JPH1186106A - Vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the falling of commodities having small heights, when they are carried and also to improve the storage efficiency of a commodity rack in a commodity store box by preparing a projection at the inside of a flapper to prevent the falling of the commodities. SOLUTION: A projection 8a is prepared at the inside of a flapper 8. When a commodity 5 that is selected by a selling command is taken out of a commodity rack and put on a shooter 7, the commodity 5 slides on the shooter 7 to push and open the flapper 8 at a carry-out port opening to an inner door 3 and is carried out to a commodity take-out port bucket 9, prepared at the inside of an outer door. Under such conditions, a commodity having a small height (a small milk bottle, etc.), hitches on the projection 8a at its head part and is temporarily slowed down to be assisted when it is dropped into the bucket 9 via its bottom part. Thus, the bottle will not fall when it is carried out into the bucket 9. As a result, even a small bottle can be easily taken out of the bucket 9.

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 products such as bottled milk.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 5 shows a configuration diagram of a conventional example. This figure 5
, 3 is a heat-insulating inner door for opening and closing the front of a product storage housing a product rack storing the product 5;
Reference numeral 7 denotes a shooter which is attached to the inside of the outer door through the flapper 8 of the carry-out port opened to the inner door 3 and guides the commodity 5 taken out of the commodity rack to the commodity take-out bucket 9 communicating with the outside commodity take-out port. . In FIG. 5, the products 5 are stored in a line in each room of a product rack partitioned by a partition wall.
At the front of the product rack, a shooter 7 is attached which is inclined downward toward a flapper 8 which closes a carry-out opening opened in the inner door 3. In front of the shooter 7, a product take-out bucket 9 attached to the inside of the outer door is arranged.

In this configuration, the product 5 selected by the sales command is cut out from the product rack into one-piece shooters 7 and slides on the inclined surface of the shooter 7 to remove the flapper 8 at the carry-out port opened to the inner door 3. It is pushed open and carried out to the product take-out bucket 9 of the outer door. The product rack and the shooter 7 are heat-insulated in the main body cabinet, and are installed in a product storage box whose front surface is closed by a heat-insulating inner door 3 so as to be opened and closed, and cooled by a cooler provided in the storage box. (See FIG. 2).

Further, the flapper 8 for closing the carry-out port of the inner door prevents the release of cool air in the refrigerator, so that it is effective in saving energy. FIG. 6 shows the configuration of the rear end support of a conventional shooter.
In FIG. 6, stoppers 7a and 7b are provided at the rear end of the shooter 7 at front and rear stages with a space therebetween, and the shooter 7 is inserted into the square hole of the support member 10 with the rear stopper 7b removed. After that, the rear stopper 7b is attached and the chute 7 is supported by the front and rear stoppers 7a and 7b.
From falling out. When the shooter 7 is used, the rear end is made higher and inclined.

[0005]

In the conventional construction, when a short product is dropped from a shooter into a product take-out bucket, the portion of the flapper that comes into contact with the head of the product is located at a position distant from the fulcrum of the flapper. Because of this, the contact resistance at that part is low, and the contact resistance may increase when sliding on the shooter because the bottom of the product bottle is scratched with a recycled bottle, but in this case the product may fall over In some cases, the product is placed laterally on the bottom of the product takeout bucket, and in that case, it is difficult to put a hand into the product takeout bucket and take out the product (see FIG. 5).

In order to improve the storage efficiency of the product racks by reducing the distance between the product racks when arranging the product racks on top of one another, the upper product take-out opening bucket opens the lower flapper. There is a limit in shortening the distance between product racks because they interfere during operation. In addition, when the housing equipment is front-operated and front-maintenance type, and the rear plate of the storage cabinet is welded, the chute with a down slope toward the front is inserted into a square hole large enough to allow the chute to pass through the support member. When inserting the shooter into the square hole when trying to install the stopper at the subsequent stage when inserting and mounting,
Since the latter stopper is on the back side of the support member, the mounting work becomes difficult, and when the square hole is formed into a deformed hole large enough to allow the shooter and the stopper to be inserted, there is a problem that the stopper does not serve to prevent the stopper from coming off. .

