JPH0833951B2 - Vending machine cooling system - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a cooling device for a vending machine, and more particularly to a cooling device having a plurality of evaporators corresponding to a plurality of product storages in the vending machine. .

(Prior Art) Conventionally, as shown in FIG.
Three product storage boxes 1a, 1 that are adjacent to each other in 1)
There is known a vending machine having b and 1c and a machine room 2 under the commodity storages 1a to 1c, respectively (Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. Sho.
62-284164). This vending machine cooling device includes a condenser 4 fixed to a base 3 which is detachable from the main body 1,
A cooling fan 6 for cooling the compressor 5 and the condenser 4, and three evaporators 9a-9c connected to the condenser 4 and the compressor 5 via a refrigerant pipe 7 made of copper and a plurality of solenoid valves 8a-8c. It has and.

Further, in each of the product storage 1a to 1c, in-store agitation blowers 10a to 10c and evaporators 9a to 9c are provided corresponding to these, so that each of the product storages 1a to 1c can be cooled. It has become. The condenser 4, the compressor 5, and the cooling fan 6 fixed to the base 3 are housed in the machine room 2.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) On the other hand, when the cooling device of the vending machine described above fails, or when maintenance is performed, the cooling device is pulled out of the main body 1 to repair or We are doing maintenance.

However, the condenser 4 and the compressor 5 and the three evaporators
The refrigerant pipes 7 made of copper are connected to 8a to 8c.
Further, since the refrigerant pipe 7 cannot be easily removed, the cooling device is carried out of the main body 1 and stored inside the main body 1 in a connected state. At this time, the refrigerant pipe 7 has some flexibility, but if it is bent excessively, it will be torn or damaged, so that it requires a plurality of workers and the moving work is troublesome. There was a problem.

In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a cooling device for a vending machine that can be easily moved by one worker.

(Means for Solving the Problem) A plurality of product storages for storing products are provided above an outer box body having a front opening, and cooling is provided below the plurality of product storages to cool the inside of the product storages. A machine room for accommodating the equipment of the apparatus is provided, and a condenser and a compressor fixed to a base that is detachable from the outer box body, and a plurality of condensers and compressors connected through a refrigerant pipe. Equipped with an evaporator, each of the evaporators of the cooling device is detachably arranged corresponding to the plurality of product storages in the outer box body, and is fixed to the base in the machine room. In a cooling device of a vending machine in which the above-mentioned condenser and compressor are detachably arranged together with the base, the evaporator is composed of three or more evaporators, and at least one of them is integrally connected. The connecting members of the above at a predetermined position above the three or more evaporators. We propose a detachable cooling system for vending machines.

(Operation) According to the present invention, when the cooling device is taken out of the vending machine at the time of maintenance work or is stored inside the vending machine, three or more evaporators are connected by the connecting member. Combined together. This makes it possible to carry the three or more evaporators at one time. Furthermore, since the condenser and the compressor are fixed to the base, they can be moved together with the base. Further, when each evaporator is disposed in the corresponding product storage, by removing the connecting member from the evaporator, each evaporator can be individually moved.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a cooling device for an automatic vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the same components as those of the conventional example described above are represented by the same reference numerals. That is, 1 is a vending machine main body (hereinafter referred to as the main body), which has an openable and closable door (not shown) on the front, and inside of which are three product storage boxes 1a to 1c adjacent to each other. It has a machine room 2 formed in the lower part of the product storages 1a to 1c.

Further, the condenser 4, the compressor 5, and the cooling fan 6 for cooling the condenser 4 in the cooling device for cooling the insides of the product storages 1a to 1c are fixed to the base 3, and the base 3 is the machine room 2 It can be detachably stored. Further, evaporators 9a to 9c and in-compartment agitation blowers 10a to 10c are provided corresponding to the product storages 1a to 1c, respectively. Evaporator 9a-9c
Are connected to the condenser 4 and the compressor 5 via the copper refrigerant pipe 7 and the electromagnetic valves 8a to 8c corresponding to the evaporators 9a to 9c, respectively. In addition, the agitators 10a-1
0c is attached to each of the corresponding evaporators 9a to 9c.

