JPH0581539A - Merchandise conveying device for automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten a conveying time, in an upper taking-out type automatic vending machine in which inside merchandise carried from a housing is conveyed to a height at which the merchandise can be easily taken out by ascending a bucket whose belt is supported so as to be bended like a crank. CONSTITUTION:A flap opening and closing detecting means 16 which detects the opening and closing of an in-housing flap 7, and an operation control means 17 whose signal input side is connected with the flap opening and closing detecting means 16, whose output side is connected with an up-and-down conveying device 11, and which operates the up and down conveying device based on a signal from the flap opening and closing detecting means 16, are provided in the neighborhoods of the in-housing flap 7.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vending machine for selling products such as cans and bottles, and relates to a product unloading device of the vending machine for conveying the contents.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, various measures have been taken to make it easier to take out contents that are sold at vending machines that sell cans, bottles, etc. (For example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-10079)
4 publication).

An example of the above-described conventional article unloading device for a vending machine will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIGS. 6 to 8, 1 is a main body.
Reference numeral 2 is a door, and 3 is a plurality of product storage chambers provided inside the main body. Reference numeral 4 denotes a content product, which is stacked and stored in the product storage chamber 3. Reference numeral 5 denotes a carry-out mechanism for ejecting the contents product 4. Reference numeral 6 is a lower part guide passage for guiding the contents product 4 thrown out from the carry-out mechanism 5 to the front door 2 side, which is inclined forward from the rear to the front. An internal flap 7 is located in front of the lower guide passage 6 and is rotatably attached to the main body 1. The reference numeral 8 designates a take-out opening, which is located above the door 2 (at the height of the hip bone of an adult) and has a width dimension which is about the size at which the content product 4 can be taken out and is provided close to one side of the door 2. There is. Reference numeral 9 denotes an outlet flap, which is located in front of 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 conveying device 11 which is attached to the door 2 and moves up and down in front of the inside flap 7. Reference numeral 12 is a belt, one end of which is on the side of the take-out port 8 is fixed to the lower part of the door 2 and the other end is fixed to the upper part of the door 2, bent in a crank shape and slidably engaged with the bucket 10. The dimension of the crank-shaped substantially horizontal portion of the belt 12 is smaller than the height of the take-out port 8 located at the upper portion. 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 a bucket 1.
No. 0 belt 12 is tilted forward to the lower end fixed side (for example, 40
)), And has a dimension slightly smaller than the width dimension of the take-out port 8 and is attached at a position facing the take-out port 8 at the top. A commodity guide 15 is attached to the door 2 in front of the bucket 12.

The operation of the product carrying-out device of the automatic vending machine configured as described above will be described below with reference to FIGS. 6 to 8.

The bucket 10 is located at a position facing the inside flap 7 in the standby state, and the contents 4 discharged from the product storage chamber 3 by the discharge mechanism 5 pass through the lower guide passage 6 and push the inside flap 7. Wait for it to open and dive. When the content product 4 is placed in the bucket 10, the vertical transport device 11 raises and the bucket 10 rises. When the bucket 10 rises, the belt 12 engaged with the bucket 10 becomes
The bucket 1 is moved horizontally by the amount of upward displacement of the bucket 10.
Move relative to 0.

At this time, the belt 12 is bent and supported by the pulley 13 to reduce the movement resistance. When the bucket 10 is lifted, the inner product placed on the belt 12 is moved up and moved horizontally. When the bucket 10 is moved up by a dimension, the inner product 4 is moved horizontally by the belt 12 so that the lower end holding side of the belt 12 is held. It moves to the product holding stage 14 provided on the bucket 10 and 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 take-out port 8, the contents holding stage 14 is tilted to drop the contents 4 into the take-out port 8, and the take-out flap 9 is opened and taken out. After that, the vertical transport device 11 makes a downward movement, 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.

[0009]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional configuration, the bucket 10 cannot be lifted until the content product 4 thrown out from the carry-out mechanism 5 enters the bucket 10 and the inside flap 7 is closed. The time from when the contents product 4 is thrown out to when it enters the bucket 10 is the contents product 4
Since it depends on the type and the position of the carry-out mechanism 5, it is necessary to set the waiting time for the longest time, and there is a drawback that the purchaser of the contents product 4 in the vending machine waits for a long time.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic vending machine with a high outlet and a single outlet, which is a vending machine with a short shipping time of the articles. To do.

[0011]

In order to solve this object, the product discharge device of the vending machine according to the present invention comprises a flap open / close detecting means for detecting the open / close of the inside flap and a signal from the flap open / close detecting means. And an operation control means for operating the vertical transport device.

