CN110874885A - Automatic vending equipment for electronic cigarettes - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of automatic vending equipment, and discloses automatic vending equipment for electronic cigarettes, which comprises a goods feeding structure, an anti-falling structure, a goods discharging structure, an anti-theft structure and a detection structure, wherein the goods feeding structure, the anti-falling structure and the goods discharging structure are sequentially arranged from top to bottom; after the consumer purchases the electronic cigarette, the electronic cigarette drops the shipment groove of shipment rotary drum from storing up the goods passageway, the shipment rotary drum rotates, make the electronic cigarette shipment, detect the function situation of selling equipment through detecting the structure, realize automatic selling, need not artifical the participation, the consumer is whole only need purchase the electronic cigarette through selling equipment, can realize the automatic shipment of electronic cigarette, and convenient and fast, and automatic selling equipment can set up in market, public places such as street, be convenient for the consumer purchases at any time, improve the convenience that the consumer purchased the electronic cigarette.

Description

Automatic vending equipment for electronic cigarettes

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of automatic vending equipment, in particular to automatic vending equipment for electronic cigarettes.

Background

The electronic cigarette is powered by a lithium battery, liquid is converted into water vapor through an atomizer, similar smoke is generated during simulated smoking, the electronic cigarette is not different from a cigarette in size, the atomizer usually comprises a heating electronic element comprising a coil and cotton, the liquid added into the atomizer is commonly called as tobacco tar, the electronic cigarette replaces the traditional cigarette, the harm to the health of a smoker and the possibility of fire can be greatly reduced, the electronic cigarette can be used as a safe nicotine substitute, electronic cigarette sellers generally sell the electronic cigarette in the name of the cigarette substitute, and people in some medical fields consider that the electronic cigarette is a potential substitute.

The existing electronic cigarette is usually sold manually, no difference is made from the ordinary commodity transaction process, and the electronic cigarette consumers often need to go to a designated store for purchase.

The artifical mode of selling of current electron cigarette is inefficient, and the electron cigarette consumer can't purchase the electron cigarette nearby conveniently, when the consumer goes out, probably needs to carry many electron cigarettes in advance on one's body, causes inconvenience for the stroke, lacks a convenient, automatic electron cigarette at present and sells the form, has increased the troublesome degree that the consumer bought.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide automatic electronic cigarette vending equipment and aims to solve the problem that a consumer cannot conveniently purchase an electronic cigarette in the prior art.

The electronic cigarette vending equipment comprises a goods feeding structure, an anti-falling structure, a goods discharging structure, an anti-theft structure and a detection structure, wherein the goods feeding structure, the anti-falling structure and the goods discharging structure are sequentially arranged from top to bottom; the electronic cigarette feeding structure comprises a feeding structure and a feeding structure, wherein the feeding structure comprises two feeding clamping plates which are arranged in parallel, a guide groove for placing an electronic cigarette is formed between the two feeding clamping plates, and the two feeding clamping plates are arc-shaped; the anti-reverse structure comprises a goods storage structure and a plurality of limiting parts, the goods storage structure comprises two goods storage clamping plates, and a goods storage channel for storing the electronic cigarette is formed between the two goods storage clamping plates; the limiting part comprises a blocking plate and a limiting lug, and the blocking plate is hinged with the goods storage clamping plate and is arranged on one side of the goods storage clamping plate, which is far away from the goods storage channel; the limiting lug is fixed on the blocking plate and extends into the goods storage channel through the goods storage clamping plate; the delivery structure comprises a delivery rotary drum, and the periphery of the delivery rotary drum is inwards recessed to form a delivery groove; the anti-theft structure comprises an anti-theft bolt and a cam, wherein the lower end of the anti-theft bolt is abutted against the periphery of the cam, and the periphery of the cam is provided with a convex section; the rear end face of the delivery rotary drum is provided with a locking notch which is sunken forwards, and the anti-theft bolt is embedded into the locking notch and moves up and down in the locking notch; the rear end surface of the delivery rotary drum is provided with an idle groove, the cam is provided with a front end surface facing the delivery rotary drum, the front end surface of the cam is protruded to form a rotating strip, and the rotating strip is embedded into the idle groove; the cam is driven by a motor to rotate; the detection structure comprises a cigarette supplementing bin gate detection component, a goods storage detection component, a goods delivery detection component and a goods delivery rotary drum reset detection component, wherein the cigarette supplementing bin gate detection component comprises a bin gate, an electromagnetic valve used for fastening the bin gate and a bin gate detection sensor used for detecting the fastening or loosening state of the electromagnetic valve; the goods storage detection assembly comprises an upper correlation sensor arranged at the upper end of the goods storage channel; the shipment detection subassembly is including being used for detecting whether the electron cigarette falls into the shipment correlation sensor of shipment rotary drum, shipment rotary drum detection subassembly that resets is including being used for detecting whether the shipment rotary drum correctly resets reset sensor.

