JPH1091860A - Automatic vending machine for selling articles such as confectioneries loose - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the automatic vending machine simple in structure and capable of automatically selling articles such as confectioneries loose with game performance. SOLUTION: Plural cylinder vessels 5 in which different articles are housed are arranged in a circumferential direction on a rotary pedestal part 3a at the bottom part of a rotating body 3 of this automatic vending machine 1, and an article discharging device 9 is attached to the rotary pedestal part 3a at the lower part of each cylindrical vessel 5. Also, a fixing stand 2 is provided with a driving source (motor) 17 of the rotating body 3, article bearing part 42, measuring means 43, output port 46, and coin input port. Then, the total amounts of the articles to be taken out from the plural cylindrical vessels 5 according to the input of coins are decided by a controller, and the articles within the range of the decided total amounts are carried from the cylindrical vessel selected from the plural cylindrical vessels 5 on the discharging device 9, carried by the discharging device 9, received by the bearing part 42, and measured by the measuring means 43. This operation is repeated, and when the integrated value of the measured values is made equal to the decided total amounts, the articles are taken out from the output port 46.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a candy,
The present invention relates to an automatic vending apparatus for confectionery such as chocolate and other loose selling articles, and more particularly to an automatic vending apparatus for such kind of loose selling articles in which payout is added to a game property.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this kind of article is sold in a container such as a box or a capsule, or is weighed and sold in bulk. When sold in containers such as boxes or capsules, vending machines may be used, but in this case, of course, bulk sales and bulk sales are not possible. In the case of weighing and selling in bulk, the sales clerk takes out the quantity according to the customer's request from the display shelf or the display container of the article,
It is then weighed and handed to the customer. Therefore,
The sale of goods is directly between the customer and the clerk and is not automated.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The invention of the present application automates the sale of this kind of bulk selling goods from the delivery of money to the weighing and dispensing of the goods, and at the same time, arbitrary goods from various kinds of bulk selling goods. In addition, by giving the game characteristics to the determination of the total amount of the payout amount of all the selected articles, the customer can purchase such kind of bulk selling articles while enjoying the game. It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic vending apparatus of such a kind of bulk sale article having a simple structure.

[0004]

Means and Effects for Solving the Problems According to the invention described in claim 1 of the present application which has solved the above-mentioned problems, an automatic vending apparatus for bulk selling articles such as confectionery, A plurality of cylindrical containers each including a fixed base, a rotary body rotatably supported on the fixed base, and a control device, and a plurality of cylindrical containers each containing a different article on a rotary base at the bottom of the rotary body. Are erected side by side in the circumferential direction, and below each cylindrical container, the article dispensing device is attached to the rotating pedestal portion, and the fixed base has a driving source for the rotating body, and the dispensing device. A receiving section for receiving the article carried by the apparatus, a weighing means for weighing the article received by the receiving section, an outlet for the article received by the receiving section, and a coin slot; The control device includes: The total amount of articles that can be taken out of the plurality of cylindrical containers is determined by the loading, and within the range of the determined total amount, the articles are transferred from the selected cylindrical container among the plurality of cylindrical containers to the dispensing device. Is delivered by the dispensing device, received by the receiving portion, measured by the measuring means, the above operation is repeated, when the integrated value of the measured value is equal to the determined total amount, An automatic vending apparatus for bulk selling articles such as confectionery, which is provided with control means that operates to take out articles from an outlet.

[0005] Since the invention described in claim 1 is configured as described above, a plurality of loose-selling articles are selected, weighed, and desired by the customer in selling loose-selling articles such as confectionery. Items in a desired quantity can be automatically sold.

Further, according to the second aspect of the present invention, the driving source and the clutch of the payout device are provided on the fixed base side, so that when the payout device is driven, the rotating body side is used. There is no need to interpose a slip ring for supplying electric power and a control electric signal between the fixed base and the rotating body, so that the structure of the vending apparatus is simplified.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, while observing the remaining amount of articles that can be taken out from the plurality of cylindrical containers displayed on the display means, Next, a cylindrical container in which an article to be taken out is stored can be selected, and taking out and purchasing a desired article become easy.

Further, by configuring the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3 as described in claim 4, the outlet can be opened, and a door can be provided here. It becomes unnecessary.

