JPH11185138A - Automatic cigarette vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic vending machine capable of automatically and instantaneously performing positioning and fixation at a carry-away prescribed position corresponding to the respective sizes of many kinds of cigarettes. SOLUTION: This automatic vending machine is provided with a partition plate 5 capable of piling up and holding the cigarettes in a vertical direction and being moved in back and forth directions, plural fixing holes formed so as to correspond to the sizes of the cigarettes at the partition plate 5, a stopper 7 arranged at the carry-out prescribed position 8 of the cigarettes, a slide lever 9 arranged so as to face the stopper 7 and a projected part formed at one end of the slide lever 9. By operating the partition plate 5, abutting the tip surface 31 of the cigarettes on the stopper 7 and moving the side lever 9 toward the fixing hole of the partition plate, the projected part of the slide lever 9 is engaged with the fixing hole corresponding to the size of the cigarettes among the fixing holes of the partition plate 5 and the stopper 7 is removed from the carry-away prescribed position.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vending machine for selling various kinds of tobacco.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a vending machine for cigarettes, tobacco is usually stacked vertically and held by a partition plate, and is ejected one by one by an unloading device.
When handling multiple types of tobacco with one vending machine, there is no particular problem if the size of the tobacco is the same. It must be adjusted by moving the partition plate so that it is aligned with the unloading position. This adjustment is made by the cigarette seller, but conventionally, the divider is manually operated,
The leading end surface of the cigarette is arranged at a predetermined position for carrying out, and is extremely complicated and requires skill. In many cases, the carrying out cannot be performed smoothly if the leading end surface of the cigarette is not exactly at the prescribed carrying out position.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a multi-type tobacco which includes different types of tobacco.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a vending machine which can automatically and instantaneously position and fix a predetermined position at a carry-out position according to the size of a cigarette.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the present invention, there is provided a partition plate which is capable of vertically stacking and holding tobacco and which can move in the front-rear direction. A plurality of fixing holes, a stopper disposed at a predetermined position for discharging the cigarette, a slide lever disposed to face the stopper, and a projection formed at one end of the slide lever, and a partition plate. To move the slide lever toward the fixing hole of the partition plate so that the protrusion of the lever engages with the fixing hole corresponding to the size of the tobacco inside the fixing hole of the partition plate. At the same time, the stopper is removed from the predetermined unloading position.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In the present invention, a vertically extending partition plate having an L-shaped cross section is arranged so as to be movable in the front-rear direction, and a stopper is provided at a predetermined position where the cigarette is to be ejected so as to protrude onto the tobacco exit path. With the slide lever facing the stopper, stack the cigarettes vertically inside the divider, move the divider to bring the front of the row of cigarettes into contact with the stopper, and slide the slide lever toward the divider to slide. The projection provided at one end of the lever is fitted into one fixing hole of the partition plate to fix the partition plate, and the stopper is removed from the tobacco discharge path by the rotation of the stopper by the movement of the slide lever. Also, by moving the slide lever in the direction of pulling out of the fixing hole of the partition plate, the stopper returns to the original position, that is, the predetermined position for unloading the cigarette by the force of the spring, and the stopper again projects onto the unloading path of the tobacco, and tobacco of different sizes. Then, the operation of the partition plate and the slide lever is performed again, and the tobacco can be placed at the predetermined position.

[0006]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a detailed perspective view of an internal mechanism thereof. Reference numeral 1 denotes a main body, which is provided with a discharge path 2 for cigarettes at the upper part. The discharge path 2 has a slit 3 in the center, and a discharge device 4 is arranged below the slit 3. Although there are various forms of the unloading device, the unloading path 2 is shown in the figure.
And a pin protruding above the caterpillar and pushing the rear end face of the cigarette with the movement of the caterpillar. Reference numeral 5 denotes a partition plate, which is vertically extending in an L-shaped cross section, is provided so as to be able to move back and forth along the carry-out path 2 of the main body 1, and an operation unit 6 is formed at a front part.
It has the function of holding vertically stacked tobacco. Reference numeral 7 denotes a stopper, which is located on a predetermined unloading position 8 of the unloading path 2 and can be retracted below the unloading path 2 by operation. Reference numeral 9 denotes a slide lever protruding from the front part of the main body 1, and controls the movement of the stopper 7 by the operation thereof.

