JPS59151285A - 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 a material stocker 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 preferences. 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 approach 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 cups after use are carried out differently by each vending company, making it impossible to maintain aesthetics and hygiene.
The complaints continued.

Furthermore, in beverage vending machines that are installed in companies and places where many people gather and are used extremely frequently, the ingredients are already exhausted within the time it takes to replenish them, resulting in a situation where they are sold out. There are many cases where people cannot drink it even if they have the opportunity.

The purpose of this invention is to eliminate the drawbacks of the conventional technology mentioned above.The main feature of this invention is that the number of material slots for independently accommodating multiple types of materials is limited to the size of the vending machine housing. The pairs attached to the lower and upper stages inside the side panels are suspended in multiple levels so that they can move horizontally for a certain distance and then vertically with the lower stage on the movable side horizontally along the nave guide rail, Materials can be selectively taken out from each of the stockers into the cups, and the upper stages are automatically moved to the lower stage along a substantially inverted guide rail through other drive control means. By constructing the material stocker so that it can be lowered up to 100 degrees, it is possible to easily replenish the material storage chamber of each of the material stockers 1 to 4, and it is also equipped with a mixer ball to receive the material from the material stocker, so that it can handle many types of beverages. This invention provides a beverage vending machine characterized in that it is possible to sell beverages without increasing the frontage of the housing.Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention shown in the drawings will be described in detail.

The beverage vending machine 1 of the present invention is shown in FIGS.
It is configured as shown in CC). Zunawara, housing 2
A pair of substantially inverted guide rails 4a are provided on the upper inner surfaces of the left and right side plates 3a and 3b.

4b, 5a, and 5b are installed, and guide rails 7a, 7b, and 8a, 8b that are parallel to the bottom plate 6 are installed below. The above-mentioned guide rail has a cross section shaped like a square,
This is to ensure that the material stocker does not fall off when moving.

A box-shaped moving vehicle 10 with pulleys 9a to 9d attached to its sides is mounted on the guide rails 8a and 8b, and a plurality of mixer balls 11a to 11ie are attached to the moving vehicle.

A monthly profit stocker 13 with pulleys 12a to 12d attached to the bottom is mounted on the guide rails 7a and 7b, and inside the box 14 constituting this material stocker 13 are partition plates 15a to 15d.
Five independent stock spaces are formed, and 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 13 is removably attached, and although not shown in relation to this chute, a pen motor is installed by known means to maintain constant speed. It is possible to take out the amount or adjust this amount.

In addition, on the rails 4a, 4b, 5a, and 5b, a material stocker 18 is attached to the side plate of the box 19 constituting the material stocker (the pulled pulleys 20a to 20d fit into the inside thereof). C1 The material stocker 18 is suspended at its horizontal portion, and after being horizontally moved for a certain distance from the upper east side of the housing 2, it is moved vertically to the lower front side of the housing 2. It's Nishide.

The material stocker 18 described above constitutes five independent stock spaces with partition plates 21a to 21d, and i@22a to 22e are attached above these spaces. As shown in FIG. 1, screw conveyors 23a to 23e are attached to the bottom plate side of the material stocker 18 corresponding to each stock space, and the rotating shaft of this screw conveyor protrudes outward from the back plate of the stocker. 2 back plate 24
A ring gear 27 is attached to each of the five motors 25 that mesh with a bevel gear 26 attached to the output shaft of each of the five motors 25 attached to the motor. A chute 28 for taking out the monthly profits individually is freely attached to the front of the material stocker 18, and in connection with this chute, a valve and a pendant motor (not shown) are provided by well-known means. -It is possible to take out the bow or this mouth by adjusting it.

Furthermore, the moving box 10 that is attached to the guide rails 8a and 8b described above has one or more of the material storage chambers 141a to 141e and 191a to 191e for the marine material storage space 13.18. Mixer balls 11a to 11e are attached to mixer balls 11a to 11e for mixing the materials taken out from the storage chamber through shooters 17 and 28.

A wire row 134 wound around a winding drum 31 of a drive control means 29 consisting of a double-shaft motor 30 attached to the back plate 24 of the housing 2 is attached to the side plate of the material lug 18, and two pulleys 41 are attached to the side plate of the material lug 18. A hook is passed through the hook in a substantially triangular shape, and one end 43 of the hook is pivotally connected to the bin +8A of the material stocker 18 to form a winding and unwinding mechanism.

In addition, as shown in M2 figures (a) to (C), when the material stocker 18 is in the normal position, the front plate 24 of the housing 2 has a
A buffer material/limit switch 32 made of an elastic plate-like member such as rubber is attached to the back plate of the stocker so as to be in contact with it.

Furthermore, two locking bins 33a and 33b are protruded from both side plates of the material stocker 18, and the locking pins 33a, 33b are
33a and 33b are side plates 3a and 3b of the high-if body 2.
The locking hooks 35a and 35b that are supported above are locked, and the members 11'4 and 18 are connected to the guide rails 4a and 4b.
and 5a, 5b from moving back and forth. These locking hooks 35a and 35b
At the end of the piano wire 39a, there is an operating handle 38 which is always resiliently repelled toward the back plate by a spring 37 on the front plate 36.
, 39b, and the side plates 3a,
Stop pins 40a and 40b are attached to 31+ to prevent counterclockwise rotation of the locking hook.

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 (C).

