JPS63286998A - Commodity supplying apparatus of automatic 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 field The present invention relates to a product delivery device for a vending machine.

(b) Conventional Technology With the recent spread of telephone cards, there is a demand for the sale of telephone cards through vending machines. When selling this telephone card in a vending machine, it is conceivable to use a machine exclusively for telephone cards, or a machine that sells the machines together with other different types of products. For example, as shown in Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 01-74179, there is a product delivery device for cigarettes that stacks and stores box-shaped products and pushes out the lowest product by a delivery member, and in Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 60-9843. It is conceivable to install a telephone card delivery device, as shown in the figure, in the vending machine body, which sends out the lowest stacked paper sheets using a delivery roller.

(c) Problems to be solved by the invention However, if such a combined selling machine is installed, the number of cigarette delivery devices installed will be reduced and a telephone card delivery device will be installed, resulting in a decrease in the number of cigarettes sold. This is problematic, and managers of cigarette vending machines do not necessarily want telephone cards to be sold at the same time, and it also varies greatly depending on the location of the vending machine. There was a problem that needed to be prepared.

Therefore, the present invention provides a product dispensing device for a vending machine that can easily store and sell different types of products as needed, and can reliably deliver any product. .

(D) Means for Solving the Problems The present invention provides a product storage column that stores a large number of products in a stacked manner and has an opening for loading the products in the front, and a product storage column that stores a large number of products in a stacked manner. In a vending machine equipped with a carry-out member that pushes out the lowest-order products one by one toward a product outlet, a product storage container provided with an opening for product loading;
Spirals arranged vertically inside this product storage container,
A product transport device is installed in the product storage column, and includes a drive motor that is connected to the upper end of the spiral and rotates the spiral in a predetermined manner in response to a sales command, and transports the products stored in the gaps of the spiral one by one from the bottom end. The product storage column is detachably provided so that the product carried out from the product conveyance device onto the bottom surface of the product storage column is pushed out toward the product take-out port by the carry-out member protruding onto the bottom surface, and the product is protruded onto the bottom surface. In this configuration, a restriction portion protruding forward and capable of locking onto the upper surface of the rear end of the extruded product is provided on the top of the unloading member.

(e) Function: Inside the product storage column, which is equipped with a carry-out member at the bottom that pushes out the lowest products of the stacked and stored products one by one toward the product take-out port, a spiral provided in the product storage container is installed for each sales command. A removable product conveying device is configured to transport the products stored in the spiral from the lower end by rotating a drive motor in a predetermined manner. The extruded product is pushed out in the direction of the outlet, and at the time of this extrusion, the rear end of the extruded product is prevented from jumping up by the regulating portion of the carry-out member.

(v) Embodiment Each figure shows an embodiment of the present invention. (1) is the main body of the vending machine, and the door (1) is equipped with a product outlet (2) in the front.
3) It is pivoted so that it can be opened and closed. (4) is a substrate,
A plurality of slits (5) extending in the front-rear direction are arranged in parallel at predetermined intervals on the upper surface. And this board (4)
At the top, a plurality of product storage columns (6) for stacking and storing box-shaped products (A) such as cigarettes are arranged in parallel on the slits (5). This product storage column (6) has an opening (7) on the front for loading products, and
) At the lower end is a delivery member (
14) is provided with an opening (8) through which it can pass, and a delivery port (9>) is provided at the lower end of the front surface through which only one lowest-grade product stacked and stored on the bottom surface of the storage column (6) can pass through. .

(10) is a product delivery device that sends out the lowest product (A) to the product takeout port (2) based on a sales command, and an endless spiral groove (IIA) is provided on the outer circumferential surface of the slit (5). )
A drive shaft (11) installed in the front-rear direction corresponding to
), which moves back and forth on the drive shaft (11) and projects through the slit (5) onto the substrate (4), - a drive motor (13) during the selling operation;
By the predetermined rotation of the drive shaft (11) driven by the drive shaft (11), the unloading member (14) is moved back and forth once, and the lowest product (A) in the storage column (6) is transferred to the product takeout port (2). In other words, the carrying out member (14) is located behind the storage column (6) when on standby for sales, and moves forward once and back by driving the drive motor (13) based on the sales command. The lowest product (A) in the storage column
) forward from the delivery port (9), and then push the product out from the product removal port (2).
It is designed to be sent to. In addition, the unloading member (14)
is provided with a regulating part (14A) projecting forward on the upper part of the part projecting onto the substrate (4) through the slit (5),
When pushing out a card (B) that has been dropped onto a board (4) from a product conveyance device (15) (described later), the rear end of the card (B) can be latched to the upper surface of the rear end of the card (B). This is to prevent the edges from jumping up.

