JP4902807B1 - Discharge mechanism and sales device - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a discharge mechanism capable of reliably receiving a cylindrical article in a pocket, and a sales apparatus including the discharge mechanism.
A discharge mechanism 1 of the present invention includes a storage case 10 having pocket portions 46A and 46B capable of receiving a cylindrical body A, and bottom wall members 40A and 40B capable of reciprocating between a closed position and an open position. And pins 38A, 38B and springs 42A, 42B for driving the bottom wall members 40A, 40B. When the bottom wall members 40A, 40B move from the open position toward the closed position, the pocket portion The cylindrical body A in 46A and 46B is pushed out of the discharge port 50, and the pins 38A and 38B are engaged with the bottom wall members 40A and 40B and resist the urging force of the springs 42A and 42B. 40A and 40B are moved toward the closed position, and after the bottom wall members 40A and 40B reach the closed position, the engagement with the bottom wall members 40A and 40B is released.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a discharge mechanism for picking up articles one by one from a storage case in which articles are stored, and a sales apparatus including the discharge mechanism.

There is a manual sales apparatus that stores a plurality of articles in which a toy or the like is packaged in a container such as a capsule, and the purchaser inserts a coin and turns a rotary handle to take out one article. In this manual sales device, the container for packaging toys and the like is currently a spherical capsule, but in recent years, in addition to the spherical capsule, for example, as described in Patent Document 1, a cylindrical capsule is used. A manual vending machine has also been proposed.
The manual sales apparatus described in Patent Document 1 includes a storage case in which a plurality of cylindrical capsules are stored, a discharge port that is provided on the front side of the storage case and discharges the cylindrical capsules one by one, The pocket portion communicates with the discharge port and can receive one cylindrical capsule, and the bottom wall member pushes the capsule received in the pocket portion to the discharge port. In addition, a turntable that rotates in response to the rotation of the rotary handle is provided on the bottom surface of the storage case, and when the rotary handle is rotated, the turntable rotates by a predetermined angle. The bottom wall member reciprocates between an open position where the upper portion of the pocket portion is opened and a closed position where the upper portion of the pocket portion is closed in conjunction with the rotation of the turntable. When the bottom wall member is in the open position, the capsule is received in the pocket portion, and when the bottom wall member moves from the open position to the closed position, the capsule received in the pocket portion is discharged to the discharge port.

Japanese Patent No. 423415

  In the manual sales apparatus as described above, the movement of the bottom wall member is linked to the rotational movement of the turntable, and the bottom wall member is in the open position and the closed position with respect to the rotation of the turntable by a predetermined angle. 1 cycle reciprocating motion between and. At this time, since the bottom wall member moves from the open position to the closed position over a half cycle and moves from the closed position to the open position over the next half cycle, the pocket portion is completely opened during one cycle. Is relatively short. For this reason, the time in which the pocket portion can receive the capsule is shortened, and it is difficult to reliably store the capsule in the pocket portion every time.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a discharge mechanism capable of reliably receiving a cylindrical article in a pocket portion, and a sales apparatus including the discharge mechanism.

  In order to achieve the above object, the discharge mechanism of the present invention is a discharge mechanism that discharges cylinders one by one, and stores a plurality of cylinders inside and discharges the cylinders one by one. And a storage case having a pocket portion that communicates with the discharge port and can receive only one cylindrical body, and a closed position that moves toward the pocket portion and closes at least a part above the pocket portion, A bottom wall member capable of reciprocating in a direction crossing the pocket portion between an open position where the upper portion of the pocket portion is opened, and a driving means for driving the bottom wall member. When the bottom wall member is moved to the open position, the cylinder can be received in the pocket and moved toward the closed position. When moving, push the cylinder in the pocket part Therefore, the drive means has an urging means for urging the bottom wall member toward the open position, and an engagement member that can be engaged with the bottom wall member. The bottom wall member is moved toward the closed position against the urging force of the urging means in the engaged state with the wall member, and after the bottom wall member reaches the closed position, the engagement with the bottom wall member is performed. It is characterized by releasing.

  In the present invention, preferably, the engaging member is a pin formed on the circumference of the rotatable disk, the bottom wall member has an engaging wall extending in a direction perpendicular to the reciprocating motion direction, The pin abuts on the engaging wall and moves along the engaging wall as the disc rotates, and pushes the bottom wall member to move it from the open position to the closed position. After the wall member reaches the closed position, the pin moves beyond the engagement wall, so that the engagement between the pin and the engagement wall is released.

  In the present invention, preferably, the storage case has the first storage space for storing the first stock in which the cylinders are stacked in the vertical direction, and the cylinders are stacked in the vertical direction behind the first stock. And a second storage space for storing the second stock, and when the cylinder is stored in the first storage space, the cylinder in the second storage space is a pocket portion. A stopper that prevents movement toward the stopper, the stopper being projectable between the lowermost cylinder of the first stock and the lowermost cylinder of the second stock; An abutting portion that abuts the cylinder located second from the bottom of the first stock, and the locking portion is the lowest cylinder of the first stock and the lowest cylinder of the second stock The protruding position protruding between the body and the locking part is the bottom of the first stock and the top of the second stock. The stopper is provided so as to be able to swing between the lower cylinder and the retracted position, and when the abutting portion comes into contact with the cylinder located second from the bottom of the first stock, the stopper is The locking portion swings so as to move to the protruding position, the cylinder located second from the bottom of the first stock no longer exists in the first accommodating space, and the abutting portion contacts the cylinder. When the contact stops, the stopper swings by its own weight, and the locking portion moves to the retracted position.

  In the present invention, preferably, a receiving chamber for receiving a cylinder pushed out from the discharge port is formed adjacent to the discharge port, and the receiving chamber has a cylinder body provided with an openable / closable lid member. The lid member has an outlet for taking out, and the lid member is formed in a cylindrical shape having an arcuate cross section in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and is rotatable about the axis. The outlet is provided with a blocking member that can be rotated about the axis of the lid member. The blocking member has a non-blocking position that opens the discharge port when the lid member closes the outlet, and the lid member has the outlet. When opening, the discharge port is closed, and it is possible to rotate between the receiving position and the blocking position that blocks the pocket portion.

  In order to achieve the above object, the sales apparatus of the present invention is characterized by including the above-described discharge mechanism.

It is the perspective view which looked at the manual type sales device concerning one embodiment of the present invention from the front side. It is side sectional drawing which shows the inside of the manual sales apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is the perspective view which looked at the discharge mechanism of the manual sales device concerning one embodiment of the present invention from the upper part. It is the perspective view which looked at the discharge mechanism of the manual sales device concerning one embodiment of the present invention from the lower part. It is a top view of the discharge mechanism of the manual sales device concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is a sectional side view of the discharge mechanism of the manual sales apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the driving force transmission structure of the discharge mechanism of the manual sales apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the stopper of the manual sales apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the other stopper of the manual sales apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a fragmentary sectional view which shows the driving force transmission structure of the discharge mechanism of the manual sales apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a top view which shows the positional relationship of the rotary plate and bottom wall member of the discharge mechanism which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the cover member of the discharge mechanism which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the opening / closing mechanism of the cover member of the discharge mechanism which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the feed means of the discharge mechanism which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing which looked at the stopper which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention in the state of FIG. 6 from the front. It is a top view which shows the stopper which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a top view showing discharge operation of the discharge mechanism concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is a sectional side view which shows discharge operation | movement of the discharge mechanism which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a top view showing discharge operation of the discharge mechanism concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is a sectional side view which shows discharge operation | movement of the discharge mechanism which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a top view showing discharge operation of the discharge mechanism concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is a sectional side view which shows discharge operation | movement of the discharge mechanism which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a top view showing discharge operation of the discharge mechanism concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is a sectional side view which shows discharge operation | movement of the discharge mechanism which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is the schematic showing operation | movement of the discharge mechanism when a cylinder is taken out from an extraction port in the discharge mechanism which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is the schematic showing operation | movement of the discharge mechanism when a cylinder is taken out from an extraction port in the discharge mechanism which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a side view which shows operation | movement of the stopper which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a top view which shows operation | movement of the stopper which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a sectional side view of the discharge mechanism concerning one embodiment of the present invention.

