JPS6313238B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] This invention relates to a beverage vending machine, and more specifically, it is capable of dispensing drinks such as instant coffee to more people in a small space to suit their tastes. This invention relates to a beverage vending machine with a two-layered material stocker so that the material can be dispensed.

[Prior Art] As a beverage vending machine, as described in Utility Model Application No. 53-91183 and Utility Model Application No. 55-16056,
Multiple stockers containing powder raw materials are installed side by side,
A nozzle provided below the stocker and a screw conveyor are installed inside the stocker, and a shutter provided downward from the end of the nozzle feeds into the mixing bowl in conjunction with the rotation of the screw conveyor. Beverage vending machines are known that are configured to take out a predetermined amount of raw materials when opened, mix the raw materials with a predetermined amount of diluent to make a beverage, and vend the beverage automatically.

In this way, the beverage vending machines that are currently in practical use have a single-layer material stocker, which means that the number of material stockers is small and it is not possible to respond to the diversification of user tastes. Beverage vending machines had to be placed side by side in one place, or larger vending machines with larger widths and depths that could sell a variety of beverages had to be prepared.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, with this approach, there are problems in that the installation cost increases and a large space for installation and a power supply corresponding to the number of vending machines are required.

Therefore, in order to store many raw materials in one beverage vending machine, for example,
As shown in the publication, the problem can be solved by stacking the raw material stocker in two layers instead of one layer.
Even if the material is simply stacked in two layers, when considering the replenishment of raw materials, a stepladder must be used to raise and lower the upper material stocker, and in particular, when replenishing the lower material stocker, the upper material stocker must also be raised and lowered. There is a point.

The object of the present invention is to eliminate the problems of the above-mentioned conventional techniques, and to provide a beverage vending machine equipped with a material storage mechanism that has a large material storage capacity, easy material replenishment, and a small frontage. be.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The above object is to provide two pairs of guide rails in an inverted L shape extending from the upper side of the inner surface of the side plate of the casing toward the front plate of the casing, and an upper material stocker having two pairs of pulleys that fit into the guide rails is movably disposed, and a pair of guide rails facing in the depth direction and parallel to the bottom plate are attached to the side plate at the bottom of the casing; A lower material stocker having a pair of pulleys at the bottom thereof is movably placed on the guide rail, and a shutter for taking out material is detachably attached to the upper material stocker and the lower material stocker, and a housing is provided. A locking pin provided on the side plate of the upper material stocker is engaged with a locking hook provided on the upper part of the side plate of the body to maintain the upper position of the upper material stocker, and when the connection is released, the upper material stocker is held in the upper position. This is achieved by configuring the stocker so that it can be moved along the guide rail.

[Function] The beverage vending machine of the present invention is used with the upper and lower material stockers lined up vertically, but when replenishing the upper material stocker with materials, remove the shutter and then use the locking hook. Remove the material stocker from the locking pin, pull the upper material stocker toward you, move it horizontally on the guide rail to approximately half the depth of the casing, and then gently lower it vertically. Gravity holds the lowered position.

In this state, material can be put into the upper material stocker, and then by lifting the upper material stocker and moving it horizontally, it can be returned to the upper position along the guide rail.

Furthermore, when replenishing material to the lower material stocker, remove the shutters of the upper material stocker and the lower material stocker, and then pull the lower material stocker toward you to move it horizontally on the guide rail toward the front plate side. In this state, all you have to do is put the material into the lower material stocker and return it to the regular position, and both the upper and lower material stockers can be refilled with material at the same height at the bottom of the housing.

[Example] The beverage vending machine 1 of the present invention is shown in FIGS.
It is constructed as shown in Figures a to c. That is, a pair of approximately inverted L-shaped guide rails 4a,
4b, 5a, 5b are attached, and guide rails 7a, 7b and 8a, 8b parallel to the bottom plate 6 are attached below, respectively. The above-mentioned guide rail has a U-shaped cross section, and is designed to prevent the lower material stocker from slipping off during movement.

On the guide rails 8a and 8b, there are pulleys 9a to 8b.
A moving box 10 is placed on which a ball 9d is attached to the side, and a plurality of mixing balls 11a are mounted on the moving box.
~11e is installed.

Pulleys 12a to 12d are provided on the guide rails 7a and 7b.
A lower material stocker 13 with a
4, five independent stock spaces are formed by partition plates 15a to 15d, and a lid 16a is provided above each space.
~16e is installed. A shooter 17 for individually taking out materials in the stock space of the lower material stocker 13 is removably attached,
Although not shown in connection with this shooter, a bend motor is provided as a well-known means, and is adapted to take out a fixed amount or adjust this amount.

