JPH09270066A - Commodity carrying-out device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a commodity carrying-out device capable of driving many rotary buckets by one driving means and successively carrying out commodities from respective buckets one by one. SOLUTION: The device has a commodity storing box 21 having a carrying- out port 21c on one side, plural rotary buckets 22 arranged on the carrying-out port 21c side of the box 21 and capable of storing one of commodities A moving to the carrying-out port 21c side through respective apertures 22a and a driving means 23 for rotating respective buckets 22 at a rotational angle obtained by equally dividing 360 deg. by the number of buckets 22. The opening directions of apertures of respective buckets 22 are shifted in each rotational angle and successively turned to the carrying-out port 21c by the drive of the driving means 23. Consequently commodities A in the box 21 are successively carried out from respective rotary buckets 22 one by one in each drive of the means 23.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a product unloading device such as an automatic vending machine for unloading can products and bottle products one by one.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this type of vending machine, a serpentine type vending machine is generally used. In this serpentine type vending machine, a plurality of serpentine racks meandering up and down are arranged inside, and a carry-out control device driven by a solenoid, a motor and the like is installed at a carry-out port of the serpentine rack. Then, the respective carry-out control devices carry out the products in the respective serpentine racks one by one.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional vending machine, since the carry-out control device is provided for each serpentine rack as described above, there is a problem that the number of parts increases. Moreover, since each serpentine column is independent, each unloading control device cannot be operated by one product unloading device. Further, the product accommodation width of the serpentine rack and the carry-out width of the carry-out control device need to be adjusted according to the size of the product to be accommodated, and the width adjustment must be made every time the size of the sold product is changed. It had to be troublesome.

In view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a product unloading device which can operate a large number of rotary buckets by one driving means and sequentially carry out one product from each rotary bucket.

[0005]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a product unloading device according to the present invention, wherein a product storage box having an outlet on one side and an array on the output side of the product storage box. The rotating bucket has a plurality of rotating buckets capable of accommodating a single product moving to the carry-out side through the opening, and a drive means for rotating each rotating bucket at a rotation angle equally divided by 360 degrees. The opening directions of the openings are shifted by the rotation angles, respectively, and are sequentially directed to the carry-out port by the operation of the driving means.

According to the present invention, the products in the product storage box are successively carried out one by one from each rotary bucket each time one driving means is operated.

Further, when the product storage box according to the present invention is arranged so that its outlet side has a downward slope, each product slides toward the rotary bucket side, and the opening of the rotary bucket faces the product. Merchandise is stored in the rotary bucket, and the commodity is carried out from the rotary bucket whose opening faces the carry-out port.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) of FIGS.
1 shows a first embodiment of a product unloading device according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a front view of a vending machine equipped with the product unloading device, and FIG. 2 is a side view of the vending machine equipped with the product unloading device. Sectional drawing, FIG. 3 is a front view of the product unloading apparatus, and FIG. 4 is a plan sectional view showing the operation of the product unloading apparatus.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the vending machine 10 has a main body 11 made of a heat-insulating box having a front opening, and a front door 12 made of transparent glass at the front opening.
Is installed. An inner box 14 is arranged inside the main body 11 so as to form the ventilation duct 13, and a compressor 15a, a condenser 15b, a condenser fan 15c, and an evaporator 15d are provided as cooling devices for cooling the inside of the main body 11. , A cooling component such as the internal circulation fan 15e, and the ventilation duct 13 for the evaporator 15d and the internal circulation fan 15e.
By installing it inside, cold air is circulated in the cold storage as indicated by the two-dot chain line arrow to perform cold storage in the cold storage. An operation unit 16 having a merchandise sale button, a coin slot, etc. is installed on the upper side surface of the main body 11.

Thus, the vending machine 1 according to the present embodiment
Has a showcase structure through which the inside of the refrigerator can be seen through from the front door 12, and the product unloading device 20 according to the present embodiment is installed on the vending machine 10 having this showcase structure in two stages, up and down.

