JP3049950B2 - Cup vending machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cover for covering an upper opening of a container having an upper surface such as a cup for storing various kinds of beverages which are prepared and sold in a machine having an outer peripheral surface. The present invention relates to a lid supply device for a cup-type vending machine that supplies a liquid to a position.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art 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, is made of thin paper, synthetic resin or the like having an open upper surface. In addition, an inverted frustoconical cup-shaped container in which at least a portion for containing a beverage is used is generally used. Also,
The container is provided with a container supply device which is provided at a predetermined position for each of the containers stored therein and is supplied to a cradle on which the containers are placed. In such a container supply device, a plurality of containers are stacked vertically in a column shape with the opening upward, and the containers are stored therein as an aggregate of containers, and the containers are sold in order from the lowest container in the aggregate. It generally has a delivery mechanism that separates out each time and sends it out onto the cradle. The container delivered by the delivery mechanism and supplied to the receiving tray each time it is sold is constituted only of a portion into which a beverage in the shape of an inverted truncated cone is inserted, and reinforces the upper edge of the container. A protruding portion that protrudes in a flange-like shape is generally formed along the upper edge of the container. This type of container, in which the top opening is larger than the bottom surface, is easy to drink for drinking the beverage therein, but has poor warming ability to keep the heated or cooled beverage therein warm. Therefore, it is good to drink the purchased drink immediately, but if you need to carry the drink to a place slightly away from the place of purchase or after a short time, then drink the purchased drink, warm it up. Chilled beverages become cold and warm when consumed and become less delicious. In order to prevent this, the cup-type vending machine is provided with a lid supply device similar to a container supply device, which supplies lids covering the upper opening of the container one by one to a cradle on which the container is placed each time the container is sold. However, there is not yet a cup-type vending machine provided with such a lid supply device. FIGS. 3 and 4 show a conventional example of this type of cup-type automatic vending. FIG. 3 is a front view showing an internal configuration of a conventional cup-type vending machine, with a door covering a front opening of a case being opened. FIG. 4 shows a configuration of the container supply device of FIG. Right side vertical section enlarged view,
(B) is an enlarged plan view of a main part of (A), (C) is an enlarged vertical sectional front view of the delivery mechanism of (A), (D) is an enlarged vertical sectional front view showing the structure of the container of (A), (E) is a front reduced view showing a configuration of a container assembly in which a plurality of the containers of (D) are stacked vertically in a column shape with the opening facing upward, (A) on the left side of the figure, and (B) The lower side of the figure is the front side.

