JPH0831179B2 - Vending machine with microwave - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Field of Industrial Use The present invention sends a frozen or refrigerated food product from a storage container each time it is sold, puts this food product in a microwave oven, heats it, and then sells it. The present invention relates to an automatic vending machine, in particular, an improved mechanism suitable for conveying heated food from a microwave oven.

(B) Conventional Technology Various mechanisms have been conventionally proposed as a product transport mechanism of a vending machine having a built-in microwave oven. For example, Japanese Patent Publication Sho 56
An example is shown in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2757. The device shown in this publication is provided with a door that opens and closes the side opening of the oven, receives the food from the storage in the spare room, and when the door is closed, the turntable attached to the back of this door enters the oven. When the door is opened again after receiving the food and heating it by microwaves, the food is configured to drop downward from the bottom opening of the oven.

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, according to the conventional device disclosed in the above publication, the food after heating is configured to be carried out from the bottom of the microwave oven, so that the food that comes out to the sales outlet is at the back. It will be located in the direction. Also, the position of the sales outlet is also low. Therefore, there is a drawback that it is difficult for the customer to take out the food.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and in an automatic vending machine with a built-in microwave oven, an automatic vending machine with a microwave oven improved so that the heated food can be transported to a position where it can be easily taken out. The purpose is to provide a machine.

(D) Means for Solving the Problems The present invention includes a microwave oscillating means and a turntable on which food is placed, and front and rear side surfaces are opened to form a first opening on a rear surface and a second opening on a front surface. Oven and above first
A product holding portion that is configured in the front part of the opening and temporarily holds and holds the food that is carried out from the product storage based on the sales signal; and the first opening that is slidable along the holding portion and that opens and closes the first opening. A first door body for carrying in the food held in the commodity holding section into the oven through the first opening when closing and sliding, and a second opening for opening and closing. A second door body, a plurality of dielectric rods that penetrate the first door body, move forwards and backwards into the oven, and are horizontally juxtaposed so as to also serve as bottom members of the commodity holder at the retracted position; , A product extruding member which is attached to the ends of these dielectric rods so as to be horizontally mounted and which moves upward immediately so as to traverse the turntable, and both ends of the product pushing member provided on the inner surfaces of both side walls of the oven. The U-shaped cross section allows the parts to be slidably fitted Id to be the more things you have configured.

(E) Action When the food carried in through the first opening on the rear surface of the oven is placed on the turntable and microwave heating is performed for a predetermined time,
The second opening on the front of the oven opens. After this, the dielectric rod advances, and the product extruding member provided at the tip of the dielectric rod slides forward along the guide to move the food on the turntable to the outlet opening (second opening) of the oven. Extrude. After extrusion, when the dielectric rod retracts to the rear position, it becomes the bottom member of the product holding unit, and returns to the standby state for receiving the food delivered from the storage by the next sales signal. After heating, the food is carried forward from the front opening of the oven, making it easy to take out the product.

