JP2005292916A - Vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vending machine that can effectively prevent unauthorized acts, without using a reinforcement member for closing a gap between an outer door and a vending machine body. <P>SOLUTION: The outer door 20 is disposed such that at least a part is positioned in a front opening of the vending machine body 10, with respect to front-back directions, and one width end of the outer door 20 is coupled with a coupling shaft 33 arranged in the vending machine body 10 via a door side coupling member 32 bent to avoid contact with one width end opening edge of the vending machine body 10, when the outer door 20 is turned in the opening direction. The front of the vending machine body 10 can be substantially completely opened, without external exposure of a gap between the back of the outer door 20 and the front of the vending machine body 10, and unauthorized acts can be effectively prevented without the use of a door reinforcement member for closing the gap between the back of the outer door 20 and the front of the vending machine body 10. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a vending machine including a rotatable outer door that opens and closes a front opening of a vending machine main body.

  Conventionally, this type of vending machine has a vending machine main body with an open front and an outer door that opens and closes the front of the vending machine main body, and the upper end of one end in the width direction of the outer door is the main body of the vending machine. It is known that it is rotatably supported by a support plate attached to the upper surface of the vending machine and is rotatably inserted into a support shaft provided so that its lower end extends upward to the front end side of the bottom surface of the vending machine body. Yes. However, in this vending machine, there are gaps between the upper end surface of the outer door and the support plate and between the lower end surface of the outer door and the main body of the vending machine. There is a drawback that it is impossible to prevent an illegal act such as cutting the shaft with a cutting tool to forcibly open the outer door and stealing money or goods inside.

Therefore, by connecting the connecting shafts provided on the upper end side and the lower end side inside the outer door and the connecting members fixed on the upper end side and the lower end side inside the vending machine main body, respectively, There has been known one in which an outer door is supported by a vending machine body without exposing a connecting shaft and a connecting member to the outside of the vending machine (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2002-150387 A

  By the way, in the case where the connecting shaft provided inside the outer door and the connecting member provided in the vending machine body are connected as described above, the gap between the outer door and the vending machine body is closed. Although the reinforcing member extending backward from the outer edge portion on the back side of the door is provided, the reinforcing member is provided with a notch through which the connecting member is inserted, so that the strength of the reinforcing member is reduced, and the vending machine main body and There has been a problem in that the effect of preventing fraud by deteriorating the outer door by inserting a foreign object through the gap with the outer door is impaired.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and its object is to effectively prevent fraud without using a reinforcing member for closing the gap between the outer door and the vending machine body. It is to provide a vending machine that can do this. Another object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine capable of effectively preventing fraud even when a reinforcing member for closing a gap between the outer door and the main body of the vending machine is used. There is.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention comprises a vending machine main body having an open front and an outer door that opens and closes the front opening of the vending machine main body, and the vending machine main body has one end in the width direction of the outer door. In the vending machine that is rotatably supported, the outer door is provided so that at least a part of the outer door is located in the front opening of the main body of the vending machine, and one end side in the width direction of the outer door; Via a connecting member that is bent so as to avoid contact with the opening edge of the vending machine main body in the width direction when the outer door is rotated in the opening direction. And are pivotally connected.

  As a result, since at least a part of the front and rear direction of the outer door is located in the front opening of the vending machine, the outer door is closed between the back of the outer door and the front of the vending machine main body. The gap is not exposed. In addition, since the connecting member that connects the connecting shaft and the outer door arranged in the vending machine main body is bent so as to avoid contact with the opening edge on the width direction one end side of the vending machine main body, The outer door is opened without the connecting member coming into contact with the vending machine body.

  The present invention also includes a vending machine main body having a front opening and an outer door that opens and closes the front opening of the vending machine main body, and allows one end of the outer door in the width direction to freely rotate to the vending machine main body. In the vending machine provided with a reinforcing member that supports and closes the gap between the side surface of the vending machine main body in the width direction on one side and the side surface of the outer door in the width direction on the back surface on the one end side in the width direction of the outer door, Avoid contact between the one end in the width direction of the outer door and the connecting shaft arranged in the main body of the vending machine with the opening edge on the one end in the width direction of the vending machine when the outer door is rotated in the opening direction. It connects so that it can rotate freely through the connecting member bent so.

