JP5282588B2 - Product storage column - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a product storage column storing products in an aligned state by reducing the width of a path according to the size of the products. <P>SOLUTION: The product storage column 6 including a partition 63 for forming a storage region of products includes an adjuster 642 for reducing the width of the path by advancing to the storage region of the products when being drawn out, the adjuster being installed in the partition 63 so as to be drawn out, so that the product storage column 6 can store the products in the aligned state by reducing the width of the path according to the size of the products. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a product storage column that is mounted on a vending machine and transports products stored in a line in the front-rear direction from the rear to the front, whereby the products are paid out from the front end.

  2. Description of the Related Art There is known a product storage column that is mounted on a vending machine and transports products stored in a line in the front-rear direction from the rear to the front, whereby the products are paid out from the front end. The product storage column is a bowl-shaped case with a U-shaped cross section, and the product case is disposed on the front side of the column case in which the product is stored in a standing position in a standing posture, and restrains the product in the storage position. A gate mechanism and a pusher mechanism that pushes out a product from behind are provided. The pusher mechanism is connected to a belt stretched between a pair of front and rear pulleys, a screen-like pusher that is connected to the belt and pushes the product from behind the products arranged in the last row of the column case, and a pulley on the front side. And a gear to which power is transmitted.

  In this product storage column, after opening the gate mechanism and releasing the restraint of the product, the pusher is moved from the rear to the front by circulating the belt through the gear and the front pulley, so that the pusher The product is paid out from the front end (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

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  However, in the product storage column described above, the size (particularly the width of the product) varies depending on the product, such as canned beverages and paper-packed beverages. Need to be stored.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a product storage column that can store products in an aligned state by narrowing the passage width depending on the size of the product.

In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the present invention is provided so that the product can be pulled out to a partition that defines a product storage area, and when the product is pulled out, the passage width is increased by advancing into the product storage area. in product storage columns having an adjuster narrowing, the Pateshon a pair of mounting holes before and after the adjuster on the upper surface it is mounted is cranked profile obtained by continuously provided with two long holes displaced back and forth and right and left A pair of front and rear rectangular holes are formed on the side surface of the product storage area, and the adjuster includes a base portion mounted on the upper surface of the partition and a regulation portion extending downward from the base portion. And a pair of front and rear claws inserted into each of the pair of front and rear mounting holes is formed in the base portion, and the pair of front and rear rectangles are formed in the restriction portion. A pair of front and rear projections are formed to be inserted into each of the respective holes, and the adjuster increases the passage width by inserting the pair of front and rear projections into the pair of front and rear rectangular holes, and the pair of front and rear claws. Each of the pair of front and rear mounting holes is moved from one elongated hole to the other elongated hole, and when the pair of front and rear projections are pulled out to the side surfaces of the partition, the pair of front and rear projections are inclined against the side surfaces of the partition. By this, it advances to the storage area of goods, and it is characterized by narrowing a passage width .

  The product storage column according to the present invention is equipped with an adjuster that is attached to the partition so that it can be pulled out, and when it is pulled out, the passage width is reduced by advancing into the product storage area. Thus, the products can be stored in the product storage column in an aligned state.

It is a front view which shows the external appearance of the vending machine carrying the goods storage column which is embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the state which open | released the outer door of the vending machine shown in FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the goods storage rack which consists of a goods storage column which is embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the goods storage column which accommodated the adjuster. It is a perspective view which shows the goods storage column which pulled out the adjuster. It is a front view which shows the goods storage column which accommodated the adjuster. It is a front view which shows the goods storage column which pulled out the adjuster. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the relationship between a partition and an adjuster. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the relationship between a partition and an adjuster.

  Embodiments of a product storage column according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the product storage column 6 described here is mounted on a vending machine in which products stored inside can be visually recognized from the outside. As shown in FIG. 2, the vending machine on which the commodity storage column 6 is mounted includes a box-shaped main body cabinet 1 having an open front surface and an outer door 2 that closes the front opening of the main body cabinet 1. As shown in FIG. 2, the interior of the main body cabinet 1 is defined by a partition plate 11 into an upper area that occupies about 80% and a lower area that occupies about 20%, and the upper area that occupies about 80% The lower area which comprises the chamber 12 and occupies about 20% constitutes the machine room 13. A product storage rack 3 is stored in the product storage chamber 12. The product storage rack 3 includes a product storage column 6 according to an embodiment of the present invention in a plurality of rows in the left-right direction (for example, 7 rows in the example shown in FIG. 2) and a plurality of stages in the vertical direction (for example, in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the product storage columns 6 arranged in the left-right direction are mounted on one rack 31 and the product storage columns 6 having the same height are mounted. It can be pulled out at a time from the storage position to a predetermined drawing position.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the bucket 4 is moved in the left-right direction (X direction) and the up-down direction (Y direction) in the front area of the product storage rack 3 to receive the product from the selected product storage column 6, A bucket device (not shown) for transporting to the transport position is provided. When the bucket 4 moves to the front of the selected commodity storage column 6, it engages with a gear 616, which will be described later, and a drive gear (not shown) that transmits a driving force to the gear 616, and a drive that drives the drive gear. A motor and a pusher (not shown) for pressing a lever 623 described later are provided.

