JPH0751666Y2 - Vending machine product takeout structure - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to an opening of a casing provided with a product storage unit,
An open / close door that can be opened and closed by swinging is attached, and a product purchase operation unit equipped with a product selection button, a coin slot, a product storage chamber, and a product outlet for taking out products in the product storage chamber to the outside. , An up-and-down drive mechanism for vertically moving within a certain range in the vertical direction and forcibly moving the product purchasing operation body in the vertical direction, and a product for supplying the product dispensed from the product storage section to the product storage chamber The present invention relates to a product taking-out structure of an automatic vending machine provided with a supply device.

[Conventional technology]

As a product takeout structure of this kind of vending machine, for example,
As disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-156393, the side of the ascending / descending path of the commodity purchasing operation body and the parts corresponding to the highest and lowest positions of the commodity purchasing operation body are A call button for the product purchasing operation body,
A sensor for detecting that the product purchasing operation body has reached the end of the ascending / descending path is provided, and based on the operation signal of the call button and the detection signal of the sensor, the operated path end of the call button side. It has been proposed to provide a control device for driving and controlling the elevating and lowering drive mechanism so that the commodity purchasing operation body is located in the section.

[Problems to be solved by the device]

In this conventional product take-out structure, although the stop position of the product purchase operating body can be changed by the selection operation of the call button, the stop position is the highest position and the lowest position of the product purchasing operation body. Since it is the position, the selection range of the product take-out position is very narrow, and it may be difficult to take out the product in the product storage room depending on the height of the product purchaser.

In addition, as a measure to solve such a problem in taking out the product, it is conceivable to attach a large number of the call buttons at a very small pitch along the ascending / descending path of the product purchasing operation body. As many sensors as required to detect the stop position of the commodity purchasing operation body are required as many as the number of call buttons attached, which complicates the entire control system and causes a new increase in manufacturing cost.

An object of the present invention is to enable a product to be taken out at an arbitrary height position corresponding to a buyer of any height while simplifying the control system and reducing the manufacturing cost.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the first characteristic structure of the product taking-out structure of the vending machine according to the present invention is to install an opening / closing door that can be freely opened and closed by swinging in an opening of a casing having a product storage unit.
A product purchase operation unit equipped with a product selection button, a coin slot, a product storage chamber, and a product outlet for taking out the products in the product storage chamber can be lifted and lowered within a certain range in the vertical direction. And an elevator drive mechanism for forcibly moving the product purchase operation body in the vertical direction, and a product supply device for supplying the product dispensed from the product storage section to the product storage chamber, and further opening and closing the product. The door is provided with an elevating operation switch section for switching the electric motor of the elevating drive mechanism to three states of up, down, and stop by an operation from the front side of the opening / closing door.

The second characteristic structure of the product taking-out structure of the vending machine according to the present invention is the same as the first characteristic structure of the product taking-out structure of the vending machine, in which the electric motor of the lifting drive mechanism is raised to the lifting operation switch section. A rising switch that is activated to a state, a descent switch that activates the electric motor to a descent state, and one switch operating body that selectively turns ON both switches, and the switch operating body is the product It is configured to have substantially the same dimension as the length of the lifting / lowering path of the purchase operating body, and the switch operating body is disposed on the front surface of the opening / closing door along the side of the lifting / lowering path of the product purchasing operating body.

[Action]

According to the first characteristic configuration of the present invention, at the time of purchasing a product, when the height of each of the product selection button, the coin slot, and the product outlet provided on the product purchase operating body is low or high for the purchaser, the opening / closing is performed. The elevating operation switch provided on the door is operated from the front side of the door to switch the electric motor of the elevating drive mechanism from the stopped state to the ascending state or the descending state, and the commodity purchasing operation body is driven up or down. And
When the product selection button, the coin slot, and the product outlet of the product purchasing operation unit are driven up or down to the positions where they can be easily handled, the lifting operation switch section provided on the opening / closing door is provided on the front side of the door. By operating again from the side, the electric motor of the lifting drive mechanism is switched from the raised state or the lowered state to the stopped state.

According to the second characteristic configuration of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the first characteristic configuration, the switch operating body of the elevating operation switch unit is configured to have substantially the same dimension as the elevating path length of the commodity purchasing operating body. In addition, since it is arranged along the side of the ascending / descending path of the commodity purchasing operation body, the purchaser can operate it at a position where the purchaser naturally reaches the front side of the opening / closing door.