Further, the two adjacent evaporators 9a to 9c can be integrally connected by the connecting member 11. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the connecting member 11 is formed by forming a plate made of a metal material or the like having a predetermined length and thickness in a cross-sectional shape, and the horizontal surface 11a thereof has two parallel plates having a predetermined width. Slotted hole 11
b and 11c are formed to extend in the longitudinal direction in parallel with the vertical pieces 11d and 11e. On the other hand, a plurality of screw holes 12 are formed in the front portions of the upper surfaces of the evaporators 9a to 9c at positions corresponding to the elongated holes 11b and 11c of the coupling member 11. This allows multiple screws 13
Is screwed into the screw hole 12 through the elongated holes 11b and 11c of the coupling member 11, the coupling member 11 is fixed to the evaporators 9a to 9c. Therefore, between the adjacent evaporators 9a and 9b, and the evaporator 9b.
The three evaporators 9a to 9c are integrally connected by connecting the evaporator 9c and the evaporator 9c with the connecting member 11. At this time, the coupling member 11 is fixed so that the vertical pieces 11d and 11e of the coupling member 11 contact the upper surfaces of the evaporators 9a to 9c in order to increase the strength of the coupling member 11.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment configured as described above, when the cooling device is taken out of the main body 1 for maintenance work, the three evaporators 9a to 9c are attached to the bottom plates of the product storages 1a to 1c.
With it placed on 1d, pull it out to the front end of the bottom plate 1d,
As described above, they are integrally connected by the connecting member 11.
As a result, the worker can easily lift the three evaporators 9a to 9c with one hand, and the other side with one hand to move the base 3 to the main body 1.
The cooling device can be taken out of the main body 1 by pulling it out from the main body 1. Moreover, when the cooling device is stored in the main body 1, the cooling device can be easily stored in the reverse order of the above.
Furthermore, when storing the evaporators 9a to 9c in the product storages 1a to 1c, the connecting member 11 may be fixed to any of the evaporators 9a to 9c. Therefore, the cooling device can be easily moved by one worker without imposing a burden on the refrigerant pipe 7 or the like.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 4, the elongated holes 11b, 11 of the connecting member 11 are
If c is formed wide at a predetermined position and the through holes 11f and 11g through which the head of the screw 13 can be inserted are provided, the evaporators 9a to 9c can be coupled and uncoupled simply by loosening the screw 13. it can.
This prevents the screws 13 from being lost,
The working time can be further shortened.

In this embodiment, the three evaporators 9a to 9c are integrally connected, but the number is not limited to this.

Further, in the present embodiment, the three evaporators 9a to 9c are connected by the two connecting members 11, but the connecting member 11 is formed to be long and the three evaporators 9a to 9c are formed by one connecting member.
May be combined.

(Effect of the Invention) As described above, according to the present invention, at least one coupling member that integrally couples three or more evaporators is detachably provided at a predetermined position above the three or more evaporators. So
The three or more evaporators can be easily lifted with one hand. Therefore, if one hand holds a plurality of evaporators and the other hand holds a base to which the condenser and the compressor are fixed, one worker can work without burdening the refrigerant pipes. The cooling device can be easily moved, and the excellent effect that the number of workers and the working time can be reduced compared to the conventional case is exhibited.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a cooling device for a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a cooling device for a conventional vending machine, and FIG. 3 is a connecting member according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 and FIG. 4 are views showing another configuration example of the coupling member. 1 ... Vending machine body, 1a-1c ... Product storage, 2 ...
Machine room, 3 ... Base, 4 ... Condenser, 5 ... Compressor, 7
...... Cooling pipes, 9a to 9c …… Evaporator, 10a to 10c …… Blowers for agitating inside the warehouse, 11 …… Coupling members.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A device of a cooling device for providing a plurality of product storages for storing products in an upper part of an outer box main body having a front opening, and cooling the insides of the product storages under the plurality of product storages. A machine room for accommodating is provided, and a condenser and a compressor fixed to a base detachably attached to the outer box body, and a plurality of evaporators connected to the condenser and the compressor through refrigerant pipes are provided. Of the equipment of the cooling device, each of the evaporators is detachably arranged in correspondence with the plurality of product storages in the outer box body, and the machine room has a condenser fixed to the base. And a cooling device for a vending machine in which a compressor is detachably arranged together with the base, wherein the evaporator is composed of three or more evaporators, and at least one connecting member for integrally connecting the three or more evaporators is provided. Removably installed at a predetermined position above the three or more evaporators A cooling device for a vending machine, which is characterized by: