CN108648339B - Automatic vending box - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides an automatic vending box, comprising: the shell is provided with a goods outlet; the storage structure is arranged in the shell and comprises an accommodating groove for accommodating commodities, and the accommodating groove is provided with an opening; the pushing mechanism is arranged on the storage structure and used for pushing the commodity to the opening; and the conveying mechanism is arranged in the shell and used for receiving the commodities falling from the opening and conveying the commodities to the delivery port. The technical scheme of the invention solves the problems that the drop type delivery structure of the automatic vending box in the prior art has poor experience and the automatic vending box is subjected to large impact load.

Description

Automatic vending box

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of automatic vending equipment, in particular to an automatic vending box.

Background

The existing vending box usually adopts a falling type delivery structure for reducing cost. Specifically, the vending box can obtain the arrangement of a plurality of columns of a plurality of different commodities by stacking and arranging. When a customer purchases the commodity, a certain column of the same kind of commodity is pushed through a mechanical structure, most commonly a large-pitch spring, a synchronous belt or a lead screw nut, so that the commodity at the outermost end of the column falls off, and the fallen commodity can be picked up by the customer at a man-machine interaction position. This solution is also simple and reliable and is adopted by a large number of fixed vending machines. However, according to the scheme, a customer needs to bend down to the bottom to pick up goods, the customer experience is not good, in addition, for beverages and the like, the impact load caused by falling from a high place is large, the bearing position needs to be specially strengthened, and the scheme is not suitable for being applied to mobile equipment.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention mainly aims to provide a vending box, and aims to solve the problems that the experience is poor and the impact load on the vending box is large in a falling type delivery structure of the vending box in the prior art.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a vending box comprising: the shell is provided with a goods outlet; the storage structure is arranged in the shell and comprises an accommodating groove for accommodating commodities, and the accommodating groove is provided with an opening; the pushing mechanism is arranged on the storage structure and used for pushing the commodity to the opening; and the conveying mechanism is arranged in the shell and used for receiving the commodities falling from the opening and conveying the commodities to the delivery port.

Further, the cargo outlet is located on a top wall of the housing.

Further, the transfer mechanism includes: the base is arranged at the bottom of the shell; the first moving part is arranged on the base and can move relative to the base along the transverse direction; the second moving piece is arranged on the first moving piece and can move relative to the first moving piece along the longitudinal direction, and a picking structure for placing commodities is arranged on the second moving piece; the first driving part is arranged between the base and the first moving part and drives the first moving part to move, and the second driving part is arranged between the first moving part and the second moving part and drives the second moving part to move.

Further, be provided with first connecting axle on the base, first connecting axle extends along the horizontal direction, and first moving member includes the body of rod, and the lower extreme of the body of rod is connected on first connecting axle, and the upper end of the body of rod extends towards the top, and the first driving piece drive body of rod slides on first connecting axle.

Further, be provided with the second connecting axle on the body of rod, the second connecting axle extends along vertical direction, and the second moving member is connected on the second connecting axle, and the second driving piece drive second moving member slides on the second connecting axle.

Further, the second moving member includes a support frame, and a receiving recess for receiving the commodity is provided on the support frame, and the receiving recess forms the pickup structure.

Furthermore, hold sunken being two, two are held sunken and are located the both sides of the body of rod respectively.

Further, pushing mechanism includes push pedal and third driving piece, and the push pedal setting is in the holding tank to the push pedal can be followed the extending direction of holding tank and removed, and third driving piece drive push pedal removes.

Further, the automatic vending box further comprises a positioning structure, the positioning structure is arranged in the accommodating groove and located at the opening, and the positioning structure prevents commodities from being separated from the opening when the commodities are not driven by the pushing force of the pushing mechanism.

Further, location structure is including setting up the backstop piece on the lateral wall of holding tank, and the backstop piece is protruding including the joint, and the protruding backstop of joint is in the outside of commodity.

Further, the two opposite side walls of the accommodating groove are provided with stop blocks.

Further, the positioning structure is made of an elastic material.

Further, the storage structure comprises: the transverse plates are arranged at intervals along the longitudinal direction; the riser, the riser setting is between two adjacent diaphragms, and the riser is a plurality of, and a plurality of risers are along longitudinal separation setting, and wherein, a plurality of diaphragms and a plurality of risers enclose and establish into a plurality of holding tanks.

