KR0167400B1 - Article carrying out device for automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

1. TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a product dispensing apparatus of a vending machine.

2. The technical problem to be solved by the invention

An object of the present invention is to provide a product dispensing apparatus of a vending machine that can reliably take out goods from the goods storage 4 in an appropriate posture and can increase the storage space of the goods A.

3. Summary of the solution of the invention

The goods outlet 11 and the goods outlet 11 formed in the bottom part of the goods storage 4 so that the goods column 5 and the goods column 5 accommodated in the goods storage 4 are located in the lower part of the goods storage 4 can be located. A sliding door 15 to be opened and closed and the door 15 are opened and closed between a horizontal position to close the product outlet 11 and an inclined position to open the product outlet 11 to be inclined downward. It is provided with the opening-and-closing means 16, The door 15 is a product dispensing apparatus of the vending machine, characterized in that the conveying means for conveying the goods (A) on the door 15 to the front is assembled.

4. Important uses of the invention

The present invention relates to a product dispensing apparatus of a vending machine that receives a product (A) such as frozen food from the product column (5) and takes it out of the product storage (4).

Description

Product taking out device of vending machine

1 is a cutaway side view of a vending machine incorporating a product dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a side view of a high internal conveyance system of the product discharging device of the first embodiment.

3 is a side view showing a product conveying operation of the product dispensing apparatus of the first embodiment.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

4: Goods storage 4a: concave

5: Product column 9: High internal conveyance system

11: product outlet 14: vertical conveying means

15: door 16: opening and closing means

A: Goods

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a product dispensing apparatus of a vending machine that receives a product such as a frozen food from a product column based on a sales order and takes it out of the product storage.

As a product dispensing apparatus for this kind of vending machine, what is described, for example in Japanese Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 63-147781 is known.

This vending machine has a so-called helical member embedded in the commodity storage box. The vending machine glides the goods such as frozen food dropped by the rotation of the helical member from the product outlet to the commodity outlet. It is supposed to be taken out.

In this case, the product is a product such as spaghetti or curry rice, and it is necessary to take the product out in a proper posture when it is removed from the product storage and cooked in a microwave oven.

Here, in the above-described prior art, the attitude control panel in which the inclined terminal of the commodity immediately before the dropping touch is provided so as to close the chute near the bottom of the spiral member and to correct the inclination of the commodity.

In such a conventional product dispensing apparatus, even if the chute is installed close to the helical member and the attitude control panel is installed, the merchandise remains in position until the product falls from the bottom of the helical member and falls onto the chute as long as the chute is inclined. There was also an absurdity that collapsed and dropped on the chute and bounced off.

In addition, even when sliding down the Schut image and passing through the product outlet of the goods storage box, the posture was often collapsed because the product was passed through the product outlet.

On the other hand, the chute requires a predetermined gradient to slide the product down and a wide chute space below the product column.

For this reason, there was an unreasonable point that the occupied space of the commodity column was limited and the accommodating space was reduced.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a product dispensing apparatus of a vending machine which can reliably take out goods from a goods storage box and increase the storage space of goods. have.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a product column and a sliding door for opening and closing the product outlet and the product outlet formed in the bottom portion of the product storage to be located directly below the product column and the product column accommodated in the product storage. And opening and closing means for opening and closing the door between the horizontal position to close the product outlet and the inclined position to open the product outlet inclined forward. The door has a conveying means for conveying the goods on the door forward. It is characterized by.

In this case, it is preferable that the recessed part is formed in the recessed part in the upper part of the bottom part of a goods storage, and the door is arrange | positioned at the recessed part.

According to the product dispensing apparatus of claim 1, the product which falls from the product column falls on the door of the product discharge opening located just below it.

In this state, the door is in a horizontal position and is rotated (opened) to the inclined position by the opening and closing means when the door receives the goods.

The goods on the door are then conveyed forward by the conveying means and taken out of the goods storage.

In this case, since the conveying means of the merchandise is assembled in the door receiving the merchandise, the merchandise is smoothly received at the horizontally positioned door and simultaneously conveyed forward with the received posture.

In other words, the goods can be kept in an appropriate position and can be taken out of the goods storage while remaining in that position.

In addition, since the goods are sent out obliquely forward, there is no need to incline as great as the chute, so that the space in the vertical direction can be minimized and the goods can be taken out without interfering with the loading door.

In addition, the door is designed to open and close the product outlet by opening and closing means, so that the heat insulation performance of this part can be improved, and it is opened only when the goods are taken out. Or leakage of warmth) can be positively suppressed.

