JPH0986414A - Shopping cart - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable commodities to be taken out quickly and simply from a shopping cart. SOLUTION: This invention is related to constitution of a shopping cart from which commodities W1 stored in a cage 18, with its front side wall surface 18F openable/closable and in its opened state can be discharged to outside part 102 along its inner bottom surface 18L. In addition, an openable/closable side wall surface is made a front side wall surface 18F and its inner bottom surface 18L is inclined downward from a rear side wall surface 18B toward the front side wall surface 18F. Furthermore, rollers 18R are provided on the inner bottom surface 18L.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shopping cart including a dolly and a basket formed integrally with the dolly.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In FIGS. 4 and 5, a shopping cart 10 is a cart (frame 12, wheels 13, columns 14).
11 and a basket 18 integrally formed on the carriage 11 via a frame body (frame 16) 15. The basket 18 is composed of four side wall surfaces of mesh type on a lattice and an inner bottom surface, and the upper portion is opened. In addition, 1
Reference numeral 7 is a handle for pushing by hand. Since the shopping cart 10 has a product storage function and a traveling function, the self-purchased products can be stored in the basket 18 around the product display shelves and can be easily driven to the checkout device.

By the way, such a shopping cart 10
As shown in FIG. 6, there is a structure that employs a belt conveyor 101 in a checkout device in a supermarket or the like (store) equipped with. That is, customer CST
The purchased product W placed on the starting end 102 of the belt conveyor 101 is conveyed in the X direction toward the product data reader 105 and the electronic cash register 106. The checker CHK is a product data reading device 105.
Is used to read the product data from the bar code attached to the purchased product W and input the data to the electronic cash register 106. The cashier CRH uses the electronic cash register 106 to perform the accounting process including the product registration and the money transfer after the product data of all the purchased products W related to the customer CST is input. The receipt is also handed to the customer CST. The accounted merchandise W is packed in the bagging machine 104 on the downstream side and taken out by the customer CST. That is, you can check out.

Incidentally, in the case of a so-called two-lane system in which another belt conveyor (101) and the like indicated by a chain double-dashed line in FIG. 6 are arranged in parallel, one cashier CRH and two customers C
Since the accounting process for ST can be performed, the work efficiency can be further improved.

[0005]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, the customer CST
Is the shopping cart 10 (the basket 18) positioned near the belt conveyor 101 (102) in any shape.
Therefore, each product W must be taken out and placed on the starting end 102 of the belt conveyor 101, which is troublesome.
Moreover, since it has to be lifted above the basket 18 once, it is even more troublesome in the case of high-weight products and the like.
Therefore, if the time until the belt is placed on the belt conveyor 101 (102) is prolonged, not only the checker CHK becomes free, but also the checkout is delayed.

The structure of the checkout device is shown in FIG.
Unlike the above case, the cashier takes out the product W from the basket 18 and reads and inputs the product data, or the customer himself / herself stores the accounted product W in the bagging table.
Even if the shopping cart 10 has a structure in which the shopping cart 10 is individually taken out from the bag and packed in a bag, the conventional shopping cart 10 has the same inconvenience as the above case.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances,
The purpose is to provide a shopping cart from which merchandise can be taken out quickly and easily.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, in a shopping cart comprising a trolley and a basket integrally formed with the trolley, at least one side wall surface of the basket is openable and closable. It is characterized in that, in the state, the product accommodated in the basket can be discharged to the outside along the inner bottom surface thereof.

In the invention of such a structure, the side wall surface of the shopping cart which can be opened and closed is positioned toward the belt conveyor, for example, and then the side wall surface is opened. Then, if necessary, the pushing output is added. The products in the basket are discharged to the outside (belt conveyor) along the inner bottom surface.
Therefore, each product can be quickly and easily taken out without having to individually lift it from the upper portion of the basket.

The invention according to claim 2 is the shopping cart, wherein the side wall surface that can be opened and closed is a front wall surface, and the inner bottom surface is inclined downward from the rear wall surface toward the front wall surface.

