JPS59123089A - Beverage vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] This invention relates to a beverage vending machine, and more specifically, the material stocker has a two-layer structure so that more people can be provided with drinks that suit their tastes with a small footprint. The invention relates to a beverage vending machine.

Beverage vending machines that are currently in practical use have material stockers with a single-layer structure, so there are only a few types of materials and it is not possible to cope with the diversification of user tastes. It was necessary to install vending machines in one place, or to prepare large vending machines with larger widths and depths that could sell a wide variety of beverages. However, this method increases installation costs, requires a large space and a number of power supplies corresponding to the number of vending machines, and requires multiple sales companies to supply materials. In such cases, the cleaning of the area around the vending machine and the disposal of the cups after use were carried out differently by each vending company, and the beauty and hygiene could not be maintained, resulting in constant complaints.

Furthermore, in beverage vending machines that are installed in companies and places where many people gather and are used extremely frequently, there are situations where the ingredients are already exhausted and sold out within the time it takes to replenish the supplies, even if there is a vending machine. There are many cases where people say they can't drink it.

The purpose of this invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, and its feature is that among the upper and lower material stockers that store multiple types of materials independently, the lower stocker is a vending machine. The upper stocker is movable horizontally along a pair of guide rails attached to the lower tier inside the side plate of the casing, and material can be selectively taken out from each of the stockers into the cup. According to the principle of deformation of a parallelogram by a plurality of pairs of rods connected between the two, the material storage chambers of each of the material stockers are constructed so that they can be smoothly descended to the lower floor along an arcuate trajectory even by hand. To provide a beverage vending machine which facilitates replenishment of beverages and which is equipped with a mixer ball for receiving materials from each of the material stockers and which enables the sale of a wide variety of beverages without widening the frontage of the housing. be. An embodiment of the present invention shown in the drawings will be described in detail below.

The beverage vending machine 1 of the present invention is shown in FIGS. 1 to 2(a).
It is configured as shown in ~(c). That is, a plurality of pairs of rods 21 a, -21 d and shafts 4 a to 4 h are arranged in an arc shape above the inner surfaces of the left and right side plates 3 a and 3 b of the housing 2 .
A guide rail a that is pivotally connected to the bottom plate and parallel to the bottom plate 5 is provided below.
R a b, 7a, and 7b are installed respectively.

Pulleys 10a and 1 are mounted on the guide rails 7a and 7b.
A box-shaped moving box 11 with 0d attached to the side is placed thereon.

A material stocker 13 with pulleys 12a to 12d attached to the bottom is mounted on the guide rails 6a and ab, and a box 14 constituting the material stocker 13 has five independent stock spaces with partition plates 15a to 15d. However, lids 16a to 16e are attached above each space. A chute 17 for individually taking out the materials in the stock space of the material stocker opening is detachably attached to the chute, and a pen motor (shown on the left in the figure) is provided in conjunction with this chute by a known means to take out a certain amount of material. Alternatively, this amount can be adjusted and taken out.

Further, in the rods 21a to 21d, a material stocker 18 is connected to the lower side plate of the stocker and the side of the housing 2 via shafts 4a, 4b, 4e, and 4f attached to the side surfaces of a box 19 constituting this material stocker. It is suspended so as to be supported by the rods 21a to 21d attached between the face plates aa and 3b and a buffer member made up of the rods, and is placed from the upper rear side to the lower front side of the housing 2. This allows it to move in an arc.

The material stocker 18 described above has five partition plates 24a to 24d.
Each space has separate storage spaces, and lids 25a to 25e are attached above each space. As shown in FIG. 1, screw conveyors 261L to 26e are installed on the bottom plate side of the material stocker 18 corresponding to each stock space, and the rotating shaft of this screw conveyor is extended outward from the back plate of the stocker, and is attached to this shaft. Disc gears 4 are respectively attached to mesh with bevel gears attached to the output shafts of the five motors I attached to the back plate 8 of the casing 2. A chute (9) for taking out the materials individually is detachably attached to the front of the material stocker 18.
Although not shown in the drawings, the chute is equipped with a valve and a pendant motor by well-known means, so that a fixed amount or a controlled amount can be taken out.

Also, the aforementioned guide rail 7a+? In the moving box 11 placed on the chute 17, 30, one or more materials from the storage chambers 141a to 141e and H1la to 191e of the material stockers 13 and 18 are transferred to the moving box 11 placed on the moving box 11. Mixing balls 311L to 31e are attached to mix the materials taken out through the il.

Two locking bins 32a, 32b and two locking bins 33a, a3b are protruded from both side plates of the material stocker 18, and the locking bins 32a, 32b are fitted with the housing 2.
A locking hook 34a pivotally supported above the side plates aa and ab of
+' 34b is locked to prevent the weight of the material stocker is from sliding off the buffer mechanism. At the end of this locking hook: Ma, 34b, an operating handle which is always pushed toward the back plate side by a spring part is attached to the front plate 9 via piano wires 37m, 37b. 3a and 3b have the locking hooks 34 a + 34
Stop pin 3B'a that prevents counterclockwise rotation of b
, 38b is installed.

