JPS635103Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the invention] [Industrial application field] This invention relates to a beverage vending machine, and more specifically, it allows more people to enjoy drinks such as instant coffee that suit their tastes in a small space. This invention relates to a beverage vending machine that has a material stocker with a two-layer structure so that the material stocker can be dispensed.

[Prior Art] As a beverage vending machine, as described in Utility Model Application No. 53-91183 and Utility Model Application No. 55-16056,
Multiple stockers containing powder raw materials are installed side by side,
A nozzle provided below the stocker and a screw conveyor are installed inside the stocker, and a shutter provided downward from the end of the nozzle feeds into the mixing bowl in conjunction with the rotation of the screw conveyor. Beverage vending machines are known that are configured to take out a predetermined amount of raw materials when opened, mix the raw materials with a predetermined amount of diluent to make a beverage, and vend the beverage automatically.

In this way, the beverage vending machines that are currently in practical use have a single-layer material stocker, which means that the number of material stockers is small and it is not possible to respond to the diversification of user tastes. Beverage vending machines had to be placed side by side in one place, or larger vending machines with larger widths and depths that could sell a variety of beverages had to be prepared.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, such a solution increases the installation cost and requires a large space for installation and a power source corresponding to the number of vending machines.

Therefore, in order to store many raw materials in one beverage vending machine, for example,
As shown in the publication, the problem can be solved by stacking the raw material stocker in two layers instead of one layer.
Even if a two-layer stacked structure is used, when replenishing raw materials is considered, a stepladder must be used to raise and lower the upper stocker, and in particular, when replenishing the lower material stocker, the upper material stocker must also be raised and lowered. There is a problem.

The purpose of this invention is to eliminate the problems of the above-mentioned conventional techniques, and to provide a beverage vending machine equipped with a material storage mechanism that has a large material storage capacity, easy material replenishment, and a small opening. It is.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The purpose of the invention described above is to provide a pair of fixed guide rails slightly longer than half the depth of the case at the upper inner rear part of the side plate of the case, and to fix these guide rails. An upper material stocker is suspended on a guide rail via a pulley, and the lower ends of pantographs each having an extension spring are pivotally attached to a pair of mounting plates attached to the lower part of the side plate. A pantograph-type lifting/lowering buffer mechanism is provided in which a pair of movable guide rails are pivotally attached to the upper end of each guide rail through elongated holes, and the upward movement of these movable guide rails is restricted by a stopper so that the heights of the respective guide rails are made the same. By configuring the upper material stocker to be movable up and down via the pantograph-type lifting/lowering buffer mechanism, the pulleys provided on the side surfaces of the lower material stocker are respectively engaged with guide rails provided at a relatively lower portion of the housing. This is accomplished by providing the lower material stocker movably.

[Function] In the beverage vending machine of this invention, the upper and lower material stockers are lined up vertically, but in order to replenish the material in the upper material stocker, the dispenser must be removed and then The upper material stocker can be placed on the movable guide rail by pulling out the upper material stocker from the fixed guide rail to the movable guide rail that is attached to the front via the pantograph buffer mechanism, and the pantograph buffer mechanism , the upper material stocker can be lowered gently, and this lowered position is held by the gravity of the upper material stocker.

The upper material stocker in this lowered state can be replenished with material, and after replenishing the material, the upper material stocker is lifted and pushed to be placed on the fixed guide rail via a pulley, and the lower material stocker is placed in a long length. By moving the guide rail from the back plate side to the front plate side, material can be replenished, and both the upper and lower material stockers can be replenished at the same height at the bottom of the casing.

[Example] The beverage vending machine 1 of this invention is shown in Figs.
It is configured as shown in the figure. That is, case 2
A pair of fixed guide rails 5 that are slightly longer than half the depth of the housing 2 are installed inside the upper part of the side plates 3a and 3b.
a, 5b are provided horizontally, and these fixed guide rails 5a,
The upper material stocker 8 is suspended on the side plate 5b via pulleys 10a to 10d, and the side plates 3a,
The lower ends of pantographs 12a, 12b having extension springs 142a, 142b are pivotally supported and attached to mounting plates 11a, 11b attached to 3b, respectively.