[Effect of device]

Therefore, according to the first characteristic configuration of the present invention, since the lifting operation switch provided on the opening / closing door only selectively switches the electric motor of the lifting drive mechanism to the three states of up, down, and stop. While simplifying the control system and lowering the manufacturing cost compared to the product take-out structure, the product can be taken out at a height position that is the most convenient to handle, regardless of the height of any buyer.

Further, according to the second characteristic configuration of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the first characteristic configuration, it is necessary to stretch one by one or bend over to operate the switch operation body of the elevating operation switch section. It is easy to operate in a position where the purchaser can handle it easily.

In particular, there is an effect that a desired product can be purchased without being forced to take an unreasonable operation posture or a take-out posture even when the user is in a state of being in a passenger car or a truck having different driving height positions.

〔Example〕

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

1 to 5 show a serpentine type vending machine, in which the opening (1) of the casing (1) swings around the vertical axis as well as the outer opening / closing door (2) that can swing and open around the vertical axis. A heat-insulating middle opening / closing door (3) that can be freely opened and closed is provided, and in the product storage space formed by the inner surface of the casing (1) and the middle opening / closing door (3) in the closed posture. , A product storage unit (4) for storing a large number of products (A) vertically
Are arranged side by side in the left-right direction and in the front-rear direction.

Each of the product storage units (4) is formed with a product insertion port (4a) that opens to the front, and each of the product storage units (4) has a lower part based on a product purchase signal. A merchandise discharging mechanism (4b) for discharging one stored merchandise (A) located at the lowermost end downward is provided.

Below the product storage unit (4), as shown in FIG. 1, the product (A) selectively discharged from the lower part of the product storage unit (4) is transferred to the middle opening / closing door (3). A chute (6) is provided for guiding downhill to the three formed product outlets (5a, 5b, 5c).

Of the outer doors (2), the product outlets (5a, 5b, 5)
It is formed on the left and right sides of the part that is displaced upward from c) between the display part (7) for displaying the product sample and the outer opening / closing door (2) and the middle opening / closing door (3). A box-shaped product purchasing operation body (10) having a product storage chamber (9) communicating with the product discharge space (8) is provided.

A product take-out port (11) for taking out the product (A) in the product storage chamber (9) to the outside is formed on the left side of the front surface of the product purchase operation body (10), and An operation panel unit (16) including a product selection button (12), a coin slot (13), a bill slot (14), a return slot (15), etc. on the right side of the front of the purchasing operation body (10). Is provided.

Further, a duct part (18) forming an inclined passage (17) for supplying the product (A) in a downhill state to the product storage chamber (9) is connected to the product purchasing operation body (10). ing.

Further, on the inner surface side of the outer opening / closing door (2), a plurality of vertical guide rails (20) with which rollers (19) provided at a plurality of positions of the product purchasing operation body (10) are engaged, Of the product discharge outlets (5a, 5b, 5c), the casing ( From the second and third product dispensing outlets (5b), (5c) excluding the first product dispensing outlet (5a) located at one end in the opening width direction of 1), in other words, at one end on the right side in front view. A lateral transfer conveyor (C) for laterally transferring the delivered product (A) to the one end side in the opening width direction, a product (A) delivered from the horizontal transfer conveyor (C), and the first Product outlet (5a)
And a vertical transfer mechanism (D) for vertically transferring the product (A) delivered from the product to the product storage chamber (9) of the product purchase operation body (10). C) and the vertical transport mechanism (D) constitute a product supply device that supplies the product (A) selectively dispensed from the product storage unit (4) to the product storage chamber (9). .

The lift drive mechanism (B) is configured as follows.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, one end of the first chain (21) is pivotally connected to the top plate (10a) of the product purchasing operation body (10), and the product purchasing operation is performed. One end of the second chain (22) is pivotally connected to the bottom plate (10b) of the body (10).

The other end of the first chain (21) is wound on a first winder (24) provided on the upper mounting frame (23) of the outer opening / closing door (2), and at the same time, the second chain. The other end of (22) is wound around a second winder (26) provided on the lower mounting frame (25) of the outer opening / closing door (2).

The upper mounting frame (23) has a first chain (2
1) A first sprocket (27) that engages with an intermediate portion of the first chain (21) to guide the movement of the first chain (21), and an electric motor (28) that is interlocked with the first sprocket (27) and is capable of forward and reverse drive. ) Is provided, and the lower mounting frame (25) is engaged with an intermediate portion of the second chain (22) to guide the movement of the second chain (22). ) Is provided.

