JP4099007B2 - Vending machine product guide stopper - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a product guide stopper of a vending machine that controls the posture of a product and guides it to a product column when filling the product.
[0002]
[Prior art]
When selling canned drinks and plastic bottle drinks, a serpentine vending machine is generally used. As shown in FIG. 5, the serpentine type vending machine has a plurality of product columns 2 arranged in the front and back in the vending machine main body 1, and a product A in each product column 2 passes through a product delivery device 3 below. Sold individually.
[0003]
On the other hand, when the product A is filled in the product column 2, the product A is loaded on the product loading plate 4 installed in the horizontal direction on the upper part of the vending machine body 1. Rolled on the product input plate 4 and moved to the front end side of the product input plate 4, controlled in posture by the product guide stopper 5 (preventing product start-up etc.), and dropped and stored in the product column 2. .
[0004]
Conventionally, the product guide stopper 5 shown in FIG. 6 is generally used. That is, the product guide stopper 5 is a connection that connects the upper guide plate 5a extending horizontally in the upper direction, the lower guide plate 5b extending downward in the lower direction, and the upper and lower guide plates 5a, 5b. The connecting plate 5c is pivotally supported so as to be rotatable.
[0005]
According to this product guide stopper 5, when a product A1 (product having a product diameter exceeding 56 mm) indicated by a solid line in FIG. 6 is introduced, when this product reaches the product guide stopper 5, it first collides with the upper guide plate 5a. Then, the product posture is controlled (at this time, the upper guide plate 5a rotates upward), and when it falls downward, it collides with the lower guide plate 5b to further control the posture and is stored in the product column 2. The
[0006]
However, in recent years, products having a product diameter of 56 mm (product A2 indicated by a one-dot chain line in FIG. 6) and products having a diameter of 46 mm (product A3 indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 6) have been sold. In order to control the attitude of the products A2 and A3, the arrangement position of the product insertion plate 4 is moved obliquely upward so as to correspond to the product diameters of the products A2 and A3 (indicated by the one-dot chain line and the two-dot chain line in FIG. 6). ), The product A2 and A3 had to be rearranged so as to collide with the product guide stopper 5.
[0007]
Therefore, in order to eliminate such a troublesome layout change operation, a guide stopper structure shown in FIG. 7 has been proposed. That is, there has been proposed a structure in which the product guide stopper 5 is installed as it is and a product posture control plate 6 is separately provided below the product guide stopper 5. The product attitude control plate 6 is pivotally supported by supporting one end thereof, and is formed so as to protrude toward the inside of the product column 2 by a spring means. According to the product attitude control plate 6, as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 6, even when a small-diameter product A3 is introduced, the product A3 collides with the product attitude control plate 6 to control the attitude.
[0008]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the latter posture control structure, the smaller the product diameter is, the larger the protrusion size of the product posture control plate 6 must be, which obstructs the storage of the product in the product column 2 instead. Had a point. On the other hand, when the projecting dimension is shortened, there is a problem that a product having a small product diameter is not still posture controlled.
[0009]
In addition, the posture disorder of the product A frequently occurs in the portion where the lateral movement is changed to the vertical movement, that is, the product guide stopper 5, but the latter product posture control plate 6 is installed in the product column 2. Therefore, this posture disorder could not be controlled, and there was a possibility that the product standing still occurred in the product column.
[0010]
An object of the present invention is to provide a product guide stopper for a vending machine that can reliably control the posture of various products before storing the products in a product column.
[0011]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a product guide stopper for a vending machine that receives products introduced into a vending machine main body with upper and lower guide plates that can be rotated and guides them to fall on a lower product column. guide plates one item attitude control plate biased been attached so as to protrude toward the product passed through the passage provided in Rutotomoni, other that is biased to protrude toward one product position control plate between the goods pass passage The product attitude control plate has a structure.
[0012]
According to the present invention, since one product posture control plate urged toward the product passage is provided on the lower guide plate, the product posture is reliably controlled before the product is carried into the product column. be able to.
[0013]
Note that one product attitude control plate may be rotatably connected to the lower guide plate and may adopt a structure in which the product posture control plate is urged to rotate toward the product passage by a spring means.
[0014]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
1 to 3 show an embodiment of a product guide stopper of a vending machine according to the present invention, FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the product guide stopper, and FIG. 2 is a side view showing the operation of the product guide stopper. 3 is a plan view showing the operation of the product attitude control plate. Since the configuration of the vending machine is the same as that of the conventional example shown in FIG. 5, the description thereof is omitted and the same components as those of the conventional example are denoted by the same reference numerals.
[0015]
