CN1168784A - Chain elevator type product rack of vending machine - Google Patents

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CN1168784A
CN1168784A CN 97110812 CN97110812A CN1168784A CN 1168784 A CN1168784 A CN 1168784A CN 97110812 CN97110812 CN 97110812 CN 97110812 A CN97110812 A CN 97110812A CN 1168784 A CN1168784 A CN 1168784A
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This commodity rack is provided with a carrying chain connecting a the shelf boards in a circle, a guide frame controlling the shelf board mounting commodity along the downward route of the shelf board to be in the horizontal posture and the stop positioning switch detecting a shelf board moving down from an upper side in the middle of a shelf board moving down route to stop at a sales waiting position. In this case, the stop positioning switch and the actuator mechanism of a switch are arranged behind the guide frame by being withdrawn from the moving down route and when the shelf board moves down, the hook part of the shelf board connected to the carrying chain pushes the lever of the actuator mechanism when the shelf board moves down, to inversely operate the stop positioning switch.

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Chain elevator type product rack of vending machine
The present invention relates to a kind of chain elevator type product rack of vending machine, relate to a kind of assembly structure that is configured in the shelf location inductive switch on the shelf particularly.
An example of above-mentioned chain elevator type shelf is at unexamined Japanese Utility Model communique number of the edition still: clear with 55-103775 and similarly in the relevant document record is arranged.That is, the feature of this shelf is: with the polylith goods load plate poise in case be distributed in one be installed in conveyer chain between the upper and lower sprocket wheel around; Its each supporting plate keeps and is fixed on the horizontal level to extend along the Position Control leading truck that is positioned at supporting plate down going channel conveyer chain front portion, when when selling this conveyer chain of command driven, kinds of goods are fallen and send by near the supporting plate overturning turning point of the bottom of conveyer chain.
A kind of traditional structure of chain elevator type shelf is shown in Fig. 8.In Fig. 8, the counter of label 1 expression one its bottom opening.Have in the counter 1: one is installed in the endless conveyor chains 4 between a pair of upper and lower sprocket wheel 2,3; Be distributed in conveyer chain 4 cantilevered on every side and can swing supporting plate 5; One blade position control leading truck 6, this leading truck is between the back edge of conveyer chain 4 and each supporting plate 5 down going channels, and this leading truck 6 is also as the support member of a support chain transmission mechanism; One motor 7 of selling goods is connected on the sprocket wheel 2; One gear configuration switch (microswitch) 8, it can respond to the arrival of selling the descending supporting plate 5 of ready position (stop position) from the next one of top, and supporting plate 5 is stopped on this position; And other similar parts.Kinds of goods 9 individually are placed on the supporting plate 5, and supporting plate keeps horizontal level in down going channel.
And each supporting plate 5 has hook portion at the front end of a support arm 5a, and support arm 5a stretches out after oblique from the middle part of its back.These hook portions are hooked in around the connecting pin, and stretch out from one section left and right both direction in chain upper edge of conveyer chain 4, and supporting plate is just supporting vacantly like this.On the other hand, gear configuration switch 8 is arranged on the back of leading truck 6.The front end of one rod activation members 8a of switch 8 stretches to the trailing edge of supporting plate 5 along the supporting plate down going channel, through a hole in the leading truck 6.
When the motor 7 of selling goods starts according to the order of selling goods, thereby drive the conveyer chain 4 of the chain elevator type shelf that have said structure, carriage 5 is being with kinds of goods 9 descending with conveyer chain 4 from ready position.When a nethermost carriage 5 arrived outside the leading truck 6 and arrives the chain turning point of sprocket wheel 3, these kinds of goods 9 fell and send at supporting plate overturned position place.Meanwhile, when be adjacent to one just kinds of goods are fallen to sending supporting plate on the supporting plate descending deliver to one predetermined when selling ready position, the back of this descending supporting plate 5 pushes the activation members 8a that transmits in the passage that reaches of gear configuration switch 8, thereby firing switch 8, this switch starting signal makes motor 7 stalls of selling goods.
Yet maloperation can take place in above-mentioned gear configuration switch in some cases in the following manner, and the control that influence is sold goods and operated.
When a supporting plate 5 was parked on the sale ready position, this gear configuration switch 8 remained closed, and activation members 8a shifts onto in the trailing edge of supporting plate 5.Descending and carry out selling next time when moving when supporting plate 5 beginning, this supporting plate 5 is removed from activation members 8a, and switch 8 is operated once conversely like this.Thereafter as higher supporting plate 5 descending pushing activation members 8a, this switch 8 is closed once more, its as a result this switching operation signal the motor 7 of selling goods is stopped.