According to the goods carrying body of Claim 2, a recessed part is formed in the recessed part of the bottom part of a goods storage, and since the door is arrange | positioned in this recessed part, in the goods storage for thermal insulation and cold storage etc., The heat source container can be accommodated and other equipment can be arranged under the recessed portion.

In other words, it is possible to effectively use the space below the product column, including inside and outside of the product storage, and to increase the space occupied by the product column without increasing the vending machine itself.

EXAMPLE

Next, a product dispensing apparatus for a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

This vending machine sells boxed frozen foods such as curry and rice, and FIG. 1 is a cutaway side view of the vending machine.

As shown in the figure, the vending machine 1 is composed of a main body 2 and a main door 3 that opens and closes the front of the main body 2, and the main body 2 has a wide range of goods storage inside the main body. (4) is formed.

The goods column 5 is accommodated inside the goods storage 4 in two horizontal rows, and each goods A are inserted and filled at intervals of the spiral member 6 installed in the goods column 5. .

In the lower part of the goods storage 4, the microwave oven 7 is arranged in the front part, and the cooling device 8 is arrange | positioned in the rear part, respectively.

On the other hand, the high internal conveyance system 9 is arrange | positioned inside the goods storage 4, and the high external conveyance system 10 is arrange | positioned in the main door 3. As shown in FIG.

The high internal conveyance system 9 conveys the goods A dropped from the product column 5 from the product outlet 11 formed on the lower surface of the product storage compartment 4 to the outside of the product storage compartment, 10) returns the goods A received from the high internal conveyance system 9 to the microwave oven 7 at the position facing the product outlet 11 and then returns the goods A cooked in the microwave oven 7. It returns to the goods sales opening 12 formed in the front surface of the main door 3. As shown in FIG.

The high internal conveyance system 9 is a horizontal conveyance means 13 which conveys the goods A to the right direction ("right side" from the front of the vending machine), and the vertical conveyance means 14 which conveys the goods A to the front. The door 15 is assembled with, and the opening and closing means 16 for opening the door 15 inclined forward downward.

The door 15 also serves as a bottom wall of the goods storage 4 and is opened and closed in the form of a sliding door by a rotating means around the hinge 17.

The goods A dropped from the goods column 5 are received by the horizontal conveying means 13 positioned horizontally and then directed to the door (vertical conveying means 14) 15 by the horizontal conveying means 13. It is conveyed to the right direction and received by the door 15 located horizontally.

The door 15 is rotated to descend to the front by the opening and closing means 16 when the goods A are received from the horizontal conveying means 13 or the goods A fall directly from the goods column 5 and then vertically conveyed. The goods A are conveyed forward through the means 14.

Meanwhile, the high external conveyance system 10 is located in front of the elevator conveying means 18 and the longitudinal conveying means 14 for conveying the goods A upwards, thereby conveying the goods A from the vertical conveying means 14. It consists of the conveying means 19 conveyed to the means 18, and the range side conveying means 20 which carries the goods A received from the elevator conveyance means 18 into the microwave oven 7. In FIG.

The goods A conveyed forward by the longitudinal conveying means 14 of the high internal conveyance system 9 are forcibly conveyed by the conveying means 19 to the elevator conveying means 18.

The elevator conveying means 18 which received the goods A lowers the goods A to the position of the microwave oven 7, and receives them to the range side conveying means 20 which moved to the position.

The range side conveying means 20 which received the goods A brought the goods A into the microwave 7 and waited for cooking, and this time the goods A were taken out of the microwave 7 and conveyed by the elevator. Received by means 18.

The elevator transport means 18 which received the goods A again raises the goods A and directs them to the goods sales opening 12 (refer FIG. 3).

The lower part of the front side of the goods storage 4 is retracted back slightly, and the recessed part 4a with which the upper side was concave is formed in the right end part in which the goods discharge opening 11 is located.

The opening / closing means 16 and the conveying means 19 are arranged in the concave portion 4a, and at the same time, the concave portion 4a can be utilized as a space of the microwave oven 7 represented by a virtual line shown.

On the other hand, the cooler 21 of the above-mentioned cooling apparatus 8 is arrange | positioned in parts other than this recessed part 4a.

The conveying means 19 of the high external conveyance system 10 includes a conveying drum 31 for directly contacting and transporting the goods A, a conveying arm 32 for supporting the conveying drum 31, and a conveying arm 32. It consists of the conveyance main body 33 which rotates the conveyance drum 31 between a conveyance position and a standby position.

The conveying drum 31 is an eccentric rotating cylindrical body, rotated by the conveying body 33 to a conveying position located in front of the longitudinal conveying means 14, and the product sent from the longitudinal conveying means 14 by its eccentric rotation ( A) is elastically and forcefully conveyed to the elevator transport means 18 (see FIG. 2).

