JPH02165296A - Article throwing out machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To house many articles and to facilitate article storing work by pushing up prescribed number of piled and housed articles, pushing out the articles in a horizontal direction, throwing out the articles, and continuing the throwing out of the articles by the rotation of a drum. CONSTITUTION:Prescribed number of articles A piled and housed in a cassette 11 at the position of a lift mechanism 61 out of plural cassettes 11 fitted to the periphery of a rotating drum 21 are pushed up by the mechanism 61, pushed out by a pushing out means 95 in the horizontal direction, and thrown out. Further, when the articles A in the cassette 11 at the position of the mechanism 61 are completely taken out by the throwing out of the articles, the drum 21 is rotated by a rotation stopping means 35, and the throwing out of the articles A is continuouslly executed with the mechanism 61 and the means 95 using another cassette 11 in which the articles A are piled and housed.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to an article dispensing machine that dispenses articles such as pachinko balls and prizes exchanged for medals obtained at a pachinko parlor, for example. .

(Prior Art) Conventionally, as an article dispensing machine for dispensing a required number of articles stored in piles based on a dispensing command, for example,
There is an automatic prize dispensing machine shown in Japanese Patent No.-121878.

This machine includes an elevating platform that can be loaded with prizes of the same type and that can be raised and lowered in the vertical direction, an elevating mechanism that includes a reversible motor that serves as a drive source for elevating and lowering the elevating platform,
A push-out table that extends perpendicularly to the lifting direction near the end of the lift of the lift table and serves as a reference stand for dispensing four items, and a prize number detection means for detecting the number of prizes pushed upward from the push-out table. and an extrusion mechanism including an extrusion plate that slides the prize pushed upward from the extrusion table and extrudes it out of the machine, and a reversible motor that reciprocates this extrusion plate in the extrusion direction. When the command to pay out the prize is issued,
When the prize is pushed upward from the push-out table by the elevating mechanism and the prize number detection means detects a prize equal to the payout command, the elevating mechanism is stopped, and then the prize pushed upward from the push-out table by the push-out mechanism is It was supposed to slide on the extrusion table and be pushed out of the machine.

These elevating mechanism, push-out table, prize number detection means, and push-out mechanism constituted one unit of a prize dispensing machine. When storing even more prizes, multiple units of this type were installed in parallel.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, in the conventional prize dispensing machine, the lifting mechanism, the push-out table, the number of yen items detecting means, and the push-out W mechanism make it possible to
When constructing a unit and accommodating a larger number of prizes, a plurality of these units were installed in parallel, so when accommodating a large amount of prizes, the above-mentioned elevating mechanism, the number of prizes detection means, A large number of high-cost parts such as the reversible motor used in the extrusion mechanism must be used in the same manner, and therefore, there is a problem in that the cost becomes extremely high when increasing the capacity of prizes. .

Furthermore, as mentioned above, when multiple units with the prize dispensing function are installed in parallel, a method is adopted in which each time the prizes in one unit run out, the prizes are paid out from the next unit. , each mechanism in each unit is not operated at all except when the prizes in that unit are being paid out, resulting in a problem that the operating efficiency is very poor.

In addition, since the prizes were stacked and stored directly on the lifting platform of the lifting mechanism, when storing the prizes, the prizes had to be stacked on the lifting platform from the rear of each unit and then stored. First, there was a problem in that the work of storing the prizes was extremely difficult, as prizes were sometimes mixed up during storage.

Therefore, in view of the above points, the present invention provides a lifting mechanism,
The object of the present invention is to provide an article dispensing machine that can accommodate a large number of articles such as prizes without increasing the cost of prize detection means, extrusion mechanisms, etc., and that can easily accommodate the articles. It is.

[Structure of the invention]

(Means for Solving the Problem) The invention according to claim 1 provides an article dispensing machine that stores a large number of articles A in a pile and dispenses a necessary number of articles A based on a dispensing command. A rotary drum 21, which is equipped with a plurality of cassettes 11 in which the cassettes 11 are held in a stacked state and in which slits 17 are formed in the direction of stacking, and in which a plurality of cassettes 11 can be attached to the periphery, is rotatable by a vertical rotating shaft 24. The cassettes 11 are installed at a predetermined position on the periphery of the rotating drum 21 through the slit 17 and are held in a stacked state. A lift machine @61 is provided to move the lifted article A in the vertical direction, and extrusion means 95 is provided to push out the article Δ pushed up by the lift mechanism 61 in the horizontal direction.

According to the second aspect of the invention, a pair of rotating drums 21 are provided, and each lift mechanism 61 is provided at a position slightly forward of the position where the rotating drums 21 are close to each other.

According to the third aspect of the invention, an article discharging unit 4 consisting of one cassette 11, a lift mechanism 61, and a pushing means 95 is provided between a pair of rotating drums 21.

