JPH10208120A - Mechanical vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To successively discharge articles to an article reception opening by projecting a coin separating means 28 to a stop position on the side of a coin counted by a specific number from the lower end part of coins held at a coin hold part and the coin above it when a lever is rotated in one direction and retracting it from the stop position when the lever is rotated in the other direction. SOLUTION: The coin separating means 28 is supported by a fixed member 29 rotatably on a fulcrum 28a, energized downward by an energizing member 28 such as a coil spring, etc., and fixed to the lever 28c. When the lever 28c is present above, the means is projected to a stop position between 2nd and 3rd coins held in a hold passage 25 by a stop member 28d to stop the 3rd and succeeding coins. Further, when the lever 28c moves down, it is retracted from the hold passage 25 to make the stopped coin fall. Consequently, articles can be discharged successively.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mechanical vending machine which discharges a product from a product storage section to a product receiving port by a buyer's coin insertion and a product discharge request operation.
The present invention relates to a method in which a plurality of products are continuously discharged by repeating a product discharge request operation in an input amount larger than the price of the product.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art After a coin is inserted, an electronic vending machine presses one of the commodity account buttons on the customer service side, and if the commodity discharge condition is satisfied, that is, the coin insertion amount and the depression of the commodity account button. If the price of the specified product matches, the drive control of the product discharging mechanism is performed, and the specified product is discharged to the product receiving port. If the input amount is larger than the product amount, depending on the type of vending machine, the difference is immediately released to the return port as change, and the difference is displayed as the balance and the next product account button is waited for to be pressed. , When the product account button is pressed, the product is transferred at the same time as long as the product discharge condition is satisfied, and when the change discharge request button is pressed without pressing the product product account button,
It is known to discharge change.

[0003]

However, since the electronic vending machine requires a stable power supply, a mobile body such as a bus or other transportation which is difficult to be equipped with a stable power supply and replace batteries at any time is difficult. As described above, the selling operation in the mode of continuously discharging the product in response to the plurality of presses of the product account button in the input amount as described above is always reliably and stably. What we can do cannot be guaranteed. Therefore, a mechanical vending machine which does not require a power supply is advantageous as a vending machine which is installed in a mobile body in which a stable power supply is provided and a battery is difficult to replace at any time.

However, in a mechanical vending machine in which a commodity ejection mechanism is driven by a coin insertion and a commodity ejection request operation to eject the commodity, a customer inserts a number of coins which is larger than the amount of one commodity. No product has been provided in which a product is continuously discharged to a product receiving port by performing a product discharge request operation a plurality of times. Therefore, every time one commodity ejection request operation is performed, it is necessary to insert a new coin and then perform the next commodity ejection request operation, which is troublesome. This causes a decrease in the purchase desire in a crowded bus or the like.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to allow a purchaser to insert a coin of a larger amount than one commodity by one coin insertion operation.
An object of the present invention is to provide a mechanical vending machine capable of continuously discharging a product to a product receiving port by continuously performing a product discharge request operation a plurality of times.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a mechanical vending machine according to the present invention is a coin holding device for temporarily holding coins inserted from a coin slot and discriminated from genuine coins by a coin discriminator. And a product storage portion having a product table and a product discharge port at the lower end thereof, and lowered in conjunction with pressing of a product discharge request button, and pressing of the product discharge request button. Is released, the operating member is raised and returned to the original position by the return means, a fixing member for guiding the operating member in the elevating direction, and a coin outlet of the coin holding portion is urged to close the coin outlet with respect to the safe. A coin storage flapper opened by the operating member lowered to a predetermined position, and a product placed on a product table of the product storage section is discharged to a product receiving port in conjunction with the elevation of the operating member. An article discharging mechanism, provided in the coin holding section, allows a predetermined number of coins from the lower end to drop in the safe direction from the lower end of the coins held in the coin holding section in conjunction with the elevation of the operating member. A coin separating unit that prevents further coins from falling, wherein the coin separating unit is rotatably supported by the fixed member,
When the lever is pivoted in one direction, the lever protrudes from a lower end of the coins held in the coin holding section to a stop position between a predetermined number of coins and the upper coin. A stop member that retreats from the stop position when the lever is rotated in the other direction.

