JP2890966B2 - Container feeder for cup-type vending machines - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a plurality of containers each having an inverted truncated cone shape, such as a cup for holding various kinds of beverages to be cooked, manufactured and sold in a machine body forming an outer peripheral surface, with the opening of the container facing upward. The present invention relates to a container supply device of a cup-type vending machine that supplies one container at a time to a predetermined position in order from the lowest container of a bar-shaped assembly stacked vertically.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional cup-type vending machine which sells various beverages cooked and manufactured in a body forming an outer peripheral surface in a container such as a cup having an inverted truncated cone shape, a cup or the like is provided inside the body. 2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a container supply device that supplies a container to a receiving stand provided in an airframe, which mounts the container one by one at each sale, is generally provided. In this container supply device, a container supply device capable of storing a plurality of types of containers and enabling not only the selection of the type of beverage but also the amount of the beverage in accordance with the diversification tendency of recent tastes is provided. is there. In such a container supply device, a plurality of containers are stacked in a fuselage with the opening of the container facing upward, and a container supplied as a rod-shaped aggregate is sequentially arranged from the lowest container in the aggregate in each order of sale. There is provided a sending mechanism that separates and feeds them one by one toward the receiving table. The beverage prepared by the delivery mechanism is poured out of the beverage nozzle into the container that is delivered each time the product is sold and placed on the receiving stand, and the container containing the beverage is
It is taken out by customers through an outlet opening in the front of the fuselage. In addition, in the container supply device, there is generally provided a transport device that transports a plurality of aggregates in a line at regular intervals and along a path along a sending mechanism. The assembly conveyed by this conveying device is disposed at a position facing the sending mechanism and separated by a path when the containers inside are sent out one by one at each sale and the containers are no longer in the sending mechanism, and the driving device is used. A horizontal moving body that is driven and reciprocates horizontally in a horizontal direction across the path is pushed out toward a sending mechanism, and the feeding mechanism is loaded and replenished. The horizontal moving body has a contact surface facing and contacting the side surface of the aggregate, and the contact surface pushes the side surface to push the aggregate toward the delivery mechanism. In order to reliably load the assembly into the delivery mechanism, the condition is that the assembly is pushed out to the position where the assembly is loaded into the delivery mechanism. To that end, the assembly is horizontally moved according to the size of the container constituting the assembly. Although it is necessary to adjust the horizontal movement distance of the body, one of the conventional examples of the container supply device of this type of cup type vending machine is shown in FIGS. FIG. 2 is a front view showing an internal configuration of a cup-type vending machine to which the present invention is applied, showing an internal configuration in a state where a door covering a front opening of a case is opened, and FIG. 3 is a configuration of the container supply device of FIG. (A) is a right side vertical cross-sectional enlarged view of a main part, (B) is a partial cross-sectional main part plan enlarged view of (A),
(A) is the left side of the figure, (B) is the lower side of the figure is the front side, and FIG. 4 shows the structure of the container supply device of one conventional cup-type vending machine. Right vertical section,
(B) is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of a main part of (A), and the left side of each figure is the front side.

