JP5614092B2 - vending machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vending machine, and more specifically, stores a product in the main body of the vending machine, and dispenses and sells the selected product when a desired money is inserted and the product is selected. It relates to vending machines.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various types of vending machines are known in which goods are stored in a vending machine main body, and desired money is inserted and selected to sell the selected goods. ing. In a conventional vending machine, a coin slot for inserting coins and a return operation unit for returning coins inserted through the coin slot are provided separately from each other. It is general (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2007-26161 A

  By the way, in recent years, vending machines are required to be installed in various indoor locations, and there is a demand for miniaturization. However, in the conventional vending machine, the coin insertion slot and the return operation section are provided separately from each other, so that each installation space is required, and as a result, it is difficult to reduce the size. there were.

  An object of this invention is to provide the vending machine which can achieve size reduction in view of the said situation.

In order to achieve the above object, a vending machine according to claim 1 of the present invention includes a coin passage that guides a coin processing device while rolling coins inserted through a coin insertion slot, A return operation unit that returns the coin guided by the coin processing device by being pushed by itself, and a desired product is selected by inserting a desired money through the coin insertion slot. in vending machines and dispensing, said return operation unit is constructed adjacent to the coin passage Rukoto provided in the manner components of itself constituting at least one side wall of said coin passage, And when pushing, the back side protrusion part of itself self-contacts and presses the rejection lever of the said coin processing apparatus, The coin guided to this coin processing apparatus is returned, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  The vending machine according to claim 2 of the present invention is the vending machine according to claim 1 described above, wherein the coin passage is guided to the coin processing device while maintaining the posture of the coin inserted into the coin insertion slot. It is characterized by that.

  According to the present invention, since the return operation part is provided in a form that constitutes at least one wall of the coin passage, the coin passage and the return operation part can be integrally formed. A return operation part can be made adjacent and an installation space can be reduced. Therefore, there is an effect that downsizing can be achieved.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view showing a main part of the vending machine according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a sectional side view showing the internal structure of the main part shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a case where the coin slot, the return button, and the coin passage shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 are viewed obliquely from the front. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a case where the coin slot, the return button, and the coin passage shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 are viewed from the side. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a coin passage. FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing a return button and a coin passage when the decorative part is removed and viewed from the front.

  Exemplary embodiments of a vending machine according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  1 and 2 each show a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a perspective view, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an enlarged main part. The vending machine illustrated here includes a main body cabinet 10 which is a main body of the vending machine.

  The main body cabinet 10 has a rectangular shape with a curved top part. For example, the main body cabinet 10 has a height of 500 mm, a left-right width of 500 mm, and a front-rear width of 500 mm. is there. Such a main body cabinet 10 is provided with a door 11 formed of a translucent resin material so as to be freely opened and closed. In the illustrated example, the door 11 is closed. A plurality of product racks 12 are provided in the upper and lower stages inside the door 11 that is visible from the outside.

  The product rack 12 is called a so-called spiral rack, and is provided with a spiral (not shown). The spiral is configured so as to be spirally wound in the front-rear direction, and is disposed so as to be rotatable around the central axis. A product is placed between each pitch. Such a spiral rotates clockwise or counterclockwise when a driving force is applied from a motor (not shown) constituting a driving unit disposed on the rear side, and gradually as the rotation is performed. It is a spiral member formed so as to extend to the front side, and the front side end portion is an open end.

  Thus, the product conveyed forward by the rotation of the spiral and dispensed by dropping downward can be taken out from the product outlet (not shown) provided in the door 11.

  A product selection button 13, a coin slot 14, and a return button 15 are provided on the right side of the door 11 on the front surface of the main body cabinet 10. The product selection button 13 is a push button switch for selecting a product.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the coin insertion slot 14 is provided in the decorative part 18 attached to the upper area of the product selection button 13 and is an opening for inserting coins. The coin insertion slot 14 has a configuration in which the vertical direction is longer than the horizontal direction in order to allow each coin to be inserted in a standing posture.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a coin passage 16 that is gradually inclined downward is provided in the rear area of the coin insertion slot 14. Although the structure of the coin passage 16 will be described later, the coin passage 16 is a coin that is a coin processing device by rolling the coin inserted through the coin insertion slot 14 while maintaining the insertion posture (standing posture). This is a passage leading to the mech 17. In the coin mech 17, after the coin that has passed through the coin passage 16 is received from the coin receiving unit 17a and the denomination, authenticity, etc. of the coin is determined, a predetermined money process is performed.

