JPH0751667Y2 - vending machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention has a discharge passage through which a vertically long product such as a canned drink or a bottled drink is slid down and discharged from a product outlet to a product receiving portion. A first glide surface that slides down along the width direction of the product outlet, and a second glide surface that slides down the product that has slipped down the first slide surface along the front-rear direction that passes through the product outlet. The present invention relates to a vending machine which is provided in order.

[Conventional technology]

Introduction The vending machine is configured so that the product that has slid down along the width direction of the product outlet is further slid down along the front-rear direction passing through the product outlet and discharged to the product receiving portion. However, in the conventional vending machine, the attitude of discharging the product from the product outlet to the product receiving portion is not taken into consideration (for example, in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 62-
(See Japanese Patent No. 53774).

[Problems to be solved by the device]

Therefore, when the product is discharged from the product outlet to the product receiving part in an irregular manner, and the product is discharged in a posture in which the longitudinal direction of the product is along the front-back direction of the product outlet, one end of the product is the discharge passage. There is a drawback that it is difficult for the product to be taken out because it is easily received by the product receiving part while it is inside.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and makes good use of a configuration in which the sliding direction of a product in a discharge passage is changed during the sliding, so that the product discharged from a product outlet can be easily taken out. The purpose is to enable the product receiving unit to receive the product.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

To achieve the above object, the present invention is characterized in that a discharge passage for sliding down a vertically long product and discharging it from a product outlet to a product receiving portion makes a product slide down along the width direction of the product outlet. An automatic vending machine, which is configured by sequentially providing a first glide surface and a second glide surface that slides down a product that has slid down the first glide surface along the front-rear direction that passes through the product outlet. , The first position at the front position in the glide direction along the first glide surface,
The guide surface that collides the products that have slid down along the glide surface and changes the glide direction to the front-rear direction that passes through the product outlet is the width direction of the product outlet and before and after passing the product outlet. It is located at a point that is erected along a direction that intersects with both directions, and the following operational effects are obtained from this configuration.

[Action]

When a product that slides down the first glide surface collides with the guide surface,
The downhill posture of the product is changed to a posture in which the longitudinal direction of the product intersects both the width direction of the product outlet and the front-back direction passing through the product outlet regardless of the previous downhill posture. Is slid down the second slide surface in a posture in which the longitudinal direction of the product passes through the product take-out opening and is oblique to the front-rear direction, and is discharged from the product take-out opening to the product receiving portion.

[Effect of device]

Since the second gliding surface can be slid down after the gliding attitude of the product sliding down the first glide surface is once aligned, it is easy to align the discharging attitude of the product from the product outlet, and the product is in the longitudinal direction of the product. Passes through the product outlet and slides down the second glide surface in a slanting posture with respect to the front-rear direction and is discharged from the product outlet to the product receiving portion. Therefore, the attitude of the discharged product is As the product is received by the receiving part, the longitudinal direction of the product is easily changed to the posture along the width direction of the product take-out port, and the discharged product can be received by the product receiving part in a posture that is easy to take out.

[First Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

6 and 7 show a serpentine type product storage (1).
Shows a vending machine in which a door body (B) is swingably opened and closed in a main body (A) in which a plurality of items are installed in front, rear, left and right, and a product selection button is provided on the front surface of the door body (B). (2a), product outlet (2b), coin slot (2c), coin return slot (2
A purchase operation panel equipped with d) etc. is provided.

A product transfer mechanism for receiving the canned beverage (C) as a vertically long product dispensed from the product storage (1) on the basis of the sales instruction on the door (B) and transferring it to the product outlet (2b) ( D) is provided.

The product transfer mechanism (D) is a conveyor-type lateral device that receives the product (C) that is dropped and discharged from the product outlet (1a) provided on the lower side of the product storage (1), and places and transfers it to one side. A transport device (3), a vertical transport device (4) that receives and transports the product (C) dropped and discharged from the horizontal transport device (3) or the product outlet (1b) directly above and transports the product upward, and the vertical transport device (4). ), And a discharge passage (5) for sliding down the product (4) that is discharged from the product) and discharging it from the product outlet (2b).

