CN112562175A

CN112562175A - Goods hopper and automatic vending machine

Info

Publication number: CN112562175A
Application number: CN201910921141.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘林; 魏海龙; 李冰; 王辉
Original assignee: Shandong New Beiyang Information Technology Co Ltd; Weihai New Beiyang Digital Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shandong New Beiyang Information Technology Co Ltd; Weihai New Beiyang Digital Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-09-26
Filing date: 2019-09-26
Publication date: 2021-03-26
Anticipated expiration: 2039-09-26
Also published as: CN112562175B; WO2021057631A1

Abstract

The invention relates to the field of self-service equipment, in particular to a goods hopper and a vending machine; the cargo bucket comprises a shell, a driving mechanism and a supporting plate; the shell is provided with an accommodating cavity and a goods outlet communicated with the accommodating cavity, the shell is also provided with a sliding chute, the supporting plate comprises a first end and a second end, the first end of the supporting plate is provided with an insertion part, the insertion part is positioned in the sliding chute, and the second end of the supporting plate is in transmission connection with the driving mechanism; the driving mechanism is arranged on the shell and is configured to drive the supporting plate to move so as to open or close the goods outlet; when the supporting plate moves, the inserting part slides along the sliding groove, when the supporting plate closes the goods outlet, the supporting plate is positioned on the first side of the accommodating cavity, when the supporting plate opens the goods outlet, the supporting plate is positioned on the second side of the accommodating cavity, and the first side of the accommodating cavity is adjacent to the second side of the accommodating cavity; the goods hopper and the vending machine are convenient for miniaturization design.

Description

Goods hopper and automatic vending machine

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of self-service equipment, in particular to a goods hopper and a vending machine.

Background

Common automatic vending machine can be used to sell daily necessities, cutlery box food, medicine etc. and the artifical of fungible supermarket and small-size shop of selling and pharmacy is sold, realizes full-automatic unmanned selling.

The shipment process of the automatic vending machine that provides among the correlation technique is that the goods fill takes out the goods from goods shelves to transport the goods to get the goods mouthful back, the shipment mouth is opened to the layer board of the shipment mouth department of goods fill, and the goods is exported to getting goods mouthful department from the shipment mouth of goods fill, however this kind of layer board of goods fill need occupation space when opening the shipment mouth, is unfavorable for the miniaturized design of the automatic vending machine that uses this goods fill.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a cargo bucket and a vending machine, which are convenient for miniaturization design.

Embodiments of the invention may be implemented as follows:

in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a cargo bucket, including a housing, a driving mechanism, and a supporting plate; the shell is provided with an accommodating cavity and a goods outlet communicated with the accommodating cavity, the shell is also provided with a sliding chute, the supporting plate comprises a first end and a second end, the first end of the supporting plate is provided with an insertion part, the insertion part is positioned in the sliding chute, and the second end of the supporting plate is in transmission connection with the driving mechanism; the driving mechanism is arranged on the shell and is configured to drive the supporting plate to move so as to open or close the goods outlet; when the layer board moved, grafting portion slided along the spout, and when the layer board closed the shipment mouth, the layer board was located the first side that holds the chamber, and when the shipment mouth was opened to the layer board, the layer board was located the second side that holds the chamber, and the first side that holds the chamber was adjacent with the second side that holds the chamber.

In an alternative embodiment, the sliding groove is arranged on the first side of the accommodating cavity, the sliding groove is provided with a first end and a second end, when the supporting plate closes the goods outlet, the insertion part is matched with the second end of the sliding groove, the second end of the supporting plate is close to the first end of the sliding groove, when the goods outlet is opened, the insertion part is matched with the first end of the sliding groove, and the second end of the supporting plate is positioned on the second side of the accommodating cavity.

In an optional embodiment, the first side of the accommodating cavity is located at the bottom of the accommodating cavity, the first end of the sliding chute is higher than the second end of the sliding chute, and an included angle between the length direction of the sliding chute and the horizontal direction is less than or equal to 10 °.

In an alternative embodiment, the driving mechanism comprises a driving component and a moving part, the driving component is connected with the shell, a first end of the moving part is in transmission connection with the driving component, and a second end of the moving part is rotatably connected with a second end of the supporting plate; in the vertical direction, the moving member has a first position and a second position; the driving component is configured to drive the moving piece to move between a first position and a second position; when the moving piece is located at the first position, the moving piece drives the supporting plate to open the goods outlet; when the moving part is located at the second position, the moving part drives the supporting plate to close the goods outlet.

In an alternative embodiment, the housing is provided with a limiting groove, the length of the limiting groove extends along the moving direction of the moving part, and the moving part is in sliding fit with the limiting groove.

In an alternative embodiment, the shell comprises a first side plate and a second side plate which are positioned at two sides of the goods outlet, and the driving assembly is arranged at one side of the first side plate, which is far away from the second side plate; the moving piece is positioned between the first side plate and the second side plate and comprises a base plate and a connecting plate, the first end of the base plate is connected with the connecting plate, and the second end of the base plate is rotatably connected with the second end of the supporting plate; the limiting groove is formed in the first side plate and located on the second side of the containing cavity, and the connecting plate penetrates through the limiting groove to be in transmission connection with the driving assembly.

In an optional embodiment, the housing further comprises a third side plate disposed between the first side plate and the second side plate, and the third side plate is provided with a cargo inlet; when the pallet closes the goods outlet, the base plate is opposite to the third side plate, and the first side plate, the third side plate, the second side plate, the pallet and the base plate form an accommodating cavity together; when the pallet is opened to the goods outlet, the pallet is opposite to the third side plate.

In an optional embodiment, the shell comprises a first side plate, a third side plate, a second side plate and a fourth side plate which are sequentially connected end to end, and the third side plate is provided with a cargo inlet; the moving piece is provided with a positioning part, the positioning part is connected with the fourth side plate in a sliding manner, and the fourth side plate is provided with a limiting part; when the moving piece moves to the second position, the positioning part is abutted against the limiting part.

