JPH073074U - Food and drink auxiliary equipment storage box - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] The user can always take out the food and drink aid at a fixed position without causing any discomfort.
An object of the present invention is to provide a food and drink assist tool storage box capable of increasing the capacity of a spoon. [Structure] A storage box main body 21 for storing a large number of food and drink aids S replenished from the upper side in a laterally laid-down state, and a first wall extending from the front wall 21a portion of the storage box main body 21 toward a rear wall 21b while inclining downward. 1 having guide members 30 and 31,
The food and drink aid S is provided with a narrowing portion 34 that guides the food and drink aid S downward while bringing it to the rear wall 21b side, and a second guide member 32 that extends forward and downward from the rear wall 21b portion of the lower end of the narrower part 34. A feeding portion 35 that leads forward from the lower end of the narrowing portion 34, and a take-out portion 3 where the front end of the feeding portion 35 faces from the rear.
6 and a take-out opening 37 of the food and drink auxiliary tool S is formed in the upper part of the take-out portion 36.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a food and drink assist tool storage box that is incorporated in, for example, an ice cream vending machine and that stores food and drink assist tools such as spoons.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 show a spoon storage box which is a storage box for food and drink aids of a conventional ice cream vending machine. The spoon storage box 51 is embedded in the main door D of the vending machine, located near a product outlet (not shown). The spoon storage box 51 is formed in a rectangular shape, and is housed in a state where its front plate is exposed to the outside so as to be flush with the front panel Da of the main door D. A hinge 52 is provided in the lower part of the front end of the spoon storage box 51, and the spoon storage box 51 is pulled around the hinge 52 as shown in FIG. It is configured to be rotatable with respect to the taken-out position shown in FIG. By pulling the handle 53 provided on the front upper part of the spoon storage box 51 toward you, rotating the spoon storage box 51 to the extraction position, and opening the extraction opening 54 of the spoon storage box 51 to the outside, The spoon S can be taken out from the take-out opening 54.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 According to this conventional spoon storage box 51, since the spoons S are sequentially taken out from the upper one, when the remaining amount of the spoon S becomes small, the user moves his hand to the back of the spoon storage box 51. There is a problem that the insertion operation becomes complicated because it has to be inserted deeply. In addition, in a vending machine of this type, which is often used by children, there is a limit in the depth to which this hand can be inserted, and the depth of the spoon storage box 51 is limited, so that the storage amount of the spoon S is limited as a whole. There is a problem. Further, since the spoon S is replenished from the upper part and taken out from the upper part, the old spoon S is often left unused at the bottom of the spoon storage box 51, which gives a feeling of discomfort to the user. There is.

The present invention has been made in order to solve such a problem, and a user can always take out a food and drink auxiliary tool at a fixed position without causing a feeling of strangeness and store a spoon. It is an object of the present invention to provide a storage box for food and drink aids that can be increased in quantity.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a storage box main body for storing a large number of food and drink supplementary tools supplemented from the top in a horizontally laid state inside, and a front wall portion of the main body of the storage box. Has a first guide member that extends downwardly from the rear wall toward the rear wall, and a narrowing portion that guides the food and drink aid downward while moving it toward the rear wall side, and a rear wall portion at the lower end of the narrowing portion to the front lower front It has a second guide member that extends and has a feeding part that guides the food and drink aid from the lower end of the narrowing part to the front side, and a take-out part where the front end of the feed-in part faces from the rear side. It is characterized in that an extraction opening is formed.

[0006]

[Action]

 According to this eating and drinking aid storage box, a large number of the eating and drinking aids stored in the sideways lying state are slanted downward in the narrowing portion by the guide of the first guide member, that is, while being brought to the rear wall side. It is guided to the lower feeding part, and then it is guided forward while descending forward at the feeding part and accumulated in the unloading part. At this time, the force of the weight of the food and drink assisting device that is trying to descend directly below itself is suppressed in the narrowing portion due to the dispersion of the force toward the rear wall side, and then in the front of the feeding portion. The force to be lowered is further suppressed as much as it is sent downward, and in the end, the force to be lowered by the food and drink assist tool located upstream from the sending part is the force that is pushed forward in a suppressed state. Is converted to. On the other hand, in the take-out part, the food and drink assisting tool has an take-out opening formed in the upper part of the take-out part, and therefore tries to stay in this part without overflowing due to its own weight.