With the above structure, when the commodity ejection request button is not depressed, the operating member is held at the raised position, so that the lever of the coin separating means is held rotated in the other direction, and the stop member is retracted. Maintained in position. Therefore, the first coin to be inserted falls until it stops at the coin storage flapper at the lower end of the coin holding unit, and thereafter, the coins to be inserted are sequentially stored on the upper side. When the commodity ejection request button is pressed, the operating member is lowered, so that the lever is rotated in one direction, and the stop member is projected to the stop position. At the same time, the coin storage flapper is opened. Accordingly, a predetermined number of coins held below the stop member are dropped and stored in the safe, but coins above the stop member are held as they are. In addition, when the release of the product discharge request button is released, the product discharge lever and the product holding lever operate to discharge the product in the product storage unit. When the actuating member rises with the release of the press of the product discharge request button, the lever returns, and the stop member returns to the retracted position again, so that the coin stopped by the stop member falls and is moved to the coin storage flapper. The coin is stopped, and the subsequent coins are sequentially retained on the upper side.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the illustrated embodiments. 1 is a front view of the mechanical vending machine of the present embodiment, FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a main part by removing a part of a right side portion of FIG. 1, and FIG.
It is a line sectional view. The illustrated example is a vending machine mounted on a passenger compartment such as a bus and manufactured for use by passengers.

[0009] This vending machine is generally a coin slot 1.
After inserting a predetermined number of coins from 9 to a predetermined number and pushing down a commodity ejection request button (hereinafter referred to as a purchase button) 21 protruding from the front to a predetermined position, the inserted coins are stored in the safe 18. At the same time, one of the products M stocked in a vertical line in the product storage section 4 provided inside is discharged to the product receiving port 8.

Hereinafter, each component will be sequentially described in detail. The vending machine has a box-shaped main body 1 provided with a housing space opened on the front side, and a housing space attached to one side of an opening surface of the main body by a hinge 2 so as to be openable and closable, and opened on the rear side and the lower side. Box-shaped front door provided (hereinafter simply referred to as door)
3 is provided.

The accommodation space 1a of the main body 1 mainly accommodates a commodity accommodating section 4, and is provided with a commodity discharging mechanism having a commodity discharging lever 5 and a commodity holding lever 6 as main components.

The product accommodating section 4 is formed in a gutter shape having a U-shaped cross section, is mounted with the opening surface facing the front side of the main body, and extends from near the top of the main body to near the bottom. The product holding member 4 can open and close the opening surface in a double-open manner.
a, the product holding member 4a is opened after the door 3 is opened, and the products can be stacked in the product storage unit 4. A product table 4b is provided at a lower end portion of the product storage section 4, and is opened in a front direction at a lower portion of the main body 1 between a front end portion of the product table 4b and a lower end portion of the product holding member 4a. A product outlet 4c is provided.

The product discharge lever 5 of the product discharge mechanism discharges the product M falling on the product table 4b of the product storage section from the product discharge port 4c to the product receiving port 8.
It is rotatably supported by a support shaft 7 provided between the side wall of the product storage section 4 and the main body. The support shaft 7 may be fixed to the main body 1 of the housing, or may be fixed to another frame 1b provided inside the main body, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 are side views of a main part for explaining the configuration and operation of the product discharging mechanism in FIG. 3, and FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line YY of FIG.

