JP6390159B2 - Vending machine product unloading device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a product carry-out device of a vending machine mounted on a product storage rack for storing products such as canned beverages and beverages containing plastic bottles in a horizontal position and stacked vertically.

  Vending machines that sell products such as canned beverages and plastic bottled beverages store the products in the product storage of the main cabinet, which is a heat-insulating housing, in a cold and hot state and store them in the display room of the outer door. A plurality of product samples are displayed side by side on the left and the product selected based on the operation of a product selection button provided corresponding to the product sample is sold. This type of vending machine will be described with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 20, the vending machine includes a main body cabinet 100 having an open front surface, and an outer door 106 supported by a hinge on the front surface of the main body cabinet 100 so as to be opened and closed. The main body cabinet 100 is made of a steel plate. A heat insulating board made of urethane foam is arranged on the inner side of the outer box, that is, the upper wall, the left and right side walls, the back wall, and the bottom wall 101a to constitute a heat insulating housing. The inside of the product storage box surrounded by the heat insulation board of the main body cabinet 100 is partitioned into a plurality of product storage rooms 103, 104, and 105 in the left-right direction by a heat insulation partition plate 102. In each of the product storage chambers 103, 104, and 105, a product storage rack 108 having a meandering product storage passage called a serpentine system in this example is stored. An inner door 107 is disposed between the outer door 106 supported on the front surface of the main body cabinet 100 so as to be openable and closable and the front surface of the product storage in the main body cabinet 100. In this example, the inner door 107 is divided into upper and lower parts. ing. The lower inner door 107 is provided with a merchandise outlet having a carry-out door 107a at a position facing the shooter 109 that sends out the merchandise delivered from the merchandise storage racks 108 of the merchandise storage chambers 103, 104, and 105. Yes. The carry-out door 107a is supported by the upper end inlet and hangs down and closes the product carry-out port by its own weight to prevent outflow of cold air or warm air, and is pushed open by the product carried out through the chute 109, The product is formed so as to be delivered to the product outlet 106 a of the outer door 106. The upper area of the front surface of the outer door 106 is formed as a display room covered with a transparent plate for displaying product samples, and a product selection button unit is provided on the front surface of the transparent plate. It has a product selection button provided corresponding to the displayed product sample. In addition, a coin insertion slot, a bill insertion slot, a coin return slot, a return lever, a product outlet, a handle lock, and the like are provided on the front surface of the outer door 106.

  As shown in FIG. 21, the product storage rack 108 includes a pair of left and right rack side plates 81, 81 made of flat sheet steel plates, and the front and rear sides of the rack side plates 81, 81 which are installed facing each other with a half pitch shift in the vertical direction. A meandering product storage passage (product column) 83 of a plurality of front and rear rows (five rows in the example of FIG. 21) defined between a pair of curved rail segment rows 82 and the front opening of the main body cabinet 100 is formed. A top tray 84 that links the product inlet SL (see FIG. 20) and the upper end inlet of the second and subsequent rows of product storage passages 83; the product carry-out device 10 disposed at the lower end outlet of each of the product storage passages 83; The product carry-out device 10 and an outlet adjustment plate 101 arranged to face each other with the product storage passage 83 interposed therebetween. In this example, the product storage rack 108 is composed of two series of product storage racks 108 a having two rows of product storage passages 83 and rear product storage racks 108 b having three rows of product storage passages 83. The rack hooks 811 and 811 installed on the upper ends of the pair of left and right rack side plates 81 and 81 of the product storage racks 108a and 108b (Not shown). In addition, in this type of vending machine, the product storage rack 108 corresponds to the length size of the product in order to handle products of different length sizes (for example, 170 ml of canned beverage, 500 ml of plastic bottled beverage). Different widths (width in the product storage passage width direction) (normally two types for products with a relatively short length and for products with a relatively large length) are available. In order to align and align a short product on the side of one pair of left and right rack side plates 81, a movable side plate (not shown) that approaches and separates from the other rack side plate 81 is disposed on the other rack side plate 81 side. The movable side plate is moved and adjusted in accordance with the length size of the product to determine the product storage passage width.

  As shown in FIG. 22, the commodity carry-out device 10 has a substrate 1 formed in a thin box shape by left and right and upper and lower flanges 1 a, 1 b, 1 c, 1 d, and a rectangular opening formed in the substrate 1. The product is stored in such a manner that it is pivotally supported in the product storage passage 83 by the rotating shaft 20 installed on the flanges 11A and 11B provided on the peripheral edge of the portion 11 and holds the product (sales product) having the highest sales order. A first stopper member 2 movably provided between a projecting position projecting into the passage 83 and a retracted position retracting from the product storage passage 83 in a manner to release the holding of the sold product, and an opening of the substrate 1 11 is pivotally supported in the product storage passage 83 by a pivot shaft 30 installed on the product 11, and is urged toward a retreat position where the product storage passage 83 is retracted. (Next sale The second stopper member 3 movably provided at the projecting position projecting into the product storage passage 83 in a manner of holding the product), and the first stopper member 2 and the second stopper member 3 at the projecting position and the retracted position. A link mechanism 6 provided with a lower link pin 61 to be moved and an upper link pin 62, a solenoid 5 as a driving means for driving the link mechanism 6, and the product storage passage 83 together with the first stopper member 2. In a manner to move forward and backward, the rotary shaft 70 is rotatably arranged, and by engaging with the lower link pin 61, the rotation is locked and the tip portion is linked to the first stopper member 2. A rotation stopper 7 is provided for locking the first stopper member 2 at a protruding position where the first stopper member 2 protrudes into the commodity storage passage 83. In addition, 4 is a bearing part, and the first stopper member 2 and the second stopper member 3 together with a flange (left flange 11B in the case of FIG. 22) provided at the periphery of the rectangular opening 11 formed in the substrate 1. Long holes (not fixed) that support the central portions of the rotary shafts 20 and 30 and the rotary shaft 70 of the rotary stopper 7 and extend in the vertical direction respectively provided in the bearing portion 4 and the flange 11B of the substrate 1. The lower link pin 61 and the upper link pin 62 are slidably supported in the vertical direction. Reference numeral 8 denotes a sold-out detection switch.

  In the standby state (non-excited state of the solenoid 5), the product carry-out device 10 is moved downward while the link mechanism 6 is lowered and the second stopper member 3 is moved from the product storage passage 83 to the retracted position. The rotation stopper 7 is locked at the protruding position by the link pin 61 and the first stopper member 2 is locked in a state of protruding into the product storage passage 83 to restrict the sale product from moving downward. Yes. At the time of sale (excitation of the solenoid 5), the second stopper member 3 protrudes into the product storage passage 83 via the upper link pin 62 that rises as the link mechanism 6 rises and hits the next sale product. The first stopper member that is held in a protruding state in the product storage passage 83 by restricting the downward movement of the link pin 61 and releasing the lock of the rotation stopper 7 when the link pin 61 moves upward. The lock of No. 2 is released and the sale merchandise is paid out.

  The product carry-out device 10 is engaged with or detached from pin members (not shown) installed on the pair of left and right rack side plates 81 and 81 of the product storage racks 108a and 108b shown in FIG. The product storage passages 83 that are detachably attached to the front and rear and the product storage passages 83 adjacent to each other, in the example of FIG. , 10 are attached to the product storage racks 108a and 108b in a state where they are laid back to back. In this way, when the two product carry-out devices 10, 10 are back-to-back, the bearing part 4, the solenoid 5, and the link mechanism 6 that are taller than the top, bottom, left, and right flanges 1a to 1d interfere with each other. In order to prevent this from happening, the respective parts are arranged so as to be shifted to one of the left and right sides from the center of the substrate 1 and the product carry-out apparatuses 10 and 10 are made thinner when they are laid back to back.

  As described above, the bearing portion 4, the solenoid 5, and the link mechanism 6 are arranged so as to be shifted to one of the left and right sides from the center of the substrate 1, and the product storage passage 83 is in the sales standby state. Therefore, the other portion of the opening 11 adjacent to the bearing portion 4 on the side opposite to the one-sided is opened as a communication hole 110. Therefore, when the two product carry-out devices 10A and 10A are laid back to back, the link pin (particularly the lower link pin) supported by the link mechanism 6 of the other product carry-out device 10A from the communication hole 110 in the opening 11 of each other. 61) and the like are exposed. Therefore, when the lower link pin 61 is operated by an external factor (maintenance worker or mischief), that is, when the link pin 61 is operated to be pushed up, the rotation stopper 7 is unlocked and the first There is a risk that the stopper member 2 is also unlocked and the sold product is paid out. Therefore, in order to prevent the component parts such as the link mechanism 6 of the other product carry-out device 10 from being exposed from the opening 11 of the substrate 1, the opening facing the component parts such as the link mechanism 6 of the other product carry-out device 10. It is known that a blindfold member that closes the portion 11 is provided and a part of the opening 11 is covered by mounting the blindfold member (for example, Patent Document 1).

