JPS5840464Y2 - Spiral display - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention relates to a product storage shelf with a spiral track in a vending machine, and in particular, to a product storage shelf in a vending machine that combines upper and lower product storage shelves and selectively takes out products from each fixed shelf.
To provide a storage shelf that can smoothly guide and carry out products to a common carry-out chute provided between upper and lower fixed shelves.

A vending machine having the structure shown in FIG. 1 has been proposed as a vending machine equipped with upper and lower spiral track-shaped product storage shelves so as to sell two types of products separately.

To explain this with reference to the diagram, 1 is a case, and inside the inner storage chamber 2 there are a set of upper and lower product storage shelves 3 arranged above and below.
A and 3B are housed here.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a common carry-out chute for the storage shelves 3A and 3B, which is fixedly installed at the overlap between the upper and lower storage shelves 3A and 3B. It connects the two.

6 is a product outlet. Each storage shelf. 1. Valve-shaped product containers 7A containing different types of food materials, respectively;
A large number of 7Bs are stored, and one of the storage shelves is selectively driven forward based on a sales command, a product container for one item is carried out toward the chute 4, and the container is handed over to the cooking section 5. Ru.

After cooking in the cooking section 5, the product is taken out to an outlet 6.

However, each of the upper and lower storage shelves 3A. 3B is a fixed shelf 8 which is formed by spirally winding a wire that has a small contact surface with the product container and has low progressive feeding resistance, and is rotatably driven within the fixed shelf 8 to hold the product containers 7A and 7B. It consists of a rotating progressive body 9 that is conveyed in the progressive directions of arrows A and A'.

The fixed shelves 8 have the same spiral lead direction, and as shown in FIG.
Inside and outside 2 guiding the support wire 10a of the book and the side of the container
It is constructed by winding a book guide wire 10b in a spiral shape, and a large number of product containers are housed along its trajectory.

On the other hand, the rotating progressive body 9 has a push rod 13 attached to a spoke 12 supported on a shaft 11 at the center of the fixed shelf.
are interposed vertically between the support wires 10a.

The upper and lower rotation progressive bodies 9 are connected to a reversible drive motor 15 via a switching clutch 14 .

That is, when the motor rotates in the direction of arrow B, the clutch 14 engages and couples only the upper stage progressive body and drives the rotation, while the lower stage progressive body is stopped.

Further, when the rotation direction is in the reverse direction of arrow B, selective switching control is performed so that only the lower stage progressive body is driven.

Therefore, in the above configuration, if the motor 15 is rotated by a fixed angle in one direction in response to a sales command, one of the upper and lower progressive bodies 9 is selectively driven via the clutch 14 and is rotated via the push rod 13. The product container 7A or 7B is sequentially transported on a spiral track toward the discharge chute 4.

At this time, the upper and lower fixed shelves 8 are set in the same spiral lead direction, so in the upper storage shelf 3A, the product delivery end is at the lower end of the fixed shelf 8, and in the lower storage shelf 3B, the product delivery end is at the lower end of the fixed shelf 8. It is located at the upper end, and the progressive directions A and A face each other.

Therefore, the unloading chute 4 is placed at the overlap point of the upper and lower storage shelves 3A and 3B, and the unloading end of each fixed shelf 8 in the upper and lower storage shelves 3A and 3B is set as shown in the detailed drawings of FIGS. 3 and 4. A common unloading chute can be formed by being fixedly interposed between the two.

In this configuration, the upper and lower storage shelves 3A. 3B, a step is formed between the fixed shelves 8 so that the progressive bodies 9 can rotate without interfering with each other, and the unloading chute 4 is arranged so as not to interfere with the rotational movement path of the push rod 13. The upper end thereof is installed so as to protrude in the radial direction without penetrating inwardly from the outer periphery of the fixed shelf 8.

Therefore, the product containers 7A and 7B moving in the progressive directions A and A' along the spiral orbital progressive path of the fixed shelf 8 change direction in the radial direction, which is approximately perpendicular to the circumferential progressive path, at the discharge end. must be carried out onto the chute 4.

However, FIG. With the structure shown in FIG. 4, the above-mentioned direction change cannot be performed and the object cannot be carried out onto the chute 4.

The present invention relates to the configuration of the product delivery end portion of the product storage shelf described above, and for the storage shelves arranged in upper and lower stages, the products stored in the fixed shelf are transferred to the delivery chute that is installed in common and protrudes in the radial direction. The object of the present invention is to provide a simple-structured carrying-out guide so that the carrying-out operation can be carried out smoothly.

The configuration of the present invention for this purpose supports the unloading side end of the support wire on the upper fixed shelf in addition to the product storage shelf described above, and creates a progressive path from the outer circumferential side to the inner circumferential side in the progressive feeding direction. It is provided with a carry-out guide which is installed so as to extend diagonally across, and whose inner circumferentially extending acid portion abuts against the side surface of the stored articles on the lower fixed shelf to guide them toward the carry-out chute.

The present invention will be explained below based on the illustrated implementation.
In FIG. 6, an unloading guide 16 is provided according to the present invention.

