JPH06295384A - Merchandise carrying out device for automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an automatic vending machine whose depth dimension can be reduced. CONSTITUTION:Two front and rear merchandise carrying out controllers 5 are vertically placed one on another. In the controller 5, a main flap 10, sub-flap 11, main flap rotation control member 12, display flag mechanism 18, and electromagnetic driving part 14 are provided at a substrate 9 whose rear side is equipped with a side wall 8. Then, the electromagnetic driving part 14 is arranged at one side of the substrate 9, and the display flap mechanism 18 higher than the side wall 8 is arranged on the side of the electromagnetic driving part 14 from the center of the substrate 9.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a product discharge device for an automatic vending machine, which is installed in a servantine type product rack and controls discharge of products stored side by side in a product passage based on a sales command.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in order to increase the storage capacity of products, a vending machine of this type comprises a plurality of product racks 29 in the depth direction as shown in FIG. Are housed in tandem. In addition, at the lower end of each of the product racks 29, that is, the part near the product outlet 32,
Merchandise unloading controller 3 that controls unloading based on sales orders
3 and a passage restricting plate 34 that is disposed so as to oppose thereto and restricts the passage width according to the type of the product 31.

By the way, in this kind of vending machine,
It is preferable to make the depth dimension small in the case of the condition of the installation place, for example, when the device is installed facing a passage or a road.
However, in the conventional vending machine, the depth dimension cannot be reduced due to the relationship of the mechanism of the product carry-out controller 33 and the mounting structure of the passage restricting plate 34.

The structure will be described in detail below. First, the product discharge controller 33 will be described. Although one product unloading controller 33 is provided for each product rack 29, two product unloading controllers 33a, 33b provided for two adjacent product racks 29a, 29b are arranged in a back joint.

As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the commodity carry-out controller 33 has a main flap 3 for receiving the commodity at the lowermost end on a substrate 36 having a side wall 35 protruding rearward as is well known.
7, a sub-flap 38 located above the sub-flap 38, which receives the second product from the bottom at the time of unloading, and the main flap 37 and the sub-flap 38 are rotated by the sales instruction, that is, the main flap 37 is passed through the substrate 36. The micro switch 4 is retracted from the side surface and is pushed by the electromagnetic drive unit 39 that operates the sub flap 38 so as to project from the surface, and the product 31 stored in the product rack 29.
The display flap mechanism 41 for illuminating a product inventory display section (not shown) through the display 0 is provided. 42 in the figure
Is a rotation support shaft of the main flap 37, 43 is a rotation support shaft of the auxiliary flap 38, 44 is a main flap rotation restricting member provided on the back side of the auxiliary flap 38, 45 is a plunger of the electromagnetic drive unit 39, 46 Is an urging spring.

With respect to the arrangement of the board 36 and the respective constituent elements, the electromagnetic drive section 39 is arranged so as to be offset to one side of the board 36, but the display flap mechanism 41, which is a tall structure, is arranged on the board. It is located at the center of the upper part of 36, and the sub-flap 38 is located at the full width of the substrate 36.
The main flap rotation restricting member 44 provided on the back portion thereof has an end portion and a tall end portion supporting portion located at the center of the substrate 36.

Next, the mounting structure of the passage restricting plate 34 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. The two passage restricting plates 34a and 34b provided on the adjacent product passages 30a and 30b are provided at positions facing each other.
The passage restricting plates 34a, 34b have engaging shafts 47, 48 projecting to the upper and lower sides, respectively. On the other hand, in the shelf side plates 49 arranged on both sides of the passage restricting plates 34a, 34b, the slot holes 5 for engaging the engaging shafts 47, 48 are formed.
0a, 50b, 51a, 51b are arranged at the same height and in parallel. Of the slots 50a, 50b, 51a, 51b, the upper slots 50a, 50b are stepwise in the front-rear direction, and the lower slots 51a, 51b are oblique in the front-rear direction, with the upper and lower ends at the upper and lower ends. It has a return section 52. And
The two passage restricting plates 34a and 34b have the engaging shaft 4
7 and 48 are guided and moved in the slots 50 and 51,
By obtaining the front and rear positions, the width of the product passage 30 in the front-rear direction can be changed according to the type of product.

