JPS5815832B2 - Fukushikijido Hanbaiki - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a vending machine having multiple sales counters.

What are the multiple sales windows of the present invention? For example, in a conventionally used vending machine, a sales window for a predetermined product is provided with an operation function and is opened only on one side (mainly the front) of the vending machine housing. Therefore, in a rectangular vending machine, the remaining three sides are completely north.

In view of this, the present invention means that the vending surface is provided on multiple sides of the vending machine housing, and the present invention is particularly effective in that the vending surface is provided on multiple sides of the vending machine housing. It is intended to provide a product having a sales window on the front and back sides.

For example, it is possible to increase the efficiency of sales to customers at a time when the store is temporarily crowded, or to make it possible to replenish goods in the storage room from another side even when sales are in progress.

Furthermore, the configuration of the present invention allows sales of both sides at almost the same time, with a difference in sales time, and one storage unit formed within the housing is common to both sides.

It is clear that the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 represents only one example of a number of embodiments of the arrangement according to the invention, and in this case it is of course possible that, by design changes, the invention may be modified. It can also be adapted to each application without departing from the general inventive idea on which it is based.

For example, by changing a very small portion of the electrical circuit, it becomes possible to manually operate either sales surface to enable free release sales.

However, there is a problem in that configuring these multiple sales windows increases costs.

For example, these problems are caused by money sorting mechanisms and product selection devices installed on the inside, respectively, but these problems can be solved by increasing the sales effect by changing the location and method of installation, and their proportion in the price is small.

Next, one embodiment of the present invention will be explained in detail with reference to drawings in a two-row circuit configuration. 1 is a casing of a vending machine, and 2 and 2' are doors on one side and the other side of the casing 1. It is rotatably supported at hinges 3 and 3'.

4 is a signboard fixed to the upper part of the group on the two sides.

5 is a coin input port connected to a coin sorting mechanism 13.

6 and 6' are push buttons for product selection, provided on both sides respectively.

It also includes a control surface 14 that is commonly controlled.

7 is a coin return counter and 8 is a product sales counter.

The above-mentioned members shown in FIG. 1 are respectively provided on both sides of the door, and the construction of these members is already known.

However, the product storage 9 provided inside the housing 1 is common for double-sided sales, and some products 10 have a structure in which cooled or heated products 11 are distributed to both sides by a gate member 12. ing.

The figure shows one state in which the products in the first and third product capacity columns are delivered to the front, and the products in the second and fourth columns are delivered to the back.

As described above, this invention is characterized in that both sides have a coin slot for receiving hardening and a sales window for taking out products, and the storage for products is shared on both sides.

FIG. 1 shows an example of the structure. The curing and sorting devices provided on both sides can be used at the same time, and their signals are sent to a circuit housing 14 provided with a control circuit.

That is, when a coin is inserted from 5 and the product selection button 6 is pressed, the product sales mechanism operates, but since the storage section 9 is common to both sides, one side and the other side (hereinafter referred to as A side and B side for convenience) A gate mechanism is configured to deliver the product to the side where either one of the selection buttons is pressed.

In other words, when a coin is inserted into either side A or B, the selection device operates, activating the common sales mechanism, and using the gate mechanism, the products are distributed to the side that activated the selection device. We are using a method of selling.

A problem that occurs at this point is that when both sides A and B are used at the same time, a situation arises in which the articles cannot be ejected from both sides at the same time.

That is, the circuit configuration diagram shown in FIG. 2 is intended to solve the above-mentioned problem when used simultaneously.

The operation of the present invention will be explained in detail below based on FIG.

Coins are inserted into the coin sorting and counting mechanisms 13 and 13', and genuine coins are counted by a counting circuit (not shown), and buttons 6 and 6' on sides A and B are pressed to give a product sales command to the product selection device 14. , 14' are activated, both signals are sent to AND circuits 15, 15', and the logical product signals are sent to and stored in bistable multi-by-break storage circuits 16, 16' that store product sales instructions, respectively. .

Assuming that the human side operates ahead of the B side by an instantaneous time difference, the memory circuit 16 will be reversed first, and the message "Please wait for a while" will be displayed on the display device 18 on the A side via the amplifier circuit 17. In operation is displayed, and then the memory circuit 16' is inverted and the display device 18' is displayed on the B side via the amplifier circuit 17'.
``Please wait for a while'' is displayed.