In FIG. 2 to FIG. 4, reference numeral 1 denotes a case having an open front surface. The case 1 and a door 2 which covers the front opening of the case 1 so as to be openable and closable constitute a body 3 forming an outer peripheral surface. ing. A container supply for supplying a plurality of containers 4 of different sizes, each having an inverted truncated cone shape, into which various beverages cooked and manufactured in the body 3 are placed near the upper center on the front side in the case 1 in the body 3. A device 5 is provided.
The container supply device 5 is covered with a box-shaped storage box 8 composed of a peripheral wall 6 and a bottom plate 7 forming an outer peripheral wall surface and a bottom surface, respectively. A plurality of rod-shaped aggregates 9 are sequentially separated from the lowest container 4 and sent downward one by one at the time of sale. A delivery mechanism 10 is provided. The lower end of the assembly 9 is fitted into each of the delivery mechanisms 10, and the assembly 9 is loaded into the delivery mechanism 10. The funnel-shaped upper end protrudes into the storage box 8 through the bottom plate 7. A cylindrical tubular body 11 having upper and lower surfaces opened is attached. Below the sending mechanism 10, this sending mechanism 1
0 A funnel-shaped shooter 13 is provided which is open on the lower surface and discharges the container 4 downward. The lower surface opening of this shooter 13 faces the upper surface opening of a box-shaped receiving base 14 whose front surface and upper surface are open, and the front opening of this receiving base 14 is located at the lower part of the door 2. It is formed and opens on both front and rear sides and faces the rear opening of the outlet 15 from which the purchased beverage is taken out. On the other hand, the delivery mechanism 10 on the depth side in the storage box 8
An annular path 16 that runs along the delivery mechanism 10 is formed behind the transmission mechanism 10. A through-hole 17 penetrating in the horizontal direction is formed through the inside of the path 16, and a transfer device 19 that stores and transfers the assembly 9 in a storage tube 18 whose axial length is a vertical direction is provided. . The transfer device 19 includes a plurality of storage tubes 1 supported on the bottom plate 7 via wheels 20 and connected to each other via a roller chain 21 in parallel at a fixed interval.
The roller 8 is conveyed in the path 16 by driving the roller chain 21 by a drive unit (not shown). The transmission mechanism 10 is separated from the path 16.
The storage cylinder 1 is located at a position behind the delivery mechanism 10 facing the storage cylinder 1.
A horizontal moving body 23 that reciprocates in the horizontal direction, having a vertical contact surface 22 facing and contacting through the through hole 17 on the side surface of the aggregate 9 stored in the container 8 and transferred by the transfer device 19, It is connected to a link mechanism 26 driven through a cam 25 that is driven to rotate by a drive shaft 24 whose axis length direction is horizontal. The link mechanism 26 is a parallel link mechanism having a pair of links 27 parallel to each other as constituent elements.
A pair of support members 29 and 30 fixed vertically in parallel to the rear surface and the front surface of an upright column 28 fixed to the inside of the annular path 16 respectively have a rotating shaft 31 whose axis length direction is horizontal left and right. Each is rotatably supported through the intermediary. Further, the rotation shaft 3 is positioned at the middle of the lower link 27 in the front-rear direction.
Link mechanism 2 whose upper end is rotatably supported via 1
The lower end of a link 32, which is a component of the sixth embodiment, is supported by a support shaft 30 through a vertically long slot 34 formed in a support 33 fixed to the front surface of the support 28 below the support 30. 2
8 is supported rotatably and vertically. The rotating shaft 31 passed through the elongated hole 34 is urged downward by a tension coil spring 35, and the rotating shaft 31 urged downward by the tension coil spring 35 is rotatably supported at the lower end. The lower end abuts on the cam 25 rotated and driven by the drive shaft 24 via the roller 36, and the upper end of a vertical moving body 37 which is pushed up and moves up and down by a fixed moving distance is fixed. The vertical moving body 37 is supported by the column 28 via the rotating shaft 31 passed through the long hole 34 so as to be movable up and down.
It is composed of two upper and lower parts, an upper part 37A and a lower part 37B. The upper and lower portions are fixed to the upper portion 37A at the upper end and the rotating shaft 31 passed through the elongated hole 34 and the roller 36 so that the rotating shaft 31 passed through the elongated hole 34 moves up and down in the elongated hole 34. Are adjusted, and are fixed to each other by screwing each other with a screw 39 passing through a vertically long slot 38 formed in the upper portion 37A. The vertical moving body 37, the driving shaft 24, the cam 25, the link mechanism 26, the rotating shaft 31, the tension coil spring 35, the roller 36, and the like, which are composed of an upper portion 37A and a lower portion 37B fixed by screwing with the screws 39. A driving device 40 for reciprocatingly driving the horizontal moving body 23 in the horizontal direction is constituted. The drive device 40 is pushed up by a cam 25 that is rotated and driven by a drive shaft 24 to move the vertical moving body 37 up and down, and the vertical moving body 37 drives the horizontal moving body 23 via the link mechanism 26. When the link mechanism 26 is driven by the vertical moving body 37 to rotate the link 27, the horizontal moving body 23 reciprocates back and forth across the path 16 through the through hole 17. On the other hand, the transport device 19 is
The assembly 9 stored in the storage unit 8 and arranged in parallel at a predetermined interval is conveyed in the path 16 by driving the roller chain 21 by a driving unit (not shown). For this reason, when the containers 4 in the delivery mechanism 10 are supplied one by one to the receiving table 14 at the time of sale and the number of the containers 4 in the delivery mechanism 10 decreases and disappears, a size corresponding to the delivery mechanism 10 is provided behind the delivery mechanism 10. The storage tube 18 storing the aggregate 9 of the containers 4 is transported by the transport device 19 based on the container sold-out detection signal. At the same time, the vertical moving body 37 pushed upward by the cam 25 rotated and driven by the drive shaft 24
The horizontal moving body 23 which is driven by the link mechanism 26 and moves forward moves on its contact surface 22 to the assembly 9 in the storage tube 18.
Is pushed out of the storage tube 18 through the through-hole 17 toward the delivery mechanism 10. The pushed-out assembly 9 falls from the storage tube 18, and its lower end fits into the cylindrical body 11, and is loaded and supplied to the delivery mechanism 10.

