Item storage device and item supply device

Abstract

To provide an article storage device and an article supply device excellent in handleability.SOLUTION: An article storage device 1 attached to an article supply device 100 includes a body part 10 configured to store an article P in a laminated state, a pressing part 20 provided in the body part 10 and capable of pressing the article P stored in the laminated state and a holding part 30 that is provided in the body part 10 and holds the pressing part 20, the holding part 30 holds the pressing part 20 so as to be slidable when the pressing part 20 is in a first state, and holds the pressing part 20 so as not to be slidable when the pressing part 20 is in a second state. In addition, the article supply device 100 includes a supply device body 110 to which the article storage device 1 can be attached, at least an article discharge port 102, an article payment charge port 105, and an operation part 104 that becomes operable after a payment is made and can discharge the article from the discharge port are provided on a front surface of the supply device body 110.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an article storage device and an article supply device. [Background technology]

[0002] Patent document 1 discloses a paper feeding device and an image forming device including a paper storage section for storing stacked paper, an air blowing section arranged in front of the paper storage section for blowing air near the upper front end of the paper stack, an adsorption transport section arranged above the paper storage section for adsorbing the topmost paper that has risen from the paper stack by the air blowing and transporting it forward, a regulating member provided in the paper storage section for regulating the position of at least one end of the paper stack in the width direction, a pressing mechanism for pressing the side end of the floated paper by moving a pressing member provided on the regulating member, and a control section for controlling the operation of the air blowing section and the pressing mechanism. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] JP 2018-111556 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] Patent Document 1 is a technology that enables the topmost sheet of a paper stack to be reliably curved upward, and allows the topmost sheet of the paper stack and the second sheet to be properly separated. In this type of device that stores sheet-like objects in a stack and separates them one by one, an acting member for applying a predetermined external force to the objects is disposed above the object storage device. For this reason, in an object storage device in which objects are supplied from above, this acting member gets in the way when replenishing objects or performing maintenance, which causes a decrease in the ease of handling of the device. In particular, in an object storage device and an object supply device that are provided with a pressing part that applies a pressing force from above to thin, sheet-like or case-like objects, which are the subject of the present invention, improving the ease of handling of this pressing part has been an issue in improving the ease of handling of the device.

[0005] An object of the present invention is to provide an article storage device and an article supply device that are easy to handle. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] The article storage device according to the present invention is an article storage device that is attached to an article supply device, and includes a main body configured to be able to store articles in a stacked state, a pressing part provided within the main body and capable of pressing the articles stored in the stacked state, and a holding portion provided within the main body portion and holding the pressing portion, wherein the holding portion holds the pressing portion so that it can slide when the pressing portion is in a first state, and holds the pressing portion so that it cannot slide when the pressing portion is in a second state.

[0007] The item supply device of the present invention includes a supply device main body to which the item storage device described above can be attached, and the front surface of the supply device main body is provided with at least an outlet for the items, an inlet for inserting the price for the items, and an operating section which becomes operable after the price has been inserted and which enables the items to be dispensed from the outlet. Effect of the Invention

[0008] According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an article storage device and an article supply device that are easy to handle. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0009] [Figure 1] 1 is an external perspective view showing an example of an article supplying device of the present invention; [Diagram 2] 2 is a plan view of an article storage device attached to the article supplying device shown in FIG. 1. [Diagram 3] 3 is a schematic perspective view showing the inside of the article storage device shown in FIG. 2. [Figure 4] 3A is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of the article storage device shown in FIG. 2, and an enlarged view of a main portion. [Diagram 5] FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view showing a state (first state) in which an article is pressed by a pressing portion. [Figure 6] FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the pressing portion shown in FIG. 5. [Figure 7] FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. 5. [Figure 8] 8 is a schematic diagram showing an engagement state between the protrusion and groove of the pressing portion as viewed from the cross-sectional line CC in FIG. 7. [Figure 9] FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a second state of the pressing portion. [Figure 10] 8 is a schematic diagram showing an engagement state between the holding portion and the protrusion portion when viewed from the cross-sectional line CC in FIG. 7. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0010] An article storage device and an article supplying device according to one embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to FIGS. In the following description, the directions (orientations) are based on the description when the article supply device is viewed from the front (the direction of the arrow shown in Figure 1), and are described in terms of the up-down direction (upper or lower side), left-right direction (right or left side), and front-to-rear direction (front or rear side) when the article supply device is viewed from the front.

