JPH0822570A - Commodity storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the commodity storage device which can be installed in a small-scale restaurant or the like. CONSTITUTION:Several vertical arrays or cylindrical commodities S which are turned sideways and are piled up are arranged in the horizontal direction and are stored in the commodity storage part of a commodity box 2 whose front face is all covered with a transparent or semitransparent panel 4, and these commodities S are preserved while being cooled or warmed. Stored commodities S are taken out by a commodity taking-out device provided for each commodity array under the commodity storage part. This commodity storage box 2 is attached at an angle to a base box 3 so that it can be inclined, thereby changing height and depth dimensions of the commodity storage device main body 1.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a product storage device for storing cylindrical products, and more particularly to a product storage device installed in small-scale restaurants, restaurants, fast food restaurants and the like.

[0002]

[Prior art]

Conventionally, there is an automatic vending machine as a typical item storage device for storing cylindrical products such as beer or canned juice. Many of them are large in size because they are designed to reduce labor and save labor. Here, the vending machine is basically installed outdoors, and as long as it is installed outdoors, there is no particular problem even if it is large.

[0004]

However, recently, even in small restaurants, restaurants, fast food restaurants, etc. (hereinafter referred to as small restaurants, etc.), it is necessary to save labor. May be installed. However, if the vending machine is installed in the store like this, the vending machine is large in size as described above, and thus there is not only a problem of the installation space, but also a feeling of intimidation to the customer and other problems. There was a problem in that it would give a feeling of strangeness with interior parts such as showcases.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a product storage device that can be installed in a small-scale restaurant or the like.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, cylindrical products are horizontally oriented and vertically stacked in a row, and several columns are accommodated horizontally, and the products are cooled or warmed while the entire front surface is transparent. Alternatively, a product storage provided with a product storage unit that is covered with a semi-transparent panel and a product takeout device provided for each product row below the product storage unit, and the product storage unit in an inclined state It is equipped with a base box to be attached in.

The present invention also provides a monetary processing device in the base box,
A coin insertion slot, a change return slot, and a sales control device are provided, and the product take-out device is selectively operated in response to a signal from the sales control device.

Further, according to the present invention, the product storage is tiltably attached to the base box.

[0009]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a cylindrical product is laterally stacked vertically in a row in a product storage portion of a product storage in which the entire front surface is covered with a transparent or translucent panel. Store several rows beside it, and store this product in a cold or warm condition. In addition, the stored products are taken out by a product take-out device provided for each product row below the product storage section. Then, the product storage is attached to the base box in an inclined state so that the height dimension of the product storage device is reduced.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the base box is provided with a money processing device, a coin insertion port, a change return port, and a sales control device, and the product take-out device is selectively operated in response to a signal from the sales control device. This enables the product storage device to be used as a vending machine.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the height and depth of the product storage device can be changed by tiltably mounting the product storage on the base box.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a commodity storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view thereof, FIG. 3 is a side view thereof, and FIG. 4 is a plan view thereof.

1 to 4, reference numeral 1 denotes a product storage device main body (hereinafter referred to as a main body), and the main body 1 is a product storage 2 for storing a product S such as a cylindrical beer or canned juice. It comprises a base box 3 to which the product storage 2 is attached.

In this embodiment, since the main body 1 is used as a vending machine, a coin slot 3a, a change return lever 3b, an amount indicator 3c and a bill are provided on the upper front part of the base box 3. An insertion port 3d, a change return port 3e in the lower front portion, and a money processing device (not shown) and a sales control device described later are provided inside.

By the way, the commodity storage 2 is covered with a panel 4 made of transparent or translucent glass or the like on the entire front surface, and the commodities S are horizontally oriented and vertically stacked in several rows to accommodate several rows laterally. It has a product storage unit 5. In the present embodiment, a plurality of product racks 6 are horizontally arranged in the product storage section 5 and each of the product racks 6 is arranged.
In addition, the commodities S are placed sideways and stacked vertically in one row for storage.

By thus covering the entire front surface of the product storage section 5 with the panel 4, the customer can visually recognize what product S is being sold, and at the same time, the store side. Since it is possible to visually check the sales status of the product S, it is possible to appropriately replenish the product. Further, while the sale operation is not performed, the display can be a display of the product S, so that no discomfort is caused between the product S and other interior products such as a showcase.

Since the main body 1 is installed in the store, it is possible to replenish products every day.
There is no need to increase the number of stored products as with conventional vending machines. Therefore, the number of products that can be stored in the product storage 2 should be at least the number that can be sold in one day.

Therefore, the product storage 2 need not be so large, and the main body 1 can be downsized accordingly. And, by downsizing the main body 1 in this way, it is possible to reduce the installation space, and
It is possible to prevent the customer from feeling intimidating.

By the way, as shown in FIG. 5, each product rack 6 of the product storage section 5 has a product insertion port 6a at the upper end thereof.
Product outlets 6b are formed at the lower ends. Further, each product rack 6 has a product insertion port 6a provided with a product insertion port door 7 and a product ejection port 6b provided with a semi-cylindrical product ejection port 8 which can be opened and closed. A product selection button 9 corresponding to the product S stored in each product rack 6 is provided on the upper surface of the panel 4.

The product slot door 7 is opened when the products S are replenished in the product racks 6,
Normally closed. In addition, in this embodiment, the product insertion port 6a of each product rack 6 is opened and closed by one common product insertion port door 7. Also, the product outlet door 8 is designed to be opened under the load of the product S1 taken out by the product take-out device 10 provided for each product rack 6 below the product storage unit 5, Is locked by a lock mechanism (not shown).