In the invention of such a structure, if the front side wall surface is positioned while facing the belt conveyor while the shopping cart is running and the shopping cart is stationary, the front side wall surface can be immediately opened to discharge the product. Moreover, the products in the basket are smoothly discharged due to the inclination of the inner bottom surface. Therefore, the same operation and effect as those of the first aspect can be obtained.
Furthermore, it can be handled more easily and quickly.

Further, the invention according to claim 3 is such that a shopping cart is provided on the inner bottom surface thereof with a roller attached so as to be able to roll in the direction of the side wall surface configured to open and close the products accommodated in the basket. Is.

In the invention of such a structure, if the front side wall surface which can be opened and closed is opened, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 1 or 2, the product can be automatically and simply further quickly by a roller. Can be discharged.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The shopping cart 10 has a basic structure (11, 15, 18) as shown in FIGS.
Is similar to the case of the conventional example (FIGS. 4 and 5),
The front wall surface 18F of the basket 18 can be opened and closed, and the products W (W1, W2) stored in the open state are placed on the inner bottom surface 1 thereof.
It is configured to be discharged to the outside (102) along 8L.

The same parts as those in the conventional example (FIGS. 4 and 5) are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be simplified or omitted.

1 and 2, the basket 18 includes four side wall surfaces (front side wall surface 18F, left / right side wall surfaces 18S, 18).
S, rear side wall surface 18B) and inner bottom surface 18L,
And the upper part is open.

The left side of the front side wall surface 18F (lower side in FIG. 2) is
A shaft portion 20 vertically mounted on the front left frame 16 is rotatably mounted, and a hook portion 23 for locking the shaft member 21 vertically mounted on the front right frame 16 is provided on the right side. Has been.

That is, the front side wall surface 18F can be opened and closed, and is selectively in the closed state shown in FIG.
The open state shown in FIG. In the closed state in which the hook portion 23 is locked to the shaft member 21, the front side wall surface 18F does not naturally open even when the commodity W is stored in the basket 18.

The inner bottom surface 18L is, as shown in FIG. 1, a rear side wall surface 18 for facilitating the discharge of the products W1 and W2.
It is inclined downward from B toward the front side wall surface 18F, and the height on the side of the front side wall surface 18F is the start end 1 of the belt conveyor 101.
The position is slightly higher than the height of 02. This is to further facilitate discharge.

Further, the inner bottom surface 18L can be rolled in the direction of the side wall surface (18F) which is provided between the left and right side wall surfaces 18S, 18S and which is configured to open and close the goods stored in the basket 18. A plurality of mounted rollers 18R are provided. It is provided to further facilitate discharge of the products W1 and W2. In combination with the inclination angle of the inner bottom surface 18L, it is possible to automatically eject the side wall surface (18F) only by opening it.

In relation to this, the cart 1 is mounted on the belt conveyor 101 of the checkout device in this embodiment.
An inclined portion 103 is provided to prevent the products W1 and W2 discharged from the roller 8 from collapsing. In other words, many products W are easy to roll like plastic bottles,
It is possible to prevent the vehicle from running vigorously on the belt conveyor 101 moving in the X direction, passing the product reading device (105), and falling from the belt conveyor 101 to the floor.

According to the embodiment having such a construction, in the closed state of the front side wall surface 18F in which the hook portion 23 integrated with the front side wall surface 18F is locked to the shaft member 21 mounted upright on the frame 16, the purchased product is sold. W (W1, W2, etc.) is stored in the basket 18 and travels while shopping.

Then, the shopping car 10 is pushed and positioned at the starting end 102 of the belt conveyor 101 as shown in FIG. 2 (A). Inner bottom surface 18 on the front wall surface 18F side
The height of L is substantially the same as the height of the starting end 102 thereof as shown in FIG.

In this state, the hook portion 23 retained on the shaft member 21 is released, and the front side wall surface 18F is rotated about the shaft member 20 so that the hook member 23 is opened as shown in FIG. 2 (B). To do. Then, the inner bottom surface 18L becomes the rear sidewall surface 18
Since it is inclined downward from B toward the front side wall surface 18F, the products W1 and W2 can be easily and quickly discharged to the starting end 102. Since the roller 18R is attached,
It can also be discharged automatically without applying any pressing force. Further, even if it is ejected vigorously, it is temporarily braked by the inclined portion 103 of the belt conveyor 101, so that it does not run on the belt conveyor 101 or fall downward.