[0011] <Configuration of the article supply device> FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing an example of an article supplying device. The article supplying device 100 is a device that can supply (discharge) for example a sheet-like article P (see FIG. 5) by inserting a payment. As shown in FIG. 1, the article supplying device 100 has a shape surrounded on six sides by a supplying device main body 110, and various operation parts are provided on the front surface 101. For example, the front surface 101 is provided with an insertion port 105 into which the payment for the article P can be inserted, an operation unit 104 that dispenses the article P from the discharge port 50 by a rotation operation, a cash return port 106 that returns cash as necessary, a cash return button 107, a display unit 108, and the like. In addition, a large rectangular opening 109 is provided in the upper area of ​​the front surface 101, and an article storage device 1 (see FIGS. 2 and 3) is removably provided in this rectangular opening 109. In other words, the item storage device 1 has a box-like shape that occupies a large area on the upper side of the item supply device 100, and is configured so that, for example, when installing it, it can be installed by sliding it from the front side 101 toward the rear of the supply device main body 110, and can be removed by sliding it out toward the front.

[0012] Each part will be explained below. The operating unit 104 is an operating member configured to be rotatable in the direction of the arrow in response to payment of the price. When the user rotates the operating unit in a predetermined direction after inserting the price, the shutter 15 (see FIG. 4) closing the discharge port 50 opens, and the bottommost item P among the items P stacked on the item placement unit 10b (see FIG. 5), which will be described later, is discharged (supplied) through the discharge port 50. Note that the rotation of the operating unit 104 is restricted by a locking mechanism when payment of the price cannot be confirmed, and the locking mechanism is released and the operating unit 104 becomes rotatable only when payment of the price is confirmed.

[0013] The cash slot 105 is configured to have a circular recess with a slit-like opening through which coins can be inserted. The slot 105 can be switched between a state in which cash is accepted and a state in which it is not accepted by controlling an internal mechanism. For example, a mechanism for detecting the presence of a stored item P may be provided, and when the presence of the item P is not detected, the slot 105 may be closed to prevent coins from being inserted. This prevents coins from being mistakenly inserted when the item P is not present. The cash return slot 106 is configured to return inserted coins in response to the operation of a cash return button 107, and to allow the coins returned from the device to be taken out. The payment of the price may be made by electronic payment such as electronic money or a two-dimensional code, in addition to payment by coins.

[0014] The display unit 108 is a part that displays the presence or absence of the article P. For example, a detection unit 19 that can check the presence or absence of the article P on the article placement unit 10b is provided, and the display unit 108 is configured to move a display panel or the like as appropriate via a linkage mechanism (not shown) that operates upon detection of the article P by the detection unit 19 to perform a predetermined display.

[0015] <Configuration of the article storage device> FIG. 2 is a plan view of the article storage device 1, and FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view showing the inside of the article storage device 1 shown in FIG. 2 and 3, the article storage device 1 forms a rectangular storage space SP in which the case body 10, which is the main body, is slightly longer in the front-rear direction when viewed from above. That is, the case body 10 is covered on the front-rear, left-right and bottom sides by outer wall portions 10w, and the top side is open. An article placement portion 10b, which is a bottom portion for storing an article P, is provided at a position slightly spaced from the outer wall portion 10w (see FIG. 4) on the bottom side of the case body 10, to form the storage space SP. The articles P are stored in a stacked state in this storage space SP.

[0016] The case body 10 is not particularly limited in terms of its material, but may be made of, for example, plastic, and has a discharge port 50 (see FIG. 1) at its front side through which the article P can be discharged, and above the discharge port 50, for example, an information providing area 60 (see FIG. 1) made of a light-transmitting member through which the article P stored inside can be visually observed is provided. The article P referred to here is a relatively thin flat plate or sheet-like object such as a sheet-like printed matter, a card, or a thin case, which can be fed out by the rotational force of a roller described later and can be stored in a stack.

