JPH0696351A - Article stocker device of automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] It is an object to provide a stocker device for a vending machine in which the width of a product storage / transportation path can be easily adjusted. [Structure] A push-out upper piece 17, a guide piece 18 and a screwing piece 19 which hang down at the front and rear ends of the push-up upper piece 17 at an acute angle, and a shaft abutment piece 20 provided at the rear of the push-out piece 17 for a path adjusting plate. 16 is formed, and this path adjustment plate 16 is used as a spindle.
It is screwed to 15, and the width of the product storage / conveyance path is adjusted by pushing out the lower part of the plate forming the wall.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a product stocker device in an automatic vending machine for canned beverages and other products.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in a vending machine of this type,
There is a demand for effectively containing products and smoothly delivering the products without increasing the height of the machine body.

For this reason, the conventional vending machine is constructed as shown in FIG. That is, a plurality of rows of stocker units 2 that also serve as a conveyance path are provided inside the machine body 1, and the lower end portion of the stocker units 2 controls the drop delivery of products (not shown) stored in the stocker units 2. The delivery control unit 3 is provided. The stocker unit 2 has a meandering product storage / conveyance path (hereinafter referred to as a meandering path) 4 for reducing the storage height of the product. Specifically, the meandering path wall is shown in FIG. A plurality of curved plate bodies 5 are sequentially arranged in the vertical direction. In FIG. 3, 6 is a product feeding section, 7 is a shooter, 8 is a product outlet, 9 is a cooling / heating unit,
10 is a cooling unit.

[0004]

By the way, in the above-mentioned conventional product stocker device, when accommodating different kinds of products, that is, different outside diameters of beverage cans, the width of the meandering path 4 is set to the above products. In this case, the width of the meandering path 4 is adjusted by changing the mounting position of each plate body 5 forming the wall of the meandering path 4 or changing the plate body 5 to a different curved shape. It was what I was doing, meandering path 4
The product diameter that can be sold was limited by adjusting the width.

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 stocker device for an automatic vending machine in which the products to be sold are not limited because the width of the meandering path in the stocker unit can be easily adjusted.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an extruding upper piece, a guide piece which hangs at an acute angle from the tip of the extruding upper piece, and an acute angle at the rear end of the extruding upper piece. A path adjusting plate consisting of a hanging screwing piece and a shaft abutment piece bent downward by a notch at the rear end of the extruding upper piece was provided, and this path adjusting plate was screwed to the support shaft of the meandering path part. It is a thing.

[0007]

In the above structure, the plate body which forms the wall of the meandering path whose upper end is pivotally supported and whose lower end is the free end is pushed at its lower end by the tip of the upper piece of the push-out member of the path adjusting plate to It will be changed so that the width becomes smaller.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. The description of the entire vending machine is omitted, and the main important mechanism according to the present invention will be described.

In the figure, reference numeral 11 is a meandering path which functions as a product storage / conveyance path, and its inner wall is formed by sequentially arranging curved metal plates 12. Specifically, the plate body 12 is rotatably provided with a lower end as a free end by fitting a curl portion 13 at an upper end to a support shaft 15 horizontally attached to a frame 14 of a stocker unit.

The path adjusting plate 16 has a push-out upper piece 17 having a required length, a guide piece 18 that hangs at the tip of the push-up upper piece 17 at an acute angle, and also hangs at the rear end of the push-up upper piece 17 at an acute angle. A screw stop piece 19 and a shaft contact piece bent downward by a notch at the rear of the extruded upper piece 16
The screwing piece 19 is provided with a screw 21.

The path adjusting plate 16 has a push-out upper piece 17 thereof.
The upper part of the support shaft 15 and the shaft contact piece 20
It is attached by abutting it on the inner side of, and then applying the tip of the screw 21 to the outer side of the support shaft 15. In this case, since the screwing piece 19 is bent at an acute angle with respect to the push-out upper piece 17, the tip of the screw 21 abuts on the outer lower part of the support shaft 15 and the tip of the screw 21 and the shaft contact piece 20. Since the distance between and is smaller than the diameter of the support shaft 15, there is no vertical drop and mounting backlash. A receiving piece 22 corresponding to the lower portion of the support shaft 15 is provided on the upper portion of the plate body 12.

When the above-mentioned path adjusting plate 16 is mounted, the extruded upper piece 17 has a plate whose lower end is a free end.
Push the bottom of 12 to move it inward and narrow the width of the meandering path. As described above, in the product stocker device of the present embodiment, the width of the product storage / conveyance path can be adjusted simply by mounting the route adjusting plate 16, and the plate body 12 can be changed in the mounting position or replaced with a different shape. Since it is not necessary to perform the adjustment, the adjustment work can be easily performed. Further, since the route adjusting plate 16 is provided by using the support shaft 15 of the plate body 12, the structure is not complicated, and since the route adjusting plate 16 has the guide piece 18, the goods can be transported smoothly. It is done.

[0013]

As is clear from the description of the above embodiment,
According to the present invention, the width of the product storage / transportation path can be adjusted according to the type of the product by mounting the path control plate on the ready-made product storage / transportation path. Also, since the guide piece and the screwing piece are provided at the rear end at an acute angle, and the shaft contacting piece is provided by cutting and raising, the attachment is easy and the product can be smoothly transported. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a main part of a stocker device of a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a path adjusting plate of the stocker device.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the inside of a conventional vending machine.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of essential parts of the stocker device of the same vending machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Serpentine path 12 Plate 15 Spindle 16 Path adjustment plate 17 Extrusion upper piece 18 Guide piece 19 Screw stop piece 20 Shaft contact piece 21 Screw

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A path adjustment for adjusting a width of the product storage / transportation path by forming a wall of the product storage / transportation path by a curved plate body having an upper end pivotally supported by a support shaft and a lower end being a free end. A plate is provided, and the path adjusting plate is a push-up upper piece, a guide piece and a screwing piece that are provided at the front and rear ends of the push-up upper piece and hang down at an acute angle, and a shaft support provided at the rear of the push-up upper piece. A vending machine that is made of a piece, and has an abutment piece abutting on the support shaft, and a screw of a screwing piece abutting on the support shaft to be attached, and the lower end of the plate body is pushed by the tip of the pushing upper piece. Commodity stocker device.