That is, when a certain amount of food and drink aids are accumulated in the take-out part, the force of the food and drink aids in the take-out part to stay and the food and drink aids located upstream from the sending part The balance with the force that pushes the food to the front of the food and drink helps the food and drink aid to be in a stable storage state. Therefore, when the user takes out the food and drink aid from the unloading section to some extent, the weight of the food and drink auxiliaries accumulated in the unloading section is reduced, the balance is lost, and the taken out portion is replenished from the sending section side. It will be. Therefore, the eating and drinking aid is always provided to the user at a fixed position.

Further, since the take-out position is constant and the structure is to be replenished from the upper part, the depth and height of the drinking aid storage box is not restricted, and the storage amount can be appropriately increased. . Furthermore, since the structure is such that the food and drink aids are replenished from the upper part and taken out from the lower part, the food and drink aids put in first will be used sequentially.

[0009]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings, a preferred embodiment of the eating and drinking aid storage box of the present invention will be described in detail when applied to an ice cream vending machine.

FIG. 1 is a front view of an ice cream vending machine. As shown in the figure, a main door 2 is provided on the front of the vending machine 1, and the front of the main door 2 is shown. On the upper part, a product display 3 is widely provided. At the center of the product display 3, the product samples 4 are arranged in three rows and three stages, and the product selection buttons 5 are arranged in three columns and three stages corresponding to the product samples 4, respectively. At the right end of the front panel 6 on the front of the main door 2 (the right end toward the front of the vending machine 1), a knob 7 for opening and closing the main door 2, a bill slot 8, a money display 9, and a coin slot. 10 and a return lever 11 are provided respectively.

A coin return opening 12 is provided at the lower right end of the front surface of the main door 2, a product take-out opening 13 is provided at the center, and a product take-out opening 13 is arranged side by side with the spoon take-out opening 1 at the left end. 4 are provided. Inside the spoon outlet 14, there is provided a spoon storage box 20 (a storage box for eating and drinking aids) that accommodates the spoon S, which is a food and beverage assisting tool facing it.

Next, the spoon storage box of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the sectional view shown in FIG. The spoon storage box 20 includes a storage box main body 21 formed in a cubic shape by a front plate 21a, a rear plate 21b, both side plates 21c and a bottom plate 21d, an upper lid 22 for closing the upper part of the storage box main body 21, and a storage box. A front cover 23 for inspecting the inside provided on a front plate 21a of the box body 21. A circular opening 24 for taking out the spoon S is formed in the front cover 23, and the storage box main body 21 has a front panel of the main door 2 in a state where the circular opening 24 is matched with the spoon taking-out port 14. It is fixed by screwing on the inside of 6. Further, the spoon S is filled and replenished from above by opening the upper lid 22, and taken out from the spoon take-out port 14 through the circular opening 24.

The upper lid 22 is provided so as to close the upper end of the storage box main body 21, and one end thereof is rotatably attached to a shaft 25 provided at the front end of the upper end of the storage box main body 21. When the spoon S is filled and replenished, the upper lid 22 is opened and closed in the vertical direction about the shaft 25.

The front cover 23 is provided so as to cover an intermediate portion of a front plate bent inward (backward) for a first partition plate 30 described later. The circular opening 24 of the front cover 23 and the spoon outlet 14 are provided with a spoon take-out lid 26 so as to close them. The spoon take-out lid 26 is rotatably attached to the storage box main body 21 via the hinge 27 at the upper end thereof, and closes the circular opening 24 of the front cover 23 from the inside. Further, the spoon take-out lid 26 is made of a transparent resin or the like having a spherical surface whose central portion fits into the circular opening 24 of the front cover 23 from the inside, and is twisted in a closing direction by a torsion spring 28 incorporated in the hinge 27. The circular opening 24 is normally closed from the inside by being biased.