[0012]

With this structure, when the contents delivered from the product storage chamber are opened and closed by opening and closing the inside flap via the bottom guide passage, the flap opening / closing detection means detects the opening / closing of the inside flap and the operation control means is operated. Send a signal. Since the operation control means outputs a signal in response to this signal to drive the upper and lower conveying devices, it is possible to shorten the carry-out time by operating the product inside the bucket sooner than a certain waiting time, immediately after entering the bucket.

[0013]

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. The same parts as those in the conventional example are designated by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In FIGS. 1 to 4, reference numeral 16 denotes a flap opening / closing detecting means, which is attached below the inside flap 7 at a position where the flap 7 operates in a closed state. The flap open / close detection means 16 is in the form of an infrared reflection type switch or a magnetic reed switch. Reference numeral 17 is an operation control means, the flap open / close detection means 16 is connected to the input thereof, and the vertical conveyance device 11 is connected to the output thereof.

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

[0026] The contents product 4 discharged by the discharge mechanism 5
Passes through the lower guide passage 6 and pushes the inside flap 7 into the bucket 10. When the flap 7 is opened, the contents 4 are sent out, and the flap 7 is closed again, the flap open / close detection means 1
6 detects the ON-OFF signal and sends it to the operation control means 17. The operation control means 17 determines whether the flap opening / closing means 16 is turned ON / OFF as shown in the operation flowchart of FIG. 5 (step 1). The flap opening / closing means 16 is O
If it is turned OFF after N, the operation proceeds to the next step, the operation control means 17 sends an operation signal to the vertical transport device 11, and the vertical transport device 11 operates (step 2). Vertical transport device 1
When 1 moves up, the contents 4 are conveyed to the take-out port 8 by the same operation as the conventional one.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to recognize that the contents 4 have entered the bucket 10 by opening and closing the inside flap 7, so that the contents 4 discharged from the carry-out mechanism 5 are stored in the bucket 10. It takes 4 minutes to enter the contents.
Depending on the type and the position of the carry-out mechanism 5 in the refrigerator, the carry-out time can be shortened because the waiting time of the bucket 10 can be set to the required time.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, the take-out port provided at a position other than the lower part of the door and having a width about the take-out size of the contents, and the inside flap provided at the front of the lower guide passage. , A bucket that receives the contents delivered from the inside flap, an up-and-down conveyance device that raises and lowers this bucket, a product holding stage attached to the bucket at a position facing the outlet, and one end fixed above the outlet The other end is fixed to the lower part of the lower guide passage and is bent and supported in a crank shape by a fulcrum provided on the bucket, and a product that is received by the bucket is sent to the product holding stage by raising the bucket. In the product unloading device provided with the above, by providing the flap open / close detection means in the vicinity of the inside flap, the contents can be loaded into the bucket from the unloading mechanism. In order to operate in accordance with the time, without having to wait for a long time to the purchaser of the contents of goods, it can be carried out to concentrate on the outlet of the take-out easy height and in one place.

[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 cross-sectional view of the main part of the device from the front.

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the main part of the device.

FIG. 4 is a control block diagram of the device.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the device.

FIG. 6 is a central cross-sectional view of a conventional product delivery device of a vending machine.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view of the main part of the device from the front.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the main part of the device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 Product Storage Device 4 Contents Product 5 Unloading Mechanism 6 Lower Guide Passageway 7 Internal Flap 8 Outlet Port 10 Bucket 11 Vertical Transporting Device 12 Belt 14 Product Holding Stage 16 Flap Opening / Collecting Means 17 Operation Control Means

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of product storage chambers provided in a vending machine body having a door that can be opened and closed at the entire opening, a content product stored in a stack in the product storage chamber, and the product storage device. A carry-out mechanism provided at the lower part of the room for ejecting the contents product downward, a bottom guide passage for guiding the dispensed contents product, an inside flap provided in front of the bottom guide passage in the previous period, and the door At a position other than the lower part, and a take-out port provided in a width of about the take-out dimension of the contents product, a bucket for receiving the contents product sent out from the inside flap, and an up-and-down conveyance device for moving the bucket up and down, The product holding stage attached to the bucket at a position facing the outlet, one end fixed above the outlet, and the other end fixed below the bottom guide passage. In a product carrying-out device of a vending machine, which is bent and supported in a crank shape by a fulcrum provided on the bucket and has a belt for sending out the content product received by the bucket to the product holding stage by raising the bucket. An automatic vending machine comprising: a flap opening / closing detecting means for detecting opening / closing of an inside flap in front of the guide passage; and an operation control means for operating the vertical transport device in response to a signal from the flap opening / closing detecting means. Machine unloading device.