JPH0358194A - Refrigerating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the initial cost and the running cost by making an automatic vending machine part and a showcase part share a single cooling device. CONSTITUTION:A showcase part 32 includes a see-through door 37 which is opened and closed on an inner surface 31a of a main body casing 31. An auto matic vending machine part 33 includes a show window 41, a coin slot part 42, and a commodity take-out port 43 formed on an outer side face 31b of the casing 31. A commodity loading device 44 is added to load the commodities 39 together with a cooling device 35 which cools the inside of the casing 31. Furthermore a commodity selector is added to the part 32 to eject a selector commodity 39 to a commodity ejecting port 40 formed at the side of an inner side face 31a of the casing 31 from the device 44 together with a commodity supply port 44a of the device 44. In such a constitution, both functions of a conventional cold showcase and automatic vending machine are secured. As a result, both the initial and running costs can be reduced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a refrigeration system in which a conventional vending machine and a refrigeration showcase are integrated back to back.

(Prior art) Conventionally, as shown in Fig. 4, in convenience stores, etc., a refrigerated showcase 2 is installed inside the store on the outside wall 1 of the building, while a vending machine 3 is installed outside the store OUT. be.

This refrigeration showcase 2 has an upper chamber of its main casing 4 made of transparent material such as glass. 52ffi! 5a, each of whose lower chamber is configured as a machine room 7 in which a cooling device 6 is housed, and a plurality of products 8 housed in the showcase 5 are cooled by an evaporator 9 of the cooling device 6. It looks like this.

On the other hand, the vending machine 3 accommodates a servine 11 for filling a plurality of products 8 in the upper chamber of the main body casing 10, and a cooling device 12 in the lower chamber of the main body casing 10.
A plurality of products 8 in the servo tine 11 are cooled by cooling the atmosphere inside the main body casing 10 with the evaporator 13a of this cooling device @12. .

Further, the vending machine 3 has a coin mechanism device (not shown), and by inserting currency such as coins into the coin slot 148 or the like and pressing the product selection button 14b, the selected product is transferred to the product takeout port 15. It is designed to be discharged.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, when installing the frozen showcase 2 and the vending machine 3 separately and independently in this way, the frozen showcase 2 and the vending machine 3 must be purchased separately. As a result, the initial cost increases, and both
Since each of the cooling devices 6 and 12 consumes power, there is a problem that the power consumption is large and the running cost is also high.

In addition, the frozen showcase 2 and vending machine 3 will be installed inside and outside the store.
Installation space is required for each of N and OtJT. Moreover, in order to vent heat exhaust from the condensers of the two cooling units 6 and 12, it is necessary to set an appropriate gap between the back of each main body casing 4.10 of both units 2.3 and the outside wall 1 of the building. Therefore, the installation space is further increased.

Furthermore, the exhaust heat from the condenser in the refrigeration showcase 2 is directed toward the inside of the store, resulting in an increase in the cooling load of the inside of the store.

Furthermore, it is necessary to replenish products to both 2 and 3 separately, and there is a problem that products cannot be sold during the replenishment of products.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to provide a refrigeration system that can reduce initial costs and running costs, and facilitate maintenance.

[Structure of the invention]

(Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention is, for example, a conventional frozen showcase 2 and a vending machine 3 integrated back to back, and is configured as follows.

That is, the present invention provides a main body casing with a currency slot provided on the outer surface and a see-through door provided on the inner surface behind the currency slot so as to be openable and closable;
a cooling device that cools the inside of the main body casing; a product filling device that refills a plurality of products in the main body casing; and a product filling device that refills a plurality of products in the main body casing; A vending machine section that discharges the product from the product filling device to the product outlet on the outer surface side of the main casing, and a showcase section that is provided with a display shelf on which a plurality of products are placed and displayed inside the transparent door. and a product selection device for discharging a product selected from the displayed products from the product filling device to a product discharge port on the inner surface side of the main body casing; and a product selection device in the product filling device. It is characterized in that it is provided with a refill port.

(Function) In the refrigeration system of the present invention, one cooling system is shared by the vending machine section and the showcase section.
Compared to the case of driving, both the initial cost 1. and the running cost can be reduced.

Further, in the present invention, since the product replenishment port for replenishing products in the vending machine section is opened on the showcase section side, it is possible to replenish the vending machine with products from the product replenishment port on the showcase section side. can.

Therefore, even during the replenishment of products, the vending machine section can sell products.

Furthermore, since the present invention combines a conventional vending machine and a showcase back to back, the installation space can be saved compared to the case where these are installed separately.

(Example) An example of the present invention will be described below based on FIGS. 1 to 3.

FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing the overall configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, a refrigeration system 30 of this embodiment has a main body casing 31 in the form of a closed rectangular tube, which is attached to the outside wall W of a store building. By installing it inside the inside/outside through-hole wh, one side of it extends toward the inside of the store, while the other side extends toward the outside of the store.
It protrudes on the T side.

