JP5720442B2 - Vending machine door - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a door for a vending machine, and more particularly to a vending machine main body in a manner that opens and closes a front opening of a product container having a heat insulating structure provided inside the vending machine main body. A door body with a heat insulating structure that has a product exit for passing the product delivered from the product storage, and a frame that defines the product exit in a manner that opens and closes the product exit. The door for vending machines provided with the goods delivery door arrange | positioned by this.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as vending machines that sell products such as canned beverages and plastic bottled beverages, those equipped with a product storage, an inner door (a vending machine door), and an outer door are known. The commodity storage is provided inside the rectangular vending machine main body having an opening formed on the front surface with the front surface opened. This commodity storage is for keeping the commodity stored in a desired temperature state and has a heat insulating structure. The inner door has a heat insulating structure and is swingably disposed in the vending machine main body so as to open and close the front opening of the commodity storage. The inner door is formed with a rectangular product outlet for passing the product paid out from the product storage. The outer door is swingably disposed on the vending machine body in such a manner as to open and close the front opening of the vending machine body. The outer door is formed with a rectangular product outlet for taking out a product paid out from the product storage and passed through the product carry-out port.

  In such a vending machine, in order to improve the airtight performance by suppressing the ingress of outside air into the vending machine body, the product carry-out door that opens and closes the product carry-out port has a double structure, and one product is carried out. The door is opened and closed using an electric mechanism such as a motor (for example, see Patent Document 1).

JP-A-4-365192

  However, in such a vending machine, the product carry-out door has a double structure, and one of the product carry-out doors is opened and closed by the electric mechanism, so that the cost required for the electric mechanism having a complicated structure is excessive. In addition, the opening / closing movement range of the product carry-out door is limited from the viewpoint of securing the installation space for the electric mechanism.

  In view of the above circumstances, the present invention provides a door body for a vending machine capable of improving the airtight performance by ensuring a good opening / closing movement range of a product carry-out door while reducing costs. For the purpose.

  In order to achieve the above object, a vending machine door according to claim 1 of the present invention is configured to open and close the front opening of a product storage box having a heat insulating structure provided inside a vending machine body. A door body having a heat insulation structure that is swingably disposed in the machine body and has a product delivery port for allowing a product delivered from the product storage to pass through, and the product delivery port in a manner to open and close the product delivery port A vending machine door body that is swingably disposed on a frame body that defines the product, and the product carry-out door when the product carry-out door closes the product carry-out port The supplied water is stored by a capillary phenomenon in a gap between the frame and the frame.

  Further, the door body for the vending machine according to claim 2 of the present invention is the above described claim 1, wherein the lower frame member that constitutes the frame body and can be fitted to the front end portion of the commodity carry-out door, It has the hollow for accumulating a water droplet, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  In addition, the vending machine door according to claim 3 of the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-described claim 1 or 2, the water is condensed water generated on a surface of the product carry-out door. To do.

  According to the door for a vending machine of the present invention, when the product carry-out door closes the product carry-out port, the supplied water is stored in the gap between the product carry-out door and the frame body by capillary action. Therefore, the airtight performance can be improved. Moreover, since the open / close movement range of the product carry-out door is not limited, the open / close movement range of the product carry-out door can be ensured satisfactorily. Furthermore, since only the water supplied to the gap between the merchandise take-out door and the merchandise take-out door is stored, an electric mechanism such as a motor is not required as in the prior art, and the cost can be reduced. Therefore, there is an effect that it is possible to improve the airtight performance by ensuring a good opening / closing movement range of the product carry-out door while reducing the cost.