The product discharge lever 5 has a pair of left and right sides substantially L-shaped arms 5a and a horizontal discharge portion 5b connecting lower ends of both arms, and when viewed from the front, It is formed in a U-shape that opens upward, and is rotatably supported by a support shaft 7 at an intermediate bent portion of the arm portion 5a. The urging member (not shown) such as a torque spring wound around the support shaft 7 urges the discharge portion 5b moved to the retracted position shown in FIG. 5 to return to the closed position shown in FIG. When the arm 5a rotates, the discharge portion 5b is moved backward from the position for closing the product discharge port 4c (blocking position) through the lower end of the product storage portion in the rear direction (retreat). Position).

The product holding lever 6 has a pair of left and right arms 6a and a connecting portion 6b for connecting the lower ends of the both arms. The connecting portion 6b has a contact portion 6c at the center thereof. Then, at the upper end of both arms 6a,
The support shaft 7 is rotatably supported independently of the product discharge lever 5. The product holding lever 6 is also provided with another urging member (not shown) so that the contact portion 6b is a product (the product that has fallen onto the product table 4c) at the lowest position of the product storage unit 4 (the product that has fallen on the product table 4c) (The second product from the bottom) is pressed against the gate 4d forming the upper side of the product discharge port 4c. When the product discharge lever 5 is retracted to the retracted position as shown in FIG. 5, the product holding lever 6 is engaged with the product discharge lever 5 on the way, and is retracted together. . Therefore, when there is one or more products in the product storage section 4, the products do not drop onto the product table 4c until they come into contact with the product holding lever even if the product discharge lever 5 moves toward the retreat position.

When the number of commodities in the merchandise container 4 becomes zero and the merchandise container 4 is replenished with merchandise, the abutting portion 6c of the merchandise holding lever 6 protrudes to the bottom of the merchandise accommodating portion, thereby stabilizing the merchandise. Loading becomes difficult, which may hinder quick product replenishment.
To prevent this, preferably, as shown in FIG.
Before the door 3 is opened, the lock 9 that locks the door 3 to the main body 1
When the hook 10 connected to the lock is rotated clockwise in FIG. 2 to be separated from the lock fitting 11 provided on the door 3 by the unlocking operation by the key, the hook 10 is formed integrally with the hook 10. A cam 13 is pivotally supported on the side surface of the main body 1 by rotating a lever 13 in a counterclockwise direction in FIG. 2, and the lever 13 is provided on a link 14 extending vertically outside the side surface of the product storage unit 4. The locking member 15 is pushed up, and the lower end of the link 14 is pivotally attached to an elbow 6c provided on one arm 6a of the product holding lever 6. The upper end of the link 14 is pivotally supported by an arm 16.

With this configuration, each time the lock is unlocked with a key for replenishing the product, the link 14 is pulled upward, and the product holding lever 6 is pivoted about the support shaft 7 in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 3 to 5 (clockwise in FIGS. 3 to 5) and retracted to the rear side of the product storage unit 4, the holding member 4 a is opened, and the product is stored in the product storage unit 4 without being disturbed by the product holding lever 6. 4 can be loaded.

The main body 1 is provided with a safe loading section 17 in front of a lower portion of the article storage section 4 and above the article receiving port 8. The safe loading unit 17 can be loaded or unloaded with the safe 18 in a state where the safe 3 is unlocked with a predetermined key and the door 3 is opened. The commodity receiving port 8 is opened at the front of the main body, that is, at the customer service surface below the safe loading section 17. The product table 4b is formed integrally with an upper portion of the back surface of a wall 8a forming the product receiving port 8.

On the other hand, on the front side of the door 3, that is, on the customer service surface of the vending machine, an operation unit of the user is arranged. More specifically, a coin insertion slot 19 is provided in this order from the top to the bottom, and after the coin is inserted, a cancel button 20 and a product ejection are requested to request a return of the inserted coin before pressing the purchase button. All the purchase buttons 21 are provided so as to be able to move up and down, and a coin return slot 22 is opened on the lower right side.