[Overall configuration of manual sales equipment]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a manual sales apparatus 100 as a sales apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention as seen from the front side. The manual sales apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention has a two-stage configuration in which one is stacked on the other upper surface. The upper and lower manual sales apparatuses 100 each have a box-shaped housing 101. Disposed above the housing 101 is a discharge mechanism 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention that houses a plurality of cylinders A and discharges the cylinders A one by one. A cover body 103 that covers the front opening of the housing 101 is provided below the discharge mechanism 1 of the manual sales apparatus 100 so as to be opened and closed by a hinge.
The cover body 103 is provided with a coin insertion slot 104 for inserting coins, and a coin tray 106 for discharging returned coins. In addition, a rotation handle 110 that is operated to operate the discharge mechanism 1 is disposed on the cover body 103 so as to be rotatable with respect to the cover body 103. Further, a return member 102 for returning the inserted coins protrudes from the cover body 103.

Here, the cylindrical body A is an article formed in a cylindrical shape, and in the present embodiment, a product sold by the manual sales apparatus 100 such as a toy such as a figure is packaged by a cylindrical capsule or the like. .
In the present embodiment, the casing 101 of the manual sales apparatus 100 uses the same casing as that of a manual sales apparatus for selling articles packaged in a conventional spherical capsule. That is, the discharge mechanism 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention can be attached to and detached from the conventional manual sales apparatus. Therefore, the manual sales apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment is an existing manual sales apparatus. The storage case in which the spherical capsule is stored, which is arranged at the top, is replaced with the discharge mechanism 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Therefore, the manual sales apparatus 100 of FIG. 1 is provided with an outlet 105 for taking out a conventional spherical capsule in the cover body 103, but this outlet 105 is not used in this embodiment.

Next, the internal configuration of the manual sales apparatus 100 will be described. FIG. 2 is a side cross-sectional view showing the inside of the upper manual sales apparatus 100 among the upper and lower manual sales apparatuses 100.
As shown in FIG. 2, the discharge mechanism 1 is above the manual sales device 100, the coin detection device 107 for sorting inserted coins is at the center, and the coin detection device 107 is sorted below. A coin storage section 108 is provided for storing coins.

Below the discharge mechanism 1, there is provided a turntable 20 that is rotated by the rotational movement of the rotary handle 110, and downward teeth 21 are formed on the outer edge of the bottom surface of the turntable 20. The teeth 21 mesh with a drive gear 114 attached to the housing 101, and the drive gear 114 meshes with gears 113 and 112. The gear 112 is fixed to the rotary shaft 111 of the rotary handle 110. With this configuration, when the rotary handle 110 is rotated, the drive gear 114 is rotated via the gears 112 and 113, and the turntable 20 is rotated by a predetermined angle.
In the present embodiment, the manual sales apparatus 100 uses the casing of an existing manual sales apparatus that discharges articles stored in a conventional spherical capsule. The reduction ratio up to 21 is set so that the turntable 20 rotates a predetermined angle when the rotary handle 110 rotates once.

The coin detection device 107 communicates with the coin insertion slot 104, detects a predetermined type of coins from the inserted coins, and detects whether the number has reached a predetermined number. The coin detection device 1 is engaged with the gear 112 of the rotary handle 110 via the transmission mechanism 109. When a predetermined number of coins of a predetermined type are inserted into the coin detection device 107, the coin detection device 107 can rotate the rotary handle 110 via the transmission mechanism 109. As a result, the rotation of the rotary handle 110 is transmitted to the turntable 20, and the discharge mechanism 1 is operated, whereby the cylindrical body A is taken out.
On the other hand, when a predetermined number of coins of a predetermined type are not inserted, the coin detection device 1 does not operate the transmission mechanism 109 and prevents the rotation handle 110 from rotating. As a result, the discharge mechanism 1 does not operate and the cylinder A is not taken out.
The coin detection device 1 communicates with the coin tray 106 and discharges coins to be returned to the coin tray 106. Further, the coin detection device 1 is also in communication with the coin storage unit 108, and each time the rotary handle 110 is rotated, a predetermined number of coins that have been inserted are discharged to the coin storage unit 108.

[Configuration of discharge mechanism]
Next, the configuration of the discharge mechanism 1 will be described.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the discharge mechanism 1 as viewed from above, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the discharge mechanism 1 as viewed from below. 5 is a plan view of the discharge mechanism 1, FIG. 6 is a side sectional view of the discharge mechanism 1, and FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view showing a driving force transmission structure of the discharge mechanism 1. As shown in FIGS. 3 to 7, the discharge mechanism 1 transmits the storage case 10 that stores a plurality of cylinders A, the rotary table 20 (FIG. 4), and the rotational movement of the rotary table 20. The rotating plate 30 (FIG. 7), the bottom wall member 40 that reciprocates by the driving force transmitted by the rotating plate 30, and the discharge port 50 (FIG. 6) that is formed in front of the storage case 10 and from which the cylindrical body A is discharged. ) And feeding means 60 for moving the cylinder A in the storage case 10 toward the discharge port 50. In the present embodiment, in the storage case 10, the side on which the discharge port 50 is provided is described as the front side, and the opposite side is described as the rear side. In addition, a description will be given assuming that a substantially horizontal direction orthogonal to the front-rear direction of the storage case 10 is a lateral direction (width direction) of the storage case 10.
In the present embodiment, one storage case 10 and one turntable 20 are provided, and a plurality of (two in this embodiment) rotating plates 30, bottom wall members 40, and feeding means 60 are provided.

  The storage case 10 is formed to have substantially the same external dimensions and external shape as a storage case provided in a manual sales apparatus for discharging a conventional spherical capsule. The storage case 10 is detachably attached to the housing 101. As shown in FIG. 3, the interior of the storage case 10 is partitioned into two cylindrical housing chambers 12 </ b> A and 12 </ b> B by a partition member 11 extending in the front-rear direction. The horizontal dimensions of the cylinder storage chambers 12A and 12B are set to be substantially the same as the height dimension of the cylinder A, and the height direction of the cylinder A is respectively set in these cylinder storage chambers 12A and 12B. A plurality of cylinders A are stored along the horizontal direction of the storage case 10.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a housing part 13 for housing the turntable 20 is formed below the storage case 10, and a part of the outer periphery of the turntable 20 is external to the rear side of the housing part 13. An opening 14 is formed so as to be exposed to the surface. A part of the turntable 20 is exposed to the outside through the opening 14, and the teeth 21 of the turntable 20 are engaged with the drive gear 114 of the housing 101 in the exposed portion. As shown in FIG. 7, a cylindrical recess 22 is formed on the upper surface of the turntable 20, and a gear 23 is fixed in the recess 22. Further, teeth 24 protruding outward in the radial direction are formed on the outer periphery of the turntable 20 and above the teeth 21.

