JPS6175497A - Vending equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a vending machine that can check sales by time.

Generally speaking, it is not possible to easily know the current number of vending machines sold without opening the inside of the vending machine. Therefore, it was not possible to grasp the state of sales by time of day or day of the week, and it was not possible to know the actual behavior of consumers. For this reason, replenishment of products was carried out by selecting appropriate days and times based on intuition, resulting in long-term sold-out conditions and the inability to fully meet consumer demands. There were various problems such as.

The object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine that can eliminate the above-mentioned time MT.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a vending machine 51 according to the present invention. The vending machine 1 includes a product shelf 3 and a transport device 4 arranged inside a main body case 2, and a product outlet 5 is provided below the lower end of the transport device.

The product shelf 3 includes a plurality of shelf boards 7 that are inclined and arranged at predetermined intervals above and below the main body case 2. Can products or ready-made products 9 are placed on each shelf board 7 according to their type, and a stopper 10 for supporting the products is provided at the lower end of the shelf board 7.

The stopper 10, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the position of the stopper 10 is changed so that only the product 91 can be caught in the tray 18 provided on the chino 17 (see FIG. 1).

When the product 9a is received in the tray 18, the pulley 19 is rotated by a motor (not shown), the belt 17 is rotated clockwise, and the product 9a is discharged to the outlet 5.

At this time, when the saucer 18 is located on the right side in FIG. 1, it stands up supported by the support member 20, and when it is located on the left side, it hangs down due to its own weight.

A connector 16 having a plurality of connection terminals 15 is attached to the main body case 2, and each connection terminal 15 is connected to a corresponding one of the nine electromagnets 13, so that a part of the current flowing through the electromagnet 13 can be input to the connector 16. There is.

FIG. 4 shows a block diagram of the control system of the vending machine 10, in which 21 is a bill sorting device that sorts bills and outputs a signal according to the amount of the bill, and 22 is a bill sorting device that sorts coins and outputs a signal according to the amount of the bill. Coin sorting device that outputs a signal according to the amount - 123
24 is a selection switch for selecting a desired product, and 24 is a microcomputer that inputs a signal from the banknote sorting device 21 or the coin sorting device 22 to select a selection switch 23t-
When the selection switch 23 is turned on, a drive signal is outputted from the output terminals Q1-Qn corresponding to the selection switch 23. Reference numeral 25 denotes an amplifier that amplifies the drive signal and causes a current to flow through the electromagnet 13.

FIG. 5 shows a total storage device 30t-10 diagram, in which 31 corresponds to the connection terminal 15 and has a plurality of input terminals 32 which are detachably connected;
33 is a timer that outputs a time signal at regular intervals; 34
is a microcomputer that counts the number of drive signals input from each input terminal 32 by time, day of the week, and product based on the time signal output from the timer 33, stores it in the memory device rjt 35, and stores it in the memory device rjt 35. The data is stored in the storage device 35 and outputted to the printer 36 or magnetic card 37 according to the data.

Next, the operation of the embodiment constructed as described above will be explained.

First, the input terminal 32 of the tally storage device &aO is connected to the connection terminal 15 provided on the main body case 2 of the vending machine 10. When a coin is inserted into a slot (not shown) and a desired selection switch 23ai is turned on, a drive signal is output from the output terminal Q-2 of the microcomputer 24. Then, the drive signal is amplified by an amplifier 25m and the electromagnet 13
A4C current flows, and the position of the strut horn 410 m changes]
- The desired product 9& is discharged to the outlet.

On the other hand, a part of the drive signal is inputted to the microconturbator 34 via the connection terminal 15m and the input terminal 32a. Then, the microconverter 34 counts the number of input drive signals by time, day of the week, and input terminal (by product) and stores the count in the storage device 35. Similarly, when another selection switch 23t is turned on, the number of drive signals is stored in the storage device 35 by time, day of the week, and product, and the stored data is output to the printer 36 or magnetic card 37 as required.

Therefore, the user can know the sales status by product type, time of day, and day of the week.

As described above, in this invention, the vending machine is attached to the main body case.
A plurality of connection terminals are provided for inputting drive signals for each of the drive signal generation means, and a tally storage device counts the plurality of input terminals that are detachably connected to each of the connection devices and the number of drive signals input to each input terminal. Since it is equipped with a plurality of kakunta means for outputting the counted number, it is possible to have the kakunta means count the number of sold items for each product, so it is possible to easily know the current sales number for each product without opening the inside. It is also possible to grasp the sales status by time of day or day of the week, which is extremely useful when planning sales policies.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 to 3 are explanatory diagrams of the mechanism of the vending machine, FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the control system of the vending machine, and FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the total storage device. 1...Vending machine 5...Outlet I5...Connection terminal 23...Selection switch 24...Microconturbator 30...Tally storage device 32...
Input fako 34...Microcomputer 1
Kamo 1 Seki

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. The vending machine includes a vending machine and a tally storage device, and when the vending machine inserts a coin into a coin slot and presses one of a plurality of selection switches for selecting a desired product, a plurality of drive signals are generated. Among the generating means, a drive signal is outputted from the drive signal generating means corresponding to the selected selection switch that is turned on, and one of the desired products is discharged to an outlet provided in the main body case. A drive signal provided in the case and output from the plurality of drive signal generation means,
The tally storage device includes a plurality of connection terminals for inputting signals to each of the drive signal generation means, and the totalization storage device includes a plurality of input terminals that are respectively detachably connected to the connection terminals, and a plurality of counter means provided corresponding to the input terminals. An automatic vending machine, characterized in that each of the counter means counts the number of inputs of a drive signal and outputs the counted number when the drive signal is input.