Further, along the direction towards the goods storage channel, the upper surface of the limiting bump is arranged in a downward inclined mode.

Further, along top-down direction, the width of shipment groove reduces gradually, and the upper end opening of shipment groove is greater than the diameter of electron cigarette.

Furthermore, the upper end opening of the goods outlet groove is provided with two edges, and the two edges are arc-surface-shaped.

Further, a straight rod is fixed at the upper end of the anti-theft bolt, a spring is sleeved on the straight rod, and when the anti-theft bolt is separated from the locking notch, the spring is in a compressed state.

Furthermore, the front end face of the anti-theft bolt faces the delivery drum, a locking strip is formed by protruding the front end face of the anti-theft bolt, and the locking strip is embedded into a locking notch of the delivery drum and moves up and down in the locking notch.

Further, the anti-theft bolt has an abutting surface abutting against the periphery of the cam, and the abutting surface of the anti-theft bolt is arc-surface-shaped.

Furthermore, go up the correlation sensor group and include transmitting terminal and last receiving terminal, go up the transmitting terminal with go up the receiving terminal and set up respectively in the front and back of storage passageway, and be just to arranging.

Furthermore, the delivery opposite-emitting sensor comprises a delivery emitting end and a delivery receiving end, and the delivery emitting end and the delivery receiving end are respectively arranged on the front end surface and the rear end surface of the delivery drum; the front end face and the rear end face of the delivery rotating cylinder are respectively provided with a pair of perforation holes, the two pair of perforation holes are arranged in a facing mode, and the delivery transmitting end and the delivery receiving end face the pair of perforation holes respectively and are arranged in an opposite mode.

Furthermore, the reset sensor comprises a reset transmitting end and a reset receiving end, the rear end of the delivery drum is provided with a reset detection notch, and when the delivery groove of the delivery drum faces upwards, the reset transmitting end and the reset receiving end of the reset sensor are respectively arranged on two sides of the reset detection notch and are arranged in opposite directions.

Compared with the prior art, the electronic cigarette automatic vending equipment provided by the invention has the advantages that the feeding structure, the anti-inversion structure and the delivery structure are sequentially arranged from top to bottom, a worker supplements an electronic cigarette for the vending equipment through the feeding structure, the electronic cigarette is stored in the storage channel of the anti-inversion structure, after a consumer purchases the electronic cigarette, the electronic cigarette drops into the delivery groove of the delivery drum from the storage channel, the delivery drum rotates to deliver the electronic cigarette, the operation condition of the vending equipment is detected through the detection structure, automatic vending is realized, manual participation is not needed, the consumer only needs to purchase the electronic cigarette through the vending equipment in the whole course, the automatic delivery of the electronic cigarette can be realized, the electronic cigarette automatic vending equipment is convenient and rapid, the automatic vending equipment can be arranged in public places such as markets and street sides, the consumer can purchase at any time, and the convenience for the consumer to purchase the electronic cigarette is improved.

Drawings

Figure 1 is a schematic view of the internal structure of an electronic cigarette vending apparatus provided by the present invention;

figure 2 is a schematic perspective view of an electronic cigarette vending apparatus provided by the present invention;

figure 3 is a right side view of the electronic cigarette vending apparatus provided by the present invention;

figure 4 is a rear view of the electronic cigarette vending apparatus provided by the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view of an anti-backup structure provided by the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a left side view of the spacing portion provided by the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic perspective view of a shipping drum provided in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a cam provided by the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a smoke supplement bin gate detection assembly provided by the present invention;

figure 10 is a schematic diagram of the circuit connections of the electronic cigarette vending apparatus provided by the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention is described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

The following describes the implementation of the present invention in detail with reference to specific embodiments.

The same or similar reference numerals in the drawings of the present embodiment correspond to the same or similar components; in the description of the present invention, it should be understood that if there is an orientation or positional relationship indicated by the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", etc. based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, it is only for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but it is not intended to indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and therefore, the terms describing the positional relationship in the drawings are only used for illustrative purposes and are not to be construed as limiting the present patent, and the specific meaning of the terms may be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific circumstances.

Referring to fig. 1-10, preferred embodiments of the present invention are provided.

The electronic cigarette vending equipment that this embodiment provided can be used to the electronic cigarette and sell, of course, and it also can be used to selling of other rod-shaped products, not only limits the application in this embodiment.

Automatic vending equipment of electron cigarette, including the structure of stocking, prevent putting structure, shipment structure, theftproof structure and detection structure, the structure of stocking, prevent putting structure and shipment structure top-down and arrange in proper order, the theftproof structure sets up structurally in shipment.