[0003] In Figs. 3 and 4, reference numeral 1 denotes a case having an open front surface. The front opening of the case 1 is rotatably supported by the case 1 and has an outlet 2 which is open on both front and rear surfaces.
Is covered by a door 3 formed at the bottom. The body 3 forming the outer peripheral surface of the cup-type vending machine is constituted by the door 3 and the case 1. In the case 1, a box-shaped body constituted by the peripheral wall 5 forming the outer peripheral surface and the bottom plate 6 is formed. A container supply device 9 having a pair of right and left delivery mechanisms 8 protruding downward from the bottom surface of the storage box 7 is disposed closer to the upper center on the front side.
An inverted truncated conical cup-shaped container 10 made of thin paper, synthetic resin, or the like, into which a variety of beverages cooked and manufactured in the machine body 4 are put, is stored in a storage box 7 of the container supply device 9. Are stored as a group 11 of containers 10 that are stacked in a plurality of columns vertically with their openings up for each type. In the container 10, a curl formed by curling along the upper edge of the container 10 is formed to protrude from the side surface to the side in a flange shape, and an overhang portion 12 is formed. Each time the containers 10 stored in the storage box 7 are sold, the containers 10 are separated one by one from the lowermost container 10 of the assembly 11 by the respective sending mechanisms 8 and dropped and sent out. The delivery mechanism 8 includes a cylindrical tubular body 13 having a funnel-shaped upper end protruding into the storage box 7 through the bottom plate 6 and opening on both upper and lower sides. And an annular delivery mechanism main body 14 having upper and lower surfaces facing each other. The outer peripheral surface of the delivery mechanism main body 14 is formed by an annular annular body 15 having upper and lower surfaces opened, the upper and lower surfaces of which are formed by fastening two upper and lower portions to each other. . An annular base 16 has an upper surface opening facing the lower surface opening of the annular body 15 and the lower surface opening forms a lower surface opening of the delivery mechanism main body 14. 15 is fixed to the lower surface. A spiral groove 1 is formed in a circumferential wall of the annular body 15 having a U-shaped vertical section.
7 are arranged on the same circumference along the peripheral wall of the annular body 15 at positions where the circumference is equally divided, and are vertically arranged at upper and lower ends of the peripheral wall. A rotating shaft 1 whose both ends are rotatably supported and whose vertical axis is vertical.
9 respectively. A pinion 20 is fitted to the rotating shaft 19 below the rotating body 18, and the pinion 20 and an annular internal gear 21 rotatably fitted to the inner bottom of the peripheral wall of the annular body 15. Are engaged with each other. From the side surface of the internal gear 21, a ladle-shaped protrusion is formed on the peripheral wall of the annular body 15 and protrudes laterally from the peripheral wall side surface of the annular body 15 through a long hole 22 having a long direction along the circumference of the peripheral wall. The projecting portion 23 is formed so as to protrude.
A circular hole 24 is formed at the tip end of the hole. A driving device (not shown) that rotationally drives the internal gear 21 through the circular hole 24 is an internal gear 2
1, a driving device (not shown), a tubular body 13, an annular body 15, a base 16, a rotating body 18, and a rotating shaft 1.
9, the pinion 20, and the internal gear 21 constitute the delivery mechanism main body 14, respectively. A funnel-shaped shooter 25 whose upper and lower surfaces are open is provided below each of the delivery mechanism bodies 14 so that the upper surface of the delivery mechanism body 14 is opposed to the lower surface opening of each of the delivery mechanism bodies 14. This shooter 25
Of the box-shaped pedestal 26 which is disposed in the case 1 below the shooter 25 and on which the container 10 is placed and which has an open front and top surface, faces the upper surface opening of the box-shaped pedestal 26. Front opening faces the rear opening of the outlet 2. On the other hand, an annular path 27 is formed on the depth side of the storage box 7 behind the sending mechanism 8 and passes along the sending mechanism 8, and penetrates the peripheral wall in the horizontal direction through the path 27. A transport device 30 is provided which transports the aggregates 11 stored in a plurality of storage tubes 29 each having a through-hole 28 formed therein and connected to each other and having a vertically-long axis in the axial direction. The transfer device 30 is connected to the bottom plate 6 via wheels 31.
A plurality of storage cylinders 29 supported above and arranged at regular intervals in parallel and connected to each other via a roller chain 32 are conveyed while circulating in the path 27 by driving the roller chain 32 by a drive unit (not shown). Facing the delivery mechanism 8 via this path 27,
A vertical contact surface 3 that faces and abuts through the through hole 28 on the side surface of the assembly 11 that is stored in the storage cylinder 29 and transported by the transport device 30 is provided at a position behind the delivery mechanism 8.
The moving body 34 on which the horizontal direction reciprocates is formed with 3 formed thereon.
Are connected to a link mechanism 37 driven through a cam 36 which is driven to rotate by a drive shaft 35 whose axis length direction is horizontal. The link mechanism 37 includes a pair of links 3 parallel to each other.
8 is a parallel-type link mechanism, and the front and rear ends of a pair of links 38 are vertically arranged on the rear surface of the movable body 34 and the front surface of the upright support 39 fixed inside the annular path 27. A pair of support members 4 fixed respectively
0 and 41 are rotatably supported via a rotating shaft 42 whose axis length direction is horizontal left and right. A lower end of a link 43, which is a component of the link mechanism 37, is rotatably supported at the middle of the lower link 38 in the front-rear direction via a rotation shaft 42. Pillar 3 below
The support 9 is rotatably and vertically movable supported by a column 39 via a rotary shaft 42 passing through a vertically long hole 45 formed in a support 44 fixed to the front surface of the support 9. The rotating shaft 42 passing through the elongated hole 45 is urged downward by a tension coil spring 46, and the rotating shaft 42 urged downward by the tension coil spring 46 is rotatably supported at the lower end. Roller 47
The lower end abuts on a cam 36 that is rotationally driven by a drive shaft 35 via a shaft, and the upper end of a vertical moving body 48 that is pushed up and moves up and down by a fixed moving distance is fixed. This vertical moving body 4
Numeral 8 is supported by a column 39 via a rotary shaft 42 passing through a long hole 45 so as to be freely movable up and down. A vertical moving body 48, a drive shaft 35, a cam 36, a link mechanism 37, a rotary shaft 42, a tension coil A driving device 49 that reciprocates the moving body 34 in the horizontal direction by a spring 46, a roller 47, and the like is configured. The driving device 49 includes a cam 36 driven to rotate by the driving shaft 35.
When the link 43 is rotated by being driven by the vertically movable body 48 which is vertically driven, the movable body 34 passes through the through hole 28 and passes through the path 27.
Reciprocate back and forth across the. On the other hand, the transport device 30 transports the aggregates 11 stored in the storage tube 29 and arranged side by side at a fixed interval while circulating in the path 27 by driving a roller chain 32 with a drive unit (not shown). Then, when the containers 10 in the delivery mechanism 8 are supplied one by one to the cradle 26 each time they are sold and the number of the containers 10 in the delivery mechanism 8 decreases and disappears, the delivery mechanism 8
Behind the container 10 of a size corresponding to the delivery mechanism 8
Is stored in the storage device 29 on the basis of the container sold-out detection signal. Then, the moving body 34 that is driven forward through the link mechanism 37 by the up-down moving body 48 that is pushed up by the cam 36 that is rotationally driven by the drive shaft 35 is moved by the contact surface 33 to the aggregate 11 in the storage cylinder 29. Is pushed out of the storage cylinder 29 through the through-hole 28 toward the delivery mechanism 8. The extruded assembly 11 falls from the storage cylinder 29, and the lower end of the assembly 11 fits into the cylindrical body 13 to be loaded and supplied to the delivery mechanism 8. When the internal gear 21 is driven one reciprocating rotation by a driving device (not shown) via the protruding portion 23 at every sale, the pinion that meshes with the internal gear 21 The rotating body 18 rotates by rotating the rotating body 20. With the rotation of the rotating body 18, the lower end is fitted into the cylindrical body 13 from above, and the lower surface of the projecting portion 12 of the lowermost container 10 and the upper surface of the peripheral edge of the rotating body 18 come into contact with each other. Assembly 11 supported by the feeding mechanism 8
The lowermost container 10 of the container 10 descends with the overhanging portion 12 of the container 10 fitted into the groove 17 of the rotating body 18, separated from the assembly 11, and finally falls off the lower end of the groove 17,
It is guided by the shooter 25 and supplied onto the receiving stand 26.