(Function) In the invention according to claim 1, the lift mechanism 61 can move the articles stacked and stored inside the cassette 11 located at the lift mechanism 61 among the plurality of cassettes 11 mounted on the periphery of the rotating drum 21. While pushing up a predetermined number of times, it is pushed out in the horizontal direction by the pushing means 95 and thrown out. Moreover, the cassette 11 at the position of the lift mechanism 61 due to the article discharging
When there are no more articles inside, the rotating drum 21 is rotated by the rotation stop means 35, and the cassettes 11 containing the articles are sequentially moved to the position of the lift mechanism 61.
The article A is removed by the lift mechanism 61 and the extrusion means 95.
It is possible to continue discharging. Furthermore, the rotating drum 21
The articles are stacked and stored in the cassette 11 with the items removed from the cassette 11,
A plurality of cassettes 11 can be attached to the periphery of the rotating drum 21, and a large number of articles A can be stored in the rotating drum 21.

In the invention of claim 2, a large number of articles A, A are stored in the pair of rotating drums 21, 21, respectively, and the articles A, A, which are thrown from two directions of each of the rotating drums 21, 21, are thrown at a grouped position. Served.

In the invention according to claim 3, the articles A are discharged from three directions of the pair of rotating drums 21.21 and the article discharging unit 4 between the rotating drums 21. A pair of rotating drums 21.21
Each can accommodate a large number of items.

(Example) Hereinafter, the configuration of an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 and 2 show a plan view and a front view of the article dispensing machine, and the article dispensing machine is equipped with a pair of article discharging units 2.3 on both left and right sides of the hoe body 1. In addition, an article dispensing unit 4 is also provided between the pair of article discharging units 2 and 3.

The article dispensing unit 2.3 is composed of the same or symmetrical structure including a plurality of cassettes 11, a rotary drum 21, a rotation stop means 35, a lift mechanism 61, an extrusion means 95, etc., which will be described later. Their structure will be explained.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the cassette 11 has a pair of cassette frames 12.13, and these cassette frames 12.13 have front plates t2a, 13a, side plates 12b, 13b, and rear plate. A rectangular cylindrical article storage space 14 is formed between 12c and 13c in which rectangular articles A are stored in a stacked state. Then, one cassette frame 12 is connected to the rain rear face plate 12 relative to the other cassette frame 13.
c, 13c can be opened and closed via a hinge 15 to which both side plates 12b of the double force set frame 12.13 are connected.
.

Support plates 12d and 13d are provided at the lower end of the support plates 12d and 13d that protrude inward from the article storage space 14 and support the longitudinal edges of the articles, and a slit 16 is formed between the support plates 12d and 13d. , front plate 12a, 13
A slit 17 is formed along the stacking direction of the articles A between the spaces a. Also, near the upper and lower ends of each side plate 12b, 13b, there are hook fittings 19 and 20 having hook slots 18, and each hook fitting 19 of one cassette frame 12 is connected to each hook fitting of the other cassette frame 13. 20 are installed at positions shifted upwards from each other,
This hook slot 18 has an introduction part 1 opening toward the rear.
8a and the upper drawer on the surface side consists of a portion 18b.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the rotating drum 21 is
Bearings 2 are mounted on the top plate 1a and bottom plate 1b of the recessed body 1, respectively.
2. Rotation shaft 24 provided rotatably in the vertical direction at 23
A drum body 25 is provided on the upper side of this rotating shaft 24, and this drum body 2
A plurality of cassette mounting frames 26 are provided on the circumferential surface of the cassette mounting frame 26, and a plurality of cassette mounting portions 27 are formed between the cassette mounting frames 26 to which the cassettes 11 are removably mounted. The cassette mounting frame 26 is formed into a cross-sectional shape by a fixing plate 28 attached to the circumferential surface of the drum body 25 and a mounting plate 29 projecting in the radial direction with respect to the drum body 25. A pair of hook pieces 30, 31 are provided near the top and bottom of the outer end, and each hook piece 30 on the top side projects to one side where the fixing plate 21 is located, and seven hooks 32 project on the projecting surface. Each lower hook piece 31 protrudes to the other side, and a hook 32 is provided on the protruding surface.
are provided in a protruding manner, and the hook pieces 30 on the upper side and the hook pieces 31 on the lower side of each cassette mounting portion 27 are approximately parallel to each other. Then, insert the cassette 11 into each cassette mounting Fg 527 from the outer diameter direction of the rotating drum 21, and insert the hook fittings 19° 20 on both sides of the cassette 11 between the hook pieces 30 and 31 on both sides of the cassette mounting section 27. The hook slot 18. of the hook fitting 19.20 is fitted together with the hook fitting 19.20.
The cassette 11 can be mounted by hooking the cassette 18 onto the hooks 32, 32, and can be removed by pulling the cassette 11 in the direction of the outer diameter of the rotating drum 21 while lifting the cassette 11.

