JPH08315230A - Article taking-out opening of automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To lay a cushion sheet which has durability and excellent cushion property on the internal surface of an article reception box at the article taking- out opening through an easy work. CONSTITUTION: The article reception box 8 which receives an article carried out of an article rack in the automatic vending machine is arranged in the article taking-out opening 7, and the cushion sheet 10 which protects the article against a falling shock is laid on the internal surface of the article reception box, and the cushion sheet 11 is formed out of a soft plastic sheet 11 having a striped uneven surface 11a formed on the reverse surface side and a hard plastic plate 12 which is laminated integrally at the end part of the sheet, a hook-shaped claw part 12b provide at the tip of the hard plastic plate is hooked and fixed to the edge of the article reception box, and the soft plastic sheet covers the front wall and bottom wall surface of the article reception box to absorb and relieve the falling shock to the article 9 falling in the box.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a product outlet of an automatic vending machine intended for automatic sales of canned products.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art First, FIG. 3 shows a structure of a product outlet in a conventional vending machine. In the figure, 1 is a vending machine cabinet, 2 is an outer door, 3 is a heat-insulating inner door, 4 is a product rack (for example, a serpentine type product rack) mounted in the cabinet 1, and 5 is a product unloading shooter. A product delivery door provided on the inner door 3 and a product take-out port 7 provided on the outer door 2. The product take-out port 7 is linked to the shooter 5 and has a pocket-shaped product receiving box 8 inside the outer door 2. Prepared, outer door 2
A product outlet door 7a is provided at the opening of the.

The sales operation of such a vending machine is well known, and the product (can product) 9 dropped and carried out from the product rack 4 at the time of sale rolls on the slope of the shooter 5 and pushes the product carry-out door 6 to open the product. It falls into the receiving box 8 at the exit 7.
In this case, when the product 9 drops vigorously into the product receiving box 8 of the product take-out port 7, the drop impact may cause the can container to be dented or the content drink (carbonated drink) to be excessively foamed. In order to prevent this, conventionally, a cushion sheet 10 made of foam made of polyethylene, chloroprene rubber or the like is used as an adhesive or double-sided adhesive tape on the inner wall surface (front wall surface and bottom wall surface) of the product receiving box 8. It is pasted with.

[0004]

However, the above-mentioned conventional structure has the following problems. 1) In the structure in which the cushion sheet 10 is attached with an adhesive, a double-sided adhesive tape, etc., the workability at the time of assembly is poor and the work takes time. 2) Since the cushion material made of plastic foam has almost no surface hardness and is easily damaged by a drop impact of the product or scratches when the product is taken out from the product outlet, sufficient durability cannot be ensured.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object thereof is to solve the above-mentioned problems and to lay a cushion sheet having durability and good cushioning property on the inner surface of a product receiving box by a simple operation. An object of the present invention is to provide a structure of a product take-out port with a cushion sheet that is made possible.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a cushion sheet covers the front wall and the bottom wall surface of a product receiving box with one sheet and is provided at the upper end portion of the sheet. The claw portion is engaged with the upper edge of the front wall of the commodity receiving box and is held at a predetermined laying position.

Further, in the above construction, the cushion sheet is a soft plastic sheet having a multiplicity of concavo-convex surfaces formed on the back surface thereof, and a hard plastic plate is superposed on the back surface area covering the inner surface of the front wall of the commodity receiving box. It is preferable that the hard plastic plate is integrally formed with a hook-shaped claw portion which is hooked to the upper edge of the front wall of the commodity receiving box. Then, the laminated body of the soft plastic sheet and the hard plastic plate with nails can be integrally formed by an extrusion molding method.

[0008]

According to the above construction, the claw at the upper end is locked to the upper edge of the front wall of the product receiving box at the product outlet, and the cushion sheet is laid on the inner surface of the receiving box. The front wall surface and bottom wall surface of the receiving box are covered with one cushion sheet without using an adhesive or the like.

