CN112735025A

CN112735025A - Novel replenishment mechanism for vending machine

Info

Publication number: CN112735025A
Application number: CN201910974239.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李国华
Original assignee: Amazon Guangzhou Intelligent Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Amazon Guangzhou Intelligent Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2019-10-14
Filing date: 2019-10-14
Publication date: 2021-04-30

Abstract

The invention discloses a novel replenishment mechanism for an automatic vending machine, which comprises: a first guide rail and a second guide rail arranged above a vertical goods channel of the vending machine; the driving sliding rail is arranged between the first guide rail and the second guide rail in a sliding manner, and the driving sliding rail is arranged in the sliding block in a sliding manner; the conveying frame is arranged above the vertical goods channel and is connected with the sliding block, the conveying frame comprises a side plate and a supporting plate, the side plate and the supporting plate form a containing cavity used for containing articles, and one end of the supporting plate is rotatably arranged in the bottom of the side plate; and the driving mechanism is arranged on the conveying frame, is connected with the supporting plate and is used for driving the supporting plate to rotate. Through the mode, the novel replenishment mechanism for the automatic vending machine disclosed by the invention can be used for conveying the articles into each vertical goods channel only by placing the articles into the conveying frame, and the articles are not required to be manually placed into each vertical goods channel one by one, so that the operation is simple, and the labor cost is low.

Description

Novel replenishment mechanism for vending machine

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of vending machines, in particular to a novel replenishment mechanism for a vending machine.

Background

With the rapid development of science and technology, more and more intelligent devices, such as vending machines, appear. Because the article convenient and fast of selling of automatic vending machine all is equipped with automatic vending machine in more and more places. At present, the automatic vending machine on the market is provided with a plurality of goods ways, and the goods can be replenished for the automatic vending machine through the goods ways.

However, in the traditional mode, when needs carry out the replenishment to automatic vending machine, mainly rely on artifical manual placing into goods way article in, and the quantity of goods way has a plurality ofly, consequently need artifical manual placing into each goods way article one by one in, the operation is complicated, and the cost of labor is high, greatly reduced user's experience.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention mainly solves the technical problem of providing a novel replenishment mechanism for an automatic vending machine, which can convey articles into each vertical goods channel only by placing the articles into a conveying frame, does not need to manually place the articles into each vertical goods channel one by one, and has simple operation and low labor cost.

In order to solve the technical problems, the invention adopts a technical scheme that: the utility model provides a novel replenishment mechanism that automatic vending machine used, including setting up first guide rail and the second guide rail and the slidable setting in the top of the vertical goods way of automatic vending machine be in first guide rail with initiative slide rail between the second guide rail, wherein slidable setting is in the sliding block in the initiative slide rail, and it still includes: the conveying frame is arranged above the vertical goods channel and is connected with the sliding block, the conveying frame comprises a side plate and a supporting plate, the side plate and the supporting plate form a containing cavity used for containing articles, and one end of the supporting plate is rotatably arranged in the bottom of the side plate; and the driving mechanism is arranged on the conveying frame, is connected with the supporting plate and is used for driving the supporting plate to rotate.

Further, the side plates comprise a first side plate, a second side plate, a third side plate and a fourth side plate, wherein the first side plate and the third side plate are symmetrically arranged, the second side plate and the fourth side plate are asymmetrically arranged, the support plates comprise first support plates, one ends of the first support plates are rotatably connected with the bottoms of the first side plates, and the driving mechanisms are connected with the other ends of the first support plates.

Further, actuating mechanism include along the vertical direction liftable of second curb plate set up the slip area, with the terminal fixed connection in slip area and the first connecting rod of level setting and with the one end rotation connection of slip area is kept away from to first connecting rod, wherein the second connecting rod is kept away from the one end of first connecting rod with the other end of first backup pad is connected.

Furthermore, the driving mechanism further comprises a motor arranged at the top of the conveying frame, wherein a rotating shaft of the motor is provided with a gear meshed with the sliding belt, so that the sliding belt is driven to slide through the motor.