The vertical transfer device (4) pivotally supports an article stand (4c) on which an article (C) is placed on an elevator stand (4b) that is driven up and down along a guide rail (4a). The roller (4d) pivotally supported by the quality receiving table (4c) is engaged with the swing guide rail (4e), and the product (C) is placed as the elevator table (4b) rises. The merchandise receiving tray (4c) is forcibly and gradually rocked so that the merchandise (C) is dropped and discharged into the discharge passage (5).

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the glide surface of the discharge passage (5) allows the product (C) to slide down in the width direction of the product outlet (2b), that is, the door body (B) width direction. 1 downhill surface (6a)
And the second glide surface () for sliding the product (C) that has slid down the first glide surface (6a) in the front-rear direction passing through the product outlet (2b), that is, toward the diagonally front of the door body (B). 6b)
Commodity (C) that is configured by connecting in series and drops and is discharged in the width direction of the door body (B) from the product cradle (4c) has the first glide surface (6a) and the second glide surface (6c) in order. Down the door (B)
It is discharged from the product outlet (2b) on the front side.

The side wall of the discharge passage (5) has a first guide surface (7a) for guiding the product (C) sliding down the first sliding surface (6a) in the width direction of the door body (B), and a first sliding surface (6a). ), The second guide surface (7b) for colliding the commodity (C) that has slid down in the width direction of the door body (B) and changing the sliding direction to the front side of the door body (B),
The second guide surface (7b) is located at the front position in the glide direction along the first glide surface (6a), both in the width direction of the product outlet (2b) and in the front-back direction passing through the product outlet (2b). It is erected along the intersecting direction.

Then, the product take-out port (2b) is formed so that the end of the second sliding surface (6b) and the second guide surface (7b) in the down-driving direction faces the front surface of the door body (B), and the product taking-out port (2b) is formed. ) Is attached with a transparent outlet door (8) as a product receiving portion that is compulsorily rocked and opened downward by the weight of the discharged product (C).

The take-out door (8) is attached so as to form a space (9) into which the product (C) can enter sideways between the take-out door (2b) and the front surface of the door body (B) next to the second take-off surface ( 6b) on the free end side of the first gutter-shaped member (8a) and the first gutter-shaped member (8a) pivotally mounted around the downward-sloping axis (x) along the end of the glide direction. a second trough member is swingably connected (8b), first spring first trough member (8a) is swung urging the side for closing the product outlet (2b) (S ₁₎ And a spring (S ₂ ) that urges the first and second gutter-shaped members (8a) and (8b) to swing toward each other.

The first gutter-shaped member (8a) is held in an open position by contact with the front surface of the door body (B), and the free end of the second gutter-shaped member (8b) and the front surface of the door body (B) are in contact with each other. By hitting, it is held in the closed posture.

The second gutter member (8b) has a shaft member (8e) protruding from a second closing plate (8d) connected to the left and right ends of the second gutter member and a first gutter-shaped member (8).
The swing range with respect to the first gutter member (8a) is restricted by the engagement with the elongated holes (8f) formed in the first closing plate (8c) that is provided at both left and right ends of (a), and the free end portion and the door It is held in a closed posture by contact with the front surface of the body (B).

Corner (K) between the second guide surface (7b) and the front surface of the door body (B)
A space (9) formed between the outlet door (8) and the front surface of the door body (B), and a downward-sloping inclined surface (10) formed on the inner bottom surface of the outlet door (8). And the discharge passage (5)
The product (C) that slides down in a posture in which the product lengthwise direction is along the downhill direction is rotated about the axis intersecting the second downhill surface (6b) by the downhill movement force of the product (C), A posture changing mechanism (E) in which the direction is changed to a posture along the width direction of the product outlet (2b) and the product is discharged to the product outlet (2b).
Is configured.

That is, as shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, the product (C) sliding down the second glide surface (6b) in a posture in which the product longitudinal direction is along the glide direction is along the second guide surface (7b). When the product (C) slides down and its lower end comes into contact with the inclined surface (10) or slides down the second glide surface (6b) in a posture in which the product longitudinal direction is along the glide direction, the lower end of the product (C) has an inclined surface (10). ) And slides down along the inclined surface (10) in that state, the middle position in the longitudinal direction contacts the corner (K), and in this state the lower end of the product (C) is inclined surface (10). The product (C) is rotated about the corner (K) as a fulcrum in an attempt to enter the space (9) along the line (9), and the longitudinal direction of the product is changed to the posture along the width direction of the product outlet (2b). The product outlet (2b)
Emitted from.

