JPH03201185A - Automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve vending chances by discharging a commodity to a required take-out port out of plural take-out ports arranged on plural positions of the automatic vending machine by a horizontally carrying belt conveyer to be rotated by a turn table. CONSTITUTION:Commodity stockers 7a, 7b are arranged in a stock room and the belt conveyer 13 is arranged under the stocker 7a, 7b through an electric turn table 14. When a service device 8a on a front door 2a is operated, a commodity discharge command is applied to either one of the stockers 7a, 7b and a discharged can drink 6 is received by the conveyer 13. The conveyer 13 is stopped on the position of a discharge port 12a by the rotation of the table 14 and the drink 6 is discharged to a commodity take-out port 10a by the forward rotation of the conveyer 13 When a service device 8b on a rear door 2b is operated, the conveyer 13 is stopped on a discharge port 12b similarly to the above operation and a can drink 6 is discharged to a commodity take-out port 10b by the reverse rotation of the conveyer 13.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Industrial Field of Application The present invention is an automatic vending machine that has a customer service device and a product outlet at multiple locations in the circumferential direction of the main body of the vending machine, and allows products to be purchased from any direction that is not cumbersome. It concerns vending machines.

2. Description of the Related Art A general vending machine is constructed as shown in FIG. An inner box 3 having a heat-insulating structure is provided inside the vending machine surrounded by a vending machine main body 1 and a front door 2. A product stocker 7 is installed in the chamber surrounded by the inner box body 4 and the inner door 5, in which canned beverages 6 are stacked and stocked. An evaporator, a sheathed heater, and a fan are installed at the bottom A of the inner box 3, and a compressor, a condenser, etc. are installed at the bottom B of the vending machine body 1. The vessels form a refrigeration cycle.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention When the customer service device 8 provided on the front door 2 is operated, the canned drinks 6 dispensed from the product stocker 7 are dispensed onto the shade 9, and the products opened at the front door 2 are dispensed. It is delivered to the outlet lO.

As shown in Figure 8, if the front door 2 is installed in the center of the station platform C, facing up towards the platform D,
Passengers on the down platform E or passengers standing on the side of the vending machine body 5 are forced to stand on the side of the up platform D in order to use the vending machine. Also,
When two or four vending machines are installed as shown in FIGS. 9, 10, and 11, the platform becomes narrow at the installation position of the vending machines, which is undesirable.

An object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine that can be used from a direction other than the front side of the vending machine main body.

Means for Solving the Problems The vending machine of the present invention is provided with a product stocker for dispensing products downward in the vending machine main body, as well as customer service devices and product ejection ports at multiple locations in the circumferential direction of the vending machine main body. A belt conveyor for horizontally conveying the received products is provided at a position for receiving products taken out from the product stocker, and a turntable for horizontally rotating the belt conveyor is provided, and a turntable for horizontally rotating the belt conveyor is provided at a position for receiving products taken out from the product stocker. The belt conveyor and the turntable are operated according to the operated customer service device, and the products are dispensed to the product dispensing port corresponding to the operated customer service device.

Function: According to this configuration, when customer service equipment and product take-out ports are provided on four sides: the front side, the rear side, and both sides, the belt conveyor receives the products that are dispensed from the product stocker when the front side customer service device is operated. It will be done. The turntable of the belt conveyor is rotated so that the end in the conveying direction faces the operated front side, the belt conveyor is operated in normal rotation, and the products are delivered to the product outlet on the front side.

The products discharged from the product stocker by operating the customer service device on the rear side are delivered to the product outlet on the rear side by driving the belt conveyor in reverse.

The products dispensed from the product stocker by operating the customer service device on the side are received by a belt conveyor. The belt conveyor rotates the turntable so that the end in the conveyance direction faces the operated side, and depending on the operated side, the belt conveyor is rotated forward or reverse, and the product is placed on the operated side. Dispense the product to the product outlet.

