JPS589338Y2 - Vending machine item storage container - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to an article storage device for a vending machine that handles regular-sized articles such as cigarettes packaged in predetermined numbers or amounts (hereinafter simply referred to as cigarettes).

In recent years, many vending machines have been provided that can store and sell different types of brands, including "mono" for beverages (the number of brands that can be sold is called the number of selections).

This trend is the same in cigarette vending machines, and currently there is a demand for cigarette vending machines with 10 to 20 selections.

Therefore, an article discharging machine having an article ejector on the upper surface for a plurality of articles guided in parallel directions and selectively moved at the time of sale, and arranged above the article discharging machine in the movable direction of the article ejector. each of the article storage containers includes a plurality of article columns in which articles can be placed in positions corresponding to the movement paths of the plurality of article ejectors, and one of the article storage containers is configured to hold the articles. An article storage and discharge device has been proposed in which the article storage device is fixed in position with respect to the carry-out machine, and the other article storage device is rotatable around the end in the arrangement direction of the plurality of article columns.

The present invention provides a pocket in the article storage container of the article storing and discharging device, and can be used to store surplus items in the article carton when filling the article, price cards based on changes in sales handling articles, article sample dummy buttons, and other article changes. This invention provides an idea that makes the use of the accompanying parts, other accessory parts, instruction manuals, etc. convenient by storing them in the pocket.

The present invention will be described below using embodiments with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1, a plurality of slits 2 extending from front to back (left and right on the page) are provided on the top plate of the frame 1 of the article carrying machine in the left and right direction (direction perpendicular to the page), and the top plate of the frame 1 is Cigarette receptacles 3 are provided only in the rear part of the upper surface that does not correspond to the slits 2, and guide rods 4 extending back and forth are provided below each slit 2 in one-to-one correspondence. Each article ejector 5 is slidably guided and supported, and a part thereof is projected upwardly from the frame 1 through the slit 2.

Above the frame 1, a large number of cigarettes 6at6b of different brands are placed in two places facing the positions corresponding to the respective slits 2 and having a mutual interval wider than at least the front-rear width dimension of the head of the article ejector 5. Front and rear article storage units 7a and 7b, which can be stacked and stored, are provided, respectively.

These article storage containers 7 a and 7 b have entrances and exits 8 a and 8 b for the article ejector 5 at the lower part of the surfaces facing each other.
, and an article discharge port 9a at the bottom of the faces facing each other,
9b is provided.

In this configuration, the front cigarette 6a is supported by the bottom plate 71a (which also has a slit corresponding to the slit 2) of the front article storage 7a, and the rear cigarette 6b is supported by the cigarette receiver 3. Thus, when the front and rear cigarettes 6a, 6bH article ejector 5 moves forward or backward, it pushes the lowest cigarette 6a or 6b through the article ejection opening 9a or 9b.

Furthermore, ten common fulcrum shafts 10 extending left and right are provided at the center of the lower part of the device, and the lower ends of oscillating bodies 11 provided in one-to-one correspondence with the article ejectors 5 are rotated on the fulcrum shafts 10, respectively. On the other hand, the oscillating ends of these oscillating bodies 11 are engaged with corresponding article ejectors 5 by inserting engagement pins 13 into the article ejectors 5 through the notches 12 provided therein. let

A shaft pin 14 is installed through the middle of each rocking body 11, and two link plates 15a are attached to the parts of the shaft pin 14 that protrude from both sides of the rocking body 11.

15b groove 16a > 16b fit one to one,
A stopper 17 is applied when removing the cut.

In this way, the two link plates 15a15b attached to the middle of each rocking body 11 are independently rotatable around the shaft pin 14, and are also movable in the longitudinal direction along the grooves 16a and 16b. There is also.

Grooves 16a, 16 of drink plate 15a, t15b
b is formed in the wide groove portions 18a and 18b near the rotation end.

A further pair of arms 19a are provided in the middle of each rocking body 11.
t19b are respectively attached so that they can rotate independently about the same arm fulcrum 20.

Then, these arms 19a and 19b are rotated to a position 1 in which the arms 19a and 19b are in a substantially rectangular position, and at that position, anim lifting levers 21a provided in one-to-one correspondence with each arm 19a and 19b are activated. , 21b are engaged and supported.

These arm lifting levers 21a21b are each independently moved by corresponding electromagnetic solenoids (not shown), and are moved upward only when the electromagnetic solenoids are energized, and the arms 19a>19b are moved about the fulcrum 20. Rotate it slightly upwards.

Furthermore, a front crank mechanism 22a corresponding to all the arms 19a on the front side is provided at the front of the device, and a rear crank mechanism 22b corresponding to all the arms 19b on the rear side is provided at the rear of the device.

and one crank mechanism (e.g. rear crank mechanism 2)
2b) can be driven by a motor with a reduction mechanism (not shown) via a joint (not shown), and the crankshaft 23a of the other crank mechanism (for example, the front crank mechanism 22a) A cam plate (not shown) is attached to the cam plate so that the notch thereof can be detected by a cam switch (not shown) consisting of a microswitch, and the crankshafts of the front and rear crank mechanisms 22a and 22b are 23a and 23b are connected to each other by a gear or the like, and when the motor is driven, the crankshaft 23a of the front crank mechanism 22a rotates counterclockwise, and the crank shaft 23a of the rear crank mechanism 2 rotates counterclockwise.
The crankshaft 23b of the motor 2b is rotated clockwise, and at this time the motor is stopped at a predetermined position by a cam switch.

