JPS6243425Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the invention] (a) Industrial application field This invention relates to a vending device that is installed in hotel guest rooms, etc., and in particular allows the arbitrary selection of the shape and type of sales products and the ability to check sales.

(b) Conventional technology Conventionally, vending machines installed in hotel rooms, etc. were equipped with ordinary refrigerators, etc., and when checking out, employees checked the remaining amount of stored products and charged the fee. When there was a large number of customers out, they would be so busy that they would make mistakes in confirmation and make customers feel uncomfortable by making them wait. For this reason, some devices, such as Utility Model Publication No. 53-50477 (115E112), provide a tilted shelf and detect the products rolling on the tilted shelf to accumulate the number of products taken out.

(c) Problems to be solved by the invention Conventional techniques that provide such inclined shelves are limited to products with rolling shapes such as cylindrical shapes, and their applications are therefore limited. Moreover, when checking the sales status when replenishing products, it is necessary to open the large door at the front of the storage shelf each time to check whether there are products on the slanted shelves, which is cumbersome. In addition, there were many cases where malfunctions were induced due to mischief.

The present invention was developed to solve these problems, and includes doors that open and close the openings of multiple storage compartments, and each storage compartment can be opened and closed by operating levers provided corresponding to the doors. To provide a sales device in which the sales status of a room can be confirmed, and even if the operation of an operating lever is stopped midway, the position in the middle is maintained, thereby eliminating the inconvenience of collecting only the fee and not selling the product. .

(d) Means for Solving the Problems The vending device of the present invention divides the storage room into a plurality of storage chambers using a partition body, and displays the plurality of storage chambers on a panel installed at the opening of the storage chamber. In a vending machine equipped with a door body that can open and close each opening, the inner end is pivoted to a support frame on the back side of the panel and is biased by a spring in the direction of returning to its original position, and the other end protrudes from the panel to open and close the door body. An operating lever is provided at this protruding end to control locking and unlocking for opening and closing of the door body, and a plurality of ratchet teeth are provided at the inner end of the operating lever to sequentially engage and disengage with latches provided at appropriate locations. Further, when the latch engages with the first stage ratchet teeth of the operating lever, the operating lever is prevented from returning to its original position at its locking position, and when it engages with the next stage ratchet teeth, it is held in its operating position. The door body is unlocked by holding the operating lever in the position.

(E) Function In a vending device with such a configuration, when the operating lever is in its original position, the door is prevented from opening by this lever, and when the operating lever is moved to the normal position where the door can be opened, the door remains in that position. The ratchet teeth and latch engage to hold the operating lever in the discontinued condition. In addition, if the operation of the operating lever is interrupted during operation, the latch engages with the first stage ratchet teeth and maintains that state, so the product can be sold by moving the operating lever again to the final stage. . Further, when the locking state is reached, the detection switch is activated, so that it is detected that a sales operation has been performed.

(f) Examples An embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

1 has a peripheral wall made of a heat insulating wall, etc., and an internal storage chamber 2
The main body of the vending machine is equipped with a cooling device consisting of a refrigerant compressor 3, a cooler 4, etc. necessary for cooling the storage chamber 2, which is opened at the front, and has one or more vertical sides. In the dividing body 5 such as a net formed in a so-called lattice shape from the front side with 5A and lateral sides 5B,
It is divided into a plurality of storage chambers 6, 6, . . . which are opened at the front. The front opening of the storage chamber 2 is closed by a panel 7 that also serves as an inner door, and the panel 7 provides an outlet 8 that faces and communicates with the storage chamber 6.
are established respectively. Further, in the panel 7, the front opening of each storage chamber 6 is closed by a door body 9 made of a transparent synthetic resin material so that it can be opened and closed. 10,
11 etc., one side is rotatably supported and mounted, and the operating lever 12 is bored at a suitable position through a long hole 13 facing the other side of the door body 9 which is not pivoted. It is installed protruding from the front. The operating lever 12 has an inner end rotatably supported by a shaft 15 on a support frame 14 attached to the back surface of the panel 7, and is connected to a long hole 1 in the panel 7.
The protruding end 12A protruding from the shaft 1 is bent upwardly with a gap in front of the panel 7.
The outer periphery of the inner end pivoted at 5 is vertically arcuate, and a plurality of ratchet teeth 16A, 16B are continuously formed at appropriate positions on the outer periphery of this arcuate portion 17B.
The door body 9 protrudes outward on the other non-pivot side, and the panel 7 and the protruding end 12 of the operating lever 12
A protruding piece 9A that enters between A is bored, and the protruding end 1
2A and the protruding end 12A when engaged.
The opening/closing of the storage chamber 6 is controlled by coming into contact with the storage chamber 6 to prevent the opening operation of the storage chamber 6.