Embodiments Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be explained based on FIGS. 1 to 6. Components having the same functions as those in FIG. 3 showing the conventional example will be described with the same reference numerals.

1 and 2 show a vending machine according to the invention.

The vending machine main body 1 is equipped with a front door 2a on the front side and a rear door 2b on the rear side, and the front door 2a is equipped with a customer service device 8a.
The rear door 2b is provided with a customer service device 8b and a product outlet 10b.

Further, a customer service device 8 is provided on the side surface 11a of the vending machine main body 1.
c and a product outlet 10c, and a customer service device 8d on the side 11b.
and a product outlet 10d are provided respectively.

The inner box body 4 is also provided with an inner door 5a on the front side and an inner door 5b on the rear side, and the inner door 5a is provided with a dispensing port 12a, and the inner door 5b is provided with a dispensing port '12b. There is.

Although not shown, there are also dispensing ports 1 on the side surfaces 11a and 11b.
Dispensing ports 12ct12d corresponding to 2a and 12b are provided.

Is there a product stocker in the front and back direction [direction of arrow G] inside the warehouse? a,
7b are arranged. Product stocker 7a * 7b
A belt conveyor 13 is provided at a lower position. This belt conveyor 13 is installed via an electric turntable 14, and can be rotated between a broken line position and an imaginary line position shown in FIG.

When the customer service device 1E8a of the front door 2a is operated, a product dispensing instruction is given to one of the product stockers 7at7b, and the dispensed canned beverage 6 is received by the belt conveyor 13. Here belt conveyor 1
3 is not at the dashed line position shown in FIG. 2, the turntable 14 is operated so that it is at the dashed line position. Then, the belt conveyor 13 is operated in normal rotation to convey the canned beverage 6, and is dispensed to the product outlet lea provided in the front door 2a via the outlet 12a.

When the customer service device 8b on the rear layer 2b is operated, a product dispensing instruction is given to one of the product stockers 7a and 7b, and the dispensed canned beverage 6 is received by the belt conveyor 13. If the belt conveyor 13 is not at the dashed line position shown in FIG. 2, the turntable 14 is operated so as to come to the dashed line position. Then, the belt conveyor 13 is operated in reverse to convey the canned beverage 6, and the front door 2 is
The product is delivered to a product takeout port 10b provided at b through a payout port 12b.

When the customer service device 8c on the side surface 11a is operated, a product dispensing instruction is given to one of the product stockers 7a*7b, and the dispensed canned beverage 6 is received by the belt conveyor 13. If the belt conveyor 13 is not at the imaginary line position shown in FIG. 2, move the turntable so that it is at the imaginary line position! Drive 4.

Then, the belt conveyor 13 is operated in normal rotation to convey the canned beverage 6, and is delivered to the product outlet 10c via the outlet 12c.

When the customer service device 8d on the side surface 11d is operated, a product dispensing instruction is given to one of the product stockers 7a*7b, and the dispensed canned beverage 6 is received by the belt conveyor 13. If the belt conveyor 13 is not at the imaginary line position shown in FIG. 2, the turntable 14 is operated so as to come to the imaginary line position.

Then, the belt conveyor 13 is operated in reverse to convey the canned beverage 6, and is dispensed to the product outlet led via the outlet 12d.

Because of this configuration, in the case of the usage patterns shown in FIGS. 8 to 11, the front door 2a can be accessed from the platform D
It is sufficient to install one vending machine down the rear layer 2b toward the platform E side.

In the above embodiment, the front door 2a is opened to replenish the product stocker 7a with canned beverages, and the rear layer 2b is opened to replenish the product stocker 7b with canned beverages. However, it is also possible to provide a customer service device 8b and a product outlet job on the rear side without using a door structure, and to open the front door 2a to replenish the product stocker 7b with canned beverages.