The rotating drum 21 is rotated and stopped by a rotation stopping means 35. As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, this rotation stop means 35 has an annular rotation stop receiver 36 attached to the outer diameter side of the upper plate 25a of the drum body 25. An am roller 38 rotated by a motor 37 is in pressure contact with the outer circumferential surface, and by driving the motor 37, the rotating drum 21 is rotated in a predetermined direction through frictional contact between the friction roller 38 and the rotation stop receiver 36. The rotating drum 21 on the left side of the figure is in the counterclockwise rotation direction, and the rotating drum 2 on the right side
1 is rotationally driven only in the direction of one rotation of the shadow. Further, each cassette B of the rotating drum 21 is provided on the inner peripheral side of the rotation stop receiver 36 so that each cassette mounting portion 27 of the rotating drum 21 stops at a predetermined lift position of the lift [1i61].
” 11 corresponding to the position of the part 27, a recess 39 is formed at each predetermined bit.
is provided, and a lock portion 41 at one end of an abbreviated lock piece 40 is inserted into the recess 39 from above to lock the rotating drum 21.
rotation is regulated. This lock piece 40 can swing around a support shaft 42 provided on the body 1 side, and a solenoid 44 is connected to a lever 43 integrally provided on the lock piece 40.
When the solenoid 44 is energized, the lock portion 41 of the lock piece 40 is connected to the recess 39.
The lock part 41 is fitted into the recess 39 by the bias of the spring 46 of the plunger 45 when not energized, and the rotation of the rotary drum 21 is restricted. There is.

In addition, an abbreviated reverse prevention member 47 is provided near the lock piece 40 so as to be able to swing around a support shaft 48 provided on the body 1 side, so that the regulating portion 49 at the tip is always lowered by its own weight. , the restriction portion 49 is located in the recess 39 of the rotation stop receiver 36.
When the rotary drum 21 is fitted in the inside, the rotation of the rotary drum 21 in the opposite direction is restricted, and when the rotary drum 21 rotates in a predetermined direction, the edge of the concave portion 39 touches the inclined surface 4 of the restricting portion 49.
9a, the regulating portion 49 swings upward and comes out of the recess 39, allowing the rotating drum 21 to rotate.

Further, a detection plate 51 is provided on the inner diameter side of the drum body 25 and is provided with a notch 50 corresponding to the cassette mounting position, and is provided on the machine body 1 side facing above the outer diameter part of this detection plate 51. When the roller 54 at the tip of the detector 53 of the rotational position detector 52 falls into the notch 50, the rotational position of each cassette mounting portion 27 of the rotary drum 21 can be detected.

The lift mechanism 61 is located at a position slightly forward of the position where the rotating drum 21.21 of each article discharging unit 2. One pair is provided at each pair of lift positions on the periphery of the rotating drum 21.21.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, in each lift mechanism 61, a guide rod 63 is erected by a lift frame 62 having a cross-sectional shape erected on the bottom plate 1b of the fuselage 1. An elevating body 64 is provided on the guide rod 63 so as to be slidable in the vertical direction. This elevating body 64 has a slide member 64a that is slidably fitted to the guide rod 63, and the slits 16.1 of the cassettes i to 11 attached to the rotating drum 21 are inserted into the slide member 64a.
A lifting platform 6 that allows access to the article storage space 14 through 7.
The timing belt 68 is stretched between the boots 967 and 67 which are rotatably attached to the upper and lower parts of the lift frame 62. The timing belt 68 is connected to the slide member 64a via a bracket 69.A motor 70 drives the pulley 67 at the bottom.
As the timing belt 68 is rotated forward and backward, the elevating body 64 moves up and down. Also, bracket 6
A guide @ 72 having a bearing 71 rotatably protruding from the tip thereof is provided from 9, and this bearing 71 is removably fitted into a guide frame 73 provided along the vertical direction of the lift frame 62, so that the lifting body 64 Prevents horizontal shots. Furthermore, a detection piece 74 is provided protruding from the bracket 69, and the detection piece 14 is detected by the highest position detection sensor 7513 and the lowest position detection sensor 76 provided near the upper end and lower end of the lift frame 62, thereby detecting the cassette. It is possible to detect the highest position where all the articles A in the cassette 11 have been pushed up and the lowest position where the lifting platform 65 has moved below the cassette 11.

Incidentally, a push-out stand 77 is provided in the upper center area of the machine body 1 with an arcuate front end protruding from the front face of the machine body 1, and each pair of article discharging units 2.3 are mounted on this push-out stand 77. Each pair of cassettes 11.1 is
Article A is pushed up from 1.

Each pair of push-up lowers 8.78 is open, allowing the upper part of A to pass through. An introduction frame 79 is provided at the bottom edge of each push-up lower 8 to guide the article to be pushed up into the push-up lower 8.