Further, the transverse plate and the vertical plate are made of transparent materials or semitransparent materials.

By applying the technical scheme of the invention, when a user purchases a commodity, the pushing mechanism pushes the commodity from the containing groove to the opening. The goods are received by the delivery mechanism and delivered to the delivery opening after falling from the opening. Above-mentioned structure is owing to set up transport structure in the casing for the shipment mouth can set up the position (for example casing is positive, the top surface) that is convenient for the customer to take. The customer does not have to bend down to pick up, thereby improving the shopping experience. Meanwhile, the commodities are not discharged in a falling mode any more, and therefore the influence of the commodities on the shell is eliminated. Therefore, the technical scheme of the invention solves the problems that the drop type delivery structure of the automatic vending box in the prior art has poor experience and the automatic vending box is subjected to large impact load.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the invention and not to limit the invention. In the drawings:

figure 1 shows a schematic structural view of an embodiment of a vending box according to the invention;

FIG. 2 shows an exploded view of the vending dispenser of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the internal structure of the storage structure of the vending dispenser of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 shows an enlarged schematic view at A in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 shows an enlarged schematic view at B in FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the vending machine of FIG. 1 showing the product being ejected from the outlet;

FIG. 7 illustrates an exploded view of the vending dispenser of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 shows an enlarged schematic view at C of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 shows an enlarged schematic view at D of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing the cooperation of the storage structure and the transport mechanism of the vending dispenser of FIG. 1; and

figure 11 shows a schematic view of a rear side view of the storage structure of the vending dispenser of figure 1.

Wherein the figures include the following reference numerals:

10. a housing; 11. a goods outlet; 20. a storage structure; 21. accommodating grooves; 22. an opening; 23. a transverse plate; 24. a vertical plate; 30. A pushing mechanism; 31. pushing the plate; 32. a third driving member; 40. a transport mechanism; 41. a base; 411. a first connecting shaft; 42. A first moving member; 421. a rod body; 422. a second connecting shaft; 43. a second moving member; 431. a support frame; 432. an accommodating recess; 44. a first driving member; 45. a second driving member; 50. a positioning structure; 51. a stop block; 52. clamping the bulges; 100. A commercial product.

Detailed Description

It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments in the present application may be combined with each other without conflict. The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiments with reference to the attached drawings.

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments. The following description of at least one exemplary embodiment is merely illustrative in nature and is in no way intended to limit the application, its application, or uses. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

It is noted that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of example embodiments according to the present application. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, and it should be understood that when the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising" are used in this specification, they specify the presence of stated features, steps, operations, devices, components, and/or combinations thereof, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

As shown in fig. 1, 2, 5 and 10, the vending box of the present embodiment includes a housing 10, a storage structure 20, a pushing mechanism 30 and a delivery mechanism 40. Wherein, the shell 10 is provided with a goods outlet 11. A storage structure 20 is disposed in the housing 10, the storage structure 20 includes a receiving groove 21 for placing the commodity 100, and the receiving groove 21 has an opening 22. A pushing mechanism 30 is disposed on the storage structure 20, the pushing mechanism 30 being used for pushing the merchandise 100 to the opening 22. A transfer mechanism 40 is disposed in the housing 10, and the transfer mechanism 40 is used for receiving the commodity 100 dropped from the opening 22 and transferring the commodity 100 to the outlet 11.

With the technical solution of the present embodiment, when the user purchases the commodity, the pushing mechanism 30 pushes the commodity from the containing groove 21 at the opening 22. The commodity falls from the opening 22 and is received by the transfer mechanism 40 and transferred to the outlet 11. The above structure allows the delivery port 11 to be disposed at a position convenient for a customer to take (e.g., a front surface, a top surface of the housing) due to the provision of the transfer mechanism 40 in the housing 10. The customer does not have to bend down to pick up, thereby improving the shopping experience. Meanwhile, the commodities are not discharged in a falling mode any more, and therefore the influence of the commodities on the shell is eliminated. Consequently the technical scheme of this embodiment has solved the formula of dropping shipment structure of the automatic vending case among the prior art and has experienced not well, and the big problem of impact load that the automatic vending case received.

In the present embodiment, the product 100 is schematically a beverage. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the above-described items are not limited to beverages, and for example, bagged snacks and boxed commodities are all items that may be provided in vending machines.