As shown in FIG. 2, the internal mechanism arranged in the main body 1 has a stopper 7 having a contact surface 10 for tobacco at one end and a rotatable shaft 12 at the other end through a spring 11. And a projection 13 extending substantially perpendicularly from the other end. This stopper 7 is a spring 11
As a result, an upward force acts to hold the contact surface 10 at a position protruding above the carry-out path 2. The inclined surface 14 of the slide lever 9 is disposed so as to face the protrusion 13 of the stopper, and the slide lever 9 is movable in the lateral direction, has a protrusion 15 at one end, and corresponds to the size of the cigarette to the partition plate 5. Fixing holes 16, 17, 18, 1
9 and 20. This fixing hole can be increased or decreased according to the number of cigarette sizes to be handled.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be described. When aligning the tobacco 20 at the predetermined discharge position 8, the stopper 7 is subjected to an upward force by the spring 11, the contact surface 10 protrudes above the discharge path 2, and the lower surface 141 of the inclined surface 14 of the slide lever 9, that is, In the figure, the protrusion 13 of the stopper 7 is pressed against the surface at the back, and the protrusion 15 of the slide lever 9 starts from a state in which the protrusion 15 is disengaged from the fixing holes 16 to 20 of the partition plate 5. The tobacco 30 is vertically stacked along the partition plate 5, and the partition plate 5 is moved by the operation unit 6 so that the leading end surface 31 of the tobacco 30 comes into contact with the contact surface 10 of the stopper 7. Next, the slide lever 13 is moved in the direction of the arrow toward the partition plate 5 so that the protrusion 15 is one of the opposed fixing holes.
For example, the partition plate 5 is fixed by being fitted into the hole 16. At this time, the stopper 7 is moved by the movement of the slide lever 9 in the direction of the arrow.
Moves on the higher surface 142 of the inclined surface 14 of the slide lever 9, that is, the surface on the near side in the figure, and as a result, the stopper 7 rotates as shown by the arrow to rotate the contact surface 10. Is pulled downward from the carry-out path 2, the carry-out path 2 is opened, and the tobacco 20 is accurately placed on the predetermined carry-out position 8. When a carry-out signal is sent from the control unit of the vending machine in this state, the caterpillar of the carry-out device 4 is rotated, and the rear end face of the tobacco is pushed by the pin mounted on the caterpillar, so that one cigarette is discharged. 2 move on the main body 1
From the exit.

When handling tobacco of different sizes, the slide lever 9 is manually moved in the direction opposite to the arrow in the figure, that is, in the left direction.
Rests on the lower surface 141 of the inclined surface of the slide lever again, the stopper 7 rotates upward, and the contact surface 10 projects to the carry-out path 2. In this state, a new size cigarette is stacked along the partition plate 5 as described above,
By moving the partition plate 5 and the slide lever 9, it can be placed at a predetermined carry-out position.

Although FIG. 1 illustrates an example in which cigarettes are stacked in one row, the present invention can be applied to a type in which two rows are stacked before and after.

[0012]

According to the present invention, regardless of the size of the cigarette, the cigarette can be instantaneously taken out and set at the predetermined position by the two operations of the partition plate and the slide lever, without requiring any skill. The positioning of the cigarette is made very easy. Moreover, it can be easily installed on existing vending machines simply by adding an internal mechanism.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a detailed perspective view of an internal mechanism according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body 2 Unloading path 3 Slit 4 Unloading device 5 Partition plate 6 Partition plate operation part 7 Stopper 8 Unloading predetermined position 9 Slide lever 10 Stopper contact surface 11 Spring 12 Shaft 13 Stopper convex portion 14 Slope inclined surface 141 Low inclined surface 142 High inclined surface 15 Convex part of slide lever 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 Fixing hole 30 Tobacco 31 Tobacco tip surface

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A partition plate capable of vertically stacking and holding tobacco and moving in the front-rear direction, a plurality of fixing holes formed in the partition plate so as to correspond to the size of the tobacco, and arranged at a predetermined position where the tobacco is carried out. A stopper, a slide lever arranged to face the stopper, and a protrusion formed at one end of the slide lever, and operating the partition plate to contact the front end face of the cigarette with the stopper to move the slide lever. By moving the lever toward the fixing hole of the partition plate, the convex portion of the lever is engaged with the fixing hole corresponding to the size of the tobacco in the fixing hole of the partition plate, and the stopper is removed from the predetermined position. Vending machine for cigarettes.