Therefore, if kinds of goods 9 sizes that are placed on the supporting plate 5 are less, and when these kinds of goods 9 are placed on supporting plate 5 central authorities (shown in solid line among Fig. 8), these kinds of goods 9 will can directly not disturb the activation members 8a of switch 8.Yet, when the bigger and heavier kinds of goods 9L of size is placed on the supporting plate 5 so that it is when almost running into the plate face (shown in the chain-dotted line among Fig. 8) of leading truck 6 at the back, thereby these kinds of goods 9L will collide with the activation members 8a of switch 8 and just push activation members 8a before next supporting plate 5 arrives in its descending process, and this makes switch 8 reverse operatings sometimes.Its result, control section is judged as mistakenly and is in next supporting plate 5 of selling ready position and has arrived, and uses sale of electricity motivation 7 mistakenly and just stopped before kinds of goods 9L sends.Therefore, vending machine breaks down.
Above-mentioned situation in view of prior art, one object of the present invention just is to overcome the defective of above-mentioned prior art, a kind of shelf of chain elevator type automatic vending machine are provided, this shelf just can prevent reliably that by avoiding being placed on kinds of goods on the supporting plate to being in the interference of goods plate stop position configuration switch vending machine from breaking down.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of assembly structure that is configured in the gear configuration switch in the shelf.
For achieving the above object, feature of the present invention is: link to each other with the switch activated mechanism supporting plate gear setting device that is assembled of a gear configuration switch is installed in the back of a leading truck, make it from supporting plate down going channel indentation one segment distance backward, and the hook portion of a supporting plate is connected on the conveyer chain and pushes actuating mechanism, so that the gear configuration switch is activated when supporting plate is descending.
In addition, feature of the present invention also is to constitute supporting plate gear setting device with following particular form.
(1) this supporting plate gear setting device is the assembly that is assembled by gear configuration switch, actuating mechanism and a mount pad.Actuating mechanism system be installed in by an operation of cam that contacts with shift knob, on the end of operation of cam spool, one combine from the bar and the back-moving spring of shaft extension to the hook portion down going channel of supporting plate; Be assembled with gear configuration switch and actuating mechanism on the mount pad; And mount pad is installed on the leading truck to set the sale ready position of supporting plate.
(2) on mount pad, be provided with and keep button, and by keeping button to cooperate with retaining hole on the leading truck making the mount pad maintenance and being fixed on the leading truck.
(3) mount pad is a resin moulded product, and is equipped with and regulates rib shape chain guide that conveyer chain reverses so that the wall of mount pad protrudes to conveyer chain.
In above-mentioned structure, the assembly of gear setting device is arranged on the back of leading truck, and the bar front end of switch activated mechanism is contained in the mount pad of assembly and in no case can stretches in the supporting plate down going channel.Therefore, the kinds of goods that are placed on the supporting plate can not disturb switch activated mechanism when supporting plate is descending.When going downwards to predetermined sale ready position from the top, be connected to the hook portion pushing actuating mechanism of the supporting plate on the conveyer chain, thereby make the operation of cam of moving oppositely operate the gear configuration switch along with the actuating mechanism bar owing to a vending operation one supporting plate.Therefore, can avoid reliably owing to the kinds of goods that are placed on the supporting plate disturb switch activated vending machine fault that causes.
And this actuating mechanism installs in the mount pad with the gear configuration switch, and mount pad is installed on the leading truck in retaining hole by keeping clasp.Because this structure, switch module can be installed on the shelf easily, removably, need not heavy screw and is rotated with operation.
In addition, the front end that is arranged on the rib shape chain guide on the mount pad protrudes to conveyer chain, to collide with the roller and the connecting pin of portion of chain basically from the back side.Therefore, the conveyer chain that passes supporting plate gear setting device in no case can twist when being led by chain guide.Therefore, can avoid, thereby just can prevent the vending machine fault of drawing the configuration switch maloperation to be caused owing to retaining that this interference causes owing to its connecting pin tilts to form the bar of switch activated mechanism and the interference between the conveyer chain.
Above and other objects of the present invention and characteristics are more clear with following description in conjunction with the drawings.
Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of supporting plate gear setting device, and this device is configured among the chain elevator type shelf embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the plane of the supporting plate gear setting device shown in Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is the operating principle figure of supporting plate gear setting device shown in Figure 1;
Fig. 4 A and 4B are respectively side view and plane, show the assembly of the gear of supporting plate shown in Fig. 1 setting device and are used for supporting plate gear setting device is installed to structure on the leading truck;
Fig. 5 is the schematic diagram that fault takes place to sell structure shown in Fig. 4 A and the 4B;
Fig. 6 is the plane of second embodiment of supporting plate gear setting device of the present invention;
Fig. 7 A, 7B, 7C, 7D and 7E are respectively rearview, upward view, front view, side view and profile, show the special construction of supporting plate gear setting device shown in Figure 6 respectively; And
Fig. 8 is the general structure of the improved a kind of conventional chains lift shelf of the invention process.