This main body casing 31 constitutes a showcase section 32 on approximately half of the IN side (on the right side in the figure) at the upper part of the figure, and approximately half of the OUT side (on the left side in the figure) on the rear side of the main body casing 31 constitutes a vending machine section. 33, and the lower chamber of the main body casing 31 is configured as a machine chamber 34.

The machine room 34 accommodates a compressor 35a of the cooling device 35, an outdoor fan 35b, a condenser 35c, and the like, and has an outlet 35f for exhaust heat of the condenser 35c opened on its outer side OUT.

On the other hand, the main body casing 31 has a central axis in its upper chamber.
A rear duct 36 consisting of a pair of left and right transparent plates is coaxially arranged and partitions the inside of the main body casing 31 into a showcase section 32 and a vending machine section 33.

Inside the back duct 36 is an evaporator 35 of the cooling device 35.
It has a built-in cooling fan 35e, and an evaporator 35d.
The ambient air cooled by the indoor fan 735e is used as cold air.
Due to the rotation, the interior of the showcase section 32 and the vending machine section 3
It is designed to blow out to the upper end of the inside.

The showcase part 32 is an inner part 31 of the main body casing 31.
For example, as shown in FIG. J! A door 37 is provided to be openable and closable, and inside the main body casing 31 inside the see-through door 37, a plurality of exhibits 6138 fixed to the right side plate of the rear duct 36 in the figure are provided in multiple stages in the vertical direction.

These display shelves 38 display a plurality of products 39 such as cylindrical canned coffee. The three products are displayed so that they can be seen from the outside through the inner surface 31a of the main body casing 31 and the transparent door 37.

Further, a product discharge port 4o is opened in the lower part of the inner surface 31a of the main body casing 31 below the transparent view i'i37.

On the other hand, the vending machine section 33 has a show window 41 on the outer surface 3lb side of the main body casing 31 for displaying products 39.
A currency input slot 42, a product selection button 42a, and a product output port 43 are provided, respectively.

Further, a serpentine 44, which is a product filling device for filling three products, is built into the main body casing 31 inside the outer surface 3lb.

For example, a plurality of serpentines 44 are arranged in parallel for each type of product 39, meandering in the vertical direction multiple times, and have a product replenishment port 44a at the upper end facing the top of the showcase section 32, so that the showcase section Products 39 can be replenished from the section 32 side.

In addition, the discharge port 4 at the lower end of each serpentine '44 in the figure
4b communicates with the product outlet 43 via a horizontal communication hole 46. A chevron-shaped discharge guide stand 4 facing this communication hole 46
6a is provided with a switching lever device @48 at the top of the chevron, and by switching the switching lever, it is possible to switch whether to discharge the product 39 from the serpentine 44 to either the product discharge port 40 or the product take-out port 43. It has become.

The currency slot 42 forms part of a coin mechanism device 45 shown in FIG. This coin mechanism device 45 receives coins or banknotes inserted from the currency slot 42, and transfers the product selected by the product selection button 42a to the serpentine 4.
In order to selectively discharge the products from the product outlet 4 to the product outlet 43, the outlet ends 44b of the required servintine 44 are opened, and the switching lever device 48 is appropriately switched.

As shown in FIG.
A plurality of in-store product selection buttons 47 are arranged in 1a.

When three products are selected by pressing the in-store product selection button 47, the lever of the switching lever device 48 is tilted toward the vending machine section 33 side, and the exits t1a4-4b of the serpentine 44 are set to the product IJ1 exit. 40, and the selected product 39 is transported to servantine 4.
4 to a product discharge port 40.

That is, the product selection device has an in-store product selection button 47 interposed in the middle of the power supply line 49 that electrically connects the electric IP to the coin mechanism device 45, as shown in FIG. , the product 39 is selected, the power to the coin mechanism device 45 is cut off, the automatic vending function is stopped, and the in-store selection display lamp 51 and the electromagnetic device 52 are energized via the timer 50. .

Therefore, by pressing the selection button 47, the in-store selection display lamp 51 is lit for the time set by the timer 50, and the switching lever device 48 is energized.
The lever of the switching lever device 48 can be tilted toward the vending machine 33 side, and the showcase section 32 is moved for a time set by the timer 50 rather than selecting a product in the vending machine section 33.
Priority will be given to product selection.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

When the refrigeration system of this embodiment is operated, the evaporator 35d of the cooling system 35 is cooled, and the exhaust heat of the condenser 35c is blown by the outdoor fan 35b from the outlet 35f to the outside of the store OUT in front of the vending machine 33 side. be discharged.

Therefore, compared to the conventional example in which the waste heat of the condenser 35c is discharged to the IN side of the store, it is possible to prevent the cooling load inside the store from increasing.

