JPH05151443A - Commodity carrying-out device of automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent a defect of carrying-out in the commodity carrying-out mechanism of an automatic vending machine. CONSTITUTION:If a commodity 4 stands up when arriving at a commodity holding stage 14, the commodity holding stage 14 rises, and a freely turnable commodity pushing-out device 16 provided in the top part of the operation area of the commodity holding stage 14 is rotated simultaneously with arrival of this stage 14 at the top part of the operation area, and the commodity 4 stopped by the upper end part of a commodity guide 15 and a taking-out hole flap 9 is forcibly pushed out to the front of a main body 1 and is carried to a taking-out hole.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic vending machine product discharging device for conveying products in an automatic vending machine for selling products such as cans and bottles.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, various measures have been taken to make it easy to take out the products sold in a vending machine that sells products such as cans and bottles (for example, Jikkaihei 1-147481).
Publication).

A conventional article unloading device for an automatic vending machine as described above will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIGS. 3 and 4, reference numeral 1 is a main body. Two
Is a door, 3 is a product storage chamber provided inside the main body, and a plurality of product storage chambers are provided in this embodiment. Reference numeral 4 denotes a product, which is stacked and stored in the product storage chamber 3. 5 is product 4
Is a carry-out mechanism for ejecting. Reference numeral 6 denotes a bottom guide passage for guiding the product 4 thrown out from the carry-out mechanism 5 to the front door 2 side,
It has a forward slope from the rear to the front. An internal flap 7 is located in front of the bottom guide passage 6 and is rotatably attached to the main body 1. Reference numeral 8 denotes a take-out opening, which is provided above the door 2 (at the height of the hip bone of an adult) and has a width dimension that allows the merchandise item 4 to be taken out and is provided close to one side of the door 2. .. Reference numeral 9 denotes an outlet flap, which is located inside the outlet 8 and is rotatably attached to the door 2. Reference numeral 10 denotes a bucket, both ends of which are attached to a vertical conveyance device 11 which is attached to the door 2 and moves up and down in front of the inside flap 7. A belt 12 is fixed to the lower portion of the door 2 at one end on the side of the take-out port 8 and to the upper portion of the door 2 at the other end, and is bent in a crank shape to form the bucket 1.
0 is slidably engaged. The crank-like substantially horizontal portion of the belt 12 has the same size as the take-out port 8 located at the upper portion.
It is smaller than the height of. A pulley 13 is rotatably attached to the bucket 10 and is located at an engaging portion of the belt 12. 14 is a product holding stage, which is inclined forward (for example, 40 °) to the lower end fixed side of the belt 12 of the bucket 10, has a size slightly smaller than the width dimension of the takeout opening 8, and is a position facing the takeout opening 8 at the upper portion. Is attached to. A product guide 15 is attached to the door 2 in front of the bucket 12.

The operation of the product discharge device of the vending machine configured as described above will be described below with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

[0006] The bucket 10 is located at a position facing the in-compartment flap 7 during standby, and the product 4 thrown out from the product storage chamber 3 by the carry-out mechanism pushes the in-compartment flap 7 through the bottom guide passage 6 and jumps in. Await. Bucket 10
When the product 4 enters the container 4, the up-and-down conveying device 11 raises and the bucket 10 rises. When the bucket 10 rises, the belt 12 engaged with the bucket 10 moves relative to the bucket 10 in the horizontal direction by the amount of upward displacement of the bucket 10. At this time, the belt 12 is bent and supported by the pulley 13, and the movement resistance is reduced. The product 4 placed on the belt 12 by the lifting of the bucket 10.
Moves up and moves horizontally, and when the bucket 10 moves up by a dimension, the product 4 moves to the product holding stage 14 provided on the bucket 10 on the lower end holding side of the belt 12 by the horizontal motion of the belt 12. It is held by the product guide 15 and further rises as the bucket 10 rises. When the bucket 10 rises to a position facing the takeout port 8, the product 4 is tilted by the product holding stage 14,
Drops into the outlet 8 and the outlet flap 9 is opened and taken out. After that, the vertical transport device 11 moves downward, and the bucket 10 descends. The belt 12 performs an operation reverse to that when the bucket 10 descends, and the bucket 10 descends to a position facing the in-compartment flap 7, and one carrying-out operation ends.

