JPS5918533Y2 - vending machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a vending machine having an ejection mechanism that allows for ejection of stacked products in a small space.

In a vending machine, products are piled up in the gap between which the products are carried out and sold, and if they are pushed out in order from the bottom and carried out and sold, the first filled product will be sold, and the weight of the stacked products and the product will be the same. can be simply pushed out laterally from the bottom in relation to the surface of the base to be stacked, providing a simple and reliable ejecting mechanism.

However, in order to push out stacked products sideways, the width of the products and the space in which the pushed out products are located are required at a minimum. Sufficient space had to be provided so that no matter what position the product was in, it would not get caught in the falling path.

Furthermore, if the stacked products are pushed out and carried out, the stacked products will fall to the position of the lowest pushed out product when they escape from the stacked row, so this falling product is the pushed out product. The rear end is pressed irregularly, and due to this action, the products being carried out and falling will fly out in irregular directions and then fall, so it was necessary to create a sufficiently wide path for the product to fall. .

Additionally, if the drop path is made too wide, it is possible for someone to reach through the product outlet and pull out the stacked products and have them stolen.Vending machines are designed to prevent this and take into account the structure of the fall path. I had to.

The present invention was developed in view of these circumstances, and it improves the falling posture of products being carried out and dropped, and also prevents stacked products from being stolen even if they are manipulated from the outside. The purpose is to provide a vending machine configured as follows.

The present invention will be explained below based on an embodiment shown in the drawings. Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view of the main part showing the dispensing mechanism of the vending machine according to the invention, and Fig. 2 shows its operating state. FIG. 3 is a front view of FIG. 2.

In Figure 1, product A is inside column 1.

B, C, and D are stacked one on top of the other, and this column 1 has an opening 2 at one of its lower ends.

A base 3 is provided at the bottom end of the column 1, and the products A and B in the column 1 are stacked on this base 3.
, C, and D are placed.

Furthermore, the base 3 has a drop port 4 formed by bending the opening 2 side of the column 1 downward, and is pivoted to the drop port 4 by a shaft attachment part X to receive the product in a swingable manner. stand 5
is provided.

In other words, the product holder 5 is pivoted on the extension line of the base 1 like a butterfly board, and like the butterfly board, it becomes an extension of the plane of the base 1, and also serves as a drop opening for dropping products. 4
It is configured to be.

This product holder 5 is configured to form a flat part on the extension line of the base 1 at the drop opening 4 of the base 1 when it is rotated and becomes horizontal.

The product holder 5 is pushed by a movable body 7 provided below the base 1 and configured to reciprocate by a drive body 6, so that it becomes horizontal from a hanging state.

Furthermore, the pushing plate 8 is configured to push out the lowest product A on the base 3 toward the opening 2 by the movement of the movable body 7.

Further, a locking plate 9 formed in the shape of a key is pivotally attached to the upper part of the opening 2 of the column 1, and this closing plate 9 is connected to the movable body 7 by an arm 10 and is configured to interlock with the movable body 7. .

The interlock between the closing plate 9 and the movable body 7 is such that when the movable body 7 is retracted, the arm 10 is pulled and the hook-shaped tip of the closing plate 9 is Drop port 4 is closed.

Furthermore, when the movable body 7 moves forward to push out the product A, the arm 10 pushes the closing plate 9 and retreats from the drop port 4 as shown by the dotted line in the figure.

The bending of the base 3 to form the drop opening 4 is as follows:
It is not necessarily limited to forming by bending, but the same effect can be obtained even if the drop opening 4 is formed by cutting out the bent portion.

The product a indicated by a dotted line on the product holder 5 shows the posture of the product a falling from the drop port 4, and a product ejection port (not shown) is formed below, so that the purchaser of the product can carry out the product. The structure is such that the stored product can be taken out.

Further, 11 is an outer box of the vending machine, which is formed to have a relatively small size compared to the width of the column 1.

In FIG. 2, the movable body 7 is shown moved forward by the operation of the drive body 6, and as the movable body 7 moves forward, the pushing plate 8 pushes out the lowest product A from the opening 2 of the column 1. The closing plate 9 is rotated by the arm 10 connected to the movable body 7 and retreated from the drop opening 4.