Below embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to drawings.Please note that parts identical with Fig. 8 among the embodiment all adopt identical label, and omit description it.
(embodiment 1)
In Fig. 1 and 2, a conveyer chain 4 is installed, on supporting plate 5 down going channels so that this conveyer chain 4 can move through the opening portion 6a in the leading truck 6.This opening portion 6a has a side C tee section.One supporting plate 5 is supported to cantilevered fashion by being hooked in connecting pin 4a hook-shaped hook portion 5b on every side.This hook portion 5b is made on the bifurcated support arm 5a who stretches out from the trailing edge of supporting plate 5.This connecting pin 4a stretches out from the left and right both direction of conveyer chain 4.Note that label 6b, 6c mean the stationary fixing adjusting guide that is used for conveyer chain 4.These guides all are arranged on the leading truck 6.
On the other hand, the dorsal part at supporting plate 5 down going channel leading trucks 6 is a supporting plate gear setting device 12.This supporting plate gear setting device 12 is that the actuating mechanism 10 by a supporting plate 5 gear configuration switch 8 and a switch 8 is connected and is installed in the mount pad 11 and constitutes, and be installed on the leading truck 6, form the opening portion 6a that surrounds leading truck 6 from the outside when selling ready position to be set to one at supporting plate 5.This mount pad 11 is resin moulded products, and its cross sectional shape is a square C shape.
Shown in Fig. 3 and 4, actuating mechanism 10 comprises: an operation of cam 10a that will contact with the button 8b of a miniature gear configuration switch 8; The one end is connected to operation of cam 10a and goes up and be bearing in axle 10b on the mount pad 11; Stretch to the extension bar 10c of row of channels under the supporting plate 5 hook portion 5b by the circumferential surface of axle 10b; And one across the back-moving spring (helical spring) between operation of cam 10a and the mount pad 11.This actuating mechanism 10 is combined with gear configuration switch 8 and is reinstalled in the mount pad 11.And, shown in Fig. 4 A and 4B, on the upper and lower position of mount pad 11 internal faces, be provided with and keep button 11a, and fastener is to by among the retaining hole 6d of arrow indication and be held and be fixed on leading truck 6 precalculated positions.This retaining hole 6d opens on the sidewall of leading truck 6 opening portion 6a.
When supporting plate 5 does not also reach the predetermined sale ready position of chain elevator type shelf of said structure, be contained in the back-moving spring 10d in the actuating mechanism 10 pressure pushing gear configuration switch 8 button 8b and make switch 8 keep disconnecting.Descending and when arrive selling ready position when supporting plate 5 by the top, the hook portion 5b that is hooked in the supporting plate 5 support arm 5a front ends around the conveyer chain 4 connecting pin 4a will contact with the bar 10c of actuating mechanism 10 and with bar 10c to pressing down.As a result, this operation of cam 10 overcomes the pressure of back-moving spring and turns over so not only gear configuration switch 8 reverse operations and being closed of a 10b clockwise, and sells motor 7 (see figure 8)s because of this switch motion starts one.So, when selling motor 7 according to sell order when starting, being parked in the supporting plate of selling on the ready position 5 and beginning to move down next time, the hook portion 5b of supporting plate 5 moves apart the bar 10c of actuating mechanism 10.As a result, operation of cam 10a is because the pressure of back-moving spring 10d and counter-rotation.Thus, gear configuration switch 8 is disconnected.
In addition, from down going channel indentation then one segment distance of supporting plate 5, therefore, the kinds of goods 9 that are placed on the supporting plate 5 can not directly contact with actuating mechanism 10 because actuating mechanism 10 is arranged on the dorsal part of leading truck 6.Thereby, can prevent the sale fault of disturbing actuating mechanism to cause owing to kinds of goods.
(embodiment 2)
Being illustrated in this embodiment among Fig. 6 and the 7A to 7E improves the supporting plate gear setting device 12 among the embodiment 1 and obtains.That is, in the structure shown in Fig. 1 to 3, owing to the stationary fixing that is arranged on the leading truck 6 is regulated the vibration that guide 6b, 6c have prevented conveyer chain 4.Yet, if the supporting plate that vertically is set up in parallel 5 is to arrange that than large-spacing depend on suffered thereon tension force, conveyer chain 4 can twist between mounting plate and bottom plate.This distortion meeting tilts to make actuating mechanism 10 and bar 10c to disturb because of the connecting pin 4a of as shown in Figure 5 a portion of chain.As a result, 8 maloperations of gear configuration switch stopped at next supporting plate 5 again on the errors present and cause the sale fault before arrive selling ready position.
