CN113223233A - Sales counter and sales method - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a sales counter and a sales method, comprising a goods shelf, wherein the goods shelf is provided with a lifting device, a goods taking device and a goods discharging device, the lifting device is used for transferring the goods taking device, and the goods taking device is provided with a pushing mechanism; at least one layer of goods columns are arranged on the goods shelf, and the goods discharging device is matched with the goods columns; the goods discharging device is used for placing goods and is provided with a goods discharging mechanism. According to the goods taking device, after the placing position of the goods required by the user is confirmed, the lifting device drives the goods taking box to move, the goods are pushed from the goods taking box to the goods taking box together by the pushing mechanism arranged on the goods taking device and the goods discharging mechanism arranged on the goods discharging device, and finally the goods taking operation is realized.

Description

Sales counter and sales method

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of automatic vending, in particular to a vending cabinet and a vending method.

Background

At present, a door-opening cabinet is opened by unmanned automatic code scanning, after a customer opens a door and selects a commodity, the commodity taken by the customer is distinguished by a sales cabinet in a visual identification or weighing mode, and then the customer settles accounts. The visual identification method has higher cost and is easy to have the conditions of wrong account settlement and missed account settlement, and the weighing mode requires different weights of the commodities in the sales counter, has rigorous requirements on the commodities and has poor use effect. In the existing sales counter, a mode with low cost and convenient operation is lacked.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide an automatic delivery sales counter and a sales method, which have the advantages of simple structure, convenience in operation and effective saving of equipment cost.

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

a sales counter comprises a goods shelf, wherein a lifting device, a goods taking device and a goods discharging device are arranged on the goods shelf, the lifting device is used for transferring the goods taking device, and a pushing mechanism is arranged on the goods taking device; at least one layer of goods columns are arranged on the goods shelf, and the goods discharging device is matched with the goods columns; the goods discharging device is used for placing goods and is provided with a goods discharging mechanism;

when the lifting device drives the goods taking device to move to the goods discharging position, the pushing mechanism is matched with and drives the goods discharging mechanism to push goods to be discharged in the goods taking device into the goods taking device.

In one embodiment, the device further comprises a sensing mechanism for sensing the position of the goods taking device.

In one embodiment, the sensing mechanism comprises a first position sensor and a second position sensor, wherein the first position sensor and the second position sensor are respectively used for sensing the position of the goods taking device.

In one embodiment, the lifting device comprises a guide mechanism and a driving mechanism, the guide mechanism is arranged on the goods shelf in a matching mode, the goods taking device is clamped on the guide mechanism, the driving mechanism is connected with the goods taking device, and the guide mechanism is used for guiding the goods taking device.

In one embodiment, the guide mechanism comprises a guide rail, a guide groove is formed in the guide rail, a guide wheel is arranged on the goods taking device, and the guide wheel is clamped in the guide groove; the driving mechanism comprises a driving motor, the driving motor is fixed on the goods shelf, and the driving motor is connected with the goods taking device through a connecting mechanism.

In one embodiment, the connecting mechanism includes a first synchronous belt and a second synchronous belt, the driving mechanism further includes a first driving wheel, a second driving wheel, a third driving wheel and a fourth driving wheel, the first driving wheel and the second driving wheel are respectively disposed on two sides of the upper end portion of the cargo rack, the third driving wheel and the fourth driving wheel are respectively disposed on two sides of the lower end portion of the cargo rack, the first driving wheel is connected with the second driving wheel through a connecting shaft, the first driving wheel is connected with the third driving wheel through the first synchronous belt, the second driving wheel is connected with the fourth driving wheel through the second synchronous belt, and the driving motor is used for driving the first driving wheel to rotate.

In one embodiment, the goods taking device comprises a goods taking box, a pushing mechanism is arranged on the goods taking box, the pushing mechanism comprises a pushing assembly and a pushing rod, and the pushing assembly is used for driving the pushing rod to perform telescopic motion; the goods discharging device is also provided with a rear supporting plate, the goods discharging mechanism is clamped on the rear supporting plate, and the goods discharging mechanism is provided with a warping plate;

work as elevating gear drives when getting the goods device and moving shipment position, the propelling movement subassembly drives the propelling movement pole and stretches out for the propelling movement pole and shipment mechanism butt and then drive the wane and rotate, treat that shipment commodity from the propelling movement in the shipment device under the effect of wane to get in the packing box.

In one embodiment, the delivery mechanism comprises a limiting frame, the limiting frame is connected with the rear supporting plate through a first rotating shaft, a pressing plate part is arranged at the rear end part of the limiting frame, the rocker is arranged below the pressing plate part and connected with the rear supporting plate through a second rotating shaft, the rocker comprises a contact part and a rocker part, and the contact part is arranged below the pressing plate part;

work as elevating gear drives when getting the goods device and moving shipment position, the propelling movement subassembly drives the propelling movement pole and stretches out, and the propelling movement pole drives spacing frame and rotates, spacing frame rotates and drives the pressure plate portion and rotate, and the pressure plate portion rotates and drives the contact site and rotate, and the contact site rotates and drives the seesaw portion and rotate, treats that shipment commodity from the propelling movement in the shipment device to getting in the packing box under the effect of seesaw.

