JPS6057115B2 - vending machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to the structure of a vending machine that is formed thin.

A vending machine that stacks products and pushes them out one by one sells them individually. Must be configured internally.

For this reason, the vending machine had the drawback of requiring an extremely large width and space compared to the width of the actual product, making the vending machine quite large.

In particular, when stacked products are pushed out one by one from the bottom, the rounded corners of the rear ends of the pushed out products come into contact with the corners of the next stacked products, which acts in the pushing direction, making it difficult to carry out the product. In addition to the normal extrusion operation, the product is pushed out irregularly, and due to this, the product may be carried out in a state where it seems to pop out from the opening of the column.

Therefore, if the direction in which the product is pushed out and the path through which it falls must be made sufficiently wide, the product will be in an irregular position and cannot be properly transferred to the sales outlet below. It had some drawbacks.

In view of these circumstances, the present invention provides a vending machine that, when carrying out stacked products one by one from the bottom, pushes out the products to be carried out so that they do not fly out, and allows them to fall in a good posture before being sold. is intended to provide.

The present invention will be explained below based on an embodiment shown in the drawings. Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view of the main part of the vending machine according to the invention, and Fig. 2 shows the state in which the product is pushed out. It is a diagram.

In Figure 1, the vending machine has column 2 in case 1.
is erected, and the front lower end of the column 2 is cut out to form an opening 3.

A base 9 is disposed at the bottom of the column 2 to support the products 4, 5, 6, and 7 stacked in the column 2, and the base 9 is provided with a space below the opening 3 of the column 2. 1
The front end 11 is bent downward to form a flat surface 12 of the base 9 so that the products 4 can be stacked at the bottom of the column 2 surrounding the stacked products.

7 Furthermore, a slit 13 is formed in the base 9 in the front-rear direction of the column 2, and an extrusion plate 14 is provided that passes through the slit 13 from below.

The lower end of the push-out plate 14 is pivoted and supported by a pin 16 provided on a movable body 15 that moves back and forth below the base 9.

A slide 18 is provided in front of the base 9, and the rear end 17 is pivoted on the lower side of the base 2, and the movable body 15 moves forward along the lower side of the slide 18 with its tip. It is configured to be pushed out.

Furthermore, the movable body 15 is a driving body 19 shown in a simplified manner.
It is configured to reciprocate a certain distance under the base 9.

Furthermore, the product 8 indicated by the dotted line is shown in a state where it slides and falls from the slide 18.

In FIG. 2, product 4 is pushed into column 2 by extrusion plate 14.
The slide 18 is shown horizontally receiving the product 4. Such an extrusion plate 14 and slide 1
8, until the product 4 pushed out by the extrusion plate 14 is pushed forward from the opening 3, that is, the end point of the forward movement, which is the top dead center of the forward movement of the extrusion plate 14, is All openings 3
The product 8 is moved to a position where the product 8 does not come out from the product 8, and the product 8 is transported out by rotating the slide 18 at the pivoting portion so as to be tilted downward during the step in which the push-out plate 14 moves back. The slide 18 is not limited to being lowered as the extrusion plate 14 moves backward in this way, but can be rotated at the end of the forward movement of the extrusion plate 14 to tilt or hang the product 8. Anything that eliminates the effect of supporting this is good.

In this embodiment, the extrusion plate 14 is connected to the movable body 15 by a pin 16 so as to operate in conjunction with the movable body 15, but based on the same concept, instead of driving the slide 18 by the movable body 15, only the slide 18 is driven independently. The same effect can be obtained by operating the extrusion plate 14 in conjunction with the operating process of the extrusion plate 14 using a solenoid l.

In general, the necessary operation can be obtained at any process position by using components such as solenoids that are operated by electric signals, and the process is not limited to this example and can be implemented by other methods. There are things.

Further, according to this embodiment, the slide 18 becomes horizontal due to the forward movement of the extrusion plate 14, and rotates and hangs down due to the backward movement, and is not mechanically configured. Therefore, it is said that the structure can be constructed without the need to provide a position detector such as a microswitch to operate a solenoid or the like.

Selection of these configurations can be made in any convenient manner. In such a configuration, when a product sales command is issued by a sales command device (not shown) in the vending machine, the drive body 19 operates and the movable body 15 moves from the rear to the front under the base 9. Make a back and forth motion.

