JPH082787Y2 - Evaporating dish positioning device for vending machines - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to an automatic vending machine equipped with a cooling chamber and a cooling device for cooling products, in which water drops generated on the cooling chamber and the outer surface of the cooling chamber door are removed. The present invention relates to an evaporating dish positioning device for a vending machine that can determine the mounting position of the evaporating dish to be stored and confirm the mounting position.

[Conventional technology]

In the vending machine that cools the products stored in the machine, a cooling device and an evaporating dish are provided at the bottom of the vending machine, and water vapor in the air is cooled in the process of cooling the products inside the cooling chamber and the outside of the cooling chamber door. Are condensed and water droplets are generated. A coiled portion of the pipe for guiding the refrigerant to the condenser of the cooling device (hereinafter referred to as "evaporation coil") is arranged in the evaporation dish while guiding the water to the evaporation dish. The water is heated and evaporated through a refrigerant that has been compressed and heated to a high temperature. On the other hand, when the evaporation coil does not catch up and the evaporation tray is full of water or during maintenance, the evaporation tray may be removed and the accumulated water may be discarded. It is detachably attached. Therefore, when reattaching the removed evaporation tray, if the installation position of the evaporation tray is displaced from the predetermined position, the water that should be guided to the evaporation tray does not enter the evaporation tray and drip around it and water enters the vending machine. It will be done.

Conventional evaporation tray positioning devices for vending machines include those shown in FIGS. 3 to 4. In the figure, the cooling chamber 2
A mounting base 10 and a mounting base 16 on which a compressor 4, a fan 5, and a condenser 6 are mounted are arranged on a base 3 mounted on the outer lower case body 1 part. The evaporation coil 7 is arranged in the mounted evaporation tray 8. The evaporating dish 8 has an L-shaped positioning piece 9 having a surface facing the rear surface of the evaporating dish 8 fixed to a reinforcement 18 fixed to the inner side surface of the case body 1. The evaporating dish 8 is positioned in the front-rear direction by abutting the rear surface of the evaporating dish 8 against the facing surface. Also, the cooling chamber 2
The water generated during the cooling process flows into the outer surface of the cooling chamber door 11 to the gutter 12 attached to the lower end of the cooling chamber door 11 that covers the front surface of the cooling chamber door 11, and an outlet 13 for discharging this water is formed in the gutter 12. The drainage port 13 is arranged so as to come to the upper center of the evaporation tray 8. On the other hand, at the bottom of the cooling chamber 2, a drain drain port 14 for draining water generated in the room is formed, and the discharge port 21 at the other end of the drain hose 15 having one end connected to the drain drain port 14 also evaporates. It is provided at the upper center of the plate 8.

[Problems to be solved by the device]

However, in the conventional evaporation tray positioning device for such a vending machine, when the evaporation tray 8 is full of water or when the evaporation tray 8 is detached and then reattached for maintenance, the position of the evaporation tray 8 in the front-rear direction is changed. The rear surface of the evaporating dish 8 can be placed at a predetermined position by abutting the opposite surface of the positioning piece 9, but since there is no means for determining the position of the evaporating dish 8 in the left-right direction, the position of the evaporating dish 8 can be set to a predetermined position. Depending on the position where the evaporating dish 8 is placed, the water that drips from the drain port 13 and the discharge port 21 of the drain hose 15 does not enter the evaporating dish 8 and drip around it depending on the position where the evaporating dish 8 is placed. There is a problem of soaking in water.

An object of the present invention is to provide an evaporating dish positioning device for a vending machine, which can easily place the evaporating dish at a predetermined mounting position and can confirm the mounting position.

[Means for solving the problem]

In order to solve the above problems, according to this proposal, the case main body has a cooling chamber and a cooling device for accommodating and cooling the products, and occurs in the cooling process in the cooling chamber and the cooling chamber door outer surface. The water to be introduced to the evaporation dish located in the lower part outside the cooling chamber, and a part of the pipe for introducing the refrigerant to the condenser of the cooling device is formed into a coil and placed in the evaporation dish, and compressed in this pipe. In a vending machine which is designed to evaporate water accumulated in an evaporation tray through a high temperature refrigerant compressed by a machine, a surface facing and abutting an inner side surface of the evaporation tray and an inner front surface of the evaporation tray are opposed to each other. In addition, the positioning piece formed with the contacting surface is fixed to the inside of the front side of the case main body.