[0008]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION In the above-mentioned conventional product unloading device for a vending machine, when two product unloading controllers 33 shown in FIG. 9 and FIG. When the side walls 35 are butted against each other, the tall end supporting portion of the main flap rotation restricting member 44 provided on the back portions of the display flap mechanism 41 and the sub flap 38 is located at the center of the substrate 36, and the rotation is limited. Since both of the display flap mechanism 41, the main flap rotation restricting member 44, and the end support portions are displaced rearward during movement, in order to allow them to move, that is, to prevent them from contacting each other, A large gap must be formed in the opposite direction, and therefore the height of the side walls 35 of the substrates 36 that come into contact with each other is increased.
Since the thickness of No. 3 becomes large and several product unloading controllers 33 are superposed on each other, the depth of the vending machine is large.

Further, in the two passage restricting plates 34a, 34b provided correspondingly, the passage restricting plates 34a, 34b
When displacing 34b, since it is guided by the groove holes 50 and 51, the lower portion of the passage restricting plate 34 is lifted or moved back and forth, then tilted, and further moved diagonally up and down. When the regulation plate 34a is inclined, the upper end hits the corresponding passage regulation plate 34b and cannot be displaced as shown by the dotted line in FIG. 12, so that the distance between the two passage regulation plates 34a, 34b facing each other as shown by the solid line in the figure. Must be large enough. Since the passage restricting plates 34a and 34b that are opposed to each other are provided in several stages in the front and rear, this structure also causes a large depth dimension of the vending machine.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a product unloading device that contributes to reducing the depth of an automatic vending machine.

[0011]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, a product unloading device of a vending machine according to the present invention has a structure in which two front and rear product unloading controllers are superposed as a first means. The carry-out controller is provided with a main flap, a sub-flap, a main flap rotation restricting member, a display flap mechanism, and an electromagnetic drive unit on a substrate having a side wall on the rear side. The electromagnetic drive unit, which is a structure taller than the side wall, is arranged, and the display flap mechanism, which is also a structure taller than the side wall of the substrate, is arranged closer to the electromagnetic drive unit than the center of the substrate. .

As a second means, there are provided two passage restricting plates provided so that their rear surfaces are opposed to each other, and each of the passage restricting plates has an engaging shaft projecting on both upper and lower sides, and is a shelf side plate. Is provided with a groove hole for guiding the engagement shaft so that the engagement shaft can take two positions, front and rear, with respect to the groove hole with which the engagement shaft of one of the passage regulating plates engages. The height position of the groove hole with which the engaging shaft of the other passage regulating plate engages is different.

[0013]

In the first means, when the back portions of the two product unloading controllers are overlapped with each other, the tall structures of both of them are not opposed to each other, and the higher parts are opposed to each other. Absorbed by the side. Therefore, the height of the side plate of the substrate can be reduced, and the thickness in the front-rear direction can be reduced as a whole.

In the second means, when one of the two passage restricting plates facing each other is tilted when being displaced forward and backward, the upper end of the other passage restricting plate is at a lower position,
Therefore, the positions can be adjusted without the upper ends abutting against each other, and thus the facing distance between the two passage restricting plates in the front-rear direction can be reduced.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, 1 is a vending machine body, 2 is a product rack provided in the vending machine body 1 in several stages before and after, 3 is a product passageway, 4 is a product outlet, and 5 is a lower part of the product rack 2. The product discharge controller, 6 is the product discharge controller 5
The passage restricting plate 7 provided corresponding to the product is a product, and the adjacent product unloading controllers 5 are stacked, and
Adjacent passage restricting plates 6 are arranged close to each other.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the product unloading controller 5 includes a substrate 9 having a side wall 8 protruding to the back, a main flap 10, a sub flap 11, and a main flap rotation provided on the sub flap 11. The movement restricting member 12, the support portion 13 of the main flap rotation restricting member 12, the electromagnetic drive portion 14, the plunger 15, the biasing spring 16, the display flap mechanism 18 including the micro switch 17, and the rotation support of the main flap 10. Axis 1
9, a rotation support shaft 20 for the auxiliary flap 11 is provided. The function of each of these components is the same as that described in the above-mentioned conventional example, and therefore the description thereof is omitted.

