CN110148254B

CN110148254B - Automatic vending machine

Info

Publication number: CN110148254B
Application number: CN201910511016.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 徐洪军; 黄佳琦
Original assignee: Hangzhou Yuanjun Innovative Design Co ltd
Current assignee: Hangzhou Yuanjun Innovative Design Co ltd
Priority date: 2019-06-13
Filing date: 2019-06-13
Publication date: 2024-03-01
Anticipated expiration: 2039-06-13
Also published as: CN110148254A

Abstract

The invention discloses an automatic vending machine which comprises a shell, a rear shell, a plurality of vending units with different specifications, a clamping mechanism and a quick connecting mechanism. The shell is provided with a window, the inner wall of the window and the outer wall of the vending unit are provided with regular clamping mechanisms, and the adjacent vending units or the vending units and the inner wall of the shell can be connected together through quick connection mechanisms. In the structure, the user can carry out personalized vending unit combination arrangement according to own requirements and is used for vending self-defined commodities; under the condition that the existing commodity structure is not ideal, new arrangement and combination can be carried out on vending units so as to adjust the types of the sold commodities. The vending machine of the embodiment has the flexibility of personalized arrangement and combination of vending units and the flexibility of adjusting commodity types at any time, so that the utilization rate of the vending machine can be optimized for users, and the commercial cost and commercial risk are reduced.

Description

Automatic vending machine

Technical Field

The present invention relates to vending machines.

Background

In the prior art, the structural form of the automatic vending machine is fixed, namely the structure of the automatic vending machine is fixed, and only products of the same type can be sold, so that the type of the vending machine cannot be changed even if the sales of the products of the existing applicable type are not good. Based on the characteristics of the vending machine that the structural form is fixed and the type of the products to be sold is relatively fixed, the market expectation is particularly important. Once the sales of this type of product are poor, there is little room for change, resulting in costly investment in the early stages and poor market flexibility.

Disclosure of Invention

The technical problem to be solved by the invention is to solve the technical defect that the structural form of the vending machine in the prior art is fixed and invariable.

In order to solve the technical problems, the technical scheme provided by the invention is as follows: a vending machine comprising at least:

the shell is provided with at least one window penetrating through the shell;

a plurality of vending units with different specifications;

the rear shell is fixedly arranged at the rear part of the shell;

the outer wall of the vending unit and the inner wall of the window of the shell are provided with a plurality of regularly arranged clamping mechanisms;

the quick connecting mechanism is used for being connected between corresponding clamping mechanisms of adjacent vending units or between the vending units and the corresponding clamping mechanisms of the window.

The vending machine with the structure comprises a shell, wherein the shell is provided with a window for installing vending units, the vending units are provided with different specifications, the inner wall of the window and the outer wall of the vending unit are provided with regular clamping mechanisms, and the adjacent vending units or the vending units and the inner wall of the shell can be connected together through quick connection mechanisms. Therefore, the assembled automatic vending machine can be used for enabling a user to conduct personalized vending unit combination arrangement according to own requirements and vending self-defined commodities; then the type of merchandise sold can also be adjusted by performing a new permutation and combination of vending units in the case that the existing merchandise structure is not ideal.

In summary, the vending machine of the embodiment has flexibility of personalized arrangement and combination of vending units, and flexibility of adjusting commodity types at any time, so that the utilization rate of the vending machine can be optimized for users, and the commercial cost and commercial risk are reduced.

A preferred embodiment, the clamping mechanism comprises at least:

the clamping arms are oppositely arranged;

the clamping grooves are formed between the oppositely arranged clamping arms;

the clamping groove is arranged at a position, close to the fixing side of the clamping arm, of the free end of the clamping arm;

the clamping groove is arranged on one side, far away from the free end of the clamping arm, of the fixed end of the clamping arm in an extending manner;

the top wall of the clamping cavity is provided with a clamping interface penetrating through the top wall.

In a preferred embodiment, the quick connect mechanism comprises at least:

the side plates are symmetrically arranged, and the distance between the outer sides of the pair of side plates is matched with the width of the clamping groove; two clamping blocks matched with the clamping grooves are arranged at one end of the side plate, and the two clamping blocks are arranged symmetrically up and down at the end part of the side plate; two extending parts which are vertically symmetrically arranged are arranged at one end of the side plate, which is far away from the clamping block, clamping grooves are formed between the two extending parts, the height of the extending parts is matched with the height of the clamping cavity, and the height of the clamping grooves is twice the thickness of the top wall of the clamping cavity;

the connecting plates are vertically symmetrically arranged between the pair of side plates, one end of each connecting plate, which is close to the extending part, is provided with an elastic arm which inclines to one side of the opposite connecting plate, and the free end of each elastic arm is provided with an elastic clamping block which is matched with the clamping interface.

