JPH0628564A - Merchandise housing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve housing efficiency by making the operation range of a article pushing-up member small in the direction of the back/forth of each merchandise container. CONSTITUTION:This merchandise housing device is composed of the merchandise container 10 having an opening part 10a for throwing-in an article at its top, a guide shaft 20 fitted to the front side of the merchandise container 10, the pushing-up component 30 for carrying-out merchandise, which is freely oscillatably fitted to the guide shaft 20, a pair of oscillating arms 40 ascending and descending the pushing-up member 30, a geared motor 50 driving the oscillating arms 40 and an article restoring mechanism 60 provided on the top of the front side of the merchandise container 10. Then, the pushing-up member for carrying-out articles is attached to the guide shaft 20 extending along the front of the merchandise container 10 in the vertical direction and by the oscillating arm 40 oscillating along the side of the merchandise container the pushing-up member 30 is ascended/descended. Consequently, the operation range of the pushing-up member 30 is made small in the direction of the back/ forth of the merchandise container.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a product storage device used in an automatic vending machine for beverages in cans or bottles.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a vending machine of this type, products are stacked and stored in a plurality of vertically extending product passages, and they are dropped and carried out one by one from the lower end of the product passages. Most of them are the mainstream, but recently, as an indoor type vending machine, the actual application is 3-105.
The one described in No. 616 is also proposed.

In this vending machine, as shown in FIG. 6, inside a vending machine body 1 whose upper surface is openable and closable, a product container 2 having an opening for product insertion on the upper surface, and a product container 2
A pair of upper and lower sprockets 3 and 4 arranged on one side surface of the
An endless chain 5 attached to each sprocket 3, 4 and a plurality of push-up members 6 attached to the chain 5.
And a chain drive motor 8 connected to the lower sprocket 4 via a belt 7 for raising the commodity A stored in the commodity container 2 by the push-up members 6. Then, the product is sequentially carried out to the product outlet 1a provided on the front surface of the vending machine body 1.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, since the push-up members 6 attached to the chain 5 have a structure of raising the inner side of the product container 2 and lowering the outer side thereof, There has been a problem that the operating range of the member 6 is increased in the front-back direction of the product container 2 and the capacity of the product container 2 is reduced.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to reduce the operating range of the product pushing member in the front-rear direction of the product container so as to increase the capacity of the product container. It is to provide a product storage device.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the product storage device of the present invention has a product container having an opening for product insertion on the upper surface, and extends vertically along the front surface of the product container. A guide member, a commodity pushing-up member slidably attached to the guide member, a swinging member having one end connected to the commodity pushing-up member and the other end rotatably supported by the commodity container, and the swinging member. And a drive mechanism for raising and lowering the product pushing-up member by swinging the member.

[0007]

According to the product storage device of the present invention, the product pushing member moves up and down along the guide member extending in the vertical direction along the front surface of the product container. It becomes smaller in the front-back direction.

[0008]

1 to 5 show an embodiment of the present invention. This product storage device is provided in the same vending machine body as in the conventional example, and has a product container 10 having an opening for product insertion on the upper surface, a guide shaft 20 attached to the front side of the product container 10, and a guide. A push-up member 30 for carrying out a product, which is slidably attached to the shaft 20, a pair of swing arms 40 for raising and lowering the push-up member 30, and a geared motor 50 for driving the swing arm 40. And a product locking mechanism 60 provided on the upper front side of the product container 10.

As shown in FIG. 1, the product container 10 has a front surface and an upper surface opened, and the product A can be stored in bulk through an opening 10a on the upper surface which serves as a product insertion port. Inside the product container 10, a bottom plate 11 inclined forward and downward is attached like a raised bottom, and a notch 11a is formed at the front end of the bottom plate 11 to allow passage of a push-up member 30 described later. A front plate 12 extending upward from the front end of the bottom plate 11 is provided on both side surfaces of the product container 10 with a slight forward inclination, and the gap between the front plates 12 is equal to the width of the cutout 11a. There is.

The guide shaft 20 is arranged in front of the front plate 12, extends vertically along the front plate 12, and has its lower end fixed to the bottom surface of the commodity container 10.

The push-up member 30 is formed in a plate shape as shown in FIG. 2, and the tip end thereof is bent slightly upward. The lower surface of the push-up member 30 has two mounting pieces 30 protruding downward.
a are formed at intervals in the width direction, and each mounting piece 30a is rotatably connected to a slider 31 slidably mounted on the guide shaft 20 via a shaft pin 32.
Further, as shown in the bottom view of FIG. 3, a notch 30b is formed in the center of the push-up member 30 in the width direction, as shown in the bottom view,
The guide shaft 20 can be inserted into the notch 30b without resistance. That is, the push-up member 30 can be rotated upward to the position shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. 2, and at the lower position, it is held substantially horizontally by the contact with the upper surface of the slider 31 as shown by the solid line. In addition, the slider 31
A connecting pin 33 extending in the width direction is attached to each of both ends, and both ends of the connecting pin 33 are elongated holes 10 provided on both side surfaces of the product container 10.
It is connected to the swing arm 40 via b. The angle θ1 formed by the upper surface of the push-up member 30 and the guide shaft 20 at the lower position is set to 70 ° to 90 °, and the bending angle θ2 of the tip of the push-up member 30 is set to 5 ° to 40 °. Is appropriate.

