JPS5929255Y2 - vending machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the idea] The present invention relates to improvements in vending machines.

The purpose of this is to attach article support cases with front openings at equal intervals to a conveyor belt wound around the case, and to release the articles by placing each case in turn facing the outlet. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a vending machine that facilitates the vending process, does not limit the size of articles, and prevents contact between articles.

The present invention will be specifically described below based on embodiments shown in the drawings.

In the drawing, a case 1 of a vending machine has one side of a front plate 12, which covers the front opening of the main body 11 and has an article outlet 13 opened at the bottom, pivoted to the side wall edge of a box-shaped main body 11 with an open front. The front opening of the main body 11 can be opened and closed.

Inside the case 1, bearing walls 14, 14 are installed vertically in order to partition the inside of the case into left and right sides depending on the article, and rotating shafts 2, 2a are mounted vertically facing each other between the walls 14, 14. Then, the endless conveyor belt 21 is wound and stretched.

The conveyance belt 21 has two rotating wheels 22, 22.22a adjacent to each rotating shaft 2, 2a and facing each other vertically.

Rotating wheels 22° 22a which are fixed to the shaft and which face each other vertically,
It is constructed by winding endless chains 723.23 between 22 and 22a, and mounting pieces 24 are protruded from both chains 23.23 at equal intervals depending on the article. 2
4. Attach the rear wall of the article support casing 25 between 24 and 25, and attach the rear wall 26 to the mounting piece 24.
Upper and lower walls and left and right side walls are formed around the periphery, and an article storage chamber 2γ with a front opening is provided inside each wall.

A driving device 3 is connected to the rotating shaft 2 of one of the rotating wheels 220, which is tilted up and down, and the driving device 3 is configured by connecting an intermittent rotating motor 32 to a speed reduction mechanism 31. By inserting a specified coin into an input slot (not shown), the conveyance belt 21 is moved by one pinch of the support □ 25, and therefore the rear side 21a of the conveyance belt 21 is intermittently moved downward by the vertical interval of the support case 25. The support housings 25 attached to the conveyor belt 21 are sequentially turned downward, and the chute 16 (to be described later) is moved.
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A support housing 25 is provided in the case 1 corresponding to the rear side 21a of the conveyor belt.
An article discharge guide 4 is disposed along the passage on the opening side of the
The lower end of the guide 4 forms a bent portion 40 bent into a substantially 1/4 arc in the direction of movement of the support housing 25.

The tip of the bent portion 40 is located substantially directly below the lower wheel 22, and a steeply inclined chute 16 is connected from the tip toward the outlet 13 side of the front plate 12.
The lower part 15 of the ejector 13 is in contact with the front plate 12 at a position slightly below the lower edge of the ejector 13.

A stopper γ is provided between the lower edge of the outlet 13 and the tip of the chute 16 to prevent the ejected article from jumping out of the outlet 13.
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However, when loading goods into the vending machine,
After the front plate 12 of the case 1 is opened to open the front surface of the main body 11, the articles 5 are first inserted into each support case 25 on the front side 21b of the conveyance belt from the opening surface.

Next, the drive device 3 is activated to move the conveyance belt 21, move each support case 25 loaded with articles to the rear side 21a of the conveyor belt, and position the empty support case 25 on the front side 21b of the conveyor belt. After that, articles are loaded into each support case 25 from the opening surface.

At this time, each of the support casings 25° 25 on the front and rear sides 21a and 21b placed on the conveyance belt is horizontal and supports the article.
The support case 25 located above the upper rotary wheel 22a has an opening surface 28 facing upward, thus keeping the article 5 in the storage chamber, and the support box 25 located below the lower rotary wheel 22 has an opening surface 28 facing upward.
Therefore, the article 5 is supported on the upper surface of the guide 4 and is waiting to be discharged.