[0004] A hot water tank 50 for storing hot water is provided in the case 1 at the upper left rear of the container supply device 9, and the right side of the hot water tank 50 is provided with a hot water valve 51 via a hot water valve 51. One end of a hot water supply hose 52 for supplying hot water is connected. The other end of the hot water supply hose 52 communicates with a stirring device 53 for stirring and cooking the beverage, and one end of a beverage hose 54 is connected to the bottom of the stirring device 53. The other end of the beverage hose 54 is connected to a beverage nozzle 55 fixed on the upper part of the depth side wall of the receptacle 26 with its tip directed into the container 10 supplied onto the receptacle 26. Further, on the stirring device 53, a raw material box 56 for accommodating raw materials such as powders and granules, and a funnel-shaped guide for guiding the raw material dropped and discharged from the raw material box 56 by a predetermined amount into the stirring device 53 at the time of sale. The raw material shooters 57 are disposed with the raw material shooters 57 facing down.

[0005] The operation of the cup vending machine constructed as described above at the time of sale is performed by a container supply device 9 according to a sale command signal.
The containers 10 sent out one by one from one of the sending mechanisms 8 through the lower surface opening thereof are guided by the shooter 25 and supplied to a substantially central position on the receiving stand 26 with the opening thereof up. On the other hand, the hot water valve 51 is opened and the hot water supply hose 52 is opened.
Hot water from the hot water tank 50 and the raw material shooter 5
7, the raw materials are supplied from the raw material box 56 into the stirring device 53 in a predetermined amount. Then, this stirring device 53
The hot water and the ingredients are stirred and cooked inside, and the ingredients are dissolved in the hot water to form a beverage. This beverage is poured from the tip of the beverage nozzle 55 into the container 10 on standby on the cradle 26 through the beverage hose 54 connected to the bottom of the stirring device 53, and is taken out by the customer through the outlet 2. .

[0006]

By the way, such a conventional cup-type vending machine has a machine body 4 which is stored in a storage box 7 as an aggregate 11 which is stacked in a column shape with a plurality of openings up and down. A container supply device 9 is provided in the machine body 4 for supplying the containers 10 for holding various beverages prepared and manufactured at every sale in the order from the lowest container 10 of the assembly 11 to the receiving stand 26 one by one at every sale. Have been. The containers 10 supplied one by one from the container supply device 9 to the receiving stand 26 each time they are sold are generally formed of thin paper, synthetic resin, or the like so that the containers 10 are stacked at a high density with the upper surface opening upward. In order to increase the strength, an overhang 12 protruding from the side to the side in the form of a flange is formed of only an inverted frusto-conical cup-shaped portion formed along the upper edge thereof, in which a beverage can enter. Therefore, the container 10 having the upper opening larger than the bottom is easy to drink the beverage therein, but has a poor heat retention capacity for keeping the warm hot beverage or the cold cold beverage therein. Therefore, it is good to immediately drink the purchased beverage on the spot, but if it is necessary to carry the purchased beverage to a place slightly away from the place of purchase or after a short time, the drink in the container 10 is required. There is a problem that when a beverage that has been warmed or cooled becomes cold or warm when it is drunk, it becomes less delicious.

[0007] Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a cup-type vending machine in which a purchased hot or cold beverage can be deliciously drunk without cooling or warming for a short time after purchase.

[0008]

According to the present invention, there is provided, in accordance with the present invention, a container having an upper surface opening, such as a cup, for various beverages cooked and manufactured each time they are sold in a body forming an outer peripheral surface. In a cup-type vending machine to be sold in a container, the lid covering the upper surface opening of the container is housed in the body as an aggregate of a plurality of vertically stacked columns, and the lid is turned to a predetermined position one by one for each sale. A lid feeder, which separates the lids one by one from the lowest lid of the assembly each time they are sold, drops them, and sends them to a predetermined position. And a plurality of storage tubes in which the axial direction for storing the assembly therein is vertically cylindrical and at least a part of which is adjacent to the delivery mechanism. Through the established route A transport device for transporting, and a moving body disposed at a position facing the sending mechanism with the path therebetween and reciprocating across the path, based on a lid sold-out detection signal in the sending mechanism. The moving body is moved to push and replenish the aggregate stored in the storage cylinder toward the sending mechanism.

In addition, in addition to the above, the storage tube is a storage tube having upper and lower surfaces open, and when closed, the assembly stored in the storage tube is held in the storage tube, and when opened, the assembly is stored in the storage tube. A device having a closing mechanism for opening and closing at least a part of a lower surface opening of the storage tube, which is opened when the assembly in the storage tube is dropped and released and the storage tube is pushed out toward a delivery mechanism, and is opened. I do.

In addition, in addition to the above, the moving body pushes the storage cylinder in which the assembly is stored toward the sending mechanism at the time of going, and the storage unit at the time of returning falls and is emptied due to the assembly being dropped and released. It is assumed that the cylinder is a moving body that pulls the cylinder back to the original position of the storage cylinder.