The problem of human-computer interaction friendship can be solved to the vending machine in this embodiment, specifically, traditional vending machine need punch the card in very high position, insert coins or sweep the two-dimensional code, gets the goods to very low position again, and the space span is big. There are many inconveniences to the old, children, or the disabled. The embodiment can meet the requirement of standing or sitting operation in the shopping process and can finish shopping, thereby improving the shopping convenience and reducing a large amount of man-machine interaction time. Meanwhile, the shopping bag is suitable for a wide range of people, and the disabled, the old and the children can finish shopping in a comfortable posture.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, in the solution of the present embodiment, the transmission mechanism 40 includes a base 41, a first moving member 42, a second moving member 43, a first driving member 44, and a second driving member 45. Wherein the base 41 is disposed at the bottom of the housing 10. The first moving member 42 is provided on the base 41, and the first moving member 42 is movable in the lateral direction with respect to the base 41. The second moving member 43 is disposed on the first moving member 42, and the second moving member 43 can move relative to the first moving member 42 in the longitudinal direction, and a pickup structure for placing the commodity 100 is disposed on the second moving member 43. The first driving member 44 is disposed between the base 41 and the first moving member 42 and drives the first moving member 42 to move, and the second driving member 45 is disposed between the first moving member 42 and the second moving member 43 and drives the second moving member 43 to move. Specifically, in the present embodiment, when the customer is shopping, after the pushing mechanism 30 pushes the product 100 out of the opening 22, the picking mechanism will continue to push the product 100, and then the product 100 is aligned with the outlet 11 under the adjustment of the movement of the first moving member 42 and the second moving member 43. The customer can take the goods through the outlet 11. Further, the first moving member 42 can move in the lateral direction with respect to the base 41, that is, the first moving member 42 can perform position adjustment along the X axis. The second moving member 43 can move in the longitudinal direction relative to the first moving member 42, that is, the second moving member 43 can perform position adjustment along the Y axis. Therefore, the commodities can move in the X-Y plane under the movement of the first moving part 42 and the second moving part 43, so that the position arrangement of the goods outlet 11 is more flexible.

By the first moving member 42 and the second moving member 43, the merchandise 100 can be transported to any position in the X-Y plane, so that the outlet 11 can be designed at a position convenient for the customer to take. Meanwhile, the commodity 100 is no longer delivered in a gravity drop mode, and impact and load on the shell when the commodity drops are eliminated.

As shown in fig. 3, 4 and 10, in the technical solution of the present embodiment, a first connecting shaft 411 is disposed on the base 41, the first connecting shaft 411 extends along a horizontal direction, the first moving member 42 includes a rod 421, a lower end of the rod 421 is connected to the first connecting shaft 411, an upper end of the rod 421 extends upward, and the first driving member 44 drives the rod 421 to slide on the first connecting shaft 411. Specifically, since the first connecting shaft 411 extends in the horizontal direction, the entire lever body 421 can be translated in the direction of the X axis. Specifically, the first driving member 44 may be a conventional driving structure, such as a lead screw nut structure, a driving cylinder, an electric push rod structure, a motor, and the like. A person skilled in the art can select a suitable driving structure as the first driving member 44 according to actual needs, as long as the rod 421 can slide on the first connecting shaft 411.

Preferably, as can be seen from fig. 10, the base 41 comprises a mounting frame on which the first connecting shaft 411 and the first driving member 44 are arranged.

Further, the rod 421 extends along the vertical direction, and the upper end of the rod 421 extends to exceed the storage structure 20 or slightly lower than the storage structure 20, so that the second moving member 43 can be corresponding to each position of the storage structure 20 in the Y-axis direction when moving on the rod 421.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 4, in the technical solution of the present embodiment, the rod 421 is composed of a plurality of parts, and specifically, a connecting plate is disposed at a lower end of the rod 421, and the connecting plate is fixedly connected to the rod 421. The connecting plate is engaged with the first connecting shaft 411. The first driving member 44 drives the connecting plate to slide on the first connecting shaft 411, so that the rod 421 can move in the transverse direction.