  As a result, the connecting member connected to the connecting shaft arranged in the vending machine main body is bent so as to avoid contact with the opening edge on the one end in the width direction of the vending machine main body. Even if the notch is not provided in the reinforcing member for closing the gap between the back side and the front surface of the vending machine main body, the outer door is opened without the connecting member coming into contact with the vending machine main body.

  According to the present invention, when the outer door is closed, a gap between the back surface of the outer door and the front surface of the vending machine body is not exposed. Unauthorized acts can be effectively prevented without using a reinforcing member for closing the gap between the two.

  Further, according to the present invention, the connecting member does not come into contact with the vending machine main body without providing a notch in the reinforcing member for closing the gap between the rear side of the outer door and the front surface of the vending machine main body. Since the outer door is opened, fraud can be effectively prevented.

  1 to 5 show a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a vending machine, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the vending machine with an outer door opened, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a plan view of the main part of the vending machine, and FIG. 5 is a plan view of the main part of the vending machine showing a state in which the outer door is opened.

The vending machine includes a vending machine body 10 having an open front surface, an outer door 20 that opens and closes the front surface of the vending machine body 10, and an upper end side and a lower end on one end side in the width direction of the vending machine body 10 and the outer door 20. provided on the side, and a vending machine body 10 and the outer door 20 and the consolidated mechanism 30. you connecting.

  The vending machine body 10 includes a heat-insulating product storage 12 whose front is opened and closed by an inner door 11, and a machine room 13 provided below the product storage 12. The device and the electrical unit are accommodated.

  The outer door 20 is formed to be slightly smaller in the width direction and the vertical direction than the front opening of the vending machine body 10, and is located in the front opening of the vending machine body 10 when the front surface of the vending machine body 10 is closed. The one end side in the width direction is rotatably supported on the front side of the vending machine main body 10. Further, on the front surface of the outer door 20, a product sample 20a, a product selection switch 20b, a coin slot 20c, a bill slot 20d, a return lever 2e, an amount display portion 2f, a coin return slot 20g, and a merchandise outlet 20h are provided. Yes.

  Each connecting mechanism 30 is disposed between a pair of upper and lower body side connecting members 31 fixed to the vending machine body 10 and a pair of upper and lower body side connecting members 31 and is fixed to the outer door 20. 32, and a pair of main body side connecting members 31 and a connecting shaft 33 that rotatably connects the door side connecting member 32.

  The main body side connecting member 31 is formed with a bearing portion 31a by bending the front end side of the plate-like member into a cylindrical shape, and a fixed piece 31b is provided on the rear end side thereof. The fixing piece 31b of the main body side connecting member 31 is fixed to the reinforcing member 14 fixed to the side surface on one end side in the width direction in the vending machine main body 10 by bolts or welding. At this time, the bearing portion 31 a of the main body side connecting member 31 is positioned in the vending machine main body 10.

  The door-side connecting member 32 is formed by bending a plate-like member into a substantially L-shaped cross section, one end of which is fixed to the side surface of the outer door 20, and the other end is bent into a cylindrical shape. Thus, a bearing portion 32a is formed. At this time, the door side connecting member 32 is formed so as to extend from the upper end side to the lower end side of the outer door 20. The distance A1 between the center of the bearing portion 32a of the door side connecting member 32 and the side surface of the outer door 20 is the center of the bearing portion 31a of the main body side connecting member 31 and the opening edge on the one end side in the width direction of the vending machine main body 10. It is formed larger than the distance A2.

  The connecting shaft 33 is composed of a bar-like member extending in the vertical direction, and the connecting shaft 33 is inserted through the bearing portions 31a and 32a of the pair of main body side connecting member 31 and door side connecting member 32 arranged in the vertical direction. The main body side connecting member 31 and the door side connecting member 32 are rotatably connected.

