Commodity storage device

Abstract

To provide good definition of the aisle width of an item storage area, even when installed in a refrigerated environment.SOLUTION: An item storage device includes: a box-shaped storage device main body 11 having a replenishment opening 11a on the front side and a discharge opening 11b on the bottom side, and having a carrying-out mechanism 15 inside which an item is stored along a vertical direction and the lowest-level item is discharged downwardly from the discharge opening 11b when the item is driven to be carried out; a front door 12 provided on the storage device main body 11 in a manner that opens and closes the replenishment opening 11a; and a regulation plate 13 that is movably provided along the right and left directions in a manner close to and opposite to a pair of side panels 11 L, etc. constituting the storage device main body 11, and defines the width of an aisle of a storage area 15b of an item in the carrying-out mechanism 15. The regulation plate 13 moves along the left-right direction by displacement of stepped screws 13a, etc. protruding toward the front and rear, through an irregularly shaped hole 115, etc. formed on the front and rear faces of the storage device main body 11.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a merchandise storage device, and more particularly to an improvement in a merchandise storage device applied to, for example, a vending machine that sells frozen merchandise.

Background Art

[0002] Conventionally, as a merchandise storage device applied to a vending machine that sells merchandise, for example, a direct stacking type merchandise rack is known. Such a merchandise storage device includes a box-shaped storage device main body having a replenishment port on the front surface and a discharge port on the lower surface, and a front door swingably provided on the storage device main body in a manner of opening and closing the replenishment port.

[0003] A discharge mechanism is provided at the lower part inside the storage device main body, and a plurality of merchandise are directly stacked and stored vertically inside the storage device main body in a state where downward displacement is restricted by the discharge mechanism. When the discharge mechanism drives for discharge, the lowermost merchandise is discharged downward from the discharge port.

[0004] In such a merchandise storage device, in order to define the passage width of the merchandise storage area inside the storage device main body, movable side plates are provided along the left-right direction in a manner of approaching and separating from a pair of left and right side plates constituting the storage device main body. Such movable side plates are moved by a passage width adjustment mechanism including a plurality of flat link members and biasing means such as springs (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

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Patent Document 1

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0006] Incidentally, in the merchandise storage device proposed in Patent Document 1 described above, since the movable side plate is moved by a passage width adjustment mechanism including a plurality of flat link members and biasing means such as springs, the following problems have occurred.

[0007] That is, when the merchandise stored in the merchandise storage device is frozen merchandise and the merchandise storage device is installed in a frozen environment of a vending machine, a plurality of link members constituting the passage width adjustment mechanism may stick to the side plate of the storage device main body due to freezing or the like, or biasing means such as a spring may not exert a biasing force due to freezing or the like. As a result, there is a risk that the movable side plate cannot be moved and the passage width of the merchandise storage area cannot be defined.

[0008] In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a merchandise storage device that can satisfactorily define the passage width of a merchandise storage area even when installed in a frozen environment.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0009] In order to achieve the above object, a merchandise storage device according to the present invention has a box shape with a replenishment port on the front surface and a discharge port on the lower surface, and stores merchandise along the vertical direction and drives out the lowermost merchandise downward from the discharge port when driving out. A storage device main body provided with a carry-out mechanism inside, and a front door provided on the storage device main body in a manner of opening and closing the replenishment port. The merchandise storage device is provided so as to be movable in the left-right direction in a manner of approaching and separating from a pair of left and right side plates constituting the storage device main body, and includes a regulating plate that defines the passage width of the merchandise storage area in the carry-out mechanism. The regulating plate is characterized in that protruding portions protruding forward and backward move in the left-right direction by displacing irregular holes formed on the front surface and the rear surface of the storage device main body.

[0010] Further, in the present invention, in the above-described merchandise storage device, the regulating plate is configured such that a plurality of protrusions extending in the front-rear direction are formed on the surface facing the merchandise storage area.

[0011] Further, in the present invention, in the above-described merchandise storage device, the carry-out mechanism includes a spiral configured to be wound in a spiral shape along the vertical direction, and when the spiral rotates around the central axis, merchandise constrained between each pitch of the spiral is gradually carried out downward, and the lowermost merchandise is discharged from the discharge opening.

