JP4360032B2 - Vending machine product storage rack - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a product storage rack of a vending machine for a serpentine product storage rack that stores products such as cans, bottles, and plastic bottles in a line in the vertical direction.
[0002]
[Prior art]
First, FIG. 2 shows the configuration of a vending machine equipped with the serpentine product storage rack described above. In the figure, 1 is a main body case of a vending machine, 2 is a front outer door, 2a is a product outlet, 3 is a heat insulating inner door, 4 is a product takeout shooter that leads to the product outlet 2a, and 5 is cooling / heating in the cabinet A serpentine-type product storage rack 6 that defines meandering product storage columns 6a arranged in the front-rear and left-right directions is mounted in the cabinet of the main body case 1, and a bend mechanism is provided at the outlet side of each column 6a. 7 and a passage width regulating plate 8 are incorporated so as to face each other with the outlet passage 9 interposed therebetween.
[0003]
With such a configuration, the products 10 such as cans, bottles, and plastic bottles are stacked and stored in a vertical row for each column 6a of the product storage rack 6 as shown in the figure, and when the bend mechanism 7 is operated based on the sales command, As is well known, the products 10 are sequentially taken out from the products 10 and sent to the product outlet 2a via the shooter 4. The assembly structure of the serpentine type product storage rack is as shown in FIG. 3, and a rack segment 12 and a top tray 13 are installed between a pair of rack side plates 11 which are erected on the left and right sides to store the product. A column 6a is defined, and a bend mechanism 7 and a passage width regulating plate 8 are assembled on the outlet side of each column.
[0004]
Here, regarding the support structure of the passage width restricting plate 8, as shown in FIG. 4, upper and lower setting grooves 14 formed on the rack side plate 11 with support pins 8 a protruding leftward and rightward from the upper and lower portions of the passage width restricting plate 8. , 15 and are supported so that the widths d1 and d2 of the outlet passage 9 with the bend mechanism 7 are matched with the diameters of the small diameter product 10S and the large diameter product 10L, respectively.
[0005]
In the case of selling the small-diameter product 10S with such a structure, the passage width regulating plate 8 is set at a position represented by I in the figure, and the outlet passage width with the bend mechanism 7 is set to d1. Further, when changing the sales product to the large-diameter product 10L, the passage width regulating plate 8 is moved from the position I to the II along the upper and lower setting grooves 14 and 15 so as to increase the outlet passage width to d2. To do.
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Today's vending machines are required to have a slim configuration to cope with problems such as overhanging on the road, and the product storage efficiency is reduced by reducing the depth dimension of the product storage rack as much as possible. Is an important issue.
By the way, in the support structure of the passage width restriction plate 8 shown in FIG. 4, the passage width restriction is performed in the process of changing the passage width restriction plate 8 from I → II or II → I according to the diameter size of the products 10S and 10L. Since the upper and lower support pins 8a of the plate 8 move along the upper and lower setting grooves 14 and 15 formed in the rack side plate 11, the plate 8 is inclined obliquely so that the posture of the passage width regulating plate 8 is indicated by a chain line in the middle. , P and Q are displaced within the range represented by P and Q, and the restricting plate appears and disappears from the set positions I and II in the rack depth direction. In this case, the forward projecting range d represented by P is particularly a problem. If the projecting range d is large, the rack is used to avoid interference between the passage width regulating plate 8 and other in-flight structures in the vicinity thereof. It is necessary to secure an extra play gap in the depth direction, and as a result, the depth dimension of the product storage rack increases, making it difficult to slim the vending machine. In this respect, if the setting grooves 14 and 15 are shaped as shown in FIG. 4, the range d protruding forward of the rack when the set of the passage width regulating plate 8 is switched increases.
[0007]
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to improve the vending machine product storage so as to contribute to the reduction of the rack depth dimension and the slimming of the vending machine by reducing the protruding range associated with the switching of the set of the passage width regulating plate. To provide a rack.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a product passage is formed between a pair of rack side plates erected opposite to the left and right, and stores products in a line in the vertical direction, and on the outlet side of the product passage. The vending machine has a bend mechanism and a passage width regulating plate facing each other across the exit passage, and the products stacked and stored in the product passage by the operation of the bend mechanism based on the sales order are dropped and carried out in order from the bottom. The product storage rack, wherein the passage width regulating plate is inserted into and supported by upper and lower setting grooves formed on the rack side plate by supporting pins protruding laterally from the upper and lower portions thereof, and the exit passage width between the bend mechanism the in that as to match the diameter size of the goods sold, setting grooves of the upper side extends the lower end groove in the hanging direction with an upper end groove that extends obliquely upward toward the outlet passage side The lower side setting groove has a guide groove portion that connects the both end groove portions with both end groove portions that lock the support pins extending obliquely downward toward the outside of the outlet passage. Are formed in a concave shape to form a substantially M-shape .