The accommodating space 3a of the door 3 constitutes a coin processing mechanism. The guide passage 23 guides coins inserted from the coin insertion slot 19 toward the coin discriminator 24. And the known coin discriminator 24 for discriminating based on the presence or absence and the diameter of the coin, and the coin discriminated from the genuine coin by the coin discriminator are temporarily held until a commodity discharge request operation or a coin return request operation is performed. The coin holding section 25 is attached to the fixing member 29 via attachment members 23a to 25a, respectively. A return coin container 22a is mounted inside the coin return slot 22.

FIGS. 7 and 8 are sectional views showing the process of coins from the coin discriminator 24 of the coin processing mechanism to the safe 18 or the coin return slot 22 via the coin holding unit 25. The coin discriminated by the coin discriminator 24 from a genuine coin is stored in a holding passage 25a of a coin holding unit 25, and a coin storage flapper (hereinafter, referred to as a coin storage flapper) provided to open and close the bottom of the holding passage to the safe 18 direction. , Simply referred to as storage flapper) 26
And a coin return flapper provided to open and close in the direction of the coin return slot 22 (hereinafter simply referred to as a return flapper).
Stopped by 27. Both the storage flapper 26 and the return flapper 27 will be described later. However, coins discriminated from coins other than the predetermined denomination or counterfeit coins fall through the return passage 25b provided on the back side of the holding passage 25a of the coin holding unit 25 and are discharged and discharged to the coin return port 22. Has become.

In the holding passage 25a, as shown in FIG.
As an example, up to six 100 yen coins and coins C of other predetermined denominations can be accommodated. The door 3 is used to store only a predetermined number of coins out of the coins held in the coin holding unit 25 in the safe in conjunction with the purchase operation by pressing the purchase button 21 and to hold the surplus coins. Coin separating means 28 is provided. The vending machine of the illustrated embodiment shows a configuration in a case where the price of one product is 200 yen. Accordingly, when the operating member is lowered, the storage flapper 26 of the coin storage unit 25 is lowered, and the coin separating unit 28 is moved between the second and third coins from the bottom of the stored coins. , The second coin from the bottom is dropped to the safe side, and the third or more coins are retained. More specifically, the coin separating means 28 is rotatably supported by a fixing member 29 at a fulcrum 28a, and is urged downward by an urging member 28b such as a coil spring.
As shown in FIG. 9, when the lever 28c is located at a higher position, the lever 28c protrudes to a stop position between the second and third coins held in the holding passage 25a to stop the third or more coins. 10
When the lever 28c is moved to the lower position, the stop member 28d moves to the retracted position retracted from the holding passage and drops the stopped coin.

After the coin is inserted, when the purchase button 21 is depressed, in conjunction with this, the commodity ejection lever 5 is rotated to eject the commodity from the commodity accommodating section 4 to the commodity receiving port 8, and at the same time, To drive the storage flapper 26 and the coin separating means 28 to store a predetermined number of coins in the safe 18,
In the storage space of the door 3, a fixing member 29 is provided between the front plate of the door and the guide passage 23, the coin discriminator 24, and the coin holding unit 25, and an interlocking mechanism is attached to the fixing member. The interlocking mechanism has an operating member 30 held up and down by a fixed member 29.

The fixing member 29 and the operating member 30 will be described mainly with reference to FIGS. FIG. 11 shows the front shape of the fixing member 29. Fixing member 29
Has a flat plate shape that is continuous from the upper part of the door to the mounting position of the return coin container 22a.
3, a notch 29a for passing through the member connecting the cancel button 20 and the jam coin removing lever 24b of the coin discriminator 24, and a hole 29b for allowing the cancel button 20 and the connecting member to move up and down. Is provided. Fixing member 2
9, the upper and lower guide holes 29c, 29d
And holes 29e provided on both sides of the upper guide hole,
Insertion holes 29 provided on opposite sides of the lower guide hole
f, 29 g are formed. A cutout 29h for attaching the return coin container 22a is formed on the right side of the lower end.