Advantages of the Invention

[0012] According to the present invention, since the protruding portions protruding forward and backward of the regulating plate displace the irregular holes formed in the front surface and the rear surface of the storage device main body and move along the left-right direction, the contact points when moving the regulating plate in the left-right direction can be minimized, and it can be moved well even when installed in a refrigerated environment. Therefore, even when installed in a refrigerated environment, the passage width of the merchandise storage area can be well regulated.

Brief Description of the Drawings

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Mode for Carrying Out the Invention

[0014] Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, a preferred embodiment of the merchandise storage device according to the present invention will be described in detail.

[0015] FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional side view showing the internal structure of a vending machine to which the merchandise storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. The vending machine illustrated here includes a main body cabinet 1, an outer door 2, and an inner door 3.

[0016] The main body cabinet 1 is configured in a rectangular shape having an opening in the front by appropriately combining a plurality of steel plates, and has a merchandise storage 4 with a heat insulating structure inside. The outer door 2 is for covering the front opening of the main body cabinet 1, and is disposed on one side edge of the main body cabinet 1 so as to be openable and closable. Although not shown in the figure, on the front surface of this outer door 2, there are provided a display window, product selection buttons, a bill insertion slot, a coin insertion slot, a return lever, an integrated display, a coin return slot, a product outlet 2a, etc., which are necessary when selling products. The product outlet 2a is an opening for the user to take out the product, and is opened and closed by a product take-out door 2b.

[0017] The inner door 3 is a heat-insulating door for covering the front opening of the product storage compartment 4, and is disposed on one side edge of the main body cabinet 1 so as to be openable and closable at a position inward of the outer door 2. At the lower part of this inner door 3, a product outlet 3a for carrying out the product to the outside of the product storage compartment 4 is provided.

[0018] In addition, a cooling unit 5, a product storage device 10, and a shooter 20 are disposed in the product storage compartment 4 of the vending machine.

[0019] The cooling unit 5 is for cooling the internal atmosphere of the product storage compartment 4 to a refrigeration temperature of, for example, -5°C or lower, and is configured to include a refrigerant circuit 5a and a blower fan 5b. The refrigerant circuit 5a is configured by sequentially connecting an evaporator 5a1, a compressor 5a2, a condenser 5a3, and an expansion mechanism 5a4 with refrigerant pipes, and refrigerant is enclosed therein.

[0020] The evaporator 5a1 is installed at the lower part on the rear side of the product storage compartment 4. The compressor 5a2 is installed in the machine room 6 of the main body cabinet 1. This compressor 5a2 is driven in response to a command given from a control unit (not shown), and when driven, it sucks refrigerant from the evaporator 5a1 and compresses the sucked refrigerant.

[0021] The condenser 5a3 is installed in the machine room 6 on the front side of the compressor 5a2. This condenser 5a3 condenses the refrigerant compressed by the compressor 5a2. The expansion mechanism 5a4 is configured by, for example, an electronic expansion valve or the like, and adiabatically expands the refrigerant condensed by the condenser 5a3 and sends it to the evaporator 5a1.

[0022] In such a refrigerant circuit 5a, heat exchange occurs between the refrigerant sent to the evaporator 5a1 and the ambient air around the evaporator 5a1 in the evaporator 5a1, and the ambient air is cooled by the evaporation of the refrigerant.

[0023] The blower fan 5b is installed in front of the evaporator 5a1 in the product storage bin 4. This blower fan 5b is rotationally driven by a command given from the control unit, and when rotationally driven, it blows the air cooled by the evaporator 5a1 into the interior of the product storage bin 4. With such a cooling unit 5, the internal atmosphere of the product storage bin 4 can be cooled and maintained at a predetermined refrigeration temperature.

[0024] Figs. 2 to 4 each show the product storage device 10 shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the external configuration of the product storage device 10, and Figs. 3 and 4 are perspective views showing the internal structure of the product storage device 10. As also shown in these Figs. 2 to 4, the product storage device 10 is configured to include a storage device main body 11, a front door 12, a regulating plate 13, and an attachment member 14.

[0025] The storage device main body 11 has a box shape with a replenishment port 11a on the front and a discharge port 11b on the bottom surface. An unloading mechanism 15 is installed inside the storage device main body 11.

