JPH0142037B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a product storage shelf device for a vending machine that rollably stores cylindrical products.

(b) Conventional technology Conventionally, as shown in Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 54-96697, this type of device has been constructed with left and right side plates and a conveyor rail bent into a serpentine shape installed between the side plates. In a product storage shelf that divides the aisle, a movable side rail extends along the entire area along the product aisle, and the installation position of this movable side rail is adjusted in the width direction of the product aisle according to the product size. A configuration is known in which a side rail mounting seat is provided which is adjustable and movable at an upper product input end and a lower product output end.

(c) Problems to be Solved by the Invention In this conventional configuration, when changing the width of the product input port and the product passage, it is necessary to attach and detach the fixing screw, and therefore, the change operation is time-consuming. .

In view of the above, the present invention provides a device that can easily and reliably change the width of the product input port and the product path by simply sliding the device without performing attachment/detachment operations.

(d) Means for Solving the Problems The present invention provides a product passage for rotatably storing cylindrical products between an upper product input port and a lower product delivery port, and In a vending machine that is provided with a guide device that guides the insertion of products in an aisle, the guide device includes an inclined guide plate that rollably guides the product to be inserted, and a guide plate that rolls the product to be placed in the passageway, and The regulating member includes a regulating member that is slidably movable and regulates the width of the input slot, and a guide side plate that is connected to a rear portion of the regulating member and extends within the product passage to regulate the width of the product passage. is connected to the guide side plate by inserting and locking the guide side plate with a connecting piece provided at the rear, and by sliding on the guide plate, it is locked to the positioning means provided on the guide plate. The width of the input opening is set and the width of the product passage is set at the same time, and the guide receiving plate is provided so as to be movable to front and rear positions where the product can be regulated in the radial direction.

(e) Effect The present invention having such a configuration allows the width of the input port to be adjusted by sliding the regulating member provided on the guide receiving plate so as to be slidable in the width direction and locking it with the positioning means provided on the guide receiving plate. This can be set, and when the regulating member is slid, the guide side plates, which are clamped and connected by connecting pieces provided at the rear of the regulating member, move in conjunction with each other, and at the same time, the width of the product passage is set. Further, when the guide receiving plate is positioned at the front, it is possible to insert large-diameter products, and when it is moved to the rear, it acts to restrict the introduction of large-diameter products.

(F) Embodiment The drawing shows an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a product storage shelf installed vertically inside the main body of the vending machine, and an arc-shaped running member 4 is installed between a pair of left and right side plates 2 and 3. are arranged opposite to each other in the front and back, and are connected in the vertical direction to form a product passage 5 that extends in the vertical direction while being bent in a serpentine shape. This product passage 5 has a product input port 6 at its upper end, and a product delivery port 7 at its lower end.
cylindrical products are stacked and stored in a row in a rolling manner. The product delivery port 7 is provided with a delivery device 8 that locks the products in the product path 5 and controls delivery of each product one by one each time a product delivery command is delivered.

Reference numeral 9 designates a guide receiving plate which forms the lower surface of the input port 6 and is provided at an angle so as to rollably guide the product to be inserted into the product path 5, with one end rotatably provided on the lower surface of the front part. The other end of the link 10 that is pivotally supported is
A substantially U-shaped guide hole is rotatably supported by a support rod 11 installed between the side plates 2 and 3, and has a first locking part 12A and a second locking part 12B on both sides of the rear part. 12 is provided, and a support rod 13 installed between the side plates 2 and 3 is inserted through the guide hole 12 and mounted. Further, the support rod 13 is retained by the first locking portion 12A and the second locking portion 12B due to the elasticity of the spring 14. and Figures 1 and 5.
As shown by the solid line in the figure, the front lower surface of the guide receiving plate 9 is locked and supported on the support rod 11, and the guide hole 12
When the first locking portion 12A of is locked to the support rod 13,
The distance between the front upper surface of the guide receiving plate 9 and the blocking member 15 installed between the side plates 2 and 3 opposite to this upper surface is
In addition to creating an interval that allows large-diameter product A to pass through,
The distance between the rear end of the guide receiving plate 9 and the inner surface of the running member 4 located opposite to this rear end is set to allow a large-diameter product A to pass through. Further, as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 1 and in FIG. By locking the second locking part 12B to the support rod 13, the distance between the front upper surface of the guide receiving plate 9 and the blocking member 15, and the distance between the rear end of the guide receiving plate 9 and the running member located opposite to this rear end are reduced. 4 and the inner surface is configured such that the large-diameter product A cannot pass through, but the small-diameter product B can pass through.