As shown in fig. 7 and 8, in the technical solution of the present embodiment, a second connection shaft 422 is disposed on the rod 421, and the second connection shaft 422 extends in a vertical direction. The second moving member 43 is connected to the second connecting shaft 422, and the second driving member 45 drives the second moving member 43 to slide on the second connecting shaft 422. Specifically, the second driving member 45 is similar to the first driving member 44, and a person skilled in the art can select a conventional driving structure. The direction along the Y axis can be adjusted when the second moving member 43 slides on the second connecting shaft 422.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, in the technical solution of the present embodiment, the second moving member 43 includes a supporting frame 431, and the supporting frame 431 is provided with a receiving recess 432 for receiving the commodity 100, and the receiving recess 432 forms a picking structure. Specifically, a hole is formed in the supporting frame 431, and the supporting frame 431 is sleeved outside the second connecting shaft 422 through the hole, so that the supporting frame 431 can move up and down. Further, the supporting frame 431 is provided with a receiving recess 432, and as can be seen from fig. 4, the receiving recess 432 is formed like a cup. As can be seen from fig. 10, when it is required to take out a certain position-specific commodity 100, the accommodation recess 432 is located right below the position of the commodity 100 by the adjustment of the first moving member 42 and the second moving member 43. Then, the pushing mechanism 30 pushes the commodity 100 from the rear side, and the commodity 100 located at the forefront drops from the opening 22 and falls into the accommodation recess 432. Then, the first moving member 42 and the second moving member 43 continue to move and adjust and move the merchandise 100 to the outlet 11. Of course, the above-described pickup structure is not limited to the above-described structure, and the pickup structure may be a claw or the like.

As shown in fig. 4, in the technical solution of the present embodiment, there are two accommodating recesses 432, and the two accommodating recesses 432 are respectively located at two sides of the rod 421. Specifically, in the present embodiment, two receiving recesses 432 are respectively located at two sides of the second connecting shaft 422, and the above structure has the following technical effects:

first, the first connecting shaft 411 does not have to be provided excessively long. Specifically, as can be seen from fig. 1 and 10, when it is desired to remove the leftmost article 100 of merchandise in the figures, it is only necessary to align the left-side accommodating recess 432 with the leftmost article of merchandise. Similarly, when it is desired to remove the rightmost article 100 in the figures, it is only necessary to align the accommodation recess 432 with the rightmost article. The above structure makes the length of the first connecting shaft 411 shorter (specifically, the width of the storage structure 20 minus the width of the two accommodating grooves 21), so that the structure is compact, and the product miniaturization is facilitated.

Second, space within the housing 10 may be saved. Referring to fig. 4, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that if only one accommodating recess 432 is provided, the accommodating recess 432 must be provided in the front in order to ensure that the accommodating recess 432 can correspond to all the positions of the commodities 100. The accommodation recess 432 thus needs to additionally occupy the thickness of one article 100, sacrificing the position of one row of articles 100 under a certain space condition in the housing 10. In this embodiment, the two accommodating recesses 432 may be respectively located at two sides of the rod 421, so that a row of commodities 100 can be additionally arranged under the condition of a certain volume in the casing 10, and the space utilization rate of the vending box is increased.

As shown in fig. 5, in the solution of the present embodiment, the pushing mechanism 30 includes a push plate 31 and a third driving member 32, the push plate 31 is disposed in the receiving groove 21, and the push plate 31 can move along the extending direction of the receiving groove 21, and the third driving member 32 drives the push plate 31 to move. Specifically, the push plate 31 is located at the rear side of the receiving groove 21 so that the push plate 31 can push the commodity 100 from the rear side. When it is desired to remove a product 100, the third driving member 32 drives the push plate 31 to move forward, and the stacked products are moved forward, and the first product 100 located at the front side is dropped out of the opening 22. In particular, the third driving member 32 may be a screw nut structure, or a belt structure.

As shown in fig. 5, in the technical solution of this embodiment, the vending box further includes a positioning structure 50, the positioning structure 50 is disposed in the receiving slot 21 and located at the opening 22, and the positioning structure 50 prevents the commodity 100 from being pulled out from the opening 22 when the commodity 100 is not pushed by the pushing mechanism 30. Specifically, when one of the first products 100 is pushed out, the positioning structure 50 can position the next product 100 and prevent it from falling out. Further, the positioning structure 50 can also prevent the commodity 100 from coming out of the receiving slot 21 when the vending box is shaken.

