JPH0426935Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (a) Industrial application field The present invention relates to a product conveyance shelf device for a vending machine.

(b) Conventional technology Conventionally, a plurality of product transport shelves were provided above and below to horizontally transport the products placed and stored on a conveyor, and the products placed in a row on the conveyor were transported to a predetermined number for each sale. There are known vending machines that are configured to carry out products one by one from the delivery end of a product transport shelf by transporting them at intervals.
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(c) Problems to be Solved by the Invention Products are loaded onto the conveyor through an opening formed in the front surface between the upper and lower product transport shelves. Therefore, there is an advantage that they can be placed side by side from any part on the conveyor. However, since loading can be done from any part of the conveyor, there is a risk that the product that was loaded first and placed on the conveyor will be hit hard by the product that is to be loaded later. There are many. For this reason,
In the case of products that are easily damaged, such as beverage products packaged in bottles, this has been a cause of product damage.

In view of the above, the present invention provides a device that allows products to be introduced later to be introduced without hitting products that have been introduced earlier.

(d) Measures to solve the problem: A plurality of upper and lower product transport shelves are provided for horizontally transporting products placed and stored on a conveyor, and an opening formed in the front between the upper and lower product transport shelves is used. A vending machine in which products are loaded onto a conveyor includes a loading switch that rotates the conveyor toward a product discharging end of a product conveyance shelf, and a loading switch that is installed at the product discharging end and when the loading switch is operated, the conveyor This configuration includes a stopper member that locks the product on the top, and a front panel that forms a product loading opening on the side opposite to the product delivery end and is provided so as to close the opening.

(E) Function A front panel is provided to form an input port on the opposite side of the product delivery end and close the front opening, and when loading products from the input port, the loading switch is operated to rotate the conveyor. The loaded product is transported to the product delivery end and the product is loaded.
To allow a product to be put in later to be put in without hitting a product put in first.

(F) Embodiment The drawing shows an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a vending machine main body in which a large number of product transport shelves 2 are arranged vertically and horizontally, and a door (not shown) is installed in the front. It can be opened and closed. This door is provided with a coin slot, a product selection button, a product takeout port, etc. (not shown) necessary for a vending machine. The product transport shelves 2 are installed substantially horizontally in the left and right direction with a predetermined interval vertically within the main body 1, and the product transport shelves 2 are arranged side by side on the left and right.
An elevator mechanism 4 for moving the product receiving shelf 3 in the vertical direction is provided between the two. When a product is selected by a customer, the elevator mechanism 4 moves the product receiving shelf 3 in accordance with the position of the product transport shelf 2 storing the selected product, and moves the product receiving shelf 3 to the product transport shelf 2.
When a product is received, the product receiving shelf 3 is lowered to a position corresponding to the product take-out port (not shown), and the product can be taken out from the product take-out port.

The product conveyance shelf 2 has a base 5 that pivotally supports a pair of left and right sprockets 6, 7.
A conveyor 9 with an endless belt 8 stretched therebetween is provided, and a drive motor 11 having a speed reduction mechanism 10 is connected to the sprocket 6. The product transport shelf 2 rotates the conveyor 9 for each sale, moves the products on the conveyor 9 to the product delivery end 12 side, which is the elevator mechanism 4 side, and also moves the products provided on the product delivery end 12 side. When the detection sensor 13 detects the dropping of the product from the product delivery end 12, the movement is stopped.