[0007]

However, in the above-mentioned structure, when the product stands on the product holding stage, the product is stopped due to the upper end of the product guide and the take-out flap, which results in poor delivery. Had a problem.

[0008] In view of the above problems, the present invention is an automatic vending machine that can forcibly push out a product at the upper end of the product guide even when the product stands on the product holding stage, and reliably carry it out to the take-out port without stopping. The present invention provides a product discharge device for a machine.

[0009]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the product unloading device of the vending machine of the present invention is a take-out port provided at a position other than the lower part of the door and having a width about the size of taking out the product. And a bucket for receiving the product guided from the bottom guide passage, an up-and-down conveying device for moving the bucket up and down, a product holding stage attached at a position facing the outlet of the bucket, and a vertical operation region of the product holding stage. The product guide is provided from the lowermost end to the lower end of the take-out port, and the product take-out device that is provided at the top of the operation area of the product holding stage and pushes out the product to the take-out port.

[0010]

With this configuration, even when the product stands on the product holding stage, the product pushing device forcibly pushes the product at the upper end of the product guide and stops when the product holding stage reaches the uppermost point of the operation area. Without fail, the product will be reliably delivered to the outlet, and defective delivery will be prevented.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An article carrying-out device for an automatic vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that the same numbers are given to the same configurations and operations as the conventional ones, and detailed description thereof will be omitted. 1 and 2, 1 is a main body,
2 is a door, 14 is a product holding stage, and 15 is a product guide. Reference numeral 16 denotes a rotatable product pushing device, which is provided at the top of the operation area of the product holding stage 14.

The operation of the product unloading device of the vending machine configured as described above will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

When the product 4 reaches the product holding stage 14 and the product 4 remains standing, as soon as the product holding stage 14 rises to reach the top of the operation area, the product pushing device 16 rotates and the product guide. The product 4 stopped by the upper end of 15 and the take-out flap 9 is forcibly pushed forward of the main body 1 and carried out to the take-out port.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the rotatable product pushing device 16 is provided at the uppermost part of the operation area of the product holding stage 14, so that the product pushing device 1 is provided.
6 is rotated, and the product 4 stopped by the upper end of the product guide 15 and the take-out flap 9 is forcibly pushed forward of the main body 1 and is reliably taken out to the take-out port without stopping to prevent a carry-out defect. You can

[0015]

As described above, according to the present invention, the product pushing device for pushing the product to the take-out port is provided at the uppermost part of the operation area of the product holding stage so that the product is stopped by the upper end of the product guide and the take-out flap. It is possible to forcefully push out the existing products and to reliably carry them out to the outlet without stopping them, preventing defective delivery, and the practical effects are great.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a central cross-sectional view of a product unloading device of a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the main part from the front of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a central cross-sectional view of a conventional product delivery device of a vending machine.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the main part from the front of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 main body 2 door 3 product storage room 4 product 5 carry-out mechanism 6 bottom guide passage 7 internal flap 8 take-out port 9 take-out flap 10 bucket 11 vertical transport device 12 belt 13 pulley 14 product holding stage 15 product guide 16 product pushing device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A product storage chamber provided in a main body of a vending machine, a carry-out mechanism provided at a lower portion of the product storage chamber for discharging a product downward, and the dispensed product in the product storage chamber. A bottom guide passage that guides downwards, a take-out opening provided in the vending machine body with a width of about the take-out dimension of the product, a bucket for receiving the product guided from the bottom guide passage, and a vertical movement for raising and lowering the bucket. A carrying device, a product holding stage attached to a position facing the takeout opening of the bucket, a product guide provided from the lowermost end of the vertical movement region of the product holding stage to the lower end of the takeout opening, and the product A product unloading device for a vending machine, comprising a product pushing device which is provided at the uppermost part of the operation area of the holding stage and pushes the product to the outlet.