JP4663818B1 - Storage unit intrusion prevention mechanism and article takeout device in article takeout device - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a storage unit intrusion prevention mechanism in an article take-out apparatus that can prevent a user's hand from entering a storage unit inside a housing.
In an article take-out apparatus 1 capable of taking out an article accommodated in an accommodating portion inside a casing 2 by a predetermined operation, a communication portion between the outlet and the accommodating portion can be closed when the article is taken out. A storage unit intrusion prevention mechanism comprising: a lid portion that is movable between a closed position that closes at least a part of the outlet; an open position that opens the outlet to an extent that an article can be taken out; A closing member 20 movable between an open position where the article is opened to the extent that the article can pass; a closing position where at least a part of the communication portion is closed; and the closing member can be interlocked with the lid portion. The movement amount due to the movement of the portion is larger than the movement amount of the lid portion at the initial stage of the movement of the lid portion from the closed position to the open position.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a storage unit intrusion prevention mechanism and an article take-out apparatus in an article take-out apparatus.

  Conventionally, a large number of articles containing a toy, for example, capsules, are stored in a storage unit inside the housing, and when a predetermined number of coins are inserted and the handle is turned, the capsules in the storage unit are released into the fall passage and the capsules One that falls into a pool is known (Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent No. 395970

  In this article take-out apparatus, there are cases where the user tries to take out the capsule by putting his hand in the back from the capsule take-out port and entering his hand into the accommodating portion.

  In view of such circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a storage unit intrusion prevention mechanism and an article take-out device that can prevent a user's hand from entering a storage unit inside a housing.

In the article take-out prevention mechanism in the article take-out device according to the present invention, the article take-out prevention mechanism is capable of taking out an article accommodated in the enclosure inside the housing through a predetermined operation. An accommodation portion intrusion prevention mechanism capable of closing a communication portion between the accommodation portions, wherein the closing position closes at least a part of the takeout opening, and the open position that opens the takeout opening to the extent that the article can be taken out. A lid that is movable between, an open position that allows the article to pass through the communicating portion, and a closing member that is movable between a closed position that closes at least a portion of the communicating portion, The closing member can be interlocked with the lid, and the amount of movement of the closing member due to the movement of the lid is the amount of movement of the lid at the initial stage of the movement of the lid from the closed position to the open position. It is particularly large To. In addition, in an article take-out device that can drop an article housed in a housing portion inside the housing by a predetermined operation into an article reservoir and take out the article from the outlet, a communication portion between the article reservoir and the housing portion is provided at the time of article removal. A closing portion intrusion prevention mechanism that can be closed, and is located between the pair of partition walls separating the article reservoir inside the housing, and closes at least a part of the outlet. A closed position; a lid that is movable between an open position that opens the outlet so that the article can be taken out; an open position that opens the communication part so that the article can pass; and the communication A closing member that is movable between a closing position that closes at least a part of the part, and an interlocking mechanism having an arm that interlocks the lid part and the closing member, wherein the arm has an intermediate part as the pair of pairs. On either side of the bulkhead One elongated hole that is supported and movable in parallel with the one partition wall and accommodates a protrusion provided on the lid portion is provided on one side, and the one elongated hole is formed on the lid. A cam portion capable of operating the arm so as to move the closing member toward the closed position by engaging with the protrusion at an early stage of movement of the portion from the closed position to the open position; In addition, the other side is provided with the other long hole that accommodates the protrusion provided on the closing member, and the distance from the other long hole to the intermediate part is greater than the distance from the cam part to the intermediate part. Therefore, the movement amount of the closure member due to the movement of the lid portion is set to be larger than the movement amount of the lid portion at the initial stage of the movement of the lid portion from the closed position to the open position. May be.

Further, in the storage portion intrusion prevention mechanism in the article take-out device according to the present invention, the communication portion is closed by partially closing the closing member and closing the lid portion that has moved the remaining portion to the open position. It may be achieved by doing so.

The front Symbol arms, said projection in the end of the movement to the open position from the closed position of the lid are possible sliding, and even to have said closure member can be held in the closed position of slide good.

  Moreover, the accommodation part intrusion prevention mechanism in the article take-out device according to the present invention may close substantially the entire outlet when the lid is in the closed position.

  The present invention may also be an article take-out device provided with a storage unit intrusion prevention mechanism in the article take-out apparatus according to the present invention.

According to the present invention, when the user opens the lid portion and puts the hand into the outlet, the closing member closes the communication portion, thereby preventing the user's hand from entering the housing portion. it can.