As shown in fig. 9, the positioning structure 50 includes a stop block 51 disposed on the sidewall of the receiving groove 21, and the stop block 51 includes a catching protrusion 52, and the catching protrusion 52 catches the outside of the commodity 100. Specifically, one end of the stopper block 51 facing the opening 22 is provided with a semicircular catching projection 52. The catching protrusion 52 can catch on the outside of the article 100 and prevent the article 100 from falling out. When it is desired to remove the product 100, the pushing mechanism 30 applies a pushing force and causes the product 100 to pass the stopper 51. In particular, during this process, it is possible for the stop block 51, the catch projection 52 or the article of merchandise 100 to be deformed. Preferably, the positioning structure 50 is made of an elastic material, such as rubber or polyurethane. Of course, the stop block 51 and the latch protrusion 52 may be made of hard materials, for example, when the package of the merchandise 100 is soft, the latch protrusion 52 may be made of hard materials.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 10, the receiving groove 21 is provided with stopper blocks 51 on both opposite side walls. The two stop blocks 51 stop at two sides of the commodity 100 respectively, so that the positioning effect is better.

As shown in fig. 11, in the solution of the present embodiment, the storage structure 20 includes a horizontal plate 23 and a vertical plate 24. The transverse plates 23 are multiple, and the transverse plates 23 are arranged at intervals along the longitudinal direction. The vertical plate 24 is disposed between two adjacent horizontal plates 23. And the riser 24 is a plurality of, and a plurality of risers 24 set up along longitudinal interval. The plurality of horizontal plates 23 and the plurality of vertical plates 24 enclose the plurality of accommodating grooves 21. Specifically, in the present embodiment, three transverse plates 23 are provided, that is, two rows of commodities are provided. The vertical plates 24 are six in number, that is, five receiving grooves 21 are formed in each row. Therefore, the storage structure 20 in this embodiment has ten receiving grooves 21. Of course, the number of the horizontal plates 23 and the vertical plates 24 can be adjusted by those skilled in the art according to the size of the product and the space in the housing 10.

Preferably, the push plate 31 and the third driving member 32 are provided on the riser 24. A stop block 51 is provided on each riser 24. Further, only the inner side of the vertical plate 24 at the section is provided with a stop block 51, and the left and right side surfaces of the vertical plate 24 at the middle position are both provided with stop blocks 51.

Preferably, in the technical solution of the present embodiment, the horizontal plate 23 and the vertical plate 24 are made of a transparent material or a translucent material. Specifically, the customer can visually see the specific kinds of goods in the storage structure 20, so that it is not necessary to separately arrange the display columns in the housing 10 and the space in the housing 10 is saved.

As shown in fig. 1 and 6, in the solution of the present embodiment, the cargo outlet 11 is located on the top wall of the housing 10. Specifically, the outlet 11 is provided with a rotatable cover, and when the article 100 needs to be taken out, the accommodating recess 432 receives the article 100 from the opening 22. Rod 421 then moves laterally and aligns product 100 with outlet 11 in the Y-axis. The shelf 431 is moved upward to protrude the product 100 out of the outlet 11, and the cover is opened, so that the customer can take out the product 100. Of course, the location of the output port 11 may be located at other locations that facilitate customer access, such as on the front panel, or on the side of the housing 10.

Further, the vending machine of the present embodiment can be made as small in size as possible and is suitable for mobile use with mobile devices (e.g., vehicles).

According to above-mentioned structure, the vending machine of this application has following characteristics:

this application first need solve space utilization's problem, sells the case and is different from selling the machine, and the space is limited, for embodying the competitive advantage, must improve its space utilization. Based on the selling case of above-mentioned structure, unit volume commodity carrying capacity increases 60%, can install on the mobile device to increase the sales range, improve the frequency of selling.

As the electricity economy problem of portable work, traditional vending machine possesses fixed position, and fixed 220V charges inserts, does not have the worry that the electric quantity exhausts. This application is absorbed in the demand of removing the sale, need consider the problem of power consumption economic nature to reduce the number of times of charging, avoid operating time to return and charge, improve selling equipment's the rate of residing on duty.

This application needs to solve the fixed mobility stability problem that the machine can not face of selling of tradition, and the equipment is sold in the removal that this patent corresponds, and the motion process kind is difficult to avoid to meet jolting, the condition of going up the downhill path. For the position of avoiding the goods appears removing when these road conditions, cause and sell the action error, increase location structure 50, enable to sell the article according to the well of guide well is orderly shipment in proper order, can sell the stability of guaranteeing the goods when the car removes.

