JPH0628554A - Automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate a replenishing work by allowing a mounting rack to change its angle from an inclining state of downward in front into a nearly parallel state and allowing individual mounting rack to be drawn forward. CONSTITUTION:Each mounting rack 5 is arranged parallelly each other in a inclining state downward and forward where each front side is lower than its back side. Then, a stopper unit (sending unit) 6 preventing can products 4 mounted on the mounting rack 5 from dropping while rolling forward is provided for a front end part by each mounting lane. Thus, the top of the can products 4 abuts to the stopper unit 6 from behind on each mounting lane and furthermore, the plural can products 4 are contained in a row behind it. Then, each mounting rack 5 provided with the stopper unit as its front end is held in the inclining state downward and forward at a normal time, that is, the time for sales, but the angle of the rack 5 is changed into a horizontal state so as to draw the mounting rack 5 forward at the time of replenishing the can products 4.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic vending machine capable of storing a plurality of cylindrical products such as cans and bottles in a storage and taking out the products in response to the insertion of coins.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional vending machine of this type is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 53-11479 and Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 55-12155.
As disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication (Kokai), etc., a tubular body which is meandering and extends in the vertical direction is provided inside a box-shaped body surrounded by a heat insulating wall, and in this tubular body, for example, a can product for beverages. Are laid sideways and stacked in the height direction for storage.

A delivery unit is provided at the lower end of the tubular body, and this unit prevents the can product from falling inside the tubular body and inserts a predetermined coin into the coin mechanism portion attached to the main body. Then, the delivery unit operates to drop only the lowermost product, so that the dropped leading product is supplied to the product outlet provided at the lower end of the front surface of the main body. Has become.

By the way, as described above, in the structure for storing the product by providing the meandering tubular body in the main body, for example, an unnecessary space is created around the curved portion of the tubular body, and therefore the product is When trying to increase the storage amount, there is a problem that the entire shape becomes large. In addition, when replenishing products from the upper end side of the main body, it is necessary to keep the posture in which the product is extended, which causes a problem that the work becomes complicated.

On the other hand, for example, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 55-52548 discloses a table-top vending machine installed in a hotel room or the like. In this vending machine, a plurality of stages of flat products are placed in a refrigerator. A shelf is provided. A delivery unit similar to the above is provided on the rear end side of each of the product placing shelves, and the product delivered from the rear end of the product placing shelf is operated on the rear side of the inside of the warehouse. It is designed to fall through a drop supply space and then be sent to a product outlet on the front surface of the main body through a front-lowering inclined guide path provided at the lower end of the main body. By arranging a plurality of flat loading shelves side by side in this way, unnecessary space in the refrigerator is reduced, and the storage density of products can be increased accordingly.

[0006]

However, even in the vending machine described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 55-52548 described above, when replenishing the shelves with the products, the products held in the hand are placed on the upper stage. It is necessary to move the product horizontally into the space between the shelves and put it in, and such a replenishment work is apt to cause an error such as sliding a hand to drop the product. For this reason, there is a problem that the replenishment work of the product becomes complicated.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object thereof is to make it possible to easily carry out a work of replenishing products and to further increase the packing density of the products. To provide a vending machine.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, an automatic vending machine according to claim 1 of the present invention is provided with a loading shelf in a main body in which the loading shelves on which products are placed side by side are inclined downward. A vending machine in which a plurality of vertically arranged substantially parallel to each other and a delivery unit that is operated to be opened and closed in order to deliver the leading product are attached to the front end of each shelf, Attached to the main body via first attachment means that allows the angle to be changed from a front-down tilted state to a substantially horizontal state, and second attachment means that allows each mounting shelf to be pulled forward. It is characterized by being.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the automatic vending machine according to the first aspect, the rotating support shaft pivotally rotatably pivoting the above-mentioned shelf on the main body side is the placing shelf. It is characterized in that they are respectively provided at substantially central positions in the front-back direction.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the vending machine according to the first or second aspect, the plurality of mounting shelves are simultaneously changed in angle so that substantially parallel states are maintained. In addition, these mounting shelves are connected to each other at each end side.