In addition, the soft plastic sheet of the cushion sheet has an appropriate surface hardness to obtain sufficient durability, and the multiple concavo-convex surfaces formed on the back surface of the cushion plastic sheet are between the wall surface of the product receiving box. Function as an air damper,
Absorbs and absorbs the impact of falling products that fall into the receiving box.
Further, the soft plastic sheet can be easily bent along the concave-convex strips on the back surface side, so that the cushion sheet can be laid in a close contact state by fitting it to the cross-sectional shape of the product receiving box. In addition, by integrally molding the laminated body of the soft plastic product and the hard plastic plate with the claw by the extrusion molding method, just by cutting from the long product of this laminated body according to the width dimension of the product outlet, Cushion sheets suitable for product outlets with different width dimensions can be easily created.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. In the figure, the same members corresponding to those in FIG. 3 are designated by the same reference numerals. That is, the cushion sheet 10 laid on the inner surface of the product receiving box 8 of the product outlet 7 is
As shown in FIG. 2, it is composed of a laminated body of a soft plastic sheet 11 and a hard plastic plate 12 laminated on a part of the sheet 11, where the vertical and horizontal lengths of the soft plastic sheet 11 are the inside of the product receiving box 8. A large number of concavo-convex surfaces 11a are formed on the back surface side of the hard plastic plate 12 except for the laminated area of the hard plastic plate 12, in which tooth rows and grooves are alternately arranged. Further, the hard plastic plate 12 is sized to correspond to the front wall surface of the product receiving box 8 and is overlapped with the back surface of the soft plastic sheet 11, and the upper end thereof has a hook portion 12a which is bent back like a hairpin, and its tip. The claw portion 12b is formed at the bottom. The laminated body of the soft plastic sheet 11 and the hard plastic plate 12 is integrally formed by an extrusion molding method.

In order to assemble the cushion sheet 10 into the commodity receiving box 8, as shown in FIG. 1, the hook 12a of the hard plastic plate 12 is hooked on the upper edge of the front wall of the receiving box 8 and the claw 12b at the tip thereof. Click-fit to the folded part of the top edge of the receiving box and lock and fix. Then, the soft plastic sheet 11 is laid so that the uneven surface 11a is in close contact with the inner wall surface of the product receiving box 8 to cover the front wall surface and the bottom wall surface.

Further, in such a structure, the hard plastic plate 12 is in close contact with the wall surface of the commodity receiving box 8 and the claw portion 12b thereof is locked and fixed to the upper edge of the front wall of the receiving box 8. Cushion sheet 10 without sticking with
Does not fall off or roll up. Further, the soft plastic sheet 11 can be freely bent along the concave-convex line and flexibly fits the cross-sectional shape of the odd-shaped receiving box 8.

The cushion sheet 10 absorbs and absorbs the impact of the fall of the product 9 carried out from the product rack into the product receiving box 8 of the product outlet 7 at the time of sale. That is, the soft plastic sheet 11 of the cushion sheet 10 exhibits excellent cushioning properties because the uneven surface 11a formed on the back surface functions as an air damper in addition to its own cushioning properties.

[0014]

As described above, according to the configuration of the present invention, the cushion sheet is laid on the inner wall surface of the commodity receiving box and held at a predetermined position without using an adhesive, a double-sided adhesive tape or the like. As a result, the assembly workability can be greatly improved, and since the soft plastic sheet has an appropriate surface hardness, it is not easily damaged by a collision with a product and sufficient durability can be secured.

Further, by forming a multiplicity of concavo-convex surfaces on the back side of the soft plastic sheet, the sheet can be freely bent according to the sectional shape of the product receiving box, and the concavo-convex surface functions as an air damper. Therefore, a high cushioning effect against a drop impact of a product can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the cushion sheet in FIG. 1 in a stretched state.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing the structure of a conventional product outlet of a vending machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Outer door 7 Product outlet 8 Product receiving box 9 Product (can product) 10 Cushion sheet 11 Soft plastic sheet 11a Uneven surface 12 Hard plastic plate 12a Hook part 12b Claw part

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A product outlet of a vending machine provided with a product receiving box for receiving a product carried out from a product rack, wherein a cushion sheet for protecting the product from a drop impact is laid on the inner surface of the product receiving box. The cushion sheet covers the front wall and the bottom wall surface of the product receiving box with a single sheet, and the claw portion provided on the upper end of the sheet is locked to the upper edge of the front wall of the product receiving box to perform a predetermined laying. The product outlet of the vending machine characterized by being held in the position. 2. The article take-out port according to claim 1, wherein the cushion sheet is a soft plastic sheet having a multiplicity of concavo-convex surfaces formed on its back surface, and the cushion sheet is provided on the back surface area covering the inner surface of the front wall of the product receiving box. A hard plastic plate is overlaid and integrally molded, and a hook-shaped claw portion for locking to the upper edge of the front wall of the product receiving box is formed at the upper end of the hard plastic plate. Product outlet. 3. The product of an automatic vending machine according to claim 2, wherein a laminate of a soft plastic sheet and a hard plastic plate with a claw is integrally molded by an extrusion molding method. Outlet.