A hot water tank 41 for storing hot water is provided in the case 1 at the upper left rear of the container supply device 5.
The other end of a hose 43 for supplying hot water, one end of which is connected to the right side surface of the hot water tank 41 via a hot water valve 42,
Stirrers 4 arranged side by side in the middle of the top and bottom in case 1
4 are connected to each. The other end of the beverage hose 45, one end of which is connected to the bottom of the stirring device 44, is connected to the beverage nozzle 46 attached to the upper part of the rear wall of the receiving tray 14 toward the inside of the container 4 on the receiving tray 14. ing. A raw material box 47 for accommodating raw materials such as powders and granules is provided on the stirring device 44, and a funnel-shaped material for guiding the raw materials dropped and discharged from the raw material box 47 every time the raw material is sold into the stirring device 44. A raw material shooter 48 is provided.

[0005] The selling operation of the cup-type vending machine thus constructed is performed by sending out one by one from one of the sending mechanisms 10 of the container supply device 5 according to a selling command signal.
The container 4 discharged through the container falls into the shooter 13, is guided and lowered on the inner surface of the shooter 13 while controlling its posture, and is placed at a central position on the receiving stand 14 with its opening upward. On the other hand, the hot water valve 42 is opened, hot water is supplied from the hot water tank 41 through the beverage hose 45, and a fixed amount of raw material is supplied from the raw material box 47 through the raw material shooter 48 into the stirring device 44. The hot water and the raw materials supplied into the stirring device 44 are stirred and mixed in the stirring device 44, and the raw materials are dissolved in the hot water to produce a beverage. The beverage flows down through a beverage hose 45 connected to the bottom of the stirring device 44 and is poured from the tip of the beverage nozzle 46 into the waiting container 4 on the cradle 14. The container 4 into which the beverage is injected is taken out by the customer through the outlet 15.

[0006]

By the way, in such a conventional container supply device of a cup-type vending machine, the assembly 9 is stored in a storage tube 18 and is arranged at regular intervals in one column so that a sending mechanism 10 is provided. A transport device 19 for transporting the paper through a path 16 along the route is provided. The aggregate 9 transported by the transport device 19 is used when the container 4 is lost in the delivery mechanism 10.
The horizontal moving body 23 that is driven by the driving device 40 and reciprocates in the horizontal direction across the path 16 is pushed out of the storage cylinder 18 through the through hole 17 toward the delivery mechanism 10 to be moved and supplied. However, since the moving distance of the horizontal moving body 23 is constant, the aggregate 9 whose side surface is pushed by the contact surface 22 of the horizontal moving body 23 and is pushed out toward the delivery mechanism 10 is excessive when the size of the container 4 is large. If the container 4 is crushed by being pressed against the peripheral wall 6 or the size of the container 4 is small, the delivery mechanism 10
There is a problem that the feeding mechanism 10 may not be replenished due to insufficient pushing out to a position where the feeding mechanism 10 is loaded.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a container supply device for a cup-type vending machine which can reliably supply the aggregate to the delivery mechanism without being crushed or sufficiently pushed out to the position where the delivery mechanism is loaded. The purpose is to provide.

