CN111489492A

CN111489492A - Automatic vending machine

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Publication number: CN111489492A
Application number: CN202010280566.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李骏; 何林; 周驰; 唐旋来
Original assignee: Shanghai Keenlon Intelligent Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shanghai Keenlon Intelligent Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-04-10
Filing date: 2020-04-10
Publication date: 2020-08-04

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of automatic vending, and discloses an automatic vending machine. The vending machine comprises a cabinet body and a goods outlet mechanism, wherein the cabinet body comprises a main cabinet and an auxiliary cabinet, a channel assembly for goods to pass through is arranged between the main cabinet and the auxiliary cabinet, and the auxiliary cabinet is provided with a goods outlet; the delivery mechanism is arranged in the auxiliary cabinet and can drive the extension of the delivery port. The goods outlet mechanism is arranged in the cabinet body of the vending machine, goods in the vending machine are conveyed to the outside of the cabinet body by the goods outlet mechanism and fall into the goods warehouse on the delivery robot, the goods outlet mechanism can extend out of the goods outlet to be in butt joint with the delivery robot, the goods receiving difficulty of the delivery robot is reduced, and the goods outlet mechanism can be lifted; through the passageway subassembly intercommunication between main cabinet and the assistance cabinet, make the goods can enter into the shipment mechanism in the assistance cabinet from main cabinet on, simple structure, degree of automation is high.

Description

Automatic vending machine

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of automatic vending, in particular to a vending machine.

Background

The automatic sales counter has quite wide application in the market due to the advantages of autonomy and automatic transaction of commodities, and is mainly distributed in areas with dense pedestrian flow, such as railway stations, bus stations, airports, schools, hospitals, markets and other public places. The automatic vending cabinet is a commercial automatic common device, is not limited by time and place, can realize 24-hour operation, is equivalent to a traditional commodity manual vending mode, and fully reduces the manual operation cost and the limitation requirement on production and marketing places.

With the development of intelligent technology, some vending machines are beginning to be equipped with dedicated delivery robots. Among the prior art, in order to facilitate the delivery robot to get goods in vending machine department, install elevating system additional on ordinary vending machine usually, the delivery robot walks to the department of getting goods of vending machine, and elevating system transmits the goods of customer's order purchase to getting the goods mouth, and in the goods dropped delivery robot's goods storehouse, the delivery robot transported the goods in the customer hand again. However, the vending machine and the delivery robot in the prior art are relatively complex in butt joint delivery structure, the delivery robot is high in delivery difficulty, low in automation degree and low in delivery speed.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide the vending machine which is simple in structure, high in automation degree, convenient for the delivery robot to take goods and improved in goods taking efficiency.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

a vending machine, comprising:

the cabinet body comprises a main cabinet and an auxiliary cabinet, a channel assembly for goods to pass through is arranged between the main cabinet and the auxiliary cabinet, and a goods outlet is formed in the auxiliary cabinet;

and the goods outlet mechanism is arranged in the auxiliary cabinet and can drive the auxiliary cabinet to extend out of the goods outlet.

Preferably, the delivery mechanism comprises a delivery bin and a first driving assembly for driving the delivery bin to move horizontally, and the goods are pushed to the outside of the delivery bin through a first pushing assembly.

Preferably, the first pushing assembly comprises a conveyor belt arranged at the bottom of the delivery bin, and the goods are pushed to the outside of the delivery bin through the conveyor belt.

Preferably, the lifting driving assembly is connected with the delivery mechanism in a transmission mode so as to drive the delivery mechanism to lift in the cabinet body.

Preferably, the goods outlet is provided with a switch door, and the switch door is opened and closed to the goods outlet through a switch door driving device.

Preferably, the door is driven to the goods outlet in a reciprocating mode along a vertical or fan-shaped track, and the door opening and closing driving device comprises a synchronous belt transmission unit, an electric sliding rail, an air cylinder or an electric push rod.

Preferably, the channel assembly comprises:

the goods passing opening is formed in the side wall of the main cabinet;

the channel body is arranged in the auxiliary cabinet, one end of the channel body is communicated with the goods through port, and the other end of the channel body is communicated with the goods discharging mechanism;

and the automatic opening and closing mechanism is arranged at the position of the through hole in an opening and closing manner.

Preferably, the automatic opening and closing mechanism comprises a turning plate and a turning plate driving device, and the turning plate driving device is installed on the channel body to drive the turning plate to open and close the goods passing opening.

Preferably, the through cargo hole is provided with at least two delivery positions at different heights, and the delivery positions at different heights are correspondingly communicated with the cargo compartment at the corresponding height of the delivery robot through the delivery mechanism capable of lifting.