In a preferred embodiment, the free end of the extending portion is provided with an arc-shaped transition portion at the position of the clamping groove.

In a preferred embodiment, the elastic clamping block is provided with a clamping surface facing one side of the clamping block.

In a preferred embodiment, a guiding inclined plane is arranged on one side of the elastic clamping block away from the clamping surface.

In a preferred embodiment, a sink is formed between the outer surface of the connecting plate and the edge of the side plate, and a supporting part flush with the edge of the side plate is arranged at one end of the sink away from the elastic arm.

The preferred embodiment further comprises a quick-dismantling mechanism matched with the quick-connecting mechanism, the side plates and the connecting plate enclose together to form a quick-dismantling cavity, the quick-dismantling mechanism at least comprises a quick-dismantling section matched with the quick-dismantling cavity and a handle connected with the quick-dismantling section, and a clamping fixing mechanism is arranged between the quick-dismantling section and the quick-dismantling cavity.

In a preferred embodiment, the detent fixing mechanism includes at least:

the end part of the free end of the side plate is provided with a clamping step which is arranged to protrude inwards;

the elastic clamping arms are arranged on the quick-dismantling section, the pair of elastic clamping arms are symmetrical to each other and extend from the quick-dismantling section to one side of the handle, and under the clamping state of the end parts of the elastic clamping arms and the clamping steps, the free end parts of the dismantling section stretch the elastic arms until the elastic clamping blocks are separated from the clamping interfaces.

A preferred embodiment, the quick detach section with be equipped with direction stop gear between the quick detach chamber, direction stop gear includes:

the guide limit groove is arranged between the clamping blocks of the side plates;

the guide limiting block is arranged on the outer side of the end part of the free end of the elastic clamping arm and is matched with the guide limiting groove.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing the external structure of the vending machine of the present embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the exterior structure of the vending machine of FIG. 1 after the vending unit is concealed;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing the external structure of the casing of the vending machine of the present embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the exterior structure of the vending machine of FIG. 1 after the rear housing is hidden;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing the external structure of a vending unit of the vending machine according to the present embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the external structure of the vending unit of FIG. 5 in which the snap-fit mechanism cooperates with the quick connect mechanism;

FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the snap-fit mechanism and the quick connect mechanism of the vending unit of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a partial cross-sectional view of two adjacent vending units coupled together with a snap-fit mechanism via a quick connect mechanism;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view showing the external structure of the quick-connect mechanism according to the present embodiment;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of the exterior configuration of the quick connect mechanism of FIG. 9 at an alternative angle;

FIG. 11 is a front view of the quick connect mechanism of FIG. 9;

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view A-A as shown in FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a top view of the quick connect mechanism of FIG. 9;

FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view B-B as shown in FIG. 13;

FIG. 15 is a front view of the quick release mechanism of the present embodiment;

FIG. 16 is a schematic view of the quick release mechanism of FIG. 15 in a three-dimensional configuration;

FIG. 17 is a schematic view showing the external structure of the combination of the quick connect mechanism and the quick disconnect mechanism according to the present embodiment;

FIG. 18 is a top view of the view shown in FIG. 17;

FIG. 19 is a cross-sectional view of C-C of FIG. 18;

FIG. 20 is a front view of the device shown in FIG. 17;

fig. 21 is a sectional view of D-D shown in fig. 20.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the drawings and examples, in order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the directions or positional relationships indicated by the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "inner", "outer", etc., are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, integrally connected, or detachably connected; may be a communication between the interiors of two elements; may be directly or indirectly through an intermediate medium, and the specific meaning of the terms in the present invention will be understood by those skilled in the art in specific cases.

As shown in fig. 1, a vending machine of the present embodiment includes a housing 10 and a rear housing 13, wherein a lower portion of the housing has mutually symmetrical supporting legs 12, and the supporting legs 12 are used to support the vending machine of the present embodiment so as to stabilize the vending machine in a corresponding position.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, two windows 11 are provided on the housing 1, and the vending unit 20 is installed in the area of the windows 11. Of course, the number of windows in which the vending units are installed may be 1 or more than two, and may be set according to the structure, size, etc. of the housing.