  In the vending machine configured as described above, when the outer door 20 is opened, as shown in FIG. 5, the distance A1 between the center of the bearing portion 32a of the door side connecting member 32 and the side surface of the outer door 20 is the main body side. Since the distance A2 between the center of the bearing 31a of the connecting member 31 and the opening edge on the one end in the width direction of the vending machine body 10 is formed, the opening edge on the one end side in the width direction of the vending machine body 10 and the outer door The 20 side surfaces do not contact. Moreover, since the door side connection member 32 is formed in the L-shaped cross section, if the outer door 20 is rotated until the inner surface of the front opening part of the vending machine main body 10 and the door connection member 32 contact, vending will be carried out. The front surface of the machine main body 10 is almost completely opened, and operations such as replenishment of goods can be performed.

  As described above, according to the vending machine of the present embodiment, the outer door 20 is provided so that at least a part in the front-rear direction is located in the front opening of the vending machine main body 10, and the outer door 20 is rotated in the opening direction. One end in the width direction of the outer door 20 and the inside 10 in the vending machine main body are bent via a door-side connecting member 32 bent so as to avoid contact with the opening edge on the one end in the width direction of the vending machine main body 10 when moved. Since the connecting shaft 33 is connected to the front, the front surface of the vending machine body 10 is almost completely opened without exposing the gap between the back surface of the outer door 20 and the front surface of the vending machine body 10 to the outside. Therefore, fraudulent acts can be effectively prevented without using a door reinforcing member for closing a gap between the back surface of the outer door 20 and the front surface of the vending machine main body 10.

  The distance A1 between the center of the bearing portion 32a of the door side connecting member 32 and the side surface of the outer door 20 is the center of the bearing portion 31a of the main body side connecting member 31 and the opening edge on the one end side in the width direction of the vending machine main body 10. Since it is formed to be larger than the distance A2, the outer door 20 can be rotated so that the front surface of the vending machine main body 10 is almost completely opened, and work such as maintenance or replenishment of goods is efficiently performed. be able to.

  Further, since the door-side connecting member 32 is formed so as to extend from the upper end side to the lower end side of the outer door 20, vending is performed from the gap between the outer peripheral surface of the outer door 20 and the front opening of the vending machine body 10. Insertion of foreign matter into the machine body 10 can be prevented, and illegal acts can be further effectively prevented.

  FIGS. 6 to 8 show a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a vending machine in a state in which an outer door is opened. FIG. 7 is a plan view of a main part of the vending machine. 8 is a plan view of the main part of the vending machine showing a state in which the outer door is opened. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and shown to the component equivalent to the said 1st Embodiment.

  In the vending machine of the present embodiment, the outer door 40 is formed to be equivalent to the outer shape of the front surface of the vending machine main body 10, and the outer door 40 is located on the vending machine main body 10 so as to be positioned on the front surface of the vending machine main body 10. The vending machine main body 10 is opened and closed by being connected by a connecting mechanism 50. A door reinforcement member 41 is provided on the back side of the outer door 40 so as to extend into the front opening of the vending machine main body 10 along the outer edge.

  The connecting mechanism 50 includes a main body side connecting member 51, a door side connecting member 52, and a connecting shaft 53, and one end side of the door side connecting member 52 is fixed to the door reinforcing member 41. The other end side of the door side connecting member 52 is formed so as to extend from the rear end portion of the door reinforcing member 41 toward the bearing portion 51a of the main body side connecting member 51, and the end portion is bent into a cylindrical shape to thereby obtain a bearing portion. 52a is formed. The distance B1 between the center of the bearing portion 52a of the door side connecting member 52 and the back surface of the outer door 40 is determined by the distance B2 between the center of the bearing portion 51a of the main body side connecting member 51 and the side front end of the vending machine main body 10. Is also formed large.