Furthermore, first backup pad is close to the one end extension of second curb plate is equipped with first protruding board, first protruding board is kept away from the one end of first curb plate through first connecting piece with the second connecting rod is kept away from the one end of first connecting rod is rotated and is connected, just the second curb plate sets up first protruding board with between the second connecting rod.

Further, the bottom of second curb plate is equipped with and is close to first curb plate setting and the first arc limit that is the arc form, so that the second connecting rod drives first backup pad is followed first arc limit slides, makes first connecting piece slide extremely during the top on first arc limit first backup pad level sets up, makes first connecting piece slide extremely during the bottom on first arc limit first backup pad sets up perpendicularly.

Furthermore, the slide belt sets up the middle part of first connecting rod, the backup pad still include one end with the second backup pad of connecting is rotated to the bottom of third curb plate, the second backup pad is close to the one end extension of second curb plate is equipped with the protruding board of second, actuating mechanism still include with first connecting rod is kept away from the other end of slide belt rotates the third connecting rod of connecting, the third connecting rod is kept away from the one end of first connecting rod pass through the second connecting piece with the protruding board of second rotates and is connected, just the second curb plate sets up the protruding board of second with between the third connecting rod.

Furthermore, the bottom of the second side plate is provided with a second arc-shaped edge which is close to the third side plate and is arc-shaped, so that the third connecting rod drives the second support plate to slide along the second arc-shaped edge, the second support plate is horizontally arranged when the second connecting piece slides to the top of the second arc-shaped edge, and the second support plate is vertically arranged when the second connecting piece slides to the bottom of the second arc-shaped edge.

Furthermore, the first arc-shaped edge and the second arc-shaped edge are symmetrically arranged, the sliding belt is arranged between the first arc-shaped edge and the second arc-shaped edge, and a protruding portion is arranged between the top of the first arc-shaped edge and the top of the second arc-shaped edge, so that two edges of the protruding portion respectively form a first clamping groove with the first arc-shaped edge and a second clamping groove with the second arc-shaped edge.

Further, an identifier for identifying an article is arranged in the conveying frame, or a weight sensor for detecting the weight of the article is arranged in the first supporting plate and/or the second supporting plate.

Different from the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects: the invention discloses a novel replenishment mechanism for an automatic vending machine, which comprises: a first guide rail and a second guide rail arranged above a vertical goods channel of the vending machine; the driving sliding rail is arranged between the first guide rail and the second guide rail in a sliding manner, and the driving sliding rail is arranged in the sliding block in a sliding manner; the conveying frame is arranged above the vertical goods channel and is connected with the sliding block, the conveying frame comprises a side plate and a supporting plate, the side plate and the supporting plate form a containing cavity used for containing articles, and one end of the supporting plate is rotatably arranged in the bottom of the side plate; and the driving mechanism is arranged on the conveying frame, is connected with the supporting plate and is used for driving the supporting plate to rotate. Through the mode, the novel replenishment mechanism for the automatic vending machine disclosed by the invention can be used for conveying the articles into each vertical goods channel only by placing the articles into the conveying frame, and the articles are not required to be manually placed into each vertical goods channel one by one, so that the operation is simple, and the labor cost is low.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a novel replenishment mechanism for a vending machine according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a first partial configuration of the novel replenishment mechanism for the vending machine of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a second schematic partial configuration of the novel replenishment mechanism for the vending machine of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a third schematic view of a portion of the novel replenishment mechanism of the vending machine of FIG. 1.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

The invention discloses a novel replenishment mechanism for an automatic vending machine, which comprises a first slide rail 11, a second slide rail 12, a driving slide rail 13, a conveying frame 14 and a driving mechanism, and is shown in figures 1-4.

In this embodiment, the vending machine of this embodiment includes a plurality of vertical goods ways that set up vertically upwards, can carry out the restocking through vertical goods way.