In an alternative embodiment, the first end of the chute is provided with an elastic abutment; when the pallet opens the goods outlet, the insertion part is abutted against the elastic abutting part.

In a second aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide a vending machine comprising a bucket according to any one of the preceding embodiments.

The goods bucket of the embodiment of the invention has the beneficial effects that: the shell of the goods bucket provided by the embodiment of the invention is provided with an accommodating cavity and a goods outlet communicated with the accommodating cavity, the shell is provided with a sliding chute, the goods bucket also comprises a supporting plate in sliding fit with the sliding chute, the supporting plate is in transmission connection with a driving mechanism, the supporting plate is configured to open or close the goods outlet under the driving of the driving mechanism, and when the driving mechanism drives the supporting plate to close the goods outlet, the supporting plate is positioned on the first side of the accommodating cavity; when the driving mechanism drives the supporting plate to open the goods outlet, the supporting plate is positioned on the second side of the accommodating cavity, and goods in the shell can be unloaded from the goods outlet, wherein the first side and the second side of the accommodating cavity are adjacent; so, no matter the layer board seals or when opening the shipment mouth, the layer board all is located and holds the intracavity, can not stretch out the goods fill, can not occupy the outside space of casing to operation space when can saving the goods fill and get goods and shipment, and then be favorable to the goods fill and use this goods to fight the self-service equipment's of miniaturized design.

The vending machine of the embodiment of the invention has the beneficial effects that: the vending machine provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises the goods bucket, and the vending machine is convenient for miniaturization design.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, it should be understood that the following drawings only illustrate some embodiments of the present invention and therefore should not be considered as limiting the scope, and for those skilled in the art, other related drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without inventive efforts.

FIG. 1 is a first partial schematic structural view of a cargo bucket with a pallet closing a cargo outlet according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of a cargo bucket when a pallet is opened at a cargo outlet according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 3 is a first partial schematic structural view of a cargo bucket with a pallet opening at a cargo outlet according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a second schematic view of a partial structure of the cargo bucket when the pallet closes the cargo outlet according to the embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 5 is a second partial schematic structural view of the cargo bucket with the pallet opened at the cargo outlet according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a bucket in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view taken at VII in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural view of a pallet and a moving member according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a first schematic diagram of the internal structure of the vending machine according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a schematic view of the drive mechanism and bucket of an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Icon: 010-cargo hopper; 100-a housing; 200-a drive mechanism; 300-a pallet; 101-a cargo inlet; 102-a containment chamber; 103-a goods outlet; 110-a chute; 111-a resilient abutment; 112-a resilient member; 113-a top post; 114-a mount; 115-a mounting cavity; 116-a via; 120-a limiting groove; 130-a first side panel; 140-a second side panel; 150-a third side panel; 160-a fourth side panel; 161-a limiting part; 170-supporting seat; 180-kick roller assembly; 181-kicking roller; 210-a drive assembly; 211-a motor; 212-a first belt drive assembly; 213-a pulley; 214-a conveyor belt; 215-a gear assembly; 216-a worm; 217-a worm gear; 219-a drive shaft; 220-a moving part; 221-a substrate; 222-a connecting plate; 223-a positioning section; 310-a plug-in part; 321-a rotating shaft; 020-vending machine; 400-a cabinet; 410-a drive device; 411-a lateral drive assembly; 412-vertical drive assembly; 420-cargo way; 430-a goods taking port; 431-operation screen; 432-face recognition means; 441-a first camera mechanism; 442-a second camera mechanism; 443-a shipment mechanism; 444-temporary storage bin; 445-a refrigeration component; 446 — third camera mechanism.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, 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 some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention. The components of embodiments of the present invention generally described and illustrated in the figures herein may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations. Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention, presented in the figures, is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the invention. 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.

It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, it need not be further defined and explained in subsequent figures. In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that if the terms "upper", "lower", "inside", "outside", etc. indicate an orientation or a positional relationship based on that shown in the drawings or that the product of the present invention is used as it is, this is only for convenience of description and simplification of the description, and it does not indicate or imply that the device or the element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the appearances of the terms "first," "second," and the like, if any, are used solely to distinguish one from another and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance. It should be noted that the features of the embodiments of the present invention may be combined with each other without conflict.

Fig. 1 is a partial schematic structural diagram i of a cargo bucket 010 when a pallet 300 closes a cargo outlet 103 according to an embodiment of the present invention; fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of a cargo bucket 010 when the pallet 300 opens the cargo outlet 103 according to the embodiment of the present invention; fig. 3 is a partial schematic structural diagram of the first cargo bucket 010 when the pallet 300 opens the cargo outlet 103 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, the present embodiment provides a cargo bucket 010, which includes a housing 100, a driving mechanism 200 and a supporting plate 300; the housing 100 is provided with an accommodating cavity 102 and a goods outlet 103 communicated with the accommodating cavity 102, the housing 100 is further provided with a sliding groove 110, the supporting plate 300 comprises a first end and a second end, the first end of the supporting plate 300 is provided with an insertion part 310, the insertion part 310 is positioned in the sliding groove 110, and the second end of the supporting plate 300 is in transmission connection with the driving mechanism 200; the driving mechanism 200 is configured to drive the pallet 300 to move to open or close the outlet 103; when the pallet 300 moves, the insertion part 310 slides along the sliding groove 110, and when the pallet 300 closes the goods outlet 103, the pallet 300 is positioned at a first side of the accommodating cavity 102; when the pallet 300 opens the outlet 103, the pallet 300 is located at the second side of the receiving cavity 102, and the goods in the receiving cavity 102 can be unloaded; the first side of the receiving cavity 102 is adjacent to the second side of the receiving cavity 102.

