JPS6013231B2 - vending machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a vending machine that quickly heats and sells canned coffee, milk, etc.

The present invention aims to effectively utilize the storage capacity of heated items such as canned coffee, and also has other purposes such as selling the items cold without heating them, or heating them and selling them as hot items. To provide a vending machine that can freely select and sell items. Still another object of the present invention is to provide a heating device on the door body side, thereby facilitating maintenance and inspection of the heating device.

Conventionally, this type of vending machine was published in 1977, 33356
This vending machine has a structure similar to that of the above publication, but this vending machine has a distribution chute interposed between the article discharge port of the storage chamber in which the articles are stored and the heating device, so that the articles can be delivered to the vending outlet without being heated. The vending machine is distributed as appropriate so that it can be discharged into the vending machine or heated and discharged into the vending port, which requires a large distance between the vending port of the storage room and the vending port, and the height of the vending machine body is too high. It was necessary to increase the size of the article heating device and the like.

Furthermore, since the article heating device is provided on the main body side, there are drawbacks such as a reduction in the storage volume of the articles for sale and a need to increase the size of the main body.

The present invention achieves the above-mentioned object without increasing the height of the existing vending machine main body.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1
1 is a vending machine main body, which stores articles such as canned coffee and milk, and is equipped with a well-known storage chamber 2 and an article supply device 3 for dispensing the articles one by one.

Furthermore, a cooling device 4 is placed inside the storage chamber 2 to cool and preserve the articles. Reference numeral 5 denotes a door body that is opened when storing articles in the storage room 2. A push nail 6W for operating the article supply device 3 and an article sales opening 6 are formed on the front surface of the door body 5, and coins are stored inside. Interior structure.

Reference numeral 7 denotes an article heating device located below the article outlet 8 of the storage room 2 at the lower part of the door body 5, and includes an induction heating coil 9 formed in a cylindrical shape with a closed upper surface, and a conductive heating device 7. The working punch 11 is made up of a working punch 11 that moves up and down the center of the coil 9 and has a supporting plate part 10 tilted toward one side at the upper end. Connection villages 14, 14 connected to the board 13
The vertical drive is controlled through.

Reference numeral 15 denotes an article guiding punch provided below the article discharge port 8 in parallel with the support plate portion 10 of the working punch 11;
When the support plate portion 10 is located above, it is located below, and when the support slope portion 10 is located below, it is located above.

That is, the article guiding punch 15 is configured to be rolled around a rotating shaft 15a, and is connected to the connecting punch 14 via a link 15b, and is moved with the operating punch 11 by the drive of the motor 12 to move up and down. The supporting plate part 10 of the operating plate 11 is swung in the same direction as the supporting plate part 10 of the operating plate 11. In addition, goods guidance village 1
When 5 is located above, it collides with the article rolling and falling from the article discharge port 8, and the article is heated by the article heating device 7.
In order to allow the article to slide to the side, the part of the article guiding village 15 that is in contact with the article is located at a position slightly to the right of the center of the article ejection window 8', as shown in the figure. and the article heating device 7
The motor 12, the rotary plate 13, the connecting holes 14, 14, the article guide 15, etc. form an article ejection window 8' corresponding to the article outlet 8 and an article sales window 6' corresponding to the article sales opening 6, respectively. The frame body 16 is attached to the door body 5 side by attaching the frame body 16 to the lower inner surface of the door body 5 in a detachable manner. Reference numeral 17 denotes an article receiving stand located near the article sales window 6' of the frame 16.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be explained.

A predetermined coin is inserted into the coin slot of the vending machine main body 1, and the selection button is pressed. Now, if you press the position of a cold item (canned coffee) that does not require heating on the multiple selection buttons, the item supply device 3 in the storage room 2 will operate and one cooled item will be discharged. The product is led out from the outlet 8 to the article discharge window 8'.

At this time, the operating punch 11 of the article heating device 7 is located at the upper side as shown by the chain line in FIG. Due to the existence of the support plate 10 of the operating punch 11, when the workpiece 11 falls, it does not fall into the transfer heating coil 9, and its movement is not blocked by the article guiding village 15, and it is directly transferred in the direction of the article holder 17. and fall, so please open the goods sales outlet 6.
The cooled article can be removed from the container. Next, when you want to heat the article to obtain a warm article, press the push button at that position, and the article supply device 3 in the storage room 2 operates as described above, and one cooled article is delivered to the article discharge port. At the same time, the motor 12 is driven to rotate the rotary plate 13 in the direction of the arrow in FIG. Move downward and push down to the lowest part of the induction heating coil section 9 to stop driving the motor 12.