Reference numeral 14 denotes a stopper member provided at the product discharge end 12 of the conveyor 9. The stopper member 14 extends so as to be able to lock the product placed on the conveyor 9, and is rotatably supported on a shaft 15. The stopper member 14 is connected to the spring 1.
6 is biased in a direction opposite to the moving direction of the conveyor 9. 17 is a stopper member 1
4, which includes a fixing member 18 rotatably inserted through the shaft 15 of the stopper member 14, and a regulating member slidably inserted through the fixing member 18 perpendicular to the shaft 15. A member 19 and an electromagnetic solenoid 2 which is connected to a plunger 20A at one end of the regulating member 19 and is energized when selling a product.
0. This electromagnetic solenoid 2
The plunger 20A of No. 0 is urged to protrude by the elasticity of the spring 20B, and the plunger 20A of the regulating member 1
9 is advanced to a position where it engages with the shaft 15, and the regulating member 19 is retracted from the shaft 15 when the solenoid 20 is operated. When the regulating member 19 is in the position where it engages with the shaft 15, the stopper member 14 stops the product on the conveyor 9 and prevents the product from falling from the product delivery end 12, and the regulating member 19 engages with the shaft 15. 15, the rotation restriction of the shaft 15 is released and the product can be carried out. That is, the shaft 15 of the stopper member 14 inserted through the fixed member 18 is provided with a regulating surface 15A and a regulating surface 15B on which the regulating member 19 engages and disengages, and the regulating member 19 is located at a position where it engages with the shaft 15. In this case, as shown in FIG. 4, the control member 19 and the control surface 15A or 15B are held rotatably within the engagement range to prevent the products on the conveyor 9 from falling from the product delivery end 12. It's summery.

Reference numeral 21 denotes a loading switch for rotating the conveyor 9, which is activated each time it is pressed to rotate or stop the conveyor 9.

Reference numeral 22 denotes a front panel made of a transparent resin plate, which is provided to close the front opening 23 between the vertically arranged product transport shelves 2, 2, and has an input port for loading products on the side opposite to the product delivery end 12. 24 is opened.

In this configuration, when loading the product A onto the product transport shelf 2, the loading switch 21 is pressed to rotate the conveyor 9. By sequentially placing the products A on the conveyor 9 from the input port 24, the product A that was introduced first is conveyed to the product output end 12 side by the conveyor 9, and the first product A is placed on the stopper member 14. is locked. That is, when the loading switch 21 is operated, the solenoid 20 is not operated and only the drive motor 11 is operated to rotate the conveyor 9.
When the uppermost product A reaches the stopper member 14, it is stopped by the stopper member 14, and the subsequent product A
are sequentially stored in contact with the preceding product A. After placing the product A on the conveyor 9 to the position corresponding to the input port 24, the loading switch 21 is operated to stop the rotation of the conveyor 9,
Finish the product loading operation. In this way, since the product A is loaded onto the conveyor 9 from the input port 24 while the conveyor 9 is being rotated, the product A to be loaded does not hit the previously loaded product A. Also, even if the product A placed on the conveyor 9 is placed diagonally. Since the conveyor 9 is rotated with the first product A being locked by the stopper member position 4, the product A can be correctly aligned by coming into contact with the first product A.

(g) Effects of the invention As described above, this invention forms an input port on the opposite side of the product delivery end, provides a front panel to cover the front opening, and operates a loading switch when loading products from the input port. The conveyor is rotated, and the loaded product is conveyed to the product delivery end, thereby allowing the product to be loaded later without hitting the product that was loaded first. Therefore, even if the vending machine stores and sells easily damaged products such as beverage products in bottle containers, the products will not be damaged during loading. Furthermore, since the products can be easily arranged and stored, a reliable product delivery operation can be achieved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention; Fig. 1 is a front view of the product conveyance shelf, Fig. 2 is a similar back view, Fig. 3 is a similar plan view, and Fig. 4 is a diagram of the locking mechanism. The sectional view and FIG. 5 are front views of the inside of the vending machine main body. 2...Product transport shelf, 9...Conveyor, 12...
Product delivery end, 14...Stopper member, 21...Loading switch, 22...Front panel, 23
...Opening, 24...Inlet.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A plurality of product transport shelves are provided above and below to horizontally transport the products placed and stored on the conveyor, and products are loaded onto the conveyor through an opening formed in the front between the upper and lower product transport shelves. In the vending machine, a loading switch that rotates the conveyor toward a product delivery end of a product transport shelf; a stopper member provided at the product delivery end that locks the product on the conveyor when the loading switch is operated; 1. A product conveyance shelf device for a vending machine, comprising: a front panel having an input port for loading products on the side opposite to a product delivery end and provided so as to close the opening.