JPH10134247A - Automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To avoid the abolishing remaining cooked product or the losing a sales opportunity of the product on the contrary by providing the reserving function of purchasing products and matching the cooked product and sales product. SOLUTION: A product sample room 2, product selecting switches A to D, a reserving switch, a canceling switch 4, a display 5 for displaying the kind and the number of purchase-reserved products, and a card reader 7. The card reader 7 reads card data such as identification information of an identification card means such as a magnetic card 6. Before shifting to purchasing reserving operation, the products are charged in a column in a storing room the prepare reserved sales. The identification information written in the card 6 is read and reservation receiving control which receives the purchase reserving of one or at least two products is executed. Then, identification information written in an identification different from the card 6 is read to carry out the product storage at the time of reservation receiving control.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vending machine which heats a lunch box or the like stored as retort food or frozen food and sells it to a customer at lunch or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A vending machine of this type is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-135270.

[0003] This vending machine is equipped with a merchandise rack in which frozen foods and the like are stored in a vending machine main body, and a microwave oven for heating and processing the frozen foods. The product is conveyed from the product rack to the microwave oven, and the product is heated in the microwave oven and sold.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional vending machine, as described above, one vending signal is issued every time a product is sold.
Because products are cooked individually, it takes a long time to sell a large number of products.It is not suitable for places where a large number of products must be sold at lunch time, such as a company or factory cafeteria. Had become something.

In order to solve such a problem, the inside of the vending machine main body is vertically divided by a partition wall, and a storage room for storing products in advance is provided above, and this storage room is provided below. Vending machine having a cooking room for heating and cooking the products supplied from the company is proposed.

According to this vending machine, a large number of commodities are stored in the storage room in advance, and the commodities are transported to the cooking room during cooking. Thereafter, by setting the cooking time so that the cooking of each product is completed at lunch, many products can be sold at the same time at lunch.

By the way, when selling products by such a method, the number of products to be cooked and the number of products to be sold must match. Because, when the number of cooked products is larger than the number of sold products, more cooked products must be discarded, and conversely, when the number of cooked products is smaller than the number of sold products, You will lose the opportunity.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, it is an object of the present invention to automatically sell a large number of cooked products at the same time, as well as to provide a reservation function for purchased products so that cooked products can be matched with sold products. To provide vending machines.

[0009]

According to the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 uses an identification card means such as a magnetic card, an IC card or the like on which cooked goods are recorded with identification information. In a vending machine for sale, a reservation reception control means for reading identification information written in the identification card means and receiving a purchase reservation of one or more products,
It has a structure including a reserved commodity delivery control means for reading the identification information of the identification card means and carrying out the commodity stored in the reservation acceptance control means.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the commodity can be reserved in the reservation reception control means by the identification card means.
The reserved goods can be carried out and sold by the identification card means. Thus, it is sufficient to cook the reserved product type and the number of products, and the cooked product and the sold product can be matched. In addition, since the reservation and sale are operated by one identification card means, when an individual makes a reservation sale of one product,
This is suitable when the representative makes a reservation for products for a plurality of people at once and purchases the products at once.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vending machine for selling cooked goods using an identification card means such as a magnetic card or an IC card on which identification information is recorded, wherein the identification information written in the identification card means is provided. , Reading the identification information written in another identification card means different from the identification card means, and unloading the goods stored in the reservation reception control means. It has a structure having a reserved product unloading control means.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the representative makes a reservation for products for a plurality of persons collectively by one identification card means,
Thereafter, it is suitable when each individual purchases a product by another identification card means.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vending machine for selling cooked goods using an identification card means such as a magnetic card, an IC card or the like on which identification information is recorded, wherein the identification information written on the identification card means is provided. And a reservation receiving control unit for receiving a purchase reservation of one or more products, and a reserved product unloading control unit for discharging a product stored in the reservation receiving control unit upon insertion of money.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is suitable for a case where the representative collectively reserves a product for a plurality of persons by the identification card means, and then each individual purchases the product with cash.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in a vending machine for selling pre-cooked goods by inserting money, reservation acceptance control for receiving purchase reservation of one or more goods by inserting money. Means, ticket issuance means for issuing a ticket coded with a purchased product or the like when a purchase reservation is received by the reservation reception control means, and goods stored in the reservation reception control means by inputting a code of the ticket. It has a structure having a reserved product unloading control means.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the commodity can be reserved with cash and the commodity can be purchased with the issued ticket, so that the identification card means as described above is not required.