As shown in fig. 1 and 4, the vending unit 20 of the present embodiment has four specifications, for example, a base cell 21 having a square cross section, a lateral cell 22 having a size of two base cells, a vertical cell 23 having a size of two base cells, and a large cell 24 having a size of four base cells.

Of course, the present embodiment only lists four different types of vending units, and is not limited to the four types of vending units in practical application, and only needs to meet the requirement of adapting to the size of the window after any type of vending units are combined.

Through the vending units of different specifications, when the personalized assembly combination can be carried out, the flexibility of a user is very strong, the types of the sold commodities can be timely adjusted, and the business risk is minimized.

As shown in fig. 3 and 5, in order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose of personalized assembly, the inner wall of the window and the outer wall of the vending unit are provided with a plurality of regularly arranged clamping mechanisms 30. By the arrangement, any adjacent vending units or clamping mechanisms between the vending units and the inner wall of the window can be guaranteed to be corresponding, and dislocation is avoided.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, a preferred specific structure of the locking mechanism includes locking arms 31 disposed on the outer wall of the vending unit or the inner wall of the window, and the locking groove 32 is formed between adjacent locking arms 31. Wherein one end of the latch arm 31 is a free end, and a latch groove 35 is disposed at a position near the fixing side of the latch arm (i.e. the connection with the outer wall of the vending unit or the inner wall of the window). In addition, the one end that the draw-in groove kept away from the draw-in groove is equipped with the screens chamber 33 that extend to the direction of keeping away from the draw-in groove, is equipped with the interface 34 that runs through the screens chamber roof on the roof in this screens chamber, and the one side that is close to the card arm of interface 34 is equipped with card limit 36.

The clamping mechanism with the structure is simple in structure, can be integrally formed with the outer wall of the vending unit and the inner wall of the window, and is regularly arranged on the vending unit and the inner wall of the window, so that the vending unit and the inner wall of the window can be combined at will in the combining process.

In this embodiment, a structure of a quick connection mechanism 40 used in cooperation with the above-mentioned fastening mechanism is shown in fig. 9-14, and includes a pair of symmetrically arranged side plates 41 and a pair of symmetrically arranged connecting plates 42, where the connecting plates and the side plates are connected in pairs and form a quick-release cavity 43.

In this embodiment, the distance between the outer sides of the pair of side plates 41 is adapted to the width of the clamping groove 32, and the height of the side plates 41 is twice the distance between the outer surface of the top wall of the clamping groove 35 and the bottom of the clamping groove 32. The purpose that sets up like this is that after the quick coupling mechanism is connected between the adjacent unit of selling goods or selling goods between unit and the window inner wall, both can closely laminate together.

Based on the structure of the above-mentioned locking mechanism, two locking blocks 46 adapted to the locking grooves 35 are disposed at one end of the side plate 41, and the two locking blocks 46 are disposed symmetrically up and down at the end of the side plate. Note that the description of the orientation up and down in this embodiment is based on the schematic orientation shown in fig. 10.

And two extending parts 49 which are vertically symmetrically arranged are arranged at one end of the side plate 41 away from the clamping block 46, a clamping groove 48 is arranged between the two extending parts 49, the height of the extending parts 49 is matched with the height of the clamping cavity 33, and the height of the clamping groove 48 is twice as high as the thickness of the top wall of the clamping cavity 33.

And, the connecting plate 42 of this embodiment has an elastic arm 44 inclined to the opposite connecting plate side near one end of the extending portion 48, and the free end of the elastic arm 44 has an elastic clamping block 45 adapted to the clamping interface 36.

Preferably, in order to facilitate easier access of the protruding portion into the clamping cavity 33 and ease of assembly, the free end of the protruding portion is provided with an arcuate transition 491 at the location of the clamping groove.

Further, in this embodiment, the elastic clamping block 45 is provided with a clamping surface 451 facing to one side of the clamping block and a guiding inclined surface 452 facing away from the clamping surface. The clamping surface is used for being matched and clamped with the surface of the clamping edge 36, which is close to one side of the clamping interface, and the guiding inclined surface 452 is used for facilitating the elastic clamping block to enter the clamping cavity.

