JPS5816049Y2 - Simple vending machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the idea] The present invention relates to a simple vending machine.

The present invention forms product storage chambers in front and behind the partition wall of the case body, and installs a frame body that alternately moves back and forth below the product storage chamber to push out the products in the storage chamber, and this frame body A drop opening is formed below to guide the product pushed out by the frame into a product receiving port provided at the lower front of the case body, and a back-and-forth movement mechanism is provided for alternately moving the frame back and forth by operating a manual lever. With this structure, a large number of products can be stored in two rows, front and back, and the products in these two rows can be taken out alternately by a frame that moves back and forth, and all without using any electrical system. To provide a simple vending machine which can be easily installed and used anywhere, even in places where there is no power supply, by having a structure consisting of only a single machine.

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

This embodiment relates to a lighter vending machine, and the case body 1 is formed in the shape of a lighter as a whole.

This case body 1 has two lighter storage chambers 3, 3 formed in the front and back with a vertical partition wall 2 as a boundary, and a large number of lighters can be stacked and stored in a horizontally overturned state. In addition, the lighter storage chambers 3, 3 are equipped with doors 4, 4 for storing the lighter,
Further, substrates 5, 5 are provided inside the left and right side portions of the case body 1.

The frame body 6 is installed below the lighter storage chambers 3, 3 so as to be movable back and forth by a back and forth movement mechanism which will be described later.

This frame body 6 has an inner width slightly wider than the longitudinal width of the lighter when it falls over, and a height of the frame that is approximately the same as the height of the lighter when it falls over, so that the lighter falls horizontally. It is formed so that one piece falls (enters) into the frame body 6.

Further, the frame body 6 is supported from below by support plates 7, 7 which are installed across the case body from front to back in the left-right direction.

The support plates 7, 7 support the frame 6 and also support a lighter falling into the frame 6.

A lighter drop opening 8 is formed between the front and rear support plates 7, 7 located below the lighter storage chambers 3, 3.

The frame body 6 has an open top and bottom surface and is formed into a rectangular shape with front and rear frames and left and right frames.

Each inner surface of the front and rear frames of the frame body 6 is a pushing surface that abuts a lighter that has been dropped and stored, and pushes out the lighter in the direction of the lighter drop opening 8 when the frame body 6 moves back and forth.

Further, the upper surfaces of the front and rear frames serve as support surfaces for supporting the lighters in the lighter storage chambers 3, 3 formed in the front and rear with the partition wall 2 as a boundary from below.

Furthermore, racks 22', 2 are provided on the upper surfaces of the left and right frames of the frame body 6.
2' is formed.

The lighter receiving port 9 is formed at the lower front of the case body 1 and communicates with the lighter dropping port 8, and a tapered regulation plate 10 is attached inside from the rear to the front so that a dropped lighter can be received. It is designed to reach mouth 9.

The longitudinal movement mechanism 11 is composed of the following members.

The manual lever 12 is installed on the upper surface of the case body 1 so as to be rotatable downward about a fulcrum 13, just like the ignition lever of a lighter, and is automatically returned to its original position by a spring 14 provided at the end. .

This manual lever 12 is a sliding rod 15 that is attached to the top of a board 5 provided on the side of the case body 1 so as to be able to move up and down.
The upper end of the lever is fixed, and the sliding rod 15 is moved up and down by the operation of the manual lever 12.

The sliding rod 15 is pivotally mounted with a switching piece 16 that swings left and right around a fulcrum 17 at the upper end, and this switching piece 16 has switching protrusions 16a, 16a on the left and right sides approximately halfway. At the same time, hooking claws 20.20 are protruded from the left and right sides of the lower end, and a tapered switching surface 18.18 is formed from the left and right hooking claws 20.20 to the lower end with the apex at the center of the lower end. There is.

Further, a switching spring 19 is attached to the sliding rod 15, which contacts the switching surface 18.18 of the switching piece 16 and presses the switching piece 16 to the right or left.

The left and right substrates 5 of the sliding rod 15 have left and right vertically moving rods 2.
1.21 is arranged to be able to move up and down.