Jam jam removal lever 2 of coin discriminator 24
The lower end of a coil spring 24c whose upper end is connected to the fixing member 29 is connected to the front end of 4b, and the jam coin removal lever 24b is normally urged to close the coin passage in the discriminator. However, when the cancel button 20 is pressed, the jam coin removing lever 24b rotates about the fulcrum 24d and is separated in the front direction by a taper guide (not shown), so that the coin jammed in the discriminator. Is dropped into the return passage 25b of the coin storage unit 25.

The jam coin removal lever 24b has a link 3
The upper end of the first member 1 is pivotally connected, the link 31 extends downward on the back side of the fixing member 29, and the lower end is pivotally connected to one end of the return flapper 27. Return Flapper 27
Is pivotally supported by the fixing member 29 in the middle. Therefore, when the cancel button 20 is pressed, both the jam coin removal lever 24b and the return flapper 27 are driven to open (moved to the dashed line position in FIG. 12), and the jam coin and the coin holding unit 25 of the coin discriminator 24 are moved. Are discharged to the coin return container 22a.

When the purchase button 21 is depressed, the storage flapper 26 and the product discharge lever 5 are lowered together to open the lower end of the coin storage section 25 toward the safe. Further, it is connected to an operating member 30 for discharging the product at the product outlet 4c to the product receiving port 8. 9, 10 and 13, the operating member 30 has a connecting portion 30a extending along a plane parallel to the fixing member 29, and protrudes toward the front side of the connecting portion at both left and right ends of the connecting portion. A side portion 30b extending equidistantly downward from the connecting portion, a first operating portion 30c provided to connect between lower ends of the side portions, and a mounting portion 30d extending downward from the center of the connecting portion 30a. And a substantially J-shaped second operating portion 30e provided at the lower end of the mounting portion. The operating member 30 is guided so as to be able to move up and down with the connecting portion 30a approaching the back surface of the fixing member 29 and sandwiching both sides of the fixing member 29 between the left and right side portions 30b.
From the front side of the fixing member 29, a screw fixing a washer-shaped stopper member 32a, 32b having a diameter larger than the width of the guide hole 29c, 29d is passed through the guide hole 29c, 29d, and screwed into the operating member 30. The operating member 30 is supported so as to be able to move up and down in the height direction of the fixing member 29.

Two projections 30f, 30g projecting in the front direction are provided on the upper portion of the connecting portion 30a, and these are projected from the vertical hole 29e of the fixing member to be able to ascend and descend to the front side of the fixing member. The purchase button 21 is coupled to the other, and the upper end of a biasing member 30h such as a coil spring having the lower end coupled to the other protrusion 30g is coupled to the upper part of the fixing member 29, so that the urging is always upward.

Since the first operating portion 30c is provided at a position slightly deviated in the rear direction of the side portion, the first operating portion 30c is moved upward by the urging member 30h as shown in FIG. The operating member is stopped at the predetermined upper limit position by contacting the lower end portion 29i of the fixing member 29. When the operation member 30 is in the normal position, as shown in FIG.
The upper member 0c rotates the lever 28c of the coin separating means upward against the urging member 28b via a pin 28c 'inserted into the vertical hole 29f at the tip of the lever 28c.
8d is held at a position retracted from the holding passage 25a.
The lower side of the second operating portion 30e is a coin storage flapper 2
6 corresponds to the pin 26b protruding from the front side of the middle part of the housing 6, and the storage flapper 26 is, as shown in FIG.
Since the urging member 26b such as a torque spring is constantly urged upward, as shown in FIG.
Is in the normal position, the coin storage flapper 26 is held so as to close the lower end of the holding passage.

FIG. 9 shows the position (up position) of the operating member 30 with respect to the fixing member 29 when the purchase button 21 is not pressed, and the state of the coin separating means 28 and the storage flapper 26. FIGS. 3 and 4 show the stationary position of the product discharge lever 5 when the operating member 30 is at the raised position.