Then, as shown in FIGS. 1, 3, and 4, the number of articles A pushed up from each push-up lower 8 above the push-out table 77 is detected corresponding to each push-up lower 8. Article number detection means 81 is provided. This article number detection means 81 is
A guide rod 83 is erected by a guide frame 82 erected on the push-out base 77 on the rear side of each push-up port 18, and a slide member 84 is fitted to the guide rod 83 so as to be slidable in the vertical direction. A detection lever 85 whose tip enters the upper region of the push-up lower 8 is attached to the member 84, and a vertically long friction plate 86 is provided. Rubbing board 86
Nima F! A friction roller 87 that contacts A is rotatably provided, and this J! ! A rotary encoder 88 is provided to detect the rotation of the rubbing roller 87. Normally, the slide member 84 is pushed out by the push-out table 77 due to its own weight.
It has descended to the position where it joins the top surface, and the lift mechanism 6
When the detection lever 85 is pushed up by the article pushed up by *11!, the friction plate 86 rises together with the slide member 84, and this *11! ! 1 on board 86! ! The friction roller 87 in frictional contact rotates, and the rotation of the friction roller 87 is detected by a rotary encoder 88, and based on the output signal from the rotary encoder 88, the push-up lower 8 moves to the push-out table 7.
It is possible to detect the quantity of articles pushed upward by the lift mechanism 61, and in this embodiment, the article A is
(article dispensing units 2 and 3 only) pushes up to 10 pieces so that they can be detected. Note that in order to avoid interference with the lower end of the friction plate 86, an escape hole 89 is provided in the push-out table 77.

By the way, on the pushing table 77 of the machine body 1, there is a cover frame 91 that covers the push-up lower 8, the number of articles detecting means 81, the pushing means 95, etc. of each article discharging unit 2.3 (including the article dispensing unit 4). A substantially arc-shaped extrusion outlet frame plate 92 is provided on the front surface of the cover frame 91 and is curved in the opposite direction to the curvature of the circumference of the rotary drum 21. An article discharging section 93 is formed on the extrusion table 77.

Then, on the front side of each pair of push-up lowers 8°78 of each article discharging unit 2.3 of the extrusion outlet frame plate 92 of the cover frame 91, articles A, A are lined up in two rows in the width direction, and ten articles each. Extrusion openings 94.94 are formed that allow the articles to pass through even in a hand-loaded state, and each article discharging unit 2
．． The extrusion plates 96.96 of each extrusion means 95.95 of 3 are arranged in a fitted manner.

The extrusion plate 96 of the extrusion means 95 has a front outer end formed in a linear surface 96a, and an inner end of the front surface formed in the rotating drum 2.
Curved surface 96b curved in the opposite direction to the curvature of the circumference of 1
There is an abbreviated metal fitting 97.9 on both the left and right edges of the rear surface.
7, the row 598.98 is rotatably mounted,
Each roller 98.98 fits into the guide grooves 101, 102 of the guide side plates 99, 100 which are arranged parallel to each other on both sides of the push-up lower 8.78 from the left and right edges of the extrusion port 94, and the push-up lower 8. The push-up lower 8.78 is movable between a forward position fitted in the push-out port 94 in front of the push-up lower 8.78 and a retracted position behind the push-up lower 8.78. The push-out plate 96 has slits 103, 103 through which the detection levers 85, 85 of the article number detection means 81.81 can be inserted, no matter which position they are in.
is provided.

The extrusion means 95 includes an extrusion mechanism 105 that moves the extrusion plate 96 in the front-rear direction, and one guide side plate 100
The outer circumferential surface 1. :, vIA whirl groove 107
A camshaft 108 formed in an endless shape is rotatably installed, and a guide @ 109 is installed in parallel. The spiral groove 107 of the camshaft 108 has an endless shape in which a cloth-wound spiral and a left-handed spiral are connected at both ends.

Further, a movable body 110 is slidably fitted into the camshaft 108 and the guide shaft 109, and the movable body 110
A pin (not shown) fits into the spiral groove 107 of the camshaft 108, and the push-out plate 96 is connected to the movable body 110 via an oval-shaped interlocking plate 111. And the support plate 106
A motor 112 attached to the ham shaft 1 is connected to the hm shaft 1 via a drive transmission means 113 (shown in FIG. 1) such as a belt and a boob.
By rotating 08 in one direction, the spiral groove 107
The movable body 110 moves forward or backward along the spiral in one of the winding directions, and the helical groove 10 is moved at the front end or the small end.
7, the moving direction of the movable body 110 is reversed and the movable body 110 moves toward the rear or the front. Note that a detection piece 114 is attached to the movable body 110, and by detecting this detection piece 114 with the forward position detection sensor 115 and the backward position detection sensor 116 provided on the front and rear sides of the extrusion table 77, The most advanced position fitted into the push-out port 94 of the plate 96 and the last retreated position behind the push-up lower 8.78 can be detected.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, an article presence/absence detection sensor 117 is provided in the cassette mounting portion 27 of the rotating drum 21 to detect whether or not the article A is stored in the cassette 11. The presence or absence of the article A is detected by projecting detection light into the inside of the cassette 11 between the light projector 117a (or light receiver 117a) on the bottom plate 1b and the light receiver 117b (or light projector 117b) on the back plate 1C.

As described above, each article discharging unit 2.3 has a circumferential or symmetrical structure including a plurality of cassettes 11, a rotating drum 21, a rotation stopping means 35, a lift mechanism 61, an article number detecting means 81, an ejecting means 95, etc. Each is configured.