[0011]

In the automatic vending machine according to the first aspect of the present invention, after the placing shelves are made horizontal, it is possible to replenish the placing shelves with products in a state of being pulled out forward. In this case, since the replenishment can be performed by a simple operation of placing the product on the withdrawn shelf, there is no risk of a fall error during replenishment, and therefore the replenishment work can be easily performed.

Further, in the vending machine according to the second aspect of the present invention, for example, when the operation of returning the angle of the placing shelf to the inclined state after finishing the replenishing work of the items is performed, the articles stored on the placing shelf are The weight is almost balanced back and forth across each pivot. Therefore, the operation force for changing the angle can be small irrespective of the loading amount of the product, which also makes it possible to easily perform the refilling work.

Further, in the vending machine according to the third aspect, since the angles of the plurality of mounting shelves are simultaneously changed, the intervals between the respective mounting shelves are made as small as possible according to the shape of the product. can do. In other words, in the configuration in which the angles of the respective mounting shelves are individually changed, if one mounting shelf is made horizontal, the space between the upper and lower mounting shelves becomes narrower on one side across the center of rotation. It is necessary to set such that the narrowed interval at this time exceeds the outer shape of the product.
On the other hand, as described above, in the configuration in which the angles of the respective mounting shelves are changed at the same time so that the parallel states are maintained substantially parallel to each other, depending on the change from the inclined state to the horizontal state, the mounting shelves may be changed. There is no part where the interval of N is narrowed, and it changes in the spreading direction over the whole. Therefore, the space between the loading shelves can be made as small as possible in accordance with the outer shape of the product in the inclined state, so that the storage density of the product can be increased.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The following will describe one embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 2, the vending machine according to this embodiment includes a main body 1 having a substantially box shape and a coin mechanism portion 2 provided on a front side portion of the main body 1. A front door 3 provided with a transparent glass 3a is attached to the front surface of the main body 1 so as to open the whole of the inside of the main body 1 from the front side so that the front door 3 can be opened. , The interior of the main body 1 is released to the front side.

In the interior of the main body 1 surrounded by a heat insulating wall,
As shown in FIG. 3, there are vertically arranged four stages of mounting shelves 5 on which cylindrical can products (commodities) 4 for beverages and the like are laid sideways. In these mounting shelves 5, two partition plates 5b and 5b are installed upright between the side surface portions 5a and 5a, which are respectively raised from both side portions, so that each of the mounting shelves 5b and 5b is erected. The tops of the shelves 5 are divided into three mounting lanes each having a width according to the length of the can product 4.

As shown in FIG. 1, the respective mounting shelves 5 are arranged in parallel with each other in a front-down (lower side in the drawing) lower front and lower inclined state than the rear. At the front end, there are stopper units (delivery units) 6 ... for preventing the can products 4 mounted on the mounting shelves 5 ... from rolling forward and dropping. It is provided for each. Therefore, on each loading lane,
The can product 4 at the top comes into contact with the stopper unit 6 from the rear side, and a plurality of the can products 4 are housed in a line in the rear side.

The bottom side of the main body 1 is configured as a machine room in which the evaporator 7, the circulation fan 8 and the like are arranged, and by operating the circulation fan 8, the air inside the main body 1 is removed from the bottom. A circulation path 9 is provided from the side to the upper side of the inside of the refrigerator through the evaporator 7. The evaporator 7 constitutes a refrigerating device together with a compressor, a condenser, a capillary tube, etc. (not shown). In the summer, the cooling air circulated through the evaporator 7 is circulated in the refrigerator so that the placing shelf 5 While the upper can product 4 is cooled, in the winter, the circulating air is heated by the heater 10 arranged in the circulation path 9 to warm the canister 4 on the placing shelf 5. It is designed to be stored.

As shown in FIG. 4, the stopper units 6 provided at the front ends of the respective mounting shelves 5 have a substantially L-shaped cross section and have a width slightly shorter than the length of the can product 4. The stopper main body 11, the take-out switch lever 12 assembled from the front surface side of the vertical surface 11a of the stopper main body 11, and the rear side (lower right side in the figure) along the vertical surface 11a and the horizontal surface 11b of the stopper main body 11. Leading product detection lever 13 assembled from and stopper body 11
Second stopper 14 connected to the rear end of the horizontal surface 11b of the
And a stopper cover 15 that covers the horizontal surface 11b of the stopper body 11 from below.

