JPH04323797A - Commodity carry-out device for vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a commodity carry-out device for a vending machine where the commodities are stacked on each other and then carried out successively at the lower side of the stacked commodities in order to vend the conical commodities as well as the conventional cylindrical can drink commodities, etc. CONSTITUTION:A commodity carry-out device for a vending machine is provided with a trapezoidal guide member 10 which sets the commodities of the lowest layer and the second lowest layer close to a lock member in order to store and vend alternately the comical commodities and a stopper member 11 which prevents the stored commodities from sliding out with their own weight.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a product delivery device for a vending machine that stacks and stores products.

0002

[Prior Art] As a prior art prior to the present invention, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-222396 discloses a storage column that stores products in a direct stacking manner and has an outlet opening at the bottom, and a storage column located at the bottom of the storage column. a rotatable delivery member for placing and supporting the lowest product, a locking member rotatably provided corresponding to the second product position from the lowest, and a drive shaft that rotates a predetermined amount when delivering the product. A product dispensing device for a vending machine is disclosed, which is provided with a control cam that presses and rotates a locking member toward the second product to hold it there when the lowest product is sent out by the delivery member. There is.

0003

[Problem to be solved by the invention] In recent years, food and beverage manufacturers have released a variety of products, but in particular paper cone-shaped beverage products are gaining momentum in sales, as are canned and bottled beverage products. Manufacturers are appearing that are adding this.

[0004] Here, the product dispensing device of the vending machine of the above-mentioned prior art usually carries products in relatively strong packages made of metal, such as 250ml cans or 350ml cans, by laying them sideways and moving them in the same direction. They are stacked and stored upwards and sold. When this device is used to store and sell paper products with a circular cross section with tapered sides, i.e. products with the upper end of a cone cut off horizontally, the special product shape Stack them alternately and store them. However, even if the products are stored in the above-mentioned state, when the second product is held and held by the locking member during the product sales operation, the side surfaces of the products are tapered and the product is staggered. Due to storage requirements, the locking member may not be able to sufficiently lock and hold the product, and may also cause deformation of the product. In addition, since the above-mentioned product shape is stacked horizontally and stored alternately, if there are many more products on top of the product whose expanded bottom side is on the opening side of the storage column, the bottom side will be the opening side. There were times when a product that was on sale would loom over me. For this reason, there is a problem in that the product above the looming product collapses, causing the product to collapse.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a product dispensing device for a vending machine that is capable of selling paper products with a tapered side surface and a circular cross section.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] As a means for achieving the above object, there is provided an opening for storing products having a circular cross section in which opposing surfaces have different diameters, stacked horizontally in an alternating manner, and for delivering the products. In the vending machine, the vending machine is equipped with a product storage column having a delivery port, and in which the products in the lowest layer are sequentially delivered from the delivery port. A guide member having the same angle of inclination in the opening direction and the rear wall direction, and a guide member provided on the same side as the guide member, and for a product whose large diameter surface faces the opening, the large diameter A stopper member that locks a part of a surface of the vending machine is provided, and the stopper member and the guide member are detachably provided.

[0007]

[Operation] In order to sell products with circular cross-sections whose opposing surfaces have different diameters, the guide member secures a contact area with the side of the product to ensure that the second product is held in place. . Further, since the stopper member provided on the storage column for storing the product can prevent the product from protruding, the product does not fall apart when the product is stored. Also,
Since these guide members and stopper members are removable, it is possible to sell products other than products with the above-mentioned shapes.