The feature of this embodiment lies in the arrangement of the components. The arrangement of the main flap 10 and the offset arrangement of the electromagnetic drive unit 14 are the same as those in the conventional example, but the lateral width of the sub-flap 11 is made smaller than the lateral width of the substrate 9 so that it is offset toward the side where the electromagnetic drive unit 14 is provided. And a space is formed on the opposite side of the main flap rotation restricting member 12 provided on the back side of the main flap rotation restricting member 13 and a tall display flap mechanism 18 from the center of the substrate 9. , Is located on the electromagnetic drive unit 14 side. The side wall 8 of the substrate 9 is considerably lower than the electromagnetic drive unit 14, the display flap mechanism 18, and the support unit 13.

FIG. 5 shows two of the product unloading controllers 5 having the above structure.
When the rear side walls 8 are abutted and overlapped with each other as described above, the support portions 13 of the main flap rotation restricting member 12 and the display flap mechanism 18 do not correspond to each other but are displaced from each other, and thus do not contact each other. Further, the plunger 15 of the electromagnetic drive unit 14 can freely move in the axial direction in the space on the side of the sub-flap 11 without being disturbed by others.

For this reason, the height of the side wall 8 of the substrate 9 can be lowered, and the thickness of the two stacked article discharge controllers 5 can be considerably reduced. Specifically, in the present embodiment, it was possible to reduce the thickness of 29 mm, that is, 16 mm, as compared with the conventional thickness of 45 mm. Actually, a plurality of product racks 2 are provided in the depth direction of the vending machine, and a plurality of the article discharge controllers 5 that are overlapped with each other are provided accordingly. Therefore, the dimension of the vending machine in the depth direction is 16 mm. Can be made several times smaller.

Next, the structure of the passage restricting plate 6 is shown in FIG.
And it demonstrates with reference to FIG. The passage restricting plate 6 has engaging shafts 21 and 22 projecting to both upper and lower sides, and the shelf side plates 23 located on both sides of the passage restricting plate 6.
Upper two slots 24a, 24b, lower two slots 2
5a and 25b are provided, the upper slots 24a and 24b have a step-like shape, and the lower slots 25a and 25b are inclined and have return portions at both ends. Same as the example.

The feature of this embodiment is that the upper two
The distance between the two slots 24a and 24b in the front-rear direction is made small, the positions of the two slots in the height direction are vertically shifted, and the heights of the lower two slots 25a and 25b are accordingly shifted.

Further, two corresponding passage restricting plates 6a,
One of the flanges 26a and 26b pivotally supporting at least the lower engaging shafts 22a and 22b of the 6b is displaced toward the center.

In this structure, when the width of the product passage 3 in the depth direction is adjusted according to the type of product, the adjusting operation is the same as that of the conventional example described above, but the two corresponding passage restricting plates 6a, 6b are provided. Of the passage restricting plate 6 which is displaced upward
When a is inclined, its upper end is located above the passage restricting plate 6b as shown in FIG. 7, that is, the adjustment work can be performed without disturbing the passage restricting plate 6b. On the other hand, when displacing the passage restricting plate 6b that is displaced downward,
When b is tilted, its upper end corresponds to the passage restricting plate 6a.
The adjustment can be made without reaching the contact point.

Further, the flanges 26a, 26b pivotally supporting the engaging shafts 22a, 22b at the lower portions of the passage restricting plates 6a, 6b are laterally displaced and do not face each other. Can absorb the height of minutes. Therefore, the two passage restricting plates 6a and 6b can be provided close to each other by the arrangement of the slots 24a and 24b, 25a and 25b close to each other and absorption of one height of the flanges 26a and 26b. Also contributes to the reduction of the depth of vending machines.