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  In the invention described in Patent Document 1, a blindfold member that closes a part of the opening 11 of the substrate 1 covers the lower link pin 61 supported by the link mechanism 6 of the commodity carry-out device 10 from the back side. Thus, the lower link pin 61 supported by the link mechanism 6 is prevented from being exposed from the opening 11 (communication hole 110) of the substrate 1 in the other product carry-out device 10 that is assembled in a back-to-back manner. Therefore, there is an advantage that the link pin 61 that locks the rotation stopper 7A can be prevented from being unexpectedly pulled off.

  By the way, the rotation stopper 7 is disposed between the bearing portion 4 and the flange 11B of the substrate 1 so as to be rotatable in such a manner as to move forward and backward in the product storage passage 83 with the rotation shaft 70 as a fulcrum. . In this case, the lateral width (the width in the left-right direction in FIG. 22) of the bearing 4 and the flange 11B of the substrate 1 is such that the rotation of the rotation stopper 7 is not obstructed by contacting the bearing 4 and the flange 11B of the substrate 1. It is formed smaller than the dimension between. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 23, a gap g is generated between the left and right side walls of the rotation stopper 7 and the flange 11 </ b> B provided at the periphery of the opening 11 of the bearing portion 4 and the substrate 1. In FIG. 23, for easy understanding, the rotation stopper 7 and the bearing 4 are hatched, and the flange 11B provided at the periphery of the opening 11 is filled. The gap g allows entry of a strip-shaped tool (for example, an elongated metal ruler). The bearing 4 and the rotation stopper 7A or the flange 11B of the substrate 1 and the rotation stopper 7 that form the gap g serve as a guide when the tool that has entered the gap g is slid in the vertical direction. Therefore, when the tool is slid up and down after entering the gap g, the tool is guided along the gap g. This means that the tool is guided to the lower link pin 61 that locks the rotation stopper 7. If the link pin 61 is pushed up by the tool, the rotation stopper 7 may be unlocked.

  Here, the protrusion part extended to the back side of the flange 11B provided in the peripheral part of the bearing part 4 and the opening part 11 in the aspect which protrudes right and left on the back side of the rotation stopper 7, and covers the clearance gap g is provided, and the clearance gap g is provided. Can be considered. However, when the rotation stopper 7 is retracted from the product storage passage 83, the rotation stopper 7 rotates and protrudes on the side opposite to the product storage passage 83, that is, on the side of the other product carry-out device 10 that is assembled by being laid back to back. In this case, the protrusion of the rotation stopper 7 extending to the bearing 4 side projects into the opening 11 (the position of the communication hole 110) of the substrate 1 of the other product carry-out device 10, so that the substrate of the other product carry-out device 10 is used. 1, the protrusion of the rotation stopper 7 extending to the flange 11 </ b> B side of the opening 11 interferes with the flange 11 </ b> B of the opening 11 of the other commodity carry-out device 10. In order to eliminate this interference, the opening 11 of the product carry-out device 10 may be enlarged. However, if the opening 11 is enlarged, the mechanical strength of the substrate 1 is lowered, and this is particularly preferable when the substrate 1 is thinned. Absent.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points. The object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and allow a clearance between the rotation stopper and a flange formed at the periphery of the bearing portion or the opening of the substrate. An object of the present invention is to provide a product carrying device for a vending machine capable of preventing the lock of the rotation stopper from being accidentally pulled off due to an external factor while maintaining the smooth rotation of the movement stopper.

In order to achieve the above object, an invention according to claim 1 is a product unloading device of a vending machine mounted on a product storage rack that stores products stacked in a vertically lying posture in a product storage passage extending in the vertical direction. The product carry-out device includes a substrate having an opening that communicates with the product storage passage, a protruding position that protrudes into the product storage passage in a manner to hold the product (sales product) having the highest sales order, and the holding of the sales product. A first stopper member pivotally supported on the substrate so as to be movable between a retracted position retracted from the product storage passage in a mode of releasing the product, and a product with the second sales order (next sale product) The second stopper member pivotally supported on the substrate so as to be movable between a projecting position projecting into the product storage passage and a retracted position retracting from the product storage passage in a manner of holding And the first A link mechanism that supports a link pin that moves the topper member and the second stopper member to a protruding position and a retracted position, a driving means that drives the link mechanism, and a bridge that is installed between the upper and lower edges of the opening. A bearing portion that slidably holds the pin, and is rotatably disposed between the bearing portion and a flange formed at a peripheral edge of the opening in a manner of moving forward and backward with respect to the commodity storage passage, There is provided a rotation stopper which is locked by a link pin supported by the link mechanism and locks the first stopper member at a protruding position protruding into the product storage passage, and the link mechanism, the driving means and the bearing portion are arranged on the left and right sides of the center of the substrate. in article conveying device for an automatic vending machine comprising arranged biased in either direction, are formed on the periphery of the said rotating stopper bearing portion or the opening A shielding portion is provided at the facing portion that divides the gap formed at the facing portion with the lunge in a straight line at the top and bottom, and the shielding portion includes the rotation stopper and the bearing portion or the opening portion. It consists of the convex part formed in either one of the flanges formed in the periphery of this, and the recessed part formed in the other which the said convex part enters .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the commodity unloading device for the vending machine according to the first aspect, the shielding part is a peripheral part of a long hole provided in a peripheral flange formed in a bearing part or an opening part for guiding the link pin. characterized in that the protruding to the left and right sides of the peripheral bulge portion and rotation stopper protruding toward the rotation stopper was formed by burring a protrusion aspect which covers the rear side of the peripheral bulging out part And

According to the product unloading device of the vending machine according to claim 1 of the present invention, the product of the vending machine mounted on the product storage rack that stores the product stacked in a posture lying down in the product storage passage extending in the vertical direction. It is a carry-out device, wherein the product carry-out device includes a substrate having an opening that leads to the product storage passage, a protruding position that protrudes into the product storage passage in a manner to hold a product with the highest sales order (sales product), and A first stopper member pivotally supported on the substrate so as to be movable between a retracted position retracted from the commodity storage passage in a manner of releasing the retained commodity, and a commodity having the second sales order (Next sale merchandise) is pivotally supported on the substrate so as to be movable between a projecting position projecting into the merchandise storage passage and a retreat position retracting from the merchandise storage path in a manner to hold (next sale merchandise) A second stopper member and A link mechanism that supports a link pin that moves the first stopper member and the second stopper member to a protruding position and a retracted position, a driving unit that drives the link mechanism, and a top and bottom edge of the opening. In addition, a bearing part that slidably holds the link pin, and a flange formed on a peripheral edge of the opening in a manner to move forward and backward with respect to the commodity storage passage, is rotatably disposed. A rotation stopper that is locked by a link pin supported by the link mechanism and locks the first stopper member at a protruding position protruding into the product storage passage, and the link mechanism, the driving means, and the bearing portion are mounted on the substrate. in article conveying device for an automatic vending machine comprising arranged biased to either one of the left and right directions from the center, the periphery of the said rotating stopper bearing portion or the opening A shield part is provided at the facing part to divide the gap formed at the facing part with the formed flange in a straight line at the top and bottom, and the shielding part includes the rotation stopper and the bearing part or the By forming a convex portion formed on one of the flanges formed on the peripheral edge of the opening and a concave portion formed on the other side into which the convex portion enters, the rotation stopper and the peripheral portion of the bearing portion or the opening are formed. A flange formed on the periphery of the rotation stopper and the bearing or opening by providing a labyrinth structure shielding part in the middle of the gap formed between the flange and dividing the gap vertically Even when a tool is inserted into the gap formed between the two, the tool can be prevented from reaching the link pin that locks the rotation stopper. It is possible to prevent the link pin that locks the topper from being accidentally pulled off.

Further, according to the commodity carry-out device of the vending machine according to the second aspect of the present invention, the shielding portion barring the periphery of the long hole provided in the flange formed on the periphery of the bearing portion or the opening portion for guiding the link pin. by peripheral bulge portion that protrudes toward the rotation stopper it was formed by machining and projects on both left and right sides of the rotation stopper is the protrusion of the embodiment that covers the rear side of the peripheral bulging out part rotating The gap can be divided up and down by providing a shielding part in the middle of the gap formed between the stopper and the flange formed at the periphery of the bearing or the opening. Even when a tool is inserted into a gap formed between the flange or the flange formed at the periphery of the opening, the tool is prevented from reaching the link pin that locks the rotation stopper. It is possible to, it is possible to reduce the friction between the elongated hole and the link pin by the peripheral bulge portion.