[0017]

1 to 6 show a first embodiment of a vending machine according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a front view of the vending machine, and FIG. 2 is a schematic front sectional view of the vending machine. FIG. 3, FIG. 3 is a schematic side sectional view of the vending machine, FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a drive control circuit of the vending machine, FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a reservation control of a product, and FIG. It is.

In the vending machine according to the present invention, products such as lunches are sold as frozen foods or as retort foods,
Proposal considering that this is generally eaten, and that when selling this product in the cafeteria of a company or factory, lunch time is fixed and it is essential to sell it in large quantities at the same time The structure of the vending machine will be described below.

As shown in FIG. 1, the vending machine according to the present embodiment has a product sample room 2, product selection switches A, B, C, D, a reservation switch 3, and a cancellation switch 4 in front of an outer door 1. The display 5 and the card reader 7 for displaying the kind and number of goods for which purchase has been reserved are provided. The card reader 7 reads card data such as identification information of identification card means, for example, the magnetic card 6.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the vending machine has a vending machine body 8 having a rectangular shape whose front surface is opened and closed by the outer door 1. Partitioned up and down by the wall 9 and various products A1, B1, C on the top
1, a storage room 10 for D1, and a cooking room 11 for commodities A1 to D1 are provided below. 2 and 3, the leftmost column 2 facing the front of the vending machine main body 8 is shown.
Although only the product A1 stored in the first and second (shown later) is shown, the product B1 is stored in the second column 21 and 22 from the left, and the product B1 is stored in the second column 21 and 22 from the right. C1 is stored, and a product D1 is stored in the rightmost columns 21 and 22.

The storage room 10 has a heat insulating partition wall 12 for partitioning left and right inside the storage room, and one room includes an evaporator 1.
3 and a blower 14 are provided. A condenser 15 and a compressor 16 and the like are provided below the vending machine main body 8. The refrigerant is circulated from the compressor 16 and the like to the evaporator 13, while the air cooled by the evaporator 13 is supplied to the blower 14. Circulates in the storage room 10 and is used for freezing or refrigeration goods A1, B
1 is kept cool. In the other room, such a cooling device is not installed, and the products C1 and D1 stored at room temperature are not provided.
Has been saved.

On the other hand, an electric heater 17 and a blower 18 are installed in the cooking chamber 11, and the heat generated by the electric heater 17 is circulated by the blower 18, and a product A in the cooking chamber 11 is circulated.
1 to D1 are heated.

In the storage room 10 and the cooking room 11, well-known spiral discharge devices (hereinafter referred to as discharge devices) 19, 20 are provided as devices for storing and transporting the products A1 to D1.
Are installed, and by driving the unloading motors 19a and 20a of the unloading devices 19 and 20, the products A1 to
D1 is transported downward. Further, a total of eight upper unloading devices 19 of the storage room 10 and two lower unloading devices 20 of the storage room 10 are installed in front and rear rows.

Each of the unloading devices 19 and 20 is a rectangular cylindrical product column (hereinafter referred to as a column) 21 or 2 respectively.
2 is installed. Here, these upper and lower columns 2
Numerals 1 and 22 are arranged opposite to each other with the same upper and lower opening dimensions, and the column 22 on the cooking chamber 11 side can be moved up and down including the lower unloading device 20 by the elevating motor 22a. ing. A product outlet 23 is formed at a portion of the partition wall 9 that faces the outlet 21a of the column 21 and the inlet 22a of the column 22.