Further, the passage restricting plate 6 has means for reducing the other depth dimension of the vending machine. That is, as shown in FIG. 11, the passage restricting plate 6 has a step-pushing recess 27 at the upper part of the inner surface thereof, the step-pressing recess 27 having an open top. The lower portion of the rack segment 28 on the upper portion of the passage restricting plate 6 in the product rack 2 overlaps the stepped depression 27.

With this configuration, the thickness of one rack segment 28 in the product rack 2 is absorbed, and the thickness can be reduced by this amount, and this configuration also contributes to the reduction of the depth dimension of the vending machine.

As described above, in the product unloading device of the vending machine of this embodiment, the thickness in the front-rear direction of this component is reduced by devising the product unloading controller and the passage restricting plate, and the depth of the vending machine is reduced. It can contribute to size reduction.

[0028]

As is clear from the description of the above embodiment,
The present invention is a vending machine in which two product unloading controllers in a product rack are mounted in an overlapping manner or two passage restricting plates are provided in correspondence with each other, by providing an escape in the thickness direction in each component. It contributes to the reduction of the depth of the main body, and its effect is great.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view of an automatic vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a product unloading controller in the same vending machine.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the product discharge controller.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the product unloading controller.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a state in which two of the product discharge controllers are overlapped with each other.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a passage regulating plate portion of the same vending machine.

FIG. 7 is a schematic side view of the passage restricting plate in a mounted state.

FIG. 8 is a schematic sectional view of a conventional vending machine.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of a product unloading controller in the same vending machine.

FIG. 10 is a schematic sectional view of the product unloading controller.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a passage restricting plate portion of the vending machine.

FIG. 12 is a schematic side view of the passage restricting plate in a mounted state.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Vending Machine Main Body 2 Product Rack 3 Product Passage 5 Product Delivery Controller 6 Passage Control Plate 8 Sidewall 9 Substrate 10 Main Flap 11 Secondary Flap 12 Main Flap Rotation Controlling Member 13 Support 14 Electromagnetic Drive 18 Display Flap Mechanism

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A product unloading controller which is provided at the bottom of two product racks adjacent to each other in the front-rear direction and which has a product passage, and which is overlapped with its back together, the product unloading controller being on the rear side. A main flap that receives the bottommost product and a sub-flap that receives the second product from the bottom when the product is carried out are provided on a board having a side wall, and a main flap provided on the back side of the sub-flap on the back side of the board. It has a flap rotation restricting member, a display flap mechanism that operates the product inventory display section, and an electromagnetic drive section that operates the main flap and the sub flap in response to a sales instruction. The above-mentioned electromagnetic drive unit, which is a high structure, is arranged, and the display flap mechanism, which is also a structure higher than the side wall of the substrate, is arranged closer to the electromagnetic drive unit than the center of the substrate. Output device. 2. The sub flap of the article discharge controller is shorter than the width of the board, and forms a space between the end of the side opposite to the electromagnetic drive section and the side wall of the board. 2. The product unloading device for a vending machine according to claim 1, wherein a support portion near the center of the main flap rotation restricting member that is higher than the board side wall is located closer to the electromagnetic drive section than the center of the board. 3. Two aisle regulating plates, which are adjacent to each other in the front and rear and have a product aisle, are provided at the bottom of the two product racks so that their rear faces face each other, and the aisle regulating plates are on the upper side and the lower side respectively. The shelf side plate has a groove hole for guiding each of the engagement shafts and guiding the engagement shafts so that the engagement shafts can take two positions of front and rear. A product discharge device for an automatic vending machine in which the position in the height direction of the groove hole with which the engaging shaft of the other passage restricting plate engages is different from the position of the groove hole with which the engaging shaft of the restricting plate engages. 4. The passage restricting plate has a flange for supporting the engagement shaft protruding to the rear surface, and the flange of the other passage restricting plate is provided at a position displaced laterally with respect to the flange of the one passage restricting plate. The product unloading device of the vending machine according to claim 3. 5. The product unloading device for a vending machine according to claim 3, wherein the passage restricting plate has a step-depressing concave portion on an inner surface of an upper portion thereof to absorb a thickness of a lower portion of a rack segment forming the product passage.