  The return button 15 is formed, for example, by molding a resin material or the like, and is provided in such a manner that the rectangular front surface 15a is exposed forward through the decorative part 18, as shown in FIGS. The return button 15 extends along the front-rear direction in such a manner that it gradually inclines downward as it goes rearward. The return button 15 is always urged forward by an urging means (not shown) such as a spring, and the reference position is determined by the urging force by the urging means. When the user or the like presses the front surface 15a, the user or the like pushes backward against the urging force of the urging means. Such a return button 15 is inserted through the coin insertion slot 14 and to the coin mech 17 through the coin passage 16 as a result of the pushing of the rear projection 15b against the reject lever 17b provided on the coin mech 17 by such pushing. It is a return operation part which returns the guided coin to a predetermined coin return slot (not shown).

  In the vending machine according to the present embodiment, the coin passage 16 is configured as follows. As shown in FIG. 6, the coin passage 16 is formed in a space formed between these members when the member 15 c constituting the return button 15 sandwiches the upper and lower sides of the member 10 c constituting the main body cabinet 10. . That is, the return button 15 is provided in a form that constitutes the left side wall of the coin passage 16. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 7, the return button 15 and the coin channel | path 16 are provided in the aspect adjacent to each other.

  In such a vending machine according to the present embodiment, a coin is inserted into the coin insertion slot 14, the coin is guided to the coin mech 17 through the coin passage 16, and the coin denomination and the like are determined by the coin mech 17. If the input price is equal to or higher than the sales price of the product, the product selection button 13 for the corresponding product is validated. When the product selection button 13 is pressed by the user, the motor of the product rack 12 that stores the selected product is driven to rotate the spiral, and the product placed on the frontmost part of the spiral is dropped. So that it can be removed from the product outlet. As a result, the product is sold.

  In the vending machine, when the user presses the return button 15 after the coin is inserted through the coin insertion slot 14, the return button 15 is pushed against the urging force of the urging means, The rear side protrusion 15b of the return button 15 presses the reject lever 17b, thereby guiding the coin guided to the coin receiving portion 17a of the coin mech 17 to the coin return port so that the user can take it out.

  As described above, according to the vending machine according to the embodiment of the present invention, since the return button 15 is provided in a form that constitutes the left side wall of the coin passage 16, the coin passage 16 and the return button 15 are provided. The coin insertion slot 14 and the return button 15 can be adjacent to each other, and the installation space can be reduced. Therefore, the size can be reduced.

  In addition, according to the vending machine, the return button 15 is provided in a form that constitutes the left side wall of the coin passage 16, so that the number of parts can be reduced, thereby reducing the cost. it can.

  Furthermore, according to the above vending machine, if the return button 15 is pushed down and pushed backward, the reject lever 17b can be directly operated, so there is no need to provide a complicated mechanism inside. In addition to improving the reliability of the return operation, the number of parts can also be reduced.

  The preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, but the present invention is not limited to this, and various modifications can be made. In embodiment mentioned above, although the return button 15 was provided in the aspect which comprises the left side wall of the coin channel | path 16, this invention is not limited to this, A return operation part is at least 1 wall of a coin channel | path. Any configuration may be used as long as it is configured.

  As described above, the vending machine according to the present invention stores a product in the main body of the vending machine, and pays out and sells the selected product when a desired money is inserted and the product is selected. Useful for.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Main body cabinet 11 Door 12 Goods rack 13 Goods selection button 14 Coin insertion slot 15 Return button 15a Front 15b Back side protrusion 16 Coin passage 17 Coin mech 17a Coin receiving part 17b Reject lever 18 Cosmetic parts

Claims (2)

A coin passage that guides the coin processing device while rolling the coin inserted through the coin insertion port;
A return operation unit that, when pressed, returns the coin that is pushed and guided to the coin processing device;
In a vending machine that pays out and sells a selected product by selecting a product by inserting desired money through the coin slot,
The return operation unit, when the component itself is the in Rukoto provided in a manner that forms at least one side wall of the coin passage is constructed adjacent to the coin passage, and to push, its rear A vending machine characterized in that the coins guided to the coin processing device are returned by the side protrusions coming into direct contact with and pressing the reject lever of the coin processing device.   2. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the coin passage guides the coin processing device while maintaining a posture of the coin inserted into the coin insertion slot.

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