[0026] The unloading mechanism 15 is constituted by a spiral 15a formed by winding a rod-shaped body made of, for example, metal in a spiral shape in the vertical direction. Such an unloading mechanism 15 defines a storage area 15b for the product by restraining the product between each pitch of the spiral 15a and storing the product.

[0027] Then, when the spiral 15a of the unloading mechanism 15 rotates around the central axis, the product restrained between each pitch is gradually unloaded downward, and the product (the lowest product) restrained between the lowermost pitches is discharged downward from the discharge port 11b.

[0028] The front door 12 is comprised of a left front door 12L and a right front door 12R. The left front door 12L is a door body large enough to cover the left half of the refill port 11a, and its left end is swingably mounted on the storage device main body 11 so as to open and close the left half of the refill port 11a. The right front door 12R is a door body large enough to cover the right half of the refill port 11a, and its right end is swingably mounted on the storage device main body 11 so as to open and close the right half of the refill port 11a.

[0029] The regulating plates 13 are plate-like bodies formed by processing, for example, sheet metal, and are arranged in a left-right pair inside the storage device main body 11. Although the left and right regulating plates 13 differ in some aspects of their configuration, they have the same basic function, so in the following, only the left regulating plate 13 will be described, and a description of the right regulating plate 13 will be omitted. In addition, the sides of the left and right regulating plates 13 that are closer to each other will be referred to as the inside, and the sides that are farther apart will be referred to as the outside.

[0030] The regulating plate 13 is a plate-like body having approximately the same size as the side surface of the storage device main body 11, and as shown in Fig. 5, a plurality of protrusions 131 extending in the vertical direction are formed on the inner surface facing the product storage area 15b. Two circular holes 132 for inserting fingers, for example, are formed in the upper part of this regulating plate 13. In addition, a notch 133 is formed in the lower rear part of the left-side regulating plate 13. This notch 133 is formed to prevent interference with the actuator 16 that detects products in the discharge mechanism 15, as shown in Fig. 3.

[0031] Such a defining plate 13 is provided with a front upper stepped screw 13a and a front lower stepped screw 13b that protrude forward above and below the front end, and a rear upper stepped screw 13c and a rear lower stepped screw 13d that protrude rearward above and below the rear end.

[0032] The upper front stepped screw 13a enters the upper front irregular hole 115 formed in the upper front guide piece 111 that constitutes the front surface of the storage device main body 11, the lower front stepped screw 13b enters the lower front irregular hole 116 formed in the lower front guide piece 112 that constitutes the front surface of the storage device main body 11, the rear upper stepped screw 13c enters the rear upper irregular hole 117 formed in the rear upper guide piece 113 that constitutes the rear surface of the storage device main body 11 from the front, and the rear lower stepped screw 13d enters the rear lower irregular hole 118 formed in the rear lower guide piece 114 that constitutes the rear surface of the storage device main body 11.

[0033] The regulation plate 13 is installed as follows. As the rear upper stepped screw 13c attached to the regulation plate 13 enters the rear upper irregular hole 117 from the front and the rear lower stepped screw 13d attached to the regulation plate 13 enters the rear lower irregular hole 118 from the front, the regulation plate 13 is locked to the rear upper guide piece 113 and the rear lower guide piece 114. Then, the front upper stepped screw 13a that penetrates the front upper irregular hole 115 from the front and the front lower stepped screw 13b that penetrates the front lower irregular hole 116 from the front are respectively attached to predetermined positions on the regulation plate 13. Thereby, the regulation plate 13 is installed on the front surface (front upper guide piece 111 and front lower guide piece) and the rear surface (rear upper guide piece 113 and rear lower guide piece 114) of the storage device main body 11.

[0034] The front lower irregular hole 116 and the rear lower irregular hole 118 are irregular holes formed such that the upper ends of a plurality (three in the illustrated example) of slits 116a, 116b, 116c, 118a, 118b, 118c extending along the vertical direction are continuous with each other. The front upper irregular hole 115 and the rear upper irregular hole 117 are irregular holes formed in a manner of connecting a plurality (three in the illustrated example) of positioning grooves 115a, 115b, 115c, 117a, 117b, 117c extending along the vertical direction.

