JPS6315984Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] This invention relates to a beverage vending machine, and more specifically, it allows more people to dispense drinks such as instant coffee that suit their tastes through a small opening. 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 currently in use have a single-layered material stocker, so they are small in number and cannot respond to the diversification of user tastes. Therefore, if you are trying to force this to work, you will have to either install several beverage vending machines in one place, or prepare a large vending machine with a larger width or depth that can sell a wide variety of beverages. It was impossible.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, such a solution increases the installation cost and requires a large space for installation and a power source corresponding to the number of vending machines.

Therefore, in order to store a large number of raw materials in one beverage vending machine, it is possible to solve the problem by stacking the raw material stocker in two layers instead of one layer, as shown in Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 58-15273, for example. Even with a simple two-layer stacked structure, when considering replenishment of raw materials, a stepladder must be used to raise and lower the upper stocker, and in particular, when replenishing the lower material stocker, the upper material stocker must also be raised and lowered. There is a problem.

The purpose of this 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 problem] The purpose of this invention described above is to
The rear plate 8a of the housing 2 is located above the inner surfaces of the housings 2a and 3b.
The upper material stocker 18 is attached to the other end of the pair of rods 21a, 21b, one end of which is pivotally connected to the side of the pair of shafts 4a, 4.
b, and the pair of rods 21a, 21
A pair of wire ropes 22b, 22b attached to sides 4a, 4b of b are stretched through a pulley 22a attached to the top plate of the housing 2, and a guide parallel to the bottom plate 5 at the bottom of the housing 2. The rails 6a, 6b are attached to the side plates 3a, 3b, and the guide rails 6a,
A material stocker 13 with pulleys 12a to 12d attached to the bottom is movably placed on the material stocker 6b, and shooters 17 and 30 for taking out materials individually are detachably attached to each of the material stockers 13 and 18. The disc gear 29 attached to the screw conveyor of the upper material stocker 18 and the bevel gear 28 of the bend motor 27 attached to the back plate 8a are provided so as to be able to mesh with each other. The locking hooks 39a, 39b are provided with locking pins 33a, 33 protruding from the side plate of the upper material stocker 18.
b is engaged to hold the lower position of the upper material stocker 18, and when the engagement is released, the upper material stocker 18 can be raised along the rotation locus of the pair of rods 21a and 21b. It is achieved by doing.

[Function] The beverage vending machine of this 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. If you remove it from the locking pin and pull up the weight and lower it to the middle through the rod, the meshing state between the bevel gear and the conical gear will be disengaged.
When the upper material stocker is further pulled down, the locking hook engages with the locking pin, preventing the stocker from rising due to the gravity of the weight and maintaining the lowered position. In this state, open the lid of the material stocker and put each material in. After closing the lid, insert the locking hook and each material. After closing the lid, release the locking hook from the locking pin. If the upper material stocker is lifted, the gravity of the weight and the gravity of the upper material stocker balance each other out, and it can be returned relatively easily by rotating the rod.

Furthermore, when replenishing material to the lower material stocker, remove the shutters of the lower material stocker and the upper material stocker, and then pull the lower material stocker toward you so that it can be moved horizontally on the guide rail toward the front plate. In this state, open the lid of the lower material stocker, add each material, close the lid, and then return it to the normal position.

[Example] The beverage vending machine 1 of this invention is shown in Figs.
It is constructed as shown in Figures a to c. That is, a pair of rods 21a, 21b are attached to the shafts 4a to 4 behind the inner surfaces of the side plates 3a, 3b in the left and right direction of the housing 2.
b, and guide rails 6a, 6b and 7a, 7b parallel to the bottom plate 5 are attached below, respectively.

A pulley 10 is mounted on the guide rails 7a and 7b.
A box-shaped moving box 11 with parts a and 10d attached to the sides is placed thereon.

Pulleys 12a to 12 are provided on the guide rails 6a and 6b.
The lower material stocker 13 with the material stocker 13 attached to the bottom is mounted on it, and the box body 14 constituting the lower material stocker 13 forms five independent stock spaces with partition plates 15a to 15d. Lid 16
a to 16e are attached. A shutter 17 for individually taking out the materials in the stock space of the lower material stocker 13 is detachably attached, and a bend motor (not shown) is provided in conjunction with this shooter by well-known means to take out a certain amount of material. Alternatively, this amount can be adjusted and taken out.

Further, the rods 21a and 21b are connected to the upper material stocker 18 through shafts 4a and 4b attached to the side surfaces of the box 19 constituting the upper material stocker 18.
A back plate 8a,
Elevating shock absorbing mechanism 2 configured by connecting a wire 22b to a weight 22 hanging between 8b and a wire 22b via a pulley 22a.
3, and can be moved in an arc from the upper rear side of the housing 2 to the lower front side.

