JP4605198B2 - vending machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vending machine that sells various products such as canned beverages, bottled beverages, beverages in paper packs and beverages in plastic bottles in a cooled state or in a heated state. The present invention relates to a vending machine that has been devised in the structure of a product storage room for storing goods.

  In recent years, as a vending machine that sells various products such as canned beverages, bottled beverages, paper-packed beverages, and plastic bottled beverages, a product storage chamber has been formed for storing products without an inner box. Vending machines are known.

  This type of vending machine has an inner surface formed by a heat insulating member disposed on the inner wall surface of the vending machine body having an opening on the front surface, and an upper surface of the heat insulating member disposed on the bottom wall surface of the vending machine body. A product storage chamber is provided in which a bottom plate member is arranged in a manner to cover (inner surface) (for example, Patent Document 1).

  FIG. 10 is a perspective view schematically showing an example of a product storage chamber in this type of vending machine. As shown in FIG. 10, the commodity storage chamber 300 is enclosed in the vending machine main body 100 (see FIG. 12) by panel-like heat insulating members 310 a to 310 e on the ceiling, bottom, back, and both sides. The bottom plate member 320 made of sheet metal is arranged and formed so as to cover the upper surface of the heat insulating member 310b at the bottom. Similar to the vending machine main body 100, the commodity storage chamber 300 has an opening on the front surface. The front opening of the product storage chamber 300 is large enough to cover the front opening, and can be opened and closed by an inner door (not shown) having a heat insulating structure. As shown in FIG. 11, the bottom plate member 320 has drainage passages 360a, 360b, and 360c for discharging moisture generated indoors to the outside, and protection for protecting the heat insulating member 310b at the bottom. It serves various functions as a member or as a base member for mounting various parts in the room.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 12, for example, three product storage chambers 130 a, 130 b, and 130 c are arranged in parallel in such a product storage chamber by partitioning with two heat insulating partition plates 410 and 420. These merchandise containers 130a, 130b, and 130c are operated as merchandise cooling containers for cooling merchandise in which one of them is accommodated, and as merchandise warmers for heating merchandise in which the other is accommodated. is there.

JP 2000-163639 A

  However, in the vending machine, since the bottom plate member 320 is disposed so as to cover only the upper surface of the heat insulating member 310b at the bottom, the heat insulating members 310d and 310e on both sides are in a state where the entire surface is exposed. It was arranged with. Therefore, the bottom side of the heat insulating members 310d and 310e on both sides is damaged when the product storage column comes into contact with the product storage column when the product storage column containing the product is attached or removed, or the product to be transported comes into contact. In some cases, it was damaged. Further, static electricity is charged on the surfaces of the heat insulating members 310d and 310e arranged in a bare state, which may adversely affect other electrical components of the vending machine.

  An object of this invention is to provide the vending machine which prevents that the heat insulation member located in the both sides of a baseplate member breaks, and it charges in view of the said situation.

In order to achieve the above object, a vending machine according to claim 1 of the present invention has an inner surface formed by a heat insulating member disposed on an inner wall surface of a vending machine main body having an opening on the front surface, and the vending machine in an automatic vending machine having a product storage chamber bottom plate member is arranged consisting of a metal in a manner to cover the upper surface of the bottom wall to provided a heat insulating member of the body, on both sides of the bottom plate member, said vending machine characterized in that integrally formed metal side plate member extending upward until it reaches the bottom of the product storage columns for storing goods in the interior of the body.

  According to the vending machine of the present invention, the side plate members made of metal are integrally formed on both sides of the bottom plate member so as to extend upward, so that the lower portions of the heat insulating members located on both sides of the bottom plate member can be covered. it can. Therefore, there is an effect that the side plate member can be used as a protective member to prevent the heat insulating member from being damaged and damaged. Moreover, since the side plate member is made of sheet metal, the side plate member is excellent in conductivity, and thereby, it is possible to effectively prevent the heat insulating member from being charged by static electricity or the like.

  Exemplary embodiments of a vending machine according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, this invention is not limited by this Example.

  1 and 2 schematically show the main part of a vending machine according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view, and FIG. 2 is a front sectional view. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to what has the same structure as the above-mentioned FIGS. 10-12, and the description is abbreviate | omitted. 1 and 2, the vending machine includes a main body cabinet 10 that is a main body of the vending machine, an outer door 20, and a commodity storage chamber 30.