Preferably, the first slide rail 11 and the second slide rail 12 are arranged at intervals, and the first slide rail 11 and the second slide rail 12 are both arranged above the vertical goods passage.

In the present embodiment, the active slide rail 13 is slidably disposed between the first slide rail 11 and the second slide rail 12. Preferably, the active sliding rail 13 is slidably disposed on the sliding block 131.

It should be understood that the first slide rail 11, the second slide rail 12 and the active slide rail 13 are located on the same plane, and the plane formed by the first slide rail 11, the second slide rail 12 and the active slide rail 13 is located above the vertical cargo way.

It should be noted that the sliding block 131 of the present embodiment can slide along the active sliding rail 13, and the active sliding rail 13 can slide along the first sliding rail 11 and the second sliding rail 12. It should be understood that the present embodiment is not limited to the structures of the first slide rail 11, the second slide rail 12 and the active slide rail 13, as long as the sliding block 131 slides along the active slide rail 13, and the structures of the active slide rail 13 that can slide along the first slide rail 11 and the second slide rail 12 are all consistent with the structure of the present embodiment.

The conveying frame 14 is arranged above the vertical cargo way, wherein the conveying frame 14 is connected with the sliding blocks 131, so that the conveying frame 14 slides along the sliding blocks 131 to slide the conveying frame 14 to be right above the vertical cargo way.

In the present embodiment, the conveying frame 14 includes side plates and support plates that form a housing cavity for housing articles. It should be understood that the conveying frame 14 is also provided with an input port in communication with the receiving cavity for placing an item into the receiving cavity through the input port.

Preferably, one end of the support plate is rotatably disposed in the bottom of the side plate to control the opening of the accommodation cavity by the rotation of the support plate, so that the articles accommodated in the accommodation cavity fall over the vertical cargo channel. It should be understood that when the support plate is rotated to a horizontal disposition, the support plate supports the articles, and when the support plate is rotated to a vertical disposition, the bottom of the receiving cavity is hollow, and the articles fall from the receiving cavity into the vertical cargo channel 10.

The driving mechanism is arranged on the conveying frame 14, wherein the driving mechanism is connected with the supporting plate and is used for driving the supporting plate to rotate.

In the present embodiment, the side panels include a first side panel 141, a second side panel 142, a third side panel 143, and a fourth side panel 144, wherein the first side panel 141 and the third side panel 143 are symmetrically disposed, and the second side panel 142 and the fourth side panel 144 are asymmetrically disposed. It is to be understood that the first, second, third,

fourth side panels

141, 142, 143, 144 and the support panel form a receiving cavity.

Preferably, the bottom of the first side plate 141 is at a lower level than the bottom of the second side plate 142, and the bottom of the first side plate 141 is at a lower level than the bottom of the fourth side plate 144.

In this embodiment, the support plate includes a first support plate 145 having one end rotatably connected to the bottom of the first side plate 141. Preferably, one end of the first support plate 145 is connected to the bottom of the first side plate 141 by a first hinge.

In this embodiment, the driving mechanism is connected to the other end of the first support plate 145 to drive the first support plate 145 to rotate through the driving mechanism.

In this embodiment, the driving mechanism includes a sliding belt 151 disposed in a liftable manner along a vertical direction of the second side plate 142, a first link 152 fixedly connected to a distal end of the sliding belt 151 and disposed horizontally, and a second link 153 rotatably connected to an end of the first link 152 far from the sliding belt 151, wherein an end of the second link 153 far from the first link 152 is connected to the other end of the first support plate 145.

Preferably, the slide belt 151 is disposed at the middle of the first link 152. It is understood that the sliding belt 151 is constructed of a hard material, so that the sliding belt 151 has a large hardness.

It is noted that the second side plate 142 is provided with a rail disposed along the vertical direction of the second side plate 142, and the sliding belt 151 is slidably disposed in the rail, so that the sliding belt 151 can be lifted and lowered to slide along the vertical direction. Of course, in some embodiments, the second side plate 142 is provided with a receiving through hole provided in a vertical direction of the second side plate 142, and the sliding belt 151 is inserted into the receiving through hole.