Preferably, each delivery position with different heights is respectively and correspondingly provided with a delivery detection device.

The invention has the beneficial effects that:

the goods outlet mechanism is arranged in the cabinet body of the vending machine, goods in the vending machine are conveyed to the outside of the cabinet body by the goods outlet mechanism and fall into the goods warehouse on the delivery robot, the goods outlet mechanism can extend out of the goods outlet to be in butt joint with the delivery robot, the goods receiving difficulty of the delivery robot is reduced, and the goods outlet mechanism can be lifted; through the passageway subassembly intercommunication between main cabinet and the assistance cabinet, make the goods can enter into the shipment mechanism in the assistance cabinet from main cabinet on, simple structure, degree of automation is high.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a front view of a vending machine provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a first perspective of a vending machine provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a second viewing angle of the vending machine provided by embodiments of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a third perspective of a vending machine provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a block diagram of a vending machine according to another embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure:

1. a cabinet body; 11. a main cabinet; 12. an auxiliary cabinet; 13. a goods outlet;

2. a delivery mechanism; 21. discharging from a warehouse; 22. a first drive assembly;

3. opening and closing the door;

4. a door opening and closing drive device;

5. a cargo way;

6. a goods taking mechanism; 61. taking a goods warehouse;

7. a channel assembly; 71. a goods passing opening; 72. a channel body; 73. turning over a plate; 74. a flap drive device;

8. turning over the board box;

9. a lift drive assembly;

100. a delivery robot.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical problems solved, technical solutions adopted and technical effects achieved by the present invention clearer, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the 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, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "connected," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning permanently connected, removably connected, or integral to one another; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, "above" or "below" a first feature means that the first and second features are in direct contact, or that the first and second features are not in direct contact but are in contact with each other via another feature therebetween. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

The delivery structure to the automatic vending machine among the prior art and the butt joint of delivery robot is more complicated, and it is big to be not convenient for delivery robot to get the goods degree of difficulty, and degree of automation is low, the slow problem of delivery speed, and this embodiment provides an automatic vending machine in order to solve above-mentioned problem.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, the vending machine provided in this embodiment includes a cabinet 1, where the cabinet 1 includes a main cabinet 11 and an auxiliary cabinet 12, a channel assembly 7 for passing goods is disposed between the main cabinet 11 and the auxiliary cabinet 12, and a goods outlet 13 is disposed on the auxiliary cabinet 12. The auxiliary cabinet 12 is internally provided with a delivery mechanism 2, and the delivery mechanism 2 can drive to extend out of the delivery port 13. Cargo transportation in the automatic vending machine to the cabinet body 1 outside and fall to the delivery robot 100 in the warehouse of cargo discharging mechanism 2, cargo discharging mechanism 2 can stretch out shipment mouth 13, realize and delivery robot 100 butt joint, the goods that connect of delivery robot 100 has been reduced the degree of difficulty, and cargo discharging mechanism 2 can go up and down, communicate through passageway subassembly 7 between main cabinet 11 and the assistance cabinet 12, make the goods can follow main cabinet 11 and enter into on the cargo discharging mechanism 2 in the assistance cabinet 12, moreover, the steam generator is simple in structure, and the degree of automation is high.

In this embodiment, the auxiliary cabinet 12 is integrally connected to the main cabinet 11, the main cabinet 11 is provided with the cargo channel 5 and the goods taking mechanism 6, the goods discharging mechanism 2 is disposed in the auxiliary cabinet 12, and the goods outlet 13 is opened on the auxiliary cabinet 12. Specifically, the cabinet body 1 is interior from top to bottom to be equipped with multirow goods way 5, and every row sets up a plurality of goods way 5 side by side, has all placed the goods on every goods way 5, gets the goods that goods mechanism 6 received goods way 5 and released, gets goods mechanism 6 and makes the goods pass channel assembly 7 and fall on shipment mechanism 2.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the goods taking mechanism 6 includes a goods taking bin 61 and a driving member for driving the goods taking bin 61 to ascend and descend, a second pushing assembly capable of pushing goods to the outside of the goods taking bin 61 is arranged in the goods taking bin 61, and automatic goods taking and delivery are realized. Further, this driving piece includes two guide rails that set up along cabinet 1 direction of height, gets the both ends and two guide rail sliding connection of goods storehouse 61, still is provided with the drive of synchronous belt drive unit and gets goods storehouse 61 and rise or descend along the guide rail. In other embodiments, the goods taking bin 61 may also be driven by a transmission mechanism such as a lead screw or a gear chain, which is not limited herein. The second propelling movement subassembly is including setting up in the conveyer belt of getting the storehouse 61 bottom, through motor drive conveyer belt corotation or reversal, simple structure, and operating stability is good, and is convenient for control. Of course, the second pushing assembly may also be of other structures, for example, a pushing plate may be vertically disposed in the goods taking bin 61, and the pushing plate is pushed by the electric push rod to move back and forth, which is not limited herein.