And the crank pin 2 of each crank mechanism 22a, 22b
4a and 24b, when the electromagnetic solenoid is not energized, the arms 19a and 19b are not engaged, and when the electromagnetic solenoid is energized, the arm 19a
, 19b are engaged with the tips of the arms 19a, 19b when they are lifted slightly upward.

Each arm 19a. At the tip of 19b is the above-mentioned crank pin 24a.

Semicircular arc recess 25a for stabilizing engagement with 24b
, 25b.

Furthermore, there are protrusions 2 on the electromagnetic solenoid mounting plate (not shown).
6 a and 26 b are provided to press the button, while arm 19
Locking portions 27a and 27b are provided on the lower surfaces of a and 19b, and when the electromagnetic solenoid is not energized, the locking portions 27a and 27b engage with the projections 26a and 26b, thereby locking the rocking body 11. Do this to prevent shaking.

In this way, the article ejector 5 is normally kept stationary between the cigarettes 6a and 6b.

Further, each crank mechanism 22a is provided in the wide groove portions 18a, 18b at the rotating ends of the link plates 15a, 15b.

Crank pins 24 a and 24 b of 22 b are inserted through the link plates 15 a and 15 b so that the link plates 15 a and 15 b are moved when the crank mechanisms 22 a and 22 b are driven.

In this way, when the rocking body is vertical, even if the crank mechanisms 22a and 22b are driven, the link plate 15a
, 15b only slide while being guided by the shaft pin 14 and do not drive the rocking body 11, but when the crank mechanisms 22a, 22b are driven when the rocking body 11 is tilted, the link plate 15a Or, since the end of the groove 16a or 16b of 15b engages with the shaft pin 14, the swinging body 11
It functions to return the body to a vertical position at 1.

In the above configuration, for example, when one of the front electromagnetic solenoids is energized, the arm lifting lever 21a causes only the corresponding arm 19a to lift its tip end to the crank pin 2.
Since it is lifted so that it is interposed in the trajectory of 4a,
When the motor is driven in this state, the crank pin 24a engages with the raised arm 19a, rotates while pushing it, tilts the rocking body 11 backward, and accordingly discharges one article. Move child 5 backwards.

It will be appreciated that when one of the rear electromagnetic solenoids is energized, the rocker 11 is tilted forward and the article ejector 5 is moved forward, contrary to what has been described above.

As described above, one cigarette 6a or 6b is pushed out from the article storage container 7a or 7b depending on when the article ejector 5 moves forward or backward.

As shown in FIG. 1, the maximum operating position of the article ejector 5 is when the extension line of the center line of the arm 19a and the center line of the crankshaft 23a intersect, and after that, the crank mechanism 22
a.

22b is rotated, a pullback force is applied via the link plate 15a, thereby returning to the original position 1 shown in FIG. 1A.
It will be returned.

Now, what about the two article storage devices arranged above the article unloading machine, which has been explained using an example structure above, in the direction in which the article ejector 5 moves? As shown in the first rotation and in FIG. 2, each of columns a and 7b has article columns 28a and 28b at positions corresponding to the movement paths of the plurality of article ejectors 5, respectively.

The cigarettes 6at6b (see FIGS. 1 and 2) can be stacked and stored separately in these article columns 28a and 28b, and when the cigarettes are stored, the cigarettes in the lowest position are placed in the path of movement of the article ejector 5. It is designed to intervene.

In addition, the rear article storage container 7b is indicated by the symbol 29 in FIGS. 1 and 2.
It is fixed to the inner wall of the outer casing of the vending machine using the mounting auxiliary fittings shown in FIG.

On the other hand, the front article storage device 7aU is rotatably provided around one end in the direction in which the plurality of article columns 28a are arranged.

To explain an example of the structure τ for this purpose using FIG. 2, L-shaped fittings 31 and 32 each having a small hole 30 are fixed to the upper and lower parts of the left end of the front article storage container 7a with screws, etc. On the other hand, on the upper part of the inner wall surface of the outer casing of the vending machine or a member protruding inward from that position (both not shown), and on the upper surface near the left end of the article delivery machine frame 1,
The pivot fittings 34 having the upwardly facing shaft protrusions 33 are each fixed with screws, etc., and the shaft protrusions 33 of the pivot fittings 34 are
The small holes 30 of the L-shaped fittings 31 and 32 are fitted into the holes 30 of the L-shaped fittings 31 and 32.

The front article storage device 7a attached in this way has a shaft protrusion 33
It will be understood that it is possible to rotate around the fitting portion between the small hole 30 and the small hole 30.