[0017] Here, in the storage space SP, as shown in FIG. 3, a pair of left and right guides 11 are provided at a position near the front of the space, and a rear guide 12 is provided at a position near the rear of the space so as to rise from the article placement section 10b. In addition, a pressing section 20 capable of pressing the article P downward when the article P is stored and stacked is provided at the front side of the left and right guides 11. The pressing section 20 is a weight having a rectangular parallelepiped shape elongated in the left-right direction. The pressing section 20 is held so as to be movable up and down by rails 30 (one side rail 30R, the other side rail 30L) which are holding sections erected at the front side of the left and right guides 11. The rails 30, the details of which will be described later, are a pair of one side rail 30R on the right side and the other side rail 30L on the left side, and grooves 31 on the opposing side surfaces hold the pressing section 20 so as to be slidable upward.

[0018] The left and right guides 11 are provided so as to be movable in the left-right direction on the article placement section 10b, and the rear guide 12 is provided so as to be movable in the front-rear direction on the article placement section 10b. In other words, the left and right guides 11 and the rear guide 12 are configured to be able to accommodate articles P of different sizes by moving them.

[0019] FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a portion of the article storage device 1 shown in FIG. 2 taken along line AA. A front end guide portion 14 involved in sending out the articles is provided along the discharge opening 50 on the front side of the pressing portion 20. As shown in Fig. 4, this front end guide portion 14 is disposed between the discharge opening 50 and the article placement portion 10b, and is disposed immediately behind a shutter 15 that is provided so as to be able to swing to open and close the discharge opening 50. The front end guide portion 14 guides the articles P so that they are discharged one by one as they are discharged, and is configured so that its height from the article placement portion 10b can be adjusted to match the articles P.

[0020] A discharge roller 16 is provided below the article placement section 10b and at a position facing the pressing section 20. As shown in FIG. 4, the discharge roller 16 has a circular hole-shaped arc outer surface 16a and a non-arc outer surface 16b having a smaller diameter than the arc outer surface in a side view. Therefore, when rotated around the rotation axis 16c, the arc outer surface 16a can abut against the lower surface of the article P pressed downward by the pressing section 20, and the article P can be sent forward. That is, the arc outer surface 16a can abut against the lower surface of the article P when rotated so as to follow the arc recess 20wc (see FIG. 9) formed on the lower surface of the pressing section 20, protruding slightly upward from the placement section opening 10bh. The discharge roller 16 is connected to the operating section 104 via a shaft member and a gear member (not shown), and is driven to rotate by the operating section 104 that becomes operable by inserting a coin, as described above.

[0021] FIG. 5 is a partial perspective view showing a state (first state (1D)) in which the article P is pressed by the pressing portion 20. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, a pair of rails 30 erected at both left and right ends in front of the article placement portion 10b (disposed to extend in a direction perpendicular to the article placement portion 10b) hold the pressing portion 20 so as to be slidable in the vertical direction. The pair of rails 30 are provided with grooves 31 of the same shape facing each other, with the groove of one rail 30R on the right side being the one side groove portion 31R and the groove of the other rail 30L on the left side being the other side groove portion 31L, along the vertical direction. Then, protrusions (third protrusions 23, etc., described later) protruding from the outer surfaces of both left and right ends of the pressing portion 20 are engaged so as to fit into these grooves 31. Therefore, the pressing portion 20 is held so as to be slidable in the vertical direction between the lower end 30d, which is one end of the rail 30, and the upper end 30u, which is the other end. Note that the holding of the pressing portion 20 by the grooves 31 only regulates the position of the pressing portion 20 in the horizontal and front-rear directions, and the pressing portion 20 can slide freely in the vertical direction.

