JP6855842B2 - Vending machine product storage rack - Google Patents

Description

According to the present invention, the distance between the pair of left and right rack side plates is made constant by a rod-shaped spacing regulating member that is arranged in the product storage of the main body cabinet and is erected through the mounting holes formed in the pair of left and right rack side plates. It concerns the merchandise storage racks of vending machines that are configured to keep.

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

As shown in FIG. 7, this vending machine includes a main body cabinet 100 having an open front surface and an outer door 160 supported by a hinge on the front surface of the main body cabinet 100, and the main body cabinet 100 is made of steel plate. A heat insulating board made of urethane foam is arranged on the upper wall, the left and right side walls, the back wall, and the bottom wall 110 inside the outer box of the above to form a heat insulating housing. The inside of the product storage chamber surrounded by the heat insulating board of the main body cabinet 100 is divided into a plurality of product storage chambers 130, 140, 150 in the left-right direction by the heat insulating partition plate 120. In each of the product storage chambers 130, 140, and 150, a product storage rack 180 having a meandering product storage passage called a serpentine method in this example is housed. An heat-insulating inner door 170 is arranged between the outer door 160 that is openably and closably supported on the front surface of the main body cabinet 100 and the front surface of the product storage in the main body cabinet 100. In this example, the inner door 170 moves up and down. It is divided into. The inner door 170 on the lower side is provided with a product carry-out outlet having a carry-out door 170a at a position facing the chute 190 that sends out the goods paid out from the product storage racks 180 of the product storage chambers 130, 140, 150. There is. The carry-out door 170a is pivotally supported at the upper end and hangs down, and at the same time, the product carry-out outlet is blocked by its own weight to prevent the outflow of cold air or warm air. Is formed so as to be sent to the product outlet 160a of the outer door 160. The upper area of the front surface of the outer door 160 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 exhibited product sample. Further, 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 160.

As shown in FIG. 8, the product storage rack 180 is erected on a pair of left and right rack side plates 181,181 made of flat plate-shaped thin steel plates, and the rack side plates 181,181 are erected facing each other with a half pitch shifted in the vertical direction. A serpentine product storage aisle (product column) 183 in multiple front and rear rows (5 rows in the figure) defined between a pair of curved rail segment rows 182, and a product input port formed in the front opening of the main body cabinet 100. A top tray 184 that links the SL (see FIG. 7) with the upper end entrance of the product storage passage 183 in the second and subsequent rows, a product unloading device 200 arranged at the lower end exit of each of the product storage passages 183, and this product unloading. The device 200 and an outlet adjusting plate 290 arranged opposite to each other across the product storage passage. In this example, the product storage rack 180 includes a product storage rack 180a on the front stage side having two rows of product storage passages 183 and a product storage rack 180b on the rear stage side having three rows of product storage passages 183. There are rack-side hook metal fittings 811 and 811 erected on the upper ends of a pair of left and right rack side plates 181 and 181 of the product storage racks 180a and 108b on the main body-side hook metal fittings (not shown) laid on the ceiling of the product storage. Locked and fixed.

It is necessary to keep the distance between the pair of left and right rack side plates 181, 181 constant in order to install the curved rail segment rows 182, the top tray 184, and the like. Therefore, the spacing regulating member 186 (see FIG. 8: in FIG. 8, the spacing regulating member 186 provided on the upper side of the product storage rack 180b on the rear stage side is visible) is provided on the pair of left and right rack side plates 181 and 181. Is known (for example, Patent Document 1).