The storage box main body 21 includes a first partition plate 30 (first guide member) that is bent inward from an upper portion of the front plate 21a and extends obliquely downward, and a front portion is overlapped with the first partition plate 30. The interior is partitioned by the auxiliary partition plate 31 (first guide member) extending downward and the second partition plate 32 (second guide member) facing the auxiliary partition plate 31 and extending forward and downward from the rear plate 21b portion. Has been.

The first partition plate 30 is formed into a flat plate shape by being bent inward so as to cut and raise an intermediate portion in the front-rear direction of the front plate 21a. It is fixed to both side plates 21c of the main body 21. The first partition plate 30 linearly inclines downward from the upper portion of the front plate 21a of the storage box body 21 and extends to the inner center of the storage box body 21. The auxiliary partition plate 31 is provided from the front side to the lower end portion of the first partition plate 30 so that the front portion overlaps with this, and bends in the middle portion to extend in the vertical direction. Extends to. The auxiliary partition plate 31 is attached to both side plates 21c of the storage box body 21 at both sides.

The second partition plate 32 has substantially the same height and substantially the same depth as the storage box main body 21, is formed in an inverted “cross” shape in cross section, and is fitted into the storage box main body 21 as much as possible. Has been done. In this state, the second partition plate 32 continuously extends downward from the upper end of the storage box body 21 in close contact with the rear plate 21b, and curves from the position facing the auxiliary partition plate 31 to the front downward direction. And bends at the front to extend to the lower end of the circular opening 24. Then, the second partition plate 32 is attached to both side plates 21c of the storage box body 21 by mounting piece portions 32a and 32b formed on both side portions of the front end portion. In this case, the upper part of the second partition plate 32 is continuous to the upper part of the storage box body 21, and the spoon S is fed without being caught in the middle.

As described above, the storage box body 21 is divided by the upper replenishing portion 33 for storing the spoon S, the first partition plate 30 and the auxiliary partition plate 31, and the narrowing portion 34 for guiding the spoon S downward. It has a second partition plate 32 and is composed of a feeding portion 35 that guides the spoon S forward from the lower end of the narrowing portion 34, and an ejection portion 36 that is continuous to the front side of the feeding portion 35. An extraction opening 37 for the spoon S is formed on the upper part of the extraction portion 36 by the tip of the auxiliary partition plate 31 and the tip of the second partition plate 32.

According to this structure, the spoon S is filled and replenished in the replenishing section 33 of the storage box main body 21, is guided to the take-out section 36 through the narrowing section 34 and the feeding section 35, and is accumulated therein. On the other hand, the user inserts his / her hand through the spoon take-out opening 14 and pushes the spoon take-out lid 26 upward to take out the spoon S from the take-out opening 37. That is, a large number of spoons S thrown into the replenishing unit 33 in the state of being laid sideways are guided to the lower feeding unit 35 while being moved to the rear plate 21b side in the narrowing unit 34, and subsequently, the feeding unit 35. It is sent forward while being lowered by and is accumulated in the unloading section 36. At this time, the force of the self-weight, which tends to fall directly below the spoon S itself, is suppressed by the narrowing portion 34 so as to be moved toward the rear plate 21b side, and is also sent forward downward by the feeding portion 35. In this way, it is further suppressed and converted into forward force. On the other hand, in the take-out portion 36, since the take-out opening 37 is formed above the take-out portion 36, the spoon S does not overflow from the take-out opening 37 due to its own weight and tries to stay in this portion.

That is, in the state where a certain amount of spoons S are accumulated in the take-out portion 36, the force of the spoon S in the take-out portion 36 that tries to stay and the force of pushing the spoon S forward of the spoon portion 35 side. The spoon S is in a stable storage state in balance with the force to be exerted. Therefore, when the user takes out the spoon S from the take-out section 36 to some extent, the weight of the spoon S accumulated in the take-out section 36 is reduced, the balance is lost, and the taken-out portion is fed from the sending section 35 side. Will be replenished. Therefore, the user can always take out the spoon S from a certain height position above the take-out portion 36.