In addition, in addition to the above, it is assumed that the storage cylinder is a storage cylinder capable of storing an assembly wrapped in a bag made of thin paper, synthetic resin, or the like. Further, in addition to the above, it is assumed that the storage cylinder is a storage cylinder having a hole that opens to the outer surface.

[0012]

According to the present invention, since a lid supplying device for supplying a lid covering an upper surface opening of a container such as a cup to a predetermined position one by one at every sale is provided, the lid is attached to the container containing the beverage and the beverage is supplied. By covering the upper opening of the container with the lid, the purchased hot or cold beverage in the container can be prevented from directly cooling or warming.

[0013] Further, the lid supply device may be provided with a delivery mechanism for separating and dropping the lids one by one for each sale in order from the lowest lid of a plurality of lids stacked vertically in a columnar shape each time they are sold and sending them out to a predetermined position. In addition, a large number of lids can be efficiently stored in a limited space in the body, and the number of times of refilling the body into the body within a certain period can be reduced.

Further, a plurality of storage tubes are provided in parallel with each other at a fixed interval, and the lid supply devices are connected to each other so as to be intermittently connectable, and have a cylindrical shape in which the axial direction in which the assembly is stored is vertical. A transport device that transports the storage tube at least partially through a route determined to be adjacent to the delivery mechanism, and a storage device that is disposed at a position facing the delivery mechanism with the route therebetween, and reciprocates across the route. Moving the moving body based on a lid sold-out detection signal in the sending mechanism, and pushing and replenishing the aggregate stored in the storage tube toward the sending mechanism. Therefore, even if the aggregate is an aggregate that is easily inclined or collapsed due to a small or no fitting portion of the plurality of lids that constitute the aggregate, the inner surface of the storage cylinder Constrained by a column By storing the assemblies in the storage cylinder and storing a large number of assemblies in the body, the number of times of refilling the body into the body during a certain period can be reduced, and the cover mechanism can be stored in the delivery mechanism. When the battery is exhausted, the lid can be easily and automatically supplied to the delivery mechanism as an aggregate.

In addition, in addition to the above, the storage cylinder is a storage cylinder whose upper and lower surfaces are opened, and when the storage cylinder is closed, the assembly stored in the storage cylinder is held in the storage cylinder. A device having a closing mechanism for opening and closing at least a part of a lower surface opening of the storage tube, which is opened when the assembly in the storage tube is dropped and released and the storage tube is pushed out toward a delivery mechanism, and is opened. Therefore, the aggregate stored in the storage cylinder can be pushed out toward the sending mechanism, and even if the aggregate is easily inclined or collapsed, the aggregate is tilted or collapsed. The feeding mechanism can be easily replenished while maintaining the columnar state without causing the feeding mechanism.

In addition, in addition to the above, the moving body pushes the storage cylinder in which the assembly is stored toward the sending mechanism in the case of going forward, and the storage body in which the assembly is dropped and discharged and becomes empty when returning. Since the cylinder is assumed to be a movable body that is pulled back to the original position of the storage cylinder, the aggregate stored in the storage cylinder and transported by the transport device through the path along the sending mechanism is stored in the storage cylinder. Can be supplied to the delivery mechanism, and the empty storage cylinder can be returned to the transfer device after the assembly is supplied to the delivery mechanism. Therefore, even in an aggregate that is easily inclined or collapsed, this aggregate can be maintained in a columnar state, can be easily supplied to the sending mechanism, and the aggregate stored in the storage tube that is transported by the transport device is reduced. While still remaining, this assembly can be automatically replenished sequentially into the delivery mechanism.

In addition, in addition to the above, the storage tube is a storage tube capable of storing an assembly wrapped in a bag made of thin paper, synthetic resin, or the like, so that the storage tube is easily inclined or collapsed. Even in the aggregate, the aggregate that is wrapped in the bag and maintains the columnar shape can be easily stored in the storage tube while being kept in the bag.