FIG. 9 shows a main part of the invention described in Patent Document 1, and shows a mounting hole 185 provided in one of the pair of left and right rack side plates 181 and 181 and one end of the spacing regulating member 186. It is an enlarged view of a part. A pair of front and rear locking recesses 186a formed by cutting out the peripheral wall thereof are provided in the vicinity of the end portion of the spacing regulating member 186 formed in a cylindrical shape by curling. The mounting holes 185 provided at predetermined positions on the rack side plate 181 form a flexible tongue piece 185a by cutting in an inverted V shape, while projecting back and forth over the upper region of the top of the tongue piece 185a. An engaging protrusion 185b is formed. The spacing regulating member 186 is erected by inserting the space regulating member 186 from the inside of the pair of left and right rack side plates 181 and 181 into the mounting holes 185 and 185 of the rack side plates 181 and 181. In this case, the end portion of the interval regulating member 186 is brought into contact with the tongue piece 185a and the tongue piece 185a is bent outward to be inserted into the mounting hole 185. Then, when the spacing regulating member 186 is slid upward at a position where the pair of front and rear locking recesses 186a of the spacing regulating member 186 overlap the pair of front and rear engaging protrusions 185b of the mounting hole 185 in the vertical direction, the pair of front and rear locking recesses 186 A pair of front and rear engaging convex portions 185b are fitted into the 186a, and the tongue piece 185a that has been bent outward is restored to the original state to support the interval regulating member 186 and the front and rear pair of front and rear locking recesses 186a and the front and rear. Maintains engagement with the pair of engaging protrusions 185b. As a result, the interval regulating member 186 is erected on the pair of left and right rack side plates 181, 181.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2004-86854 (paragraphs 0100 to 0106, FIGS. 31 to 33).

The invention described in Patent Document 1 is excellent in that the work of erection of the interval regulating member 186 on the pair of left and right rack side plates 181, 181 is easy. However, since the spacing regulating member 186 is erected on the pair of left and right rack side plates 181,181 while being supported by the tongue piece 185a restored to the original state, a downward external force is applied to the spacing regulating member 186. And the tongue piece 185a bends outward or inward of the rack side plate 181 and the pair of front and rear locking recesses 186a of the spacing regulating member 186 come out from the pair of front and rear engaging protrusions 185b of the mounting hole 185 to maintain the engaged state. There is a problem that it may not be possible.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to stably maintain the erected state while facilitating the erection work of the interval regulating member on the rack side plate. The purpose is to provide product storage racks for vending machines.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is provided by a rod-shaped spacing regulating member which is arranged in the product storage of the main body cabinet and is installed by inserting it into a mounting hole formed in a pair of left and right rack side plates. In the product storage rack of the vending machine configured to keep the distance between the pair of left and right rack side plates constant, the mounting holes of the pair of left and right rack side plates are the holes formed by opening and the holes. A plurality of engaging protrusions projecting toward the center are provided, and the spacing regulating member is located between the pair of left and right rack side plates and is larger than the diameter of the hole in the mounting hole of the pair of left and right rack side plates. Also formed in a manner that protrudes outward from the main body piece portion having a large diameter and both ends of the main body piece portion, and also protrudes outward from the pair of left and right rack side plates, and holes in the mounting holes of the pair of left and right rack side plates. It is composed of a locking fixing portion having a diameter larger than the diameter of the portion and smaller than the diameter of the main body piece portion, and the locking fixing portion is attached to the peripheral wall of the locking fixing portion from the inside of the rack side plate. By press-fitting into the hole of the mounting hole, the tips of the plurality of engaging protrusions bent toward the outside of the rack side plate are received, and the plurality of engaging protrusions are bent toward the outside of the rack side plate. It is characterized by having a locking means for locking in a free state.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the left and right are arranged by the rod-shaped spacing regulating member which is arranged in the product storage of the main body cabinet and is erected through the mounting holes formed in the pair of left and right rack side plates. In the product storage rack of a vending machine configured to keep the distance between the pair of rack side plates constant, the mounting holes of the pair of left and right rack side plates are formed at the holes formed by opening and at the center of the holes. It is provided with a plurality of engaging protrusions protruding toward the direction, and the spacing regulating member is located between the pair of left and right rack side plates and is larger than the diameter of the hole in the mounting hole of the pair of left and right rack side plates. The main body piece portion having a diameter and the hole portions in the mounting holes of the pair of left and right rack side plates are formed so as to project outward from both ends of the main body piece portion and protrude outward from the pair of left and right rack side plates. It is composed of a locking fixing portion having a diameter larger than the diameter and smaller than the diameter of the main body piece portion, and the locking fixing portion is mounted on the peripheral wall of the locking fixing portion from the inside of the rack side plate. A state in which the tips of the plurality of engaging protrusions that are bent toward the outside of the rack side plate by being press-fitted into the holes are received and the plurality of engaging protrusions are bent toward the outside of the rack side plate. By having the locking means for locking with, the locking fixing portion of the spacing regulating member is press-fitted into the hole of the mounting hole from the inside of the rack side plate and then bent toward the outside of the rack side plate. Since the spacing regulating member can be erected only by penetrating the joint protrusion with the locking means, the erection state of the spacing regulating member is stabilized while facilitating the erection work on the rack side plate. It has the effect of being able to maintain.

