JPH08190666A - Automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To make the whole of an automatic vending machine thinner by making a front surface door thinner. CONSTITUTION: By disposing a selling article tray 12 in the lower part of the automatic vending machine main body 2, the arranging space for the article tray 12 is unnecessitated in a front surface door 21, the front surface door 21 can be made thinner, and the front surface door 21 and an internal door 24 can be integrated. As the result, the depth dimension L2 of the automatic vending machine can be reduced and the automatic vending machine can be made thinner. By providing a bottom surface opening part 22 at the bottom surface part in the space within a storage room 3, providing an article chute 23 the lower part of the storage carrier part 6 within the storage room 3 and disposing the unit 7 within the storage room in the upper part within the storage room 3, the interference of each disposing space is prevented.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vending machine for selling products such as canned beverages.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional vending machine has a structure as shown in FIG. Inside the vending machine body 2 that supports the front door 1 of the vending machine so as to be openable and closable, the inside 3 which is partitioned from the outside by the box-shaped heat insulating structure 3a is arranged.
The front opening is opened and closed by an inner door 4 having a heat insulating structure. A product storage / conveyance unit 6 (a so-called serpentine type is shown in FIG. 4) for storing products 5 such as canned beverages, a heater for heating, a evaporator for cooling, a fan, etc. The inside unit 7 for heating and cooling the inside 3 is provided, and the vending machine body 2 is provided.
An outside unit 8 including a compressor for cooling, a condenser, a fan and the like is disposed in the lower part of the.

Then, the products 5 in the product storage / conveyance unit 6 are discharged downward one by one from the lower end side by the product discharging device 9 arranged at the lower end of the product storage / transfer unit 6. The products 5 are delivered to the product tray 12 below the front door 1 through the product outlet 11 below the inner door 4 while being guided by the chute 10 whose front side is inclined downward.

Incidentally, as shown in FIG.
Is arranged below the chute 10 in the inside 3, and the air a whose temperature is adjusted by the inside unit 7 is the chute 10.
After being sent to the product storage / conveyance unit 6 through a hole (not shown) provided in the storage compartment, the product is circulated through the ventilation duct 13 provided in the back surface of the interior 3. In FIG. 4, 14 is a product outlet flapper provided at the product outlet 11, 15 is a product outlet provided at the lower part of the front door 1 for taking out the product 5 dispensed to the product tray 12, and 16 is this product. Exit 15
It is a product outlet flapper provided in the.

[0005]

In the vending machine of this type, one of the methods for reducing the depth dimension L1 to reduce the thickness is to make the front door 1 thin, or the front door 1 and the inner door. It is possible to integrate 4 and. However, in this type of vending machine, since the product 5 is received by the product tray 12 provided under the front door 1,
The front door 1 provided with the product tray 12 cannot be made thinner than the size of the product 5, and even if it is integrated with the inner door 4, its thickness cannot be reduced.

The present invention solves the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic vending machine capable of reducing the thickness of the entire vending machine by thinning the front door.

[0007]

In order to solve the above problems, the first means of the present invention is to provide a storage / conveyance unit for storing and conveying products in a vending machine body which supports a front door so as to be openable and closable. An automatic vending machine in which a product is dispensed by a product dispensing device provided in a storage / conveyance unit, and the dispensed product is received by a product tray facing a product outlet.
The product tray is arranged at the bottom of the vending machine body.

A second means of the present invention is the same as the first means, wherein an inner door for opening and closing the opening to the inside of the refrigerator to seal the inside space is formed integrally with the front door. is there.
Further, a third means of the present invention is the above-mentioned first or second means, wherein a bottom surface opening portion communicating with the product tray side space is provided in the bottom surface portion of the box-shaped heat insulating structure forming the internal space, A product shooter is provided between the storage / conveyance unit and the bottom opening in the store, and is inclined downward toward the bottom opening to guide the products discharged from the storage / transportation unit to the bottom opening. .

The fourth means of the present invention is the first to
In any one of the third means, an in-compartment unit that adjusts the temperature of the air in the interior is arranged in the upper part of the interior.

The fifth means of the present invention is the third or fourth means described above, wherein the fifth means is rotated downward from a substantially horizontal closing position for closing the bottom opening to an inclined opening position for opening the bottom opening. A door body having a heat insulating structure that moves to open and close the bottom opening is provided, and a biasing unit that biases the door body toward the closed posture is provided.

