JPH0348696Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the invention] [Industrial application field] This invention is equipped with multiple upper and lower conveyor racks that send out products horizontally, and also has a bucket that receives the products sent out from the conveyor rack and conveys them to the lower delivery end. The present invention relates to a vending machine equipped with an unloading device for unloading and unloading.

[Conventional technology]

As this type of vending machine, those shown in FIGS. 5 to 7 are known. In Figures 5 to 7, the main body case 1 of the vending machine has a
It is equipped with a door 2 with a sales switch and a product outlet, and an inner door 3 with a coin pick, etc. Inside, conveyor racks 4 are provided in multiple stages up and down and in two rows on the left and right. A transport device 5 is provided. Reference numeral 91 is a chain elevator type product rack installed adjacent to the conveyor rack 4 and separated by a partition wall, and reference numeral 92 is a machine room partitioned at the bottom of the main body case in which a compressor, a condenser, etc. are disposed.

The conveyor rack 4 is provided with endless chains 42 at the front and rear that are stretched over a pair of sprockets that are respectively fitted to a pair of left and right shafts 41, and a large number of shelf boards 43 are provided to span the endless chains 42 at the front and rear. The products 8 are stored side by side. However, the drive motor 44 directly connected to one shaft 41 operates intermittently in response to the sales signal, and the endless chain 4
2 and sends out the products 8 one by one to the conveying device 5.

Also, the conveyance device 5 has a bucket 51 that moves up and down.
In response to a sales signal, a bucket cart 51 rises in a horizontal position to a position adjacent to a conveyor rack 4 for storing sales products, and receives the products 8 sent out from the conveyor rack 4. After that, Bucket 5
1 descends with the product 8 placed thereon, tilts downward at the lowest position, rolls out the product 8, and carries it out toward the product outlet. An anti-theft cover 52 is formed integrally with the bucket bag 51, and when the bucket bag is on standby for sale when it is tilted downward at the lowest position,
An anti-theft cover 52 shields the stored product 8 from the product outlet to prevent the product from being stolen.

[The problem that the idea aims to solve]

By the way, the conveying device 5 is installed so as to extend slightly below the conveyor rack 4 at the lowest stage so that the bucket 51 tilts downward and carries out the products 8 on the bucket. However, the conventional vending machine has the disadvantage that a dead space S is created below the conveyor rack 4 at the lowest stage, resulting in a low product storage efficiency.

Therefore, the object of this invention is to provide a vending machine that improves the efficiency of storing products by utilizing the dead space.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, this invention has a number of shelf boards installed between a pair of endless chains running horizontally, and a multi-tiered conveyor rack on which products are stored side by side in the running direction. , is equipped with a conveying device in which a bucket runs up and down near the discharge end of the conveyor rack, and by intermittent running of an endless chain in response to a sales signal, a designated product is sent to the bucket, and the product is transported to the bucket as the bucket runs. In a vending machine that is delivered to the lower delivery end by a conveyor rack, cylindrical products are stored in a sideways position in a meandering product rolling path that runs up and down below the conveyor rack at the bottom. It is equipped with a serpentine rack that transports products one by one one by one.

[Effect]

According to the above method, since the serpentine rack is installed in the space below the conveyor rack at the bottom, the space that was previously a dead space can be used effectively, and the efficiency of storing products can be improved. .

〔Example〕

1 to 4 show an embodiment of this invention, and parts common or identical to those in FIGS. 5 to 7 are designated by the same reference numerals.

In FIGS. 1 to 4, conveyor racks 4 are installed on both the left and right sides of a conveying device 5 in multiple stages above and below, and in some cases, in two rows in front and behind. Reference numeral 6 designates serpentine racks installed in parallel in the space below the lowest conveyor rack 4, in this case two in the left and right spaces respectively, and 7 a product chute provided in common to the two racks in parallel. The rack 6
are the front and rear track bodies 6 supported by the left and right side plates 61
2, a product rolling path 6 that runs up and down in a meandering manner.
3 is formed, and this product rolling passage 63
A product delivery mechanism 64 that removably locks the lowest product is provided at the lower delivery end of the container. A cylindrical product 8A is loaded into the rack 6 from an input port 65 on the front surface of the upper end in a horizontal position. The products 8A are guided by the track body 62 and roll down, and the lowest one is locked by the product delivery mechanism 64 and stored in the product rolling path 63 in a stacked manner. As a result of the operation of the product delivery mechanism 64 in response to the sales signal, the products 8A at the bottom are sequentially delivered one by one, and sent to the product takeout port by the product chute 7.

In the above embodiment, the case where two serpentine racks were installed side by side was explained, but the serpentine racks have height, width, etc. set to desired dimensions according to the installation space and the size of the product, and two serpentine racks are installed in parallel. It is also easy to arrange more than one in parallel. Therefore, the space under the conveyor rack at the bottom of the vending machine is used extremely effectively, and by storing product 8A,
The number of types of stored products increases, and the storage efficiency is significantly improved.

[Effect of idea]

According to this invention, cylindrical products are stored in a horizontal position in a meandering product rolling path that runs up and down below the conveyor rack at the bottom, and a serpentine is used to transport the cylindrical products at the bottom one by one one by one. Since the shaped rack is installed, the space below the conveyor rack, which was conventionally a dead space, can be effectively utilized, and the vending machine has the great advantage of increasing the variety of stored products and extremely high storage efficiency.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an internal perspective view of a vending machine showing an embodiment of this invention, Fig. 2 is a front view, Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view, Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the serpentine rack, and Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a conventional vending machine with the door open, FIG. 6 is a front view, and FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a conveyor rack. 1... Main body case, 4... Conveyor rack, 5
... Conveyance device, 6 ... Serpentine rack,
8,8A...Product, 51...Bucket.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A large number of shelves are installed between a pair of endless chains running in the horizontal direction, and a conveyor rack on which products are stored side by side in the running direction is provided in multiple stages vertically, and a conveyor rack is installed in the vicinity of the discharge end of the conveyor rack. Equipped with a conveyor device that allows the bucket to move up and down, specified products are sent to the bucket by intermittent running of an endless chain in response to a sales signal.
In a vending machine that transports the product to the lower delivery end by running a bucket, the cylindrical product is stored in a sideways position in the product rolling path that snakes up and down below the conveyor rack at the bottom. A vending machine characterized by being equipped with a serpentine rack that sequentially carries out the cylindrical products at the bottom one by one.