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems. It is an object of the present invention to prevent a short product from falling over during transportation and to improve the efficiency of storing a product rack in a product storage. Another object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine which has an improved vending machine and which facilitates the work of mounting the shooter.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a product storage compartment in which a heat insulating partition is provided in a main body cabinet and a front surface of the main body cabinet is closed and opened by a heat insulating inner door. The refrigerated products stored in the stored product racks are unloaded one by one, and are slid and transported on a down-sloping shooter toward an outlet opening to the inner door, and the inner door is transported. In a vending machine in which a flapper that opens and closes an outlet is opened and opened, and is carried out to a product takeout bucket provided inside an outer door for sale, the flapper is provided with a projection on the inside to prevent the product from tipping over. It is characterized by the following.

With the above arrangement, the head of the commodity sliding down the chute hits the projection of the flapper and temporarily delays the movement of the head of the commodity, so that the commodity falls from the bottom into the commodity take-out bucket and is placed without falling over. It becomes possible to do. In addition, the invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the products stored in a product rack stored in a product rack stored in a product storage compartment which is insulated and partitioned in a main body cabinet and whose front surface is closed by a heat insulating inner door so as to be openable and closable. , One piece is conveyed, slid and transported on a down-sloping chute toward a carry-out port opened to the inner door, and a flapper for opening and closing the carry-out port of the inner door is opened and opened to open the outer door. In a vending machine that unloads and sells a product to a product outlet bucket provided inside a plurality of product takeout buckets, a plurality of product takeout buckets are vertically arranged side by side, and a product takeout bucket located in an upper stage is formed after forming a bucket. While making the wall a movable wall that can swing toward the inside of the bucket,
A notch is provided at the rear of the bottom of the bucket.

With the above structure, even when the upper product take-out bucket is interfered with the lower flapper pushed open by carrying out the product, the rear wall of the upper product take-out bucket is pushed by the flapper pushed open by the product. In addition, since the rear portion of the bucket bottom is notched, the swinging space of the lower flapper is secured by the movable wall and the notch portion of the rear portion of the bucket bottom, so that opening and closing of the flapper is hindered. Thus, it is possible to prevent the product from being jammed due to the interference, thereby shortening the interval between the upper and lower product racks, and improving the efficiency of storing products in the product storage.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a product rack which is heat-insulated in a main body cabinet and stored in a merchandise rack housed in a merchandise storage cabinet whose front face is closed by a heat-insulating inner door so as to be opened and closed. The product is carried out one by one, and is slid and transported on a down-sloped chute toward a carry-out opening that opens to the inner door, and a flapper that opens and closes the carry-out opening of the inner door is pushed and opened. In a vending machine to be carried out for sale by carrying it out to a product outlet bucket provided inside the outer door, the shooter is provided with front and rear step stoppers projecting at intervals on the rear surface on the rear end side, and the shooter and A deformed hole through which the rear stopper is inserted, and a holding plate that closes a part of the deformed hole to prevent the rear stopper from falling out, and a vertical support member that supports the rear end of the shooter is provided. After inserting the shooter and subsequent stopper, supported by retaining a rear end of the chute is closed by plate pressing a portion of the profile holes.