This vertically movable rod 21.21 is connected to the hooking claw 20.21 of the switching piece 16.
It has a hook piece 22.22 that engages with 20,
The upper surface of this hook piece 22, 22 is formed into a tapered surface, and when the sliding rod 15 descends, the switching protrusion 16a of the switching piece 16, which is inclined to the right or left, slides to move the switching piece 16 to the left. It is also designed to switch and rotate to the right.

Further, the switching spring 19 presses the switching piece 16 that has been rotated to the left or right in the direction of rotation to tilt the switching piece 16 .

In this way, the switching piece 16 is configured so that its inclination direction changes to the right or left every time the sliding rod 15 descends.
Each time the sliding rod 15 is moved upward, the vertically moving rod 21 on the side of the hooking piece 22 that is engaged with the hooking claw 20 of the switching piece 16 is moved upward, and the vertically moving rod 21 on the opposite side is lowered like a rear guard. It is configured.

These vertically movable rods 21 and 21 each have a rack 2 inside the lower part.
2', 22' are formed and mesh with a pinion 24 which is rotatably attached to a shaft 23 which is rotatably supported by the base plates 5, 5.

Moreover, at the other end of the shaft 23 to which the pinion 24 is attached,
Similarly, a pinion 25 is attached to the shaft, and each pinion 24
, 25 mesh with second pinions 26, 27, respectively.

The second pinions 26 and 27 are engaged with racks 28 and 28 formed on the vertical frame of the frame body 6 installed below the lighter storage chambers 3 and 3, and are engaged with racks 28 and 28 formed on the vertical frame of the frame body 6 installed below the lighter storage chambers 3 and 3, and are engaged with racks 28 and 28 formed on the vertical frame of the frame body 6 installed below the lighter storage chambers 3 and 3, and the above-mentioned vertically movable rods 21 and 28 are engaged with each other. 21 pinion by alternating up and down movements 24.25
, the frame body 6 is rotated in the forward and reverse directions of the second pinions 26 and 27.
moves back and forth.

A stopper release mechanism 28' that releases the stopper after a coin is inserted into the simple vending machine (lighter vending machine) is comprised of the following members.

The vertical movement rod 21.21 has another rack 29゜2 inside it.
9 and is pivotally supported by the substrates 5, 5.
A pinion 31 is engaged with the shaft.

A rotary drum 32 is attached to the other end of the shaft 30, and a single step stopper portion 33.33 is formed on the upper side of the rotary drum 32.

Further, the stopper levers 34, 34 are formed into a dog-shaped shape so as to be rotatable around a fulcrum, and are supported by springs 35, 35.
Due to the tensile force, the end of the lever 34.34 presses against the rotary drum 32 and comes into contact with the first step part 33.33 of the stopper, thereby preventing the rotary drum 32 from rotating.

This rotary drum 32 has a coin insertion hole 36 in which a coin is inserted with the coin head protruding at 33 locations, and one-stage stopper parts 33 on the left and right of the upper part of the rotary drum 32. This prevents the tip of the stopper lever 34 from coming into contact with the first step portion 33 of the stopper.

In addition, this lighter vending machine has a coin receiver that allows coins to fall into a box (not shown) and receives the lighter at the same time, thereby preventing coins from being taken in advance.

The rotary drum 32 rotates so that the coin insertion holes 36.36 provided on the left and right sides of the upper part are located at the lower left or lower right side, and rotates between the intermediate position of the left and right stopper steps 33.33. A tension spring 37 is installed between the base plate 5 located below the movable drum 32, and constantly urges the drum to rotate to the left or right, and this drum 32 is shown in FIG. As shown, the left and right coin insertion holes 36 and 36 are normally located at the lower left or lower right.

This rotary drum 32 is connected to the manual lever 1.
2, and when one end of the spring 37 fixed to the rotating drum 32 crosses the longitudinal center line as shown at the opening in FIG. Rapidly rotates clockwise or counterclockwise,
When the coil insertion hole 36 reaches the lower part and causes the coin to fall, the above-described forward and backward movement mechanism 11 is suddenly operated,
The lighter is dropped from a lighter drop slot 8 to a receiving slot 9.

