JPS6245597B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a product storage device for a vending machine that stores canned or bottled products of different sizes.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, support portions 40 each having three or more parallel support passages 41 are provided symmetrically facing each other, and each of the support portions At step 40, any two support passages 41 are selected, and a number of column elements 42 are slidably fitted along the longitudinal direction of the support passages 41, and a storage passage for the product 50 is formed in the space between the column elements 42. A product storage container 1 for a vending machine is known (Utility Model Application No. 142399/1983).

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) In the conventional product storage device of the vending machine, the supporting portion 40 is arranged to accommodate the products 50 of different sizes.
Since any two support paths 41 provided in the product guide path can be selected, when the product 50 passes through the product guide path, the product 50 can be carried out smoothly without changing its posture and getting caught. When changing the support passage 42, it is necessary to remove a large number of column elements 42 from the support passage 41 and refit them into another support passage 41, which is troublesome and time-consuming. Ta.

(Object of the Invention) In view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, the present invention is capable of changing the width of a product guide path according to products of different dimensions, and not only allows the products to be carried out smoothly, but also allows changing the width of the product guide path. To provide a product storage container for a vending machine that can be easily used.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention has a bent front wall and a rear wall facing each other with a gap between the side plates and extending in the vertical direction to form a meandering product. A product storage container for a vending machine that forms a guide path includes a front wall formed by a plurality of arcuate plates fixed between side plates, and a plurality of arcuate plates and a guide plate, the arcuate plates being provided on the side plates. The guide plate has a rear wall movable through an oblique horizontal hole provided in the side plate, and a rear wall that extends vertically on both sides of the side plate. A connecting plate movably connects the plates, and an actuating plate movably connected to the connecting plate and stacked on the outside of the connecting plate, the upper part of the actuating plate being connected to the connecting plate in a vertical direction. The actuating plate is connected by a shaft through a long hole and an inclined long hole provided in the side plate, and the lower part of the actuating plate is connected through a guide plate movably provided through the vertical long hole and the inclined long hole. The guide plate portion is provided with a position setting member formed of an operating rod that can be freely engaged with and detached from a plurality of locking plates provided on the side plate.

(Function) According to the invention, the position setting member is provided at the lower part of the guide plate movable along the inclined elongated hole of the side plate, and is comprised of an operating rod that can be freely engaged and detached from a plurality of locking holes provided in the side plate. When the guide plate is removed from the locking hole in the side plate, moved to an arbitrary setting position, and relatched to the locking hole provided in the side plate, the guide plate moves along the oblique long hole in the side plate, and the guide plate An actuating plate connected by a shaft moves along an inclined elongated hole in the side plate. Further, a movable rear wall connected to the actuating plate by a shaft moves in a direction to expand or contract the product guide path.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 and FIGS. 5 to 7 show embodiments of the present invention, and the same components as those of the conventional example are denoted by the same reference numerals. Namely, 1 is a product storage device installed in the main body of the vending machine, 2 is a left and right side plate provided with a plurality of connecting plates 3, 4, 5, and 6 so as to maintain a parallel state with an interval between them; 7; 8 and 9 are meandering product guide paths formed between the side plates 2; 10, 11, and 12 are product filling ports of each product guide path 7, 8, and 9; and 13, 14, and 15 are product guide paths 7 and 8. , 9 product outlet 16, 17,
This is a product discharge control device such as a star wheel and seesaw system installed at 18.

The product guide path 7 is located at the front between the side plates 2, facing each other via the chord sides of a plurality of arcuate plates 19 disposed in the vertical direction, and facing each other at staggered positions in the vertical direction, and at the upper part. A guide plate 20 is provided at the product filling port 10 portion of the product filling port 10, and a guide plate 21 having an arcuate portion 21a formed at the upper portion facing the product discharge control device 13 with a gap therebetween is provided at the product discharge port 16 at the lower part to form a substantially serpentine shape. It was formed.

