JPH06314369A - Automatic vending machine for package commodity - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the depth of an automatic vending machine without reducing the maximum capacity of commodities by storing the commodities so as to secure coincidence between the lengthwise direction of the commodity and the depth direction of the vending machine and also placing a commodity take- out port bucket in a machine chamber and the electric parts in a commodity storing chamber space respectively. CONSTITUTION:A pair of sextuple serpentine bend racks 8 and 9 is prepared in the commodity storing chambers 6 and 7 respectively. These racks 8 and 9 and the commodity cans 10 are stored so that their lengthwise directions are set in the depth direction of a main body 1, and the front face of the body 1 is opened. The depth of each of both chambers 6 and 7 is decided assording to the lengthwise size of a single commodity since the lengthwise direction of the commodity is coincident with the depth direction of an automatic vending machine. Furthermore a commodity take-out port bucket 25 which is hitherto stored in an outer door is shifted into a machine chamber 21. Therefore the electric parts 27 including a coin identifier is shifted into a commodity storing chamber space generated above the bucket 25 from the outer door.

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 packaged products such as beverages enclosed in cans, bottles, paper packs and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Many vending machines for packaged products, particularly beverages filled in cans, bottles, paper packs, etc., are installed outdoors and indoors as a main model of beverage vending machines. As an example, a structure example of a can automatic vending machine is shown in FIGS. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional plan view of a product storage shelf using the serpentine system, and FIG. 4 is a vertical side view thereof. Reference numeral 31 denotes a main body, which is surrounded by a heat insulating wall 32 and an inner door 33, and is internally partitioned by a heat insulating partition wall 34 into two product storage chambers 35 and 36.
And three sets of quadruple serpentine type bend racks 37 and 38 are arranged in the product storage chambers 35 and 36, respectively, and a product insertion port that is opened forward at the top of each bend rack 37 and 38. 39 and 40 are provided. In the product storage chambers 35 and 36, shooters 41 and 42 for carrying out products, an evaporator 43 for cooling the products, and
44, heaters 45 and 46 for heating the product are provided. A machine room 47 is provided below the product storage rooms 35 and 36, and a compressor 48 and a condenser 49 are provided inside the machine room 47.
Machine parts such as are arranged. Further product storage room 3
5, 36, an outer door 50 is provided in front of the machine room 47,
The outer door 50 has a control electrical component 51 and shooters 41, 42.
Is attached to the product outlet 52. In this can automatic vending machine, as shown in the figure, a can 53 as a product is stored so that its longitudinal direction is oriented in the front direction of the vending machine, that is, in the direction perpendicular to the depth direction.

[0003] A vending machine product is generally replenished by a serviceman, called a rootman, who visits each installation location of the vending machine to replenish it. The larger the maximum capacity of each vending machine, the more the number of times the rootman can be visited. Since the number of vending machines can be reduced, vending machines tend to be upsized in order to reduce the labor of the route man and to minimize the loss of sales opportunities due to sold out. As a method, increasing the number of bend racks in the horizontal direction is limited in terms of installation, so in the case of the above-mentioned can vending machine, the number of bend rack serpentines is double to triple, triple to quadruple, and quintuple. , By increasing the number of parallels in the depth direction. However, increasing the parallel number in this way increases the depth of the vending machine,
It leaks out to the roads and passages where it is installed, obstructing traffic,
It has become one of the social problems.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic vending machine having a small depth without reducing the maximum storage amount of products.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, according to the present invention, a packaged product is provided which has a product storage room in the upper part and a machine room for storing a refrigerator, a power source, etc. in the lower part. In the vending machine to be sold, a merchandise storage room for accommodating merchandise is provided so that the longitudinal direction of the merchandise is the depth direction of the vending machine, and a merchandise outlet bucket for receiving merchandise delivered from the merchandise storage room is placed in the machine room. At the same time, the electronic components including the currency identification machine of the vending machine are arranged in the product storage space above the product outlet bucket.

Here, the electrical components of the vending machine refer to coin mechs, bill validators, control parts for controlling the mechanism of each part of the vending machine, and the like.

[0007]

In the present invention, since the product is stored so that the longitudinal direction thereof is the depth direction of the vending machine, the depth of the product storage chamber is determined by the size of one product in the longitudinal direction. The product outlet bucket provided in the door is moved to the machine room, and as a result, the electrical components including the currency identifier are also transferred from the outer door to the product storage space that inevitably occurs above the product outlet bucket. The outer door does not require a space for accommodating the product outlet bucket and the electrical components.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.

