JPH06203265A - Article storage column - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the generation of impulse and noise at the time of article drop by changing the height of an article inserting port by pulling a slide door upward corresponding to the height of housed articles. CONSTITUTION:When the height of cross piled articles reaches near a slide board 13A at the top part of a slide door 10, a stopper is canceled by pulling a handle upward, and the slide board 13A at the top part is pulled up to a prescribed height. In this case, a slide board 13 is also moved upward while being interlocked with the pulling-up of the slide board 13A at the top part and raising a link arm 14. Thus, the articles are piled up and housed in the posture of falling down side ways after the slide door 10 is pulled up to the prescribed height. In this case, an opening part 11 formed on the front face of a main body 1 of the column is partially closed from the downside by the slide door 10, and the height of an article inserting port 11A can be increased by further pulling this slide door 10 upward corresponding to the height of housed articles.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a product storage column in which a plurality of cylindrical products are lined up in the depth direction in a sideways posture and stacked in the vertical direction.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional product storage column has a cylindrical shape so that a large number of products can be stored, for example, as shown in Japanese Patent Application No. 4-206623 previously filed by the applicant of the present application. There is a so-called staggered stackable storage, in which a plurality of the products are arranged sideways in the depth direction and are stacked in the vertical direction.

In this product storage column, the bottom surface of the column body is opened to serve as a product outlet, while the product outlet 2 of the column body 1 is normally closed by a moving bottom surface 3 as shown in FIG. I have to. The products 4 stored in the column body 1 are usually placed on the moving bottom surface 3.

Here, the moving bottom surface 3 is the column main body 1
A pair of left and right endless chains 5 stretched between the pair of left and right drive sprockets 5a and the driven sprockets 5b arranged below the shaft so as to be parallel to the product outlet 2.
In addition, a large number of bottom plates 3a are erected so as to be provided at a predetermined interval and have a part missing.

When a sales command is issued, the drive sprocket 5a rotates in the direction of the arrow, and the missing portion 7 of the moving bottom surface 3 located at a position facing the normal product chute 6 moves while facing the product outlet 2. As a result, the products 41, 42, 43 directly placed on the moving bottom surface 3 are sequentially placed in the product holding section 8 surrounded by the moving bottom surface 3 and formed in the track circumference of the chain 5 as shown in FIG. It is designed to fall.

When the drive sprocket 6a further rotates, the missing portion 7 of the moving bottom surface 3 again becomes the product chute 6.
As a result, as shown in FIG. 8, the product 43, which has been held last, sequentially passes through the missing portion 7 and drops onto the product chute 6 toward the product sales port (not shown). It has become.

A detection device 9 is arranged between the chain 5 and the product chute 6, and the detection device 9 detects that the product 4 held in the product storage unit 8 has fallen from the missing portion 7. Then, the rotation of the drive sprocket 6a is stopped.

[0008]

However, in such a conventional product storage column, when the product is stored, the product is inserted from the product insertion port provided in the upper part of the column body. , It is difficult to stack products in a horizontal position, especially at the beginning of storage.For example, if the products are stored in an upright position, this product may get stuck on the moving bottom surface and cannot be sold. It was

Further, especially at the beginning of storage, there is a problem in that the product has a large impact when the product is dropped due to a long drop distance, resulting in deformation of the product and noise.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a product storage column that can securely stack products in a horizontal position and reduce the impact when storing products.

[0011]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a product storage column in which a plurality of cylindrical products are arranged sideways in the depth direction in a state of being laid down, and a plurality of products are stacked in the vertical direction and stored in the vertical direction on the front surface of the column body. An opening formed to extend, a slide door attached to the column main body so as to be able to be drawn upward so as to partially close the opening from below, and the slide door formed above the slide door. It is equipped with a product insertion port whose height changes according to the upward movement.

[0012]

With this structure, the slide door mounted on the column body of the product storage column is pulled out upward to partially close the opening formed in the vertical direction on the front surface of the column body from below. You can Further, by moving the slide door upward according to the height of the stored product, the height of the product insertion port formed above the slide door can be changed.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of a product storage column according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front sectional view of a main portion thereof, and FIG.
Is a plan sectional view thereof. In FIGS. 1, 2, and 3, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 6 indicate the same or corresponding portions.

1, 2 and 3, reference numeral 10 denotes a slide door for partially closing the opening 11 formed in the front surface of the column main body 1 extending in the vertical direction from below. The slide door 10 is provided on both side plates 1a of the column body 1.
Is supported by left and right support shafts 12 formed by curling the front end of the column and is attached to the column main body 1 so as to be pulled out upward.

The sliding door 10 has an opening 11
By partially closing the lower part of the product, a product insertion port 11A is formed above the product insertion port, and the product insertion port 11A is moved upward depending on the height of the inserted product 4 to change the height of the product insertion port 11A. It is for. 1b is a back plate of the column body 1.