At this time, the pushing plate 14 pushes the product 4 into the column 2 by the pin 16.
As it is pushed out, the tip of the movable body 15 pushes the lower side of the slide 18, and since the end of the slide 18 is pivoted, it rotates and becomes horizontal, forming a plane on the extension of the base 9.

Then, the extrusion plate 14 further extrudes the product 4, and the second
When the position shown in the figure is reached, the driving body 19 is reversed and the movable body 15 is moved backward, and the push-out plate 14 is moved by the pin 16.
to retreat.

Therefore, the product 4 pushed out from the column 2 is placed on the slide 1.
When the slide 18 is left in the state of being transferred onto the top of the slide 8 and is tilted by the movable body 15 moving back further, using the pivoted end 17 as a fulcrum as shown in FIG. It falls as per product 8.

As described above, by one reciprocating motion of the movable body 15, the extrusion body 14 pushes out the lowest stacked product 4 from the column 2, and receives it on the rotating slide 18 which becomes horizontal.
Further, the extrusion plate 14 is moved back and the slide 18 is tilted so that the extruded product 4 can fall as the product 8 shown by the dotted line.

Therefore, the product 4 pushed out from the column 2 is first caught by the slide 18, and then the slide 18 is tilted to allow the product 4 to fall, and the falling product 8 maintains a constant posture and moves downward. This is extremely convenient when establishing a sales outlet.

Secondly, a space is formed below the opening 3 of the column 2, and the products 4 to be transported in this space are received by the slide 18, so that the stacked products 5, 6, 7 and the base 9 are There is no need to completely pull out the products 5 in the push-out direction from the gap, and the products 4 to be transported can be dropped from the state where the products 5 in the next stage are on top of the products 4 to be transported, and the stacked products 5, 6, 7 acts on the rear corner of the product 4 to be transported, causing the product 4 to be irregularly moved.
There is no danger that the material will fly out, and in particular, it can be effectively prevented from jumping upward from the opening 3 and being carried out.

Furthermore, thirdly, the product 4 pushed out from the column 2 does not need to be removed from the bottom of the completely stacked products 5, 6, and 7. 4 is not pinched between them, and is guided downward by a slide 18 that tilts and falls in a good posture, so the space between case 1 and column 2 can be minimized, and a thin vending machine is constructed. It is extremely convenient to do so.

The drive body 19 may be one employed in a conventional automatic vending machine delivery mechanism, as long as it is capable of reciprocating the movable body 15 over a predetermined distance below the base 9. For example, the driving body 19 is configured to rotate, and the rotation sends the movable body 15 to one side, and after the movable body 15 has moved a certain distance, the rotation of the driving body 19 is reversed and the movable body 15 is sent to the other side. This can be easily implemented by configuring it to be moved. Further, the extrusion plate 14 is for extruding the product 4,
A bar-shaped one is sufficient, but if the heavy weight of products 5, 6, and 7 stacked on product 4 is applied, the friction may cause damage to the pressed part of product 4, so It is preferable to use a plate having a width of . As explained above, according to the present invention, a slide that rotates in the extrusion direction of the base is provided, a space is formed below the opening of the column, and the product pushed into this space is caused to fall by the slide. The product can be dropped in a stable position, and it is not necessarily necessary to completely remove the product from between the stacked products and the base to allow the product to slide down from underneath the stacked product. Since a large space between the column and the case for pushing out products is not required, a particularly thin vending machine can be easily formed. Therefore, it is extremely effective in making vending machines thin, and its effects are industrially significant.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a main part of a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, showing a part for discharging products, and FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining its operation. 1... Case, 2... Column, 9...
...Base, 10...Space, 14...
・Extrusion plate, 152...Movable body, 18...
slide.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A column that surrounds the products to be stacked, an opening provided at the lower front end of this column, a base that forms a space below this opening and stacks the products, and a top surface of the base that is viewed from behind in front of the opening. an extrusion plate that reciprocates once until the extrusion plate moves forward; a slide that is provided in the space at approximately the same horizontal position as the base and whose rear side is pivoted and rotates downward; A vending machine characterized in that the slide is connected to the movement of the extrusion plate so that it hangs down as the extrusion plate retreats.