It is a perspective view of the space regulation member which concerns on the product rack of the vending machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is an enlarged view of the mounting hole provided in one rack side plate which concerns on the product rack of the vending machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is an enlarged view of one end part of the mounting hole provided in one rack side plate and one end part of the space regulation member which concerns on the product rack of the vending machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is an enlarged view which shows an example of the jig when erection of the space regulation member in a mounting hole together with a mounting hole. It is sectional drawing of the state in which the space regulation member is erected in the mounting hole. It is an enlarged view which shows the modification of the mounting hole. It is a perspective view of the outer door open state of the vending machine which is the object of this invention. It is a perspective view of the product storage rack in the vending machine of FIG. It is a perspective view of the main part in the conventional product storage rack.

Hereinafter, the product storage rack of the vending machine according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Since the overall configuration of the vending machine and the configuration of the product storage rack are the same as those shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, duplicate description will be omitted, and the description will be made with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8 as appropriate. ..

FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of the interval regulating member 1 according to the present invention. The interval regulating member 1 includes a main body piece portion 11 and a locking fixing portion 12 projecting outward from both ends of the main body piece portion 11. The main body piece portion 11 of the spacing regulating member 1 attaches the spacing regulating member 1 to a pair of left and right rack side plates 2 and 2 (see FIG. 2: one rack side plate 2 is shown in FIG. 2, but one rack side plate 2 is used. It is located between the pair of left and right rack side plates 2 and 2 in a state of being erected on the other rack side plate 2 facing each other). The locking fixing portions 12 and 12 project outward from the pair of left and right rack side plates 2 and 2 in a state where the spacing regulating member 1 is erected on the pair of left and right rack side plates 2 and 2. The diameter is smaller than the diameter R3 of the main body piece portion 11. An annular groove 13 is formed on the peripheral wall of the locking fixing portion 12 to receive and lock and fix a plurality of engaging protrusions 24 in the mounting holes 21 of the rack side plate 2 shown in FIG. In this embodiment, the spacing regulating member 1 is curled in a manner in which both ends of a strip-shaped steel plate on the long side are abutted by press working on a rectangular steel plate as a material using an upper die and a lower die. By doing so, it is formed as a hollow cylindrical body.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of mounting holes 21 drilled in a pair of left and right rack side plates 2 and 2 according to the present invention. The mounting hole 21 is formed by a hole 22 in the center formed as an opening and a plurality of notches 23 formed in the shape of a corolla with open petals communicating with the hole 22, and are adjacent to each other. The notch 23, 23 comprises an engaging protrusion 24 whose tip protrudes toward the center of the hole 22. The tips of these engaging protrusions 24 are formed as concave arcs. In this embodiment, four notches 23 are provided in a cross shape, and four engaging protrusions 24 are also formed corresponding to the notches 23.

Here, assuming that the diameter of the hole 22 of the mounting hole 21 is R0, the diameter R1 of the annular groove 13 formed in the locking fixing portion 12 of the spacing regulating member 1 is set to R1> R0. The diameter R2 of the locking fixing portion 12 is defined as R2> R1> R0, and the diameter R3 of the main body piece portion 11 is defined as R3> R2> R1> R0.

Next, a method of erection of the interval regulating member 1 on the pair of left and right rack side plates 2 and 2 will be described with reference to FIG. Note that FIG. 3 shows a state in which the right end of the spacing regulating member 1 is erected on one of the rack side plates 2 located on the right side in the front view.

