JP3929131B2 - vending machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a vending machine that has a product storage unit at the front and rear, sells a product in a front storage unit, and then conveys and sells a product in a rear storage unit to a front storage unit.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, the applicant has already proposed an application related to Japanese Patent Application No. 8-54920 as this type of vending machine.
[0003]
First, the structure of a vending machine will be described. This vending machine has a structure in which a large number of individually divided product storage rooms are arranged in a plurality of upper and lower stages, and products stored in the product storage room are sold individually. It has become. The product storage room has two storage units communicating with each other in the front-rear direction. When selling a product, the product in the front storage unit is first sold, and then the front storage unit is emptied. The product in the rear storage section is transported to the product, and the transported product is sold next time.
[0004]
In such a sales operation, an inner door is provided between the front storage portion and the rear storage portion, and the inner door is rotatably supported by a support frame that stands up and down. When the product in the rear storage section is transported to the front storage section, the inner door is rotated forward to open the door. On the other hand, at the time of closing, there are many front surfaces of the rear housing part with the inner door, and this rear housing part is concealed and the rotation of the inner door to the rear (rear housing part side) is restricted. A backing plate extending on the back surface of the inner door is provided.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
As described above, when the inner door is closed, rotation of the inner door to the rear is restricted by the contact plate. However, in the conventional vending machine, there is no gap between the closed inner door and the contact plate. When moisture in the cabinet (water in the outside air that flows into the cabinet at the time of product sales or product replenishment) freezes on the plate or inner door, the backing plate and the inner door freeze together, hindering the opening operation of the inner door. There was a risk of causing.
[0006]
An object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine capable of preventing the inner door and the backing plate from being fixed due to freezing and reliably opening the inner door.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a storage unit for commodities arranged in front and back and communicating with each other, an inner door that divides each storage unit back and forth, and a support frame that rotatably supports the inner door up and down. And a backing plate that extends from the support frame to the back side of the inner door and restricts rotation to the rear housing portion of the inner door, and opens the inner door to convey the product in the rear housing portion to the front housing portion. The vending machine cooled in the cabinet has a structure in which the inner door supported by the support frame is arranged at a distance from the contact plate.
[0008]
According to the present invention, since the inner door is disposed at a distance from the backing plate, condensation occurs on one or both of the inner door and the backing plate, and even if this freezes, both are fixed together. There is no.
[0009]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
1 to 5 show an embodiment of a vending machine according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a front view of the vending machine, FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the vending machine, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a front view of the inner door, and FIG. 5 is a side sectional view of the inner door.
[0010]
A structural outline of the vending machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. That is, this vending machine is provided with an inner box 2 having a front opening in a vending machine main body 1 constituted by a vertically long heat insulation box, and the front opening of the vending machine main body 1 can be freely opened and closed by an outer door 3. Yes. Further, a ventilation duct 4 is formed between the vending machine main body 1 and the inner box 2, and the air cooled by the evaporator 6 by the blower 5 is circulated to the ventilation duct 4 (one point in FIG. 2). The inside of the cabinet is being cooled. In addition, while an inner door 7 is provided at the front opening of the inner box 2, a large number of product storage chambers 8 are formed in a plurality of stages vertically and horizontally inside the inner box 2, and face each product storage chamber 8. A small door 9 of the product storage room 8 is installed in the middle door 7. Each of the product storage chambers 8 is formed by incorporating a large number of wires 8a vertically and horizontally so that cool air flows between the product storage chambers 8 adjacent to each other.
[0011]
