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

Serpentine type merchandise housing rack for automatic vending machine

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JPH103577A
JPH103577A JP15645396A JP15645396A JPH103577A JP H103577 A JPH103577 A JP H103577A JP 15645396 A JP15645396 A JP 15645396A JP 15645396 A JP15645396 A JP 15645396A JP H103577 A JPH103577 A JP H103577A
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passage
vending machine
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Yuki Ono
雄喜 大野
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Fuji Electric Co Ltd
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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

【発明の詳細な説明】DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

【0001】[0001]

【発明の属する技術分野】本発明は、缶商品用の自動販
売機に搭載したサーペンタイン式商品収納ラックに関す
る。
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】[0002]

【従来の技術】まず、頭記したサーペンタイン式商品収
納ラックを搭載した自動販売機の全体構成を図4に示
す。図において、1は本体ケース、2は前面外扉、3は
断熱内扉、4は本体ケース1の庫内に前後左右に配列し
て収設したサーペンタイン式商品収納ラックであり、周
知のように販売指令に基づいて商品収納ラック4から搬
出した商品(缶商品)はシュータを経て前面外扉2の商
品取出口に送出される。
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.

【0003】次に、前記したサーペンタイン式商品収納
ラック4の従来構成を図5,図6に示す。図において、
5は左右一対のラック側板、6はラック側板5の間に架
設して上下方向の蛇行状商品通路7を画成するガイドレ
ール、8は商品通路6に連ねてその上部側に敷設した商
品投入用のトップトレー、9は商品通路6の下部出口側
に設置したベンド機構、10は左右のラック側板間に架
け渡したベンド機構取付け用のスルーピン、11はベン
ド機構9との間に商品搬出通路12を隔てて対向配置し
た通路幅調整用の押え板、13はラック側板5に形成し
た異形の調節溝14に架け渡した押え板支持用のスルー
ピンであり、該スルーピン13に押え板11が取付けら
れている。
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.

【0004】かかる構成で、缶商品15の缶径に合わせ
て太缶を販売する際には、前記スルーピン13を介して
押え板11を図示実線位置にセットし、商品搬出通路1
2の通路幅をL1 に設定する。一方、販売商品を細缶に
変更する場合には、スルーピン13を調節溝14の溝に
沿って別な調節段位置に移動し、押え板11を図示鎖線
位置に移し替えて通路幅をL2 に狭める。
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】ここで、前記の押え板11は、その左右両
側縁を前方(商品搬出通路12と反対側)へL字形に折
り曲げて補強リブを兼ねたフランジ部11aを形成し、
このフランジ部11aに穿孔した穴にスルーピン13を
通して支持するようにしている。
[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】[0006]

【発明が解決しようとする課題】昨今では自動販売機の
道路はみ出しが社会的な問題になっていることから、自
動販売機はできる限り薄形に構成することが重要課題に
なっている。ところで、従来のサーペンタイン式商品収
納ラックに組み込んだ前記の通路幅調節用の押え板11
は、そのフランジ部11aにスルーピン13を通してラ
ック側板5の間に支持しており、設計面からフランジ部
11aの突き出し寸法Aは少なくとも10mm以上必要で
ある。このために、ベンド機構9を基準点とした商品収
納ラックの1コラム分の奥行き寸法Bは、少なくとも太
缶商品に対応する通路幅L1 に押え板11が占有する幅
(フランジ部11aの幅A)を加えた寸法が必要とな
り、押え板11のフランジ部の幅Aだけ余分にラックの
奥行き寸法Bが拡大する。このために、前後に複数列の
コラム(通常は4列)を配列した自動販売機全体では、
前記したフランジ部の幅Aによる奥行き寸法の増加分が
大きく無視できない値になる。
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.

【0007】本発明は上記の点にかんがみなされたもの
であり、その目的は前記課題を解決して奥行き寸法を縮
減して薄形化が図れるように構成したサーペンタイン式
商品収納ラックを提供することにある。
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】[0008]

【課題を解決するための手段】上記目的を達成するため
に、本発明によれば、左右一対のラック側板の間にガイ
ドレールを架設して画成した蛇行状商品通路に連ねて、
下部出口側にベンド機構,および該ベンド機構に商品搬
出通路を隔てて対向する通路幅調整用の押え板を配備し
た自動販売機のサーペンタイン式商品収納ラックにおい
て、前記押え板を、左右のラック側板を外側から抱え込
むように取付けてベンド機構との間に太缶に対応した搬
出通路を仕切る断面コ字形の固定カバーと、細缶の販売
時に前記固定カバーの前壁に取付けてベンド機構との間
の搬出通路幅を狭める調整アタッチメントとを組合せて
構成するものとする。
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.

【0009】前記の構成では、ベンド機構との間に商品
搬出通路を仕切る商品押え板としての固定カバーは、前
方に突き出すフランジ部が無く、したがって商品収納ラ
ックに組み込んだ状態で固定カバーが占有する奥行き方
向の寸法は、僅かに固定カバーの板厚(1〜2mm程度)
のみである。つまり、従来構成のものと比べて、商品収
納ラックの1コラム分の奥行き寸法は、太缶に対応した
商品搬出通路幅に固定カバーの板厚を加えた寸法まで縮
減でき、自動販売機全体では、前後に配列した商品収納
コラム数分だけ奥行き寸法を縮減して薄形構成にでき
る。
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.

