JPH0418067Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] This invention combines a horizontally movable conveyor shelf mechanism and an elevator-type bucket, and in response to a sales command, the products stored on the shelf are transferred to the product outlet. The present invention relates to a conveyor-type product transport shelf device for a vending machine that sells both hot and cold products in the same machine.

[Conventional technology]

2. Description of the Related Art A conveyor-type product transport shelf is known as a product transport shelf device for a vending machine that handles easily damaged products such as bottled products in a soft handling manner.
Next, we will explain the outline of this type of conveyor-type product transport rack in Section 3.
This will be explained with a diagram. In the figure, 1 is a cabinet of a vending machine, 2 is a front door thereof, and 3 is a product outlet opened in the front door. A conveyor-type product transport shelf device having the following configuration is housed inside this cabinet. It is set up. In other words, the conveyor-type product conveyance shelf device has a horizontally movable conveyor shelf mechanism 4 that is divided into two rows on the left and right and installed in multiple stages above and below, and is arranged between the rows of conveyor shelf mechanisms on the left and right, and the conveyor shelf mechanism 4 of each tier.
and a bucket bag 5 which is connected to the product outlet 3 and is raised and lowered like an elevator.
The conveyor shelf mechanism 4 of each stage mentioned above is an assembly of a conveyor body with an endless conveyor belt installed between the left and right sprockets and a bend motor that drives the conveyor in the direction of arrow P. It is erected and supported across the installed shelf frames 6. On the other hand, the bucket bag 5 is a box with an open front and a U-shaped cross section, and is guided by left and right guide rails 7 laid along the lifting path of the bag bag shown by arrow Q.
It is also configured to be driven up and down by a chain type drive mechanism (not shown) installed parallel to the guide rail.

With this configuration, the products 8 are placed and stored side by side on the upper surface of the conveyor belt of the conveyor shelf mechanism 4 of each stage. In addition, in the sales standby state, the bucket 5 is at the lowest standby position. When a sales command is given from this state, the chain drive mechanism drives the bucket cart 5 to raise it to the designated position of the conveyor shelf mechanism 4 as shown by the chain line in the figure. Subsequently, the drive motor of the specified conveyor shelf mechanism 4 is started to drive the conveyor belt in the direction of arrow P, and one product 8 is carried out from the end of the conveyor belt toward the bucket 5 already waiting at that position. do. When the transfer of the product 8 into the bucket is detected, the chain drive mechanism drives the bucket 5 to lower it, and at the lowest position, the product 8 is tilted from a horizontal position to a forward tilted position, and is stored in the bucket 5. The product 8 will be delivered to the product outlet 3 via the shooter. At this point, the sales operation ends and the machine returns to the sales standby state again.

[The problem that the idea aims to solve]

By the way, in the conventional product transport shelf system of this type, a cooler and a heater are installed inside the warehouse, and when selling cold products, the cooler is operated and cool air is circulated throughout the interior of the warehouse using a fan. On the other hand, when selling hot products, a heater is energized instead of a cooler and the heat from the heater is circulated throughout the warehouse using a fan to heat all products. The method is known. However, in the lever system, all the products stored in the conveyor shelf mechanisms arranged in the same room are kept cold or heated depending on the selection of the operation mode, and the products stored in the conveyor shelf mechanisms arranged in multiple stages arranged in the same room It is not possible to adopt a combined sales method in which hot products are sold on some shelves and cold products are sold on the remaining shelves.

On the other hand, the recent trend is that vending machines that can accommodate the diversification of customer tastes, such as hot and cold products, are desired. Among multiple conveyor shelf mechanisms installed indoors, only a specific shelf mechanism can heat the products stored on that shelf to sell hot products, while the remaining shelf mechanisms can sell cold products. There is a demand for the emergence of a combined sales system.

This idea was developed in response to the above-mentioned demands.
Among the multi-tiered conveyor shelving mechanisms installed in the same room, some specific shelf mechanisms have conveyors that allow the sale of hot and cold products by heating the stored products. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a type product transport shelf device.

[Means to solve the problem]

This idea consists of a horizontally movable conveyor shelf mechanism arranged vertically in parallel in a warehouse where cold air circulates, and each conveyor shelf mechanism and product takeout port are connected to each other and are operated in an elevator style. A vending machine that is combined with a bucket to transport the products loaded and stored on the conveyor shelf mechanism from the conveyor shelf mechanism to the bucket based on a sales command, and further transports the products to the product takeout port by lowering the bucket. In the conveyor-type product transport shelf device, a specific shelf mechanism designated for hot product sales among the conveyor shelf mechanisms is surrounded by a partition plate, and a partition plate is used to transport the products from the conveyor shelf mechanism. The partition plate facing the end side is configured as a swingable flap, and at least one of the remaining partition plates is configured as an opening/closing lid for loading the product, and a shelf is stored in the shelf mechanism inside the partition plate. It is equipped with a product heater that heats the products.