A pair of sliding doors 24a and 24b of a sliding type are interposed in the commodity outlet 23 in two vertical stages. When the front sliding door 24a is moved so as to overlap the rear side, the sliding doors 24a and 24b are moved upward and downward. When the unloading devices 19 and 20 face each other in a communicating state, while the rear sliding door 24b moves so as to overlap the front side, the upper and lower unloading devices 19 and 20 on the rear side face in a communicating state.

In the lower part of the cooking chamber 11, a conveyor device 25 is installed.
Goods A1 to D1 delivered from the conveyor device 25
And transports it to the product take-out port 26a. Further, the product takeout opening 26a is opened and closed by the shutter 26b, and the disposal box 27 is opened and closed by the shutter 26c.

Next, a drive control circuit of the vending machine according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. This drive control circuit includes a CPU 3 having a microcomputer configuration.
0a, memory 30b, and I / O ports 30c, 30d
And control means 30 composed of here,
The I / O port 30c inputs signals from the card reader 7, the reservation switch 3, the cancellation switch 4, and the product selection switches A to D. Further, the I / O port 30 d outputs a display signal to the display 5 through the display driving circuit 31, a start / stop signal to the lower unloading device 20 through the lower unloading device driving circuit 32, and a conveyor device 2 through the conveyor driving circuit 33.
5 output a start / stop signal to each
The card data of the magnetic card 6 and the purchase price information of the merchandise and the like are input to the reference numeral 4.

The operation of the vending machine according to the present embodiment will be described as an example in a case where the vending machine is installed in a cafeteria of a factory.
Product A based on the aforementioned drive control circuit, which is a main part of the present invention
The purchase reservation operations 1 to D1 will be described based on the flowchart of FIG.

First, before shifting to the purchase reservation operation, for example, on the day before, the operator places the product A1 in the column 21 of the storage room 10.
D1 is loaded, and preparation for reservation sale is made. Then, the worker performs the following reservation operation from the next sunrise to around 10:00 am.

In this reservation operation, the magnetic card 6 is inserted into the card reader 7. Here, the magnetic card 6 has a representative card used when making a product reservation on behalf of a plurality of product purchasers, and a personal card used when the product purchaser makes a product reservation for the individual. Therefore, it is determined whether the magnetic card 6 is a representative card or a personal card, and the card data of the magnetic card 6, for example, a card identification code number or the like is read (S1 to S3).

Next, each of the product selection switches A to D corresponding to each of the products A1 to D1 is pressed, and the product A to be purchased is pressed.
1 to D1 are selected (S4 to S7). Each of these products A1
Each time D1 is selected, it is counted, and the product type and the number of products are stored in the memory 30b.
(S8-S10).

This operation is continued until the cancel switch 4 or the reservation switch 3 is pressed. When the cancel switch 4 is pressed, the stored product type / number of products and the display on the display 5 are cleared. (S11, S1
2). When the reservation switch 3 is pressed without pressing the cancellation switch 4, the reservation is completed with the product type and the number of products (S13).

When such a reservation operation is completed, the slide doors 24a and 24b are opened, and the upper and lower unloading devices 19 and 20 are driven, so that the commodity A1 corresponding to the reserved commodity type and the number of commodities is obtained. ~ D1 from storage room 10 to cooking room 1
Convey to 1. The goods A1 conveyed to the cooking chamber 11
D1 is heated and cooked by driving the electric heater 17 and the blower 18 to complete the cooking by lunch time.