In the above embodiment, the customer service device and the product outlet were provided on all four sides of the vending machine main body 1, but the front side and the side surface 11a
A customer service device 8a, a product takeout port 1eas, a customer service device 8c, and a product takeout port 10c are provided on the side, and the remaining two sides are provided with a customer service device 8b.
and product take-out lot tab, customer service device 8d, and product take-out port 10d.
The customer service device 8a and the product outlet 10a, the customer service device 8b and the product outlet 10b, and the customer service device 8c and the product outlet 10c are provided on the front side, the rear side, and the side surface 11a, excluding the side surface 11d, respectively. A possible configuration is that a customer service device 8a, a product takeout port 10a, a customer service device 8C, a product takeout port 10C1, a customer service device 8d, and a product takeout port 10d are provided on the front side excluding the rear side, the side surface 11a, and the side surface 11a, respectively. It will be done.

In each of the above embodiments, the case where the planar shape of the external appearance of the vending machine is rectangular has been explained as an example, but this can be similarly implemented in the case of the shape shown in FIGS. 3 to 6. I can do it.

The one shown in FIGS. 3(a) and 3(b) has an almost semicircular planar shape, and a customer service device 8 as 8 be 8 is provided on the curved surface of the front.
Product outlet ports tea, 10b, and 10c are provided corresponding to c.

The one shown in FIGS. 4(a) and 4(b) has a circular planar shape, and product outlet openings 10a, 10b, and loc are provided on the circumferential surface corresponding to the customer service equipment 8a, 8b, and 8c. .

The one shown in Figures 5(a) and 5(b) has a nearly semicircular planar shape, and has customer service bags fiiffi8a, 8b on the curved surface of the front.
Product outlet ports 10a and 10b are provided correspondingly.

The one shown in FIGS. 6(a) and 6(b) has a polygonal planar shape, and the customer service surfaces on both sides are inclined at a predetermined angle θ with respect to the central customer service surface, and a customer service device 8a is installed on each customer service surface. A product takeout port 10a1, a customer service device 8b, a product takeout port 10b, a customer service device 8C, and a product takeout port 10c are provided.

In any of the cases of FIGS. 3 to 6, the belt conveyor 13 and turntable 14 shown in FIG. 14 and dispenses the product to the product outlet corresponding to the operated customer service device.

Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, a customer service device and a product takeout port are provided at a plurality of locations in the circumferential direction of the vending machine body, and a position for receiving products dispensed from a product stocker is provided with a customer service device and a product takeout port. A belt conveyor is provided to horizontally convey the product, a turntable is provided to horizontally rotate the belt conveyor, and the belt conveyor and turntable are operated according to the operated customer service device of the customer service devices. Since the products are dispensed from the product dispensing port corresponding to the customer service device, the vending machine can be used not only from one side of the vending machine itself but also from other sides, which improves operability. In addition to improving performance, fewer sales opportunities are missed.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the automatic vending machine of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same device, FIGS. 3 to 6 are plan views and front views of different embodiments, and FIG. 7 is a conventional vending machine. The longitudinal sectional views of the vending machine, FIGS. 8 to 11, are explanatory diagrams of a conventional vending machine installed on a platform. 1...Vending machine body, 2a...Front door, 2b...
・Rear door, 6...Canned drinks, 7a, 7b...Product stocker, 8as 8bs 8ct 8d-...Customer service equipment,
lea, 5obs10c, 10d...-Product outlet,
lla, 1lb--side, 13--belt conveyor, 14--turntable.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A product stocker for dispensing products downward is provided on the vending machine body, and customer service devices and product take-out ports are provided at multiple locations in the circumferential direction of the vending machine body, respectively, to receive the products dispensed from the product stocker. is provided with a belt conveyor that horizontally conveys the received products, and a turntable that horizontally rotates the belt conveyor, and the belt conveyor and the turntable are rotated according to the operated customer service device of the customer service devices. A vending machine that dispenses products from the product dispensing port corresponding to the operated customer service device by operating the vending machine.