The shipment mechanism 2 pushes out the goods falling on the shipment mechanism 2 to the outside of the cabinet 1, in this embodiment, the shipment mechanism 2 includes a shipment cabin 21 and a first driving component for driving the shipment cabin 21 to move horizontally, and a first pushing component capable of pushing the goods to the outside of the shipment cabin 21 is arranged in the shipment cabin 21. The vending machine further comprises a lifting driving assembly 9, and the lifting driving assembly 9 is in transmission connection with the goods discharging mechanism 2 so as to drive the goods discharging mechanism 2 to lift in the cabinet body 1. The first driving assembly 22 drives the delivery bin 21 to extend out of the cabinet body 1 or drives the delivery bin 21 to retract into the cabinet body 1, when one end of the delivery bin 21 extends out of the cabinet body 1, the lifting driving assembly 9 drives the delivery mechanism 2 to ascend or descend so as to adjust the position of the delivery bin 21, the end part of the delivery bin 21 is connected with the bin of the delivery robot 100, goods can smoothly fall into the bin, and the position of the delivery bin 21 is automatically adjusted. After the delivery bin 21 is connected with the delivery robot 100, the first pushing assembly pushes the goods in the delivery bin 21 into the delivery bin of the delivery robot 100, so that the automation degree of the vending machine is further improved, and the goods taking speed of the delivery robot 100 is improved.

Further, first propelling movement subassembly is including setting up in the conveyer belt of shipment storehouse 21 bottom, through motor drive conveyer belt corotation or reversal, with the outside of goods propelling movement to shipment storehouse 21 through this conveyer belt, simple structure, operating stability is good, and the control of being convenient for. Of course, the first pushing assembly may also be of other structures, for example, a pushing plate may be vertically disposed in the delivery bin 21, and the pushing plate is pushed by the electric push rod to move back and forth, which is not limited herein.

Further, first drive assembly 22 includes the platform and sets up the translation slide rail on the platform, and shipment storehouse 21 and translation slide rail sliding connection still are provided with the synchronous belt drive unit, and the synchronous belt drive unit drive shipment storehouse 21 is along translation slide rail horizontal migration, simple structure, and control stability is good, can realize stretching out and retracting of shipment storehouse 21. In other embodiments, the synchronous belt transmission unit may be replaced by an electric slide rail, an air cylinder, an electric push rod, and the like, which is not limited herein.

Further, lift drive assembly 9 includes the lift slide rail, and the both sides of platform respectively with lift slide rail sliding connection, improved the stability that delivery storehouse 21 goes up and down, still be equipped with synchronous belt drive unit, synchronous belt drive unit drive delivery mechanism 2 rises or descends along the lift slide rail, simple structure, and control stability is good. In other embodiments, the synchronous belt transmission unit may be replaced by an electric slide rail, an air cylinder, an electric push rod, and the like, which is not limited herein.

The channel assembly 7 is used for communicating the main cabinet 11 and the auxiliary cabinet 12, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, in this embodiment, the through-cargo assembly 7 includes a through-cargo opening 71 opened on a side wall of the main cabinet 11, a channel body 72 is arranged in the auxiliary cabinet 12, one end of the channel body 72 is communicated with the through-cargo opening 71, the other end of the channel body 72 is communicated with the delivery mechanism 2, and the cargo on the pickup mechanism 6 passes through the through-cargo opening 71 and falls onto the delivery mechanism 2 through the channel body 72. Furthermore, the channel body 72 is a shell with two adjacent openings on two sides, one of the openings is connected with the goods passing opening 71, and the other opening faces the goods discharging mechanism 2, so that the structure is simple, and the function of guiding the flow direction of the goods can be achieved.