A pair of movable guide rails 5c and 5d are pivotally supported and horizontally attached to the upper ends of these pantographs 12a and 12b through elongated holes, respectively, and these movable guide rails 5c and 5d coincide with the fixed guide rails 5a and 5b. the pantograph 12 so that the height is
Upper limit stoppers 15a to 15d of the lifting shock absorbing mechanism 14 consisting of a and 12b are provided, and the upper material stocker 8 is movably suspended between the fixed guide rails 5a and 5b and the movable guide rails 5c and 5d. .

The upper material stocker 8 is arranged to be movable up and down via a pantograph type up/down buffer mechanism 14,
In addition, a lower material stocker 1 arranged at the lower part of the housing 2
Pulleys 18a, 18b, 18e provided on the side of 6,
Guide rail 6 with 18f provided approximately in the center of the housing 2
b and 6d, respectively, and the lower material stocker is suspended therefrom.

As shown in FIG. 2, each of the above-mentioned material stockers 8 and 16 has a housing 9 and 17 having an opening for replenishing materials and a lid plate at the top, and a partition plate 91a to 91d, 171a to
A plurality of material storage chambers 92 are completely partitioned by 171d.
a to 92e, 172a to 172e,
At the bottom of each chamber are shutters 93a to 93e, 173a to 173e for taking out the materials in each chamber individually.
A valve and a bend motor, both not shown, are provided in connection with this shooter by well-known means so that a fixed amount or a controlled amount can be taken out.

Further, the guide rails 7a to 7d are provided with material storage chambers 92a to 92e, 1 of the material stockers 8, 16.
A box 20 is provided with mixing balls 19a to 19e for mixing any one or more of the materials 72a to 172e taken out from the storage chamber, and a pulley 21 is attached to the side surface of the box 20.
a, 21b, 21e, 21f are guide rails 7b, 7
d, the pulleys 21c and 21d are connected to the guide rails 7a and 7c.
respectively engaging the box 20 to suspend the box 20;
Moreover, it is arranged so that it can be moved in the depth direction of the casing 2.

In addition, the pantograph 12 constituting the pantograph-type lifting/lowering buffer mechanism 14 has, for example, six rods 141a to 141f intersecting each other in multiple stages in the shape of an "X" as shown in FIG. Spring 142a, 142b stretched on
It consists of

Furthermore, self-protruding stops 13a, 13b are provided on the upper fixed guide rails 5a, 5b.

Further, a diluent is injected into the mixing bowls 19a to 19e by well-known means to produce a beverage, and this beverage is sold in cups CUP for sale as shown in FIG.
It is poured and sold.

The beverage vending machine of this invention has the above-mentioned configuration, and the operation of moving each material stocker when replenishing and repairing materials will be explained below with reference to FIGS. 4a-d and 5. .

Normally, the upper material stocker 8, the lower material stocker 16, and the box 20 are vertically arranged as shown in FIG. 1, but one of the mixing balls 19a to 19e breaks down as shown in FIG. In this case, move the box 20 to the rails 7a to 7.
If the front door is opened by moving it toward the front side of the housing along the direction d, repairs can be made at the open end.

In addition, when replenishing materials to the lower material stocker 16, the shutter 17 is used as shown in FIG. 4b.
3a to 173e and move the lower material stocker 16 to the front side of the housing along the guide rails 6a to 6d, then remove the cover plate and open the material storage chambers 172a to 1.
After each material is put into 72e, it is returned to its original position.

Furthermore, when replenishing the upper material stocker 8 with materials, remove the shooters 93a to 93e and lift the upper material stocker 8, as shown in FIGS. 4c and 4d. When the pantographs 12a and 12b are moved onto the movable guide rails 5c and 5d attached to the pantographs 12a and 12b against their own ejecting force, the pantographs 12 are moved by the weight of the upper material stocker 8 and the force pushing it down.
It slowly descends to a position where it is lined up with the lower material stocker 16 against the elasticity of springs 142a and 142b of springs 142a and 12b. This lowered state may be fixed by a locking member (not shown) such as a hook, if necessary.