[0008]

According to the present invention, to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the present invention, an outer shape of a cup or the like for holding various kinds of beverages cooked, manufactured and sold in a machine body forming an outer peripheral surface is an inverted truncated cone. Container-supplying device for a cup-type vending machine that supplies a container in a shape of a container to a predetermined position in the machine each time a container is sold, wherein a plurality of containers are stacked up and down with the opening of the container facing upward. A feeding mechanism that separates the containers supplied as an aggregate one by one from the lowest container in the aggregate and sends the separated containers to the predetermined position, and a plurality of fixed intervals by a transport device through a path along the sending mechanism. When the container is lost in the delivery mechanism, the assembly conveyed in one column is disposed at a position facing the delivery mechanism across the path and faces the side surface of the assembly and A vending machine that has a contact surface formed thereon, and that is driven by a driving device and that reciprocates horizontally in the horizontal direction across the path and that pushes the side surface to move the assembly toward the delivery mechanism and replenish the vending machine. In the container supply device, the horizontal moving distance of the horizontal moving body is variable.

[0009] In addition to the above, the driving device moves up and down by a cam which is driven to rotate by a driving shaft having a horizontal axis in a longitudinal direction, and urges the driving device downward by a vertically moving body supported by a vertically movable body. It is assumed that the driving device drives a horizontal moving body via a mechanism. In addition to the above, the lower limit position of the lower end of the vertical moving body is made variable. In addition, in addition to the above, the vertical moving body is configured to be divided vertically and connected and fixed to each other so as to be able to expand and contract vertically, and the lower limit position is regulated by the upper end and the lower end is pushed up by the cam to move up and down. It is assumed that the moving body moves up and down.

[0010]

According to the present invention, there is provided a rod-like shape in which a plurality of containers, such as cups for holding various kinds of beverages produced, manufactured and sold in an airframe forming an outer peripheral surface and having an outer shape of an inverted truncated cone, are vertically stacked with the opening of the container facing upward. When the container is no longer present in the delivery mechanism that separates the containers supplied as an assembly one by one from the lowest container in the assembly and sends them to a predetermined position in the airframe, the delivery mechanism The assembly conveyed in one column at a plurality of fixed intervals by a conveyance device along a path along the path reciprocates horizontally in the horizontal direction across the path, pushes the side surface of the assembly, moves toward the sending mechanism, and replenishes. A horizontal moving distance of a horizontal moving body driven by a driving device, which is disposed at a position facing the path along the sending mechanism and has a contact surface facing and contacting a side surface of the assembly. Because it is variable, the moving distance of the aggregate that moves toward the sending mechanism when the side surface is pushed by the contact surface can be changed, and even if the size of the container that constitutes the aggregate changes, it matches the size of this container The assembly can be moved to the position where it is just loaded into the delivery mechanism by pushing the side surface of the assembly with the contact surface.

In addition, in addition to the above, the drive unit is moved up and down by a cam that is rotationally driven by a drive shaft whose axis length direction is horizontal, and is urged downward by a vertically movable body supported by the vertically movable body. Since the driving device drives the horizontal moving body through the mechanism, the shape of the cam of the driving device, the positional relationship between the cam and the vertical moving body, and the like can be changed so that the vertical moving body driven by the driving device is changed. The moving distance can be changed, and the moving distance of the horizontal moving body driven via the link mechanism by the vertical moving body can also be changed.

Further, in addition to the above, the lower limit position of the lower end of the vertical moving body is made variable, so that this cam and the vertical angle with respect to the rotation angle of the cam driven and rotated by the drive shaft whose axis length direction is horizontal. You can change the contact angle with the moving body,
Accordingly, the moving distance of the vertical moving body can be changed even with the same cam, and the moving distance of the horizontal moving body driven via the link mechanism by the vertical moving body can also be changed.