On the other hand, the article dispensing unit 4 includes one cassette 11
, a cassette holder (not shown) inside the body 1 to which the cassette 11 is removably attached, a lift mechanism 61, article number detection means 81, and extrusion means 95 are provided. and,
The push-out table 77 is provided with one push-up lower 8 by which the article A is pushed up by the lift mechanism 61. In this embodiment, the number of articles A pushed up by the lift mechanism 61 is about 2 to 4, and this can be detected by the article number detection means 81. An extrusion outlet 121 through which two to four articles A can pass in a stacked state is provided in the extrusion outlet frame plate 92 of the cover frame 91 on the front side of the push-up lower 8. The extrusion plate 122 of the extrusion means 95, which is formed to have a size corresponding to the extrusion opening 121, is formed in substantially the same curvature as the extrusion opening frame plate 92 of the cover frame 91, and the detection lever of the article number detection means 81 is One slit 123 is provided through which the tube 85 can be inserted at any position, and is directly supported by the movable body 110 of the extrusion Ill structure 105 by an abbreviated arm 124. Note that whether or not the article A is stored in the cassette 11 is determined when the elevating body 64 of the lift mechanism 61 has not reached the highest position, that is, the detection piece 74 of the elevating body 64 is detected by the highest position detection sensor 75. If the item is not stored, it can be determined that the item is stored, but a separate sensor for detecting the presence or absence of the item may be provided.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the article discharging section 9
A pair of article presence/absence detection sensors 131 and 132 are provided to detect the article A extruded onto the extrusion table 77 of No. 3. Or a light receiver 132a, 131a) and a light receiver 131b, 132b (or a light emitter 131b) arranged outside each extrusion port 94.94.

1321)), the detection lights are projected so that they intersect, and the light is projected close to the top surface of the extrusion table 77, and the article is extruded from any one of the extrusion ports 94 and 121 and 94. A can be detected. In addition, the extrusion outlet frame plate 92
A window hole 133 is provided in which the detection light of each sensor 131, 132 is emitted and received.

Further, an inclined display/operation surface 135 is provided on the back surface of the cover rest 91, and a display means 136 for displaying an empty state is provided on the display/operation surface 135. This display means 136 includes a plurality of display lamps 137 and 138 arranged in a ring shape corresponding to each cassette mounting portion 27 of the rotating drum 21.21 of each article dispensing unit 2.3, and One display lamp 139 is arranged corresponding to each.

Then, in the article dispensing unit 2.3, the indicator lamps 137 and 138 corresponding to the cassette mounting section 27 of the rotating drum 21 where the presence of the article A is detected by the article presence/absence detection sensor 117 are turned off. Indicator lamp 13 corresponding to the cassette mounting section 27 detected as missing
7, 138 are turned on, and the corresponding indicator lamps 137, 138 are also turned on when all the articles A are lifted up by the lift mechanism 61, and when the rotary drum 21 is rotating, the rotation position detector 52 detects the rotational position of the rotating drum 21 and displays the indicator lamp 13.
7, 138 are turned on or off in order. On the other hand, in the article dispensing unit 4, if the article number detection means 81 determines that the article A has not disappeared, or if the article presence/absence detection means (not shown) detects that the article A is present, the display lamp 139 is turned on. The light goes out, and if it is determined that there is no light, it lights up. The display/operation surface 135 includes a rotation command button for manually rotating each rotary drum 21, 21.

Further, a door body 145 is provided on the back of the machine body 1 so as to be openable and closable, so that the cassette 11 can be attached to and removed from the interior of the machine body 1.

Next, the article throwing operation will be explained.

First, the door body 145 of the machine body 1 is opened, and the cassettes 11 containing the corresponding articles are set in each cassette mounting portion 27.27 of each rotating drum 21.21 of each article discharging unit 2.3. , the cassette 11 containing the corresponding articles is set in the cassette holder of the article dispensing unit 4. When mounting the cassette 11 on each rotating drum 21, operate the drum rotation button (not shown) on the display operation surface 135 to face the open cassette mounting section 27 of the rotating drum 21 to the open opening of the door body 145. It is rotated to the cassette mounting position and the cassettes 11 are sequentially mounted. Note that when this cassette 11 is loaded, the elevating body 64 of all the lifts IINflS61 is
The detection piece 14 is at the lowest position detected and stopped by the lowest position detection sensor 76, and the lifting platform 65 is at the lowest position when the cassette 1
It is evacuated to the area below 1.

When starting up the article dispensing machine, each rotating drum 21 of the article dispensing unit 2.3 is automatically rotated once,
It is confirmed by the article presence detection sensor 117 whether or not there is article A in each cassette mounting portion 27 of the rotating drum 21;
Display means 1 for the cassette loading section 27 where there is an article.
The display lamps 137 and 138 of the display means 136 are turned off, and the display lamps 137 and 138 of the display means 136 are turned on for the cassette loading section 21 where there is no article A. Further, when the article dispensing unit 4 is equipped with an article presence/absence detection sensor, if it is confirmed that the article A is present, the indicator lamp 139 is turned on, and if it is not present, the indicator lamp 139 is turned on.

Further, after each rotating drum 21 is rotated once as described above and the presence or absence of the article A in each cassette mounting section 27 is confirmed, the existence of the article A is detected at each lift position of the pair of lift mechanisms 61! The cassette mounting portions 27 are respectively arranged.