On the other hand, the merchandise take-out device 10 is, as shown in the figure, a merchandise holding piece 11 for holding a merchandise for sale S1 which is the lowest and projects into the normal merchandise rack 6, and a next merchandise for sale S
When the next-sale product holding piece 12 holding 2 and the product selection button 9 are pressed, the sold-product holding piece 11 is first withdrawn from the product rack 6 and then projected into the product rack 6 again. An unillustrated take-out mechanism configured so that the next-sale merchandise holder 12 is once withdrawn from the merchandise rack 6 and then projected into the merchandise rack 6 again.

In this way, when the product selection button 9 is pressed in the product take-out device 10, the sale product holding piece 11 is temporarily withdrawn from the product rack 6,
The sold product holding piece 11 can be dropped, and after the sold product holding piece 11 is made to project again into the product rack 6, the next sold product holding piece 12 is once withdrawn from the product rack 6 to obtain the sold product holding piece. 11 can hold the next sale product S2. Further, the next-sale product holding piece 12 can be made to hold the next-sale product S3 as the next-sale product by causing the next-sale product holding piece 12 to project into the product rack 6 again.

By the way, as described above, the sales control device for controlling the product sales operation is provided inside the base box 3. In this sales control device, a predetermined amount of coins is inserted into the coin slot 3a or the bill insertion. Only when the product selection button 9 is pressed in the state of being inserted from the mouth 3d, the lock mechanism is released to open and close the product outlet door 8 and the product signal corresponding to the product selection button 9 is taken out. No. 6 is output to the product taking-out device 10 to operate the product taking-out device 10.

Thus, when the product selection button 9 is pressed and the product S1 is dropped by the product take-out device 10, the product take-out door 8 is opened by the load of the product S1 and the product S1 can be taken out. It is possible (see Fig. 1). In addition, the opened product take-out door 8 comes into contact with the front surface of the base box 3 as shown in the figure, whereby the product take-out door 8 can be stationary while holding the sale product S1. The customer can easily take out the sale item S1.

In the figure, 13 is a product storage 2
A cooling device for cooling and storing the products S stored in
It is a space formed in the rear part of the product storage 2 so that a Peltier element or the like is arranged. When the product S is heated and stored,
A heater, a Peltier element, etc. are arranged in this space 13.

On the other hand, the merchandise storage 2 is tilted and tiltably mounted on the base box 3 by pivotally supporting the lower end on a pivotal support portion 14 provided on the base box 3 as shown in FIG. It can be attached. By mounting the product storage 2 in the inclined state on the base box 3 as described above, the height dimension of the main body 1 can be reduced, and thus the intimidating feeling can be eliminated.

Further, since the product storage 2 can be tilted, the inclination angle of the product storage 2 can be changed according to the installation location of the main body 1, whereby the height dimension and the depth dimension of the main body 1 can be changed. Can be changed. In addition, not only the installation location but also the inclination angle can be changed according to the line of sight of the customer, so that the display effect of the product S can be enhanced.

In order to install the product storage device thus constructed in a store, first, the main body 1 is fixed to a predetermined installation location, and then the inclination angle of the product storage 2 is changed according to the installation location. The height dimension and the depth dimension of the main body 1 are changed so as not to give a feeling of intimidation to the customer, and the interior of the other showcase or the like does not feel uncomfortable.

Since the product storage section 5 of the product storage 2 of the main body 1 thus installed is covered with the transparent or semi-transparent panel 4 on the entire front surface, the customer can visually check the sold product S. Therefore, the store side can visually check the sales situation of the product S.

By the way, in the above description, when the customer pushes the product selection button 9, the product outlet door 8 can be opened and closed and the product unloading device 10 operates to take out the product S. Although the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, when a customer presses the product selection button 9, the product outlet door 8 can be opened and closed and the sale product holding piece 11 of the product removal device 10 is opened. So that the customer can enter and leave, and the customer directly sells the product S1
The sale item holding piece 11 may be allowed to be pulled out while leaving the item rack 6.

With this configuration, the sales control device locks the sales product holding piece 11 of another product rack 6 when the sales product holding piece 11 of a certain product rack 6 leaves the product rack 6. This prevents the product S from being illegally taken out from the other product rack 6.

Also, in the above description, the base box 3
Although the sales control device and the like are provided on the main body 1 so that the main body 1 can be used as an automatic vending machine, the present invention is not limited to this, and the product storage device can freely take out the product S. May be When the products S can be freely taken out in this way, the product taking-out device 10 having the above-described configuration is not particularly necessary, and at least the products S can be taken out one by one. It suffices to provide a device having such a configuration.

[0034]

As described above, according to the present invention, by covering the entire front surface of the product storage with the transparent or semi-transparent panel, an uncomfortable feeling may occur with other interior products such as showcases. There can be no. Further, by mounting the product storage in the base box in a tilted state and tiltably, the height dimension and the depth dimension of the product storage device can be changed and the intimidating feeling can be eliminated. As a result, it can be installed in a small-scale restaurant or the like without giving a feeling of intimidation or discomfort.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a product storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the product storage device.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the product storage device.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the product storage device.

FIG. 5 is a side sectional view of a main part of the product storage device.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing how the product storage of the product storage device is swung.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 product storage device main body 2 product storage 3 base box 4 panel 5 product storage S product

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. Cylindrical merchandise, which is horizontally oriented and stacked vertically in one row, is stored in several rows horizontally, and the merchandise is cooled or warmed while the entire front surface is covered with a transparent or translucent panel. A product storage unit including the product storage unit configured as described above, and a product take-out device provided for each product row below the product storage unit, and a base box for mounting the product storage unit in an inclined state. A product storage device characterized by the above. 2. The base box is provided with a money handling device, a money slot,
A product storage device, which is provided with a change return port and a sales control device so that the product take-out device is selectively operated in response to a signal from the sales control device. 3. The product storage device according to claim 1, wherein the product storage is attached to the base box in a tiltable manner.