  The main body cabinet 10 has a rectangular shape with an open front surface, and is formed of sheet metal, for example. The main body cabinet 10 is formed with two rectangular recesses having different sizes. Of these recesses, the first recess 11 on the upper side is an area for forming the product storage chamber 30, as will be described in detail later, and the second recess 12 on the lower side is a machine for arranging a compressor and the like. This is a region for forming a chamber.

  The outer door 20 has a size sufficient to cover the front opening of the main body cabinet 10 and is made of a solid steel material. The outer door 20 is supported on one side of the front surface of the main body cabinet 10 in such a manner that the front opening of the main body cabinet 10 can be opened and closed. Although not shown in the figure, on the front side of the outer door 20, an exhibition room for displaying a product sample, a selection button for selecting the exhibited product, a coin insertion slot for inserting coins, and a bill are inserted. A bill insertion slot, a merchandise outlet for taking out merchandise, and a coin return slot for returning coins are provided. Furthermore, on the back side of the outer door 20, a control board for controlling the vending machine, a coin processing device for receiving coins from the coin insertion slot and discharging change to the coin return slot, and a banknote for accepting banknotes from the banknote insertion slot And a processing device.

  The product storage chamber 30 is for storing a product therein, and is provided inside the main body cabinet 10. If it demonstrates in detail, the goods storage chamber 30 is provided with several heat insulation members 31a-31e and the baseplate member 32, and is comprised.

  Each of the plurality of heat insulating members 31a to 31e has a panel shape, and a surface material such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is formed on the surface of the base material using, for example, a foamed material such as urethane resin. It is a thing. The plurality of heat insulating members 31 a to 31 e are arranged along the respective surface directions of the inner wall surface of the first recess 11 of the main body cabinet 10. More specifically, the heat insulating member 31 a is disposed along the surface direction of the ceiling wall surface 11 a of the first recess 11, and the heat insulating member 31 b is disposed along the surface direction of the bottom wall surface 11 a of the first recess 11. The heat insulating member 31c is disposed along the surface direction of the back wall surface 11c of the first concave portion 11, and the heat insulating member 31d is disposed along the surface direction of the left wall surface 11d of the first concave portion 11, 31e is arrange | positioned along the surface direction of the right side wall surface 11e of the 1st recessed part 11. As shown in FIG. The mutual joining site | part between each heat insulation member is joined by sealing materials, such as a silicone resin, for example. Thus, the product storage chamber 30 has a rectangular shape corresponding to the shape of the first recess 11 inside the main body cabinet 10 (first recess 11), and includes a ceiling portion, a bottom portion, a back portion, and both sides. The portion is surrounded by the heat insulating members 31a to 31e to form an inner surface.

  The bottom plate member 32 is made of sheet metal, and is arranged in such a manner as to cover the upper surface of the heat insulating member 31b disposed along the surface direction of the bottom wall surface 11b of the first recess 11. The description of the bottom plate member 32 will be described later.

  Such a product storage chamber 30 has an opening on the front surface in the same manner as the main body cabinet 10 (first recess 11). Although not clearly shown in the figure, an inner door separate from the outer door 20 is provided on one side of the front surface portion of the main body cabinet 10. The inner door is large enough to cover the front opening of the product storage chamber 30 and has a heat insulating structure.

  In addition, the product storage chamber 30 is partitioned by two heat insulating partition plates 41 and 42, for example, so that three product storages 13a, 13b, and 13c are arranged in parallel. These merchandise containers 13a, 13b, and 13c are operated as merchandise cooling containers for cooling merchandise in which any one of them is accommodated, and as merchandise warmers for warming merchandise in which the others are accommodated. . In the first embodiment, the left product storage case 13a and the right product storage case 13c will be described as a product cooling case, and the central product storage case 13b will be described as a product heating case.