The structure of advancing includes two parallel arrangement's the splint 11 that advances, forms the guide way that is used for putting into the electron cigarette between two splint 11 that advance, and two splint 11 that advance are the arc form for when the electron cigarette is put into from the guide way, the guide way of arc form plays the guide effect to the electron cigarette, and makes the in-process of electron cigarette landing obtain the buffering in the guide way, thereby can not drop perpendicularly and damage the electron cigarette.

A covering plate is arranged above the feeding clamping plate 11, the covering plate completely covers the inlet of the guide groove, and when the electronic cigarette needs to be added, a worker opens the covering plate and puts the electronic cigarette into the guide groove; after the electronic cigarette is added, the covering plate is fixed above the goods feeding clamping plate 11, so that sundries are prevented from entering the guide groove and polluting the electronic cigarette in the guide groove.

The anti-reverse structure comprises a goods storage structure and a plurality of limiting parts, the goods storage structure comprises two goods storage clamping plates 12, and a goods storage channel for storing the electronic cigarette is formed between the two goods storage clamping plates 12; the limiting part comprises a blocking plate 13 and a limiting bump 14, the blocking plate 13 is hinged with the goods storage clamping plate 12 and is arranged on one side of the goods storage clamping plate 12, which is far away from the goods storage channel; the limiting lug 14 is fixed on the stop plate 13 and extends into the goods storage channel through the goods storage clamping plate 12; when the electronic cigarette falls along the goods storage channel, the electronic cigarette enables the limiting lug 14 to contract towards the goods storage clamping plate 12 under the action of gravity, and the electronic cigarette normally passes through the limiting lug; when the automatic vending equipment is inverted, the blocking plate 13 is limited by the goods storage clamping plate 12, so that the limiting bump 14 cannot swing continuously towards the goods storage channel, and the electronic cigarette is blocked by the limiting bump 14.

In the anti-reverse structure of the electronic cigarette vending equipment, the electronic cigarette is stored in the storage channel formed by the two storage clamping plates 12, the limiting bump 14 can swing relative to the discharge clamping plate, and is limited by the blocking plate 13 in the swinging process; when the electronic cigarette falls along the goods storage channel, the electronic cigarette enables the limiting lug 14 to contract towards the goods storage clamping plate 12 under the action of gravity, and the electronic cigarette normally passes through the limiting lug; when the automatic vending equipment is inverted, the blocking plate 13 is limited by the goods storage clamping plate 12, so that the limiting lug 14 cannot continuously swing towards the goods storage channel, and the electronic cigarette is blocked by the limiting lug 14; through spacing lug 14 and the cooperation of barrier plate 13, guaranteed that the electron cigarette keeps the level to place when automatic vending equipment is invertd, can not take place upright or the position removes to realize that the electron cigarette still can normally go out goods after automatic vending equipment resumes normal the putting.

The goods storage channel is communicated with the guide groove, and the electronic cigarette slides down from the guide groove and enters the goods storage channel.

Along the direction towards the goods storage channel, the upper surface of the limiting convex block 14 is arranged in a downward inclined mode, so that when the electronic cigarette drops downwards and abuts against the upper surface of the limiting convex block 14, the limiting convex block 14 is squeezed open more easily under the action of gravity, the limiting convex block 14 shrinks towards the goods storage clamping plate 12, and the electronic cigarette normally passes through.

The side face of the limiting bump 14, which is far away from the goods storage clamping plate 12, is arc-shaped, when the electronic cigarette passes through the limiting bump 14, the electronic cigarette contacts with the side face of the limiting bump 14, the arc-shaped side face can prevent the outer surface of the electronic cigarette from being scratched, the outer surface of the electronic cigarette is protected, and the appearance of the electronic cigarette after being sold is more attractive.

The goods storage clamping plate 12 is provided with a lug groove 15 for the limiting lug 14 to pass through, the thickness of the limiting lug 14 is smaller than the width of the lug groove 15, friction between the limiting lug 14 and the surface of the lug groove 15 during swinging is avoided, resistance of the limiting lug 14 during swinging is increased, and therefore the limiting lug 14 can swing more smoothly, when the electronic cigarette drops on the limiting lug 14, the limiting lug 14 can be easily contracted by gravity of the electronic cigarette, and the electronic cigarette is prevented from being clamped.

The width of barrier plate 13 is greater than the width of lug groove 15, guarantees that barrier plate 13 can't pass lug groove 15, and when automatic vending equipment was invertd, spacing lug 14's lower surface was pushed down to the electron cigarette, nevertheless because barrier plate 13 can't pass lug groove 15, spacing lug 14 can not continue towards the swing of storage channel, consequently spacing lug 14 plays the effect of blockking to the electron cigarette, makes the electron cigarette keep the level to place.

