JPH06150136A - Automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to arbitrarily set the kind of commodities to be stored and the number of the same articles to be stored by providing a commodity storage shelf having commodity storage individual rooms which is capable of storing each commodity by a minimum sales unit. CONSTITUTION:A commodity storage individual room 12 is formed by providing a partition frame 13. Therefore, commodities 12A by a minimum sales unit is possible to be individually stored in a commodity storage shelf 11. As solenoids are oppositely equipped as each commodity ejection mechanism in a commodity storage individual room 21, desired article 12A is ejected if the solenoid in a prescribed location is pressed. Therefore, arbitrary article 12A can be taken out and be sold without limiting the storage locations from all the stored commodities. Further, because commodity storage space is expanded by demounting the partition frame 13 of an arbitrary location as the partition frame 13 of the commodity storage shelf 11 is provided in freely attachably and detachably, the commodity 12A of an arbitrary size becomes possible to be stored in the storage individual room 12 of an arbitrary location and the storage of plural kinds of commodier 12A to the commodity storage shelf 11 becomes possible.

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 a plurality of types of products, and more particularly to a product storage private room for individually storing products in the minimum sales unit, and a partition structure between the product storage private rooms. The present invention relates to a vending machine in which the types of products to be stored and the number of stored same products can be arbitrarily set by providing the detachable.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, a structure example shown in FIG. 4 is generally known as a means for storing and discharging products in an automatic vending machine of this type. FIG. 4 shows a side view of the main part.
In the figure, 1 is a product storage row, and a plurality of rows n (three rows in this example) are set as shown in the front view of FIG. 5, and a plurality of goods 2 of the same type are vertically arranged on top of each other. It is stored in. 3 is a discharge mechanism for the product 2 (for example, a solenoid)
In this case, only the lowest product 2m in the plurality of product storage rows 1 is opposed. Incidentally, 4 is a discharge pipe for the product 2, and the product outlet 5 at the tip thereof is normally closed by a product outlet cover 6 pivotally attached to the upper edge thereof. The product discharging operation of the conventional vending machine having the above structure will be described below. First, when a corresponding push button (not shown) of a desired type of product is pushed after the money processing operation of the desired product, the solenoid 3 is actuated and the product 2m stored at the bottom is pushed forward. Therefore, the product 2m falls in the discharge pipe 4 in a broken line shape and reaches the bottom thereof. The product 2m can be taken out by opening the cover 6 of the product outlet 5 at the top. The products in this row are stacked on top, so the lowest product is 2m.
After being discharged, the product immediately above falls and is replenished by its own weight.

[0003]

However, the storing / discharging mechanism in the vending machine having the above structure has many problems as described below. That is, (1) The number of products that can be stored in the same stack row is limited to one. (2) The number of products to be sold is limited to the number of product storage stack rows (hereinafter referred to as product storage rows). (3) The storage quantity of the same type of products is limited to the storage quantity per product storage row, and when storing more than this, two or more product storage rows must be used. , The number of products sold will be reduced (4) Since it is a stacking system, at least the upper surface and the lower surface of the product need to be flat surfaces with appropriate smoothness, which is unsuitable for products with irregular and soft shapes such as bags and the like.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, and has a structure in which products are individually stored in the minimum sales unit, and the types of products to be stored. It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic vending machine capable of arbitrarily setting the storage number of the same product.

[0005]

The structure of the present invention for achieving the above object will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 corresponding to the embodiments. The present invention can automatically sell a plurality of types of products. The vending machine is provided with a product storage rack 11 having a product storage compartment 12 in which each product 12A can be individually stored in a minimum sales unit (one in the case of the drawing).

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, in the present invention, product discharge mechanisms 14 (solenoids in this example) are respectively provided in the rear of the product storage individual chambers 12 so as to easily discharge products at arbitrary positions. be able to.

Further, as shown in FIG.
The partition frame (partition structure) 13 between the two is detachably provided to the product storage shelf 11, so that the partition frame 13 at any place can be removed to expand the occupied space of the product storage private room 12. As a result, different types of products 12A to 12C having different sizes and shapes can be stored.

