JPH04256095A - Product storage device for automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically restore a holding member for product protrusion prevention and to set it in a sales standby state by closing a door after a product is stored in a product column in a product storage device provided for an automatic vending machine. CONSTITUTION:The automatic vending machine provided with the door 3 which is fitted so that it can freely be opened/closed through a stop lever 17 is constituted of a guide arm 20 rotating with the shift of the stop lever 17, a guide board 22 which is fitted to the guide arm 20 and which rotates with the rotation of the guide arm 20, a guide lever 23 rotating downward since it is depressed by the guide board 22 and the holding member 11 becoming the sales standby state in the rotation of the guide lever 23.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a product storage device for a vending machine that sequentially dispenses stacked products.

0002

[Prior Art] As a prior art prior to the present invention, Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 1-116883 (G07F9/02)
In a vending machine having a product storage column that stores products in a stacked state and has an opening in the front, the vending machine is installed vertically in front of the product storage column and prevents the products from flying out from the opening at a holding position. A product storage device for a vending machine is disclosed in which a holding member is provided and a magnet for fixing the holding member is attached to the upper wall of the product storage column.

0003

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The above-mentioned prior art product storage device stores the product in the product storage column.
The holding member is manually pulled up to a fixed position and fixed using a fixing means such as a magnet, and after storing the product, the holding member must be manually closed again. For this reason,
If the user forgets to close the holding member after storing the product,
Since the holding member remains in the fixed position, there is a problem in that if the door is closed in this state, the chute etc. may be deformed and the holding member may be damaged.

In view of the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a product storage device for a vending machine in which a holding member automatically returns to its original position in conjunction with the closing of the door of the vending machine main body. .

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] As a means for achieving the above-mentioned object, the present invention includes a product storage column having an opening on the front surface and storing products filled through the opening in a stacked state. A holding member is attached to the opening of the product storage column and is swingable between a holding position where the product is prevented from flying out from the opening of the product storage column and a fixed position where the opening is maintained in an open state by being fixed by a fixing means. In the product storage device for a vending machine, the guide lever releases the fixing of the holding member by the fixing means, and the guide arm rotates in conjunction with the opening/closing operation of a door that closes the opening of the main body of the vending machine. and a guide plate that urges the guide lever to release the fixing of the holding member by the fixing means in conjunction with the rotation of the guide arm accompanying the closing operation of the door. The present invention provides a product storage device.

[0006]

[Operation] According to the product storage device of the present invention, when the door attached to the main body is opened, the guide arm also rotates in conjunction with the opening of the door attached to the main body. At this time, the guide plate fixed to the guide arm also rotates, and the guide lever that was pressed by this guide plate
is released and rotates upwardly releasing the retaining member. Then, by manually pulling up the holding member from the holding position to the fixed position and fixing it with the fixing means, the opening of the product storage column is opened and products can be filled.

[0007] Furthermore, even if the holding member remains in the fixed position after filling the product, the guide door can be opened by closing the door.
button is pressed and returns to its original position. At the same time, since the guide plate is attached to the guide arm, the guide plate also rotates to push the guide lever. As a result, the guide lever rotates and pushes the holding member fixed by the fixing means, so that it is released from the fixed position and returns to the holding position. As a result of the above, the product is placed on standby for sale.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 in FIGS. 6 and 7 is the main body of a vending machine for cigarettes, etc., and a door 3 having a display 2 on the front is attached so as to be openable and closable, and this door 3 has product selection buttons 4,
A coin insertion slot 5, a bill insertion slot 6, a return lever 7, a product takeout port 8, and a return slot 9 are provided, respectively. In addition, a large number of product storage columns 10 are provided in the main body 1 as shown in FIG. 6, and the product storage columns 10 store stacked products 12 and have an opening 13 formed in the front. It is divided into a U-shape by a rear wall 14 and a plurality of column partition plates 15. Further, a carry-out mechanism (not shown) for carrying out the product 12 is provided at the bottom, and the product 12 is carried out back and forth using the carry-out plate 16 of this device. Also,
A holding member 11 that holds one side of the product 12 at a holding position and prevents the product 12 from flying out from the opening 13 is vertically provided in the opening 13 from the product storage column 10.