Further, in this embodiment, the driving mechanism further includes a motor 155 disposed on the top of the conveying frame 14, wherein a rotating shaft of the motor 155 is provided with a gear engaged with the sliding belt 151 so as to drive the sliding belt 151 to slide by the motor 155. It should be understood that one side of the slide belt 151 is provided with a serration so that a gear connection with the gear of the motor 155 can be achieved.

In this embodiment, a first protruding plate 1451 extends from an end of the first supporting plate 145 close to the second side plate 142, and an end of the first protruding plate 1451 away from the first side plate 141 is rotatably connected to an end of the second connecting rod 153 away from the first connecting rod 152 through a first connecting member 1452, so that an end of the second connecting rod 153 away from the first connecting rod 152 drives an end of the first protruding plate 1451 away from the first side plate 141 to rotate, so as to drive the first supporting plate 145 to rotate.

Preferably, the second side plate 142 is disposed between the first protrusion plate 1451 and the second link 153, so that stability is high.

In this embodiment, the bottom of the second side plate 142 is provided with a first arc edge 1421 which is disposed near the first side plate 141 and is in an arc shape, so that the second link 153 drives the first supporting plate 145 to slide along the first arc edge 1421. It will be appreciated that when the first connector 1452 is slid to the top of the first curved edge 1421, the first support plate 145 is horizontally disposed (disposed perpendicular to the first side plate 141), and when the first connector 1452 is slid to the bottom of the first curved edge 1421, the first support plate 145 is vertically disposed (disposed parallel to the first side plate 141).

It should be understood that the first connecting member 1452 is a rotating rod, and since the second side plate 142 is disposed between the first protruding plate 1451 and the second connecting rod 153, the first connecting member 1452 slides along the first arc-shaped edge 1421 when the second connecting rod 153 drives the first supporting plate 145 to slide along the first arc-shaped edge 1421.

In this embodiment, the support plate further includes a second support plate 145 having one end rotatably coupled to the bottom of the third side plate 143. Preferably, one end of the second support plate 146 is connected to the bottom of the third side plate 143 by a second hinge.

In this embodiment, a second protrusion plate 1461 is extended from one end of the second supporting plate 146 close to the second side plate 142, the driving mechanism further includes a third connecting rod 154 rotatably connected to the other end of the first connecting rod 152 far from the sliding belt 151, wherein one end of the third connecting rod 154 far from the first connecting rod 152 is rotatably connected to the second protrusion plate 1461 through a second connecting member 1462, so that one end of the third connecting rod 154 far from the first connecting rod 152 drives one end of the second protrusion plate 1461 far from the third side plate 143 to rotate, so as to drive the second supporting plate 146 to rotate.

Preferably, the second side plate 142 is disposed between the second cam plate 1461 and the third link 154.

In this embodiment, the bottom of the second side plate 142 is provided with a second arc-shaped edge 1422 disposed close to the third side plate 143 and in an arc shape, so that the third link 154 drives the second support plate 146 to slide along the second arc-shaped edge 1422. It will be appreciated that when the second link 1462 is slid to the top of the second curved edge 1422, the second support panel 146 is disposed horizontally (disposed vertically to the third side panel 143), and when the second link 1462 is slid to the bottom of the second curved edge 1422, the second support panel 146 is disposed vertically (disposed parallel to the third side panel 143).

It should be understood that the second connecting member 1462 is a rotating rod, and since the second side plate 142 is disposed between the second protruding plate 1461 and the third connecting rod 154, the second connecting member 1462 slides along the second arc-shaped edge 1422 when the third connecting rod 154 drives the second supporting plate 146 to slide along the second arc-shaped edge 1422.

In the present embodiment, the first arc-shaped edge 1421 and the second arc-shaped edge 1422 are symmetrically disposed. It should be understood that the present embodiment forms the first and second

curved edges

1421 and 1422 by digging a slot in the bottom middle of the second side plate 142.