  On the side surface of the storage case 10 and on both surfaces of the partition member 11, there are three partition projections 15 extending in the vertical direction, and a triangle that is disposed in front of the partition projection 15 and that the rear side extends in the vertical direction and the front side projects forward. A partition projection 16 extending in a shape is formed. By these partitioning projections 15 and 16, the cylinder housing chambers 12A and 12B are bent to extend forward so as to protrude forward, and the cylinder housing space 17 that extends forward and four cylinders that extend in the vertical direction behind the cylinder housing space 17. It is divided into a storage space 18. The cylinder A is stacked in each of the cylinder storage spaces 17 and 18 in the vertical direction to constitute a stock of the cylinder A.

When the cylinder A is stored in the cylinder storage spaces 17 and 18 in the cylinder storage chambers 12 </ b> A and 12 </ b> B, the cylinder A in the storage spaces 17 and 18 on the rear side faces the discharge port 50. Stoppers 71 and 75 for preventing the movement are provided.
FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a stopper 71 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a stopper 75 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 8, the stopper 71 is disposed between the foremost cylinder storage space 17 and the rear cylinder storage space 18, is formed in a rod shape, and has a cylinder storage space at one end thereof. 17 has an abutting portion 72 capable of abutting against the cylindrical body A housed in 17, and a locking portion 73 capable of projecting into the space between the cylindrical body storage space 17 and the cylindrical body storage space 18 at the other end. Have As shown in FIG. 6, the abutting portion 72 is disposed at a position that abuts against the second cylindrical body A from the bottom among the cylindrical bodies A stored in the cylindrical body storage space 17. The locking portion 73 is disposed between the lowermost cylinder A stored in the cylinder storage space 17 and the lowermost cylinder A stored in the cylinder storage space 18. The stopper 71 is attached so as to be swingable about the rotation shaft 74 by attaching the rotation shaft 74 to the storage case 10 or the partition member 11 at substantially the center of the rod-shaped member. Thereby, the stopper 71 has a locking portion 73 at a position between the cylindrical housing spaces 17 and 18, at a protruding position where it protrudes inside the storage case 10, and at a position between the cylindrical housing spaces 17 and 18. It can be swung between a retracted position that does not protrude. The stopper 71 has a shape such that when the cylindrical body A is not in contact with the contact portion 72, the contact portion 72 protrudes by its own weight and is stable at a position where the locking portion 73 is located at the retracted position. It is said that.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the stopper 75 is composed of a rod-like member whose both ends are bent at substantially right angles in the opposite direction. Like the stopper 71, the stopper 75 is the second from the bottom stored in the cylindrical body storage space 17. Between the abutting portion 76 that can abut on the cylinder A and the other end between the lowermost cylinder A of the cylinder storage space 17 and the lowermost cylinder A of the cylinder storage space 17 behind it. It has the latching | locking part 77 which can protrude inside the storage case 10 in a position. The stopper 75 is attached so as to be swingable about the rotation shaft 78 by attaching the rotation shaft 78 to the storage case 10 or the partition member 11 at substantially the center of the rod-shaped member. Accordingly, the stopper 75 is retracted so that the locking portion 77 does not protrude between the protruding position where the locking portion 77 protrudes inside the storage case 10 at a position between the adjacent cylindrical storage spaces 17 and the adjacent cylindrical storage space 17. Can swing between positions. The stopper 75 has such a shape that when the cylindrical body A is not in contact with the contact portion 76, the contact portion 76 protrudes by its own weight and is stable at a position where the locking portion 77 is located at the retracted position. It is said that.

  FIG. 10 is a partial cross-sectional view showing the driving force transmission structure of the discharge mechanism 1 of the manual sales apparatus 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIGS. 10 and 7, the rotating plates 30 </ b> A and 30 </ b> B are arranged above the rotating table 20 with the positioning plate 32 interposed therebetween. The positioning plate 32 is formed with a hole 33 for pivotally supporting the turntable 20 and two holes 34A and 34B at positions shifted from each other by a predetermined angle (about 180 ° in this embodiment) with respect to the hole 33. ing. The rotary plates 30A and 30B are positioned on the inner circumferences of the holes 34A and 34B, respectively. Support plates 35A and 35B for supporting the rotating plates 30A and 30B are formed below the holes 34A and 34B of the positioning plate 32, and the rotating plates are attached to the pins 36A and 36B formed on the supporting plates 35A and 35B. 30A and 30B are pivotally supported.

Gears 37A and 37B are fixed to the lower surfaces of the rotating plates 30A and 30B, and the teeth of the gears 37A and 37B mesh with the teeth of the gear 23 of the turntable 20 as shown in FIG. Thereby, the rotation of the turntable 20 is transmitted to the rotary plates 30A and 30B.
On the circumference of the upper surface of the rotary plates 30A and 30B, pins 38A and 38B projecting upward are formed. These pins 38A and 38B are disposed at positions whose phases are shifted from each other by a predetermined angle (about 180 ° in the present embodiment). That is, the pin 38 </ b> B is disposed so as to be positioned at the forefront of the discharge mechanism 1 when the pin 38 </ b> A is positioned at the rearmost position of the discharge mechanism 1 on the locus. Thus, the position where one of the pins 38A, 38B is arranged at the rearmost side of the discharge mechanism 1 and the other of the pins 38A, 38B is the frontmost position is the initial position of the rotary plates 30A, 30B.

The line connecting the centers of the rotating plates 30A and 30B is arranged with an angle with respect to the width direction line (horizontal line, vertical line in FIG. 5) of the storage case 10. Therefore, the dimension of the storage case 10 in the width direction can be reduced, and conversely, the rotating plates 30A and 30B having larger diameters can be arranged with respect to the predetermined dimension in the width direction of the storage case 10.
The reduction ratio from the turntable 20 to the turntables 30A and 30B is such that when the turntable 110 rotates once and the turntable 20 rotates by a predetermined angle, the turntables 30A and 30B each turn half (180 °). It is set to rotate.

  The bottom wall members 40A and 40B are disposed in the cylinder housing chambers 12A and 12B, respectively. Guide grooves 48A and 48B are formed in the bottom wall members 40A and 40B in the front-rear direction, and guide pins 49A and 49B formed on the positioning plate 32 are engaged with these guide grooves 48A and 48B, respectively. As a result, the bottom wall members 40A and 40B are guided and slidable along the front-rear direction of the storage case 10. Spring mounting portions 41A and 41B are formed at the rear ends of the bottom wall members 40A and 40B, respectively, and one ends of the springs 42A and 42B are attached to these spring mounting portions 41A and 41B. The other ends of the springs 42A and 42B are fixed to mounting pins 39A and 39B formed on the positioning plate 32. The bottom wall members 40A and 40B are urged rearward by the springs 42A and 42B.

A pair of guide plates 43A and 43B for supporting the cylindrical body A from below are provided along the front-rear direction at both front ends of the bottom wall members 40A and 40B in the width direction. Further, the front ends of the bottom wall members 40A and 40B extend upward, and the upper ends thereof are abutted against the peripheral surface of the cylinder A, and push the cylinder A toward the discharge port 50 to the outside of the discharge port 50. Portions 44A and 44B are formed. The extruding portions 44A and 44B are formed in a substantially cylindrical shape along the lateral direction, and at the center side end portions, extruding protrusions 45A that slightly protrude forward from the peripheral surfaces of the extruding portions 44A and 44B. , 45B are formed.
Engagement walls 47A and 47B that can engage with the pins 38A and 38B of the rotary plates 30A and 30B are formed on the lower rear surfaces of the bottom wall members 40A and 40B. Engagement walls 47A and 47B extend in the lateral direction and protrude downward about about half in the width direction of the bottom wall members 40A and 40B (in the present embodiment, the right half toward the front).