It is a front perspective view which shows the goods carrying-out apparatus of the vending machine which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a back perspective view which shows the back side of the goods carrying-out apparatus of FIG. It is a front perspective view which shows the board | substrate in the goods carrying-out apparatus of FIG. 1 and FIG. It is a back perspective view which shows the board | substrate in the goods carrying-out apparatus of FIG. 1 and FIG. 4A and 4B are perspective views of a state in which a bearing member is removed from a bearing holding portion of the bearing portion, and FIGS. 4B and 4C are perspective views of the bearing member viewed from different directions. . It is a principal part perspective view for demonstrating the attachment to the board | substrate 1 of the holder 9 formed integrally with the bearing member. It is a perspective view of the link member in the goods carrying-out apparatus of FIG. 1 and FIG. It is a back perspective view of the 1st stopper member in the goods carrying-out apparatus of FIG. 1 and FIG. It is a perspective view of the rotation stopper in the goods carrying-out apparatus of FIG. 1 and FIG. It is a back perspective view of the 2nd stopper member in the goods carrying-out apparatus of FIG. 1 and FIG. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing which shows the sales standby state of the goods carrying-out apparatus of the vending machine which concerns on this invention. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing at the time of goods carrying out of the goods carrying-out apparatus of the vending machine which concerns on this invention. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing after the goods carrying out of the goods carrying-out apparatus of the vending machine concerning this invention. It is a principal part enlarged view which expands and shows the rotation stopper part of the goods carrying-out apparatus in FIG. It is a front perspective view which shows the goods carrying-out apparatus of the vending machine which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. The board | substrate in the goods carrying-out apparatus of the vending machine of FIG. 15 is shown, (a) is a principal part front perspective view which expands and shows the principal part of a board | substrate, (b) is an enlarged view which shows the location of the arrow A of (a). It is. The board | substrate seen from the back side in the goods carrying-out apparatus of the vending machine of FIG. 15 is shown, (a) is a principal part back perspective view which expands and shows the principal part of a board | substrate, (b) is the arrow B of (a). It is an enlarged view which shows a location. It is a perspective view which shows the rotation stopper of the goods carrying-out apparatus of FIG. It is a principal part enlarged view which expands and shows the rotation stopper part of the goods carrying-out apparatus in FIG. It is a perspective view of the outside door open state of the vending machine which this invention makes object. It is a perspective view of the goods storage rack in the vending machine of FIG. It is a perspective view of the conventional goods carrying-out apparatus mounted in the goods storage rack of FIG. It is a principal part enlarged view which expands and shows the rotation stopper part of the goods carrying-out apparatus in FIG.

  DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a product carry-out device for a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that components having the same functions as those of the conventional product carry-out device (hereinafter also referred to as a conventional device) shown in FIG. 22 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the front and rear surfaces of the product carry-out device are the product storage passage 83. The surface facing (see FIG. 20) and the surface opposite to the product storage passage 83 are indicated, and the front and back surfaces of the first stopper member and the second stopper member are the product storage passage 83 when moved to the retracted position, respectively. And the surface opposite to the product storage passage 83. In addition, the commodity carry-out device according to this embodiment is mounted on a commodity storage rack for commodities having a relatively large length size.

(Embodiment 1)
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the product carry-out device 10 includes a rectangular flat plate-like substrate 1 made of a thin steel plate. In the lower half region of the substrate 1, an opening 11 (see FIG. 3) that is relatively narrow with respect to the left and right widths of the substrate 1 and closing portions 1 </ b> A and 1 </ b> A are provided adjacent to the left and right of the opening 11. An opening 12 (see FIG. 3) is provided at the left and right center position of the upper half area of the substrate 1. The opening 11 has a substantially rectangular shape except for an upper region in which extending portions 11a, 11a extending in the left-right direction are formed. Further, recesses 1B and 1B for storing a first stopper member 2 to be described later are formed in regions below the closing portions 1A and 1A in the substrate 1, and there is no wall between the recesses 1B and 1B and the opening 11. The space of the recesses 1B and 1B and the opening 11 communicate with each other. In addition, the substrate 1 is integrally provided with a bearing portion 4 in a manner to be constructed between the upper edge and the lower edge of the opening 11. This bearing portion 4 is provided at a position offset in either one of the left and right directions from the center of the substrate 1 (the right direction in the case of FIG. 1 and the left direction in the case of FIG. 2). When the individual product carry-out devices 10 are laid back to back, the two bearing portions 4 are configured not to interfere with each other. In addition, the substrate 1 is provided with a guide protrusion 13 that protrudes toward the product storage passage 83 at a position above the opening 11.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a first stopper member 2 and a second stopper member 3 are pivotally supported on the back surface of the substrate 1, and a solenoid 5, a link mechanism 6, a rotating stopper 7, A detection switch 8 is disposed, and a closing plate 20 is disposed in front of the substrate 1 so as to face the product storage passage 83. The solenoid 5, the link mechanism 6, and the rotation stopper 7 are either one of the left and right directions with respect to the center of the substrate 1 like the bearing portion 4 (in the case of FIG. 1, the right side direction, in the case of FIG. 2). (Left side direction)

  The bearing portion 4 is constructed between the upper edge and the lower edge of the opening 11 of the substrate 1. The bearing portion 4 supports one end of each shaft (described later) related to the link mechanism 6 and the rotation stopper 7 and supports the central portion of each shaft (described later) related to the first stopper member 2 and the second stopper member 3. The other end of each shaft is supported by a flange 11B (see FIG. 4) of the opening 11 formed on the left edge of the opening 11 of the substrate 1 so as to protrude to the back side of the substrate 1. In addition, since the structure which supports each said axis | shaft in the bearing part 4 and the flange 11B is a substantially symmetrical structure, in the following description, after describing the bearing part 4, the structure which concerns on the flange 11B is demonstrated.

  The bearing portion 4 includes a bearing holding portion 40 formed integrally with the substrate 1 and a synthetic resin bearing member 50 attached to the bearing holding portion 40. 3 and 4 show a state where the bearing member 50 is mounted on the bearing holding portion 40 formed integrally with the substrate 1, and FIG. 5 shows a state where the bearing member 50 is removed from the bearing holding portion 40. The bearing holding portion 40 is formed integrally with the substrate 1 so as to divide the opening 11 into left and right when forming the opening 11 in the substrate 1, leaving a part of the plate surface of the substrate 1. It is formed in the shape of a bridge in such a manner that it extends over the upper edge and lower edge of the opening 11 by extrusion to the back side.

  The bearing holding portion 40 is integrally connected to the upper edge and the lower edge of the opening portion 11 formed in the substrate 1 via connecting arms 41A and 41B (see FIGS. 3 and 4) corresponding to bridge piers. The bridge girder portion is formed so as to be lifted to the back side by the flat plate surface of the substrate 1. Further, the bridge girder portion is bent to the rear side on both right and left sides to form locking flanges 41 and 41 (see also FIG. 5), and the lower half area of the bridge girder portion is formed in a U-shaped cross section, while Only half of the locking flanges 41 and 41 are formed in such a manner that the half area is cut out and opened on the bottom side of the U-shape. Concave notches 411 and 411 are provided in the upper half area of the locking flanges 41 and 41 on the back side, and elongated holes 412 and 412 extending in the vertical direction are provided in the lower half area of the locking flanges 41 and 41. ing. Further, the supporting flanges 41 and 41 are provided with two supporting shaft holes 42 and 43 spaced apart from each other at a substantially central position in the vertical direction. Further, a shaft hole 44 is provided at a position below the locking flanges 41 and 41. Then, one of the locking flanges 41, 41 of the bearing holding portion 40, that is, the locking flange 41 facing the rotation stopper 7 described later (on the right side in the case of FIG. 3) In the case of FIG. 4, a protrusion 45 is formed by extrusion on the bearing piece on the left side, which is located closer to the lower side of the elongated hole 412 and protrudes toward the opening 11.