[Effect]

According to the above means, among the conveyor shelf mechanisms of each stage installed in the same room, a specific shelf mechanism designated for hot product sales is surrounded by a partition plate, and the partition plate is Since a heater is installed inside to heat the products stored on the shelf mechanism, the specific shelf mechanism prevents cold air circulating indoors from flowing in and prevents the products from cooling. At the same time, it will be possible to sell hot products by heating the products with a heater installed inside the partition plate.

Further, since the partition plate facing the product delivery end of the conveyor shelf mechanism is constituted by a swingable flapper, the products on the conveyor shelf mechanism are smoothly carried out to the bucket by pushing open the flapper. Furthermore, replenishment of products to a specific conveyor shelf mechanism surrounded by a partition plate can be performed by opening the partition plate configured as an opening/closing lid.

〔Example〕

1 and 2 show the structure of an embodiment of this invention, and the same members corresponding to FIG. 3 are given the same reference numerals. That is, with this invention, among the multi-stage conveyor shelf mechanism 4 in the vending machine shown in FIG. The conveyor shelf mechanism 4 is surrounded by a container 9 made up of a combination of partition plates, and inside the container 9 there are heaters 10 for heating the products above and below the products 8 stored in the shelf. , 11 are equipped. Here, the container 9 has partition plates 9a and 9b that cover the front and rear sides of the shelf mechanism 4, and a partition plate 9c that also serves as an opening/closing lid for product loading that covers the top surface.
It serves as a swingable flap that covers the end face of the shelf mechanism 4 on the product delivery side, and is combined with the partition plate 9d. Further, the heater 10 is disposed on the inner surface of the partition plate 9c so as to face the upper surface of the product 8 via a heat insulating material 12,
One heater 11 is located below the product 8 and installed inside the conveyor body. Note that 13 is a power supply line to the heaters 10 and 11. Further, although not shown, the lower surface side of the shelf mechanism 4 is closed by a mounting base plate of the shelf mechanism 4 or another partition plate.

According to the above configuration, a specific conveyor shelf mechanism 4 designated for hot product sales is surrounded by a container 9, and cool air circulates indoors through a cooler installed in the machine. Since the products 8 stored in the shelf mechanism are prevented from flowing into the container 9, the products 8 stored in the shelf mechanism are not directly cooled, and the products 8 stored in the shelf mechanism are not directly cooled. It's warmed up. When a sales command is given to the shelf mechanism in this state,
By driving the conveyor shelf mechanism 4, the product 8 is carried out from its carrying-out end in the direction of arrow A by pushing open the flapper-shaped partition plate 9d. In addition, when replenishing the shelf mechanism 4 with products 8, the products 8 are lined up and loaded onto the conveyor shelf mechanism from the outside with the partition plate 9c, which also serves as the top cover, opened to the chain line position. Ru. In the illustrated example, storage product 8
Although an example has been shown in which the heaters 10 and 11 are arranged above and below inside the container 9 with the container 9 in between, either one of these heaters may be used depending on the required heating level of the product.

[Effect of idea]

As described above, according to this invention, a specific shelf mechanism designated for hot product sales among conveyor shelf mechanisms is surrounded by a partition plate, and the shelf is placed inside the partition plate. By installing a heater that heats the products stored in the mechanism, the heater heats only the products stored in a certain part of the multi-stage conveyor shelf mechanism installed in the warehouse. This shelf mechanism makes it possible to sell hot products, and thus it is possible to provide a conveyor-type product transport shelf device that allows hot products and cold products to be sold together on the same machine.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figures 1 and 2 are a side view and a cross-sectional view of a part of the conveyor shelf mechanism inside the machine according to an embodiment of this invention, respectively, and Figure 3 is a configuration diagram of the entire conveyor type product conveyance shelf device that is the subject of this invention. . In the figure, 1... Cabinet of a vending machine, 3... Product outlet, 4... Conveyor shelf mechanism, 5... Bucket, 8... Product, 9... Container composed of a partition plate, 9c... A partition plate that also serves as an opening/closing lid for product loading, 9d...Flat-shaped partition plate that closes the end face on the product delivery side, 10, 11...A heater for heating the product.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A combination of horizontally movable conveyor shelf mechanisms arranged vertically in multiple stages in a warehouse where cold air circulates, and buckets that are raised and lowered in an elevator style and connected between each conveyor shelf mechanism and the product outlet. , carrying out the products loaded and stored on the conveyor shelf mechanism from the conveyor shelf mechanism to a bucket in accordance with the sales command;
Furthermore, in a conveyor-type product transport shelf device for a vending machine in which a bucket is lowered to transport the product to a product takeout port, a specific shelf mechanism designated for hot product sales among the conveyor shelf mechanisms is The periphery is surrounded by partition plates, and among the partition plates, the partition plate facing the product delivery end side of the conveyor shelf mechanism is used as a swingable flapper, and at least one of the remaining partition plates is used for opening and closing for product loading. 1. A conveyor-type product transport shelf device for a vending machine, characterized in that each is configured as a lid, and a product heater for heating products stored in the shelf mechanism is provided inside the partition plate.