Still open and shut at opening 71 and install automatic start and stop mechanism, automatic start and stop mechanism is including turning over board 73 and turning over board drive arrangement 74, turns over board 73 and is used for sealing or opening 71, has avoided shipment mouth 13 to be destroyed or card dead the back by the people, and goods in goods way 5 can be stolen from shipment mouth 13 to staff or iron hook, and can not see the inner structure of assisting cabinet 12 after sealing, has played theftproof and pleasing to the eye effect, ensures that the goods in the main cabinet 11 are not impaired. The flap driving device 74 is installed on the channel body 72 to drive the flap 73 to open and close the through opening 71. Specifically, turn over board 73 and set up in assisting cabinet 12, turn over the side of board 73 and be connected with the edge rotation of logical goods mouth 71, turn over board drive arrangement 74 and include electric push rod, and electric push rod installs on the casing, and electric push rod's output is connected with turning over board 73, and electric push rod drive turns over board 73 and rotates and then realize sealing and opening logical goods mouth 71, and simple structure is convenient for control, has reduced automatic vending machine's manufacturing cost. In other embodiments, the flap 73 may be driven by other components, which are not limited herein.

In this embodiment, at least two shipment positions at different heights may be further disposed at the shipment port 71, and each shipment position is correspondingly provided with a shipment detection device. The goods that two at least shipment positions that set up can pass through are different in size, and shipment detection device is used for detecting whether the goods is put in shipment mechanism 2, has improved the degree of accuracy of goods delivery, also is convenient for carry out operation on next step automatically. Different shipment positions correspond different cargo volumes, can also realize that the goods are according to the size classification place delivery robot 100's different warehouses in, realize delivery robot 100's warehouse space's maximize utilization, promoted the delivery efficiency of goods. Different delivery positions can also correspond to different orders, and different warehouses of the delivery robot 100 can receive the goods of different orders, so that the time for delivering the goods is saved. When the goods are output from different goods output positions, the height of the goods output mechanism 2 can be adjusted accordingly, so that the goods are prevented from being damaged in the falling process. Preferably, the shipment detection device can be an infrared correlation sensor or other existing sensors capable of achieving the shipment detection function, the detection response is sensitive, and the finished product is low in cost.

In a specific implementation, for example, the delivery mechanism 2 is provided with a first delivery position and a second delivery position, the first delivery position is higher than the second delivery position, and the corresponding delivery robot 100 is provided with a first cargo hold and a second cargo hold, the first cargo hold can receive the cargo output from the first delivery position, and the second cargo hold can receive the cargo output from the second delivery position. When the delivery of the goods from the first delivery position is detected, the delivery mechanism 2 ascends a preset distance to receive the goods, then descends to the initial position and extends out of the cabinet 1, and after the distance between the delivery mechanism and the first cargo compartment is properly adjusted, the goods are delivered into the first cargo compartment of the delivery robot 100. When the delivery of the goods from the second delivery position is detected, the delivery mechanism 2 ascends a preset distance to receive the goods, then descends to the initial position and extends out of the cabinet 1, and after the distance between the delivery mechanism and the second cargo hold is properly adjusted, the goods are delivered into the second cargo hold of the delivery robot 100.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, the opening and closing door 3 is disposed at the cargo outlet 13, the opening and closing door 3 is opened and closed to the cargo outlet 13 by the opening and closing door driving device 4, and fig. 4 shows that the opening and closing door 3 is in an opened state. When needs shipment, switch door 3 is opened, and after the shipment finishes, switch door 3 seals shipment mouth 13, has played the effect of theftproof to dustproof effect has still been played to a certain extent.

Further, the opening and closing door 3 can be reciprocally driven along a vertical trajectory to the outlet 13. Specifically, the door opening and closing driving device 4 drives the door opening and closing 3 to lift and descend so as to close or open the goods outlet 13, and the lifting door opening and closing 3 saves the occupied space of the door opening and closing 3. After the switch door 3 descends, the goods outlet 13 is opened, the goods outlet 21 extends out of the cabinet body 1, and after the goods outlet 21 retracts, the switch door 3 ascends to close the goods outlet 13. Open the door drive arrangement 4 and include synchronous belt drive unit in this embodiment, and synchronous belt drive unit drives the switch door and goes up and down, and simple structure is convenient for control, and it is little to occupy cabinet body 1 inner space. In other embodiments, the door opening and closing driving device 4 may also be other structures, such as electric slide rail, air cylinder, electric push rod, etc., which are not described herein.

