JPH0512540A - Lever type automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it unnecesary to use a coin receiving signal and a motor to be driven by current supply by interlockingly driving a driving part and a driven part for rotating a rotary type article discharging case by a receiving coin injected into a coin selector. CONSTITUTION:This lever type automatic bending machine is provided with the coin selector 1, a manual lever 2 to be driven from the external, a driving disc 3 to be rotated by the lever 2, a driven rotary spindle for pivoting the disc 3 so as to optionally rotate it, a driven disk 5 arranged so as to be rotated unitedly with the driven rotary spindle, and the rotary type article discharging case connected to the driven rotary spindle so as to be rotated. Coin receivers for receiving a part of receiving coins passing the coin selector 1 are respectively arranged on the opposite faces of respective disks 3, 5 and both the discs 3, 5 are interlockingly driven through the coins. A fan type gear 15 is untedly fixed to the lever 2 and a gear to be engaged with the gear 15 is unitedly fixed to the disc 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lever type automatic vending machine configured to eject an article from a rotary type article ejection case by inserting a coin and operating a lever.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an automatic vending machine of this type, a lever mechanism is operated by operating a manual lever, and a rotary type article discharge case is rotated through a receiving coin inserted into a coin sorter to load an article. A device configured to discharge is disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 42-21332,
None have been put to practical use.

Generally, this kind of automatic vending machine operates a motor by a coin acceptance signal generated by coins inserted in a coin sorter, or activates the motor to activate a lever or a lever as required. A motor is operated by operating a button, whereby an article ejecting means is activated to eject an article from a sale article ejecting case.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a drive part operated by a manual lever and a driven part for rotating a rotary type article discharge case are drivingly connected by a receiving coin inserted into a coin sorter. It is an object of the present invention to provide a lever-type vending machine that does not require the conventional coin acceptance signal and the motor that is energized by the coin acceptance signal.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a lever type vending machine according to the present invention is a coin sorter 1, a manual lever 2 operated from the outside, and is rotated by this manual lever. A drive disk 3, a driven rotary shaft 4 that rotatably supports the drive disk 3, a driven disk 5 that is provided so as to rotate integrally with the driven rotary shaft, and the driven rotary shaft. And a rotary-type article discharge case 6 connected together as described above, and the coin receivers 8 and 9 into which a part of the received coins that have passed through the coin sorter 1 are respectively inserted, the opposing faces of the driving disc 3 and the driven disc 5. 3a and 5a, respectively, so that the driving disc and the driven disc are drive-coupled via a coin.

In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, a fan gear 15 is integrally provided on the manual lever 2 which is operated from the outside.
A gear 16 that meshes with this fan-shaped gear is preferably provided integrally with the drive disk 3.

Further, a locking notch 17 for preventing rotation is provided on the outer circumference of the driven disk 5, and a locking pin 1 which can be engaged with this locking notch.
8 is preferably provided on the spring loaded lever 19.

An annular coin receiving wheel 10 is integrally provided on the facing surface 3a of the drive disk 3, and the drive disk 3 has a coin receiver 8 formed by one notch provided in the coin receiving wheel 10.
A structure in which a coin receiving plate 11 is integrally provided on the facing surface 5a of the driven disc 5, and the driven disc 5 has a coin receiver 9 formed by two semicircular cutouts provided in the coin receiving plate 11 at diametrically opposite positions. It is good to say

Further, the ratchet wheel 21 is attached to the driven disk 5.
And the ratchet pawl 24 provided at the free end of the spring-loaded arm 22 to the teeth 2 of the ratchet wheel 21.
It is better to hang it on 5.

Further, a driven disc positioning disc 26 is integrally provided on the driven disc 5, and notches 27 are provided at diametrically opposed positions on the outer periphery of the positioning disc, so that the spring loaded arm 2
It is preferable that the engaging claw 30 provided at the free end of 8 is engaged with the notch 27.

[0011]

In the lever type vending machine of the present invention having the above-described structure, the coins inserted into the coin sorter 1 are selected, and genuine coins are accepted as the accepting coins from the accepting coin outlet 7 into the drive disc 3. 8 and the coin receiver 9 of the driven disk 5 are partially received, whereby the driving disk 3 and the driven disk 5 are drive-coupled via the coin.

When the drive disc 3 is rotated by operating the manual lever 2, the rotation of the drive disc 3 is transmitted to the driven disc 5 via the coins in the coin receivers 8 and 9, and the driven disc 5 is moved. It rotates integrally with the drive disk 3. Therefore, the driven rotary shaft 4 mounted so as to rotate integrally with the driven disc 5 is rotated, and the sale article discharge case 6 connected thereto is rotated.

When the drive disk 3 and the driven disk 5 are rotated by 180 °, coins fall from the coin receivers 8 and 9 and enter the coin box to drive the drive disk 3 and the driven disk 5. The connection is broken. Therefore, the rotation of the sale article discharge case 6 is finished, and one article is discharged from the discharge port provided in the sale article discharge case 6.