[0008]

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

1 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 has an opening 2 for filling the product on the front side, a product delivery port 3 at the lower end, and is divided by a partition plate 1C in the center, and is divided into two rows on the left and right. These are product storage columns with a U-shaped cross section that can store products, and many of them are arranged side by side inside the vending machine body. Reference numeral 4 denotes a drive shaft rotatably installed vertically between the partition plates 1C of the product storage columns 1 arranged in parallel, and the upper end of which is connected to an electric motor (not shown). A semi-disc-shaped delivery control cam 5 is provided at the bottom of the drive shaft 4, and a locking control cam 6 is provided above the delivery control cam 5. The locking control cam 6 is positioned corresponding to the locking members 8 on both sides, and is adapted to control the locking members 8. The delivery member 7 is pivotally supported on the side wall 1B side of the product storage column 1 in correspondence with the delivery control cam 5, and when its lower surface is supported by the delivery control cam 5, it extends into the product storage column 1 in a substantially horizontal manner, and the product is It is possible to place and lock the lowest product among the products stacked and stored in a row in the storage column 1, and when the support by the delivery control cam 5 is released, it rotates downward to drop and send out the product in the bottom layer. It looks like this. Further, the locking member 8 is provided with a shaft support 8A at the upper end and a locking portion 8B for pressing the product at the lower end, and the shaft support 8A is provided with a support shaft 9 that protrudes from the front surface of the back wall 1A and is inserted therethrough. It is suspended and supported so that it can rotate freely. Further, the locking member 8 rotatably attached to the support shaft 9 is provided so that it can be finely adjusted in the vertical direction according to the size of the product, and this adjustment range is at least limited to the above-mentioned locking member. This is the range in which the locking control cam 6 can control the locking member 8.

Next, the products P that can be sold using the product delivery device of the present invention will be explained. The product P for sale has tapered side surfaces, and the top surface P1 is at least a circle smaller than the bottom surface P2, that is, the product P has the shape of a cone with the top section cut off. This product P is hereinafter referred to as a cone-shaped product. Now, this conical product P is sold by stacking the products P horizontally and stacking them alternately, but since the shape of the product P is as described above, the guide member 10 and the stopper member 11 are Wear it and deal with it. The guide member 10 and the stopper member 11 will be explained below.

First, as shown in FIG. 1, the guide member 10 has a trapezoidal lower side attached to the side wall 1B of the storage column 1, and an upper surface facing the partition plate 1C. The storage column 1 corresponds to the shape of the product P.
It has a shape having an inclined portion 10A extending toward the back wall 1A side and an inclined portion 10B extending toward the opening 2 side. The angle of inclination of the inclined portions 10A and 10B is the same as the angle of the taper on the side surface of the product. Moreover, this guide member 10
The lowermost product P and the second product P are connected to the locking member 7.
It is now possible to get closer to . Further, the guide member 1
0 can be attached and detached freely, and this attachment and detachment can be done using the guide member 10.
This is done using a hook-shaped protrusion 12 formed in the housing column 1 and a hole 13 formed in the side wall 1B of the storage column 1.

Next, regarding the stopper member 11, FIG.
This will be explained with reference to FIGS. This stopper member 11 has a lower end portion 11A corresponding to the location of the lowest product P and the second product P placed thereon, and a conical product stacked above the second product. and a corresponding upper end portion 11B. Since the product P is guided to the locking member 8 side by the guide member 10, the lower end portion 11A of the stopper member 11 extends at least to a position where it intersects with the circle of the bottom surface P2 of the conical product P after being guided. The space formed by the lower end portion 11A of the stopper member 11 and the partition plate 1C at the center of the storage column 1 is designed to prevent the conical product P from protruding. The diameter of the bottom surface P2 is smaller than that of the bottom surface P2. Therefore, the bottom layer or the second cone-shaped product is the product P stacked above it.
It does not push out due to the weight of the In addition, the handling of the protruding cone-shaped product P that is stacked above the second one is as follows.
Since the guide member 10 is not provided, the protrusion is smaller than that of the lower end portion 11A. This is the lower end portion 11
As mentioned above, since A protrudes to prevent the conical product P from protruding, it is not possible to store the conical product P. For this reason, the space that can accommodate product P is
That is, a space larger than the diameter of the bottom surface P2 of the conical product P is formed in the opening 2. However, the upper end 11B of the stopper member 11 is connected to the lower surface P of the conical product P.
2 is formed on the premise that it will be stored close to the side wall 1B. Further, this stopper member 11 is detachable, and this attachment/detachment is performed using a hook-shaped projection 12 formed on the stopper member 11 and a hole 13 formed in the side wall 1B of the storage column 1. .

