JPH03273385A - Merchandise conveying device for automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To efficiently take out sales merchandise by conveying out the content merchandise toward a take-out port at a certain height so as to easily take them out while being concentrated to one spot. CONSTITUTION:When a bucket 10 is raised, a belt 13 engaged to this bucket 10 is relatively moved to the bucket 10 in a horizontal direction only for the double stroke, for example, of the rise displacement amount of the bucket 10. By raising this bucket 10, the content merchandise 4 on the belt 13 is raised and horizontally moved. When the bucket 10 is raised for a/2, the merchandise is moved to a merchandise holding stage 12 provided on the bucket 10 by the horizontal action of the belt 13 and raised together with the rise of the bucket 10. When the bucket 10 is raised up to the position faced to a take-out port 8, the merchandise 4 falls down into the take-out port 9 by the inclination of the stage 12, concentrated to one spot and taken out while opening a take-out port flap 9.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a product delivery device for a vending machine for transporting the contents of a vending machine that sells products such as cans and bottles.

Conventional technology In recent years, various efforts have been made to make it easier to take out the contents of vending machines selling cans, bottles, etc., so that it is more noticeable that the contents have come out of the outlet. .

As one such device, a method has been proposed in which the merchandise for sale is lifted upward to make it easier for the user to take it out. For example, the product delivery device for a vending machine proposed in U.S. Pat. It has a structure that includes an elevator, a product information board installed at the top, and an outlet with the width of a vending machine in front of the product information board.The product that falls from the product storage shelf onto the bucket will be removed by the elevator. The bucket is then rotated and tilted forward at a position facing the product guide plate and sent out, and the sold products slide down the product guide plate and are carried out to the takeout port.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the above-mentioned conventional configuration, the ejection port spans the entire width of the vending machine, making it difficult to tell where the contents will come out, making it troublesome for users to search for the products to be sold. However, the outlet still occupied a large space, and the outlet was conspicuous over the entire surface of the vending machine, reducing its effectiveness as a billboard. Bitten,
When the products for sale are delivered to the product information board, the bucket has to be moved forward, but if the product is heavy, the bucket tilts incorrectly, making it impossible to carry out the product.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, and the position of the outlet is at a height that makes it easy to take out the contents, and all the contents (even heavy contents) can be taken out from one outlet. The object of the present invention is to provide a product dispensing device for a vending machine that can reduce the space occupied by the dispensing port.

Means for Solving the Problem In order to achieve this object, the product dispensing device for a vending machine of the present invention has a take-out port provided at a position other than the bottom of the door and having a width approximately equal to the take-out size of the product inside; A bucket that receives the contents guided from the bottom guide passage, a transport device for raising and lowering this bucket, a product holding stage attached to the blue bucket facing the takeout port, and a product holding stage attached to the blue bucket with one end facing the takeout port. The first
The other end is fixed to the product holding stage via a second fulcrum provided below the bottom guide passage, and the product is bent and supported in a crank shape by the fulcrum provided on the bucket. , a belt for delivering the contents received by the bucket to a product holding stage as the bucket rises.

Function: With this configuration, the contents of the product discharged from the product storage chamber through the bottom guide passage are transferred to the bucket and the bear v.
The vertical transport device is driven to raise the bucket. When the bucket rises, the approximately horizontal portion of the bucket (L'), which is bent and supported in a crank shape by a fulcrum provided on the bucket, moves downward one after another with a stroke twice as long as the bucket's upward stroke. Along with this, the product placed on the approximately horizontal part of the belt moves to the product holding stage side on the rising bucket, and the product is moved to the product holding stage side on the rising bucket.
/ ) is sent to the product holding stage from the folding part. Then, when the product holding stage rises to a position facing the take-out port, the contents are transported from the product-holding stage to the take-out port.

EXAMPLE Hereinafter, a product delivery device for a vending machine according to a first example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

In FIGS. 1, 2, and 3, 1 is the main body. 2
is a door, and is a plurality of product storage chambers provided inside the 3-car body. There are 4 products, which are stacked in the product storage room 3. Reference numeral 6 denotes a delivery mechanism for discharging the contents 4. Reference numeral 6 denotes a bottom guide passage that guides the contents 4 discharged from the delivery mechanism 5 to the front door 2 side, and is inclined forward from the rear. Reference numeral 7 denotes an internal flap located in front of the bottom guide passage 6 and rotatably attached to the main body 1. Reference numeral 8 denotes a take-out opening, which is located at the top of the door 2 (at a position approximately at the height of an adult's hip bone), has a width dimension that allows the product 4 inside to be taken out, and is placed close to one side of the door 2. Reference numerals 3 and 9 are take-out flaps, which are located in front of the take-out port 8 and are rotatably attached to the door 2. Reference numerals 6 and 10 are buckets, which are attached to the door 2 and move up and down in front of the internal flap 7. Vertical conveyance device!
111 at both ends. 12 is a product holding stage, which is tilted forward (for example, 40 degrees) and has a takeout port 8.
It has a dimension slightly smaller than the width dimension of , and is attached to the bucket 10 at a position opposite to the outlet 8 at the upper part. Reference numeral 13 denotes a belt, and one end of the belt on the side of the outlet 8 is attached to a lower end boo IJ-14A (
An upper end pulley 1 whose other end is rotatably attached to the upper part of the door 2 to the product holding stage 12 via a second fulcrum (second fulcrum)
4B (first fulcrum) to the bucket 1-10, and is bent into a crank shape and slidably secured to the bucket 10. The crank-shaped substantially flat part of the belt 13 has a value smaller than half the height of the outlet 8 located at the top. Reference numeral 14c is rotatably attached to the bucket 1o by a pulley, and is located at the retaining portion of the belt 13. A product guide 16 is attached to the door 2 in front of the bucket 12.