Further, by configuring the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3 as described in claim 5, even when a receiving portion is provided near the outlet, the receiving portion can receive the receiving portion. It is possible to prevent the act of taking out the removed article during the article purchasing action (1 play) and falsifying the remaining amount of the article that can be taken out.

Further, by configuring the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 5 as described in claim 6, it is possible to determine the total amount of articles that can be taken out from a plurality of selected cylindrical containers. It is possible to provide a game, and the customer can enjoy the purchase of these kinds of loose articles while enjoying the play.

Further, by configuring the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 6 as described in claim 7, the configuration of the dispensing device is simplified.

[0012] Further, by configuring the invention according to the seventh aspect as described in the eighth aspect, the delivery of the articles from the selected cylindrical container to the dispensing device is performed regularly, and the dispensing device is arranged. Since the transmission from the to the receiving portion and the receiving by the receiving portion are performed continuously and regularly, the measurement by the measuring means can be performed quietly and accurately.

Further, by configuring the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 6 as described in claim 9, the same effect as the inventions described in claims 7 and 8 can be obtained. it can.

[0014] Further, according to claim 10, as in claim 10,
According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, it is easy to take out the article received in the receiving portion.

[0015] Further, as described in claim 11, claim 1 is as follows.
By configuring the invention as described in Item 0, the impact when the cup is placed on the receiving portion or the impact when the article falls on the receiving portion is not directly applied to the weighing means, and the weighing is quiet. And it will be done accurately.

According to the twelfth aspect of the present invention, the article contained in the cylindrical container can be visually checked, so that the customer can view the article. However, it is possible to purchase the article while confirming the payout of the desired article.

Further, by configuring the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 9 as described in claim 13, the tubular container can be protected and customer safety can be improved.

[0018]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. FIG. 1 is an external view of an automatic vending apparatus for selling bulk goods such as candy and chocolate according to the present invention, and FIGS. 2 to 11 are detailed structural views. In these figures, in a vending apparatus 1 for articles 4-1, 4-2,... Sold in bulk, a rotating body 3 having a circular cross section is rotatably supported on a fixed base 2. .

The rotating body 3 comprises a rotating base (turntable) 3a and a column 3b.
, a plurality of cylindrical containers (columns) 5-1, 5-2,... accommodating different articles 4-1, 4-2,. And the plurality of cylindrical containers 5
-1, 5-2, ..., if necessary, a dummy board with the same design as the articles contained in the corresponding cylindrical containers 5-1, 5-2, ... 6-1, 6-2, ... are provided. In the case of the present embodiment, the number is eight.

The cylindrical containers 5-1, 5-2,... May be cylindrical or rectangular, and if the dummy board is not used, a transparent glass material may be used. Alternatively, it is formed from a plastic material. .. And the dummy board 6-1.
A cylindrical transparent glass cover or a cylindrical transparent plastic cover 7 is attached to an outer shell base 13 of the fixed base 2 to be described later, surrounding 6-2,.

The rotating pedestal 3a is provided with the plurality of cylindrical containers 5
-1, 5-2,..., And a lower rotary pedestal 3d, which is located at a predetermined distance below the lower pedestal 3c and has a central portion formed slightly upward.
In the space between the upper rotating pedestal 3c and the lower rotating pedestal 3d, a dispensing device 9- disposed below each of the plurality of cylindrical containers 5-1, 5-2,... 1, 9-2,
Are provided, and a ring member 41 having a groove to be fitted to a rail 40 described later is fixed to the lower surface of the lower rotating base 3d.

The plurality of cylindrical containers 5-1, 5-2,
, Are the belt conveyors 11-1, 11-2 of the dispensing devices 9-1, 9-2,... Disposed below the openings 10-1, 10-2,. -2,..., Respectively, from which the plurality of cylindrical containers 5-1, 5-2,.
・ Each article stored in the belt conveyor 11-1,
11-2,... Are dropped and sent out.
In addition, on the outer periphery of the lower openings 10-1, 10-2, ...,
In order to prevent the articles from being excessively sent out onto the belt conveyors 11-1, 11-2,..., There is provided a sending-out quantity controlling means 10a comprising an elastic hanging curtain or the like. In 10a, the height position is adjustable.