  In the initial state, the front ends of the bottom wall members 40A and 40B located at the rearmost position by the urging force of the springs 42A and 42B are arranged at a predetermined distance from the front ends of the cylinder storage chambers 12A and 12B of the storage case 10. Therefore, on the front side inside the storage case 10, a space is formed that is one step lower than the upper surfaces of the guide plates 43A and 43B, as shown in FIG. This space has pocket portions 46A and 46B that can receive one cylindrical body A. The bottom wall members 40A and 40B are in this position in the initial open position where the upper portions of the pocket portions 46A and 46B are opened, and at least a part of the upper portions of the pocket portions 46A and 46B (all in this embodiment). ) Is provided so as to be able to reciprocate between the closed position and the closed position.

  Here, the predetermined distance from the front end of the cylinder housing chambers 12A and 12B to the front end of the bottom wall members 40A and 40B, that is, the dimension in the front-rear direction of the pocket portions 46A and 46B is slightly smaller than the diameter of the cylinder A. Therefore, the pocket portions 46A and 46B are dimensioned to accept only one cylindrical body A. Further, the height dimension between the bottom wall members 40A and 40B and the bottom surfaces of the pocket portions 46A and 46B is set to be substantially equal to the radius of the cylindrical body A. Therefore, the pocket portions 46A and 46B are formed in the cylindrical body A. Accept about half of the bottom.

FIG. 11 is a plan view showing the positional relationship between the rotary plates 30A and 30B and the bottom wall members 40A and 40B of the discharge mechanism according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the initial positions of the rotating plates 30A and 30B, as shown in FIG. 11, the pin 38A of one rotating plate 30A is located at the foremost position, and the pin 38B of the other rotating plate 30B is located at the most rearward position. At this time, none of the pins 38A and 38B are in contact with the engaging walls 47A and 47B of the bottom wall members 40A and 40B. Therefore, the bottom wall members 40A and 40B are both driven by the biasing force of the springs 42A and 42B. Located at the end. In this position, the pushing portions 44A and 44B of the bottom wall members 40A and 40B are located at the rear ends of the pocket portions 46A and 46B, and are located at an open position where the upper portions of the pocket portions 46A and 46B are opened. Further, in the state of FIG. 11, the engagement walls 47A and 47B are arranged so as to extend from the rotation center of the rotating plates 30A and 30B to the outer peripheral position.
In the present embodiment, the rotating table 20, the rotating plates 30A and 30B including the pins 38A and 38B, and the springs 42A and 42B are included to constitute the driving means of the present invention that drives the bottom wall member 40.

As shown in FIG. 6, the discharge port 50 is an opening formed below and forward of the storage case 10, and is formed over substantially the entire width of the storage case 10. An outlet 51 for taking out the cylindrical body A is formed in front of the outlet 50 so as to protrude forward, adjacent to the outlet 50. The outlet 51 is covered with a lid member 52.
FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing the structure of the lid member 52 of the discharge mechanism 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention. Moreover, FIG. 13 is sectional drawing which shows the opening / closing mechanism of the cover member 52 of the discharge mechanism 1 which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. As shown in FIGS. 12, 13, and 6, the lid member 52 has a cylindrical shape having an opening 52 </ b> A on the peripheral surface, and a cross section in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal axis is arcuate (substantially C-shaped). . The lid member 52 is disposed over substantially the entire width of the storage case 10 so that the longitudinal axis is along the width direction of the storage case 10.
The lid member 52 is provided so as to be rotatable about a rotation shaft 52C extending in the longitudinal direction, and an arcuate portion covers the outlet 51 so that the opening 52A faces the discharge port 50 side by a biasing means (not shown). It is energized. On the peripheral surface of the lid member 52A, there is provided a knob 52B for rotating the lid member 52 downward against the urging means. In addition, the diameter of the inside of the lid member 52 is set to be larger than the diameter of the cylinder A, and the receiving chamber for receiving the cylinder A discharged from the discharge port 50 inside the lid member 52. 52D is formed.

  Between the discharge port 50 and the receiving chamber 52D, holding members 53A and 53B that cover substantially the upper half of the discharge port 50 are attached. These holding members 53A and 53B have one upper end attached to the storage case 10 and the other lower end biased rearward by biasing means (not shown) such as a spring. Accordingly, the holding members 53A and 53B can swing around a direction line along the width direction of the storage case 10, and are received in the pocket portions 46A and 46B by the urging force of the urging means. The cylinder A is prevented from moving from the discharge port 50 toward the receiving chamber 52D, and the cylinder A is held in the pocket portions 46A and 46B.

  The rotating shaft 52C of the lid member 52 is provided with a blocking member 54 that blocks the discharge port 50 when the outlet 51 is opened. As shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, the blocking member 54 has a circumferential surface 54A having a sectoral cross section, and fan-shaped end portions 54B formed in the radial direction of the rotation shaft 52C at both ends thereof. The lid member 52 is rotatably attached to the rotary shaft 52C. Further, pins 54C projecting outward are provided on the outer surface of the end portion 54B, and when these pins 54C are inserted into the arc-shaped guide grooves 19 formed in the storage case 10, a blocking member is provided. 54 is guided by the guide groove 19 around the rotation shaft 52C. The peripheral surface 54A of the blocking member 54 is disposed on the outer peripheral side of the peripheral surface of the lid member 52. When the lid member 52 is closed, the peripheral surface 54A of the blocking member 54 is, as shown in FIG. Inside the storage case 10 and above the partition 10 </ b> A of the storage case 10, it is disposed at a position covering the upper end of the opening 52 </ b> A of the lid member 52. Such a blocking member 54 is located above the holding members 53A and 53B and is located at a non-blocking position where the discharge port 50 is not blocked, and is positioned below the peripheral surface 54A holding members 53A and 53B of the blocking member 54 and pockets. It is rotatable between the portions 46A, 46B and the receiving chamber 52D, that is, between the blocking position where the discharge port 50 is blocked.

The lid member 52 and the blocking member 54 are interlocked by a link member 55 provided between both end faces of the lid member 52 and the end portion 54B of the blocking member 54.
The link member 55 is a crescent-shaped member in which a rotation shaft 55A located on the front side of the rotation shaft 52C of the lid member 52 is rotatably attached to the storage case 10. At the center of the link member 55, an arc-shaped long hole 55B centering on a rotation shaft 55A that is the rotation center of the link member 55 is formed, and the rotation shaft 52C of the lid member 52 is formed in the long hole 55B. Penetrates. Further, a long hole 55C extending in the substantially radial direction of the link member 55 with the rotation shaft 55A as the center is formed on the rear side of the long hole 55B of the link member 55, and the end of the blocking member 54 is formed in the long hole 55C. A pin 54D protruding inward from the inner surface of the portion 54B is inserted. Furthermore, a substantially arc-shaped long hole 55D is formed in the link member 55 so as to surround the long hole 55B. A pin 52E provided on the lid member 52 is inserted into the long hole 55D.
The long hole 55D has an end portion 55E formed on the rotation shaft 55A side of the link member 55, that is, the front side, and another arc portion 55F. The end portion 55E projects slightly outward from the arc portion 55F in a substantially radial direction centering on the rotation shaft 52C in a state where the rotation shaft 52C is positioned at the lower end of the long hole 55B (the state shown in FIG. 13). Is formed. The arc portion 55F is formed in an arc shape centered on the rotation shaft 52C in a state where the rotation shaft 52C is positioned at the upper end of the long hole 55B (state shown in FIG. 25).