Further, in this spoon storage box 20, the take-out position is constant, and in particular, the upper replenishing portion 33 can be extended upward, and the storage amount of the spoon S can be appropriately increased. Further, since the spoon S is replenished from the upper portion and taken out from the lower portion, the spoon S replenished first is used one after another, and the user can always be provided with a new spoon S.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. In this embodiment, when the user puts his / her hand into the spoon take-out port 14 and pushes the spoon take-out lid 26 to take out the spoon S, the auxiliary partition plate 31 is moved in accordance with this. As shown in FIG. 3, the upper end of the auxiliary partition plate 31 is rotatably mounted in the front-rear direction on a support shaft 29 provided between both side plates 21c of the storage box body 21. On the other hand, the lower end of the auxiliary partition plate 31 has a stopper pin 38 projecting laterally, and this stopper pin 38 is fitted in an elongated hole 39 formed in both side plates 21c of the storage box body 21. As a result, the auxiliary partition plate 31 pivots in the front-back direction between the position where the stopper pin 38 contacts the front end of the slot 39 by its own weight and the position where it is pressed and contacts the rear end of the slot 39. At the same time, the rotation angle is regulated. Further, the receiving plate 40 is provided between the intermediate portion and the lower end of the auxiliary partition plate 31, and the lower end of the pushed-in spoon take-out lid 26 hits the receiving plate 40. That is, when the user pushes in the spoon take-out lid 26 to take out the spoon S, the auxiliary partition plate 31 is rotated rearward, and the spoon S is taken out to bring the spoon take-out lid 26 to the closed position. When it returns, it is rotated forward by its own weight.

In this way, each time the user takes out the spoon, the auxiliary partition plate 31 is rotated, and the spoon S located in the narrowing portion 34 of the storage box body 21 is pushed to the rear plate 21b side. It will be. This can prevent the spoon S from bridging to the narrowest part at the lower end of the narrowed portion 34.

In the embodiment described above, the case where the food and drink auxiliary equipment storage box is applied to the sponge storage box for the ice cream vending machine has been described, but other food and drink auxiliary equipment, for example, a fork, a knife, It can also be applied to storage boxes for chopsticks, straws, etc. Therefore, it can be applied to vending machines that sell other foods and drinks, or can be installed independently in a self-service cafeteria. It should be noted that the detailed configuration can be appropriately changed without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0025]

[Effect of device]

 As described in detail above, in the food and drink aid storage box of the present invention, the position at which the food and drink aid is provided to the user is always constant regardless of the remaining amount of the food and drink aid, so You do not have to put your hand deep into the storage box. In addition, since the accommodation amount of the eating and drinking aid can be increased, it is possible to reduce the time and effort for supplementing the eating and drinking aid. Furthermore, since the old food and drink aids are not left unused at the bottom of the storage box, it has the effect of not giving the user a feeling of discomfort.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an ice cream vending machine to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a cut side view of a spoon storage box according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a cut side view of a spoon storage box provided with a spoon clogging prevention device.

FIG. 4 is a cutting side view of the spoon storage box showing the operation of the spoon clogging prevention device.

FIG. 5 is a cut side view of a conventional spoon storage box.

FIG. 6 is a cut side view of a spoon storage box when a conventional spoon storage box is used.

[Explanation of symbols]

 21 Storage Box Main Body 21a Front Plate 21b Rear Plate 30 First Separation Plate 31 Auxiliary Separation Plate 32 Second Separation Plate 34 Narrowing Portion 35 Feeding Portion 36 Ejection Portion 37 Ejection Opening S Spoon

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A storage box main body which accommodates a large number of food and drink aids replenished from the top in a horizontally laid sideways state, and a first guide which extends downward from a front wall portion of the storage box main body toward a rear wall. The food-drinking aid has a member and has a narrowing portion that guides the food-drinking aid to the lower side while moving it toward the rear wall side, and a second guide member that extends downward and forward from the rear wall portion of the lower end of the food-drinking aid. And a take-out portion that leads the front end of the feed-in portion from the rear, and the take-out opening of the food and drink assist tool is formed in the upper portion of the take-out portion. A food and drink auxiliary equipment storage box.