CN1529877A - Centralized vending method using cartrige-loaded mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

A vending machine (1) is housed in a light, yet sturdy enclosure (2) made of an external sheet metal shell (18) and an internal seamless plastic liner (22) between which a volume of expanded synthetic foam material is injected. One or more good-holding magazines (3, 77) are removably held within the enclosure. A keypad, alpha-numerical display and card reader are packaged in the door (4) closing the front of the enclosure. A driving motor module (61) and a coin accetor (7) are removably mounted against the inside liner. Due to the absence of complex or delicate structure, the machine can be serviced, cleaned and sanitized within minutes. A pair of vending machine, one holding snack food, the other beverage can sare coupled to wrk together and dispense combinations of items from a single control panel. Both the beverage and snack food holding magazines are driven from the same type of motor module mounted inside the liner. The machines are used in connection with a centralized method for selling items through a plurality of such machines installed at various user's sites. The magazines are filled at the supply center and distributed along pre-established delivery routes. The servicing of each machine consists essentailly of opening the machine, removing the previously installed magazine, substituting a new full magazine and securely locking the machine without any accounting of goods or currency or any other maintenance work.

Description

Utilize cartrige-loaded mechanism to concentrate the method for selling goods

Invention field

The present invention relates to vending machine, more particularly, relate to the vending machine of the be arranged on workplace that can distribute puff-pastry, snacks and beverage.

Background of invention

Traditional vending machine that is used for puff-pastry, sugar, soda cans and other snacks must can be preserved basic stock, thereby does not need to safeguard too continually.Therefore, often volume is big, heavy for they, occupy the bottom space of about 1 square metre (10 square feet), and 2 meters (72 inches) height are almost arranged.

Very time-consuming when this vending machine is freighted once more, this is because will insert one by one, and must check whether expire when making an inventory unsold commodity, will replace toward contact.Afterwards, the maintainer must collect and calculate cash.All oil contents and the grease that also must cleaning may spill from the commodity packaging bag.These trivial step are very time-consuming, labour intensive, and return petty thefts sometimes and created chance.

The tradition vending machine can not be applicable to have only 150 even employee's little working site still less very aptly, and this is that the profit of vending machine institute output is very uneconomical with respect to safeguarding the work cost that vending machine spends because in so little place.

In people's such as Fellner U.S. Pat 4236649, a kind of partly solution to the problems described above has been proposed, use a kind ofly take out, the interchangeable vending machine that is used for commodity, this vending machine can be freighted in factory, replaces empty container or the empty container of part afterwards in use.But because such vending machine can only be deposited a kind of commodity in each point of sale, so its efficient is relatively low.And, still need to collect at the scene and add up coin.In people's such as Lockwood U.S. Patent number RE.32115, also there is same shortcoming in the feature of disclosed vending machine, and this vending machine uses a kind of drum-type carousel to preserve the commodity that will sell.Although can take out empty carousel, also utilize the travelling belt of filling that it is replaced, each carousel website can only be deposited a kind of commodity, and must the individual processing cash.The inefficient shortcoming that is not suitable for the heavy vending machine existence in little place also exists in above-mentioned vending machine inevitably.

Therefore the present invention attempts to slow down top various shortcomings.

Summary of the invention

The main purpose with less important of the present invention is to reduce time and the cost that the vending machine that is distributed in multiple place is freighted in the given time limit once more and spent when safeguarding basically, when can the reduction personnel safeguarding because commodity are stolen or the stolen any loss that causes of payment cash, and reduce drink and food in the vending machine overflow, the time and the human injury's that causes danger.

Can utilize small-sized vending machine to realize the purpose that these and other is useful, in this vending machine, all food that can distribute all are kept at and can take out, in the interchangeable container.Fill a series of containers in central location, be transported to a plurality of vending machines along predetermined circuit more afterwards.At each website; the maintenance of vending machine all mainly comprises: open vending machine, fresh new container is installed and protects vending machine; do not carrying out any other when safeguarding, the geo-statistic or the remaining food of making an inventory are perhaps added up the currency of all collections.By credit card payment, this credit card is that to be sold to website by the vending machine operating personnel proprietary, can be distributed to their employee and client.Also can use the currency payment,, just can accumulate in the container safely, and can only use special key to take out these currency at central site in case currency is dropped into vending machine.Therefore, also can select required food and payment by the mode of utilizing cell phone or other portable and hand-held vending machine to carry out radio communication.At certain site, the work that can combine of beverage and snacks vending machine, issue comprises the special advertisement of obtainable discounted cost.Container is transported back central site, get empty all unsold food, collect currency, clean again, sterilize, sterilize, before formulation is used to be assigned to the circuit of a new site, fill new food again.