When the goods bucket 010 of the embodiment is used, the supporting plate 300 is driven by the driving mechanism 200 to move to the first side of the accommodating cavity 102 to close the goods outlet 103, so that goods entering the goods bucket 010 can be accommodated, the goods can be prevented from accidentally falling out of the goods bucket 010 from the goods outlet 103 in the moving process of the goods bucket 010, the supporting plate 300 can be driven by the driving mechanism 200 to move to the second side of the accommodating cavity 102 to open the goods outlet 103, and the goods in the accommodating cavity 102 can be unloaded; so set up, no matter this goods fill 010's layer board 300 seals or opens shipment mouth 103, and layer board 300 all is located and holds chamber 102, can not stretch out goods fill 010, can not occupy the outside space of casing 100 to operation space when can save goods fill 010 and get goods and shipment, and then be favorable to goods fill 010 and use this goods to fill 010's self-service equipment's miniaturized design.

It should be noted that, no matter the cargo bucket 010 is used for delivering or taking the cargo, the supporting plate 300 does not extend out of the housing 100, and the situation that the cargo outlet 103 cannot be normally opened or closed due to the collision of the supporting plate 300 by the foreign objects can be avoided, so that the reliability of the cargo bucket 010 can be improved.

The insertion portion 310 can be selected according to the requirement, and the insertion portion 310 of the present embodiment is a bearing, which is rotatably connected to the first end of the supporting plate 300 through a supporting shaft, i.e. the bearing can roll around the axis of the supporting shaft in the sliding slot 110, so that the supporting plate 300 can move more smoothly in the process of opening or closing the cargo outlet 103; in other embodiments, the insertion part 310 may also be a roller or a slider, and the roller or the slider may be fixedly or rotatably connected with the supporting plate 300.

The sliding groove 110 is disposed on the first side of the accommodating cavity 102, the sliding groove 110 has a first end and a second end, when the tray 300 closes the goods outlet 103, the insertion portion 310 is engaged with the second end of the sliding groove 110, the second end of the tray 300 is close to the first end of the sliding groove 110, when the tray 300 opens the goods outlet 103, the insertion portion 310 is engaged with the first end of the sliding groove 110, and the second end of the tray 300 is located on the second side of the accommodating cavity 102. This is provided to ensure that the pallet 300 does not protrude out of the housing 100 regardless of whether the pallet 300 closes the outlet 103 or opens the outlet 103.

The accommodation chamber 102 is located inside the housing 100; preferably, the accommodating cavity 102 is substantially in a cube shape and includes a front side, a rear side, a left side, a right side, and a bottom, the first side of the accommodating cavity 102 may be any one of the front side, the rear side, the left side, the right side, and the bottom of the accommodating cavity 102, and the second side of the accommodating cavity 102 may be any other one of the front side, the rear side, the left side, the right side, and the bottom of the accommodating cavity 102, as long as the second side of the accommodating cavity 102 is adjacent to the first side, so that the shortest stroke of the pallet 300 when switching between two positions of closing the goods outlet 103 and opening the goods outlet 103 can be ensured, and the space occupied by the pallet 300 is further reduced.

Further, the first side of the accommodating cavity 102 is located at the bottom of the accommodating cavity 102, that is, the cargo outlet 103 is located at the bottom of the accommodating cavity 102, the sliding groove 110 is disposed adjacent to the cargo outlet 103, when the cargo outlet 103 is closed by the pallet 300, the pallet 300 is located at the bottom of the accommodating cavity 102 and can be used for supporting cargo, when the cargo outlet 103 is opened by the pallet 300, in the process that the pallet 300 is translated from the bottom of the accommodating cavity 102 to the side, the insertion portion 310 always slides in the sliding groove 110, the second end of the pallet 300 moves to the side of the accommodating cavity 102, so that the pallet 300 is gradually inclined, the cargo on the pallet 300 slowly slides along the pallet 300 and is output from the cargo outlet 103 after the first end of the pallet 300 is separated from the pallet 300, and therefore, the pallet 300 can also play a role of buffering when the cargo hopper 010 is unloaded, so that the cargo is slowly output to avoid damage.

Further, the first end of the sliding groove 110 is higher than the second end of the sliding groove 110, the included angle between the length direction of the sliding groove 110 and the horizontal direction is less than or equal to 10 °, even if the falling point of the goods is adjacent to the first end (i.e. the insertion part 310) of the pallet 300, because the component force of the gravity of the goods along the length direction of the sliding groove 110 is small, the insertion part 310 cannot be driven to move towards the first end along the second end of the sliding groove 110, the goods outlet 103 cannot be opened, and the position stability of the pallet 300 when closing the goods outlet 103 is ensured, so that the pallet 300 can smoothly close the goods outlet 103 and stably support the goods; in addition, when the driving mechanism 200 drives the second end of the pallet 300 to move so that the pallet 300 opens the goods outlet 103, since the second end of the pallet 300 is adjacent to the first end of the slide groove 110, and the first end of the slide groove 110 is higher than the second end, the driving mechanism 200 can smoothly drive the pallet 300 to move to the second side of the accommodating cavity 102 with a small load, and the probability of the pallet 300 being stuck is reduced. The included angle between the length direction of the sliding groove 110 and the horizontal direction is 10 degrees; in other embodiments, the angle between the sliding groove 110 and the horizontal direction may also be 8 °, 5 °, and the like.

It should be noted that in other embodiments, the first side of the accommodating cavity 102 may be any one of the front side, the rear side, the left side and the right side of the accommodating cavity 102, and the second side of the accommodating cavity 102 is any other one of the front side, the rear side, the left side and the right side of the accommodating cavity 102. At this time, in order to facilitate the shipment, the housing 100 may further include a bottom plate disposed obliquely, and a portion of the bottom plate near the shipment port 103 is disposed obliquely downward with respect to a portion far away from the shipment port 103, the sliding groove 110 is disposed at a side portion of the accommodating cavity 102 near the shipment port 103, when the pallet 300 closes the shipment port 103, the pallet 300 is located at the side portion of the accommodating cavity 102, when the shipment port 103 needs to be opened, the driving mechanism 200 drives the pallet 300 to move to the other side to open the shipment port 103, and the goods can be separated from the bottom plate and output from the shipment port 103 under the action of gravity.

