TWI474955B - Item discharge device - Google Patents

Description

Item discharge device

The present invention relates to an article discharge device.

In the prior art, there has been proposed an article discharge device for discharging a plurality of articles stored in order (for example, refer to Patent Document 1).

Disclosed in Patent Document 1 is a container with a dispenser comprising: a container body having a funnel structure for placing contents; a lid closing the opening of the upper end of the container body; and a dispenser portion having The mechanism for guiding the contents placed in the container body to the outlet one by one by operating the operation unit.

In the container with the dispenser, one of the plurality of contents stored in the container body is in a state of falling into the delivery mechanism constituting the dispenser unit. In this state, by pushing the push button to move the delivery mechanism, one of the contents falling into the delivery mechanism is moved toward the outlet, and the contents are discharged from the outlet.

Further, in the container attached to the dispenser of Patent Document 1, three ribs are provided in the container body, and the contents of the container body are agitated by the action of the ribs corresponding to the feeding mechanism.

[Previous Technical Literature] [Patent Literature]

[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2005-219785

However, in the container of the dispenser of Patent Document 1, only three ribs are used simply. The content is pushed or pushed to the side, and there is a situation in which the contents cannot be sufficiently stirred in the container body. In this case, there is a possibility that the contents of the container body are clogged, the operation of the delivery mechanism is hindered, or the next content cannot be dropped into the delivery mechanism. Therefore, it is desirable to have a technique for more effectively agitating the contents (items) of standby.

The present invention has been made in view of the circumstances as described above, and an object thereof is to provide an article discharge device which more effectively stirs an animal product and prevents clogging of the article.

The article discharge device of the present invention includes a storage portion that accommodates a plurality of articles, an opening that forms an opening in a bottom surface of the storage portion, and a discharge mechanism that is disposed below the storage portion and that has the article a discharge port; the delivery mechanism is slidably disposed between the storage portion and the discharge mechanism, and holds the article that has moved from the storage portion to the opening and slides to send the article to the discharge port; and agitates The mechanism is provided in the storage unit and coupled to the delivery mechanism, and agitates the article in the storage unit in conjunction with a feeding operation of the delivery mechanism; the agitation mechanism has a sheet along the bottom surface of the storage portion In the sheet portion, the article in the storage portion is placed on the upper surface thereof and moved in the movement direction of the delivery mechanism.

In the article discharge device of the present invention, it is preferable that a convex portion that abuts against the article in the storage portion is provided on the upper surface of the sheet portion.

In the article discharge device of the present invention, it is preferable that a plurality of the convex portions are provided, and the two adjacent convex portions are arranged to be spaced apart from each other and extend toward the opening.

In the article discharge device of the present invention, it is preferable that the convex portion is formed in a wave shape in which the mountain portion and the valley portion are alternately continuous.

Preferably, the article discharge device of the present invention includes a frame body including the storage portion, the discharge mechanism, the delivery mechanism, and the agitation mechanism, and the frame body, the storage portion, the discharge mechanism, and the delivery mechanism The agitation mechanism described above comprises a paper material And constitute.

According to the article discharge device of the present invention, the articles in the accommodating portion can be more effectively agitated to prevent clogging of the articles.

10‧‧‧Article discharge device

11‧‧‧ Items

11A‧‧‧ Items

11B‧‧‧ Items

12‧‧‧ frame

13‧‧‧ top board

15‧‧‧floor

16‧‧‧front panel

17‧‧‧ Back panel

18L‧‧‧left side panel

18R‧‧‧right board

21‧‧‧ Input

22‧‧‧

25‧‧‧ Positioning Department

30‧‧‧ Storage Department

31‧‧‧ bottom

33‧‧‧1st bevel

35‧‧‧2nd bevel

36‧‧‧ openings

37‧‧‧ corner

38‧‧‧Regulatory Department

41‧‧‧1st component

50‧‧‧Discharge agencies

51‧‧‧Support

52‧‧‧ inclined body

53‧‧‧

55‧‧‧Export

60‧‧‧Sending agency

61‧‧‧Sliding body

62‧‧‧Enhanced institutions

62a‧‧‧ front end

62b‧‧‧ Backend

63‧‧‧Steps Department

65‧‧‧Operation Department

66‧‧‧ Keeping the hole

70‧‧‧Agitating mechanism

71‧‧‧ base

72‧‧‧Sheet Department

73‧‧‧ convex

75‧‧‧3rd bevel

76‧‧‧4th bevel

77‧‧‧Links

78‧‧‧Upper surface

81‧‧‧ corner

82‧‧‧Mountain

83‧‧‧谷部

85‧‧‧ diagonal

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an article discharge device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of Figure 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the article discharge device after the top plate is opened from the upper rear side.