The product guide stopper 10 includes an upper guide plate 11 extending in the lateral direction at the upper side, a lower guide plate 12 extending downward at the lower side, and a connecting plate 13 that connects the upper and lower guide plates 11, 12. And have. The connecting plate 13 is pivotally supported on the upper portion of the side plate 2a of the commodity column 2 through the shaft pin 13b through the shaft 13b that is cut and raised. Further, the product guide stopper 10 has a product posture control plate 14, and the product posture control plate 14 bends the tip obliquely downward as shown in FIG. 1, while curling the rear end and the lower end curling of the lower guide plate 12. Are passed through the connecting shaft 15 in a hinge shape. Thereby, the product attitude control plate 14 is rotatably connected to the lower end of the lower guide plate 12. A coil spring 16 is wound around the connecting shaft 15, and the product posture control plate 14 is rotationally biased by the spring force of the coil spring 16 so as to protrude toward the product passage 20 as shown in FIG. 2. In addition, the protrusion dimension of the product attitude control plate 14 is a dimension in which the product A3 reliably collides with the product attitude control plate 14 in the product passage passage 20 when the product has a minimum diameter, for example, a product A3 having a product diameter of 46 mm. Yes.
[0016]
Next, the operation of the product attitude control plate 14 will be described with reference to FIGS. That is, when the product A3 having the smallest diameter is filled through the product input plate 4, the product A3 reaches the product passage 20 at the boundary between the product input plate 4 and the product column 2. Then, it collides with the product attitude control plate 14 and the product attitude control plate 14 swings. Even if the product A3 rises obliquely at the time of this collision, the posture is controlled in the horizontal state as indicated by the two-dot chain line when the product posture control plate 14 is returned, and dropped and carried out into the product column 2. Needless to say, the attitude of a product having a product diameter larger than that of the product A3 is similarly controlled.
[0017]
According to the present embodiment, since the attitude of the product A3 is controlled before being carried out and dropped onto the product column 2, problems such as product standing do not occur in the product column 2. Further, the posture disorder of the product A3 frequently occurs in the portion where the lateral movement is changed to the vertical movement, that is, the portion of the product guide stopper 10, but the product posture control plate 14 is installed in the product guide stopper 10. Therefore, this product posture disorder is reliably corrected. Further, by setting the protrusion dimension of the product attitude control plate 14 to the product A3 having the minimum diameter, other products having different product diameters can be similarly controlled in posture, and the product input plate 4 corresponding to various products can be controlled. Even if there is no need to change the arrangement or there may be a need to change the arrangement, the change pattern is small. Furthermore, since the posture is not controlled in the product column 2, the product storage operation of the product column 2 is not hindered.
[0018]
Figure 4 shows another embodiment according to the product guide stopper of the vending machine. In this embodiment, the product attitude control plate 6 described in the conventional example is provided in addition to the product guide stopper 10 according to this embodiment.
[0019]
According to this embodiment, since the product posture control plate 14 of the product guide stopper 10 and the other product posture control plate 6 are arranged so as to face each other, the protruding dimensions of the product posture control plates 14 and 6 are shortened. Even so, the product A3 having the smallest diameter is controlled by the product control plates 14 and 6 as indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG.
[0020]
Further, since the projecting dimensions of the product attitude control plates 14 and 6 can be reduced, the operation range of the product attitude control plates 14 and 6 is reduced, and the attitude can be controlled without interfering with other members even in a narrow space. In particular, the operation of the product attitude control plate 6 does not interfere with the product storage operation in the product column 2.
[0021]
Incidentally, as described above there is no need to change the position of the item-on plate 4 in the embodiment has been set the projecting size of each product position control plate 14,6, projecting dimension of the product position control plate 14, 6 Is set to be slightly shorter, the product placement plate 4 need not be changed when the product diameter is 56 mm or more for products A1 and A2, and the one-stage product placement plate 4 is moved upward when the product diameter is A3. You may make it form like this.
[0022]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, since the product posture control plate urged to protrude toward the product passage is provided on the lower guide plate, the product posture disorder is reliably corrected, and The product attitude is controlled before the product is carried into the product column, and the product standing in the product column can be reliably prevented.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a product guide stopper according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a side view showing the operation of the product guide stopper according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a product posture according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is a side view showing the operation of a product guide stopper provided with another product attitude control plate. FIG. 5 is a schematic sectional view of a vending machine. FIG. 7 is a side view showing an example of a product attitude control structure. FIG. 7 is a side view showing another example of a conventional product attitude control structure.
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Vending machine main body, 2 ... Product column, 10 ... Product guide stopper, 6, 14 ... Product posture control board, 11, 12 ... Upper and lower guide plates, 13 ... Connecting plate, 14 ... Product posture control plate, 16 ... Coil spring, 20 ... merchandise passage, A, A1, A2, A3 ... merchandise.

Claims (2)

In the product guide stopper of the vending machine that receives the products put in the vending machine main body with a rotatable upper and lower guide plate and guides it to the product column below,
Rutotomoni provided a product position control plate-biased one as to protrude toward the product passed through the passage to the lower guide plate, with so as to protrude toward one of product position control plate the between the items pass passage A product guide stopper for a vending machine, characterized by having the other product orientation control plate being urged. The product of the vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the one product attitude control plate is rotatably connected to the lower guide plate and is urged to rotate toward the product passage by a spring means. Guide stopper.

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