JPH073076U - Vending machine product unloading device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To provide a product unloading device for a vending machine capable of surely selling the products stored in a zigzag one by one. [Structure] A first product for rotatably carrying out a sale product 2a alternately rotatably opposed to each other with its lower end pivotally supported on both sides inside a product outlet 3 of a product storage column 1 for staggering cylindrical products 2. The carry-out control members 12 are alternately inserted below the product holding plate 4 and the second product holding plate 5 to restrict the downward rotation of one product holding plate 4 and the downward rotation of the other product holding plate 5. It is possible. Then, when pulling up the operating rod 11 suspended by the solenoid 10 of the drive unit 9, the operating rod 11 is alternately engaged with the operating surfaces 13a and 13b of the operating member 13 coaxially attached to the carry-out control member 12. The operating member 13 is rotated to the left and right, and along with this, the carry-out control member 1
2 is alternately rotated to enable downward rotation of the product holding plate 4 on the side holding the sold product 2a.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a product unloading device for an automatic vending machine that sequentially carries out cylindrical products that are staggered and stored in a product storage column.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 As a conventional product discharging device for a vending machine, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 64-76193, it is arranged on one side of the lower part of the product passage of the product storing column and is the lowest product in the product storing column. Some include a lower locking member that locks a lower product and an upper locking member that locks a next sale product placed directly on the lowest product.

[0003] While waiting for sale, the lower locking member is projected into the product passage to lock the lowest product, while the lower locking member is retracted from the product passage during sales. The lower products are dropped and carried out, and the upper locking member is projected into the product passage to lock the next product for sale so that the products can be carried out one by one.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 By the way, recently, a product storage column that can store a large number of cylindrical products in one product storage column and can be stored in a zigzag manner has appeared. Since the products are alternately stacked on the left and right in such a product storage column, the products can be carried out one by one by the product discharging device of the conventional vending machine in which the two locking members are arranged in the upper and lower directions. There was a problem that I could not do it.

An object of the present invention is to provide a product unloading device for an automatic vending machine, which can surely sell the products stored in a staggered manner one by one.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The present invention is provided in a product carry-out port formed at the bottom of a product storage column for storing cylindrical products in a zigzag manner, and the product carry-out device of an automatic vending machine for sequentially carrying out the product is provided with the product carry-out port. A first product holding plate and a second product holding plate, which are rotatably opposed to each other with their lower ends axially supported on both sides of the inside, and alternately hold and carry out the products to be sold; and below the first and second product holding plates. , Which can be rotated alternately to control the downward rotation of one of the product holding plates and the downward rotation of the other product holding plate, and is attached coaxially to the above-mentioned carry-out control member. At the lower end, there is an actuating member having a symmetrical arcuate actuating surface, a solenoid, and an actuating rod suspended by this solenoid, and when the actuating rod is pulled up, the actuating face of the actuating member is Rotate left and right with the operating rod that engages alternately It is obtained and a driving device for rotating alternately the unloading control member via the actuating member.

[0007]

[Action]

 With this configuration, the lower ends are pivotally supported on both sides inside the product outlet, and are rotatably opposed to each other. The first product holding plate and the second product holding plate that alternately carry and carry out the products to be sold are carried out below. The control members can be alternately inserted to restrict the downward rotation of one product holding plate, and the other product holding plate can be rotated downward.

When pulling up the operating rod suspended by the solenoid of the drive device, the operating rod is rotated left and right by alternately engaging the operating rod with the operating surface of the operating member coaxially attached to the carry-out control member. The discharge control member can be moved and the discharge control member can be rotated alternately.

[0009]

【Example】

 An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an automatic vending machine equipped with a product unloading device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front sectional view of an essential part thereof, and FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of the essential part thereof.

In FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, reference numeral 1 is a product storage column for staggeredly storing cylindrical products 2, 2 a, 2 b, and a product carry-out port 3 is formed in the lower part of the product storage column 1. ing. A first product holding plate 4 and a second product holding plate 5 are rotatably opposed to each other on both inner sides of the product carry-out port 3 with their lower ends pivotally supported.