The horizontal surface 11b of the stopper body 11 and the second stopper 14 are provided with the spindle 1 on both sides in the width direction.
1e and 14a are respectively provided so as to project, and these spindles 1
By sandwiching 1e and 14a between the mounting shelf 5 and the mounting cover 16 fixed to the lower side thereof, the stopper unit 6 is assembled to the front end of the mounting shelf 5.

The second stopper 14 is provided with arm portions 14b, 14b extending downward at a position substantially at the center in the width direction. And, to these arm portions 14b, 14b,
A front end portion of a lever member 17 having a U-shaped cross section extending from the rear along the lower side of the mounting shelf 5 is connected. On the other hand, at the rear end of each loading shelf 5, ...
The opening / closing drive mechanism section 21 shown in FIGS. The open / close drive mechanism section 21 includes a box-shaped case 22 fixed on the mounting shelf 5, a geared motor 23 mounted on the upper surface of the case 22, and a drive gear 24 provided in the case 22. And a cam member 25.

The cam member 25 is provided at its upper end with a gear portion 25a meshing with the drive gear 24, while at the lower end surface thereof is provided with a drive pin 25b protruding downward. The drive pin 25b is formed at a position eccentric from the rotation center of the cam member 25. Then, the lower end thereof penetrates the mounting shelf 5 and is fitted from above into an engaging hole 17a formed at the rear end of the lever member 17 located below the mounting shelf 5. When the geared motor 23 is energized, the cam member 25 is rotationally driven, and the lever member 17 is reciprocated in the front-rear direction with a stroke according to the amount of eccentricity from the rotation center of the drive pin 25b at this time. .

It should be noted that, on the side of the cam member 25, there are vertically arranged position detection switches 26, 26 each consisting of a micro switch slidably contacting the outer peripheral surface of the cam member 25. The rotational position when the lever member 17 is in the retracted position, the rotational position when the lever member 17 is rotated 180 degrees from this and the rotational position when the lever member 17 is in the forward position, and the position between them are respectively the two position detection switches 26.・ 26 ON / OF
A cam surface for pushing the operating lever of each position detection switch 26, 26 is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the cam member 25 so as to be detected by the combination of F.

As the lever member 17 reciprocates as described above, the stopper body 11 tilts. When the lever member 17 is in the retracted position, the upper surfaces of the horizontal surface 11b of the stopper body 11 and the second stopper 14 are substantially flush with the mounting shelf 5, as shown in the lower side of FIG. 6A. Is held in a shape. At this time, in the can products 4 on the mounting shelf 5, the length of the horizontal surface 11b is such that only the leading can product 4 is located on the horizontal surface 11b of the stopper body 11. Is set to be slightly shorter than the diameter L. The vertical dimension of the vertical surface 11a of the stopper body 11 is determined from the upper end position to the lower end portion of the upper stopper unit 6 (in the stopper unit 6 of the uppermost mounting shelf 5, the ceiling of the main body 1 in the cabinet). The distance S ₁ of the space portion to the surface) is set smaller than the diameter L of the can product 4. Therefore, in this state, the can product 4 is placed in a space above the vertical surface 11a (hereinafter,
It cannot be taken out to the front side through the product take-out space) and is held in an untaken state.

On the other hand, when the lever member 17 is moved to its forward position, as shown in the lower side of FIG. 6 (b),
The second stopper 14 rotates about the support shaft 14a in the clockwise direction in the drawing. As the second stopper 14 rotates, the connecting portion between the front end of the second stopper 14 and the rear end of the horizontal surface 11b of the stopper body 11 is lifted upward, and as a result, the stopper body 11 is Is
While the top can product 4 placed on the horizontal surface 11b of the stopper body 11 is placed, it is rotated counterclockwise about the support shaft 11e. As a result, the distance S ₂ of the space portion from the upper end of the vertically inclined vertical surface 11a of the stopper body 11 to the lower end of the upper stopper unit 6 is sufficiently larger than the diameter L of the can product 4, and as a result, , The leading can product 4 located on the stopper body 11 is switched to a state in which it can be taken out forward through the product taking-out space described above.