Next, the main parts of the present invention will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5. The door 3 rotates about point A shown in FIGS. 2 and 4 as a fulcrum, and is provided with a stop lever 17 having a long hole 18 for suppressing this rotation. One end of this stop lever 17 is pivoted to the upper part of the inner surface of the door 3, and a pin 19 for suppressing rotation of a guide arm 20, which will be described later, is provided protruding near this end. Further, at the other end, a pin 25 to be inserted into the elongated hole 18 is protruded from the upper part of the inner surface of the main body 1, and is slidably attached within the range of the elongated hole 18. Further, a guide arm 20 is rotatably attached to the side surface of the main body 1, and this guide arm 20 has an inverted L shape and has a spring 2.
1, it is always biased in the door opening direction. Further, a guide plate 22 is screwed to the lower part of the guide arm 20 where the spring 21 is provided, and this guide plate 22 is always urged upward by a spring (not shown). It has the effect of pushing back the guide lever 23 extending in the longitudinal direction. As shown in FIG. 3, the guide lever 23 is provided in the upper part of the main body 1, rotates vertically within the range indicated by the dotted line, and pushes back the holding member 11 by rotating downward. Further, this holding member 11 is vertically installed above the product storage column 10, and rotates vertically to move the product storage column 10 upward.
It opens or closes the The holding member 11 is attached to the holding member 11 when the product storage column 10 is in the open state.
In order to fix the main body 1, a fixing means such as a magnet 24 is provided, and a receiving portion 27 made of metal is provided on the upper inner surface of the main body 1 in correspondence with the magnet 24.

According to the above configuration, when the product 12 is carried into the vending machine main body 1, the state shown in FIGS.
When the door 3 is opened in the direction of the arrow shown, the stop lever 17 connected to the door 3 moves, and the guide arm 20 biased by the spring 21 rotates to the left. Along with this, the guide plate 22 attached to the guide arm 20 also rotates, and the guide lever 23 is opened. The released guide lever 23 rotates upward under the urging force of a spring (not shown), thereby releasing the holding member 11. After that, the holding member 11 is pulled up by hand, and the magnet 24
is fixed to the upper inner surface of the vending machine main body 1. The above operations lead to the states shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, and since the product storage column 10 is open, the product 12 can be carried in in this state.

Next, when closing the door 3 after storing the products 12, when the door 3 is closed in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. 4, the guide arm 20 is pushed while the stop lever 17 is moved. 20 rotates in the opposite direction to the biasing force of the spring 21, that is, rotates to the right. Along with this, the guide plate 22 also rotates clockwise and pushes the guide lever 23. At this time, if the holding member 11 is forgotten to close, the guide lever 23 rotates downward, that is, comes to the position indicated by the dotted line in FIG. 3, and the holding member 11 is pushed downward from the fixed position and comes to the holding position. . Therefore, the product storage column 10 is closed and is in a sales standby state.

However, in the present invention, the holding member 11 may be manually pulled down after storing the product to close the product storage column 10, as in the prior art.

As described above, in the product storage device of the present invention, when the holding member 11 is forgotten to close, the holding member 11 remains in the fixed position, but when the door 3 is closed, the holding member 11 is Since it is closed, deformation of the product delivery chute 26 or the like or damage to the holding member 11 can be prevented.

[0015]

[Effect of the invention] The product storage device for a vending machine of the present invention has the following features:
Even if you forget to close the holding member after storing the product, the holding member will close in conjunction with the door, so there will be no interference between the door and the holding member, and this will prevent damage to the door chute and the holding member. .

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional side view of the main parts when the door is closed.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the main parts when the door is closed.

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional side view of the main parts when the door is opened.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the main parts when the door is opened.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the main parts when the door is opened.

FIG. 6 is a front view of the vending machine when the door is open.

FIG. 7 is a front view of the vending machine when it is on standby.

[Explanation of symbols]

1　Vending machine body 3 Door 10 Product storage column 11 Holding member 12 Products 13 Opening 17 Stop lever 20 Guide arm 21 Spring 22 Guide plate 23 Guide lever

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A product storage column having an opening on the front surface and storing products filled through the opening in a stacked state, and a holding position for preventing the products from jumping out from the opening of the product storage column; In the product storage device for a vending machine, the opening is provided with a holding member that is swingable between a fixed position that maintains the open state of the opening by being fixed by the fixing means, A guide lever that releases the fixation of a member, a guide arm that rotates in conjunction with the opening/closing operation of a door that closes the opening of the main body of the vending machine, and a guide arm that rotates in conjunction with the rotation of the guide arm that accompanies the closing operation of the door. and a guide plate for urging the guide lever to release the fixing of the holding member by the fixing means.