A method of vending comprising the steps of:

acquiring commodity information of a user for shopping;

acquiring the position of a commodity on a commodity shelf according to commodity information selected by a user;

sending out a shipment control instruction;

the running state of the pushing mechanism is controlled according to the specific position of the goods taking box, and goods to be delivered in the goods delivery device are pushed into the goods taking box.

In one embodiment, the method for pushing the goods to be delivered in the delivery device into the container taking box by controlling the operation state of the pushing mechanism according to the specific position of the container taking box comprises the following steps:

after a first position sensor corresponding to a goods discharging device on the layer where the goods to be discharged are located senses the goods taking box, the pushing assembly drives the pushing rod to extend out to one side;

the lifting device drives the goods taking box to move upwards and drives the pushing rod to move upwards, the pushing rod applies force to the front end part of the limiting frame, and the limiting frame starts to rotate by taking the first rotating shaft as an axis;

the limiting frame rotates to apply force to the rocker, the rocker starts to rotate by taking the second rotating shaft as an axis, the rocker part is contacted with the back of the goods to be delivered and applies force to the back, the gravity center of the goods to be delivered gradually moves forwards until the goods to be delivered are inclined under the force application effect of the rocker and poured into the goods taking box;

after a second position sensor corresponding to a goods discharging device on the layer where the goods to be discharged are located senses the goods taking box, the pushing assembly drives the pushing rod to retract, and the limiting frame returns to the state when the goods are not placed under the action of gravity due to the lack of support of the pushing rod.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following technical effects:

according to the vending cabinet and the vending method, after the placement position of the commodity required by the user is confirmed, the lifting device drives the goods taking box to move, the pushing mechanism arranged on the goods taking device is matched with the goods discharging mechanism arranged on the goods discharging device to drive the goods to be pushed from the goods discharging device into the goods taking box together, the goods taking operation is finally realized, the structure is simple, the operation is convenient and fast, and the equipment cost is effectively reduced.

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 shows a schematic view of a sales counter according to the invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a hidden housing of a sales counter according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of another perspective of the hidden housing of the sales counter according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 illustrates a combined schematic view of a pick-up device and a delivery device provided by the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a pickup device provided by the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating the use of the pick device of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the shipping device provided by the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural view illustrating a seesaw provided by the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the access door provided by the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of another alternate view of the access door provided by the present invention;

FIG. 11 illustrates a state diagram of the use of the access door provided by the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a view showing the combined use of the access door and the access device according to the present invention;

FIG. 13 is another state diagram illustrating the use of the access door in combination with the access device of the present invention;

FIG. 14 is a first state diagram illustrating the combination of the pick-up device and the delivery device of the present invention;

FIG. 15 is a second state of use diagram of the present invention in combination with a delivery device;

FIG. 16 is a third state diagram illustrating the use of the pick-up device in combination with the delivery device of the present invention;

FIG. 17 is a fourth state diagram illustrating the use of the combination of the pick-up device and the delivery device;

FIG. 18 is a fifth operational state diagram of the present invention showing the combination of the pick-up device and the delivery device;

FIG. 19 is a sixth operational state diagram of the combination of the pick-up device and the delivery device of the present invention;

fig. 20 is a flow chart illustrating a vending method according to the present invention.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are illustrative only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "central," "longitudinal," "lateral," "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," "axial," "radial," "circumferential," and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the invention and to simplify the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are not to be considered limiting of the invention.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically defined otherwise.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

Referring to fig. 1 to fig. 3, a sales counter according to the present invention includes a shelf 100, the shelf 100 is provided with a lifting device 200, a goods taking device 300 and a goods discharging device 400, the goods discharging device 400 is used for conveying goods to be discharged to the goods taking device 300 to achieve the goods discharging operation; the lifting device 200 is used for transferring the goods taking device 300, so that the goods taking device 300 is conveyed to the goods to be delivered, and then the goods taking operation of the goods to be delivered is realized.

The lifting device 200 comprises a guide mechanism 210 and a driving mechanism 220, the guide mechanism 210 is arranged on the goods shelf 100 in a matching manner, the goods taking device 300 is clamped on the guide mechanism 210, the driving mechanism 220 is connected with the goods taking device 300, and the guide mechanism 210 is used for guiding the goods taking device 300 so that the goods taking device 300 can operate back and forth under the driving of the driving mechanism 220.

Specifically, the guide mechanism 210 includes a guide rail 211, a guide groove 212 is formed on the guide rail 211, a guide wheel 310 is arranged on the goods taking device 300, and the guide wheel 310 is clamped in the guide groove 212, so that the goods taking device 300 runs back and forth along the direction of the guide rail 211; the driving mechanism 220 includes a driving motor 221, the driving motor 221 is fixed on the cargo rack 100, and the driving motor 221 is connected to the cargo taking device 300 through a connecting mechanism, so as to drive the cargo taking device 300 to move back and forth along the direction of the guide rail 211.

