JP4899630B2 - Card dispensing device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a card payout device, and more particularly to a card payout that is applied to a vending machine corresponding to card use such as a point card, for example, when a payout button is pressed by a sales command. The present invention relates to a card dispensing device in which a card dispensed from a machine can be taken out through an outlet.

  Conventionally, vending machines corresponding to the use of a card such as a point card are known. In such a vending machine, an outer door constituting the front surface is provided with a payout button part for requesting the payout of the point card, and an outlet part for the user to take out the point card, and the rear face of the outer door On the side, that is, the inside of the warehouse, a card dispensing device is configured by providing a take-out space leading to the take-out port and a card dispenser juxtaposed in the take-out space. In this type of card dispensing device, it is common that the dispensing button part and the outlet part are configured in separate decorative frames because a certain amount of space is required for installation of the card dispensing machine (for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2002-312841 A

  However, in the card dispensing apparatus as described above, since the dispensing button part and the outlet part are configured in separate decorative frames, the number of parts required for the respective configurations of the dispensing button part and the outlet part is excessive. It was. Further, since the vending machine to which the card dispensing device is applied is generally installed outdoors, the card dispensing device has a structure for preventing water from entering from the outside. There is a risk that water may enter the vending machine (casing) from the gap of the payout button part due to damage caused by mischief, etc. If water enters in this way, the card dispenser will be adversely affected. There is a risk of giving.

  In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a card dispensing device that can reduce the number of parts and that does not adversely affect the card dispensing machine.

In order to achieve the above object, a card dispensing device according to claim 1 of the present invention is disposed in a manner exposed on the front surface of a housing, and a dispensing operation in which a pressing operation is effective when a sales instruction is given. A button portion and an outlet portion for taking out a card paid out from a card dispenser installed in the housing, and the payout button portion to which the sales instruction is given is pressed Further, in the card dispensing apparatus in which the card dispensed from the card unloader is in a state where it can be taken out through the outlet portion, the payout button portion and the outlet portion have a button opening at the upper portion of the outlet portion. is configured vertically to the same decorative frame formed with the button to fix the dispensing button unit exposed to the front through the opening in contact with a top wall and left and right side walls of the decorative frame the button opening With buttons fixed molding of blocking water entering al, the cosmetic frame, in a manner interposed between each said card dispensing machine of the payout button portion and the outlet portion, the payout button portion and / Alternatively, a common drainage structure is provided for discharging water that has entered the inside of the housing through the outlet portion to the outside of the housing.

According to the present invention, the payout button portion and the outlet portion are configured vertically on the same decorative frame in which the button opening portion is formed in the upper portion of the outlet portion, and the payout portion exposed to the front surface through the button opening portion. A button fixing gold is provided for fixing the button part and blocking water entering from the button opening in contact with the top wall and the left and right side walls of the decorative frame, and the cosmetic frame further includes a payout button part and an outlet part. Since a common drainage structure for discharging water that has entered the inside of the housing through the payout button portion and / or the outlet portion to the outside of the housing is provided in a mode of being interposed between each of the cards and the card dispenser. In addition, it is possible to realize common parts required for the dispensing button part and the outlet part and common parts necessary for the drainage structure, thereby reducing the number of parts. In addition, even if water enters the inside of the housing from the payout button portion or the like due to breakage due to mischief, the water that has entered the button fixing metal as a weir prevents further intrusion into the housing , and the water enters the housing. Since it can be discharged outside the card, there is no possibility of adversely affecting the card dispenser.

  Exemplary embodiments of a card dispensing apparatus according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following, for convenience of explanation, a card dispensing device applied to a vending machine will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a front view showing a vending machine to which a card dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. The vending machine illustrated in FIG. 1 is a case that sells, for example, a canned beverage or a beverage containing a plastic bottle as a product, and includes a main body cabinet 10 and an outer door 11.

  The main body cabinet 10 is configured by combining a plurality of steel plates and has a box shape with a heat insulating structure having an open front surface. Although not clearly shown in the figure, a plurality of products are stored in the main body cabinet 10 via a product storage rack.

  The outer door 11 is for closing the front opening of the main body cabinet 10 and is held at one side edge of the main body cabinet 10 in such a manner that it can be opened and closed. On the front surface of the outer door 11, a display window 12, a selection button portion 13, a bill insertion slot 14, a coin insertion slot 15, a return lever 16, an integrated display 17 and a product outlet 18 are provided.

