JPH1173546A - Vending machine product delivery shooter - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To improve a product unloading shooter so that a product dropped from a product storage rack can be smoothly rolled and unloaded to a product unloading port without trouble in unloading. A product unloading shooter (6) laid on a bottom of a case body in a warehouse in a forward inclined position and for delivering a product (8) dropped from a product storage rack (5) to a product outlet, and having an inclined surface and a surface on an upper surface side of the shooter. First, a rotatable disk 9 is provided with the plate surfaces aligned. With this configuration, landing on the shooter,
The product was caught in the middle of the chute passage by the product being inclined to the end of the chute passage due to the disorder of the rolling posture, or partly riding on the wing 6a formed on the side of the exit side. In this situation, if a part of the product container gets on the disk, the disk rotates by its own weight and the posture of the product, which was dragged by the rotation of the disk and caught in the middle of the passage, collapsed. It starts rolling on the shooter again and is carried out to the product outlet.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a merchandise unloading shooter for sending out a product dropped from a product storage rack of a vending machine for selling cans and bottles to a product outlet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIGS. 3, 4 (a) and 4 (b) show the structures of a serpentine type vending machine to which the present invention is applied and a conventional product discharge shooter. First, in FIG. 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a main body case of a vending machine, 2 denotes a front outer door, 3 denotes a product outlet, and 4 denotes a heat-insulated inner door. Rack 5,
A product unloading shooter 6 and a cooling / heating unit 7 are provided.

[0003] Here, the cans or bottled products 8 are stored in a horizontal position in a vertical line for each column of the product storage rack 5, and the bend mechanism 5a provided at the lower unloading end of the product storage rack 5 operates the bend mechanism 5a. The products are dropped and carried out in order from the products 8 arranged in the lower order. On the other hand, the product carry-out shooter 6 is made by sheet metal processing of a thin steel plate, and is laid in a forward inclined posture at the bottom of the warehouse in cooperation with the product storage rack 5 and the product outlet 3. Further, as shown in FIG. 4 (a), in the case where the product unloading shooter 6 is laid below the plurality of product storage racks 5 arranged in the left and right direction, the front end side of the shooter 6 is winged as shown in FIG. The width of the exit side passage of the shooter that is bent into a shape and leads to the product outlet is tapered, and the product 8 that has fallen onto the shooter 6 from the product storage rack 5 is guided to the product outlet along the wing 6a. ing.

[0004] With such a configuration, the commodity 8 dropped and carried out of the commodity storage rack 5 based on the sales command is landed on the chute 6 and then rolled or slid on the slope to be sent out to the commodity take-out port 3.

[0005]

However, in the above-described conventional product discharge shooter having a conventional structure, there is a case where a product discharge trouble such as a product being stopped unexpectedly in the middle of the shooter may occur. That is, the falling posture of the commodity 8 carried out of the commodity storage rack 5 is not constant, and the falling posture of the commodity is inclined due to contact with the rack, slight catching, or the like. Later rolling and sliding postures are not constant. In this case, as shown by the solid line in FIG. 4 (b), there is no problem if the product 8 rolls linearly along the inclined surface of the chute 6 while maintaining a normal horizontal position, but is represented by a chain line. As described above, when the product 8 is in an oblique posture or a part of the product container runs on the wing portion 6a, the product does not roll smoothly, and a carry-out trouble occurs in which the product 8 gets caught in the chute path and stops.

If the forward inclination of the shooter 6 is set to a steep angle in advance, such a trouble of carrying out can be prevented. However, if the inclination angle of the shooter is increased, the height of the shooter increases. In general, the inclination angle is set to a gentle angle because the space occupied in the refrigerator increases and as a result, the product storage efficiency decreases. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and by adding a simple auxiliary part to a shooter, it is possible to smoothly send out a product carried out of a product storage rack to a product takeout port without trouble in taking out the product. It is an object of the present invention to provide a product takeout shooter for a vending machine.

[0007]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a product which is laid down on the bottom of the inside of the case body in a forwardly inclined position, and a product dropped out from a product storage rack is taken out to a product outlet. In a product unloading shooter of a vending machine to be unloaded, a rotatable disk is provided on the upper surface side of the shooter so that the plate surface is flush with the inclined surface thereof (claim 1).