Preferably, the slide belt 151 is disposed between the first and second

curved edges

1421 and 1422.

It should be noted that the top of the first arc-shaped edge 1421 of the present embodiment is located on the same horizontal plane as the connection point of the first support plate 145 and the first side plate 141, and the top of the second arc-shaped edge 1422 is located on the same horizontal plane as the connection point of the second support plate 146 and the third side plate 143.

Further, a protrusion 1423 is disposed between the top of the first arc-shaped edge 1421 and the top of the second arc-shaped edge 1422, such that two sides of the protrusion 1423 respectively form a first clamping groove with the first arc-shaped edge 1421 and a second clamping groove with the second arc-shaped edge 1422. It should be understood that the first link 1452 can be engaged by a first clip groove formed by the protrusion 1423 and the first curved edge 1421 when the first link 1452 slides to the top of the first curved edge 1421, and the second link 1462 can be engaged by a second clip groove formed by the protrusion 1423 and the second curved edge 1422 when the second link 1462 slides to the top of the second curved edge 1422.

It should be understood that when the first and

second support plates

145 and 146 are horizontally disposed, the articles may be supported by the first and

second support plates

145 and 146 within the receiving cavity, and when the first and

second support plates

145 and 146 are vertically disposed, the articles within the receiving cavity fall into the vertical aisle.

In the present embodiment, an identifier for identifying an article is provided in the conveying frame 14, so that the article placed in the housing cavity is identified by the identifier. It will be appreciated that the article of this embodiment may be provided with an identification code which can be recognised by the identifier to enable the type of article to be quickly identified.

Of course, in some embodiments, a weight sensor for detecting the weight of the article is provided in the first support plate 145 and/or the second support plate 146 to identify the type of the article by detecting the weight of the article. It will be appreciated that the weight of each type of item is fixed, so that the weight of the item can be detected by the weight sensor to determine the type of item.

It is noted that each vertical lane has a specific code, and the type of items placed on the vertical lane corresponding to the code is known. Further, each coded vertical lane is used for placing the corresponding identification code, or each coded vertical lane is used for placing the corresponding weight.

Furthermore, the novel replenishment mechanism for the automatic vending machine further comprises a controller, and the controller is connected with the weight sensor or the identifier. It should be understood that the controller is also connected to the motor 155.

The specific working principle is as follows:

placing the article in the conveying frame 14 with the first support plate 145 and the second support plate 146 horizontally disposed;

when the controller recognizes the identification code of the article through the recognizer, the controller analyzes the identification code and determines which vertical lane the article of the identification code should be placed in (or when the controller detects the weight of the article through the weight sensor, the controller analyzes the weight and determines which vertical lane 10 the article of the weight should be placed in), the controller further brings the conveying frame 14 to the upper side of the vertical lane corresponding to the identification code through the first slide rail 11, the second slide rail 12 and the active slide rail 13, and controls the motor 155 to work to drive the sliding belt 151 to descend, at this time, the first connecting member 1452 moves towards the bottom of the first arc-shaped edge 1421, the second connecting member 1421462 moves towards the bottom of the second arc-shaped edge 1422 until the article falls into the vertical lane from the accommodating cavity, and finally, the controller controls the motor to work again to drive the sliding belt 151 to ascend;

in conclusion, the novel replenishment mechanism for the automatic vending machine disclosed by the invention can convey the articles into each vertical goods channel only by placing the articles into the conveying frame, does not need to manually place the articles into each vertical goods channel one by one, and is simple to operate and low in labor cost.