1 is an overall perspective view showing an embodiment of an article take-out device of the present invention. It is a section perspective view showing the structure of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the state which closed the shutter (closing member) of FIG. It is the figure which looked at FIG. 2 from the arrow A direction. It is a figure explaining operation | movement of a link mechanism (interlocking mechanism).

DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of an article take-out apparatus 1 according to the present invention. In the following description, when the article take-out device 1 is described in the present embodiment, the upper side as viewed from the article take-out device 1 in the state shown in FIG. In the following description, “left”, “right” as the right, “front” as the front, and “rear” as the rear.
The article take-out device 1 is provided with a window 3 on the upper front surface of the housing 2 and a large number of capsules (not shown) in the capsule storage chamber 4 (corresponding to “accommodating portion” in the present invention). Is equivalent to “goods”). Toys are accommodated in the capsule (see Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 5-44186). A capsule outlet 5 (corresponding to “an outlet” in the present invention) is provided on the lower front surface of the housing 2, and a lid 6 (corresponding to “a lid” in the present invention) is provided in the capsule outlet 5. is there. When a predetermined number of coins are inserted into the coin insertion slot and the handle 7 is turned, the capsule falls from the capsule storage chamber 4 to the capsule reservoir 10 facing the capsule outlet 5 (see FIG. 2). Just take it out. If the coin return button 8 is pressed before the handle 7 is turned, the inserted coin returns to the coin return slot 9.

2 and 3 show a link mechanism according to the present invention (corresponding to the “interlocking mechanism” according to the present invention). In these drawings, the casing is cut up and down at the center in the width direction (left and right direction) of the shutter 20 (the “closing member” in the present invention) to reveal one link mechanism. 4 is a view of FIG. 2 as viewed from the direction of arrow A, and FIG. 5 is a view for explaining the operation of the link mechanism.
The lid 6 is formed of a transparent resin, the upper end of the main body portion 6a is bent toward the inside of the housing to form a curved portion 6b, and both side edges of the curved portion 6b are extended toward the inside of the housing to form a fan shape. A pair of extending portions 6c are formed. The lid 6 has a handle 6d at the lower end of the main body 6a.

In addition, a pair of left and right partition walls 11 separating the capsule reservoir 10 are erected in the housing 2 (however, the left partition wall 11 is omitted in FIGS. 2 and 3). The lid 6 is located between the pair of left and right partition walls 11, that is, in the capsule reservoir 10. In addition, a pin 13 is attached to the extending portion 6 c of the lid 6, and the pin 13 protrudes through the hole provided in the partition wall 11 to the surface of the partition wall 11 (the surface not facing the capsule reservoir 10). . A fan-shaped connecting member 12 is attached to the pin 13 at a portion corresponding to the fan-shaped key. The connecting member 12 is parallel to the partition wall 11 and has a positional relationship such that the partition wall 11 is sandwiched between the connecting member 12 and the lid 6. With the configuration described above, the lid 6 is movable (rotatable) in the direction parallel to the partition wall 11 around the pin 13, and the connecting member 12 is also moved with the movement of the lid 6. 6 can be moved in a direction parallel to the partition wall 11. Further, the connecting member 12 is connected to the extending portion 6 c of the lid 6 with the partition wall 11 sandwiched by a rivet 14 in the vicinity of the arc constituting the fan shape. The partition wall 11 is provided with an arc-shaped hole so as not to prevent the movement of the rivet 14 accompanying the movement of the lid 6. That is, the extended portion 6c of the lid 6 and the connecting portion are connected by the rivet 14 through the arc-shaped hole. A spring 15 is provided between the connecting member 12 and the partition wall 11. As a result, the spring 15 biases the connecting member 12 to move the lid 6 connected to the connecting member 12 to a position where the capsule outlet 5 is closed (corresponding to the “closed position” in the present invention). Is energized. That is, the lid 6 is always urged in the direction of closing the capsule outlet 5. Further, when the handle 6d is picked and the lid 6 is moved upward (moved toward the “open position” in the present invention), the capsule outlet 5 is opened. The curved portion 6b of the lid 6 is formed in an arc shape with the pin 13 as the center, so that when the lid 6 is moved to the open position, the curved portion 6b is located behind the capsule in the capsule reservoir 10. It has a structure that can pass through and avoid interference with the capsule.

