JPS5813406Y2 - Vending machine return gate device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a return slot for change, etc. in a vending machine.

Conventionally, the return port of a vending machine is provided at the lower part of the front face of the vending machine, as shown in FIG. 6, and a flat return port area 19 is provided.

Therefore, even if the return opening area 19 is formed of a see-through member, when the inside of the return lower area is viewed from the front of the vending machine, the presence or absence of coins C in the return lower area can be confirmed through the return opening area 19. It is extremely difficult to do so.

In other words, the position of the eye looking at the return lower is higher than the position of the return lower, so the line of sight a looking into the return lower is oblique to the front of the return opening area 19 and the front of the return opening area 19 or other objects. It is difficult to see the return lower because it reflects the light and makes it difficult to take out.

Also, a coin mechanism 1 is located near the bottom of the return gate area 19.
When the coin C is ejected from the return port 6, the coin C comes into contact with the lower end of the return port 19, thereby hindering the opening/closing operation of the return port 19.

Furthermore, when the return opening area 19 opens rearward, the lower end of the return opening area 19 extends downward into the return lower, making the inside of the return lower small, making it difficult to take out coins. It had the following drawbacks.

The present invention has been developed in view of the above points, and embodiments will be described below based on the drawings.

Note that FIG. 6 shows a conventional example, and the same reference numerals indicate the same or similar items.

1 is the main body of the vending machine, 2 is the door installed on the front of the main body 1,
At the top there are a signboard 3, a product selection button 4 and a coin slot 5.
A coin return lever 6 and the like are provided, and a return lower for taking out change coins or return coins and a product discharge port 8 for taking out products are provided at the bottom.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a frame-shaped return opening rim member forming a take-out opening 10, and a return opening area 1 to be described later is provided at the rear of the upper side 11 of the rim member 9.
A supporting portion 12 is formed to pivotally support the field 2.
It is attached to a predetermined position at the lower part of the front panel 13 of.

Reference numeral 14 designates a return slot base provided to face the return slot edge member 9 through the front panel 13, with an opening 15 formed in the upper part and a coin mechanism 16 provided above the opening 15. The coin ejection port 17 is configured to correspond to the coin ejection port 17, and a receiving portion 18 for receiving coins from the coin ejection port 17 is provided at the lower part.

That is, the return opening edge member 9 and the return opening base 14 are connected to the front panel 1.
3 to form a return lower, the coins ejected from the coin mechanism 16 provided at the upper part of the return lower are received in the receiving part 18, and the coins can be taken out from the outlet 10. There is.

Reference numeral 19 denotes a return opening field whose upper end is movably supported on the supporting part 12 via a shaft rod 20 so that the outlet 10 can be opened and closed, and the intermediate part between the upper and lower ends is connected to the rear, that is, the return lower. The upper part of the bent part 21 is bent inward to form a guide part 22, and the lower part of the bent part 21 is provided with a see-through part 23 which can be seen through when the return opening area 19 is closed. The portion 23 is configured to be approximately perpendicular to the line of sight a.

That is, the lower end portion of the return port area 19 is the lower side portion 24 of the edge member 9.
The bent portion 21 is bent at a predetermined angle so that the front surface of the see-through portion 23 is approximately perpendicular to the line of sight a from above the front surface of the return lower when it comes into contact with the rear part and closes the extraction port 10. are doing.

Incidentally, like the transparent part 23, the guide part 22 of the return port area 19 may also have the entire return port island made of a transparent material so that it can be seen through.

Next, the operation of the guide section 22 with the above configuration will be explained.
A coin C is ejected from the coin ejection port 17 of the coin mechanism 16, and when the coin C falls, for example, in the direction of the ejection port 10, that is, in the front part of the return lower, it comes into contact with the guide portion 22 of the return port area 19, and the coin C is guided. Sliding or jumping on part 22 to return mouth area 1
9 falls into the receiving part 1B at the rear.

As described above, the present invention bends the middle part between the upper and lower ends of the return opening area at a predetermined angle so as to protrude inward from the return opening, and the upper part of this bent part serves as a guide part. A see-through part is formed at the bottom of the return slot so that coins dropped at the rear of the return slot will come into contact with the guide part and fall towards the rear of the return slot. The front surface of the transparent part is configured to correspond substantially at right angles to the line of sight when
Even when viewing the inside of the return slot from above the front surface of the return slot through the return slot area, it is easy to see through the see-through part and confirm the presence or absence of coins in the return slot.

Further, since the coins dropped into the front part of the return slot are caused to fall backward by the guide part, the opening/closing operation of the return slot area is not obstructed by the coins dropped into the return slot.

Furthermore, when the return opening area is opened to the rear, the return opening area moves significantly upward, so that the inside of the return opening is wide open, making it easy to take out coins from the return opening.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a vending machine, Fig. 2 is a sectional side view of the main parts showing an embodiment of the invention, Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the return opening area according to the invention, and Fig. 4 is according to the invention. A perspective view of the return port area showing another embodiment, FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the present invention, and FIG. 6 shows a conventional example. 7...Return port, 19...Return port world, 2
1...Bending part, 22...Guiding part, 23
・・・・・・Transparent part.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In a vending machine having a return port area whose upper end is rotatably supported at the upper part of the return port and rotates inward of the return port by pushing up, an intermediate portion between the upper and lower ends of the return port area. is bent at a predetermined angle so as to protrude inward from the return opening;
The upper part of the bent part serves as a guide part, and the lower part of the bent part is formed with a see-through part that allows the coins to be seen through, and the coins dropped onto the return opening edge member come into contact with the guide part and flow backward into the return opening. A return door device for a vending machine, which is configured such that the front surface of the transparent portion corresponds to a line of sight at a substantially right angle when the inside of the return port is viewed from above the front surface of the return port.