Reference numeral 17 denotes a latch whose one end is pivotally supported by the support frame 12 via a pivot 18, and the latch 17 is connected to the operating lever 1 at a proper position.
A locking tooth 17A is formed to engage with and disengage from the second ratchet tooth 16A, 16B, respectively, and is elastically biased by a spring (not shown) or the like in the direction of contacting the arcuate portion 12B. The operating lever 12 has one end locked to the support frame 14 and the other end of the coil spring 9 is locked in an eccentric position from the shaft 15 to lock the door body 9, that is, from the C position to the A position in FIG. It is always elastically biased in the direction of rotation. Reference numeral 20 denotes an operating rod that is interlocked with the rotation of the operating lever 12, and a pin 22 installed in the operating lever 12 is engaged with a through hole 21 bored at an appropriate position in the center, and a pin 22 for the latch 17 is engaged with the pin 22 inserted in the operating lever 12. Elongated holes 24 that slidably engage with engagement shafts 23 provided at appropriate positions on the pivot shaft 18 and the support frame 14, respectively.
25 is formed, and moves up and down with the operation of the operating lever 12, and opens and closes a detection switch 26 installed at an appropriate position on the support frame 14 via an actuating piece 27 and the like.
A protective cap 28 of a different color from the door body 9 is fitted and attached to the protruding end 12A of the operating lever 12, if necessary, and an arbitrary mark 29 such as an arrow indicating the operating direction is drawn or engraved on the front surface at an appropriate place. ing. 30
is an outer door that is located further outward than the panel 7 and opens and closes the front opening of the storage room 2, and may be provided as necessary.

The latch 17 sequentially engages the locking teeth 17A with the plurality of ratchet teeth 16A, 16B of the operating lever 12, and when engaged, holds the operating lever 12 in the locking position and prevents it from returning to its original position. Also, among the ratchet teeth 16A and 16B, the first stage ratchet tooth 16A engages with the operating lever 12 at an initial stage (position B in FIG. 4), and the second stage ratchet tooth 16B engages with the operating lever 12. is engaged at the stage when the door body 9 is disengaged (position C in FIG. 4). The detection switch 26 is actuated and closed via the operating rod 20 when the operating lever 12 is at the initial stage (position B in FIG. 4), and thereafter remains closed until the next stage.

The detection switch 26 is opened and closed by the operation of the operating lever 12, and detects the sales situation.
The system sends a signal to a totalizing device installed at the front desk of a hotel, etc., and the front desk also detects and manages the sales status. When the latch 17 is lifted against the elastic urging force and disengaged from the ratchet teeth 16A or 16B of the operating lever 12, the operating lever 12 is returned to its original position (position A in FIG. 4) by the restoring force of the spring 19. )
The door body 9 is returned to the locked state again. The latch 17 is configured so that only an employee can perform the return operation when replenishing the product 30 or the like.

(g) Effects of the invention As described above, in this invention, the operating lever is provided with a plurality of ratchet teeth, and the latch is configured to engage in multiple stages, so even if your hand comes off while pressing down the operating lever, the door will not open again. It locks the door body and maintains it in the sales starting state without leaving it in the unsold state, and even if the dimension from the locking position of the door body to the unlocking position is long, there will be no malfunction, and the door body will become unlocked in the middle of unlocking. Also, there will be no accumulation errors. Therefore, the abutment and engagement relationship between the door body and the operating lever does not require the operating lever to be kept engaged until it reaches the completely unlocked position, simplifying the design and manufacturing process. Also, since the detection switch is closed when the latch is engaged with the first stage ratchet teeth of the operating lever, even if the operating lever is released before the latch engages with the second stage ratchet teeth, the first stage ratchet will not be activated. It stops at the engagement position with the teeth,
The closed circuit of the detection switch is maintained, and it is possible to prevent the detection switch from being opened due to mischief or the like, resulting in an unsold state. In addition, after the operating lever is activated, the operating lever is held in a fixed position, so you can check the sales status just by looking at the position of the protruding end of the operating lever, without having to check the storage compartment, making it easier to check when replenishing products. Not only is this easy, but it also prevents inconveniences such as the customer operating an operating lever that has already been sold and only being charged a fee.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the proposed device with the outer door open;
3 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of the same, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the main part, FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the main part, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the main part of the operating lever. 6...Storage chamber, 12...Operation lever, 16A,
16B...Ratchet tooth, 17...Latch.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] 1. A door that divides a storage room into a plurality of storage chambers using a partition body, and that opens and closes each of the openings of the plurality of storage chambers on a panel installed at the opening of the storage chamber. In a vending device with a body, the inner end is pivoted to a support frame on the back side of the panel and biased by a spring in the direction of returning to the original position, the other end protrudes from the panel, and the door body is opened and closed by this protruding end. An operating lever for controlling locking and unlocking is provided as a locking and disengaging relationship, and a plurality of ratchet teeth are formed on the inner end of the operating lever to sequentially engage and disengage with a latch provided at an appropriate position, and furthermore, the latch is connected to the operating lever. When engaged with the first stage ratchet teeth, the operating lever is prevented from returning to its original position at the locking position, and when engaged with the next stage ratchet teeth, the operating lever is held in its operating position and the door body is closed. A vending device characterized by being configured to release a lock. 2. The vending device according to claim 1, wherein the latch engages with the first stage ratchet tooth of the operating lever and keeps the detection switch closed.