In one embodiment, the connecting mechanism includes a first synchronous belt 222 and a second synchronous belt 223, the first synchronous belt 222 and the second synchronous belt 223 are respectively disposed at two sides of the pickup device 300, the driving mechanism 220 further includes a first driving wheel 224, a second driving wheel 225, a third driving wheel 226 and a fourth driving wheel 227, the first driving wheel 224 and the second driving wheel 225 are respectively disposed at two sides of the upper end portion of the cargo rack 100, the third driving wheel 226 and the fourth driving wheel 227 are respectively disposed at two sides of the lower end portion of the cargo rack 100, the first driving wheel 224 is connected to the second driving wheel 225 through a connecting shaft 228, the first driving wheel 224 and the third driving wheel 226 on the same side of the cargo rack 100 are connected through the first synchronous belt 222, the second driving wheel 225 and the fourth driving wheel 227 on the same side of the cargo rack 100 are connected through the second synchronous belt 223, the driving motor 221 is used for driving the first driving wheel 224 to rotate, so that the two ends of the first synchronous belt 222 respectively rotate around the first driving wheel 224 and the third driving wheel 226 to realize the conveying effect; meanwhile, the first driving wheel 224 drives the third driving wheel 226 to rotate, so that the second synchronous belt 223 wound on the third driving wheel 226 and the fourth driving wheel 227 also rotates, and the conveying effect is realized; along with the rotation of the first synchronous belt 222 and the second synchronous belt 223, the goods taking device 300 is driven to move back and forth along the direction of the guide rail 211, so that the goods taking device 300 is conveyed to the goods to be delivered, and then the goods taking operation of the goods to be delivered is realized.

Specifically, the driving mechanism 220 further includes a driving seat 2201, a first bearing seat 2202, a second bearing seat 2203, a third bearing seat 2204 and a fourth bearing seat 2205, the driving seat 2201 is fixed on the cargo rack 100, the driving motor 221 is disposed on the driving seat 2201, one end of the driving motor 221 is connected to a driving wheel (not shown), the first bearing seat 2202, the second bearing seat 2203, the third bearing seat 2204 and the fourth bearing seat 2205 are respectively disposed on the cargo rack 100, the first driving wheel 224, the second driving wheel 225, the third driving wheel 226 and the fourth driving wheel 227 are respectively disposed on the first bearing seat 2202, the second bearing seat 2203, the third bearing seat 2204 and the fourth bearing seat 2205 in a matching manner, a driven wheel 2206 is further disposed on one side of the first bearing seat 2202, the driven wheel 2206 is coaxially connected to the first driving wheel 224, the driving wheel is connected to the driven wheel 2206 through a third synchronous belt 2207, therefore, when the driving motor 221 drives the driving pulley to rotate, the driven pulley 2206 is driven to rotate by the third synchronous belt 2207, so that the first driving pulley 224 rotates along with the rotation of the driven pulley 2206, and finally, the rotation operation of the first synchronous belt 222 and the second synchronous belt 223 is realized.

In other embodiments, the connection mechanism may be a connection belt structure, and is connected to the goods taking device 300 through a separate connection belt, so as to drive the goods taking device 300 to move back and forth up and down along the direction of the guide rail 211 under the action of the driving motor 221.

Referring to fig. 4 to 6, the pickup device 300 includes a pickup box 320, the two sides of the pickup box 320 are respectively provided with a support mechanism 330, the guide wheel 310 is fixed on the support mechanism 330, the first synchronous belt 222 and the second synchronous belt 223 are respectively connected with the support mechanism 330, and the support mechanism 330 moves along with the movement of the first synchronous belt 222 and the second synchronous belt 223, so that the pickup box 320 moves up and down along the guide rail 211, and the pickup box 320 is conveyed to the goods to be picked, thereby realizing the pickup operation of the goods to be picked.

Specifically, the supporting mechanism 330 includes a first supporting plate 331 and a second supporting plate 332, the first supporting plate 331 is provided with a first connecting plate 333, one end of the second supporting plate 332 is provided with a second connecting plate 334, the first synchronous belt 222 and the second synchronous belt 223 are respectively connected with the second connecting plate 334, and a distance between one side of the first supporting plate 331 and one side of the second connecting plate 334 is not less than a wheel diameter of the third driving wheel 226 or the fourth driving wheel 227, so that the first synchronous belt 222 and the second synchronous belt 223 are not interfered by the first supporting plate 331 when rotating, and meanwhile, the first synchronous belt 222 and the second synchronous belt 223 can be ensured to be matched, attached and connected to one side of the second connecting plate 334; the other end of the second support plate 332 is provided with a third connecting plate 335, the guide wheels 310 are respectively arranged on the first connecting plate 333 and the third connecting plate 335, and the transverse distance between the guide wheels 310 on the first connecting plate 333 and the guide wheels 310 on the second connecting plate 334 is matched with the distance between the guide rails 211 arranged on the goods shelf 100, so that the guide wheels 310 can smoothly move up and down along the direction of the guide rails 211, and further the goods taking box 320 is driven to smoothly move to the goods to be taken out, so as to realize the goods taking operation of the goods to be taken out.

In one embodiment, the first and second timing belts 222 and 223 are fixed to the second connecting plate 334 by a connecting member (not shown) which is a bolt member and passes through the first and second timing belts 222 and 223, respectively, so that the second connecting plate 334 moves along with the movement of the first and second timing belts 222 and 223.

In other embodiments, the first timing belt 222 or the second timing belt 223 may be separately connected to the second connection plate 334 according to the requirement on the basis of ensuring the pick-up box 320 to smoothly move up and down along the guide rail 211.

