JPS5840462Y2 - Product storage device in vending machines - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] This invention relates to the improvement of a product storage device in a vending machine equipped with a plurality of so-called rotating drum type product storage shelves, and aims to make the machine more compact while maintaining and inspecting each product storage and loading the product. These are designed to improve serviceability.

In vending machines equipped with so-called rotating drum type product storage shelves, in order to increase the number of products stored or to diversify the types of products sold, each product storage compartment of the same machine case has independent configurations of product storage. A configuration that accommodates multiple shelves has been implemented.

As an example of this, a case in which two storage shelves are provided on the left and right sides is shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.

In the figure, 1 is a body case of a vending machine, and the front side is provided with a front door 1a.

2 is a product storage room, 3 is a hot water tank for cooking when the product is food, and 4 is a hot water supply device.

Now, the two product storage shelves 5A and 5B are fixedly installed side by side so that they each face the front of the aircraft case 1.

6 is a pend mechanism provided on each storage shelf 5 A t 5 B,
7 is a product delivery chute.

Various service operations such as loading of products and maintenance and inspection are performed on each of the rotating drum-type product storage shelves 5 A t 5 B from the front of the body case 1 with the door 1a open.

FIG. 3 shows a case in which the number of product storage shelves 5 A t 5 B is further increased compared to the two product storage shelves 5 A t 5 B shown in FIG. 1 .

In other words, inside the aircraft case 1, there are a total of four storage shelves 5 on the front, rear, left and right sides.
A, 5B, 5C.

5D is housed here.

However, if the frontage of the aircraft case 10 is defined in the same way as shown in FIG.
Because it is located hidden behind the vehicle, service operations such as loading products are extremely difficult and impractical from a maintenance standpoint.

For this reason, it is unavoidable to adopt a configuration in which the frontage of the fuselage case 10 is enlarged and the distance between the front row storage shelves 5A and 5B is determined as shown in FIG. 4.

According to this configuration, loading of products and maintenance and inspection can be performed on the storage shelves 5C and 5D in the rear row through a wide space facing the front of the external case 1.

However, in the configuration shown in FIG. 4, the space corresponding to the spacing is not used during operation, and the efficiency of occupying each product storage shelf with respect to the product storage chamber 2 deteriorates.For this reason, the external dimensions of the external case 1 are The size of the cooling device is large, and when cooling the inside of the room 2, the cooling device becomes large, which is disadvantageous.

As mentioned above, this invention has four rotating drum-type product storage shelves installed side by side in the front, back, left, and right inside the aircraft case, making the aircraft more compact while improving serviceability for each product storage shelf. The purpose is to provide a product storage device that is advantageous in terms of maintenance.

In order to achieve this objective, one of the product storage shelves arranged in the front row of the present invention is equipped with a pull-out mechanism that rotates this storage shelf to the outside of the aircraft case, so that the product can be stored after being pulled out. Through the storage space of the shelves, various service operations can be performed from the front of the aircraft case, especially for the product storage shelves arranged in the rear row.

The configuration of the present invention will be explained in detail below based on the illustrated embodiments.

In FIGS. 5 to 7, the arrangement of the rotating drum type product storage shelves 5A to 5D is the same as that in FIG. 3.

A drawer mechanism 8 is provided for 5A of the storage shelves 5A and 5B arranged in the front row.

The drawer mechanism 8 includes a lower hinge arm 9 hinged to the fuselage case 1 side, and a column 1 fixed upright to the hinge arm 9.
0, and an upper hinge arm 11 attached to the upper part of the support column 10 and hinged to the fuselage case 1 side. and storage shelf 5
The 0-item storage shelf 5A, which is composed of a locking mechanism 12 that locks the drawer mechanism 8 in the operating position and the drawer position A, is placed on a lower hinge arm 9, and its entire weight is carried by the hinge arm 9. .

On the other hand, the upper end of the support column 10 supports the top of the storage shelf 5A.

The drawer mechanism 8 is an integral structure that holds the product storage shelf 5A in an upright position, and has upper and lower hinge arms 9,
11 prevents the mechanism 8 from tilting.

By operating the pull-out mechanism 8, the product storage shelf 5A is pivoted as indicated by the arrow P between the operating position indicated by the solid line and the pull-out position indicated by the dotted line.

In the above configuration, the product storage shelf 5A is installed in the product storage chamber 2 by unlocking the locking mechanism 12 and rotating and pulling out the product storage shelf 5A from the operating position to the dotted line position on the outside of the aircraft case 1. A space will be created facing the front of the fuselage case 1.

Therefore, through the space mentioned above, the product storage shelf 5C in the back row is
The product storage shelves 5D located behind the product storage shelves 5B that are not pulled out at the same time can be easily reached from the front outside the machine through the space described above and the space between the product storage shelves 5B and SC.

That is, in the normal operating position, the product storage shelves 5A, 5 in the front row
Back row product storage shelves 5C and 5D hidden behind B
is exposed at the front of the fuselage case 1 when the front row product storage shelf 5A is rotated and pulled out of the machine via the drawer mechanism 8 during inspection and product loading.

Therefore, services such as maintenance inspection and loading of products can be easily performed through the generated space after the product storage shelf 5A is pulled out.

Moreover, the fuselage case 1 does not need to be enlarged by widening the frontage as shown in FIG. 4, and can be made more compact.

This is also advantageous for cooling the interior of the chamber 2 since the cooling space becomes narrower.

Note that it is also possible to equip the product storage shelf 5B in the figure with a drawer mechanism 8, but in this case, the product storage shelf 5B that has been pulled out
Since there is a possibility that B may interfere with the front door 1a, it is advantageous to provide the drawer mechanism 8 for the product storage shelf 5A disposed on the side opposite to the hinge side of the door 1a.

As described above, according to the configuration of the present invention, while making the vending machine more compact, it is possible to maintain the four rotating drum-type product storage shelves arranged in the front, back, left, and right sides of the machine case. It is possible to provide a product storage device that is advantageous for maintenance and can improve serviceability such as inspection and loading of products.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figures 1, 3, and 4 are cross-sectional plan views of conventional vending machines with fixedly installed rotating drum-type product storage shelves, and Figure 2 shows the door in Figure 1 in an open state. Front view,
5 to 7 show an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional plan view, FIG. 6 is a front view, and FIG. 7 is an enlarged front view of main parts. 1... Aircraft case, 1a... Front door,
2-...Product storage room, 5A, 5B...-Rotating drum type product storage shelves arranged in the front row, 5C25D...
...Rotating drum-type product storage shelves arranged in the back row, 8...
...Drawer mechanism, 9...Lower hinge arm,
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10... Support column, 11... Upper hinge arm, 12... Lock mechanism, P... Pivoting direction of drawer mechanism.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An aircraft case with a front door, four independently configured rotating drum type product storage shelves installed side by side in the product storage room inside the aircraft case, and each product storage shelf in the back row relative to the front of the aircraft case. Product storage device 02 in a vending machine, characterized in that it is equipped with a drawer mechanism that rotates one of the product storage shelves in the front row between an operating position inside the machine and a drawer position outside the machine so that the product storage shelves in the front row are exposed. Claims for Utility Model Registration In the product storage device according to claim 1, the drawer mechanism includes a lower hinge arm that supports the product storage shelf, a column that is erected and fixed to the lower hinge arm and supports the top of the product storage shelf, and a column that supports the product storage shelf. A product storage device for a vending machine, characterized in that it is composed of an upper hinge arm attached to the upper part.