JP3258803B2 - Vending machine product storage device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vending machine product storage device for storing and storing products such as canned beverages in the vertical direction, and discharging and selling the products one by one.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional product storage device of a vending machine is disclosed, for example, in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 5-37338 (G07F11 / 2).
It is shown in 4). That is, this kind of product storage device forms a meandering product storage path between side plates extending vertically and opposed to each other, and a loading section is provided at an upper end of the product storage path (hereinafter, referred to as a product path). And an outlet portion provided with a product discharger (hereinafter referred to as a product discharge device) at the lower end.

[0003] This product discharge device discharges products such as canned beverages stacked in a product path one by one by a driving means such as a solenoid based on a predetermined sales command. The harness for supplying electricity has been drawn downward from the product unloading device, and has been guided to the side of the inside of the vending machine main body through a support provided at the lower end thereof.

[0004]

A plurality of such merchandise storage devices are arranged side by side in the vending machine main body. Among them, the merchandise unloading devices of the merchandise storage devices located at the left and right ends are used. Can be pulled out to the left or right side as it is, but the harness from the product unloading device of the product storage device located at the center was nothing but pulling forward through the gap between the side plates of the adjacent product storage device. .

On the other hand, in recent years, in order to prevent a vending machine installed at a store front or the like from protruding on a road, it is required to reduce an installation space for the vending machine. It is necessary to reduce the size of the vending machine body by bringing the product storage device close to the vending machine. However, when the miniaturization is attempted, the gap between the product storage devices is almost eliminated, and there is a problem that the harness cannot be pulled out from the product storage device in the center.

Conventionally, the above-mentioned harness processing work is performed after the product storage device is installed in the main body of the vending machine. Therefore, particularly in the case of a product unloading device located at the back, it becomes a groping operation, which is extremely difficult. It was complicated. The present invention has been made to solve such a conventional technical problem, and even when a product storage device is provided in the vending machine main body close to the left and right, the harness from the product unloading device can be removed. An object is to enable a processing operation to be performed smoothly.

[0007]

A commodity storage device of a vending machine according to the present invention comprises a commodity passage extending in a vertical direction and a commodity discharge device provided at a commodity discharge port formed at a lower end. A holder is attached to the lower end of the product unloading device, and a harness for energization drawn down from the product unloading device is stored and held in the holder , and is guided to the side. A lower chamber is formed below the upper chamber, through which a harness from another product carrying-out device can pass in the left-right direction.

[0008] In the above-mentioned product storage device for a vending machine according to the second aspect of the present invention, the lower chamber of the holder is open left and right and downward, and the lower end thereof holds the harness so that it can be delivered. It is characterized in that a holding piece is provided.

[0009]

According to the merchandise storage device of the vending machine of the present invention,
The harness from the product discharge device of the product storage device can be pulled out to the side by passing through the lower chamber of the holder attached to the lower end of the product discharge device of the product storage device adjacent to the side. Therefore, even when a plurality of product storage devices are provided close to each other in the left-right direction in the vending machine in order to reduce the size of the vending machine, the harness from the product storage device located in the center part in the left-right direction is used. Processing can be performed without any trouble.

[0010] In addition, since it is possible to mount the holding device in advance on the product carrying device and store and hold the harness from the product carrying device in the upper chamber, the product storage device can be mounted in the vending machine. Harness processing operability can be improved. In particular, according to the commodity storage device for a vending machine according to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above, the harness of another commodity discharge device can be stored and held in the lower chamber of the holder from below, so that the processing of the harness Workability is further improved.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a side view of the product storage device 1 of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic front view of the product storage device 1. The product storage device 1 of the present invention is provided by being suspended in a main body (not shown) of a vending machine for canned beverages, and is composed of product racks 2 and 3 arranged side by side. The devices 1 are arranged, for example, in three rows on the left and right sides in a vending machine main body (not shown).

The merchandise racks 2 and 3 face each other at a predetermined interval, and a plurality of loops 6 are vertically arranged between the front and rear edges of the side plates 4 and 4 extending in the vertical direction. The product passages 7 extending vertically while being bent back and forth in a meandering manner between these front and rear loops 6 are formed in two rows each. At the upper end of each product passage 7, a product entrance 8 opening forward.
Are formed, and a product discharge port 11 provided with a product discharge device 9 is formed at the lower end. In the upper part between the side plates 4 and 4 of the front product rack 2,
Product introduction path members 12, 13, 14, which are inclined rearward and low, are provided, and product introduction ports 16 are formed on the front surface of the product rack 2, and the product passage 7 and the product rack 3 on the rear side of the product rack 2. Are arranged so that the rear ends of the product introduction ports 16... Communicate with the product entrances 8.

The product carrying-out device 9 is constructed by attaching a vertical stopper (not shown) and a solenoid for driving these stoppers to a chassis 21 made of a steel plate as shown in FIG. The U-shaped grooves 22 and 23 are attached to the article storage device 1 by engaging with horizontally provided support shafts 24 and 26 at the lower part of the side plates 4 and 4 with a space therebetween.
Further, the product carrying-out device 9 is provided in a back-to-back manner in each of the product racks 2 and 3 corresponding to each of the product passages 7..., And the chassis 21 constitutes a wall surface of each of the product passages 7. .