[0022] When the article storage device 1 is attached to the article supplying device 100, the pressing portion 20, which is held so as to be movable up and down, is in a state in which it can slide toward the article placement portion 10b by its own weight, i.e., it presses (f) the articles P stacked and placed on the article placement portion 10b downward by the weight of the pressing portion 20. In this manner, the pressing portion 20 is capable of taking a first orientation in which it is movable up and down as a first state (1D), and is also capable of taking a second state (2D) (see FIG. 9) in a second orientation described later that is different from the first state (1D).

[0023] FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the pressing portion 20 shown in FIG. 5 as viewed from the left and right direction. As shown in FIG. 6, the pressing part 20 has a horizontally elongated rectangular parallelepiped shape, and the above-mentioned protrusions are configured by a total of six protrusions, including a first protrusion 21, a second protrusion 22, and a fifth protrusion 25 on the right side shown in FIG. 6(a) and a third protrusion 23, a fourth protrusion 24, and a sixth protrusion 26 on the left side shown in FIG. 6(b), which protrude further in the left-right direction from the left and right outer surfaces 20s. To explain in more detail, the first protrusion 21 and the second protrusion 22, which are one-side protrusions on one side (right side) in the longitudinal direction of the pressing part 20, are provided in vertically aligned positions, and these first protrusion 21 and second protrusion 22 engage with the one-side groove portion 31R (see FIG. 5). In addition, the third protrusion 23 and the fourth protrusion 24, which are the other-side protrusions on the other side (left side), also engage with the other-side groove portion 31L (see FIG. 5) in the same vertically aligned configuration.

[0024] Furthermore, the fifth protrusion 25 protrudes rightward from the rear wall 20wr of the pressing part 20 at a position different from the positions at which the first protrusion 21 and the second protrusion 22 are provided. Similarly to the fifth protrusion 25, the sixth protrusion 26 is also provided on the rear wall 20wr and protrudes leftward. Therefore, the fifth protrusion 25 is configured to be able to come into face-to-face contact with the rear side portion 30Rr (see FIG. 5), which is the first side portion on the rail 30 where the groove portion 31 is not formed, and the sixth protrusion 26 is configured to be able to come into face-to-face contact with the rear side portion 30Lr, which is the second side portion.

[0025] The pressing part 20 is provided with a gripping part 28 near the center in the longitudinal direction to be gripped when the pressing part 20 is operated by hand. A protruding rib 29 is formed on the lower side of the gripping part 28, which protrudes rearward and has left and right walls 29a and a bottom wall 29b. The protruding rib 29 is provided at a position corresponding to the detection part 19 provided so as to be protrudible from the article placement part 10b in order to detect the presence or absence of the article P. For example, when the article P is present, the protruding rib 29 presses the article P from directly above the detection part 19. This allows even a relatively soft article P to be reliably detected down to the last one. In addition, the protruding rib 29 has an arc-shaped cutout 29k formed on the bottom wall 29b, so that when the article P is not present, the cutout 29k receives the tip part of the detection part 19, surrounding the tip part of the detection part 19 and protecting the detection part 19.

[0026] Hereinafter, the engagement state between the groove 31 and the protrusion in the first orientation (first state (1D)) of the pressing portion 20 will be described. Fig. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB in Fig. 5. Since the engagement state between the groove 31 and the protrusion is the same on the left and right, only the engagement state on the left side shown in Fig. 7 will be described, and the description of the engagement state on the right side will be omitted.

[0027] As shown in FIG. 7, the cross-sectional shape of the other side groove portion 31L provided on the other side rail 30L has a narrow width portion 31a with a minimum width W1 where the groove width is small, and a wide portion 31b with a maximum width W2 where the groove width is large, and has a wide structure. In contrast, the third protrusion portion 23 is configured to have a width (d1) narrower than the narrow width portion 31a. The fourth protrusion portion 24 is configured to have a small diameter portion 24a on the protrusion base side and a large diameter portion 24b on the tip side, and the diameter (minimum diameter) d2 of the small diameter portion 24a is smaller than the minimum width W1 of the narrow width portion 31a, and the diameter (maximum diameter) d3 of the large diameter portion 24b is larger than the minimum width W1 and smaller than the maximum width W2 of the large diameter portion 31b. In this way, the pressing portion 20 is held so as to be movable up and down by being engaged with the rail 30.