In addition, the guide rails 4a, 4b and 5a, 5b have
The pulleys 20a to 20d attached to the side plates of the box body 19 constituting the upper material stocker 18 are fitted into the inside of the pulleys 20a to 20d, and the upper material stocker 18
is suspended by its horizontal portion, and after being horizontally moved for a certain distance from the upper rear side of the casing 2, it can be moved vertically to the lower front side of the casing 2.

The above-mentioned upper material stocker 18 has a partition plate 21a.
21d constitute five independent stock spaces, and lids 22a to 22e are attached above these spaces. As shown in FIG. 1, screw conveyors 23a to 23e are attached to the bottom plate side of the upper material stocker 18 corresponding to each stock space, and the rotating shafts of the screw conveyors protrude outward from the back plate of each material stocker. A conical gear 27 is attached to this shaft, which meshes with a bevel gear 26 attached to each output shaft of five motors 25 attached to the back plate 24 of the housing 2. A shutter 28 for taking out materials individually is detachably attached to the front surface of the upper material stocker 18, and a valve and a bend motor (not shown) are provided in connection with this shutter by well-known means. , it is possible to take out a fixed amount or adjust this amount.

Further, the lower material stocker 1 is attached to the moving box 10 placed on the guide rails 8a and 8b.
3 and the material storage chamber 141a of the upper material stocker 18
~141e, any one of 191a~191e
one or more materials from the storage chamber to the shooter 1
Mixing balls 11a to 11e are attached to mix the materials taken out through the holes 7 and 28.

As shown in FIGS. 2 a to c, the back plate 2 of the housing 2
A buffer material 32 made of an elastic plate-like member such as rubber is attached to the back plate of the upper material stocker 4 so as to be in contact with the back plate of the upper material stocker 18 when the upper material stocker 18 is in the normal position.

In addition, two side plates of the upper material stocker 18 are provided.
Locking pins 33a, 33b are provided protrudingly,
The locking pins 33a, 33b have locking hooks 35a, 3 which are pivotally supported above the side plates 3a, 3b of the housing 2.
5b is locked to prevent the upper material stocker 18 from moving back and forth along the guide rails 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b. This locking hook 3
5a, 35b, an operating handle 38 is attached to the front plate 36 via piano wires 39a, 39b, which is always urged toward the rear plate by a spring 37. Stop pins 40a, 4 that prevent counterclockwise rotation of the locking hook
0b is attached.

Furthermore, a diluent is injected into the mixing bowls 11a to 11e by well-known means to produce a beverage, and this beverage is sold in cups for sale as shown in FIG. 2a.
It is poured into CUP and sold.

The beverage vending machine of the present invention has the above-described structure, and the replenishment and repair of materials will be described below with reference to FIGS. 2a to 2c.

Normally, the lower material stocker 13 and the upper material stocker 18 are used vertically as shown in FIG. As shown in b, remove the shutter 28 and then press the operating handle 3.
8 toward you against the elasticity of the spring 37, the locking hooks 35a and 35b rotate clockwise as shown by the dashed-dotted lines and are disengaged from the locking pins 34a and 34b, and the upper material stocker 18 is moved toward you. When pulled, the meshing state between the bevel gear 26 and the disc gear 27 is disengaged, and the upper material stocker 18 moves along the guide rails 4a, 4b, 5a,
5b horizontally to approximately half the depth of the housing 2, descend as shown in FIG. 2b, and further descend as shown in FIG.
It stops at the position where the pulleys 20a to 20d are in contact with the lower ends of the pulleys a and 5b, and maintains the lowered position.

In this state, the lid 22a of the upper material stocker 18
22e, put materials into each of the material storage chambers 191a to 191e, close the lids, and then lift the upper material stocker 18. The guide rails 4a and 22e move from the state shown in FIG. 2b to the position shown in FIG. 4b, 5
It can be returned along with a and 5b.

Furthermore, when replenishing the lower material stocker 13 with materials, remove the shutters 17 and 28 of the lower material stocker 13 and the upper material stocker 18, and then pull the lower material stocker 13 toward you to remove the guide rails 7a and 7b. The upper part can be moved horizontally to the front plate 36 side, and in this state, the lids 16a to 16e of the lower material stocker 13 are opened and the material storage chamber 1 is opened.
After putting the materials into each of the chambers 41a to 141e and closing the lid, the tubes can be returned to the normal position shown in FIG. 2a.