Furthermore, this lighter vending machine has a sold-out display mechanism 38.
have.

In this sold-out display mechanism 38, a rotating body 41 having a sensor 40 is supported on a shaft 39 that is pivoted to the substrate 5, and a lever 42 that rotates integrally with the rotating body 41 is attached to the rotating body 41. A tension spring 43 is provided at the end of this lever 42 to urge it downward, and the upper end of a rod 44 fixed to the end of this lever 42 is positioned at a fulcrum 46 with the upper end facing the coil input port 45. The shutter 47 is fixedly attached to the lower end of the shutter 47, which is rotatable around the shutter 47.

In the figure, 48 is a coil fall path, 49 is a coin selector, and 50 is a coin outlet.

Next, the operation of the vending machine of the present invention having the above-mentioned configuration will be explained below.

First, the sold-out display mechanism 38 will be explained. When a lighter is stored in the lighter storage chamber 3, the stored lighter presses the sensor 40 toward the partition wall 2, and the rotating body 41. The lever 42 is rotated upward against the bias of the spring 43 to push the rod 44 upward.

When the rod 44 is pushed up, the shutter 47 facing the coin slot 45 rotates downward about the fulcrum 46 to open the coin slot 45.

Furthermore, when all the lighters in the lighter storage chamber 3 are sold out, the sensor 40 that had been pressed in the two directions of the partition wall by the stored lighters is moved to the lever 42 due to the tensile force of the tension spring 43.
The downward rotation of the rotating body 41 causes it to protrude inside the lighter storage chamber 3, and the downward bias of the tension spring 43 pulls down the rod 44, causing the shutter 47 to rotate upward around the fulcrum 46. The coin slot 45 is closed by moving the coin slot 45.

Next, to explain the stopper release mechanism 28' of this vending machine, when a coin is not inserted and the coin is not in the coin insertion hole 36 of the rotating drum 32, even if you try to manually push down the bar 12, , the manual lever 12 cannot be pressed down because the tip of the stopper lever 34 comes into contact with the stopper single-stage portion 33 of the rotary drum 32 and prevents the rotary drum 32 from rotating.

Then, when a coin is inserted into the coin insertion hole 36 of the rotary drum 32, the head of the coin is located at the first step part 33 of the stopper of the rotary drum 32, so the tip of the stopper lever 34 The rotary drum 32 can be rotated without riding on the upper end of the coin and coming into contact with the stepped portion 33, and the manual lever 12 can be pressed down.

When the manual lever 12 is pressed down with the stopper released, the sliding rod 15 is pulled upward, and the vertically movable rod 21 whose hooking piece 22 is engaged with the hooking pawl 20 of the left/right switching piece 16 is raised.

When one of the vertically movable rods 21 rises, the vertically movable rod 21
The pinion 24 meshing with the rack 22' rotates, similarly operating the rack of the other vertically movable rod 21, and lowering the other vertically movable rod 21 in the opposite direction.

Since the left and right switching pieces 16 are swung left and right alternately due to the above-described configuration, the vertically movable rods 21 with which the hooking claws 20 engage are alternately switched.

As mentioned above, when the vertical movement rod 21.21 moves up and down, the second pinion 26°2 meshing with the pinion 24.25
7 rotates and the frame 6 with its rack 28.28 meshing with said second pinion 26.27 slides forward or backward.

The frame body 6 alternately moves back and forth because the vertically movable rods 21, 21 move up and down alternately every time the manual lever 12 is pressed.

When the frame body 6 slides forward or backward, one lighter that has fallen into the frame body 6 is removed from the lighter drop opening 8.
While supporting the lighter in the lighter storage chamber 3, when the frame 6 slides to a predetermined position in the rear or front, the lighter in the other lighter storage chamber 3 is pushed out. One lighter falls into the frame 6 and prepares for the next sliding movement.

In this way, in the lighter vending machine of this embodiment, after inserting a coin and releasing the stopper, the manual lever
Each time 2 is pressed, one lighter is delivered to the receiving port 9.