In addition, in addition to the above, the storage tube is a storage tube having a hole opening to the outer surface, so that the storage tube is sealed in a bag formed of thin paper, synthetic resin, or the like. Even if the wrapped assembly is stored in the storage tube while being wrapped in the bag, gas such as air sealed in the bag can be discharged out of the storage tube through the hole together with the bag. Therefore, the assembly that is wrapped in a bag and maintains a columnar shape can be easily stored in the storage tube while it is still in the bag, and after storing the assembly in the storage tube, only the bag is opened on the upper surface and the lower surface of the storage tube. Alternatively, it can be extracted through the hole.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows the internal structure of a cup-type vending machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, wherein (A) is a front view showing a state in which a door covering a front opening of a case is opened, and (B) is a lid shown in (A). The right side vertical cross-sectional enlarged view of the main part showing the configuration of the supply device, (C) is an enlarged plan view of the main part of (B), (B) is the left side of the figure, and (C) is the lower side of the figure is the front side. FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the lid supply device of FIG. 1, wherein (A) is a front vertical cross-sectional enlarged view of the delivery mechanism, (B) is a right vertical cross-sectional view of the storage tube of (A), and (C) is ( FIG. 4A is an enlarged front vertical cross-sectional view showing the structure of the lid of FIG. 4A, with the lid being stacked vertically with the opening downward, and FIG.
(A) is a front view of a state in which the assembly is wrapped in a bag, and (B) is a front side on the left side of the figure. 3 and 4 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a case having an open front surface, and a front opening of the case 1 is rotatably supported by the case 1 and an outlet 2 which is open on both front and rear surfaces.
Is covered by a door 3 formed at the bottom. The door 3 and the case 1 constitute a machine body 4 that forms the outer peripheral surface of the cup-type vending machine. Inside the case 1, a box-shaped housing composed of a peripheral wall 5 that forms the outer peripheral surface and a bottom plate 6 is provided. A container supply device 9 having the same configuration as that of the above-described conventional example and having a pair of right and left delivery mechanisms 8 protruding downward from the bottom surface of the box 7 is disposed near the center on the front side. A container supply device 9 having a delivery mechanism 61 projecting downward from the bottom surface of a box-shaped storage box 60 composed of a peripheral wall 58 forming an outer peripheral surface and a bottom plate 59 in parallel with the right side of the container supply device 9. A lid supply device 62 having a substantially similar mechanism is provided. This lid supply device 6
In the second storage box 60, the upper opening of the container 10 having an inverted frustoconical cup shape, made of thin paper, synthetic resin, or the like, into which various beverages cooked and manufactured in the body 4 is opened. An aggregate 64 of lids 63 formed by stacking a plurality of flat frustoconical lids 63 formed of paper, synthetic resin, or the like and having an opening on the lower surface, with the openings facing down. It is stored. If there are few fitting portions of the plurality of lids 63 constituting the assembly 64, the assembly 64 is likely to be inclined or collapsed. In such a case, however, as shown in FIG. The aggregate 64 is wrapped in a bag 65 made of thin paper, synthetic resin, or the like, and the aggregate 64 is maintained in a columnar state. The lid 63 is formed with a flange-shaped overhanging portion 66 that protrudes laterally from the side surface at the lower end of the lid 63. The lid 63 housed in the storage box 60 as an aggregate 64 is Bottom lid 6
3 and are sequentially separated and sent out by the sending mechanism 61 one by one at every sale. The delivery mechanism 61 has a funnel-shaped upper end protruding into the storage box 60 through the bottom plate 59, and has a cylindrical tubular body 67 having upper and lower surfaces opened. An annular delivery mechanism main body 68 having upper and lower surfaces opened. This sending mechanism body 6
8 is formed of an annular body 69 whose upper and lower surfaces are open, the upper and lower surfaces of which are formed by fastening the upper and lower portions of each other to each other. An annular base 70 having an upper surface opening facing the lower surface opening of the annular body 69 and a lower surface opening forming a lower surface opening of the delivery mechanism main body 68 is opened at both upper and lower surfaces and has an upper end projecting laterally like a flange. 69 is fixed to the lower surface. A cylindrical rotating body 72 having a spiral groove 71 formed on the outer peripheral surface of the annular body 69 has a U-shaped vertical section in a circumferential wall thereof. These circumferences are arranged at equal dividing positions, and are fitted to respective rotation shafts 19 whose upper and lower ends are rotatably supported at upper and lower ends of a peripheral wall and whose vertical axis is vertical. A pinion 20 is fitted to the rotating shaft 19 below the rotating body 72, and the pinion 20 and the annular body 69 are fitted.
Annular internal gear 2 rotatably fitted in the inner bottom of the peripheral wall of
1 and 1 mesh with each other. From the side surface of the internal gear 21, a ladle-shaped handle is formed on the peripheral wall of the annular body 69 and protrudes laterally from the peripheral wall side surface of the annular body 69 through a long hole 22 extending along the circumference of the peripheral wall. The protruding portion 23 is formed so as to protrude. A circular hole 24 that penetrates vertically in the axial direction is formed at the distal end of the protruding portion 23. A driving device (not shown) for rotating and driving the internal gear 21 through the circular hole portion 24 is connected to the internal gear 21, and the driving device (not shown), the cylindrical body 67, the annular body 69, the base 70, Moving body 7
2, the rotation shaft 19, the pinion 20, and the internal gear 21 constitute a delivery mechanism main body 68. Below this delivery mechanism body 68, a tubular shooter 73 whose upper and lower ends are open is provided with its upper face opening facing the lower face opening of the delivery mechanism body 68. The lower end of the shooter 73 is placed on the container 10 disposed in the case 1 below the shooter 73,
A box-shaped cradle 26 having a front surface and an upper surface that is open is protruded into the cradle 26 through a right side wall of the cradle 26, and a front opening of the cradle 26 faces a rear opening of the outlet 2. On the other hand, the delivery mechanism 61 on the depth side in the storage box 60
