JPH05174235A - Change take-out device for automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To permit a purchaser to receive an entire change with his hand at a time by opening the bottom of a change accommodation part when a change delivery cylinder is pushed up with the hand. CONSTITUTION:The change is temporarily accommodated in a change accommodation part 6 and then stored on an opening/closing 12 which is closed of a change delivery cylinder 7. When the change delivery cylinder 7 is pushed up with the hand applied to the lower end part of the cylinder 7, the lid 12 is rotated downward to open the upper end opening of the cylinder 7, and as a result, the change accommodated in the accommodation part 6 is delivered onto the hand which is pushing up the cylinder. When the cylinder is releaved from the hand appling to the cylinder 7 after the change is received from the cylinder 7, the pushed-up cylinder 7 is returned downward by a pressing spring 11 and at the same time, the upper end opening of the cylinder is closed again by the lid 12.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a change dispensing device provided in various automatic vending machines for cigarettes, canned juice and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In various conventional vending machines for cigarettes, canned juice, etc., as shown in FIG. 11, a pocket 3 having an opening / closing lid 2 provided at the lower front portion of a vending machine body 1.
A method of discharging coin change is adopted on the tray 4 inside.

[0003]

However, in the case of this conventional method, in order for the vending machine user to receive the change, the opening / closing lid 2 must be opened in a middle waist position and the change on the tray 4 must be scraped with a finger. It requires an awkward operation that does not happen.

Since the pocket 3 is usually formed to be small in consideration of preventing the change from being scattered on the tray 4, it is difficult to insert all the hands into the pocket 3 for this purpose. The eject operation may be forced.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a change dispensing device for a vending machine, which can receive all of the change on the palm at once. To do.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a change dispensing device for a vending machine according to the present invention is provided with a change accommodating portion for temporarily accommodating change and a change accommodating portion. It has a change discharge pipe for discharging change into the hand, and when the change discharge pipe is pushed up with a palm, the bottom of the change storage part is opened.

[0007]

In the change dispenser of the vending machine having the above structure, when the change discharge cylinder is pushed up with the palm of the hand, the bottom of the change storage unit opens, and the change stored in the change storage unit is discharged through this opening. It is discharged on the palm pushing up the cylinder.

With this, all of the change stored in the change storing unit can be received on the palm at once by merely pushing up the change discharge cylinder with the palm.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. <Embodiment 1> FIGS. 1 and 2 show a change dispensing device of an automatic vending machine according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

The change dispenser includes a change accommodating portion 6 formed in the vending machine body 5 and a change discharge cylinder 7 attached to the change accommodating portion 6.

The change accommodating portion 6 is for temporarily accommodating change and has a circular shape.

The change discharge cylinder 7 is for discharging the change stored in the change storing portion 6 into the hand, and has a cylindrical shape.

The change discharge cylinder 7 is fitted in a hole 8 formed at the center of the bottom 6A of the change storage unit 6 so as to be vertically movable. At this time, the change discharge cylinder 7 is prevented from coming off from the hole 8 by the flange 7A at the upper end contacting the bottom 6A of the change storage unit 6.

The change discharge cylinder 7 thus attached to the change accommodating portion 6 is constantly urged downward by the urging spring (coil spring) 11 accommodated in the change accommodating portion 6, as shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the entire state is in a state of protruding below the change storage unit 6.

A circular opening / closing lid (a part of the bottom 6A of the change accommodating portion 6) for opening and closing the upper end opening of the change discharging cylinder 7 is formed at the upper end of the change discharging cylinder 7. 12) is attached.

The opening / closing lid 12 is attached to the change discharging cylinder 7 so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction about the support shaft 13. When the change discharge cylinder 7 is in the state shown in FIG. 1, the opening / closing lid 12 is the support shaft 14 attached to the vending machine body 5.
It is supported by and is in a horizontal state, and the upper end opening of the change discharge cylinder 7 is closed.

As shown in FIG. 2, when the change discharge cylinder 7 is pushed up against the biasing spring 11, the opening / closing lid 12 that moves upward integrally with the change discharge cylinder 7 is supported by its own weight.
Rotate downward around 3 to open the upper end opening of the change discharge cylinder 7.

In this case, the opening / closing lid 12 rotates downward while contacting the support shaft 14. In addition, the change discharge cylinder 7 has a spindle 1
A vertical slit 7B is formed so as to avoid the interference with the vertical slit 4.

In the change dispensing device, change is first temporarily stored in the change storing unit 6. That is,
It is stored on the opening / closing lid 12 of the change discharge cylinder 7 of FIG.

Next, when the palm is put on the lower end surface of the change discharging cylinder 7 and the change discharging cylinder 7 is pushed up as shown in FIG. 2, the opening / closing lid 12 rotates downward so that the upper end opening of the change discharging cylinder 7 is opened. The change that has been opened and stored in the change storage unit 6 is discharged onto the palm that is pushing up the change discharge cylinder 7.

After receiving the change from the change discharge cylinder 7, when the hand applied to the change discharge cylinder 7 is released, the pushed up change discharge cylinder 7 is returned to the state shown in FIG. The upper end opening of the change discharge cylinder 7 is again the opening / closing lid 1.
Closed by 2.

<Embodiment 2> FIGS. 3 and 4 show a change dispenser for an automatic vending machine according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

In this change taking-out device, the same members as those of the change taking-out device of the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals, and the explanations of those which are structurally and functionally unchanged will be omitted.

In this change dispensing device, the change storage unit 6 is formed in a square shape, and the change discharge tube 7 is formed in a square tube shape as shown in FIG.

The upper and lower ends of the change discharging cylinder 7 are provided with left and right rectangular opening / closing lids 15 and 16 for opening and closing the upper end opening of the change discharging cylinder 7.

The opening / closing lids 15 and 16 are attached to the change discharge cylinder 7.
The support shafts 15A and 16A are attached so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction. The opening / closing lids 15 and 16 are biasing springs (coil springs) 17 interposed between the change accommodation unit 6 and the opening / closing lids 15 and 16 when the change discharge cylinder 7 is in the return state shown in FIG. It is urged by 18 and comes into contact with the inclined walls 6B and 6C formed in the change accommodating portion 6 to be in a horizontal state, and the upper end opening of the change discharge cylinder 7 is closed.

Then, when the change discharge cylinder 7 is pushed up by the palm as shown in FIG.
It is pressed by B and 6C and rotates downward about the support shafts 15A and 16A while resisting the biasing springs 17 and 18, and opens the upper end opening of the change discharge cylinder 7.

In the case of this change dispensing device, the left and right opening / closing lids 1
Since it has 5 and 16, the upper end opening can be opened greatly even if pushing up of the change discharge cylinder 7 is little.

Therefore, the performance of discharging the change from the change storage unit 6 is higher than that of the change removing device of the first embodiment.

<Third Embodiment> FIGS. 6 and 7 show a change dispenser for an automatic vending machine according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

In this change dispensing device, the same members as those of the change dispensing device of the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description of the components which are not structurally or functionally different will be omitted.

In this change dispensing device, a taper portion 19 having an opening 19A is provided at the center of the change storing portion 6, and the opening 19A of the taper portion 19 is used as the change discharge pipe 7.
It is designed to be opened and closed by a plug 20 integrally formed in the central portion of the.

The stopper 20 has a substantially conical shape, and a part of the stopper 20 engages with the taper portion 19 of the change accommodating portion 6.
It has 0A. In this stopper 20, the change discharge cylinder 7 is shown in FIG.
When the taper surface 20A is in the return state,
It is in a position to contact with.

Then, when the change discharge cylinder 7 is pushed up with the palm as shown in FIG. 7, the tapered surface 20A of the stopper 20 is separated from the tapered portion 19, and a gap 21 is formed between the stopper 20 and the tapered portion 19. At the same time, the opening 19A of the tapered portion 19
Opens.

Therefore, the change stored in the change storing unit 6 is discharged onto the palm through the gap 21 and the opening 19A. A plurality of change discharge holes 21A are formed in the support plate 21 portion of the stopper 20.

After receiving the change from the change discharging cylinder 7, when the hand applied to the change discharging cylinder 7 is released, the change discharging cylinder 7 is returned to the state shown in FIG. The opening 19A of the taper portion 19 is closed again by the plug 20 of the change discharge cylinder 7.

In the case of this change dispensing device, since the opening 19A of the taper portion 19 is opened and closed by the plug 20 which does not require a rotating operation for opening and closing, it is difficult to open and close the opening 19A, and maintenance is not required. Will be easier.