With the above configuration, when the purchase button 21 is pressed, as shown in FIG. 10, the operating member 30 is lowered in conjunction therewith, and the first operating portion 30c and the second operating portion 30 are moved.
e also falls. When the first operating portion 30c is lowered to the predetermined position, as shown in FIG. 5, the product discharging lever 5 is rotated clockwise, and the discharging portion 5b is moved to the retracted position.
The product holding lever 6 is pushed rearward by the product discharge lever 5 that moves to the retracted position. Therefore, the lowermost product M in the product storage unit, which has been pressed and held by the product holding lever 6, falls onto the product table 4 b, and its front end faces the product discharge port 4 c.

When the second operating portion 30c is lowered to a predetermined position, the lever 28c of the coin separating means rotates clockwise as shown in FIG. 10, so that the stop member 28d moves to the stop position. , The second operating portion 30e is the pin 2
The storage flapper 26 is turned to the open position to depress 6a. Therefore, 2 which is reserved in the reservation passage 25a
The coins up to the first coin are dropped in the safe direction, and if there is a third coin or more, the coin is stopped by the stop member 28d.

When the pressing force is released from the purchase button 21,
The operating member 30 is raised and returned by the urging member 30h.
Accordingly, the product discharge lever 5 is returned to the initial position shown in FIG. 4 by the urging member, and the product M that has fallen on the product table 4b when the purchase button is pressed is pushed out from the product discharge port 4c to the product receiving port 8 and discharged. You. In the case where the product is small, the product may fall over at the bottom of the product storage unit 4 when the product falls, accompanying the movement of the product holding lever 6 to the retreat position, and may fall down to the product receiving port 8 with the momentum. .

In order to prevent this, in a preferred embodiment, a falling-off prevention mechanism 40 is provided at the commodity discharging section.
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, this mechanism is rotatably mounted on one of the left and right sides outside the product discharge port 4c, and the lower end thereof is attached to the product discharge port by an urging member (not shown). A biased latch lever 41, a product shutter lever 42 rotatably supported by a support shaft 43 on the side outside the lower end of the product storage unit 4, and one end pivotally attached to one end of the product shutter lever, It has a long hole 45 at the other end, and includes a link 46 in which a fixed shaft 47 provided behind the product storage section 4 is inserted into the long hole 45. When the product discharge lever 5 is in the normal position, as shown in FIG. 4, the latch lever 42 is moved to the retracted position against the urging member. The product shutter lever 44 urged to rotate in the counterclockwise direction rotates in the same direction, and its closing portion 44a closes the lower part of the product discharge port 4c at the position closed by the product discharge lever 5. I do. When the operating member 30 is lowered via the purchase button 21, the product shutter lever 44 is closed until the lower end of the product discharge lever 5 presses the rear end of the link 46, as shown in FIG. Maintained in position. Therefore, even if the product holding lever 6 is retracted with the movement of the product discharge lever 51 to the retreat position, and the product held by the product drop lever 51 falls to the product table 4b, the product holding lever 6 falls from the product discharge port 4c. Abduction is prevented.

When the lower end of the retracted product discharge lever 5 pushes the rear end of the link 46, the link 46 is moved backward, and the product shutter lever 44 rotates clockwise about the support shaft 43. The closing portion 44a of the product shutter lever 44 is retracted below the product table 4b. Further, the latch lever 42 also rotates and returns counterclockwise, and the locking portion 42a engages with the locked portion 44b at the front end of the product shutter lever 44, and that state is maintained.

Therefore, when the product discharge lever 5 returns to the initial position in response to the release of the pressing force from the purchase button 21, the product dropped on the product table 4b is discharged to the discharge portion 5b of the product discharge lever 5. Pressed, goods receiving port 8
Is discharged. When the product discharge lever 5 returns to the initial position, the latch lever 42 is retracted against the urging member, so that the product shutter lever 44 returns to the initial position in FIG. 4 again and closes the product discharge port 4c. I do. Thus,
Regardless of the size of the product in the product storage section 4, when the purchase button is operated, the product is discharged only when the purchase button is pressed down to a predetermined position and then released.