The front article storage container 7a, which has been made rotatable in this way, is further rotatably attached to its right end by a vertical bar 35 and a shaft 36, which are guided so as to be able to move only up and down, and whose lower end has a small diameter. The lever member 37 is provided with a pin member 38 that is guided so as to be able to move only up and down.
5 and the pin member 38, and by moving up and down an operating part 39 fixed to the vertical bar 35 and protruding from the front, the vertical bar 35 and the pin member 38 can be moved up and down at the same time. do.

With this structure, when the front article storage device 7a, which is currently rotated to a position away from the article unloading machine, is to be rotated back to the position facing the rear article storage device 7b, the operation section 39 is pressed. while lifting the front article storage container 7a.

In order to smoothly rotate the front article storage device 7a at this time, wheels 40 that roll on the upper surface of the article transporter frame 1 are provided on the front article storage device 7a.

Just before reaching the predetermined position, the front article storage container 7a, which has been rotated smoothly in this manner, is guided by a guide part of a lock fitting (not shown) fixed to the ceiling of the outer casing, and then set at the predetermined position. When the operation part 39 is pressed down, the lower end of the vertical bar 35 is fitted into the small hole 41, and the upper end of the pin member 38 is fitted into the small hole of the lock fitting.

In this way, the front article storage container 7a is set at a predetermined setting position, but when the operating section 39 is lifted, the lock is easily released and the front article storage container 7a can be freely rotated.

If the front article storage container 7a is rotatable in this manner, the task of filling the cigarettes 6a and 6b can be easily performed.

That is, the cigarettes 6a and 6b are filled in the article storage container 7a.
, 7b, a guide rod 42a provided on the front surface of each article column 28m, 28b.

42b to the side to enlarge its front opening, and through that opening rotate the front article storage container 7a to fully expose the front surface of the rear article storage container 7b. Since the filling operation can be carried out using a handheld device, the filling operation can be easily performed.

In such a configuration, an article storage pocket 43 is provided at the back of the front article storage device 7a at a distance from the rear article storage device 7b.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the article storage pocket 43 is fixed to a mounting plate 44 protruding from the back plate 72a of the front article storage device 7a in the vertical direction and fixed to the lower part of the back plate 72a. The back plate 7 is attached by the attached mounting plate 45.
It is constituted by a plate body 46 fixed to 2a at a distance.

By bending both sides of the plate body 46 to form side plates 46a, an article storage pocket 43 with an open upper surface above the mounting plate 44 is constructed, and an article column 28a is provided below the mounting plate 44. A part of the cover (sold-out detection switch 4
This prevents the danger of people's fingers touching the live parts of 7)
It consists of

Therefore, when filling the cigarettes 6a and 6b,
If a predetermined number of cigarettes 6a and eb remain in the carton, the goods storage pocket 4
By storing the cigarettes in the carton and preparing them for the next filling, there is no need to take home the small number of cigarettes in the carton, which is advantageous.

In addition, cigarettes 6a in each article column 28a, 28b,
The article storage pocket 43 stores sample dummies and price cards for the display section, which are required when changing the brand of 6b'.
It is convenient because you can store it inside and exchange it when changing brands.

Furthermore, the article storage pocket 43 has the advantage of storing other necessary instruction manuals, accessory parts, etc. when using the vending machine, and can be taken out and used when necessary.

As mentioned above, the article storage pocket 43 is convenient to use, but the article storage pocket 43 shown in FIG. The article storage pocket 43 can be moved from the B position to the C position as needed by connecting the article storage pocket 43 with a hinge 48 and providing a locking part 49 consisting of a pin 49a and a movable hook 49b on the upper side of the article storage pocket 43. This example shows an example of how to conveniently take items in and out.

Furthermore, in FIGS. 4a and 4b, a plurality of L-shaped partition plates 50 are provided in the article storage pocket 43, and the partition plates 50 are vertically attached to the back of the article storage pocket 43 so that the partition plates 50 can be moved up and down by the handle 50a. An elongated hole 46a is provided, and a handle 50a is provided which is inserted through the elongated hole 46a and attached to the partition plate 50, thereby making the partition plate 50 movable up and down, so that the partition plate 50 can be moved upward when taking out an article. In order to make it easy to take out the articles on the partition plate 50, the partition plate 50 is placed at the lowest position to increase the internal volume when storing the articles.

At this time, the partition plate 50 divides the inside of the article storage pocket 43 so that different kinds of articles can be stored in divided areas, making it convenient to take in and take out articles.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention; Fig. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional side view showing when an article is being ejected, and Fig. 2 is an exploded view showing the state when an article storage container in a fixed position is filled with articles. Perspective views 2, 3 and 4a. b is a schematic explanatory side view showing an article storage pocket. 7a... Front article storage container, 7b... Rear article storage container, 28a... Front article column, 2
8b... Rear article column, 43... Article storage pocket.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] An article unloading machine is provided with two article storage units arranged side by side with an interval between them on the upper surface, and each of the article storage units has a plurality of units capable of storing and arranging articles so that the articles are discharged by the operation of the article unloading machine. One of the article storage containers is provided so as to be rotatable about one end in the direction in which the plurality of article columns are lined up with respect to the article carrying machine, and the other article storage device is provided on the back side of the article storage device. An article storage container for a vending machine, characterized in that an article storage pocket is provided at a distance from the storage container.