(F) Embodiment One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory view showing the internal structure of a vending machine with a microwave oven according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, a storage box 3 having a plurality of product columns 2 in which foods 1 are vertically stacked is installed.
Is kept at a constant low temperature by a cooling unit 5 provided at the bottom of the main body 4. When the customer operates the food selection button 6 on the front surface of the main body 4, the carry-out device (not shown) of the corresponding column 2 is operated, and the food 1 is discharged to the product chute 7. The released food 1 drops from the product outlet 9 to the product holding portion 10 located below the storage 3 by opening a horizontally-sliding internal carry-out door 8 at the bottom of the product chute 7. , Temporarily stored and held. The product holding unit 10 includes a plurality of rods (hereinafter, referred to as dielectric rods) made of a dielectric rod material, which are arranged at predetermined intervals in the vertical direction, and are arranged side by side in the left-right direction. Similarly, it is arranged on the bottom surface in the horizontal direction at a predetermined interval. In FIG. 1, only the dielectric rod 11 arranged on the bottom surface is shown, but the detailed structure is shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, and that point will be described later. By the way, although the dielectric rods arranged in the vertical direction do not move in a fixed state, the dielectric rods 11 that receive the falling food 1 are movable in the front-back direction (arrow direction a). That is, the dielectric rod 11 is fitted to the guide portion 12 on both the left and right sides, and is connected to an appropriate drive means such as an electric motor, a pinion, a rack gear, and reciprocally moved to the fixed plate 13.
The rear end of is attached. Further, a product extruding member 14 (see FIG. 2 etc.) is horizontally attached to the tip of the dielectric rod 11 so as to bridge them. This product extruded part 14
Is in contact with the product 1 on the turntable 20 and carries the product 1 out of the oven 16 through a second opening described later. Now, 15 is a microwave oven, which is in a positional relationship with the product holding unit 10 in a row, and inside the oven 16, a stirrer fan that evenly disperses the microwaves introduced by the waveguide 17 above it. 18 is provided,
A turntable 20 rotated by a driving means 19 such as an electric motor is provided below. The turntable 20 and the stirrer fan 18 rotate steadily during microwave oscillation. The front and rear surfaces of the microwave oven 15 are opened, the rear side is a first opening 21 for carrying in food, and the front side is a second opening 22 for carrying out food. A first door body slidable in the direction of arrow b between the first opening 21 and the product holder 10.
23 are provided. Like the fixed plate that reciprocates, the first door body 23 can be reciprocated by a driving means including an electric motor, a pinion, a rack gear and the like. The first door body 23 has a hole 24 through which the dielectric rod 11 passes.
(See FIG. 3 etc.), the first door body 23 and the dielectric rod 11 are drilled.
Are configured to be slidable with respect to each other. Of course, a through hole is also formed between the vertical dielectric rod and the first door body 23. Therefore, the first opening 21 can be freely opened and closed by the first door body 23. Then, on the back surface of the first door body 23, in the process of closing it, the inside of the product holding portion 10, that is, the dielectric rod 11
A product pressing portion 25 for pressing the above food 1 and sending it into the oven 16 is integrally provided. Here, the product pressing portion 25
Is the oven from the tip of the dielectric rod 11 when the first door 23 is closed.
The structure is such that it exits inside 16, and the tip of the dielectric 11 is located above the turntable 20 to form a step 26 between them.

On the other hand, a second door body 27 is also provided in the second opening 22 of the oven 16, and the second door body 27 is slidable in the vertical direction (arrow c direction) along the second opening surface. 28 is this second
The opening of the door body 27 allows the oven 16 to pass through the second opening 22.
At the sales outlet where the heated food 1 that is carried out is received, the height does not change positionally with the second opening 22, and the sales outlet 28 is not at a low position, making it easy to take out the food 1. There is. Reference numeral 29 is a sales door whose pivot is supported at the upper end.

Next, the configuration and operation of the microwave oven section will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. As shown in each figure, a plurality of dielectric rods 30 constituting the left and right side members of the product holding unit 10 ...
Are arranged on the left and right at appropriate intervals in the vertical direction so as to reliably guide the fallen food 1 from the storage 3 to the product holding unit 10. Then, the dielectric rods 30 ... Are attached to a mounting member (not shown) whose front end is provided on the inner wall of the oven 16.
Further, the rear end is detachably locked to a mounting plate 31 provided separately. By the way, the fixed plate 13 that mounts and supports the rear end of the dielectric rod 11 described above is mounted on the support base 32 that slides back and forth. As shown in FIG. 2, the support base 32 is reciprocated back and forth by a drive unit 36 including an electric motor 33, a pinion 34 and a rack gear 35. That is,
A pinion 34 rotated by an electric motor 33 meshes with a rack gear 35 formed on one side of the support 32. Support base 32
The sliding parts 32a, 32a on both sides in the longitudinal direction are slidably fitted to the guide plates 12, 12 arranged on the substrate 37 so as to be reciprocable. Therefore, with the reciprocating movement of the support 32, the dielectric rod 11 is moved into and out of the oven 16 through the through hole 24 of the first door body 23. A product extruding member 14 is detachably engaged and attached to the tip of the dielectric 11. As shown in FIG. 2, the commodity extruding member 14 is formed in a step shape on both left and right sides and provided with sliding projections 14a, 14a.

On the other hand, on the inner surfaces of both side walls 23a, 23a of the oven 23, guides 39, 39 having a U-shaped cross section are provided to slidably fit the sliding projections 14a, 14a of the pushing member 14. The guides 39, 39 are formed of a synthetic resin portion member, and are provided with engaging protrusions (not shown) for mounting, so that the oven side walls 23a, 2
It can be detachably attached to the inner surface of 3a. Further, the positional relationship between the product extruding member 14 and the rotary disc 20 is such that the product extruding member 14 is located above the rotary disc 20 with a slight gap.
Move across. At the time of this movement, the product 1 on the turntable 20 is directly brought into contact with the product pushing member 14 to carry the product 1 out of the microwave oven 15. After carrying out, it returns to the position of the original initial state and receives the food 1 carried out from the storage 3.

