JPH076255A - Automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To develop the automatic vending machine in which sold-out state is avoided caused when supplement of commodities by a route man is not properly made due to a traffic affair and transportation loss of the route man bringing back commodities is omitted. CONSTITUTION:A commodity container chamber 5 and a heat insulation chamber 4 accommodating commodity racks are formed in a main body case 1 to contain commodities 10 and a case 10A with the commodities packed therein at room temperature. A route man delivers commodities to the commodity container chamber 5 and accommodates excess commodities therein, then loss of bringing back of commodities is omitted and other person than the route man supplies commodities a commodity rack and even when the route man cannot make patrol at a proper time, other person supplements commodities to continue the operation of the automatic vending machine.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to improvement of transportation and replenishment of replenishment products in an automatic vending machine for selling products such as canned beverages.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Vending machines for selling products such as canned beverages are already known. This type of vending machine stores a predetermined number of products in a product rack inside the machine, and is installed not only at a storefront but also near a road away from a house. Then, one routeman goes around a large number of vending machines by car to perform work such as product replenishment and payment collection.

[0003]

However, due to recent traffic conditions such as traffic congestion and expansion of parking prohibited areas, it is difficult for users of vending machines to replenish products in a timely manner due to recent traffic conditions. There is a demand for an automatic vending machine that is less affected by the above and that can reduce the loss of product transportation such as taking the product home when the product sales are few. An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic vending machine that can meet the above-mentioned demand.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a product rack is housed and installed in a heat insulation chamber formed in a main body case, and a canned beverage stored in the product rack. In an automatic vending machine in which products such as the above are carried out one by one based on a sales signal, a product storage room for storing replenishment products at room temperature is formed in the main body case.

[0005]

[Operation] By storing the replenishment product in the product storage room without taking it back or by delivering the product to the product storage room, the transportation of the product can be reduced, and the product transportation and the product rack can be carried out. It will be possible to separately handle the filling and collection of charges, etc., and the influence of traffic conditions can be minimized.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In the figure, a main body case 1 of a vending machine is provided with an outer door 2 on the front surface, and the inside is largely divided into three. The lower section is the condensing unit 31 of the cooling device.
Is the machine room 3 in which is installed, and the compartment on the upper left side is formed with a heat insulating room 4 having a heat insulating door 41 in the front like the conventional vending machine, and the heat insulating room 4 is filled with the product. In response to the sales signal, the product rack 42 for carrying out the products one by one toward the product outlet provided on the front surface of the outer door 2 and the cooling unit of the cooling device are housed and installed.
However, according to the present invention, the product storage room 5 is provided in the upper right section.
Is formed. In this product storage room 5, a pedestal 51 is provided on the partition 11 of the main body case 1 to reinforce the bottom plate, and as shown in FIG. 6, the back plate 52 of the product storage room 5 has continuous irregularities in the plate thickness direction. The plate material is used so that the irregularities run vertically. The concave portion 53 allows the fingers to enter easily.
The depth A is about 10 mm and the width B is 50 to 250 mm. Further, a plurality of upper and lower shelves 54 are provided in the room at appropriate intervals and with adjustable intervals.

In the above-mentioned configuration, the rootman who has loaded the products in the vehicle has the product rack 42 filled with the products in accordance with the sales of the products in the product rack 42. Each packed case 10A is stored in the product storage room 5. At this time, the product in the case is stored leaving a space at the top for easy access. The housed case 10A is easily pulled out by inserting an arm into the upper space, inserting a fingertip into the recess 53 as shown in FIG. 7, and holding a hand on the upper rear end surface of the case 10A. When the parking of the car is restricted, the product rack 42 is not filled and the product is quickly delivered to the product storage room 5. As a result, the route man leaves the excess product 10 in the car and returns, but it is possible to omit it, and it is also possible to let a worker other than the route man take charge of replenishing the product rack with the product 10 and the route man has bad traffic conditions. Even when it is not possible to travel as planned, it is possible to avoid the sold-out condition by replenishing products in a timely manner. Therefore, the vending machine can maintain the operation rate at a high level by continuing to sell the product even when the transportation of the supplementary product is stagnant or when the sales increase suddenly.

8 and 9 show a second embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the inside of the body case 1 is divided into three main parts, and the lower part is divided into a machine room as in the first embodiment. A large central portion is formed in the heat insulating chamber 4, and a product storage chamber 5 is provided above the heat insulating chamber 4. That is, the front flange portion is tightened and fixed by the screw member 17 to the reinforcing metal 15 which is fixed to the main body case 1 in the left-right direction to reinforce the case top plate and to the supporting metal 16 which is similarly transferred in the left-right direction to the lower side thereof. A box 55 is attached, and the product storage chamber 5 is formed inside the box.

In the above structure, the same effect as that of the above-described embodiment can be obtained by storing the product 10 (FIG. 1) and the case 10A (FIG. 2) filled with the product in the product storage chamber 5 as in the first embodiment. In addition, in this embodiment, since the heat insulating chamber 4 is formed to be large enough to fill the width of the main body case 1 in this embodiment, there is an advantage that the number of product racks 42 (FIG. 3) accommodated can be increased and the number of kinds of sold products can be increased.