After the spacing regulating member 1 is arranged inside the rack side plate 2, the tip of the locking fixing portion 12 of the spacing regulating member 1 is made to face the mounting hole 21 of the rack side plate 2. In this case, a cylindrical jig 3 as shown in FIG. 4 is arranged on the outside of the rack side plate 2. The inner diameter of the jig 3 is set to be larger than the diameter R2 of the locking fixing portion 12 so as to straddle the plurality of notch portions 23 in the mounting hole 21. In this state, when the tip of the locking fixing portion 12 is press-fitted into the hole portion 22 in the mounting hole 21 from the inside of the rack side plate 2, the plurality of engaging protrusions 24 in the mounting hole 21 come into contact with the jig 3. Since the tip end side bends outward with the base end, press fitting of the locking fixing portion 12 into the hole portion 22 is allowed. By press-fitting the mounting hole 21 of the locking fixing portion 12 into the hole 22, the locking fixing portion 12 penetrates the mounting hole 21 and projects to the outside of the rack side plate 2. In this case, the tip end side of the plurality of engaging protrusions 24 bent outward abuts on the peripheral wall of the locking fixing portion 12 and slides. Then, when the annular groove 13 of the locking fixing portion 12 reaches the tip portion of the plurality of engaging protrusions 24, the tip of the engaging protrusion 24 is inside the annular groove 13 due to the restoring force of the plurality of engaging protrusions 24. Depressed.

Here, since the diameter R1 of the annular groove 13 of the locking fixing portion 12 is formed so that the diameter of the hole 22 of the mounting hole 21 is larger than R0, it falls into the annular groove 13 of the locking fixing portion 12. The plurality of engaging protrusions 24 are maintained in a state of being bent outward (see FIG. 5). In this way, the plurality of engaging protrusions 24 that have fallen into the annular groove 13 of the locking fixing portion 12 are bent outward to prevent the spacing regulating member 1 from coming off inward. That is, the plurality of engaging protrusions 24 that are bent outward function as serving rods. The diameter R3 of the main body piece portion 11 of the spacing regulating member 1 is set to be larger than the outer diameter of the jig 3, and the main body piece portion 11 of the spacing regulating member 1 penetrates the mounting hole 21 of the rack side plate 2. It does not protrude to the outside of the rack side plate 2. Further, the plurality of notch portions 23 located in the outer region of the jig 3 have a function of releasing stress when the plurality of engaging protrusions 24 are bent to prevent cracks in the rack side plate 2. ..

The other side (left side in the front view) of the interval regulating member 1 on the left end side can be erected on the rack side plate 2 in the same manner as the erection method described above. As described above, the spacing regulating member 1 can be erected on the pair of left and right rack side plates 2 and 2 only by press-fitting the locking fixing portion 12 of the spacing regulating member 1 into the mounting hole 21 of the rack side plate 2. In addition to good workability, the plurality of engaging protrusions 24 that have fallen into the annular groove 13 of the locking fixing portion 12 prevent the space regulating member 1 from coming off inward, so that the erected state is stably maintained. It is a thing.

In the above-described embodiment, the jig 3 is used to assist the bending of the plurality of engaging protrusions 24. However, as shown in FIG. 6, the bending of the plurality of engaging protrusions 24 is supported. It is also possible to make a plurality of notches (triangular holes) 4 in the portion to be the base end, and the present invention is not limited to the one using the jig 3.

Here, in the above-described embodiment, four notches 23 formed in a corolla shape having petals communicating with the hole 22 in the mounting hole 21 are provided in a cross shape, and corresponding to this. Although the case where four engaging protrusions 24 are formed has been described, the number of the cutouts 23 and the engaging protrusions 24 can be changed as appropriate. In particular, the engaging protrusion 24 projecting toward the center of the hole 22 in the mounting hole 21 is directed toward the outside of the rack side plates 2 and 2 in a manner that allows the locking fixing portion 12 of the spacing regulating member 1 to pass through. Anything may be used as long as it is bent and locked in the annular groove 13 of the spacing regulating member 1 in a state of being bent toward the outside of the rack side plates 2 and 2, and is appropriately modified as long as it does not deviate from the gist of the present invention. It can be done.

Further, the interval regulating member 1 can also be applied to a pin member for holding the curved rail segment row 182, the top tray 184, the product unloading device 200 and the like shown in FIG.