  FIG. 14 is a perspective view showing the feeding means 60 of the discharge mechanism according to one embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 14, the feeding means 60 transmits pulleys 61A and 61B, annular belts 62A and 62B engaged with the pulleys 61A and 61B, respectively, and the rotational driving force of the turntable 20 to the pulleys 61A and 61B. Gears 63 and 64 to be provided.

  Three pulleys 61A and 61B are provided in each of the cylinder housing chambers 12A and 12B, and the three pulleys 61A and 61B are arranged substantially in the center in the width direction of the cylinder housing chambers 12A and 12B, in the front-rear direction of the housing case 10. Are arranged at predetermined intervals along each other. The rotation shafts of the pulleys 61A and 61B are supported so as to be rotatable with respect to the storage case 10, and the pulleys 61A and 61B are rotatable in a vertical plane. Further, the rotation shaft 65 fixed to the pulleys 61A and 61B at the center in the front-rear direction is a common rotation shaft for the pulleys 61A and 61B arranged in the width direction in the cylinder housing chambers 12A and 12B. The front pulleys 61A and 61B are disposed behind the push-out portions 44A and 44B of the bottom wall members 40A and 40B at positions spaced apart from the front of the storage case 10 and do not protrude into the pocket portions 46A and 46B. It is like that.

Two annular belts 62A and 62B are provided, respectively, one is wound between the front pulleys 61A and 61B and the central pulleys 61A and 61B, and the other is connected to the central pulleys 61A and 61B and the rear. Between the pulleys 61A and 61B. With such a configuration, when the pulleys 61A and 61B rotate, the annular belts 62A and 62B move along the direction close to the discharge port 50 (the front-rear direction of the storage case 10) in the vertical plane. Protrusions 66A and 66B are formed on the outer circumferences of the annular belts 62A and 62B with a predetermined interval. The protrusions 66A and 66B are formed in a substantially semicircular shape in a side view in the present embodiment, but any other shape such as a substantially triangular shape or a substantially rectangular shape can be adopted.
A gear 63 is fixed to the end of the rotation shaft 65 of the central pulleys 61 </ b> A and 61 </ b> B, and the gear 63 meshes with a gear 64 disposed below the gear 63. The gear 64 meshes with the teeth 24 of the turntable 20. Therefore, as the turntable 20 rotates, the gear 64 rotates, and this rotation is transmitted to the central pulleys 61A and 61B via the gear 63, whereby the upper portions of the annular belts 62A and 62B are moved forward. Will move.

[Operation of manual sales equipment]
Next, the operation of the manual sales apparatus 100 of this embodiment will be described.
First, when a predetermined number of coins of a predetermined type are inserted from the coin insertion slot 104, the coin detection device 107 detects the coin, enables the rotary handle 110 to rotate, and stores the predetermined number of coins in the coin storage unit. .

  When the rotary handle 110 rotates, this rotational motion is transmitted to the turntable 20 via the gears 112 and 113 and the drive gear 114. The turntable 20 is rotated by a predetermined angle by this rotation.

  As shown in FIG. 6, in the storage case 10, the cylinders A are stacked in the cylinder storage spaces 17 and 18 so as to form a stock in each space, and in the initial state of the discharge mechanism 1. Both bottom wall members 40A, 40B are positioned in an open position where they are moved backward by the urging force of the springs 42A, 42B and opened above the pocket portions 46A, 46B. In these pocket portions 46A and 46B, the lowermost cylinder A of the cylinder storage space 17 is stored one by one.

  When the turntable 20 turns by a predetermined angle, the turn of the turntable 20 is transmitted to the gear 63 through the gear 64 meshed with the teeth 24. Since the gear 63 is fixed to the rotating shaft 65, the rotating shaft 65 rotates and the pulleys 61A and 61B rotate, whereby the upper portions of the annular belts 62A and 62B move forward. The cylinder A stored in the storage case 10 is pushed forward by the protrusions 66A and 66B of the annular belts 62A and 62B, and tends to move forward.

  FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view of the stopper according to the embodiment of the present invention as seen from the front in the state of FIG. FIG. 16 is a plan view showing a stopper according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, since the cylinder A is still stored in the foremost cylinder storage space 17, the second cylinder A from the bottom contacts the contact portion 72 of the stopper 71. It touches. Accordingly, the locking portion 73 is located at a protruding position that protrudes between the lowermost cylinder A of the cylinder storage space 17 and the lowermost cylinder A of the cylinder storage space 18. Due to the protrusion of the locking part 73, the lowermost cylinder A of the cylinder A stored in the cylindrical body storage space 18 is prevented from further moving forward by the locking part 73, as shown in FIG. The Similarly, since the second cylindrical body A from the bottom of the cylindrical body storage space 17 contacts the contact portion 76 of the stopper 75, the locking portion 77 moves to the protruding position, and the cylindrical storage space 17 behind it. Is prevented from moving forward. Therefore, in the state of FIG. 6, the annular belts 62A and 62B move, but the cylinder A in the rear cylinder storage space 18 does not move forward.

FIGS. 17 to 24 are a plan view and a side sectional view showing the discharging operation of the cylindrical body A by the discharging mechanism according to the embodiment of the present invention.
First, as shown in FIGS. 17 and 18, in the initial state of the discharge mechanism 1, the bottom wall members 40 </ b> A and 40 </ b> B are located at the open position arranged at the rearmost position of the storage case 10, so The upper portions of 46A and 46B are opened, and the cylinders A are received one by one in the pocket portions 46A and 46B.

  Since the phases of the pins 38A and 38B attached to the rotary plates 30A and 30B are shifted by 180 °, in the initial state of the discharge mechanism 1, as shown in FIG. The pin 38B of the other rotary plate 30B is located at the most rearmost position. In this state, when the turntable 20 is rotated by a predetermined angle, the rotary plates 30A and 30B rotate half counterclockwise in FIG. 17, but when the rotary plates 30A and 30B start to rotate, the pins 38B of the other rotary plate 30B are rotated. However, it contacts and engages with the engaging wall 47B of the bottom wall member 40B.

As shown in FIGS. 19 and 20, when the rotating plate 30B further rotates, the pin 38B also rotates and resists the biasing force of the spring 42B while moving laterally along the engaging wall 47B of the bottom wall member 40B. Then, the engagement wall 47B is pushed forward. Thereby, the bottom wall member 40B moves forward, and the pushing portion 44B pushes the side surface of the cylindrical body A toward the discharge port 50. The extruded cylinder A moves to the outside of the discharge port 50 while pushing up the holding member 53B against the urging force. At this time, the cylinder A to be discharged next tends to move downward, but the guide plate 43B of the bottom wall member 40B supports the next cylinder A from below, so that this cylinder A is a pocket portion. It is prevented from falling to 46B. Therefore, the guide plate 43B of the bottom wall member 40B serves as a preventing means for preventing the cylindrical body A to be discharged next from falling into the pocket portion 46B.
On the other hand, although the rotating plate 30A also rotates, the pin 38A does not contact the engaging wall 47A, so the rotating plate 30A rotates idly with respect to the bottom wall member 40A, and the bottom wall member 40A does not move.

