JP4690140B2 - vending machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vending machine including a plurality of commodity storage columns supported so as to be suspended in a commodity storage provided in a vending machine main body.

Conventionally, this type of vending machine includes a product storage provided in the vending machine body, a product storage column supported so as to be suspended in the product storage, and a lower end of the product storage column. In order to cope with this, there is known one provided with a swing regulating member that is detachably provided on the front end side in the product storage and regulates the swing of the product storage column (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP-A-2005-78218

  However, in the conventional vending machine, the product storage is performed in such a state that engagement portions are provided at both ends in the width direction in the product storage, and the both ends in the width direction of the swing regulating member are engaged with each engagement portion. Since the column and the swing restricting member were fixed by screwing, when attaching or detaching the product storage column in the product storage, it is necessary to attach and detach the screws with a tool. There was a problem of becoming.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine capable of easily attaching and detaching a product storage column.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a product storage provided in the vending machine body, a product storage column supported so as to be suspended in the product storage, and a lower end side of the product storage column. In a vending machine provided with a swing restricting member that is detachably provided on the front end side in the product storage so as to correspond to restrict swinging of the product storage column, one end in the width direction in the product storage A first engaging portion engageable in the width direction with one end side in the width direction of the swing regulating member, and the other end side in the width direction of the swing regulating member on the other end side in the width direction in the product storage. And a second engaging portion that can be engaged in the vertical direction, and one end in the width direction of the swing restricting member with the other end in the width direction of the swing restricting member positioned above the second engaging portion. After the side is engaged with the first engaging portion, the other end in the width direction of the swing restricting member is centered on one end in the width direction of the swing restricting member. By engaging the second engagement portion is moved downward from the side, the swing regulating member is configured to be attached to the front end side of the commodity storage chamber.

  Accordingly, one end in the width direction of the swing restricting member is engaged with the first engaging portion in the width direction, and the other end in the width direction of the swing restricting member is engaged with the second engaging portion in the vertical direction. Therefore, the swing restricting member is not accidentally dropped due to operations such as replenishment of goods and maintenance.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a product storage provided in the vending machine body, a product storage column supported so as to be suspended in the product storage, and a lower end of the product storage column. In the vending machine provided with a swing regulating member that is detachably provided on the front end side in the product storage so as to correspond to the side and controls swinging of the product storage column, the width direction in the product storage Engagement portions that can be engaged with the both ends in the width direction of the swing restriction member in the vertical direction are provided on both ends, and the width of the swing restriction member is provided below the engagement portions on both ends in the width direction in the product storage. A contact portion capable of abutting both ends in the front-rear direction, and engaging both ends in the width direction of the swing restriction member with the engaging portion from above, and then lower end sides on both ends in the width direction of the swing restriction member Is attached to the front end side in the product storage box by abutting the It is configured to be.

  As a result, both end sides in the width direction of the swing restricting member engage with the engaging portion in the vertical direction and contact with the contact portion in the front-rear direction. The regulating member will not fall off.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent inadvertent dropout of the swing restricting member due to operations such as replenishment of goods and maintenance, so that it is not necessary to screw the swing restricting member and the product storage column. In addition, the product storage column can be easily attached and detached.

  1 to 10 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a vending machine with an outer door opened, FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of the vending machine, and FIGS. FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 are front views showing a mounting method of the first rocking restriction member, and FIGS. 7 and 8 are structures of the second rocking restriction member. FIG. 9 and FIG. 10 are side sectional views showing a method of attaching the second swing restricting member.

  The vending machine includes a vending machine main body 10 having an opening on the front surface and an outer door 20 that opens and closes the front surface of the vending machine main body 10. One end in the width direction of the outer door 20 is the vending machine main body 10. It is rotatably supported at one end in the width direction on the front side.

  Inside the vending machine main body 10, a top surface side, a bottom surface side, a back surface side, and both left and right side surfaces are partitioned by a heat insulating wall 11, and a plurality of commodities are partitioned by a heat insulating partition plate 12 in the width direction. A storage 13 is provided. The front surface of each product storage 13 is formed by a member having heat insulation properties, and one end in the width direction is opened and closed by one inner door 14 rotatably supported by the vending machine main body 10. A pair of or two pairs of column support rails 15 extending in the front-rear direction are provided on the ceiling surface of each product storage 13 so as to suspend a plurality of product storage columns 30 side by side in the front-rear direction. . A product guide plate 16 for guiding the product dropped and carried out from the product storage column 30 to the product outlet 21 provided in the outer door 20 is inclined forward and downward in the lower part of each product storage 13. A cooler 17 and a cooler blower 18 for cooling the product storage 13 are provided below the product guide plate 16. The product storage column 30 used here has a well-known serpentine structure, and stores the product input from the upper product input port 31 in a meandering product passage 32 and is placed at the lower end of the product passage 32. The provided product carry-out mechanism 33 drops and carries the products in the product passage 32 one by one downward. An engagement hook 34 that can be engaged with the column support rail 15 extends in the front-rear direction on the upper end side of the product storage column 30, and the product storage column 30 is detachably mounted in each product storage 13. It is supposed to be.

