JP2001273548A - Vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vending machine which reduces the installation space and enables customer to easily take out a receipt. SOLUTION: A selection button 21 which indicates issue of a receipt is provided in the vicinity of a taking-out hole 20 for a receipt 41 issued at the time of selling a commodity, and a wall 33 inclined down forward is provided in the upper part on the taking-out hole side of a passage 26 reaching the taking- out hole 20 from a receipt issuing machine 25, and plural beads 36 are formed on the passage side face of this inclined wall in the vertical direction.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vending machine provided with, for example, an issued receipt outlet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, a door provided at the front of a vending machine is provided with a cash slot, a change return port, a product selection button, and the like, and a receipt issuing machine is provided inside. , The door is provided with a receipt outlet or an outlet for both receipt and change taking out. As a vending machine having such a receipt issuing machine and an outlet, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-208673
And Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-182556 are known.

In these vending machines, a receiving portion for receiving a receipt or change issued from a receipt printer (receipt issuing machine) is provided inside the outlet. The receiving portion has a large depth so that the receipt or change can be easily received from the outside, and the receipt or change can be easily taken out. Has a large opening area so that change can be easily taken out.

[0004]

In the vending machine as described above, it is difficult to secure a space for the receiving portion depending on the product transport mechanism inside the vending machine. There has been a problem that it cannot be installed in a vending machine. Further, when the receipt falls to the back of the receiving portion, there is a possibility that taking out the receipt becomes complicated.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and provides a vending machine capable of reducing an installation space and easily taking out a receipt. With the goal.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vending machine having an outlet for receiving a receipt issued at the time of sale of a product, the vending machine being provided near the outlet to instruct the issuance of a receipt. It has a selection button.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vending machine having a receipt issuing machine for issuing a receipt, an outlet for the issued receipt, and a passage from the receipt issuing machine to the outlet. A vending machine characterized in that a front downward slope is formed in an upper portion of an outlet side of the vehicle, and a plurality of beads are formed on the slope in a vertical direction.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vending machine having a receipt issuing machine for issuing a receipt, an outlet for the issued receipt, and a passage from the receipt issuing machine to the outlet. Characterized in that a front descending surface is formed in a lower portion on the outlet side of the vehicle.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vending machine having a receipt issuing machine for issuing a receipt, an outlet for the issued receipt, and a passage from the receipt issuing machine to the outlet. A holding portion for holding the received receipt in a visible state from the outlet, the holding portion is a receipt outlet of the receipt issuing machine, a passage front wall inclined forward and downward on an outlet side of the passage, and A passage back wall facing the outlet.

[0010] The invention according to claim 5 of the present application is the vending machine according to claim 4, wherein the passage side wall of the passage back wall is made to be a slippery surface.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the vending machine according to the fourth aspect, the upper surface of the upper wall extending from the upper edge of the back wall of the passage to the receipt issuing machine side is made to be a slippery surface. Features.

[0012]

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows a front surface of a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the vending machine 1 has a vending machine main body 2 in the form of a horizontally long box, in which a large number of items 3 are arranged and stored in a vertical and horizontal direction, respectively, and a transparent cover 4 on the front side.
It is a so-called showcase-type product that makes products visible through

The vending machine 1 has a vending machine main body 2, a commodity carrying-out device (not shown) for carrying out the commodities 3 stored in the vending machine main body 2 at the time of sale, and a vending machine main body 2. It is provided with an operation / discharge unit 5 that is operated by the purchaser and discharges the purchased product when the product is purchased.

The vending machine main body 2 includes a box-shaped product storage 6, in which a plurality of shelves 7 are provided. Each shelf 7 is divided into a plurality of rows. Product 8
Are placed in the front-rear direction. Further, the front surface 4 of the product storage 6 is closed by left and right transparent slide doors 10 which are opened when, for example, refilling the product storage 5 with products.