According to above-mentioned structure, the vending machine of this application has following advantage:

this application adopts ya keli (or PC) transparent arrangement overall arrangement, and what sees you buy promptly avoids showing empty bottle and occupies in crowding of space, improves 25% space utilization. Accommodate sunken 432 through the symmetry setting, the most convenient position of snatching of intelligent judgement reduces and holds sunken 432 design and take up the crowded space, further improves 25% space utilization. Meanwhile, the transparent partition board reflects the residual condition of the internal commodities faithfully, and the display through a nixie tube or an LED is not needed, so that unnecessary electric energy consumption is saved.

Adopt XY biax transport structure cooperation Z axle push-out mechanism, realized that the simplest and most reliable violently indulges and snatchs, the perpendicular transport has improved space utilization, has transported the operation position that the customer is the most comfortable snatchs to commodity.

The linear motion module is adopted to replace a coarse pitch spring to execute Z-axis linear pushing, zero-gap stacking of sold commodities is realized, and space utilization rate is improved.

The elastic constraint mechanism is adopted, the Z-direction movement freedom degree of the sold commodities is limited, and the commodities are prevented from being separated from the partition slot position when the selling box moves.

The technical scheme of this application has following characteristics for the vending machine among the prior art:

1. in the overall scheme, the vending machine is changed into a design innovation point of 'automatic transportation and top pop-up' from 'free falling-bottom picking-up type'; based on this innovation, the vending box can be sized to be designed with the most ergonomic dimensions;

2. the design structure is innovatively made of transparent materials, a groove partition plate is built, and the design structure is three-dimensional perspective; the structure enables a customer to visually see the commodity to be purchased without singly flowing out of the space for demonstration and without electrifying to display the current condition of the stored commodity;

3. double-shaft linkage grabbing is innovatively adopted, a single shaft is in charge of a pushing shipment motion structure, three directions are matched, and the structure is simplest and visual; based on a simple mechanism, good operation reliability can be obtained;

4. the bidirectional conveying cup is innovatively adopted, and the structure can ensure that containers which are conveyed in a hand-over mode do not occupy a separate storage space; the storage quantity is increased (the number of grooves is the number of layers), and the space utilization rate is effectively improved;

5. an elastic Z-direction limiting block is innovatively designed and is arranged at the bottom and the position close to the top, the displacement of the commodity to be sold in the motion process is limited by the limiting block, and when the commodity needs to be pushed out, a cup can be squeezed open; the technical characteristic is that the limiting block is made of elastic material, such as rubber or polyurethane (the hardness of the material is slightly adjusted by the shape of the commodity needing limiting), the limiting part is provided with a semicircular 'ear', a round hole is arranged in the semicircular ear to form a semicircular ring, the semicircular ring can limit the Z-direction displacement of the commodity to be sold under the common condition by elasticity, and when the Z-direction pushing block exerts force, the semicircular ring can be extruded and deformed, so that the commodity to be sold closest to the notch is given way, and the subsequent commodity to be sold is protected rapidly.

The relative arrangement of the components and steps, the numerical expressions, and numerical values set forth in these embodiments do not limit the scope of the present application unless specifically stated otherwise. Meanwhile, it should be understood that the sizes of the respective portions shown in the drawings are not drawn in an actual proportional relationship for the convenience of description. Techniques, methods, and apparatus known to those of ordinary skill in the relevant art may not be discussed in detail but are intended to be part of the specification where appropriate. In all examples shown and discussed herein, any particular value should be construed as merely illustrative, and not limiting. Thus, other examples of the exemplary embodiments may have different values. It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, further discussion thereof is not required in subsequent figures.

In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the orientation or positional relationship indicated by the directional terms such as "front, rear, upper, lower, left, right", "lateral, vertical, horizontal" and "top, bottom", etc., are generally based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are used for convenience of description and simplicity of description only, and in the case of not making a reverse description, these directional terms do not indicate and imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation or be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore, should not be considered as limiting the scope of the present application; the terms "inner and outer" refer to the inner and outer relative to the profile of the respective component itself.

Spatially relative terms, such as "above … …," "above … …," "above … …," "above," and the like, may be used herein for ease of description to describe one device or feature's spatial relationship to another device or feature as illustrated in the figures. It will be understood that the spatially relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. For example, if a device in the figures is turned over, devices described as "above" or "on" other devices or configurations would then be oriented "below" or "under" the other devices or configurations. Thus, the exemplary term "above … …" can include both an orientation of "above … …" and "below … …". The device may be otherwise variously oriented (rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations) and the spatially relative descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.

