JPH0317797A - Door opening and closing mechanism for automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to draw out a stocker to an external part without causing any trouble by providing a hinge means with a means to slide and move a door body in a horizontal direction. CONSTITUTION:The hinge means 11 of the door body 3 is provided with a sliding means 15, and the opened door body 3 is horizontally moved in a direction to become apart from a main body 2 through the means 15. Accordingly, the stocker 8 can be easily drawn out to an external part without causing any trouble, and the efficiency of commodity storage can be raised.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a vending machine, and particularly to a door opening/closing mechanism thereof. [Prior Art] Vending machines need to be regularly replenished with products, but in order to reduce personnel costs and the like during replenishment, it is necessary to improve replenishment efficiency.

Therefore, the stocker provided in the main body is made into a pull-out type that can be pulled out to the front, and by pulling the stocker forward, the product loading port is opened wide to facilitate product loading from there, or The stocker is sometimes replaced entirely.

Further, a door body is attached to the front surface of the main body so as to be openable and closable, and the opening/closing mechanism of the door body usually has a structure as shown in FIG. 4. That is, a door body (52) that opens the front surface of the main body (5l) is attached to a hinge (53) fixed to the front part of the main body (51), and the foreign body (52) is inserted through the hinge member (53). It has a structure that can be opened and closed. [Problem to be solved by the invention] By the way, the door body of a vending machine is provided with a structure for insulation and a display shelf for product samples (in the case of dispensing products, a product shelf conveyance device is also installed here). (incorporated), its thickness is thicker. Therefore, for example, if a vending machine is installed close to a wall as shown in FIG. 4, and the door body (52) hits the wall surface and cannot be opened sufficiently, the presence of the thick door body (52) causes the main body (5
1) As a result of not being able to pull out the stocker (54) at the end of the inner door body (52) attached side, or being unable to insert your hand there, there is a problem in that it may not be possible to replenish products to that part. Ta.

Therefore, in order to avoid this problem, the main body (5
It is possible to avoid arranging the stocker at the end of the door body (52) installed inside the main body (5l), but this would have the disadvantage of reducing the efficiency of storing products inside the main body (5l). .

The present invention was created by paying attention to such circumstances,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a door opening/closing mechanism for a vending machine that can solve the above-mentioned problems without causing the disadvantage of reducing the efficiency of storing products in the main body.

[Means to solve the problem]

The door body opening/closing mechanism of a vending machine according to the present invention has a front side of the main body equipped with a drawer-type stopper that can be pulled out forward, and a hinge means attached to the main body that allows the door body to be moved to a pivot point of the hinge means. The door opening/closing mechanism of a vending machine is configured to be able to open and close around the vertical axis of the vending machine, and the hinge means is mounted at a position such that it does not interfere with the drawer of the stocker. The present invention is characterized in that the hinge means is provided with a slide means for sliding the door body in a horizontal direction away from the main body so that the door body does not interfere with drawing out of the stocker. are doing.

[For production]

In the door opening/closing mechanism of such a vending machine, the hinge means is attached so as not to obstruct the drawer of the stocker, so that even if the stocker is pulled out, the stocker will not close to the hinge means. And it does not come into contact with any part that is horizontally connected to it. Further, the hinge means is provided with a slide means for sliding the door body in a horizontal direction away from the main body so that the door body does not interfere with drawing out the stocker. The sliding means can be used to slide the door body and separate the door body from the main body so as not to interfere with drawing out the stocker. The isolated portion is partitioned at the top and bottom by the hinge means and the slide means horizontally connected thereto, but the closed space partitioned by these allows the stocker to pass through without coming into contact with it. It becomes space.

〔Effect of the invention〕

Therefore, even if the door of the vending machine cannot be fully opened due to the presence of the adjacent wall, the stocker can be pulled out without hindrance by utilizing the closed space. As a result, even if the stork is placed at the end of the main body on the side where the door is attached, the stork can be pulled out through the closed space, without reducing the efficiency of storing products inside the main body, which is a problem that has previously been solved. will be resolved.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

Figure 1 shows a vending machine that stores products (S) such as cans and bottles.
A main body (2) equipped with a product storage section (1) for storing S), etc.
and a door body (3) attached to the main body (2) via a hinge means (l1) so as to be openable and closable.

Below the product storage section (1), the product storage section (1)
A chute (5) is provided to move and guide the product (S) that has been dropped and supplied from the door (3) toward the product dispensing port (4) provided in the door (3).

The product storage section (1) has a structure in which multiple rows of stoffers (8) are provided on the left and right that are suspended and guided in the front and rear direction by the engagement of the suspended support member (6) and the suspended support member (7). The product (S) is stored in each stocker (8).
) are arranged in multiple rows in the front and back, and the curved guide (9) provided inside allows the product (S) to be stored while being meanderingly guided. Each of the stockers (8) is completely open on one side, and when the stocker (8) is pulled forward, the open part becomes an opening into which multiple products (S) can be loaded at once. (10), which opens on the sides in the left-right direction of the vending machine.