Then, by controlling the drive of the electric motor (28), the product purchase operating body (10) is moved within a range from a position near the upper side of the product payout outlets (5a, 5b, 5c) to a position near the upper end of the casing (1). It is configured to be driven up and down.

When the merchandise purchasing operation body (10) is raised, the first chain (21) is automatically wound up by the first winding machine (24), while the second chain (22) is rotated by the second winding machine. (26) is automatically operated, and when the merchandise purchasing operation body (10) is descending, contrary to the above, the first chain (21) is automatically operated from the first winding machine (24). On the other hand, the second chain (22) is automatically wound up by the second winder (26).

Further, the first chain (21) and the second chain (22)
A plurality of shutter members (30) each having a width slightly larger than the left and right width of the product purchasing operation body (10) are attached to each of them, and as the product purchasing operation body (10) moves up and down. It is configured to close the gap between the upper and lower surfaces of the changing product purchasing operation body (10) and the facing surfaces of the outer door (2) .

The surface of the shutter member (30) group also serves as a display surface.

An elevating operation switch section (E) for switching the electric motor (28) of the elevating drive mechanism (B) between three states of up, down, and stop is provided.

The lifting operation switch section (E) is provided on the outside opening / closing door (2).
On the left side of the front of the product, a rod-shaped switch operating body (31) slightly longer than the elevating path length of the product purchasing operating body (10).
Is mounted so that it can be moved and moved within a certain range in the vertical direction, and the electric motor is turned on by an abutment with a switch operating body (31) operated upward on the upper part of the outer opening / closing door (2). The raising switch (32) for activating the (28) to the raising side, and the switch operating body (3) operated downward.
When the electric motor (2
8) is provided with a descending switch (33) for activating the descending side, and the switches (32), (33) when not in operation.
A pair of upper and lower springs (34) for returning and holding the switch operating body (31) by elastic force are provided at an up-and-down stop position that does not come into contact with any of the above.

Therefore, at the time of purchasing a product, when the height position of the product outlet (11) of the product purchasing operation body (10) is low or high, when the switch operation body (31) is operated upward or downward,
The electric motor (28) is activated by the ON operation of the raising switch (32) or the lowering switch (33), and the commodity purchasing operation body (10) moves upward or downward.

Then, when the height position of the product take-out port (11) reaches the height position that is most easy to handle, the switch operating body (31)
When the operating force of the switch is released, the switch operating body (31) is returned to the elevation stop position by the elastic biasing force of the spring (34), and the switch for raising (32) or the switch for lowering (33) is turned off to drive the switch electrically. The drive of the motor (28) is stopped, and the lifting and lowering of the product purchasing operation body (10) is stopped.

The vertical transport mechanism (D) is provided with a pair of sprockets (35), (36), which are arranged at a position near the upper end and a position near the lower end of the outer door (2) so as to face each other, and both sprockets. Chain (37) wound between (35) and (36)
And an elevator stand (38) having an L shape in a front view, which is attached to an appropriate position of the chain (37), and a front face which is pivotally supported by a tip end part of the elevator stand (38) and can be tilted forwardly. Visual L-shaped product stand (39) and lower sprocket (3
It is equipped with an electric motor (40) linked to 6) as a main component.

Further, a linear guide rail (42) with which a roller (41) provided on the elevator base (38) is engaged is provided between the two sprockets (35) and (36).

The product cradle (39) is switched between a product mounting position in which the product mounting surface is horizontal or substantially horizontal, and a product sending position in which the product (A) on the product mounting surface is fed down. It is free and is urged to return to the product placement posture by a spring (43) provided between the elevator stand (38) and the elevator stand (38).

Further, the bottom plate tip of the duct part (18) of the commodity purchasing operation body (10) is projected into the tip movement locus of the product cradle (39), and the bottom plate tip of the duct part (18) is provided. By contacting the tip of the product cradle (39) that is driven up, the product cradle (39) is switched to the product delivery posture against the elastic biasing force of the spring (43). is there.

Then, in a state in which the product receiving stand (39) is switched to the product sending posture, the product placing surface of the product receiving stand (39) and the product downhill guide surface of the duct part (18) are substantially in a straight line. The product (A) on the product cradle (39) is configured to be fed down into the product storage chamber (9) through the inclined passage (17) of the duct portion (18).