There has been measure to overcome this problem.Promptly shown in Fig. 6 and 7A to 7E, three rib shape chain guide 11b, 11c, 11d arranged in this embodiment.These chain guides are that the mount pad 11 with from supporting plate gear setting device 12 that walks abreast protrudes to conveyer chain 4.The front end of these chain guides 11b, 11c, 11d is all faced conveyer chain 4 and is almost collided with upwardly extending roller of the left and right side of portion of chain and connecting pin.Note that the chain guide 11c that is arranged on three chain guide central authorities regulates guide 6b corresponding to the stationary fixing that is arranged on the leading truck side among the embodiment 1.
Because this structure, the guiding of conveyer chain 4 is such: conveyer chain 4 from be located at a pair of stationary fixing between former and later two directions and regulate between guide 6b, the 6c and three chain guide 11b to 11d between, this stationary fixing regulates that guide is arranged on that leading truck 6 sides and three chain guide 11b to 11d are arranged on left and right side and in the central authorities of mount pad 11.Therefore, can prevent the distortion of chain reliably and the maloperation of the gear configuration switch 8 that causes owing to as described in Figure 5 this distortion.Note that chain guide 11 b to 11d can be with resin moulded to make mount pad 11 integrally molded.
As previously mentioned, according to structure of the present invention, the sale fault that can prevent in the prior art owing to gear configuration switch activation members reliably and be placed on the interference between the kinds of goods causes on the supporting plate incorrect switching and cause owing to this incorrect switching, thus he can improves the reliability of vending operation.
In addition, owing to adopted the gear configuration switch and the actuating mechanism of claim 2 and 3 described structures, as long as flicking keeps button, need not heavy screw and be rotated with operation and just can finish and these parts are installed to the operation on the shelf and these parts are removed and the operation of renewal part from shelf.And, because structure as claimed in claim 4 can prevent the maloperation and sale mistake of gear configuration switch, can improve the reliability of vending operation like this.
More than the description of preferred embodiment of the present invention just is provided to show and describes the present invention, be not exclusive or only the present invention be defined in the form that is disclosed, can or make other modification and variation from the practice of the present invention according to principle of the present invention.Selected and described this embodiment is for the principle of the invention and practical application are described, so that those skilled in the art that can use the present invention with various embodiments and multiple variation.Scope of the present invention should be determined by appending claims and its equivalent.

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1. the chain elevator type shelf of an automatic vending machine, this kinds of goods loading frame are with the axle journal supporting and connect and make it be distributed in that the supporting plate around the conveyer chain becomes cantilever design between the upper and lower sprocket wheel; Its each supporting plate keeps and is fixed on the horizontal level to extend along a Position Control leading truck that is positioned at the conveyer chain front portion of supporting plate down going channel; When selling the command driven conveyer chain, make kinds of goods fall to sending downwards by near overturning making the following turning point of each supporting plate at conveyer chain according to one; Simultaneously, have a gear configuration switch along the supporting plate down going channel, this configuration switch induction makes supporting plate be parked in one and sells on the ready position from the descending supporting plate in top, it is characterized in that:
One supporting plate gear setting device system be arranged on the leading truck rear portion by gear configuration switch and one and from the supporting plate down going channel backward the switch activated mechanism of indentation one segment distance combine, and be connected to supporting plate hook portion pushing actuating mechanism on the conveyer chain, and the gear configuration switch moves when supporting plate is descending.
2. the chain elevator type shelf of automatic vending machine as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: supporting plate gear setting device is made of the assembly of a gear configuration switch, actuating mechanism and a mount pad; Actuating mechanism by an operation of cam that contacts with shift knob, be installed on operation of cam one end the axle, combine from the bar and the back-moving spring of shaft extension to the down going channel of supporting plate hook portion; Be assembled with gear configuration switch and actuating mechanism on the mount pad; And mount pad is installed on the leading truck to set the sale ready position of supporting plate.
3. the chain lifting shelf of automatic vending machine as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, keep button to be arranged on the mount pad; Keep cooperating of retaining hole set on button and the leading truck and make the mount pad maintenance and be fixed on the leading truck.
4. the chain lifting shelf of automatic vending machine as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, mount pad is a resin moulded product; And the rib shape chain guide of regulating the conveyer chain distortion is housed so that the wall of mount pad protrudes to conveyer chain.
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