JPS6274192A - Vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to a device for automatically selling products.

In particular, the present invention relates to a vending machine that occupies a small area and is suitable for selling a wide variety of products in large quantities.

[Problems with conventional technology] Conventional vending machines house the product storage section and ejection mechanism in one housing, and display the product on the front door.

Product selection button, coin insertion]=1. The structure includes a product outlet, etc. In order to sell a wide variety of products in large quantities, it is necessary to install a number of such vending machines. In this case, it is necessary to provide a space where customers can face all vending machines.
Requires occupying area. If the number of vending machines installed increases, public costs will increase.

Among vending machines, a parent-child type vending machine has been proposed in which only one of multiple vending machines has an expensive coin mechanism and is shared, reducing the cost of installing multiple vending machines. Although it is said to be relatively inexpensive, even in this case, the problem of installation space remains unsolved. Another problem is that customers have to walk back and forth in front of multiple vending machines to purchase or take out products.

Lower mill [Object and structure of the invention] In view of the above points, the present invention is a single vending machine that can sell a wide variety of products in large quantities, does not take up much installation space, and can To provide an automatic vending device that does not require a customer to move back and forth for takeout 7.

The present invention includes a product display section, a product selection means, a money slot,
A currency return switch, payment means such as a change slot, and a customer service unit located in front of the product extraction location.
A product storage unit consisting of a storage section that stores a plurality of products and a discharge mechanism that discharges the products f in the storage section one at a time to a discharge port.

The automatic vending machine is equipped with a product transport device that transports products from the discharge port to the product take-out port.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to all the drawings.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the illustrated vending machine includes a customer service unit 1, a plurality of product storage units 2,
It consists of a transport section 3.

The customer service unit 1 has a product display section 11, a product selection button 12, and a product selection button 12 on the front. Amount display section 13. Coin input slot 141 Bill input slot 15. Money returned/Par 16° change D 17
, a product outlet 18, and a coin mechanism and a control circuit (not shown) inside.

In this embodiment, the product storage unit 2 is 3 units) 1
For example, a product storage unit 2a comprising a product storage section and a discharge mechanism of a conventionally known cigarette vending machine, and a product comprising a product storage section and a discharge mechanism of a conventionally known canned nose vending machine. The product storage unit 2ct includes a product storage unit 2b and a product storage unit 2ct consisting of a product storage section and an ejection mechanism of a conventionally known nitric beverage vending machine. When it is necessary to cool or heat the products to be stored in the cornit, the housing of the unit is constructed with a heat insulating wall and the cooler or heater is completely built-in.

As the product storage and discharge mechanism 7, the well-known serpentine system, chain conveyor system, squirral system,
Various methods may be used, such as a stacking method, in which a predetermined number of products are stored and discharged one at a time to the all-product discharge port 21.

Of course, the illustrated units 2a, 2b, 2c
Each of the parts may be divided into a plurality of parts, and each divided part may be covered with a gold film of a different type of product storage and ejection mechanism. In that case, each unit will be provided with a plurality of discharge ports.

FIG. 3 shows an example in which a serpentine type storage and discharge mechanism is used in the storage unit 2 to store a canned Northose that is completely refrigerated. In this example, the unit housing 22 is composed of a heat insulating wall.

A cooler (not shown) is disposed at the bottom thereof, and Gies cans 4 as products are stored in a serpentine storage section 22. As is well known, a product stock saw ('-24) protruding from the lower part of the serpentine storage section is temporarily retracted by the operation of a solenoid 25 in response to a sales command signal, whereby one product is discharged to the discharge port 21.

The conveyance device 3 is composed of a conveyor, and connects the discharge port 21 and the product take-out port, and here, one storage unit) 2
One conveyor 3a f is used for a, and a common conveyor 3b is used for two storage units) 2b and 2c.
5-car conveyor 3a using i.

The tip of 3b is a conveyor 3C that extends to the rear of the outlet 18.
connected to.

Here, since the storage units 2a, 2b, and 2c are arranged as shown in FIG. 2, there are three conveyors 3a.

3bj3c, but in FIG. 2, if the storage units are arranged only in the X direction or the Y direction and the discharge ports are opened on the same side of the units, only one conveyor is required.

In the above configuration, like a conventional vending machine, a customer inserts money from the coin slot 14'' or the bill slot 15, selects a product corresponding to the desired product according to the products on the product display section 11, > When the b button is pressed, the corresponding ejection mechanism (for example, solenoid 25 in Fig. 3) of the storage unit of the corresponding product operates, and the product is removed from the ejection port 2 of that unit.
discharged to.

It falls onto the conveyor 3 in front of it.

The conveyors 3 and 1 are set to operate, for example, by a sales signal. Kakushi, te, the number of products that were discharged is 21 to 3! It was transported to ti D 18.

Incidentally, one circuit would be simpler if all the conveyors 3a to 3c were made to move with the sales signal.

The entire control circuit may be configured so that only the corresponding conveyor is fully operated depending on which product in the storage unit is selected.

To stop the conveyor, it is recommended to install a limit switch or a photoelectric product detection device (not shown) at the product takeout port 18, and use the product detection signal to completely stop the conveyor. .

In this way, the customer can handle all the products from the product outlet.

Returning inserted coins, issuing change, displaying amounts, etc. are the same as in conventional vending machines, so explanations will be omitted.

It is also possible to provide a card insertion slot and a card league as a means of payment for one purchase, thereby making it possible to purchase with a card.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, the product display section 1 price payment means.

A customer service department with a product selection means, a product take-out port, etc., a product storage section and a product ejection department, a plurality of product storage units, and a product transport system that connects the product ejection port and the product ejection port in each product storage section. Since we have added 4A to the equipment, we can prepare a large number of product storage units to increase the quantity and variety of products that can be sold, while minimizing the increase in the area of the fortune teller J compared to the conventional method. Move left and right to remove IJE-
It has the advantage that all desired products can be obtained sequentially from one outlet without having to worry about J'. Regarding the increase and decrease of the size storage section ~
However, since there is only one customer service department, there is the advantage that costs are lower than in the case of setting up multiple vending machines as in the past.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 (L, i, one embodiment of the vending device of the present invention:
FIG. 2 is a plan layout thereof, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the relationship between an example of one storage section and a conveyor. ■...Customer service unit, 11...Product display section, 12.
...Product selection switch, 13...Amount display section, 14.
... Coin slot, 16... Money return l/par, 17.
...Change slot, is...Product outlet, 2. (2
a, 2b, c)...Product storage unit I...3,
(3a j3 b, 3 c)...conveyor. Representative p (H-person (7783) Patent Attorney-, 1: i'ya January Noriho ((゛) Figure 1 Child Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A customer service unit that has a product display section, a product selection means, a payment means, and a product takeout port on the front, a storage section that stores a plurality of products, and discharges the products in the storage section one at a time to the discharge port. An automatic vending machine comprising: a plurality of product storage units each having a discharge mechanism; and a product transport device that transports products from the discharge port to the product take-out port.