In this way, the food product after heating is conveyed from the outlet of the microwave oven 15 to the selling port 28 in a substantially horizontal direction by the product extruding member 14 at the tip of the dielectric rod 11 that moves in and out of the oven 23. Comes out to a position before the selling port 28, and the removal thereof becomes easy.

The operation of the transport mechanism having the above structure will be described below.
When the food selection button 6 is operated, electric power is also supplied to the electric motor that slides the first door body 23 at the same time when the carry-out device in the storage 3 is operated, and the first door body 23 is operated to open the first opening of the oven 16. Holding section 10 for receiving food 1 by opening 21
Then, the food 1 delivered from the bottom surface of the storage is held on the dielectric rod 11 constituting the bottom member of the holding portion 10 as shown in FIG. Next, when the first door body 23 slides in the direction in which the first opening 21 is closed, the food 1 is pressed against the product pressing portion 25 on the side wall of the first door body 23 to close the first door body 23. Along with the operation, it is carried into the oven 16 and placed on the turntable 20 as shown in FIG. Detecting that the first door body 23 completely closes the first opening 21, the turntable 20 operates and the microwave irradiation starts.
Turntable when the preset microwave irradiation time is over
20 is the second door body for stopping the operation and opening the second opening 22.
Electric power is supplied to the electric motor sliding on 27, and the second door body 27 is operated to open the second opening 22. Detecting that the second opening 22 is in the open state, electric power is supplied to the electric motor which slides on the fixing plate 13 of the dielectric rod 11, and the fixing plate 13 is operated to move the dielectric rod 11 to the position shown in FIG. As described above, the product is extruded outside the oven by the product extruding member 14 at the tip of the rod by operating in the second opening direction. The food 1 has a sales opening 28 provided in front of the second opening 22.
Be delivered to. At the same time when the fixing plate 13 returns to the waiting position after the carry-out is completed, the second door body 27 is closed and the series of operations is completed.
As shown in FIG. 2, the waiting state is entered.

In this way, the food product 1 is moved laterally from the product holding unit 10 to the microwave oven 15 and further to the selling port 28, and the product 1 can be carried out at a higher position.
The difficulty of taking out the food 1 is eliminated.

(G) Effect of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, the food on the turntable that has been heated is discharged from the oven outlet by the product extruding member that horizontally slides immediately above the turntable. Since the food is carried out to the side, the food comes out at a high position and comes to the front, so that the conventional drawback that the food is difficult to take out can be solved. Further, by arranging the outlet of the microwave oven on the product outlet side of the vending machine, a simple carry-out mechanism can be realized, and the cost can be reduced and a reliable carry-out operation can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory view of an internal configuration of a vending machine to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a schematic vertical sectional front view of a microwave oven section of the vending machine, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a schematic vertical sectional side view of the microwave oven section in the initial state shown in FIG. 4, and FIG. 4 is a schematic vertical sectional side view of the microwave oven section during transportation of the food after heating. 1 ... Food, 3 ... Storage, 10 ... Product storage, 11 ...
Dielectric rod, 14 …… Product extrusion member, 15 …… Microwave oven, 20
…… Rotary disk, 21 …… First opening, 22 …… Second opening, 23 ……
1st door body, 27 ... 2nd door body, 30 ... Dielectric rod, 39, 39
……guide.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An oven provided with a microwave oscillating means and a turntable on which food is placed, front and rear side surfaces are opened, and a first opening is formed on the rear surface and a second opening is formed on the front surface.
A product holding portion that is configured in the front part of the opening and temporarily holds and holds the food that is carried out from the product storage based on the sales signal; and the first opening that is slidable along the holding portion and that opens and closes the first opening. A first door body for carrying in the food held in the commodity holding section into the oven through the first opening when closing and sliding, and a second opening for opening and closing. 2 doors, a plurality of dielectric rods that are horizontally juxtaposed so as to pass through the first door and move into and out of the oven, and at the retracted position also serve as bottom members of the product holding unit, Commodity extruding members that are attached to the ends of these dielectric rods so as to extend laterally and that move immediately above them so as to traverse the turntable, and both end portions of the product extruding members that are provided on the inner surfaces of both side walls of the oven. With a U-shaped cross section Vending machines microwave, characterized in that a more configuration and id.