According to this embodiment, however, the basket 1
8 has at least one side wall surface that can be opened / closed and is stored in the basket 18 in the open state.
Since W2) is configured to be discharged to the outside along the inner bottom surface 18L thereof, each product W can be taken out quickly and easily without having to individually lift it from the upper portion of the basket 18.

The side wall surface that can be opened and closed is the front side wall surface 18F.
Since the inner bottom surface 18L is inclined downward from the rear side wall surface 18B toward the front side wall surface 18F, the handling is further easier and the products W (W1, W2) in the basket 18 can be more easily handled. Can be discharged quickly.

Further, since the roller 18R is mounted on the inner bottom surface 18L, the commodity W (W1, W2) can be automatically and simply discharged by opening the front side wall surface 18 which can be opened and closed.

Further, since the height of the inner bottom surface 18L is matched with the height of the starting end 102 of the belt conveyor 101,
It is easier to handle and discharge, and products can be discharged stably.

Furthermore, since the inclined portion 103 is provided on the belt conveyor 101, the discharged products W1,
It is possible to prevent unlimited running and falling of W2.

In the above embodiment, the inner bottom surface 18L
Although the roller 18R is attached to the roller 18R, the vertical member 18V can be arranged so as to project upward from the horizontal member 18H forming the inner bottom surface 18L as shown in FIG.
Even with this structure, the products W1 and W2 can be easily discharged due to the inclination toward the front.

Further, although one front side wall surface 18F of the basket 18 is configured to be openable and closable, the other side wall surface (18B, 1B) is formed.
8S, 18S) may be opened and closed. Also, the number can be selected and determined. Furthermore, the shaft member 20 that is erected upright
Although it can be opened and closed horizontally, it may be attached to a horizontal shaft so that it can be opened and closed.

[0032]

According to the invention of claim 1, at least one side wall surface of the basket can be opened and closed, and in the open state, the goods accommodated in the basket can be discharged to the outside along the inner bottom surface thereof. Since it is configured, each product can be taken out quickly and easily without having to individually lift it from the upper part of the basket.

Further, according to the invention of claim 2, the openable and closable side wall surface is the front side wall surface and the inner bottom surface is inclined downward from the rear side wall surface toward the front side wall surface. In addition to the same effect as in the case of the invention of Item 1, the handling is further facilitated and the discharge can be performed more quickly.

Further, according to the third aspect of the present invention, since the inner bottom surface is provided with the roller mounted so that it can be rolled in the direction of the side wall surface configured to be able to open and close the products accommodated in the basket, In addition to the effect in the case of the invention of claim 1 or claim 2, the product can be automatically and simply discharged more quickly by the roller action.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a plan view for explaining the open / closed state of the front side wall surface.

FIG. 3 is likewise a schematic side view for explaining a modified example of the inner bottom surface.

FIG. 4 is a side view for explaining a conventional example.

FIG. 5 is also a plan view.

FIG. 6 is a plan view for explaining an example of a checkout device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Shopping Cart 11 Cart 15 Frame 18 Basket 18F Front Side Wall Surface (Side Wall Side) 18B Rear Side Wall Surface 18S Left / Right Side Wall 18L Inner Bottom 18R Roller 20 Shaft Member 21 Shaft Member 23 Hook Part 101 Belt Conveyor 102 Start End 103 Slope

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A shopping cart comprising a trolley and a basket integrally formed with the trolley, wherein at least one side wall surface of the basket is openable and closable, and a product stored in the basket is opened. A shopping cart characterized by being configured to be discharged to the outside along the inner bottom surface thereof. 2. The shopping cart according to claim 1, wherein the openable and closable side wall surface is a front side wall surface, and the inner bottom surface is inclined downward from the rear side wall surface toward the front side wall surface. 3. The shopping according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the inner bottom surface is provided with a roller that can be rolled in the direction of a side wall surface that is configured to be able to open and close the products accommodated in the basket. cart.