The product A pushed out to the drop port 4 is received by the product holder 5, which is rotated horizontally by the movable body 7 pushing the lower part thereof.

In FIG. 3, the drive body 6 is configured to reciprocate the movable body 7 by a rotating gear 12, the arm 10 is provided on the side of the column 1, and the product holder 5 is quite wide. It is configured to receive the extruded product A in the same manner as the base 3.

In addition, the bent portion formed on the opening 2 side of the base 3 in the figure is omitted for clarity, and furthermore, another column can be arranged symmetrically to the left side of the column 1. .

In such a configuration, when a person who wishes to purchase product A inserts money and attempts to purchase product A from the vending machine, the driving body 6 is operated by a sales command device (not shown), and the drive body 6 is operated as shown in FIG. The standby state then shifts to the unloading operation as shown in FIG.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2, as the movable body 7 moves forward, the pushing plate 8 pushes out the products A stacked at the bottom toward the opening 2, and at this time, the product holder 5 rotates and becomes horizontal, so that the flat surface At the same time, the closing plate 9 is retreated from the drop port 4 by the arm 10 to facilitate the advance of the product A into the drop port 4.

From the state shown in FIG. 2, when the drive body 6 reverses and the movable body 7 retreats, it enters the standby state shown in FIG. Product A, which had been pushed upwards, falls in the position indicated by dotted line a.

In particular, the fall of product A is caused by the product holder 5 slowly hanging down due to the retreat of the movable body 7.
The product will certainly slide down on the top surface of the product holder 5, and since it falls only by its own weight, it will always be carried downward in a constant state without receiving any external force.

For this reason, even an extremely narrow passage is sufficient for the passage required for product a to fall, and column 1 and outer box 11
It is possible to reduce the space between the two and to form an extremely thin vending machine.

In the standby state, the drop port 4 formed by the base 3 is closed by the closing plate 9, so even if the vending machine is vibrated or rocked, the product A can be passed from inside the column 1 through the drop port 4. will not fall out and fall, and even if one tries to steal the product by inserting one's hand through the product outlet and pulling out the product A in column 1, the closing plate 9 will prevent the product from being pulled out.

Furthermore, since the closing plate 9 opens and closes the drop port 4, the base 3
Even if the drop opening 4 formed by the notch is enlarged considerably, for example, to approximately the length of the product A, the stacked products A,
B, C, and D are stacked accurately, and of course, even when carrying out, the product A is reliably pushed out because the product pedestal 5 forms a flat part on the extension line of the container 3.

For this reason, compared to the previous method in which the product A is completely pushed out in the extrusion direction from the opening 2 of the column 1 and then dropped, it is possible to drop the product A from the position of the product A being pushed out as shown in FIG. 2, for example. , no large space is required in the extrusion direction.

As explained above, according to the present invention, one side of the base provided at the lower end of the column is cut out to form a drop opening, the drop opening is closed during standby, and a closing plate is provided to retreat during sales, and the drop opening is provided with a closing plate that retreats during sales. A flat part is formed at the mouth and a product holder that hangs down as the product moves to standby mode is used to carry out the product, so there is no need to completely push the product out of the product stack and let it fall. The vending machine can be dropped during extrusion, and since it slides downward in a constant manner, the falling path is extremely narrow, and a thin vending machine can be easily formed.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional view of the main parts of a vending machine showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing its operating state. FIG. 3 is a front view of FIG. 3 to make the structure easier to understand.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] An opening is formed on one of the lower edges of the column where products are stacked, and a base is provided at the bottom, and a part of the opening side of this base is configured to be swingable to provide a product holder and to reciprocate on the base. A push-out board is installed that moves to transport the products at the bottom.
Furthermore, a closing plate is provided that hangs down from the opening and is bent in the direction of the base in a hook shape, and the extrusion plate is connected to the closing plate and the product pedestal, and when the extrusion plate is moved, the product pedestal is leveled. A vending machine characterized in that the opening of a closing plate is released, the product is pushed out from the opening, and the product holder is connected so as to hang down as the extrusion plate retreats.