According to the above-described structure, the conical product P
When storing the lower end 11 of the stopper member 11,
The product P is stored through the opening 2 formed in the upper end portion 11B located above A. This is because, as mentioned above, products cannot be stored through the opening 2 where the stopper member 11 is located, so the products P on the lowest layer and the second product P are stored in the opening where the upper end portion 11B is attached. From step 2, the product P is stored.

[0014] In addition to the conical product P, there are also
Cylindrical, such as 50ml or 350ml canned beverage products,
Additionally, products made of metal can also be sold. Hereinafter, this will be referred to as a cylindrical product P. When selling this cylindrical product P, the guide member 10 and the stopper member 1
1 is removed to secure enough storage space to sell the cylindrical product P. That is, the storage column 1 for selling the conical products P is originally a storage column 1 for selling the cylindrical products P, and the guide member 10 and the stopper member 11 are attached thereto.

Next, the sales operation of the present invention having the above configuration will be explained with reference to FIGS. 5 to 8. The state shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 is a product sales standby state, and from this standby state, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 8, the drive shaft 4 rotates 90 degrees to release the support of the delivery member 7 on the left side in the figure, and the delivery member 7 rotates downward to drop and carry out the product. Furthermore, along with this operation, the locking control cam 6 attached to the drive shaft 4 and located above the delivery control cam 5 rotates to the left, and is located on the left side and has a shape that matches the conical product. The locking member 8 having the locking portion 8B is pressed. Therefore, the 2
It is possible to securely hold and hold the second product P. After the product P is completely unloaded by this operation, the drive shaft 4 further rotates to the left, and the delivery control cam 5 also rotates in the same direction. As a result, this delivery control cam 5 is controlled by the delivery member 7.
Press and rotate upward to return to horizontal position. At the same time, the pressure on the locking member 8 is released, and the product held by the locking member 8 is released. The released product falls and returns to a state where it is placed on the sending member 8 which is in a horizontal state, that is, the state shown in FIGS. 5 and 6. The above operation is one sales operation, and the rotation of the drive shaft 4 sequentially transports the products.

[0016] Also, a product storage column 1 equipped with the present invention
Since it has two product storage spaces, the sales products stored on the left and right sides may be different. In this case, by attaching and detaching the guide member 10 and stopper member 11 according to the product to be sold, the storage column 1 corresponding to the product to be sold P can be
becomes. This makes it possible to sell a wide variety of products and to quickly respond to sales products.

[0017]

[Effects of the Invention] The present invention has the following effects. By attaching the guide member and the stopper member to the storage column, it becomes possible to sell irregularly shaped conical products instead of normal cylindrical products. This makes it possible to sell a wide variety of products.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of essential parts of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional side view of essential parts of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an overall perspective view of a storage column equipped with the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a storage column for selling canned beverage products.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a storage column equipped with the present invention in a standby state;

FIG. 6 is a top view of the storage column equipped with the invention in a standby state;

FIG. 7 is a front view of a storage column equipped with the invention during vending operation;

FIG. 8 is a top view of a storage column equipped with the invention during vending operation;

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Storage column 2 Opening 3 Outlet 10 Guide member 11 Stopper member P Product

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A product storage column having an opening for horizontally stacking and storing products having a circular cross section with opposing surfaces having different diameters in an alternating manner, and a delivery port for delivering the products; In a vending machine that sequentially carries out products in the lowest layer from a delivery port, the vending machine is attached to an inner wall surface of the storage column, and an inclination approximately the same as the taper of the product side portion is formed in the opening direction and the back wall direction. and a stopper member that is provided on the same side as the guide member and that locks a part of the large diameter surface of the product with the large diameter surface facing the opening. . A product delivery device for a vending machine, characterized in that the stopper member and the guide member are detachably provided.