JPS6054720B2 - shelf vending machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention relates to improvements in shelf-type vending machines.

When selling irregularly shaped items such as rice or bread using a vending machine, the items may be deformed or damaged if the items are stacked one on top of the other and are pushed out from the bottom one by one using a discharging member. Therefore, it is not generally adopted.

Traditionally, when selling such items, bags of rice and bread were placed on multiple shelves arranged at appropriate intervals above and below.
Shelf-type vending machines are often used, in which a solenoid is activated sequentially from the bottom shelf to remove the shelves and drop items onto the shelves.

However, it is not preferable to drop heavy bags of rice or soft bread in this way, especially if they are dropped from an upper shelf, as the bags may tear or change their appearance, which can cause the product price to drop. This was a serious loss. In addition, when selling heavy items such as rice, the weight is added to the shelf, so sufficient strength is required to install the shelf, but with conventional vending machines that use shelves, only a part of the shelf is supported. However, there was a problem in that it also made the posture of the article placed on it unstable.

If the posture of the articles placed on the shelf becomes unstable, the posture may change during the descent, resulting in an obstruction to the descent or failure in sales. The present invention aims to provide extremely effective means for solving the above-mentioned drawbacks, that is, to provide a vending machine that can securely place and sell even heavy objects. In order to fully achieve this objective, the present invention forms the article shelf with a single plate, and arranges this plate horizontally inside the machine body at appropriate intervals in the vertical direction, and according to sales orders. The machine is characterized in that each shelf is lowered step by step at the same time, and a shelf storage section is formed in the lower part of the body of the machine to stack and store the lowered shelves. From the above structure, by forming the article shelf from a single board and arranging multiple pieces vertically, it is possible to stack used article shelves in the storage section at the bottom. Become.

This shelf-type vending machine is configured by holding the product shelf horizontally while the product is placed thereon so that the posture of the product to be sold is stabilized and is not limited by the shape or condition of the product. be able to. Further, by arranging the upper and lower article storage shelves at appropriate intervals, the storage space factor for articles can be minimized. Moreover, since the article shelves lowered to the lower part of the body can be stacked and stored, the space factor can be further improved. Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In FIGS. 1 and 2, the reference numeral 1 indicates a machine body of a vending machine, and 2 is a product mounting plate composed of a single board. Both ends are fixed to the ladder chain 3 hanging down from the upper part of the fuselage 1 with a shelf, and a plurality of ladder chains 3 are arranged vertically at appropriate intervals.

As shown in FIG. 3, two ladder chains 3 hang down at the left end and one hangs down at the right end to stabilize the horizontal state. There is a shaft 4 installed horizontally above the inside of the fuselage 1.
A drive motor 5, which can be switched between forward and reverse directions, is connected to one end of this shaft 4. A sprocket 6 is fixedly inserted into the shaft 5,
The rudder chain 3 is meshed with this sprocket 6, and the motor 5 is driven to rotate the shaft 6 for each sales command.
The ladder chain 3 is lowered to lower each shelf 2 one step at a time. A shelf storage section 7 is formed in the lower part of the body 1 to stack and store the lowered shelves 2. An article takeout port 8 is provided at the front of the machine body 1 so as to be located above the shelf accommodating part 7 even when all the shelves 2 are stacked and stored in the shelf accommodating part 7. Note that 9 is a chain tray for storing the extra rudder chain 3, and 10 is a sprocket for the chain 3. This is a holding plate to prevent it from lifting up and coming off from 6.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a shelf guide, which lowers each shelf 2 one step at a time in response to a sales command, and takes out articles from the shelves 2 that have been lowered to the article takeout port 8. And when the item is taken out, shelf 2! They are further lowered and stacked in the shelf storage section 7. Another embodiment of the invention is shown in FIG.
In this embodiment, instead of the rudder chain 3, the shaft 2
The shelves 2 are removably mounted on the support part 24 of a belt 23 that is wrapped around a roller 22 fixed to the roller 1, and the effect that each shelf 2 is lowered one step at a time in response to a sales command is similar to that of the previous embodiment. That's right. When the articles are taken out from the outlet 8 and the shelf 2 is further lowered, the shelf 2 is removed from the support section 24 and stacked on the shelf storage section 7 as described above. The present invention has the above-described structure and operation, and the shelves are made up of a single sheet and are arranged horizontally inside the machine body, and are arranged vertically at appropriate intervals. Since the article can then be taken out from the outlet, there is no risk of the article being deformed or damaged by the impact of falling.

In addition, unlike conventional products, it is not necessary to provide a solenoid for each shelf, so the production cost is low and the structure can be made smaller, which provides excellent effects. Moreover, since items can be held securely and lowered without losing their posture, sales can be carried out reliably.Also, since the shelves are stored at the bottom, the interior of the aircraft can be used effectively. , it has the effect that the whole can be made smaller.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figures 1 to 3 show one embodiment of the present invention. Figure 1 is a side sectional view showing the state in which articles are placed on each shelf, and Figure 2 is a side sectional view showing the state in which the shelves are stacked in the shelf storage section. FIG. 3 is a side sectional view showing the state, FIG. 3 is a plan view of the inside of the fuselage, and FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing another embodiment. 1... Aircraft, 2... Shelf, 3...
・Chain, 7... Shelf storage section, 23...
・Belt, 24...Shelf support part, A...
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Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A plurality of article placement shelves that hold a single board horizontally are suspended from the upper part of the aircraft at equal intervals, and are lowered one step at a time for each sales command. Take out the items from the
A shelf-type vending machine, characterized in that a storage section is provided in the lower part of the machine body, and the lowered article placement shelves are stacked and stored. 2. The shelf-type vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the article mounting shelves are connected by chains so as to be horizontal. 3. The shelf-type automatic vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the article mounting shelf is removably supported by a belt extending vertically across both ends of the plate and mounted so as to be horizontal. Machine.