The structure of the product discharge device 20 is shown in FIGS.
This will be described with reference to FIG. This product unloading device 20
Has a product storage box 21 for storing a large number of products A. This product storage box 21 is a partition plate 21.
It is divided into four product passages 21b by a, and an outlet 21c for the product A is formed on the front side of each product passage 21b. In addition, this product storage box 21 has its outlet 21
It is arranged on the main body 11 so that the c side has a downward slope,
The product A is pushed out toward the carry-out port 21c. Further, a rotary bucket 22 for loading and unloading the product A is rotatably set in each of the carry-out ports 21c.

The structure of the rotary bucket 22 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. The rotary bucket 22 is formed by a cylinder whose upper and lower sides are closed, and half of its side surface is cut out to form an opening 22a having a size capable of carrying in and out one product A in each product passage 21b. Here, the opening direction of each opening 22a is set to 360 degrees by rotating the bucket 22.
Are sequentially divided by an angle (90 degrees) equally divided by the number (4), and for example, as shown in (a) of FIG. 4, the opening 22a at the left end faces toward the right side from the left end. The opening 22a on the second surface faces the carry-out exit 21c, faces the third left from the left end, and the fourth opening 22a from the left end faces the product passage 2
It is arranged so as to face the back side of 1b.

The drive means 23 for the rotary bucket 22a is composed of a drive motor 23a and a chain transmission mechanism 23b for transmitting the rotational force of the drive motor 23a. The chain transmission mechanism 23b is used for the sprocket 2
The rotating shaft 23d to which 3c is fixed is connected to the gear box 23e of the drive motor 23a and the center of the lower surface of each rotating bucket 22. Then, the sprocket 23c adjacent to each other is spanned by the endless chain 23f, and the rotational force of the drive motor 23a is transmitted to the rotary bucket 22a. Here, the rotation angle of the drive motor 23a once is 90 degrees like the rotation angle of each rotation bucket 22, and thus each rotation bucket 22 is rotated by 90 degrees. The rotation angle of the drive motor 23a is regulated by turning on / off the drive motor 23a with a motor cam, a micro switch and the like, which are not shown. Alternatively, a pulse motor may be used as the drive motor 23a, and the pulse signal thereof may be controlled to control the rotation angle.

Next, the carry-out operation of the product A will be described. First, as shown in (a) of FIG.
Of the two items, the state where the first and fourth items A from the left are stored is the initial position. Here, when the product sale signal is input, the drive motor 23a is operated, and the rotational force thereof is transmitted to each rotary bucket 22 via the chain transmission mechanism 23b. As a result, each rotary bucket 22 rotates 90 degrees clockwise as shown in FIG. 4B, and the opening 22a of the third rotary bucket 22 from the left opposes toward the back of the product passage 21b. , From left
On the contrary, the opening 22a of the second rotating bucket 22 faces the carry-out port 21c.

Here, the product storage box 21 is the outlet 2
The product A is replenished in the third rotary bucket 22 from the left, while the product A slides from the first rotary bucket 22 from the left toward the carry-out port 21c. Then, it is in a protruding state from the carry-out port 21c.

Then, the commodity purchaser opens the front door 12 and takes out the commodity A projected from the carry-out port 21c.

When the sales signal is input again following this sales operation, as shown in (c) of FIG. 4, the second rotary bucket 22 from the left is replenished with the product A, and from the left 4 The product A in the th rotating bucket 22 is unloaded. Furthermore, when a sales signal is input following this, as shown in FIG.
As shown in (d), the product A is replenished in the first rotary bucket 22 from the left, and the product A in the third rotary bucket 22 from the left is unloaded. Further, when a sales signal is subsequently input, as shown in (e) of FIG. 4, the product A is replenished in the fourth rotation bucket 22 from the left, and the second rotation bucket from the left. Twenty-two products A are unloaded. By repeating such a selling operation, the products A in each product passage 21b are sequentially sold one by one.

As described above, according to the product unloading device 20 according to the present embodiment, the plurality of rotating buckets 22 can be operated by the single driving means 23, and the products A can be sequentially carried out from the plurality of product passages 21b.

A part of the product A housed in the rotating bucket 22 is exposed, and the product A can be visually recognized from the front door 12 having a see-through property. It does not need to be provided.

