JPS60699Y2 - Vending machine product holding device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] This invention is a product of a vending machine that prevents products that are pushed forward by a sales command, falls off the shelf board, and is carried out from falling off the shelf board except when the product is being sold. Relating to a holding device.

2. Description of the Related Art Vending machines that sell so-called paper pack products in which beverages and the like are sealed in rectangular parallelepiped paper containers are used.

In this vending machine, the products are placed in a line on a shelf board of a product storage shelf.

Then, in response to a sales command, the item is pushed forward by the pusher, and the first item is pushed off the shelf, falls down, and is carried out.

However, in the above-mentioned vending machine, if the vending machine shakes due to vibration or the like, or if the vending machine is intentionally rocked back and forth, the first item on the shelf may fall forward and fall.

There have also been cases where products have been illegally taken away with the knowledge of the above.

The purpose of this invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks and to provide a product holding device for a vending machine that prevents products from falling off the shelves even if the vending machine shakes when the product is not on sale. It's about doing.

The purpose of this is to create a vending machine in which a large number of products lined up on a shelf are pushed forward by a sales command, and the first product falls off the shelf one after another and is carried out. , and includes a protruding member that protrudes in front of the first product and a solenoid that retracts the protruding member,
When the product is on standby for sales, the protruding member prevents the top product from falling from the shelf board, and when the product is sold, the solenoid is activated to open the carry-out path for the top product.

Hereinafter, embodiments of this invention will be described based on the drawings.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, 1 is a product storage shelf of a known chain elevator set of a vending machine, and is installed in a main body case with an open front.

2 is a pair of endless chains stretched perpendicularly to the upper and lower sprocket shafts, 4 is a rack between the pair of endless chains 2, and shelf boards are provided at predetermined intervals; 5 is arranged in a row on the shelf board 4. 6 is a drive motor connected to the sprocket shaft 3 to run the chain 2 to lower the shelf boards 4 one by one to the unloading position as a set of elevators; 7 is the product 5 on the shelf board 4a in the unloading position. This pusher includes a drive motor 71, an endless chain 72 that is driven by the motor 71, and a pusher plate 73 that is connected to the endless chain 72 and pushes the product 5 forward.
It consists of

8 is a product holding device based on this invention, and solenoid 8
1 and a protruding rod 82.

This protruding rod 82 is coupled to the plunger of the solenoid 81 and is biased downward by a spring, so that the shelf board 4 is in the unloading position.
It protrudes in front of the first product 5a on item a.

Further, the solenoid 81 is installed on the back surface of the inner door 9 provided at the front opening of the main body case.

In the above-mentioned vending machine, when the vending machine is on standby, the protruding rod 82 is close to the front of the first product 5a on the shelf board 4a in the carry-out position.

Therefore, even if the vending machine and the products 5 are shaken, the first product 5a is supported by the protruding rod 82 and will not fall down.

At this time, the products 5 on the shelf board 4 above the carry-out position are supported by the inner door 9.

When selling a product, the solenoid 81 is energized by a sales command, and the protruding rod 82 is pulled up by the retracting operation.
The front of the first product 5a is opened.

The pusher 7 is then actuated - the product 5 is pushed forward by the pusher plate 73.

Then, the first product 5a is pushed out from the shelf board 4a, falls, and is carried out to the product outlet, and the vending machine returns to the sales standby state again.

Note that when all the products 5 on the shelf board 4a at the carry-out position are carried out, a switch (not shown) detects this, and the motor 6 rotates to send the next shelf board to the carry-out position, maintaining the above-mentioned sales standby state. As described above, according to this invention, a vending machine is equipped with a product holding device that includes a protruding member that protrudes in front of the first product on the shelf and a solenoid that retracts the protruding member. When the vending machine is on standby, a protruding member prevents the first product from falling down, and when the product is on sale, a solenoid is activated to open the product delivery path. Even if there is,
Products on shelves will not fall.

Therefore, the product is also prevented from being illegally taken away.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a principle diagram of a vending machine to which this invention is applied, and Fig. 2 is an enlarged front view of the main parts of the invention. 4...Shelf board, 5...Product, 8...
... Product holding device, 81 ... Solenoid, 82
...Protruding member.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] Used in vending machines where a large number of products arranged in a row on a shelf are pushed forward by a sales command, and the first product falls off the shelf one after another and is carried out, and the product protrudes in front of the first product. and a solenoid for retracting the protruding member.When the product is on standby, the protrusion member prevents the first product from falling from the shelf board, and when the product is on sale, the solenoid operates to prevent the first product from falling off the shelf. A product holding device for a vending machine, characterized in that an ejection path is opened.