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line B-B of Figure 1.

Fig. 5(a) is an enlarged view of a portion C of Fig. 4, and Fig. 5(b) is a cross-sectional view taken along line D-D of (a).

Fig. 6 is a view showing a state in which an article is housed in the storage unit of Fig. 4;

Figure 7 is an action diagram of Figure 6.

Fig. 8 is an explanatory view of the action of the agitation mechanism.

Fig. 9 (a) and (b) are explanatory views of the operation of the delivery mechanism and the discharge mechanism.

(embodiment)

Hereinafter, a mode for carrying out the invention (hereinafter referred to as "embodiment") will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the entire description of the embodiments, the same elements are denoted by the same reference numerals. In the drawings and the embodiments, "front", "back", "left", and "right" respectively indicate "near side", "back side", "left side" when the user is facing the article discharge device, "Right".

(the whole structure of the article discharge device)

First, the overall configuration of the article discharge device of the embodiment will be described based on Figs. 1 and 2 . As shown in FIG. 1, the article discharge device 10 is a device that stores the articles 11 and sequentially discharges the articles 11 stored therein, and has a rectangular parallelepiped frame 12.

Here, the article 11 indicates a capsule toy in which a small toy is housed in a capsule made of synthetic resin, but the article 11 is not limited to the capsule toy, and the type, shape, and size of the article 11 are large. Small is arbitrary.

The frame body 12 has a top plate 13 and a bottom plate 15 opposed to each other in the vertical direction, a front plate 16 and a rear plate 17 which face each other in the front-rear direction, and a left side plate 18L and a right side plate 18R which face each other in the left-right direction.

An input port 21 into which the article 11 is placed is provided on one side in the left-right direction of the top plate 13 (the left side in this example). On the lower side of the right side of the front panel 16 (the right side in this example), a take-up port 22 for taking up the article 11 is provided. Further, a tray 53 for receiving the picked-up article 11 is provided at a lower portion of the withdrawal opening 22.

As shown in FIG. 2, the housing 12 is provided with a housing portion 30, a discharge mechanism 50, a delivery mechanism 60, and an agitation mechanism 70. Further, the casing 12, the accommodating portion 30, the discharge mechanism 50, the delivery mechanism 60, and the agitation mechanism 70 may be made of various materials. However, for example, when the article discharge device 10 is simply installed in a store, etc., cost and lightness are considered. The texture or the like is preferably composed of a paper material containing corrugated cardboard.

(Composition of the storage unit)

Next, the accommodating portion 30 will be described based on Fig. 3 .

As shown in FIG. 3, the accommodating portion 30 has a bottom surface 31 and a housing space 32 formed on the bottom surface 31 and housing a plurality of articles 11, and is formed in a funnel shape. The bottom surface 31 includes a first inclined surface 33 which is inclined from the left side (here, the left side) to the other side (here, the right side) in the left and right direction, and a side from the front and rear direction (here, the rear side) to the front and rear directions. The second slope 35 which is inclined on one side (here, the front side). Further, an opening 36 is formed at a lower end of the first inclined surface 33 and a lower end of the second inclined surface 35 which are the lowest positions on the bottom surface 31. In this example, the opening 36 is provided inside the corner 37 where the front panel 16 and the right side panel 18R intersect. The first inclined surface 33 and the second inclined surface 35 function to move (aggregate) the article 11 accommodated in the storage space 32 toward the opening 36 by the inclination thereof.

The shape of the opening portion 36 can be selected from various shapes, and here, it is formed into a rectangular shape or a square shape slightly larger than the outer shape of the article 11.

Further, an L-shaped regulating portion 38 that overlaps the opening portion 36 in plan view is provided above the opening portion 36. The regulation portion 38 is fixed to the inner upper portion of the corner 37 and includes a first member 41 that abuts against the right side plate 18R and a second member that abuts against the front panel 16. In this manner, the number of articles 11 stacked on the opening portion 36 is restricted by the provision of the regulation portion 38 above the opening portion 36. Thereby, the plurality of articles 11 are prevented from being placed on the opening portion 36 to suppress clogging of the article 11 at the opening portion 36.

(Composition of the discharge mechanism)

Next, the discharge mechanism 50 will be described based on Fig. 2 .