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional side view showing a vending machine to which a vending machine door according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a main part of the inner door shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional side view schematically showing a main part of the inner door shown in FIG. 4 is a plan cross-sectional view schematically showing a cross-sectional shape of a side frame member constituting the commodity exit frame shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional view schematically showing the configuration of the lower frame member of the commodity carry-out frame shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a plan sectional view schematically showing a modification of the vending machine door according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view schematically showing a modified example of the door for a vending machine according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view schematically showing a modification of the vending machine door according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  Exemplary embodiments of a vending machine door according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional side view showing a vending machine to which a vending machine door according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. The vending machine illustrated here sells products such as canned drinks and plastic bottled drinks in a cooled or heated state, and includes a main body cabinet 1 that is a main body of the vending machine.

  The main body cabinet 1 is configured by appropriately combining a plurality of metal plates, and is configured in a rectangular parallelepiped shape having an open front surface. The main body cabinet 1 is provided with a commodity storage 2 having a heat insulating structure whose front surface is opened. In the present embodiment, the product container 2 is configured in a space surrounded by the heat insulation board 3 by disposing the heat insulation board 3 formed in a plate shape in advance on the inner surface of the main body cabinet 1. Although not clearly shown in the drawing, the heat insulating board 3 is obtained by sticking a resin film or kraft paper as a face material to both front and back surfaces of a plate-like member formed of a heat insulating material such as urethane foam.

  The product storage rack 2 is provided with a product storage rack 5. The product storage rack 5 is configured by forming a meandering product storage region 6 extending in the vertical direction by disposing a passage forming member 5b between the pair of side plates 5a. On the other hand, when a merchandise sales order is given, the merchandise is paid out from the lowest position. In the present embodiment, a product storage rack 5 having a plurality of product storage areas 6 is arranged in the front-rear direction.

  In addition, the commodity storage 2 is provided with a commodity shooter 7 and a rear duct 8 in the lower part. The product shooter 7 is a flat plate-like member having a large number of air holes, and is inclined and arranged in a manner that gradually decreases from the rear to the front of the product storage case 2. The back duct 8 is an air guide path provided in a portion located on the back side in the commodity storage 2.

  An evaporator 10 a, a heater 11, and an internal fan 12 are sequentially arranged from the rear side in a portion below the product shooter 7. The evaporator 10a comprises the cooling unit 10 with the compressor 10b, the condenser 10c, and the expansion mechanism 10d which were arrange | positioned at the machine room 4 of the lower part of the goods storage 2. As shown in FIG. The heater 11 generates heat when energized. The internal blower fan 12 blows air from the rear to the front of the product storage case 2 when the motor 13 is driven.

  On the other hand, the vending machine is provided with an inner door 20 and an outer door 30. The inner door 20 is for covering the front opening of the commodity storage 2 and is a door for a vending machine disposed at one side edge of the main body cabinet 1 so as to be opened and closed. The inner door 20 includes a door main body 21 and a product carry-out door 25, and the door main body 21 includes a door base 22 and a product carry-out exit frame 23.

  The door base 22 is a plate-like member formed by a door base sheet metal as a frame and a heat insulating material such as urethane foam. Similar to the heat insulating board 3 described above, a resin film or kraft paper as a face material is attached to the door base 22 at predetermined locations on both the front and back surfaces.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the merchandise carry-out frame 23 is configured by four-frames an upper frame member 231, a lower frame member 232, and a pair of left and right side frame members 233 and 234. A rectangular product outlet 24 is configured by mounting on the product. Such a merchandise carry-out port 24 is an opening through which the merchandise that has been paid out from the merchandise storage rack 5 of the merchandise container 2 and rolled on the merchandise shooter 7 is passed.

  The product carry-out door 25 is made of, for example, a resin material, and has a size sufficient to close the product carry-out port 24. The product carry-out door 25 normally closes the product carry-out port 24 due to its own weight, and when pushed from the inside, the product carry-out port 24 is opened. A product shaft 23 is swingably disposed around a horizontal shaft portion.