The lifting device 200 of the invention adopts a low-cost structure to realize the lifting operation of the goods taking device 300, in particular, the lifting operation of the goods taking device 300 is realized by adopting a single driving motor 221 matched with a simple driving wheel, a connecting shaft 228 and a synchronous belt structure, thereby effectively reducing the device cost and effectively saving the internal installation space of a sales counter.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, at least one layer of goods columns 110 is disposed on the goods shelf 100, the goods output device 400 is disposed to match the goods columns 110, the goods output device 400 includes at least one goods space for storing goods, at least one sensing mechanism 120 is disposed on the goods shelf 100, the sensing mechanism 120 is disposed to match the goods output device 400 on each layer, and the sensing mechanism 120 is configured to sense a specific position of the goods output box 320, and further cooperate with the goods output device 400 to push goods to be output into the goods output box 320, so as to facilitate goods output operation of the goods to be output in the goods output device 400 on each layer.

Specifically, the sensing mechanism 120 includes a first position sensor 121 and a second position sensor 122, and the first position sensor 121 and the second position sensor 122 are respectively used for sensing the specific position of the goods taking box 320, so as to facilitate the goods taking operation for the goods to be delivered in each layer of the delivery device 400.

Referring to fig. 3 to 6, a pushing mechanism 340 is disposed on the container picking box 320, the pushing mechanism 340 includes a pushing assembly 341 and a pushing rod 342, the pushing assembly 341 is configured to drive the pushing rod 342 to perform a telescopic motion, in this embodiment, the pushing assembly 341 is an electromagnetic driving device; when the goods to be shipped on one of the layers of the shipping devices 400 need to be shipped, the first synchronous belt 222 and the second synchronous belt 223 drive the goods taking box 320 to move along the guide rail 211, and when the first position sensor 121 corresponding to the layer of the shipping device 400 senses the goods taking device 300, at this time, the goods taking device 300 is located at the shipping position, the pushing assembly 341 starts to operate, and the pushing rod 342 is driven to extend forwards; the first synchronous belt 222 and the second synchronous belt 223 drive the pick-up box 320 to move continuously along the direction of the guide rail 211, and when the second position sensor 122 corresponding to the layer of the delivery device 400 senses the pick-up device 300, the pushing mechanism 340 starts to operate, so as to drive the pushing rod 342 to retract backwards.

In other embodiments, the sensing mechanism 120 of the delivery device 400 matching the first layer only needs to be provided with the second position sensor 122 to realize the complete action of the pushing mechanism 340; specifically, when the sales counter receives the shipment command and the system detects that the goods to be shipped are in the shipment device 400 on the first floor, the pushing mechanism 340 directly starts to operate, so that the pushing rod 342 is in the extended state; when the first synchronous belt 222 and the second synchronous belt 223 drive the pick-up box 320 to move along the direction of the guide rail 211, and the second position sensor 122 corresponding to the delivery device 400 of the first layer senses the pick-up device 300, the pushing mechanism 340 starts to operate, and further drives the pushing rod 342 to retract backwards.

In another embodiment, the sensing mechanism 120 may be disposed in the lifting device 200 as required for detecting the movement displacement of the connecting mechanism, and since the connecting mechanism drives the pickup device 300 to transfer, the movement displacement of the pickup device 300 may be determined according to the movement displacement of the connecting mechanism, so as to determine the specific position of the pickup device 300; the sensing mechanism 120 is not required to be arranged, and the moving displacement of the connecting mechanism is monitored by using an encoder of the driving motor 221, so that the moving displacement of the goods taking device 300 is judged, and the specific position of the goods taking device 300 is further determined.

Referring to fig. 7 and 8, the shipment device 400 is used for placing goods, a shipment mechanism 410 is disposed on the shipment device 400, and the shipment mechanism 410 is used for pushing goods to be shipped in the shipment device 400 to the pickup box 320, specifically, when the lifting device 200 drives the pickup device 300 to move to a shipment position, the pushing mechanism 340 is matched to drive the shipment mechanism 410 to push the goods to be shipped in the shipment device 400 to the pickup device 300.

Still be provided with back backup pad 420 on the cargo discharging device 400, cargo discharging mechanism 410 blocks and puts on back backup pad 420, back backup pad 420 sets up on cargo rack 100 tiltably to make things convenient for goods can incline steadily and lean on putting in cargo discharging device 400, avoid goods to drop out cargo discharging device 400.

In one embodiment, the rear support plate 420 is provided with support arms (not shown) protruding forward at intervals, and the support arms are used for abutting the goods, so that the goods are closer to the front end face of the goods shelf 100, and the goods delivery operation is facilitated; in addition, when the rear support plate 420 is not obliquely disposed on the shelf 100, the goods can be obliquely placed in the delivery device 400 by the support arm being obliquely abutted.

In one embodiment, the rear support plate 420 is provided with the separation sheets 430 protruding forward at intervals, and the two separation sheets 430 and the rear support plate 420 together enclose a goods space for placing goods, so that the goods in the same delivery device 400 are separated, and two adjacent goods are not interfered with each other during delivery processing, thereby avoiding the occurrence of the situation that the goods to be delivered drive the adjacent goods to fall to the goods taking box 320.

Referring to fig. 2 and 4, the goods output mechanism 410 includes a limiting frame 411, the limiting frame 411 is clamped at the upper end of the rear support plate 420, specifically, the limiting frame 411 is connected to the rear support plate 420 through a first rotating shaft 412, the limiting frame 411 rotates around the first rotating shaft 412, the limiting frame 411 rotates downwards under the action of gravity to cooperate with the rear support plate 420 to form a clamping effect on goods, so that the goods can be stably placed in the goods output device 400; the front end of the limit frame 411 is provided with a limit lug 413 downward to increase the limit range of the front end of the limit frame 411 to the commodities, so that the commodities are stably placed in the delivery device 400, and the commodities in the commodity shelf 100 cannot easily fall out even if the commodity shelf 100 is shaken maliciously by man.