With the above configuration, the assembling operation of the shooter is
Insert the chute with pre-installed front and rear stoppers into the deformed hole opened to a size that allows it to be inserted with the rear stopper attached to the support member, and then close a part of the deformed hole with the holding plate. Becomes work from the front of the storage cabinet, and the workability can be improved.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a view showing a configuration of a main part of an embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 1 (a) shows a state in which a short product is carried out to a product take-out bucket, and FIG. Shows an outline drawing of a short product. 2A and 2B show an external view of a vending machine equipped with FIG. 1, wherein FIG. 2A is a front view of an outer door, and FIG. 2B is a view in which an outer door and an inner door are opened. In FIGS. 1 and 2, the members denoted by the same reference numerals as those of the conventional example have almost the same functions, and therefore the description thereof will be omitted. 1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a main body cabinet, 2 denotes an outer door hinged to the main body cabinet 1, and 3 denotes heat insulation for opening and closing a front surface of a product storage 4 partitioned insulated in the main body cabinet 1. The inner door 5 is a product, and the product 6 is placed in a row in each of the compartments divided into a plurality of compartments by a partition wall, and the bottom surface on which the product 5 is placed is inclined downward toward the exit side. The product rack 7 is attached to the inside of the outer door 2 through the upper or lower flapper 8 of the carry-out opening that opens the inner door 3 to the product 5 carried out of the product rack 6, and A shooter 8a that leads to a product outlet bucket 9 communicating with one of the lower product outlets, and 8a denotes a protrusion provided inside the flapper 8.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, a commodity storage compartment 4 insulated and partitioned in the main body cabinet 1 has a front surface closed by an inner door 3 hinged to the main body cabinet 1. Is cooled by a cooler that evaporates a refrigerant circulating from a refrigerator disposed in the refrigerator.
The outside of the inner door 3 is closed by the outer door 2. Then, the products 5 stored in the product storage 4 are stored in a row in a room of a product rack 6 partitioned by a partition wall.

The commodity rack 6 has a lower mounting leg which can be pulled out and fixed to a stepped receiving stand (not shown) in the commodity storage 4 so as to be attached downwardly in the carrying direction of the commodity 5. On the exit side of the product rack 6, a shooter 7 is provided with a rear end inserted through an insertion hole of the support member and in a state of being inclined downward toward the flapper 8 at the exit of the inner door 3. In this configuration, when one of the products 5 selected by the sales command is cut out from the product rack 6 and transferred to the shooter 7, the product 5 slides on the shooter 7 and opens at the inner door 3 to the flapper 8 at the carry-out port. , And is carried out to the product outlet bucket 9 inside the outer door 2. At that time, the short product (milk bottle small bottle) has its head temporarily caught by the projection 8a inside the flapper 8, and its movement is temporarily delayed, so that the product falls from the bottom of the bottle into the product takeout bucket 9. Is carried out into the product outlet bucket 9 without falling over.

If the flapper of the product door of the outer door 2 is opened, the product 5 can be taken out from the product outlet bucket 9 by opening the flapper. FIGS. 3A and 3B are configuration diagrams of a main part of another embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 3A is a diagram illustrating a state where a product is carried out to a product outlet bucket, and FIG. 3B is a side view of the product outlet bucket. Is shown. The vending machine on which FIG. 3 is mounted is substantially the same as the vending machine of FIG. 2, and a description thereof will be omitted.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 3 denotes a heat-insulating inner door for opening and closing the front surface of a product storage, 5 denotes a product, and 7 denotes a product 5 taken out of a product rack and a product take-out bucket 9 or 90. , A flapper 8 for closing the carry-out port of the inner door 3, 90 a a movable wall of the product take-out bucket 90 (upper stage), 90 b a stopper of the movable wall 90 a, 90 b
“c” indicates a cutout at the bottom rear of the product outlet bucket 90.

In the above configuration, the product 5 stored in the lower stage is pushed out from the product rack via the shooter 7 to open the flapper 8 that closes the exit of the inner door 3 and is carried out to the lower product take-out bucket 9. At this time, since the rear wall of the upper product takeout bucket 90 is a movable wall 90a and the bottom rear portion is provided with a cutout 90c, the movable wall 90a of the upper product takeout bucket 90 is And the bottom of the bucket is cut off so that the swinging space of the lower flapper 8 can be moved by the movable wall 9.
0a and the notch portion 90c at the rear of the bottom of the bucket, the distance between the upper and lower product racks can be reduced by that much,
Product storage efficiency in the product storage is improved.

FIG. 4 is a structural view of a main part of another embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
(B) is an outline drawing of the support member of (a), (c) is an outline drawing of the holding plate. In FIG. 4, reference numeral 7 denotes a shooter which conveys goods by sliding; 7a and 7b, before and after the rear end of the shooter 7, which project from the rear end of the shooter 7; and 10, a support member which supports the rear end of the shooter 7. Reference numeral 10a denotes a modified hole which is opened in the support member 10 and is large enough to be inserted in a state in which the rear stopper 7b is projected from the shooter 7;
After the shooter 7 and the rear-stage stopper 7b are inserted through 0a,
A screw hole for screwing the holding plate 11 to the support member 10 through the hole 11a is shown.