As shown in FIG. 5, the upper product guide path 7 is constructed by inserting a plurality of shafts 22 between the side plates 2 to prevent the front guide plate 20, arcuate plate 19, and product discharge control device 13 from coming off (not shown). The rear arcuate plate 19 is fixed at both ends by inserting a shaft 22 into a horizontal long hole 23 provided in the side plate 2 so that the product guide path 7 can be widened or narrowed. Both ends of the guide plate 22 are fixed to the movable connecting plate 4 provided on the outside of the side plate 2 with a retainer (not shown), and the guide plate 21 is attached to the side plate 2 so that the product outlet 16 can be widened or narrowed. The shaft 22 is inserted through a movable actuating plate 27 provided on top of the connecting plate 24 through an inclined elongated hole 25 provided in the connecting plate 24 and a vertical elongated hole 26 provided in the connecting plate 24, and exits from both ends thereof. It has a stopper.

The actuating plate 27 is a connecting plate 2 extending vertically.
4, an inclined long hole 25 provided in the side plate 2 and a vertical elongated hole 2 provided in the connecting plate 24.
The shaft 22 is inserted through the shaft 22 through the shaft 6 to prevent it from coming off (not shown), and each pair of connecting plates 24 and operating plates 27 are connected on both sides of the side plate 2.

Furthermore, a position setting member 28 is provided at the lower end of the guide plate 21, as shown in FIG. any locking hole 2
9a, 29b, 29c, and 29d, the width of the product guide path 7 can be set arbitrarily.

The position setting member 28 has two upright pieces 31 and 3 spaced apart from each other below the bent portions 21b and 21b that stand up on both sides of the rear surface of the guide plate 21.
2, a spring 34 is elastically loaded between the R-shaped pins 33 inserted into the operating rods 30, and the locking ends 30a, 30a of the operating rods 30, 30 are urged to protrude outward, respectively. be.

The operating rods 30, 30 are provided with operating end portions 30b, 30b which are opposite to each other and bent into a circular shape.

A notch 24a is provided at the opposing portion of the guide plate 20 on the front side of the product guide path 7 of the connecting plate 24 and the fixed portion of the arcuate plate 19 so as not to hinder the movement of the connecting plate 24, and a reinforcing upright is provided on the rear side. A portion 24b is provided. Similarly, a reinforcing standing portion 27a is provided on the front side of the actuating plate 27.

The product guide paths 8 and 9 also have roughly the same configuration, so a description thereof will be omitted.

According to this embodiment, in order to store any cylindrical product in the product storage container 1, the product guide paths 7, 8, and 9 are individually set to have a predetermined width depending on the product to be stored.

First, to change the width of the product guide path 7,
As shown in the figure and FIG. 6, the operating ends 30b, 30b of the operating rod 30 of the position setting member 28 provided on the guide plate 21 of the product discharge port 16 are pinched with fingers, and the locking ends 30a, 30a are Locking hole 2 of side plate 2
Release the engagement with 9a, 29b, 29c, 29d,
Next, when the guide plate 21 is moved in the direction of arrow a,
Since the actuating plate 27 moves in the direction of arrow b along the long hole 25 of the side plate 2, or the connecting plate 24 moves in the direction of arrow c along the long hole 26 of the side plate 2, the long hole 2 of the side plate 2 moves.
3 in the same direction, the width of the product guide path 7 is changed. At this time, the locking ends 30a, 30a of the operating rod 30 and the locking hole 29a,
29b, 29c, and 29d are opposed to each other in the operating end 3.
Loosen the force of fingers 0b and 30b and lock end 30
a, 30a into predetermined locking holes 29a, 29b, 29
c, 29d, the product guide path 7
can be set at a predetermined position corresponding to the stored products A and B.

Therefore, the width of the product guide path 7 can be selected to be optimal for a wide variety of stored products.
In addition to preventing the product from standing up and getting stuck inside the bottle, it also has the effect of completely preventing the bottle from cracking since the speed at which the product rolls and falls in the meandering product guide path 7 is set to an appropriate speed. (If a small product is filled into a wide product guide path, the product will roll and fall quickly, often resulting in damage to the product.) Furthermore, according to this embodiment, not only the product guide path 7 but also the product filling port 10 Since the width of the product filling port 10 is also changed at the same time, there is an effect that there is no need to provide a loading regulating device that regulates the width of the product filling port 10 so that products smaller than a predetermined size can be stored as in the past. .

Further, according to this embodiment, the position setting member 28 is constituted by the operating rods 30, 30 provided at the lower part of the guide plate 21 and the locking holes 29a, 29b, 29c, 29d of the side plate 2, so that the product guide The width of road 7 can be changed very easily with just one touch.
Moreover, since the product storage container 1 can be operated with the product storage device 1 installed in the vending machine main body, it is possible to obtain a vending machine with excellent operability.