  In the vending machine configured as described above, when the outer door 40 is opened, as shown in FIG. 8, the distance B1 between the center of the bearing portion 52a of the door-side connecting member 52 and the back surface of the outer door 40 is the main body side. Since the distance B2 between the center of the bearing 51a of the connecting member 51 and the side front end side of the vending machine body 10 is formed, the side front end of the vending machine body 10 and the back surface of the outer door 40 are in contact with each other. There is no. Further, since the door side connecting member 52 is formed to extend from the rear end of the door reinforcing member 41 to the bearing portion 51a of the main body side connecting member 51, the width direction one end side opening edge of the vending machine main body 10 and the door side When the outer door 40 is rotated until it comes into contact with the connecting member 52, the front surface of the vending machine main body 10 is almost completely opened, and operations such as replenishment of merchandise can be performed.

  Thus, according to the vending machine of the present embodiment, when the outer door 40 is rotated in the opening direction, it is bent so as to avoid contact with the opening edge on the one end side in the width direction of the vending machine body 10. Since one end side in the width direction of the outer door 40 and the connecting shaft 53 arranged in the vending machine main body 10 are connected via the door-side connecting member 52, the rear side of the outer door 40 and the front surface of the vending machine main body 10 are connected. The front surface of the vending machine main body 10 can be almost completely opened without providing a notch in the door reinforcing member 41 for closing the gap between the two, and illegal acts can be effectively prevented.

  The distance B1 between the center of the bearing portion 52a of the door side connecting member 52 and the back surface of the outer door 40 is determined by the distance B2 between the center of the bearing portion 51a of the main body side connecting member 51 and the side front end of the vending machine main body 10. Therefore, the outer door 40 can be rotated so that the front surface of the vending machine main body 10 is almost completely opened, and operations such as maintenance or product replenishment can be performed efficiently. .

The perspective view of the vending machine which shows the 1st Embodiment of this invention Perspective view of vending machine showing the state where the outer door is opened Front view of vending machine Top view of the vending machine Top view of the main part of the vending machine showing the state where the outer door is opened The perspective view of the vending machine which shows the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. Top view of the vending machine Top view of the main part of the vending machine showing the state where the outer door is opened

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Vending machine main body, 20 ... Outer door, 30 ... Connection mechanism, 31 ... Main body side connection member, 32 ... Door side connection member, 33 ... Connection shaft, 40 ... Outer door, 41 ... Door reinforcement member, 50 ... Connection Mechanism: 51: Main body side connecting member, 52: Door side connecting member, 53: Connecting shaft.

Claims (5)

An automatic vending machine body that has a front opening and an outer door that opens and closes the front opening of the vending machine body, and one end in the width direction of the outer door is rotatably supported by the vending machine body. In the vending machine,
The outer door is provided so that at least a part of the front-rear direction is located in the front opening of the vending machine main body,
Avoid contact between the one end side in the width direction of the outer door and the connecting shaft disposed in the main body of the vending machine with the opening edge on one end side in the width direction of the vending machine body when the outer door is rotated in the opening direction. A vending machine characterized in that it is rotatably connected via a connecting member bent in this manner. The distance from the rotation center of the connecting member with respect to the connecting shaft to the side surface on one end side in the width direction of the outer door is larger than the distance from the rotation center of the connecting member with respect to the connecting shaft to the opening edge on the one end side in the width direction of the vending machine body. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the vending machine is large. The vending machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the connecting member is formed to extend from the upper end side to the lower end side of the outer door. A vending machine main body with a front opening and an outer door that opens and closes the front opening of the vending machine main body, and one end side in the width direction of the outer door is rotatably supported by the vending machine main body. In the vending machine provided with a reinforcing member that closes the gap between the side surface on the one end side in the width direction of the vending machine main body and the side surface on the one end side in the width direction of the outer door,
Avoid contact between the one end in the width direction of the outer door and the connecting shaft arranged in the main body of the vending machine with the opening edge on the one end in the width direction of the vending machine when the outer door is rotated in the opening direction. A vending machine characterized in that it is rotatably connected via a connecting member bent in such a manner. The distance from the rotation center of the connection member to the connection shaft to the back surface at one end side in the width direction of the outer door is formed larger than the distance from the rotation center of the connection member to the connection shaft to the width direction end of the vending machine body. 5. The vending machine according to claim 4, wherein

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