The goods storage clamping plate 12 is provided with a back surface departing from the goods storage channel, the back surface of the goods storage clamping plate 12 is provided with a rotating part, and the blocking plate 13 is hinged with the rotating part; the rotating part is provided with a central gap, the stop plate 13 is provided with a swinging block 16, and the swinging block 16 is embedded into the gap of the rotating part; when the limit lug 14 swings, the swing block 16 swings in the notch.

The swing block 16 is embedded in the notch of the rotating part, so that the horizontal position of the whole limiting part is limited by the notch and cannot move, and the horizontal swinging of the limiting part relative to the goods storage clamping plate 12 is avoided.

The two limiting parts are respectively hinged on the two goods storage clamping plates 12 and are arranged in opposite directions, and a gap is formed between the two limiting convex blocks 14 which are arranged in opposite directions, so that the two limiting convex blocks 14 are prevented from colliding; the minimum clearance is less than the diameter of the electronic cigarette so that the electronic cigarette cannot pass through the clearance between the two limit bumps 14 when the vending apparatus is inverted.

Two spacing portions arranged in opposite directions form a limiting group, and a plurality of limiting groups are uniformly arranged on the goods storage clamping plate 12 at intervals along the direction from the inlet to the outlet of the goods storage channel to separate a plurality of electronic cigarettes.

Along the direction of entry to the export of storage passageway, the diameter that the distance between two adjacent spacing groups is greater than an electron cigarette and is less than the diameter of two electron cigarettes, and the width of storage passageway is greater than the diameter of an electron cigarette and is less than the diameter of two electron cigarettes, guarantees that only place an electron cigarette between two adjacent spacing groups, avoids many electron cigarettes to take place the extrusion in storing up the passageway to blocked can't the shipment in the passageway.

Two storage splint 12 are vertical and parallel arrangement, are favorable to the electron cigarette to drop perpendicularly from the storage passageway, and gravity acts on spacing lug 14 completely, can guarantee to extrude and open spacing lug 14.

The goods outlet structure comprises a goods outlet rotary drum 17, the periphery of the goods outlet rotary drum 17 is inwards recessed to form a goods outlet groove 18, the goods outlet groove 18 is arranged opposite to the outlet of the goods storage channel when facing upwards, and the electronic cigarette in the goods storage channel can directly fall into the goods outlet groove 18 conveniently; the tip of shipment rotary drum 17 is equipped with motor 19, motor 19 drive shipment rotary drum 17 rotates, after the consumer purchases the electronic cigarette from vending equipment, motor 19 drive shipment rotary drum 17 rotates to shipment groove 18 up, the electronic cigarette drops the shipment groove 18 that gets into shipment rotary drum 17 from storing up the goods passageway, motor 19 redrive shipment rotary drum 17 rotates to shipment groove 18 down, the electronic cigarette drops from shipment groove 18, the shipment process of electronic cigarette is realized through shipment rotary drum 17, avoid producing the extrusion to the electronic cigarette, the electronic cigarette has been prevented to warp, play good guard action.

Along top-down direction, the width of shipment groove 18 reduces gradually, and the upper end opening of shipment groove 18 is greater than the diameter of electron cigarette, and the upper end opening of shipment groove 18 is great makes the electron cigarette can accurately fall into shipment groove 18 from the storage passageway.

The upper end opening of shipment groove 18 has two borders 20, and two borders 20 are the cambered surface form, and when shipment rotary drum 17 rotated, shipment rotary drum 17 scraped the electron cigarette that is in storage channel exit easily, and two borders 20 are the cambered surface form, avoid causing the scratch to the electron cigarette, also make shipment rotary drum 17 can not hinder shipment rotary drum 17's rotation because sharp-pointed border 20 is blocked by the electron cigarette simultaneously.

The delivery rotary drum 17 is provided with a plurality of through holes 21, and the through holes 21 penetrate through the delivery rotary drum 17 along the direction from the front end surface to the rear end surface of the delivery rotary drum 17, so that the material consumption of the delivery rotary drum 17 is saved, and the production cost is reduced.

The number of the through holes 21 may be two, and the through holes are respectively located at two sides of the discharging groove 18 and are symmetrically arranged relative to the discharging groove 18.

The through hole 21 is provided with a reinforcing plate which is fixed on the inner circumferential surface of the through hole 21, thereby realizing the purpose of saving materials and ensuring the strength of the delivery drum 17.

The reinforcing plate is arranged in the middle of the through hole 21, namely in the middle of the delivery drum 17, so that the reinforcing plate can uniformly bear the acting force of the delivery drum 17, and the reinforcing effect of the reinforcing plate is maximized.

The bottom groove surface of the goods discharging groove 18 is a downward concave arc surface, so that the shape of the electronic cigarette can be better matched, and the electronic cigarette is more stable in the goods discharging groove 18.