In addition to the above, the vertically movable body is divided vertically and is connected and fixed so as to be able to expand and contract vertically. The lower limit position is regulated by the upper end, and the lower end is pushed up by the cam. It is assumed that the vertical moving body is moved up and down, so that the lower end position of the lower end of the vertical moving body can be changed by expanding and contracting the vertical moving body up and down. The contact angle between the cam and the vertical moving body with respect to the rotation angle of the cam driven and rotated by the drive shaft can be changed, and accordingly the vertical moving body changes in the vertical moving distance and is driven via the link mechanism. The moving distance of the horizontal moving body can be changed.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a container supply device of a cup-type vending machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, wherein (A) is a right vertical sectional view of a main part, (B) is a rear view of a main part of (A),
2A is a front side on the left side of the figure, and FIG. 2 is a front view showing an internal configuration of a cup-type vending machine to which the present invention is applied, in which a door covering a front opening of a case is opened. FIGS. 3 and 3 show the configuration of the container supply device of FIG. 2, wherein (A) is an enlarged view of the right side vertical cross section of the main part, (B) is an enlarged plan view of the main part of the partial cross section of (A), and (A) is The left side of the figure and the lower side of FIG. 4 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

In FIGS. 1 to 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a case having an open front surface. The case 1 and a door 2 which covers the front opening of the case 1 so as to be openable and closable constitute a body 3 forming an outer peripheral surface. ing. A container supply for supplying a plurality of containers 4 of different sizes, each having an inverted truncated cone shape, into which various beverages cooked and manufactured in the body 3 are placed near the upper center on the front side in the case 1 in the body 3. A device 49 is provided. The container supply device 49 is covered with a box-shaped storage box 8 composed of a peripheral wall 6 and a bottom plate 7 forming an outer peripheral wall surface and a bottom surface, respectively.
Are sequentially separated from the lowest container 4 of the bar-shaped assembly 9 stacked up and down according to the size and sent out one by one at every sale. The lower end from the bottom plate 7 corresponding to each size of the container 4 is directed downward. A plurality of delivery mechanisms 1 protruding and arranged in parallel on the left and right
0 is provided. The lower end of the assembly 9 is fitted into each of the delivery mechanisms 10, and this assembly 9 is
A cylindrical tubular body 11 having a funnel-shaped upper end protruding from the bottom plate 7 and projecting upward and downward from both sides is mounted in the storage box 8. Below the delivery mechanism 10, a funnel-shaped shooter 13 having an upper surface facing each lower surface opening of each of the outlets 12 opening the lower surface of each of the delivery mechanisms 10 and discharging the container 4 downward is provided. Provided. The lower opening of the shooter 13 is opposed to the upper opening of a box-shaped receiving base 14 having an open front surface and an upper surface on which the container 4 is mounted. , Which face the rear opening of the outlet 15 from which the purchased beverage is taken out. On the other hand, an annular path 16 passing along the delivery mechanism 10 is formed behind the delivery mechanism 10 on the depth side in the storage box 8. A transport device 19 for storing and transporting the aggregates 9 in a storage tube 18 having a through-hole 17 penetrating in the horizontal direction and passing through the path 16 and having a vertically-long cylindrical shape is provided. The transfer device 19 includes a plurality of storage tubes 18 supported on the bottom plate 7 via wheels 20 and connected to each other via roller chains 21 in parallel at a fixed interval.
The roller 1 is driven by a drive unit (not shown)
6 is conveyed. A storage tube 18 is provided at a position rearward of the delivery mechanism 10 facing the delivery mechanism 10 via the path 16.
A horizontal moving body 23 that reciprocates in the horizontal direction and has a vertical abutting surface 22 that faces and abuts through the through hole 17 on the side surface of the assembly 9 that is stored inside and transported by the transport device 19, It is connected to a link mechanism 26 driven by a cam 25 that is driven to rotate by a drive shaft 24 whose longitudinal direction is horizontal. The link mechanism 26 is a parallel link mechanism having a pair of mutually parallel links 27 as components, and the front and rear ends of the pair of links 27 are connected to the rear surface of the horizontal moving body 23 and the inside of the annular path 16. Upright support 28 fixed to