  Here, the above-described bottom plate member 32 will be described. 3 and 4 show a bottom plate member constituting the commodity storage chamber of the vending machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a perspective view and FIG. 4 is a plan view. The bottom plate member will be described with reference to FIGS. The bottom plate member 32 divides the parts 32a and 32c constituting the product cooling cabinets 13a and 13c and the part 32b constituting the product warming cabinet 13b into separate parts, and there is a gap between the constituent parts. 33 and 34 are provided. The product storage chambers 13a, 13b, and 13c are formed by allowing the heat insulating partition plates 41 and 42 to enter the gaps 33 and 34 to partition the product storage chamber 30. Further, in the bottom plate member 32, the constituent portions 32a, 32b, 32c of the product storage (product cooling storage, product heating storage) 13a, 13b, 13c are provided with raised portions 35a, 35b, 35c around the periphery. In addition, drainage passages 36a, 36b, and 36c are provided for discharging moisture generated inside the product containers 13a, 13b, and 13c to the outside of the product containers 13a, 13b, and 13c.

  According to the vending machine having the above-described configuration, the bottom plate member 32 divides the portions 32a and 32c constituting the product cooling cabinets 13a and 13c and the portion 32b constituting the product warming cabinet 13b, respectively. Since it is a separate body, heat transfer between the product cooling cabinets 13a, 13c and the product heating cabinet 13b can be reliably blocked. Therefore, there is no risk of loss of cooling heat in the product cooling cabinets 13a and 13c and loss of heating heat in the product heating cabinet 13b. The power required for the cooling operation in the product cooling cabinets 13a and 13c, and the product heating The electric power required for the heating operation of the warm box 13b can be minimized. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the power consumption in the entire vending machine.

  Further, by dividing the bottom plate member 32 into a plurality of parts, the bottom plate member 32 can be easily transported and processed, and if the mechanical dimensions of the constituent parts 32a, 32b, and 32c match, automatic sales of different dimensions are possible. Can be used between machines.

  As mentioned above, although Example 1 of this invention was demonstrated, this invention is not limited to this, A various change can be made. In the bottom plate member according to the vending machine of the present invention, it is only necessary that the part constituting the commodity cooling box and the part constituting the commodity heating box are separated. For example, in the case where the product containers 13a and 13b in FIGS. 1 and 2 are product coolers and the product container 13c is a product warmer, the bottom plate member 52 is as shown in FIGS. The parts 52a and 52b constituting the product coolers 13a and 13b may be integrated, and only the part 52c constituting the product warming box 13c may be divided and separated. Thereby, the heat transfer between the product coolers 13a and 13b and the product warmer 13c can be reliably blocked. For this reason, there is no risk of loss of cooling heat in the product coolers 13a and 13b and loss of heating heat in the product warmer 13c, and the power required for the cooling operation in the product coolers 13a and 13b and the product heating The electric power required for the heating operation of the warm box 13c can be minimized. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the power consumption in the entire vending machine.

  FIG. 7 is an enlarged perspective view of a part of the bottom plate member of the commodity storage chamber constituting the vending machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to what has the same structure as the vending machine which concerns on the above-mentioned Example 1, and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  In the vending machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the bottom plate member 32 ′ includes the parts 32 a and 32 c constituting the product cooling cabinets 13 a and 13 c and the product heating cabinet 13 b as in the above-described bottom plate member 32. The constituent part 32b is divided into separate parts, and gaps 33, 34 are provided between the constituent parts. Further, as shown in FIG. 7, side plate members 37a and 37b made of sheet metal are integrally formed on the respective components 32a, 32b, and 32c so as to extend upward. The side plate members 37a and 37b have a substantially rectangular shape, and a hole 38 for attaching a wiring cover component and a notch 39 for passing a harness are formed as necessary. As shown in FIG. 8, the length of the side plate member 37 in the upward direction is the size until reaching the lower part of the product storage column 14 inside the product storage 13a, 13b, 13c. For example, the size is 400 mm to 500 mm.

  According to the vending machine having the above-described configuration, the bottom plate member 32 'has the side plate members 37a and 37b integrally formed on both side portions of the respective constituent portions 32a, 32b and 32c. The lower portions of the heat insulating members 31d and 31e serving as the side walls of the chamber 30 can be covered. Therefore, the side plate members 37a and 37b serve as protective members, and when the product storage column 14 is attached or removed, the product storage column 14 comes into contact with the heat insulating members 31d and 13e to be damaged and damaged, or a product to be conveyed. Can be prevented from being damaged by contact. Further, the side plate members 37a and 37b are made of the same sheet metal as the bottom plate member, and thus have excellent conductivity, thereby effectively preventing the heat insulating members 31d and 31e from being charged by static electricity or the like. be able to. Further, since the side plate members 37a and 37b have a hole 38 for attaching the wiring cover parts and a notch 39 for passing the harness, these parts can be securely attached.