Further, the article guiding village 15 also moves in the opposite direction of the arrow in FIG. 3 in conjunction with the connecting village 14 and stops above. Therefore,
The articles led out to the article ejection window 8' are prevented from moving toward the article receiving table 17 by the article guide village 15,
It is guided in the direction of the induction heating coil section 9 and housed inside the upper closed portion of the induction heating coil section 9 . At this time, when it is confirmed that the article has been stored in the induction heating coil section 9, a timer (not shown) is activated and the transfer heating coil section 9 is activated.
is energized for a predetermined time to heat the article, and when a predetermined time has elapsed, a timer turns off the power to the induction heating coil section 9 and drives the motor 12 again to push the working village 11 upward and guide the article. The pestle 15 is lowered, the heated article is guided toward the article pedestal 17 through the closed upper surface of the induction heating coil section 9, and the heated article can be taken out from the article sales opening 6 as a warm heated article.

As is clear from the above embodiments, the automatic vending machine of the present invention has an article feeding device for storing articles therein and feeding the articles one by one from the article outlet at the lower part, and has an article supplying device for storing the articles one by one from the article outlet at the bottom, and has an article feeding device for storing the articles one by one from the article outlet at the lower part. The main body is equipped with an article sales port for receiving articles supplied from a supply device, and an article selection spade, and has an article discharge window and an article sales window corresponding to the article discharge port and article sales opening, and both windows an article heating device having a yielding heating coil that closes at least one side between the article heating device and an article guiding device that guides the article in a direction within the article heating device and in a direction that does not pass through the article heating device; In a conventional cooling-only canned coffee vending machine, the frame body is mounted close to the product sales opening of this vending machine, so that the cooling-only vending machine can be cooled. It is possible to select and release heated items or heated items to the outside, and when heating is not required, the frame can be replaced and the vending machine can be used as a regular cooling-only vending machine. As a vending machine with a built-in device, you can simply incorporate the frame into a general-purpose vending machine without having to manufacture a special body, which streamlines production costs and allows you to combine the vending machine body and a frame with a heating device, etc. Each can be manufactured individually, streamlining manufacturing.

In addition, when the article is heated, the article is supported in the induction heating coil of the article heating device, and when the article is not heated, the article is not placed in the induction heating coil of the article heating device. When the article is heated, the article is guided to the article heating device, and when the article is not heated, the article is selectively placed on the article receiving stand near the article sales window. By providing an article guiding device that moves the article guiding village to the operation village, reliable heating sales can be achieved with a simple configuration.
It has various advantages such as being able to sell it chilled. Furthermore, the vending machine of the present invention has an inner bag with an article supply device that stores articles therein and supplies the articles one by one from an article outlet at a lower part, and externally contains articles that are supplied from the article supply device. The main body is equipped with an article sales opening for receiving a product, an article selection spade, etc., an article discharge window and an article sales window corresponding to the article discharge opening and the article sales opening, and a product discharging window and an article sales window that are provided between the two windows and covering at least one side. A door body is attached so as to be openable and closable, and the door body is equipped with an article heating device having a closed yielding heating coil, and an article guiding device that directs the article into the article heating device and in a direction away from passing through the article heating device. In a conventional cooling-only canned coffee vending machine, by attaching a door body equipped with the article heating device and article guidance device to the main body of the vending machine, the cooling-only vending machine can be cooled. It is possible to appropriately select heated items or heated items and release them to the outside.
In addition, when heating is not required, the door body can be replaced and the vending machine can be used as a regular cooling-only vending machine, so it can be used as a vending machine with a heating device without the need to manufacture a special body. It is only necessary to assemble the vending machine body, and the manufacturing cost can be rationalized. The vending machine body and the door body equipped with the heating device etc. can be manufactured separately, which not only streamlines the manufacturing process, but also improves the maintenance of the article heating device and the article guiding device. This has various advantages, such as easier inspection work and an increase in the internal volume of the main body by the volume of the article heating device and the article guiding device.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic side sectional view of the same vending machine, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an article guiding device. 1...Vending machine main body, 2...Storage room, 3...Goods supply device, 4...Cooling device,
5... Door body, 6... Goods sales opening, 6'...
...・Goods sales window, 7...Goods heating device, 8'...
...Goods discharge window, 9...Induction heating coil, 10.
... Support plate part, 11 ... Operation village, 12.
...Moo Yu, 13...Rotating plate, 14...
...Connection pestle, 15... Goods guide village, 16...
... Frame, 17... Article holder. Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An article supply device is installed inside to store articles and supply the articles one by one from an article outlet at the bottom, and an article sales outlet for receiving articles supplied from the article supply device and the article outlet are provided outside. an article heating device having an article discharge window and an article sales window corresponding to an exit and an article sales opening, and an induction heating coil having at least one side open between the two windows; and an article guide device that guides the article to the article sales window without passing through the article heating device; and an operating rod that guides the article from the article heating device to the article sales window; When heating an article, the operating rod moves downward to support the article within the induction heating coil of the article heating device, and when not heating the article, it moves upward and supports the article within the induction heating coil of the article heating device. The article guiding device is provided so as to be vertically movable so as not to dispose the article, and when heating the article, the article guiding device moves upward to guide the article drawn out from the article ejection window to the article heating device, and does not heat the article. an article guiding rod that moves downward and guides the article to an article receiving stand near the article sales window;
A vending machine in which the article guide rod is linked to the actuating rod via a connecting rod that is operated by a motor driven by operation of a selection button.