[0028] 8 is a cross section taken along the line CC in FIG. 7, and is a schematic diagram showing the engagement state between the protrusions of the pressing portion 20 and the groove portion 31 as viewed from the center of the pressing portion 20. In this case as well, the engagement state on the right side (first protrusion 21, second protrusion 22, and fifth protrusion 25) is the same as that on the left side, and therefore will not be described.

[0029] When the pressing part 20 is in the first orientation (first state (1D)), as shown in FIG. 8, the first protrusion 23 and the fourth protrusion 24 are located in the groove 31L. When the pressing part 20 is pushed upward, the third protrusion 23 comes above the upper end surface 30t of the rail 30 and comes out of the groove 31, but the fourth protrusion 24 does not come out of the groove 31. In detail, the groove upper end wall 31w is provided so that the large width part 31b of the groove 31 does not open to the upper end surface 30t. That is, since the uppermost end position of the groove 31 is an opening of the small width part 31a, the third protrusion 23 comes out of the groove 31 but the fourth protrusion 24 does not come out of the groove 31. As a result, the pressing part 20 is structured so that it cannot be removed from the rail 30.

[0030] Here, the case where the pressing part 20 is attached to the rail 30 will be described. The method of attaching the pressing part 20 is not particularly specified. For example, in the structure shown in FIG. 8, the pressing part 20 cannot be attached from the upper end surface 30t side. For example, a groove part 31 that opens up to the wide part 31b is formed in the upper end surface 30t in advance. Then, both protrusions 23, 24 are inserted and assembled from the upper end surface 30t side. After that, an insert member that constitutes the groove upper end wall 31w is fitted and fixed by welding, bonding, screwing, or the like. This makes it impossible for the pressing part 20 to be removed from the rail 30. In this case, the rail 30 may be assembled in a state where the mounting surface 30j at its upper end is attached to the case body 10 by a screw 80 or the like (see FIG. 2 and FIG. 8).

[0031] As for the method of assembling the pressing part 20, in the case of the groove part 31 in which the part corresponding to the groove upper end wall 31w is provided from the beginning (integrally molded), for example, the pressing part 20 can be configured to be attached from the lower end part 30d side of the rail 30. In this case, the pressing part 20 and the rail 30 are made into a unit in a pre-assembled state, and by attaching this unit to the case body 10, the lower end side of the groove part 31 is closed by the article placement part 10b, and the pressing part 20 cannot be removed from the rail 30.

[0032] FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing the second orientation (second state (2D)) of the pressing portion 20. As shown in FIG. 9, the pressing part 20 is held in a state in which the rear wall 20wr, which faced rearward in the first state (1D), faces obliquely upward. That is, the pressing part 20 is in a second orientation (second state (2D)) on the upper end side of the rail 30, and is held in a state in which it cannot slide and cannot press the article P. In this second state (2D), the pressing part 20 is fixed on the rail 30 so as not to move when replenishing the article P or performing maintenance on the device.

[0033] Fig. 10 is a schematic diagram of the engagement state between the rail 30 and each protrusion in a second orientation (second state (2D)) as viewed from the direction of cross section CC in Fig. 7. In this case as well, the engagement state on the right side (first protrusion 21, second protrusion 22, and fifth protrusion 25) is the same as that on the left side, so a description thereof will be omitted.

[0034] As shown in FIG. 10, the fourth protrusion 24 is located at the top end of the groove 31 (the other-side groove 31L), while the third protrusion 23 is in contact with the front portion 30Lf. To achieve this second state (2D), the gripping portion 28 of the pressing portion 20 is gripped and slid upward, and then the third protrusion 23 is released from the groove 31 and rotated forward (counterclockwise in FIG. 10). As a result, the pressing portion 20 is locked with the third protrusion 23 in contact with the front portion 30Lf, and is held by the rail 30 in the second orientation (second state (2D)). In the figure, the sixth protrusion 26 is locked in a state separated from the upper end surface 30t, but other locking states may be, for example, a state in which the sixth protrusion 26 is placed on the upper end surface 30t.