Further, on the hook side of the locking hooks 39a and 39b which are pivotally supported below the side plates 3a and 3b of the housing 2, there is an operating handle 41 which is always urged toward the rear plate side by a spring 40 on the front plate 9. attached via piano wires 42a, 42b,
A stop pin 43a protrudes beyond the side plates 3a and 3b.
, 43b and is exposed to rotation in the clockwise direction.

FIG. 3 shows a modification of this invention, in which rod #-21a
The pivot point of ~21d is shifted to the left so that the stocker 18 protrudes leftward from the casing 2 when it is lowered, thereby making it easier to replenish materials. In this case rod 2
The positions of 1a to 21b are moved in parallel to the left, and the other configurations are the same as in the previous embodiment.

The beverage vending machine of the present invention has the above-described configuration, and the case of replenishing and repairing materials is shown in Fig. 2 (a).
) to (e).

Normally, the material stockers 13 and 18 are used vertically as shown in FIG. 2(a), but when replenishing the material stocker 18 with materials, the operator ), when the chute n is removed and the operating handle 86 is pulled toward you against the elasticity of the spring section, the locking hooks 34a and 34b rotate clockwise as shown by the dashed line. The rods 21 & 21 that come off from the locking pins 32a + 32b and constitute the lifting/lowering buffer mechanism 23
When it descends to the middle of d, the engagement with the bevel gear is disengaged, and even if the operating handle 36 is released, the locking hooks 34a, 34b contact the stop pins 38a, 38b,
It is not locked again to the locking pins 32a and 32b.

When the operator pulls down the material stocker 18 from the state shown in FIG. 2(b) to the position shown in FIG. and hold the lowered position. In this state, the lid 2 of the material stocker 18
5a to y25e are opened by filling the material storage chambers 191a to 191e with the operating handle 41 after closing the lids.
Pull the locking hooks 39a, 39b and the locking pins 33a, 3
3b is released and the material stocker 18 is lifted up, it can be returned to the position shown in FIG. 2(a) by rotating the rods 21a to 21e.

Furthermore, when replenishing the material stocker 13 with materials,
After removing both the shooters 17 and 30 of the stockers 13 and 18, if you pull the stocker 13 forward, it will move horizontally in a circle toward the front plate 9 on the guide rails 6a, 6b, and in this state, the lids 16a to 16e of the material stocker 13 will be removed. To open the chamber, place the materials in each of the material storage chambers 141a to 141e, close the lid, and then return to the normal position shown in FIG. 2<&).

Furthermore, the mixing ball 31 attached to the moving box 11
Even if a to 31e malfunction, the moving box is guided by the guide rail 7a.
, 7b horizontally toward the front plate 9 side, repair or replacement thereof can be easily accomplished.

As described above, in this invention, among the upper and lower material stockers that store multiple types of materials independently, the lower stocker runs horizontally along a pair of guide rails attached to the lower stage inside the side plate of the vending machine housing. The upper stocker can be moved manually by the principle of parallelogram deformation by multiple pairs of rods connected between the upper stocker and the housing. By configuring the material stocker to smoothly descend to the lower floor along an arcuate trajectory, it is easy to replenish the material storage chamber of each of the material stockers. Since it is possible to sell different types of drinks without expanding the frontage of the housing, it is possible to sell multiple types of drinks and drinks mixed with various types of ingredients automatically without refilling for a long time. Since there is no hooking element, the above-mentioned moving action can be performed smoothly and easily, and the installation area is also small.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Each of the figures shows an embodiment of the present invention.
Figures (a) to (e) are all cross-sectional views taken along line A-A in Figure 1, and Figure 2 (a) shows the normal state. Figure 2 (b)
, (C) shows the intermediate and descending state of the material stocker's descending operation, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing a modified example. 2... Housing, 3a, 3b-... Side plate, 6a l
6b l 7a l 7b...Guide rail, 5...
Bottom plate, 8... Rear plate, 9... Front plate, 10a-10
d, 12a-12d...Pulley, 11...Movement box, 13°18
...Material stocker, 16a-16e...Lid, 17.
30... Shooter, 21a-21d... Rod, 26
a to 26e...Screw conveyor, 27...Pend motor, 32a, 32b, a3a, 3
3b ・- Locking pin, 34a l 34b + 39
& + 39b"・Latching hook, 37a, 37b-・
・Piano wire, 36, 41-...operation handle, 3B&
+, 38b, 43a 143b...stop bin. Hit Yosu,” 8 1/G2 Figure (of) - 2nd (-6) 2nd (e)

Claims (1)

[Claims] Among the upper and lower material stockers that independently store multiple types of materials, the lower stocker is equipped to be able to move horizontally along a pair of guide rails attached to the lower tier inside the side plate of the vending machine housing. The material can be selectively taken out from each stocker into the cup, and the upper stocker can be manually moved along an arcuate trajectory based on the principle of deformation of a parallelogram by a plurality of pairs of rods connected to the housing. By configuring it to descend smoothly to the lower floor, it is easy to replenish the material storage chamber of each of the material stockers, and a mixer ball is provided to receive materials from each of the material stockers, so that it is possible to sell a wide variety of beverages. A beverage vending machine characterized in that it is possible to do this without widening the frontage of the casing.