  Further, on the front end side of each product storage 13, first and second swing regulation for regulating the swing of the product storage column 30 at a position corresponding to the front lower end side of the frontmost product storage column 30. Members 40 and 50 are detachably provided. Here, the first storage regulating member 40 is attached to the product storage 13 in which the product storage columns 30 are arranged side by side only in the front-rear direction, and the product storage columns 30 are arranged side by side in the front-rear direction and the width direction. A second swing restricting member 50 is attached to the commodity storage 13. The first and second swing regulating members 40 and 50 are formed of plate-like members extending in the width direction, and a cross-sectional crank extending substantially in the center in the vertical direction so that the upper end side projects forward from the lower end side. The crank parts 41 and 51 are provided by forming in a shape. In addition, the first and second swing regulating members 40 and 50 are provided with bent portions 42 and 52 by bending the lower end in the horizontal front direction.

  The first swing restricting member 40 is locked by a first engaging member 43 serving as a first engaging portion provided on one of both side surfaces of the product storage 13 at one end in the width direction. The other end in the direction is locked by a second engaging member 44 as a second engaging portion provided on the other of the both side surfaces in the storage. An engagement piece 40a that can be engaged with the first engagement member 43 is provided on one end side in the width direction of the first swing restriction member 40 so as to extend outward in the width direction, and the upper end side of the engagement piece 40a. Is provided with a protrusion 40b extending upward. On the other end side in the width direction of the first swing restricting member 40, a slit 40c as a movement restricting portion is formed in a portion extending in the horizontal front of the bent portion. The first engagement member 43 is provided with an engagement hole 43a that penetrates in the width direction and extends in the vertical direction so that the engagement piece 40a of the first swing restriction member 40 engages in the width direction. It has become. The second engaging member 44 is provided with an extending portion 44a so as to extend to the inside of the commodity storage 13, and the upper end of the extending portion 44a serves as a contact portion of the first swing restricting member 40. The crank portion 41 abuts from above, and the extending portion 44a can be inserted into the slit 40c.

  The second swing restricting member 50 is formed such that the lower end sides at both ends in the width direction extend rearward, and the first and second extending portions extend downward at the front end side and the rear end side, respectively. 53 and 54 are provided. The second swing restricting member 50 has a first extending portion 53 from above in an engaging hole 55 as an engaging portion provided so as to penetrate the both side surfaces of the product storage 13 in the vertical direction. Is inserted into the commodity storage 13. The second swing restricting member 50 is provided so as to project inward from both side surfaces of the product storage 13 in the state where the first extending portion 53 is inserted into the engagement hole 55. When the rear end of the lower end side of the second extending portion 54 comes into contact with the contact portion 56 from the front, the mounting posture is maintained. Further, the second swing restricting member 50 is provided so as to extend rearward from the width direction both ends and the width direction central portion on the upper end side, and the product storage column 30 is disposed therebetween, thereby storing the product. A column positioning portion 57 for positioning the column 30 in the width direction is provided.

  In the vending machine configured as described above, when the first swing restricting member 40 is attached to the commodity storage 13, the width of the first swing restricting member 40 is first shown in FIG. The protrusion 40b on one end side in the direction is inserted into the engagement hole 43a of the first engagement member 43, and the engagement piece 40a is inserted into the engagement hole 43a. Next, as shown in FIG. 6, the other end side is moved from the upper side of the second engagement member 44 to the lower side around the one end side of the first rocking restricting member 40, and the second end is moved to the slit 40 c. The extending portion 44a of the engaging member 44 is inserted, and the crank portion 41 is brought into contact with the upper end of the extending portion 44a from above. Thus, the first swing restricting member 40 is attached to the product storage 13 and the swing of the product storage column 30 suspended from the product storage 13 is restricted.

  Further, when attaching the second swing restricting member 50, as shown in FIG. 9, the first extending portions 53 are inserted into the respective engaging holes 55 from above, as shown in FIG. The lower end side of the second extending portion 54 is brought into contact with the contact portion 56. As a result, the second swing regulating member 50 is attached to the product storage 13 and the swing of the product storage column 30 suspended from the product storage 13 is restricted. Further, since the column positioning portions 57 are located on both side surfaces of the product storage column 30 in the width direction, the product storage columns 30 arranged side by side in the width direction are positioned in the width direction by the second swing restriction member 50.