Further, the vending machine according to the present invention additionally has an illegal operation preventing function. That is, the coin receiver 8,
In the state where no true coin is inserted in 9, that is, when no true coin is inserted, for example, when the sale article discharge case 6 is about to be rotated in the article discharge direction by hand, the driven disc 5, the locking pin 18 engages with the rotation preventing hook notch 17 to prevent the case 6 from rotating.
When a genuine coin is placed in the coin receivers 8 and 9, the outer peripheral edge of the coin engages with the hooking pin 18 and the spring load lever 19 is lifted, so that the hooking pin 18 is cut out. The driven disk 5 can rotate without being engaged with the.

Further, since the ratchet pawl 24 provided at the free end of the spring loaded arm 22 is engaged with the teeth 25 of the ratchet wheel 21, malfunction due to reverse rotation of the driven disk 5 is prevented.

Further, a claw 30 provided at the free end of the spring loaded arm 28 in the notch 27 of the driven disc positioning disc 26.
The coins can be surely inserted into the coin receivers 8 and 9 from the received coin outlet 7 of the coin sorter 1 by engaging with each other.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In one embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, an outer casing 32 is fixedly provided on a supporting base 31, and the coin sorter 1 and the manual lever 2 are installed in the outer casing 32. The drive disk 3, the driven rotary shaft 4 and the driven disk 5 which are rotated by this part, the manual lever, and the like are arranged, and the handle portion 2a of the manual lever 2 is provided in the outer casing front plate 33 with a longitudinal groove 34 And the inner end is pivotally attached to the machine frame by a pivot pin 2b, and the driven rotary shaft 4 is rotatably supported by a bearing (not shown), and a part of the outer rotary shaft 4 is located on one outer casing side plate 35.
From the inside through the outlet 36 each time it is semi-rotated about the horizontal axis, and a suitable rotary sale article discharge case 6 of known type is provided. It is attached to 4a so as to rotate integrally therewith.

As shown in FIG. 2, the drive disk 3 and the driven disk 3 are mounted adjacent to each other on the driven rotating shaft 4.

As shown in FIG. 3, the drive disc 3 is rotatably mounted on a driven rotary shaft 4, a gear 16 is integrally provided on the drive disc 3, and a fan-shaped gear integrally connected to the manual lever 2. 15 is meshed with the gear 16, and the drive disk 3 is driven by the driven rotary shaft 4 by pushing down the manual lever 2 by hand.
It is configured to be rotated by a predetermined angle above.

Although not shown in FIG. 3, the manual lever 2
It is possible to provide a return spring that acts on the manual lever 2 so that the manual lever 2 returns to the original position shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 4, the driven disk 5 is mounted by the chamfered portion 4b of the driven rotary shaft 4 so as to rotate integrally with the driven rotary shaft 4.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, coin receivers 8 and 9 are provided on the facing surfaces 3a and 5a of the driving disk 3 and the driven disk 5, respectively.

In the illustrated example, as shown in FIG. 5, an annular coin receiving ring 10 that is slightly thicker than the thickness of the coin being used is formed on the facing surface 3a of the drive disk 3 by, for example, integral molding, tacking, screwing, or the like. A notch 1 having a width slightly larger than the diameter of the coin used is provided on the coin receiving ring 10 integrally provided by welding or the like.
By providing 2, the coin receiver 8 is provided on the facing surface 3 a of the drive disk 3. The coin receiver 8 is provided so as to be positioned immediately below the receiving coin outlet 7 of the coin sorter 1 when the manual lever 2 is pushed down and the drive disc 3 is rotated by a predetermined angle.

On the facing surface 5a of the driven disk 5 shown in FIG.
An annular guide 13 is provided on the outer peripheral edge of the annular guide 13.
Has an inner diameter slightly larger than the outer diameter of the annular coil receiving ring 10 on the drive disk 3, and the annular coin receiving ring 10 is provided at the center.
A circular coin receiving plate 11 having an outer diameter slightly smaller than the inner diameter is provided concentrically with the annular guide 13, and the thickness of the circular coin receiving plate 11 is slightly larger than the thickness of the coin used. Two semi-circular notches having a radius of curvature larger than the radius of the coin used are formed in the circular coin receiving plate 11 at diametrically opposite positions, whereby the coin receiver 9 is provided. The ring guide 1 is aligned with these coin receivers 9
3 is provided with a coin receiving port 14.

Therefore, during assembly, the driven rotary shaft 4
The ring-shaped coin receiving ring 10 on the facing surface 3a of the drive disk 3 rotatably mounted on the upper side is an annular guide 13 on the facing surface 5a of the driven disk 5 fixedly mounted on the driven rotating shaft 4.
It is slidably fitted in the annular groove 37 between the circular coin receiving plate 11 and the circular coin receiving plate 11. At this time, the coin receiver 8 on the driving disk 3, the coin receiver 9 on the driven disk 5, and the coin receiving opening 1
4 is positioned just below the receiving coin outlet 7 of the coin sorter 1.