The carry-out guide 16 is made of wire and is connected to the upper and lower storage shelves 3A, 3.
It is installed in a position straddling between the product delivery ends of B, and supports the delivery side ends of the inner and outer support wires 10a of the fixed shelves 8 of the upper storage shelves 3A by welding, and also supports the product in the progressive direction A along the spiral trajectory. It extends diagonally across the progressive path from the outer circumferential side toward the inner circumferential side.

Both the inner and outer ends of the unloading guide wire 16 are connected to vertical supports 17.
The installation is fixed.

The degree of the oblique inclination is set as follows.

In other words, for the storage product container 7A dedicated to the "upper storage shelf", when the product container 7A is sequentially fed on the fixed shelf 8 by the push rod 13 and reaches the delivery end, the delivery guide wire 16 that comes into contact with the bottom of the container 7A is the terminal fulcrum. The edges are inclined so as to cause the container 7A to roll toward the discharge chute 4 extending in the radial direction of the fixed shelf 80.

The inner peripheral side extending portion of the unloading guide wire 16 remains at the height of the inner peripheral side of the stored product 7B at the unloading end position on the lower storage shelf 8, corresponding to the level difference between the upper and lower fixed shelves 8. and, as mentioned above, sloped across the progressive path.

Note that the unloading end of the inner circumferential guide wire 10b of the fixed shelf 8 in the upper storage shelf 3A is directed into the spiral track so as to abut the side surface of the container 7A and push the container 7A toward the unloading chute 4 as shown in the figure. It is curved.

Also, the support wire 10b of the fixed shelf 8 in the lower storage shelf 3B
Of these, the inner wire is extended longer than the outer wire, and assists the movement of the container 7B to roll toward the kneader 4 (unloaded).

Note that the chute 4 is a self-contained plow type in which a large number of rollers are arranged side by side.

According to the above configuration, the product container 7A in the upper storage shelf 3A is approximately connected to the carry-out guide wire 16 at the carry-out end of the fixed shelf 8, with the carry-out guide wire 16 diagonal from the circumferential direction of the spiral track being the terminal fulcrum edge. The person will be transferred and fall in a right-angled direction.

Therefore, the chute 4 is placed in a position that corresponds to the unloading direction of the unloading chute 4, which is arranged to protrude in the radial direction, and is convenient for unloading.
It is slid upward.

The above-mentioned curved shape of the inner guide wire 10a pushes the container 7A in the direction of the outer periphery, thereby assisting the above-mentioned transfer operation.

On the other hand, for the product container 7B in the lower storage shelf 3B,
The carry-out guide wire 16 directly contacts the inner circumferential side surface of the container 7B and is pushed out and guided in the direction toward the carry-out chute 4 from the circumferential direction.

Therefore, while the container 7B is moved upwardly on the spiral track of the fixed shelf 8 by the push rod 13, the container 7B is turned toward the chute 4 at the unloading end, and the receiver is passed, so that the container can be reliably unloaded.

Note that the above-mentioned inner peripheral side support wire 1 in the lower storage shelf 3B
The extension of 0B serves to roll the container 7B so that it aligns with the inclined surface of the chute 4.

In addition, the carry-out guide wire 16 also serves as a support for supporting the terminal end of the support wire 10a in the upper storage shelf 4.

As described above, according to the configuration of the present invention, by providing the unloading guide with a simple structure, the unloading chute that projects each stored product in the radial direction from the fixed shelf at the unloading end of one of the upper and lower product storage shelves. It is possible to easily change the direction of progressive feeding to guide the unloading, and at the same time it can also support the end of the support wire of the upper storage shelf.
We can provide useful product storage shelves.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of the configuration of a vending machine equipped with upper and lower store product storage shelves; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the product storage shelves in Fig. 1;
FIG. 3 is a detailed enlarged side view of the product storage shelf carrying out part in FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is a plan view of FIG. 3, and FIGS. 5 and 6 are main parts of the product storage shelf according to the embodiment of the present invention FIG. 3A, 3B... Upper and lower product storage shelves, 4...
... Carrying out chute, 7A, 7B... Product container, 8... Fixed shelf, 9... Rotating progressive body,
13... Push rod, 14... Drive switching clutch, 15... Drive, motor, 16...
- Unloading guide, A, A'...Progressive direction.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A set of upper and lower fixed shelves made of spiral wire for supporting and guiding the products that are arranged vertically with the same spiral lead direction, and the stored products are sequentially placed toward the output end of the overlap between the upper and lower fixed shelves. A rotating progressive body that is selectively rotated and selectively rotated in opposite directions in the upper and lower stages, a common unloading chute interposed between the unloading ends of the upper and lower fixed shelves, and a support wire in the upper fixed shelf. It is installed so as to support the end of the carry-out side and extend diagonally across the progressive path from the outer circumferential side to the inner circumferential side with respect to the progressive feeding direction, and the inner circumferential side extending part is used to store the stored products on the lower fixed shelf. A spiral-shaped track product storage challenge for a vending machine characterized by comprising a discharge guide that abuts against the side surface of the vending machine and guides toward a discharge chute.