It should be noted that the terms "first", "second", and the like are used to define the components, and are only used for convenience of distinguishing the corresponding components, and the terms have no special meanings unless otherwise stated, and therefore, the scope of protection of the present application is not to be construed as being limited.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A vending box, comprising:

the device comprises a shell (10), wherein a goods outlet (11) is formed in the shell (10);

a storage structure (20) disposed within the housing (10), the storage structure (20) including a receiving slot (21) for placing a commodity (100), the receiving slot (21) having an opening (22);

-a pushing mechanism (30) provided on the storage structure (20), the pushing mechanism (30) being for pushing the article (100) at the opening (22);

a conveying mechanism (40) arranged in the shell (10), wherein the conveying mechanism (40) is used for receiving the commodities (100) falling from the opening (22) and conveying the commodities (100) to the goods outlet (11);

the transfer mechanism (40) comprises:

a base (41) provided at the bottom of the housing (10);

a first moving member (42) provided on the base (41), and the first moving member (42) is movable in a lateral direction with respect to the base (41);

a second moving member (43) arranged on the first moving member (42), and the second moving member (43) can move relative to the first moving member (42) along the longitudinal direction, and a picking structure for placing the commodity (100) is arranged on the second moving member (43);

a first driving part (44) and a second driving part (45), wherein the first driving part (44) is arranged between the base (41) and the first moving part (42) and drives the first moving part (42) to move, and the second driving part (45) is arranged between the first moving part (42) and the second moving part (43) and drives the second moving part (43) to move;

the second moving member (43) comprises a supporting frame (431), a containing recess (432) for containing the commodity (100) is arranged on the supporting frame (431), and the containing recess (432) forms the picking structure;

the base (41) is provided with a first connecting shaft (411), the first connecting shaft (411) extends along the horizontal direction, the first moving part (42) comprises a rod body (421), the lower end of the rod body (421) is connected to the first connecting shaft (411), the upper end of the rod body (421) extends upwards, and the first driving part (44) drives the rod body (421) to slide on the first connecting shaft (411);

the number of the accommodating depressions (432) is two, and the two accommodating depressions (432) are respectively positioned on two sides of the rod body (421).

2. A vending box according to claim 1, characterized in that the outlet (11) is located in a top wall of the housing (10).

3. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein a second connecting shaft (422) is provided on the rod body (421), the second connecting shaft (422) extends in a vertical direction, the second moving member (43) is connected to the second connecting shaft (422), and the second driving member (45) drives the second moving member (43) to slide on the second connecting shaft (422).

4. A vending case according to claim 1, characterized in that the pushing mechanism (30) comprises a push plate (31) and a third driving member (32), the push plate (31) being arranged inside the accommodating slot (21) and the push plate (31) being movable in the extension direction of the accommodating slot (21), the third driving member (32) driving the push plate (31) to move.

5. A vending box according to claim 1, further comprising a positioning structure (50), the positioning structure (50) being disposed within the receiving slot (21) and at the opening (22), the positioning structure (50) preventing the article of merchandise (100) from falling out of the opening (22) when the article of merchandise is not subjected to the urging force of the urging mechanism (30).

6. A vending box according to claim 5, characterized in that the positioning structure (50) comprises a stop (51) provided on the side wall of the receiving channel (21), the stop (51) comprising a snap-in projection (52), the snap-in projection (52) stopping on the outside of the goods (100).

7. A vending case according to claim 6, characterized in that the stop blocks (51) are provided on both opposite side walls of the receiving slot (21).

8. A vending box according to any one of claims 5 to 7, characterized in that the positioning structure (50) is made of an elastic material.

9. A vending box according to claim 1, characterized in that the storage structure (20) comprises:

the transverse plates (23) are arranged in a plurality, and the transverse plates (23) are arranged at intervals along the longitudinal direction;

the vertical plates (24) are arranged between two adjacent transverse plates (23), the number of the vertical plates (24) is multiple, the vertical plates (24) are arranged at intervals along the longitudinal direction,

wherein, a plurality of holding grooves (21) are enclosed by the plurality of transverse plates (23) and the plurality of vertical plates (24).

10. A vending box according to claim 9, characterized in that the transverse plate (23) and the vertical plate (24) are made of a transparent or semitransparent material.

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