JPS594377Y2 - Vending machine product release structure - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a product discharging structure for a vending machine, and more particularly to a pusher for pressing and discharging a product.

In this type of conventional example, the pressed product was released from a product-sized hole provided in the pusher, but because of the hole, the width of the pusher was larger than the length of the product, resulting in high costs. .

Furthermore, because of the large pusher, the column inevitably becomes large, which has the disadvantage that the external dimensions of the product also become large.

The present invention aims to eliminate these drawbacks.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Reference numeral 1 denotes the main body of the vending machine, which has a coin slot 2, a plurality of product selection buttons 3, and a product takeout port 4 on the front side.

Reference numerals 5 and 5' indicate two rows of columns provided inside the main body 1, which are separated from a central partition 6 and guide pieces 7, 7 on both sides.

Items 8, 8, . . . are stacked in two rows on the support plate 9 located below the columns 5.degree. 5' and stored in the columns 5, 5'.

10 is an interlocking means 11a for reciprocating movement with the motor 11.
This is a pusher that is connected to the support plate 9 by a pusher, and a part of the pusher extends above the support plate 9.

This pusher 10 has a flat part 12 on which the product 8 is placed,
It consists of a raised part 13 that extends from this flat part 12 and presses the product 8 lower than the height of the product 8, and a product placement part 14 that further extends horizontally from this raised part 13.

A notch 15 having at least the width A of the product 8 or more is provided in the flat part 12 up to the base of the rising part 13.

In the above embodiment, in the sales waiting state shown in FIG. More than half of the total product length B of the inner bottom surface portion 17 is connected to the notch portion 15.
It makes me want to.

That is, the pusher 10 is moved by the motor 11, and at this time, only the product 8 at the bottom is pushed by the rising part 13 and moves to the right in the figure, and when the notch 15 moves to the outside of the support plate 9, the product 8 falls from the notch 15 and is discharged into the product outlet 4.

Further, in the sales waiting state shown in FIG. 3, the product 8 in the column 5 is positioned on the support plate 9, and the pusher 10 is moved from the right side to the left side by the motor 11 to drop the product from the support plate 9.

In such a product, the product 8 on the column 5' side is released from the notch 15 provided in the flat part 12 of the pusher 10, so the width of the pusher 10 is equal to the total length B of the product 8.
Since it can be made smaller, the pusher 10 as a whole can be made smaller and rationalized.

Further, with the miniaturized pusher 10, the outer dimensions of the column 5 and the product can be minimized without waste, and the installation area of the main body 1 can also be reduced.

In this way, the present invention stacks products on the support plate of the column,
Products are sold one by one starting from the lowest product by the pressure of a pusher reciprocating on a support plate, and the pusher has a width shorter than the total length of the product, and further has a flat part on which the product is placed, and a flat part extending from this flat part. , and a rising part that presses the product and is lower than the height of the product, and a length of more than half the width of the flat part, and the product rotates and falls when the flat part moves outside the support plate. The pusher column and product external dimensions can be reduced, rationalization is possible, and the installation area of the product can be reduced, making it highly practical.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a vending machine showing an embodiment of the product discharging structure of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the product dispensing structure in the waiting state for sales, and Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the vending machine when the product discharging structure is ready for sale. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the pusher, FIG. 5 is a top view taken along arrow II-II' in FIG. 2, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a product discharge state. 5.5'...Column, 8...Product, 9
...Support plate, 10 ...Pusher, 1
2...Flat part, 13...Rising part, 15
・・・・・・Notch part.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] The products are stacked on the support plate of the column, and the products are sold one by one starting from the lowest one by the pressure of a pusher that reciprocates on the support plate.The pusher makes the width of the product shorter than the total length of the product, and then further products are placed. a raised part that extends from the flat part and presses the product lower than the height of the product; and a raised part that extends from the flat part and presses the product lower than the height of the product; A product discharging structure for a vending machine that has a notch that allows the product to rotate and fall when it is moved.