[0008]

According to the vending machine according to the present invention, the partition frame 13
Since the commodity storage private room 12 is formed by providing the above, the commodity storage shelf 11 can individually store the commodity 12A or the like in the minimum sales unit. Further, since a solenoid is provided as a product discharge mechanism 14 in each of the product storage compartments 12, a desired product is discharged by urging the solenoid at a predetermined position. Therefore, from among all the stored products, any product can be taken out and sold without limiting the storage position. Further, since the partition frame 13 of the product storage shelf 11 is detachably provided, the product storage space is expanded by removing the partition frame 13 at an arbitrary position, so that a product of any size can be stored at any position. It becomes possible to store in a private room, and a plurality of types of products can be stored in the product storage shelf. This solves the above problems and maximizes the utilization rate of the storage space.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of essential parts showing the configuration of a product storage shelf of an automatic vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, the case where the product storage private rooms are provided in three rows and five levels will be described, but the present invention is not limited to this. In the figure, the product storage private room 12 of the product storage shelf 11 is a partition frame 13
When the products 12A of the same type are stored in each of the private rooms 12, a total of 15 products 12A are individually stored.

Therefore, as shown in the side view of FIG. 2, if a solenoid is installed as a product discharge mechanism 14 in each of the product storage compartments 12, the product 12A at an arbitrary position is biased by the solenoid 14 at the installed position. It is pushed out of the commodity storage compartment 12, falls in the discharge pipe 15 and is retained at the bottom thereof. The product outlet cover 17 can be opened to take out the product 12A from the product outlet 16. The space of the product storage private room 12 after taking out the product 12A remains empty until the next product replenishment time.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing another embodiment of the present invention. In this case, the partition frame 13 at a predetermined position is removed from the product storage shelf 11 having the structure shown in FIG. 1, so that the size is twice as large as the occupied space of the product storage private room 12 of the minimum sales unit. Storage space (12B
′, 12C ′) will be formed in four chambers, and the products 12A to 12C having different shapes and sizes can be stored at desired positions shown in the drawing, and seven products of three types can be stored.
A combination such as two or two can be freely selected and stored. Therefore, the product storage private room can be easily changed by attaching and detaching the partition frame that forms the product storage space. By removing the predetermined partition frame, the product storage space that is an integral multiple of the space occupied by the minimum sales unit product storage private room. Is obtained.

[0012]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. Stopping the conventional product stacking storage method, providing a partition frame on the product storage shelf, and configuring a product storage private room of multiple rows and multiple stages for individually storing products in minimum sales units, and a product discharge mechanism in each room Since they are placed opposite to each other, it is possible to take out and sell any product without being restricted to the storage position among all the stored products. In addition to partitioning the product storage shelves to provide product storage private rooms for multiple units in multiple rows and minimum sales units,
Since the partitioning mechanism is detachably provided, the storage space for the minimum sale unit product can be freely configured, so that the type of product that can be stored can be arbitrarily selected. further,
It is possible to arbitrarily set the storage number of the same product within a range where the combination of the storage numbers of the same product and different products is equal to or less than the total storage number when all the storage products are the same. Furthermore, since the number of stored items can be individually changed according to the sales prospect for each type of product, problems during long-term storage due to sold-out or unsold items can be eliminated, and the utilization rate of the storage space can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view showing an embodiment of a product storage shelf of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of essential parts of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic front view showing another embodiment of the product storage shelf of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view of a main part of a conventional example.

FIG. 5 is a schematic front view of a conventional product storage example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Product Storage Shelf 12 Product Storage Private Room 13 Partition Frame 14 Product Ejection Mechanism 15 Ejection Pipe 16 Product Outlet 17 Product Outlet Cover

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An automatic vending machine capable of automatically selling a plurality of types of products, characterized by comprising a product storage shelf capable of individually storing the products in a minimum sales unit. 2. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein each of the product discharging mechanisms is provided opposite to a storage compartment for storing a minimum sales unit product of a product storage shelf. 3. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein partition means between each of the commodity storage compartments of the commodity storage shelf is detachably provided.