An annular path 74 that passes along the delivery mechanism 61 is formed behind the transmission path 61. Through this path 74, a vertically long hole 75 that opens to the outer surface is formed and connected to each other so as to be intermittent. A transport device 77 for transporting the aggregate 64 stored in a plurality of storage tubes 76 whose upper and lower surfaces are open and whose axial length is in the vertical direction is provided. The storage cylinder 76 is open on both upper and lower surfaces, and at least a part of the lower surface opening of the storage cylinder 76 is openably and closably closed to be opened when pushed out toward the sending mechanism 61. When the storage cylinder 76 is closed, the storage cylinder 76 is closed. The assembly 64 stored in the storage cylinder 76 is held in the storage cylinder 76, and when opened, the storage cylinder 7 is opened.
The storage cylinder 76 is provided with a closing mechanism 78 for dropping and releasing the aggregate 64 in the storage tube 76. The closing mechanism 7 provided in the storage tube 76
8 are disposed facing each other at a position sandwiching the lower end of the storage tube 76 from the front and rear, and the lower ends are pressed by a spring (not shown) in a direction approaching each other, and the upper end is rotated horizontally with the axial length direction left and right. It is composed of a pair of rotating bodies 80 having an L-shaped vertical longitudinal section, which are rotatably supported on the outer surface of the storage cylinder 76 via a shaft 79. Further, the transport device 77 includes a plurality of storage cylinders 76 supported on the bottom plate 59 via the wheels 31 and connected in parallel at a predetermined interval so as to be intermittently connected to each other via a roller chain 81 by a drive unit (not shown). By driving 81, the paper is conveyed while circulating in the path 74. The storage cylinder 7 is located at a position behind the delivery mechanism 61 that faces the delivery mechanism 61 via the path 74.
A movable body 83 that reciprocates in the horizontal direction and has a vertical contact surface 82 that faces and abuts via a storage tube 76 on the side surface of the assembly 64 that is stored in the container 6 and transported by the transport device 77 is It is connected to a link mechanism 37 that is driven via a cam 84 that is driven to rotate by a drive shaft 35 whose longitudinal direction is horizontal. The link mechanism 37 is a parallel link mechanism having a pair of mutually parallel links 38 as components, and the front and rear ends of the pair of links 38 are placed on the rear surface of the moving body 83 and inside the annular path 74. Fixed upright support 39
A pair of support members 40 and 41 fixed vertically in parallel on the front surface of the lens are supported rotatably via a rotation shaft 42 whose axis length direction is horizontal left and right. The lower end of the link 43, which is a component of the link mechanism 37, is rotatably supported at the middle in the front-rear direction of the lower link 38 via the rotation shaft 42. Lower pillar 39
Vertically elongated holes 45 formed in a support 44 fixed to the front surface of
It is rotatably and vertically movable supported on a support column 39 via a rotating shaft 42 passed through. Rotating shaft 4 passed through slot 45
2 is urged downward by a tension coil spring 46, and the rotation shaft 42 urged downward by the tension coil spring 46 is rotated by a drive shaft 35 via a roller 47 rotatably supported at the lower end. The vertical moving body 48 whose lower end abuts against the driven cam 84, is pushed up, and moves up and down by a constant moving distance.
The upper end is fixed. The vertical moving body 48 is
A vertically movable member 48, a driving shaft 35, and a cam 8 are supported on a column 39 via a rotating shaft 42 passing therethrough.
4, link mechanism 37, rotating shaft 42, tension coil spring 4
6, a driving device 85 that reciprocates the moving body 83 in the horizontal direction by the rollers 47 and the like. The driving device 85 is driven by a cam 84 which is driven to rotate by a driving shaft 35 by using a vertically moving
When the link 43 is rotated by being driven by an up-down moving body 48 driven up and down, the moving body 83 reciprocates back and forth across the path 74. on the other hand,
The assembly 64 stored in the storage tube 76 by the transfer device 77 and arranged in parallel at a predetermined interval is driven by a drive unit (not shown) to form a roller chain 8.
1 is driven to convey while circulating in the path 74. When the internal lids 63 are supplied one by one to the cradle 26 each time they are sold, and the lids 63 in the transmission mechanism 61 decrease and disappear, the storage 64 storing the aggregate 64 of the lids 63 behind the transmission mechanism 61 is stored. The cylinder 76 is transported by the transport device 77 based on the lid sold-out detection signal. Then, the vertical moving body 4 pushed upward by the cam 84 rotated and driven by the drive shaft 35.
The moving body 83 driven forward by the link mechanism 8 through the link mechanism 37 is moved by the contact surface 82 to the aggregate 64 in the storage cylinder 76.
Is pushed through the storage cylinder 76, and the assembly 64 in the storage cylinder 76 is pushed out toward the sending mechanism 61.
The aggregate 64 extruded toward the sending mechanism 61 is opened when the pair of rotating bodies 80 constituting the closing mechanism 78 are rotated about the rotating shaft 79 in the direction in which the lower ends thereof are separated from each other. It is dropped and discharged through the opening on the lower surface of the cylinder 76, and its lower end is fitted into the cylindrical body 67 and loaded and supplied to the delivery mechanism 61. The storage cylinder 76 that has been emptied after the feeding mechanism 61 is loaded with the assembly 64 is linked by the vertical moving body 48 in which the cam 84 is further rotated by the drive shaft 35 and pulled down by the tension coil spring 46. The transport device 77 is moved by the moving body 83 which is driven and retracted through the mechanism 37.
To the original position. On the other hand, the delivery mechanism 61 in which the aggregate 64 has been loaded and replenished, when the internal gear 21 is reciprocatingly driven by the driving device (not shown) via the protruding portion 23 at every sale, the internal gear 21 The meshing pinion 20 rotates, and the rotating body 72 rotates. With the rotation of the rotating body 72, the lower end is fitted into the cylindrical body 67 from above, and the lower surface of the overhang portion 66 of the lowermost lid 63 and the upper surface of the peripheral portion of the rotating body 72 come into contact with each other. Assembly 64 supported by the feeding mechanism 61
The lowermost lid 63 of the lid 63 descends with the overhang portion 66 of the lid 63 fitted into the groove 71 of the rotating body 72 and separated from the assembly 64, and finally falls off the lower end of the groove 71, It is guided by the shooter 73 and supplied onto the receiving stand 26. A hot water tank 50 for storing hot water is provided in the case 1 at the upper left rear of the container supply device 9, and the other configuration is the same as that of the above-described conventional example.

