JP4965355B2 - vending machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vending machine that accepts coins and sells products.

  Conventionally, this type of vending machine is known to have a coin identification device that is provided on the back side of the outer door that opens and closes the front surface of the vending machine body and identifies the authenticity and type of the coins that have been inserted. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

In addition, as a universal design vending machine, a coin insertion part is provided on the outer door that has a slot with an opening on the top and a guide for guiding the coins inserted from the slot to the coin identification device. There are known ones that can be performed in the same manner (for example, see Patent Document 2).
JP 2004-164174 A JP 2004-164110 A

  The universal design vending machine cannot be installed at an installation place where the outer dimensions of the vending machine are restricted because the coin insertion portion projects forward from the front surface of the outer door.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine that can be universally designed even in an installation place where the outer dimensions are restricted.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention is an automatic equipped with a coin identifying device that is provided on the back side of an outer door that extends vertically to open and close the front surface of a vending machine body, and that identifies the authenticity and type of the inserted coin. In the vending machine, a coin insertion unit having an insertion port that opens an upper surface that has an area where a plurality of coins can be input at once, and a guide surface that guides the coins inserted from the insertion port to the coin identification device , The coin slot is provided so as to extend rearward from the opening provided on the front surface of the outer door to reach the slot, and the slot is provided on the rear side of the front surface of the outer door. .

  Thereby, a coin insertion part is arrange | positioned in the back side rather than the front surface of an outer door, and does not protrude ahead from the front surface of an outer door.

  According to the present invention, since the coin insertion portion is arranged on the rear side of the front surface of the outer door and does not protrude forward from the front surface of the outer door, even in a vending machine installation place where the outer dimensions are restricted. Universal design can be achieved.

  1 to 3 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a vending machine, FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of the vending machine, and FIG. 3 is an outer door showing a coin slot. It is principal part side surface sectional drawing.

  This vending machine has a vending machine main body 10 with an open front surface and one end in the left-right direction rotatably supported on one end side in the left-right direction of the opening of the vending machine main body 10. And an outer door 20 that opens and closes.

  The vending machine main body 10 is divided into an upper part and a lower part, and a product storage room 11 is provided at the upper part and a machine room 12 is provided at the lower part. The product storage chamber 11 is surrounded by a heat insulating material 11a on the upper surface side, the back surface side, the bottom surface side, and the left and right side surfaces. The product storage chamber 11 is provided with a plurality of product storage columns 11b for storing products such as canned beverages or plastic bottle beverages stacked one above the other and carrying out the products one by one from the lower end side. In addition, an inclined plate 11c for guiding a product dropped and carried out from each product storage column 11b to the front is provided at a lower portion of the product storage chamber 11 so as to be inclined downward. Below the inclined plate 11c, a cooler 11d and a cooler blower 11e for cooling the product storage chamber 11 are provided. Furthermore, the front surface of the product storage chamber 11 is opened and closed by a heat-insulating inner door 13 whose one end in the left-right direction is rotatably supported by the vending machine main body 10. In the lower part of the inner door 13, a plurality of product outlets 13a communicating with the product storage chamber 11 side and the outer door 20 side are provided in the left-right direction, and the product outlet 13a is opened and closed at the upper end side of each product outlet A carry-out door 13b is rotatably supported. The machine room 12 stores refrigeration equipment such as a compressor 12a, a condenser 12b, and a condenser fan 12c.

  The outer door 20 has a sample display room 21 for displaying product samples of sales products stored in the vending machine main body 10, a product selection switch 22, a bill insertion slot 23, a display panel 24, and an opening / closing door. A handle 25, a coin return port 26, a product outlet 27, and a coin processing unit 30 are provided.

  The coin processing unit 30 includes a universal design specification coin insertion portion 31 and a return lever 32 arranged on the left and right sides, and is provided in an opening 30 a of the outer door 20 located below the sample display room 21. . Further, the coin processing unit 30 is attached to the outer door 20 so that the front end is located on the front surface of the outer door 20, and the coin insertion portion 31 and the return lever 32 protrude forward from the front surface of the outer door 20. It is located on the back side. Further, the coin processing unit 30 is detachably provided.

  On the back side of the outer door 20 located below the coin insertion unit 31, a coin identification device 33 is provided for storing the coins inserted into the coin insertion unit 31 with authenticity determination and type determination. ing.

  The coin insertion unit 31 is opened upward, and is provided with an insertion port 31a into which coins are inserted, a discharge port 31b for discharging coins to the coin identification device 33, and an insertion port. A guide surface 31c is provided so as to form a downward slope from 31a to the discharge port 31b, and guides coins from the input port 31a to the discharge port 31b. The insertion port 31a has an area where a plurality of coins can be input at a time, and the space between the insertion port 31a and the discharge port 31b has an inverted quadrangular pyramid shape. Moreover, the discharge port 31b of the coin insertion part 31 is provided so that it may be located above the receiving port 33a which receives the coin of the coin identification apparatus 33, and the coin discharged | emitted from the discharge port 31b passes the channel | path for guiding a coin. It is discharged directly to the receiving port 33a without need.

  In the vending machine configured as described above, the user inserts a plurality of coins into the input port 31a at a time from above the input port 31a. Thereby, each inserted coin is guided by the guide surface 31 c and discharged from the discharge port 31 b, and is received by the coin identifying device 33.

  In addition, depending on the installation environment of the vending machine, for example, when a coin processing unit having a different specification, such as a coin processing unit having a normal coin insertion unit, is attached, the coin processing unit 30 is removed from the opening 30a, and the opening 30a is removed. Install coin handling units with different specifications.

  As described above, according to the vending machine of the present embodiment, the coin insertion unit 31 having the insertion port 31a having an upper surface opened and the guide surface 31c for guiding the coins inserted from the insertion port 31a to the coin identification device 33 is provided. Since it is provided so as to be located on the back side of the front surface of the outer door 20, the coin insertion portion 31 is disposed on the back side of the front surface of the outer door 20 and does not protrude forward from the front surface of the outer door 20. In addition, universal design can be achieved even in locations where vending machines are restricted in external dimensions.

  Moreover, since the coin insertion part 31 was comprised from the opening part 30a provided in the outer door 20, and the coin processing unit 30 provided in the opening part 30a so that attachment or detachment was possible, it removes the coin processing unit 30, for example, normal specification The specification can be easily changed, for example, by changing to a coin processing unit having a coin input unit.

Overall perspective view of vending machine Side view of vending machine Side sectional view of the main part of the outer door showing the coin slot

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Vending machine main body, 20 ... Outer door, 30 ... Coin processing unit, 30a ... Opening part, 31 ... Coin processing unit, 31a ... Slot, 31c ... Guide surface, 33 ... Coin identification apparatus.

Claims (2)

In a vending machine provided with a coin identification device that is provided on the back side of an outer door that extends vertically to open and close the front of the vending machine body, and that identifies the authenticity and type of the inserted coins,
A coin insertion unit having an insertion opening that opens an upper surface that is an area where a plurality of coins can be inserted at once, and a guide surface that guides coins inserted from the insertion opening to a coin identification device ;
The coin insertion part should be provided so as to extend rearward from the opening provided on the front face of the outer door to reach the insertion opening, and to be located on the rear side of the front face of the outer door. Vending machine characterized by The automatic coin insertion portion according to claim 1, wherein the coin insertion portion includes an opening provided in an outer door, and a coin insertion member that is detachably provided in the opening and has an insertion port and a guide surface. Vending machine.

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