[0035] As shown in FIG. 6, such a regulating plate 13 is arranged such that the front lower stepped screw 13b is disposed at the lower end of the slit 116a outside the front lower irregular hole 116, the front upper stepped screw 13a is disposed in the positioning groove 115a outside the front upper irregular hole 115. Although not shown in the figure, when the rear lower stepped screw 13d is disposed at the lower end of the slit 118a outside the rear lower irregular hole 118 and the rear upper stepped screw 13c is disposed in the positioning groove 117a outside the rear upper irregular hole 117, it is arranged at the outermost position closest to the left side plate 11L (see FIG. 4).

[0036] And, when the regulating plate 13 is arranged such that the front lower stepped screw 13b is disposed at the lower end of the central slit 116b of the front lower irregular hole 116, the front upper stepped screw 13a is disposed in the central positioning groove 115b of the front upper irregular hole 115. Although not shown in the figure, when the rear lower stepped screw 13d is disposed at the lower end of the central slit 118b of the rear lower irregular hole 118 and the rear upper stepped screw 13c is disposed in the central positioning groove 117b of the rear upper irregular hole 117, it is arranged at a position separated inward from the left side plate 11L as shown by the one-dot chain line in FIG. 6.

[0037] Furthermore, when the regulating plate 13 is arranged such that the front lower stepped screw 13b is disposed at the lower end of the inner slit 116c of the front lower irregular hole 116, the front upper stepped screw 13a is disposed in the inner positioning groove 115c of the front upper irregular hole 115. Although not shown in the figure, when the rear lower stepped screw 13d is disposed at the lower end of the inner slit 118c of the rear lower irregular hole 118 and the rear upper stepped screw 13c is disposed in the inner positioning groove 117c of the rear upper irregular hole 117, it is arranged at the position most separated inward from the left side plate 11L as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 6.

[0038] That is, the regulating plate 13 moves along the left-right direction in a manner of approaching and separating from the side surface 11L of the storage device main body 11 by displacing the stepped screws 13a, 13b, 13c, 13d with respect to the corresponding irregular holes 115, 116, 117, 118, and regulates the passage width of the storage area 15b for the goods.

[0039] The attachment member 14 is formed by processing, for example, sheet metal, etc., and is provided on the rear surface of the front door 12 (the left front door 12L and the right front door 12R). Since the attachment member 14 provided on the left front door 12L and the attachment member 14 provided on the right front door 12R have the same configuration, hereinafter, the attachment member 14 provided on the left front door 12L will be described, and the description of the attachment member 14 provided on the right front door 12R will be omitted.

[0040] As shown in FIG. 7, an upper locking hole 121, a lower locking hole 122, and an adjustment hole 123 are formed in the left front door 12L. The upper locking hole 121 is constituted by a rectangular opening formed in the central region of the upper part of the left front door 12L. The lower locking hole 122 is constituted by a rectangular opening formed in the central region of the lower part of the left front door 12L. The opening area of this lower locking hole 122 is sufficiently smaller than that of the upper locking hole 121. The adjustment hole 123 is formed in the lower part of the left front door 12L and in the left region of the lower locking hole 122. This adjustment hole 123 is constituted by a first adjustment hole portion 123a whose longitudinal direction is the vertical direction, a second adjustment hole portion 123b extending rightward from the upper end portion of the first adjustment hole portion 123a, and a third adjustment hole portion 123c extending downward from the right end portion of the second adjustment hole portion 123b being continuously formed.

[0041] The attachment member 14 is configured to include a first attachment portion 141 and a second attachment portion 142. The first attachment portion 141 is a long member whose longitudinal direction is the vertical direction, and is integrally formed by a first attachment base portion 1411, a first attachment left side portion 1412, and a first attachment right side portion 1413.

[0042] The first attachment base 1411 is a flat plate portion extending along the vertical direction. An upper locking piece portion 1414 is formed at the upper end portion of the first attachment base 1411. The upper locking piece portion 1414 gradually extends obliquely forward as it goes upward from the upper end portion of the first attachment base 1411, and the extending end portion thereof is bent downward. Further, a connecting hole 1415 (see FIG. 9) having the same shape as the adjustment hole 123 is formed in the lower portion of the first attachment base 1411.

