JPS6347972Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the idea] (b) Industrial application fields The present invention relates to a product storage device for a vending machine.

(b) Prior Art A product storage column is equipped with a product delivery mechanism consisting of a vertically extending spiral, and has an opening for loading products on one side of the storage column. is equipped with a door to prevent stored products from falling out. In particular, storage columns for storing elongated products such as ice cream candy are generally formed so that when the opening side is the front, the depth dimension of the storage column in the front and back direction is longer than the width dimension in the left and right direction. It is true. However, there are two ways to install a large number of such storage columns in the front, back, left, and right directions inside the storage of a vending machine. A configuration in which they are arranged side by side front to back and left and right is known.
-Disclosed in Publication No. 53266.

(c) Problems to be solved by the invention In the former case of the prior art, the openings of the storage columns are located at the front, and the front and rear columns are arranged side by side in the long depth direction of the storage column. , the vending machine body has the disadvantage of increasing the depth dimension, and the mechanism is complicated and expensive because the front storage column is pulled out and rotated to open the opening of the rear storage column. It was something like that. On the other hand, in the latter case, the entire front and rear storage columns must be pulled out further forward than the storage columns arranged side by side on the left and right, and when pulled out, the vending machine itself becomes unstable and its mechanism is complicated. Moreover, it is expensive.

With this invention, the front side of the rear storage column can be opened easily, the front storage column does not protrude too much to the front of the main body when it rotates forward, and the depth dimension of the main body can be reduced. To provide a product storage device for a vending machine in which a front storage column is arranged to reduce the size.

(d) Means for solving the problem The present invention has a spiral type product delivery mechanism that extends in the vertical direction and delivers the product from the bottom end,
In a vending machine in which a plurality of product storage columns each having an opening for loading products on one side are arranged side by side in a storage, the storage column has two storage columns in the left and right direction with the openings located in the front. The rear storage columns are connected and arranged in parallel for each column, and have a door that opens and closes an opening, and straddles the front surface of the two connected storage columns at the rear so that the opening is located on one side. a plurality of front storage columns arranged horizontally and whose rear ends are rotatably supported by the front side ends of one of the storage columns, and the front storage columns are connected to the corresponding rear storage columns. The opening can be freely rotated between a closing position and an opening position, and
In the open position, the door is located at the front.

(e) Operation When the front storage column is rotated to position the side door to the front, products can be loaded from the opening by opening and closing the door. Further, by rotating the front storage column forward, the openings on the front surfaces of the two connected storage columns at the rear are opened.

(F) Embodiment The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a vending machine main body, forming a storage 2 having an opening on the front side. The front opening of the storage 2 is provided with an inner door 3 that can open and close the storage 2, and in front of the inner door 3, an outer door 3 is provided with a coin slot, a selection button, a sales port, etc. (not shown). A door 4 is provided to be openable and closable. Reference numerals 5, 6, and 7 designate box-like product storage columns that have an opening 8 for sending out products on the bottom surface and an opening 9 for loading products on one side, and have an upper drive motor 10 inside. A spiral 11 is provided as a product delivery mechanism connected to the product delivery mechanism. Therefore, the products are loaded between the helical sides of the spiral 11 from the opening 9, and the spiral 11 rotates in a predetermined manner by the rotation of the drive motor 10 based on the product delivery command, and the products are delivered one by one starting from the lowest product. It's becoming controlled. As shown in FIG.
The two storage columns 6, 6 are connected and fixed in parallel at the rear of the storage 2. Each of the storage columns 5 and 6 has an opening 9 located on the front side, and the opening 9 of the storage column 5 is provided with a door 12 that can be opened and closed. On the other hand, as shown in Fig. 3, the storage column 7 is installed horizontally so that the opening 9 is located on the right side, and is positioned astride the two connected storage columns 6, 6 at the rear, with the rear side end It is rotatably supported on the corresponding rear storage column 6, so that the openings 9 of the two rear storage columns 6, 6 can be opened and closed. That is, the storage column 7 is rotatably supported by the rear storage column 6, and the storage column 7 is in a position where the opening 9 of the two corresponding rear storage columns 6, 6 is closed by the rear wall 6A. can be rotated forward approximately 90 degrees to a position where the opening 9 is opened. Therefore, since the opening 9 of the rear storage column 6 is opened and closed by the rear wall 6A of the front storage column 7, there is no need for a door to prevent stored items from falling out. In addition, a door 13 is provided in the opening 9 of the storage column 7 so that it can be opened and closed to prevent stored items from falling out. When the section 9 is opened, the door 13 is pivoted to the front. In this configuration, when opening the openings 9 of the rear storage columns 6, the openings 9 of the rear storage columns 6 can be opened by sequentially rotating forward starting from the front storage column 7 located on the left side.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, a predetermined interval is formed between the storage columns 7 at the front, and the storage columns 7 are rotatably supported at the side ends of the front. By this, the opening 9 of the corresponding rear storage column 6 is rotated forward independently regardless of the opening/closing operation of the left and right storage columns 7.
can be opened.

Reference numeral 14 denotes a chute that guides the products sent out from the lower ends of each of the storage columns 5, 6, and 7 to the sales outlet.

(g) Effects of the invention Since the invention is constructed as described above, the front surfaces of the two rear storage columns can be opened and closed at the same time, and the front storage column can be rotated on the spot. Therefore, the vending machine body does not protrude significantly toward the front when it rotates, and the vending machine body does not become unstable. In addition, the front storage column is placed horizontally with the door on the side when the openings of the two rear storage columns are closed, reducing the depth of the vending machine itself. It has the following effects:

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a plan sectional view of the vending machine with the outer door open, FIG. 2 is a side sectional view, and FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 1. FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged view of another embodiment. 2...Storage, 6...Rear storage column, 6A
... Rear wall, 7 ... Front storage column, 9 ... Opening, 13 ... Door.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A spiral type product delivery mechanism that extends in the vertical direction and delivers products from the bottom end is installed inside, and a plurality of product storage columns each having an opening for product loading on one side are arranged side by side in the storage. In the vending machine, the storage column has an opening located at the front, a storage column at the rear that is connected and arranged side by side every two storage columns in the left and right direction, and a door for opening and closing the opening. The storage column is installed horizontally across the front surfaces of the two connected storage columns at the rear so that the opening is located on one side, and the rear end is rotatably supported by the front side end of one of the storage columns. A plurality of front storage columns are provided, and each of the front storage columns is rotatable between a position where the opening of the corresponding rear storage column is closed and a position where the opening is opened, and the door is closed in the open position. A product storage device for a vending machine, characterized in that the is located at the front.