  The bearing member 50 constituting the bearing portion 4 is a molded product of synthetic resin, and as shown in FIG. 5, has the same U-shaped cross section as the bearing holding portion 40 and is integrally provided with the holder 9. Yes. The bearing member 50 is formed to have an outer dimension that is slightly smaller than the bearing holding portion 40, and is configured to be fitted between the locking flanges 41, 41 of the bearing holding portion 40. The U-shaped leg pieces of the bearing member 50 are formed as bearing pieces 51, 51. In the upper area of the bearing pieces 51, 51, elongated holes 511, 511 extending in the vertical direction are provided, and the bearing pieces 51, 51 are provided. A long hole 512 extending in the vertical direction is provided in one bearing piece 51 (left bearing piece in the case of FIG. 5). The elongated holes 511 and 511 and the elongated hole 512 correspond to the concave notches 411 and 411 and the elongated holes 412 and 412 provided in the locking flanges 41 and 41, respectively. A plurality of locking projections 513 projecting outward are provided on the outer walls of the bearing pieces 51, 51. The locking projection 513 has a wedge shape whose thickness gradually increases toward the back side (the free end side of the bearing pieces 51, 51). Further, the bearing pieces 51, 51 are provided with two support shaft holes 52, 53 spaced apart at substantially the center position in the vertical direction. Further, shaft holes 54 and 54 are provided at positions below the bearing pieces 51 and 51.

  The holder 9 provided integrally with the bearing member 50 engages (or disengages) with a pin member installed on the product storage rack 108 (see FIG. 21) to attach the product carry-out device 10 to the product storage rack 108 ( Or it is removed from the product storage rack 108). The holder 9 is conventionally formed as a separate piece from the bearing member 50 and is locked and fixed to the substrate 1. In this embodiment, the holder 9 is provided integrally with the bearing member 50 as a molded product of synthetic resin. It has been. The holder 9 includes a hook piece 91 that engages and disengages from the pin member, a press-fit portion 92 that is press-fitted between the lower flange 1d of the substrate 1 and the lower flange 11D of the opening 11, and the lower flange of the substrate 1. It consists of a protruding piece 93 that fits into a locking hole 1d1 provided to open at 1d. The hook piece 91 of the holder 9 is provided with a knob piece 911 extending downward. Further, the protruding piece 93 is formed to extend downward from the lower edge of the press-fit portion 92.

  The bearing member 50 is assembled to the bearing holding portion 40 as follows. That is, as shown in FIG. 6, first, the holder 9 formed integrally with the bearing member 50 is fixed to the substrate 1. FIG. 6 shows a state in which the holder 9 is fixed to the substrate 1. When the holder 9 is fixed to the substrate 1, the holder 9 is close to the substrate 1, while the upper portion of the bearing member 50 is separated from the substrate 1. With the bearing member 50 inclined as described above, the protruding piece 93 of the holder 9 is inserted into the locking hole 1 d 1 provided in the lower flange 1 d of the substrate 1. With the protruding piece 93 of the holder 9 inserted into the locking hole 1 d 1, the upper part of the press-fitting part 92 is pushed below the lower flange 11 D in the opening 11 of the substrate 1. As a result, the upper and lower ends of the press-fit portion 92 are bent so as to approach each other, and the press-fit portion 92 is press-fitted between the lower flange 1 d of the substrate 1 and the lower flange 11 D of the opening 11, and the holder 9 is locked to the substrate 1. Fixed. At the same time, that is, when the press-fitting portion 92 is press-fitted between the lower flange 1 d of the substrate 1 and the lower flange 11 D of the opening 11, the bearing member 50 integrated with the holder 9 is engaged with the locking flange 41 of the bearing holding portion 40. , 41. In this case, when the plurality of locking projections 513 provided on the outer walls of the bearing pieces 51 and 51 of the bearing member 50 come into contact with the locking flanges 41 and 41 of the bearing holding portion 40, the resistance of fitting is overcome, but the resistance is overcome. Since the bearing pieces 51 and 51 bend so as to approach each other when pushed by force, the bearing member 50 can be fitted into the bearing holding portion 40. As described above, when the pressing is continued while the bearing pieces 51 and 51 are bent so as to approach each other, the plurality of locking protrusions 513 provided on the bearing pieces 51 and 51 are formed on the locking flanges 41 and 41 of the bearing holding portion 40. The concave notches 411 and 411 and the long holes 412 and 412 are provided. As a result, the bearing pieces 51 and 51 are restored to the original state, the plurality of locking projections 513 engage with the edges of the notches 411 and 411 and the long holes 412 and 412, and the bearing member 50 is engaged with the shaft holding portion 40. It is fixed.

  The flange 11B (see FIG. 4) formed at the right edge of the opening 11 extends in the vertical direction corresponding to the long holes 511 and 511 and the long holes 512 provided in the bearing pieces 51 and 51 of the bearing member 50. A pair of existing long holes 11B11 and 11B12 are provided. The flange 11B has two support shaft holes 11B1 and 11B2 at substantially the center in the vertical direction corresponding to the support shaft holes 52 and 53 and the shaft hole 54 provided in the bearing pieces 51 and 51. A shaft hole 11B3 is provided at a lower position. Similar to the two support shaft holes 11B1 and 11B2 of the flange 11B, two support shaft holes 11B1 and 11B2 are provided at a substantially central position in the vertical direction of the flange 11A formed at the left edge of the opening 11 (in the case of FIG. 3). Shaft holes 11A1 and 11A2 are provided. And the convex part 11B4 which protrudes toward the opening part 11 located in the downward direction of the long hole 11B12 is formed in the said flange 11B by extrusion.

  The elongated holes 511 and 511 provided in the bearing pieces 51 and 51 of the bearing member 50 and the elongated hole 11B11 provided in the flange 11B formed at the right edge of the opening 11 are formed by an upper link pin 62 related to the link mechanism 6. (See FIG. 2) is supported so as to be slidable in the vertical direction, while being provided in a long hole 512 provided in the bearing pieces 51, 51 of the bearing member 50 and a flange 11B formed in the right edge of the opening 11. 11B12 supports a lower link pin 61 (see FIG. 2) related to the link mechanism 6 so as to be slidable in the vertical direction. Here, one of the bearing pieces 51, 51 of the bearing member 50 (the left bearing piece 51 in FIG. 5) is provided with an elongated hole 512, whereas the other bearing piece 51 has an elongated hole. Although not provided, the other bearing piece 51 functions as a retaining member for the lower link pin 61. The elongated holes 412 and 412 provided in the locking flanges 41 and 41 of the bearing holding portion 40 are formed to be slightly larger than the elongated holes 512 provided in the bearing pieces 51 and 51 of the bearing member 50, and The concave cutouts 411 and 411 provided in the locking flanges 41 and 41 of the bearing holding portion 40 are also cut out slightly larger than the long holes 511 and 511 provided in the bearing pieces 51 and 51 of the bearing member 50 and above. The link pin 62 and the lower link pin 61 are not in contact with each other.

  Further, support shaft holes 42 and 42 provided in the locking flanges 41 and 41 of the bearing holding portion 40, support shaft holes 52 and 52 provided in the bearing pieces 51 and 51 of the bearing member 50, and openings in the substrate 1. The support hole 11A1 provided in the 11 flange 11A and the support hole 11B1 provided in the flange 11B support the rotating shaft 30 (see FIG. 2) of the second stopper member 3, while the locking flanges 41, 41 are provided. The support shaft holes 43, 43 provided in the support shaft 51, the support shaft holes 53, 53 provided in the bearing pieces 51, 51, the support shaft hole 11A2 provided in the flange 11A of the opening 11 and the support shaft hole 11B2 provided in the flange 11B. Supports the rotation shaft 20 (see FIG. 2) of the first stopper member 2. The shaft holes 44 and 44 provided in the locking flanges 41 and 41, the shaft holes 54 and 54 provided in the bearing pieces 51 and 51, and the shaft hole 11B3 provided in the flange 11B are rotated by the rotation stopper 7. The shaft 70 (see FIG. 2) is supported.