[0043] The first attachment left side portion 1412 is a flat plate portion extending forward from the left end portion of the first attachment base 1411. The first attachment right side portion 1413 extends forward from the right end portion of the first attachment base 1411, and a part of the extending end portion thereof is bent leftward. A lower locking piece 1416 is formed in the lower portion of the part of the first attachment right side portion 1413 bent leftward by partially cutting it out.

[0044] Such a first attachment portion 141 is provided on the rear surface of the front door 12L on the left side by the upper locking piece portion 1414 entering the upper locking hole 121 from the rear side and locking to the lower edge portion of the upper locking hole 121, and the lower locking piece 1416 entering the lower locking hole 122 from the rear side and locking to the lower edge portion of the lower locking hole 122.

[0045] The second attachment portion 142 is smaller in vertical dimension, horizontal dimension, and front-rear dimension than the first attachment portion 141, and is configured by integrally forming a second attachment base 1421, a second attachment left side portion 1422, and a second attachment right side portion 1423.

[0046] The second attachment base 1421 is a flat plate portion with vertical and horizontal dimensions smaller than those of the first attachment base 1411. A long hole-shaped communication hole 1424 with the longitudinal direction in the left-right direction is formed in the upper portion of the second attachment base 1421. The second attachment left side portion 1422 is a flat plate portion extending forward from the left end portion of the second attachment base 1421. The front-rear dimension of the second attachment left side portion 1422 is smaller than the front-rear dimension of the first attachment left side portion 1412. The second attachment right side portion 1423 is a flat plate portion extending forward from the right end portion of the second attachment base 1421. The front-rear dimension of the second attachment right side portion 1423 is smaller than the front-rear dimension of the first attachment right side portion 1413.

[0047] Such a second attachment portion 142 is connected to the first attachment portion 141 by arranging a part of the second attachment base 1421 in front of the first attachment base 1411 so that a part of the communication hole 1424 is located in front of the connection hole 1415, and a regulating rod CR having a partially bent shape passes through the regulating hole 123, the communication hole 1424, and the connection hole 1415 in this order from the front.

[0048] As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, when the regulating rod CR is arranged at the lower end portion of the first regulating hole portion 123a of the regulating hole 123, such an attachment member 14 has the second attachment portion 142 protruding downward from the first attachment portion 141, and the second attachment portion 142 protruding downward from the left front door 12L.

[0049] On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, when the regulating rod CR is displaced inside the regulating hole 123 and the regulating rod CR is arranged at the lower end portion of the third regulating hole portion 123c, the attachment member 14 has the second attachment portion 142 displaced relatively upward with respect to the first attachment portion 141 and being in a state of being housed in the first attachment portion 141.

[0050] That is, the attachment member 14 can move the second attachment portion 142 in and out of the first attachment portion 141 by displacing the adjustment rod CR inside the adjustment hole 123, and is telescopic with a variable vertical dimension.

[0051] And when the second attachment portion 142 protrudes below the first attachment portion 141, the attachment member 14 can regulate the front-rear dimension in the product storage area 15b, and when the product stored in the carry-out mechanism 15 is a small product or the like, it can regulate the product from detaching from the carry-out mechanism 15.

[0052] Also, when the second attachment portion 142 protrudes below the first attachment portion 141, as shown in FIG. 12, the attachment member 14 functions as a locking mechanism that regulates the attachment member 14 from swinging in the direction in which the front door 12L on the left side opens by arranging the second attachment portion 142 behind the front lower guide piece 112. On the other hand, when the second attachment portion 142 is housed in the first attachment portion 141, the attachment member 14 can swing in the direction in which the front door 12L on the left side opens, as shown in FIG. 13, and allows the replenishment port 11a to be opened.

[0053] FIG. 14 is a perspective view showing the shooter 20 shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 15 is a plan view showing the shooter 20 shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A in FIG. 15. As shown in FIGS. 14 to 16, the shooter 20 carries out the product discharged from the product storage device 10 toward the product carry-out port 3a, and is formed in a manner that gradually inclines downward while the left-right dimension is narrowed toward the outlet portion 21.

[0054] Such a shooter 20 has a convex portion 22 that protrudes upward along the carry-out direction, as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIGS. 14 and 15, and a concave portion 23 that is concave along the carry-out direction, as shown by the broken line in FIGS. 14 and 15, and the surface shape forms a corrugated shape by being alternately formed.

