JPH103577A - Serpentine type merchandise housing rack for automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make an automatic vending machine thin by improving the structure of the merchandise carrying part of a serpentine type merchandise housing rack, and reducing the depth size of the rack. SOLUTION: This is the serpentine type merchandise housing rack of an automatic canned merchandise vending machine equipped with a guide rail 6 between a pair of right and left rack side boards 5, bend mechanism 9 at a lower output port side connected with an installed and formed meandering merchandise passage, and presser plate for adjusting the passage width faced to the pertinent bend mechanism with a merchandise carrying passage. This device is constituted by combining a fixed cover 16 with a U-shaped cross section to which the right and left rack side boards are fixed while held from outside for segmenting the carrying passage corresponding to a thick can with the bend mechanism, with an adjustment attachment 17 attached to the inside of the front wall of the above mentioned fixing cover in selling a thin can for narrowing the carrying passage width with the bend mechanism.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a serpentine type product storage rack mounted on a vending machine for canned products.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art First, FIG. 4 shows an entire configuration of a vending machine equipped with a serpentine type product storage rack described above. In the figure, 1 is a main body case, 2 is a front outer door, 3 is an insulated inner door, 4 is a serpentine type product storage rack arranged and arranged in front, rear, left and right in the cabinet of the main body case 1, as is well known. The product (can product) carried out of the product storage rack 4 based on the sales command is sent to the product outlet of the front outer door 2 via the shooter.

Next, FIGS. 5 and 6 show a conventional configuration of the above-mentioned serpentine type product storage rack 4. FIG. In the figure,
5 is a pair of left and right rack side plates, 6 is a guide rail that extends between the rack side plates 5 and defines a meandering product path 7 in the vertical direction, and 8 is a product input that is connected to the product path 6 and laid on the upper side thereof. 9 is a bend mechanism installed on the lower exit side of the product passage 6, 10 is a through pin for attaching a bend mechanism bridged between left and right rack side plates, and 11 is a product carry-out passage between the product and the bend mechanism 9. A pressing plate for adjusting the width of the passage, which is opposed to the separator 12, and a through-pin 13 for supporting the pressing plate which is bridged over an irregularly shaped adjusting groove 14 formed in the rack side plate 5, and the pressing plate 11 is attached to the through-pin 13. Have been.

With such a configuration, when selling a large can according to the diameter of the can 15, the holding plate 11 is set at the position indicated by the solid line in FIG.
2 is set to L1. On the other hand, when the product to be sold is changed to a thin can, the through pin 13 is moved to another adjustment step position along the adjustment groove 14, and the presser plate 11 is moved to the position indicated by the dashed line to change the passage width to L2. Narrow.

[0005] Here, the pressing plate 11 is bent right and left side edges forward (toward the side opposite to the product discharge passage 12) into an L-shape to form a flange portion 11a also serving as a reinforcing rib.
The through-hole 13 is supported through a hole formed in the flange portion 11a.

[0006]

Since vending machines have become a social problem in recent years, it has become an important issue to make vending machines as thin as possible. By the way, the pressing plate 11 for adjusting the width of the passage, which is incorporated in a conventional serpentine type product storage rack, is used.
Is supported between the rack side plates 5 through the through-pins 13 on the flange portion 11a, and the protrusion A of the flange portion 11a from the design surface needs to be at least 10 mm or more. For this reason, the depth dimension B of one column of the product storage rack with the bend mechanism 9 as a reference point is the width (the width A of the flange portion 11a) occupied by the presser plate 11 at least in the passage width L1 corresponding to the thick can product. ) Is required, and the depth B of the rack is increased by the width A of the flange portion of the holding plate 11. For this reason, in a vending machine as a whole in which a plurality of columns (usually four columns) are arranged before and after,
The above-mentioned increase in the depth dimension due to the width A of the flange portion is a value that cannot be ignored.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and has as its object to provide a serpentine-type product storage rack configured to solve the above-mentioned problems and to reduce the depth dimension so as to be thinner. It is in.

[0008]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a guide rail is erected between a pair of left and right rack side plates and connected to a meandering product passage defined.
In a serpentine type product storage rack of a vending machine provided with a bend mechanism on the lower exit side and a press plate for adjusting the width of the passage opposed to the bend mechanism with a product carrying passage therebetween, the press plate is provided with left and right rack side plates. A fixed cover having a U-shaped cross section for partitioning the carry-out passage corresponding to the thick can between the bend mechanism and the bend mechanism, and attached to the front wall of the fixed cover when the thin can is sold. And an adjustment attachment for reducing the width of the carry-out passage.

