JPH0245186Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field of the Invention] This invention relates to a cup lid supplying device that stores a large number of cup lids to be attached to a cup, and allows the lids to be taken out one by one at any time.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

For example, in the case of vending machines that dispense tea, coffee, soup, etc. into cups,
As seen in Japanese Patent Application No. 82390, a large number of cup lids are provided, each of which is attached to the upper end of the cup to keep the contents warm and prevent foreign matter from entering. The cup lid is molded from synthetic resin, and its periphery has continuous unevenness along its circumferential direction, and these unevenness fit into the upper edge of the cup when it is attached to the cup lid. There is.

It is most advantageous in terms of storage space to store a large number of cup lids in a stack so that each customer can pull them out horizontally one by one. The unevenness of the upper and lower layers of the lid fit together and stick together, making it difficult to pull out the cup lid horizontally.For this reason, in the past, each cup lid had to be separated and stored, resulting in a loss of space. The reality is that this is inviting.

[Purpose of invention]

This idea was developed with this in mind, and its purpose is to stack a large number of cup lids, store them tightly, and then pull them out one by one almost horizontally at any time. An object of the present invention is to provide a cup lid supplying device that provides a cup lid.

[Summary of the idea]

In other words, this invention stores a large number of cup lids having continuous irregularities along the circumferential direction on their peripheries in a storage unit having a bottom plate, stacking them so that the irregularities fit with each other, and The lower end of the front surface of the storage compartment is cut out to form a take-out part, and the edge of the cup lid to be placed on the lowest layer is inserted downward into the take-out part by inserting a fingertip into the take-out part. By pushing down, the cup lid is tilted using the top of the slope as a fulcrum, and this action disengages the cup lid from the upper layer, and in this state, the cup lid can be pulled out along the slope from the take-out section. This is how it was done.

[Example of idea]

An embodiment of this invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In the figure, 1 is a case, and this case 1 is made up of a metal back plate 2 and a U-shaped cover 3 made of transparent synthetic resin attached to the front surface. A partition plate 4 is provided inside the cover 3, and a cup storage part 5 and a cup lid storage part 6 are configured by the partition plate 4 so as to be parallel to each other inside the cover 2. These storage sections 5 and 6 have bottom plates 7 and 8 at their lower ends, respectively, and a circular opening 9 is formed in the bottom plate 7 of the cup storage section 5, and the periphery of this opening 9 is made of an elastic material such as rubber. A plurality of tongue pieces 10... are attached. A large number of cups a made of synthetic resin, paper, etc. are stacked and stored inside this storage part 5, and the lower end of the bottom cup a projects below the bottom plate 7 through the opening 9. The outer periphery of the upper end of this cup a is the tongue piece 10...
When the cup a is pulled downward, the tongue pieces 10... are elastically deformed and the cup a is pulled out, and the upper layer of the cup a is pulled out from the tongue piece 1.
0..., and in this way the cup a
... can be taken out.

In the bottom plate 8 of the cup lid storage part 6, the front edge portion is inclined downward as a slope part 11,
A notch 12 is formed in the middle of the front edge of this inclined portion 11. Also, on the front of the cover 3, there is a storage section 6.
A groove-shaped take-out portion 13 is formed opposite to the lower end portion of the take-out portion 13, and a notch 14 is provided at the middle portion of the upper edge of the take-out portion 13. Inside this storage section 6, a large number of cup lids b... are stored in a densely stacked manner. These cups b... are integrally molded from synthetic resin, and the periphery has continuous unevenness 1 along the circumferential direction.
5..., and by stacking these unevenness 15
... are fitted into each other. Further, a spacer 16 is provided at the rear end of the storage section 6, and this spacer 16 allows the front and rear width of the storage section 6 to be adjusted by the cup lid b...
It is regulated to approximately match the diameter of the

Note that 17 is a lid rotatably provided at the upper opening of the case 1, and 18 is a base provided on the back surface of the back plate 2 for attaching the case 1 to an appropriate location.

Next, the procedure for removing the cup lid b will be described.

First, insert your fingertip into the notch 14 of the take-out part 13 and push down the edge of the cup lid b placed on the lowest layer. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 5, the cup lid b tilts around the top 11a of the inclined portion 11 as a fulcrum, and each cup lid b on the upper layer rises slightly while remaining almost horizontal. As a result of this operation, the unevenness 15 of the lowermost cup lid b peels off from the unevenness 15 of the upper layer cup lid b, and in this state, the lowermost cup lid b is moved along the slope 11. and pull it out. In this way, each cup lid b... can be sequentially pulled out almost horizontally starting from the lowest one and taken out.

By the way, if there is too much room in the front and rear widths of the storage section 6, the bottom cup lid b will be tilted and its unevenness 15 will peel off from the unevenness 15 of the upper layer cup lid b, and the impact will cause the cup lid on the upper layer side to In order to prevent this, the width of the front and back of the storage section 6 should be E, and the cup lids b... should be stacked horizontally in the storage section 6. The diagonal distance connecting the top of the rear end and the bottom of the front end is D.
Then, the relationship E<D may be maintained. In this embodiment, this is done via the spacer 16. However, D becomes smaller as the cup lid b... decreases, and the user's posture becomes easier to lose. In the actual product, the remaining portion of cup lid b is 5.
It has been found that this fear arises when the number of sheets becomes small. Therefore, for safety reasons, it is preferable to open the lid 17 and replenish the cup lids b into the storage section 6 when there are only about 10 cups left. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, it is preferable to attach a label c or the like to the front of the case 1.

[Effect of idea]

As explained above, according to this invention, a large number of cup lids can be stacked and stored closely, and they can be pulled out almost horizontally one by one at any time, thereby reducing the storage density of cup lids. This has the effect that the entire device can be configured compactly.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawing shows one embodiment of this invention.
The figure is a front view, the second figure is a side view, the third figure is a bottom view,
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the main part, and FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the same. 6... Storage section, 8... Bottom plate, 11... Inclined part,
11a...top, 13...take-out part, 15...irregularities, b...cup lid.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A large number of cup lids each having continuous irregularities along the circumferential direction are stacked and stored in a storage part having a bottom plate in such a manner that the irregularities fit into each other,
The front edge portion of the bottom plate is sloped downward to form a sloped portion, and the lower end of the front surface of the storage portion is cut out to form a take-out portion, and a cup lid is placed on the lowest layer by inserting a fingertip into the take-out portion. By pressing down on the edge of the cup, the cup lid is tilted using the top of the slope as a fulcrum, and this action disengages the upper cup lid, and in this state, the cup lid is moved along the slope. 1. A cup lid supply device characterized in that the cup lid can be pulled out from a take-out portion.