A rotation preventing latching notch 17 is provided on the outer peripheral edge of the driven disk 5, and a latching pin 18 capable of engaging with the notch 17 is fixedly mounted on a spring loaded lever 19. This lever 19 is pivotally attached to the machine frame 39 by a pivot pin 38,
The free end 19a is connected to the machine frame 39 by the spring 20, and the latch pin 18 is urged so as to always engage with the upper surface of the notch 17. As a result, for example, even if the sold article storage case 6 is about to be rotated by hand in the article ejection direction,
The notch 17 is configured to engage with the retaining pin 18 to prevent rotation.

The ratchet wheel 21 and the driven disk positioning disk 2 are provided on the side surface of the driven disk 5 opposite to the facing surface 5s.
6 are integrally provided.

The ratchet pawl 24 at the free end of the spring-loaded arm 22 pivotally attached to the machine frame 39 by the pivot pin 40 is constantly engaged with the teeth 25 of the ratchet wheel 21 by the spring 23, whereby the driven disk 5 is reversed. Is being prevented.

The driven disc positioning disc 26 is provided with notches 27 at diametrically opposed positions on its outer circumference, and is provided on a free end of a spring loaded arm 28 pivotally attached to the machine frame 39 by a pivot pin 41. The claw 30 is pushed into one of the notches 27 by the spring 29, so that the coin receiving port 14 on the driven disc 5 is held at the rotation stop position, which is located directly below the receiving coin outlet 7 of the coin sorter 1. Is configured.

[0030]

According to the present invention, the coin inserted into the coin sorter is surely provided as a joint for drivingly connecting the drive disc rotated by the manual lever and the driven disc rotating the rotary type article discharge case. This made it possible to put a manual lever-type vending machine that does not require an electric control circuit and an electric motor into practical use.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an external appearance of an embodiment of a lever-type vending machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view showing the internal structure of a lever type vending machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a manual lever, a fan gear integrally provided with the manual lever, a gear meshing with the fan gear, and a drive disc integrated with the gear.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a driven disc fixed to a driven rotation shaft, a positioning disc and a ratchet wheel integrally provided on the driven disc.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the driving disc facing the driven disc.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the driven disc facing the drive disc.

[Explanation of sign]

1 coin sorter 2 Manual lever 3 drive disk 4 Driven rotary shaft 5 Driven disk 6 Revolving type sale article discharge case 7 Accepted coin exit 8 coin receiver 9 coin receiver 10 coin receiving rings 11 coin receiving plate 12 notches 13 Circular guidance 14 coin slot 15 fan gear 16 gears 17 Lock notch for rotation prevention 18 Locking pin 19 Spring load lever 20 springs 21 ratchet wheels 22 Spring-loaded arm 23 spring 24 ratchet 25 teeth 26 Driven disk Positioning disk 27 notches 28 Spring Loaded Arm 29 spring 30 hooks 31 Support 32 outer casing 33 outer casing front plate 34 Vertical slot 35 Outer side plate 36 outlet 37 annular groove 38 pivot pin 39 machine slots 40 pivot pin 41 pivot pin

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A coin sorter (1), a manual lever (2) operated from the outside, a drive disk (3) rotated by the manual lever, and a rotatably supporting the drive disk. A driven rotary shaft (4), a driven disk (5) mounted so as to rotate integrally with the driven rotary shaft, and a rotary type article discharge case (6) connected to the driven rotary shaft for rotation. And coin receivers (8, 8) each of which receives a part of the received coins that have passed through the coin sorter (1).
9) are respectively provided on the facing surfaces (3a) and (5a) of the driving disk (3) and the driven disk (5), whereby the driving disk and the driven disk are drive-coupled via a coin. Lever-type vending machine characterized by being configured as described above. 2. A fan gear (1) is attached to the manual lever (2).
5) is attached and meshes with this fan gear (1
6. Vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that 6) is provided integrally with the drive disc (3). 3. A locking notch (17) for preventing rotation is provided on the outer circumference of the driven disk (3), and a locking pin (18) capable of engaging with this locking notch is provided on the spring load lever (19). The vending machine according to claim 1, which is attached. 4. An annular coin receiving ring (10) is integrally provided on the facing surface (3a) of the drive disc (3), and the coin receiving is formed by one notch provided in the coin receiving ring (10). The drive disc (3) has (8), and the coin receiving plate (11) is integrally provided on the facing surface (5a) of the driven disc (5), and the coin receiving plate (11) has a diameter. 2. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the driven disc (5) has a coin receiver (9) formed by two semicircular cutouts provided at positions facing each other. 5. A ratchet wheel (2) is attached to the driven disk (5).
1) is integrally provided with a spring loaded arm (22)
The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein a ratchet pawl (24) provided at a free end of the ratchet is engaged with a tooth (25) of the ratchet wheel (21). 6. The driven disc (5) is integrally provided with a driven disc positioning disc (26), and notches (27) are provided at diametrically opposed positions on the outer circumference of the positioning disc, and a spring load is applied. Engaging claws (3) provided at the free ends of the arms (28)
The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein 0) is pushed into one of the notches.