By the way, in the above configuration, even when the purchase button is pressed without inserting a predetermined number of coins, the product is discharged. In order to prevent such a situation from occurring, in the present invention, a coin detection mechanism 50 for enabling the purchase button to be pressed only after a predetermined number of coins has been inserted is added.

Hereinafter, the mechanism 50 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 7 is an operation explanatory diagram when a predetermined number of coins are reserved in the coin holding unit 25, and FIG. 8 is an operation explanatory diagram when a predetermined number of coins are not reserved.

The mounting portion 30d of the operating member 30 has almost U
A letter-shaped attachment member 51 is fixed, and a coin presence / absence check lever 53 is rotatably supported by a spindle 52 provided on the attachment member 51. The coin presence / absence check lever is a torque spring or the like wound around the spindle 52. By the urging member 54,
The lower end is urged toward the coin holding unit 25 side. A locking portion 53a is provided at the upper end of the coin presence / absence check lever 53,
A detecting portion 53b is provided at a lower end portion, and a roller 55 protruding toward the fixing member 29 is rotatably mounted at an intermediate portion. The coin holding unit 25 includes a holding passage 25.
The range corresponding to the predetermined number of coins corresponding to the price of the product to be sold from the bottom held at a, that is, the second coin in the illustrated example, and the detection unit 53 b A detection hole 25c is provided at a corresponding position. When the operating member 30 is lowered to the position where the detecting portion 53b of the coin presence / absence check lever 53 is opposed to the detection hole 25c of the coin holding portion, the roller 55 is fitted to the fixing member 29, and the coin presence / absence check is performed. 7 and 8, the recesses 29 allow the lever 53 to rotate clockwise.
j, and the locking hole 2 into which the locking portion 53a enters and is locked when the coin presence / absence check lever 53 rotates clockwise.
9k are formed.

With the above configuration, when the operating member 30 is lowered by pressing the purchase button, when there is a predetermined number of coins in the coin holding unit 25, in the illustrated example, if there is a second coin,
Since the lower end of the coin presence / absence check lever 53 is prevented from rotating by the second coin, the roller 55 does not fit into the recess. Therefore, the locking portion 53 a of the coin presence / absence check lever 53 is not locked in the locking hole 29 k of the fixing member 29. Therefore, since the operating member 30 can be lowered to the predetermined position, as described above, the first operating portion 30
c and the second operating portion 30e are respectively the product discharging lever 5,
In order to operate the storage flapper 26 and the coin separating means 28, a predetermined number of coins are exchanged for being stored in the safe,
The product is discharged from the product storage unit 4. As described above, according to this embodiment, when there are two or more coins held, each time the purchase button is operated once, two coins are stored in the safe and one product is ejected. When the number of coins inserted in advance is, for example, a maximum of six, the purchase button is pressed three times in succession, and three coins are discharged one by one each time. Can be done.

In addition, according to the embodiments described above,
When the product holding lever 6 is provided, the product at the lowermost position can be held above the product table 4c until the product discharging lever 5 retreats, so that the product discharging lever can be easily and smoothly disturbed by the upper product. Can be retracted.

When the product discharging mechanism has the product holding lever 6, the cam for unlocking is provided between the link having one end pivotally supported by the product holding lever and the cam formed on the hook of the door lock. When a product holding lever retracting mechanism including a lever that raises a link in conjunction with the rotation is provided, the product holding lever can be operated simply by performing normal unlocking operation and locking operation without adding a special operation. Can be moved to the retreat position and the normal operation position. Therefore, even if the product holding lever is provided, the product can be easily supplied without being obstructed by the lever.

When the product discharging portion is provided with an escape prevention mechanism, when the product holding lever is retracted together by the retreating product discharging lever, the product is small and falls down on the product table due to its small size. Even if it does, it is possible to prevent the product from being ejected before storing coins.