Can use the storage card (being also referred to as " smart card ") that chip is installed to open vending machine.In case opened, vending machine just automatically download on the card since on all consumption sums of once having been taken place since the maintenance access, comprise the amount of money of accumulating in the coin receptacle.Card and the container that takes out are transported back distributing center together, the integrality of the parts of transporting back in the center check, and and then take anti-theft measure by the maintainer.Can use same smart card input vending machine type, site name and be included in the new container information such as salable food price.

Brief Description Of Drawings

Fig. 1 is a snacks vending machine front elevation forwardly;

Fig. 2 is the transverse sectional view of its level, centre;

Fig. 3 is the transverse sectional view that the line 3-3 along Fig. 1 cuts open;

Fig. 4 is the decomposition diagram of container;

Fig. 5 is the transverse sectional view of beverage dispenser;

Fig. 6 is the skeleton view of beverage can container;

Fig. 7 is the side view of door;

Fig. 8 is the block scheme of electronic control system;

Fig. 9 is the operational flowchart of vending machine;

Figure 10 is the skeleton view that is equipped with the multiple-unit vending machine of reliable display;

Figure 11 is the front elevation view according to first kind of alternate embodiment of vending machine of the present invention;

Figure 12 is that the line 2-2 along Figure 11 cuts transverse sectional view open;

Figure 13 is the transverse sectional view that is equipped with the distribution channel for distribution of food center plug-in unit;

Figure 14 is the transverse sectional view of tank body distributing mechanism;

Figure 15 is the schematic top plan view of door-plate;

Figure 16,17 and 18 is transverse sectional view of cutting open along line 6-6,7-7 and the 8-8 of Figure 15 respectively;

Figure 19 is the detailed transverse sectional view of baffle mechanism;

Figure 20 is the transverse sectional view of a kind of variant of distribution channel for distribution;

Figure 21 is the skeleton view of embodiment of second kind of variation of snacks distributing mechanism;

Figure 22 is its sidepiece transverse sectional view;

Figure 23 is the skeleton view of container;

Figure 24 is the detailed maps of locking mechanism;

Figure 25 is the skeleton view of container;

Figure 26 is the decomposition diagram of counter locking mechanism;

Figure 27 is the side view of locking bearing pin;

Figure 28 is the skeleton view of CD-ROM drive motor coupling mechanism;

Figure 29 is the skeleton view of counter pallet;

Figure 30 is a kind of transverse sectional view of beverage can distribution counter of variation;

Figure 31 is a kind of door-plate of variation and the transverse sectional view of barrier driving mechanism;

Figure 32 is its schematic top plan view;

Figure 33 is a kind of skeleton view of packaging bag connecting gear of variation;

Figure 34 is the skeleton view that is specifically designed to vending machine beverage can, that remove cabinet;

Figure 35 is a kind of side view of commerce distribution mechanism of variation;

Figure 36 is during door is opened in proper order, the side view of mechanism;

Figure 37 is during the door orderly close-down, the side view of mechanism;

Figure 38 is the transverse sectional view of the driving mechanism of push mechanism;

Figure 39 is the schematic top plan view of the distributing mechanism of variation;

Figure 40 is the detailed maps of a driver part;

Figure 41 is the side view of the another kind of embodiment of distributing mechanism;

Figure 42 is the floor map at its top;

Figure 43 is the floor map of its bottom;

Figure 44 is the front elevation view of whole vending machine;

Figure 45 is the summary side elevation of container and shell;

Figure 46 is the schematic top plan view of arc distribution door mechanism;

Figure 47 is its side view;

Figure 48 is the schematic top plan view of driving cam;

Figure 49 is another kind of schematic top plan view of distributing door mechanism;

Figure 50 is its side view;

Figure 51 is the side view of beverage can distributing mechanism and auxiliary container;

Figure 52 is the front view of container interlocking;

Figure 53 is the schematic top plan view of cargo box door;

Figure 54 is the block scheme of vending machine electronic-controlled installation;

Figure 55 is the block scheme of the manufacturer data disposal system of center processing;

Figure 56 is the block scheme of container processing procedure.

The explanation of most preferred embodiment of the present invention

With reference to the accompanying drawings, there is shown a kind of plastics that are welded, vending machine 1 small-sized, that be placed on sales counter top in the sheet metal cabinet 2 of being arranged on.One interchangeable square container 3 is installed in the back at the Qianmen 4 of cabinet very safely.Customer interface comprises that an information display 5, can select keypad 6, a Money receiver 7, a card reader 8 and a dispense port 9 of required commodity thereon.Can observe the number of commodity 10 and counter or unit 11 by the transparent doors on the cabinet.