When the stopper body 11 tilts forward as described above, as described above, the second stopper 1
4 and the horizontal plane 11b of the stopper body 11 are connected to each other.
It is lifted above the mounting shelf 5. Since this connecting point is located between the first can product 4 and the next can product 4 that is in contact with the can product 4 from the rear side, the upper surface of the second stopper 14 has the mounting shelf 5 It inclines in the direction opposite to the inclination direction of. As a result, the next rolling of the can product 4 is prevented.

On the other hand, as shown in the upper stopper unit 6 in FIG. 6A, the take-out switch lever 12 described with reference to FIG.
It is pivotally attached so as to be substantially aligned with the corner portion of 1. A take-out operation switch 27 composed of a micro switch is arranged below the horizontal plane portion 12a extending rearward substantially in parallel with the horizontal plane 11b of the stopper body 11.
As a result, when the front vertical surface portion 12b of the take-out switch lever 12 is lightly pushed rearward, the take-out operation switch 27 is turned on.

Although not shown, the leading commodity detection lever 13 is substantially the same as the take-out switch lever 12 at a corner portion of the stopper body 11 at a position on the back side of the take-out switch lever 12. A product presence / absence detection switch made up of a micro switch is also provided on the lower side of the horizontal plane portion of the leading product detection lever 13 so as to be rotatable. Horizontal plane 11 of stopper body 11
When the leading can product 4 is located on the b, the horizontal surface of the leading product detection lever 13 is slightly pushed downward by the can product 4, whereby the product presence / absence detection switch is turned off.
N is activated. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, lamps 28 each made of a light emitting diode are provided on the vertical surface portion 12b of the extraction switch lever 12.

Each of the mounting shelves 5 provided with the above-mentioned stopper units 6 ... At the front end is normally held, that is, at the time of sale, and is held in the inclined state of descending to the front as described above. When the products 4 are replenished, the angle can be changed to a horizontal state, and the loading shelves 5 can be further pulled out forward. Each mounting shelf 5 for this ...
The mounting structure of will be described below.

As shown in FIG. 3, inside the main body 1, side panels 31 are further provided inside the side walls 1a. On these side panels 31, 31
Both side surface portions 5a, 5a of the respective mounting shelves 5 are connected to each other via slide rails (second mounting means) 32. The respective attachment structures on the side surface portions 5a, 5a are symmetrical to each other, and in the following, for example, the left side surface portion 5a will be described as an example.

As shown in FIG. 7, the slide rail 32 is composed of a fixed outer rail 32a and an inner rail 32b slidable inside the outer rail 32a. A rail mounting bracket 33 having an L-shaped cross section is further fixed to the side surface portion 5a of the mounting shelf 5,
The inner rail 32b is attached to the lower end side of the rail attachment bracket 33. Then, the outer rail 32a into which the slide rail 32 is fitted and inserted.
Is fixed to a rail receiving plate (first mounting means) 34 that faces the rail mounting bracket 33,
The rail receiving plate 34 is pivotally attached to the side panel 31 by a pivot shaft 35.

In FIG. 8, each of the parts 33, 32b, between the side surface 5a of the mounting shelf 5 and the side panel 31, is shown.
The arrangement structure of 32a and 34a is shown in the figure in which the notch portions are sequentially changed from the upper stage, and as shown in the third stage from the top, it extends in the front-rear direction above the slide rail 32. A slide lever 36 is further arranged.

The slide lever 36 is pivotally attached to the rail mounting bracket 33 at an intermediate position in the front-rear direction, and has a rear end portion with respect to an inner rail 32b protruding rearward from the rear end of the outer rail 32a. , A pressing portion 36a formed of a leaf spring bent in a U shape so as to apply a downward pressing force. Inner rail 3
As 2b is pressed downward as described above,
The inner rail 32b is prevented from sliding,
The outer rail 32a is held at its rear end position. On the other hand, the front end portion of the slide lever 36 is slightly projected from the side surface portion 5a of the mounting shelf 5, and the slide lever 3 is pushed down by pushing down the protruding portion.
6 rotates about the pivot point, whereby the rear end side is lifted, and the above-mentioned slide blocking state is released.