  The link mechanism 6 includes a steel plate link member 60 extending in the vertical direction, and is connected to a plunger 51 of a solenoid 5 as a driving means. The solenoid 5 is fixed to the back side of the substrate 1 with screws. As shown in FIG. 7, the link member 60 has a connecting portion 62 formed at the upper end thereof to be engaged with the engagement hole of the plunger 51 of the solenoid 5. Further, the link member 60 is provided with a pair of left and right upper engagement portions 63 having engagement holes 63a through which the upper link pins 62 pass. The upper engaging portion 63 moves the upper link pin 62 in the vertical direction in conjunction with the vertical movement of the link member 60. Further, at the lower end of the link member 60, a pair of left and right lower engagement portions 64 having engagement holes 64a through which the lower link pin 61 passes are provided. The lower engagement portion 64 moves the lower link pin 61 in the vertical direction in conjunction with the vertical movement of the link member 60. A notch 65 is formed at an intermediate position of the lower engaging portion 64. The notch 65 is configured as a relief hole when one (upper) of a return spring 66 (see FIG. 2) made of a torsion coil spring is engaged with the lower link pin 61. The other (lower side) of the return spring 66 is locked to a rotation shaft 70 of a rotation stopper 7A described later.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the first stopper member 2 is configured to include a bearing base 23 made of resin (for example, polyacetal) on the back surface of a metal plate 21 that is flat and is bent at the periphery on the back surface side. . As shown in FIG. 2, the first stopper member 2 is interposed between flanges 11 </ b> A and 11 </ b> B formed on the left and right edges of the opening portion 11 of the substrate 1, and is rotatable on the rotation shaft 20. It is supported. The first stopper member 2 rotates about the rotation shaft 20, and retreats from the product storage passage 83 in a manner of projecting from the opening 11 of the substrate 1 to the product storage passage 83 and closing the opening 11. It is freely movable between the retreat positions. A torsion coil spring 20a (see FIG. 2) is wound around the rotating shaft 20. The first stopper member 2 is always urged toward the protruding position by the elastic urging force of the torsion coil spring 20a, and the surface (upper surface) holds the product G (see FIG. 11) at the protruding position. Is formed.

  The metal plate 21 in the first stopper member 2 is formed with a pair of left and right shaft support portions 22 and 22 having shaft insertion holes 22a so that the pair of left and right shaft support portions 22 and 22 are larger than the width of the metal plate 21 (substrate 1). Is also narrow. In other words, the metal plate 21 (holding portion of the first stopper member 2) includes extending portions 21A and 21A that extend to the vicinity of the left and right edges of the substrate 1 rather than the pair of left and right shaft support portions 22 and 22. It is. The extending portions 21A and 21A are stored in the recesses 1B adjacent to the left and right of the opening 11 of the substrate 1 when the first stopper member 2 is retracted to the retracted position. The shaft insertion hole 22 a of the shaft support portion 22 is for inserting the rotating shaft 20. In addition, the shaft support part 22 is provided in parallel and reinforced in the vicinity of the right shaft support part 22 in FIG.

  The bearing base 23 locked to the metal plate 21 by the locking claws 21a formed on the metal plate 21 is provided with a pair of left and right guide projections 24, 24. 25, 25 are provided. The irregular grooves 25, 25 slide an end portion of a lock pin 71 of a later-described rotation stopper 7 </ b> A, and the first stopper member 2 and the rotation stopper 7 are interlocked with each other via the lock pin 71. It is formed to restrict the operating range of the lock pin 71. That is, the odd-shaped grooves 25 and 25 are formed by a small-diameter groove portion 25 a that defines the lock position of the lock pin 71 and a large-diameter groove portion 25 b that defines an operation range other than the lock position of the lock pin 71. Further, the shaft support portion 26 of the bearing base 23 is positioned on the same axis as the shaft insertion holes 22a and 22a of the pair of left and right shaft support portions 22 and 22 formed on the metal plate 21 so as to insert the rotating shaft 20 therethrough. A shaft hole (not shown) is provided. Furthermore, the pair of left and right guide protrusions 24, 24 are also provided with shaft holes 24a through which the rotation shaft 20 is inserted. The pair of guide protrusions 26a, 26a provided on the outer periphery of the shaft support portion 26 are formed so as to sandwich both sides of the link member 60, and guide the movement of the link member 60 in the vertical direction so that it does not shift in the horizontal direction. Is for.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the rotation stopper 7 </ b> A is interposed between the bearing portion 4 and the flange 11 </ b> B of the opening 11 and is rotatably supported on the rotation shaft 70. The rotation stopper 7 </ b> A rotates about the rotation shaft 70, and retreats from the product storage passage 83 so as to project from the opening 11 of the substrate 1 to the product storage passage 83 and close the opening 11. It is provided so as to be movable between the retracted position. Although not clearly shown in the figure, a torsion coil spring is wound around the rotation shaft 70. The rotation stopper 7A is always urged toward the protruding position by the elastic urging force of the torsion coil spring. 7 A of rotation stoppers are provided with the lock pin 71 (refer FIG. 11 thru | or FIG. 13) extended in the left-right side in the front-end | tip part which protrudes inside the goods storage channel | path 83. FIG. Both ends of the lock pin 71 engage with the deformed grooves 25 provided on the pair of left and right guide protrusions 24, 24 in the bearing base 23 of the first stopper member 2.

  The rotation stopper 7A is provided with pin insertion holes 7a and 7b as shown in FIG. The pin insertion holes 7 a and 7 b are for inserting the rotation shaft 70 and the lock pin 71. The lock groove 7c is for engaging the lower link pin 61 to lock the rotation of the rotation stopper 7A. The inclined sliding surface 7d of the rotation stopper 7A is formed so that the lower link pin 61 slides when the rotation stopper A7 rotates. Further, the rotation stopper 7A is provided with a blindfold 7e on the side opposite to the commodity storage passage 83 (see FIG. 21). The blind portion 7e extends upward in such a manner as to cover the lock groove 7c from the back side, and the lower link pin 61 engaged with the lock groove 7c is connected to the product storage passage 83 (see FIG. 21) from the opposite side. It is something to cover. Further, on the back side of the rotation stopper 7A, a relief hole 7f is provided for avoiding interference with a return spring 66 (see FIG. 2) locked to the rotation shaft 70 of the rotation stopper 7A. The left and right side walls of the rotation stopper 7A, that is, the side walls facing the flange 11B of the opening 11 in the bearing portion 4 (bearing holding portion 40) and the substrate 1, are provided with the convex portion 45 and the flange 11B of the bearing holding portion 40. The concave portions 7g and 7g are provided in which the convex portions 11B4 are loosely fitted. The recesses 7g and 7g are formed in an arc shape with the rotation shaft 70 as a center.

  The rotation stopper 7A is locked at the protruding position with the lower link pin 61 engaged with the lock groove 7c. In this locked state, both end portions of the lock pin 71 provided on the distal end side of the rotation stopper 7A engage with the small-diameter groove portion 25a of the deformed groove 25 provided on the pair of left and right guide protrusions 24, 24 in the first stopper member 2. The first stopper member 2 is locked at the protruding position (sales standby position) protruding from the commodity storage passage 83.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the second stopper member 3 is interposed between flanges 11 </ b> A and 11 </ b> B formed at the left and right edges of the opening 11 of the substrate 1, and is rotatably supported on the rotating shaft 30. It is. The second stopper member 3 rotates about the rotation shaft 30, and protrudes from the opening 11 of the substrate 1 to the inside of the product storage passage 83, and the product storage passage in a mode of closing the opening 11. It is possible to move between the retracted position retracted from 83. Although not clearly shown in the figure, a torsion coil spring is wound around the rotation shaft 30. The second stopper member 3 is always urged toward the retracted position by the elastic urging force of the torsion coil spring.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the second stopper member 3 is made of synthetic resin (for example, polyacetal), and includes a shaft support portion 31 having a pin insertion hole 31a, and a product holding portion 32 having seven tongue pieces 32a. Two stopper walls 33 are integrally formed. The pin insertion hole 31 a is for inserting the rotating shaft 30. Further, the tongue piece 32a of the holding portion 32 is formed so as to mesh with the tongue piece 32a of the second stopper member 3 in the other product carry-out device without buffering when the product carry-out device having the same configuration is laid back to back. Thus, the second stopper member 3 has a function of filling a gap between the holding portion 32 and the substrate 1 when the second stopper member 3 protrudes into the product passage. And the holding | maintenance part 32 is formed larger than the left-right width | variety of the axial support part 31 provided with the pin insertion hole 31a, and is provided with extension part 32A, 32A which protrudes with respect to the axial support part 31 right and left. When the second stopper member 3 is retracted to the retracted position, the extending portions 32A and 32A are retracted to the retracted position through the extending portions 11a and 11a formed in the upper region of the opening 11 of the substrate 1. Is. The width of the shaft support portion 31 is the same as the dimension (width) between the pair of left and right shaft support portions 22, 22 of the first stopper member 2.

