JPH074687Y2 - Serpentine type product storage shelf for vending machines - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention has a plurality of meandering product passages in front and rear rows, and the product passage is provided at the carry-out end of the product passage so that the product passages can be commonly used for products of different sizes. The present invention relates to a serpentine-type product storage shelf of a vending machine including an adjustment plate for adjusting the depth width of the product.

[Conventional technology]

Serpentine-type product storage shelves shown in FIG. 3 are often used in vending machines that sell products such as canned beverages.
In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a main body case of a vending machine, which is provided with a door on the front surface. Reference numeral 2 denotes a product chute that is arranged in the lower portion of the main body case 1 and guides a product to be sold to the product outlet of the door. 3A
3 and 3B are product racks, and side plates 4 that stand upright to the left and right respectively.
In this case, two merchandise passages 6 which are formed by the rail conductors 5 fixed to the front and back meander and extend vertically are provided.
The product storage shelf 3 is configured by storing and installing two product racks 3A and 3B in the main body case 1 side by side. The product passage 6 has an upper end facing the front of the product storage shelf 3 and opening to form a product insertion port, and a lower end extending vertically.
The product unloading mechanism 7 that is engageably and disengageably locked, and the adjusting plate 8 that faces the product unloading mechanism 7 and that is movable back and forth form a unloading portion.

In the product storage rack 3, a cylindrical product 10 is laid down in each product passage 6 and the lowermost product is locked by the product unloading mechanism 7 with the adjusting plate 8 and stored in a stack. Then, by the operation of the product unloading mechanism 7 in response to the sales signal, the products in the lowermost stage are sequentially dropped one by one onto the product chute 3 and sent to the product unloading port.

When storing products with different outer diameters in the product passage,
Temporarily pull in the locking pins protruding left and right of the adjusting plate 8,
The depth of the product passage 6 in the carry-out section is changed to an appropriate size corresponding to the newly stored product by replacing it with another one of a plurality of locking holes formed side by side on the side plate 4. To be Therefore, the product storage shelf 3 is shared by products of different sizes.

[Problems to be solved by the device]

By the way, in the conventional product storage shelf 3, when changing the size of the stored product to a different size, as shown in FIG.
Since it was necessary to insert the hands from below the 3A and 3B to move the adjusting plate 8, this work was extremely difficult and there was a concern that the hands might be injured. That is, there is a space between the lower ends of the component racks 3A, 3B and the product chute 2 only in such a height dimension that the carried-out product can roll, and especially for the product passage from the second row onwards. When moving the adjusting plate, it is necessary to move the adjusting plate while inserting the arm in a narrow space and groping. For this reason, there is a drawback that it takes a long time to switch the product storage shelves 3 to products of different sizes.

The present invention provides a serpentine type product storage shelf of a vending machine in which the adjusting plate can be easily and safely moved, and the size of the product storage shelf can be switched to store the product in a short time. With the goal.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

To achieve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided a merchandise storage rack having a plurality of meandering merchandise passages formed in front and back for accommodating and accommodating cylindrical merchandise in a laid-down posture. At the bottom of the aisle, in the serpentine-type product storage shelves of vending machines equipped with a vertically extending carry-out section that moves the adjustment plate back and forth to adjust the depth of the product aisle, remove at least the front row The adjustment plates of the remaining product passages are movably supported forward and backward through a link device, and the rear end of each adjustment plate is used to move the adjustment plates forward and backward. It is assumed that an operation lever is provided which is connected to the front end and extends forward, and whose front end portion is an operation end and the operation end faces the front surface of the product storage shelf.

[Operation] According to the above means, the adjustment plate can be moved back and forth via the operation lever simply by moving the operation end facing the front surface of the product storage rack. Therefore, the moving work is extremely easy and safe.

〔Example〕

1 and 2 show an embodiment of the present invention, in which the same or the same parts as in FIG. 3 are designated by the same reference numerals.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 9 denotes a link device provided in each of the product passages 6 at its unloading portion. A center portion of an L-shaped link 91 arranged outside one of the side plates 4,
One end of the I-shaped link 92 arranged on the outer side of the other side plate 4 is a connecting rod 93a that penetrates the product rack left and right.
And are rotatably supported by the left and right side plates 4 via a connecting rod 93a. Link with one end of the link 91
A support rod 94a that is rotatably supported by being bridged over the other end of 92
However, the side plate 4 is provided by penetrating an arcuate groove 4a having an appropriate length so that both ends serve as stoppers. The other end of the link 91 is connected to the rear end of the operation lever 95 that can slide back and forth, and the front end of the operation lever 95 is the product storage shelf 3.
A handle 95a as an operating end.
Below the links 91 and 92, a pair of links 93 that are arranged outside the left and right side plates 4 and are the same as the links 92 are connected rods.
Similar to 93a, they are joined by a connecting rod 93b, and a supporting rod 94b is provided between the pair of links 93 through the groove 4a.
The adjusting plate 8 has support bars 94a, 94b at the upper and lower portions thereof.
And is supported by the link device 9.

In the above-described configuration, the link 91 is rotated by pushing or pulling the handle 95a, and the links 92 and 93 are rotated by following the link 91. With this rotation, the support rods 94a, 94b move from one end to the other end of the groove 4a, and the adjusting plate 8 moves back and forth. Therefore, the depth width of the product passage 6 in the carry-out section can be switched to be larger or smaller corresponding to products of different sizes.

[Effect of device]

According to this invention, there is provided a product storage shelf in which a plurality of meandering product passages for storing cylindrical products in a laid-down posture are formed in a plurality of rows, and at the lower end of each product passage,
In a serpentine-type product storage rack of a vending machine equipped with a vertically extending carry-out section that adjusts the depth of the product passage by moving the adjustment plate back and forth, at least the remaining product passages except the frontmost product passage Each adjustment plate is supported movably back and forth through a link device, and the rear end of each adjustment plate is connected to the link of the link device forward for forward and backward movement operation of each adjustment plate. Provided with an operating lever that extends and has the front end as the operating end and the operating end faces the front of the product storage shelf, and the forward and backward movement operation of the adjusting plate can be performed from the front of the product storage shelf by a simple operation of moving the operating end of the operation lever. Since the adjustment plate can be moved back and forth by an extremely easy and safe operation, it is possible to switch to the product storage with different sizes of the product storage shelves in a short time.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of an essential part of a product storage shelf showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the same, and FIG. 3 is a side view of a conventional product storage shelf. 3 ... Product storage shelf, 6 ... Product passage, 8 ... Adjustment plate, 9
...... Link device, 95 ...... Operating lever, 95a ...... Handle (operating end).

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A product storage shelf in which a plurality of meandering product passages for storing cylindrical products stacked in a laid-down posture are formed in front and rear, and an adjusting plate is provided at a lower end portion of each product passage. In a serpentine-type product storage shelf of a vending machine that has a vertically extending carry-out section that is moved back and forth to adjust the depth width of the product passage, each adjustment plate of the remaining product passage except at least the front row product passage. Is movably supported in the front-rear direction via a link device, and the rear end of each adjustment plate is connected to the link of the link device and extends forward, for the front-rear movement operation of each adjustment plate. A serpentine-type product storage shelf of a vending machine, characterized in that an operating lever is provided, with the operation end facing the front of the product storage shelf.