Further, the top position of the article A placed at each lift position of each lift mechanism 61 of each article dispensing unit 2, 3.4 is aligned. That is, the motor 70 of the lift mechanism 61 is driven, and the elevating body 64 that had been retracted to the lower area of the cassette 11 rises, and the elevating platform 65 of the elevating body 64 enters the inside of the cassette 11 through the slits 16 and 17. , - The article A @ stacked in the cassette 11 is placed on this stomach lowering table 65 and pushed up, and the number of articles is that the uppermost article A protrudes from the upper surface of the pushing table 77 through the pushing lower lower 8. Rotary encoder 8 of detection means 81
When detected from the output signal of 8, the motor 10 is immediately stopped. Note that the alignment of the uppermost position of the article A does not have to be performed at the cassette mounting position, but can be done after the subsequent article ejecting operation. In addition, if the article dispensing unit 4 is not equipped with an article detection sensor,
The presence or absence of article A can be detected by aligning the top position of article A. That is, if article A is present, it is detected by the article number detection means 81 as described above, and if article A is not present, the number of articles is detected. Before being detected by the means 81, the detection piece 74 of the elevating body 64 is detected by the highest position detection sensor 75, and the indicator lamp 139 is turned off or turned on based on this result.

The article dispensing operation will be explained using the article dispensing unit 2 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. When an article ejecting command is issued, first, the motor 112 of the extrusion mechanism 105 is driven, and the moving body 110 is driven along the spiral groove 107 of the camshaft 108.
moves backward, and the extrusion plate 96, which was in the position of closing the extrusion port 94, moves backward, and this extrusion plate 9
6 retreats to the rear of the push-up lower 8.78, and the moving body 110
When the detection piece 114 is detected by the return position detection sensor 116, the motor 112 is stopped and the retraction of the push-out plate 96 is stopped.

Next, the motor 10 of the lift mechanism 61 is driven, and the lifting platform 65 is raised, and the article A is pushed up above the pushing platform 77 through the pushing lower lower 8. When the detection lever 85 of the article number detection means 81 is pushed up by the articles A pushed up above the push-out table 77, the friction roller 81
rotates, the rotation of this friction roller 87 is detected by a rotary encoder 88, and based on the output signal of this rotary encoder 88, the number 1 of articles A pushed up from the push-up lower 8 above the push-out table 77 is detected. Ru. When it is detected that a predetermined number of articles have been pushed up, the motor 70 is immediately stopped. At this time, if the article A is pushed up excessively due to inertia or the like, the motor 70 is slightly reversed to correct the article pushing position.

Next, the motor 112 of the extrusion mechanism 105 is driven again, and the movable body 110, which is folded back along the spiral groove 107 of the camshaft 108, moves forward this time, and is pushed by the extrusion plate 96, which advances accordingly. Push out the article pushed up onto the platform 77. This extruded article A hits the edge of the push-up lower 8 and slides on the lower article A to a predetermined number of articles that are regulated and transfers onto the extrusion table 77 and slides on the extrusion table 77 and is pushed. The product is pushed out from the outlet 94 to the product discharging section 93 . Then, when this extrusion plate 96 advances to a position where it closes the extrusion port 94 and the detection piece 114 of the movable body 110 is detected by the forward position detection sensor 115, the motor 11
2 is stopped, and the forward movement of the extrusion plate 96 is stopped.

It should be noted that if there are not enough items to be stored in the article when setting, or if the amount of article A to be stored is reduced due to repeated discharging operations, the lifting body 64 may be lifted while pushing up article A. When the detection piece 74 is detected by the highest position detection sensor 15, the motor 10 is stopped even if a predetermined number of articles A have not been pushed up. At this time, the back platform 6
All the articles placed on A 5 have been pushed up above the pushing table 77, and the shortage of articles A will be dealt with as will be described later. Further, when the detection piece 74 of the elevating body 64 is detected by the uppermost stomach position detection sensor 15, the cassette VA@ section 2
It is determined that the article A is no longer in the cassette 11 of No. 1,
The display lamp 137 of the display means 136 is lit to display empty.

In this way, the articles are ejected from the article ejecting unit 2 to the article ejecting section 93 on the extrusion table 17.

The other article dispensing units 3.4 also dispose of articles in a similar article dispensing operation, and each of these article dispensing units 2.
It is also possible to simultaneously dispense items from 3.4.

Each article dispensing unit 2.3 also has a pair of lift mechanisms 6.
1.61, and a pair of cassette mounting parts 27.2.
It is possible to push up and eject 10 items each from the cassettes 11 and 11 attached to the cassettes 7 and 7,
Normally, one lift mechanism 61 located on the rotational direction side of the rotating drum 21, that is, on the central article discharging unit 4 side, is used preferentially. For example, each article dispensing unit 2.3
If the amount of articles A thrown out from the cassette loading section 2 is 10 or less, only one lift mechanism 61
The goods are pushed up and ejected from the cassette 11 of No. 7,
In addition, in the case of 11 or more (20 or less), the 10 items A are pushed up and thrown out from the cassette 11 of the cassette 81 section 21 by one lift machine M461, and the other lift mechanism 61, the remaining number of articles are pushed up and ejected from the cassette 11 of the other cassette mounting section 27. In addition, when throwing out 20 or more items A, double force set 11° 11 to 1
After throwing out 0 pieces at the same time, throw out the rest again.

