JPH03273475A - Commodity loading device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the labor and the working time of a worker at the time of the loading of a commodity by storing the commodity in a machine main body together with a packing box at the time of the loading of the commodity, and simultaneously, introducing the connected commodities to a commodity take-out port by cutting them by a commodity carrying-out device. CONSTITUTION:At the time of the loading of the can 3 of the commodity, the packing box 12 filled with plural cans 3 connected into one body by sheets 13, 14 is stored in the corresponding rack 2 of an automatic vending machine 1 as it is, and the can 3a at the beginning point of the connected cans 3 is set between the gear 8 and the guide plate 9 of the commodity carrying-out device 5. Then, when the automatic vending machine 1 operates in response to the throwing-in of a coin, the gear 8 of the commodity carrying-out device 5 rotates, and simultaneously, the edge 7 of the gear strikes the sheets 13,14, and cuts the sheets, and the can 3 is separated one by one from the sheets 13, 14, and is introduced along the guide plate 9 to the commodity take-out port. Thus, the labor and the working time of the worker at the time of the loading of the commodity can be reduced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to an improved structure of a product loading device for a vending machine or the like.

(b) Conventional technology Traditionally, product loading devices for vending machines, etc.
As described in Publication No. 6721, etc., a worker manually takes out several digits at a time from a cardboard packaging box containing multiple cans, which are products, and sequentially stores them in the rack of a vending machine. It was done by

(c) Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, according to the above configuration, the loading work of the operator is troublesome as the worker takes out several cans one by one from the packaging box and puts them into the rack of the vending machine. Since the products are stored in close contact with each other in the packaging box, there is a problem in that it takes a very long time to remove the products.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to reduce the labor and work time of an operator when loading products.

(d) Means for Solving the Problems The present invention is a product loading device for a vending machine, etc., which stores a plurality of products connected in advance with a synthetic resin sheet or the like in a packaging box. A product unloading device having a cutting mechanism is provided in the main body of the machine, such as a machine, and when loading the product, the packaging box is stored in the main body of the machine, and the connected products are cut by the product unloading device and guided to the product unloading port. It is structured as follows.

(;i:) Effect The product loading device of the present invention has the above-described configuration, so that when loading products, the packaging box filled with products is stored as is in the rack of the main body of a machine such as a vending machine, and the starting end of the connected products is stored as is. Loading work can be completed by simply setting the product on the product delivery device, and the labor and work time of the worker when loading the product can be reduced.

(-N) Example Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 is a vending machine. , 2 is a storage stand for cans 3, which are products. This rack 2 is provided at the top of the vending machine when the front door 4 is opened, and is divided into categories according to the products to be loaded. Above each rank 2, a product delivery device 5 as shown in FIG. 3 is installed.

This product delivery device 5 has a drive mechanism 6 that houses a motor.
and a star-shaped gear 8 connected to this drive mechanism and having an edge 7 serving as a cutting portion at its outer peripheral end.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a guide plate whose one end extends below the gear 8 of the lowest product carrying-out device 5, and whose other end is disposed at the product take-out port 1o. Reference numeral 11 denotes a lid attached to the product outlet 1o. Reference numeral 12 denotes a packaging box made of cardboard and containing a plurality of cans 3 as products. A plurality of cans 3 housed in this packaging 1i12 are connected in advance before packaging, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. That is, the plurality of cans 3 are made by bonding two synthetic resin sheets 13 and 14 from both sides of the circumferential surface at a predetermined interval by heat welding or the like.
They are integrally connected by sandwiching them. 15
is a discharge hole formed at the upper end of the packaging box 12.

In the product loading device for a vending machine configured as described above, when loading cans 3 as products, the packaging box 12 filled with a plurality of cans 3 is connected integrally with the seams 13 and 14. The can 3a at the beginning of the connected cans 3 is stored in the corresponding rack 2 of the vending machine @1 as it is, and the can 3a is transferred to the product delivery device 5.
between the gear 8 and the guide plate 9. When the vending machine I is operated by inserting a coin, the gear 8 of the product delivery device 5 rotates, and the edge 7 of the gear cuts the sheet 13.14 at the can 3. are separated from the silts 13 and 14 one by one and guided to the product outlet 1o along the guide plate 9.

As a result, when loading the product can 3, the can 3 becomes clogged.
The loading work can be completed by simply storing the packed box 12 in the back 2 of the vending machine I and setting the starting end can 3a of the connected cans 3 in the product unloading device 5. The labor and working time of workers can be reduced.

(g) Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, when loading products, the packaging box filled with the products is stored as it is in the rack of the main body of a machine such as a vending machine, and the starting product of the connected products is stored. The loading work can be completed by simply setting the product in the product delivery device, and the labor and work time of the worker when loading the product can be reduced.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a front view of a vending machine showing an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a side sectional view of the vending machine, Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a product delivery device, and Figs. 4 and 5 are FIG. 3 is a plan view and a perspective view showing connected cans. ■--Vending machine, 2--Rack, 3--Can, 5
...Product unloading device, 12...Packaging box, 13.14.
...Synthetic sugar beet sheet.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A product loading device for a vending machine, etc., which stores multiple products connected in advance with a synthetic resin sheet, etc. in a packaging box, and has a cutting mechanism in the main body of the machine, such as a vending machine. A product loading device is provided with a product unloading device, and when loading the product, the product is stored in the machine main body along with the packaging box, and the connected products are cut by the product unloading device and guided to the product unloading port. .