(15) is a product conveyance device that is removably installed in the product storage column (6), and mounting pieces (1
7) is inserted and locked into the mounting hole (18) opened on the upper surface of the substrate (4), and is removably installed on the bottom surface of the product storage frame (6). This product conveyance device (15) consists of a spiral (
19) and a drive motor (20) connected to the upper end of this spiral (19) to rotate the spiral (19) once for each sales command, and a card (20) as a product stored in the gap of the spiral (19). B> is made to fall sequentially from the bottom end of the spiral (19) onto the board (4) on the bottom surface of the storage column (6).In addition, on the front of the product storage container (16), there is a spiral Product loading openings (21) for storing cards (B) in each gap of (19)
) is provided, and the lower end of the rear surface is positioned to such an extent that it does not interfere with the reciprocating movement of the carrying out member (14). That is, the product conveyance device (15) is installed in the product storage column (6) when selling the card (B). When the sales command is delivered, the drive motor (20) of the product conveyance device (15) operates to rotate the spiral (19) once, and the card (B) stored at the bottom of the spiral (19) is is transported onto the upper surface of the board (4).The card (B) thus dropped and transported is detected by the card sensor (23) provided at the lower end of both side walls (16A) (16B) of the product storage container (16). Then, a sales command is sent to the drive motor (13) of the product delivery device (1o).As a result, the drive motor (13) is connected to the drive shaft (11).
The card (B) that has been dropped onto the board (4) by reciprocating the delivery member (14) forward is transferred to the delivery port (9).
) to the product outlet (2>).

When the card (B) is pushed out by the carry-out member (14), the rear end of the card (B) is positioned below the regulating portion (14A) and is prevented from jumping upward.

Therefore, cigarettes are directly stacked and stored in the product storage column (6) for selling cigarettes as product (A), and product storage column (6) for selling cards as product (B)
6) By installing a product transport device (15), it is possible to change the sales of cigarettes and cards. In addition, there is a product transport device (15) inside the product storage column (6).
), the sales command to be sent from the sales control circuit (not shown) to the drive motor (13) of the product delivery device (10) is sent to the drive motor (20) of the product transport device (15).
), and when the card sensor (23) detects the card that has been dropped and carried out, the connector a is connected so as to send a sales command to the drive motor (13) of the product delivery device (10).

(g) Effects of the Invention As described above, the present invention provides a product storage column that is provided with a carry-out member at the bottom that pushes out the lowest products of stacked products one by one toward the product takeout port direction, and is arranged in a product storage column for each sales command. A removable product transporting device is provided that moves a spiral provided in the product storage container a predetermined number of times using a drive motor and transports the products stored in the spiral from the bottom end. The product that has been dropped and carried out is pushed out in the direction of the product outlet by the carry-out member, and at the time of this pushing out, the regulating section of the carry-out member prevents the rear end of the pushed out product from jumping up. In addition to making it possible to sell the vending machine and telephone cards together, it is also possible to easily increase or decrease the number of telephone card sales columns, making it easy to change the installation location of the vending machine or the products to be sold by the delivery destination. Furthermore, even when pushing out thin products such as telephone cards, it is possible to prevent the product from jumping up, and to ensure reliable product delivery.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Each figure shows an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a vertical side view of a vending machine, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a product storage column, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a product conveyance device, and FIG. The figure is a vertical sectional side view of the vending machine with the product conveyance device installed in the product storage column, and FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating the operation. (2)... Product outlet, (4)... Board, (6
)...product storage column, (14>...unloading member,
(14A)...Regulation unit, (15)...Product transport device, (16)...Product storage device, (19)...Spiral, (20)...Drive motor, (21>.・
・Opening.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A product storage column that stores a large number of products in a stack and has an opening for loading products on the front, and the lowest product stacked on the bottom of this product storage column, one by one, toward the product takeout port. A vending machine equipped with an ejecting member for pushing out a product, a product storage container having an opening for loading products, a spiral arranged vertically within the product storage container, and a spiral connected to the upper end of the spiral. A product transport device is removably installed in the product storage column, and includes a drive motor that rotates a predetermined amount for each sales command and transports the products stored in the gaps of the spiral one by one from the bottom end, and the product transport device The product carried out onto the bottom surface of the product storage column is pushed out in the direction of the product take-out port by the carry-out member protruding onto the bottom surface, and the product is pushed out onto the top of the carry-out member protruding from the bottom surface. A product dispensing device for a vending machine, characterized in that a restricting portion that can be locked on an upper end surface is provided to protrude forward.