JPS62143196A - Goods carry-out unit for vending machine - 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] (b) Industrial application fields The present invention relates to a product delivery device for a vending machine.

(B) Conventional technology A plurality of product transport rack devices for horizontally transporting the loaded and stored products are arranged in parallel in upper and lower stages, and a passageway extending vertically corresponds to the product delivery end of each product transport shelf device. In addition to establishing
On the product shelf of the elevator equipment that moves up and down in the aisle,
2. Description of the Related Art A product discharging device for a vending machine is conventionally known, which is configured to receive a product discharged from the product discharging end and convey it to a product take-out port. In a vending machine with such a configuration, when a product is selected by each user, the elevator device operates to move the product receiving shelf to the product delivery end of the product transport shelf device corresponding to the selected product; The product transport shelf device transports the loaded products toward the product delivery end and carries out the first product to the product receiving shelf, and when the product receiving shelf receives the product, it moves downward and reaches the product takeout port. Go to and look @
Products can be taken out from the front of the vending machine. And such a configuration can be achieved by
This is shown in Publication No. 1.

(c) Problems to be solved by the invention In the case of a product carrying out device having such a configuration, since the product is carried out using a product conveyance shelf device and an elevator device, due to its structure, the shape or shape of the products to be stored and sold is It has the advantage of being less restricted by size. Therefore, the shapes and sizes of products stored and sold by this type of parts delivery device t are diverse.

For this reason, when a product with a handle that protrudes from the outside of the container, such as the recent draft beer products in dog-shaped containers, is placed and stored on the product delivery device, the handle of the first product is It may protrude into the aisle of the shelf. Therefore, if the product passive is locked to the product protruding into the passageway, a locked state may occur, resulting in damage to the product or failure of the product receiving shelf, elevator system σ, etc.

In addition, in order to prevent the product protruding into the 111 path from being locked with the product receiving shelf, the distance between the product delivery end of the product transporting shelf device and the product receiving shelf must be made large; In addition to increasing the size of the product, if the product being transported from the product delivery end to the product receiving shelf is a small product, there is a risk that problems may occur in transferring the product.

Therefore, even if a part of the product protrudes into the aisle, the present invention does not cause a locked state due to engagement between the product and the product shelf, and allows the 16-product delivery end and the product shelf to be connected. The present invention provides a product delivery device that can be installed in close proximity.

Countermeasures to solve the problem A product transport shelf device that horizontally transports the stored products horizontally is installed in multiple rows above and below, and a product transport shelf device that extends vertically corresponding to the product output end of each product transport shelf device. In the vending machine, the product receiving shelf moves up and down within the aisle, and an elevator device receives the product carried out from the product delivery end and transports it to the product takeout port. A receiving shelf is provided with a movable plate that is extended and supported on the product discharging end side and is rotatable upward, and the movable plate is configured to prevent products from protruding from the product discharging end into the passageway when the receiving shelf moves downward. The product is rotated upward, and when the product is moved upward, it is configured to press and move the product to the outside of the aisle.

(e) Operation The product receiving shelf has a movable plate that extends and is supported on the product delivery end side and can rotate upwardly, and when it is stopped by a protruding product during downward movement, it rotates upwardly and locks. In order to avoid this situation, the protruding product is pushed to the outside of the aisle during upward movement.

(F) Embodiment FIGS. 1 to 12 show embodiments of the present invention.

(1) is the main body of the vending machine, with a coin slot (2) on the front.
, a product selection button (3), and a door (5) provided with a product outlet (4), etc., is pivotably supported so as to be openable and closable. (6) is a product conveyance shelf device comprising a conveyor (7) that rotates when a product sales command is delivered, and a plurality of conveyors (7) are installed horizontally in the main body (1) vertically and horizontally. and the conveyor (
7) The products placed and stored above are transported toward the product delivery end (8). In addition, a stopper member (6A) is rotatably provided at the product delivery end (8), and the stopper member (6A) locks the first product on the product delivery end (81 side) during sales standby. , rotation is prevented by a locking mechanism (6B) having a renoid.When the conveyor (force 1b) is applied, the locking mechanism (6B) releases the rotation prevention of the stopper member (6A), and the product is removed from the product delivery end. In addition to making it possible to carry out the first product, when the product is carried out, it is returned to its original state by a spring (not shown), and a locking mechanism (6B
) to prevent rotation and lock the next product. (9) is an elevator device installed extending vertically between the product transport shelf devices +61 (6) arranged side by side on the left and right, with a product receiving shelf 0ω movable up and down, and each product transport shelf device (6) It is configured so that it can be positioned corresponding to the product delivery end (8). In other words, elevator equipment (
9) is an endless chain stretched in the vertical direction αυ and a track rail (121
And this track rail (a pair of upper and lower moving bases f13 attached to +21 so as to be able to move up and down) (141, the top plate part 05 fixed to this upper moving base (13)), and the lower moving base (old) A receiving shelf part (16
) and an endless chino (11) that can be rotated in forward and reverse directions.
The lower moving base (14) is connected to the endless chain 0υ, and the endless chain α
It is possible to move up and down on the track rail t121 by forward and reverse rotation of υ, and it is placed on the upper end of the lower moving base (14), and the lower moving base (round It can freely move up and down on the track rail (121) while accompanying the up and down movement of the
The upper moving base (13) is connected to the lower moving page, '5 (1
When the lower moving base 04) moves downward, it moves downward due to its own weight.