  The display window 12 is a window for making the product sample S visible to the outside, and is configured in the upper half of the outer door 11. The selection button unit 13 is an operation unit for a user to select a product, and is individually prepared for each product sample S visually recognized through the display window 12. The banknote insertion port 14 is an opening for a user to insert a banknote. This bill insertion slot 14 also functions as a bill return slot when returning bills to the user. The coin slot 15 is an opening through which a user inserts coins. The coins inserted from the coin insertion slot 15 are returned to the user through the coin return slot 19. The return lever 16 is operated when returning a coin inserted from the coin insertion slot 15 or a bill inserted from the banknote insertion slot 14, and is disposed in the vicinity of the coin insertion slot 15 and the bill insertion slot 14. is there. The integrated display 17 is a display means for displaying various information necessary for selling a product, such as the amount of money deposited, whether the product is being sold, whether there is a change, etc. . The bill insertion slot 14, the coin slot 15, the return lever 16, and the integrated display 17 are provided in the lower part of the display window 12. The product outlet 18 is an opening for receiving the delivered product, and is provided at the lower end of the outer door 11.

  Further, a payout button portion 21 and an outlet portion 22 are provided below the bill insertion slot 14 on the front surface of the outer door 11. The payout button portion 21 constitutes the card payout device 20 together with the outlet portion 22. As shown in FIG. 2, the payout button portion 21 has a front surface of the payout button portion 21 by fixing a button fixing metal 23 located on the back side to a predetermined portion of the decorative frame 24 through fixing means (not shown). Is provided in the decorative frame 24 in such a manner that it is exposed to the front surface through a long hole-shaped button opening 25 formed in the front surface of the decorative frame 24. More specifically, the payout button portion 21 has a part of the front surface of the payout button portion 21 in a state where a packing 26 having an opening 26a having a size substantially equal to the button opening portion 25 is interposed. The decorative frame 24 is provided in such a manner that it is inserted through the opening 26 a and exposed to the front surface through the button opening 25. A part of the rear surface of the payout button portion 21 is inserted through a rectangular opening 23 a formed in the button fixing metal 23. Such a payout button unit 21 is connected to a controller of the vending machine through a cable (not shown), and when a sales command is given from the controller, the pressing operation by the user is made effective.

  The outlet 22 is provided below the button opening 25 on the front surface of the decorative frame 24. The take-out port 22 is large enough for a card such as a point card to pass through. The outlet portion 22 is opened and closed by a flapper 27. Here, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the flapper 27 has a shaft portion 27 a formed at the upper end portion laid between both side walls 24 b and 24 c of the decorative frame 24, and the lower end portion swings in the front-rear direction. It is possible to arrange. The flapper 27 is normally in a position to close the outlet portion 22 as shown. Further, the swinging speed of the flapper 27 toward the rear side is limited by a damper (not shown).

  A card dispenser 28 is disposed on the rear side of the outlet portion 22. More specifically, it is arranged in such a manner that it is placed on the bottom wall 24 a of the decorative frame 24. The card dispensing machine 28 is for dispensing a card to be accommodated forward from a dispensing outlet (not shown) when the dispensing button 21 to which a sales instruction is given is pressed by the user. When the card is paid out in this way, the card enters the outlet 22 from the rear side, the front end portion of the card comes into contact with the back surface of the flapper 27, and the flapper 27 is slightly directed forward. As a result, the front end of the card is slightly exposed and can be taken out. Thereby, the user can take out the card by manually swinging the flapper 27 forward. After the user removes the card, the flapper 27 swings backward, but the swing speed is limited by the action of the damper.

  In such a card dispensing device 20, the following drainage structure is configured. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the button fixing metal 23 is sized so as to be in contact with the top wall 24d and the side walls 24b, 24c of the decorative frame 24, whereby the gap between the payout button portion 21 and the packing 26 is obtained. A weir is formed to prevent water that has entered from the inside from entering the rear side of the button fixing metal 23. As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, a plurality of square hole portions 29 communicating with the space in contact with the front surface of the fixed metal are provided in the lower portion of the button opening 25 of the decorative frame 24. A shaft portion 27a of the flapper 27 is also communicated with the space. On both sides of the back surface of the flapper 27, grooves (not shown) are provided for flowing water that has reached the back surface of the flapper 27. Between the decorative frame 24 and the card dispenser 28, there is provided a gutter 30 for flowing the infiltrated water downward. As shown in FIG. 5, a protrusion 31 is provided on the peripheral edge of the outlet portion 22 on the back side of the decorative frame 24, and the packing 32 is arranged so as to surround the upper portion and the side portion of the outlet portion 22. Thus, water is allowed to flow downward while preventing water from flowing into the outlet portion 22. A spacer 33 is provided on the upper surface of the bottom wall 24a of the decorative frame 24 to form a flow path 34 through which water can flow between the upper surface of the bottom wall 24a and the card dispenser 28. A slit 35 is formed on the back surface of the bottom wall 24a of the decorative frame 24 so that the water flowing through the flow path 34 flows downward.