  The concave slide groove 33a formed in the stopper wall 33 is slidable by the upper link pin 62, and receives the upper link pin 62 at the retracted position of the second stopper member 3. The stopper surface 33b of the stopper wall 33 abuts on the upper link pin 62 when the second stopper member 3 protrudes into the product storage passage 83, receives the product load applied to the second stopper member 3, and the second stopper member 3 is locked at the protruding position. Further, the relief groove 31 b formed in the reinforcing material around the stopper wall 33 is formed so as not to prevent the upper link pin 62 from entering the depth of the sliding groove 33 a of the second stopper member 3. Further, the escape hole 31c is a case where the product carrying-out device 10 having the same configuration is laid back-to-back, and when each second stopper member 3 is retracted to the retracted position, the stopper wall 33 of the other second stopper member 3 and The reinforcing member is formed so as to prevent the tip of the reinforcing member from escaping and increase the thickness of the entire product carry-out device.

  The sold-out detection switch 8 has a micro switch 8A and a product detection lever 8B protruding into the product storage passage 83 as shown in FIGS. The sold-out detection switch 8 is obtained by assembling a micro switch 8A and a product detection lever 8B on a frame-shaped mounting base 8C made of synthetic resin (for example, polyacetal). The product detection lever 8B is pivotally supported by the mounting base 8C and is urged to advance toward the product storage passage 83 by a torsion coil spring 8D. The product detection lever 8B is pushed by the product and retracts along the plane of the substrate 1 when there is a product in the product storage passage 83, and the torsion coil spring 8D when there is no product in the product storage passage 83 (sold out state). Is advanced to the product storage passage 83, and the micro switch 8A is operated at that time. This sold-out detection switch 8 is located at a substantially central portion of the substrate 1 and faces the sold-out detection switch 8 of the other product carry-out device 10 when the two product carry-out devices 10 and 10 are laid back to back. Since the sold-out detection switch 8 is a component shorter than the left and right and upper and lower flanges 1a to 1d (see FIG. 4 and FIG. 5A), the two do not interfere with each other.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the closing plate 20 is hung so as to cover the second stopper member 3 located above the second stopper member 3 and returning to the retracted position from the product storage passage 83 side. Yes. This closing plate 20 advances into the product storage passage 83 in conjunction with the movement of the second stopper member 3 to the protruding position, as in the conventional device, and between the holding portion 32 of the second stopper member 3 and the next sale product. The gap between the holding portion 32 of the second stopper member 3 and the substrate 1 is closed.

  The operation of the commodity carry-out device 10 of the vending machine having such a configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. In addition, in FIG. 11-FIG. 13, schematic structure is shown in order to make it easy to understand operation | movement of a goods carrying-out apparatus.

  In the sales standby state shown in FIG. 11, the solenoid 5 is not energized, and the link member 60 is urged downward by the return spring 66 (see FIG. 2). That is, the upper link pin 62 moves downward along a long hole 511 (see FIG. 5) formed in the bearing member 50 in the bearing portion 4, and the lower link pin 61 is formed in the bearing member 50 in the bearing portion 4. It moves downward along the long hole 512. In the sales standby state, the first stopper member 2 is in the protruding position by the elastic biasing force of the torsion coil spring 20a (see FIG. 2). Further, the first stopper member 2 receives the load of the commodity G because the commodity G1 is in contact with the holding surface. Further, in the sales standby state, the rotation stopper 7A is in a protruding position by an elastic biasing force of a torsion coil spring (not shown). Further, the rotation stopper 7A is configured so that the lock pin 71 is engaged with the small-diameter groove portion 25a (see FIG. 8) of the deformed groove 25 in the first stopper member 2 so that the load of the product G applied to the first stopper member 2 is increased. is recieving. Furthermore, the protruding position of the rotation stopper 7A is maintained by engaging the lower link pin 61 with the lock groove 7c (see FIG. 9). Thereby, the rotation stopper 7A keeps the first stopper member 2 in the protruding position and prevents the first stopper member 2 from moving to the retracted position. Further, in the sales standby state, the second stopper member 3 is returned to the retracted position by an elastic biasing force of a torsion coil spring (not shown). In this case, the extending portions 32 </ b> A and 32 </ b> A of the second stopper member 3 return to the retracted position after passing through the extending portions 11 a and 11 a formed in the upper region of the opening 11 of the substrate 1. Further, the closing plate 20 hangs along the substrate 1.

  When the solenoid 5 is energized by the sales command from the sales standby state shown in FIG. 11, the solenoid 5 attracts the plunger 51 against the elastic biasing force of the return spring 66 to raise the link member 60. Then, the link pin 61 below the link member 60 rises and the engagement with the lock groove 7c of the rotation stopper 7A is released. By releasing the lock, the rotation stopper 7A is rotated toward the retracted position around the rotation shaft 70 by the product load, and the lock pin 71 is also detached from the small-diameter groove portion 25a of the deformed groove 25 along with the first stopper member. 2 is released, and the first stopper member 2 is rotated toward the retracted position by the product load.

  At the same time, the second stopper member 3 protrudes from the retracted position toward the protruding position by the link pin 62 above the rising link member 60. That is, when the link member 60 rises from the sales standby state, the upper link pin 62 engaged with the sliding groove 33a of the second stopper member 3 rises. Then, the second stopper member 3 moves against the elastic biasing force of the torsion coil spring toward the projecting position about the rotation shaft 30. When the link member 60 rises to the upper limit position, the upper link pin 62 engages with the stopper surface 33b of the second stopper member 3 to lock the second stopper member 3 in the protruding position. In the process in which the second stopper member 3 moves from the retracted position to the protruding position, the tip (holding portion 32) of the second stopper member 3 is opposite to the back surface of the closing plate 20 (the surface that is exposed to the product storage passage 83). The closing plate 20 is pushed out into the product storage passage 83. That is, the closing plate 20 is pushed out into the product passage 83 in conjunction with the movement of the second stopper member 3 from the retracted position to the protruding position. The holding portion 32 of the second stopper member 3 that has reached the protruding position locks the next sale product G2 through the closing plate 20 that closes the gap between the substrate 1 and the holding portion 32, and the outlet adjustment plate 101A (FIG. 21), the next sale product G2 is held. As a result, the sale product G1 at the lowest position is carried through the first stopper member 2 (see FIG. 12).

  When the sales commodity G1 is carried out and the first stopper member 2 no longer receives the commodity load, the first stopper member 2 returns to the protruding position (sales standby position) by the biasing force of the torsion coil spring 20a (see FIG. 13). . At the same time, the rotation stopper 7A also returns to the protruding position by the elastic biasing force of the torsion coil spring. In this case, the lock pin 71 provided at the tip of the rotation stopper 7A slides on the wall surface of the large diameter groove 25b of the deformed groove 25 in the first stopper member 2 and reaches the small diameter groove 25a. As a result, the first stopper member 2 is locked at the sales standby position.

  When the solenoid 5 is de-energized, the link member 60 is lowered by the urging force of the return spring 66, so that the lock of the second stopper member 3 by the upper link pin 62 is released, and the second stopper member 3 Return to the standby position by the biasing force of the torsion coil spring. When the link member 60 is lowered to the lower limit position, the lower link pin 61 is engaged with the lock groove 7c of the rotation stopper 7A to maintain the first stopper member 2 at the sales standby position (see FIG. 13).

  Here, the opening 11 formed in the substrate 1 of the commodity carry-out device 10 is provided with extending portions 11a and 11a extending in the left and right directions in the upper region. This is because the second stopper member 3 that is movable between a protruding position that protrudes into the commodity storage passage 83 and a retracted position that retracts from the commodity storage passage 83 in a manner to hold the next sale commodity G2. This is because the holding portion 32 including the portions 32A and 32A includes a plurality of tongue pieces 32a, and the tongue portions 32a formed on the extending portions 32A and 32A and the extending portions 32A and 32A are retracted to the retracted position. . For this reason, the opening 11 is provided with extending portions 11a and 11a extending in the left and right directions in the upper region, but most of the opening 11 is smaller than the opening of the substrate described in the prior art document 1, Since the opening 11 and the left and right edge portions of the substrate 1 are formed with the closed portions 1A and 1A having a width corresponding to at least the extending portions 21A and 21A of the first stopper member 2, the substrate 1 When the thickness is the same, the mechanical strength can be remarkably increased, and the substrate 1 can be made thinner.

  In addition, the product carry-out device 10 of this type of vending machine corresponds to the type of the product storage rack 108 (usually, two types for products with a relatively short length and for products with a relatively large length). As described in the background art section, two types of product carry-out devices are prepared, but the shaft support portions 22 and 22 of the first stopper member 2 and the second stopper member 3 according to the two types of product carry-out devices are provided. By making the width of the shaft support portion 31 the same, the rotation shaft 20 of the first stopper member 2 and the rotation shaft 30 of the second stopper member 3 can be used in common for two types of product carry-out devices. It will be. In this case, the second stopper member 3 provided with the extending portions 32A and 32A is employed in a product carry-out device for a product having a relatively large length, and the second stopper member 3 from the outside in the extending portions 32A and 32A is used. By cutting both ends of the tongue pieces 32a, 32a, it can be used as a second stopper member of a product carry-out device for a product having a relatively short length.