The second AND circuits 19 and 19' are memory circuits 16 and 1.
The AND operation is performed by the output terminals Q of 6' and the output "1" of Q.

The second AND circuits 19 and 19' are judgment circuits for determining the priority of product delivery based on the input from the bistable memory circuits (FLIP, FLOP) 16 and 16'. Since the surface has priority, the above A
The ND circuit 19 first performs an AND operation with the signals Q of the memory circuit 18 and Q of the memory circuit 16', and the second memory circuit (FLIP-PLOP) 20 stores the result until the product discharge is completed and outputs the sales signal from Q. occurs.

The AND circuit 21 provided thirdly connects the memory circuits 16 and 20 and the mechanism 13 when the sales by the sales mechanism 25 driven 1 by the output of the memory circuit 20 is completed.
The mechanism 13 is for resetting or returning the
The reset may be performed by passing the output of the AND circuit 15 through a delay circuit.

The OR circuit 22 provided next is an OR circuit for operating a sales mechanism common to sides A and B, and its output is amplified by a circuit 23 and sent to A through a drive circuit 24.

The signal is transmitted to a driving part 25 such as a solenoid or a motor of the sales mechanism shared by B.

Furthermore, 26 and 26' are gate members 1 for distributing products sent from the sales mechanism to side A or side B using amplifiers.
This is for exciting the driving parts 27, 27' for driving the motors 2.

Depending on the method of the gate member, 26, 26' and 27,
It is also possible to configure 27' as one set.

The mechanism for dropping the product 11 from the storage 9 is constructed using a conventionally known method, and in the case of the present invention, a method of dropping the product 11 by excitation of a solenoid is adopted (therefore, structural drawings are omitted).

Thus, when the sale of side A is completed according to the output of the memory circuit 20, a signal indicating the completion of the sale is sent to the AND circuit 21 by the product discharge detector or timer 28, and the sale of side A is completed as described above. The mechanism is completely restored.

When the advance sale is completed in this way, the AND circuit 19/ is ANDed at the same time as the memory circuit 16 is restored, so the sale of the 8th side is started, and the sales mechanism operates in exactly the same way as for the A side, and the AND circuit 21 is It will be reset and sales of both A and B will end.

Reference numerals 29 and 29' designate devices for rejecting and rejecting input coins until reset when the corresponding mechanisms 13 and 13' reach a predetermined count.

By employing four bistable memory circuits for two series as described above, a sequential preferential sales method can be obtained when used almost simultaneously.

Of course, the above-mentioned method is only one embodiment of the present invention, and the types of sales windows can be arbitrarily formed based on the concept of the present invention of a vending machine having a plurality of sales windows.

For example, in a rectangular vending machine, one side constitutes the vending device and the other side is a vending machine that can be taken out manually, or for example, one side has the vending mechanism and the other side is the vending machine. The gist and feature of the present invention is that it is possible to adopt a method applied to cases, or in other words, a sales method that departs from the conventional sales concept of only one aspect.

In addition to the above-described embodiments, the scope of the present invention also covers a vending machine in which a product sales command is given by inserting currency and the product can be sold immediately.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows the configuration of a control circuit of the double-sided vending machine shown in FIG. 16, 16'... Memory circuit, 19, 19'...
... Judgment circuit, 25 ... Print bottom mechanism.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A vending machine equipped with two sales windows, and a circuit that generates a sales signal to activate the sales mechanism when a product sales command is given is provided corresponding to the sales window,
Each series of circuits corresponding to the sales counter is provided with a memory circuit that stores the product sales command and becomes a non-memory state when sales are made by the own series, and the memory circuit of the own series is in a memory state. and a determination circuit that generates a determination output for determining sales of the own series in the sales organization when the storage circuit of the other series is in a non-memory state, and the product is stored in one of the series with a slight time difference. When a sales command is given, the sales mechanism is activated by the sales signal output based on the judgment output of the judgment circuit corresponding to the preceding product sales command, and the sale of the preceding product causes the subsequent sale of the product. A multiple vending machine characterized in that the vending mechanism is operated by the vending signal outputted based on the judgment output of the judgment circuit corresponding to a command.