When changing the width of the product guide path 7 with one touch,
It is preferable to provide a small protrusion on the sliding surface between the actuating plate 27 and the actuating plate 27 to form a slight gap between each member, thereby reducing the force required during operation.

Although only 7 has been described above, the same applies to product guide paths 8 and 9, so the explanation will be omitted.

In addition, in the embodiment described above, the arc plate 19 of the rear wall
moves substantially horizontally along the elongated hole 23 of the side plate 2, while the guide plate 21 moves along the inclination of the elongated hole 25 of the side plate 2. Further, the diagonal movement of the guide plate 21 prevents stored products from getting caught when the distance between the upper end of the guide plate 21 and the lower end of the adjacent arcuate plate 19 is too wide when the product guide path 7 is narrowed. It is. Therefore, if there is no such concern, it is sufficient to provide it so that it can move only horizontally, similar to the arcuate plate 19.

In that case, the locking hole 29 of the position setting member 28
a, 29b, 29c, and 29d are arranged horizontally, and a moving shaft 22 connecting the pair of left and right actuating plates 27 is provided near the position setting member 28 so that the actuating plates 27 can be moved up and down when setting the position. It is convenient to have one.

In this way, the position setting member 28 does not necessarily need to be provided on the guide plate 21, and may be provided between the coupled pair of left and right actuating plates 27 and the side plates 2.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, the present invention allows the position setting member to be removed from the side plate, moved to an arbitrary setting position, and relatched to the side plate, thereby moving the connecting plate connected to the position setting member. Furthermore, since the other wall to which the connecting plate is connected moves in the direction of enlarging or contracting the product guide path, it has the effect that the width of the product guide path can be easily changed according to the dimensions of the stored products. .

Furthermore, by connecting the actuating plate to the connecting plate, the connecting plate moves only in the horizontal direction, which has the effect that the height of the product storage container can be shortened and the installation space can be reduced.

In addition, by forming the position setting member with a plurality of locking holes provided on the side plate and a removable operating rod provided on the guide plate forming the lower part of the movable rear wall, the width of the product guide path can be increased. This has the effect of making it possible to finely and easily fine-tune the rear wall, and also making the rear wall more firmly fixed at the set position.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 and 5 to 7 show an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of a product storage container of a vending machine showing an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a side sectional view of a product storage container of a vending machine showing a conventional example, Fig. 3 is a side sectional view of a support passage constituting the product storage of a vending machine showing a conventional example, and Fig. 4 is a conventional example. FIG. 2 is a partial side view of a product storage container of a vending machine showing an example. FIG. 5 is a partial side sectional view of a product storage container of a vending machine showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 6 is a partial side sectional view of a product storage container of a vending machine showing an embodiment of the invention, and FIG. The figure is a front view of a position setting member constituting a product storage container of a vending machine showing an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1...Product storage container, 2...Side plate, 7,
8, 9... Product guide path, 19... Arc plate, 20,
21... Guide plate, 22... Shaft, 23, 25, 26
... Long hole, 24 ... Actuation plate, 28 ... Position setting member, 29a, 29b, 29c, 29d ... Locking hole, 30 ... Operation rod, 40 ... Support part, 41 ...
Support passage, 42... Column element, 50... Product.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a product storage device for a vending machine in which a bent front wall and a rear wall are opposed to each other with a space between them and extend vertically to form a meandering product guide path, A front wall formed by a plurality of fixed arc plates, a plurality of arc plates and a guide plate, the arc plate being movable through a horizontal long hole provided in the side plate, and the guide plate being provided in the side plate. a rear wall that is movable through an inclined elongated hole;
a connecting plate extending vertically on both sides of the side plate and movably connecting the arcuate plates of the rear wall; and an actuating plate movably connected to the connecting plate and stacked on the outside of the connecting plate. , the upper part of the actuating plate is connected by a shaft through a vertical elongated hole provided in the connecting plate and an inclined elongated hole provided in the side plate, and the lower part of the actuating plate is connected to the vertical elongated hole. and are connected via a guide plate movably provided through the inclined elongated hole, and a position setting member consisting of an operating rod that can be freely engaged and detached from a plurality of locking plates provided on the side plate is provided at the bottom of the guide plate. A product storage container for a vending machine that is characterized by: