JPH0512856Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a vending machine, and particularly to a vending machine loading adapter that allows a small drink bottle to be loaded into a vending machine that sells canned beverages.

(Problems to be Solved by Prior Art and Invention) In recent years, a wide variety of products are sold in large quantities through vending machines, and in particular, the number of vending machines that sell canned beverages is extremely large.

However, most conventional vending machines have a loading mechanism that can load approximately cylindrical canned beverages inside, so it is not possible to load so-called small drink bottles in the same way as canned beverages.
It is necessary to separately provide a dedicated loading mechanism, which is inconvenient and lacks versatility.

Moreover, even if the loading mechanism was improved and small drink bottles could be loaded into the vending machine, if the small drink bottles were made of glass, there was a problem that they were likely to break when dropped from the inside of the machine to the outlet.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a vending machine loading adapter that protects a small drink bottle and allows the small drink bottle to be loaded into a canned drink vending machine in the same way as a canned drink. With the goal.

(Means for solving the problem) The vending machine loading adapter according to the present invention is
In order to achieve the above object, a cylindrical body having approximately the same external dimensions as a canned beverage is provided, and a holding part for removably holding a small drink bottle is provided on the inner surface of the cylindrical body, and a bottle neck part of the small drink bottle is provided on the inner surface of the cylinder. It has a structure in which a locking elastic claw part is provided in a protruding manner.

(Operation and Effect of the Invention) Therefore, according to the present invention, since the cylindrical body that removably holds the small drink bottle has approximately the same external dimensions as a canned beverage, the small drink bottle can be attached to the cylindrical body. By inserting and holding the drink vial, it is possible to load the drink vial into the vending machine in the same way as a drink can.

Therefore, small drink bottles can be loaded without modifying the loading mechanism of the vending machine, making it possible to conveniently sell drinks using commonly installed vending machines.

Moreover, even if the small drink bottle falls from inside the machine to the outlet, the holding part of the adapter absorbs the impact energy and acts as a buffer, so that the small drink bottle will not be damaged.

Further, according to the present invention, simply by inserting the small drink bottle into the cylindrical body, the bottleneck portion of the small drink bottle is engaged with the elastic claw portion protruding from the inner surface of the cylindrical body, thereby preventing the small drink bottle from coming off. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the small drink bottle from falling off in the axial direction with a small number of parts and a small number of assembly steps.

(Embodiments) Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings of FIGS. 1 to 7.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the first embodiment is an adapter 1 consisting of a synthetic resin cylindrical body 2 having approximately the same external dimensions as a canned beverage. A rib portion (holding portion) 3 is provided in a cross direction so as to protrude toward the side and press against and hold the side surface of the inserted small drink bottle 6. The inner tip of the rib portion 3 is inclined downward and slightly outward, and the inside thereof is widened.

Furthermore, a small bottle 6 is provided on the inner surface of the cylindrical body 2.
A plurality of elastic pawls 5 protrude to lock onto the bottle neck portion 6a to prevent the bottle from falling off downward.

Therefore, when the small drink bottle 6 is inserted from the lower opening of the adapter 1 according to this embodiment,
The upper end of the small bottle 6 comes into contact with the elastic claw part 5, and further,
When press-fitted, after the elastic claw portion 5 is elastically deformed, the elastic claw portion 5 is engaged with the bottleneck portion 6a of the small bottle 6, and the inner tip of the rib portion 3 is held in the bottleneck portion 6a of the small bottle 6.
Press against the shoulder of the Therefore, the small bottle 6 does not fall out from the adapter 1 downward.

In the second embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, a small bottle 6 is press-fitted between rib portions 3, 3 protruding from the inner surface of a cylindrical body 2, and a circular ring shape having a large number of radial slits is used. This is a case where the elastic claw portion 5 locks the bottleneck portion 6a of the small bottle 6 to prevent it from coming off.

Note that the adapter 1 may be colored, but it is convenient if the entire adapter is transparent so that the small bottle 6 inserted therein can be visually observed.

Furthermore, the holding part is not limited to the above-mentioned shape as long as it can hold a small drink bottle in a detachable manner. Furthermore, it goes without saying that the cylinder is not limited to a circular shape in plan, but may be, for example, hexagonal in plan or octagonal in plan.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 4 show a first embodiment of the adapter according to the present invention, FIG. 1 is a plan view, FIG. 2 is a bottom view, FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line FF in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line GG in FIG. 1, and FIGS. 5 to 7 show a second embodiment of the adapter according to the present invention,
Figure 5 is a top view, Figure 6 is a bottom view, Figure 7 is a
It is a sectional view taken along line H-H in the figure. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Adapter, 2... Cylindrical body, 3... Rib part (holding part), 5... Elastic claw part, 6... Small drink bottle, 6a... Bottle neck part.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] It consists of a cylindrical body having approximately the same external dimensions as a canned beverage, and on the inner surface of the cylindrical body, a holding part for removably holding a small drink bottle, and an elastic claw part for locking into a bottleneck part of the small drink bottle. A vending machine loading adapter characterized by having a protrusion.