As shown in FIG. 2, the discharge mechanism 50 is provided below the accommodating portion 30, and includes a support body 51, an inclined body 52, a branching port 22, and a tray 53.

The support body 51 is formed of a plate-shaped member, and is disposed below the second inclined surface 35 and the opening 36, and is fixed to the frame 12. The support body 51 includes a discharge port 55 for discharging the article 11 at a central portion in the front-rear direction, and a plurality of ribs 56 arranged in the front-rear direction with the discharge port 55 interposed therebetween. The discharge port 55 is, for example, a circular hole that penetrates in the vertical direction, and is formed to be the same size or slightly larger than the size of the article 11. The inclined body 52 is provided to face the lower side of the support body 51, and is formed to be inclined downward from the rear panel 17 toward the front panel 16.

(Composition of sending organization)

Next, the delivery mechanism 60 will be described based on Fig. 2 .

As shown in FIG. 2, the delivery mechanism 60 is slidably provided between the storage unit 30 and the discharge mechanism 50, and the article 11 that has moved to the opening 36 is held in the storage unit 30 and slid and sequentially sent to the discharge port 55. . The delivery mechanism 60 has a slider 61 as a body, and is always energized in a specific direction by the energizing mechanism 62.

The slider 61 is supported by the ribs 56 of the support body 51, and is slidable in the front-rear direction on the ribs 56. The operation portion 65 is formed by the step portion 63 in the front portion of the slider 61. Further, a holding hole portion 66 for holding the article 11 is provided at a central portion in the front-rear direction of the slider 61.

The operating portion 65 can be seen with respect to the front panel 16 and is generally forward from the front panel 16 On the other hand, if the user presses it backward, the user will fall inside the front panel 16 and slide the slider 61 rearward to discharge the article 11. In the following description, the state in which the operation unit 65 is protruded is referred to as a “standby state”, and the state in which the operation unit 65 is immersed is referred to as a “discharge state”.

The step portion 63 can abut against the positioning portion 25 provided on the back surface of the front panel 16 and abut against the positioning portion 25 by the step portion 63 to regulate the position of the slider 61 in the standby state and the amount of protrusion of the operation portion 65.

The holding hole portion 66 is formed in a cylindrical surface-shaped hole penetrating in the vertical direction, and is formed to be slightly larger than the inner diameter of the discharge port 55. In the standby state, the holding hole portion 66 is aligned with the opening portion 36 from the bottom to the top, but for the discharge port 55, the holding hole portion 66 is located at one side (more forward than the discharge port 55). . On the other hand, in the discharge state, the holding hole portion 66 slides rearward due to the sliding body 61, and moves further rearward than the opening portion 36 to align the discharge port 55.

The energizing mechanism 62 always energizes the slider 61 in the direction in which the operation portion 65 protrudes (here, the front side). The energizing mechanism 62 can be constructed of various rubber members or various spring members. For example, one end (here, the front end) 62a of the energizing means 62 including the rubber band is held on the side of the sliding body 61, and the other end (here, the rear end) 62b of the energizing mechanism 62 is held and held in the frame 12. On the side, the slider 61 can always be energized in the direction in which the operation portion 65 protrudes (here, the front side).

(Composition of agitation mechanism)

Next, the configuration of the agitation mechanism 70 will be described based on FIGS. 4 and 5. As shown in FIG. 4, the agitation mechanism 70 is connected to the accommodating part 30, and is connected to the delivery mechanism 60. The agitation mechanism 70 agitates the article 11 (see FIG. 3) in the accommodating portion 30 in conjunction with the feeding operation of the feeding mechanism 60, and includes a base portion 71, a sheet portion 72, and a convex portion 73.

The base portion 71 is formed in a sheet shape and is fixed to the upper surface of the slider body 61 along one half of the holding hole portion 66 (in this example, the front side). Further, the base portion 71 is continuously provided with a third inclined surface 75 that is inclined upward and upward, and a fourth inclined surface 76 that is inclined upward and upward. The third bevel The 75 and the fourth inclined surface 76 function to move (aggregate) the article 11 (see FIG. 3) around the opening 36 toward the opening 36 by the inclination.