[0009]
By setting the setting groove that guides and supports the passage width restriction plate of the product storage rack to the above shape, the restriction plate moves from the set position to the rack depth when changing the passage width restriction plate according to the diameter size of the product. The range that appears and disappears in the direction can be reduced, thereby reducing the play gap necessary for avoiding interference with the passage width regulating plate and reducing the depth dimension of the product storage rack, and hence the vending machine.
[0010]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the example shown in FIG. In addition, in the figure of an Example, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the same member corresponding to FIG. 4, and the detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.
In the illustrated embodiment, the support structure of the passage width restricting plate 8 is basically the same as that shown in FIG. 4, and the upper and lower portions of the rack side plate 11 formed with support pins 8 a protruding sideways from the upper and lower portions of the passage width restricting plate 8. The setting grooves 14 and 15 are inserted and supported, but in the illustrated embodiment, the upper setting groove 14 and the lower setting groove 15 are formed in the following shapes.
[0011]
That is, the upper setting groove 14 has an approximately S-shaped winding shape, the upper end groove portion 14a extends obliquely upward toward the outlet passage 9 side, and the lower end groove portion 14c extends in the hanging direction. The upper end groove portion 14a and the lower end groove portion 14c are connected by an inclined guide groove portion 14b . On the other hand, the lower setting groove 15 has a substantially M-shaped winding shape, and both end groove portions 15a and 15b extend obliquely downward toward the outside of the outlet passage 9 to connect the both end groove portions 15a and 15b. The guide groove 15c has a concave waveform.
[0012]
By determining the shapes of the upper and lower setting grooves 14 and 15 as described above, the passage width regulating plate 8 appears in the depth direction of the rack in the process of changing the position between the positions I and II according to the diameter size of the product. The ranges P and Q are as shown in the figure, and are reduced compared to the range shown in FIG. This is possible by combining a substantially S-shaped upper setting groove 14 in which the upper end groove portion 14a extends obliquely upward toward the inside of the passage and a substantially M-shaped lower setting groove 15 in which the guide groove portion 15c has a waveform. It becomes. That is, the guide groove portion 15c of the lower setting groove 15 causes the passage width restricting plate 8 to be in the middle of switching, and the upper end groove portion 14a of the upper setting groove 14 faces the inner side of the passage so that the forward protruding range is increased. to shrink.
[0013]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, with respect to the setting groove on the rack side plate side that supports the passage width regulating plate assembled to the product storage rack, the upper setting groove of the upper side setting groove faces the outlet passage side. The lower end side of the setting groove is directed toward the outside of the outlet passage. The guide groove portion that extends obliquely downward and connects the groove portions on both ends is formed in a concave shape to form a substantially M-shape . The play gap can be reduced, and as a result, the depth dimension of the product storage rack can be reduced to improve the product storage efficiency and contribute to the promotion of slimming of the vending machine.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a support structure of a passage width regulating plate in a product storage rack according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a vending machine equipped with a serpentine product storage rack according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a structural perspective view of a serpentine type product storage rack in FIG. 2. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a support structure of a passage width regulating plate in a conventional product storage rack.
6 Product storage rack 6a Product storage column 7 Bend mechanism 8 Passage width regulating plate 8a Support pin 9 Exit passage 10 Product 10S Small diameter product 10L Large diameter product 11 Rack side plate 14 Setting groove (upper part)
14a Upper end groove part 14b Lower end groove part 15 Setting groove (lower part)
15a, 15b Grooves on both ends

Claims (1)

A product passage is formed between a pair of rack side plates erected opposite to the left and right to store products in a line in the vertical direction, and a bend mechanism and a passage width regulating plate are disposed on the outlet side of the product passage with the exit passage interposed therebetween. It is a product storage rack of a vending machine that is oppositely deployed and configured to drop and carry out the products stacked and stored in the product passage by the operation of the bend mechanism based on the sales order. In the support pins protruding from the upper and lower sides to the upper and lower setting grooves formed on the rack side plates, respectively, the outlet passage width with the bend mechanism is matched to the diameter size of the product for sale. the upper side of the setting groove shape and without which has a substantially S-shaped lower end groove extending in the hanging direction with an upper end groove that extends obliquely upward toward the outlet passage side, of the lower side Teimizo is a shape that has a substantially M-shape to form a guide groove connecting between said end grooves with both ends grooves for locking the support pin extends obliquely downward toward the outside of the outlet passage to the concave Vending machine product storage rack characterized by what has been done.

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