  As described above, the bearing unit 4, the solenoid 5, the link mechanism 6, and the rotation stopper 7A that support the rotation shafts 20 and 30 of the first stopper member 2 and the second stopper member 3 in the commodity carry-out device 10 are as follows. Like the bearing portion 4, it is arranged so as to be shifted to one of the left and right directions from the center of the substrate 11 (in the right direction in the case of FIG. 1 and in the left direction in the case of FIG. 2), and 1 Since the stopper member 2 has moved to the protruding position protruding into the product storage passage 83 in the sales standby state, the other side of the opening 11 adjacent to the bearing portion 4 is the other side opposite to the one that has been offset. The part is opened as a communication hole 110 (see FIG. 2). Therefore, when the two product carry-out devices 10 and 10 are held back to back, the link mechanism 6 of the other product carry-out device 10 faces from the communication hole 110. The link mechanism 6 includes a link member 60 that supports link pins 61 and 62 for moving the first stopper member 2 and the second stopper member 3 to a protruding position and a retracted position, and the link member 60 is a return spring 66 (see FIG. 2), the rotation stopper 7 is locked to the projecting position projecting into the product storage passage 83 to prevent the first stopper member 2 from moving to the retracted position. In such a sales standby state, when the rotation stopper 7A has no blindfold 7e, the lower part engaged with the lock groove 7c (see FIG. 9) of the rotation stopper 7 through the communication hole 110 of the opening 11. When the link pin 61 is operated by an external factor (an operator or mischief during maintenance) and the lock of the rotation stopper 7 is released, the first stopper member 2 is also unlocked, so that the sale product is carried out. However, it is possible to prevent the lower link pin 61 from being operated by covering the lower link pin 61 engaged with the lock groove 7c by the blindfold 7e provided on the rotation stopper 7A. it can.

  Further, according to the first embodiment, when the rotation stopper 7A is assembled to the substrate 1, the concave portions 7g and 7g formed in the rotation stopper 7A are provided with the convex portions 45 and the openings formed in the bearing holding portion 40. 11 is configured such that the convex portion 11B4 formed on the flange 11B formed on the peripheral edge of 11 is loosely fitted. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 14, the gap g formed between the rotation stopper 7A and the bearing holding portion 40 and the flange 11B of the opening 11 is the recesses 7g and 7g formed in the rotation stopper 7A. The labyrinth structure formed by meshing with the convex portion 45 formed on the bearing holding portion 40 and the convex portion 11B4 formed on the flange 11B formed on the periphery of the opening portion 11 is divided vertically without being continuous in a straight line. That is, the recesses 7g and 7g formed on the rotation stopper 7A and the projection 45 formed on the bearing holding portion 40 and the projection 11B4 formed on the flange 11B formed on the periphery of the opening 11 divide the gap g vertically. The shielding part to be formed is formed. And since the said shielding part is located below the lower link pin 61 engaged with the lock groove 7c of the rotation stopper 7A in the sales standby state, it is a strip-shaped tool (for example, elongate) in the said gap | interval g. Even when a metal ruler) is made to enter and slide upward, the upward movement of the tool is prevented by the shielding portion and does not reach the lower lock pin 61. Therefore, even if the gap g exists, it is possible to prevent a mischief such that the tool enters the gap g and the lock pin 61 is pulled off.

  Note that the lower link pin 61 engaged with the lock groove 7c of the rotation stopper 7A in the sales standby state is removed by moving the link pin 61 upward from below the link pin 61. The portions (the concave portions 7g and 7g formed on the rotation stopper 7A, the convex portion 45 formed on the bearing holding portion 40, and the convex portion 11B4 formed on the flange 11B formed on the periphery of the opening 11) are at least the rotational stopper 7A. What is necessary is just to provide below the lower link pin 61 engaged with this lock groove 7c.

  As described above, according to the merchandise carry-out device of the vending machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the merchandise storage rack 108 that stores the merchandise G in a lying position in the merchandise storage passage 83 extending in the vertical direction. A product unloading device 10 of a mounted vending machine, wherein the product unloading device 10 includes a substrate 1 having an opening 11 leading to a product storage passage 83 and a product G (sales product G1) having the highest sales order. Rotating on the substrate 1 so as to be movable between a projecting position projecting into the product storage passage 83 in a holding manner and a retreat position retracting from the product storage passage 83 in a manner releasing the holding of the sale product G1. A first stopper member 2 that is pivotally supported, and a protruding position that protrudes from the product storage passage 83 in a manner to hold the product G of the second sales order (next sales product G2) and retreat from the product storage passage 83 You A second stopper member 3 pivotally supported on the substrate 1 so as to be movable between the retracted position and the first stopper member 2 and the second stopper member 3; A link mechanism 6 that supports the link pins 61 and 62 to be moved, a drive means (solenoid 5) that drives the link mechanism 6, and an upper and lower edge of the opening 11, and the link pins 61 and 62 Is slidably held between the bearing portion 4 and a flange 11B formed on the periphery of the opening portion 11 in such a manner as to move forward and backward with respect to the product storage passage 83. A rotation stopper 7A that is locked by a link pin 61 supported by the link mechanism 6 and locks the first stopper member 2 in a protruding position protruding into the product storage passage 83; In the product unloading device 10 of the vending machine in which the structure 6, the driving means (solenoid 5) and the bearing portion 4 are arranged so as to be shifted from the center of the substrate 1 in either of the left and right directions, the rotation stopper 7A and the A gap g formed between the rotation stopper 7A and the flange 11B formed on the periphery of the bearing 4 or the opening 11 is located at a position facing the flange 11B formed on the periphery of the bearing 4 or the opening 11. Shielding part (formation of recesses 7g and 7g formed on the rotation stopper 7A, protrusion 45 formed on the bearing holding part 40, and flange 11B formed on the periphery of the opening 11 in such a manner as to divide the continuous linear shape. By providing the convex portion 11B4), a gap g formed between the rotation stopper 7A and the flange 11B formed at the periphery of the bearing portion 4 or the opening portion 11 is provided. While smooth rotation of the rotation stopper 7A is maintained, even when a tool is inserted into the gap g, the rotation stopper 7A and the flange 11B formed on the peripheral edge of the bearing portion 4 or the opening portion 11 are provided. Since the shielding part provided at the opposite part divides the gap g formed between the rotation stopper 7 and the flange 11B formed at the periphery of the bearing part 4 or the opening part 11 in the vertical direction, the tool is rotated. It is possible to prevent the link pin 61 that locks the movement stopper 7A from reaching the link pin 61, and it is possible to prevent the link pin 61 that locks the rotation stopper 7A from being accidentally pulled off.

(Embodiment 2)
15 to 19 show a vending machine product unloading apparatus according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention, which is the same as the vending machine commodity unloading apparatus according to Embodiment 1 shown in FIGS. Are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

  The product unloading device 10A shown in FIG. 15 is different from the product unloading device 10 of the vending machine according to the first embodiment in that the bearing holding portion 40A (see FIG. 16) constituting the bearing portion 4A and the opening 11 These are a flange 11BA (see FIG. 17) formed on the periphery, and a rotation stopper 7B. 40 A of said bearing holding parts are integrally formed in the board | substrate 1 similarly to the bearing holding part 40 of Embodiment 1. FIG. The bearing holding portion 40A is configured such that the peripheral edge of the long hole 412 that slidably holds the lower link pin 61 provided on the rotation stopper 7B side of the locking flanges 41 and 41 is rotated by a burring process. It differs from the bearing holding part 40 of Embodiment 1 in the point formed as the peripheral bulging part 412A (refer FIG. 16) which protrudes toward. That is, a peripheral bulging portion 412A is provided instead of the convex portion 45 formed on one locking flange 41 in the bearing holding portion 40 of the first embodiment, and the other configurations are the bearings of the first embodiment. It is the same as the holding unit 40. Further, the flange 11BA formed on the peripheral edge of the opening 11 replaces the convex portion 11B4 formed on the flange 11B in the first embodiment, and the edge of the long hole 11B12 protrudes toward the rotation stopper 7B by burring. The flange 11B is different from the flange 11B of the first embodiment in that it is formed as a peripheral bulging portion 11BB (see FIG. 17), and other configurations are the same as those of the flange 11B of the first embodiment.