In other embodiments, the first side of the accommodating cavity 102 may be located at a side portion of the accommodating cavity 102, and the second side of the accommodating cavity 102 is located at a top portion of the accommodating cavity 102, so as to facilitate the delivery of goods, the housing 100 may further include a bottom plate disposed obliquely, a portion of the bottom plate near the delivery port 103 is disposed obliquely downward with respect to a portion far from the delivery port 103, the chute 110 is disposed at a side portion of the accommodating cavity 102 near the delivery port 103, and a length direction of the chute 110 coincides with a vertical direction or is disposed at an acute angle, when the delivery port 103 is closed by the supporting plate 300, the supporting plate 300 is located at a side portion of the accommodating cavity 102, and when the delivery port 103 needs to be opened, the driving mechanism 200 drives the supporting plate 300 to move upward, and goods can be separated from the bottom plate and output from.

Referring to fig. 1, the driving mechanism 200 of the present embodiment includes a driving component 210 and a moving component 220, the driving component 210 is connected to the housing 100, a first end of the moving component 220 is connected to the driving component 210 in a transmission manner, and a second end of the moving component 220 is rotatably connected to a second end of the supporting plate 300; in the vertical direction, the mover 220 has a first position and a second position; the driving assembly 210 is configured to drive the movement of the movement member 220 between the first position and the second position. Referring to fig. 1, when the moving member 220 is located at the second position, the moving member 220 drives the supporting plate 300 to close the cargo outlet 103; referring to fig. 3, when the moving member 220 is located at the first position, the moving member 220 drives the supporting plate 300 to open the cargo outlet 103.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, in the embodiment, when the moving member 220 is located at the second position and drives the supporting plate 300 to close the cargo outlet 103, the supporting plate 300 is located at the bottom of the accommodating cavity 102, the inserting portion 310 is located in the sliding groove 110 and supported by the inner wall of the sliding groove 110, and the supporting plate 300 stably stays at the bottom of the accommodating cavity 102 under the gravity of the moving member 220, the supporting plate 300 and the cargo, so that the supporting plate 300 closing the cargo outlet 103 can stably support the cargo in the accommodating cavity 102 without an additional locking mechanism. Referring to fig. 1, the housing 100 of the embodiment is provided with a limiting groove 120 and is located at the second side of the accommodating cavity 102, the length of the limiting groove 120 extends along the moving direction of the moving member 220, and the moving member 220 is in sliding fit with the limiting groove 120 to realize switching between the first position and the second position, that is, no matter the moving member 220 is located at the first position or the second position, the moving member 220 is always located at the second side of the accommodating cavity 102 and does not occupy the space outside the housing 100, thereby further saving the operation space when the bucket 010 takes and delivers goods. The limiting groove 120 in this embodiment extends in a vertical direction, so that the guiding moving member 220 is driven by the driving assembly 210 to stably move in the vertical direction between the first position and the second position, thereby driving the supporting plate 300 to stably move to open the cargo outlet 103 or close the cargo outlet 103.

Fig. 4 is a partial schematic structural diagram of a second cargo bucket 010 when the pallet 300 closes the cargo outlet 103 according to the embodiment of the invention; fig. 5 is a partial schematic structural diagram of the second cargo bucket 010 when the pallet 300 opens the cargo outlet 103 according to the embodiment of the present invention. Referring to fig. 4 and 5, the moving member 220 includes a base plate 221 and a connecting plate 222, wherein a first end of the base plate 221 is connected to the connecting plate 222, a second end of the base plate 221 is rotatably connected to a second end of the supporting plate 300, and the connecting plate 222 passes through the limiting groove 120 and is in transmission connection with the driving assembly 210; the connection plate 222 of the moving member 220 is inserted through the stopper groove 120 so that the moving member 220 is stably guided by the stopper groove 120 to move between the first position and the second position.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, the supporting plate 300 of the present embodiment is rotatably connected to the second end of the moving member 220 through a rotating shaft 321; further, the second end of the supporting plate 300 and the second end of the base plate 221 are rotatably connected by a rotating shaft 321 to prevent the supporting plate 300 and the moving member 220 from interfering with each other. Referring to fig. 4, when the moving element 220 is located at the second position, the moving element 220 drives the supporting plate 300 to close the cargo outlet 103, and at this time, the supporting plate 300 is located at the first side (i.e., the bottom) of the accommodating cavity 102, and the moving element 220 is located at the second side of the accommodating cavity 102; referring to fig. 5, when the moving member 220 is located at the first position, the moving member 220 drives the supporting plate 300 to open the cargo outlet 103, and both the moving member 220 and the supporting plate 300 are located at the second side of the accommodating cavity 102. As can be seen from the above description, no matter the pallet 300 opens the goods outlet 103 or the pallet 300 closes the goods outlet 103, the pallet 300 and the moving member 220 are always located on the first side or the second side of the accommodating cavity 102 and do not extend out of the housing 100, and therefore the space outside the housing 100 is not occupied, and the operation space of the bucket 010 for taking and discharging goods is greatly saved.

Referring to fig. 1, the housing 100 of the present embodiment includes a first side plate 130 and a second side plate 140, the first side plate 130 and the second side plate 140 are respectively located at two sides of the cargo outlet 103, the first side plate 130 and the second side plate 140 form two opposite sides of the accommodating cavity 102, the driving assembly 210 is disposed at a side of the first side plate 130 away from the second side plate 140, the moving member 220 and the supporting plate 300 are both located between the first side plate 130 and the second side plate 140, the limiting groove 120 is disposed at the first side plate 130 and located at a second side of the accommodating cavity 102, and the connecting plate 222 passes through the limiting groove 120 and is in transmission connection with the driving assembly 210, so that the driving assembly 210 drives the connecting plate 222 to drive the base plate 221 to move between the first side plate 130 and the second.