A coin insertion slot 10, a bill insertion slot 11, a return lever 12, a return slot 13, a segment indicator 14 for displaying the amount of money to be inserted, and the like are installed on the front of the vending machine, while a small door 9 A selection switch 15 for performing selection is provided. Here, when purchasing the product A on the front side, a coin corresponding to the amount of the purchased product (or an amount larger than that) is inserted into the coin insertion slot 10, and then the outer door 3 is opened to further deal with the purchased product. Press the selection switch 15. Thereafter, the small door 9 corresponding to the selection switch 15 is opened, and the product A is taken out.
[0012]
In the vending machine configured as described above, each of the commodity storage rooms 8 is divided into two rooms in the front and rear direction. This configuration will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.
[0013]
The product storage chamber 8 has a partition door mechanism 81 that partitions the front and rear, and the partition door mechanism 81 forms storage portions 82 a and 82 b that store the product A in the front and rear. The partition door mechanism 81 has an inner door 812 that is pivotally supported by left and right support frames 811a and 811b extending vertically, and the inner door 812 is turned up and down to open and close the rear storage portion 82b. It has become. Further, a torsion coil spring 812b is wound around the rotary shaft 812a to urge the inner door 812 in the opening direction, while restricting rotation of the inner door 812 in the opening direction. 813. Each of the support frames 811a and 811b has a cover plate 811a ′ and 811b ′ extending toward the back surface of the inner door 812 in a closed state, and the inner door is supported by the support plates 811a ′ and 811b ′. 812 restricts rotation toward the rear storage portion 82b. Further, when the inner door 812 is in the closed state, as shown in FIG. 5, the rear surface of the inner door 812 is arranged to face the contact plates 811a ′ and 811b ′ with a space S therebetween. Note that the contact plate 811a ′ is formed slightly larger than the contact plate 811b ′ in order to conceal the solenoid locking device 813.
[0014]
On the other hand, the solenoid locking device 813 opens and closes the inner door 812 by engaging and disengaging the hooking claw 815a of the plunger 813a with the locking hole 815b protruding from the back surface of the inner door 812. The product tray 831 installed in the portion 82b is slid forward, and the product A in the rear storage portion 82b is conveyed to the front storage portion 82a.
[0015]
According to the vending machine according to the present embodiment, the inside of the vending machine main body 1 is cooled inside, and moisture enters when the outer door is opened, and this is frozen by the inner door 812 and the contact plates 811a ′ and 811b ′. However, since the facing part (the part indicated by the broken line in FIG. 4) of the inner door 812 and the contact plates 811a ′ and 811b ′ has a spacing S as shown in FIG. Both of them do not stick together at the opposing portion. Accordingly, there is no occurrence of a malfunction in opening the inner door 812 as in the prior art.
[0016]
In addition, since the coil spring 812b for urging the inner door 812 in the opening direction is installed in a portion where the opposing area of both is large, that is, the portion of the inner door 812 facing the abutting plate 811a ′ side, However, the urging force of the coil spring 812b acts directly on the facing portion, and this can be surely eliminated if it is somewhat frozen.
[0017]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, since the inner door is arranged at a distance from the backing plate, condensation occurs on one or both of the inner door and the backing plate. It is not fixed to. Therefore, there is no occurrence of a malfunction of opening the inner door as in the prior art.
[Brief description of the drawings]
1 is a front view of a vending machine. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the vending machine. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an installation state of an inner door. FIG. 4 is a front view showing an installation state of the inner door. Side sectional view showing the installed state of the inner door 【Explanation of symbols】
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Vending machine main body, 8 ... Commodity storage room, 82a ... Front side storage part, 82b ... Rear side storage part, 811a, 811b ... Support frame, 811a ', 811b' ... Cover plate, 812 ... Inner door, 812b ... Coil spring A ... Product.

Claims (1)

A storage unit for commodities disposed in the front and back and communicating with each other, an inner door that partitions the storage unit back and forth, a support frame that rotatably supports the inner door, and a support frame that extends from the support frame to the inner door And a backing plate that extends to the back side and regulates rotation of the inner door to the rear storage portion, and is cooled in the cabinet to open the inner door and convey the goods in the rear storage portion to the front storage portion. In vending machines,
An automatic vending machine characterized in that an inner door supported by the support frame is disposed at a distance from the abutting plate.

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