Even if the mixing balls 11a to 11e attached to the moving box 10 break down, they can be easily repaired or replaced by moving the moving box horizontally on the guide rails 8a, 8b toward the front plate 36.

In addition, as shown by the chain line in Fig. 2c, the guide rail 4
By positioning the upright portions of b and 5b to the left, the upper material stocker 18 can be moved further to the left, making it easier to replenish materials.

Alternatively, the raw material and diluent may be poured into a sales cup CUP and sold.

Further, in the embodiment described above, the locking hooks 35a, 35b are pivotally supported on the inner surfaces of the side plates 3a, 3b of the housing 2, and the locking pins 33a, 33b are provided protruding from the outer surface of the upper material stocker 18. , these locking hooks 3
5a, 35b and the locking pins 33a, 33b may be replaced with each other; in this case, the installation locations of the casing 2
The upper material stocker 18 can be lowered by externally displacing the locking pins protruding from the inner surfaces of the side plates 3a, 3b and removing them from the locking hooks pivotally supported on the outer surface of the upper material stocker 18.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, the present invention adopts the means for solving the above problems, so that replenishment of materials to each of the upper and lower material stockers is carried out at the same time in the relatively lower part of the casing. Since it can be carried out at a height, it can be carried out without using a stepladder, and it is possible to sell a wide variety of beverages without expanding the frontage of the casing. It is easy to do, and materials can be refilled to the upper and lower material stockers at the same location.

Further, in this invention, the upper material stocker can be moved horizontally in a direction away from the front upper part of the lower material stocker and then lowered or raised, so there is no need to trim the front upper part of the lower material stocker. , the material storage capacity of the lower material stocker can be made as large as possible.

Furthermore, since the upper material stocker moves horizontally when the locking pin engages and releases the locking hook, it is possible to smoothly and reliably maintain the upper position of the upper material stocker and release the same. In addition, since there are no stacking elements, the above-mentioned upper and lower material stockers can be moved smoothly and easily, and the installation space can be reduced.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Each of the figures shows an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing only the configuration of the main parts of a beverage vending machine, and FIGS.
2A is a sectional view taken along the line A. FIG. 2a shows the normal state, and FIGS. 2b and 2c show the intermediate and descending states of the lowering operation of the upper material stocker, respectively. 2... Housing, 3a, 3b... Side plate, 4a, 4b,
5a, 5b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b...Guide rail, 6...Bottom plate, 9a-9d, 12a-12d, 2
0a-20d...Pulley, 10...Movement box, 11a-1
1e...Mixing ball, 13...Lower material stocker, 18...Upper material stocker, 16a-16
e, 22a to 22e...Lid, 17, 28...Shooter, 23a to 23e...Screw conveyor, 24
... Rear plate, 25 ... Motor, 33a, 33b ... Locking pin, 26 ... Drive gear, 27 ... Gear, 35a,
35b...Latching hook, 38...Operation handle, 37...Spring, 40a, 40b...Stop pin.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a beverage vending machine in which materials are taken out via shutters that are removably installed in a plurality of material stockers that are housed in two upper and lower layers inside the housing, mixed with a diluent, and sold, Two pairs of guide rails 4 forming an inverted L shape extending from the upper inner surfaces of the side plates 3a and 3b toward the front plate 36 of the housing 2.
a, 4b, 5a, 5b, and the upper material stocker 18 having two pairs of pulleys 20a, 20b, 20c, 20d on the sides that fit into the two pairs of guide rails 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b is movable. Further, a pair of guide rails 7a and 7b extending in the depth direction at the bottom of the housing 2 and parallel to the bottom plate 6 are connected to the side plate 3.
a, 3b, and pairs of pulleys 12a, 12b, 12 are mounted on the guide rails 7a, 7b, respectively.
c, 12d at the bottom of the lower material stocker 13
is placed movably on the upper material stocker 18.
Shooters 17 and 28 for taking out materials are removably attached to the lower material stocker 13, and the upper material stocker 1 is attached to locking hooks 35a and 35b provided at the top of the side plates 3a and 3b of the housing 2.
The upper material stocker 18 is held in the upper position by engaging the locking pins 33a, 33b protruding from the side plates 8, and by releasing the coupling, the upper material stocker 18 is moved to the guide rails 4a, 4b and 5a, 5b
A beverage vending machine characterized in that it is configured so that it can be moved along with.