FIG. 2 shows a front panel 1 of the operation / ejection unit 5.
1, a front panel 11 of the vending machine 1
Is provided with an operation plate 12 and a product outlet 13. The operation plate 12 includes a ten-key pad or the like, a purchased product selection unit 14 for inputting a product number to be purchased, a coin insertion slot 15, a return lever 16, a bill insertion slot 17, a display unit 18 for displaying an inserted amount, a receipt 18, and a receipt. An outlet 20 and a selection button 21 for selecting whether or not to issue a receipt are provided, and a return port 22 is provided at a lower portion. The selection button 21 is operated when the purchaser of the product desires to issue a receipt.
0 is provided near the side. Here, the width A of the receipt outlet 20 is slightly wider than the receipt width, and is, for example, 7.5 mm wider than the receipt width on one side and about 15 mm wider on both sides.

Hereinafter, the receipt issuing device 2 will be described with reference to FIG.
4 will be described.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of the receipt issuing device 24. The receipt issuing device 24 includes a receipt issuing device 25 housed inside the vending machine 1 and the receipt issuing device 2
5 is formed of a passage 26 leading to the receipt outlet 20 and the receipt outlet 20. Receipt issuing machine 25
Is composed of a box 27, roll paper 28 stored in the box 27, a cutting device 29, a printing device and a control device (not shown), and the like. A receipt outlet 31 is formed above the front panel 30 of the receipt issuing machine 25 so as to face the cutting device 29, and a step 32 is formed below the receipt outlet 31.

The passage 26 has an inclined wall 33 provided on the back side of the front panel 11 to form an inclined surface facing the receipt outlet 31 of the receipt issuing machine 25, and a receipt outlet 20.
The back wall 34 and the left and right side walls 35 are opposed to each other. The upper end of the inclined wall 33 is close to the upper part of the front panel 30 above the receipt outlet 31 of the receipt issuing machine 25, and the lower end is bent and overlaps the upper edge of the receipt outlet 20. In addition, on the passage side surface (inclined surface) of the inclined wall 33,
A plurality of beads 36 are formed at equal intervals in the vertical direction, for example.

The back wall 34 has a vertical wall 37 facing the inclined wall 33 and the outlet 20, and an upper wall 38 which is bent from the upper end of the vertical wall 37 and overlaps the step 32 of the receipt outlet 31.
And a curved surface 39 that forms a forward-downward surface that extends obliquely downward from the lower end of the vertical wall 37 toward the lower edge of the outlet 20. The front end of the curved surface 39 is bent downward to receive a receipt. It overlaps the lower edge of the outlet 20. Reference numeral 40 denotes a slippery sheet such as a polyester sheet (hereinafter referred to as a slippery sheet). The slippery sheet 40 is attached from the upper surface of the upper wall 38 to the side wall of the vertical wall 37. Then, the slippery sheet 40 is painted in a dark color such as black in order to obtain a difference in contrast from the white of the issued receipt. Alternatively, a difference in contrast with the receipt may be obtained by painting the side wall of the back wall 34 with a dark color. Further, the depth L of the passage from the receipt outlet 20 to the vertical wall 37 is, for example, approximately 20 mm in consideration of a space for inserting a finger when the customer takes out the receipt and holding of the receipt in the passage 26.

Hereinafter, the operation at the time of issuing a receipt will be described.
This will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5, the same components as those of the receipt issuing device 24 shown in FIG. 3 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

When the customer presses the select button 21 in order to issue a receipt after purchasing the product, the receipt issuing machine 25 operates and prints, for example, the date of purchase, the name of the purchased product, and the purchase price while receiving the receipt. 41 is sent out from the receipt discharge port 31 as shown in FIG. Since the selection button 21 operated by the customer is provided near the receipt outlet 20, the customer can easily check and operate the selection button 21 and select the button when the customer wants to issue a receipt. Can be avoided, and mistaken operation of the purchased product selection unit 14 can be avoided. When the customer does not operate the selection button 21, no receipt is issued, so that waste of the receipt can be avoided.
Can be extended, and maintenance can be simplified.