The elevator transport means 18 is a lifting mechanism (not shown) which lifts and lowers the guide column 42 for guiding the lifting and lowering of the receiving table 41 and the receiving table 41 on which the goods A are mounted. Consists of

The receiving table 41 is composed of a comb-shaped main body 44 facing the direction in which the plurality of supporting rods 43 cross each other at right angles in the conveying direction, and a product accommodating part 45 installed upright at the front end of the main body 44. In addition, the comb-shaped main body 44 is capable of receiving (intersecting) the goods A satisfactorily between the conveying table 52 of the microwave oven 7 described later.

The plurality of support rods 43 are arranged to descend forward in an inclined manner, and the front end of the goods A sent by the transfer means 19 is mounted while the goods A are inclined forward in the forward direction. To prevent it from being supported.

In addition, the protection 46 in the figure is a sensor which detects the presence or absence of the goods A on the accommodating stand 41, and the receipt of the goods A is detected by this sensor 46, and the starting and stopping of each conveying means is performed. Is done.

The range side conveying means 20 carries out the lid 51 which opens and closes the front opening of the microwave oven 7, and the conveyance table 52 which is horizontally installed in the middle lower part of the lid 51, and advances them in the front-back direction. It consists of the apparatus which is not shown in figure.

Similar to the storage table 41 described above, the conveyance table 52 has a comb-like shape in which a plurality of supporting rods 53 cross each other at right angles in the conveying direction, and is configured such that they can cross each other with respect to the storage table 41.

That is, when the storage stand 41 descend | falls with respect to the conveyance stand 52 which moved to the advanced position, and passes through the conveyance stand 52, the goods A will be separated, and it will be mounted on the conveyance stand 52. As shown in FIG.

On the other hand, when the receiving table 41 rises from the lower side with respect to the product A on the conveying table 52 and passes through the conveying table 52, the product A is lifted up to the receiving table 41 in the same way as it floats. Lose.

And the goods A received by the conveyance stand 52 are sent into the microwave oven 7 with the conveyance stand 52 by the closure of the lid 51 (refer FIG. 3).

On the other hand, the horizontal conveying means 13 of the high internal conveyance system 9 is a pair of chains 62 arranged along the side plate of the box-shaped support frame 61 and the support frame 61, as shown in FIG. A support (63) and an electric motor (not shown) for moving the rod (63) in parallel to the door (15) via the rod (63) spanning between the (62) and the pair of chains (62) and (62) and the chain (62). The product conveyance path 64 corresponding to the bottom plate of the frame 61 is provided.

The goods A dropped on the goods transport path 64 from the goods column 5 are opened on the goods transport path 64 by the movement of the rod 63 accompanying the running of the chain 62. It is conveyed as if it is pushed toward, and is received by the conveyor belt 74 of the longitudinal conveyance means 14 mentioned later.

As shown in FIG. 2, the door 15 is comprised of the door body 22 and the longitudinal conveyance means 14 attached to the upper surface of the door body 22, and has the door body 22 below the door body 22. As shown in FIG. ) Is arranged between the horizontal position and the inclined position inclined downward to the front opening and closing means 16 for opening and closing operation.

The vertical conveying means 14 is a driven pulley 72 on the front side and a main driven pulley 73 on the rear side and the two pulleys 72, respectively supported by the conveyor frame 71 and the conveyor frame 71, ( It consists of an electric motor 75 which rotates the conveyor belt 74 and the main drive pulley 73 which spread across 73.

The conveyor belt 74 is maintained so that the upper surface is horizontal when the door body 22 is in the horizontal position, and the upper surface is close to the tip of the product conveying path 64 of the horizontal conveying means 13 and also the product conveying path. It is arrange | positioned in the position slightly lower than 64.

When the goods A conveyed from the horizontal conveying means 13 are received on the conveyor belt 74, the door 15 is tilted by the opening and closing means 16.

Subsequently, the electric motor 75 is driven to drive the conveyor belt 74, and the goods A are conveyed forward toward the conveying means 19.

The opening and closing means 16 is a support bracket 81 fixed to the lower surface of the door body 22 and a crank 82 and an electric motor 83 for rotating the crank 82 freely attached to the support bracket 81. Consists of.

When the motor 83 rotates, the crank 82 rotates the door 15 downward to the inclined position, and when the motor 83 rotates again from the inclined position, the door 15 is pulled up. In this way, the rotation returns to the horizontal position.

That is, the opening and closing means 16 rotates the vertical conveying means 14 between the horizontal position and the inclined position, and simultaneously opens and closes the door body 22.