During the lunch time, the selling operation is controlled as shown in the flowchart of FIG. That is, when the person who made the reservation is an individual, the individual card is inserted into the card reader 7.
, And when the reserved person is the representative, the representative card is inserted into the card reader 7. A code number is read from these magnetic cards 6, and the lower unloading device 2 corresponding to the goods A1 to D1 reserved with this code number.
Drive 0. Thereby, the goods A are stored in the conveyor device 25.
1 to D1 are carried out one by one. Thereafter, the conveyed products A1 to D1 driven by the conveyor device 25 are conveyed to the product outlet 26a (S1 to S8).

In such a product transport operation, when there is one reserved product A1 to D1 (in the case of a personal card), the selling operation is completed with this, but when there are a plurality of reserved products A1 to D1, this process is performed. The operation is repeated for the reserved product type and the reserved product number, and the sale is completed (S9). When the sale is completed, the information on the sale price is input to the personal computer 34 (S10), and the representative or the individual is charged at a later date with an amount corresponding to the sale price.

When there are products A1 to D1 that are not actually sold among the reserved products A1 to D1,
The lower unloading device 20 in which the products A1 to D1 are stored is driven to be unloaded to the conveyor device 25, and the unloaded products A1 to D1 are transported to the product outlet 26a. Here, the commodities A1 to D1 that are not sold by opening the shutter 26c are discarded in the discard box 27.

According to the above-described first embodiment, when a representative card is used, a plurality of persons can be booked collectively and merchandise can be purchased collectively. When an individual card is used, it is reserved and sold only for the individual.

Further, since the reservation sale system is used as described above, the cooked products A1 to D1 and the product A1 to be sold are sold.
-D1 matches, and even if there is a difference in the number between the reserved products A1 to D1 and the actually sold products A1 to D1, the number is small. It is.

In this embodiment, when the purchase reservation is made with the representative card and the sales are made with a plurality of personal cards, the owner of each personal card may be charged for the purchase amount.

FIGS. 7 to 9 show a second embodiment of the vending machine according to the present invention. In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a well-known bill processing device 35 and a coin processing device 36 are added to the outer door 1 of a vending machine, so that commodities are purchased at the time of commodities sale. ing.

In this embodiment, the reservation operation is performed as shown in FIG. 5 of the first embodiment, and the subsequent sales operation is performed as shown in FIG. That is, a predetermined amount of money is inserted into the bill processing device 35 or the coin processing device 36, and arbitrary products A1 to D1 are selected from the reserved products A1 to D1 (S1, S2). Thereby, the selected products A1 to D
1 is driven, and the commodities A1 to D1 are carried out one by one to the conveyor device 25. Thereafter, the conveyed product A is driven and carried out by the conveyor device 25.
1 to D1 are conveyed to the product outlet 26a (S3,
S4). Other configurations and operations are the same as those of the first embodiment.

FIGS. 10 to 13 show a third embodiment of the vending machine according to the present invention. In this embodiment, merchandise is sold by ticket without using the magnetic card 6, and a bill processing device 35 and a coin processing device 36 are attached to the outer door 1 as shown in FIG.
And a well-known ticket issuing machine 37 and a ten-key operation device 38 are added. As shown in the block diagram of FIG. 11, the drive control circuit receives an input signal from the numeric keypad operation device 38 at the time of selling a product, and controls the ticket issuing machine 37 through a ticket issuing machine driving circuit 39 at the time of product reservation. It is designed to be driven.

A purchase reservation operation for the products A1 to D1 according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, a predetermined amount of money is inserted into the bill processing device 35 or the coin processing device 36 (S1), and the goods A1
Press the corresponding product selection switches A to D of D1 to select the products A1 to D1 to be purchased (S2 to S1).
5). Each time the products A1 to D1 are selected, they are counted, and the type and number of products are stored in the memory 30b and displayed on the display 5 (S6 to S8).

This operation is continued until the cancellation switch 4 or the reservation switch 3 is pressed. When the cancellation switch 4 is pressed, the stored product type / number of products and the display on the display 5 are cleared. (S9, S10).
When the reservation switch 3 is pressed without pressing the cancellation switch 4, the ticket issuing machine 37 is driven to issue a ticket on which the code number is printed (S11, S1).
2).