In the above-described configuration, the operation of the cup-type vending machine of the present invention at the time of sale is described in the following in accordance with the sales command signal. 10 is a shooter 25
And supplied to a substantially central position on the receiving table 26 with its opening upward. At the same time, the lids 63 delivered one by one from the delivery mechanism 61 of the lid supply device 62 through the lower opening thereof are guided by the shooter 73 and supplied onto the receiving stand 26. On the other hand, the hot water valve 51 is opened, hot water is passed from the hot water tank 50 through the hot water supply hose 52, and the raw material is guided from the raw material box 56 to the raw material box 56 so that the raw material is supplied to the stirring device 5
3 is supplied in a predetermined amount. Then, the hot water and the raw materials are stirred and mixed in the stirring device 53, and the raw materials are dissolved in the hot water to prepare and produce a beverage. This beverage is poured from the tip of the beverage nozzle 55 through the beverage hose 54 connected to the bottom of the stirring device 53 into the container 10 on standby on the cradle 26,
It is taken out by the customer through the outlet 2 together with the lid 63. As described above, in the cup-type vending machine of the present invention, the container 10 for holding various beverages cooked and manufactured in the machine body 4.
And a container supply device 9 for supplying one by one to the receiving table 26 for each sale.
A cover 63 which is housed inside and covers the upper opening of the container 10 and has a similar shape to the container 10, has a projecting portion 66 formed at the lower end and is opened at the lower surface, A lid supply device 62 is provided in the machine body 4 for separating and dropping one by one each time the product is sold and supplying it to the delivery receiving table 26. For this reason, the beverage can be sold by attaching the lid 63 to the container 10 containing the beverage.
Can be covered with. As a result, even if the container 10 is a container 10 having poor heat retention, the purchased warm or cold beverage in the container 10 does not immediately cool or warm. Therefore, even if the drink is not immediately consumed on the spot, but is transported to the place where the drink was purchased from the place where the drink was purchased, or after a short time, the drink can be enjoyed. The delivery mechanism 61 and the lid supply device 6 are substantially the same as the delivery mechanism 8 and the container supply device 9.
2 can be configured and a large number of lids 63 can be efficiently stored in a limited space in the body 4, so that the number of times of refilling the body 63 with the lid 63 within a certain period can be reduced. On the other hand, the lid supply device 62 is formed with a hole 75 that is open on the outer surface and has an opening 75 on the outer surface that can store the assembly 64 wrapped in a bag 65 made of thin paper, synthetic resin, or the like. Set 6 that is placed side by side and connected intermittently to each other
A transport device 77 is provided for transporting a plurality of storage cylinders 76 for storing 4 through a path 74 along the delivery mechanism 61. When closed, the storage tube 76 has the aggregate 6 stored therein.
4 is held inside, and when opened, the internal assembly 64 is dropped and released, and is opened when pushed out toward the delivery mechanism 61. At least a part of the lower surface opening of the storage tube 76 is openably closed. A closing mechanism 78 is provided. Further, the aggregate 64 stored in the storage cylinder 76 is pushed out across the path 74 toward the sending mechanism 61 at the time of forward movement to supply the same to the sending mechanism 61, and at the time of return, the aggregate 64 is dropped and released and becomes empty. A movable body 83 is provided for returning the storage cylinder 76 to the original position of the storage cylinder 76. Therefore, after storing the assembly 64 in the bag 65 in the storage tube 76 while allowing the gas sealed in the bag 65 to leak out of the storage tube 76 through the hole 75 together with the bag 65, Only the bag 65 can be pulled out through the upper opening, the lower opening, or the hole 75 of the storage tube 76 and supplied to the storage tube 76, and can be supplied to the delivery mechanism 61 in the state of being stored in the storage tube 76. Thereby, the aggregate 64
However, even if the number of fitting portions of the plurality of lids 63 constituting the assembly 64 are small, and the assembly is easily inclined or collapsed, the assembly 64 is restricted by the inner surface of the bag 65 or the storage tube 76. The assembly 64 can be easily supplied into the storage tube 76 or the delivery mechanism 61 while maintaining the columnar state. Further, while the aggregates 64 stored in the storage tube 76 still remain, the aggregates 64 can be automatically replenished sequentially into the sending mechanism 61, and the aggregates 64 are stored in the respective storage tubes 76. By storing a large number of assemblies 64 in the body 4, the number of times of replenishing the lid 63 into the body 4 within a certain period can be reduced.