The shipment structure includes two shipment splint and shipment storehouse 22, forms the shipment passageway between two shipment splints, shipment passageway intercommunication shipment storehouse 22, and the shipment groove 18 of shipment rotary drum 17 is when down just to arranging with the entry of shipment passageway, and the electron cigarette gets into the shipment passageway after dropping from shipment groove 18 to get into shipment storehouse 22 through the shipment passageway, can follow the electronic cigarette and take the electron cigarette from shipment storehouse 22 after the consumer purchases the electron cigarette.

The bottom surface of the delivery bin 22 is arranged obliquely forwards, so that the electronic cigarette can roll forwards after falling into the delivery bin 22 and finally stay at the front end of the delivery bin 22, and is convenient for a consumer to take; the shipment storehouse 22 has the shipment mouth forward, and the preceding terminal surface in shipment storehouse 22 is equipped with the shielding plate, and the one end of shielding plate articulates the preceding terminal surface upside in shipment storehouse 22, and the other end activity is arranged, mentions the shielding plate when the consumer takes the electron cigarette, puts down the shielding plate after taking, and the shielding plate covers the shipment mouth automatically under the action of gravity, plays dustproof effect to shipment storehouse 22.

The anti-theft structure comprises an anti-theft bolt 23 and a cam 24, the lower end of the anti-theft bolt 23 abuts against the periphery of the cam 24, the periphery of the cam 24 is provided with a convex section, the rear end face of the delivery rotary drum 17 is provided with a locking notch 25 which is concave towards the front, and the anti-theft bolt 23 is embedded into the locking notch 25, so that the rotation of the delivery rotary drum 17 is limited and cannot be rotated; the rear end surface of the delivery drum 17 is provided with an idle groove 26, the cam 24 is provided with a front end surface facing the delivery drum 17, the front end surface of the cam 24 is protruded to form a rotating strip 27, and the rotating strip 27 is embedded in the idle groove 26; the cam 24 is driven by the motor 19 to rotate, the anti-theft bolt 23 is jacked up along with the gradual increase of the diameter of the abutting part of the cam 24 and the anti-theft bolt 23, the anti-theft bolt 23 moves upwards in the locking notch 25 of the delivery rotating cylinder 17, meanwhile, the rotating strip 27 of the cam 24 rotates in the idle groove 26 of the delivery rotating cylinder 17, and the delivery rotating cylinder 17 is kept still; when the protruding section of the cam 24 is just abutted to the lower end of the anti-theft bolt 23, the anti-theft bolt 23 is completely separated from the locking notch 25, the rotation of the delivery rotary drum 17 is not limited any more, at the moment, the rotating strip 27 of the cam 24 is just abutted to the side wall of the idle rotation groove 26, acting force is applied to the side wall of the idle rotation groove 26, the delivery rotary drum 17 is driven to rotate until the delivery groove 18 of the delivery rotary drum 17 faces downwards, and the electronic cigarette falls into the delivery channel.

After the electronic cigarette is sent into the delivery channel by the delivery rotary drum 17, the motor 19 drives the cam 24 to rotate in the opposite direction until the delivery groove 18 of the delivery rotary drum 17 is upward again, at the moment, the diameter of the abutting part of the periphery of the cam 24 and the anti-theft bolt 23 is gradually reduced, the anti-theft bolt 23 also moves downwards in the locking notch 25 of the delivery rotary drum 17, the electronic cigarette starts to reset, and is embedded into the locking notch 25 again to limit the rotation of the delivery rotary drum 17, so that the electronic cigarette is prevented from being stolen.

The angle of each rotation of the motor 19 is 180 °, and the rotation may be first clockwise and then counterclockwise, or vice versa, although the corresponding structure needs to be matched with the direction of rotation.

When not having the consumer to purchase the electron cigarette, theftproof bolt 23 can prevent effectively that shipment rotary drum 17 from rotating, avoids anyone to stir shipment rotary drum 17 through the people for the electron cigarette is improper to drop, can effectively play the theftproof effect, and after the consumer purchased the electron cigarette, motor 19 drive cam 24 drove shipment rotary drum 17 and rotates, makes the normal shipment of electron cigarette, and the rotary drum of shipment rotary drum 17 can only drive through motor 19 promptly.

A straight rod 28 is fixed at the upper end of the anti-theft bolt 23, a spring 29 is sleeved on the straight rod 28, and when the anti-theft bolt 23 is separated from the locking notch 25, the spring 29 is in a compressed state; when the motor 19 drives the cam 24 to rotate reversely, the anti-theft bolt 23 starts to move downwards under the combined action of gravity and the elastic force of the spring 29, and is inserted into the locking notch 25 again.