[0055] In such a shooter 20, since the surface shape forms a corrugated shape, the contact area with the product (frozen product) discharged from the product storage device 10 and carried out toward the product carry-out port 3a is reduced. Thus, even if condensation or the like occurs due to the intrusion of outside air when the product outlet 2a is opened, it is possible to prevent the product from sticking to the surface of the shooter 20 and to carry it out satisfactorily.

[0056] As described above, according to the product storage device 10 which is an embodiment of the present invention, in the regulating plate 13, the stepped screws protruding forward and backward (front upper stepped screw 13a, front lower stepped screw 13b, rear upper stepped screw 13c, and rear lower stepped screw 13d) displace the irregular holes (front upper irregular hole 115, front lower irregular hole 116, rear upper irregular hole 117, and rear lower irregular hole 118) formed in the front surface and the rear surface of the storage device main body 11, so as to move along the left-right direction. Therefore, it is possible to minimize the contact points when moving the regulating plate 13 in the left-right direction, and it can be moved satisfactorily even when installed in a frozen environment. Accordingly, even when installed in a frozen environment, the passage width of the product storage area 15b can be regulated satisfactorily.

[0057] According to the above-described product storage device 10, since the regulating plate 13 is configured such that a plurality of protrusions 131 extending along the front-rear direction are formed on the surface facing the product storage area 15b, it is possible to reduce the contact area by making line contact or point contact with the product stored in the carry-out mechanism 15. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the product stored in the carry-out mechanism 15 from sticking.

[0058] As described above, the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications can be made.

[0059] In the above-described embodiment, the carry-out mechanism 15 is constituted by the spiral 15a. However, in the present invention, the carry-out mechanism is not limited to the spiral, and it may be configured to store products in a direct stacking manner.

[0060] In the above-described embodiment, the front upper stepped screw 13a, the front lower stepped screw 13b, the rear upper stepped screw 13c, and the rear lower stepped screw 13d have been described as an example of the protruding portion of the present invention. However, the protruding portion in the present invention is not limited to these stepped screws and may be constituted by a rivet or the like, or may be constituted by other members.

Explanation of Reference Numerals

[0061] 10... Product storage device, 11... Storage device main body, 11a... Refill port, 11b... Discharge port, 111... Front upper guide piece, 112... Front lower guide piece, 113... Rear upper guide piece, 114... Rear lower guide piece, 115... Front upper irregular hole, 116... Front lower irregular hole, 117... Rear upper irregular hole, 118... Rear lower irregular hole, 11L... Left side plate, 12... Front door, 12L... Left front door, 12R... Right front door, 121... Upper locking hole, 122... Lower locking hole, 123... Adjustment hole, 13... Specifying plate, 131... Protrusion, 132... Round hole, 133... Notch, 13a... Front upper stepped screw, 13b... Front lower stepped screw, 13c... Rear upper stepped screw, 13d... Rear lower stepped screw, 14... Attachment member, 141... First attachment portion, 142... Second attachment portion, 15... Carry-out mechanism, 15a... Spiral, 15b... Storage area.

Claims

1. A storage device main body having a box shape with a replenishment port in the front and a discharge port in the lower surface, configured to store products along the vertical direction, and provided inside with a discharge mechanism for discharging the lowermost product downward from the discharge port when driving the product out; A front door provided on the storage device main body in a manner of opening and closing the replenishment port; A product storage device comprising: A regulating plate provided movably along the left-right direction in a manner of approaching and separating from a pair of left and right side plates constituting the storage device main body, and provided with a regulating plate that defines the passage width of the product storage area in the discharge mechanism; The product storage device is characterized in that the regulating plate moves along the left-right direction by displacing irregular holes formed in the front surface and the rear surface of the storage device main body by protruding portions protruding forward and backward.

2. The product storage device according to claim 1, characterized in that the regulating plate is configured such that a plurality of protrusions extending along the front-rear direction are formed on the surface facing the product storage area.

3. The discharge mechanism includes a spiral wound spirally along the vertical direction. When the spiral rotates around the central axis, the products constrained between the pitches of the spiral are gradually discharged downward to discharge the lowermost product from the discharge port. The product storage device according to claim 1 or claim 2.

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