Here, the belt conveyors 11-1, 11-2,...
・ Belt conveyors 11-1, 11-
An article alignment groove 12 is formed in a direction inclined with respect to the traveling direction of 2,..., And each of the articles dropped and sent out is regularly received in these grooves. .

Next, the fixed base 2 includes an outer shell base 13, a support base 14 attached to the outer shell base 13, and a rail support supported by the support base 14 at a predetermined distance above. Stand 15,
A motor support base also supported at a predetermined distance below
It consists of 16. Numeral 40 is a rail forming a circular rail fixed on the rail support 15.

The motor 17 as a driving source of the rotating body 3
Are fixedly attached to the motor support 16 and the clutch mechanism 18 is fixedly attached to the support base 14, respectively.
Further, the support base 14 includes the plurality of cylindrical containers 5-
A column position recognition sensor 53 for detecting that each of 1, 5-2,... Has passed a predetermined position is attached.

The motor 17 is reduced in speed by a speed reducer 19 and has a pulley 21 fixed to a reduction gear shaft 20 at the final end thereof.
The driving force is finally transmitted to the rotating shaft 23 of the rotating body 3 via the belt 22 and the pulley 24 fixed to the rotating shaft 23 of the rotating body 3. Reference numeral 25 denotes a bearing of the reduction gear shaft 20 attached to the rail support 15, and reference numeral 26 denotes a brake that applies a brake to the rotation of the reduction gear shaft 20.

One end of the rotating shaft 23 of the rotating body 3 is fixed to the lower rotating base 3d of the rotating body 3, and substantially middle and other ends of the bearing 27 are attached to the rail support 15, respectively. It is supported by a bearing 28 attached to the motor support 16. An encoder 29 for detecting a rotation angle of the rotating shaft 23 is attached to a lower portion of the bearing 28. The encoder 29 functions as a reference column position recognition sensor that detects the position of a cylindrical container that is used as a reference in a control device described below, and in cooperation with a drop sensor 52 and an empty sensor described below, indicates clogging, Display sold out (empty).

The clutch mechanism 18 is rotatably supported at a fulcrum 33 by a motor 30 which is a driving source of the mechanism, an eccentric cam 31 integrally attached to a shaft of the motor 30, and a bracket 32. A link rod, a compression coil spring that presses the end of the link rod so as to always press the link rod against the eccentric cam 31,
The link 36 includes a tire 36 rotatably attached to the other end of the link 34, and an article delivery motor 37 attached to the other end of the link rod 34 as a driving source of the tire 36.

The clutch mechanism 18 determines the total amount of articles that can be taken out of the plurality of cylindrical containers 5-1, 5-2,... As described later. When the cylindrical container selected among the containers 5-1, 5-2,... Is located at the front position, the motor 30 is operated by pressing the determination button 64 described later, and the eccentric cam 31 is moved. By rotating, the link rod 34 is rotated clockwise in the figure against the pressing force of the compression coil spring 35, and the tire 36 is dispensed to the dispensing device 9-1 located below the selected cylindrical container. 9-2, ... are connected to the tire 38.

Here, the tire 38 is connected to the belt conveyors 11-1, 11-2 of the payout devices 9-1, 9-2,.
-2, ...
By connecting the tire 36 and the tire 38, the belt conveyor
11-1, 11-2,... Are driven to rotate by the operation of the article payout motor 37, and the articles contained in the selected cylindrical container move toward the receiving section 42 described later. Sent out. Are cutouts for reciprocating the tire 36 and the article payout motor 37 across the lower rotating base 3d.

The clutch mechanism 18 can be variously deformed depending on whether a compression coil spring or a tension coil spring is used as the coil spring, and the arrangement relationship between the coil spring and the cam. The configuration is not limited.

Next, a device provided around the fixed base 2 will be described. In FIGS. 1 and 2, immediately before the operator of the vending machine 1 is located, a receiving portion box 45 containing a receiving portion 42 and a scale 43 on which the receiving portion 42 is placed is provided. The box 45 has a take-out port 46 for taking out the articles received in the
In addition, a viewing window 47 made of a transparent material is provided on the upper part thereof so that the article received in the receiving portion 42 can be observed.

