CN111402499A

CN111402499A - Inner and outer layer automatic vending machine

Info

Publication number: CN111402499A
Application number: CN202010268651.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 雷继晟; 雷锴
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2020-04-08
Filing date: 2020-04-08
Publication date: 2020-07-10

Abstract

The invention discloses an inner-outer layer automatic vending machine, which comprises a mechanical part and an electronic control part, wherein the mechanical part is provided with a box body, and the box body is internally provided with an inner layer and an outer layer: the outer layer is provided with an annular turntable and a base plate, the annular turntable is provided with a plurality of through holes for placing goods, the annular turntable is connected with a first motor, and the annular turntable is provided with a first gap; the inner layer is provided with a plurality of hollow strip-shaped cylinders, each hollow strip-shaped cylinder is inserted into the inner layer from top to bottom, an annular bearing table is arranged below the lowest chassis and connected with a second motor, and the annular bearing table is provided with a second gap; and the electronic control part is provided with a payment module and a control module, the payment module is used for sending the payment signal to the control module, and the control module is used for selectively controlling the driving of the first motor and the second motor according to the payment signal. The inner layer and the outer layer are skillfully arranged into a whole, so that the space of the box body is fully utilized, and the box body has more cargo holding capacity and cargo selectivity.

Description

Inner and outer layer automatic vending machine

Technical Field

The invention relates to an automatic vending machine, in particular to an inner-layer and outer-layer automatic vending machine.

Background

Although the prior art or the inventors have developed patents disclosing a plurality of vending machines, the existing vending machines still have to be further improved in the utilization of space.

For example, the inventor discloses a rotary vending machine in chinese patent document CN209168276U, and the inventor finds that the internal space of the rotary vending machine can still be fully utilized.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, the present invention is directed to an inner and outer vending machine that can fully utilize the space of the box, and has more goods accommodation capacity and goods selectivity.

The adopted technical scheme is as follows:

an interior and exterior vending machine comprising:

mechanical part, it is equipped with the box, be equipped with inlayer and skin in the box:

the outer layer is provided with a plurality of annular turntables and chassis which are arranged up and down, each annular turntable and each chassis form a group, the chassis is fixed at the bottom of the annular turntables, each annular turntable is provided with a plurality of through holes for placing goods, each annular turntable is correspondingly connected with a first motor for driving the annular turntables to rotate, and the chassis is used for bearing the bottom of the goods; each annular turntable and each chassis form a group, and first notches for dropping goods are formed in the annular turntables and the chassis; all the first gaps are communicated to form a vertical space, and a goods taking port is arranged below the vertical space;

the inner layer is provided with a plurality of hollow strip-shaped cylinders, each hollow strip-shaped cylinder is inserted into all the chassis from top to bottom, an annular bearing platform is arranged below the lowest chassis, a gap between the annular bearing platform and the lowest chassis is smaller than the height of a cargo, the annular bearing platform is connected with a second motor for driving the annular bearing platform to rotate, a second gap is formed in the annular bearing platform, a fixed tray is arranged below the annular bearing platform, a first hollow cylinder penetrating through the annular bearing platform from top to bottom is fixed on the second gap, the first hollow cylinder and the tray can be enclosed to form a first cargo accommodating groove, and the height of the first cargo accommodating groove is equal to or approximately equal to the height of one cargo or the sum of the heights of a plurality of cargos within an allowable error; the tray is provided with a third gap, and the third gap is communicated with the goods taking port;

the electronic control part is provided with a payment module and a control module, the payment module is electrically connected with the control module, the control module is electrically connected with the first motor and the second motor, the payment module is used for sending a payment signal to the control module, and the control module is used for selectively controlling the driving of the first motor and the second motor.

Furthermore, except for the topmost annular turntable, the first notches of the other annular turntables are provided with conical slideways for falling of transition goods.

Further, the annular bearing platform comprises a first bearing disc and a second bearing disc, and the first bearing disc and the second bearing disc are fixed through a plurality of screw columns.

Further, the refrigerator also comprises a cold air device which is arranged at the bottom of the box body.

The control module is electrically connected with the third motor, a motor shaft extended by the third motor is used as a central shaft, the central shaft is inserted and connected with a third bearing disc, the third bearing disc is provided with a fourth gap, a second hollow cylinder penetrating up and down is fixed on the fourth gap, the second hollow cylinder and the tray can enclose to form a second cargo containing groove, and the height of the first cargo containing groove is equal to or approximately equal to the height of one cargo or the sum of the heights of a plurality of cargos within an allowable error; the tray is provided with a fourth notch, and the fourth notch is communicated with the goods taking port.