The receipt 41 sent from the receipt issuing machine 25 has its tip directed obliquely downward according to its own weight or the direction of the roll, and hits a plurality of beads 6 of the inclined wall 33 facing the receipt discharge port 31. Here, the front end of the receipt 41 sent out from the receipt discharge port 31 is curved by its own weight or a small radius and goes downward, and the horizontal wall 38
The lubricating sheet 40 that covers the upper surface even when the upper surface
As a result, the receipt 41 smoothly moves forward, so that the receipt 41 can be prevented from returning toward the receipt discharge port 31. When the receipt 41 is further fed, the tip of the receipt 41 abuts on the bead 6 so that the friction with the inclined wall 33 is slightly suppressed, and the tip moves smoothly downward.

When the tip of the receipt 41 is separated from the inclined wall 33 and the receipt 41 is further fed, the receipt 4
1 is curved and its tip is directed to the vertical wall 37, and the friction between the receipt surface and the inclined wall 33 is slightly suppressed by the bead 6. Further, when the receipt 41 is sent out, the receipt 41 goes to the back of the passage 26, and as shown in FIG.
The tip of the receipt 41 hits the vertical wall 37 and the receipt 4
With the delivery of 1, the sheet smoothly moves downward while sliding on the surface of the slippery sheet 40. As a result, passage 2
It is possible to prevent the receipt 41 from being entangled in the inside 6 to avoid jamming. Further, the width of the receipt 41 is formed slightly larger than the width of the passage 26, and the interval between the receipt 41 and each wall surface is small. A finger is inserted between the wall 34 and the left and right side walls 35 and the receipt 41 is inserted.
Can be prevented from being forcibly pulled out.

When the printing and sending out of the receipt 41 are completed, the cutting device 29 of the receipt issuing machine 25 operates to cut the receipt 41 as shown in FIG. Even after the receipt 41 is cut in this way, the receipt 41 is supported by the holding portion including the lower edge of the receipt discharge port 31, the inclined wall 33, and the vertical wall 37, and is held in the passage 26. As a result, the receipt 41 can be prevented from falling. Further, the receipt 41 is held in a state where at least a lower portion thereof is visible from the receipt outlet 20. It should be noted that the receipt 41 to be issued also becomes longer, the leading end thereof comes off the lower end of the vertical wall 37, and reaches the curved wall 39.
Is cut, the lower edge of the receipt discharge port 31, the inclined wall 3
3 and the vertical wall 37 are supported by a curved wall 39 having a greater friction than that of the vertical wall 37, so that falling can be avoided.

The difference in contrast between the dark color of the slippery sheet 40 and the white color of the receipt 41 allows the customer to easily confirm from the exit 20 that the receipt 41 has been sent to the passage 26. . Further, it is sufficient that at least one finger enters a space for taking out the receipt 41 in the passage 26, and since the passage 26 only needs to have a depth for holding the receipt 41, the depth should be kept small. Thus, the installation space of the receipt issuing device 24 in the vending machine can be reduced, and the degree of freedom of the installation location can be increased.

When the customer takes out the receipt 41 held in the passage 26 as described above, he puts his finger in the passage 26 and pushes the receipt 41 down with his / her finger, as shown in FIG. The receipt 41 into the curved wall 3
9 and can be easily taken out from the receipt outlet 20.

As described in detail above, according to the vending machine 1 of the present embodiment, the receipt 41 sent from the receipt issuing machine 24 to the passage 26 smoothly moves in the passage 26 toward the receipt outlet 20. Can be done. In addition, the customer can easily confirm and take out the sent receipt.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but can be implemented in various modes. For example, in the above embodiment, the lower part of the back wall 33 is the curved wall 39, but may be an inclined wall which is a non-curved front downward plane. By making the connecting portion between the lower edge of the vertical wall and the upper edge of the inclined wall a curved surface, the lower edge of the sent receipt can be smoothly moved to the inclined wall, and the receipt can be easily taken out with a finger. .

[0029]

As described in detail above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the selection button for instructing receipt issuance is provided near the receipt outlet, so that the receipt in the vending machine can be used. The customer can easily confirm the selection button at the time of issuance, and can easily perform the receipt issuing operation by the customer.