Next, a shutter 20 is provided above the capsule reservoir 10, that is, above the lid 6. The shutter 20 is interlocked with the lid 6 via the link mechanism 30.
The link mechanism 30 includes a substantially U-shaped arm 16, and an intermediate portion (a refracted portion constituting the U-shape) is pivotally coupled to the partition wall 11 by a pin 17. In addition, the arm 16 is open in the shape of the letter “U” in the direction in which the capsule outlet 5 exists, and is movable (rotatable) in parallel with the partition wall 11 around the pin 17. A portion of the arm 16 below the pin 17 is provided with a long hole 19 that accommodates a protrusion 18 provided on the connecting member 12 (corresponding to the “protrusion provided on the lid” in the present invention). In a portion above 17, a long hole 22 for receiving a projection 21 provided on the shutter 20 is formed. That is, the long hole 19 and the long hole 22 are formed on both sides of the pin 17. In the long hole 19 that accommodates the protrusion 18 provided in the connecting member 12, the shutter 20 is engaged with the protrusion 18 at the initial stage of the movement of the lid 6 from the closed position to the open position, so that the shutter 20 is placed above the capsule reservoir 10 ( The arm 16 is moved so as to move the portion between the capsule outlet 5 and the capsule storage chamber 4, the “communication portion” according to the present invention, toward the closing position (“closed position” according to the present invention). A cam portion 19a is provided. Similarly, in the long hole 19, the projection 18 can slide at the end of the movement of the lid 6 from the closed position to the open position, and the shutter 20 is closed at the top of the capsule reservoir 10 (“closed position”). ) Is provided with a slidable portion 19b (see FIG. 5C). The sliding portion 19b is formed following the rotation trajectory of the protrusion 18. In the present invention, the "initial stage" of the movement of the lid 6 ("lid") from the closed position to the open position refers to the capsule outlet 5 as well as the initial part of the actual movement locus. A state where the user's hand is opened only to the extent that it does not reach the shutter 20 is also included. The term “end” is included in “end” after the upper part (connecting portion) of the capsule reservoir 10 is closed by the shutter 20 and the lid 6 as well as the end portion of the actual movement locus. The long hole 22 is located near the end of the arm 16, and the distance from the pin 17 to the long hole 22 is set to be larger than the distance from the cam portion 19 a to the pin 17. Thus, the movement amount of the long hole 22 is larger than the movement amount of the portion below the pin 17 of the arm 16.

As shown in FIG. 2, an inclined guide member 23 is provided inside the housing 2 to form a capsule dropping passage 24, through which the capsule falls into the capsule reservoir 10. 2 and 3, reference numeral 26 denotes a stopper member 26 that guides the capsule to the capsule reservoir 10. The shutter 20 can close the space between the capsule drop passage 24 and the capsule reservoir 10 (the upper portion of the capsule reservoir 10, between the capsule outlet 5 and the capsule storage chamber 4, the “communication portion” in the present invention), and the lid 6. It is possible to move in a front-rear direction at a position slightly above the upper end of. The shutter 20 includes a pair of protrusions 21 on the left and right end faces, and these protrusions 21 are engaged with the slits 25 of the housing 2. Further, as described above, the projection 21 on the capsule outlet 5 side protrudes from the slit 25 and is accommodated in the long hole 22 of the arm 16.

Next, the operation of the article take-out device 1 of this embodiment will be described.
Now, when a predetermined number of coins are inserted into the coin insertion slot 7 and the handle 7 is turned, the capsule is discharged from the capsule storage chamber 4 into the capsule dropping passage 24. The released capsule rolls on the inclined guide member 23 and falls into the capsule reservoir 10.

Next, the operation of the link mechanism 30 will be described.
When the lid 6 is in the closed position for closing the capsule outlet 5, the projection 18 of the connecting member 12 is engaged with the cam portion 19 a of the long hole 19 of the arm 16. In the present embodiment, the lid 6 closes substantially the entire capsule outlet 5 when in the closed position. At this time, the portion of the arm 16 below the pin 17 is lifted upward by the projection 18 of the connecting member 12, thereby the portion of the arm 16 above the pin 17 (shutter connecting piece 16 a). Moves backward, and therefore the shutter 20 connected to the shutter connecting piece 16a via the projection 21 also moves backward (see FIG. 5a). At this time, the upper part of the capsule reservoir 10 is opened to such an extent that the capsule can pass, that is, the shutter 20 is in the “open position” according to the present invention. Further, when the lid 6 is in the closed position, the shutter 20 sinks below the inclined guide member 23, and the curved portion 6b of the lid 6 sinks below the stopper member 26 to open the capsule dropping passage 10 (FIG. 2).