On the other hand, instead of the recesses 7g and 7g of the rotation stopper 7A of the first embodiment, the rotation stopper 7B has protrusions 7h and 7h (FIG. 18) protruding to the left and right sides (the bearing holding portion 40A side and the flange 11BA side). Reference). The protrusion 7h, 7h covers the rear side of the peripheral bulge portion 11BB provided on the edge of the long hole 11B12 of the peripheral bulging out portions 412A and the flange 11BA provided at the edge of the long hole 412 of the bearing holding portion 40A aspect, that is, those are formed so as to overlap the peripheral bulge portion 11BB provided on the edge of the long hole 11B12 of the peripheral bulging out portions 412A and the flange 11BA provided at the edge of the long hole 412 of the bearing holding portion 40A It is.

In such a configuration, when assembled with the pivot stopper 7B on the substrate 1, projections 7h formed on the rotation stopper 7B, 7h is, the peripheral bulging out portion 412A provided at the edge of the long hole 412 of the bearing holding portion 40A and It overlaps both in the aspect which covers the back side of peripheral bulging part 11BB provided in the edge of long hole 11B12 of flange 11BA. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 19, a gap g formed between the rotation stopper 7B and the bearing holding portion 40A and the flange 11BA of the opening portion 11 is formed by protrusions 7h and 7h formed on the rotation stopper 7B. vertically without continuous straight by the overlap and the peripheral bulge portion 11BB provided on the edge of the long hole 11B12 of the peripheral bulging out portions 412A and the flange 11B provided at the edge of the long hole 412 of the bearing holding portion 40A is Divided into That is, the peripheral bulge provided at the edge of the long hole 11B12 of the rotation stopper 7B the formed projections 7h, 7h and a peripheral bulging is provided at the edge of the long hole 412 of the bearing holding portion 40A out section 412A and the flange 11B The part 11BB forms a shielding part that divides the gap g vertically. And since the said shielding part is located below the lower link pin 61 engaged with the lock groove 7c of the rotation stopper 7B in the sales standby state, it is a strip-shaped tool (for example, elongate) in the said gap | interval g. Even when a metal ruler) is made to enter and slide upward, the upward movement of the tool is prevented by the shielding portion and does not reach the lower lock pin 61. Therefore, even if the gap g exists, it is possible to prevent a mischief such that the tool enters the gap g and the lock pin 61 is pulled off.

  As described above, according to the merchandise carry-out device of the vending machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the merchandise storage rack 108 that stores the merchandise G in a lying position in the merchandise storage passage 83 extending in the vertical direction. A product unloading device 10A of a mounted vending machine, wherein the product unloading device 10A receives a substrate 1 having an opening 11 leading to a product storage passage 83 and a product G (sales product G1) having the highest sales order. Rotating on the substrate 1 so as to be movable between a projecting position projecting into the product storage passage 83 in a holding manner and a retreat position retracting from the product storage passage 83 in a manner releasing the holding of the sale product G1. A first stopper member 2 that is pivotally supported, and a protruding position that protrudes into the product storage passage 83 in a manner to hold the product G of the second sales order (next sales product G2), and retract from the product storage passage 83. The second stopper member 3 pivotally supported on the substrate 1 so as to be movable between the retracted position and the first stopper member 2 and the second stopper member 3 so as to be movable between the projecting position and the retracted position. The link mechanism 6 that supports the link pins 61 and 62 to be moved to the drive mechanism, the drive means (solenoid 5) that drives the link mechanism 6, and the link pin 61, The bearing portion 4 </ b> A that slidably holds the 62 and the flange portion 11 </ b> B formed at the periphery of the opening portion 11 in a manner of moving forward and backward with respect to the commodity storage passage 83, so as to be rotatable. A rotation stopper 7B is provided, which is locked by a link pin 61 supported by the link mechanism 6 and locks the first stopper member 2 at a protruding position protruding into the product storage passage 83. In the commodity unloading apparatus 10A of the vending machine in which the link mechanism 6, the driving means (solenoid 5) and the bearing portion 4A are arranged so as to be shifted from the center of the substrate 1 to either the left or right direction, the rotation stopper 7B Formed on the periphery of the rotation stopper 7B and the bearing portion 4A (bearing holding portion 40A) or the opening 11 at a position facing the bearing portion 4A (bearing holding portion 40A) or the flange 11BA formed on the periphery of the opening 11 Shielding part (protrusions 7h and 7h formed on the rotation stopper 7B and the edge of the long hole 412 of the bearing holding part 40A) that divides the gap g formed between the flange 11BA and the flange 11BA in a straight line. Provided with a peripheral bulging portion 412A provided at the edge and a peripheral bulging portion 11BB provided at the edge of the long hole 11B12 of the flange 11B. Smooth rotation of the rotation stopper 7B is maintained by the gap g formed between the bearing portion 4A (bearing holding portion 40A) or the flange 11BA formed at the periphery of the opening 11, while the gap g Even when a tool is inserted, the shielding portion provided at the opposite position between the rotation stopper 7B and the bearing portion 4A (bearing holding portion 40A) or the flange 11BA formed at the periphery of the opening 11 is provided with the rotation stopper. 7B and a gap g formed between the bearing portion 4A (bearing holding portion 40A) or the flange 11BA formed at the periphery of the opening portion 11 is vertically divided, so that the tool locks the rotation stopper 7B. The link pin 61 that locks the rotation stopper 7B can be prevented from being accidentally pulled off. Kill.

  In each of the embodiments described above, the rotation stoppers 7 and 7A are provided with the blindfold 7e integrally. However, the rotation stoppers 7 and 7A also have no blindfold 7e. Applicable. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Board | substrate, 2 ... 1st stopper member, 3 ... 2nd stopper member, 4, 4A ... Bearing part, 5 ... Solenoid (drive means), 6 ... Link mechanism, 7A, 7B ... Turning stopper, 7g ... Recessed part, 7h: Peripheral bulge part, 10, 10A ... Commodity carry-out device, 11 ... Opening part, 11B, 11BA ... Flange, 11B4 ... Convex part, 11BB ... Peripheral bulge part, 20, 30, 70 ... Rotating shaft, 40, 40A ... Bearing holding portion, 45 ... Convex portion, 50 ... Bearing member, 60 ... Link member, 61, 62 ... Link pin, 83 ... Product storage passage, 108 ... Product storage rack, 412, 11B12 ... Long hole, 412A ... Periphery Bulge, g ... gap

Claims (2)

A product delivery device of a vending machine mounted on a product storage rack that stores products stacked in a lateral position in a product storage passage extending in the vertical direction, wherein the product delivery device has an opening that leads to the product storage passage A projecting position that projects into the product storage passage in a mode that holds the product with the highest sales order (sales product), and a retreat position that retreats from the product storage passage in a mode that releases the holding of the sales product. A first stopper member that is pivotally supported on the substrate so as to be movable between and a projecting position that projects into the product storage passage in a manner to hold a product in the second sales order (next sale product) And a second stopper member pivotally supported on the substrate so as to be movable between and a retracted position retracted from the product storage passage, and a protruding position of the first stopper member and the second stopper member When A link mechanism for supporting the link pin to be moved to the avoidance position, a drive means for driving the link mechanism, and a bearing portion that is laid between the upper and lower edges of the opening and slidably holds the link pin. In a manner that moves forward and backward with respect to the commodity storage passage, the bearing portion and a flange formed at the edge of the opening are rotatably disposed and locked by a link pin supported by the link mechanism. And a rotation stopper that locks the first stopper member in a protruding position protruding into the commodity storage passage, and the link mechanism, the driving means, and the bearing portion are arranged so as to be shifted to one of the left and right directions from the center of the substrate. in article conveying device for an automatic vending machine which is formed by a gap formed in the opposed portion between the flange formed in the periphery of the said rotating stopper bearing portion or the opening portion is a straight up and down A shielding portion having an aspect that divides it into a continuous shape is provided at the facing portion, and the shielding portion is a convex portion formed on one of a rotation stopper and a flange formed on the periphery of the bearing portion or the opening portion. And a concave portion formed on the other side into which the convex portion enters. In the commodity carry-out device of the vending machine according to claim 1, the shielding portion is formed by burring the peripheral edge of the long hole provided in the flange formed in the peripheral edge of the bearing portion or the opening portion that guides the link pin. A product unloading device for a vending machine, characterized in that it is a peripheral bulging portion that protrudes toward the rotation stopper and a protruding portion that protrudes from the left and right sides of the rotation stopper and covers the back side of the peripheral bulging portion. .

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