In one embodiment, the front end of the limiting frame 411 is provided with a tongue portion 414 above the limiting lug 413, so that the pushing rod 342 can be effectively placed below the tongue portion 414 in the extended state, thereby facilitating the rotation operation of the limiting frame 411.

Referring to fig. 4 to 8, the delivery mechanism 410 is further provided with a rocker 415, the rocker 415 is clamped on the rear support plate 420, specifically, the rocker 415 is connected with the rear support plate 420 through a second rotating shaft 416, the rocker 415 is used for pushing the goods in the delivery device 400, the limit frame 411 is connected with the rocker 415, the limit frame 411 rotates to drive the rocker 415 to rotate, so that the goods to be delivered fall into the goods taking box 320, wherein the rear support plate 420 is provided with a slot at the position of the rocker 415, so that the rocker 415 can rotate back and forth by using the second rotating shaft 416 as an axis; when the lifting device 200 drives the goods taking device 300 to move to the goods output position, the pushing assembly 341 drives the pushing rod 342 to extend out, so that the pushing rod 342 abuts against the goods output mechanism 410 to further drive the rocker 415 to rotate, and goods to be output are pushed into the goods taking box 320 from the goods output device 400 under the action of the rocker 415.

Specifically, the rear end of the limiting frame 411 is provided with a pressing plate portion 417, the rocker 415 is disposed below the pressing plate portion 417, the rocker 415 includes a contact portion 4151 and a rocker portion 4152, the contact portion 4151 is disposed below the pressing plate portion 417, the pressing plate portion 417 is formed by bending and extending one end of the contact portion 4151, an included angle between the cross section of the rocker portion 4152 and the cross section of the contact portion 4151 is set at an angle, so that when the contact portion 4151 rotates to drive the rocker portion 4152 to rotate, the rocker portion 4152 can achieve the pushing operation of the goods to be shipped, in this embodiment, the included angle between the cross section of the rocker portion 4152 and the cross section of the contact portion 4151 is 90 °; when the lifting device 200 drives the goods taking device 300 to move to the goods delivery position, the pushing assembly 341 drives the pushing rod 342 to extend out, the pushing rod 342 drives the limiting frame 411 to rotate, the limiting frame 411 rotates to drive the pressing plate portion 417 to rotate, the pressing plate portion 417 rotates to drive the contact portion 4151 to rotate, the contact portion 4151 rotates to drive the seesaw portion 4152 to rotate, and goods to be delivered are pushed from the goods delivery device 400 to the goods taking box 320 under the action of the seesaw 415.

In one embodiment, the rocker 415 further includes a rotating shaft portion 4153, the second rotating shaft 416 penetrates through the rotating shaft portion 4153, and the rotating shaft portion 4153 is disposed at an upper end portion of the rocker 415, and may also be disposed on the contact portion 4151 or the rocker portion 4152 as required, so as to ensure that when the rocker 415 rotates under the pressing action of the limiting frame 411, the contact portion 4151 or the rocker portion 4152 can also rotate around the fixed second rotating shaft 416.

Referring to fig. 11, a goods access 130 is disposed at a bottom end of a front end portion of the goods shelf 100, a goods access door 140 is disposed at the goods access 130 of the goods shelf 100 in a matching manner, the goods access door 140 is disposed on the goods shelf 100 through a third rotating shaft 150, and the goods access door 140 rotates around the third rotating shaft 150 as an axis, so that the goods access door 140 can swing back and forth on the goods shelf 100; the goods taking box 320 is moved to the goods taking opening 130 of the goods shelf 100 under the driving of the lifting device 200, the front and the rear of the goods taking box 320 are of a through groove type structure, so that on one hand, goods to be taken out on the goods shelf 100 can conveniently fall into the goods taking box 320, and on the other hand, a user can conveniently take out the purchased goods from the goods taking door 140.

Referring to fig. 4 to 6, the goods taking box 320 is provided with a supporting pallet 321 and a protective roof 322, the supporting pallet 321 is disposed at the bottom end of the goods taking box 320 and is used for placing goods to be taken out, the protective roof 322 is disposed at the upper end of the goods taking box 320 and is used for limiting the rotation angle of the goods taking door 140, and in addition, the protective roof is also used for protecting the goods on the goods shelf 100 so as to prevent the goods on the goods shelf 100 from being exposed to the outside and stolen after the rotation angle of the goods taking door 140 is too large.

In one embodiment, the height of the pick-up box 320 is lower than the vertical distance of the lowermost cargo rail 110 of the cargo rack 100 from the bottom end of the cargo rack 100, so that the goods on the cargo rack 100 are not directly exposed to the outside and are not stolen; in addition, the height of the pick-up box 320 is greater than the height of the cargo rail 110 or is consistent with the height of the cargo rail 110, so that the goods to be delivered on each layer of cargo rail 110 can be conveniently dropped into the pick-up box 320.