  As shown in FIGS. 21 and 22, in the state in which the bottom wall member 40B is moved most forward, the bottom wall member 40B covers the pocket portion 46B, and the bottom wall member 40A is closed so as to completely close the upper portion of the pocket portion 38A. Located in position. In the state where the bottom wall member 40B has moved most forward, the cylinder A is stored in the receiving chamber 52D beyond the holding member 53B, as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 23 and 24, after the bottom wall member 40B moves most forward, when the rotating plate 30B further rotates, the pin 48B moves inward in the width direction of the storage case 10 from the center of the rotating plate 30B. Then, it moves in the width direction beyond the engagement wall 47B, and the engagement between the pin 48B and the engagement wall 47B is released. Then, since the bottom wall member 40B is urged by the spring 42B, the bottom wall member 40B moves rearward by the urging force and stops at the most open position. Since the pushing portion 44B of the bottom wall member 40B also moves rearward, the holding member 53B returns to its original position by the urging force of the urging means. When the bottom wall member 40B moves to the open position, the pocket portion 46B is opened, so that the next cylinder A in the cylinder storage space 17 falls down by its own weight and is received by the pocket portion 46B.
By such an operation, one cylindrical body A is discharged into the receiving chamber 52D by the bottom wall member 40B. During the operation of the bottom wall member 40B, the pin 38A does not come into contact with the engagement wall 47A, and therefore the bottom wall member 40A does not move while being positioned at the open position where the pocket portion 46A is opened.
In addition, after discharging one cylindrical body A, when the next cylindrical body A is discharged, the bottom wall member 40A is moved from the open position to the closed position, and the cylindrical body A is moved out of the discharge port 50. Although extruded, the bottom wall member 40B remains stationary in the open position.

Next, an operation when the cylindrical body A received in the receiving chamber 52D is taken out from the outlet 51 will be described.
25 and 26 are schematic views illustrating the operation of the discharge mechanism 1 when the cylindrical body A is taken out from the outlet 51 in the discharge mechanism 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention. When the purchaser grips the knob 52B of the lid member 52 and moves the lid member 52 downward, the lid member 52 rotates downward about the longitudinal axis against the biasing force of the biasing means. Then, the opening 52A of the lid member 52 is aligned with the outlet 51, and the outlet 51 is opened. By this operation, the cylindrical body A in the receiving chamber 52C is exposed to the outside from the opening 52A, so that the purchaser can take out the cylindrical body A.

  When the lid member 52 is slightly rotated about the rotation shaft 52C from the state of FIG. 13 to the state of FIG. 25, the pin 52E of the lid member 52 is also rotated about the rotation shaft 52C. The pin 52E pushes down the end portion 55E of the elongated hole 55D, whereby the link member 55 rotates downward about the rotation shaft 55A. When the link member 55 rotates, the pin 54D of the blocking member 54 inserted through the long hole 55C is pushed downward, and the blocking member 54 rotates downward about the rotation shaft 52C. In the state of FIG. 25, the blocking member 54 rotates to the lowest position, closes below the holding member 53B of the discharge port 50, and is positioned at a blocking position that blocks between the receiving chamber 52D and the pocket portion 46B.

  Thereafter, when the lid member 52 is further rotated, as shown in FIG. 26, the opening 52A of the lid member 52 is positioned at the outlet 51 and the outlet 51 is opened. At this time, as the lid member 52 rotates, the pin 52E also rotates about the rotation shaft 52C, but the arc portion 55F of the long hole 55D is formed in an arc shape centering on the rotation shaft 52C. Even if the pin 52E rotates, the long hole 55D is not pushed by the pin 52E. Accordingly, the pin 52E only moves along the arc portion 55F of the long hole 55D, and during this movement, the link member 55 does not move and maintains the position in the state where it is pushed downward. For this reason, the blocking member 54 also maintains the blocking position.

  When the purchaser inserts a predetermined number of coins and rotates the rotary handle 110 by the operation as described above, the discharge mechanism 1 discharges one cylindrical body A to the outside of the discharge port 50, and the tube 51 is removed from the outlet 51. Body A can be removed. When the predetermined number of coins are not inserted, the rotary handle 110 does not rotate, so that the discharge mechanism 1 does not operate and the cylinder A is not discharged outside the discharge port 50.

  FIG. 27 is a side view showing the operation of the stopper 71 according to one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 28 is a plan view showing the operation of the stopper 71 according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 29 is a side sectional view of the discharge mechanism 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention. By repeatedly taking out the cylindrical body A, when the last cylindrical body A in the foremost cylindrical storage space 17 is received in the pockets 46A and 46B, the second lowest from the bottom in the cylindrical storage space 17 The cylinder A does not exist at the position. Then, as shown in FIGS. 27 and 28, the contact portion 72 of the stopper 71 does not contact the cylindrical body A, so that the stopper 71 swings around the rotation shaft 74 by its own weight, and the contact portion 72 While protruding from the storage case 10, the locking portion 73 moves from the protruding position to the retracted position.

  In the retracted position, the locking portion 73 retracts from the space between the lowermost cylindrical body A of the cylindrical body storage space 18 and the lowermost cylindrical body A of the cylindrical body storage space 18 behind it. As shown in FIG. 29, the cylindrical body A stored in the cylindrical storage space 18 located at the foremost position in the cylindrical storage space 18 can move forward. Thereafter, when the cylindrical body A is discharged, when the upper portions of the annular belts 62A and 62B move forward, the protrusions 66A and 66B push the side surface of the cylindrical body A forward to move the cylindrical body A, and the pocket portion 46A. , 46B. At this time, since the other cylinder A is still stored in the cylinder storage space 18, the cylinder A stored in the cylinder storage space 18 behind the cylinder storage space 18 has the stopper 75. The movement is prevented by the locking portion 77.

Similarly, when the cylinder A in the cylinder storage space 18 is eliminated, the contact portion 76 of the stopper 75 does not contact the second cylinder A from the bottom, and the stopper 75 swings and comes into contact. 76 protrudes into the storage case 10, and the locking portion 77 moves to the retracted position. As a result, the cylinder A stored in the rear cylinder storage space 18 can move forward.
As described above, the cylinder A is sequentially taken out from the cylinder A in the front cylinder storage space 17 to the cylinder A in the rear cylinder storage space 18.

According to the embodiment as described above, the following effects can be obtained.
The pins 38A and 38B of the rotary plates 30A and 30B abut against the engaging walls 47A and 47B of the bottom wall members 40A and 40B, thereby pushing the bottom wall members 40A and 40B forward, and the engaging walls 47A of the pins 38A and 38B. When the engagement with the pins 38A and 38B is released, the bottom wall members 40A and 40B are moved rearward by the biasing force of the springs 42A and 42B. The bottom wall members 40A and 40B quickly return to the open position. In one cycle of the discharge operation of the discharge mechanism 1, it is possible to ensure a long time during which the bottom wall members 40A and 40B are arranged at the open position, so that the cylinder A can be more reliably placed in the pocket portions 46A and 46B. It can be stored, and can be more reliably received into the pocket portions 46A and 46B of the cylindrical body A and discharged into the discharge port 50.