[0035] As described above, in the article storage device 1 of this embodiment, the rail 30 can be in a first state (1D) (first orientation) in which the pressing portion 20 is held slidably, and a second state (2D) (second orientation) in which the pressing portion 20 is held so that it cannot be slidably moved. Therefore, when inserting (loading) the article P into a predetermined position, it is not necessary to remove the pressing portion 20, which improves the loading operation of the article P and improves the handleability of the article storage device 1.

[0036] Furthermore, in the article storage device 1 of the present embodiment, the pressing portion 20 is provided so as not to be detachable from the rail 30, and therefore will not be detached when loading the article P or during maintenance, thereby preventing loss.

[0037] Furthermore, in the item storage device 1 of this embodiment, the pressing portion 20 is held so as to be able to slide vertically on a rail 30 extending vertically from the item mounting portion 10b inside the case body 10, so that the pressing portion 20 presses the item P by its own weight and can constantly press the item P even if the height of the item P held on the item mounting portion 10b fluctuates.

[0038] In the article storage device 1 of this embodiment, the protrusions on both the left and right sides are each composed of two protrusions (the first and second protrusions 21, 22 on the right side and the third and fourth protrusions 23, 24 on the left side). Since these two protrusions are lined up one above the other and simultaneously engage with the groove portion 31, the orientation of the pressing portion 20 can be restricted to a predetermined orientation. Furthermore, since the pressing portion 20 is held on the rail 30 with its orientation restricted, stable sliding movement can be performed, and the article P can be stably pressed in this state.

[0039] According to the item storage device 1 of this embodiment, the upper first protrusion 21 and third protrusion 23 of the protrusions engaged with the groove portion 31 are configured to have a width narrower than the minimum width W1 of the groove portion 31, and therefore can come out of the groove from the opening portion of the upper end surface 30t of the groove portion 31, while the lower second protrusion 22 and fourth protrusion 24 are configured to have a maximum diameter d3 portion larger than the minimum width W1 of the opening portion of the upper end surface 30t of the groove portion 31, and therefore can move without coming out of the groove portion 31. As a result, the pressing portion 20 can rotate in a state where the first protrusion 21 is not engaged with the one side groove portion 31R, the second protrusion 22 is engaged with the one side groove portion 31R, the third protrusion 23 is not engaged with the other side groove portion 31L, and the fourth protrusion 24 is engaged with the other side groove portion 31L.Therefore, the pressing portion 20 can change its orientation from the first state (1D) (to the second orientation (2D)) relative to the rail 30, using the protrusions (second protrusion 22, fourth protrusion 24) that have not come off as fulcrums.

[0040] In the second state (2D), the pressing portion 20 of the item storage device 1 of this embodiment is stably held because the first protrusion 21 and the third protrusion 23 are removed from the groove portion 31 and held in contact with both front side portions 30Rf, 30Lf of the rail 30.

[0041] In the article storage device 1 of this embodiment, in addition to the first to fourth protrusions 21, 22, 23, 24 that engage with the groove 31 in the first state (1D), the fifth and sixth protrusions 25, 26 that are adjacent to (positioned so as to be substantially in contact with) the rear sides 30Rr, 30Lr of the rail 30 are provided, so that the first state (1D) of the pressing part 20 can be more stably maintained. In addition, the fifth and sixth protrusions 25, 26 can reinforce the engaging force with the rail 30, and therefore have a protective function for the protrusions 21, 22, 23, 24.

[0042] According to the item storage device 1 of this embodiment, the gripping portion 28 is provided in the center of the longitudinal direction of the pressing portion 20, making it easy to grip the pressing portion 20 and enabling smooth movement with good longitudinal weight balance when moved.

[0043] According to the article storage device 1 of this embodiment, the article P can be provided by the article supply device 100 by inserting the price of the article P.

[0044] Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention can be modified as appropriate within the scope of its technical concept. For example, in the above embodiment, the shape of the pressing part 20 is a rectangular parallelepiped with a rectangular cross section, but it is not necessarily limited to this shape, and various shapes can be adopted as long as they can press the article P.