  As shown in FIG. 2, an inner door 5 is provided in front of the bucket device. The inner door 5 is a door that closes the front opening of the commodity storage chamber 12, and achieves energy saving by adopting a double structure of the outer door 2 and the inner door 5. The inner door 5 is configured by fitting a glass plate 51 into a frame body 52 so that a product stored in the product storage column 6 can be visually recognized from the outside. In addition, a merchandise carry-out port 53 is provided on the right side of the inner door 5 at a position substantially one third of the height direction. The product carry-out port 53 is a rectangular hole for carrying out the product from the inside of the product storage chamber 12 to the outside, and the product is carried out from the bucket 4 moved to the carry-out position toward the product carry-out port 53. ing. The product carry-out port 53 is closed by the carry-out flapper 54, and the product carried out from the bucket 4 to the product carry-out port 53 pushes the open-out port flapper 54 to open the product carry-out port 53. ing.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a glass plate 21 is fitted into the outer door 2, and products stored in the product storage column 6 can be visually recognized from the outside via the glass plate 21 and the inner door (glass plate 51) 5. It is like that. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, a product outlet 22 is provided in the middle of the outer door 2. The product take-out port 22 is a rectangular hole for taking out the product carried out from the product carry-out port 53, and is provided at a position below the product carry-out port 53. The product outlet 22 is closed by an outlet flapper 23, and the product outlet 22 is opened when the user pushes open the outlet flapper 23 from the outside.

  The product storage column 6 according to the present embodiment is configured to deliver the products stored in a line in the front-rear direction from the rear to the front, thereby delivering the products from the front end to the bucket 4. 62 and a partition 63 are provided.

  The belt mechanism 61 conveys merchandise from the rear to the front, and includes a base (not shown) extending from the rear to the front. A driven pulley is rotatably supported at the rear end portion of the base, and a drive pulley 613 is rotatably supported at the front end portion of the base. A belt 614 is wound between the driven pulley and the driving pulley 613. The belt 614 is configured by a braided belt, and a pusher 617 can be attached at an arbitrary position. The drive shaft 615 of the drive pulley 613 is provided with a gear 616 to which power for rotating the drive pulley 613 is transmitted.

  The pusher 617 has a base portion 617a attached to the belt 614, and a pusher portion 617b that extends upward from the base portion 617a and supports the product from behind.

  The gate mechanism 62 closes the front end of the product storage column 6 to prevent the product from dropping due to vibration or the like, while opening the front end of the product storage column 6 to enable the delivery of the product. As shown in FIG. 3, the belt mechanism 61 is disposed on the right side of the front side.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the gate mechanism 62 includes a frame 621 formed in a narrow box shape, a gate 622 supported by the frame 621 and closing the front end of the product storage column 6, and the frame 621. A lever 623 is provided so as to be exposed on the front surface and pressed when the gate 622 is opened.

  The frame 621 defines a product storage area at the front right side portion of the product storage column, and rotates the gate 622 so as to open the front end of the product storage column 6 when the lever 623 is pressed. A gate opening / closing mechanism (not shown) for rotating the gate 622 so as to close the front end of the commodity storage column 6 when the 623 is released is accommodated.

  The partition 63 is provided continuously to the frame 621 and defines a product storage area of the adjacent product storage column 6. That is, the partition 63 defines the right side of the commodity storage area of the commodity storage column 6 and the left side of the commodity storage area of the commodity storage column adjacent to the right.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the partition 63 is formed in a narrow box shape like the frame 621, and a pair of front and rear deformed holes (mounting holes) 631 are formed on the upper surface thereof. The deformed hole 631 is formed by connecting two long holes shifted in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction, and has a crank shape. In addition, on the right side of the partition 63, a pair of front and rear elongated rectangular holes 632 are provided.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, an adjuster 64 is detachably mounted in the deformed hole 631. The adjuster 64 is for narrowing the passage width (the width of the product storage area), and includes a base portion 641 attached to the upper surface of the partition 63 and a regulation portion 642 that extends downward from the base portion 641 and restricts the product. And have. The base portion 641 is provided with a pair of front and rear claws 641 a facing downward, and the claws 641 a are inserted into the deformed holes 631. Then, when the adjuster 64 is pulled out from the rear to the front, the claw 641a is guided to the deformed hole 631, the restricting portion 642 is separated from the partition 63, and the restricting portion 642 is inclined as shown in FIGS. become able to. On the other hand, when the adjuster 64 is pushed backward from the front, the claw 641a is guided by the deformed hole 631, and the restricting portion 642 comes close to the partition.