When the lid 6 starts to move toward the open position where the handle 6d is gripped and the capsule outlet 5 is opened (in this embodiment, when the lid 6 is moved upward), the lid 6 and the connecting member 12 and the projection 18 of the connecting member 12 move (rotate) about the pivot (pin 13). In this embodiment, as the lid 6 moves upward, the protrusion 18 moves downward. Further, since the protrusion 18 is engaged with the cam portion 19a of the arm 16, the portion below the pin 17 of the arm 16 where the cam portion 19a exists is also moved in the same direction as the protrusion 18 moves. That is, in the present embodiment, the protrusion 18 moves downward as the lid 6 moves to the open position, so that the portion below the pin 17 of the arm 16 is also moved downward. As a result, the portion of the arm 16 below the pin 17 and the shutter connecting piece 16a located on the opposite side of the pin 17 also move (rotate) in the same direction. Further, as described above, the cam portion 19 a engaged with the protrusion 18 is closer to the pivot (pin 17) of the arm 16 than the long hole 22 accommodating the protrusion 21 of the shutter 20. The amount of movement of the long hole 22 is larger than the amount of movement (the amount of rotation). As a result, the movement amount of the shutter 20 is larger than the movement amount of the lid 6. That is, the shutter 20 reaches the closed position (position where the protrusion 21 is engaged with the end edge of the slit 25) only by slightly opening the lid 6. That is, the positional relationship between the joint portion of the lid 6 and the arm 16 and the joint portion of the shutter 20 and the arm 16 with the support portion that supports the arm 16 (specifically, the joint portion of the shutter 20 with the arm 16 and the support portion). By making the distance larger than the distance between the connecting portion of the lid 6 and the arm 16 and the support portion), the movement amount of the shutter 20 is made larger than the movement amount of the lid 6. At that time, the distal end of the shutter 20 covers the curved portion 6b of the lid 6 and closes the upper part of the capsule reservoir 10 (between the capsule outlet 5 and the capsule storage chamber 4 and “the communication portion” in the present invention) (FIG. 5). (See (b)). That is, the shutter 20 closes a part of the upper part of the capsule reservoir 10, and the lid 6 closes the remaining part. It should be noted that the lid 6 and the arm 16 are connected to each other and the shutter so that the shutter 20 moves to the closed position while the lid 6 moves from the closed position that closes the entire capsule outlet 5 to the open position about 20 mm. If the positional relationship between the support portion that supports the arm 16 at the joint portion of the arm 20 and the arm 16 is set, the lid 6 moves to such an extent that the user can reach the top of the capsule reservoir 10 even if the user is an infant. At this point, the shutter 20 is desirable because the upper part of the capsule reservoir 10 can be closed.

When the shutter 6 reaches the closed position, the sliding portion 19b of the long hole 19 coincides with the rotation trajectory of the projection 18. Therefore, when the lid 6 is further opened, the projection 18 is detached from the cam portion 19a and slides on the sliding portion 19b. . For this reason, the curved portion 6 b of the lid 6 sinks below the shutter 20 while the shutter 20 is held in the closed position. Then, the movement of the lid 6 to the open position ends when the protrusion 18 comes into contact with the end edge of the sliding portion 19b (see FIG. 5C). In order to move the lid 6 to the closed position and close the capsule outlet 5, the above operation is performed in reverse.

In the article take-out device 1 according to the present embodiment, the shutter 20 cooperates with the curved portion 6b of the lid 6 by moving the lid 6 slightly, and the upper part of the capsule reservoir 10 (capsule drop passage 24, capsule housing chamber 4). And the capsule outlet 5 are closed in the “communication portion” according to the present invention. For this reason, when the user moves the lid 6 and puts the hand into the capsule outlet 5, the upper part of the capsule reservoir 10 is closed by the shutter 20 and the curved portion 6 b of the lid 6. A hand can be prevented from entering the capsule storage chamber 4.

Furthermore, since the shutter 20 closes the communicating portion in cooperation with the lid 6, the distance for moving the shutter 20 can be reduced, so that the link mechanism can be downsized. Further, the material can be saved by downsizing the shutter 20.