[0011]

According to the above-mentioned first means, since the product tray is arranged in the lower part of the vending machine body, the front door only needs to be provided with the product outlet facing the product tray, and the front door has the product tray. Since the front door is not provided, the front door can be thinned or integrated with the inner door.

Further, in the second means, the inner door for opening and closing the opening to the inside of the refrigerator to seal the inside of the refrigerator is formed integrally with the front door, thereby further reducing the thickness of the vending machine. be able to.

Further, by means of the above-mentioned third means, it is possible to guide the product dispensed from the storage / conveyance unit to the product tray through the opening on the bottom face while guiding the product with the product shooter.

Further, according to the third means, since the bottom opening is provided at the bottom of the interior space and the product shooter is provided below the storage / conveying unit in the interior, it is arranged at the bottom of the interior space. Although the installation space of the internal unit that has been installed will interfere with the installation space of the product shooter,
By arranging the in-compartment unit in the upper part of the interior by the fourth means, it is possible to prevent the arrangement spaces from interfering with each other.

Further, by the fifth means, the product dispensed from the storage / conveyance unit can be guided to the product tray without trouble, but is urged by the urging means except when the product is dispensed. Since the bottom opening is closed by the door of the heat insulating structure, the inside of the refrigerator is well insulated from the outside.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In addition, the same reference numerals are given to those having the same function as the conventional one, and the description thereof will be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 1, in this vending machine, the commodity tray 12 for receiving the commodities 5 dispensed from the storage / conveyance unit 6 is not located at the front door 21 but at the bottom of the vending machine body 2. It is arranged. In addition, a bottom surface opening 22 communicating with the space above the product tray 12 (the space for receiving the product) is provided in the bottom part of the box-shaped heat insulating structure 3a forming the three spaces in the interior, and further, in the interior 3 An inverted truncated pyramid-shaped product shooter 23 is provided between the storage / conveyance unit 6 and the bottom surface opening 22 so as to incline downward toward the bottom surface opening 22 side and whose upper and lower surfaces are opened. Then, an inner door 24 having a heat insulating structure for sealing the interior space is formed integrally with the front door 21, and the inner door 24 is opened and closed together with the front door 21.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the bottom opening 22
A door body 25 is provided in the door body 25. The door body 25 has a rear end rotatably supported by a rotary shaft 26, and has a horizontal closing posture (shown by a solid line in FIG. 1) for closing the bottom opening 22. , And is rotated downward to an inclined open posture (shown by an imaginary line in FIG. 1) that opens the bottom opening 22. The horizontal shaft 26 is provided with a coil spring 27 as a biasing means for biasing the door body 25 toward the closed posture, and the door body 25 has a heat insulating structure in which a heat insulating body 25a is provided on the lower surface side. In addition, as shown in FIG.
A plurality of ventilation holes 23a for passing the air from the ventilation duct 13 side and guiding the air to the storage / conveyance section 6 side are formed on the rearward inclined surface of 3.

Then, a heating heater 7a for adjusting the temperature of the air in the compartment 3, a cooling evaporator 7b, and a blower fan 7c.
An in-compartment unit 7 made up of, for example, is disposed in the upper part of the in-compartment 3 so that the air a, the temperature of which is adjusted by the in-compartment unit 7, passes through the ventilation duct 13 and then the hole of the product shooter 23 It is sent to the storage / conveyance section 6 through the section 23a and circulated.

In FIG. 1, 28 is a packing which is provided on the entire circumference of the opening of the interior 3 and is closely attached to the inner door 24.
Reference numeral 9 is an antitheft plate for preventing theft. Further, in this embodiment, the rear side of the product tray 12 is an inclined surface which is inclined downward toward the front so that the product 5 from the bottom opening 22 is guided to the product tray 12 side.

In the above structure, the product 5 dispensed from the storage / conveyance unit 6 is guided by the product shooter 23 and reaches the bottom opening 22. In the bottom opening 22, the door body 25 rotates downward due to the weight of the product 5 against the urging force of the coil spring 27, passes through the bottom opening 22, and then is guided to the inclined surface 12a of the product tray 12. While being guided, it is guided to the product tray 12. Therefore, by opening the product outlet flapper 16 from this state, the product 5 can be taken out through the product outlet 15.