A pair of support members 29, 30 fixed vertically in parallel on the front surface of the head are respectively supported rotatably via a rotation shaft 31 whose axis length direction is horizontal left and right. The lower end of the link 32, which is a component of the link mechanism 26, is rotatably supported at the middle of the lower link 27 in the front-rear direction via a rotation shaft 31. Lower strut 28
Elongated hole 34 formed in a support 33 fixed to the front surface of
It is rotatably and vertically movable supported by a support 28 via a rotating shaft 31 passed through. Rotating shaft 3 passed through slot 34
1 is urged downward by a tension coil spring 35, and the rotation shaft 31 urged downward by the tension coil spring 35 is provided with a drive shaft via a roller 36 rotatably supported at the lower end. The lower end abuts on a cam 25 which is rotationally driven by 24 and fixes the upper end of a vertically movable body 50 which is pushed up and moved up and down. The vertically movable body 50 is supported on the column 28 via the rotary shaft 31 passed through the elongated hole 34 so as to be vertically movable, and the upper and lower parts 50A, 50B and the intermediate part 50C are provided.
And three parts. A pair of screw holes 51 formed of a plurality of screw holes 51 formed by vertically arranging the three portions in pairs at the upper portion 50A and two intermediate portions 50C at the intermediate portion 50C, and screwing the selected portions. While screwing with the screw 39, the middle part 50C and the lower part 5 are screwed through the vertically long slot 52 formed in the center part of the middle part 50C.
0B is fixedly connected to each other by screws. So,
The screw 39 is screwed into the pair of uppermost screw holes 51 of the pair of screw holes 51 formed two by two, and the intermediate portion 50C is screwed and fixed to the upper portion 50A. In this state, the rotating shaft 31 fixed to the upper end of the vertical moving body 50 that moves up and down with the rotation of the cam 25 moves up and down in the elongated hole 34 with the lower end of the elongated hole 34 as a lower limit, and the moving distance is the maximum. The rotating shaft 31 and the roller 36 fixed to the upper end of the vertical moving body 50
And adjust the interval. Then, when the intermediate portion 50C and the lower portion 50B are screwed and connected and fixed by the screw 39 passing through the long hole 52, the horizontal moving member 50 is driven by the vertical moving body 50 via the link mechanism 26 and reciprocates in the horizontal direction. The horizontal movement distance of the moving body 23 also becomes maximum. Next, the screw 39 screwed into the uppermost pair of screw holes 51 of the screw hole 51 is removed and screwed into the lowermost pair of screw holes 51 to screw the upper portion 50A and the intermediate portion 50C. . Then, the vertical moving body 5
The distance between the rotating shaft 31 fixed to the upper end of the roller 0 and the roller 36 becomes narrower, and the cam for the rotation angle of the cam 25 of the vertical moving body 50 in which the lower limit position is regulated by the rotating shaft 31 and the elongated hole 34. 25, the vertical moving distance of the vertical moving body 50 is shortened.
The horizontal movement distance becomes shorter. Therefore, the horizontal moving body 2
The distance of movement of the intermediate part 50C is set to two in the middle part 50C, and a pair of screw holes 51 of a plurality of screw holes 51 formed in parallel up and down is appropriately selected, and the middle part 50C is connected to the upper part 50A by a pair of screws 3.
By screwing at 9, it can be changed as appropriate. Upper part 50 which is fixed by screwing with screws 39
A, the horizontal moving body 23 is reciprocated in the horizontal direction by the vertical moving body 50, the driving shaft 24, the cam 25, the link mechanism 26, the rotating shaft 31, the tension coil spring 35, the roller 36, etc., which are constituted by the lower part 50B and the intermediate part 50C. The moving driving device 53 is configured. In the driving device 53, an up-down moving body 50 that is pushed up and moved up and down by a cam 25 that is rotationally driven by a driving shaft 24 drives the link mechanism 26, and the link mechanism drives the horizontal moving body 23 to move in the horizontal direction. I do. When the link mechanism 26 is driven by the vertical moving body 50, the horizontal moving body 23 is rotated by the rotation of the link 27.
, And reciprocate back and forth across the path 16. On the other hand, the transport device 19 transports the aggregates 9 stored in the storage tube 18 and arranged in parallel at regular intervals by driving the roller chain 21 with a drive unit (not shown). Other configurations are the same as those of the above-described conventional example.