The above-mentioned upper material stocker 18 has a partition plate 24a.
24d constitute five independent stock spaces, and lids 25a to 25e are attached above each space. As shown in FIG. 1, screw conveyors 26a to 26e are attached to the bottom plate side of the upper material stocker 18, corresponding to each stock space.
The rotating shaft of this screw conveyor protrudes outward from the back plate of the stocker, and meshes with the bevel gear 28 attached to each output shaft of five motors 27 attached to the back plate 8a of the housing 2. Disc gears 29 are respectively attached. In the front of the upper material stocker 18, there is a shooter 30 for taking out materials individually.
is removably attached to the shutter, and a valve and a bend motor (not shown) are provided by well-known means in connection with this shooter, so that a fixed amount or a controlled amount can be taken out.

In addition, the moving box 11 placed on the guide rails 7a and 7b described above has both material stockers 1.
3, 18 material storage chambers 141a to 141e, 19
A mixing ball 31 for mixing any one or more of the materials 1a to 191e taken out from the storage chamber via the shooters 17, 30;
a to 31e are attached.

Two locking pins 32a, 32b and 33 are provided on both side plates of the upper material stocker 18 described above.
a, 33b are provided protrudingly, and the locking pin 3
2a, 32b are engaged with locking hooks 34a, 34b which are pivotally supported above the side plates 3a, 3b of the housing 2,
The upper material stocker 18 can be prevented from losing its balance with the weight 22 of the buffer mechanism 23 and sliding down. These locking hooks 34a, 34
At the end of b, an operating handle 36 is attached to the front plate 9 via piano wires 37a and 37b, which is always resiliently pushed toward the rear plate by a spring 35.
The locking hooks 34a, 34b are provided on the side plates 3a, 3b.
a stop pin 38a for preventing counterclockwise rotation of the
38b is attached.

Further, on the hook side of the locking hooks 39a, 39b which are pivotally supported below the side plates 3a, 3b of the housing 2, there is an operating handle 41 which is always resiliently repelled toward the rear plate side by a spring 40 on the front plate 9. Piano wires 42a, 42
b, and abut against stop pins 43a, 43b protruding from side plates 3a, 3b, thereby preventing clockwise rotation.

Further, if the weight 22 is provided via a pulley 22a as shown by the chain line in FIG. 2a, the back plate 8b may not be provided.

FIG. 3 shows a modification of this invention, in which the pivot points of the rods 21a and 21b are shifted to the left so that the upper material stocker 18 protrudes leftward from the casing 2 when descending, thereby replenishing the material. The other configurations are the same as those of the previous embodiment.

Furthermore, a diluting solution is injected into the mixing bowls 20a to 20e by well-known means to produce a beverage, which is then packaged into sales cups as shown in FIG. 2a.
It is poured into CUP and sold.

The beverage vending machine of this invention is constructed as described above, 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 FIG. 2b, when the shutter 27 is removed and the operating handle 36 is pulled toward you against the elasticity of the spring 35, the locking hooks 34a and 34b are rotated clockwise as shown by the dashed line. Locking pins 32a, 32b
When the weight 22 constituting the lifting/lowering buffer mechanism 23 is pulled up and lowered to the middle via the rods 21a and 21b, the meshing state between the bevel gear 28 and the disc gear 29 is disengaged, and the operating handle 36
Even if the locking hooks 34a and 34b are released, the locking hooks 34a and 34b come into contact with the stop pins 38a and 38b, and the locking pins 32a and 3
2 is not locked.

When the operator pulls down the upper material stocker 18 from the state shown in FIG. 2b to the position shown in FIG.
9b is locked to prevent the upper material stocker 18 from rising due to the gravity of the weight 22 of the lifting buffer mechanism 23,
Hold the lowered position. In this state, open the lids 25a to 25e of the upper material stocker 18, and open the material storage chamber 1.
After putting the materials into each of the containers 91a to 191e and closing the lid, pull the operating handle 41 and release the locking hook 39.
a, 39b and the locking pins 33a, 33b and lift the upper material stocker 18, the gravity of the weight 22 of the lifting buffer mechanism 23 and the gravity of the upper material stocker 18 are balanced with each other, and the upper material stocker 18 can be easily removed. It can be returned by rotating the rods 21a, 21b to the position shown in Figure 2a.

Furthermore, when replenishing the lower material stocker 13 with materials, remove the shooters 17 and 30 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 6a, 6b. The upper part can be moved horizontally toward the front plate 9 side, and in this state, the lids 16a to 16e of the lower material stocker 13 are opened and the material storage chambers 141a to 141a are opened.
All you have to do is put the materials into the containers 141e, close the lids, and then return them to the regular positions shown in FIG. 2a.

