment, a plurality of racks 21 to 26 each loaded with a can beverage 14 are arranged in parallel, and the racks 21 to 26 are arranged in parallel. The fan 20 that blows gas toward the front is arranged below the plurality of racks 21 to 26.

  In addition, although the shooter 28 disposed between the racks 21 to 26 and the fan 20 guides the can beverage 14 discharged from the racks 21 to 26, the shooter 28 has a through hole 30. . Furthermore, not only the guide duct 32 is disposed between the shooter 28 and the fan 20, but louvers 34 and 36 for guiding gas to the can beverage 14 in the racks 23 to 25 are provided at the lower ends of the racks 23 and 25 at one end. Are arranged in a mounted form.

  From this, the gas blown from the fan 20 is guided to the shooter 28 by the guide duct 32, and then the gas flows through the through holes 30 provided in the shooter 28 toward the racks 21 to 26. The louver 34 guides this gas to the can beverage 14 in the third rack 23, and the louver 36 guides this gas to the can beverage 14 in the fourth rack 24 and the fifth rack 25. It is like that.

  That is, in this Embodiment, while the guide duct 32 for guiding the gas ventilated from the fan 20 exists, it guides the gas ventilated from the fan 20 toward the can drinks 14 in the racks 23-25. The louvers 34 and 36 are present.

  For this reason, the downward flow on the side of the fan 20 drawn by the negative pressure generated by the operation of the fan 20 is not disturbed by the guide duct 32 and is blown from the fan 20. As a result, the turbulent gas is sent to the shooter 28 while being guided by the guide duct 32, so that the turbulence of the gas flow is reduced and the wind speed of the gas after passing through the shooter 28 is also increased. Specifically, when the gas outlet wind speed at the fan outlet is 7.1 m / s, the gas wind speed at the fastest point after passing through the shooter 28 is about 3.5 m, which is about 49% of the fan outlet wind speed ratio. It was confirmed that the wind speed was higher than that of the conventional example.

  Then, the gas blown from the fan 20 comes into contact with the can beverage 14 more strongly and surely by the louvers 34 and 36 after passing through the shooter 28. As a result of the above, the can beverages 14 loaded in the racks 21 to 26 in the can beverage vending machine 10 are efficiently cooled or heated.

  As described above, the can beverage vending machine 10 according to the present embodiment has the guide duct 32 that can be manufactured at a low cost with a simple structure, and can be manufactured at a low cost with a simple structure. By adopting a structure in which the louvers 34 and 36 are attached to the racks 23 and 25, it becomes possible to improve the efficiency of cooling or heating and to save energy at a low cost.

  By adopting steel having a thickness of about 0.1 mm as the material of the louvers 34, 36, the louvers 34, 36 can be formed thin, and the louvers 34, 36 fall from the racks 23, 25 accordingly. Even if it is the structure arrange | positioned in the position which obstruct | occludes the passage path | route of the can beverage 14, the louvers 34 and 36 are expanded as shown in FIG. 2 by the dead weight of the can beverage 14, and the can beverage 14 passes. become.

  Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the radius R of the cross section of the louver 36 is 38 mm, the chord H is 34 mm, and the louvers 34 and 36 along the direction perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG. It is conceivable that the length of 480 mm is 480 mm.

Next, the effect of the can beverage vending machine 10 according to the present embodiment was confirmed by experiments.
First, in addition to the can beverage vending machine 10 of the present embodiment having the guide duct 32 and the louvers 34, 36, the present embodiment of the present embodiment having only the guide duct 32 without the louvers 34, 36 is provided. There are three types of can beverage vending machines having substantially the same structure as the above, and can beverage vending machines (that is, conventional machines) having substantially the same structure as the present embodiment, although the guide duct 32 and the louvers 34 and 36 are not included. The experimental apparatus was used.

  In the experiment, instead of using a cooler or a heater, each experimental device was installed in a room maintained at 23 ° C., the initial water temperature in the can was set to 55 ° C., and the water temperature at the end of the can in the can was set. Set 26.2 ° C. and measure the time T from the start of measurement until the water temperature at the end is reached in each experimental device. Whether the cooling time is long or short and whether the cooling efficiency is high or not. Judgment was made.

