Object dispensing unit of spiral type
AssigneeSanden Retail Systems Corporation
InventorDai Takahashi
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Abstract
A spiral-type object dispensing unit (1) includes: a box-shaped column (2) having an opening (22) in the lower surface; a motor unit (3) including motor (11); and spiral (20) disposed in the column (2), the spiral detachably joined to rotary shaft (14) of the motor (11) at an upper end and extending spirally toward the opening (22) of the column (2) at a lower end. Products supported by the spiral (20) are dispensed from opening (22) by motor (11) rotating and driving spiral (20). A spiral unit (4) including spiral (20) and guide (21) is interchangeable between a first spiral unit that includes a first guide extending in a vertical direction on a central axis of the spiral (20) and a second spiral unit that includes a second guide extending in the vertical direction to the left of the central axis.
Claims8
A spiral-type object dispensing unit comprising:
- a column having an opening on at least one surface;
- a motor part supported by the column;
- and
- a spiral disposed in the column, the spiral being detachably joined to a rotary shaft of the motor part at one end and extending spirally toward the opening of the column at an other end to support an object,
- the spiral-type object dispensing unit sequentially dispensing the object supported by the spiral from the opening of the column by the motor part rotating and driving the spiral, wherein
- the spiral-type object dispensing unit comprises a guide extending from the one end to the other end of the spiral and is supported at one end by the one end of the spiral or the rotary shaft of the motor part, while the other end is detachably supported by the column on an other end side of the spiral,
- the spiral is supported so as to be movable in a width direction of the column,
- the guide is interchangeable between a first guide that extends at least on a central axis of the spiral and allows objects of approximately the same width to be stored in the column on the left and right side of the guide, and a second guide that extends at a position different from the central axis of the spiral in the width direction of the column and allows objects of a larger width than the objects of same width to be stored in the column on either the left and right side of the guide, and
- either the first guide or the second guide is movable together with the spiral in the width direction of the column.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.