Specifically, the anti-theft bolt 23 has a front end surface facing the delivery drum 17, the front end surface of the anti-theft bolt 23 protrudes to form a locking strip 30, and the locking strip 30 is embedded in the locking notch 25 of the delivery drum 17 and moves up and down in the locking notch 25.

The anti-theft bolt 23 is provided with an abutting surface abutting against the periphery of the cam 24, the abutting surface of the anti-theft bolt 23 is arc-surface-shaped, the friction resistance between the anti-theft bolt 23 and the cam 24 is reduced, the relative movement between the cam 24 and the anti-theft bolt 23 is smoother, and the energy consumption of the motor 19 is reduced.

Along the direction from top to bottom, the width of the lower part of the anti-theft bolt 23 is gradually reduced, so that the cam 24 can be effectively prevented from colliding with the side surface of the anti-theft bolt 23 when rotating clockwise.

The lower part right side of theftproof bolt 23 is sunken formation positioning groove 31 upwards, and the periphery of cam 24 is outwards protruding formation positioning section 32, and when the delivery groove 18 of delivery rotary drum 17 was up, positioning section 32 embedding theftproof bolt 23's positioning groove 31 of cam 24 played the positioning action of cam 24 and theftproof bolt 23, makes things convenient for the location when cam 24 and theftproof bolt 23 assemble.

The idle rotation groove 26 of the delivery drum 17 has a fan shape, and the central angle of the idle rotation groove 26 is 90 °.

The theftproof bolt 23 activity is arranged on the fixed plate, and the fixed plate has the fixed slot, and during the theftproof bolt 23 embedding fixed slot, the fixed plate played the supporting role to theftproof bolt 23.

The detection structure comprises a cigarette supplementing bin gate detection component, a goods storage detection component, a goods delivery detection component and a goods delivery rotary drum 17 reset detection component, wherein the cigarette supplementing bin gate detection component comprises a bin gate, an electromagnetic valve 35 and a bin gate detection sensor 36, when the bin gate is closed, the electromagnetic valve 35 is fastened on the bin gate, and the bin gate detection sensor 36 detects whether the electromagnetic valve 35 is fastened accurately; when the door is opened, the solenoid valve 35 releases the door, and the door detection sensor 36 detects whether the solenoid valve 35 is normally released.

Specifically, the bin gate is provided with a bin gate column 33 extending downwards, the bin gate column 33 is provided with a lock hole 34, after the bin gate is closed, the lock hole 34 of the bin gate column 33 is arranged opposite to the valve shaft of the electromagnetic valve 35, the bin gate detection sensor 36 is a pressure sensor and is arranged on the other side of the lock hole 34, the valve shaft of the electromagnetic valve 35 penetrates through the lock hole 34, the valve shaft of the electromagnetic valve 35 compresses the pressure sensor, and the pressure sensor senses the pressure effect and indicates that the bin gate is normally closed; on the contrary, after the valve shaft of the electromagnetic valve 35 is separated from the lock hole 34, the pressure sensor is not subjected to pressure, which indicates that the bin gate is normally opened.

Whether the bin door is normally opened or closed is detected through the cigarette supplementing bin door detection assembly, the electronic cigarette can be normally supplemented by the staff, the bin door is closed after supplement is completed, and the situation that the bin door is randomly opened by non-staff to cause the electronic cigarette to be lost is avoided.

The goods storage detection assembly comprises an upper correlation sensor 37 arranged at the upper end of the goods storage channel, the upper correlation sensor 37 group comprises an upper transmitting end and an upper receiving end, and the upper transmitting end and the upper receiving end are respectively arranged in front of and behind the goods storage channel and are arranged oppositely; the electronic cigarette is added into the goods storage channel, and the electronic cigarette is gradually accumulated and increased in the goods storage channel until the electronic cigarette is shielded between the upper transmitting end and the upper receiving end, which indicates that the goods storage channel is filled with the electronic cigarette.

Whether the electronic cigarette is filled up is sensed through the upper correlation sensor 37, feedback is provided when workers supplement the electronic cigarette, and the workers can conveniently judge whether the electronic cigarette is continuously added.

The upper correlation sensor 37 may be an infrared sensor or a photoelectric sensor.

Similarly, a lower correlation sensor is arranged at the lower end of the goods storage channel and comprises a lower transmitting end and a lower receiving end, and the lower transmitting end and the lower receiving end are respectively arranged in the front and the rear of the goods storage channel and are arranged oppositely; when the electronic cigarette is sold, the electronic cigarette in the storage channel is gradually reduced, and the height of the electronic cigarette is gradually reduced until the lower transmitting end and the lower receiving end are not shielded by the electronic cigarette, which indicates that the electronic cigarette is not sold in the storage channel, namely the electronic cigarette is sold out.

When the emission sensor is not shielded by the electronic cigarette, the information is fed back to remind workers that the electronic cigarette is sold out and the electronic cigarette should be supplemented in time.