In addition, if the articles in one cassette 11 run out during dispensing by one lift mechanism 61 and the predetermined number of articles cannot be dispensed, the other lift mechanism 61 transfers the articles from the other cassette 11 to the predetermined number of articles. The missing items will be disposed of. For example, when discharging 15 articles A, originally 10 articles A would be disposed of from one cassette 11, but if only 7 could be disposed of, 8 articles A would be disposed of from the other cassette 11. Dump into goods.

By the way, the articles A and A pushed up by each pair of lift mechanisms 61 and 61 of the article discharging units 2 and 3 are transferred to the pushing means 95.
As shown in FIG. 10, when the extruding plate 96 pushes out the articles to the article discharging section 93 on the extruding table 77, the articles are pushed up by the lift mechanisms 61, 61 to each article.

The center lines of the rotating drums are separated from each other in the radial direction of the rotary drum, but as the front surface of the extrusion plate 96 comes into contact with the rear end surfaces of both articles A and A, both articles A and A are lined up parallel to each other. The extrusion directions are unified, and one article is pushed toward the other article A by the curved surface 96b on the front surface of the extrusion plate 96, so that both articles A.

A is extruded and ejected to the article ejecting section 93 on the extrusion table γ1 in a state in which the objects A are arranged parallel to each other.

Moreover, as shown in FIG. 10, each article dispensing unit 2.3
．． By setting the discharging position of the articles A from 4, the articles A discharged from each article dispensing unit 2.3°4 onto the pushing table 77 do not interfere with each other and are stacked together. It can be thrown out without changing its condition, and it can be concentrated on the extrusion table 77, and the article A can be easily received from the extrusion table 17.

Note that it is possible to continuously eject articles from each article dispensing unit 2.3.4 onto the extrusion table 77, and in this case, it is possible to continuously eject the articles onto the extrusion table 77. The article A to be thrown out later is pushed out to the front side of the pushing table 7I. At this time, 40 or more articles A are simultaneously transferred to the extrusion table 77.
When article A is further thrown out after being thrown upward,
Since the articles may be pushed out from the push-out table 77 and fall, or the stack may collapse and become difficult to receive, the -p dispensing operation is stopped and the articles on the push-out table 77 are not removed. After being detected by the presence/absence detection sensors 131 and 132, the dispensing operation is restarted and the remaining articles A are disposed of.

At this time, it may be possible to tell the user to temporarily remove the article A on the extrusion table 77 and to inform the user that there are still articles to be thrown out, for example, by voice or screen display.

The lift mechanism 61 of the article discharging units 2 and 3
If there is no article A in the cassette 11 of one of the cassette loading sections 27 at the lift position, or if there are no articles A in the cassettes 11 of both cassette loading sections 21 at the same time, the rotating drum 21 will rotate. Then, the cassette mounting section 27 storing the articles is placed in the lift position. That is, first, a pair of lifts I! After the elevating body 64 of the structure 61 is lowered and the culm 65 is retracted downward from the cassette 11, the rotating drum 21 is stopped by the rotation stopping means 35.
is rotated by one or two positions of the cassette mounting portion 27, and after the cassette 11 containing the ref.
is raised and returned. Note that when rotating the rotary drum 21, if there is no article stored in the cassette mounting section 27 on the adjacent side (the side that comes to the lift position by rotation), the empty cassette mounting section 27 is passed through and the article is loaded. The cassette mounting portion 27 containing the cassette is placed at the lift position. Then, in response to the rotation of the rotating drum 21, the display means 1
36 display lamps 137 and 138 are sequentially displayed as being turned off or turned on.

In addition, the storage status of each article A in each article dispensing unit 2.3.4 can be confirmed by the display means 136, and the number of lit indicator lamps 137 and 138 indicating empty is increased, or the indicator lamp 139 is lit. In such a case, an empty cassette 11 is taken out from each article discharging unit 2.3.4 in the machine body 1, and a cassette 11 containing the article A is set therein.

Next, the article dispensing mode by this article dispensing machine will be explained by showing a specific example.

For example, if the item A to be thrown out is a ticket item exchanged for pachinko balls or medals obtained at a pachinko parlor, it is assumed that there are 100,111 prizes, 500 yen items, and 1,000 yen actual items, and the items are placed in the item throwing unit 2. A 100 yen prize is set in the item storage unit 4, a 500 yen daily item is set in the item storage unit 4, and a 1000 yen fence item is set in the item storage unit 3.

For example, if you want to give away a prize worth 9,900 yen,
Item throwing unit 3 throws out 9 prizes worth 1,000 yen, Item throwing unit 4 throws out 1 prize worth 500 yen, and Item throwing unit 2 throws out 4 prizes worth 100 yen. .