Furthermore, a travel limit switch is arranged beside each annular turntable, and each travel limit switch is connected with the corresponding first motor.

Further, the height of the gap between the ring-shaped bearing platform and the lowest chassis is 10% -50% of the height of the cargo.

The invention has the beneficial effects that:

the box body is arranged into an inner layer and an outer layer, the inner layer and the outer layer are provided with independent goods accommodating spaces and independent goods discharging processes, and unified control is carried out by a unified electronic control part. The inner layer and the outer layer are skillfully arranged into a whole, so that the space of the box body is fully utilized, and the box body has more cargo holding capacity and cargo selectivity.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without inventive exercise.

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an inner and outer vending machine.

Fig. 2 is a schematic view of another angle of the inner and outer vending machine.

FIG. 3 is a third angled configuration of the inner and outer vending machine.

FIG. 4 is a fourth angle schematic of the inner and outer vending machine.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of the rotating device.

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a structure in which the further inner layer includes a central shaft, a third carrier tray and a second hollow cylinder.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of a tray.

In the figure, 1, a box body; 10. a support; 100. an inner layer; 200. an outer layer; 101. an annular turntable; 102. a chassis; 130. a rotating device; 131. an inner ring; 132. an outer ring; 103. a through hole; 201. a limiting hole; 202. an annular bearing table; 203. a second notch; 204. a first hollow cylinder; 205. a third notch; 206. a first carrier tray; 207. a second carrier tray; 208. a screw column; 209. a slideway; 210. a tray; 211. a goods taking port; 212. a first notch; 400. a cold air device; 300. the inner layer; 301. a central shaft; 302. a third carrier tray; 303. a fourth notch; 304. a second hollow cylinder.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments. 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 invention.

In the description of the present invention, fig. 1 to 7 contain structures described in the following 5 embodiments. Further embodiments and figures can be formed by a person skilled in the art from the description of the embodiments in connection with figures 1-7.

Example 1

Referring to fig. 1 to 7, an inner and outer vending machine includes a mechanical part and an electronic control part.

The mechanical part is provided with a box body 1, the box body 1 comprises a support 10, and an inner layer 100 and an outer layer 200 are arranged in the box body 1.

The outer layer 200 is provided with a plurality of annular turntables 101 and base plates 102 which are arranged up and down, and each annular turntable 101 and each base plate 102 form a group which is arranged up and down. More than 3 groups can be provided, and 5 groups are provided as an example in fig. 1-4, and more groups can be provided as required. Each chassis 102 is fixed to the support 10, and may be directly welded or fixed by other fixing methods. Taking one group as an example, the chassis 102 is fixed at the bottom of the annular turntable 101. The annular turntable 101 can rotate relative to the chassis 102, and a specific embodiment can be as follows, as shown in fig. 5, a rotating device 130 is arranged between the annular turntable 101 and the chassis 102, the rotating device 130 comprises an inner ring and an outer ring 132, the outer ring 132 is sleeved on the inner ring 131 and enables the outer ring 132 and the inner ring 131 to form a bearing connection capable of rotating relative, and the outer ring 132 is welded or fixed with the annular turntable 101 in other fixing manners; the inner ring 131 is welded or otherwise fixed to the chassis 102, so that the annular turntable 101 can rotate relative to the chassis 102. Furthermore, a height difference can be provided between the inner ring 131 and the outer ring 132, so that the contact friction between the annular turntable 101 and the chassis 102 during rotation is reduced or eliminated.

Each annular turntable 101 is provided with a plurality of through holes 103 for placing goods, and the through holes 103 are annularly arranged; each through hole 103 is sized to receive at least one cargo and the chassis 102 is configured to carry the bottom of the cargo. Each annular turntable 101 is correspondingly connected with a first motor for driving the annular turntable 101 to rotate, namely, the first motor is used for driving the annular turntable 101 to rotate. Specifically, the first motor and the outer ring 132 can be meshed and connected in a gear meshing manner, and the first motor drives the gear to rotate, so that the outer ring 132 is driven to rotate. Each annular turntable 101 and each chassis 102 form a group and are provided with first gaps 212 for dropping goods; all the first gaps 212 arranged up and down are communicated to form a vertical space, and a goods taking port 211 is arranged below the vertical space.

The inner layer 100 is provided with a plurality of hollow elongated cylinders, each of which is inserted into all the chassis 102 from the top down. The chassis 102 may be an annular chassis 102 or a round chassis 102, and a plurality of limiting holes 201 for passing through a hollow strip-shaped cylinder are arranged in the middle of the round chassis 102. A ring-shaped bearing platform 202 is arranged below the lowest chassis 102, the gap between the ring-shaped bearing platform 202 and the lowest chassis 102 is smaller than the height of the goods, for example, the height of the gap between the ring-shaped bearing platform 202 and the lowest chassis 102 is 10% -50% of the height of the goods; more preferably 10% -20%. The provision of the clearance serves to reduce or eliminate friction during relative rotation between the ring carrier 202 and the lowermost chassis 102. The ring carrier 202 is connected to a second motor for driving the ring carrier 202 to rotate, that is, the second motor drives the ring carrier 202 to rotate, and the ring carrier is driven by means of gear engagement. The annular bearing table 202 is provided with a second gap 203, a fixed tray 210 is arranged below the annular bearing table 202, a first hollow cylinder 204 which penetrates up and down is fixed on the second gap 203, the first hollow cylinder 204 and the tray 210 can be enclosed to form a first cargo accommodating groove, and the height of the first cargo accommodating groove is equal to or approximately equal to the height of one cargo or the sum of the heights of a plurality of cargos within an allowable error; the tray 210 is provided with a third notch 205, the third notch 205 leading to the access opening 211.

In one embodiment, the ring carrier 202 and the tray 210 can still be rotated by the rotating device 130, that is, the tray 210 is fixed and the ring carrier 202 rotates relative to the tray 210. The inner race 131 of the rotating means 130 secures the pallet 210 and the outer race 132 of the rotating means 130 secures the annular carrier table 202.

As a specific example, the ring carrier 202 may be a solid ring carrier; the first carrier plate 206 and the second carrier plate 207 may also be included, the first carrier plate 206 and the second carrier plate 207 are fixed by a plurality of screw rods 208, and the first carrier plate 206 and the second carrier plate 207 are provided with second notches 203 at corresponding positions. The second bearing disc 207 is fixed with the outer ring 131; or the bearing disc 207 can be directly used as the outer ring, and the two are combined into a whole. Thus saving materials and facilitating processing and manufacturing. The second bearing disc 207 located below is engaged with the second motor through a gear, so that the second motor can drive the second bearing disc 207 to rotate, and the whole annular bearing table 202 is driven to rotate.

The electronic control part is provided with a payment module and a control module, the payment module is electrically connected with the control module, the control module is electrically connected with all the first motors and the second motors, the payment module is used for sending payment signals to the control module, and the control module is used for selectively controlling the driving of the first motors and the driving of the second motors.

The electronic control part has been mature in the prior art, for example, the payment module is a WeChat or Paibao payment module, and the control module, and a person skilled in the art can design a corresponding control program according to the required performance to realize the control. The invention mainly aims to improve the structure of the mechanical part.

The inner-layer and outer-layer vending machine has the following working process:

after the user pays according to the payment module, for example, after the user scans and pays according to the WeChat or Payment treasure and selects the goods of the inner layer 100 or the outer layer 200, the payment signal and the selected information are sent to the control module, the control module controls the first motor or the second motor to rotate according to the payment signal and the selected information, so that the selected goods fall from the first gap 212 or the third gap 205 to the goods taking port 211, and the user takes the goods from the goods taking port 211.

More specifically, when the outer layer 200 is shipped, the first motor is selected to rotate, the first motor drives the annular turntable 101 to rotate, the annular turntable 101 drives the goods to the first notch 212, the selected goods fall from the first notch 212 to the goods taking opening 211 from top to bottom, and the user takes the goods from the goods taking opening 211.

When inlayer 100 shipment, select the second motor to rotate, the second motor drives annular plummer 202 and rotates, makes the goods fall into first goods holding tank, then the second motor reversal drives annular plummer 202 and rotates, and annular plummer 202 drives the goods and drops to getting goods mouth 211 from third breach 205, and the user gets goods from getting goods mouth 211.

Therefore, the inner layer 100 and the outer layer 200 have independent cargo receiving spaces and independent shipment processes, and are controlled uniformly by a uniform electronic control unit. The inner layer 100 and the outer layer 200 are skillfully arranged into a whole, so that the space of the box body 1 is fully utilized, and the box body has more cargo holding capacity and cargo selectivity.

Example 2

On the basis of embodiment 1, in order to facilitate the goods taking, the first notch 212 in the middle is provided with a tapered slideway 209 for the transition goods to fall off. This facilitates the dropping of the goods along the chute 209 when they are dropped. The tapered chute 209 facilitates the accommodation of the cargo, avoiding the cargo from falling or getting stuck at the non-access opening 211.

Example 3

On the basis of embodiment 1, in order to facilitate the refrigeration of goods, the inner and outer layer automatic vending machine further comprises a cold air device 400, and the cold air device 400 is arranged at the bottom of the box body 1. The cooling apparatus 400 may employ a cooling apparatus 400 of a refrigerator, which uses a similar cooling principle to transfer cooling air from the bottom to the upper goods.

Example 4

On the basis of embodiment 1, in order to facilitate the control of the electronic control part, a travel limit switch may be provided beside each annular turntable 101, and each travel limit switch is connected to a corresponding first motor. Through this travel limit switch, can control the rotation of motor better. For example, the number of revolutions of the motor which should rotate forwards or backwards is calculated according to the position signal indicated by the travel limit switch, so that the control of the design algorithm written in the control module is facilitated.

The travel limit switch 20, also called travel switch, position switch or limit switch, is a commonly used small current master control electrical appliance. The mechanical motion part is used for colliding the contact head to realize sequential control, positioning control and position state detection. Generally, it is used to limit the position or stroke of the movement of the machine, so that the moving machine can automatically stop, move reversely or automatically move back and forth according to a certain position or stroke. Travel limit switches are already commercially available, for example, product types: AZ8104, ME8169, and the like.

In this embodiment, the travel limit switch may be used to precisely control the rotation of the annular turntable by the control module, so that the rotation of the annular turntable is automatically stopped, reversed or automatically moved back and forth according to a certain position or travel.

Example 5

On the basis of embodiment 1, according to the size of the internal space of the box body 1, if the size is large enough, the inner layer 300 is further included, the inner layer 300 is a layer which is more inner than the inner layer 100, the inner layer 300 is provided with a third motor, the control module is electrically connected with the third motor, and the third motor is hung upside down and fixed on the bracket. The extended motor shaft of the third motor is used as a central shaft 301, the central shaft 301 is inserted and connected with a third bearing disc 302, and the central shaft 301 and the third bearing disc 302 can be directly fixed or fixed in a gear meshing manner; the third bearing plate 302 is provided with a fourth gap 303, a second hollow cylinder 304 which penetrates through the fourth gap 303 from top to bottom is fixed on the fourth gap 303, the second hollow cylinder 304 and the pallet 210 can be enclosed to form a second cargo containing groove, and the height of the second cargo containing groove is equal to or approximately equal to the height of one cargo or the sum of the heights of a plurality of cargos within an allowable error; the tray 210 is provided with a fifth notch 305, and the fifth notch 305 leads to the goods access 211.

When the inner layer 300 is delivered, the user pays according to the payment module, for example, after the WeChat or Paibao scans and pays and selects the goods of the inner layer 100 or the outer layer 200, the payment signal and the selected information are sent to the control module, the control module controls the third motor to rotate according to the payment signal and the selected information, the third motor drives the third bearing plate 302 to rotate, so that the goods fall into the second goods containing groove, then the third motor reverses to drive the third bearing plate 302 to rotate, the third bearing plate 302 drives the goods to fall from the fifth gap 304 to the goods taking port 211, and the user takes the goods from the goods taking port 211.

The above-listed detailed description is only a specific description of a possible embodiment of the present invention, and they are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and equivalent embodiments or modifications made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An interior and exterior vending machine, comprising:

2. The inner and outer vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the first notches of the other annular disks, except for the topmost annular disk, are provided with tapered runners for transitional product drop.

3. The inner and outer vending machine of claim 1, wherein the ring-shaped carrier deck comprises a first carrier tray and a second carrier tray, the first carrier tray and the second carrier tray being secured to one another by a plurality of screw posts.

4. The inner and outer layer vending machine according to claim 1, further comprising a cold air device provided at a bottom of the cabinet.

5. The inner and outer vending machine according to claim 1, further comprising a further inner layer, wherein the further inner layer is a layer further inner than the inner layer, the further inner layer is provided with a third motor, the control module is electrically connected with the third motor, an extended motor shaft of the third motor is used as a central shaft, the central shaft is inserted and connected with a third bearing plate, the third bearing plate is provided with a fourth gap, a second hollow cylinder penetrating up and down is fixed on the fourth gap, the second hollow cylinder and the tray can be enclosed to form a second goods accommodating groove, and the height of the first goods accommodating groove is equal to or approximately equal to the height of one goods or the sum of the heights of a plurality of goods within an allowable error; the tray is provided with a fourth notch, and the fourth notch is communicated with the goods taking port.

6. The inner and outer vending machine as recited in claim 1, wherein a travel limit switch is disposed adjacent each annular turntable, each said travel limit switch being connected to a corresponding said first motor.

7. Inner and outer vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the height of the space between the ring-shaped carrier and the lowermost tray is 10-50% of the height of the goods themselves.