The sheet portion 72 is coupled to the base portion 71 by a connecting piece 77 and is provided along the bottom surface 31 of the accommodating portion 30. The sheet portion 72 can be selected from various shapes. In this example, the sheet portion is formed in a square shape or a rectangular shape in which the four sides are aligned with the front-rear direction and the left-right direction, and most of the sheet portion 72 is the first slope 33. Overlapping, a part (in this example, one of the right side portions of the rear portion) overlaps with the second slope 35. In this manner, the sheet portion 72 is provided along the first inclined surface 33 and the second inclined surface 35, but is not fixed to the first inclined surface 33 and the second inclined surface 35. Therefore, the sheet portion 72 can slide on the first inclined surface 33 and the second inclined surface 35 in conjunction with the operation of the slider 61, and the article 11 (see FIG. 3) in the housing portion 30 can be placed on the upper surface 78 to slide. The direction of movement of the body 61 moves.

Further, in consideration of the cost, it is preferable that the base portion 71, the third inclined surface 75, the fourth inclined surface 76, the connecting piece 77, and the sheet portion 72 cut a sheet of paper into a specific shape and bend it. It consists of one part.

The convex portion 73 is provided on the upper surface 78 of the sheet portion 72. The convex portion 73 is in contact with the lower portion of the article 11 (see FIG. 3) in the accommodating portion 30 in conjunction with the operation of the slider 61. A plurality of such convex portions 73 may be provided. In this example, two adjacent corner portions 81 on the side of the opening portion 36 are provided. The planar shape of the convex portion 73 can be selected from various shapes, and is formed in a rectangular shape here. The two convex portions 73 are arranged to be spaced apart from each other, and constitute a passage of the article 11 (see FIG. 3) in the accommodating portion 30 as indicated by a hollow arrow, and form a shape that expands toward the opening portion 36 (here, it is opened in a figure-eight shape) Form).

Furthermore, the number of the convex portions 73 may be one or three or more. When three or more convex portions 73 are provided, for example, the two adjacent convex portions 73 are spaced apart from each other and extended toward the opening portion 36.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 5(a) and 5(b), the convex portion 73 is formed in a wave shape in which the mountain portion 82 and the valley portion 83 are alternately continuous. In this example, the mountain portion 82 and the valley portion are continuously formed along the diagonal line 85 of the sheet portion 72. 83. The size, number, and shape of the mountain portion 82 and the valley portion 83 are not particularly limited, and can be arbitrarily set according to the function desired for the agitation mechanism 70. Further, the method of providing the corrugated convex portion 73 to the sheet portion 72 can be selected from various methods. For example, the paper sheet can be bent to form a corrugated convex portion 73, and the above-mentioned bent portion can be formed by using an adhesive or the like. The corrugated convex portion 73 is attached to the sheet portion 72.

(The role and effect of the article discharge device)

The operation and effect of the article discharge device 10 described above will be described based on Figs. 6 to 8 .

6 is a view showing a state in which a plurality of articles 11 are housed in the housing portion 30 in FIG. 4, and in the standby state, one of the articles 11 gathered in the opening portion 36 is dropped (moved) to the holding hole portion 66. And is kept. Further, an article (hereinafter simply referred to as "peripheral article") 11 around the opening portion 36 in the accommodating portion 30 is placed on the sheet portion 72. In the following description, the article 11 held by the holding hole portion 66 is indicated by a symbol "A", and the surrounding article 11 is indicated by a symbol "B". Use only the number when referring to these items.

As shown in Fig. 6, when the user resists the ability of the energizing mechanism 62 (see Fig. 2) to press the operation portion 65 (arrow (1)) to slide the slider 61 rearward, as shown in Fig. 7, the sheet portion 72 slides in conjunction with the movement of the slider 61 (arrow (2)). Therefore, the surrounding article 11B placed on the sheet portion 72 is moved so as to be conveyed in the moving direction of the slider 61. Thereby, the peripheral article 11B can be moved more accurately and in a larger range.

On the other hand, as in the prior art, when the article is moved by only the ribs, the movement of the article is small, so that the article is easily clogged around the opening portion, and the article may be caught between the feeding mechanism and the opening portion, or the next. The item cannot be moved to the opening.

In this regard, in the present embodiment, the peripheral article 11B can be moved more accurately and in a larger range, so that the article 11 in the accommodating portion 30 can be effectively agitated, and clogging of the article 11 can be prevented.

Further, as shown in FIG. 8, in conjunction with the operation of the slider 61, the convex portion 73 abuts against the lower portion of the peripheral article 11B (arrow (3)). Therefore, in addition to the agitation of the sheet portion 72, The agitation of the plurality of convex portions 73 is exerted, so that the surrounding articles 11 are more effectively agitated. Further, since the two convex portions 73 are spaced apart from each other and spread toward the opening portion 36, the concentration of the article 11 toward the opening portion 36 can be alleviated. As a result, clogging of the article 11 can be prevented more satisfactorily. Further, when the peripheral article 11B comes into contact with the convex portion 73, the mountain portion 82 and the valley portion 83 slightly move up and down. Thereby, the surrounding article 11B is more effectively agitated.