Each of the rail receiving plates 34 is rotatably pivotally attached to the side panel 31 by the pivot shaft 35 at a lower edge portion at a substantially intermediate position in the front-rear direction.
On the other hand, on the rear end side of each rail receiving plate 34, a connecting pin 37 that penetrates the side panel 31 is attached respectively, and each rail receiving plate 34, as shown in FIG.
The connecting pin 3 is attached to the rear end connecting plate 38 which is vertically arranged between the side panel 31 and the side wall 1a of the main body 1.
7 are connected to each other.

Further, between the side panel 31 and the side wall 1a of the main body 1, a plate-shaped lifting lever 3 extending in the front-rear direction is provided.
9 is provided. The elevating lever 39 is rotatably attached to the side panel 31 at a midway position thereof, and has a rear end connecting pin that connects the uppermost rail receiving plate 34 and the rear end connecting plate 38. It is connected to 37.
The elevating lever 39 is formed with a length dimension that slightly exceeds the front end surface of the side panel 31, and its front end portion is, for example, as shown in FIG. 10A, an elevating operation portion bent in an L shape. It is formed as 39a.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 10 (a), the front end portion of the side panel 31 is bent toward the side wall 1a of the main body 1 in an L-shaped section, and the folding curved surface has a lifting lever. A notch opening 41 through which the elevating operation portion 39a of 39 projects to the front side is formed. This notch opening 41
Are formed in a shape in which vertical grooves adjacent to each other and extending in the vertical direction are continuous in the horizontal direction on the upper end side. The side wall 1a side of the main body 1, that is, the outer vertical groove is formed to be longer than the inner vertical groove in the downward direction, and the outer vertical groove serves as an inclined holding portion 41a for the elevating lever 39, and The vertical groove on the inside is the horizontal holding portion 4 for the lifting lever 39.
1b, respectively.

The elevating lever 39 has the above-mentioned tilt holding portion 41a.
When positioned inside and in contact with the lower edge of the rail from above, the rail receiving plates 34 are in the forward-downwardly inclined state. On the other hand, the elevating operation part 39a of the elevating lever 39 is lifted, and the tilt holding part 41a is provided on the upper end side of the notch opening 41.
Side to the horizontal holding portion 41b side, and then the lifting lever 3
By arranging 9 at the position where it abuts against the lower edge of the horizontal holding portion 41b from above, the angle of each rail receiving plate 34 ... Is changed from the above tilted state to a substantially horizontal state as shown in FIG. Is caused.

The loading shelves 5 are connected to the rail receiving plates 34 as described above via the slide rails 32, respectively, as described above. As shown in b), the horizontal holding portion 41b
When it is located at, the entire mounting shelves 5 ... Are substantially horizontal as shown in FIG. Further, as shown in FIG. 10C, the slide rail 32 is pushed down by pushing down the front end of the slide lever 36.
The slide blocking state is released, and as a result, it becomes possible to pull out the loading shelf 5 corresponding to the slide lever 36 to the front, as shown in FIG.

The vending machine having the above structure is installed, for example, on a cashier counter of a hotel or a food store. At the time of normal sale, by placing the elevating lever 39 on the inclined holding portion 41a of the side panel 31, each of the mounting shelves 5 ... Is held in a downwardly inclined state. At this time, the types and remaining amount of the canned products 4 ...
It can be visually confirmed through the transparent glass 3a of the front door 3. When purchasing the desired can product 4, the front door 3 is opened and a coin is inserted into the coin insertion slot of the coin mechanism section 2. As a result, the lamps 28 ... In front of the stopper units 6 ... In the loading lane where the canned product 4 does not exist on the stopper unit 6, this is detected by the product presence / absence detection switch, so that the lamp 28 of the stopper unit 6 is maintained in the off state.

After confirming that the lamps 28 have been turned on as described above, the take-out switch lever 12 of the stopper unit 6 on which the can product 4 to be purchased is placed is pushed. As a result, the takeout operation switch 27 is turned on and the energization of the geared motor 23 is started. As a result, the cam member 25 is rotationally driven, and along with this, the lever member 17
Moves forward, causing the stopper body 11 to tilt forward.