The above description is only an embodiment of the present invention, and not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications of equivalent structures and equivalent processes performed by the present specification and drawings, or directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a novel replenishment mechanism that automatic vending machine used, is in including setting up first guide rail and the second guide rail and the slidable setting in the top of the vertical goods way of automatic vending machine first guide rail with initiative slide rail between the second guide rail, wherein slidable setting is in the sliding block in the initiative slide rail, its characterized in that still includes:

the conveying frame is arranged above the vertical goods channel and is connected with the sliding block, the conveying frame comprises a side plate and a supporting plate, the side plate and the supporting plate form a containing cavity used for containing articles, and one end of the supporting plate is rotatably arranged in the bottom of the side plate;

and the driving mechanism is arranged on the conveying frame, is connected with the supporting plate and is used for driving the supporting plate to rotate.

2. The novel replenishment mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the side plates comprise a first side plate, a second side plate, a third side plate and a fourth side plate, wherein the first side plate and the third side plate are symmetrically arranged, the second side plate and the fourth side plate are asymmetrically arranged, the support plate comprises a first support plate with one end rotatably connected with the bottom of the first side plate, and the driving mechanism is connected with the other end of the first support plate.

3. The novel replenishment mechanism according to claim 2, wherein the driving mechanism comprises a sliding belt arranged in a lifting manner along a vertical direction of the second side plate, a first connecting rod fixedly connected with an end of the sliding belt and horizontally arranged, and a second connecting rod rotatably connected with one end of the first connecting rod far away from the sliding belt, wherein one end of the second connecting rod far away from the first connecting rod is connected with the other end of the first supporting plate.

4. The novel replenishment mechanism of claim 3, wherein the driving mechanism further comprises a motor disposed on the top of the conveying frame, wherein a rotating shaft of the motor is provided with a gear engaged with the sliding belt so as to slide the sliding belt by the motor.

5. The novel replenishment mechanism according to claim 3, wherein a first protruding plate extends from an end of the first support plate close to the second side plate, an end of the first protruding plate away from the first side plate is rotatably connected with an end of the second connecting rod away from the first connecting rod through a first connecting member, and the second side plate is disposed between the first protruding plate and the second connecting rod.

6. The novel replenishment mechanism according to claim 5, wherein a first arc-shaped edge is disposed at the bottom of the second side plate and is in an arc shape and close to the first side plate, so that the second connecting rod drives the first supporting plate to slide along the first arc-shaped edge, the first supporting plate is horizontally disposed when the first connecting member slides to the top of the first arc-shaped edge, and the first supporting plate is vertically disposed when the first connecting member slides to the bottom of the first arc-shaped edge.

7. The novel replenishment mechanism according to claim 6, wherein the sliding belt is disposed in the middle of the first connecting rod, the supporting plate further comprises a second supporting plate with one end rotatably connected to the bottom of the third side plate, a second protruding plate is extended from one end of the second supporting plate close to the second side plate, the driving mechanism further comprises a third connecting rod rotatably connected to the other end of the first connecting rod away from the sliding belt, one end of the third connecting rod away from the first connecting rod is rotatably connected to the second protruding plate through a second connecting member, and the second side plate is disposed between the second protruding plate and the third connecting rod.

8. The novel replenishment mechanism according to claim 7, wherein a second arc-shaped edge is disposed at the bottom of the second side plate and is arc-shaped, so that the third connecting rod drives the second support plate to slide along the second arc-shaped edge, the second support plate is horizontally disposed when the second connecting member slides to the top of the second arc-shaped edge, and the second support plate is vertically disposed when the second connecting member slides to the bottom of the second arc-shaped edge.

9. The novel replenishment mechanism of claim 8, wherein the first arcuate edge and the second arcuate edge are symmetrically disposed, and the sliding strip is disposed between the first arcuate edge and the second arcuate edge, wherein a protrusion is disposed between a top of the first arcuate edge and a top of the second arcuate edge, such that two sides of the protrusion form a first clamping groove with the first arcuate edge and a second clamping groove with the second arcuate edge, respectively.

10. The novel replenishment mechanism according to claim 8, wherein an identifier for identifying an article is provided in the conveying frame, or a weight sensor for detecting the weight of an article is provided in the first support plate and/or the second support plate.