In addition, (13) in the figure is a middle door body that is pivoted so as to be opened independently of the door body (3), and the middle door body (13) is
) has a product warehouse outlet (14) open at a position corresponding to the product outlet (4).

Now, to explain the hinge means (11) in more detail, it consists of two upper and lower hinges (lla) attached to the front part of the main body (2) at an appropriate distance apart. (ll
b), and the mutual spacing (d) is between the stockers (8)
are spaced apart longer than the height (h) of the hinges (lla) and (llb), so that the hinges (lla) and (llb)
It is installed so that it does not obstruct the top and bottom of the drawer.

Further, each of the front tips of the hinge (11) means, that is, each of the tips of the hinges (lla) (llb) (llb), is provided with a horizontal line in the left and right width direction within the door body (3). An established head? s (15a) in the horizontal direction and the width (W) of the stocker (8).
) is connected to an extension line of the tip of the sliding rod (15b) built into the door body, which is longer than the sliding rod (15b).
By sliding the door body (3) along the long groove (15a), the door body (3) slides in a horizontal direction away from the main body (2) and for a length longer than the width (W) of the striker (8). Due to its sliding movement, the door body (3) does not obstruct the left and right drawers of the stonker (8), especially of the stocker (8) on the hinge (11) side. In other words, the slide means (15) consisting of a combination of the long groove (15a) and the slide rod (15b) is connected to the hinge means (1).
The slide means (15) is provided at the tip of the slide means (15).
This allows the door body (3) to slide in a horizontal direction away from the main body (2) and for a length longer than the width (1) of the stocker (8). 3) functions to slide the door body (3) so as not to obstruct the left and right drawers of the stocker (8).

In the device of the present invention having such a configuration, the hinge means (
11) Upper and lower adjacent hinge pair (lla), (llb
), the hinge means (11) is attached to the main body (2) with a distance greater than the height (h) of the stocker (8), so that the stocker (8) Even if the stocker (8) is pulled out, the stocker (8) is connected to the hinge means (11) and the slide rod (1
There is no contact with members such as 5b). The hinge means (11) also includes a slide means (15) for sliding the door body (3) in a horizontal direction away from the main body (2) and for a length longer than the width (1) of the stocker (8).
Since the door body (3) is opened, the door body (3) is slid using the sliding means (15), and the stifle cover is moved between the door body (3) and the main body (2). They can be separated longer than the width (W) of (8). The separated portion has upper and lower hinge means (11).
) and the slide rod (15b), but the closed space partitioned by these is such that the hinge means (11) and the stocker (8) do not come into contact with each other as described above, and the door body (3) and the main body (2) are the stocker (8)
Since the distance is longer than the width (W) of the stofka (8
) can pass through without touching.

As a result, even if the door (3) of the vending machine cannot be fully opened due to the presence of the wall adjacent to the vending machine as shown in FIG. can be pulled out as shown by the arrow in FIG. 2 (see the imaginary line in FIG. 2).

In addition, if the door body (3) of the vending machine cannot be opened sufficiently due to the presence of another vending machine adjacent to the vending machine as shown in Fig. 3 (in this case, the door body (3) If the door body (3) is thick, it may not be possible to pull out the door body (8), but in this case also, the door body (3) cannot be pulled out from the slide means (15). is used to separate the stocker (8) from the main body (2) as shown by the arrow in FIG.
(See imaginary line in figure).

[Another example]

In the embodiment described above, the hinge means (11) includes two hinges (lla) vertically spaced apart from each other by a full distance.
(llb), but this may consist of a combination of three or more hinges spaced apart from each other by an appropriate length vertically. In this case, it is necessary to set the distance between any pair of upper and lower adjacent hinges among the three or more hinges to be longer than the height of the stocker.

Further, even when the hinge means (11) is a single hinge having a structure that can independently receive the door body (3) in a normal posture, the mounting position of the hinge can be changed to the stocker (8).
) The present invention can be applied by setting the height so that it does not interfere with the drawer. Furthermore, the present invention can of course be applied to a type of vending machine in which a product vertical conveyance device is incorporated in the door body (3) and dispenses products (S) from above. Although reference numerals are provided for convenient comparison with the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the structures shown in the accompanying drawings.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a vending machine equipped with a door opening/closing mechanism according to the present invention, FIGS. 2 and 3 are plan views for explaining the operation of the door opening/closing mechanism, and FIG. 4 is a conventional vending machine. FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the door body of the vending machine in the open and closed state. (2)...Body, (3>...Door body, (
8)... Stocker, (11)... Hinge means, (15)... Slide means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] On the front side of the main body (2), which is provided with a pull-out stocker (8) that can be pulled out forward, the door body (3) is attached to the hinge means (11) by a hinge means (11) attached thereto.
) is a door opening/closing mechanism for a vending machine configured to be able to open and close around a vertical axis corresponding to a pivot point of The mounting position of the hinge means (11) is set so that the door body (3) does not interfere with the drawer of the stocker (8). A door opening/closing mechanism for a vending machine that is provided with a sliding means (15) for sliding in a horizontal direction away from a main body (2).