The commodity of a plurality of same selling prices all can be deposited in each counter or unit 11.Utilize alphabetical A-C and numeral (1-6) to distinguish each counter.In each counter, a plurality of commodity are kept between the volution of helical frame 13.The shape of these commodity and size can be various.When rotating the helical frame, be used as an Archimedes (Archimedes) spiral to it so long, commodity are moved into place in the access section of container front portion.Container comprises three dish or three layers of counter device of depositing commodity.Be appreciated that the counter number in each counter device and the number of the counter device in the container can change, so that deposit the commodity of different sizes and kind.In general, can leave the petty commodities such as sugar in the narrow and small unit that for example is shown in each dish right side.And such as pastry and packed chrisps etc. need than the big commodity storage of big unit for example be shown in each dish middle part and left side counter in.

The side inferior horn of container 3 is held in place on the shelf 16 of cabinet inside.

Container 2 comprises a shell 18, this shell by first thin plate 19 that bends to top and two relative sidewalls, cover second thin plate 20 at cabinet back and form the bottom the 3rd thin plate 21 constitute.

One plastics back boxing 22 is embedded in the housing 18 and passes its anterior perforate.Housing and back boxing combine at its flange and forward edge periphery 23,24 places separately.Back boxing defines an inner chamber of being closed by door 4.Inner chamber is divided into the loading chamber 26 that occupies its main space and is positioned at loading chamber dispense port or acceptance division 9 bottom, that receive the commodity that send.

Support shelf 16 by an angled supporting plate 28, shelf 16 separates loading chamber and dispense port.Supporting plate 28 is fixed on three thin plates 19,20 and 21 that form housing.

Except that the space 29 that limits angled supporting plate 28 bottoms, all inject the expandable insulation polyurethane resin foamed material 17 of a constant volume between back boxing and the housing 22.In case after solidifying, be included in the casing that foamed material among housing and the back boxing just forms strong and lightweight.Shell can be made by these relative very thin thin plates such as stainless steel, aluminium or plastics, and its thickness is generally 2 millimeters.Similarly, the thickness of plastics back boxing also is limited to about 1.5 millimeters.

The structure member of door 4 comprises the top laminate 30 of a welding, the base lamina 31 of a welding and the sidepiece pillar 32,33 of two protrusions that combine with top and bottom.These four kinds of parts constitute a transparent polycarbonate window formula panel 34.Door along the outward flange of left side pillar 33 be hinged to housing and back boxing periphery in conjunction with the flange left side.The top of thin slice and bottom and pillar protrude along its external margin, thereby when door contacted with the combination periphery of housing and back boxing, the vertical centre part of door was away from the leading edge of cabinet.Limit a passage 27 between the space, selected commodity can pass this passage and fall to dispense port 9.The compression washer 35 that can have screen resilience is fixed on the periphery of door, can seal when closing to the doorstep.Use is provided with the locking mechanism 36 of keyhole 37 and fixes door, and this keyhole is located at the top right side of the top lip 30 of welding.Along the overlapping flange 38,39 that the periphery of cabinet and door is provided with, can prevent between these two parts, to insert the sledge tool of starting building.One fluorescent light fixture 40 is installed at the rear portion of top doors thin slice 30.An electronic package 41 is installed at the downside rear portion that is close to bottom door thin plate 31, and this electronic package comprises display 5, keypad 6, card reader 8 and the Electronic Control Unit 41 that is used to operate this vending machine.Be provided with a perforate 42 in the bottom of bottom thin plate, can stretch into the dispense port 9 that falls the commodity of being bought by this perforate.Fix the door 43 of a swing in this perforate.When inwardly pushing the commodity of swinging in the door taking-up dispense port, this swing door can prevent admission passage 27, and prevents to enter any container unit of depositing commodity.

Money receiver 7 is installed on the right wall of back boxing 22.The passage 44 in two kinds of cross sections leads to the porch of Money receiver as the coin dropped channel from pillar 33 right sides of door.Coin passage 45 is connected to the outlet of Money receiver the coin receiving magazine 46 of container under casing 47.