When the cam member 25 makes a half rotation, the ON / OFF states of the position detection switches 26, 26 slidingly contacting the cam member 25 are switched, whereby the power supply to the geared motor 23 is stopped. As a result, the stopper body 11 is held in the open state in which it is tilted forward. Therefore, in this state, the purchaser can take out the first can product 4 on the stopper body 11. During this time, the second
As described above, the stopper 14 projects above the surface of the placing shelf 5, and thereby prevents the next can product 4 from rolling forward.

When the first can product 4 is taken out, the product presence / absence detection switch built in the stopper body 11 is switched from ON to OFF. When this switching is detected, the geared motor 23 is energized again after waiting a predetermined time, for example, about 2 seconds, whereby the cam member 25 makes a half rotation and returns to the initial state. Along with this, the lever member 13 retreats, the stopper body 11 returns to the closed position, and the second stopper 14 also returns to be flush with the surface of the mounting shelf 5. As a result, the next can product 4 and the subsequent can product 4 connected to this can product 4 ...
Rolling forward occurs in the front, and a new can product 4 is placed on the stopper body 11. Also, the top can product 4
Is taken out, all the lamps 28 ... In each stopper unit 6 ...
Then, the above operation is repeated by newly inserting a coin into the coin mechanism unit 2.

On the other hand, in the vending machine having the above structure,
The refilling work of the can products 4 ... Is performed by the following procedure. First, open the front door 3, then the left and right lifting levers 3
Each of the raising and lowering operation parts 39a and 39a of 9 and 39 is grasped and raised by both hands to be positioned on the horizontal holding part 41b. As a result, the respective mounting shelves 5 ... Are simultaneously rotated and held in the horizontal direction from the inclined state of descending to the front.

In this state, next, the slide levers 36, 36 on both sides of the mounting shelf 5 for which the can product 4 needs to be replenished.
Push down, and then pull out toward you. As a result, as shown in FIG. 13, for example, when the third-stage loading shelf 5 is pulled out from above, the front side of the loading shelf 5 is broadly opened upward, whereby the loading shelf 5 is Replenishment can be performed by a simple operation of placing a new can product 4 ... from above. In addition, the movement of the can product 4 to the rear side of the mounting shelf 5 is performed because the mounting shelf 5 is held horizontally.
For example, the can product 4 placed on the front side can be rolled backward.

In this way, when the replenishment of the can products 4 ... Is completed for one loading rack 5, the loading rack 5 is pushed in, and then the same operation is performed for the other loading racks 5. Then, the can products 4 are sequentially replenished. When the replenishment of the whole is completed, the lifting operation unit 39a of the lifting lever 39 is again used.
By grasping and lowering it from the horizontal holding portion 41b to the inclined holding portion 41a, all of the mounting shelves 5 ...

As described above, in the vending machine of the above embodiment, the stopper main body 11 provided at the front end of each mounting shelf 5 ...
It is possible to take out the first can product 4 stored on the placing shelf 5. Then, the can products 4 can be replenished by a simple operation of placing the can products 4 on the placing shelf 5 that is pulled out to the front in a horizontal state. Since there is no possibility of causing such problems, refilling work is easy.

Further, when the loading shelves 5 ... Are returned to the horizontal state after the replenishment work of the can products 4 ... is completed, the loading shelves 5 ... In this case, the weight of the can products 4 stored on the mounting shelves 5 is substantially balanced back and forth with the rotating support shaft 35 interposed therebetween. Therefore, the operation force for changing the angle can be small irrespective of the mounting amount of the can products 4 ..., This also makes it possible to easily perform the refilling work.

Further, the four-stage mounting shelves 5 are connected to each other by the rear end connecting plates 38 on the respective rear end sides, and as a result, the angles are changed at the same time. Therefore, the mutually parallel state is maintained, and as a result, the interval between the mounting shelves 5 changes in the expanding direction depending on the change from the inclined state to the horizontal state. For this reason, the intervals between the loading shelves 5 can be made as small as possible in accordance with the outer diameter of the can product 4 in the inclined state, which also makes it possible to increase the storage density of the can products 4. ing.