Even if the mixing balls 31a to 31e attached to the moving box 11 break down, they can be easily repaired or replaced by moving the moving box horizontally on the guide rails 7a, 7b toward the front plate 9. .

[Effects of the invention] As described above, this invention has the advantage that the back plate 8 of the casing 2 is
A pair of rods 21a, 21b with one end pivoted on the a side
An upper material stocker 18 is attached to the other end of the pair of shafts 4a,
4b, the pair of rods 21a, 2
A pair of wire ropes 22b, 22b attached to the shafts 4a, 4b of the housing 2 are stretched through a pulley 22a attached to the top plate of the housing 2.
Guide rails 6a, 6b parallel to the bottom plate 5 are attached to the side plates 3a, 3b at the lower part of the guide rails 6.
A material stocker 13 with pulleys 12a to 12d attached to the bottom is movably mounted on a and 6b, and shooters 17 and 30 for taking out materials individually are detachably attached to each of the material stockers 13 and 18. The conical gear 29 attached to the screw conveyor of the upper material stocker 18 and the bevel gear 28 of the bend motor 27 attached to the back plate 8a can be engaged with each other.
A locking pin 33a, which is provided protruding from the side plate of the upper material stocker 18, is attached to the locking hooks 39a, 39b provided in the upper material stocker 18.
33b to hold the lower position of the upper material stocker 18, and by releasing the engagement, the upper material stocker 18 can be raised along the rotation locus of the pair of rods 21a, 21b. Therefore, materials can be refilled into the material storage chambers of the upper and lower material stockers at a relatively lower part of the housing 2, and this can be done without using a stepladder, and a large number of types of beverages can be sold. This is possible without widening the opening of the housing 2.

In addition, in this invention, the upper material stocker 18 can be slowly raised and lowered in an arc shape through the pair of rods 21a and 21b by balancing it with the weight 22, and since there is no stacking element, each of the above-mentioned upper and lower material stockers can be It has the advantage of being able to be moved smoothly and easily, and requiring only a small installation opening.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Each of the figures shows an embodiment of this invention. Figure 1 is a sectional view showing only the configuration of the main parts of a beverage vending machine, and Figures 2 a to c are A of Figure 1.
-A is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A, where Fig. 2a shows the normal state, Figs. 2b and c show the intermediate and descending states of the lowering movement of the upper material stocker, and Fig. 3 shows a modified example. FIG. 2... Housing, 3a, 3b... Side plate, 6a, 6
b, 7a, 7b...Guide rail, 5...Bottom plate, 8a
...Back plate, 9...Front board, 10a to 10d, 1
2a to 12d, 22a... Pulley, 11... Moving box, 13... Lower material stocker, 16a to 16e
... Lid, 17, 30 ... Shooter, 18 ... Upper material stocker, 21a, 21b ... Rod, 22 ...
... Weight, 26a-26e ... Screw conveyor, 27 ... Bend motor 27, 32a, 32
b, 33a, 33b...Lock pin, 34a, 34
b, 39a, 39b...Latching hook, 37a, 37b
... Piano wire, 36, 41 ... Operation handle, 3
8a, 38b, 43a, 43b...stop pins.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In a beverage vending machine, materials are taken out into a mixing bowl through a removable shutter installed in a plurality of material stockers housed in two upper and lower layers inside the housing, mixed with a diluent, and sold. An upper material stocker 1 is attached to the other end of a pair of rods 21a and 21b, one end of which is pivotally connected to the rear panel 8a of the housing 2 above the inner surfaces of the side panels 3a and 3b of the body 2.
8 is attached with a pair of shafts 4a, 4b, and a pair of wire ropes 22b, 22b attached to the shafts 4a, 4b sides of the pair of rods 21a, 21b are attached to the top plate of the housing 2. Guide rails 6a and 6b are installed on the side plates 3a and 3b at the lower part of the housing 2 and parallel to the bottom plate 5, and pulleys 12a to 12a are installed on the guide rails 6a and 6b.
A material stocker 13 with a material stocker 12d attached to the bottom is movably mounted, and each of the material stockers 13 and 18 is equipped with shooters 17 and 3 for taking out materials individually.
0 is removably attached to the screw conveyor of the upper material stocker 18.
9 and the bevel gear 28 of the bend motor 27 attached to the back plate 8a so as to be able to mesh with each other.
Locking hooks 39a, 39 provided on the side plates 3a, 3b of
The locking pins 33a and 33b protruding from the side plates of the upper material stocker 18 are engaged with b to hold the material stocker 18 in the lower position, and by releasing the engagement, the upper material stocker 18 is moved to the pair. 1. A beverage vending machine characterized by being configured such that it can be raised along the rotation locus of rods 21a and 21b.