The operation of the product dispensing device of the vending machine configured as described above will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, and 3.

The bucket 10 is in a position facing the internal flap 7 during standby, and the product 4 thrown out from the product storage chamber 3 by the unloading mechanism 5 passes through the bottom guide passage 6, pushes the internal flap 7, and jumps in when the internal flap 7 is opened. Waiting for. When the contents 4 enter the bucket 10, the vertical conveyance device 11 causes an upward movement,
The bucket rises by 1°. Bucket) When 10 rises,
bucket) 10 is engaged with the bucket 10.
The bucket 10 is moved horizontally relative to the bucket 10 by a stroke that is twice the amount of upward displacement. At this time, the belt 13 is connected to the lower end pulley 14A, the upper end pulley 14B and the D! J
-140 is bent and supported, reducing movement resistance. As the bucket 10 rises, the contents 4 placed on the belt 13 rise and move horizontally, and when the bucket 10 rises by &/2 dimensions, the contents 4 are moved upwards and horizontally by the horizontal movement of the belt 13. The product moves to a product holding stage 12 provided above, is supported by a product guide 16, and further rises as the bucket 10 rises. When the packet 1-10 rises to a position facing the take-out port 8, the product holding stage 12 is tilted so that the product 4 inside
falls into the take-out port 8, the take-out LoFrasop 9 is opened and taken out. Thereafter, the vertical conveyance device 11 moves downward, and the bucket 1o descends. As the bucket 10 descends, the belt 13 performs an operation opposite to that of the belt 13 when it ascends, and the bucket 10 descends to a position facing the internal flap 7, and the belt 13
The unloading operation ends.

As described above, according to this embodiment, in front of the internal flap 7, there is a vertical conveyance device 11 and a bucket 1o that moves on this, and one end of the bucket 1o is connected to the bucket 1o via the fulcrum at the top of the door 2. 10, the other end of which is fixed to the product holding stage 12 via a fulcrum at the bottom of the door 2, and bent and supported in a crank shape; By providing a fixed product holding stage 12 and a take-out port 8 at a position facing the product holding stage 12 at the top, the contents 4 that have fallen from the internal flap 7 are transferred to a bucket that moves by the upward movement of the vertical conveyance device 11. 1o's upward movement and the horizontal movement of the belt 13, it is possible to collect and raise the products on the holding stage 12, and the position of the outlet 8 is set at a height where it is easy to take out the contents 4, and on one side of the door 2. It can be set in one place close to each other. Further, since the contents 4 are delivered from the product holding stay 712 to the take-out port 8 by natural falling due to the inclination of the product holding stage 12, it is also possible to carry out the heavy contents 4. -1
Furthermore, even if the main body 10 is wider than the height up to the outlet 8, the contents 4 can be collected to one side by moving the bucket 10 up to the outlet 8.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a main part of a product delivery device of a vending machine showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

The difference from the configuration shown in FIG. 1 is that one end of the belt 13 is fixed to the bucket 1o via the lower fulcrum. The rest of the structure is the same as that shown in FIG.

The product delivery device of the vending machine configured as described above operates in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

Furthermore, the effects are the same as those of the first embodiment.

Effects of the Invention As described above, the present invention comprises: a take-out opening provided at a position other than the bottom of the door and having a width equivalent to the take-out size of the contents, a bucket for receiving the contents led from the bottom guide passage; A vertical conveyance device that raises and lowers the bucket;
A product holding stage is attached to the bucket opposite the takeout port, one end is fixed to the bucket via a fulcrum provided above the takeout port, and the other end is fixed to the bucket via a fulcrum provided below the bottom guide passage. By providing a bell) which is fixed to the product holding stage through the bucket, is bent and supported in a crank shape by a fulcrum provided on the bucket, and sends the contents received by the bucket to the product holding stage by raising the bucket. Even if the contents, especially heavy contents, are larger than the height to the outlet, the contents can be concentrated in one place toward the outlet at a height that makes it easy to take out. , users do not get confused when taking out the products for sale, and the take-out opening is small and takes up a lot of space, which reduces the effect of the product as a billboard.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a central cross-sectional view of a product dispensing device of a vending machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of main parts from the front of FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a main part showing a second embodiment of the present invention. 3...Product storage room, 4...Contents products,
5... Carrying out mechanism, 6... Bottom guide passage, 8... Outlet, 1o... Bucket, 11... Vertical conveyance device , 12...
Product holding stage, 13...be sure), 14A
...Lower end pulley (second fulcrum), 14B...
...Top pulley (first fulcrum).

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A plurality of product storage chambers provided in the main body of the vending machine having a door that can be opened and closed at the front opening, the contents stored in stacks in the product storage chamber, and the lower part of the product storage chamber. a discharging mechanism provided in the door for discharging the contents downward; a bottom guide passage for guiding the discharged contents; a bucket for receiving the contents guided from the bottom guide passage; a vertical conveyance device for raising and lowering the bucket; and a product holding stage attached to the bucket at a position opposite to the takeout port. and one end is fixed to the bucket via a first fulcrum provided above the outlet, and the other end is fixed to the product holding stage via a second fulcrum provided below the bottom guide passage. and is bent and supported in a crank shape by a fulcrum provided on the bucket,
and a belt for sending out the contents received by the bucket to the product holding stage by raising the bucket. (2) The product delivery device for a vending machine according to claim 1, wherein an end portion of the belt via a lower fulcrum is fixed to the bucket.