JPH0426936Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

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

(b) Conventional technology Conventionally, on a conveyor stretched horizontally,
A plurality of partition plates protruding above the transport conveyor are provided at predetermined intervals, and products are placed and stored one by one on the transport conveyor between the partition plates, and the transport conveyor is operated as described above each time a product sending command is issued. A product delivery shelf device is known which is configured to rotate the product by the distance between partition plates and drop products one by one from the delivery end of a conveyor, and is disclosed, for example, in Japanese Patent Publication No. 56-4953.

(c) Problems to be Solved by the Invention In the product delivery shelf device having such a configuration, storage efficiency may be poor depending on the size of the product placed on the conveyor. In other words, when storing products that have approximately the same dimensions as the partition plate spacing and are sized to fit across the full width of the conveyor, they can be efficiently stored within the partition plate spacing; When storing products smaller than the plate spacing or the conveyor width, a lot of space is wasted.

For this reason, the present invention provides a device that can efficiently store products of different sizes and can increase the number of products stored when small products are stored.

(d) Measures to solve the problem A plurality of partition plates are provided at predetermined intervals on the horizontally stretched conveyor, and the products placed and stored on the conveyor within the distance between the partition plates are separated from the discharge end. In a vending machine that sequentially delivers products, a drive motor that rotates the conveyor based on a product delivery command, a control switch that stops the drive motor, and a drive motor that rotates the conveyor based on a product discharge command, a control switch that stops the drive motor, and a drive motor that rotates the conveyor on the basis of a product feed command; a first partition plate having a partition portion protruding from the top and having an actuating portion for operating the control switch at an end; a second partition plate having a partition portion and an operating portion for operating the control switch at an end thereof, and the first partition plate and the second partition plate are arranged in the width direction of the conveyor. In this configuration, the conveyor belts are removably connected to each other, or are removably installed so as to be alternately located at predetermined intervals in the rotating direction of the conveyor.

(e) Effect The present invention has a first partition plate in which the partition portion is provided on one side in the width direction of the conveyor, and a second partition plate in which the partition portion is provided on the other side. Preparation, 1st
The partition plate and the second partition plate are removably connected in the width direction of the transport conveyor, or are removably installed so as to be alternately positioned at a predetermined interval in the rotating direction of the transport conveyor.

(F) Embodiment The drawing shows an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a product delivery shelf device installed approximately horizontally in a vending machine, and is driven by a drive motor 2 that rotates based on a product delivery command. , conveyor 3 on which products are placed and stored
is rotated to sequentially send out the products from the product delivery end 4.

The conveyor 3 has a large number of elongated placing members 8 arranged side by side on endless conveying chains 6, 7 stretched between a pair of front and rear sprockets 5, 5. are each provided with an engaging protrusion 8A extending in the longitudinal direction and protruding outward.

Reference numeral 9 has a groove-shaped attachment part 9A on the bottom that is detachably fitted to the engagement protrusion 8A, a partition part 9B that projects upward on the top, and an actuating part 9C on the end. This is the 1st partition plate. As shown in FIG. 3, this partition plate 9 has a partition part 9B biased toward the left side, which is one side in the width direction of the conveyor 3, and has a space between the partition part 9B and the actuating part 9C at the end. is provided with a connecting protrusion 9D to which a second partition plate 10, which will be described later, can be detachably attached.

Reference numeral 10 designates a second partition plate having a groove-shaped attachment portion 10A at the bottom, a partition portion 10B projecting upward at the top, and an operating portion 10C at the end. The partition plate 10 has a mounting portion 10A attached to the connecting protrusion 9D of the partition plate 9 or the mounting member 8.
It can be detachably attached to the engagement protrusion 8A of. When this second partition plate 10 is attached to the connecting protrusion 9D of the first partition plate 9, the partition plates 9 and 10 are connected together, and the partition parts 9B and 1
0B extends across the entire width of the conveyor 3, and the actuating portions 9 of both partition plates 9, 10
C and 10C are arranged to overlap one another.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a control switch provided corresponding to the right end of the conveyor 3, which is operated by actuating parts 9C and 10C of the partition plates 9 and 10 to stop the drive motor 2.

In such a configuration, when storing a long and large product A, the first partition plate 9 and the second partition plate 1
0, and the partitions 9B and 10B are installed on the transport conveyor 3 so that they are arranged in a straight line in the width direction of the transport conveyor 3, and are spaced at a predetermined interval according to the thickness of the product A. and install multiple ones. Therefore, between the connected front partition plates 9 and 10 and the connected rear partition plates 9 and 10, there is a product storage for horizontally long large products that spans the entire width of the conveyor 3. A section 12 is formed.

When short and small products B are to be stored, the first partition plate 9 and the second partition plate 10 are installed independently and alternately in the front-rear direction, which is the rotating direction of the conveyor 3. Therefore, on the left side of the conveyor 3, there is a product storage section 13 for small products between the partitions 9B, 9B of the first partition plates 9, 9 facing each other in the front and rear.
is formed, and also on the right side of the conveyor 3, a partition part 1 of second partition plates 10, 10 facing each other in the front and back is formed.
A product storage section 13 for small products is formed between 0B and 10B. Therefore, product storage sections 13 for small products are formed on the left and right sides of the transport conveyor 3, and the left and right product storage sections 13, 13 are alternately shifted in the front-rear direction, which is the rotating direction of the transport conveyor 3. Products are alternately delivered from the left and right product storage sections 13, 13 each time the drive motor 2 rotates based on a product delivery command.

(g) Effects of the invention The present invention provides a first partition plate in which a partition is biased toward one side in the width direction of a conveyor, and a second partition plate in which a partition is biased toward the other side. and the first
The partition plate and the second partition plate are removably installed in a row in the width direction of the conveyor, or are removably installed so as to be alternately located at a predetermined interval in the rotational direction of the conveyor. Because of this, the position of the partition plate can be changed according to the size of the product to be stored, allowing efficient storage according to the size of the product, and increasing the number of items stored when storing small products. can.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a plan view of a product delivery shelf device, and FIG.
3 is an exploded view of the installation of the first and second partition plates, FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line D-D in FIG.
The figure is a schematic diagram of a state in which large products are stored, and FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram in a state in which small products are stored. 2... Drive motor, 3... Transfer conveyor, 9...
...First partition plate, 10...Second partition plate, 9B,
10B... Partition part, 9C, 10C... Actuation part, 1
1...Control switch.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In a vending machine, a plurality of partition plates are provided at predetermined intervals on a conveyor stretched in the horizontal direction, and products placed and stored on the conveyor between the partition plates are sequentially delivered from the discharge end. a drive motor that rotates the conveyor based on;
a control switch for stopping the drive motor; and a second partition having a partition portion protruding above the transport conveyor to one side in the width direction of the transport conveyor, and an operating portion for operating the control switch at an end thereof. a second partition having a partition portion protruding above the transfer conveyor to be biased toward the other side in the width direction of the transfer conveyor, and an operating portion for operating the control switch provided at an end thereof; a partition plate, and the first partition plate and the second partition plate are removably connected in the width direction of the conveyor, or alternately at a predetermined interval in the rotational direction of the conveyor. A product dispensing shelf device for a vending machine, characterized in that it is removably installed so that the product can be placed in the desired position.