Fig. 3,4 illustrated more detailed.Container comprises under casing 47, three commodity storage pallets 15, a cover body 48 and a pair of locking straps 49 that these parts are installed together.Coin receiving magazine 46 is located at the right side of under casing, covers by a locking mechanism 51 fixing lids 50 by one.In each counter or unit of pallet, the rear end of auger frame 13 is connected on the minor axis, this minor axis passes the rear wall 52 of pallet, is lived by a bearings at this.This is provided with a feminine gender that is definite shape and size in conjunction with paying, and can combine with the corresponding positive of driving mechanism to pay to combine.When utilizing driving mechanism that auger frame rotation 360 is spent, a certain commodity 10 are just selected, are driven in its unit, and fall into following dispense port 9.Lid 48 heart place therein is provided with a folding handle 55, can be convenient to the carrying of container.The shape and size of locking strap 49 should be able to be held in other parts of container together tightly.The left end 56 of strap bending is locked the fit 57 at lid 48 tops.In the bottom of strap, also there is similar crooked end 58 to lock similar groove in the under casing.

For each auger frame, its driving mechanism all is made up of a motor mechanism 60, and this motor mechanism comprises a control circuit, and this circuit can make this motor only rotate once when each the triggering.Six motor mechanisms are divided into one group are encapsulated in the airtight driven unit 61, be installed in the groove 62 of the back boxing rear wall that is arranged in each pallet 15 rear portion again.

The lead of the motor mechanism in each driven unit is connected to pinout connector 63A, and the corresponding joints 63B on this joint 63A and the main traverse line 63 is complementary, and main traverse line 63 is guided the Electronic Control Unit that is positioned at cabinet body door into.Utilize the clamping securing member the driven unit fix in position.Therefore, can replace to another driven unit to the driver part of motor mechanism apace, be complementary with structure with pallet with different numbers.

One detachable lid 12 covers in the container front portion, can carry out back and forth between transmission period closeall access port 14 to the center service facility like this.

Be located at a electronic sensor 65 in the passage 27 and can detect commodity to dispense port.The output of sensor is transferred to microprocessor 66, and this microprocessor is the main building block of electronic package 41.The recording medium that microprocessor generally comprises a storer or is equal to.One infrared transceiver 68 can be to the microprocessor access data.Can use this transceiver by the maintainer, utilize the hand-held discharge mechanism of known other type of technician in wireless telephone or the data processing field to read Useful Information, for example prepaid payment for goods and sold commodity etc., these hand-held discharge mechanisms can utilize various vending machines and network that information interface is provided according to so-called " bluetooth (bluetooth) " technology.

Transceiver 68 also can respond the order that is used for commodity and payment for goods that comes from similar radio communication vending machine.

Be appreciated that now, in case thereby the user finishes once selection by dialled, determined the counter of preserving the required type of merchandise on keypad 6, will trigger commodity extraction mechanism subsequently, make to be positioned at the top commodity of auger frame and to fall into dispense port 9 by passage 27 into the service of that specific counter.

Shown in Fig. 8,9, by the operating process of microprocessor control vending machine.By motor control module 69 and address scrambler 70 control motors.Motor control module and address scrambler mainly are made up of the gate circuit driver, and this driver is transported to two suitable motors at following electric current that advances of the control of microprocessor.Modulator-demodular unit 71 provides communication interface by existing telephone carrier server and/or the Internet to microprocessor.When selected commodity were out of stock, can be used for offering suggestions to the user as the LCD information display 72 of the part of the display 5 that is arranged in cabinet body door changed it and selects, and also can be used for showing other following out of Memory that will illustrate.Power supply 73 is arranged under the angled supporting plate 28.The lead 74 that power supply is connected to electric light 40 and electronic module 41 only is the parts that pass back boxing 22.

As Fig. 9 is described more specifically, dropped into (101) when Money receiver detects existing currency, had Payment Card to insert (102) or detected to have changed the modes of payments---be not just to begin to operate vending machine by the hand-hold wireless vending machine such as carrying out electric transmission by the Internet or detecting.Using under the mode of monetary payoff, if received the suitable amount of money (103), system just waits for subscriber dialing, from the corresponding letter of correct row begin to select commodity.Under the situation of using the card payment, system at first judges to be credit card (104).In the case, read holder's ID (identity number) (105), and by modulator-demodular unit 71 pairs of credit card inspections carrying out initialization (106).If block a credit card, just tell the user to refuse information (108) by display.If credit cardholder's insufficient credit, system just waits for that the user selects.If the card that inserts is not a credit card, system just hypothesis is a debit, or so-called " smart card ", attends school the effective remaining sum in the card taking.If remaining sum can not be paid commodity of being chosen sufficiently, just show refusal information (108).If remaining sum is enough paid single purchase, system just waits for that the user selects.