Further, referring to fig. 1, the second side plate 140 is also provided with a limiting groove 120, two sides of the substrate 221 are both connected with connecting plates 222, the connecting plate 222 on one side of the substrate 221 is in inserting fit with the limiting groove 120 of the first side plate 130, and the connecting plate 222 on the other side of the substrate 221 is in inserting fit with the limiting groove 120 of the second side plate 140; with such an arrangement, the two connecting plates 222 and the two limiting grooves 120 are in one-to-one correspondence and are in sliding fit, so that the moving path of the moving element 220 between the first side plate 130 and the second side plate 140 can be more stable, and the supporting plate 300 can be used for stably closing or opening the cargo outlet 103.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, the housing 100 of the present embodiment further includes a third side plate 150 connected between the first side plate 130 and the second side plate 140, and the third side plate 150 is opened with a cargo inlet 101, when the pallet 300 closes the cargo outlet 103, the base plate 221 is opposite to the third side plate 150, and the first side plate 130, the third side plate 150, the second side plate 140, the pallet 300 and the base plate 221 together enclose the accommodating cavity 102; it should be noted that, when the pallet 300 opens the cargo outlet 103, both the pallet 300 and the base plate 221 are opposite to the third side plate 150, the lower end of the first side plate 130, the lower end of the third side plate 150, the lower end of the second side plate 140 and the first end of the pallet 300 together form the cargo outlet 103, and the cargo carried in the accommodating cavity 102 can slide out of the housing 100 through the cargo outlet 103.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view of the bucket 010 in the embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 7 is an enlarged view taken at VII in FIG. 6; fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of the pallet 300 and the mover 220 according to the embodiment of the present invention; referring to fig. 1 to 8, in the present embodiment, the casing 100 further includes a fourth side plate 160, the first side plate 130, the third side plate 150, the second side plate 140 and the fourth side plate 160 are sequentially connected end to end, the cargo inlet 101 is disposed on the third side plate 150, the cargo outlet 103 is located in a space formed by lower ends of the first side plate 130, the third side plate 150, the second side plate 140 and the fourth side plate 160, the moving member 220 of the present embodiment is located on an inner side of the fourth side plate 160, the moving member 220 is provided with a positioning portion 223, the positioning portion 223 is slidably connected with the fourth side plate 160 of the casing 100, and the fourth side plate 160 is provided with a limiting portion 161; when the moving member 220 moves to the second position, the positioning portion 223 abuts against the limiting portion 161; thus, when the driving assembly 210 drives the moving element 220 to move to the second position, the positioning portion 223 and the limiting portion 161, which are abutted against each other, can make the moving element 220 stably stay at the second position, so that the moving element 220 can reliably drive the pallet 300 to move to the position for closing the goods outlet 103.

Furthermore, a long groove (not shown) extending in the vertical direction is disposed on the fourth side plate 160, the positioning portion 223 is inserted into the long groove, the limiting portion 161 is disposed at the bottom end of the long groove, and when the moving element 220 moves to the second position, the bottom end of the positioning portion 223 abuts against the top end of the limiting portion 161, so that the moving element 220 stays at the second position more effectively.

The chute 110 extends between a third side plate 150 and a fourth side plate 160 of the housing 100, the cargo inlet 101 is opened at the upper end of the third side plate 150, a first end of the chute 110 is adjacent to the fourth side plate 160, and a second end of the chute 110 is adjacent to the third side plate 150; with this arrangement, the driving mechanism 200 can be used to drive the inserting portion 310 to slide along the sliding slot 110 between the third side plate 150 and the fourth side plate 160 to close or open the cargo outlet 103, and when the pallet 300 closes the cargo outlet 103, and cargo enters the accommodating cavity 102 from the cargo inlet 101 and falls on the pallet 300, the cargo falling position is far away from the cargo inlet 101 of the pallet 300, that is, adjacent to the first end of the sliding slot 110, because the first end of the sliding slot 110 is higher than the second end, the component force of the gravity of the cargo on the pallet 300 extends towards the first end of the pallet 300, that is, towards the direction that the pallet 300 closes the cargo outlet 103, so that the pallet 300 is not pushed to move towards the direction that the cargo outlet 103 is opened, thereby ensuring that the pallet 300 supported by the sliding slot 110 can support the cargo more reliably.

It should be noted that the fourth side plate 160 of the housing 100 is used for supporting the first side plate 130 and the second side plate 140 which are arranged at an interval, i.e. the overall structure of the housing 100 is more stable, and is also used for limiting the base plate 221 and the pallet 300 at the inner side of the fourth side plate 160 so as to reduce the phenomenon of deviation when the base plate 221 and the pallet 300 move, and also can be used for forming one side surface of the accommodating cavity 102 together with the base plate 160 when the pallet 300 closes the goods outlet 103, so that foreign objects of goods placed in the accommodating cavity 102 fall outside the goods bucket 010.

Referring to fig. 3 to 5, the housing 100 of the present embodiment further includes two supporting seats 170, wherein one supporting seat 170 is disposed at the bottom end of the first side plate 130, and the other supporting seat 170 is disposed at the bottom end of the second side plate 140; each supporting seat 170 is provided with the sliding groove 110 on one side facing another supporting seat 170, two sides of the first end of the supporting plate 300 are in one-to-one correspondence and sliding fit with the two sliding grooves 110, and by means of the two supporting seats 170, the contact area between the sliding groove 110 and the supporting plate 300 is increased, so that the supporting plate 300 is stably switched between the opening of the goods outlet 103 and the closing of the goods outlet 103, the sliding groove 110 can more stably support the supporting plate 300, and goods can be more reliably supported when the goods outlet 103 is closed by the supporting plate 300.

The connection mode of the supporting seat 170 and the side plate can be selected according to the requirement, and the connection between the supporting seat 170 and the first side plate 130 is explained; the supporting seat 170 and the first side plate 130 of the present embodiment are connected by a fastener; in other embodiments, the supporting seat 170 and the first side plate 130 may be abutted, welded, adhered, or integrally formed.

