JPH05290260A - Merchandise sales machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable merchandise to be purchased by directly touching it, and to sell plural merchandise from one merchandise display part by successively displaying it. CONSTITUTION:The plural merchandise is arranged at a merchandise display lack 4 mounted in a merchandise display case 3 so as to be inclined gradually higher according as it goes to the deep part. The merchandise at the front part is restrained by a stopper 8 which can be rotated forward, and the stopper 8 is held by a lock member 12 so that the merchandise can be restrained. The next order merchandise is loaded on a merchandise loading device 24 equipped with a roller rotating on the upper face of the merchandise display rack 4, and the rotation of the roller is always stopped by a stopper 25. When a controller releases the lock of the lock member 12 in response to a prescribed merchandise sales command, the stopper 8 is rotated, the merchandise is taken out, the restoration of the stopper 8 to the restrained state is detected, the restraint of the roller by the stopper 25 is released, the merchandise loading device 24 is moved to the stopper 8, and the next order merchandise is prepared for the next sales.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a product selling device capable of selling displayed physical products.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Although there is an automatic vending machine as a commodity vending machine, generally, in the case of the automatic vending machine, it is not possible for the customer to confirm the actual item to be sold before making the purchase. Therefore, even the vending machine is provided with a plurality of small compartments for storing products having a door, and the door is unlocked in accordance with a predetermined sales command so that the goods can be taken out from the small compartment. In the vending machine with the configuration shown in, or with a configuration in which multiple products are arranged in the depth direction between each spiral of horizontally arranged spirals and the spirals are driven, the products on the front are sold one by one. The vending machines of the above can see the products from the front, and are known as the vending machines that can be purchased after confirming the displayed products.

[0003]

However, since the former vending machine does not open the door until a sales command is issued, the merchandise displayed only through the transparent door can be confirmed. In the past, it was not possible to directly check and confirm the actual product by any type of vending machine, including the product.

Further, the former vending machine has a problem in terms of sales efficiency because it can sell only one product in one product display section (in this case, it corresponds to a small room for storing products). From the above point of view, the present invention provides a product selling device that can directly check the actual product to be purchased and can display and sell a plurality of products in one product display section in order. is there.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is directed to a product display cabinet having an opening for taking out products on the front side, and is inclined so that the height gradually increases from the front side toward the depth direction. And a product display rack mounted in the product display cabinet and a product display rack that is provided so as to lock a front product of a plurality of products arranged in the depth direction on the product display shelf and rotate forward. Product placement including a first stopper that can be turned on and a roller that is provided corresponding to at least the next or higher order product of the products arranged in the depth direction of the product display shelf and rolls on the upper surface of the product display shelf A device, a lock member for holding the first stopper at a position for locking a product, and a second stopper for preventing a next-order product placed on the product placement device from moving forward Lock by the locking member A detection device that detects that the first stopper, which has been rotated forward due to the release of the above, returns to the locked state again; and control to unlock the lock member in response to a predetermined product sale command, and When the detection device detects that the first stopper returns to the locked state again, the control device controls the second stopper to release the blocking of the next-ranked product.

[0006]

When the product sale command is issued, the control device controls the first lock member to unlock the first stopper. As a result, the stopper can be rotated forward, and the customer can take out the product from the product storage. Then, when the detection device detects that the first stopper that has rotated forward is returned to the locked state of the product again, the control device controls the second stopper to release the blocking of the product of the next order. .. As a result, the product placing device, on which the next-order product is placed, moves forward on the product display shelf due to the rotation of the roller, and the next-order product is ready for the next sale by the first stopper. It will be locked. The product locked by the first stopper is in a state where it can be touched by the customer but cannot be taken out from the product display store.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Reference numeral 1 shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 denotes a product sales device, which is a product display storage compartment 3 defined by a heat-insulating case 2 which constitutes a main body.
The front surface of is an opening for storing and taking out products, and two doors are provided in the opening so as to be openable and closable. The case 2 is provided with a cooling device (not shown) for cooling the interior 3 of the product display, and the interior of the product display 3 is maintained at a predetermined temperature by this cooling device.

Inside the product display compartment 3, a plurality of product display shelves 4 are arranged. The upper part of the product display shelf 4 is divided into a plurality of parts in the left-right direction by the partition part 5, and a plurality of product display parts 6 extending in the front-rear direction are provided in parallel on the product display shelf 4. Products 7 are displayed side by side in the product display unit 6.