On the other hand, the top plate part α fixed to the upper movable base (13)
9 and the receiving shelf part (161) which is rotatably supported by the lower movable base (14), is a pair of upper and lower product receiving shelves (161).
101, the top plate part (151) and the shelf part (16
1, an opening 0Q is formed so that the products carried out from the product delivery end (8) of the left and right component transport shelf devices (6) can be received in the product receiving shelf 00). In addition, the top plate part q9 is fixed to the upper movable base (l) so that it extends horizontally into the passage α9 in which the product receiving shelf (10) moves up and down, and the receiving shelf part (16) is As shown in Figure 3,
The upper end of the rear portion is rotatably supported on the lower movable base (14), and a roller The guide rail (21) is supported in contact with the guide rail (I21) and extends horizontally into the passage α9.
As shown in the figure, bend the lower end backwards and form the receiving shelf part (1
When the shelf 61 is moved downward to the lower end of the passage a9 corresponding to the product outlet (4), the receiving shelf (16) is configured to be in a forward tilted position. And the receiving shelf part (1&+b
″-At a position corresponding to the product take-out port (4), the top plate portion (151 is positioned below the product transport shelf device (6) at the lowest stage) and closes the passageway 9. It looks like this.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG.
A movable plate (1) rotatably supported on both sides of the
6B), and this movable plate (16B) is attached to the bottom plate (16B).
6A) is extended and supported to both sides and is rotatable upward. As shown in FIG.
When the upper product (Q) protrudes into the aisle a1, the movable plate (16B) is rotated upward by the product (Q) to avoid a locked state between the receiving shelf (Ibl) and the product (Q). ,
After passing downward, when the contact with the product (0) is released, it returns to the downward rotation.

(22 is a locking member whose lower end is rotatably provided on the rear surface of the lower movable base f14, and the lower movable base (14) positions the receiving shelf (10) corresponding to the product outlet (4). When the upper movable base (13) is moved downward to the lower position, the upper end locking portion (22A) is pressed forward by the suppressing members and the locking hole (22A) of the upper movable base (13) located on the lower movable base (14) is rotated. Inserting and locking the locking part (22A) in 24),
The upper and lower movable bases +13) (+41) are configured to be connected, that is, the locking members (n is the receiving shelf part nta
is located corresponding to the product outlet (4), the suppression member C2
3) and rotated forward, and the upper and lower moving base (1
3) (141) are connected to prevent the top plate portion (19 that closes the passage (11) from being moved upward by mischief or the like.

(251 is a shutter W provided at the bottom of the passage α9, which is pivoted so that it can be opened and closed from the passage 0, and is normally
9; is closed and maintained in the closed state by a locking device +27+ consisting of a solenoid (26). Then, the receiving shelf part fl lit moves downward, and the shutter device (
When it reaches a predetermined position above 251, the solenoid (2) operates to release the locked state held by the locking device t(2), and the receiving shelf (]6I is the shutter device) that moves downward. Push open downward to access the product outlet (4)
so that it can be located at a position corresponding to Further, when the receiving shelf section (mark 1) moves upward, the shutter device 125) returns to its original position due to the elasticity of the spring (281), closes the passageway (19), and is held closed by the locking device (5). .

Next, the normal sales operation with the above configuration will be explained. When the product is on standby, the product receiving shelf (10) is located at the upper end of the aisle 09, and the shutter device (■) is blocking the bottom of the aisle (19). Mischief to the shelf device (61) is prevented by the shutter.

Here, when a predetermined amount of money is inserted from the money slot (2) and the product selection button (3) is operated, a sales instruction is sent.
The elevator device (9) operates to move the product shelf u01 down, and the product shelf 00) is moved to a position corresponding to the 48-item unloading end (8) of the product shelf device (61) corresponding to the selected product. This stop causes the conveyor (7) of the corresponding product transport shelf device (6) to rotate, and the locking mechanism (6B) operates to enable the stopper member (6A) to rotate. Therefore, the product hole on the conveyor (7) carries the product in the direction of the product delivery end (8), and the first product hole carries the product from the product delivery end (8) through the opening 0 into the product receiving shelf 00). be done. When the conveyance of the product from the hole is detected by a detection switch (not shown), the conveyor (7
) stops rotating and stops general delivery of the product, and
The stopper member (6N) returns to rotation and locks the next product (8), and is held in an unrotatable state by the locking mechanism (6B).