Here, a cup 44 is preferably placed on the receiving portion 42, and a holding mechanism 50 for the receiving portion 42 is provided as necessary, as shown in FIG. Can be 51 is a cup sensor for detecting the presence or absence of a cup, 52 is a drop sensor for detecting a drop of an article, 67 is a shooter for connecting the payout devices 9-1, 9-2,...

The holding mechanism 50 holds the receiving portion 42 until the receiving portion 42 has completely received the article or the cup 44 from which the dispensing has been completed, and the receiving portion 42 has securely received these. Then, the receiving portion 42 is operated to gently hang on the scale 43, whereby the impact when the cup 44 is placed on the receiving portion 42 or when the article falls on the receiving portion 42 Is not directly applied to the scale 43, so that the measurement can be performed quietly and accurately. The holding mechanism 50 can be easily configured by moving the lever up and down using a solenoid or by combining a motor and an eccentric cam.

The outlet 46 is connected to the outlet 46.
And a door lock mechanism 49 that can lock the door 48. The door lock mechanism 49 locks while an article is received in the cup 44, as described later. Then, when the total amount of articles taken out determined by the customer, which will be described later, is received, the lock is released and the cup 44 can be taken out.
After the removal of the cup 44, when the customer performs the next article purchase operation, a cup stocker box 54 described later is used.
A newer cup 44 is taken out and supplied to the receiving portion 42. Note that this operation may be automated.

Further, on the left side of the receiving section box 45, there is provided a cup stocker box 54 storing a cup 44 placed on the receiving section 42. The cup stocker box 54 further includes a customer Is provided with a speaker 55 for transmitting a predetermined operation instruction.

Further, on the right side of the receiving box 45, a coin box 56 and an operation panel 57 mounted on the coin box 56 and containing a control device of the vending machine 1 are provided. ing. Here, the “coin” of the “coin box” includes coins and medals, and has a meaning that can be replaced with banknotes.

As shown in FIG. 9, a coin insertion slot 58, a coin insertion cancel button 58a, an article take-out amount display section 59, and an article sold-out display section 60 are provided on the operation panel 57 as shown in FIG. Instruction lamp 6 for instructing the customer to perform a predetermined operation
1, 62, a selection button 64 for stopping the amount defining bar 63 that optically travels the removal amount display section 59 at a desired position for selection and determination of the total removal amount of articles, the plurality of cylindrical members. , Left rotation button (left "select" button) 65 for rotating the cylindrical container selected by the customer's request to the front position, and right rotation button ( Right "select" button 66 etc. are arranged.

The amount defining bar 63 is made up of an LED (light emitting diode) bar, which is connected in 16 stages to constitute the takeout amount display section 59. The take-out amount display section 59 displays the determined total take-out amount of the article as described above, based on the position (see FIG. 11) at which the amount defining bar 63 has stopped its optical travel. The remaining amount of the article that can be taken out can also be displayed.

The display of the remaining amount of the article to be taken out may be performed, for example, by changing the scale to make the minimum specified value scale at the left end of the taken out amount display section 59 zero after the total amount of the article taken out is determined. Thus, it can be easily performed using the same takeout amount display section 59. Further, an extension may be provided at the left end of the takeout amount display section 59 as another display means of the remaining amount of the article that can be taken out.

Next, the control procedure of the control device according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the schematic flowcharts of FIGS. In FIG. 12, when the power is turned on,
First, the solenoids such as the sensors and the door lock mechanism 49 are initialized, and the turntable 3a starts rotating.
The display lighting is turned on (steps 1 to 3). In this case, a zero adjustment step for the scale 43 may be added as necessary.

Next, the column position recognition sensor 53 detects the rotation of the cylindrical containers (columns) 5-1, 5-2,..., And the empty sensors (not shown) detect the respective cylindrical containers 5-1. , 5-
When the presence or absence of the articles in 2,... Is confirmed, a standby state for coin insertion occurs (steps 4 to 7). Here, if the empty sensor detects that there is no article in the cylindrical container, the empty display of the cylindrical container is displayed, but the operation of the vending apparatus 1 is continued (step 7).

Next, when a coin is inserted (step 8), the process proceeds to a cup setting subroutine of step 9 (step 8).
See FIG. 13). In this subroutine, when the column position recognition sensor 53 detects the position of the nearest cylindrical container,
The turntable 3a stops rotating, and the door lock mechanism 49
As a result, the lock of the door 48 is released (steps 21 to 23).

