JP5013970B2 - vending machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vending machine including a heat insulating inner door that opens and closes a front surface of a product storage unit in which products such as beverages are stored.

Conventionally, as this type of vending machine, there are a vending machine main body with an open front, a product storage section provided in the vending machine main body, and an upper inner door that opens and closes the upper front of the product storage section. There is known one having a lower side inner door that opens and closes the front lower portion of the product storage unit (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2001-344645 A

  In a conventional vending machine, in order to close the front surface of the product storage portion with the upper side inner door and the lower side inner door, the closing portion that extends upward in the width direction toward the product storage portion side at the upper end of the lower side inner door And the lower end side of the upper side inner door is brought into close contact with the closing portion, thereby closing the gap between the upper side inner door and the lower side inner door. When the product storage part is cooled, the vicinity of the extension part is condensed, and condensed water accumulates on the upper surface of the lower inner door, and the condensed water accumulates on the upper surface of the lower inner door. When the door is opened, all the condensed water flows through the front side of the lower inner door and falls. When the vending machine is installed indoors, the floor located in front of the vending machine gets wet, which causes a problem as leakage of condensed water.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine capable of reducing the amount of condensed water flowing out to the floor surface in front of the vending machine main body.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a vending machine main body having an open front surface, a product storage section provided in the vending machine main body, and an upper side inner door that opens and closes an upper front portion of the product storage section. The vending machine having a lower side inner door that opens and closes the front lower portion of the product storage unit is provided across the width direction on the product storage unit side, and the lower end side of the upper side inner door is in contact with the width direction. A closing member that closes the gap between the upper-side inner door and the lower-side inner door is provided by contacting the upper end side of the lower-side inner door over the width direction.

  Thereby, since the closing member is provided on the product storage section side, when the lower inner door is opened, the condensed water accumulated on the upper surface of the lower inner door flows to the rear side of the lower inner door.

  According to the present invention, when the lower inner door is opened, the condensed water accumulated on the upper surface of the lower inner door can be circulated to the back side of the lower inner door. The amount of condensed water discharged in front of the vending machine body can be reduced.

  1 to 6 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a vending machine in which an outer door, an upper inner door and a lower inner door are opened, and FIG. 2 is a vending machine. 3 and 4 are perspective views of essential parts of the closing member and the product storage section, and FIGS. 5 and 6 are side sectional views showing the upper side inner door, the lower side inner door, and the closing member.

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

  Inside the vending machine main body 10 is provided a product storage unit 13 in which the top side, the bottom side, the back side, and the left and right side surfaces are surrounded by a heat insulating wall 11, and the product storage unit 13 is provided by a heat insulating partition plate 12. It is partitioned in the width direction.

  The ceiling surface in the product storage unit 13 is provided with at least a pair of column support rails 14 extending in the front-rear direction, and a plurality of product storage columns 30 are suspended in the front-rear direction and the width direction. ing.

  A product guide plate 15 for guiding a product dropped and carried out from the lower end of the product storage column 30 to a product outlet 21 provided in the outer door 20 is inclined downward toward the front at the lower part of the product storage unit 13. It is provided to become. A cooler 16 and a cooler blower 17 for cooling the product storage unit 13 are provided below the product guide plate 15.

  The product storage column 30 used here has a well-known serpentine type structure, and stores the product input from the upper product input port 31 in a meandering product passage 32 and is provided at the lower end of the product passage 32. The products in the product passage 32 are dropped and carried out one by one by the product carry-out mechanism 33. An engagement hook 34 that can be engaged with the column support rail 14 is provided on the upper end side of the product storage column 30 so as to extend in the front-rear direction, and the product storage column 30 is detachably mounted in the product storage unit 13. It is like that.

  Further, an upper inner door 18 that opens and closes the upper front side of the product storage unit 13 and a lower inner door 19 that opens and closes the lower side of the front side of the product storage unit 13 are provided on the front surface of the product storage unit 13. ing. The upper side inner door 18 and the lower side inner door 19 are provided with packings 18a and 19a made of a soft resin or the like along the peripheral edge of the surface on the product storage unit 13 side. When the product storage portion 13 is closed by the upper side inner door 18 and the lower side inner door 19, the packing 18a on the upper side and the left and right sides of the upper side inner door 18 and the packing 19a on the lower side and the left and right sides of the lower inner door 19 are stored in the product. The packing 18a, 19a on the lower side of the upper inner door 18 and the upper side of the lower inner door 19 is in close contact with a closing member, which will be described later, so that the product storage unit 13 is kept airtight. It is supposed to be. Further, the lower inner door 19 is provided with an inclined portion 19b so that the upper surface is inclined downward from the outer door 20 side toward the product storage portion 13 side.

  Further, the product storage unit 13 is provided with a closing member 40 made of synthetic resin or the like extending in the width direction so as to cover the gap between the lower end of the upper side inner door 18 and the upper end of the lower side inner door 19 from the back side. It has been. The closing member 40 is detachably attached by engaging both ends in the width direction from above with grooves 13b of a mounting plate 13a provided on the side walls on both sides in the width direction of the product storage unit 13. The closing member 40 is attached to the product storage unit 13 so as to come into contact with the front surface of the product storage column 30 positioned in the front row of the product storage unit 13. It has come to be used as. Further, the closing member 40 is provided with an extending portion 41 extending obliquely upward from a substantially central portion in the vertical direction on the front surface side, and accepts dew condensation water generated at the upper part of the upper inner door 18 and the closing member 40. It is designed to circulate in the width direction.