The supporting plate 300 of this embodiment is provided with two inserting portions 310, and two inserting portions 310 are connected respectively to the two sides of the first end of the supporting plate 300, two inserting portions 310 are inserted with two sliding grooves 110 in a one-to-one correspondence manner, and two inserting portions 310 can slide along two corresponding sliding grooves 110, so that the movement of the supporting plate 300 is more stable, the supporting plate 300 is also more stably supported by the sliding grooves 110, and goods can be more stably supported when the supporting plate 300 seals the goods outlet 103.

Referring to fig. 8, the moving element 220 is provided with two positioning portions 223, the two positioning portions 223 are both connected to one side of the base plate 221 facing the fourth side plate 160, the two positioning portions 223 are distributed at intervals between the first side plate 130 and the second side plate 140, and the length of each positioning portion 223 extends along the vertical direction; when the moving element 220 is located at the second position, both the positioning portions 223 abut against the limiting portion 161 to ensure that the moving element 220 is stabilized at the second position.

Referring to fig. 3, the driving assembly 210 of the present embodiment includes a motor 211 and a first belt transmission assembly 212, the motor 211 is fixedly disposed on a side of the first side plate 130 away from the second side plate 140, the first belt transmission assembly 212 includes two belt wheels 213 disposed at an interval and a transmission belt 214 sleeved on the two belt wheels 213, one of the belt wheels 213 is in transmission connection with an output shaft of the motor 211, and the moving element 220 passes through a connection plate 222 of the first side plate 130 and is fixedly connected with the transmission belt; when the output shaft of the motor 211 rotates, the two pulleys 213 are driven to rotate, so as to synchronously drive the transmission belt 214 to drive the moving member 220 to move.

The two belt wheels 213 are spaced apart in a vertical direction or a substantially vertical direction according to a direction in which the bucket 010 is disposed when in use, and the two belt wheels 213 are rotatably connected to the first side plate 130 through a rotating shaft.

Referring to fig. 3, the driving assembly 210 further includes a gear assembly 215, an output shaft of the motor 211 is fixedly provided with a worm 216, the worm 216 is in transmission connection with the gear assembly 215 through a worm wheel 217, and one gear of the gear assembly 215 is coaxially and fixedly connected with the pulley 213, so that when the output shaft of the motor 211 rotates, the worm 216 is driven to drive the worm wheel 217 to rotate, the gear assembly 215 is driven through the worm wheel 217, and the pulley 213 is driven to rotate through the gear assembly 215.

Referring to fig. 3, the driving mechanism 200 of the present embodiment further includes a second belt transmission assembly (not shown) and a transmission shaft 219, the second belt transmission assembly is disposed on a side of the second side plate 140 away from the first side plate 130, and the second belt transmission assembly is in transmission connection with a connection plate 222, which passes through the second side plate 140, on the moving element 220; one end of the transmission shaft 219 is coaxially disposed with one of the pulleys 213 of the first belt transmission assembly 212, and the other end is drivingly connected with the second belt transmission assembly, so that when the motor 211 drives the first belt transmission assembly 212, the second belt transmission assembly is synchronously driven by the transmission shaft 219, and thus the moving member 220 is stably moved in the vertical direction by the first belt transmission assembly 212 and the second belt transmission assembly which are synchronously operated.

It should be noted that the second belt drive assembly is similar to the first belt drive assembly 212 in structure and will not be described herein.

Referring to fig. 5, an elastic abutting portion 111 is disposed at a first end of the sliding slot 110; when the pallet 300 opens the goods outlet 103, the insertion part 310 abuts against the elastic abutting part 111; with such an arrangement, the insertion portion 310 can be pushed by the elasticity of the elastic contact portion 111, so that the supporting plate 300 can move more smoothly to the position of the closed discharging port 103, thereby reducing the load of the driving mechanism 200 when the supporting plate 300 moves from the position of opening the discharging port 103 to the position of closing the discharging port 103, and ensuring that the supporting plate 300 smoothly closes the discharging port 103.

Referring to fig. 7, the elastic abutting portion 111 includes an elastic member 112 and a top pillar 113 connected to each other, and one end of the elastic member 112 away from the top pillar 113 is connected to the housing 100, and one end of the top pillar 113 away from the elastic member 112 faces to the second end of the sliding slot 110, when the driving assembly 210 drives the moving member 220 to drive the supporting plate 300 to move to open the cargo outlet 103, the inserting portion 310 on the supporting plate 300 abuts against the top pillar 113 and presses the elastic member 112 in a direction away from the second end of the sliding slot 110, so that the elastic member 112 has a tendency to push the top pillar 113 and the inserting portion 310 of the supporting plate 300 towards the second end of the sliding slot 110, so that when the driving assembly 210 drives the moving member 220 to drive the supporting plate 300 to move towards a direction of closing the cargo outlet 103, the elastic member 112 is utilized to assist the inserting portion 310 to slide more smoothly along the sliding slot 110, so as to drive the supporting plate 300 to close the cargo outlet 103, the load, reducing the probability of the pallet 300 jamming.

The elastic member 112 can be selected according to the requirement, and the elastic member 112 of the embodiment is a compression spring; in other embodiments, the elastic member 112 may also be an elastic rubber block or the like.

Referring to fig. 7, the elastic abutting portion 111 of the present embodiment further includes an installation seat 114, the installation seat 114 is disposed at the first end of the sliding slot 110, the installation seat 114 has an installation cavity 115 and a through hole 116 communicated with the installation cavity 115, the elastic member 112 is disposed in the installation cavity 115, and the top pillar 113 connected to the elastic member 112 can pass through the through hole 116 to move along the length direction of the sliding slot 110; with such an arrangement, the elastic member 112 is compressed in the mounting cavity 115 of the mounting seat 114 or is restored under the elastic action of the elastic member, so that the offset of the elastic member 112 is reduced, and the tray 300 is effectively prevented from being jammed when moving to the position for closing the goods outlet 103 by using the elasticity of the elastic member 112.