In the above-described configuration, the selling operation of the cup-type vending machine provided with the container supply device of the cup vending machine of the present invention is the same as that of the above-described conventional example. The operation and function of the container supply device 49 when the container 4 inside the delivery mechanism 10 is reduced due to the supply of the container 4 therein will be described below. When the containers 4 in the delivery mechanism 10 are reduced and lost, the delivery mechanism 10
Behind the container 4 of a size corresponding to the delivery mechanism 10
Is stored in the storage device 18 based on the container sold-out detection signal. At the same time, a pair of screw holes 51 is appropriately selected for the vertical movement distance so as to be the movement distance of the horizontal moving body 23 according to the size of the container 4 constituting the assembly 9 conveyed by the conveyance device 19. The set vertical moving body 50 is pushed upward by the cam 25 rotated and driven by the drive shaft 24. The horizontal moving body 23 driven by the vertical moving body 50 pushed up by the cam 25 via the link mechanism 26 and advancing pushes the side surface of the aggregate 9 in the storage tube 18 by the contact surface 22 to thereby lower the lower end of the aggregate 9. The assembly 9 moves from the inside of the storage tube 18 to the delivery mechanism 10 through the through hole 17 until the portion just fits into the cylindrical body 11.
Extrude. The pushed-out assembly 9 drops from the storage tube 18, and the lower end of the assembly 9 fits into the cylindrical body 11, and the delivery mechanism 1
It is surely refilled to zero. Therefore, the aggregate 9 pushed out of the storage tube 18 toward the delivery mechanism 10 by the moving distance of the horizontal moving body 23 according to the size of the container 4 constituting the aggregate 9 is pressed against the peripheral wall 6 and crushed. It does not occur that the sheet is not sufficiently pushed out to the position where it is loaded into the delivery mechanism 10.

[0017]

According to the present invention, a plurality of containers having an inverted truncated cone shape such as cups for storing various kinds of beverages cooked and manufactured and sold in the machine body forming the outer peripheral surface are formed with the opening of the container facing upward and downward. When the containers supplied as a rod-shaped assembly stacked on the assembly is separated from the lowest container in the assembly one by one in order and sent out to a predetermined position in the machine when the container is lost in the delivery mechanism, The assembly conveyed in one column with a plurality of fixed intervals by a conveying device passing through the path along the sending mechanism reciprocates horizontally in the horizontal direction across the path and pushes the side surface of the assembly toward the sending mechanism. A horizontal moving body driven and driven by a driving device, which is provided at a position facing and separated from the path along the sending mechanism to move and replenish, facing a side surface of the assembly; Since the horizontal movement distance is variable, even if the size of the container that constitutes the assembly changes, the assembly is brought into contact with the size of this container up to the position where it is just loaded into the sending mechanism. Press to move.

Further, in addition to the above, the driving device is moved up and down by a cam which is driven to rotate by a driving shaft having a horizontal axis in the longitudinal direction, and is urged downward by a vertically moving body supported movably up and down. Since the driving device drives the horizontal moving body via the mechanism, the moving distance of the vertical moving body driven by the driving device can be changed, and the vertical moving body is driven via the link mechanism. The moving distance of the horizontal moving body can also be changed.

In addition to the above, since the lower limit position of the lower end of the vertical moving body is made variable, the moving distance of the vertical moving body can be changed even with the same cam. The moving distance of the horizontal moving body driven via the mechanism can also be changed. In addition, in addition to the above, the vertical moving body is configured to be divided vertically and connected and fixed to each other so as to be able to expand and contract vertically, and the lower limit position is regulated by the upper end and the lower end is pushed up by the cam to move up and down. The vertical moving body moves up and down, so it is possible to change the moving distance of the horizontal moving body driven via the link mechanism by moving the vertical moving body up and down to change the moving distance. it can.