Here, the first product holding plate 4 and the second product holding plate 5 are for alternately holding and carrying out the sold products 2a, and the first product holding plate 4 on the left side in FIG. The product for sale 2a is held. At this time, the next sale product 2b is held above the second product holding plate 5 on the right side by the sale product 2a.

Further, 4A and 5A are rotation shafts of the first product holding plate 4 and the second product holding plate 5, and the rotation shafts 4A and 5A include the first product holding plate 4 and the second product holding plate. The springs 6 and 6 that urge the plate 5 to rotate upward are wound. Further, 7 and 8 are the first engaging arm and the second engaging member which are attached to the rotating shafts 4A and 5A of the first and second product holding plates 4 and 5 with the front plate 1a of the product storage column 1 being separated from each other. It is a stop arm.

Then, at the central portions of the first locking arm 7 and the second locking arm 8, pins 7a, 8a for locking the upper end of the notch 1b formed at the lower end of the front plate 1a are provided. The pins 7a and 8a are provided so as to project, and the upward rotation of the first and second locking arms 7 and 8 is restricted. 1c and 1c are side plates of the product storage column 1.

On the other hand, reference numeral 9 denotes a drive device. The drive device 9 is rotatably supported by a solenoid 10 and a plunger 10a of the solenoid 10 so that the solenoid 10 and the plunger 10a are suspended at the lower end. And an operating rod 11 having a pin 11a. The solenoid 10 is energized when a sales button (not shown) is pressed to pull up the operating rod 11 upward.

Here, the operating rod 11 rotates in the left-right direction a cam 12, which is a carry-out control member pivotally supported above the locking pin 11a via an operating member described later. It is for. Further, the cam 12 rotates in conjunction with the upward movement of the operating rod 11 and enters the lower side of either one of the locking arms 7 and 8, and the first and the first through the locking arms 7 and 8. 2 This is for restricting the downward rotation of one of the product holding plates 4 and 5 and enabling the downward rotation of the other.

On the other hand, an operating member 13 having symmetrical left and right arc-shaped operating surfaces 13a and 13b which are alternately engaged with the locking pin 11a of the operating rod 11 is attached to the rotating shaft 12a of the cam 12. ing. It should be noted that one of the operating surfaces 13a and 13b of the operating member 13 is in a state of facing the locking pin 11a of the operating rod 11 during standby for sales.

As a result, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, when the first product holding plate 4 is in the sales standby state in which the first product holding plate 4 holds the sales product 4a, the sales button is pressed, and the drive device 9 causes the solenoid 10 to operate the operating rod 11. When pulled up, the operating rod 11 moves upward while being tilted toward the first product holding plate 4 side by engaging the locking pin 11a with one operating surface 13a of the operating member 13.

When the locking pin 11a moves while engaging with the operating surface 13a in this way, the operating member 13 accordingly rotates in the left-right direction, that is, toward the second product holding plate 5 side in FIG. In association with this, the cam 12 is adapted to rotate in a direction in which the cam 12 is disengaged from the locking arm 7 of the first product holding plate 4. As a result, the sale product 2a held on the first product holding plate 4 is carried out by its own weight.

The cam 12 disengaged from the locking arm 7 of the first product holding plate 4 enters below the locking arm 8 of the second product holding plate 5, and the second product is passed through this locking arm 8. The holding plate 5 is supported. As a result, even if the next sale product 2b located above is dropped onto the second sale product 2a and the sale sale product 2a is dropped, this second sale product holding plate 5 holds the next sale sale product 2b. Is able to.

When the energization of the solenoid 10 is finished, the operating rod 11 returns to its original position by its own weight while keeping the locking pin 11a along the operating surface 11a, but the operating member 13 has the cam 12 holding the second product. Since the plate 5 is located below the locking arm 8, the other operating surface 13b of the operating member 13 faces the locking pin 11a.

Therefore, when the sale button is pushed next and the operating rod 11 is pulled up, the locking pin 11a moves while engaging with the other operating surface 13b, whereby the operating member 13 is moved. The cam 12 is rotated toward the first product holding plate 4 side, and in conjunction with this, the cam 12 is rotated in a direction of being disengaged from the locking arm 8 of the second product holding plate 5.