Each swing arm 40 is arranged on the outer side of both sides of the product container 10, and a long hole 40a extending in the longitudinal direction is formed at the tip thereof, and the connecting pin 22 of the slider 31 is loosely inserted in the long hole 40a. Has been done. Further, a shaft pin 41 and a support plate 42 for rotatably supporting the base end of each swing arm 40 are attached to the back surface of the product container 10, and each swing arm 40 moves vertically with the shaft pin 41 as a fulcrum. It can be rotated to.

The geared motor 50 is arranged below the bottom plate 11, and a crank 51 is connected to its rotary shaft 50a. One end of a connecting rod 52 is rotatably connected to the crank 51, and the other end of the connecting rod 52 is connected to substantially the center of the swing arm 40. That is, when the motor 50 rotates, the reciprocating motion of the crank 51 and the connecting rod 52 causes the swing arm 4 to move.
0 swings in the vertical direction. The motor 50 can be arranged at an arbitrary position by connecting the rotary shaft of the crank 51 and the rotary shaft 50a of the motor 50 with a pulley and a belt, or a sprocket and a chain. Further, the motor 50 is connected to a micro switch 53 disposed above the product container 10, and the micro switch 53 operates the motor 50 when the product A on the rising push-up member 30 comes into contact with the contact 53a. It is supposed to stop.

The product locking mechanism 60 is composed of a carry-out element 61 for locking the product A on the push-up member 30 and a solenoid 62 for moving the carry-out element 61 up and down. 62 operates to release the product A held by the carry-out piece 61 to the front of the product container 10.

The commodity storage device configured as described above is
Although not shown, a plurality of vending machine main bodies are provided in the width direction so that different types of products can be stored. That is, when a product selection button (not shown) is pressed, the product locking mechanism 60 is activated, and the product A on the push-up member 30 rolls and drops in front of the product container 10 and is carried out to a product outlet (not shown). At this time, since the carried-out product A is separated from the micro switch 53, the motor 50 operates and the crank 51 rotates counterclockwise in FIG. As a result, the swing arm 40 swings vertically along the side surface of the product container 10, and the push-up member 30 descends and rises. At that time, although the push-up member 30 hits the product A in the descending path, when the push-up member 30 hits the product A, the push-up member 30 rotates upward as shown in FIG. 5 and descends without being caught by the product A. Further, when the push-up member 30 reaches below the bottom plate 11, the push-up member 30 returns to the horizontal state and rises again due to the rotation of the crank 51.
As a result, one of the products A on the front side in the product container 10 is placed on the push-up member 30 and lifted up, and when the product A comes into contact with the contact of the micro switch 53, the motor 5 is released.
0 stops. The product A is a product locking mechanism 60.
You will be restrained by and wait until the next export signal.

As described above, according to the product storage device of this embodiment, the push-up member 30 for carrying out the product is attached to the guide shaft 20 extending in the vertical direction along the front surface of the product container 10, and the side surface of the product container 10 is provided. Since the push-up member 30 is moved up and down by the swing arm 40 that swings along the vertical direction, the operating range of the push-up member 30 is set in the front-back direction of the product container 10 as compared with the conventional chain rotation type. The volume of the product container 10 can be increased correspondingly.

[0017]

As described above, according to the product storage device of the present invention, the operating range of the product pushing member can be made smaller in the front-back direction of the product container, so that the capacity of the product container is increased accordingly. The product storage efficiency is significantly improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of a product storage device showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partial sectional side view of a push-up member.

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the push-up member.

FIG. 4 is a partial sectional plan view of a product container.

FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory view of the push-up member.

FIG. 6 is a side sectional view of a conventional vending machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Product container, 10a ... Opening part, 20 ... Guide shaft, 30 ... Pushup member, 40 ... Oscillating arm, 50 ... Geared motor, A ... Product.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A product container having an opening for product insertion on an upper surface, a guide member extending vertically along a front surface of the product container, and a product pushing member slidably attached to the guide member. A swinging member having one end connected to the product pushing member and the other end rotatably supported by the product container; and a drive mechanism for raising and lowering the product lifting member by swinging the swinging member. A product storage device characterized by being provided.