Then, the instruction lamp 61 "Please put a cup" flashes, and the customer enters the cup stocker box.
When the cup 44 is removed from the container 54 and placed on the receiving portion 42, the cup sensor 51 detects the cup 44 and the indicator lamp 61 is turned off (steps 24 to 2).
6). Next, after it is confirmed that the door 48 is closed and locked, the subroutine is terminated (step 2).
7 to step 30), and proceed to step 10.

In step S10, the total amount of articles that can be taken out of the plurality of cylindrical containers 5-1, 5-2,... Is determined. The details of this subroutine are shown in FIG. In FIG. 14, in step 41, upon completion of the cup setting subroutine,
63 repeatedly turns on and turns off all at once, whereby the front end of the light band repeatedly travels from the minimum specified value at the left end to the maximum specified value at the right end of the extraction amount display section 59 (FIG. 10). reference). During that time, the enter button 64 is also blinking (step 42).

Then, when the customer presses the enter button 64 so as to stop the end of the light band at a desired position (step 43), the enter button 64 is turned off (step 4).
5), the tip of the light band stops at a predetermined position (FIG. 1)
1), the blinking of the amount defining bar 63 ends (step 46). In this manner, the “predetermined position” at which the end of the light band stops is determined by the plurality of cylindrical containers 5-1 and 5-2,
.. Are determined (step 47).

Here, the "predetermined position" and the "desired position" do not easily coincide with each other, so that the customer can enjoy the game. If the "predetermined position"
However, even if it is located at the position of the minimum specified value on the left end of the takeout amount display section 59, the total amount of articles corresponding to the minimum specified value is an amount that does not cause a large loss to the customer. In the present embodiment, the amount is set to 65 g. A similar amount corresponding to the maximum specified value is 130 g.

The turning off of the enter button 64 (step 45) is automatically performed after a predetermined time of 10 seconds has elapsed without the customer pressing the enter button 64 (step 44). When the total amount of the articles that can be taken out is determined as described above, the scale is changed so that the minimum specified value scale at the left end of the take-out amount display section 59 is zero.
Thus, the take-out amount display section 59 functions as a remaining-amount display section of articles that can be taken out thereafter. Thus, the total amount determination subroutine ends, and the routine proceeds to step 11.

In step S11, a cylindrical container containing an article desired by the customer is selected from the plurality of cylindrical containers 5-1, 5-2,... The container is positioned at the front position of the customer by rotating the rotating body 3 by a required angle. Details of this subroutine (column selection subroutine) are shown in FIG.

In FIG. 15, in step 51, upon completion of the total amount determination subroutine, the right / left
65, 66, and the enter button 64 are blinking. here,
If the customer presses the left rotation button 65 in order to position the selected cylindrical container in front of the customer (step 52), only the left rotation button 65 turns on and the right rotation button 66 turns off. Meanwhile, the turntable 3a keeps rotating clockwise (steps 53 and 54).
Then, when the first cylindrical container comes to the front position of the customer, the column position recognition sensor 53 detects the first cylindrical container,
Stop the rotation of the turntable 3a (Step 5)
5, step 56).

Then, the left and right rotation buttons 65 and 66 start blinking again (step 51), and the turntable 3a is still rotated clockwise so as to position the selected tubular container at the front position of the customer. If necessary, the customer presses the left rotation button 65 again (step 5).
2). In this way, the above procedure (steps 51 to 56) is repeated until the selected cylindrical container is positioned at the front position of the customer.

When the selected cylindrical container is located at the front position of the customer and it is not necessary to press the left rotation button 65, the process proceeds from step 52 to step 57.
Then, in step 57, if it is not necessary to press the right rotation button 66, step 57 to step 6
Proceed to 1.

Proceeding from step 52 to step 57,
Assuming that the customer presses the right rotation button 66 in order to position the selected tubular container at the customer's front position, the procedure in this case is to position the selected tubular container at the customer's front position. Therefore, the procedure is substantially the same as that in the above case where the customer has pressed the left rotation button 65, and
1, step 52, steps 57 to 60,
The procedure of step 56 is repeated.