Next, the product unloading operation of the product unloading device of the vending machine configured as described above will be described.

Until the sales button is pressed, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, it is assumed that the first product holding plate 4 is in a sales standby state in which the sales product 2a is held. Then, when the sale button is pressed in this state, the solenoid 10 is energized and the operating rod 11 moves upward while engaging the locking pin 11a with the one operating surface 13a of the operating member 13.

On the other hand, when the operating rod 11 is moved upward in this way, the operating member 13 is rotated to the second product holding plate 5 side as shown by an arrow A in FIG. 4, and is interlocked with this. As a result, the cam 12 comes out of the locking arm 7 of the first product holding plate 4. As a result, the sold product 2a held on the first product holding plate 4 is carried out by its own weight.

Further, the cam 12 disengaged from the locking arm 7 of the first product holding plate 4 enters below the locking arm 8 of the second product holding plate 5 as shown in FIG. The second product holding plate 5 is supported via the.

Then, the next sale product 2 b that has dropped after the sale product 2 a is carried out is held by the second product holding plate 5. When the cam 12 has entered the lower side of the locking arm 8 of the second product holding plate 5 in this way, the operating member 13 is in a state of allowing the other operating surface 13b to face the locking pin 11a.

By the way, when the energization of the solenoid 10 is stopped, the operating rod 11 falls by its own weight along one operating surface 13a of the operating member 13, and as shown by an arrow B in FIG. Move down. At this time, the locking pin 11a is located below the other operating surface 13b of the operating member 13.

After that, when the sales button is pressed again, the solenoid 10 is energized and the arm 11 moves upward while the locking pin 11a is engaged with the other operating surface 13b of the operating member 13. As a result, the actuating member 13 is rotated toward the first product holding plate 4 side, the cam 12 is disengaged from the locking arm 8 of the second product holding plate 5, and the sale product held on the second product holding plate 4 is sold. 2a is carried out by its own weight.

On the other hand, the cam 12 disengaged from the locking arm 7 of the second product holding plate 5 enters below the locking arm 7 of the first product holding plate 4, and the first product is passed through this locking arm 7. The holding plate 4 is supported, and the first product holding plate 4 holds the next sale product.

As described above, by rotating the operating member 13 by the operating rod 11 pulled up by the solenoid 10 and inserting the cams 12 under the first and second product holding plates 4 and 5, alternately, The downward rotation of the product holding plates 4 and 5 can be restricted, and the downward rotation of the other product holding plates 4 and 5 can be enabled.

[0032]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to the present invention, the carry-out control member is alternately inserted below the first product holding plate and the second product holding plate to rotate the product holding plate on the side holding the sold product downward. Therefore, it is possible to reliably carry out the staggered products for sale one by one.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a vending machine equipped with a product unloading device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front sectional view of a main part of the product unloading device.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of a main part of the product unloading device.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a state in which an operating rod of the product unloading device is moved.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a state in which a cam is disengaged from one locking arm of the product unloading device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 4, 5 Commodity holding plate 9 Link mechanism 10 Solenoid 11 Operating rod 12 Cam 13 Operating member

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A product carry-out device for an automatic vending machine, which is provided at a product carry-out port formed at the bottom of a product storage column for staggeredly storing cylindrical products, wherein the product carry-out port of the vending machine comprises: A first product holding plate and a second product holding plate, which are rotatably opposed to each other with their lower ends pivotally supported on both sides inside, and alternately hold and carry out a product to be sold; and below the first and second product holding plates. A rotatable unloading control member that alternately enters to regulate downward rotation of one of the product holding plates and allows downward rotation of the other product holding plate; and a lower end that is coaxially attached to the unloading control member. Has a working member having a symmetrical arc-shaped working surface, a solenoid, and a working rod suspended by this solenoid, and when the working rod is pulled up, it alternately engages with the working surface of the working member. Turn left and right with the operating rod Article conveying device for an automatic vending machine, characterized in that a driving device for rotating alternately the unloading control member via the actuating member.