Further, according to the above structure, since the product tray 12 is arranged in the lower part of the vending machine body 2, the front door 21 does not need a space for arranging the product tray 12, and the product tray facing the product tray 12 is not required. All you have to do is to provide the outlet 15.
The front door 21 can be thin and the front door 21 and the inner door 24
Can be integrated with each other, whereby the depth dimension L2 of the vending machine can be reduced and the vending machine can be made thinner.

In addition, the bottom opening 2 is provided at the bottom of the interior space 3
2 is provided and the product shooter 23 is provided below the storage / conveyance unit 6 in the interior 3, so that the installation space of the interior unit, which is conventionally provided at the bottom of the interior space, is reduced to the product shooter 2.
However, by arranging the in-compartment unit 7 in the upper part of the in-compartment 3 as described above, the inter-arrangement spaces do not interfere with each other.

Further, since the door body 25 having a heat insulating structure for opening and closing the bottom opening 22 is provided and the coil spring 27 for urging the door body 25 toward the closed state is provided, it is dispensed from the storing and conveying section 6. While the product 5 can be guided to the product tray 12 without hindrance, the bottom opening 22 is closed by the door 25 except when the product 5 is dispensed, so that the interior 3 is well insulated from the outside. The heat insulation performance does not deteriorate.

In the above embodiment, the front door 21
Although the case where the inner door 24 and the inner door 24 are integrated is shown, they may be separately provided. Further, although the commodity shooter 23 has an inverted truncated pyramid shape, it may have an inverted truncated cone shape, and in this case as well, the ventilation hole 23a may be formed at a position near the rear portion. Further, although the serpentine type vending machine is shown in the above embodiment, it goes without saying that the vending machine is not limited to this.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention, by arranging the product tray in the lower portion of the vending machine body, the space for the product tray in the front door can be saved and the front door can be made thin. Further, by forming the inner door integrally with the front door, the vending machine can be made thinner.

Further, a bottom opening which communicates with the product tray side space is provided in the bottom of the box-like heat insulating structure, and the bottom opening is inclined downward between the storage and transport section and the bottom opening. By providing the product shooter that guides the product dispensed from the storage / transportation unit to the bottom opening, the product dispensed from the storage / transportation unit can be guided to the product tray without hindrance. Further, by disposing the in-compartment unit in the upper part of the in-compartment, it is possible to prevent the arrangement space between the in-compartment unit and the product tray from interfering with each other.

Further, by providing a door body having a heat insulating structure for opening and closing the bottom opening and providing a biasing means for biasing the door body toward the closed posture, the inside of the refrigerator is kept in a good heat insulating state with respect to the outside. Can be held.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of an automatic vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a door body of the same vending machine.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a product shooter of the same vending machine.

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view of a conventional vending machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Vending machine body 3 Inside 3a Insulation structure 5 Products 6 Storage / transportation unit 7 Inside unit 8 Outside unit 12 Product tray 15 Product outlet 21 Front door 22 Bottom opening 23 Product shooter 23a Vent 24 Inner door 25 Door 25a Heat insulator 27 Coil spring (biasing means) a Air

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A vending machine body having a front door that can be opened and closed is provided with a storage / conveyance section for accommodating and conveying the commodity, and the commodity is dispensed by a commodity dispensing device provided in the storage / conveyance section. An automatic vending machine in which the obtained product is received in a product tray facing the product outlet, and the product tray is arranged at the bottom of the vending machine body. 2. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein an inner door that opens and closes the opening to the inside of the refrigerator to seal the inside space is formed integrally with the front door. 3. A bottom opening in a box-shaped heat insulating structure that forms an interior space is provided with a bottom opening communicating with the product tray side space, and between the storage / conveyance section and the bottom opening in the interior. The vending machine according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a product shooter that is inclined downward toward the bottom opening and guides the product delivered from the storage / conveyance unit to the bottom opening. 4. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein an in-compartment unit that adjusts the temperature of the air in the interior is arranged at the upper part of the interior. 5. A door body having a heat insulating structure that opens and closes the bottom opening by rotating downward from a substantially horizontal closing posture that closes the bottom opening to an inclined open posture that opens the bottom opening,
The vending machine according to claim 3, further comprising a biasing unit that biases the door body toward the closed position.