Normally, the material stockers 13 and 18 are used vertically as shown in FIG. 2(a), but when replenishing the monthly stocker 18 with materials, the operator Second
As shown in Figure (b), when the chute 28 is collapsed and the operating handle 38 is pulled toward you against the elasticity of the spring 37, the locking hooks 35a and 35b are rotated clockwise as shown by the dashed line. The material stocker 18 is moved and disengaged from the locking bins 34a, 34b, the drive control means 29 of the material stocker 18 is activated, the bevel gear 26 and the book wheel 27 are disengaged, and the material stocker 18 is moved from the guide rails 4a, 4b and 5a. , 5b horizontally to approximately half the width of the housing 2, and
), the monthly interest stocker 18 is automatically lowered to the position shown in FIG. 2(C), and the motor 30 of the drive control means 29 is stopped by a limit switch (not shown) to maintain the lowered position. .

In this state, open @ 22a to 22e of the material stocker 18, put the materials into the material storage chambers 1918 to 191e, respectively, and after closing the lid, turn the motor 30 by pressing the reverse operation button (not shown) of the motor 30, etc. can be automatically returned along the guide rails 4a and 4b to the position shown in Fig. 2(a).

In this state, the motor 30 can be stopped and maintained by the upper limit switch 32.

Furthermore, when replenishing the material stocker 13 with materials,
After removing the shooters 17 and 28 of the stockers 13 and 18, if you pull the stocker 13 toward you, it can be moved horizontally on the guide rails 7a and 7b toward the front plate 36, and in this state, the material stock 1 - Tsuka 13's hook 16a ~
16e, put the monthly interest into each of the material storage chambers 141a to 141e, close the lid, and then return to the normal position shown in FIG. 42(a).

Furthermore, even if the mixer balls 11a to 11e attached to the moving box 10 are out of order, the moving box can be moved along the guide rail 8.
By horizontally moving the tops of a and 8b toward the front plate 36, repair or replacement can be easily performed.

In addition, if the guide rail 4b is extended to the left as shown by the chain in FIG. 2(C), the material stocker 18 can be moved more to the left, making it easier to replenish the material. becomes.

Further, in the embodiment described above as the drive control means 29 for the upper stage stocker 18, a winding drum 31 is provided on the rotating shaft of the double-shaft motor 3o, and the wire rope 34 completely wound around the winding drum 31 is connected to the material stocker via a pulley 41. Although an example has been described in which a winding up and unloading mechanism is constructed by connecting, the above-mentioned winding up and unloading machine (manual winding instead of seedlings - FI: Other drive control means for raising and lowering the upper stocker 18, such as an oil cylinder screw or the like, may be used instead of the unwinding mechanism 1' or the air cylinder screw.

As described above, this invention provides a method for storing a plurality of materials independently. The upper stocker is suspended in multiple levels so that it can be moved horizontally for a certain distance and then vertically with respect to the lower stage on the moving side in the direction, and the material can be selectively taken out from each of the stockers into the cup. By configuring the structure so that it can automatically descend to the lower floor along the approximately inverted-shaped guide rail via other drive control means, it is possible to easily replenish the material storage guides of each of the material stockers. , a mixer ball is provided to receive materials from each of the material stockers, making it possible to sell many types of beverages without expanding the frontage of the casing, thereby making it possible to sell many types of beverages and beverages mixed with many types of ingredients. can be sold automatically without refilling for a long time, and there is no need for stacking or hooking, so the movement described in (1) can be done smoothly and easily, and the footprint is small, making it more effective as a podium, etc. has.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Each of the figures shows an embodiment of the present invention.
Figures (a) to (C) are all cross-sectional views taken along the A-A line in Figure M1, with Figure 2 (a) showing the normal state and Figure 2 (b)
, (C) show the intermediate and descending states of the lowering operation of the materials 1 to 1. 2-11K, 3a, 3b...Side plate, 4a', 4
b, 5a, 5b7a, 7b, 8a, 8b-・
・Guide rail, 6... Bottom plate, 9a ~ 9 (1° 12a ~
12d, 20a to 20d ・l car, 10-... moving vehicle, 11a to 11a... mixer ball, 13.1
8. Shrine diagonal stocker, +6a~16e, 22a~2
2e...profit, 17.28...shooter, 23a =
23e...Screw conveyor, 24...Back plate, 2
5-...Motor, 33a, 3311 ・iMi I
L: pin, 29...drive control means, 30...double shaft motor 1.35a for drive control, 351+...locking hook, 38...operation handle, 37...spring, 4
0a, 40b... stop bottle. Special i1 Applicant Japan Automatic Sales Co., Ltd. Figure 2 (0-) A 2nd IO ('-6) Figure 2 (C> 497

Claims (1)

[Claims] Multiple material stockers that store multiple types of materials independently move horizontally along the pair of guide rails attached to the lower and upper tiers inside the side panels of the 11fi 4 units. The upper stocker is suspended over a plurality of floors so that it can be moved in the vertical direction after being moved, and material can be selectively taken out from each stocker into the cup, and the upper stocker is connected to another drive control (automatically via a string means). By configuring it so that it can descend to the lower floor along a substantially inverted guide rail, it is easy to replenish the material storage chamber of each of the material stockers, and to receive materials from each of the material stockers. A beverage vending machine characterized by being equipped with a mixer ball and making it possible to sell a wide variety of beverages without increasing the width of the housing.