Further, a switch (44) is provided on the product cradle (39) to detect that the product cradle (39) has been switched from the product placement posture to the product delivery posture by contact with the duct section (18). ) Is provided and is configured to stop the drive of the electric motor (40) by turning on the switch (44).

[Another embodiment]

[I] In the above-mentioned embodiment, the switch operating body (31) of the lifting operation switch section (E) is formed in a rod shape,
By selectively operating the switch operating body (31) up and down, the raising switch (32) or the lowering switch (33) is selectively operated.
Although the switch operating body (31) is configured to be turned on, the switch operating body (31) may be configured by three sheet-like switches (45), (46) and (47). .

In the case of this embodiment, the switch (45) on the left side is configured for ascending operation, the switch (46) at the center is configured for stopping and raising, and the switch (47) on the right side is configured for descending.

[II] In each of the above-described embodiments, the switch operating body (31) of the elevating operation switch section (E) is configured to be slightly longer than the elevating path length of the commodity purchasing operating body (10). The body (31) may be configured to have the same length as or slightly shorter than the length of the ascending / descending path of the commodity purchasing operation body (10).

Further, in the invention of the present application, the switch operating body (31) of the elevating and lowering operation switch section (E) may be constituted by a relatively small push button switch or rotary switch capable of switching among three states of up, down, and stop. Good, but in this case,
It is preferable to attach at a plurality of positions in the vertical direction.

In short, the raising / lowering operation switch section (E) may have any structure as long as it can switch the raising / lowering drive mechanism (B) between three states of raising, lowering and stopping.

[III] Further, the lifting drive mechanism (B) may have any structure as long as it can forcibly move the commodity purchasing operation body (10) in the vertical direction.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the product (A) supplied from the product storage unit (4) is transferred to the product purchase operating body (10) via the horizontal transfer conveyor (C) and the vertical transfer mechanism (D). Although the product is configured to be transported to the product storage room (9), the present invention is not limited to this structure, and the product (A) supplied from the product storage section (4) is stored in the product purchase operation body (10). Any structure may be used as long as it can be supplied to the chamber (9).

It should be noted that reference numerals are added to the claims of the utility model for convenience of comparison with the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the structure of the accompanying drawings by the entry.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 5 show a first embodiment of a product taking-out structure of a vending machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a side view of an entire cross section,
FIG. 2 is a front view of the whole cross section, FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the lifting drive mechanism, FIG. 4 is a front view of the whole, and FIG. 5 is a plan view of the whole cross section. FIG. 6 is an overall front view showing the second embodiment. (A) …… Product, (B) …… Lift drive mechanism, (E) ……
Lifting operation switch section, (1) …… Casing, (2) …
… Opening / closing door, (4) …… Product storage unit, (9) …… Product storage room, (10) …… Product purchasing operation unit, (11) …… Product outlet, (12) …… Product selection button, (13) …… Coin slot, (28) …… Electric motor, (31) …… Switch operation body, (32) …… Upward switch, (33) …… Downward switch.

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A product selection button (12) is attached to an opening / closing door (2) swingably opened and closed at an opening of a casing (1) having a product storage section (4). A commodity purchase operation body (10) including a coin slot (13), a commodity storage room (9) and a commodity outlet (11) for taking out the commodity (A) in the commodity storage room (9) to the outside. Is vertically movable within a certain range in the vertical direction, and is lifted up and down from the product storage section (4) and the lifting drive mechanism (B) for forcibly moving the product purchasing operation body (10) in the vertical direction. A product supply device for supplying the product (A) to the product storage chamber (9) is provided, and the opening / closing door (2) is further operated by the operation from the front side of the opening / closing door (2). (B) The electric motor (28) ascending / descending / stopping operation switch section for switching to three states (stop) Product take-out structure of the vending machine a is provided). 2. The raising / lowering operation switch section (E) is a raising switch (32) for starting the electric motor (28) of the raising / lowering drive mechanism (B) to a raising state, and a lowering state of the electric motor (28). And a switch operating body (31) for selectively turning ON both switches (32, 33), and the switch operating body (31)
Is configured to have substantially the same dimension as the elevating path length of the commodity purchase operating body (10), and the switch operating body (3
2. The product take-out structure for a vending machine according to claim 1, wherein 1) is arranged on the front surface of the opening / closing door (2) along the side of the ascending / descending path of the product purchasing operation body (10).