Further, since the curved portion 6b of the lid 6 can pass through the back of the capsule in the capsule reservoir 10 to avoid interference with the capsule, the bottom of the capsule reservoir 10 is recessed to form the capsule reservoir 10 Since it is not necessary to avoid interference between a certain capsule and the lid 6, it is useful for making the apparatus compact.

By the way, when the lid 6 is in the closed position, as shown in FIG. 2, the shutter 20 sinks below the inclined guide member 23, and the curved portion 6 b of the lid 6 sinks below the stopper member 26 to enter the capsule dropping passage 10. Since it is open, the capsule can be smoothly dropped into the capsule reservoir 10 and there is no possibility of capsule clogging.

The link mechanism 30 of the present embodiment includes an arm 17 having a pivot (pin 17) at an intermediate portion, and both sides of the pivot (pin 17) of the arm 17 are linked to the shutter 20 and the lid 6. It requires only a small number of points and is mechanically simple.

Further, at the end of the movement of the lid 6 from the closed position to the open position, the protrusion 18 of the lid 6 slides in the sliding portion 19b of the long hole 19 of the arm 16, and therefore the shutter 20 moves to the closed position. The load for moving the lid 6 can be small.

In the present embodiment, the lid 6 is moved from the closed position to the open position by being moved upward, but may be moved by moving the lid 6 downward. However, since the former has a distance between the open part of the lid 6 and the upper part of the capsule reservoir 10, the effect of preventing the hand from entering the housing part is higher.

As mentioned above, although preferred embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, A various deformation | transformation is possible within the range which does not deviate from the summary.
For example, in the above-described embodiment, the connecting member 12 is fixed to the extending portion 6 c of the lid 6 for the convenience of arranging the protrusion 18 near the pivot (pin 17) of the arm 16. The portion 6c may be further extended toward the inside of the housing, and a protrusion 18 may be provided at the tip thereof.

  In the above-described embodiment, a pair of link mechanisms 30 is provided to reduce the load. However, when cost is considered, the link mechanism 30 may be provided only on one side.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Goods taking-out apparatus 2 Housing 5 Capsule taking-out (outlet)
6 Lid (lid)
10 Capsule reservoir 12 Connecting member 13 Pin 14 Rivet 15 Spring 16 Arm 17 Pin 18 Protrusion 19 Long hole 19a Cam portion 19b Sliding portion 20 Shutter (closing member)
21 Protrusion 22 Long hole 24 Capsule drop passage 25 Slit 30 Link mechanism (interlocking mechanism)

Claims (5)

In an article take-out device that can drop an article housed in the housing section inside the housing into the article reservoir by a predetermined operation and take it out from the outlet, the communication section between the article reservoir and the housing section can be closed when the article is removed. A storage part intrusion prevention mechanism,
A pair of partition walls separating the article reservoir inside the housing;
A lid that is located between the pair of partition walls and is movable between a closed position that closes at least a portion of the outlet, and an open position that opens the outlet to an extent that the article can be taken out;
A closing member that is movable between an open position that allows the article to pass through the communication portion and a closed position that closes at least a portion of the communication portion ;
An interlocking mechanism having an arm that interlocks the lid and the closing member;
The arm is
The middle part is pivotally coupled to one of the pair of partition walls and is movable in parallel with the one partition wall,
In addition, one elongated hole that accommodates the protrusion provided in the lid portion is provided on one side, and the one elongated hole is provided in the initial stage of the movement of the lid portion from the closed position to the open position. A cam portion capable of operating the arm to move the closing member toward the closed position by engaging with
Further, the other side is provided with the other long hole that accommodates the projection provided on the closing member,
By distance from the other long hole to the intermediate portion is greater than the distance from the cam portion to the intermediate portion, the movement amount by the movement of the lid portion before Symbol closure member, a closed position of the lid In the initial stage of movement from the open position to the open position, it is larger than the amount of movement of the lid,
A storage unit intrusion prevention mechanism in the article take-out device. 2. The article according to claim 1, wherein the communication part is closed by partially closing the closing member and closing the lid part which has moved the remaining part to the open position. A storage unit intrusion prevention mechanism in the take-out device. Before SL arm, the projection in the end of the movement to the open position from the closed position of the lid is slidable, and characterized in that it has a holding can slide the closure member in the closed position The accommodation part intrusion prevention mechanism in the article take-out apparatus according to claim 1 or 2.   4. The storage unit intrusion prevention mechanism in the article take-out apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the lid is in the closed position, substantially the entire outlet is closed. 5.   An article take-out device comprising the storage unit intrusion prevention mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

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