Here, the slide door 10 is formed by stacking a plurality of slide plates 13 in the vertical direction as shown in FIG. 2, and the respective slide plates 13 intersect at their central portions. It is connected by two link arms 14 which can be raised and lowered with the central portion as a fulcrum. In addition, 14a is two link arms 14
Is a connecting shaft for connecting the.

As shown in FIG. 4, elongated holes 15 extending in the lengthwise direction are formed at both ends of each link arm 14, and the elongated holes 15 are formed on both sides of each slide plate 13. By loosely fitting the provided shaft 13a, each slide plate 13 can be moved up and down.

Then, in this way, each slide plate 13
When the uppermost slide plate 13A is pulled out by connecting the link arms 14 to each other, all the slide plates 13 are raised along the support shaft 12 while raising the link arms 14. The lowermost slide plate 13B is fixed to the column body 1 as shown in FIG. 5 described later.

On the left and right sides of the uppermost slide plate 13A, there are provided stoppers 17 swingably held by a stopper shaft 16 as shown in FIG. Here, these stoppers 17 are a contact portion 17a that abuts on the left and right support shafts 12, respectively, and a handle 17 for releasing the stopper 17 and moving the slide door 10 up and down.
and b.

The contact portion 17a of the stopper 17
Is a spring 18 with both ends locked to the respective stoppers 17.
The sliding door 10 can be stopped at a predetermined position by being urged by and abutting on the left and right support shafts 12.

On the other hand, when the handle 17b is manually pulled up against the spring 18, the handle 17b releases the contact of the contact portion 17a to release the stopper 17.

When the handle 17b is pulled up by hand and the stopper 17 is released, the uppermost slide plate 13A
Is movable up and down, and for example, when starting to store a product, the slide door 10 can be pushed down to the bottom as shown in FIG. As a result, the product inlet 11A is widened, so that the products 4 can be reliably stacked in a zigzag posture and the dropping distance of the products 4 can be shortened.

When the height of the stored products reaches near the uppermost slide plate 13A, the handle 17b is pulled up to release the stopper 17 and the uppermost slide plate 1 is released.
3A can be pulled up to a predetermined height. When the hand is released from the handle 17b at that position, the contact portion 17a of the stopper 17 comes into contact with the left and right support shafts 12 by the force of the spring 18 to hold the slide door 10 at that position. ing.

On the other hand, when the slide door 10 is pulled up in this way, the distance between the slide plates 13 increases, but since the link arm 14 exists between the slide plates 13, the product is placed between the slide plates 13. Never fall off.

Next, the product storing operation in the product storing column thus constructed will be described.

When storing the product 4 in the column body 1,
First, the handle 17b is pulled up to release the stopper 17, and the slide door 10 is pushed down to the bottom as shown in FIG. To do.

When the height of the products 4 stacked in a zigzag reaches the vicinity of the uppermost slide plate 13A of the slide door 10, the handle 17b is pulled up to release the stopper 17 and the uppermost slide plate 13A is moved to a predetermined position. Raise to height. At this time, each slide plate 13 also rises while raising the link arm 14 in conjunction with pulling up the uppermost slide plate 13A.

After that, when the hand is released from the handle 17b,
The contact portion 17a of the stopper 17 comes into contact with the left and right support shafts 12 by the spring 18, and the slide door 10 stops at this position. Then, after pulling up the slide door 10 to a predetermined height in this manner, the commodities 4 are stacked and stored in a sideways posture. In this way, the slide door 10 is gradually pulled up to store the product 4.

In this way, the product 4 stored by partially closing the opening 11 formed in the front surface of the column main body 1 from below by the slide door 10 that can be pulled out upward.
By pulling out the slide door 10 further upward depending on the height of the product, the height of the product insertion port 11A can be increased.

[0031]

As described above, according to the present invention, the height of the product insertion port formed above the slide door is changed by pulling the slide door upward depending on the height of the stored product. be able to. Thus, if the slide doors are not pulled up too much even at the beginning of storage, the products can be surely stacked in a horizontal position and the impact and noise when the products are dropped can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of a product storage column according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a main part of the product storage column.

FIG. 3 is a plan sectional view of the product storage column.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged front view of a main part of a slide door of the product storage column.

FIG. 5 is a view showing a state in which the slide door is pulled down.

FIG. 6 is a side sectional view of a main part of a conventional product storage column.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a state where a product in a conventional product storage column has dropped into a product storage unit.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a state in which the last product stored in the product storage unit falls on a product chute.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Column Main Body 10 Slide Door 11A Product Input Port 13 Slide Plate 14 Link Arm 17 Stopper

Front Page Continuation (72) Inventor Hiroshi Imamura 2-18 Keihan Hondori, Moriguchi City, Osaka Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A product storage column in which a plurality of cylindrical products are laid sideways in the depth direction and stacked in the vertical direction for storage, and an opening formed in the front surface of the column body to extend in the vertical direction. Section, a slide door attached to the column main body so as to be able to be pulled out upward so as to partially close the opening from below, and a height that is formed above the slide door and changes in height due to the upward movement of the slide door. A product storage column that is equipped with a product insertion port that