  As a result of this experiment, data as shown in the graph of FIG. 4 was obtained, and a can beverage vending machine (only a line in FIG. The average of the six racks 21 to 26 is confirmed to reduce the cooling time by about 19%, and the present embodiment having the guide duct 32 and the louvers 34 and 36 is compared with the conventional machine. In the can beverage vending machine 10 (represented by a line segment C in FIG. 4), the cooling time was reduced by about 29% on the average of the six racks 21 to 26.

  From the above, it has been found that the effect of power saving by the can beverage vending machine 10 of the present embodiment can be expected. Further, the structure itself of the guide duct 32 and the louvers 34 and 36 is simple and can be manufactured at a low cost because no special material is required. Therefore, it is possible to easily change the dimensions, and by changing the dimensions, it is possible to easily attach to any size beverage beverage vending machine currently in use.

  The can beverage vending machine 10 according to the present embodiment has a structure having the guide duct 32 and the two louvers 34 and 36. However, a structure using only the guide duct may be used, or only the louver is used. It is good also as a structure to do. Further, the structure of each of the guide duct 32 and the two louvers 34 and 36 is simple and can be manufactured at a low cost because it does not require special materials, and is currently used by changing the dimensions. It can be easily attached to any size can beverage vending machine.

  On the other hand, in this embodiment, the louvers are arranged corresponding to racks that are likely to have insufficient heat transfer. However, the number and position of the louvers are not limited to the above embodiment, and are arranged at other positions. May be.

It is sectional drawing which shows the can drink vending machine which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the state in which a can drink falls from the rack of the can drink vending machine which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is an expanded sectional view of a louver applied to a can beverage vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the graph showing the data obtained by three types of experimental apparatuses. It is sectional drawing which shows the conventional can drink vending machine.

Explanation of symbols

10 Can beverage vending machine (equipment for goods sales)
14 Can beverage (container)
20 Fan 21 1st rack 22 2nd rack 23 3rd rack 24 4th rack 25 5th rack 26 6th rack 28 Shutter 32 Guide duct 34 Louver 36 Louver

Claims (3)

A plurality of racks arranged in parallel and loaded with articles to be stored therein;
A fan disposed at the bottom of the plurality of racks for blowing air toward the plurality of racks;
A shooter that is disposed between the rack and the fan so as to guide an object to be stored discharged from the rack, and has a through hole through which gas blown from the fan passes;
A guide duct that is disposed between the shooter and the fan and guides the gas blown from the fan to the shooter;
A louver having one end attached to a lower portion of an intermediate point between mutually adjacent racks of the plurality of racks and the other end arranged with a gap between the shooters;
Have
The gas blown from the fan is guided along the shooter through a gap between the other end of the louver and the shooter while the gas blown from the fan is guided along the louver to the object to be stored in the rack. Equipment for sale. A plurality of racks arranged in parallel and loaded with articles to be stored therein;
A fan disposed at the bottom of the plurality of racks for blowing air toward the plurality of racks;
A shooter having a through-hole that is disposed obliquely between the rack and the fan so as to guide the objects to be discharged from the rack and allows the gas blown from the fan to pass through;
A guide duct that is disposed between the shooter and the fan and guides the gas blown from the fan to the shooter;
Two louvers having different sizes from each other, each having one end attached to the lower part of the rack and guiding the gas blown from the fan to the objects to be stored in the rack;
Have
The louver facing the portion of the shooter that is placed diagonally and raised is composed of an arc-shaped member,
An apparatus for selling goods, characterized in that a louver facing a lower shooter portion is formed by combining two arc-shaped members and is larger than the louver . A plurality of racks arranged in parallel and loaded with articles to be stored therein;
A fan disposed at the bottom of the plurality of racks for blowing air toward the plurality of racks;
A shooter having a through-hole that is disposed obliquely between the rack and the fan so as to guide the objects to be discharged from the rack and allows the gas blown from the fan to pass through;
A guide duct that is disposed between the shooter and the fan and guides the gas blown from the fan to the shooter;
One of the two racks having one end attached to a lower portion of an intermediate point between adjacent racks and the other end having a gap between the racks and the shooter. Louver,
Have
The louver facing the portion of the shooter that is placed diagonally and raised is composed of an arc-shaped member,
The louver facing the lower shooter portion is composed of two arcuate members combined to be larger than the louver,
The gas blown from the fan is guided along the two louvers along the shooter through the gap between the other end of the louver and the shooter while being guided to the objects to be stored in the rack along the two louvers. Equipment for selling goods.

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