In addition, in the present invention, the rotary drum 32 is rotated by the operation of the longitudinal movement mechanism 11 by the manual lever 12, and when the biasing spring 37 crosses the longitudinal center line, the rotary drum 32 is rotated. The downward force of the spring 37 rapidly rotates, rapidly operating the forward/backward movement mechanism 11 to drop the lighter from the drop slot 8 to the receiving slot 9, and at the same time, the coin insertion hole 36 of the rotating drum 32 is rotated rapidly. When the coin reaches the bottom, the coin falls into the coin tray.

Therefore, the falling of the coin into the coin receiver and the falling of the lighter occur at the same time, thereby preventing the coin from being taken in advance.

The simple vending machine of the present invention is not limited to the lighter vending machine as in the above-described embodiment, but can be implemented as a vending machine for various products, and may have any shape.

Further, the configuration of the forward and backward movement mechanism of the present invention is not limited to any type or structure as long as the frame body can be moved back and forth alternately by the operation of a manual lever.

As mentioned above, in this invention, products are stored in two rows at the front and back of the case body, so even if it is small, it is possible to store a large number of products, and since the products are dropped by a frame that moves back and forth, it can be products can be taken out alternately, and since it uses only a mechanical structure and does not require any electrical system, it has the advantage that it can be easily installed and used anywhere where there is no power supply.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a right side view of the same as above, Fig. 3 is a left side view, Fig. 4 is a plan view showing a frame for dropping products, Fig. 5 6 is a side view of the main part showing the sold-out display mechanism, and FIGS. 6A to 6C are explanatory diagrams illustrating the operation of the rotating drum. In the figure, 1 is the case body, 2 is the bulkhead, 3 is the product storage chamber, 6 is the product drop frame, 8 is the drop port, 9 is the product receiving port, 11 is the forward/backward movement mechanism, and 12 is the manual lever. show.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] There are two product storage chambers formed in the front and back of the case body with a partition as a boundary, and the products in the two product storage chambers are arranged below these two product storage chambers so as to be able to slide back and forth alternately. a product dropping frame body that alternately drops and stores one product and pushes it out to a drop port, and supports the products in two product storage chambers from below on the upper surface of the front and rear frames; A support plate that supports the case and forms a product drop port in the middle, a product receiving port provided at the lower front of the case body and communicating with the drop port, and a manual lever provided on the case body. It has a sliding rod that moves up and down, and is pivoted to this sliding rod so that it can swing left and right around a pivot point, and has switching protrusions on the left and right sides in the middle, and on the left and right sides of the lower end. A switching piece that has hooking claws protruding from the left and right hooking claws and has a tapered switching surface with the apex at the center of the lower end extending from the left and right hooking claws to the lower end and is switched by swinging left and right alternately; a switching spring attached to a sliding rod at the bottom of the switching piece to press the switching piece to the right or left; and a switching piece that is provided to be movable up and down to the left and right of the sliding rod and alternately swings left and right. The hooking piece has a hooking piece that alternately engages with the left and right hooking claws, and moves up and down alternately left and right according to the vertical movement of the sliding rod, and the upper surface of the hooking piece is made into a tapered surface and moves to the right or left each time it moves downward. A vertically moving rod that slides the switching protrusion of a swinging and tilting switching piece and swings the switching piece in the opposite direction to switch, and a pinion that rotates left and right alternately by the alternating up and down movement of this vertically moving rod. , a pinion that meshes with the pinion and meshes with racks formed on the upper surfaces of the front and rear frames of the frame body to alternately move the frame body back and forth, and a pinion that rotates left and right alternately by the alternating up and down movements of the vertical movement rod. A rotating drum connected to this pinion via a shaft, a coin holding hole formed on the left and right sides of the upper part when the rotating drum rotates left and right neutrally, and a coin being inserted into the holding hole. a stopper mechanism in which the rotation stopper of the rotation drum is resolved when;
A simple vending machine comprising a tension spring installed between the center of the upper part of the rotary drum when the rotary drum rotates neutrally to the left and right and a position directly below the rotary drum.