In the product discharge device 9, the solenoid is energized based on a predetermined sales command, and the upper and lower stoppers are driven to drop the products (cans) in the product path 7 one by one from the product discharge port 11. The harness 31 for supplying electricity to each solenoid is drawn downward from one side of each product carrying-out device 9. Note that the harnesses from the product unloading devices 9, which are back-to-back, are collectively shown as a harness 31 here.

[0015] A holder 41 according to the present invention is attached to the lower end of the product carrying device 9. This holder 4
The main body 42 is formed of, for example, a hard synthetic resin, has a width substantially covering the entire width of the chassis 21 and is open upward, and has a substantially U-shaped cross section, as shown in FIG.
Protruding downward from the bottom surface of the bottom wall 43 with an interval in front and rear,
An upper chamber 46 comprising a front wall 44 and a rear wall 45 extending to the left and right, and opened upward and to the left and right sides inside the main body 42.
And a lower chamber 47 opened between the front and rear walls 44 and 45 below and above and below the upper chamber 46.

At the upper edge of the main body 42, engaging pieces 51... And 52... Which are bent in the horizontal direction and protrude outwardly (front-rear direction) are formed. Flexible holding pieces 53, 53 protruding in the direction of the rear wall 45 are formed on the lower left and right sides of the rear wall 45, and furthermore, flexible holding pieces protruding in the direction of the front wall 44 also at the center of the lower end of the rear wall 45. 54 are integrally formed. And these holding pieces 5
In the lower chamber 47 above 3, 53 and 54, a space is formed in which the harness 31 can pass right and left.

Next, a description will be given of an operation for mounting the product storage device 1 in a vending machine main body (not shown).
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the portion A of the product rack 2 in FIG. 1, and the description is omitted because the portion A of the product rack 3 is the same. First, the holding tool 41 is attached to the lower end of the product unloading device 9 of each of the product racks 2 and 3. In that case, the chassis 21 of the product unloading device 9, which is back to back,
The lower edge 21 is fixed by being sandwiched between engaging pieces 51 and 52 projecting forward and backward. In addition, at the same time, each product unloading device 9,
9 the upper chamber 4 a harness 31 being drawn from beneath the
While accommodating and holding in a 6, the product storage apparatus 1 to be accommodated left end and the center in the vending machine main body,
Harness 31, 31A to the left from the upper chamber 46,
As for the product storage device 1 stored at the right end, the harness 31 is guided to the right from the upper chamber 46 and is pulled out and placed.

Next, the front and rear merchandise racks 2 and 3 are combined to assemble the merchandise storage device 1, and in this state, the merchandise storage devices 1 are inserted into the left end, the center and the right end of the vending machine main body (not shown). And attach it. In this state, the harnesses 31, 31 from the left and right end product storage devices 1, 1 are guided to the inner surfaces of the left and right walls of the vending machine main body. 41 hangs downward from the left end.

The harness 31 of the central commodity storage device 1
A is then pushed from below into the lower chamber 47 of the holder 41 of the commodity storage device 1 adjacent to the left side, passes through the lower chamber 47 left and right as shown in FIG. Thus, even when there is no gap between the adjacent product storage devices 1 and 1, the harness 31A of the product storage device 1 at the center can be guided to the inner surface of the left wall of the vending machine main body.

Here, each holding piece 53, 5 of the holding tool 41
The harnesses 3 and 54 have flexibility so that the harness 31 </ b> A can be delivered into the lower chamber 47 from below. Therefore, even when a coupler or the like is attached to the tip of the harness 31A, the harness 31A is connected to the lower chamber 47.
Can be easily passed through. In the embodiment, the case where the product storage devices 1 are mounted in three rows in the vending machine main body has been described. However, the present invention is also effective when more product storage devices 1 are arranged side by side.

[0021]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the harness from the product discharge device of the product storage device is attached to the lower portion of the holder attached to the lower end of the product discharge device of the product storage device adjacent to the side. It can pass through the room and be pulled out to the side. Therefore, in order to reduce the size of vending machines,
Even when a plurality of product storage devices are provided close to each other in the left-right direction in the vending machine, the harness from the product storage device located at the center in the left-right direction can be processed without any trouble.

In addition, since it is possible to attach the holder in advance to the product discharging device and store and hold the harness from the product discharging device in the upper chamber thereof, the product storage device can be mounted in the vending machine. This makes it possible to improve the workability of harness processing. In particular, according to the second aspect of the invention, in addition to the above, the harness of another product carrying-out device can be stored and held from below in the lower chamber of the holder, so that the workability of harness processing is further improved. is there.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a product storage device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic front view of the product storage device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a main part of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a holder.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a holder and a chassis.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Commodity storage apparatus 2 Commodity rack 3 Commodity rack 7 Commodity passage 9 Commodity carry-out device 11 Commodity discharge port 21 Chassis 31 Harness 41 Holder 46 Upper chamber 47 Lower chamber 53 Holding piece 54 Holding piece

────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Hiroshi Imamura 2-5-5 Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G07F 11 / 34 G07F 9/00 G07F 9/10

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A merchandise storage device for a vending machine comprising a merchandise passage extending vertically and a merchandise discharge device provided at a merchandise outlet formed at a lower end, wherein a holder is provided at a lower end portion of the merchandise discharge device. Is attached, and a harness for energization drawn down from the product unloading device is housed and held in the holder , and an upper chamber is formed to guide laterally, and an upper chamber is formed below the upper chamber. A product storage device for a vending machine, wherein a lower chamber through which a harness from another product discharge device can pass in the left-right direction is defined.