[0008] Further, a product take-out chute laid in correspondence with a plurality of product storage racks arranged on the left and right sides, the front end side of which is bent into a wing shape to reduce the width of an exit-side passage leading to a product take-out outlet. The above-mentioned disks are arranged side by side with the wings for the shooter that becomes (Claim 2). In the above configuration, the disk is arranged flush with the slope of the shooter,
In addition, the product that is rotatably supported about an axis perpendicular to the chute slope and that rolls in a path on the chute in a normal posture passes through the disk as it is and is delivered to the product take-out port. On the other hand, when the product lands on the chute and the rolling posture is disturbed, the product becomes inclined and leans toward the end of the chute passage or rides on the wing formed on the side of the exit side. Even if the situation where the product is caught on the disc, if a part of the product container is on the disc at that time, the disc is rotated in either direction by receiving the eccentric load due to the weight of the product, With the rotation of the disk, the posture of the product that has been caught in the middle of the passage is broken, and starts rolling again on the shooter surface and is carried out to the product outlet.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the illustrated embodiment shown in FIGS. In the drawings of the embodiment, the same members corresponding to FIG. 4 are denoted by the same reference numerals. That is, in this embodiment, a rotatable disk 9 is additionally provided at the center of the upper surface of the shooter 6. The disk 9 is a flat disk, which is fitted into a recess 6b formed in the plate surface of the shooter 6 so that its plate surface is flush with the inclined surface of the shooter 6, and is then inserted through a support shaft 9a. It is laid rotatably. The support shaft 9a is fixed by a dish-shaped rivet, a stepped screw, a caulking, or the like so that the head does not protrude from the surface of the disk 9. Instead of using the support shaft 9a, the peripheral surface of the disk 9 can be rotatably supported by a guide roller.

The disk 9 has a wing portion 6a formed on the front end side of the shooter 6 as shown in the drawing. It is good to arrange in. Next, the function and operation of the disk 9 will be described. That is, at the time of a vending machine in which the product unloading shooter 6 with the disk 9 is incorporated, a part of the container of the product 8 dropped and unloaded from the product storage rack 5 rides on the wing 6a of the shooter 6 as shown in FIG. In such a situation, it is difficult for the product 8 to roll,
In this case, when the other end of the product 8 rides on the disk 9 lined up beside the wing 6a, the disk 9 receives the moment load due to the weight of the product 8 and rotates around the support shaft 9a. The product 8 riding on the wing portion 6a is dragged by the rotation of the disk, slips down into the path of the chute 6, starts rolling again, and is sent out toward the product outlet. Also, as described above with reference to FIG. 4B, even when the product 8 is caught in an oblique position at the side end of the chute 6, when a part of the product 8 gets on the disk 9, the disk rotates. At the same time, with the rotation, the catching posture of the product 8 collapses, and the product 8 rolls on the shooter surface again and is sent to the product outlet. The operation and function of the disk 9 have been confirmed in actual machine tests performed by the inventors.

[0011]

As described above, according to the structure of the present invention, the rotatable disk is provided on the upper surface side of the chute so as to be flush with the inclined surface thereof, so that the product can be dropped. The unloading trouble caused by the disorder of the rolling posture is skillfully prevented, and the unloading operation of the product can be stabilized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1A and 1B are configuration diagrams of an embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 1A is a cross-sectional side view of a product unloading chute incorporated in a vending machine, and FIG. 1B is a plan view of the chute.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of the operation of the commodity carrying chute with a disk shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an overall configuration diagram of a vending machine equipped with a serpentine type product storage rack to which the present invention is applied;

4 shows a conventional structure of a product unloading shooter equipped in the vending machine of FIG. 3, wherein (a) is a front view of the product unloading shooter incorporated in the vending machine, and (b) is a plan view of the shooter.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body case 3 Merchandise exit 5 Merchandise storage rack 6 Merchandise unloading shooter 6a Wing part 8 Merchandise 9 Disk 9a Spindle

Claims (2)

[Claims] A vending machine for laying out a product dropped from a product storage rack to a product take-out port and laying the product in a forward inclined position on the bottom of the case body; A vending machine product take-out shooter, characterized in that a rotatable disk is provided with the plate surfaces flush with each other. 2. A merchandise unloading shooter according to claim 1, wherein the discs are arranged side by side with respect to the chute whose front end side is bent into an airfoil shape to reduce the width of the outlet side passage. A vending machine product takeout shooter characterized by the following.