Likewise, the lower correlation sensor may be an infrared sensor or a photoelectric sensor.

The shipment detection assembly comprises a shipment correlation sensor 38, the shipment correlation sensor 38 is used for detecting whether the electronic cigarette falls into the shipment rotary drum 17, the shipment correlation sensor 38 comprises a shipment transmitting end and a shipment receiving end, the shipment transmitting end and the shipment receiving end are respectively arranged on the front end surface and the rear end surface of the shipment rotary drum 17, the front end surface and the rear end surface of the shipment rotary drum 17 are respectively provided with a correlation perforation 39, the two correlation perforations 39 are arranged in a facing manner, and the shipment transmitting end and the shipment receiving end respectively face the correlation perforations 39 and are arranged in an opposite manner; after the consumer purchases the electronic cigarette, the electronic cigarette in the storage channel falls into the delivery groove 18 of the delivery rotary drum 17, and the electronic cigarette in the delivery groove 18 is shielded between the delivery transmitting end and the delivery receiving end, which indicates that the electronic cigarette normally falls into the delivery groove 18 and the electronic cigarette is normally delivered.

The reset detection component of the delivery rotary drum 17 comprises a reset sensor 40, and the reset sensor 40 detects whether the delivery rotary drum 17 is accurately reset after delivery is completed, so that the delivery groove 18 faces upwards; the reset sensor 40 comprises a reset transmitting end and a reset receiving end, the rear end of the delivery drum 17 is provided with a reset detection notch 41, and when the delivery groove 18 of the delivery drum 17 faces upwards, the reset transmitting end and the reset receiving end of the reset sensor 40 are respectively arranged at two sides of the reset detection notch 41 and are arranged in opposite directions.

After the delivery drum 17 rotates, the reset detection notch 41 moves along with the rotation, and a signal transmitted by the reset transmitting end is shielded and cannot be received by the reset receiving end, so that the delivery drum 17 starts to deliver the product; after the delivery drum 17 finishes delivery, the delivery drum 17 rotates until the delivery groove 18 faces upward, at this time, the reset detection notch 41 returns to the position between the reset transmitting end and the reset receiving end again, and the reset sensor 40 successfully senses, which indicates that the delivery drum 17 is accurately reset.

The rear end surface of the delivery drum 17 is a circumferential surface, and the reset detection notch 41 is positioned at an angle of 270 degrees of the circumference of the rear end surface of the delivery drum 17.

Detect the structure and include the controller, the controller respectively with motor 19, door detection sensor 36, go up correlation sensor 37, correlation sensor and reset sensor 40 electric connection down, carry out centralized control to each sensor through the controller, be convenient for the timely feedback of each sensor, each sensor gives the controller with signal transmission simultaneously, the controller passes through the signal lamp, siren or display screen express information out, be convenient for relevant personnel learn, in time detect and feed back the state of selling equipment through each detection module, when certain part of equipment breaks down, can in time feed back and pinpoint the trouble part, make things convenient for staff's maintenance, maintenance efficiency has been improved.

Electronic cigarette vending equipment has the multiunit structure of advancing, prevents putting structure, shipment structure, theftproof structure and detection structure, and each group's structure sets up side by side, improves electronic cigarette vending equipment's stock volume, improves electronic cigarette vending equipment's work efficiency.

Electron cigarette vending equipment is equipped with protecting sheathing, including protecting sheathing wraps up all structures, plays the guard action to each structure, makes electron cigarette vending equipment more pleasing to the eye simultaneously.

The protective shell is provided with the transparent glass, the transparent glass faces the storage channel, and a consumer can observe the electronic cigarette in the storage channel through the transparent glass, so that the consumer can know the state of the electronic cigarette before purchasing the electronic cigarette.

The electronic cigarette vending equipment is provided with an authentication comparison system, the authentication comparison system comprises an identity recognizer and a camera, an identity card is placed on the recognizer when a consumer purchases an electronic cigarette, the recognizer reads identity information of the consumer, meanwhile, the camera captures a face image of the consumer, face recognition is conducted, the recognizer and the camera are electrically connected with the controller respectively, information acquired by the recognizer and the camera is transmitted to the controller, comparison analysis is conducted through a system in the controller, the controller can also be networked, comparison analysis is conducted through a cloud platform, and whether the current consumer is the identity card and is grown up or not is analyzed; if the consumer does not accord with the identity card or the identity card is not mature, the selling equipment refuses to sell the electronic cigarette and prompts corresponding information on the display screen; if the consumer identity is in accordance with and adult, the selling device normally sells the electronic cigarette for the consumer.