As a result, when the container is exhausted in the delivery mechanism, the aggregate can be reliably supplied to the delivery mechanism without being crushed or sufficiently pushed out to the position where the delivery mechanism is loaded. In addition, it is possible to avoid the situation that the beverage cannot be sold even though the beverage raw material and the container are inside the machine body.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a container supply device of a cup-type vending machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, where (A) is a right side vertical sectional view and (B) is a rear view of a main part of (A).

FIG. 2 is a front view showing an internal configuration of a cup-type vending machine to which the present invention is applied, showing an internal configuration in a state where a door covering a front opening of a case is opened.

3A and 3B show the configuration of the container supply device of FIG. 2, wherein FIG. 3A is an enlarged view of a right side vertical cross section of a main part, and FIG.

4A and 4B show the configuration of a conventional container supply device of one cup-type vending machine, wherein FIG. 4A is a right side vertical cross-sectional view of a main part, and FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Case 2 Door 3 Body 4 Container 5 Container supply device 6 Perimeter wall 7 Bottom plate 8 Storage box 9 Assembly 10 Sending mechanism 11 Cylindrical body 12 Outlet 13 Shooter 14 Receiving stand 15 Outlet 16 Route 17 Through hole 18 Storage cylinder 19 Transport Device 20 Wheel 21 Roller Chain 22 Contact Surface 23 Horizontal Moving Body 24 Drive Shaft 25 Cam 26 Link Mechanism 27 Link 28 Support 29 Support 30 Support 31 Rotation Shaft 32 Link 33 Support 34 Slot 35 Tension Coil Spring 36 Roller 37 Vertical moving body 37A Upper part 37B Lower part 38 Long hole 39 Screw 40 Drive unit 41 Hot water tank 42 Hot water valve 43 Hose 44 Stirrer 45 Drinking hose 46 Drinking nozzle 47 Raw material box 48 Raw material shooter 49 Container supply device 50 Vertical moving body 50A Upper part 50B Lower part 50C Middle part 51 Screw hole 5 2 long hole 53 drive unit

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A cup which supplies an inverted truncated cone-shaped container such as a cup for storing various beverages cooked, manufactured and sold in the machine body forming an outer peripheral surface to a predetermined position in the machine body each time the machine is sold. A container supply device of a type vending machine, wherein the plurality of containers are supplied as a rod-shaped aggregate stacked vertically with the opening of the container facing upward, in order from the lowest container in the aggregate. A delivery mechanism that separates out the products one by one and sends them to the predetermined position, and a plurality of the aggregates that are transported in one column at a plurality of fixed intervals by a transport device along a path along the delivery mechanism; When the water has run out, water is traversed across the path driven by a driving device, which is provided at a position facing the sending mechanism and the path, and has a contact surface facing and contacting the side surface of the assembly. In a container supply device of a vending machine for moving the assembly toward the delivery mechanism by pushing the side surface with a horizontal moving body reciprocating in a direction, and replenishing the horizontal moving distance of the horizontal moving body. Characteristic container supply device for cup-type vending machines. 2. A container feeding device for a cup-type vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the driving device moves up and down by a cam which is driven to rotate by a driving shaft whose axis length direction is horizontal, and biases the driving device downward. A container feeding device for a cup-type vending machine, which is a driving device for driving a horizontal moving body via a link mechanism by a vertically moving body supported to be vertically movable. 3. The container feeding device for a cup-type vending machine according to claim 2, wherein the lower limit position of the lower end of the vertical moving body is variable. 4. A container feeding device for a cup-type vending machine according to claim 3, wherein the vertical moving body is divided vertically and connected and fixed to each other so as to be able to expand and contract vertically. A container supply device for a cup-type vending machine, which is a vertically movable body that is regulated by an upper end and moved up and down by being pushed up by a cam at a lower end.