Further, in the conventional carry-out control device for the serpentine rack, it is necessary to form the product passage so as to correspond to the width dimension of the product A. In the present embodiment, the rotary bucket 22 for accommodating the product A is used. Therefore, the product A smaller than the inner diameter of the rotating bucket 22 can be carried out without trouble even if it is a little small.

Furthermore, the product A is a product storage box 21.
Therefore, the bottom surface of the product A is always in contact with the bottom surface of the product storage box 21, and the vertical passage width is constant. Therefore, unlike the conventional serpentine rack, it is not necessary to adjust the passage width with a spacer or the like.

Although the chain transmission mechanism 23a is used as the rotation transmission mechanism in this embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this chain transmission mechanism 23a, and other transmission mechanisms such as a belt transmission mechanism may be used. You can Further, in this embodiment, the product storage box 2
1 is placed at an inclination, but this product storage box 2
1 may be arranged horizontally and the movement of the product A toward the carry-out port 21c may be pushed out by a pusher or the like (not shown).
Further, although the product passage 21b is formed for each rotary bucket 22 in the above-mentioned embodiment, when the product guide to each rotary bucket 22 is performed uniformly, one product passage without the partition plate 21a may be used. .

FIG. 5 shows a second embodiment of the product unloading device according to the present invention. The rotating buckets 22 according to the first embodiment are arranged in a horizontal direction in a state where the rotating buckets 22 are erected. However, in the present embodiment, the rotating buckets 22 are laid sideways, and the rotating buckets 22 are placed vertically. The structure is arranged in multiple stages. Even in such an arrangement structure, one product A can be carried out from each rotary bucket 22.

FIG. 6 shows a third embodiment of the product unloading device according to the present invention. In this embodiment, an example is shown in which the standing rotating buckets 22 are arranged on a straight line. Here, when the adjacent rotating buckets 22 are connected to each other, all the rotating buckets 22 can be rotated only by applying the rotational force of the drive motor to one of the rotating buckets 22.

FIG. 7 shows a fourth embodiment of the product unloading device according to the present invention. In this embodiment, an example is shown in which the rotary buckets 22 are laid sideways and arranged on a straight line. Here, when connecting the adjacent rotating buckets 22 as in the third embodiment, one rotating bucket 2
All of the rotating buckets 22 can be rotated by only applying the rotational force of the drive motor to 2. Further, by stacking the commodities A above the rotary buckets 22, the commodities A can be dropped and carried out.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The products in the product storage box are sequentially carried out one by one from each rotating bucket each time one drive means is operated, and when the product storage box is partitioned by the product passage corresponding to each rotating bucket, each product passage The product can be controlled to be carried out by one driving means. Further, when the product storage box is arranged so that its outlet side has a downward slope, each product slides toward the rotating bucket side, and the product can be moved to the outlet side only by operating the drive means.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a vending machine equipped with a product unloading device according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of a vending machine equipped with the product unloading device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the product unloading device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a plan sectional view showing an operation of the product unloading device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing an arrangement state of rotary buckets according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a side view showing an arrangement state of rotating buckets according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing an arrangement state of rotating buckets according to a fourth embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Automatic vending machine, 20 ... Merchandise carrying-out device, 21 ... Merchandise storage box, 21b ... Merchandise passage, 21c ... Carrying outlet, 22
... rotary bucket, 22a ... opening, 23 ... drive means, 23
a ... drive motor, 23b ... chain transmission mechanism, A ... commodity.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A product storage box having a carry-out port on one side, and a plurality of rotating buckets arranged on the carry-out port side of the product storage box and capable of storing one product moving to the carry-out port side through an opening. And driving means for rotating each of the rotating buckets at a rotation angle that is equally divided by 360 degrees by the number, and the opening direction of the opening of each of the rotating buckets is oriented in the direction shifted by the rotation angle, and The product unloading device is characterized in that it is turned toward the unloading port sequentially by the operation of the driving means. 2. The product storage box is arranged so that its outlet side has a downward slope.
The product unloading device described. 3. The product unloading device according to claim 1, wherein the drive means comprises a drive motor and a chain transmission mechanism for transmitting the rotational force of the drive motor to each of the rotating buckets. . 4. The product unloading device according to claim 1, wherein the product storage box is partitioned by a product passage corresponding to each of the rotating buckets.