Further, since the engaging walls 47A and 47B are provided in about half of the width direction of the bottom wall members 40A and 40B, while the one rotating plate 30A pushes the bottom wall member 40A forward, the other rotating plate 30B. Since the pin 38B does not engage with the engaging wall 47B, the bottom wall member 40B is not moved. For this reason, since the other bottom wall member 40B remains in the open position while the one bottom wall member 40A is moving, this also ensures a longer opening time of the pocket portion 46A. it can.
Further, since the structure for moving the bottom wall members 44A and 44B is constituted by the pins 38A and 38B and the engaging walls 47A and 47B, the pins 38A and 38B abut against the engaging walls 47A and 47B and push them. As a result, the bottom wall members 44A and 44B move. Further, when the pins 38A and 38B move beyond the engagement walls 47A and 47B, the engagement between the pins 38A and 38B and the engagement walls 47A and 47B is released. Therefore, the pins 38A, 38B and the engagement walls 47A, 47B can be easily engaged and released, and the drive means for the bottom wall members 44A, 44B can be made simple.

  Since the cylinder storage chambers 12A and 12B are divided into a plurality of cylinder storage spaces 17 and 18, and stoppers 71 and 75 are provided in the cylinder storage spaces 17 and 18, the front cylinder storage spaces 17 and 18 are provided. Until the inner cylinder A disappears, the forward movement of the cylinder A in the rear cylinder storage space 18 can be prevented. Therefore, the cylinder A in the storage case can be discharged in order from the cylinder storage spaces 17 and 18 on the front side to the cylinder storage spaces 17 and 18 on the rear side, and the cylinder A is clogged in the storage case 10. Can be securely stored in the pockets 46A and 46B one by one.

  Since the blocking member 54 is attached to the lid member 52 via the link member 55, when the lid member 52 is rotated when the cylindrical body A is taken out, the blocking member 54 interlocks with the receiving chamber 52D and the pocket portion 46A. , 46B. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the cylinder body A in the storage case 10 from being accessed by putting the hand into the discharge port 50 from the opening 52A of the lid member 52. Therefore, actions such as viewing the contents of the cylinder A that will be discharged next and taking out the next cylinder A can be prevented.

  Since the long hole 55D having the end portion 55E and the arc portion 55F of the link member 55 is provided, the end portion 55E is moved after the pin 52E of the lid member 52 starts to move downward along with the opening operation of the lid member 52. In the meantime, the blocking member 54 moves from the non-blocking position to the blocking position. And while the pin 52E passes along the circular arc part 55F, the interruption | blocking member 54 can be maintained in the interruption | blocking position. Since the long hole 55D has the end portion 55E, the blocking member 54 can be moved to the blocking position at the initial stage of the rotation of the lid member 52. Therefore, when the cover member 52 is rotated to form a space where the hand can be inserted from the opening 52A, the blocking member 54 has already blocked the discharge port 50. Therefore, the discharge port 50 is opened from the opening 52A of the cover member 52. Thus, it is possible to more reliably prevent the user from accessing the cylinder A in the storage case 10 by putting his / her hand into the storage case 10.

  The distal end portions of the bottom wall members 40A and 40B are the extrusion portions 44A and 44B, and the pocket portions 46A and 46B receive the lower half of the cylindrical body A. Therefore, the extrusion portions 44A and 44B are the cylindrical bodies A in the pocket portions 46A and 46B. Is pushed into a horizontal plane including the longitudinal center axis of the cylinder A, the cylinder A can be stably pushed out of the discharge port 50.

  Since the discharge mechanism 1 includes a driving unit having the rotary table 20 and the rotary plate 30, the rotary motion of the rotary table 20 can be converted into a reciprocating motion and transmitted to the bottom wall members 40A and 40B. Therefore, as the turntable 20, the same turntable as that used in a conventional manual sales apparatus for discharging a spherical capsule can be used. That is, if the storage case of the conventional manual sales apparatus that stores articles in a spherical capsule is replaced with the discharge mechanism 1 of this embodiment, the cylinder A can be handled by the existing manual sales apparatus. Thereby, the installation cost of the manual sales apparatus 100 can be reduced, and the handling article can be easily changed.

  For one storage case 10 and a turntable 20, the storage case 10 is divided into cylindrical storage chambers 12A and 12B by a partition member 11, and two rotary plates 30A and 30B and a bottom wall member are arranged in the width direction of the storage case 10. 40A and 40B are arranged in parallel, and the two bottom wall members 40A and 40B are configured to extrude the cylindrical body A by alternately shifting the phase. Therefore, each time the rotating plates 30A and 30B are rotated halfway, One of the wall members 40A and 40B can discharge the cylindrical body A to the single discharge port 50. Therefore, while the bottom wall member 40A is discharging the cylinder A, the other bottom wall member 40B can receive the cylinder A in the pocket portion 46B. Preparation operations can be performed in parallel. Therefore, since the operation of one of the bottom wall members 40A and 40B with respect to one rotation of the rotary handle 110 can be used only for the discharging operation of the cylindrical body A, a lot of time can be taken for the discharging operation. Therefore, the cylinder A can be pushed out of the discharge port 50 more stably and reliably.

  Also, with this configuration, it is not necessary to make the bottom wall members 40A and 40B reciprocate once for one rotation of the rotary handle 110, but the bottom wall members 40A and 40B make a half reciprocation, that is, the rotary plates 30A and 30B make a half turn. Just do it. Thereby, the reduction ratio of the transmission mechanism of the rotational motion from the rotary handle 110 to the rotary plates 30A and 30B can be reduced. Further, the load on the transmission mechanism can be reduced, and the load when rotating the rotary handle 110 can be reduced.

  When the bottom wall members 40A and 40B are arranged at the closed position, the upper portions of the pocket portions 46A and 46B are closed, and the guide plates 43A and 43B support the cylindrical body A stored in the storage case 10 from below. It is possible to prevent the cylindrical body A from falling into the pocket portions 46A and 46B during the movement of the bottom wall members 40A and 40B. That is, while the bottom wall members 40A and 40B push the cylindrical body A into the discharge port 50, it is possible to prevent the next cylindrical body A from falling into the pocket portions 46A and 46B. The extruding portions 44A and 44B can reliably push out the cylinder A one by one and discharge it to the discharge port 50. In addition, such a structure prevents the next cylinder A from falling during the discharging operation of the cylinder A, so that the cylinder A hinders the operation of the bottom wall members 40A and 40B. It can be surely prevented.

  By arranging the rotating plates 30A and 30B at a predetermined angle (180 °) relative to each other on the gear 22 of the single turntable 20, the phase of the reciprocating motion of the rotating plates 30A and 30B can be shifted.

Since the feeding means 60A and 60B are provided in the discharge mechanism 1, the cylindrical body A in the storage case 10 can be sequentially moved from the rear to the front. Therefore, the cylinder A does not remain behind the storage case 10, and the cylinder A in the storage case 10 can be reliably discharged to the discharge port 50 up to the last one.
Further, since the feeding means 60A and 60B are configured to include the pulleys 61A and 61B and the annular belts 62A and 62B, the feeding means 60A and 60B can be configured with a simple structure.
Further, since the protrusions 66A and 66B are formed on the outer circumferences of the annular belts 62A and 62B, the protrusions 66A and 66B come into contact with the side surfaces of the cylinder A, so that the cylinder A slides on the annular belts 62A and 62B. The cylinder A can be moved to the front of the storage case 10 more reliably.