[0045] Furthermore, the form in which the protrusion is formed is not particularly limited, and for example, it may be made of resin and integrally molded with the outer portion of the pressing portion 20, or it may be made of metal and a separate member may be attached by screwing it in place, for example. [Explanation of symbols]

[0046] 1. Item storage device 10 Case body (main body) 20 Pressing section 10b Item placement section (bottom surface) 10b Item placement section (bottom surface) 21 1st protrusion (protrusion) 22 Second protrusion (protrusion) 23 Third protrusion (protrusion) 24 4th protrusion (protrusion) 25 5th protrusion (protrusion) 26 6th protrusion (protrusion) 28 Gripping part 30 Rail (holding part) 30Rf Right front side (first side) 30Rr Right rear side (first side) 30Lf Left front side (second side) 30Lr Left rear side (second side) 30d Lower end (one end) 30u upper end (other end) 31 Groove 31R One-sided gutter section (gutter section) 31L Other side gutter part (gutter part) 100 Item Supply Device 101 front 102 Exhaust 104 Operation Department 105 Input port 110 Supply device body P Items

Claims

1. An article storage device that is attached to an article supply device, A main body configured to be able to accommodate articles in a stacked state; a pressing portion provided within the main body portion, the pressing portion including a one-side protrusion portion including a first protrusion portion and a second protrusion portion on one side in the longitudinal direction and an other-side protrusion portion including a third protrusion portion and a fourth protrusion portion on the other side, the pressing portion being capable of pressing the articles stored in a stacked state; a holding portion that is provided in the main body portion, the holding portion including a first groove portion that can be fitted to the first protrusion portion and a second groove portion that can be fitted to the second protrusion portion, and that holds the pressing portion; the pressing portion is held by the holding portion in a first orientation and is capable of pressing an article held on a bottom surface portion within the main body portion when the first protrusion and the second protrusion are fitted into the one-side groove portion and the third protrusion and the fourth protrusion are engaged with the other-side groove portion; and the pressing portion is held by the holding portion in a second orientation and is unable to press the article when the first protrusion is not engaged with the one-side groove portion and the second protrusion is engaged with the one-side groove portion, and the third protrusion is not engaged with the other-side groove portion and the fourth protrusion is engaged with the other-side groove portion; the holding portion holds the pressing portion so as to be slidable when the pressing portion is held by the holding portion in the first orientation, and holds the pressing portion so as not to be slidable when the pressing portion is held by the holding portion in the second orientation. Item storage device.

2. The article storage device according to claim 1, The pressing portion is provided so as to be unable to be removed from the holding portion. Item storage device.

3. The article storage device according to claim 1 or 2, The pressing portion is slidably held between one end and the other end of the holding portion extending in a direction perpendicular to a bottom surface portion within the main body portion. Item storage device.

4. The article storage device according to claim 3, The pressing portion is configured to be able to press the article toward the bottom surface portion inside the main body portion by its own weight. Item storage device.

5. The article storage device according to claim 1, The pressing portion is rotated from a state in which the pressing portion is held by the holding portion in the first orientation to a state in which the pressing portion is held by the holding portion in the second orientation. Item storage device.

6. The article storage device according to claim 1, The first protrusion and the third protrusion are configured to have a width narrower than the minimum width of the one-side groove portion and the other-side groove portion, and the second protrusion and the fourth protrusion are configured to have a minimum diameter smaller than the minimum width and a maximum diameter larger than the minimum width. Item storage device.

7. The article storage device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, The pressing portion has a gripping portion formed near the center in the longitudinal direction. Item storage device.

8. The article storage device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, the pressing portion is slidably movable in a direction pressing the article when the article storage device is attached to the article supply device and the article can be supplied. Item storage device.

9. A supply device body to which the article storage device according to any one of claims 1 to 8 can be attached, The front surface of the supply device body is provided with at least an outlet for the item, an inlet for inserting the price of the item, and an operating section operable to eject the item from the outlet after inserting the price. It is provided with Goods supply device.

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