In the above configuration, the fixed cover as the product holding plate for partitioning the product carry-out passage between the bend mechanism and the product holding plate does not have a flange portion protruding forward. The dimension in the depth direction is slightly the thickness of the fixed cover (about 1 to 2 mm)
Only. In other words, compared to the conventional configuration, the depth of one column of the product storage rack can be reduced to a size obtained by adding the thickness of the fixed cover to the width of the product carrying passage corresponding to a thick can, and the entire vending machine can be reduced. In addition, the depth dimension can be reduced by the number of the product storage columns arranged in front and rear, and a thin configuration can be achieved.

Further, according to the present invention, the fixing cover and the adjustment attachment can be specifically incorporated in a product storage rack in the following form. . 1) The fixed cover plate is fixed to the through-pin using a through-pin for attaching a bend mechanism, which is bridged between the left and right rack side plates. 2) A hook claw is provided on the back surface side of the adjustment attachment, and the hook claw is hooked and fixed in a square hole opened in the front wall of the fixed cover.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. In the drawings of the embodiment, the same members corresponding to those in FIG. 6 are denoted by the same reference numerals. That is,
In the illustrated embodiment, the left and right rack side plates 5 are provided at the front and rear ends of the rack from the outside, facing a bend mechanism 9 installed at a central position in the rack via through pins 10 between the left and right rack side plates 5. A fixed cover 16 having a U-shaped cross section is arranged to be held. The fixed cover 16 serves as a holding plate for partitioning the product carry-out passage 12 having a passage width L1 corresponding to the thick can of the product 15 between the front wall and the bend mechanism 9 and having a plate thickness t of 1. It is made by bending a steel plate of about 2 mm into a U-shape, and its left and right side walls are overlapped on the outside of the rack side plate 5 and fixed to both ends of a through pin 10 for attaching a bend mechanism. In the illustrated embodiment, the lower portions of the front and rear edges of the rack side plate 5 are cut out, and the front wall of the fixed cover 16 is inserted into the cutout portion so as to fit within the front and rear width dimensions of the rack side plate 5.

With this configuration, the depth C of one column in the illustrated embodiment is larger than the depth B of one column of the product storage rack shown in FIG. L1 is a thickness t of the fixed cover 16 (t is 1 to 2).
mm). In this embodiment, the width of the product carry-out passage 12 is set to L,
As a means for reducing the size to 2,
An adjustment attachment 17 used in combination with is provided. This adjustment attachment 17 is a base plate formed by bending the outer edge of a steel plate to the back side, and is formed by cutting and raising a hook claw 17a from the center of the plate surface to the back surface. The plate of the fixed cover 16 faces the hook claw 17a. A square hole 16a for hooking a nail is opened on the surface.

When selling a large-sized product, the adjustment attachment 17 is detached and stored, and when the product to be sold is changed from a large-sized can to a small-sized can, the adjustment attachment 17 is provided inside the fixed cover 16. Attach. As a result, the width of the product discharge passage 12 between the bend mechanism 9 and the bend mechanism 9 becomes L.
Narrows from 1 to L2.

[0014]

As described above, according to the structure of the present invention, it is possible to reduce the required depth of the product storage rack while maintaining the same function of adjusting the width of the product carry-out passage as before. The vending machine can be made thinner.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the structure of a product carry-out part of a serpentine type product storage rack according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional plan view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal side view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an overall configuration diagram of a vending machine equipped with a serpentine-type product storage rack.

FIG. 5 is an external perspective view of a conventional serpentine-type product storage rack.

FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional side view showing the structure of a product discharge section in FIG. 5;

[Explanation of symbols]

 4 Commodity storage rack 5 Rack side plate 6 Guide rail 7 Commodity passage 9 Bend mechanism 10 Through pin for attaching bend mechanism 12 Commodity carry-out passage 15 Commodity 16 Fixed cover 16a Square hole 17 Adjustment attachment 17a Hook claw

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A bend mechanism connected to a meandering product passage defined by arranging a guide rail between a pair of left and right rack side plates, and a passage facing the bend mechanism with a product discharge passage therebetween. In a serpentine type product storage rack of a vending machine provided with a press plate for width adjustment, the press plate is attached so as to hold the left and right rack side plates from the outside, and a carry-out passage corresponding to a thick can is provided between the press plate and a bend mechanism. Characterized by a combination of a fixed cover having a U-shaped cross section for partitioning a can and an adjustment attachment which is attached to the front wall of the fixed cover at the time of sale of the thin can and narrows the width of the carry-out passage between the bend mechanism. Machine serpentine-type product storage rack. 2. The product storage rack according to claim 1,
A serpentine-type product storage rack for a vending machine, wherein a side wall of a fixed cover is fixed to both ends of a through-pin for attaching a bend mechanism bridged between left and right rack side plates. 3. The product storage rack according to claim 1,
A serpentine-type product storage rack for a vending machine, wherein a hook claw is provided on the back side of an adjustment attachment, and the hook claw is hooked and locked and fixed in a square hole opened in a front wall of a fixed cover.