On the other hand, the evaporator 35d cools the air around it,
The cool air is blown out from the upper opening of the rear duct 36 in the figure into the main body casing 31 in the left-right direction in the figure by the cooling fan 35e. As a result, the products 39 in the product filling device 44 and the products 39 on the display shelf 38 are cooled.

Here, when coins or banknotes are inserted into the currency slot 42 of the vending machine section 33 and a product 39 is selected by the product selection button 46, the coin mechanism device 45 (see FIG. 3) selects the selected product. The outlet end 44b of the servientine 44 filled with 39 is opened, and the switching lever device 48 is opened.
tilt the lever toward the showcase section 32 side.

For this purpose, the selected product 39 is
and is discharged to the product outlet 43.

On the other hand, when the in-store product selection button 47 of the showcase section 32 is pressed on the in-store IN side, the power supply to the coin mechanism W145 is cut off and the timer 5 is turned off as shown in FIG.
0, the in-store selection display lamp 51 and the switching lever device 148 are energized.

Therefore, the timer 50 is activated and starts counting the set time, and the in-store selection display lamp 51 lights up to indicate that the product has been selected on the showcase section 32 side.
The lever of the switching lever device 48 is switched so as to be tilted toward the vending machine section 33, and the vending function of the vending machine section 33 is stopped for a set time.

In addition, a product 3 selected by a product selection device (not shown)
The outlet end 44b of the servientine 44 filled with the product 9 is opened, and the product is discharged to the product discharge port 40 of the showcase section 32 while being guided by the lever of the switching lever device.

This selected product 39 is paid for, for example, at a cash register inside the store.

In addition, the see-through door 37 of the showcase section 32 can be opened and closed at any time, and the product 39 can be taken out by opening the see-through door 37. If a product is selected incorrectly, the product can be transferred to the showcase section 32 at any time. It can be returned.

The remaining amount of the three products in each servintine 44 is then passed through the transparent back duct 36 and see-through door 37 to the inside of the store.
This can be visually checked from the N side.

Furthermore, since the product replenishment port 44a of each serpentine 44 opens on the showcase section 32 side, it is possible to open the see-through door 37 and replenish the product 39 into each serpentine 44 from the case section 32 side. .

Therefore, according to this embodiment, one refrigeration device 30 is used to store the conventional refrigeration showcase 2 and the vending machine 3 (fourth
(See figure) Since both uses can be achieved, the initial cost can be reduced compared to purchasing both 2 and 3 separately, and the cooling device 3
Since only one cooling device 5 is required, the power consumption of this cooling device 1135 can be saved, and running costs can also be reduced.

Furthermore, the refrigeration system of this embodiment separates the conventional refrigeration showcase 2 and vending machine 3! It is possible to save installation space compared to a single installation, and
It is possible to reduce the time and cost required for installation.

Moreover, since the waste heat of the condenser 35c is discharged from the outlet 35f on the vending machine section 33 side to the outside OtJT, the conventional refrigeration showcase 2 discharges the waste heat of the condenser of the cooling device 6 to the inside side of the store. The cooling load on the inside of the store can be reduced compared to the case where the store is closed.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention has the functions of both a conventional frozen showcase and a vending machine, so compared to the case where the frozen showcase and vending machine are purchased separately, installed and operated, the initial It is possible to reduce the running cost and the running cost, and also to save the installation space.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of an embodiment of a refrigeration device according to the present invention;
Figure 2 is a perspective view of the exterior as seen from the showcase section in Figure 1, Figure 3 is an electrical wiring diagram showing the wiring between the in-store product selection button shown in Figure 2 and the coin mechanism, etc., and Figure 4 is the conventional 1 frozen showcase and vending machine! This is a vertical cross-sectional view of the case where they are installed inside and outside an outdoor wall. 30... Refrigeration device, 31... Main body casing, 32
... Showcase Department, 33 ... Vending Machine Department, 35
... Cooling system 1, 35d... Evaporator, 37...
・See-through door, 38...Display shelf, 39...Product, 40・
...Product outlet, 42...Currency input port, 43...
Product takeout port, 44... Serventine (product filling device>, 44a... Product replenishment port, 45... Coin mechanism device, 4 7... In-store product selection button, 48... Switching lever device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A main body casing with a currency slot on the outside surface and a see-through door on the inside surface behind the main body casing that can be opened and closed, a cooling device that cools the inside of the main casing, and a plurality of products that can be freely refilled within the main body casing. a vending machine section that receives currency input from the currency input port and discharges the selected product from the product filling device to a product takeout port on the outer surface side of the main body casing; and a showcase section provided with a display shelf on which a plurality of products are placed and displayed inside the see-through door, and a selected product from the displayed products is placed in the showcase section from the product filling device. A refrigeration device characterized in that a product selection device for discharging products to a product discharge port on the inner side of the main body casing and a product replenishment port of the product filling device are respectively provided.