When the coin removing lever 24b connected to the cancel button of the coin processing mechanism and the return flapper of the coin holding section are connected by the link 31, if the cancel button is pressed after the coin is inserted, the merchandise is purchased. The remaining surplus coins can be returned from the coin holding unit to the coin return slot. Further, by pressing one cancel button, the jam coins in the coin discriminator and the coins held in the coin holding unit can be discharged to the coin return slot at a time.

[0045]

As described above, according to the present invention, a plurality of commodities are continuously discharged by inserting a coin larger than the amount of the commodity in advance and pressing the purchase button a plurality of times. be able to. Therefore, the product can be purchased in a short time with a small number of steps.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a main part in which a part of a side surface of the vending machine of FIG. 1 is removed and a part of an internal mechanism is omitted.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a main part mainly showing a configuration of a product discharging mechanism and an escape prevention mechanism of the present invention and a state before a purchase button is pressed.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a main part showing a state after a purchase button is pressed.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a main part, viewed from the front, showing the configuration of the product discharging mechanism and the escape prevention mechanism.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a main part showing a configuration of a coin detection mechanism that is a main part of the present invention and a state before a purchase button is pressed.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of a main part showing a state when a purchase button is pressed in a state where no coin is held.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of a main part mainly showing a configuration of a coin holding unit and a coin detection mechanism and a state before a purchase button is pressed.

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of a main part showing a state when a purchase button is pressed down.

FIG. 11 is a front view of only a fixing member.

FIG. 12 is a front view of a fixing member in a state where a coin guide passage, a coin discriminator, a coin holding unit, a coin separating mechanism, a storage flapper, and a return flapper are mounted.

FIG. 13 is a front view of an operating member provided with a coin detecting mechanism.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a shape and structure of a latch lever which is a component of the product escape prevention mechanism.

FIG. 15 is a view showing the shape and structure of a product shutter lever which is a component of the product escape prevention mechanism.

[Explanation of symbols]

 H Housing 1 Main body 2 Hinge 3 Door 4 Commodity storage section 4b Commodity table 4c Commodity ejection port 5 Commodity ejection lever 6 Commodity holding lever 8 Commodity receiving port 18 Safe 19 Coin slot 20 Cancel button 21 Purchase button (commodity ejection request button) 22 coin return port 24 coin discriminator 25 coin holding unit 25c detection hole 26 storage flapper 27 return flapper 28 coin separating means 28b biasing member 28c lever 28d stop member 29 fixing member 29k locking hole 30 operating member 50 coin detecting mechanism 53 coin Presence check lever 53a Locking part 53b Detecting part 54 Biasing member 55 Roller

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A coin holding section for temporarily holding coins inserted from a coin insertion slot and discriminated from genuine coins by a coin discriminator, holding a product in a loaded state, and a product table and a product discharge port at a lower end portion. A product storage section having a lower portion in conjunction with the pressing of the product discharge request button, and an operating member which is raised and returned to the original position by the return means when the press of the product discharge request button is released; and A fixed member that guides in the elevating direction, a coin storage flapper that is urged to close the coin outlet of the coin holding unit with respect to the safe direction, and that is opened by the operating member lowered to a predetermined position; A product discharging mechanism that discharges a product placed on a product table of the product storage unit to a product receiving port in conjunction with raising and lowering of the operating member; and a coin discharging unit that is provided in the coin holding unit and interlocks with lifting and lowering of the operating member. And coin separating means for allowing a predetermined number of coins from the lower end of the coins held in the coin holding section to fall in the safe direction, and preventing further coins from falling. The means is a lever rotatably supported by the fixing member, and is fixed to the lever, and when the lever is rotated in one direction, the lower end of the coins held in the coin holding section is A mechanical vending machine comprising a stop member projecting to a stop position between a predetermined number of coins and coins above the predetermined number of coins, and retreating from the stop position when the lever is rotated in another direction. .