In this way, when the selected cylindrical container is positioned at the front position of the customer and it is no longer necessary to press any of the left and right rotation buttons 65 and 66, the process proceeds from step 57 to step 61. .

In step 61, when the enter button 64 is pressed, a command signal for paying out the articles from the selected cylindrical container positioned in front of the customer is issued, and the column selection subroutine ends. Then step 1
Proceed to 2. In step 61, if the enter button 64 is not pressed, the procedure for positioning the selected cylindrical container at the front position of the customer is repeated.

In step S12, when there is a command signal for article dispensing from step 61 in the column selection subroutine, a procedure for dispensing a desired amount of articles from the cylindrical container is performed. The details of the article dispensing subroutine are shown in FIG.

In FIG. 16, when the article payout subroutine receives the command signal, in step 71,
When the clutch is engaged, the drive shaft of the dispensing device 9 located below the cylindrical container located at the front position of the selected customer and the article dispensing motor 37 provided in the clutch mechanism 18 are as described above. And the payout device 9 starts rotating (step 7).
2).

By the rotation of the dispensing device 9, the article is conveyed from the cylindrical container toward the receiving portion 42, falls down the chute 67, is received by the receiving portion 42, and is weighed by the scale 43.

At this time, when the drop sensor 52 detects the drop of the article (step 73), the detected weight measured by the scale 43 is compared with the determined total amount of the article, and the difference (total amount−detection) is determined. It is determined whether or not the remaining amount of the item which can be taken out (weight) is, for example, 15 g or more (step 76). If it is 15 g or more, after a relatively long time t ₂ seconds, and if it is less than 15 g, the comparison is made. T ₃ (<
After t ₂ ) seconds, the operation of the article delivery motor 37 is stopped, and at the same time, the clutch is disengaged, and the delivery device 9 stops rotating (steps 77 and 78).

Here, the remaining amount of the article that can be taken out is 15 g.
The reason why the operation stop time of the article dispensing motor 37 is made different depending on whether or not the above is that when the remaining amount is large, a large number of articles are put out so that the customer can purchase one article (one play). ), It is possible to select the number of types of articles (eight types in the case of the present embodiment) corresponding to the number of the cylindrical containers, thereby enhancing the game characteristics. To do that. After the rotation of the dispensing device 9 is stopped, the dispensing device 9 is always driven to reverse slightly, so that excessive dispensing of the article is also suppressed.

As described above, the article delivery motor
When 37 stops and the clutch is disengaged and the dispensing device 9 stops rotating, the article is no longer sent to the receiving section 42. Then, it is next determined whether or not the balance 43 is stable (step 79). If it is confirmed that the balance is stable, the weight of the article received by the receiving section 42 and the remaining amount of the article that can be taken out are accurately determined. (Step 80). And
The remaining amount is displayed on the removal amount display section 59 (step 81).

In step 73, the drop sensor
If the item 52 does not detect the drop of the article, it is considered that the cause is a blockage of the article. If the state continues for a predetermined time t ₁ second or longer, a jam is displayed (step 74, step 74). 75), giving up of the articles from the cylindrical container is abandoned, and the procedure proceeds to a procedure for selecting a cylindrical container in which the next desired article is stored. Therefore, the process returns to step 11.

When the article payout subroutine is completed as described above, the flow advances to step S13. In step 13, it is determined whether or not the remaining amount detected in step 80 is equal to or less than zero, and if the remaining amount is not equal to or less than zero, the next desired article (which is the same as the previous desired article) The procedure will be shifted to the selection of the cylindrical container in which is stored. Therefore, the process returns to step 11.

In step 13, if the remaining amount is less than or equal to zero, the total amount of articles that can be taken out from the plurality of cylindrical containers 5-1, 5-2,. The purchase act (1 play) is over and as before,
The turntable 3a resumes rotation and returns to the standby state for the next customer (step 14).

During this time, the preceding customer opens the door 48 of the receiving box 45 to take out the articles received in the receiving section 42 (step 15). Details of the article removal subroutine of this step are shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 17, in the article removal subroutine, the lock of the door 48 by the door lock mechanism 49 is first released after receiving the signal of restart of the rotation of the turntable 3a (step 91). Take it out. ''
Flashes (step 92) to prompt the customer to remove the cup 44 in which the article was received. Then, the customer takes out the cup 44, and the cup sensor 51
However, when the cup 44 is no longer detected on the receiving portion 42, the "take out" instruction lamp 62 is turned off (steps 93 and 94).