  Of such a pair of left and right side frame members 233 and 234 in the product carry-out outlet frame 23 in such an inner door 20, the cross-sectional shape of the portion that fits with the product carry-out door 25 that closes the product carry-out port 24 As shown in FIG. Since the cross-sectional shape of the portion is U-shaped, the gap between the product carry-out door 24 that closes the product carry-out port 24 is sufficiently small (hereinafter also referred to as a low gap portion) 40. The area can be enlarged.

  Further, a portion of the lower frame member 232 in the product carry-out frame 23 that fits with the product carry-out door 25 that closes the product carry-out port 24 has a recess that opens upward as shown in FIG. A portion 27 is formed.

  The outer door 30 is for covering the front opening of the main body cabinet 1 and is disposed at one side edge of the main body cabinet 1 so as to be openable and closable at a position on the front side of the inner door 20. On the front surface of the outer door 30, there are provided a display window 31 and a product outlet 32 that are necessary when selling products, and although not shown in the figure, a product selection button, a bill insertion slot, a coin insertion slot, A return lever, a money amount indicator, a coin return slot, etc. are provided.

  The outer door 30 is provided with a product take-out portion 33. The product take-out unit 33 accommodates the product that has been delivered from the product storage rack 5 in the product storage 2 and passed through the product exit 24 of the inner door 20, and enables the product to be taken out through the product exit 32. It is.

  The outer door 30 is provided with a product takeout door 34. The product take-out door 34 has a size sufficient to close the product take-out port 32 and is made of a resin material. The product take-out door 34 is disposed so as to be swingable around an upper horizontal axis (swing shaft) so that the product take-out port 32 is opened when pulled out to the front side. Closes the product outlet 32 by the moment of its own weight.

  In the vending machine configured as described above, when the internal fan 12 is driven while the cooling unit 10 is driven, the air cooled by the evaporator 10 a is supplied to the product storage rack 5 through the vent holes of the product shooter 7. On the other hand, the air that has passed through the product storage rack 5 is returned to the internal blower fan 12 through the rear duct 8 so that the product stored in the product storage rack 5 can be cooled to about 5 ° C., for example. Become.

  On the other hand, when the heater 11 is energized and the internal fan 12 is driven, the air heated by the heater 11 is supplied to the product storage rack 5 through the vent of the product shooter 7, while the product storage rack. The air that has passed through 5 is returned to the internal blower fan 12 through the back duct 8, so that the product stored in the product storage rack 5 can be heated to about 55 ° C., for example.

  By the way, in the sales standby state (normal state), the product carry-out door 25 closes the product carry-out port 24 by the moment of its own weight. And since the cross-sectional area of the part fitted to the product carry-out door 25 in the side frame members 233 and 234 of the product carry-out frame 23 is U-shaped, the product carry-out door 25 and the product carry-out frame 23 Since the area of the low gap portion 40 can be enlarged, the dew condensation water generated on the surface of the commodity carry-out door 25 can be stored in the low gap portion 40 by capillary action (see FIG. 4). Moreover, since the recessed part 27 is formed in the part which fits with the merchandise delivery door 25 in the lower frame member 232, the dew condensation water produced on the surface of the merchandise delivery door 25 can also be accumulated in the recessed part 27. Yes (see FIG. 5). Thereby, when the product carry-out door 25 closes the product carry-out port 24, the dew condensation water can be stored in the gap between the product carry-out door 25 and the product carry-out frame 23 by a capillary phenomenon. The airtight performance can be improved.

  When a product sales instruction is given in accordance with the purchase operation of the purchaser, the product stored at the lowest level in the corresponding product storage rack 5 is paid out to the product shooter 7. When such a merchandise sales instruction is given, the merchandise delivered to the merchandise shooter 7 is sequentially guided according to the inclination and abuts on the merchandise delivery door 25. As a result, the product carry-out door 25 opens and opens the product carry-out port 24. As a result, the product passes through the product carry-out port 24 and is accommodated in the product take-out unit 33.