Further, the commodity display rack 4 is mounted so as to be inclined so that it gradually becomes higher from the front side toward the rear side, and a plurality of the same commodity are arranged along the depth direction. Therefore, the merchandise on the merchandise display rack 4 is biased toward the front side, so that the merchandise can be easily seen and taken out by the customer. For this reason, first stoppers 8 for locking the commodities 7 in the sales order are provided on the front surface of each commodity display section 6.

On the product display shelf 4, a product placing device 24 having rollers 23 is provided, and as shown in FIG.
The roller 23 is adapted to roll on a guide portion 28 provided on the product display shelf 4. And the product placement device 24
A product 7 is placed on the product, and the product is transferred forward by the rotation of the roller 23. This product placing device 24 does not necessarily have to correspond to the number of products arranged in the depth direction of the product display shelf 4, and may be one less than this number. What would happen first is the product 7 in the depth direction.
This is because when the items are arranged, the product placed in the forefront does not move to the front and can be placed directly on the product display shelf 4. In the product display shelf 4 of this example, one product placing device 24 is provided for each product display shelf 4 in order to arrange two products in the depth direction.

As shown in FIG. 3, a stopper 8a for pivotally supporting the stopper 7 is provided at one end of the stopper 8 for retaining the products 7 in the sales order, and at the other end thereof is a cam of the lock member 12. 9
The stopper 8 is normally held by a lock member 12 so that the product 7 is locked by the locking portion 8a. That is, the lock member 12 including the cam 9, the solenoid 10 and the spring 11
Is arranged such that one of the two protruding portions of the cam 9 is connected to the plunger of the solenoid 10 and the other is in contact with the contact portion 8b of the stopper 8. When the solenoid 10 is inoperative, the cam 9 Is configured to be biased by the spring 11 so that one protrusion is held in contact with the contact portion 8b of the stopper 8. Therefore, since the stopper 8 is normally prevented from rotating in the front direction, the products 7 in the sales order are locked by the locking portion 8a.

A product selection switch 14 is provided at the front end of the product display shelf 4 in correspondence with each product display unit 6,
By pressing the product selection switch 14, a product selection operation is performed, and the lock member 12 corresponding to the selected product is selected.
The solenoid 10 is driven. In addition, each product display section 6
There is a sold-out switch 22 which is turned on / off depending on the presence / absence of a product on the product display shelf 4 to detect the sold-out of the product.

When the solenoid 10 is sucked against the spring 11 and the cam 9 is rotated in the direction of the arrow by the product selection operation, the abutment portion 8b of the stopper 8 and the cam 9 are disengaged, and FIG. The product can be taken out from the product display shelf 4 by rotating the stopper 8 in the front direction as shown in FIG.
When the micro switch 13 detects that the customer rotates the stopper 8 toward the front side to take out the product, the solenoid 10 becomes inoperative. The micro switch 13 is turned from off to on when the stopper 8 is turned to the front side.

Due to the non-operation of the solenoid 10, the cam 9 is
The return force of the spring 11 tries to rotate in the direction of the opposite arrow, but when the customer applies a force in the front direction to the stopper 8 to take out the product, the rotation of the cam 9 is blocked. There is. Then, when the customer releases the product and the customer releases his / her hand, the cam 9 rotates, and at this time, since the stopper 8 is rotatable, the projection of the cam 9 crosses over the contact portion 8b of the stopper 8. Then, the stopper 8 is locked by contacting the rear surface of the contact portion 8b.

The product 7 in the next sales order is the second product.
The stopper 25 locks the roller 23 of the product placement device 24, so that the forward movement is blocked.
That is, an engaging portion 25a for engaging the roller 23 of the product placing device 24 is connected to one end of the stopper 25 pivotally supported, and a plunger of a solenoid 26 is connected to the other end. When the solenoid 26 is inoperative, the stopper 25 is urged by the spring 27 so that the engaging portion 25a is retained by the roller 23.

The solenoid 26 is released from the holding state by the lock member 12, is pulled in the front direction, and is rotated, and the stopper 8 returns to the locked state of the product again, whereby the micro switch 13 is returned to the off state. It is supposed to work. Then, when the solenoid 26 performs a suction operation against the spring 27, the stopper 25 rotates in the direction of the arrow, and the roller 25 of the product placing device 24 is moved by the stopper 25.
The lock of 3 is released.