On the other hand, when purchasing the reserved products A1 to D1, as shown in FIG.
The user inputs the code number printed on the ticket through (S1). As a result, the lower unloading devices 20 corresponding to the reserved products A1 to D1 are driven, and the products A1 to D1 are carried out one by one to the conveyor device 25. Thereafter, the conveyor device 25 is driven to transport the products A1 to D1 to the product outlet 26a (S2, S3).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the products A1 to D1 can be pre-purchased without a magnetic card. Other configurations and operations including the step of cooking the product are described in the first section.
This is the same as the embodiment.

In the first and second embodiments, the reservation operation or the purchase operation is performed by the magnetic card 6, but an IC card or the like may be used as long as it functions as an identification card.

[0049]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a product can be reserved in the reservation reception control means by the identification card means, and the reserved product can be carried out and sold by the identification card means. Thus, it is sufficient to cook the reserved product type and the number of products, and the cooked product and the sold product can be matched. In addition, 1 reservation and sales
Since this is performed by operating the individual identification card means, it is suitable for a case where an individual makes a reservation sale of one product or a case where a representative makes a reservation for a plurality of products collectively and purchases the products collectively. Has become.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the representative makes a reservation for a plurality of products by a single identification card means,
Thereafter, it is suitable when each individual purchases a product by another identification card means.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the present invention is suitable for a case where a representative makes a reservation for a plurality of merchandise collectively by an identification card means, and then each individual purchases the merchandise with cash.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the commodity can be reserved by cash and the commodity can be purchased by the issued ticket, so that the identification card means as described above becomes unnecessary.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a vending machine according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a schematic front sectional view of the vending machine according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a schematic side sectional view of the vending machine according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a drive control circuit of the vending machine according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a commodity reservation control of the vending machine according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating sales control of a product of the vending machine according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a front view of a vending machine according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a drive control circuit of a vending machine according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the vending machine sales control of the vending machine according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a front view of a vending machine according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a drive control circuit of a vending machine according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing control of product reservation of the vending machine according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing sales control of a product of the vending machine according to the third embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

Reference numeral 3 represents a reservation switch, 4 represents a cancellation switch, 6 represents a magnetic card, 7 represents a card reader, 8 represents a vending machine main body, 30 represents control means, and 37 represents a ticket issuing machine.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A vending machine for selling cooked goods using an identification card means such as a magnetic card, an IC card or the like on which identification information is recorded, wherein the identification information written on the identification card means is read 1 or A reservation acceptance control means for accepting purchase reservations of two or more commodities, and a reserved commodity unloading control means for reading the identification information of the identification card means and ejecting the commodities stored in the reservation acceptance control means. vending machine. 2. A vending machine for selling cooked goods using an identification card means such as a magnetic card, an IC card or the like, on which identification information is recorded. A reservation reception control unit for receiving a purchase reservation of two or more products, and a reservation product for reading identification information written on another identification card unit different from the identification card unit and carrying out the products stored in the reservation reception control unit. A vending machine having a carry-out control means. 3. A vending machine for selling cooked goods using an identification card means such as a magnetic card, an IC card or the like on which identification information is recorded, wherein the identification information written on the identification card means is read or An automatic vending machine, comprising: a reservation reception control unit for receiving a purchase reservation of two or more products; and a reserved product unloading control unit for discharging a product stored in the reservation reception control unit upon insertion of money. 4. A vending machine for selling cooked products by inserting money, a reservation receiving control means for receiving a purchase reservation of one or more products by inserting money, and receiving the reservation. Ticket issuance means for issuing a ticket coded for a purchased product or the like when a purchase reservation is received by the control means, and reserved product unloading control for carrying out the product stored in the reservation reception control means by inputting the code of the ticket Vending machine having means.