  By having the above drainage structure, even if the packing 26 is damaged due to mischief and the like, even if water enters from the gap between the discharge button portion 21 and the packing 26, the button fixing metal 23 functions as a weir and the water flows backward. Intrusion into the side, that is, the inside of the vending machine can be prevented. The water blocked by the button fixing metal 23 can be discharged to the outside of the vending machine through the square hole 29 provided in the decorative frame 24 communicating with the space where the front surface of the button fixing metal 23 is in contact. On the other hand, the water blocked by the button fixing metal 23 can be drained to the outside of the vending machine through the shaft part 27a of the flapper 27 communicating with the space where the front surface of the button fixing metal 23 is in contact. Even if the water reaches the back side of the flapper 27, it can flow downward through the groove and be discharged out of the vending machine. Further, the water that has entered between the decorative frame 24 and the card dispenser 28 can be caused to flow downward by the gutter 30, and specifically, can be allowed to flow to the back side of the decorative frame 24. Thus, even if water reaches the back side of the decorative frame 24, the water can flow downward without the water flowing to the outlet portion 22 by the packing 32 and the protruding portion 31. After flowing through the flow path 34 formed by the spacer 33, it can flow downward through the slit 35 and then discharged outside the vending machine.

  In other words, the drainage structure is interposed between each of the payout button portion 21 and the take-out port portion 22 and the card payer 28 and is disposed inside the vending machine through the payout button portion 21 and / or the take-out port portion 22. The water that has entered the tank is discharged outside the vending machine.

  In the card dispensing apparatus 20 as described above, the dispensing button portion 21 and the outlet portion 22 are configured in the same decorative frame 24, and each of the dispensing button portion 21 and the outlet portion 22 is included in the decorative frame 24. A common drainage structure for discharging water that has entered the vending machine through the payout button part 21 and / or the outlet part 22 to the outside of the vending machine in a mode of being interposed between the card paying machine 28 and the card paying machine 28. Since it is provided, it is possible to realize common parts required for the payout button part 21 and the outlet part 22 and common parts necessary for the drainage structure, thereby reducing the number of parts. Further, even if water enters the vending machine from the payout button portion 21 or the like due to damage due to mischief or the like, the water can be discharged to the outside of the vending machine, so that the card dispenser 28 is adversely affected. There is no fear.

  Further, according to the card dispensing device 20, the card dispensing machine 28 can be arranged on the rear side of the outlet portion 22, so that the size can be reduced as compared with the conventional one, thereby improving the flexibility of layout. be able to.

  As described above, the card dispensing apparatus according to the present invention is useful for vending machines that support the use of cards such as point cards.

It is a front view which shows the vending machine to which the card dispensing apparatus in embodiment of this invention was applied. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the principal part of the card dispensing apparatus in embodiment of this invention. It is a cross-sectional side view which shows the principal part of the card dispensing apparatus in embodiment of this invention. It is the cross-sectional perspective view which looked at the principal part of the card dispensing apparatus in embodiment of this invention from the front. It is the cross-sectional perspective view which looked at the principal part of the card dispensing apparatus in embodiment of this invention from back.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 20 Card dispensing apparatus 21 Discharge button part 22 Takeout part 23 Button fixing money 24 Cosmetic frame 28 Card dispenser

Claims (1)

A payout button portion which is arranged in an exposed manner on the front surface of the housing, and when the sales instruction is given, the pressing operation is effective;
An outlet portion for taking out a card paid out from a card dispenser installed inside the housing, and
In the card dispensing apparatus in which the card dispensed from the card unloader is in a state where it can be removed through the withdrawal section when the dispensing button section to which the sales instruction is given is pressed,
The payout button part and the outlet part are configured up and down in the same decorative frame in which a button opening is formed in the upper part of the outlet part ,
A button fixing gold for fixing the payout button portion exposed to the front through the button opening and blocking water entering from the button opening in contact with the top wall and the left and right side walls of the decorative frame,
The decorative frame enters the inside of the housing through the payout button part and / or the take-out part in a mode of being interposed between each of the payout button part and the take-out part and the card dispenser. A card dispensing device characterized in that a common drainage structure is provided for draining the discharged water to the outside of the housing.

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