In one embodiment, when the goods in the pick-up box 320 are to be picked up, the lifting device 200 drives the pick-up box 320 to be lowered to the bottom end of the storage rack 100, and the height of the supporting plate 321 is lower than the height of the bottom end surface of the pick-up door 140, so that the pick-up door 140 does not touch the goods in the pick-up box 320 when rotating.

In other embodiments, the initial position of the pick-up box 320 may be disposed at one side of the top end portion of the cargo rack 100, and correspondingly, the height of the pick-up box 320 is lower than the vertical distance between the uppermost cargo rail 110 of the cargo rack 100 and the top end portion of the cargo rack 100, so that the supporting plate 321 of the pick-up box 320 can prevent the goods in the cargo rack 100 from being exposed to the outside.

Referring to fig. 9 to 13, the access door 140 is disposed on the inner side of the storage rack 100, in other embodiments, the access door 140 may also be disposed on the outer side of the storage rack 100 as needed, the inner side wall of the storage rack 100 is provided with fixed protruding frames 160 on both sides of the access opening 130, the access door 140 is connected to the fixed protruding frames 160 through a third rotating shaft 150, the storage rack 100 is further provided with a restoring mechanism 170, and the restoring mechanism 170 is configured to provide the force required for the return of the access door 140, and ensure that the access door 140 can be tightly attached to the inner side wall of the storage rack 100.

Specifically, return mechanism 170 is the torsional spring structure, the torsional spring is fixed on third pivot 150, the card of torsional spring both ends is put in fixed flange 160 to it is spacing to make the torsional spring can carry out the commodity to get after getting goods door 140 application of force makes getting goods door 140 rotate to carry out after the torsional spring produces elastic deformation and gets goods, and after user's hand and getting goods door 140 break away from, getting goods door 140 and replying to the normal position under the restoring force effect of torsional spring, realize the closed effect to getting goods mouth 130 again.

In one embodiment, the side of the access door 140 facing the access opening 130 is provided with a sealing strip 180, the sealing strip 180 is arranged around the side of the access door 140, when the access door 140 gradually approaches the access opening 130 and is attached to the inner side wall of the storage rack 100, the access door 140 can effectively seal the access opening 130 by the sealing effect of the sealing strip 180, and energy loss caused by that cold air inside the storage rack 100 cannot leak out is avoided; in other embodiments, the seal strip 180 may be replaced with a gasket configuration.

In one embodiment, the goods access door 140 can be further attached to the inner side wall of the goods shelf 100 through a magnetic attraction mechanism 190, specifically, the magnetic attraction mechanism 190 includes a first magnetic attraction member disposed on the goods access door 140 and a second magnetic attraction member disposed on the inner side wall of the goods shelf 100, the first magnetic attraction member is disposed on both sides of the lower end portion of the goods access door 140, the second magnetic attraction member is disposed on both sides of the goods access opening 130 of the goods shelf 100, the first magnetic attraction member and the second magnetic attraction member are disposed in a matching manner, and the first magnetic attraction member and the second magnetic attraction member attract each other, so that the goods access door 140 can be stably attached to the inner side wall of the goods shelf 100; in other embodiments, the first magnetic attraction member may be disposed at other locations on the access door 140 as desired, and the second magnetic attraction member may be disposed at other locations on the inner sidewall of the storage rack 100 around the access opening 130 as desired.

Referring to fig. 14 to 19, when the lifting device 200 of the present invention works, the driving motor 221 drives the driving wheel to rotate, the driving wheel drives the driven wheel 2206 to rotate through the third synchronous belt 2207, the driven wheel 2206 drives the first driving wheel 224 to rotate, the first driving wheel 224 drives the second driving wheel 225 to rotate through the connecting shaft 228, in addition, the first driving wheel 224 drives the third driving wheel 226 to rotate through the first synchronous belt 222, and the second driving wheel 225 drives the fourth driving wheel 227 to rotate through the second synchronous belt 223; at this time, the first and second timing belts 222 and 223 move simultaneously, and since both sides of the container 320 are connected to the first and second timing belts 222 and 223, the container 320 moves along with the movement of the first and second timing belts 222 and 223, specifically, along with the forward rotation or the reverse rotation of the driving motor 221, the container 320 moves downward or upward, and the container 320 is conveyed to the cargo column 110 side of the layer where the goods to be delivered are located.

As the lifting device 200 operates to drive the goods-taking box 320 to move, the goods-delivering device 400 also starts to operate, taking the goods to be delivered in the goods-delivering device 400 on the second floor as an example, in the initial state, the goods-taking box 320 is located at the bottommost end of the goods shelf 100, the goods-selling container receives a goods-delivering command, and starts to deliver the goods to be delivered, in detail:

the lifting device 200 drives the goods taking box 320 to move upwards, when the first position sensor 121 corresponding to the second layer of goods discharging device 400 senses the goods taking device 300, the pushing component 341 starts to move, the pushing component 341 drives the pushing rod 342 to extend out to one side, and at the moment, the pushing rod 342 is positioned below the limiting frame 411;

the lifting device 200 continues to drive the container taking box 320 to move upwards, drives the pushing rod 342 to also move upwards, the pushing rod 342 applies force to the front end of the limiting frame 411, and the limiting frame 411 starts to rotate by taking the first rotating shaft 412 as an axis, so as to drive the pressing plate part 417 to rotate;