The principle of the quick connection mechanism of the embodiment is that, as shown in fig. 7 and 8, after the adjacent vending units or vending units are placed face to face with the corresponding clamping mechanisms on the inner wall of the window, one quick connection mechanism can be directly inserted into the clamping groove from the free end of the clamping groove to realize quick connection. In the inserting process, the extending part and the elastic clamping block respectively enter the clamping cavity, in the entering process of the elastic clamping block, the elastic arm deforms based on the guiding of the guiding inclined plane, when the position of the elastic clamping block corresponds to the position of the clamping interface, the elastic clamping block extends out of the clamping interface under the action of the restoring force of the elastic arm, and the clamping face and the clamping edge are matched and clamped on the surface, close to one side of the clamping interface, of the clamping interface. In this state, the lock block is located in the lock groove.

In the connected state, the length direction of the clamping groove is matched and clamped between adjacent vending units or between the vending units and the inner wall of the window by the surface of the clamping face and the clamping edge, which is close to one side of the clamping interface, and the clamping block is positioned in the clamping groove, so that the limit and fixation of the two ends of the length direction are realized.

In the width direction of the clamping groove, as the distance between the outer sides of the pair of side plates is matched with the width of the clamping groove, and the side plates are simultaneously positioned in the two opposite clamping grooves, the outer surfaces of the side plates and the inner surfaces of the clamping grooves form a limit, and the side plates are prevented from moving in the width direction of the clamping groove.

In the height direction (namely the opposite direction) of the clamping groove, one end of the clamping groove is tightly clamped together through the clamping groove as the height of the clamping groove is twice as high as the thickness of the top wall of the clamping cavity; and the other end is used for realizing limit and fixation based on the matching of the clamping block and the clamping groove.

Therefore, through the quick connection mechanism and the clamping mechanism, all directions between adjacent vending units or between the vending units and the inner wall of the window are limited and fixed, so that quick connection is realized. Has the technical advantages of simple connection structure, high connection efficiency and simple operation mode.

After solving the technical problem of quick connection, in order to realize the layout of the vending unit convenient to replace, the embodiment also provides a quick-dismantling mechanism 50 capable of quickly dismantling the quick-connection mechanism.

As shown in fig. 15 and 16, a quick release mechanism 50 of the present embodiment includes a quick release section 51 adapted to the quick release cavity 43 and a handle 52 connected to the quick release section, wherein a clamping fixing mechanism is disposed between the quick release section and the quick release cavity.

Preferably, in this embodiment, the end of the free end of the side plate 41 is provided with a latching step 411 protruding inwards, the quick release section 51 is provided with a pair of elastic latching arms 54 symmetrical to each other and extending from the quick release section to one side of the handle, and a connecting section 53 for connecting the quick release section 51 and the handle 52 is formed between the elastic latching arms 54. The above-mentioned detent step 411 and the elastic detent arm 54 constitute a detent fixing mechanism of the present embodiment.

The quick-release section 51 of this embodiment is adapted to the quick-release cavity, when the free end of the quick-release section advances to a certain position in the quick-release cavity, the corresponding elastic arm can be opened, and the elastic clamping block and the clamping interface can be completely separated and enter the clamping cavity, at this time, the elastic clamping arm just completely enters the quick-release cavity, and because the elastic clamping arm is compressed and deformed when entering, the free end of the elastic clamping arm just under the action of elastic restoring force after completely entering is matched with the clamping step, at this time, the quick-release mechanism is fixed in the quick-release cavity due to the action of the clamping step, and the elastic clamping arm and the clamping step cannot be separated. At this time, because the elastic clamping block is completely separated from the clamping interface, after an external force is applied to the handle of the quick-release mechanism, the integrated structure formed by the quick-release mechanism and the quick-release mechanism can be directly pulled out, and the quick-release mechanism is detached.

In the disassembly process, the operation is simple, the disassembly can be completed only by inserting the quick-disassembly mechanism into the bottom and pulling out the quick-disassembly mechanism from the bottom, and the disassembly device is simple in structure, high in efficiency and convenient to operate.

In this embodiment, in order to make the elastic clamping block have a space that can be completely separated from the clamping interface under the spreading action of the quick-release section, a sinking groove 421 is formed between the outer surface of the connecting plate and the edge of the side plate, but in order to realize connection, one end of the sinking groove, which is far away from the elastic arm, is provided with a supporting portion 422 that is flush with the edge of the side plate.