[0048]

As described above, in the automatic vending machine according to the first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of loading shelves, which are inclined downward to the front, on which articles are placed side by side, are arranged in the main body vertically in parallel with each other. A vending machine that is installed and has a delivery unit that is opened and closed at the front end of each loading shelf to open and close the leading product, wherein the loading shelf is almost tilted from the front downward direction. It is configured to be attached to the main body via a first attaching means that allows the angle to be changed to a horizontal state and a second attaching means that allows the loading shelf to be pulled out forward.

As a result, the replenishment of merchandise to each loading shelf is
It can be performed in a horizontal state and with respect to the mounting shelf pulled out to the front. In this case, since the replenishment can be performed by the work of placing the product on the withdrawing shelf, there is no risk of a fall error or the like at the time of replenishment, and therefore the replenishment work can be easily performed. Play.

Further, in the vending machine according to the second aspect of the present invention, the rotation supporting shafts for pivotally mounting the mounting shelf on the main body side are provided at substantially central positions in the front-rear direction of the mounting shelf. It has a structure.

Thus, for example, when the operation of returning the angle of the placing rack to the tilted state after finishing the replenishing work of the items is carried out, the weight of the articles stored on the placing rack is sandwiched between the rotation supporting shafts. Balances back and forth. Therefore, the operation force for changing the angle can be small regardless of the amount of products placed, and this also brings about an effect that the refilling work can be easily performed.

Further, in the vending machine according to the third aspect of the present invention, the plurality of mounting shelves are mutually parallel on each end side so that the plurality of mounting shelves are simultaneously changed in angle and maintained in a substantially parallel state. It is a connected structure.

As a result, the space between the respective shelves can be made as small as possible according to the outer shape of the product.
This has the effect of increasing the storage density of products.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing the inside by cutting out a part of an automatic vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an appearance of the vending machine.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing the inside of the vending machine.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a mounting state of the stopper unit on the mounting shelf in the vending machine.

5A and 5B show an opening / closing drive mechanism portion provided on the rear end side of the mounting shelf in the vending machine, wherein FIG. 5A is a plan view and FIG. 5B is a partially cut side surface. It is a figure.

FIG. 6 is a view for explaining the operation of the stopper unit in the vending machine, wherein FIG. 6 (a) is a partially cutaway side view when the can product is held in a state in which it cannot be taken out, and FIG. 6 (b). [Fig. 6] is a partially cutaway side view in a state where it can be taken out.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of part A in FIG.

FIG. 8 is a partially cutaway side view of the vending machine showing the inside of the refrigerator with respect to the side panel in the structure for mounting the shelf on the side wall of the main body.

FIG. 9 is a partially cutaway side view of the vending machine showing a rail receiving plate pivotally attached to the side panel.

FIG. 10 is a partial perspective view showing an operation procedure when causing a tilting motion and a withdrawing motion on the above-mentioned shelf.

FIG. 11 is a partially cutaway side view of the vending machine showing an angle changing state of the rail receiving plate.

FIG. 12 is a partial cutaway side view of the vending machine when the above shelf is placed in a horizontal state.

FIG. 13 is a partially cutaway side view of the vending machine when the above shelf is pulled out.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Main Body 4 Can Product (Product) 5 Mounting Shelf 6 Stopper Unit (Sending Unit) 32 Slide Rail (Second Attachment Means) 34 Rail Receiving Plate (First Attachment Means) 35 Rotating Spindle 38 Rear End Connecting Plate

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of loading shelves, which are inclined downward to the front where products are placed side by side, are arranged side by side substantially vertically in the main body, and the leading products are sent to the front end of each loading shelf. A vending machine to which a delivery unit that is opened and closed to be performed is attached, wherein the above-mentioned shelf is capable of changing an angle from a front-down inclined state to a substantially horizontal state, and An automatic vending machine, wherein each vending machine is attached to the main body through a second attaching means that allows the placing shelf to be pulled out forward. 2. A rotation support shaft for pivotally rotatably mounting the mounting shelf on the main body side is provided at substantially the center of the mounting shelf in the front-rear direction, respectively. Vending machine described. 3. The mounting shelves are connected to each other at their end portions so that the plurality of mounting shelves are simultaneously changed in angle and maintained in a substantially parallel state. The vending machine according to claim 1 or 2.