Referring to fig. 2, the cargo bucket 010 further includes a kicking roller assembly 180 disposed on the housing 100, the kicking roller assembly 180 includes a kicking roller 181, and the kicking roller 181 is disposed above the third side plate 150 and at a lower end of the cargo inlet 101, so that the cargo can be driven by the rotating kicking roller 181 to enter the accommodating cavity 102 of the cargo bucket 010 from the cargo inlet 101, so as to enable the cargo bucket 010 to receive the cargo more smoothly.

It should be noted that the detailed structure of the kick roller assembly 180 is similar to that of the related art, and will not be described herein.

When the cargo bucket 010 of the embodiment is used, the driving assembly 210 drives the moving member 220 to move to the second position, so that the moving member 220 drives the supporting plate 300 to close the cargo outlet 103, the supporting plate 300 is located at the first side of the accommodating cavity 102, and when the supporting plate 300 closes the cargo outlet 103, the supporting plate 300 is supported by the chute 110, and at this time, cargo entering the accommodating cavity 102 from the cargo inlet 101 falls on the supporting plate 300, so that the cargo bucket 010 can be used for bearing the cargo; when the driving assembly 210 drives the moving member 220 to move to the first position and the moving member 220 drives the pallet 300 to open the cargo outlet 103, the pallet 300 is located at the second side of the accommodating cavity 102, and the cargo supported by the pallet 300 can slide out of the accommodating cavity 102 from the cargo outlet 103, so that the cargo in the cargo bucket 010 can be unloaded. The goods fill 010 of this embodiment no matter is getting goods or when unloading, the layer board 300 can not stretch out the casing 100, and then makes the goods fill 010 get goods and when unloading can not occupy the outside space of casing 100, can save the operation space of getting goods and unloading, is favorable to the miniaturized design of goods fill 010. Moreover, when the shipment port 103 is sealed to the layer board 300 of this embodiment, can be in the support of spout 110 and the effect of layer board 300 self gravity remain stable down to bear the weight of the goods steadily, and then need not additionally set up the mechanism that locks layer board 300 and can ensure the stability that layer board 300 supported the goods, simplified the structure of goods fill 010, and reduced goods fill 010 cost.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an internal structure of a vending machine 020 according to an embodiment of the present invention; fig. 10 is a schematic diagram of an internal structure of the vending machine 020 according to the embodiment of the invention.

Referring to fig. 9 and 10, the present embodiment further provides an automatic vending machine 020, which includes the above-mentioned bucket 010, and the bucket 010 does not occupy the space outside the casing 100 when taking and unloading goods, so as to save the operation space for taking and unloading goods, and facilitate the miniaturization design of the automatic vending machine 020.

Further, referring to fig. 9, the vending machine 020 further includes a cabinet 400, and a driving device 410 and a plurality of goods channels 420 disposed in the cabinet 400, wherein a goods access 430 is disposed on a surface of the cabinet 400; the driving device 410 is in transmission connection with the bucket 010, and the driving device 410 is used for driving the bucket 010 to move so as to receive the goods output from the goods channel 420 and deliver the goods to the goods taking port 430.

Fig. 11 is a schematic structural view of the driving device 410 and the bucket 010 according to the embodiment of the present invention; referring to fig. 11, the driving device 410 includes a horizontal driving assembly 411 and a vertical driving assembly 412, and the vertical driving assembly 412 is in transmission connection with the cargo bucket 010 to drive the cargo bucket 010 to move in a vertical direction; the transverse driving assembly 411 is in transmission connection with the vertical driving assembly 412 so as to drive the vertical driving assembly 412 and the cargo bucket 010 to move along the transverse direction; by such arrangement, the driving device 410 can be used for driving the bucket 010 to move to any one of the cargo channels 420 to receive the cargo and deliver the cargo to the cargo taking port 430.

The transverse driving assembly 411 and the vertical driving assembly 412 of the present embodiment are both belt assemblies; in other embodiments, the lateral drive assembly 411 and the vertical drive assembly 412 may also be a drive chain assembly, a lead screw drive assembly, or the like.

In other embodiments, the lateral driving assembly 411 is drivingly connected to the bucket 010 to drive the bucket 010 to move in the lateral direction; vertical drive assembly 412 is drivingly connected with lateral drive assembly 411 to drive lateral drive assembly 411 and bucket 010 together to move in a vertical direction.

Referring to fig. 9, the vending machine 020 of the embodiment further includes a first camera mechanism 441 disposed in the cargo bucket 010, wherein the first camera mechanism 441 is configured to obtain information of a cargo to be taken; further, referring to fig. 2, the first camera mechanism 441 is disposed on a side of the fourth side plate 160 facing the third side plate 150, and when the bucket 010 is driven by the driving device 410 to face the cargo channel 420, the first camera mechanism 441 faces an exit of the cargo channel 420 to identify information of the cargo to be taken in the cargo channel 420.

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of the construction of a vending machine 020 according to an embodiment of the invention; referring to fig. 12, the vending machine 020 further includes a second camera 442 disposed on the surface of the cabinet 400, and the second camera 442 can be used for obtaining the target inventory.

Further, referring to fig. 9 and 10, the vending machine 020 further includes a delivery mechanism 443 and a temporary storage bin 444 disposed in the cabinet 400, and the driving device 410 can drive the bucket 010 to deliver the received goods to the delivery mechanism 443, and then the delivery mechanism 443 delivers the received goods to the pick-up port 430 or the temporary storage bin 444.

When the information of the goods to be picked up acquired by the first camera mechanism 441 is consistent with the target goods list acquired by the second camera mechanism 442, the goods delivered to the delivery mechanism 443 by the bucket 010 can be delivered to the pick-up port 430 by the delivery mechanism 443; when the information of the to-be-picked-up goods acquired by the first imaging mechanism 441 does not match the target list acquired by the second imaging mechanism 442, the goods delivered by the bucket 010 to the delivery mechanism 443 can be delivered to the temporary storage container 444 by the delivery mechanism 443.