When the commodity placing device 24, in which the lock of the roller 23 is disengaged, is moved forward by the rotation of the roller 23, the commodity 7 of the next order comes to be retained by the stopper 8 and a new one is provided. Product 7 in the sales ranking.

In the product taking-out operation, the solenoid 10 can be driven by the product selecting operation when a predetermined amount of money is put into the product selling device 1. for that reason,
This commodity selling device 1 has a bill insertion slot 16 and a coin insertion slot 17 arranged on the front surface of the main body case 2, and inside the bill, a bill inserted from the bill insertion slot 16 is selected and a signal indicating the bill type is displayed. Banknote recognition device 1 which is a generating unit
8 and a coin mechanism 19 which is a unit for selecting coins inserted from the coin insertion port 17 and generating a signal indicating the coin type. As the bill validator 18 and the coin mechanism 19, known ones conventionally used in vending machines and the like are used, but the coin mechanism 19 holds coins for change and outputs a predetermined change signal. Therefore, the commodity display device 1 pays out the change to the change return port 20 provided on the front surface of the main body case 2.

The bill validator 18 and the coin mechanism 19
In addition, the control unit 21 provided in the main body case 2 includes a control device including electronic components such as a CPU and a memory, and a bill type signal from the bill validator 18 and a coin type signal from the coin mechanism 19. The calculation operation of the amount of money to be inserted is performed based on Then, when the customer operates the product selection switch 14, a selection signal generated thereby is input to the control unit 21, and the control unit 21 compares whether the calculated input amount is more than the selling price of the selected product. Therefore, the possibility of selling the product is determined. Therefore, the selling price of the product displayed for each product display unit 6 is stored in the memory of the control unit 21 in advance, and the CPU reads the corresponding selling price from the memory based on the selection signal and performs the comparison calculation. Is programmed to do. Further, the control unit 21 is connected to the sold-out switch 22 for each product display section 6, and on condition that there is a product in the corresponding product display section 6 when the product selection switch 14 is pressed, Determine the possibility of selling the above products.

When the control unit 21 determines that the selected product can be sold, it gives a drive signal to the solenoid 10 of the corresponding product display unit 6 to enable the product to be taken out. Then, when it is detected that the stopper 8 returns to the locked state after the customer finishes taking out the product by turning the micro switch 13 back on and then back on again, the CPU drives the solenoid 26 for a certain period of time. Therefore, the micro switch 13 is also a detection device that detects that the stopper 8 returns to the locked state. In addition, the above-mentioned fixed time is sufficient for the product placing device 24, which is unlocked by the stopper 25, to move to the stopper 8.

Then, the CPU of the control unit 21 calculates the difference between the input amount and the selling price of the product, and outputs the difference data to the coin mechanism 17 when the change is required. As a result, the coin mechanism 17 performs an operation of paying out the change to the change return port 20.

[0022]

The product selling device according to the present invention has a structure in which the actual product to be sold is locked by the first stopper.
You can check the product by touching it in advance. Then, when the product is taken out for sale, the product to be sold next moves on the product display shelf, so that the products arranged in the depth direction can be sequentially displayed and sold.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external front view of a product sales device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of a product sales device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view of a product display unit.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the operation of a stopper.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a product placing device on which a product is placed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Product Display Device 3 Product Display Cabinet 4 Product Display Shelf 8 First Stopper 12 Lock Member 13 Detection Device 21 Control Unit 23 Roller 24 Product Placement Device 25 Second Stopper

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A merchandise display cabinet having an opening for taking out merchandise on the front side, and a merchandise display rack mounted in the merchandise store so that the merchandise is inclined so that the height gradually increases from the front side toward the depth direction. A first stopper that is provided so as to lock a front product of a plurality of products arranged along the depth direction on the product display shelf and that can rotate forward, and a first stopper in the depth direction of the product display shelf. A product placement device provided with a roller that rolls on the upper surface of the product display shelf and that is provided corresponding to at least the next or subsequent products of the products to be arranged, and the first stopper at the position for locking the products. A lock member for holding, a second stopper for preventing forward movement of the next-order product placed on the product placement device, and the first stopper rotated forward by unlocking by the lock member. 1 stopper again A detection device that detects the return to the locked state and a control that unlocks the lock member in response to a predetermined product sale command, and the detection device causes the first stopper to return to the locked state. And a control device for controlling the second stopper to release the blocking of the next-ranked product when the return is detected.