However, since the stopper 20 is located at the center of the opening 19A in this change dispenser, the shape of the stopper 20, the size of the opening 19A, the shape of the change discharge hole 21A, etc. can be changed. It is necessary to design it so that it does not cause problems.

<Fourth Embodiment> FIGS. 8 and 9 show a change dispenser for an automatic vending machine according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

The change taking-out device of the present invention uses the tray in the pocket, which has been conventionally used, as a change receiving portion.

Divided left and right divided pans 33 and 34 are mounted in a pocket 32 provided on the front surface of the vending machine body 31 (see FIG. 10).

The divided trays 33 and 34 are attached to the vending machine body 31 so as to be rotatable about the support shafts 33A and 34A. Such a divided saucer 3
3, 34 are normally in the closed state of FIG. 8 due to their own weight,
It forms one saucer.

Front pocket 3 of the vending machine body 31
As shown in FIG. 10, a change pipe 36 having a rectangular tube shape is attached in the pocket 35 provided at the lower part of the second section.

The change discharge tube 36 is fitted in a hole 37A formed in the center of the partition wall 37 between the pockets 32, 35 so as to be vertically movable.

The change discharge pipe 36 has a large diameter portion in the upper portion thereof, which has a size capable of accommodating the divided trays 33, 34. Then, when the change discharge cylinder 36 is in the return state of FIG. 8, the inclined end surface 36A of the large diameter portion is in contact with the inclined upper surface 37B of the partition wall 37.

When the change discharge cylinder 36 is at the return position in FIG. 8, the vertical protrusion 3 provided on the upper end surface of the large diameter portion.
6B and 36C are in contact with the contact plates 33B and 34B provided on the divided trays 33 and 34, respectively.

In this change dispensing device, the change is stored on the tray formed by the divided trays 33 and 34. Therefore, the change stored in this tray can be taken out in the same manner as in the conventional case.

The change discharge cylinder 36 collects the change discharged on the saucer.
In the case of receiving it on the palm using the palm, the palm is put on the lower end surface of the change discharge pipe 36 as shown in FIG. 9 and the change discharge pipe 36 is pushed up.

In this way, the projecting pieces 36B and 36C of the change discharge cylinder 36 are replaced by the contact plates 33 of the respective divided trays 33 and 34.
Since B and 34B are pressed, the divided trays 33 and 34 rotate upward about the support shafts 33A and 34A, and are in an open state.

With this, the saucer (divided saucers 33, 34)
The change stored therein falls into the change discharge cylinder 36 and is discharged onto the palm pushing up the change discharge cylinder 36.

After receiving the change from the change discharge pipe 36, when the hand applied to the change change discharge pipe 36 is released, the change change discharge pipe 36 is released.
Is lowered to the position shown in FIG. 8 by its own weight, and at the same time, the divided pans 33, 34 are also rotated by their own weight to be closed in the state of FIG.
Form one saucer.

Although the change discharge cylinder 36 has a rectangular tube shape here, it may be changed to a cylindrical shape or the like.

[0053]

As described above, according to the change dispenser of the vending machine of the present invention, when the change discharge pipe is pushed up by the palm, the change stored in the change storing portion pushes up the change discharge pipe. Since it is discharged on the palm, you can receive the change at once without leaving any change.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional side view showing the configuration of a change dispensing device of a vending machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional side view showing the configuration of the change dispensing device of the vending machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional side view showing the configuration of the change dispensing device of the vending machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional side view showing the configuration of the change dispensing device of the vending machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a change discharge cylinder used in the change extracting device.

FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional side view showing the configuration of the change dispensing device of the vending machine according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a vertical sectional side view showing the configuration of the change dispensing device of the vending machine according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a vertical sectional front view showing the configuration of the change dispensing device of the vending machine according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a vertical sectional front view showing the configuration of the change dispensing device of the vending machine according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a saucer and a change discharge cylinder used in the change extracting device.

FIG. 11 is a vertical sectional side view showing the configuration of a change receiving unit provided in a conventional vending machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 6 Change storage section 7,36 Change discharge tube 33,34 Divided saucer (change storage section)

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Naomi Sakamoto 6-735 Kitashinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Sony Corporation

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A change accommodating portion for temporarily accommodating change, and a change discharge tube for discharging change into the hand stored in the change storage section. A change dispenser for a vending machine, characterized in that the bottom of the change storage section is opened when pushed up by.