In the above configuration, the shooter 7 is inserted into the deformed hole 10a of the support member 10 while keeping the front and rear step stoppers 7a and 7b projecting substantially horizontally, and then the pressing plate 11 is partially inserted into the deformed hole 10a. And press the holding plate 11
Is screwed into the screw hole 10b of the support member 10 through the hole 11a, and the shooter 7 is prevented from falling out of the horizontal and predetermined inclined state in the remaining deformed hole 10a and supported.

[0021]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is an effect that the small bottle can be easily taken out from the product outlet bucket. According to the second aspect of the present invention, when stacking and arranging the commodity racks vertically, the distance between the upper and lower parts is shortened to improve the efficiency of accommodating the goods in the warehouse, and the movable upper product takeout bucket is movable. Swinging the wall has the effect of facilitating cleaning of the bottom.

Further, according to the third aspect of the invention, there is an effect that the workability of assembling the shooter is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a main part of an embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 1 (a) shows a state in which a short product is carried out to a product outlet bucket, and FIG. Dimensions

2 shows an external view of a vending machine equipped with FIG. 1,
(A) is a front view of an outer door, and (b) is a view in which an outer door and an inner door are opened.

FIGS. 3A and 3B are configuration diagrams of a main part of another embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 3A shows a state in which a product is carried out to a product outlet bucket, and FIG. Figure

FIGS. 4A and 4B are configuration diagrams of a main part of another embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 4A is an assembly view of a rear end of a shooter, and FIG.
(C) is an outline drawing of the holding plate.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of a conventional example.

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of a rear end support of a conventional shooter.

[Explanation of symbols]

 5 Commodity 7 Shooter 7a Front stopper 7b Rear stopper 8 Flapper 8a Projection 10 Support member 10a Deformed hole 10b Screw hole 11 Holding plate 11a hole 90 Product takeout bucket 90a Movable wall 90b Stopper 90c Notch

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A product which is heat-insulated in a main body cabinet, and which is stored in a product rack stored in a product storage house closed in a front and openable manner by a heat-insulating inner door, and refrigerated and stored, is individually delivered. Then, the sliding door was slid on a down-sloping shooter toward a discharge port opened to the inner door and conveyed, and a flapper for closing and opening the discharge port of the inner door was opened and provided inside the outer door. In a vending machine which is carried out to a product outlet bucket for sale, the flapper is provided with a projection on an inner side for preventing the product from falling down. 2. A product stored in a product rack stored in a product storage housed in a product storage compartment closed in a main cabinet and insulated by a heat-insulating inner door on the front side and taken out one piece. Then, the sliding door was slid on a down-sloping shooter toward a discharge port opened to the inner door and conveyed, and a flapper for closing and opening the discharge port of the inner door was opened and provided inside the outer door. In a vending machine which is carried out to a product outlet bucket for sale, a plurality of product outlet buckets are vertically arranged in parallel, and a product outlet bucket located at an upper stage is
A vending machine characterized in that a rear wall forming a bucket is a movable wall that can swing toward the inside of the bucket, and a notch is provided at a rear bottom of the bucket. 3. Insulated compartments in the main body cabinet, and the products stored in a product rack housed in a product storage house closed on the front side with a heat-insulating inner door so as to be openable and closable are unloaded. Then, the sliding door was slid on a down-sloping shooter toward a discharge port opened to the inner door and conveyed, and a flapper for closing and opening the discharge port of the inner door was opened and provided inside the outer door. In a vending machine to be delivered to a product outlet bucket for sale, the shooter is provided with front and rear stoppers protruding at intervals on the rear surface on the rear end side, and a deformed hole through which the shooter and the rear stopper are inserted; A vertical support member for supporting a rear end of the shooter is provided, and a shooter and a rear stop are provided in the support hole of the support member. After inserting the vending machine, characterized in that so as to support and retaining the rear end of the chute is closed by plate pressing a portion of the profile holes.