JPH0785364A - Cup type automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable a customer to take out a vessel with its grip in his hand at the time of taking out the vessel from a taking-out hole by sticking the center in the horizontal direction of the flexible and plane grip along the outside face of the vessel and folding both of right and left end parts of the grip toward the center to put them together so that the customer can take the vessel with his hand and charging the beverage, which is prepared and made from materials in a machine body or is stored in the machine body and heated and vent, into the vessel. CONSTITUTION:A pair of rotating bodies 40 have one ends freely turnably supported in a taking-out hole 9 and have the other ends brought into contact with both of right and left end parts of a grip 19 of a vessel 17, which is carried out from the machine body and is placed on a receiver 32, during turning and are driven by a driving device 39 and are turned in opposite directions in a horizontal face, and a rotation driving device 35 rotates and drives the receiver 32 in the horizontal face prescribed number of times. A folding device 41 is provided with the pair of rotating bodis 40 and the device 35 and folds both of right and left end parts of grip 19 toward the center of the grip 19 to put them together at each time of carrying out the vessel 17 into a receiver 32 from the machine body to vend it.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lateral direction of a flat plate-like handle which can be held by hand only by bending both left and right ends toward the center so that they can be overlapped with each other. The present invention relates to a cup-type vending machine for selling hot beverages, which are cooked or manufactured from raw materials in a body forming an outer peripheral surface, in a container to which a central portion of is fixed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a cup type vending machine that sells hot beverages that are cooked from raw materials or stored in the fuselage inside a machine, a drink is selected after inserting money from an opening opening on the front of the machine. The customer operates the button to select the beverage to purchase from various beverages. Then thin paper,
A cup-shaped container formed of a synthetic resin or the like is carried out on a pedestal provided inside an outlet opening on the front surface of the machine body and communicating with the inside and outside of the machine body, and at the same time, in the container, The beverage selected by the customer is infused. The container containing this beverage is designed to be taken out by the customer through the front opening of the outlet, but even if the container containing the hot beverage is a thin container, it can be easily held. Containers with handles may be used, as may be possible.

It is necessary to store as many containers with handles as possible in a limited space inside a body installed in a limited installation space, and if the containers are made of thin paper, synthetic resin, or the like. , The left and right ends of the handle are oriented toward the center of the handle, so that they can be held by hand only by bending them so that they are stacked on top of each other. A central portion in the left-right direction is formed along the outer surface of the container and is fixed to the outer surface.

To hold such a container with a handle by grasping the handle, after taking out the container from the outlet, the left and right ends of the handle are respectively directed toward the center of the handle,
They have to be bent so that they can be stacked on top of each other, and when removing a container from the outlet, it is necessary to put up with it by hand and take it out by hand. 2 and 3 show a conventional example of a cup type vending machine which puts a hot beverage in a container with a handle and sells it. 2A and 2B show the structure of a cup-type vending machine to which the present invention is applied, where FIG. 2A is a front view showing the appearance, and FIG. 2B is a right-side longitudinal sectional view of FIG.
(B) is the front side on the left side of the drawing, and FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional plan view of the essential part showing the configuration of a conventional cup type vending machine, and the lower side of the drawing is the front side.

In FIGS. 2 and 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a case having a front opening. The case 1 and a door 2 that covers the front opening of the case 1 so as to be openable and closable form the outer peripheral surface of the cup-type vending machine. The machine body 3 which does is constructed. This aircraft 3
In the front part of the door 2 which constitutes the above, in order from the upper side, the exhibition room where the beverage to be sold is advertised and displayed, the display room 4 for selecting the beverage, the selection button 5 for selecting the beverage, and the insertion opening 6 in which coins are inserted and opened on the front surface 6 A return lever 7 for returning the inserted coins, a return port 8 for returning the change and opening at the front, and an outlet 9 for opening the front and rear faces to take out the beverage are provided.