[Action]

In this invention, since the positioning piece having the surface facing and contacting the inner side surface of the evaporating dish and the surface facing and contacting the inner front surface of the evaporating dish is fixed to the inner side of the front surface of the case body. When attaching the evaporating dish, by placing the inner side surface of the evaporating dish against the surface of the positioning piece that faces the evaporating dish, the evaporating dish can be installed in the right and left direction at a predetermined position. By abutting the inner front surface against the surface of the positioning piece that faces this surface,
The installation position of the evaporating dish in the front-rear direction can be set at a predetermined position, and the installation state of the evaporating dish with respect to the positioning piece can be visually confirmed from the front of the case body.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. Portions common or the same as those in FIGS. 3 to 4 are designated by the same reference numerals. In the figure, an evaporation tray 8 is mounted on a table 16 placed on a base 3, and an evaporation coil 7 is arranged in the evaporation tray 8. When viewed from the front of the case body 1, the lower inside right side. A positioning piece 19 having an inverted U-shaped cross section is attached by a screw 20 to a reinforcement 18 fixed to the rear side of the reinforcement A17 fixed to the surface. The tip of the left rising portion of the inverted U-shape of the positioning piece 19 enters the inside of the evaporation dish 8, and the right side surface of this rising portion faces and abuts the inner right side surface of the evaporation dish 8, and The front end surface of the portion also faces and abuts the inner front surface of the evaporation dish 8.

Also, a discharge port 13 formed in a gutter 12 attached to the lower end of the cooling chamber door 11 and a discharge port 21 of a drain hose 15 having one end attached to a drain drain port 14 formed in the bottom of the cooling chamber 2. Is arranged in the upper center of the evaporation dish 8.

In the above-mentioned structure, when the evaporation tray 8 is filled with water or when the evaporation tray 8 is removed and then attached again for maintenance, the evaporation coil 7 is first put in the evaporation tray 8. Support the evaporation tray 8 with your hand,
Next, the evaporating dish 8 is brought into contact with the right side surface of the evaporating dish 8 on the right side surface of the left U-shaped rising portion of the positioning piece 19, and the evaporating dish 8 is directly placed rearward so that the inner front surface of the evaporating dish 8 is the rising portion. Is moved until it abuts on the front end surface of the front side, and the evaporation tray 8 is held by hand at that position, and finally the table 16 is inserted between the evaporation tray 8 and the base 3. Thereby, the evaporation tray 8 and the drainage port
Since the exact installation positions of 13 and the discharge port 21 of the drain hose 15 can be obtained, the water guided to the discharge port 13 and the discharge port 21 of the drain hose 15 and dripping always enters the evaporation tray 8. Water will not drip around the evaporating dish 8 and the inside of the vending machine will not be submerged. Further, since the positioning piece 19 is attached to the lower front surface side of the case body 1, there is an advantage that the installation state of the evaporation dish 8 with respect to the positioning piece 19 can be visually confirmed from the front surface of the case body.

[Effect of device]

According to this invention, a positioning piece having a surface facing and abutting the inner side surface of the evaporating dish and a surface facing and abutting the inner front surface of the evaporating dish is fixed to the inner side of the front surface of the case body. When installing the evaporation tray, the installation position in the left-right direction and the front-back direction of the evaporation tray can be set to a predetermined position, and the water generated in the cooling chamber and the outer surface of the cooling chamber door and dripping into the evaporation tray must be in the evaporation tray. There is no effect that water will drip around the evaporating dish to submerge the inside of the vending machine, and the installation status of the evaporating dish with respect to the positioning piece can be visually confirmed from the front of the case body. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional plan view of an essential part of an evaporating dish positioning device for an automatic vending machine according to an embodiment of this proposal. FIG. 2 is a front view of FIG.
FIG. 4 is a top sectional view of a lower portion of a main part of a conventional evaporation tray positioning device for a vending machine, and FIG. 4 is a front view of the main part of FIG. 1 ... Case body, 2 ... Cooling chamber, 3 ... Base, 4 ...
Compressor, 5 ... Fan, 6 ... Condenser, 7 ... Evaporating coil, 8 ... Evaporating dish, 9 ... Positioning piece, 10 ... Mounting base,
11 …… cooling room door, 12 …… gutter, 13 …… drain, 14 …… drain drain, 15 …… drain hose, 16 …… stand, 17 …… reinforcement A, 18 …… reinforcement, 19 …… Locating piece, 20 ...... screw, 21 ...
… Discharge port.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A cooling chamber and a cooling device for accommodating and cooling a product inside a case body, wherein water generated in a cooling process on a cooling chamber and an outer surface of a cooling chamber door is arranged at a lower portion outside the cooling chamber. A part of the pipe that guides the refrigerant to the condenser of the cooling device while being guided to the evaporating dish is formed in a coil shape and placed in the evaporating dish, and the refrigerant that has become high temperature by being compressed by a compressor in this pipe In a vending machine adapted to evaporate the water accumulated in the evaporation dish through, a surface facing and abutting the inner side surface of the evaporation dish and a surface facing and abutting the inner front surface of the evaporation dish are formed. An evaporating dish positioning device for a vending machine, wherein the positioning piece is fixed to the inside of the front side of the case body.