A third embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIGS.
This will be described with reference to 1. In this embodiment, the product storage room 5 is the second
Although it is partitioned and formed in the upper portion of the main body case 1 as in the above embodiment, a single outer door that opens and closes the front surface of the main body case 1 is configured differently from the conventional one. That is, on the front surface of the main body case 1, there is an upper outer door 2A for opening and closing the front surface of the commodity storage chamber 5.
And a lower outer door 2B that opens and closes the front surface of the main body case 1 below the product storage chamber 5, two outer doors are provided. The lower outer door 2B is attached so as to rotate sideways via a pair of upper and lower hinges 21 as in the conventional outer door,
The product sample 10B is displayed facing the front, and a product selling push button 23, a product outlet 24, a coin slot (not shown), and the like are arranged on the front. On the other hand, the upper outer door 2A has a hinge 25.
Is attached rotatably in the vertical direction through a front panel, and a translucent flat plate is detachably attached to a lighting plate 26 for displaying advertisement pictograms on the front surface, and the rear of the box-shaped upper outer door 2A. The illumination plate 2 is formed on the front surface of the back plate which is formed to be openable and closable.
A fluorescent lamp 27 for illuminating 6 is installed. The lighting plate 26
Can be replaced at any time with pictograms suitable for the season or the product for sale by rotating the upper outer door 2A to the open state and opening the back plate.

In the above-mentioned structure, the same effect as in the second embodiment can be obtained by providing the product storage room 5 in this embodiment. Further, in the vending machine having one outer door 2 (Fig. 6), the entire front surface of the main body case 1 is opened when the lighting board is replaced, so that the selling state is restored after the lighting board is replaced. Although it takes some time, in the vending machine in this embodiment, the upper outer door 2A is opened and the lighting plate 26 is removed while the lower outer door 2B is closed, that is, while the vending machine is in the sale state. Replacement is done. Therefore, in addition to the above effects, an effect of increasing the sales chance of the product can be obtained.

12 and 13 show a fourth embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the main body case 1 is roughly divided into three, as in the second embodiment, and a product shelf 57 is provided immediately above the heat insulating chamber 4 which is formed large in the central portion. This product shelf 57 has a peripheral portion at the main body case 1.
It is fixed to the back plate and the side plate and supports the ceiling wall of the heat insulating chamber 4. Therefore, the upper space of the main body case 1 above the product shelf 57 forms the product storage room 5 as it is.

In the above-mentioned structure, the product 10 and the case 10A filled with the product 10 are provided on the product shelf 57 as in the second embodiment.
The same effect as that of the second embodiment can be obtained by placing and accommodating on the. Further, as compared with the second embodiment, the structure for forming the product storage chamber 5 is easier, and the elimination of the box 55 has the advantage that the volume of the room is large and the room can be easily used.

[0014]

According to the present invention, product racks are housed and installed in the heat insulation chamber formed in the main body case, and products such as canned drinks stored in the product rack are carried out one by one based on the sales signal. In the automatic vending machine, a product storage room for storing replenishment products at room temperature is formed in the main body case, so that the loss of product transportation by the route man is greatly reduced, and the replenishment product transportation and product rack are reduced. It becomes possible to divide labor with filling of supplementary products into the vending machine, and even if the transportation of the products is stopped due to traffic conditions, the vending machine is prevented from being sold out and operated at a high operating rate.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an automatic vending machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention with an outer door removed.

2 is a sectional view of the vending machine of FIG. 1 taken along the line 2Y-2Y.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the vending machine of FIG. 1 taken along line 3X-3X.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a cradle.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a cradle.

[Figure 6] Cross-sectional view of the product storage room

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram for explaining how to take out products.

FIG. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view of a vending machine showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a front view of the vending machine shown in FIG. 6 with an outer door removed.

FIG. 10 is a vertical sectional view of a vending machine showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

11 is a front view of the vending machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 12 is a vertical sectional view of a vending machine showing a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a front view of the vending machine shown in FIG. 12 with an outer door removed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Main Case 2 Outer Door 2A Upper Outer Door 2B Lower Outer Door 4 Insulation Room 5 Product Storage Room 10 Product 26 Lighting Plate 42 Product Rack 53 Recess 57 Product Shelf

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An automatic vending machine in which a product rack is housed and installed in a heat insulation chamber formed in a main body case, and products such as canned drinks stored in the product rack are carried out one by one based on a sales signal. A vending machine, characterized in that a product storage room for storing replenishment products at room temperature is formed in the main body case. 2. The automatic vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the commodity storage chamber is partitioned and formed above the heat insulating chamber in the main body case. 3. The vending machine according to claim 2, wherein an outer door that opens and closes the front surface of the main body case, an upper outer door that opens and closes the front surface of the product storage chamber, and a lower portion provided on the front surface of the main body case below the upper outer door. An automatic vending machine, characterized in that it is divided into an outer door and a lighting board is installed on the upper outer door, which faces the front and is illuminated by a fluorescent lamp with an advertising pictogram displayed. 4. The vending machine according to claim 2, wherein the back plate of the product storage room is provided with recesses provided at appropriate intervals in the left-right direction and recessed in the depth direction and running vertically. . 5. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein a product shelf is provided above the heat-insulating chamber in the main body case, and the main case space above the product shelf serves as a product storage room. .