On the other hand, when the slider 61 slides rearward, the held article 11A is drilled under the second slope 35 and moved rearward. Further, the third slope 75 and the fourth slope 76 are moved and deformed in accordance with the operation of the slider 61.

Further, as shown in FIG. 9(a), when the holding hole portion 66 moves rearward and the discharge port 55 is aligned, the held article 11A falls from the holding hole portion 66 to the inclined body 52 via the discharge port 55 (arrow (4) )). As shown in FIG. 9(b), the article 11 dropped from the discharge port 55 is guided by the inclined body 52 to the take-up port 22, and is taken out from the take-up port 22 and abutted against the edge of the land 53 (arrow (5) )).

When the user releases the hand that presses the operation portion 65, the slider 61 moves forward due to the restoring force of the energizing mechanism 62, and returns to the standby state (arrow (6)). Thereby, the opening portion 36 and the holding hole portion 66 are aligned again, and one of the peripheral articles 11B is dropped to the holding hole portion 66 and held, waiting for the next discharge (arrow (7)). By repeating the above operations, the articles 11 can be sequentially discharged from the accommodating portion 30 one by one.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to obtain the article discharge device 10 capable of more effectively stirring the animal product 11 and preventing the clogging of the article 11 and discharging the article 11 one by one. Further, if the main element of the article discharge device 10 is made of a paper material, the simple article discharge device 10 can be provided at low cost.

The present invention has been described above using the embodiments, but the technical scope of the present invention is of course not limited to the scope described in the above embodiments. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that many modifications or improvements can be made in the above-described embodiments. Further, it is understood from the description of the scope of the patent application that such a modification or improvement is also included in the technique of the present invention. Within the scope of surgery.

10‧‧‧Article discharge device

11‧‧‧ Items

12‧‧‧ frame

16‧‧‧front panel

17‧‧‧ Back panel

18L‧‧‧left side panel

18R‧‧‧right board

30‧‧‧ Storage Department

31‧‧‧ bottom

33‧‧‧1st bevel

35‧‧‧2nd bevel

36‧‧‧ openings

37‧‧‧ corner

38‧‧‧Regulatory Department

41‧‧‧1st component

50‧‧‧Discharge agencies

53‧‧‧

55‧‧‧Export

60‧‧‧Sending agency

61‧‧‧Sliding body

63‧‧‧Steps Department

65‧‧‧Operation Department

66‧‧‧ Keeping the hole

70‧‧‧Agitating mechanism

71‧‧‧ base

72‧‧‧Sheet Department

73‧‧‧ convex

75‧‧‧3rd bevel

76‧‧‧4th bevel

77‧‧‧Links

78‧‧‧Upper surface

81‧‧‧ corner

85‧‧‧ diagonal

Claims (6)

An article discharge device includes: a storage portion that accommodates a plurality of articles; an opening that forms an opening in a bottom surface of the storage portion; and a discharge mechanism that is disposed below the storage portion and that has a row for discharging the article a delivery mechanism that is slidably disposed between the storage portion and the discharge mechanism, holds the article that has moved from the storage portion to the opening, slides and feeds the article to the discharge port, and an agitation mechanism And the storage unit is coupled to the delivery mechanism, and agitates the article in the storage unit in conjunction with the feeding operation of the delivery mechanism; the agitation mechanism has a sheet portion along the bottom surface of the storage portion, The sheet portion is placed on the upper surface of the article in the storage portion, and is moved in the operation direction of the delivery mechanism. The article discharge device according to claim 1, wherein the upper surface of the sheet portion is provided with a convex portion that abuts against the article in the storage portion. The article discharge device according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of convex portions are provided in plurality, and the two adjacent convex portions are arranged to be spaced apart from each other and extend toward the opening. The article discharge device of claim 2, wherein the convex portion is formed in an alternating wave shape in which the mountain portion and the valley portion are alternately continuous. The article discharge device of claim 3, wherein the convex portion is formed in an alternating wave shape in which the mountain portion and the valley portion are alternately continuous. The article discharge device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising a housing having the storage unit, the discharge mechanism, the delivery mechanism, and the agitation mechanism, wherein the housing, the storage unit, and the discharge mechanism are The delivery mechanism and the agitation mechanism are composed of a paper material.