Reference numeral 16 denotes a regulating member provided on the guide receiving plate 9 so as to be slidable in the width direction, that is, the left and right direction.By sliding in the left and right direction, the distance between the regulating plate portion 16A and the side plate 2, that is, the product insertion is changed. The width of the opening 6 is regulated to be changeable. This regulating member 16
The front end is bent downward from above the guide receiving plate 9 and extends to the lower surface of the guiding receiving plate 9 so as to cover the front end surface 9A of the guiding receiving plate 9, and The guide piece 16B is inserted and locked into the opened slit 17, and the rear end 16C is bent downward so as to correspond to the rear end of the guide receiving plate 9. A positioning sphere 19 biased by a spring 18 in the direction of the front end surface 9A of the guide receiving plate 9 is installed inside the bent front end of the regulating member 16, and
The sphere 19 is configured to be locked in a plurality of positioning holes 20 opened along the width direction, and the regulating member 16 can be locked in a predetermined position depending on the position of the positioning hole 20 that locks the sphere 19. There is.

Reference numeral 21 denotes a guide side plate extending from the upper part to the lower part of the product passage 5 and regulating the width of the product passage 5, and is supported by the side plate 3 by link members 22 provided at the upper and lower parts. It is movably inserted and supported by a support rod 23 installed between the side plates 2 and 3,
It can be moved parallel to the side plates 2 and 3, and the width of the product passage 5 formed between the side plates 2 and 2 can be changed. That is, the upper part of the guide side plate 21 is inserted and supported by the support rod 23, and one end of the link member 22 is supported by the side plate 3, and the other end of the link member 22 is supported in the elongated hole 24 so as to be movable up and down. Part 2
2 are connected by a connecting member 25, and configured to be freely movable parallel to the side plates 2 and 3.
The guide side plate 21 has an upper portion connected to the regulating member 16.
A connecting piece 1 is bent at the rear end of the regulating plate portion 16A.
6D so as to be inserted into the locking member 6D, and is adapted to move in parallel in conjunction with the sliding movement of the regulating member 16.

Therefore, in such a configuration, when the product input port 6 is adapted to input the large-diameter product A, the guide receiving plate 9
The front lower surface of the
By locking the first locking portion 12A of 2 to the support rod 13, the front upper surface of the guide receiving plate 9 and the blocking member 15
and the distance between the rear end of the guide receiving plate 9 and the traveling member 4 facing the rear end are formed to a distance that allows large-diameter products A to be inserted. In addition, in order to accommodate the insertion and storage of small-diameter products B, the front part of the guide receiving plate 9 is moved upward and the second locking part 12B of the guide hole 12 is locked to the support rod 13. The distance between the front upper surface of the receiving plate 9 and the blocking member 15, and the distance between the rear end of the guide receiving plate 9 and the traveling member 4 are formed at intervals that allow small-diameter products B to be loaded, and large-diameter products A can be loaded. Input is blocked. That is, by moving the guide receiving plate 9 up and down and back and forth, it is possible to regulate the product in the radial direction.

If you want to set the length of the next product,
The regulating member 16 is slid in the left and right direction.
At this time, the sphere 19 biased by the spring 18 repeatedly engages and disengages from the positioning holes 20, which have a plurality of openings, and when the sliding movement is stopped at the position where the sphere 19 and the positioning hole 20 are engaged, the regulating member 16 is held at that position by the engagement between the sphere 19 and the positioning hole 20. Therefore, the width of the input port 6, which is the distance between the regulation plate portion 16A and the side plate 2, is set by sliding the regulation member 16 left and right according to the length of the product to be introduced. On the other hand, due to the sliding movement of the regulating member 16, the guide side plate 21 connected to the rear end of the regulating plate portion 16A also moves in parallel, and the product passage 5
The width can be formed to be equivalent to the width of the input port 6.

(G) Effects of the Invention Since the present invention is constructed as described above, it is not necessary to attach or detach the fixing screw, and
By sliding the regulating member, you can easily and reliably change the width of the product input slot and product passage, and by moving the guide plate that supports this regulating member back and forth, you can simultaneously change the product diameter regulation within the input slot. This has the effect of simultaneously controlling the diameter of the input products.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Each drawing shows a product storage shelf device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 3 is a plan view of the product input port, Figure 3 is a vertical side view, Figure 4 is a front view of the guide side plate, Figure 5 is a perspective view showing the guide receiving plate set for large diameter products. FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state in which the guide receiving plate is set for small-diameter products, and FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which the width of the product input port is set narrow. 5...Product passageway, 6...Input port, 7...Outlet port, 9...Guide receiving plate, 16...Regulation member, 16A
...Regulation plate part, 19 ... Sphere, 20 ... Positioning hole, 21 ... Guide side plate.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A product passage for rollably storing cylindrical products is provided between the upper product input port and the lower product delivery port, and a guide device is provided in the product input port and the product path to guide the insertion of the product. In the vending machine, the guide device is provided with an inclined guide receiving plate that rollably guides the product to be inserted, and is slidably movable in the width direction on the guide receiving plate, and is configured to control the width of the input slot. A regulating member is provided, and a guide side plate is connected to the rear part of the regulating member and extends into the product passage to regulate the width of the product passage. By inserting and locking and connecting with the guide side plate and sliding movement on the guide receiving plate, it is engaged with the positioning means provided on the guide receiving plate to set the width of the input slot and at the same time, the width of the product passage is set. 1. A product storage shelf device for a vending machine, characterized in that the width is set, and the guide receiving plate is movable and set to a front-back position that can regulate products in a radial direction.