This take-out port 9 is attached to a frame-shaped take-out port frame 10 forming the front opening peripheral edge of the take-out port 9, and the torsion coil spring 1 is provided.
The front opening is covered with an outlet door 13 which is biased in the closing direction by 1 and whose left end is rotatably supported by a rotating shaft 12. A box-shaped box body 15 is arranged in the case 1 so as to face the front opening. This box 15
Has a drain port 14 formed at the lower end of a funnel-shaped bottom opening on the front and upper surfaces, and the inside forms the inside of the outlet 9.
The outlet 9 communicates with the machine body 3 through a box body 15. A flat plate-shaped saw-shaped receiving stand 16 is fitted on the inner bottom of the box body 15, and a cup-shaped container 17 is sold on the upper side of the receiving stand 16 inside the case 1. A cup supply device 18 is provided for dropping and discharging one by one from the lower end and supplying it onto the pedestal 16. The container 17 that is dropped and discharged from the cup supply device 18 each time it is sold,
A handle 19 is made of thin paper, and in the middle of the upper and lower sides of the outer surface, a handle 19 that can be held by hand only by bending both left and right ends toward the center so that they can be stacked on top of each other. It is fixed. This handle 19
Has a lateral B-shaped flat plate shape formed from thin flexible paper, and the center portion in the left-right direction is fixed along the outer surface of the container 17. A cup-shooter 20 having a lower end protruding from above into the box body 15 and guiding the container 17 with the handle 19 dropped onto and discharged from the cup supply device 18 onto the pedestal 16 is a cup supply device 18. And the pedestal 16 are provided.

In addition, in the case 1, the cup supply device 1
A hot water tank 21 for boiling hot water and storing the hot water is provided on the rear side of 8, and one end of a hot water supply hose 22 for supplying hot water in the hot water tank 21 is connected to the right side surface of the hot water tank 21. ing. The other end of the hot water supply hose 22 is connected via a hot water valve 23 to a stirring device 24 disposed below the front side of the hot water tank 21 for stirring and cooking the powdery or granular raw material and hot water. A raw material box 25 for storing a powdery or granular raw material therein is disposed between the stirring device 24 and the hot water tank 21, and the raw material box 25 has a lower end portion inside the raw material box 25. Discharge port 26 that discharges the raw materials of each of the drinks for sale one by one and opens at the front
Are formed. A funnel-shaped raw material shooter 27 that guides the raw material dropped and discharged from the discharge outlet 26 at the time of sale into the stirring device 24 is disposed between the discharge port 26 and the stirring device 24. A beverage outlet 28 that opens to the lower surface is formed at the bottom. This drink outlet 2
8, one end of a beverage hose 29 is connected, and the other end of the beverage hose 29 is fixed to the upper portion of the side wall of the depth side of the box body 15 with its tip facing the inside of the container 17 on the receiving stand 16. It is connected to 30.

[0008] The selling operation of the cup type vending machine configured as described above is such that when a drink is selected by operating the selection button 5 after inserting a coin from the insertion slot 6, the cup is supplied by the sales command signal. The container 17 is guided from the device 18 to the cup shooter 20 and supplied onto the pedestal 16. On the other hand, the raw material supplied from the raw material box 25 via the raw material shooter 27 and the hot water supplied from the hot water tank 21 via the hot water supply hose 22 are stirred and cooked in the stirrer 24 to produce a warm beverage. Becomes The warm beverage is discharged from the beverage outlet 28 of the stirring device 24 through the beverage hose 29, and is poured from the beverage nozzle 30 onto the pedestal 16 into the waiting container 17 to perform a series of operations. The beverage contained in the container 17 and placed on the cradle 16 in the box body 15 is taken out by the customer through the front opening of the outlet 9 which is opened by opening the outlet door 13.

[0009]

By the way, the handle 19
In order to store as many as possible containers 17 in the limited space in the machine body 3, the left and right ends of the handle 19 should be bent toward the center of the handle 19 so that they can be stacked on top of each other. The handle 19 is formed of a flexible thin paper in a flat plate shape so as to extend along the outer surface of the container 17 so that the user can grip the container 19 by hand. But,
Since there is no device that automatically bends the handle 19, the left and right ends of the handle 19 can be bent toward the center of the handle 19 and stacked on top of each other. It is necessary to hold it by yourself and take it out of the outlet 9 while holding it by yourself.