  In the vending machine configured as described above, when the closing member 40 is attached to the product storage unit 13, as shown in FIG. 3, the width direction both ends of the closing member 40 are located above the grooves 13b of the attachment plate 13a. Insert from. As a result, as shown in FIG. 4, the closing member 40 is attached to the product storage unit 13, and the closing member 40 comes into contact with the product storage column 30 positioned in the frontmost row of the product storage unit 13. The product storage column 30 is positioned.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the closing member 40 attached to the product storage unit 13 is provided at a position straddling the lower end of the upper side inner door 18 and the upper end of the lower side inner door 19, and the upper side inner door 18 and When the front surface of the product storage portion 13 is closed by the lower side inner door 19, as shown in FIG. 6, the lower packing 18a of the upper side inner door 18 and the upper packing 19a of the lower side inner door 19 are respectively closed members. The product storage unit 13 is sealed in close contact with the front surface of 40.

  When the product storage unit 13 is cooled in a state where the product storage unit 13 is closed by the upper side inner door 18 and the lower side inner door 19, the front side of the closing member 40 is condensed. At this time, the dew condensation water generated below the extension 41 does not flow on the front side of the lower inner door 19 because the upper surface of the lower inner door 19 is an inclined portion 19b. The product flows in the width direction on the product storage portion 13 side of the upper surface of 19 and is discharged into the vending machine main body 10 from the width direction end of the lower side inner door 19. Further, the dew condensation water generated above the extending portion 41 is formed so that the extending portion 41 extends obliquely upward, so that the upper surface of the extending portion 41 does not flow to the lower side inner door 19 side. It flows in the width direction and is discharged into the vending machine main body 10 from the width direction end of the extending portion 41. Also, if the lower side inner door 19 is opened when the condensed water is accumulated on the upper surface of the lower side inner door 19, the condensed water flows downward between the lower side inner door 19 and the closing member 40. Therefore, the amount of condensed water discharged to the front of the vending machine body 10 is reduced by the movement of the lower side inner door 19, and most of the condensed water is discharged into the vending machine body 10.

  Thus, according to the vending machine of this embodiment, it is provided over the width direction on the product storage unit 13 side, the lower end side of the upper side inner door 18 is in contact with the width direction, and the lower side inner door 19 Since the closure member 40 which closes the clearance gap between the upper side inner door 18 and the lower side inner door 19 by having the upper end side contacting over the width direction has condensed water on the upper surface of the lower side inner door 19. When the lower inner door 19 is opened, the dew condensation water can flow to the back side of the lower inner door 19 and is discharged to the front of the vending machine body 10 by the movement of the lower inner door 19. The amount of condensed water can be reduced.

  Further, since the foremost product storage column 30 suspended in the product storage unit 13 by the closing member 40 is positioned, there is no need to separately provide a dedicated member for positioning the product storage column 30. It is possible to reduce the manufacturing cost by reducing the number of parts.

  Moreover, since the lower side inner door 19 is formed so that the upper surface is inclined downward toward the product storage unit 13 side, it is possible to prevent outflow of condensed water accumulated on the upper surface of the lower side inner door 19 to the front side. The amount of condensed water discharged to the front of the vending machine main body 10 can be reduced more reliably by the movement of the lower inner door 19.

  In addition, since the extending portion 41 extending obliquely upward in the width direction is provided on the front side of the closing member 40, the dew condensation water generated on the upper side of the closing member 40 can be received in the extending portion 41, It is possible to prevent overflow of condensed water from the upper surface of the lower side inner door 19 to the front side.

1 is an overall perspective view of a vending machine with an outer door, an upper inner door, and a lower inner door opened according to an embodiment of the present invention. Side view of vending machine Perspective view of main part of closing member and product storage part Perspective view of main part of closing member and product storage part Side sectional view of upper side inner door, lower side inner door and closing member Side sectional view of upper side inner door, lower side inner door and closing member

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Vending machine main body, 13 ... Product storage part, 18 ... Upper side inner door, 18a ... Packing, 19 ... Lower side inner door, 19a ... Packing, 19b ... Inclined part, 30 ... Product storage column, 40 ... Closing member 41 ... Extension part.

Claims (4)

A vending machine body with an open front, a product storage unit provided in the vending machine body, an upper inner door that opens and closes the front upper part of the product storage part, and a lower part that opens and closes the lower front part of the product storage part In vending machines with side doors,
Provided across the width direction on the product storage part side, the lower end side of the upper side inner door is in contact with the width direction, and the upper end side of the lower side inner door is in contact with the width direction. A vending machine comprising a closing member for closing a gap between the side inner doors. The product storage column is provided so as to be suspended in the product storage unit, and carries a product from the lower end side,
The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the product storage column is positioned by bringing the closing member into contact with the front surface of the product storage column. The vending machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein an inclined portion that is inclined downward toward the product storage portion side is provided on an upper surface of the lower-side inner door. The vending machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein an extension portion extending obliquely upward in the width direction is provided on the front side of the closing member.

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