Next, after confirming that the door 48 has been closed again (step 95), the door lock mechanism 49
The door 48 is locked (step 96). Finally, it is checked whether the door 48 is open (step 9).
7) If it is open, release the lock and return to step 95 (step 98). If not, step 4
Returns to the standby state for the next coin insertion.

In the above embodiment, the article delivery motor 37, which is the driving source of the article delivery devices 9-1, 9-2,..., Is a clutch mounted on the support base 14 on the fixed base 2 side. Although provided in the mechanism 18, when a slip ring is used, the article payout motor 37 may be provided on the rotating body 3 side. In this case, the motor 37
Can be directly connected to the drive shafts of the payout devices 9-1, 9-2,....

When the slip ring is used as described above, it is not always necessary to go through the procedure of “clutch disengagement” in step 77. In this case, the procedure of “clutch disengagement” is performed in step 77. 13 and step 14.

The receiving portion 42 is arranged at a position close to the take-out port 46 in the receiving portion box 45, so that the articles received on the receiving portion 42 can be taken out from the take-out port 46. Alternatively, the receiving portion 42 is provided outside the receiving portion box 45, and an opening / closing door is provided between the two, and when the article is taken out, the opening / closing door is opened and the article is received by the receiving portion 42. May be sent to the outlet 46 from
In this case, a door 48 with a lock mechanism for opening and closing the outlet 46 is unnecessary.

Further, the take-out amount display section 59 is constituted by connecting a plurality of levels of the amount defining bar 63 made up of LED (light emitting diode) bars.
May be configured in combination, whereby both the determined total removal amount of articles and the remaining amount of articles that can be removed can be switched and displayed.

FIG. 18 is a block diagram showing the relationship between inputs and outputs to the control device in this embodiment. In FIG. 18, a coin switch (coin S
W) detects that a coin has been inserted in step 8 and locks out another coin so that another coin is not inserted during play.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of an automatic vending apparatus for selling bulk goods such as confectionery according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of the vending apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken along the line III-III of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view showing a state in which a dispensing device is arranged below a cylindrical container in the vending apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a left side view of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VI-VI of FIG. 4, with a part cut away.

FIG. 7 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 8 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 2 when the receiving portion has a holding mechanism.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of the operation panel.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a situation in which a light band of an amount defining bar travels on an article removal amount display section.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a state where a light band is stopped in FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a control procedure of a control device provided in the vending apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a control procedure of a control device provided in the vending apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a control procedure of a control device provided in the vending apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a control procedure of a control device provided in the vending apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a control procedure of a control device provided in the vending apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a control procedure of a control device provided in the vending apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 18 is a block diagram showing a relationship between an input and an output to a control device provided in the vending apparatus of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Vending device, 2 ... Fixed base, 3 ... Rotating body, 3a ... Rotating pedestal (turntable), 3b ... Column part, 3c ...
Upper rotating pedestal, 3d ... Lower rotating pedestal, 4 (4-1, 4-2,
...) ... Articles, 5 (5-1, 5-2, ...) ... cylindrical containers (columns), 6 (6-1, 6-2, ...) ... dummy boards, 7 ... transparent Cover, 9 (9-1, 9-2, ...) ... dispensing device, 10 (10-1, 10-2, ...) ... lower opening, 10
a ... delivery amount control means, 11 (11-1, 11-2, ...) ... belt conveyor, 12 ... groove, 13 ... shell base, 14 ... support base, 15
… Rail support, 16… motor support, 17… motor, 18…
Clutch mechanism, 19 reduction gear, 20 reduction gear shaft, 21 pulley, 22 belt, 23 rotating shaft, 24 pulley, 25 bearing
26 ... Brake, 27 ... Bearing, 28 ... Bearing, 29 ... Encoder (reference column position recognition sensor), 30 ... Motor, 31 ... Eccentric cam, 32 ... Bracket, 33 ... Support point, 34 ... Link rod, 35 ...
Compression coil spring, 36 ... tire, 37 ... motor for dispensing goods, 38 ... tire, 39 (39-1, 39-2, ...) ... notch, 40 ... rail, 41 ... ring member, 42 ... receiving part , 43…
Scale, 44 cup, 45 box for receiving part, 46 ... outlet,
47 ... peep window, 48 ... door (door), 49 ... door lock mechanism,
50: holding mechanism, 51: cup sensor, 52: drop sensor, 53
... column position recognition sensor, 54 ... cup stocker box, 55 ... speaker, 56 ... coin box, 57 ... operation panel,
58: coin insertion slot, 58a: coin insertion cancel button, 59
... Removal amount display section, 60 ... Sold out display section, 61 ... Indicator lamp, 62 ... Instruction lamp, 63 ... Quantity regulation bar, 64 ... Enter button, 65 ... Left rotation button (left "select" button), 66 ... Right rotation Button (right "select" button), 67 ... Shooter.