Therefore, the container 1 with the bent handle 19
However, there is a problem that the handle 19 does not function as the handle 19 until the container 17 is taken out from the outlet 9 regardless of the number 7. An object of the present invention is to provide a cup-type vending machine that can grasp a handle and take out a container from the inside of the taking-out port even when taking out the container from the inside of the taking-out port.

[0011]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the present invention, the left and right end portions can be held by hand only by bending them so that they are superposed on each other toward the center. A flexible plate-like handle is placed along the outer surface, and the cup-shaped container is fixed at the center in the left-right direction. A cup-type vending machine that puts and sells a warm beverage, which is provided with a cradle for receiving the container to be carried out at the time of sale in an outlet opening in the front of the machine and communicating with the inside and outside of the machine. In a cup-type vending machine adapted to take out the container carried out on a table through a front opening of the take-out port, each of the left and right end portions of the handle is carried out every time the container is carried out on the receiving table. Toward the central shall include a a fold device bending to be brought mutually superimposed.

Further, the folding device is rotated or rotated at both left and right ends of a handle of a container which has one end rotatably or rotatably supported in the outlet and is carried out of the machine body and placed on the pedestal. A pair of rolling elements driven by a driving device and rotating or rotating in mutually opposite directions are provided with the other ends abutting each other. Further, it is assumed that the folding device includes a rotary drive device that rotationally drives the pedestal a predetermined number of times in a horizontal plane.

[0013]

According to the present invention, each of the left and right ends of the container is bent toward the center of the handle so that they can be overlapped with each other every time the container is carried onto the cradle. Since it is equipped with a device, both left and right ends can be bent toward the center so that they can be stacked on each other on the cradle of the container handle,
As a result, the customer can overlap the left and right ends from the beginning and hold the handle by hand, and take out the container from the inside of the outlet through the front opening of the outlet.

Further, the folding device has one end rotatably or rotatably supported in the outlet and is rotated or pivoted to both left and right ends of a handle of the container which is carried out from the inside of the machine body and placed on the cradle. Since a pair of rolling elements driven by the drive device and rotating or rotating in opposite directions are provided, with the other ends abutting each other, the pair of rolling elements driven by the drive device makes one rotation or The direction in which the other ends of the pair of rolling elements enter between the container and the left and right ends of the handle during one rotation, and the left and right ends move away from the outer surface of the container and approach each other. By arranging a pair of rolling elements in the outlet so that the left and right ends of the handle can be pushed simultaneously, the left and right ends of the handle of the container on the pedestal can be handled by the handle. in the center It, can be bending to be brought each other superimposed.

Further, since the folding device is provided with the rotary drive device for rotationally driving the cradle a predetermined number of times in the horizontal plane, a pair of one end of which is rotatably or rotatably supported in the outlet is provided. One end of the rolling element, the other end rotates together with a pedestal that is driven by a rotation drive device to rotate. While the container on the pedestal makes one revolution,
By waiting at a position where it enters between this container and one of the left and right ends of the handle, one other end of the rolling element enters between this one and the container and the rolling element engages with the handle. At the position where the pedestal is rotating, only the container can be stopped by the rolling element via the handle while the pedestal is rotating, so that the position of the handle with respect to the outer surface of the container when it is supplied onto the pedestal can be stopped. This position can be set to a fixed position even if there is variation in the container, and at this position, the other end of the pair of rolling elements is driven by the drive device to the container and the other of the left and right ends of the handle. At the same time, it is driven by a driving device to rotate or rotate one of the pair of rolling elements, and at the other end of this one and the other, the left and right ends of the handle are separated from the outer surface of the container and are in contact with each other. Left and right of the handle in the direction close to By the end to press simultaneously respectively, left and right end portions of the container of the handle on the cradle towards the center of the handle, respectively, can be folding to be brought mutually superimposed.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows the structure of a cup-type vending machine according to one embodiment of the present invention. (A) is a front longitudinal sectional view of a main part, (B) is a horizontal sectional plan view of (A), and (B) is The lower side of the figure is the front side. FIG. 2 shows the structure of a cup type vending machine which is the subject of the present invention. (A) is a front view showing the external appearance, (B) is a right-side longitudinal sectional view of (A), and (B) is a diagram. The left side is the front side. Portions that are the same as or the same as those in FIG.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a case whose front surface is open. The case 1 and a door 2 which covers the front opening of the case 1 so as to be openable and closable form an outer peripheral surface of a cup type vending machine. It constitutes the body 3 that does. On the front surface of the door 2 that constitutes the machine body 3, the exhibition room 4,
A selection button 5, an insertion opening 6, a return lever 7, a return opening 8, an exit 9 and the like are provided.

The front opening of the outlet 9 is referred to as the outlet 9
The frame-shaped outlet frame 10 forming the peripheral edge of the front opening is covered with an outlet door 13 that is urged in a closing direction by a torsion coil spring 11 and rotatably supported at its left end via a rotating shaft 12. Inside the box body 15 covered with this outlet door 13, the front opening of the outlet 9 is faced to face the front opening and the drainage outlet 14 is formed at the lower end of the funnel-shaped bottom. The inner side of 9 is formed, and the outlet 9 communicates with the inside of the machine body 3 via a box body 15.

A flat plate-shaped saw-shaped base 31 is fitted on the inner bottom of the box 15, and the lower surface of the base 31 is
An electric motor 34 having a rotary shaft 33 whose axial direction is vertical is supported by an upper end protruding through the central portion of the base 31 and protruding upward from the upper surface of the base 31. The electric motor 34 constitutes a rotary drive device 35 for rotationally driving the pedestal 32, and a container 17 having a central portion in the left-right direction of the handle 19 along the outer peripheral surface is fixed to the upper front side of the inside of the case 1. A cup supply device 18 is arranged to drop and discharge from the lower end one by one each time it is sold and supply it onto the pedestal 32. A cup shooter 20 for guiding a container 17 with a handle 19 dropped and discharged from the cup supply device 18 onto a pedestal 32 is arranged between the cup supply device 18 and the pedestal 32. And a cup shooter 2
0 The lower end is projected from above. One end of the upper part of the box body 15 below the cup shooter 20 that projects obliquely downward toward the center of the box body 15 in the left-right direction and is close to the upper and left ends of the container 17 on the pedestal 32 is shown. The upper ends of the pair of rotating bodies 36, which are arranged in the box body 15 so as to face each other, are urged upward by a torsion coil spring, and It is rotatably supported on both left and right wall surfaces of the box body 15 via the interposition.

Further, in the box body 15, there are provided rotary shafts 38 projecting upward on the upper surfaces of the bases 31 on both the left and right sides of the pedestal 32 and having vertical axes. A pair of drive devices 39, which are rotationally driven in opposite directions, are fixed facing each other left and right. One end of a pair of rolling elements 40, which are arranged on the left and right sides of the pedestal 32 so as to face each other, are fixed to the upper ends of the rotary shafts 38 of the pair of drive devices 39, respectively. The other ends of the pair of rolling elements 40 are arranged so that the other ends of the rolling elements 40 approach each other.
When the drive devices 39 are driven to rotate in opposite directions to each other, the tip ends of the handle 1 of the container 17 placed on the pedestal 32.
It is formed in a hook shape so as to project toward the front center of the inside of the outlet 9 while abutting the handle 19 at the height position of 9.
The position where the other end of the right side rolling element 40 formed in the hook shape is closest to the outer surface of the container 17 placed on the pedestal 32 is set as the standby position for the right side rolling element 40 and the left side rolling element 40 is used. The container 1 in which the other end of the moving body 40 is placed on the pedestal 32
7 At the position diagonally left rear from the outer surface, roll the right rolling element 40
It is in the standby position. This rolling element 40, the pedestal 32,
Each time the container 17 is unloaded from the inside of the machine body 3 onto the pedestal 32 at the time of sale by the rotation drive device 35, the rotation body 36, the rotation shaft 37, a torsion coil spring (not shown), and the drive device 39, the left and right ends of the handle 19 are provided. A bending device 41 is formed to bend each of the handles 19 toward the center of the handle 19 so as to be superposed on each other.

In the case 1, the cup supply device 1
A hot water tank 21 for storing hot water is disposed on the rear of the hot water tank 8. The other end of a hot water supply hose 22 having one end connected to the right side surface of the hot water tank 21 is connected to the inside of the stirring device 24 via a hot water valve 23. It leads to. The box 1 with the other end of the beverage hose 29 having one end connected to the beverage discharge port 28 formed at the bottom of the stirring device 24 is directed to the inside of the container 17 on the pedestal 32.
5 is connected to the beverage nozzle 30 fixed to the upper part of the side wall on the depth side of 5, and other configurations are the same as the above-mentioned conventional example.

In the above-mentioned configuration, the selling operation of the cup type vending machine of the present invention and the function of each part of the folding device 41 will be described below. After inserting coins from the slot 6,
When the beverage is selected by operating the selection button 5, the container 17 dropped and discharged from the cup supply device 18 by the sales command signal.
However, it is guided by the cup shooter 20 and descends toward the pedestal 32, the positional deviation in the left-right direction is corrected by the rotating body 36, and the pedestal 32 is placed at the central position on the pedestal 32. On the other hand, the raw material supplied from the raw material box 25 via the raw material shooter 27 and the hot water valve 23 are opened, and the hot water tank 21 is opened via the hot water supply hose 22.
The hot water supplied from the above is stirred and cooked in the stirring device 24 to form a hot beverage. This hot beverage is agitator 24
The container 1 which is discharged from the beverage discharge port 28 through the beverage hose 29 and is on standby on the cradle 32 from the beverage nozzle 30.
Poured into 7.

Then, the rotation driving device 35 is activated to rotate the pedestal 32 counterclockwise a predetermined number of times, for example, once when viewed from above. Between the right end of the handle 19 of the container 17 placed at the central position on the pedestal 32 and the container 17, which rotates in association with this, and one end of the rotary shaft 3 to the drive device 39.
Of the right side rolling element 40, which is rotatably supported via
At the standby position, the other end of the container 17 close to the outer surface of the container 17 comes in and the other end engages with the handle 19. This handle 19
The container 17 locked by the rolling element 40 via the
Even when 2 is rotating, it stops and at the same time, the drive device 3 on the left side
9 is activated, and the rolling element 40 on the left side rotates clockwise when viewed from above. The rolling element 40 rotates to rotate the rolling element 4
The other end, which is the end opposite to the rotation support side of 0, enters between the left end portion of the handle 19 of the container 17 and the container 17 and engages with the handle 19, and at the same time, the right drive device 39 is activated. The rolling element 40 on the right side rotates counterclockwise when viewed from above. In the process of rotating the pair of left and right rolling elements 40, the other end which is an end on the side opposite to the rotation supporting side of the pair of rolling elements 40 pushes the left and right end portions of the handle 19 forward, respectively. The parts are bent toward the center of the handle 19 so that they can be overlapped with each other. As a result, the left and right ends of the handle 19 can be overlapped so that the handle 19 can be held by hand, and the beverage on the cradle 32 in the box body 15 that has entered the container 17 can be handled by the handle 17. It was opened by opening the take-out door 13 by grasping it.
It is taken out by the customer through the front opening of the outlet 9.

Therefore, in order that the left and right ends of the handle 19 are bent toward the center of the handle 19 so that the handle 19 can be grasped by hand, the container 17 made of thin paper and containing a hot beverage is provided. It is no longer necessary to take it out of the outlet 9 by holding it while holding it hot. Therefore, even when the container 17 is taken out from the outlet 9, the handle 19 can function as the handle 19.

[0025]

According to the present invention, each time a container with a handle is carried out onto a cradle, the left and right ends of the handle are folded toward the center of the handle so that they can be stacked on each other. Since it is equipped with a bending device that bends, it is possible to take out the container from the inside of the outlet through the front opening of this outlet by grasping the handles with the left and right ends overlapped with each other by hand and holding it. It is no longer necessary to hold the container containing the syrup with your hands and take it out of the outlet.

Further, the folding device is rotated or pivoted at both left and right ends of a handle of a container which has one end rotatably or rotatably supported in the outlet and is carried out of the machine body and placed on the cradle. Since it has a pair of rolling elements that are driven by a driving device and rotate or rotate in opposite directions to each other, the other ends of the container are in contact with each other. You can fold it toward the center of the so that they can be stacked on top of each other.
By grasping the handle with your hand, you can take out the container from inside the outlet through the front opening of this outlet, so hold the container with hot beverage directly while holding it hot. It is not necessary to take it out from the outlet.

Further, since the folding device is provided with the rotary drive device for rotationally driving the cradle a predetermined number of times in the horizontal plane, the position of the handle when supplied onto the cradle with respect to the outer surface of the container. This position can be fixed, even if there are variations in the container, and the left and right ends of the container handle on the pedestal can be bent toward the center of the handle so that they can be stacked on top of each other. As a result, it is no longer necessary to take the container containing the hot beverage directly by hand while holding it hot and taking it out from the outlet.

As a result, even if the beverage contained therein is hot and cannot be held directly unless the patient is tolerated so much, the container can be easily grasped by the handle and taken out from the outlet. Even when the container is taken out from the outlet, the effect that the handle can function as the handle is obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a cup type vending machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, (A) is a front vertical sectional view of a main part, and (B) is a horizontal sectional plan view of (A).

2A and 2B show a configuration of a cup-type vending machine, which is a target of the present invention, in which FIG. 2A is a front view showing the appearance, and FIG.
Right side vertical section

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional plan view of essential parts showing the configuration of a conventional cup-type vending machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Case 2 Door 3 Airframe 4 Exhibition Room 5 Selection Button 6 Input Port 7 Return Lever 8 Return Port 9 Outlet 10 Outlet Frame 11 Torsion Coil Spring 12 Rotating Axis 13 Outlet Door 14 Drain 15 Box 16 Receiving Stand 17 Container 18 Cup supply device 19 Handle 20 Cup shooter 21 Hot water tank 22 Hot water supply hose 23 Hot water valve 24 Stirrer 25 Raw material box 26 Discharge port 27 Raw material shooter 28 Beverage discharge port 29 Drinking hose 30 Drinking nozzle 31 Base 32 Receptacle 33 Rotating shaft 34 electric motor 35 rotary drive device 36 rotary body 37 rotary shaft 38 rotary shaft 39 drive device 40 rolling body 41 folding device

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A flexible flat plate-like handle that can be held by hand only by bending both left and right ends toward the center so that they can be stacked on top of each other, and is located along the outer surface. In a cup-shaped container whose central part in the direction is fixed,
A cup type vending machine that cooks and manufactures from raw materials in the machine forming the outer peripheral surface or puts and sells hot beverage stored in this machine, which is in the outlet opening at the front of the machine and communicating with the inside and outside of the machine In a cup-type vending machine, which is provided with a receiving stand for receiving the container carried out each time it is sold, and the container carried out on the receiving stand is taken out through a front opening of the outlet, A cup-type vending machine comprising a folding device that bends the left and right ends toward the center of the handle so that they are stacked on each other each time they are carried out on a table. 2. The cup-type vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the folding device has one end rotatably or rotatably supported in the outlet and is carried out from the body and placed on a cradle. Cup-type vending machine provided with a pair of rolling elements that are driven by a drive device and rotate or rotate in opposite directions to each other while the other ends of the handle come into contact with the left and right ends of the handle, respectively. 3. The cup-type vending machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the folding device is provided with a rotation driving device that drives the pedestal to rotate a predetermined number of times in a horizontal plane.