JPH0681081U - Ejection device in product vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] Even when the same product is stored separately in a plurality of storage units in order to increase the storage amount of the products, one feeding unit empties one storage unit and stores the next product. When the product is discharged from the department, the product is discharged as it is without any change means. [Structure] A product storage case that separately stores the products is set upright in the body. The payout rotor is disposed below the case so that the center of rotation thereof is located substantially above the downward extension of the front and rear separating portions. The outer circumference of this rotor receives the lowest products in the front and rear rows and forms the feeding recess.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a discharging device in a product vending machine that sells a product by detecting a coin that has been inserted.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Conventionally, in a vending machine in which the same product is stored in a plurality of storage units and the product is sold to one product in order to increase the storage amount, a product discharge device is formed in each of the plurality of storage units. In some cases, multiple outlets may be used as a single discharge device.In the former case, multiple outlets from product selection to discharge sales and multiple discharge devices may be used as empty devices. In some cases, the state is detected and switched, and in the latter case, the opening and closing of the discharge port are switched by detecting the empty state of the product.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 What has been described in the related art is that when the same product is stored in a plurality of storage units in order to increase the storage amount of the product, there are a plurality of system paths from product selection to discharge sales, or a discharge device. The mechanical and electrical structure is inevitably complicated, such as the need for a technical configuration for switching the discharge port and the discharge port, which not only increases the manufacturing cost of the machine but also causes a high proportion of failures. Therefore, there is a problem that it hinders the development and spread of vending machines for products with relatively small sales amounts and vending machines for new products for which a service system has not been established.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and it is possible to surely sell the discharge without complicating the mechanical and electrical structure. It is intended to provide a discharge device for a commodity vending machine that enables the above.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the discharge device in the product vending machine according to the present invention separates and stores the products in the front and back, and vertically installs the product storage case with the discharge ports at the lower part of the product storage case. The feeding rotor is arranged below so that the center of rotation of the feeding rotor is located on a substantially downward extension of the separating portion before and after the product storage case, and the outer circumference of the feeding rotor is the upper and lower two rows in the product storage case. It is configured so as to receive lower products and has a feeding recess formed on the outer circumference thereof for receiving one product, and the feeding rotor is arranged in front of and behind each of the product groups separated by the rotation thereof. It is characterized in that the product group on the side of the other side is preferentially paid out, and after the completion of the payout, the product group on the other side is paid out.

[0006]

[Action]

 In the standby state where the feeding rotor is stopped with respect to the front side product group and the rear side product group housed in the product storage case, the delivery rotor puts out one of the lowest products of the rear side product group. The product is received in the feeding recess and at the same time, the lowest product in the front and rear product groups is received by the outer circumference (or via the product received in the feeding recess).

If the inserted coin is inspected and is proper, the state shifts to the sale state, the feeding rotor rotates through an appropriate operating device, and the product which has already been received in the feeding recess is located in the lower front. Drop it by its own weight at the exit. In the rotation of the feeding rotor, other products in the product storage case are not received and fed by the outer circumference of the feeding rotor as if the discharge port was blocked. When the product is dropped and discharge is completed, when the feeding recess next passes through the discharge port of the rear product storage case, it accepts the lowest product and stops in the standby state described above, and waits until the next opportunity. Stay in the state.

Then, by repeating the standby state and the selling state, when the rear side product group is completely discharged and the rear side product storage case is in an empty state, next, the supply recess of the supply rotor is located at the front side product storage case. When passing through the discharge port, the product of the lowest rank is accepted and stopped in a standby state, and the product group on the front side is discharged from the next opportunity. When shifting from the discharge of the rear side product group to the discharge of the front side product group, the product storage case and the feeding rotor can be moved smoothly without moving the position and operation without moving the product storage case or the feeding rotor. It

[0009]

【Example】

 Examples will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2, the product vending machine A according to the present invention has a comparatively small diameter in the shape of a round bar or a pipe and is suitable for selling a long product (for example, a bundle of incense sticks, a pencil). It's a thing. Inside the machine body of the vending machine A, a commodity storage case 1 is installed in a detachable manner in a cassette shape.

The product storage case 1 has partition pieces 1a, 1a formed in the separation part for separating and storing products in front and rear, and the lower part is opened to form discharge ports 1b, 1c, respectively. Below the outlets 1b, 1c of the product storage case 1, feed-out rotors 2, 2 are arranged so that the center of rotation thereof is located on a substantially downward extension of the front and rear separation parts of the product storage case 1. The feeding rotors 2 and 2 are attached to a rotating shaft 3 so as to be separated from each other in the left and right directions so as to integrally rotate.

The rotating shaft 3 is rotatably supported so as to be substantially parallel to the products in the product storage case 1. The feeding rotors 2 and 2 are disc-shaped, and two feeding recesses 2b and 2b are formed on the outer circumferences 2a and 2a thereof, respectively, each having a phase difference of 180 degrees. The two feeding rotors 2 and 2 are formed in the same shape so that the phases of the feeding recesses 2b and 2b coincide with each other. The shape of the feeding recesses 2b and 2b is set to a depth dimension capable of receiving and substantially storing one product.

A motor 6 is disposed at a proper place in the body content, and an output shaft of the motor 6 and the rotating shaft 3 are interlocked with each other via the transmission pulleys 6 a, 3 a and the winding belt 7.

The front door of the machine is provided with a coin detecting device 4 for judging whether the inserted coin is suitable or not, and when the coin detecting device 4 judges that the inserted coin is proper, the distribution board 5 is electrically operated. The switchboard 5 energizes the motor 6 so that the motor 6 starts to rotate.

The rotation of the motor 6 is stopped by an energization interruption signal of a rotation amount detection switch 8 electrically connected to the switchboard 5, and the rotation amount is obtained by rotating the rotating shaft 3 by 180 degrees. Make it stop.

At the front lower position of the feeding rotor 2, a product chute 10 is formed so as to slide down the product dropped from the rotor 2 to a product outlet 9 formed by opening the lower part of the door.

[0016]

[Effect of device]

 Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects.

In the discharging device of the product vending machine according to the present invention, the feeding rotor integrated with the front and rear product groups housed in the product storage case (in the embodiment, two members on the left and right sides are provided). However, the product group on both sides is discharged by moving the product storage case and the delivery rotor. Without any switching means, it is possible to move smoothly without changing the position and operation, so it is possible to avoid the complication of mechanical and electrical structures accompanying the increase in the product storage amount, and increase the product storage amount. Can be achieved at low cost, and since the structure is simple, the proportion of failures can be reduced, and the depth of the aircraft can be made thinner.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional view of a product vending machine.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the product vending machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Product Storage Case 1b, 1c Discharge Port 2 Feeding Rotor 2a Outer Circumference of Feeding Rotor 2b Feeding Concave

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A product storage case, which separates and stores products in the front and rear, and whose discharge ports are located below the product storage case, is erected inside the machine body. The feeding rotor is arranged so as to be positioned on a substantially downward extension of the front and rear separating portions, and the outer circumference of the feeding rotor is designed to be able to receive the lowest two products in the front and rear rows in the product storage case and to the outer circumference thereof. Forms a feeding recess for receiving one product, and the feeding rotor preferentially feeds the product group on the front and rear sides to each of the product groups separated front and back by its rotation, and after the feeding is completed, the other side An ejecting device in a product vending machine, which is configured to feed out the product group.