  A protrusion 642 a is provided on the left side surface of the restricting portion 642, and the protrusion 642 a is inserted through the hole 632. Then, when the adjuster 64 is pulled out diagonally rightward from the rear, the protrusion 642a hits the side surface of the partition 63, and as shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, the restricting portion 642 is inclined and the passage width is narrowed. On the other hand, when the adjuster 64 is pushed from the front to the rear, the protrusion 642a is inserted into the hole 632, and the restricting portion 642 is along the side surface of the partition 63 as shown in FIGS.

In the vending machine described above, when a product (a product storage column 6 in which products are stored) is selected, the bucket 4 moves to the front of the product storage column 6 in which the selected products are stored, and the drive gear. Meshes with the gear 616 and the pusher presses the lever 623.

  When the lever 623 is pressed, the gate 622 is rotated so as to open the front end of the product storage column 6 and the product can be paid out. Thereafter, when the drive gear is rotated, power for rotating the drive pulley 613 is transmitted from the drive gear to the gear 616, and the belt 614 travels so that the pusher 617 moves forward from the rear. Item 4 is paid out. When the commodity is paid out to the bucket 4, the drive gear is disengaged from the gear 616, the pusher is disengaged from the lever 623, and then the bucket 4 is moved to the commodity unloading position.

  When the bucket 4 moves to the merchandise transport position, the merchandise is carried out from the bucket 4 toward the merchandise carry-out port 53, and the merchandise pushes and opens the carry-out flapper 54. become able to.

  By the way, when a product stored in the product storage column 6 is replaced from a wide product to a narrow product, the product is extracted from the product storage column 6 and a finger is inserted into the operation hole 642b so that the adjuster 64 is moved backward. It will be pulled out from the right diagonally forward. When the adjuster 64 is pulled diagonally rightward from the rear, the claw 641a is guided to the deformed hole 631, the protrusion 642a hits the side surface of the partition 63, the restricting portion 642 is inclined, and the passage width is narrowed. Thereafter, if a narrow product is replenished, the replacement of the product is completed.

  On the other hand, when a product stored in the product storage column 6 is replaced from a narrow product to a wide product, the product is extracted from the product storage column 6 and a finger is inserted into the operation hole 642b to move the adjuster 64 forward. Will be pushed backwards. When the adjuster 64 is moved from the front to the rear, the claw 641a is guided to the deformed hole, the protrusion 642a is inserted into the hole 632, the restricting portion 642 is along the side surface of the partition 63, and the passage width is restored. Then, if a wide product is replenished, the replacement of the product is completed.

  According to the product storage column 6 described above, when the stored product is replaced from a wide product to a narrow product, the product is extracted from the product storage column 6 and the adjuster 64 is pulled diagonally rightward and forward from the rear. , The width of the passage becomes narrower, so that products with narrow widths can be aligned and stored. On the other hand, when replacing the stored product from a narrow one to a wide one, if the product is extracted from the product storage column 6 and the adjuster 64 is pushed backward from the front, the passage width is restored, A wide range of products can be arranged and stored.

  Further, since it is not necessary to attach and detach the adjuster 64 every time the passage width is changed, the adjuster is not lost or damaged.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body cabinet 11 Partition plate 12 Commodity storage room 13 Machine room 2 Outer door 21 Glass plate 22 Commodity outlet 23 Outlet flapper 3 Commodity storage rack 31 Rack 4 Bucket 5 Inner door 51 Glass plate 52 Frame body 53 Commodity exit 54 Carrying Exit flapper 6 Product storage column 61 Belt mechanism 613 Drive pulley 614 Belt 615 Drive shaft 616 Gear 617 Pusher 617a Base 617b Pusher 62 Gate mechanism 621 Frame 622 Gate 623 Lever 63 Partition 631 Deformed hole (mounting hole)
632 hole 64 adjuster 641 base 641a claw 642 restricting part 642a protrusion 642b operation hole

Claims (1)

In a product storage column equipped with an adjuster that is attached to a partition that defines a product storage area so that it can be pulled out, and when it is pulled out, it narrows the passage width by advancing into the product storage area .
The partition has a pair of front and rear mounting holes on the upper surface of which the adjuster is mounted, and is formed as a crank-shaped deformed hole in which two elongated holes shifted in the front and rear and left and right directions are connected. A pair of front and rear rectangular holes are formed on the side surface of
The adjuster has a base portion that is attached to the upper surface of the partition and a restriction portion that extends downward from the base portion, and a pair of front and rear claws that are inserted through the pair of front and rear attachment holes. And a pair of front and rear projections that pass through each of the pair of front and rear rectangular holes is formed in the restriction portion,
In the adjuster, the pair of front and rear projections are respectively inserted into the pair of front and rear rectangular holes to widen the passage width, and the pair of front and rear claws are respectively extended from one elongated hole in the pair of front and rear mounting holes to the other. When the pair of front and rear projections are pulled out to the side surface of the partition in a mode of moving to the long hole, the pair of front and rear projections strike against the side surface of the partition to advance into the product storage area and narrow the passage width. Product storage column characterized by

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