JPH0651987U - Product storage shelves for vending machines - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To reduce the impact noise caused by product insertion in the product storage shelf of a vending machine and to reduce the weight of the product storage shelf. [Structure] In a product storage shelf of a vending machine, a product storage connection plate 9 made of synthetic resin is formed by connecting shelf surfaces for storing the products of adjacent tracks 6a and 6b.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a product storage shelf of a vending machine that sells products such as cans and bottles.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 In recent years, it has been required to increase the storage capacity of vending machine product storage shelves under the same volume, and to reduce noise when loading and unloading products. Also, from the viewpoint of productivity, it is required to reduce the weight of the unloading device, and it is recommended that the constituent members be partially made of synthetic resin.

An example of the above-described conventional product storage shelf of the vending machine will be described below with reference to the drawings. A conventional product storage shelf of a vending machine is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 58-150182. This is characterized in that a part of the storage shelves is movable, but a basic product storage shelf excluding this is described with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 4, reference numeral 1 is a pair of left and right side plates of a product storage shelf of the vending machine. The guide plate 2 is locked by a pin 3 between the pair of left and right side plates 1. The product storage plate 4 is formed in an arc shape and is also located between the pair of left and right side plates 1. A product accommodation connecting plate 5 having a continuous arcuate shelf surface portion is arranged between the pair of left and right side plates 1, and the product accommodation plate 4 and the product accommodation plate 4 form a track 6 for storing products. An unloading guide plate 7 and an unloading device 8 are provided at the lower end of the track 6 so as to fulfill the function of sending out the products one by one. As with the guide plate 2, the product storage plate 4, the product storage connection plate 5, the carry-out guide plate 7, and the carry-out device 8 are locked by a pin 3 between the side plates 1 in a pair on the left and right. Has been done.

The operation of the product storage shelf of the vending machine configured as described above will be described below. The product is thrown onto the guide plate 2 and stored in the storage shelf sandwiched by the product storage connecting plate 5. Next, the carry-out device 8 is driven, and the products sandwiched between the carry-out guide plates 7 are carried out one by one.

[0006]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, the above-mentioned configuration has a problem that when the product is loaded, the product housing connection plate 5 (the material is a thin steel plate) produces an impact sound due to the free fall of the product.

Further, since the products are stacked, the load on the product accommodation connecting plate 5 becomes large, and rigidity is required, and cracks occur in the product made of synthetic resin. Therefore, it is necessary to rely on steel plates. I also had the problem.

Further, from the viewpoint of productivity, there is a direction to use synthetic resin in order to reduce weight or improve production efficiency, but it has been difficult to realize due to the above problems. In view of the above-mentioned problems, the present invention reduces the impact noise at the time of product introduction by using synthetic resin, does not cause cracks by maintaining rigidity, is lightweight, and is an automatic vending machine with improved productivity. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a product storage shelf for a machine.

[0009]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above object, the product storage shelf of the vending machine of the present invention has a structure in which the product storage connection plate is made of synthetic resin and the shelf surface portions of two adjacent tracks are integrally connected.

[0010]

[Action]

 With the above-described structure, the present invention makes it possible to increase the rigidity against load of the product by using the product accommodation connecting plate and to make it resinous, so that the impact sound of the product can be mitigated and the weight can be reduced. Can be

[0011]

【Example】

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A commodity storage shelf of an automatic vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The same components as those of the conventional example will be denoted by the same reference numerals.

FIG. 1 shows the structure of a product storage shelf of a vending machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a side plate, 2 is a guide plate, 3 is a pin, 4 is a product storage plate, 5 is a product storage connection plate, 6a and 6b are tracks, 7 is a delivery guide plate, 8 is a delivery device, and 9 is a product. It is a housing coupling plate. The feature of the present embodiment lies in the use-accommodation-coupling plate 9, that is, the product-accommodation-coupling plate 9 located between the first and second tracks 6a and 6b is made of synthetic resin. The arc-shaped first shelf surface portion and a part of the arc-shaped second shelf surface portion of the adjacent second track 6b are joined to be integrally formed. In addition, the second arcuate shelf surface portion is shifted by a half pitch from the first arcuate shelf surface portion.

The operation of the product storage shelf of the vending machine configured as described above will be described. The product is thrown onto the guide plate 2 and drops to the carry-out device 8 and the carry-out guide plate 7 via the product-accommodating connecting plate 5 and the product-accommodating coupling plate 9. Here, since the product accommodating connecting plate 9 functioning as a shelf surface portion of each of the first and second tracks 6a and 6b is integrally formed of resin, stress is relieved, rigidity is increased, and impact is increased. The sound is also reduced and the volume is reduced at the same time.

FIG. 2 shows the structure of a product storage shelf of the vending machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the first and second shelf surface portions of the product housing coupling plate 9 are at the same height. This is due to the difference in the basic shape to be formed. In this case, the product storage plate 4 is unnecessary. The effect of the second embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 shows a third embodiment of the present invention, in which the product accommodating coupling plate 9 is integrated with at least a part of one side plate 1, and this configuration further reduces the weight. And productivity (assembly) can be improved.

As described above, according to each of the embodiments, the product accommodating connecting plates forming the respective shelf surface portions of the two adjacent tracks are integrated, and therefore the rigidity can be increased, so that the product can be made into a synthetic resin and the product can be manufactured. The impact noise caused by falling can be reduced, weight can be reduced, and productivity can be improved.

[0017]

[Effect of device]

 As is apparent from the above description of each embodiment, the present invention can be made into a synthetic resin because the product accommodating connecting plates, which form the respective shelf surfaces of two adjacent tracks, are integrated and the rigidity is increased. It can reduce the impact noise caused by dropping, and can reduce the weight, and the productivity is also good.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a product storage shelf of a vending machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a product storage shelf of a vending machine according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a product storage shelf of a vending machine according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a product storage shelf of a conventional vending machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Side plate 2 Guide plate 3 Pin 4 Product storage plate 5 Product storage connection plate 6a, 6b Track 7 Delivery guide plate 8 Delivery device 9 Product storage connection plate

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A guide plate, a product containing plate, a product containing connecting plate, a track formed by the product containing connecting plate and the product containing connecting plate, a carry-out guide plate, and a carry-out plate between the left and right side plates. And a device, wherein the product accommodating connecting plate is made of a synthetic resin, and is formed by integrally combining the shelves for accommodating the products of two adjacent tracks, respectively. 2. The product storage shelf of the vending machine according to claim 1, wherein a part of at least one side plate and a product storage coupling plate are integrated.