According to the invention of claim 2 of the present application, a forwardly descending inclined surface is formed at an upper portion of an outlet side of a passage through which a receipt passes, and a plurality of beads are formed on the inclined surface in a vertical direction. Therefore, the tip of the receipt having reached the inclined surface can be surely directed downward, and the friction with the inclined wall can be slightly suppressed by contact with the bead, so that the tip of the receipt can be smoothly moved downward.

According to the invention of claim 3 of the present application, the front descending surface is formed at the lower portion of the passage on the outlet side.
When the customer takes out the receipt held in the aisle, he puts his finger in the aisle and pushes the receipt down with the belly of the finger to move the receipt downward, so that the receipt slides on the front-down surface, and is easily taken out of the receipt exit. Can be taken out. .

Further, according to the invention according to claim 4 of the present application, there is provided a holding portion for holding the issued receipt in a visible state from the receipt outlet, and the holding portion is provided with a receipt outlet of the receipt issuing machine and a passage for the passage. Since the upper portion of the outlet side has a passage front wall inclined forward and downward, and a passage back wall facing the outlet, the receipt is a receipt outlet, an inclined passage front wall,
In addition, the receipt is supported by the back wall of the passage, and the receipt can be held in the passage so as to be visible from the receipt outlet, and the receipt can be prevented from dropping.

According to the invention of claim 5 of the present application, the passage side wall of the passage back wall is made to be a slippery surface.
With the delivery of 1, the tip of the receipt smoothly moves downward while sliding on the passage-side surface of the passage back wall,
The receipt can be smoothly moved in the passage by preventing the receipt from being involved in the passage. .

Further, according to the invention of claim 6 of the present application, since the upper surface of the upper wall extending from the upper edge of the back wall of the passage to the receipt issuing machine side is made to be a slippery surface, the upper surface of the upper wall is sent out from the receipt outlet. Even if the tip of the received receipt curves downward with its own weight or a small radius and goes down and hits the upper surface of the upper wall, the tip of the receipt moves smoothly forward without being caught on the upper surface, and the receipt is jammed deep in the passage. And a receipt can be issued to the customer without fail.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a front panel.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a receipt issuing device for explaining a receipt issuing state.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a receipt issuing device for explaining a receipt issuing state.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a receipt issuing device for explaining a receipt issuing state.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vending machine 3 Merchandise 20 Receipt take-out 21 Selection button 25 Receipt issuing machine 26 Passage 33 Inclined wall 34 Back wall 36 Bead 37 Vertical wall 38 Top wall 39 Curved wall 40 Slip sheet

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A vending machine having an outlet for receipts issued at the time of sale of a product, the vending machine further comprising a selection button provided near the outlet to instruct receipt issuance. 2. A receipt issuing machine for issuing a receipt,
In a vending machine provided with an outlet for issued receipts and a passage extending from the receipt issuing machine to the outlet, a forwardly inclined surface is formed at an upper portion of the passage on the outlet side, and the inclined surface is formed in a vertical direction. A vending machine characterized by forming a plurality of beads on a vending machine. 3. A receipt issuing machine for issuing a receipt,
What is claimed is: 1. A vending machine provided with an outlet for issued receipts and a passage from the receipt issuing machine to the outlet, wherein a front-downward surface is formed in a lower portion of the passage on the outlet side. 4. A receipt issuing machine for issuing a receipt,
In a vending machine provided with an outlet for the issued receipt and a passage from the receipt issuing machine to the outlet, the vending machine includes a holding unit that holds the issued receipt in a visible state from the outlet, and the holding unit includes the holding unit. A vending machine comprising: a receipt discharge port of a receipt issuing machine; a passage front wall inclined forward and downward at an upper part of an outlet side of the passage; and a passage back wall facing the outlet. 5. The vending machine according to claim 4, wherein a side surface of the passage back wall is a slippery surface. 6. The vending machine according to claim 4, wherein the upper surface of the upper wall extending from the upper edge of the back wall of the passage toward the receipt issuing machine side is a slippery surface.