The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting the invention, and any modifications, equivalents and improvements made within the spirit and principle of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. The electronic cigarette vending equipment is characterized by comprising a goods feeding structure, an anti-falling structure, a goods discharging structure, an anti-theft structure and a detection structure, wherein the goods feeding structure, the anti-falling structure and the goods discharging structure are sequentially arranged from top to bottom; the electronic cigarette feeding structure comprises a feeding structure and a feeding structure, wherein the feeding structure comprises two feeding clamping plates which are arranged in parallel, a guide groove for placing an electronic cigarette is formed between the two feeding clamping plates, and the two feeding clamping plates are arc-shaped; the anti-reverse structure comprises a goods storage structure and a plurality of limiting parts, the goods storage structure comprises two goods storage clamping plates, and a goods storage channel for storing the electronic cigarette is formed between the two goods storage clamping plates; the limiting part comprises a blocking plate and a limiting lug, and the blocking plate is hinged with the goods storage clamping plate and is arranged on one side of the goods storage clamping plate, which is far away from the goods storage channel; the limiting lug is fixed on the blocking plate and extends into the goods storage channel through the goods storage clamping plate; the delivery structure comprises a delivery rotary drum, and the periphery of the delivery rotary drum is inwards recessed to form a delivery groove; the anti-theft structure comprises an anti-theft bolt and a cam, wherein the lower end of the anti-theft bolt is abutted against the periphery of the cam, and the periphery of the cam is provided with a convex section; the rear end face of the delivery rotary drum is provided with a locking notch which is sunken forwards, and the anti-theft bolt is embedded into the locking notch and moves up and down in the locking notch; the rear end surface of the delivery rotary drum is provided with an idle groove, the cam is provided with a front end surface facing the delivery rotary drum, the front end surface of the cam is protruded to form a rotating strip, and the rotating strip is embedded into the idle groove; the cam is driven by a motor to rotate; the detection structure comprises a cigarette supplementing bin gate detection component, a goods storage detection component, a goods delivery detection component and a goods delivery rotary drum reset detection component, wherein the cigarette supplementing bin gate detection component comprises a bin gate, an electromagnetic valve used for fastening the bin gate and a bin gate detection sensor used for detecting the fastening or loosening state of the electromagnetic valve; the goods storage detection assembly comprises an upper correlation sensor arranged at the upper end of the goods storage channel; the shipment detection subassembly is including being used for detecting whether the electron cigarette falls into the shipment correlation sensor of shipment rotary drum, shipment rotary drum detection subassembly that resets is including being used for detecting whether the shipment rotary drum correctly resets reset sensor.

2. The e-cigarette vending apparatus of claim 1, wherein an upper surface of the retention tab is disposed to be downwardly inclined in a direction toward the storage channel.

3. The electronic cigarette vending apparatus of claim 1, wherein the width of the discharge slot gradually decreases in a top-down direction, and an upper end opening of the discharge slot is larger than a diameter of the electronic cigarette.

4. The electronic cigarette vending apparatus of claim 3, wherein the upper opening of the discharge slot has two edges, and the two edges are arc-shaped.

5. The e-cigarette vending machine of claim 1, wherein a straight rod is fixed to an upper end of the anti-theft bolt, a spring is sleeved on the straight rod, and the spring is in a compressed state when the anti-theft bolt is disengaged from the locking notch.

6. The e-cigarette vending apparatus of claim 5, wherein the anti-theft latch has a front face facing the shipping drum, the front face of the anti-theft latch protruding to form a locking bar that fits into a locking notch of the shipping drum, moving up and down in the locking notch.

7. The electronic cigarette vending apparatus of claim 6, wherein the anti-theft bolt has an abutment surface that abuts against an outer periphery of the cam, and the abutment surface of the anti-theft bolt is arc-shaped.

8. The e-cigarette vending apparatus of claim 1, wherein the upper convection sensor set comprises an upper emitting end and an upper receiving end, the upper emitting end and the upper receiving end are respectively disposed at the front and rear of the storage channel and are in a facing arrangement.

9. The e-cigarette vending apparatus of claim 1, wherein the delivery counter-fire sensor comprises a delivery emitter and a delivery receiver, the delivery emitter and the delivery receiver being disposed at front and rear end surfaces of the delivery drum, respectively; the front end face and the rear end face of the delivery rotating cylinder are respectively provided with a pair of perforation holes, the two pair of perforation holes are arranged in a facing mode, and the delivery transmitting end and the delivery receiving end face the pair of perforation holes respectively and are arranged in an opposite mode.

10. The e-cigarette vending apparatus of claim 1, wherein the reset sensor comprises a reset transmitting end and a reset receiving end, the rear end of the delivery drum has a reset detection gap, and when the delivery chute of the delivery drum is upward, the reset transmitting end and the reset receiving end of the reset sensor are respectively disposed on two sides of the reset detection gap and are disposed in an opposite manner.

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