【0010】また、本発明によれば、前記の固定カバ
ー,調整アタッチメントは、具体的に次記のような形態
で商品収納ラックに組み込むことができる。。1)固定
カバー板を、左右のラック側板間に架け渡したベンド機
構取付け用のスルーピンを利用して該スルーピンに固定
する。2)調整アタッチメントの裏面側にフック爪を設
け、該フック爪を固定カバーの前壁に開口した角穴に引
っ掛けて係止固定する。
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】[0011]

【発明の実施の形態】以下、本発明の実施例を図1〜図
3に基づいて説明する。なお、実施例の図中で図6に対
応する同一部材には同じ符号が付してある。すなわち、
図示実施例においては、左右のラック側板5の間にスル
ーピン10を介してラック内の中央位置に架設したベン
ド機構9に対向して、ラックの前後端には左右のラック
側板5を外方から抱え込むように断面コ字形になる固定
カバー16が配置されている。この固定カバー16はそ
の前壁とベンド機構9との間に商品15の太缶に対応し
た通路幅L1 の商品搬出通路12を仕切る押え板の役目
を果たすものであって、板厚tが1〜2mm程度の鋼板を
コ字形に曲げ加工して作られており、その左右両側壁を
ラック側板5の外側に重ねてベンド機構取付け用のスル
ーピン10の両端に固定されている。なお、図示実施例
ではラック側板5の前後縁の下部を切欠し、この切欠き
部分に固定カバー16の前壁を挿入してラック側板5の
前後幅寸法内に収まるようにしている。
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.

【0012】かかる構成により、図6で表した商品収納
ラックの1コラム分の奥行き寸法Bと比較して、図示実
施例での1コラム分の奥行き寸法Cは、太缶に対応した
搬出通路幅L1 に固定カバー16の板厚t(tは1〜2
mm程度)を加えた寸法に縮減される。また、この実施例
では細缶商品に対応して商品搬出通路12の通路幅をL
2 に縮小するための手段として、前記の固定カバー16
に組合せて使用する調整アタッチメント17が用意され
ている。この調整アタッチメント17は鋼板の外縁を裏
側に折り曲げて形成した台板で、板面中央から裏面側に
フック爪17aが切り起こし形成されており、このフッ
ク爪17aに対向して固定カバー16の板面には爪を引
っ掛ける角穴16aが開口している。
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.

【0013】そして、太缶商品を販売する場合には調整
アタッチメント17は外して保管しておき、販売商品を
太缶から細缶に変更する際に、固定カバー16の内側に
前記した調整アタッチメント17を装着する。これによ
りベンド機構9との間の商品搬出通路12の通路幅がL
1 からL2 に狭まる。
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】[0014]

【発明の効果】以上述べたように、本発明の構成によれ
ば、従来と同様な商品搬出通路幅の調整機能を保ちつ
つ、商品収納ラックの所要奥行き寸法を縮減することが
でき、これにより自動販売機の薄形化が図れる。
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.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief description of the drawings]

【図1】本発明の実施例によるサーペンタイン式商品収
納ラックの商品搬出部の構造を示す斜視図
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.

【図2】図1の横断平面図FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional plan view of FIG.

【図3】図1の縦断側面図FIG. 3 is a longitudinal side view of FIG. 1;

【図4】サーペンタイン式商品収納ラックを搭載した自
動販売機の全体構成図
FIG. 4 is an overall configuration diagram of a vending machine equipped with a serpentine-type product storage rack.

【図5】従来におけるサーペンタイン式商品収納ラック
の外観斜視図
FIG. 5 is an external perspective view of a conventional serpentine-type product storage rack.

【図6】図5における商品搬出部の構造を示す縦断側面
FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional side view showing the structure of a product discharge section in FIG. 5;

【符号の説明】[Explanation of symbols]

4 商品収納ラック 5 ラック側板 6 ガイドレール 7 商品通路 9 ベンド機構 10 ベンド機構取付用のスルーピン 12 商品搬出通路 15 商品 16 固定カバー 16a 角穴 17 調整アタッチメント 17a フック爪 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)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 【請求項1】左右一対のラック側板の間にガイドレール
を架設して画成した蛇行状商品通路に連ねて、下部出口
側にベンド機構,および該ベンド機構に商品搬出通路を
隔てて対向する通路幅調整用の押え板を配備した自動販
売機のサーペンタイン式商品収納ラックにおいて、前記
押え板を、左右のラック側板を外側から抱え込むように
取付けてベンド機構との間に太缶に対応した搬出通路を
仕切る断面コ字形の固定カバーと、細缶の販売時に前記
固定カバーの前壁に取付けてベンド機構との間の搬出通
路幅を狭める調整アタッチメントとを組合せて構成した
ことを特徴とする自動販売機のサーペンタイン式商品収
納ラック。
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.
【請求項2】請求項1記載の商品収納ラックにおいて、
固定カバーの側壁を、左右のラック側板間に架け渡した
ベンド機構取付け用のスルーピンの両端に固定したこと
を特徴とする自動販売機のサーペンタイン式商品収納ラ
ック。
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.
【請求項3】請求項1記載の商品収納ラックにおいて、
調整アタッチメントの裏面側にフック爪を設け、該フッ
ク爪を固定カバーの前壁に開口した角穴に引っ掛けて係
止固定したことを特徴とする自動販売機のサーペンタイ
ン式商品収納ラック。
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.
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