JPH0624939Y2 - Product storage shelves for vending machines - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a vending machine for selling cylindrical products such as cans and bottles.

Conventional technology Due to the diversification of the products handled by vending machines, it is necessary to have a dedicated mechanism that allows the product storage shelves of the vending machines to adapt to the product shape. We sell a wide variety of products. On the other hand, product storage shelves can be grouped together and sold together in accordance with the variety of products, and in order to efficiently sell in a small area, multiple product storage shelves are housed in multiple layers in the depth direction from the front of the main body. Seeing each independent product storage shelves side by side, it is configured to be stored and installed. When handling new products, the product storage shelves are of a cassette type and can be easily replaced. There was a demand for a function that makes it easy to attach and remove shelves and work.

Hereinafter, a conventional product storage shelf of the vending machine as described above will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 show the structure of a conventional product storage shelf of a vending machine. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a main body of an automatic vending machine, in which a product storage shelf 2 is housed. On the product storage shelf 2, arcuate traveling plates 3 are vertically arranged in a meandering manner to form a product passage 4, and a product discharge mechanism 5 is provided at the exit thereof. A plurality of multiple product storage shelves 2 are attached to the back of the body from the front to the back. A guide plate 8 is fixed to the lower side of the guide plate 8 so that the products 6 carried out from the product storage shelves 2 can be collected at one outlet 7.
Also, a product unloading mechanism 5 for unloading the products 6 one by one.
The wiring cords 9 to 9 are wired under the guide plate 8, and the wiring cords 9 are gathered in one place, and are wired from the side surface of the inner box 10 to the lower side of the guide plate 8.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, the wiring cords 9 for the merchandise carrying-out mechanism 5 are wired just below the guide plate 8 and the wiring cords 9
In order to wire the product discharge mechanism 5, first, the product storage shelves 2 are housed in the storage, since the wirings have to be arranged from one side of the inner box 10 to the lower side of the guide plate 8. Each wiring cord is wired through the lower end of the adjacent product storage shelf 2, and the wiring process is performed so as to reach the side surface of the inner box 10. Therefore, it is difficult to see the wiring location and the work is complicated. It was necessary to change the wiring length depending on the position of the storage rack, and it was necessary to manage the storage rack. Also, in the market, it is impossible to take out unless the wiring of each storage shelf is removed in the storage period replacement, service, etc., it takes a lot of work time and the wiring is removed, so contact quality, scratches etc. in terms of quality It was the one that lowered.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a product storage shelf that is completely independent and can be attached and detached without wiring.

Means for Solving Problems In order to solve the above problems, a product passage in which a cylindrical product falls due to its own weight and a plurality of product discharge mechanisms provided at the lower end side of the product passage are provided in the front-rear direction, and At the product outlet of the product passage on the rear row side, a guide plate for guiding the product to the outlet is attached to the lower end of the partition wall forming the product passage, and the product of the product passage on the front row side and An integrated guide plate for guiding the products from the guide plate to the outlet is arranged, and the wiring of the product discharge mechanism attached to the product storage shelf is led out from the side surface of the guide plate and arranged below the integrated guide plate. .

As described above, in the present invention, since the guide plate is integrally provided at the lower rear of the product storage rack, the assembly work of the independent product storage rack does not need to wire the lower side of each carry-out mechanism, and the work time is reduced. Can be reduced.

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a front view of a product storage shelf. In the figure, 11
Is the main cabinet of the vending machine, and the product storage shelf 12
Is housed. The storage rack 12 is formed by vertically arranging arc-shaped traveling plates 13 in a vertical direction to form a product passage 14, and is fixed by a shaft 16 between a pair of partition walls 15. A product unloading mechanism 18 that reliably carries out the products 17 one by one is provided below the exit of the product passage 14. A plurality of such storage shelves 12 are provided in the front-rear direction. A guide plate 21 for guiding the products 17 to the stacking guide plate 20 is provided below the product outlet 19 on the rear side. The guide plate 2
Reference numeral 1 is curved in an arc shape, curls 22 are provided at both ends, and fixed to the partition wall 15 by a shaft 16. Reference numeral 25 is a support plate having a notch 23 into which the protruding piece 20 'at the rear end of the integrated guide plate 20 is inserted. Further, the stacking guide plate 20 is provided with screws 21 'on the cabinet 11 in the lower part of the product passage 14 on the front side.
It is attached with. Then, on the side surface of the partition wall 15, a wiring 24 for operating the product unloading mechanism 18 is connected to the rear product unloading mechanism, and is routed between the guide plate 21 and the stacking guide plate 20 to be wired below the guide plate 21 to collect the product. It is connected at the bottom of the guide plate 20. And such a storage shelf 12 and a partition wall 1
A large number of 5 are arranged in the lateral direction.

The operation of the product storage shelf 12 of the vending machine configured as described above will be described below. First, the product storage shelf 1
2 are stored in the cabinet 11 and attached. After that, wiring processing is performed for each of the product storage shelves 12, and finally the integrated guide plate 20 leading to the outlet 26 is attached to the upper side of the wiring extending from the side surface of each of the product storage shelves. As described above, according to the present embodiment, since the guide plate 21 is provided at the rear part of the product storage shelf, wiring processing can be performed at the intermediate part of the side surface of the partition wall, and the product can be carried out from the rear product carry-out mechanism 18. Since the product can be guided to the outlet 26 without hitting the wiring, the wiring processing structure is simplified and the assembling work is simplified.

As a result, the storage passages can be multiplexed and the discharge mechanism can be arranged, so that the vending machine itself can be downsized.

Effect of the Invention As described above, in the present invention, the guide plate is integrally provided on the lower rear of the product storage shelf, so that the assembly work of the independent product storage shelf does not need to wire the lower side of each carry-out mechanism. Working time can be reduced.

On the other hand, since the guide plate is fixed to the storage side, the guide passages in the last row can be secured regardless of variations in the product storage installation, variations in the stacking guide plates, etc. The above problem can be prevented.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of an automatic vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of a product storage box, FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a conventional automatic vending machine, and FIG. It is a front view. 12 ... Merchandise storage rack, 15 ... Partition wall, 18 ... Merchandise unloading mechanism, 19 ... Rear merchandise outlet, 20 ... Integrated guide board, 21 ... Guide board, 20 ... Wiring.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A product passage in which a cylindrical product falls due to its own weight and a plurality of product discharge mechanisms provided at the lower end side of the product passage in the front-rear direction, and at the product discharge port of the product passage on the rear row side. , A guide plate for guiding the product to the outlet is attached to the lower end of the partition wall forming the product passage, and the product in the product line on the front row side and the product from the guide plate are guided to the outlet at the lower part of the guide plate. A product storage shelf for a vending machine, in which a stacking guide plate is arranged, and the wiring of a product discharging mechanism attached to the product storage shelf is led out from the side surface of the guide plate and arranged below the stacking guide plate.