the pressing plate portion 417 rotates to apply force to the contact portion 4151 of the rocker 415, so that the contact portion 4151 rotates around the second rotating shaft 416, the rocker 4152 rotates along with the rotation of the contact portion 4151, the bottom end of the rocker 4152 contacts with and applies force to the back of the goods to be shipped, the center of gravity of the goods to be shipped gradually moves forward until the goods to be shipped is tilted and poured into the container taking box 320 under the action of the force applied by the rocker 4152;

the lifting device 200 continues to drive the goods taking box 320 to move upwards, when the second position sensor 122 corresponding to the second layer of goods discharging device 400 senses the goods taking device 300, the pushing component 341 starts to move, the pushing component 341 drives the pushing rod 342 to retract, and the front end part of the limiting frame 411 returns to the state when no goods are placed due to the lack of support of the pushing rod 342 under the action of gravity;

the lifting device 200 drives the goods taking box 320 to move downwards to the goods taking opening 130 at the bottom end of the goods shelf 100, a user pushes the goods taking plate to take out goods in the goods taking box 320, and finally the goods taking operation is realized.

Referring to fig. 20, according to the aforementioned sales counter of the present invention, the present invention provides a vending method, in which the goods shelf 100, the lifting device 200, the goods taking device 300 and the goods discharging device 400 can be the same as the technical features described in the aforementioned embodiment of the sales counter, and can produce the same technical effects. According to the vending method, after the placement position of the commodity required by the user is confirmed, the lifting device 200 drives the goods taking box 320 to move, the sensing mechanism 120 senses the position of the goods taking box 320, the pushing mechanism 340 arranged on the goods taking device 300 is matched with and drives the goods discharging mechanism 410 arranged on the goods discharging device 400 to push the commodity from the goods discharging device 400 into the goods taking box 320, and finally the goods taking operation is achieved.

A vending method comprising the steps of:

and step S110, acquiring the information of the commodities selected and purchased by the user.

Specifically, the step S110 includes the steps of:

s111, entering a selling platform by a user in a terminal code scanning mode;

s112, selecting the needed commodity and placing an order by the user;

step S113, generating a purchase commodity order after the user finishes payment;

and step S114, acquiring the shopping commodity information according to the shopping commodity order.

Step S120, acquiring the specific position of the commodity on the commodity shelf 100 according to the commodity information selected by the user; when goods are loaded, the goods information of each goods on the shelf 100 is entered into the goods library, and the specific position of each goods on the shelf 100 is determined, specifically which layer of goods column 110 of each goods on the shelf 100 is located in which goods position of the layer of goods column 110 is located. The commodity library is arranged in an external server and can also be arranged in a sales counter according to the requirement; after the user finishes choosing, the server determines the chosen commodity information according to the chosen commodity order, selects the commodity to be shipped matched with the commodity information of the commodity chosen by the user from the commodity library, and confirms the specific position information of the commodity to be shipped on the commodity shelf 100.

Step S130, sending out a shipment control instruction; the goods taking box 320 is driven by the lifting device 200 to be transferred;

step S140, controlling the operation state of the pushing mechanism 340 according to the specific position of the goods taking box 320, so as to push the goods to be shipped in the shipment device 400 into the goods taking box 320;

specifically, referring to fig. 14 to 19, the method of step S140 includes the following steps:

step S141, after the first position sensor 121 corresponding to the shipment device 400 on the layer where the goods to be shipped are located senses the container 320, the pushing assembly 341 drives the pushing rod 342 to extend out to one side;

step S142, the lifting device 200 drives the container 320 to move upward, and drives the pushing rod 342 to also move upward, the pushing rod 342 applies force to the front end of the limiting frame 411, and the limiting frame 411 starts to rotate around the first rotating shaft 412;

step S143, the limiting frame 411 rotates to apply force to the tilting plate 415, the tilting plate 415 starts to rotate by taking the second rotating shaft 416 as an axis, the tilting plate portion 4152 contacts with and applies force to the back of the goods to be shipped, the center of gravity of the goods to be shipped gradually moves forward until the goods to be shipped are tilted down and poured into the container taking box 320 under the force application effect of the tilting plate 415;

in step S144, after the second position sensor 122 corresponding to the shipment device 400 on the layer where the goods to be shipped are located senses the container 320, the pushing assembly 341 drives the pushing rod 342 to retract, and the limiting frame 411 returns to the state where the goods are not placed due to lack of support of the pushing rod 342 under the action of gravity.

After the step S140, the method further includes:

step S150, completing goods taking operation; the lifting device 200 drives the goods taking box 320 to move downwards to the goods taking opening 130 of the goods shelf 100, so that the goods in the goods taking box 320 can be taken out conveniently by a user.

In summary, according to the sales counter and the sales method of the present invention, after the placement position of the commodity required by the user is confirmed, the lifting device 200 drives the goods taking box 320 to move, and the pushing mechanism 340 disposed on the goods taking device 300 is used to match with the goods discharging mechanism 410 disposed on the goods discharging device 400 to push the commodity from the goods discharging device 400 to the goods taking box 320, so as to finally realize the goods taking operation, and the sales counter and the sales method are simple in structure and convenient to operate, and effectively reduce the equipment cost.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above are not necessarily intended to refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Furthermore, various embodiments or examples and features of different embodiments or examples described in this specification can be combined and combined by one skilled in the art without contradiction.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, it is understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and that variations, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the above embodiments by those of ordinary skill in the art within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A sales counter, characterized in that: the goods taking device comprises a goods shelf, wherein a lifting device, a goods taking device and a goods discharging device are arranged on the goods shelf, the lifting device is used for transferring the goods taking device, and a pushing mechanism is arranged on the goods taking device; at least one layer of goods columns are arranged on the goods shelf, and the goods discharging device is matched with the goods columns; the goods discharging device is used for placing goods and is provided with a goods discharging mechanism;

when the lifting device drives the goods taking device to move to the goods discharging position, the pushing mechanism is matched with and drives the goods discharging mechanism to push goods to be discharged in the goods taking device into the goods taking device.