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Hideki Watanabe Within SEGA Enterprises, 1-2-2 Haneda, Ota-ku, Tokyo

Claims (13)

[Claims] 1. A vending apparatus for selling bulk goods such as confectionery, the vending apparatus comprises a fixed base, a rotating body rotatably supported on the fixed base, and a control device, On the rotating pedestal portion at the bottom of the rotator, a plurality of cylindrical containers each containing a different article are erected in a line in the circumferential direction, and below each cylindrical container, the article dispensing device is provided. The fixed base is attached to the rotating base, and the fixed base has a driving source for the rotating body, a receiving section for receiving the article conveyed by the dispensing device, and weighing the article received by the receiving section. A weighing unit, an outlet for the articles received by the receiving portion, and a slot for coins are provided, and the control device has a total amount of articles that can be taken out of the plurality of cylindrical containers by inserting the coins. Is determined, and the determined total amount Within the range, an article is sent out from the tubular container selected from the plurality of tubular containers onto the payout device, carried by the payout device, received by the receiving portion, and weighed by the weighing means. A confectionery characterized by comprising control means operable to repeat the above-mentioned operations so that when the integrated value of the weighed values becomes equal to the determined total amount, an article is taken out from the outlet. Automatic vending equipment for selling bulk goods. 2. The fixed base further includes a drive source for the payout device, and a clutch for intermittently connecting the drive source of the payout device and the payout device. Vending machine for bulk goods such as confectionery. 3. The control device according to claim 1, further comprising means for displaying a difference between the determined total amount and the integrated value of the weighing value. An automatic vending device for bulk goods such as confectionery. 4. The control means operable to take out an article from the take-out port, the control means comprising means for sending the article from the receiving portion to the take-out port. 3. An automatic vending apparatus for selling bulk goods such as confectioneries according to any one of 3. 5. The control means operable to remove an article from the outlet includes a door for closing the outlet and a lock mechanism for locking the door. An automatic vending apparatus for selling bulk goods such as confectioneries according to any one of claims 1 to 3. 6. The means for determining the total amount includes an optical display means that travels between a predetermined minimum specified value and a predetermined maximum specified value corresponding to the inserted amount of the coin. 6. An automatic vending apparatus for selling bulk goods such as confectioneries according to claim 1, comprising means for stopping at a position. 7. The payout device according to claim 1, wherein the payout device comprises a belt conveyor.
An automatic vending device for selling bulk goods such as confectioneries according to any of the above. 8. The confectionery or the like according to claim 7, wherein grooves for aligning articles are formed on an outer surface of the belt conveyor in a direction inclined with respect to a running direction of the belt conveyor. Vending equipment for selling goods. 9. The automatic vending apparatus for bulk selling articles such as confectioneries according to claim 1, wherein the payout apparatus comprises a screw conveyor. 10. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a cup is exchangeably placed on the receiving portion. 11. The rose of confectionery or the like according to claim 10, wherein the receiving portion is provided with a means for detecting the placement of the cup and then applying the measuring means. Vending equipment for selling goods. 12. The automatic vending apparatus for bulk selling articles such as confectioneries according to claim 1, wherein said cylindrical container is made of a transparent glass material or a transparent plastic material. 13. The fixed base is provided with a tubular transparent glass cover or a tubular transparent plastic cover surrounding the plurality of tubular containers.
An automatic vending apparatus for selling bulk goods such as confectioneries according to claim 12.