Here, the selling operation of the goods A will be briefly described with reference to FIG.

When the commodity purchaser presses the selection button, the spiral member 6 in the commodity column 5 rotates and the lowest commodity A falls on the commodity transport path 64 of the horizontal transport means 13.

The rod 63 of the transverse conveying means 13 then pushes the goods A to the right and transports them to the longitudinal conveying means 14 in the horizontal position.

When the goods A are mounted on the conveyor belt 74 of the longitudinal conveying means 14, the door body 22 rotates forward and downward together with the longitudinal conveying means 14, and then the goods A are conveyed forward. .

On the other hand, the goods discharge opening 11 is opened in the meantime, and the conveyance drum 31 rotates toward the front of the longitudinal conveyance means 14 at the same time.

The goods A conveyed to the front end of the door 15 by the longitudinal conveying means 14 are conveyed by the conveying drum 31 to the receiving table 41 of the elevator conveying means 18.

When the sensor 46 detects that the goods A are mounted on the receiving table 41, the vertical conveying means 14 stops, the door 15 returns to the horizontal position, and the conveying drum 31 stands by. Rotate to position

At the same time, the elevator transport means 18 operates, and the receiving table 41 descends in a state where the goods A are mounted.

At this time, the range-side conveying means 20 is advanced and the receiving table 41 passes through the range-side conveying means 20 to receive the goods A in the conveying table 52.

Thereafter, the range-side transfer means 20 carries the goods A into the microwave oven 7 and heats (cooks) the goods A.

When the cooking of the goods A is completed, the range-side transport means 20 carries the goods A out of the microwave oven 7 and at the same time the receiving table 41 at the lower end position rises and the range-side transport means After receiving the goods A from the conveyance table 52 of (20), it is made to face the goods sales opening 12.

Here, when the extraction of the goods A is detected by the sensor 46, the receiving table 41 raises again and returns to a raise end position.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the goods A dropped from the goods column 5 are stored in the goods storage 4 and from the goods storage 4 from the microwave 7 again. Since a series of conveyances to the product sales port 12 are all carried out by a mechanical conveyance means, it can cook and sell in the state which hold | maintained the goods A in an appropriate attitude | position.

Therefore, the cooking A can be performed appropriately, and the goods A can be provided without causing discomfort to the goods buyer.

In this case, the conveyance which carries out the accommodating part which receives the goods A which the door 15 of the goods discharge opening 11 fell from the horizontal conveying means 13, or the goods A directly from the goods discharge opening 11; It serves as a mechanism, and once the goods (A) are received horizontally, the goods (A) discharged from the goods column (5) are immediately transferred to the goods column (5) because the goods (A) are transported forward. Received in an appropriate horizontal position from below and smoothly taken out while standing.

Therefore, the goods A can be taken out from the goods storage 4 while maintaining the appropriate posture.

In addition, since the vertical conveying means 14 is inclined downward to forward, the carrying position of the goods A can be lowered, and the loading door and the goods A do not interfere, and the loading door is lowered. Can be installed to extend.

Therefore, the space of the product column 5 can be enlarged by matching with a mechanical conveyance means.

In addition, since the recess 4a is formed in the lower part of the goods storage 4 so that the lower space of the goods column 5 can be effectively used, the product V is not increased. It can increase the capacity of.

Again, the door 15 has a structure that opens and closes the product outlet 11 by the opening and closing means 16, so that sufficient heat insulating performance can be obtained, and the opening time can be minimized. 4) Extremely low leakage of cold air can be achieved.

In addition, in both embodiments, the vending machine having the product column of the spiral member type has been described as an example, but it can be applied to the vending machine having the product column of another type.

As described above, according to the product dispensing apparatus of the present invention, the goods falling from the product column are mechanically conveyed by the door for inclined movement so that the goods are assembled at the same time as the conveying means is assembled, and at the same time, the goods are moved from the goods storage. It can be taken out with certainty, and at the same time, it has the effect of increasing the receiving space of goods.

Claims (2)

The goods outlet 11 and the goods outlet 11 formed in the bottom part of the goods storage 4 so that the goods column 5 and the goods column 5 accommodated in the goods storage 4 are located in the lower part of the goods storage 4 can be located. A sliding door 15 to be opened and closed and the door 15 are opened and closed between a horizontal position to close the product outlet 11 and an inclined position to open the product outlet 11 to be inclined downward. And an opening and closing means (16) and a conveying means for conveying the goods (A) on the door (15) in front of the door (15). 2. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein a part of the bottom of the goods storage 4 is formed with a recessed portion 4a which is concave upward and the door 15 is arranged in the recessed portion 4a. Goods take out device.