  As described above, according to the vending machine of the present embodiment, the product storage 13 can be engaged with the width direction one end side of the first swing restriction member 40 in the width direction one end side. The second engaging member 43 is provided, and the second engaging member 43 can be engaged with the other end in the width direction of the first swing regulating member 40 in the up-down direction on the other end in the width direction of the product storage 13. Since the member 44 is provided, one end in the width direction of the first swing restriction member 40 is engaged with the first engagement member 43 in the width direction, and the other end in the width direction of the first swing restriction member 40. Is engaged with the second engagement member 44 in the up-and-down direction, so that the inadvertent dropping of the first swing regulating member 40 due to operations such as replenishment of goods and maintenance can be prevented. The product storage column 30 can be easily attached and detached without the need to screw the swing restricting member 40 and the product storage column 30. Ukoto is possible.

  Further, the first engagement member 43 is provided with an engagement hole 43a penetrating in the width direction, and can be engaged with the engagement hole 43a in the width direction on one end side in the width direction of the first swing regulating member 40. The engagement piece 40a is provided, the second engagement member 44 is provided with an extending portion 44a extending inward in the width direction in the product storage 13, and on the other end in the width direction of the first swing restriction member 40, Since the slit 40c into which the extended portion 44a is inserted and the crank portion 41 as a contact portion that can contact the upper end of the extended portion are provided, the first swing restricting member 40 can be attached and detached with a simple structure. The manufacturing cost can be reduced.

  In addition, on both side surfaces in the width direction of the product storage 13, the first extending portion 53 of the second swing regulating member 50 and the engagement hole 55 that can be engaged in the vertical direction, and the second extension Since the contact portion 56 with which the protruding portion 54 can contact is provided, the first extension portion 53 is engaged with the engagement hole 55 and the second extension portion 54 is contacted with the contact portion 56. By attaching the second swing regulating member 50 to the product storage 13 by doing so, it is possible to prevent inadvertent dropping of the second swing regulating member 50 due to operations such as replenishment of goods and maintenance, The product storage column 30 can be easily attached and detached without the need to screw the second swing restricting member 50 and the product storage column 30.

  Further, since the column positioning portion 57 for positioning the product storage column 30 in the width direction is provided on the second swing restricting member 50, the adjacent product storage columns 30 can be prevented from contacting each other. It becomes possible to prevent malfunction of the product storage column 30 due to the contact of the matching product storage columns 30.

  11 and 12 show another embodiment of the present embodiment. FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing the structure of the first swing restriction member. FIG. 12 shows a method of removing the first swing restriction member. It is side surface sectional drawing shown. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and shown to the component similar to the said embodiment.

  In the vending machine, the first swinging restricting member 40 is moved to prevent the first swinging restricting member 40 from falling off due to the other end in the width direction being unintentionally detached from the second engaging member 44. Drop-off prevention means as a regulation means is provided. The drop-off prevention means is located on the front side of the drop-off prevention hole 44b as a movement restriction hole provided in the extension portion 44a of the second engagement member 44 and the slit 40c of the first swing restriction member 40. An elastically deformable movement for regulating the upward movement of the first swing restricting member 40 by being provided so as to incline backward from the member and extend upward, and the upper end side engages with the dropout prevention hole 44b. It is comprised from the stopper part 40d as a control part.

  In the vending machine configured as described above, when the first swing restriction member 40 is attached to the product storage case 13, first, the protrusion 40b on one end side in the width direction of the first swing restriction member 40 is used. Is inserted into the engagement hole 43a of the first engagement member 43, and the engagement piece 40a is inserted into the engagement hole 43a. Next, the other end side is moved from the upper side to the lower side of the second engagement member 44 around the one end side of the first swing regulating member 40 so that the second engagement member 44 extends into the slit 40c. The protruding portion 44a is inserted, and the crank portion 41 is brought into contact with the upper end of the extending portion 44a from above. At this time, the upper end side of the stopper portion 40d moves downward on the front surface side of the extension portion 44a and engages with the dropout prevention hole 44b while being bent, so that the upward movement of the first swing restriction member 40 is prevented. It is regulated by the stopper portion 40d. When removing the first swing restricting member 40, as shown in FIG. 12, the stopper portion 40d is bent forward to release the engagement between the stopper portion 40d and the dropout prevention hole 44b. The other end side of the first swing regulating member 40 is moved upward.

  As described above, according to the vending machine of the present embodiment, the first swinging restricting member 40 is provided with the drop prevention means capable of restricting the upward movement of the other end in the width direction. It becomes possible to prevent unintentional dropping of the first swing restricting member 40 more reliably.