Also, for example, 21,000 yen worth of prizes (1,000 yen prizes for 21
When dispensing prizes of 40,000 yen or more (40 1,000 yen prizes) or more, the article dispensing unit 3
After 20 prizes worth 1,000 yen were thrown out at once,
Once again, the remaining six items are thrown out in succession. At this time, as shown in FIG. 10, the prize that was thrown out first onto the push-out table 77 is pushed out to the front side of the push-out table 77 as the next prize thrown out.

In addition, if the 1000 yen prize in the item dispensing unit 3 runs out during the top item dispensing, the 500 yen prize will be dispensed in the item dispensing unit 4 as a substitute for the shortage, and the item dispensing unit 4 will also If the actual items of 1,000 yen and 500 yen in the dispensing unit 3.4 run out, the item dispensing unit 2 dispenses a 100 yen prize as a substitute for the shortage. At this time, if too many 500 yen or 100 yen prizes have to be given out to replace the shortage, the dispensing operation is stopped and the staff is notified by an alarm or the like.

In addition, as mentioned above, when 40 or more prizes are simultaneously thrown out on the pushing table ll and further prizes are thrown out, -
The dispensing operation is first stopped, and after the article presence/absence detection sensors 131 and 132 detect that the prize on the push-out table 17 has been removed, the dispensing operation is resumed and the remaining prizes are dispensed. At this time, the customer is informed, for example, by voice or screen display, that the prizes on the push-out table 77 should be removed once, and that there are still prizes to be thrown out.

In addition, if the first customer's prize is left untaken on the pushing table 77 and the next customer's goods are thrown out, they will be mixed together and become indistinguishable, so the first customer's prize will be The article presence/absence detection sensor 1 detects that the article has been removed from the extrusion table 11.
After being detected by 31 and 132, the next customer's prize is dispensed. At this time as well, the customer may be prompted to receive the prize by voice or screen display.

Further, if the prize on the pushing table 17 is not taken even after a predetermined period of time has elapsed, a buzzer or the like may be used to notify the user.

In addition, in the above embodiment, in each article discharging unit 2.3, the articles A and A pushed up by the pair of lifts g[61, 61 were simultaneously extruded by one extrusion plate 96. It is also possible to extrude simultaneously or separately using extrusion plates separately provided corresponding to each lift @ @ 61° 61.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the invention of claim 1, the lifting mechanism pushes up a predetermined number of articles stacked inside the cassettes located at the rear lift mechanism of a plurality of cassettes mounted on the periphery of the rotating drum, and the extrusion means When the articles in the cassette at the lift mechanism position are exhausted by discharging the articles, the rotary drum is rotated to move the cassette containing stacked articles to the lift mechanism position. Since the articles can be moved sequentially and continuously ejected by the lift mechanism and extrusion means, the lift mechanism and extrusion t! It is possible to store a large number of items such as prizes without increasing the cost of the R structure of a single structure.Moreover, it is possible to stack the objects in cassettes while they are removed from the rotating drum, and then transfer the cassettes to the rotating drum. Since it is attached, it is easy to store items.

According to the invention of claim 2, a large number of articles can be stored in each of the pair of rotating drums, and two
Articles thrown from different directions can be thrown out in a concentrated position, and the goods can be easily received.

According to the invention of claim 3, articles thrown out from three directions of the pair of rotating drums and the article throwing unit between the rotating drums can be thrown out to a grouped position, and the receiving of the objects can be facilitated. Moreover, each of the pair of rotating drums at the back can accommodate a large number of articles.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of an embodiment of the article dispensing device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the lift mechanism.
Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the extrusion means, Fig. 5 is a plan view of the lift mechanism, Fig. 6 is a plan view of the cassette, Fig. 7 is a side view of the cassette, and Figs. 8 and 9 are rotation stop means. FIG. 10 is a plan view showing the article dispensing state. 4...Article dispensing unit, 11...Cassette, 17...
Slit, 21... Rotating drum, 24... Rotating shaft, 35
...Rotation stop means, 61.. Lift mechanism, 95.. Extrusion means, A.. Article. Respect 24 $E3 Zutazu

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) In an article dispensing machine that stores a large number of articles in a stack and dispenses the necessary number of articles based on a dispensing command, the articles are held in a stacked state and a slit is provided in the stacking direction. a plurality of formed cassettes, a rotating drum that is rotatably provided around a vertical rotation axis and to which a plurality of the cassettes can be mounted on the periphery, a rotation stop means for rotating and stopping the rotating drum, and a periphery of the rotating drum. a lift mechanism that is installed at a predetermined position and enters the cassette mounted on the rotating drum through a slit and moves the articles held in a stacked state in the vertical direction; and a lift mechanism that moves the articles pushed up by the lift mechanism horizontally. An article dispensing machine characterized by comprising: extrusion means for extruding in a direction; and an article dispensing machine. (2) The article dispensing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that a pair of rotating drums are provided, and each lift mechanism is provided at a position slightly forward of a position where the rotating drums are close to each other. (3) The article dispensing machine according to claim 2, characterized in that an article dispensing unit consisting of one cassette, a lift mechanism, and extrusion means is provided between the pair of rotating drums.