  Since the gear 63 is fixed to the pulleys 61A and 61B and the gear 63 is engaged with the teeth 24 of the turntable 20 via the gear 64, the annular belts 62A and 62B can be driven by the rotation of the turntable 20. Therefore, the turntable 20 serves as a common driving unit that drives both the bottom wall members 40A and 40B and the feeding units 60A and 60B. Therefore, the drive means can be made common, and it is not necessary to separately provide drive means for the feeding means 60A and 60B. Therefore, the number of parts of the discharge mechanism 1 can be reduced and the configuration can be simplified.

  Since the holding members 53A and 53B are provided in the discharge port 50, it is possible to prevent the cylindrical body A received in the pocket portions 46A and 46B from being discharged from the discharge port 50 to the outside at an unintended timing.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, the storage case may not be divided into two cylindrical body storage chambers by the partition member. In the above-described embodiment, for example, the partition member 11 And the discharge mechanism 1 can be used as a mechanism for storing and discharging the cylindrical body A having a length similar to the width dimension of the storage case 10. In that case, one of the pair of bottom wall members 40 </ b> A and 40 </ b> B pushes the peripheral surface of the cylindrical body A to the discharge port 50. At that time, since the extrusion protrusions 45A and 45B are formed at the center side end portions of the extrusion portions 44A and 44B of the bottom wall members 40A and 40B, the extrusion protrusions 45A and 45B push the central portion of the cylinder A. Therefore, even if it is a long cylinder, it can be pushed out of the discharge port 50 while preventing it from being bent and being clogged in the storage case 10 during extrusion. Therefore, whether the cylinders are stored in one row or in two rows in the storage case, the cylinders can be discharged without failure with the same structure.

The inside of the storage case does not need to be divided into a plurality of cylindrical body storage spaces by a partition, and may be a single cylindrical body storage space, for example. In this case, the cylindrical body may be randomly stored in the storage case and stored in the pocket portion one by one by the feeding means.
The structure of the blocking member is not limited to that of the above-described embodiment, and any structure that can block between the receiving chamber and the pocket portion when the lid member is moved to the open position can be employed.

The feeding means is not necessarily an essential configuration. For example, even when the feeding means is not provided, if the bottom surface of the storage case is configured to be inclined downward toward the discharge port, the cylindrical body is placed on the discharge port side. Therefore, the object of the present invention can be achieved.
The cylindrical body is not limited to a toy or the like housed in a cylindrical container, and for example, the product to be sold may be cylindrical.
The sales apparatus is not limited to a manual sales apparatus, and may be configured by, for example, driving a turntable of a discharge mechanism with a motor.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Discharge mechanism 10 Storage cases 17 and 18 Cylindrical storage space 20 Rotating base 30 Rotating plate 38 Pin 40 Bottom wall member 42 Spring (biasing means)
44 Extrusion part 46 Pocket part 47 Engagement wall (engagement member)
50 outlet 51 outlet 52 lid member 54 blocking member 54D receiving chamber 55 link member 60 feeding means 71, 75 stoppers 72, 76 abutting parts 73, 77 locking part 100 manual sales device A cylinder

Claims (4)

A discharge mechanism that discharges cylinders one by one,
A storage case having a plurality of the cylinders stored therein, a discharge port for discharging the cylinders one by one, and a pocket portion communicating with the discharge port and receiving only one of the cylinders; ,
Reciprocating in the direction across the pocket between a closed position that moves toward the pocket and closes at least a portion above the pocket and an open position that opens above the pocket A bottom wall member,
Driving means for driving the bottom wall member,
The bottom wall member has an extruding part for pushing the cylindrical body received in the pocket part toward the outside of the discharge port, and when the bottom wall member moves to the open position, When the cylindrical body becomes acceptable and moves toward the closed position, the cylindrical body in the pocket portion is pushed out of the discharge port by the pushing portion,
The drive means includes a biasing means that biases the bottom wall member toward the open position, and an engagement member that can be engaged with the bottom wall member, and the engagement member includes the bottom wall member The bottom wall member is moved toward the closed position against the urging force of the urging means in the engaged state, and after the bottom wall member reaches the closed position, to release the engagement,
The engaging member is a pin formed on a circumference of a rotatable disk, the bottom wall member has an engaging wall extending in a direction orthogonal to a reciprocating direction, and the pin is The bottom wall member is moved from the open position toward the closed position by pressing the bottom wall member while abutting the engagement wall and moving along the engagement wall as the disk rotates. Then, after the bottom wall member reaches the closed position, the pin moves beyond the engagement wall, so that the engagement between the pin and the engagement wall is released.
A discharge mechanism characterized by that. A discharge mechanism that discharges cylinders one by one,
A storage case having a plurality of the cylinders stored therein, a discharge port for discharging the cylinders one by one, and a pocket portion communicating with the discharge port and receiving only one of the cylinders; ,
Reciprocating in the direction across the pocket between a closed position that moves toward the pocket and closes at least a portion above the pocket and an open position that opens above the pocket A bottom wall member,
Driving means for driving the bottom wall member,
The bottom wall member has an extruding part for pushing the cylindrical body received in the pocket part toward the outside of the discharge port, and when the bottom wall member moves to the open position, When the cylindrical body becomes acceptable and moves toward the closed position, the cylindrical body in the pocket portion is pushed out of the discharge port by the pushing portion,
The drive means includes a biasing means that biases the bottom wall member toward the open position, and an engagement member that can be engaged with the bottom wall member, and the engagement member includes the bottom wall member The bottom wall member is moved toward the closed position against the urging force of the urging means in the engaged state, and after the bottom wall member reaches the closed position, to release the engagement,
The storage case includes a first storage space for storing a first stock in which the cylinders are stacked in the vertical direction, and a second storage unit in which the cylinders are stacked in the vertical direction behind the first stock. A second storage space for storing stock, and when the cylindrical body is stored in the first storage space, the cylindrical body in the second storage space is Having a stopper to prevent movement toward the pocket,
The stopper includes a locking portion that can project between a lowermost cylinder of the first stock and a lowermost cylinder of the second stock, and a second from the bottom of the first stock. An abutting portion that abuts the positioned cylinder, and the locking portion projects between the lowermost cylinder of the first stock and the lowermost cylinder of the second stock. The projecting position and the locking portion are provided so as to be swingable between a lowermost cylinder of the first stock and a retracted position where the second stock is retracted from the lowermost cylinder of the second stock. And
When the abutting portion comes into contact with the second cylinder located from the bottom of the first stock, the stopper swings so that the locking portion moves to the protruding position, and the first stock When the cylinder located second from the bottom of the stock does not exist in the first storage space and the contact portion does not contact the cylinder, the stopper swings due to its own weight, and the engagement The stop moves to the retracted position,
A discharge mechanism characterized by that. A receiving chamber for receiving the cylinder pushed out from the outlet is formed adjacent to the outlet, and the receiving chamber is provided with an openable / closable lid member for taking out the cylinder. Has an outlet,
The lid member is formed in a cylindrical shape having an opening having a circular cross section in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and is rotatable about the axis.
Furthermore, the discharge port is provided with a blocking member that can rotate around the axis of the lid member,
The blocking member includes a non-blocking position for opening the discharge port when the lid member closes the outlet, and a block for closing the discharge port when the lid member opens the outlet, and the receiving chamber and the pocket. It is possible to rotate between a blocking position that blocks the part,
The discharge mechanism according to claim 1 or 2 , characterized by the above. A sales apparatus comprising the discharge mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 3 .

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