Referring to fig. 9, a refrigeration assembly 445 is also disposed inside the cabinet 400 of the vending machine 020 to reduce the temperature inside the cabinet 400 by the refrigeration assembly 445.

Referring to fig. 12, the top of the exterior of the cabinet 400 of the vending machine 020 is further provided with a third camera 446 for monitoring the operation of the user, which is helpful for preventing theft. The surface of the cabinet 400 is also provided with an operation screen 431, a face recognition device 432, and the like to facilitate operations such as purchase by a user.

It should be noted that the structures and operating principles of the operation screen 431, the face recognition device 432, the third camera 446, the refrigeration assembly 445, the delivery mechanism 443, the temporary storage cabin 444, the second camera 442, the first camera 441, the driving device 410, the cargo channel 420, and the like are similar to those of the related art, and are not described herein again.

The operation process of the automatic vending machine 020 of the embodiment includes: when the driving mechanism 200 drives the support plate 300 of the bucket 010 to close the outlet 103, the support plate 300 is located at a first side of the accommodating cavity 102, the bucket 010 is driven by the driving device 410 to move to be opposite to the cargo channel 420, so that the cargo in the cargo channel 420 is received by the bucket 010, and the cargo entering the accommodating cavity 102 of the bucket 010 is supported by the support plate 300 of the bucket 010; the driving device 410 can drive the bucket 010 carrying the goods to move to the discharging mechanism 443, and when the discharging port 103 of the bucket 010 is opposite to the discharging mechanism 443, the driving mechanism 200 drives the pallet 300 to open the discharging port 103, the pallet 300 moves to the second side of the accommodating cavity 102, so that the goods in the accommodating cavity 102 are unloaded to the discharging mechanism 443, and the discharging mechanism 443 can deliver the received goods to the pick-up port 430 or the temporary storage 444.

To sum up, the goods bucket 010 used in the automatic vending machine 020 of the embodiment does not occupy the space outside the casing 100 when taking and discharging goods, can save the operation space of taking and discharging goods, and is favorable for the miniaturization design of the automatic vending machine 020.

The above description is only for the specific embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any changes or substitutions that can be easily conceived by those skilled in the art within the technical scope of the present invention are included in the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. A cargo bucket is characterized by comprising a shell, a driving mechanism and a supporting plate; the shell is provided with an accommodating cavity and a goods outlet communicated with the accommodating cavity, the shell is also provided with a sliding groove, the supporting plate comprises a first end and a second end, the first end of the supporting plate is provided with an inserting part, the inserting part is positioned in the sliding groove, and the second end of the supporting plate is in transmission connection with the driving mechanism;

the driving mechanism is arranged on the shell and is configured to drive the supporting plate to move so as to open or close the goods outlet; when the supporting plate moves, the inserting portion slides along the sliding groove, when the supporting plate seals the goods outlet, the supporting plate is located on the first side of the containing cavity, when the supporting plate opens the goods outlet, the supporting plate is located on the second side of the containing cavity, and the first side of the containing cavity is adjacent to the second side of the containing cavity.

2. The bucket set forth in claim 1 wherein the chute is disposed on a first side of the receiving cavity, the chute having a first end and a second end; when the pallet closes the goods outlet, the insertion part is matched with the second end of the chute, and the second end of the pallet is close to the first end of the chute; when the pallet opens the goods outlet, the insertion part is matched with the first end of the sliding groove, and the second end of the pallet is located on the second side of the accommodating cavity.

3. The bucket according to claim 2, wherein the first side of the accommodating cavity is located at the bottom of the accommodating cavity, the first end of the sliding chute is higher than the second end of the sliding chute, and an included angle between the length direction of the sliding chute and the horizontal direction is less than or equal to 10 °.

4. The bucket of claim 1 wherein the drive mechanism includes a drive assembly and a moving member, the drive assembly being coupled to the housing, the moving member having a first end drivingly coupled to the drive assembly and a second end rotatably coupled to the second end of the pallet; in the vertical direction, the moving member has a first position and a second position; the drive assembly is configured to drive the movement of the moving member between the first position and the second position;

when the moving piece is located at the first position, the moving piece drives the supporting plate to open the goods outlet; when the moving piece is located at the second position, the moving piece drives the supporting plate to close the goods outlet.

5. The bucket according to claim 4, wherein the housing is provided with a limit groove, the length of the limit groove extends along the moving direction of the moving member, and the moving member is in sliding fit with the limit groove.

6. The bucket of claim 5, wherein the housing includes a first side plate and a second side plate on opposite sides of the outlet, and the drive assembly is disposed on a side of the first side plate facing away from the second side plate; the moving piece is positioned between the first side plate and the second side plate and comprises a base plate and a connecting plate, the first end of the base plate is connected with the connecting plate, and the second end of the base plate is rotatably connected with the second end of the supporting plate; the limiting groove is formed in the first side plate and located on the second side of the accommodating cavity, and the connecting plate penetrates through the limiting groove and is in transmission connection with the driving assembly.

7. The bucket of claim 6, wherein the housing further includes a third side plate disposed between the first side plate and the second side plate, the third side plate defining a cargo inlet; when the pallet closes the goods outlet, the base plate is opposite to the third side plate, and the first side plate, the third side plate, the second side plate, the pallet and the base plate form the accommodating cavity together; when the pallet opens the cargo outlet, the pallet is opposite to the third side plate.

8. The cargo bucket according to claim 4, wherein the shell comprises a first side plate, a third side plate, a second side plate and a fourth side plate which are sequentially connected end to end, and the third side plate is provided with a cargo inlet; the moving piece is provided with a positioning part which is connected with the fourth side plate in a sliding way, and the fourth side plate is provided with a limiting part; when the moving piece moves to the second position, the positioning part is abutted to the limiting part.

9. The bucket according to any one of claims 1 to 8 wherein the first end of the chute is provided with a resilient abutment; when the pallet opens the goods outlet, the insertion part is abutted against the elastic abutting part.

10. A vending machine comprising a bucket as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9.