As shown in FIG. 5, when the material is replenished into the upper material stocker 8, which is located at the same height as the lower material stocker 16, a force is applied to the upper material stocker 8 in a lifting direction. , 142b is also applied, and the weight of the upper material stocker and the weight of the raw material can be lifted with a force smaller than the lifting force until the movable guide rails 5c, 5d come into contact with the stoppers 15a to 15d, and from this position. By pushing toward the back of the housing 2, the stoppers 13a, 13b are moved again onto the fixed guide rails 5a, 5b while being pushed down, and returned to their original positions.

Note that instead of directly putting materials into each material stocker 8, 16, a small cassette-type material case provided for each material may be inserted.

[Effects of the invention] As described above, this invention adopts a means for solving the above problems, and therefore replenishes materials to the upper and lower material stockers at a relatively lower part of the housing 2. Therefore, it can be carried out without using a stepladder, and it is also possible to sell a wide variety of beverages without expanding the frontage of the casing.

In addition, in this invention, the side plates 3a and 3b of the housing 2
A pair of fixed guide rails 5a and 5b, which are slightly longer than half the depth of the housing 2, are provided at the upper inner rear part of the housing 2,
A pulley 10a is mounted on these fixed guide rails 5a and 5b.
The upper material stocker 8 is suspended through the pantographs 12a and 10d, and a pair of movable guide rails 5c and 5d are respectively attached to the upper ends of the pantographs 12a and 12b by being pivotally supported by long holes, and these movable guide rails 5c and 5d are installed. Stopper 15a-15d for upward movement
By configuring a pantograph-type lifting/lowering buffer mechanism 14 in which the heights of the respective guide rails 5a, 5b, 5c, and 5d are made the same by limiting the above-mentioned guide rails 5a, 5b, 5c, and 5d, the upper material stocker 8 can be slowly moved through the pantograph-type lifting/lowering buffer mechanism 14. The upper material stocker can be held at the upper position without using a locking hook or locking pin because it can be raised and lowered.
There is no need to remove the corners of the lower material stockers, and therefore the material storage capacity of the upper and lower material stockers can be maximized. The material stocker can be moved smoothly and easily, and the installation space can be small.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figures all show one embodiment of this invention; Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing only the configuration of the main parts of a beverage vending machine; Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along line B-B in Fig. 1, Figs. FIG. 1... Beverage vending machine, 2... Housing, 3a, 3
b...Side plate, 5a, 5b...Fixed guide rail, 5
c, 5d...Movable guide rail, 6a-6d, 7a-
7d... Guide rail, 8... Upper material stocker, 1
6... Lower material stocker, 9, 17... Box body, 1
0a-10d, 18a-18d, 21a-21f
... Pulley, 11a, 11b ... Mounting plate, 12a,
12b...Pantograph, 13a, 13b, 15
a to 15d... Stopper, 14... Lifting buffer mechanism, 20... Box.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In a beverage vending machine, the material is taken out through a shutter that is removably installed in a plurality of material stockers housed in two layers (upper and lower) inside the case, mixed with a diluent, and sold. Face plate 3
A pair of fixed guide rails 5a, 5b that are slightly longer than half the depth of the housing 2 are provided at the upper inner rear parts of the housings 2a and 3b.
are provided, and an upper material stocker 8 is suspended on these fixed guide rails 5a, 5b via pulleys 10a to 10d, and the side plates 3a, 3b are
A pair of mounting plates 11a and 11b attached to the lower part of the
The lower ends of pantographs 12a, 12b having extension springs 142a, 142b are respectively pivotally mounted on the pantographs 12a, 12.
A pair of movable guide rails 5c and 5d are pivotally attached to the upper end of b, and these movable guide rails 5
The upward movements of the guide rails 5a, 5b, 5c, 5 are restricted by stoppers 15a to 15d.
By configuring the pantograph-type lifting/lowering buffer mechanism 14 with the heights of
Pulleys 18a, 18b, 18e provided on the side of 6,
A guide rail 6 with 18f provided at a relatively lower part of the housing 2
A beverage vending machine characterized in that the lower material stocker 16 is movably engaged with the lower material stockers 16 and 6d.