1 and 2 are a cross-sectional plan view and a vertical plan view of an embodiment of the present invention, showing an example of a can automatic vending machine using a serpentine system as a product storage shelf. Reference numeral 1 denotes a main body, which is surrounded by a heat insulating wall 2 and an inner door 3 and has two product storage chambers 6 and 7 which are partitioned by heat insulating partition walls 4 and 5, and each of which has six product storage chambers 6 and 7. Heavy serpentine type bend racks 7, 8 and 9 are arranged one by one. The bend racks 8 and 9 house a can 10 as a product such that the longitudinal direction thereof is the depth direction of the main body 1,
The front is open. Reference numerals 11 and 12 denote bend mechs provided at the lower ends of the bend racks 8 and 9, respectively. In each of the product storage chambers 6 and 7, below the bend racks 8 and 9, shooters 13 and 14 for carrying out products, flappers 15 and 1 are provided.
6, product cooling evaporators 17 and 18, and product heating heaters 19 and 20 are provided.

A machine room 2 provided below the product storage rooms 6 and 7.
The compressor 1, the condenser 23, the power source 24, and other mechanical parts are arranged in the same manner as in the conventional case 1, and the product outlets that communicate with the flappers 15 and 16 provided at the lower ends of the shooters 13 and 14 in the product storage chamber. A bucket 25 is arranged so that it can be carried out of the bend rack and dropped along the shooter to receive the product therein. Above the commodity outlet bucket 25, heat insulating partition walls 4, 5
Electrical components 27 of the vending machine, that is, a coin mech, a bill validator, a control component, and the like are mounted in the space 26 in the product storage room area formed therebetween. An outer door 28 is provided on the front surfaces of both the product storage chambers 6 and 7, and the machine room 21, and a product outlet 29 is provided at a position below the outer door 28 so as to face the product outlet bucket 25.

In the conventional vending machine of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, in the conventional vending machine, the products are sequentially loaded one by one from the product inlets 39 and 40 at the top of the bend rack. As shown in FIG. 2, since the front portions of the bend racks 8 and 9 are open over the entire surface, the entire surface can be used as a product insertion port, and therefore it is not always necessary to insert the product from the top as in the conventional case. It is not necessary to be able to do so from any location, and a plurality of things may be provided at the same time instead of one at a time. In addition, in the example of the figure, the front part of each bend rack is open over the entire surface,
For example, the lower part may be covered, but in that case, since the product cannot be filled from the covered part, the product filling is somewhat restricted.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the product storage chambers are divided into the left and right, but this is, for example, one product storage chamber for hot beverage and the other for cold beverage, or both product storage chambers are hot. It is convenient for switching the type of beverage by applying it to a beverage or a cold beverage. In this case, the product storage room does not necessarily have to be symmetrical.
Alternatively, the product storage chamber may be integrated into one, and the product outlet bucket and the electrical components may be moved to one side. The bend rack in the product storage room is not limited to the serpentine system, and various other systems such as a direct product system can be used.

[0013]

According to the present invention, since the product is stored so that the longitudinal direction thereof is the depth direction of the vending machine, the depth of the product storage chamber is determined by the size of one product in the longitudinal direction. In addition, the product outlet bucket that was conventionally provided on the outer door was installed in the machine room with a spatial allowance, and the electrical equipment was installed inside the outer door in the same way as before in the space that inevitably occurs above this product outlet bucket. Because the parts are arranged,
The depth of the product storage chamber is reduced and the thickness of the outer door is reduced, so that the depth can be reduced as a whole without reducing the maximum storage amount of the products. To give an example,
It has 12 sections and a capacity of 264, and in the conventional structure, width 1197 x depth 416 x height 1872 (m
In the present invention, m) was 1359 width x 300 depth x height 1872 (mm). Further, since the bend racks do not overlap in the depth direction and the front surfaces of the bend racks can be opened, it is extremely easy to replenish the products and repair the bend racks, and the work of the root man can be rationalized.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional plan view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional front view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional plan view of a conventional vending machine.

FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional side view of a conventional vending machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Main Body 6 and 7 Product Storage Room 8 and 9 Bend Rack 10 Cans 13 and 14 Shooter 21 Machine Room 25 Product Extraction Bucket 26 Vacancy 27 Electrical Parts 28 Outer Door 29 Product Extraction Port

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An automatic vending machine having a merchandise room at an upper part and a machine room for accommodating a refrigerator, a power source, etc. at a lower part, wherein the longitudinal direction of the product is the depth direction of the vending machine. Is equipped with a product storage room that stores products so that
The merchandise outlet bucket for receiving merchandise delivered from the merchandise storage room was placed in the machine room, and the electrical components including the currency identification machine of the vending machine were placed in the merchandise storage room space above the merchandise exit bucket. A vending machine for packaged products characterized by.