[0022]

According to the present invention, with the above structure, a beverage can be sold by attaching a lid to the container containing the beverage, and by covering the upper opening of the container with the lid, the purchased warm temperature in the container can be obtained. It is possible to prevent beverages or cold cold beverages from directly cooling or warming, and to efficiently store a large number of lids in a limited space inside the aircraft to reduce the number of times the lids are refilled into the aircraft within a certain period of time. In addition to being able to reduce the number of aggregates, even if the aggregates are easily inclined or collapsed, the aggregates can be confined on the inner surface of the storage cylinder and maintained in a columnar state, and a large number of aggregates can be stored in the cabin. In addition, the number of times of replenishment of the lid into the body can be reduced, and when the lid is eliminated in the transmission mechanism, the lid can be easily and automatically replenished to the transmission mechanism as an aggregate.

In addition, in addition to the above, the storage tube is a storage tube having upper and lower surfaces opened, and when closed, the assembly stored in the storage tube is held in the storage tube. A device having a closing mechanism for opening and closing at least a part of a lower surface opening of the storage tube, which is opened when the assembly in the storage tube is dropped and released and the storage tube is pushed out toward a delivery mechanism, and is opened. Therefore, even in the case of an aggregate that is easily inclined or collapsed, the aggregate can be maintained in a columnar state without causing the aggregate to incline or collapse, and can be easily supplied to the delivery mechanism.

In addition, in addition to the above, the moving body pushes the storage cylinder in which the assembly is stored toward the sending mechanism when going forward, and drops when the assembly is dropped and becomes empty when returning. Since the cylinder is a movable body that pulls the cylinder back to the original position of the storage cylinder, it is possible to easily replenish the sending mechanism while maintaining the columnar state of the assembly even if it is easy to incline or collapse. As long as the aggregate stored in the storage tube transported by the transport device still remains, the aggregate can be automatically and sequentially replenished into the delivery mechanism.

In addition, in addition to the above, since the storage cylinder is a storage cylinder capable of storing an assembly wrapped in a bag formed of thin paper, synthetic resin, or the like, the storage cylinder is easily inclined or collapsed. Even in the case of an aggregate, the aggregate that is wrapped in a bag and maintains a columnar state can be easily stored in the storage tube in the bag. In addition, in addition to the above, the storage cylinder is assumed to be a storage cylinder having a hole that opens to the outer surface, so that an aggregate that is wrapped in a bag and maintains a columnar shape is stored in the storage cylinder in the bag. The bag can be easily stored, and after storing the assembly in the storage tube, only the bag can be extracted through the upper opening, the lower opening, or the hole of the storage tube.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1A and 1B show an internal configuration of a cup-type vending machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 1A is a front view showing a state in which a door covering a front opening of a case is opened, and FIG. Main part right vertical cross-sectional enlarged view showing the configuration of the lid supply device, (C) is a main part plan enlarged view of (B).

FIGS. 2A and 2B show the configuration of the lid supply device of FIG. 1; FIG. 2A is an enlarged front vertical cross-sectional view of a delivery mechanism; FIG. ) Shows the structure of the lid, the front vertical cross-sectional enlarged view of the state where the lid is stacked vertically with the opening down,
(D) is a front view of a state in which the assembly of (A) is wrapped in a bag in which a plurality of columns are vertically stacked with a lid having an opening facing down.

FIG. 3 shows the internal configuration of a conventional cup-type vending machine.
Front view with the door covering the front opening of the case open

4A and 4B show a configuration of the container supply device of FIG. 3, wherein FIG. 4A is an enlarged view of a right side vertical cross section of the main part, FIG. 4B is an enlarged plan view of the main part of FIG. Front vertical cross-sectional enlarged view of the mechanism,
(D) is an enlarged front vertical sectional view showing the structure of the container of (A),
(E) is a front reduced view showing the configuration of a container assembly in which a plurality of containers are stacked vertically in a column shape with the opening of the container facing upward (D).

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Case 4 Body 60 Storage box 61 Sending mechanism 62 Lid supply device 63 Lid 64 Assembly 67 Cylindrical body 68 Sending mechanism main body 74 Path 76 Storage cylinder 77 Transport device 78 Closing mechanism 83 Moving body 85 Drive device

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A cup-type vending machine which sells various beverages prepared and sold each time it is sold in a body forming an outer peripheral surface in a container such as a cup having an open upper surface, wherein the lid covers an upper surface opening of the container. And a lid supply device for supplying the lids one by one to a predetermined position each time the lids are sold, the lid supply device comprising: A delivery mechanism that separates one by one from the lower lid for each sale and drops the product one by one and sends it to a predetermined position; and a shaft that is connected in parallel and intermittently at a constant interval and stores the assembly inside. A plurality of storage cylinders whose longitudinal direction is a vertical cylinder, a transport device that transports the storage cylinder at least partially through a path determined to be adjacent to the transmission mechanism, Face to face And a moving body that reciprocates across the path, wherein the moving body is moved based on a lid sold-out detection signal in the sending mechanism, and is stored in the storage tube. A cup-type vending machine characterized in that a body is extruded and supplied toward the delivery mechanism. 2. The cup-type vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the storage cylinder is a storage cylinder having upper and lower surfaces opened, and when closed, an assembly stored in the storage cylinder is stored in the storage cylinder. And when opened, the assembly in the storage cylinder is dropped and released, and is opened when the storage cylinder is pushed out toward the delivery mechanism. At least a part of the lower opening of the storage cylinder can be freely opened and closed. A cup-type vending machine equipped with a closing mechanism for closing. 3. The cup-type vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the moving body pushes a storage cylinder in which the assembly is stored toward the sending mechanism at the time of going, and the assembly at the time of returning. A cup-type vending machine, which is a movable body that pulls back the empty storage bin where the body is dropped and discharged to its original position. 4. A cup-type vending machine according to claim 1, wherein said storage tube is a storage tube capable of storing an assembly wrapped in a bag made of thin paper, synthetic resin or the like. A cup-type vending machine. 5. The cup-type vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the storage tube is a storage tube having a hole opening on an outer surface.