In addition, the quick-release section of this embodiment with be equipped with direction stop gear between the quick-release chamber, this direction stop gear includes direction spacing groove 47 and direction stopper 55, wherein the direction spacing groove sets up between the screens piece of curb plate, the direction stopper sets up in the outside of the free end tip of elasticity screens arm and with direction spacing groove adaptation. The guiding and limiting mechanism plays a role in guiding and guiding the insertion of the quick-release mechanism in the process of disassembly; and secondly, after the quick-dismantling mechanism and the quick-connecting mechanism are integrated, the free end part of the elastic clamping arm is separated from the clamping step by pressing the guide limiting block 55, so that the separation of the free end part and the clamping step is realized. Has the technical characteristics of simple structure and ingenious conception.

In summary, the foregoing description is only of the preferred embodiments of the invention, and is not intended to limit the invention to the particular embodiments disclosed, but on the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims

1. A vending machine, comprising at least:

a housing (10) provided with at least one window (11) penetrating the housing;

a plurality of vending units (20) of different specifications;

a rear case (13) fixedly mounted to a rear portion of the case;

the clamping mechanisms (30) are arranged on the outer wall of the vending unit and the inner wall of the window of the shell in a regular arrangement;

the quick connecting mechanism (40) is used for being connected between corresponding clamping mechanisms of adjacent vending units or between the vending units and the corresponding clamping mechanisms of the window;

the clamping mechanism at least comprises:

a pair of clip arms (31) disposed opposite to each other;

the clamping grooves (32) are formed between the oppositely arranged clamping arms;

the clamping groove (35) is arranged at a position, close to the fixing side of the clamping arm, of the free end of the clamping arm;

the clamping groove is formed in the fixed end of the clamping arm in a way of extending to one side away from the free end of the clamping arm, and the clamping cavity is formed in the clamping groove;

a clamping interface (34) is arranged on the top wall of the clamping cavity and penetrates through the top wall;

the quick connect mechanism comprises at least:

the side plates (41) are symmetrically arranged, the distance between the outer sides of the pair of side plates is matched with the width of the clamping groove, and the height of each side plate is twice the distance between the outer surface of the top wall of the clamping groove and the bottom of the clamping groove; two clamping blocks (46) which are matched with the clamping grooves are arranged at one end of the side plate, and the two clamping blocks are arranged symmetrically up and down at the end part of the side plate; two extending parts (49) which are arranged vertically symmetrically are arranged at one end of the side plate, which is far away from the clamping block, clamping grooves (48) are formed between the two extending parts, the height of the extending parts is matched with the height of the clamping cavity, and the height of the clamping grooves is twice the thickness of the top wall of the clamping cavity;

the connecting plates (42), a pair of connecting plates are upper and lower symmetry set up between a pair of sideboards, the one end that the connecting plate is close to the portion of stretching into is equipped with elastic arm (44) to subtend connecting plate one side slope, the free end of elastic arm be equipped with elasticity fixture block (45) of draw-in interface adaptation, connecting plate and sideboard are two liang of connection, enclose jointly and close and form quick detach chamber (43).

2. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein the free end of said extension is provided with an arcuate transition (491) at the location of the catch slot.

3. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein said resilient latch has a latch face (451) facing a side of the latch.

4. A vending machine as claimed in claim 3, wherein the side of the resilient clip remote from the engagement surface is provided with a guide ramp (452).

5. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein a countersink (421) is formed between the outer surface of the web and the edge of the side panel, the countersink being provided at an end remote from the resilient arm with a support (422) flush with the edge of the side panel.

6. The vending machine of any of claims 1-5, further comprising a quick release mechanism (50) adapted to said quick release mechanism, said quick release mechanism comprising at least a quick release section (51) adapted to said quick release chamber and a handle (52) connected to said quick release section, a detent mechanism being provided between said quick release section and said quick release chamber.

7. The vending machine of claim 6, wherein said detent mechanism comprises at least:

the end part of the free end of the side plate is provided with a clamping step (411) protruding inwards;

the elastic clamping arms (54) are arranged on the quick-release section, the pair of elastic clamping arms are symmetrical to each other and extend from the quick-release section to one side of the handle, and under the clamping state of the end parts of the elastic clamping arms and the clamping steps, the free end parts of the quick-release section stretch the elastic arms until the elastic clamping blocks are separated from the clamping interfaces.

8. The vending machine of claim 7, wherein a guide and limit mechanism is disposed between said quick release section and said quick release cavity, said guide and limit mechanism comprising:

the guide limit groove (47) is arranged between the clamping blocks of the side plates;

the guide limiting block (55) is arranged on the outer side of the end part of the free end of the elastic clamping arm and is matched with the guide limiting groove.