As described above, the pair of left and right spacing regulating members 1 are arranged in the product storage of the main body cabinet 100 and are erected through the mounting holes 21 formed in the pair of left and right rack side plates 2 and 2. In the product storage rack of the vending machine configured to keep the distance between the rack side plates 2 and 2 constant, the mounting holes 21 of the pair of left and right rack side plates 2 and 2 are formed by opening the holes 22 and the holes 22. A plurality of engaging protrusions 24 projecting toward the center of the hole 22 are provided, and the spacing regulating member 1 is located between a pair of left and right rack side plates 2 and 2, and the pair of left and right engagement protrusions 1 are provided. A main body piece portion 11 having a diameter larger than the diameter of the hole portion 22 in the mounting holes 21 of the rack side plates 2 and 2, and a pair of left and right racks that are formed so as to project outward from both ends of the main body piece portion 11. A locking that protrudes outward from the side plates 2 and 2 and has a diameter larger than the diameter of the hole 22 in the mounting holes 21 of the pair of left and right rack side plates 2 and 2 and smaller than the diameter of the main body piece 11. It is composed of a fixing portion 12, and the locking fixing portion 12 is press-fitted into the hole portion 22 of the mounting hole 21 from the inside of the rack side plates 2 and 2 to the peripheral wall of the locking fixing portion 12, so that the rack side plates 2 and 2 are formed. Receiving the tips of the plurality of engaging protrusions 24 that are bent toward the outside of the rack, and locking the plurality of engaging protrusions 24 in a state of being bent toward the outside of the rack side plates 2 and 2. By having the stopping means (annular groove 13), the locking fixing portion 12 of the spacing regulating member 1 is press-fitted into the hole portion 22 of the mounting hole 21 from the inside of the rack side plates 2 and 2, and then the rack side plates 2 and 2 are pressed. Since the spacing regulating member 1 can be erected only by penetrating the engaging protrusion 24 in a state of being bent outward in a manner of locking the engaging protrusion 24 to the locking means (annular groove 13), the spacing regulating member 1 can be erected. This has the effect of facilitating the erection work on the rack side plates 2 and 2 of 1 and maintaining the erection state in a stable manner.

In addition, although the product storage rack of the vending machine of the above-described embodiment having a meandering product storage passage called a serpentine method has been described, a plurality of products are stored side by side in a row in the front-rear direction. It can also be applied to a product storage rack called a slant truck in which product storage shelves having a plurality of product storage passages defined in the left-right direction are arranged in multiple stages in the vertical direction. Further, the interval regulating member 1 is not limited to the one formed as a hollow cylindrical body, and may be a solid one. Further, when the spacing regulating member 1 may regulate the movement of the left and right rack side plates 2 and 2 in the outward direction (for example, in the slant truck, the movement of the left and right rack side plates 2 and 2 inward is performed by the product storage shelf. In cases where it is regulated), one end of the spacing regulating member 1 may be formed as a header that bulges out of the diameter. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

1 ... Spacing control member, 2 ... Rack side plate, 11 ... Main body piece part, 12 ... Locking fixing part, 13 ... Circular groove (locking means), 21 ... Mounting hole, 22 ... Hole part, 23 ... Notch part, 24 ... Engagement protrusion, 100 ... Main body cabinet, 180 ... Product storage rack.

Claims (1)

The rod-shaped spacing regulating member, which is arranged in the product storage of the main body cabinet and is installed by inserting it into the mounting holes formed in the pair of left and right rack side plates, is configured to keep the distance between the pair of left and right rack side plates constant. In the product storage rack of the vending machine, the mounting holes of the pair of left and right rack side plates are provided with a hole formed by opening and a plurality of engaging protrusions protruding toward the center of the hole. The spacing regulating member is located between the pair of left and right rack side plates, and has a diameter larger than the diameter of the hole in the mounting hole of the pair of left and right rack side plates, and the main body piece portion. It is formed so as to project outward from both ends and protrudes outward from the pair of left and right rack side plates, which is larger than the diameter of the hole in the mounting hole of the pair of left and right rack side plates and the diameter of the main body piece portion. It is composed of a locking fixing portion having a smaller diameter, and the locking fixing portion is press-fitted into the hole of the mounting hole from the inside of the rack side plate to the outside of the rack side plate on the peripheral wall of the locking fixing portion. and characterized in that it has a locking means for locking in a deflected state toward the outside of the plurality of engaging projections rack plate receiving to the plurality of engaging projections of the tip of the deflected toward Product storage rack for vending machines.

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