Now, insert the specified coin and operate the switch to drive the drive device 3.
When the transport band 21 is moved by the distance between the support cases,
The support case 25 moves onto the guide 4 while supporting the article 4, opens the opening surface 28 facing the outlet 13, and discharges the article 5 into the outlet 13.

After the article is released, the support case 25 goes around the rotary wheel 22 and moves to the front side of the conveyor belt 21a, and the support case 25 is again positioned on the lower periphery of the rotary wheel 220, with the opening surface 28 facing downward, and the article is 5 is supported on the upper surface of the guide 4 and waits for the next discharge, and when a coin is inserted, the conveyance belt 21 is moved in the same manner as described above, and the supporting case 25 is opened and the surface 28 is taken out facing the outlet 13 and the next article is placed. It is something that is emitted.

To load a new article after all the articles have been discharged, open the front plate 12 and load the article into each support square 25 on the front side 21b of the conveyor belt, and then move the conveyor belt 21 to the rear side. 21a is positioned toward the front side of the case 1, and articles are loaded into each support case 25.

As described above, the present invention includes attaching article support cases 25 with front openings at equal intervals to the endless conveyance belt 21 wound around the inside of the case.
Since the articles are loaded into each support case 25, the shape and size of the articles are not limited as long as they are smaller than the storage chamber 21 space of the support case 25, and the articles can be stored and conveyed in an orderly manner without contact between the upper and lower articles. 21 moves only one pinch of the support case 25 when a specified coin is inserted, so there is no need for a glue mint switch for detecting the position of the support case, and the article is placed on the opening surface 2 of the support case 25.
When the B side is tilted low, it will naturally escape from the housing 25 and guide 4.
from the guide end to the outlet 13.
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The end position of the guide corresponds to the position where the support casing 25 is facing straight down.Since the end position of the guide corresponds to the position where the support case 25 is facing straight down, the article can surely slide down from the guide by its own weight, there is no ejection error, and the stopper γ of the outlet 13 Prevent objects from flying out of the ejector (13).

Further, the lower part of the guide 4 is inclined downward in a 1/4 arcuate surface in the rotating direction of the support case 25, and the outlet 13 is connected to the outlet 16 at the tip of the arcuate surface, so that the contents stored in the support case 25 can be In the case of bagged rice, even if the bag is torn due to friction with the guide 4, the rice is naturally released from the guide and chute 16 and does not accumulate in the transition path of the support case 25.

Therefore, the support case 2 does not interfere with the next ejection rotation of the support case 25.
It is possible to avoid the situation where rice gets caught between 5 and the guide 4, causing a load on the rotation of the support case and damaging the vending machine.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a slope view, Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view, Figure 3 is Figure 2 I
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line II-III. 1...Case, 13...Outlet, 21,218...
Conveyance belt, 22... Rotating wheel, 25... Support case, 3...
・1 drive device, 4... guide, 5... article, 16.
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Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A hollow case 11 whose front opening is covered with a front plate 12 and an article outlet 13 is opened at the bottom of the front plate 12;
An endless conveyance belt 21 stretched between rotating wheels that are pivotally supported at the top and bottom of the interior, a plurality of article support cases 25 that are attached to the endless conveyance belt 21 at equal intervals and whose front surfaces are open, and are linked to the rotating wheels. When a specified coin is inserted, the conveyance belt is moved by one pinch of the support case 25.The intermittent rotation motor 32 is arranged along the rear passage of the support case 25, and the lower part is moved in the direction of movement of the support case 25 by an approximately 1/4 arc. an article discharging guide 4 which is bent in a direction and whose bent end is located substantially directly below the center of rotation of the lower rotary wheel; and an article discharging guide 4 which extends diagonally forward and downward from the lower end of the guide and is positioned slightly below the lower edge of the article ejection port. The vending machine is comprised of a chute 16 that abuts against a front plate 12 at the bottom, and a stopper γ is provided between the lower edge of the article outlet 13 and the lower edge of the chute 16 to prevent the ejected articles from flying out.