  Also, the drop-out prevention hole 44b provided in the second engagement member 44 and the stopper portion 40d provided in the first swing restriction member 40 so as to be elastically deformable and engageable with the drop-out prevention hole 44b are provided. Since the prevention means is configured, when removing the first swing restriction member 40, the stopper 40d is bent forward, thereby releasing the restriction on the upward movement of the first swing restriction member 40. Therefore, the work of removing the first swing restricting member 40 does not become complicated.

  In the above-described embodiment, the column positioning portion 57 is provided in the second swing regulating member 50, and the second swing regulating member 50 is placed in the product storage 13 in which two or more product storage columns 30 are arranged in the width direction. Although shown to be attached, a product storage container in which a column positioning portion is provided on the first swing restriction member 40 and two or more product storage columns 30 are arranged in the width direction. 13 may be attached.

The whole perspective view of the vending machine which opened the outer door which shows one embodiment of the present invention. Side view of vending machine The perspective view which shows the structure of a 1st rocking | fluctuation control member. The perspective view which shows the structure of a 1st rocking | fluctuation control member. The front view which shows the attachment method of the 1st rocking | fluctuation control member The front view which shows the attachment method of the 1st rocking | fluctuation control member The perspective view which shows the structure of a 2nd rocking | fluctuation control member The perspective view which shows the structure of a 2nd rocking | fluctuation control member Side surface sectional drawing which shows the attachment method of the 2nd rocking | fluctuation control member Side surface sectional drawing which shows the attachment method of the 2nd rocking | fluctuation control member The perspective view which shows the structure of the 1st rocking | fluctuation control member which shows other embodiment of this invention. Side surface sectional view which shows operation | movement of a 1st rocking | fluctuation control member

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Vending machine main body, 13 ... Product storage, 30 ... Product storage column, 40 ... 1st rocking | fluctuation control member, 40a ... Engagement piece, 40b ... Projection part, 40c ... Slit, 41 ... Crank part, 42 ... Bending part, 43 ... first engaging member, 43a ... engaging hole, 44 ... second engaging member, 44a ... extending part, 50 ... second swing regulating member, 53 ... first extension Projection part, 54 ... second extension part, 55 ... engagement hole, 56 ... contact part, 57 ... column positioning part.

Claims (5)

Product storage provided in the vending machine body, product storage column supported so as to be suspended in the product storage, and front end side in the product storage to correspond to the lower end side of the product storage column In a vending machine provided with a swing regulating member that is detachably provided and regulates the swing of the product storage column,
A first engaging portion is provided on one end side in the width direction in the product storage, and can be engaged with one end side in the width direction of the swing regulating member in the width direction;
A second engagement portion that can be engaged with the other end in the width direction of the swing regulating member in the vertical direction is provided on the other end in the width direction in the product storage .
After the other end in the width direction of the swing restricting member is positioned above the second engaging portion, the one end in the width direction of the swing restricting member is engaged with the first engaging portion, and then the swing restricting is performed. By moving the other end in the width direction of the swing restricting member downward from the upper side around the one end in the width direction of the member and engaging with the second engagement portion, the swing restricting member is moved into the product storage case. A vending machine that is designed to be mounted on the front end . An engagement hole that penetrates in the width direction is provided in the first engagement portion,
An engagement piece that can be engaged with the engagement hole is provided on one end side in the width direction of the swing regulating member,
The second engaging portion is provided with an extending portion extending inward in the width direction in the product storage,
The swing restricting member can be moved in the front-rear direction by being located on the other end in the width direction of the swing restricting member and on the both sides of the extending portion in the front-rear direction and the contact portion that can contact the extension portion from above. The vending machine according to claim 1, further comprising a restrictable movement restricting unit. A movement restricting means capable of restricting the upward movement of the other end in the width direction of the swing restricting member ;
The movement restricting means comprises a movement restricting hole provided in the second engaging portion, and a movement restricting portion provided in the swing restricting member so as to be elastically deformable and engageable with the movement restricting hole. The vending machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: Product storage provided in the vending machine body, product storage column supported so as to be suspended in the product storage, and front end side in the product storage to correspond to the lower end side of the product storage column In a vending machine provided with a swing regulating member that is detachably provided and regulates the swing of the product storage column,
Provided on both ends in the width direction in the product storage is an engaging portion that can be engaged with both ends in the width direction of the swing regulating member in the vertical direction ;
Provided below the engaging portion on both ends in the width direction in the product storage is a contact portion capable of contacting the both ends in the width direction of the swing regulating member in the front-rear direction ,
After engaging both ends in the width direction of the swing restricting member with the engaging portion from above, the swing restricting member is brought into contact with the contact portion from the front with the lower end on both ends in the width direction of the swing restricting member. A vending machine configured to be attached to the front end of a product storage . The vending machine according to claim 1 or 4 , wherein the swing regulating member is provided with a column positioning portion for positioning the product storage column in the width direction.

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