JPS5853678Y2 - Goods storage and transportation equipment such as vending machines - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention relates to an article storage and conveyance device for a vending machine, etc., which is incorporated into the machine body of a vending machine, etc., and stores a large number of articles for sale, etc., and guides the conveyance to a predetermined location. .

Recently, in order to efficiently store a large number of items, this type of device has been used to form a transport path that bends vertically in a meandering manner using plates or wires, and to store cylindrical items such as canned goods within this transport path. There has been provided an apparatus in which a large number of articles are stored in parallel and the articles are discharged one by one via a discharge mechanism provided at the lower end.

After each of the above-mentioned articles is discharged, new articles are sequentially replenished from the upper end opening of the conveyance path, that is, the input port, but during this replenishment, the articles are inputted at an angle with respect to the transfer direction. Sometimes it happens.

Then, the article rolls in an inclined state without its inclination being corrected, and as a result, the inclination gradually increases and the article gets caught at a bend in the conveyance path where the transfer direction changes. A situation occurs where it stops.

In this case, a problem arises in that extremely troublesome repair work is required in which the entire conveyance path is disassembled and the stuck articles are removed.

The present invention has been developed based on the above circumstances, and its purpose is to provide a vending machine that can reliably eliminate, by simple means, the shifting of goods thrown into the storage conveyance path. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an article storage and conveyance device such as the following.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes the body of a vending machine, which is box-shaped with an open front, and an opening/closing door 2 is rotatably pivoted to the opening.

The inside of this machine body 1 forms a storage room 4 surrounded by a heat insulating wall 3. Inside this storage room 4, a plurality of cases 5 are arranged side by side in the left and right direction, and each case 5 has a plurality of storage/transport units. Channel 6 is formed.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, these storage conveyance paths 6 are arranged so as to be bent in a meandering manner with the plates 8, 8 spaced parallel to each other between the opposing side plates 7, 7 of the housing 5. The open end surface of the upper end is an input port 9, and the open end surface of the lower end is an output port 10. They are placed vertically on one open side.

From each input port 9 to each storage conveyance path 6, cylindrical articles a containing soft drinks or the like can be sequentially stored in parallel.

The discharge port 10 is provided with a discharge mechanism 11 that sequentially discharges each article a in the storage conveyance path 6 one by one based on a predetermined command. 12 and is led to a sales port 13 formed in the opening/closing door 2.

On the other hand, the input port 9 has a dimension t slightly larger than the radius r of the article a to be input into the storage conveyance path 6, as shown in FIG. A plate-shaped abutment body 14 is rotatably provided perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the storage and conveyance path 6 .

This abutting body 14 is formed to have a width slightly smaller than the frontage of the input port 9, and a shaft 15 is connected to its upper end.゜7
It is rotatably supported.

Therefore, the article a thrown into the storage conveyance path 6 from the input port 9 is transferred to the storage conveyance path 6 while rotating the abutting body 14.
It seems to be moving inward.

Further, a stopper 16 for regulating the amount of rotation of the abutting body 14 is protruded from one side plate 7 of the casing 5 so that the position can be freely adjusted. It is designed not to rotate more than the amount of rotation that is intended.

Therefore, when an article a having a diameter larger than a predetermined diameter is thrown into each storage conveyance path 6, in this case a is latched by the contact body 14 and rolled into the storage conveyance path 6. is prevented.

Further, on one side of each contact body 14 facing the input port 9 side, the type (not shown) of the article a to be input into the storage conveyance path 6 is clearly indicated.

Next, the effect will be explained.

When putting a predetermined article a into the storage conveyance path 6, the article a is first placed on a portion of the storage conveyance path 6 in front of the abutting body 14, as shown in FIG.

At this time, if the abutting body 14 is brought into uniform contact with the axial direction of the outer peripheral surface of the article a, the abutting body 14 will be in a state perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the storage conveyance path 6, that is, the transfer direction of the article a. Since the article a is suspended, the article a can be kept in a state where the axis line is not inclined orthogonal to the transfer direction.

After that, when this article a is released, this article a is moved to the abutting body 1.
4 and rolls into the storage conveyance path 6.

That is, the article a has an axial direction of its outer circumferential surface that is aligned with the abutting body 1.
4 and is pushed up, and after the contact body 14 is sufficiently rotated, the contact state is released.

Therefore, if the article a is tilted with respect to the transfer direction at the time when the article a passes the abutting body 14, for example due to poor placement in the above-mentioned procedure, the right and left sides of the outer circumferential surface of the article a in the axial direction Since the contact resistances are different, the inclination of the article a is not corrected to a state in which the left and right contact resistances in the axial direction are uniform, that is, there is no inclination with respect to the transfer direction before passing through the contact body 14.

Therefore, after passing through the abutment body 14, the article a rolls smoothly without getting caught in the bent portion of the storage and conveyance path 6, and reaches the discharge mechanism 11 provided at the discharge port 10.

Furthermore, if an article a having a larger diameter than a predetermined article a is mistakenly thrown into the storage conveyance path 6, the amount of rotation of the abutting body 14 will be reduced by a stopper 16 protruding from the side plate 7 of the housing 5. Therefore, this article a is latched by the abutting body 14,
It will not roll into the storage conveyance path 6.

Therefore, the worker can immediately notice the item a.
can be easily removed.

As described above, according to the present invention, when the article comes into contact with the abutting plate rotatably provided at the input port of the storage and conveyance path, the tilt of the article in the transfer direction is removed, and the tilt is eliminated. Since the article rolls into the storage conveyance path in the same state, it is possible to prevent the article from getting caught at the bent portion of the storage conveyance path, and it is possible to always store the article smoothly and reliably.

Further, since the abutting body is provided inside the opening end face of the input port by more than the radial dimension of the article, the article can be placed on the storage conveyance path in front of the abutting body and then rolled.

Therefore, the abutting body can be pushed up only by the rolling article.

In other words, since the article can be brought into contact with the contacting body without any force being applied by the worker to the article when the article is inserted,
The transfer direction of the article can be reliably corrected by the contact body.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a vending machine, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the slot portion of a casing provided in the body of the vending machine, FIG. 3 is a sectional view, and FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of the input port portion of the storage conveyance path. a... Goods, 6... Storage conveyance path, 9.
...Input port, 10...Discharge port, 14...
...Abutting body.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A storage conveyance path stands up in a meandering manner and has an input port at the upper end and an output port at the lower end, and a storage conveyance path in which a large number of cylindrical articles are stored in parallel from the input port, and a storage and conveyance path in which a large number of cylindrical articles are stored in parallel from the input port, and from the open end surface of the input port. An article storage device such as a vending machine, which is equipped with a contact body that comes into contact with articles that are put into the storage conveyance path from the above-mentioned input port, which is rotatably provided inside the radial dimension orthogonal to the transfer direction of the article. Conveyance device.