  According to the vending machine, the following effects are further obtained. That is, since the side plate members 37a and 37b are made of sheet metal, the side plate members 37a and 37b are also excellent in thermal conductivity. As a result, heat by hot air or the like is dispersed inside the product storage chamber 30, and locally. Generation | occurrence | production of the location which becomes high temperature can be suppressed. In addition, the heat insulating members 31a to 31e have a characteristic that the deterioration is extremely quick in a high temperature state, but the side plate members 37a and 37b disperse the heat and suppress the occurrence of a portion that becomes a high temperature state. The service life of the heat insulating members 31a to 31e can be extended.

  Further, since the side plate members 37a and 37b are made of sheet metal, the side plate members 37a and 37b have higher rigidity than the heat insulating members 31d and 31e made of urethane resin or the like, and this is one of the temporal changes of the heat insulating members 31d and 31e. Generation of warpage can be suppressed. Further, the side plate members 37a and 37b can guide moisture such as condensation generated in the upper portions of the heat insulating members 31d and 31e to the bottom plate member 32 '. For this reason, it is possible to effectively prevent the heat insulation performance of the heat insulation members 31d and 31e from being lowered, deteriorated, and mold generated by the moisture.

  As mentioned above, although Example 1 of this invention was demonstrated, this invention is not limited to this, A various change can be made. For example, as shown in FIG. 9, the side plate members 37a and 37b may be integrally formed on both side portions of the bottom plate member 62 that is not divided at all. Even with such a configuration, the same effects as those of the second embodiment can be obtained. Moreover, in the said Example 2, although the shape of the side-plate members 37a and 37b was made into the rectangle, it is not limited to this, What is necessary is just a shape with the magnitude | size until it reaches the lower part of a goods storage column. .

  As described above, the vending machine according to the present invention is useful for sales in a state in which various products such as canned beverages, bottled beverages, beverages in paper packs and beverages in plastic bottles are cooled or heated. It is.

It is the disassembled perspective view which showed simply the principal part of the vending machine which concerns on Example 1 of this invention. It is front sectional drawing which showed simply the principal part of the vending machine which concerns on Example 1 of this invention. It is the perspective view which showed the baseplate member which comprises the goods storage chamber of the vending machine which concerns on Example 1 of this invention. It is the top view which showed the baseplate member which comprises the goods storage chamber of the vending machine which concerns on Example 1 of this invention. It is the perspective view which showed the modification of the baseplate member which comprises the goods storage chamber of the vending machine which concerns on Example 1 of this invention. It is the top view which showed the modification of the baseplate member which comprises the goods storage chamber of the vending machine which concerns on Example 1 of this invention. It is the perspective view which expanded and showed a part of bottom-plate member of the goods storage chamber which comprises the vending machine which concerns on Example 2 of this invention. It is side surface sectional drawing which showed the state which applied the baseplate member in FIG. It is the perspective view which showed the modification of the baseplate member which comprises the goods storage chamber of the vending machine which concerns on Example 2 of this invention. It is the perspective view which showed simply an example of the goods storage chamber in the conventional vending machine. It is the top view which showed the baseplate member in FIG. It is front sectional drawing which showed the principal part of the conventional vending machine simply.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Main body cabinet 11 1st recessed part 12 2nd recessed part 13a, 13b, 13c Goods storage box 14 Goods storage column 20 Outer door 30 Goods storage chamber 31a-31e Thermal insulation member 32, 32 'Bottom plate member 32a, 32b, 32c Structural member 33, 34 Gap 35a, 35b, 35c Cut-and-raised portion 36a, 36b, 36c Drain passage 37a, 37b Side plate member 38 Hole portion 39 Notch portion 41, 42 Thermal insulation partition plate 52, 62 Bottom plate member

Claims (1)

A bottom plate made of metal with an inner surface formed by a heat insulating member disposed on the inner wall surface of the vending machine main body having an opening on the front surface and covering the upper surface of the heat insulating member disposed on the bottom wall surface of the vending machine main body. In a vending machine equipped with a product storage room in which members are arranged,
Wherein on both sides of the bottom plate member, automatically, characterized in that the formation of the metal side plate member extending upward until it reaches the bottom of the product storage columns for storing goods in the interior of the vending machine body integrally Vending machine.

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