2. A sales counter according to claim 1, characterized in that: still include response mechanism, response mechanism is used for the response to get the position of goods device.

3. A sales counter according to claim 2, characterized in that: the sensing mechanism comprises a first position sensor and a second position sensor, and the first position sensor and the second position sensor are respectively used for sensing the position of the goods taking device.

4. A sales counter according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: the lifting device comprises a guide mechanism and a driving mechanism, the guide mechanism is arranged on the goods shelf in a matching mode, the goods taking device is clamped on the guide mechanism, the driving mechanism is connected with the goods taking device, and the guide mechanism is used for guiding the goods taking device.

5. A sales counter according to claim 4, characterized in that: the guide mechanism comprises a guide rail, a guide groove is formed in the guide rail, a guide wheel is arranged on the goods taking device, and the guide wheel is clamped in the guide groove; the driving mechanism comprises a driving motor, the driving motor is fixed on the goods shelf, and the driving motor is connected with the goods taking device through a connecting mechanism.

6. A sales counter according to claim 5, characterized in that: the connecting mechanism comprises a first synchronous belt and a second synchronous belt, the driving mechanism further comprises a first driving wheel, a second driving wheel, a third driving wheel and a fourth driving wheel, the first driving wheel and the second driving wheel are respectively arranged on two sides of the upper end of the goods shelf, the third driving wheel and the fourth driving wheel are respectively arranged on two sides of the lower end of the goods shelf, the first driving wheel is connected with the second driving wheel through a connecting shaft, the first driving wheel is connected with the third driving wheel through the first synchronous belt, the second driving wheel is connected with the fourth driving wheel through the second synchronous belt, and the driving motor is used for driving the first driving wheel to rotate.

7. A sales counter according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: the goods taking device comprises a goods taking box, a pushing mechanism is arranged on the goods taking box and comprises a pushing assembly and a pushing rod, and the pushing assembly is used for driving the pushing rod to perform telescopic motion; the goods discharging device is also provided with a rear supporting plate, the goods discharging mechanism is clamped on the rear supporting plate, and the goods discharging mechanism is provided with a warping plate;

work as elevating gear drives when getting the goods device and moving shipment position, the propelling movement subassembly drives the propelling movement pole and stretches out for the propelling movement pole and shipment mechanism butt and then drive the wane and rotate, treat that shipment commodity from the propelling movement in the shipment device under the effect of wane to get in the packing box.

8. A sales counter according to claim 7, characterized in that: the goods discharging mechanism comprises a limiting frame, the limiting frame is connected with the rear supporting plate through a first rotating shaft, a pressing plate part is arranged at the rear end part of the limiting frame, the warping plate is arranged below the pressing plate part and connected with the rear supporting plate through a second rotating shaft, the warping plate comprises a contact part and a warping plate part, and the contact part is arranged below the pressing plate part;

work as elevating gear drives when getting the goods device and moving shipment position, the propelling movement subassembly drives the propelling movement pole and stretches out, and the propelling movement pole drives spacing frame and rotates, spacing frame rotates and drives the pressure plate portion and rotate, and the pressure plate portion rotates and drives the contact site and rotate, and the contact site rotates and drives the seesaw portion and rotate, treats that shipment commodity from the propelling movement in the shipment device to getting in the packing box under the effect of seesaw.

9. A method of vending comprising the steps of:

acquiring commodity information of a user for shopping;

acquiring the position of a commodity on a commodity shelf according to commodity information selected by a user;

sending out a shipment control instruction;

the running state of the pushing mechanism is controlled according to the position of the goods taking box, and goods to be delivered in the goods delivery device are pushed into the goods taking box.

10. The vending method according to claim 9, wherein the method for controlling the operation state of the pushing mechanism according to the specific position of the container taking box to push the goods to be delivered in the delivery device into the container taking box comprises the following steps:

after a first position sensor corresponding to a goods discharging device on the layer where the goods to be discharged are located senses the goods taking box, the pushing assembly drives the pushing rod to extend out to one side;

the lifting device drives the goods taking box to move upwards and drives the pushing rod to move upwards, the pushing rod applies force to the front end part of the limiting frame, and the limiting frame starts to rotate by taking the first rotating shaft as an axis;

the limiting frame rotates to apply force to the rocker, the rocker starts to rotate by taking the second rotating shaft as an axis, the rocker part is contacted with the back of the goods to be delivered and applies force to the back, the gravity center of the goods to be delivered gradually moves forwards until the goods to be delivered are inclined under the force application effect of the rocker and poured into the goods taking box;

after a second position sensor corresponding to a goods discharging device on the layer where the goods to be discharged are located senses the goods taking box, the pushing assembly drives the pushing rod to retract, and the limiting frame returns to the state when the goods are not placed under the action of gravity due to the lack of support of the pushing rod.

Images