On the other hand, when the product (A) is received in the product receiving shelf (10),
The product shelf fl tli moves downward again. When the shelf section (16) of the product shelf 00) reaches a predetermined position above the shutter device t25+, the solenoid α) operates to release the locked state of the shutter device ◎ by the lock device (A).

Therefore, the product shelf (10) moves downward by pushing open the shutter device (251), and stops at a position corresponding to the product outlet (4).At this time, the product shelf part (16) of the product shelf (0)
) is the guide rail C with the roller ■ bent backwards! Since it is supported by the lower end of υ, it is in a forward-leaning posture so as to go down toward the product outlet (4), and therefore the receiving shelf (16)
The products on the top 1 (~) are delivered to the product take-out port (4). Also, when the receiving shelf section (16) is located corresponding to the product take-out port (4), the locking member (2) engages with the pressing member t231. In order to connect the upper and lower moving paces (+3) (14), the top plate which has been moved downward by its own weight at the upper part of the receiving shelf part Q61 is rotated forward. [151] is in a state where upward movement is prevented. Therefore, the top plate part a9 is closed to the shutter device (instead of the passage 11'J
is in a closed state to prevent tampering with the product transport shelf device (6) in this state.

Then, the product (
When a detection switch (not shown) detects that ~ has been sent out, the elevator device (9) reverses, and the product receiving shelf QOI
The unit returns to the upper position and enters the sales standby state.

Next, when the product shelf (10) moves down,
Product transport shelf device located below (61 conveyors (7)
We will explain the operation when a part of the uppermost product protrudes into the aisle (II) of the product receiving shelf. In other words, as shown in FIG.
In the case of C), the handle part provided on the outer surface of the container may protrude into the passage (19).When the product shelf αα moves down to the C side position, the movement of the product shelf αα that protrudes (the shelf part 06) Board (
16B) is mounted on the protruding handle of the product (C), but this movable plate (16B) is rotated upward to avoid the locked state with the product C). Therefore, the shelf part (
16) can be moved downward without being locked to the protruding product C). Also, at this time, since the top plate part is locked to the protruding handle part, only the shelf part 1161 of the product receiving shelf α0) becomes F@. ,
Then, the receiving shelf part ([6) that has moved downward returns to the upward movement after delivering the product ■ to the product takeout port (4) at the lower part of the passage LL9, but at the time of this upward movement, the movable plate of the receiving shelf part (I61) 16B) can correct the protruding state by rotating the handle portion protruding into the passageway ([9) upward and out of the passageway αω as shown in Figure fl1.

Therefore, for example, by reciprocating the button, product receiving shelf 00) once after loading the product on each double-item transport shelf mounting (6), the posture of the product protruding into the aisle C1l can be corrected.

Therefore, the product delivery end (8) and the product receiving shelf 00) can be disposed close to each other without increasing the distance between them.

(G) Effects of the Invention As described above, the product receiving shelf of the present invention is extended and supported toward the product delivery end side, and has a movable plate that is rotatable upward, and the product receiving shelf is provided with a movable plate that is freely rotatable upward, so that the product that protrudes when the product is moved downward is fixed. When stopped, it rotates upward and opens the mouth.
This prevents the occurrence of a stuck condition and pushes the protruding products out of the aisle when moving up, so it is possible to prevent the occurrence of a locked condition between the product and the product shelf, and also to prevent the product from being locked in the product shelf. The device can be installed close to the delivery end, making it possible to downsize the device, and also making it easier to transfer small products from the product delivery end to the product receiving shelf.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a side view of the product shelf section, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the top plate section, FIG. 3 is a plan view of the shelf section, and FIG. 4 is a side view of the product shelf section. Figure 5 is a side view of the product shelf in a state corresponding to the product take-out port, Figure 5 is a perspective view of the shelf, Figure 6 is a front view of the product transport shelf device, and Figure 7 is a view inside the vending machine main body. The front view, Fig. 8 is a side sectional view of the vending machine, Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the vending machine, and Fig. 10 shows the product and the movable plate in contact (8)...Product transport''1 End, (10)... Product shelf, (16)... Shelf section, (16B)... Movable plate, α9... Passageway.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A product transport shelf device that horizontally transports the loaded and stored products, which are arranged in parallel in multiple stages above and below, a passageway that extends vertically corresponding to the product delivery end of each product transport shelf device, and the passageway. In the vending machine, the product receiving shelf is provided with an elevator device that receives the product carried out from the product delivery end and transports it to the product takeout port on a product receiving shelf that moves up and down within the product receiving shelf, and the product receiving shelf extends toward the product delivery end. The movable plate is provided with a movable plate that is supported and can be rotated upward, and the movable plate is rotated upward by the product that has protruded into the passage from the product delivery end when the shelf is moved downward, and the movable plate is A parts delivery device for a vending machine, characterized in that the device is configured to sometimes move the product by pressing it outward from the aisle.