Then, as shown in FIG. 5, as the product (C) is laterally received by the first gutter-shaped member (8a),
Door body trough free end a spring member _{(8b) (S 2) (} B) the first trough member while being pressed against the front surface (8a) is the product (C)
When the product (C) further abuts against the second gutter-shaped member (8b) and presses it, the bottom surface of the product comes into contact with the front surface of the door body (B) and is pressed by the product. The two gutter-shaped members (8b) are forcibly swinging open until the ends of the elongated holes (8f) of the first closing plate (8c) and the shaft members (8e) of the second closing plate (8d) are engaged with each other. To be done.

[Second Embodiment] Instead of the posture changing mechanism shown in the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, the lower side of the second guide surface (7b) in the discharging direction is bent to form a corner (K), Bent part (1) of the second guide surface (7b)
A plate material (12) that forms the lower edge of 1) and the product outlet (2b)
And a space (9) formed between the corner and the space (9) and a slope (10) that descends to the right and extends downstream of the second gliding surface (6b). The posture changing mechanism (E) may be constituted by 9) and the inclined surface (10).

The other structure is the same as that of the first embodiment except that the take-out door (8) made of a series of plate members is swingably opened and closed around an axis above the product take-out port (2b). Is.

[Another embodiment]

I. The inclination posture of the glide surface of the discharge passage is not particularly limited, and the terminal edge of the glide surface may face the product outlet substantially horizontally.

B. The vending machine may be provided with a discharge passage that immediately slides down the product discharged from the product storage and discharges the product from the product outlet at a position lower than the discharge position from the product storage.

C. The attitude change mechanism gives a speed difference so that the glide speed at the upper end of the descending product is faster than the glide speed at the lower end, and the product is rotated around an axis intersecting the glide surface to make the product vertically long. The direction may be changed to a posture along the width direction of the product outlet.

D. The product is rotated around an axis intersecting the downhill surface by giving a speed difference so that the downhill speed at the upper end of the downhill product is faster than the downhill speed at the lower end, and the product longitudinal direction is the product outlet. When configuring the posture changing mechanism that changes the posture to the posture along the width direction, the frictional resistance between the glide surface and the product may be set such that the frictional resistance in the downstream region of the glide surface is larger than that in the upstream region.

E. The attitude change mechanism introduces the product that slides down in a posture in which the product lengthwise direction is along the glide direction into the gutter-shaped guide groove, and the product length is aligned in the gutter-shaped guide groove along the width direction of the product outlet. The posture may be changed.

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 THE DRAWINGS FIGS. 1 to 8 show an embodiment according to the present invention, FIGS. 1 to 3 are perspective views of essential parts, FIG. 4 is a plan sectional view of essential parts, and FIG. Is a side sectional view of an essential part, FIG. 6 is a partially cutaway front view, and FIG.
FIG. 8 is a front view, and FIG. 8 is a plan sectional view of an essential part showing another embodiment. (8) …… Product receiving part, (6a) …… First gliding surface,
(6b) …… Second downhill surface, (7b) …… Guide surface, (2b) ……
Product outlet, (5) ... Ejection passage, (C) ... Product, (E) ... Attitude changing mechanism.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A discharge passage (5) for sliding down a vertically long product (C) and discharging it from a product outlet (2b) to a product receiving portion (8), the product (C) being removed from the product outlet (2b). Along the width direction of the first sliding surface (6a) and the product (C) sliding down the first sliding surface (6a) along the front-back direction passing through the product outlet (2b). A vending machine configured by sequentially providing a second glide surface (6b) to slide down, the first glide surface (6a) being located at a forward position in the glide direction along the first glide surface (6a). The product (C) that has slid down along the road is collided with the product (C), and the direction in which the product descends is collided with the product outlet (2b).
The guide surface (7b) which is changed in the front-back direction passing through is the width direction of the product taking-out port (2b) and the product taking-out port (2b).
A vending machine that is erected along a direction that intersects both the front and rear direction passing through b).