  Then, when the purchaser moves the product take-out door 34 to take out the product stored in the product take-out unit 33, the purchaser takes out the product stored in the product take-out unit 33 through the product take-out port 32. it can.

  As described above, according to the inner door 20 according to the present embodiment, when the product carry-out door 25 closes the product carry-out port 24, the gap between the product carry-out door 25 and the product carry-out frame 23 is Since the condensed water is stored by capillary action, the airtight performance can be improved. Moreover, since the open / close movement range of the product carry-out door 25 is not limited, the open / close movement range of the product carry-out door 25 can be ensured satisfactorily. Furthermore, since the condensed water is only stored in the gap between the product take-out door 25 and the product take-out door 34, an electric mechanism such as the motor 13 is not required as in the conventional case, and the cost can be reduced.

  Therefore, according to the vending machine, it is possible to improve the airtight performance by ensuring a good opening / closing movement range of the product carry-out door 25 while reducing the cost.

  Moreover, since the airtight performance can be improved, heat leakage from the product storage 2 can be suppressed, and energy saving can be achieved by reducing the power consumption.

  The preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, but the present invention is not limited to this, and various modifications can be made.

  In embodiment mentioned above, the cross-sectional shape of the part which fits the goods delivery door 25 among the side frame members 233,234 of the goods delivery outlet frame 23 is made into U shape, and the area of the low gap | interval part 40 is expanded. However, in the present invention, the form is not particularly limited as long as the area of the low gap portion can be enlarged. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the cross-sectional shape of the part into which the product carry-out door 25 is fitted in the product carry-out outlet frame 23 is cut into a mountain shape in which convex portions and concave portions are alternately formed, and the product is carried out. The cross-sectional shape of the portion of the door 25 that fits with the product carry-out frame 23 may be cut in a mountain shape in the same manner as the product carry-out frame 23. Also by this, the area of the low gap portion 41 can be enlarged, and the supplied water can be stored by capillary action.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7, a passage hole 251 may be formed at the tip of the commodity carry-out door 25, and a passage hole 271 may be formed at the bottom of the recess 27. According to such a configuration, as shown in FIG. 8, when new water (condensation water) is supplied to the recess 27 or the like, the water accumulated in the recess 27 until now is discharged from the passage hole 271. can do.

  In the embodiment described above, the condensed water generated on the surface of the product carry-out door 25 is stored. However, the present invention is not limited to the condensed water, and rain water, tap water, etc. are stored. Also good.

  As described above, the door for vending machines according to the present invention is useful for vending machines that sell products such as canned beverages and beverages containing plastic bottles.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body cabinet 2 Commodity storage 5 Commodity storage rack 6 Commodity storage area 7 Commodity shooter 10 Cooling unit 20 Inner door 21 Door main body 22 Door base 23 Commodity exit frame 231 Upper frame member 232 Lower frame member 233 Side frame member 234 Side frame Members 24 Product exit 25 Product exit door 26 Shaft portion 27 Recessed portion 30 Outer door 32 Product exit 33 Product takeout portion 34 Product takeout door 40 Low gap portion

Claims (3)

Passing through the product dispensed from the product storage unit and swingably disposed in the main body of the vending machine in a manner to open and close the front opening of the product storage unit with a heat insulating structure provided inside the vending machine main unit A door body with a heat insulating structure having a product outlet
A door for a vending machine comprising: a product carry-out door that is swingably disposed on a frame that defines the product carry-out port in a manner that opens and closes the product carry-out port;
A vending machine characterized in that, when the product carry-out door closes the product carry-out port, the supplied water is stored in the gap between the product carry-out door and the frame body by capillary action. Door body.   The vending machine door according to claim 1, wherein a lower frame member that constitutes the frame body and that can be fitted to a front end portion of the commodity carry-out door has a recess for accumulating water droplets. body.   The vending machine door according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the water is dew condensation water generated on a surface of the commodity carry-out door.

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