In another embodiment, the opening and closing door 3 can be driven to and fro along a fan-shaped path to the outlet 13. As shown in fig. 5, the opening and closing door 3 disposed at the cargo outlet 13 may be a flap box 8 with a sector cross section, the flap box 8 is rotatably disposed at the cargo outlet 13, when the cargo is not discharged, one side of the flap box 8 is a plane for sealing the cargo outlet 13, and when the cargo is discharged, the flap box 8 is rotated outwards by a preset angle, so that the cargo in the flap box 8 slides out along the plane of the flap box 8, thereby not only sealing the cargo outlet 13, but also conveying the cargo. In order to improve the degree of automation, the flap box 8 is driven by a drive device to turn over a preset angle. In addition, the turnover box 8 can also be lifted to adapt to the cargo compartments of the delivery robots 100 with different heights. In the specific implementation process, the turnover box 8 can be firstly turned outwards by a first angle to prevent goods from sliding out, then the height of the turnover box 8 is adjusted, and then the turnover box 8 is controlled to continue to be turned outwards by a second angle to enable the goods to slide into the goods warehouse of the delivery robot 100, so that the application range of the vending machine is expanded. After the delivery is finished, the turnover box 8 is controlled to turn over inwards for a second angle, then the height of the turnover box 8 is adjusted, and then the turnover box 8 is controlled to turn over inwards for a first angle, namely the goods outlet 13 is closed.

The working process of the vending machine provided by the embodiment is as follows: the user places an order at the client, the vending machine classifies goods in the order after receiving order information, the goods taking mechanism 6 is controlled to output different kinds of goods from different delivery positions, the height of the delivery mechanism 2 is adjusted to receive the goods, the delivery mechanism 2 returns to the initial position after receiving the goods, the switch door 3 of the delivery port 13 is opened, the delivery bin 21 extends out, the position of the delivery bin 21 is adjusted according to the delivery robot 100, and then the goods are conveyed into the delivery robot 100. After the delivery of the goods is completed, the height of the delivery bin 21 is adjusted and the delivery bin 21 is retracted, and the opening and closing door of the delivery port 13 is closed to wait for the next order to be processed. In addition, the vending machine can process different orders at the same time, and if different orders are output from the same delivery position, the goods in different orders need to be conveyed to different cargo compartments of the delivery robot 100 according to the order placing sequence. If a different order is output from a different delivery location, the goods of the different order are caused to be delivered into the warehouse of the delivery robot 100 corresponding to the delivery location.

It should be understood that the above-described embodiments of the present invention are merely examples for clearly illustrating the present invention, and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present invention. Other variations and modifications will be apparent to persons skilled in the art in light of the above description. And are neither required nor exhaustive of all embodiments. Any modification, equivalent replacement, and improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. A vending machine, comprising:

the refrigerator comprises a cabinet body (1), wherein the cabinet body (1) comprises a main cabinet (11) and an auxiliary cabinet (12), a channel assembly (7) for goods to pass through is arranged between the main cabinet (11) and the auxiliary cabinet (12), and a goods outlet (13) is formed in the auxiliary cabinet (12);

the goods outlet mechanism (2) is arranged in the auxiliary cabinet (12) and can drive to extend out of the goods outlet (13).

2. The vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the delivery mechanism (2) comprises a delivery compartment (21) and a first drive assembly (22) for driving the delivery compartment (21) to move horizontally, the goods being pushed outside the delivery compartment (21) by means of a first pushing assembly.

3. Vending machine according to claim 2, characterized in that said first pushing assembly comprises a conveyor belt arranged at the bottom of said delivery bin (21), through which said goods are pushed outside said delivery bin (21).

4. The vending machine according to any of the claims 1 to 3, further comprising a lifting drive assembly (9) in driving connection with the delivery mechanism (2) to drive the delivery mechanism (2) to lift within the cabinet (1).

5. The vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that a switch door (3) is provided at the outlet (13), and the switch door (3) is opened and closed to the outlet (13) by a switch door driving device (4).

6. The vending machine according to claim 5, characterized in that the door (3) is driven to and fro along a vertical or fan-shaped path to the outlet (13), the door drive means (4) comprising a synchronous belt drive unit or an electric slide rail or an air cylinder or an electric push rod.

7. Vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that said channel assembly (7) comprises:

a goods passing opening (71) which is arranged on the side wall of the main cabinet (11);

the channel body (72) is arranged in the auxiliary cabinet (12), one end of the channel body (72) is communicated with the goods passing opening (71), and the other end of the channel body is communicated with the goods discharging mechanism (2);

and the automatic opening and closing mechanism is arranged at the goods passing opening (71) in an opening and closing manner.

8. The vending machine according to claim 7, wherein the automatic opening and closing mechanism comprises a flap (73) and a flap driving device (74), wherein the flap driving device (74) is mounted on the channel body (72) to drive the flap (73) to open and close the through opening (71).

9. The vending machine according to any of the claims 7 to 8, characterized in that at least two delivery positions at different heights are provided at the delivery opening (71), and the delivery positions at different heights are communicated with the corresponding delivery bin at the corresponding height of the delivery robot (100) through the liftable delivery mechanism (2).

10. The vending machine of claim 9, wherein each of said delivery locations of different heights is associated with a delivery detection device.