In case the user has selected delegation (111), just the identification code input microprocessor of this row.Afterwards, suitable hurdle (113) is chosen in the system wait dialing.If chosen the hurdle, just its identification code input processor (114).At this moment, start the motor (115) of response, and also start ten seconds timers simultaneously.If detecting at electronic sensor 65 has in the passage before commodity enter dispense port, the timer timing time is to (117), and motor just stops operating, and shows that suggestion changes the information of selecting (119).Also start ten or twenty timer second (120).If before the user chose a new capable letter, the timer time arrived, just refusal inserts the magnetic card or the currency (122) of this vending machine.If chosen capable letter (123) before the timer timing finishes, system just continues line of input identification code (112); Afterwards, row are the content of identification code as current explanation.If before timer timing in ten seconds finished, electronic sensor 65 had detected the commodity in the passage, motor just stop operating (125).Under the situation of using monetary payoff (126), just receive currency (127) and fall into Money receiver 46.Using under the situation of Credit Card Payments (128), confirming the amount of money to bank by modulator-demodular unit 71.Under the situation of using " smart card " payment, the price of commodity in card, keep accounts (130).

Can use modulator-demodular unit 71 to communicate by letter by the Internet with the control center of freight house or other type, so that the information of relevant vending machine state is provided, the commodity amount information of for example having sold, continue to receive comprise the information that is stored in the accurate amount of money in the Money receiver 46 at present.Can programme to microprocessor according to technique known, at predetermined space or special time initialization be carried out in such communication by existing telephone network or by the Internet.The maintainer can download to vending machine function and sales data by microprocessor compiling and storage on the recording medium (for example smart card) at website, and these recording mediums are transported central station back with the container of opening.Alternatively, microprocessor can respond the inquiry request that begins from control center.According to this information that receives in control center, can determine that the maintainer should change the Best Times of vending machine container rapidly.And, also know remaining commodity amount in the amount of money of preserving in the Money receiver and the container, and can verify the container of receiving.The maintainer just can reduce that commodity are damaged or be stolen like this.

The most preferred embodiment of vending machine is that its overall height is that 85 centimetres of (33.5 inches), overall widths are that 72.5 centimetres of (28.5 inches), gross thickness are 57 centimetres (22.5 inches), comprises that its weight of sky container is approximately 34 kilograms (75 pounds).This vending machine is easy to installation and transportation, can be installed on the desk or sales counter top, and area occupied is no more than 0.5 square metre (5.4 square feet).

The vending machine that will distribute various snacks recited above combines with the similar vending machine that will distribute beverage can and has superiority, and situation is shown in Fig. 5-7 more specifically.The beverage can distributing mechanism uses a kind of and very similar cabinet of snacks vending machine.Do not have Money receiver, but be provided with four tank body containers 77 side by side.Each container is all only driven by a motor mechanism 60.Therefore, only be provided with a motor driving module 61 on the loading chamber portion that is installed in back boxing 22.

In each container of 4 layers of container 77, the beverage can of 24 355 milliliters (12 ounces) is placed on one by one by in the structure of crawling that independently the zigzag passage of unit 78 constitutes.This passage is provided with 5 parts that directly change its vergence direction, and the product back up pad forces tank body to roll to distribution door mechanism 80.In the door there, the perforate 81 of being located at the container bottom can make the tank body that is distributed fall into dispense port 9.Door mechanism 80 comprises a transverse axis 82 that is connected with web member 83 in the bottom of container rear wall.This a connection piece is similar with the web member of the helical frame axle that is used to be connected first vending machine, can the combining with the corresponding web member of motor mechanism 60 of its shape and size design.At an end relative with this, one first fan shape baffle is vertically mounted on this a side, thereby when this axle rotated, this first baffle plate can pass the path of nethermost tank body 85 in the passage to rising.One second fan-shaped gate 86 is installed in an axle relative side of 82, be positioned at opposite with first baffle plate 84 in the radial direction, its axial distance roughly is equivalent to the diameter of tank body.Therefore, when first baffle plate descended owing to axle 82 rotations 180 degree, second baffle rose between first tank body 85 and second tank body 87 following closely.Roll out container along with first tank body passes perforate 81, second tank body is just blocked by second baffle 86, finishes the rotation in a week up to axle.At this moment, second tank body 86 drops to the bottom of inclination laminate 79.Second tank body 87 rolls always, up to being blocked, and is maintained by first baffle plate 84 of current rising.Under gravity promoted, remaining all tank bodies all rolled downwards in one direction along whole sector channel in the container.Current, second tank body is just being prepared to promote by this mechanism.This beverage can dispensing device comprises that a compressor 88, that is installed in angled supporting plate 28 bottoms is close to the condenser 91 of 90 installations of the highest part and the back boxing side installation that refrigeration coil 89 and mounted thereto is close to back thin plate 20 of back boxing.

One power supply 73 is installed under the angled supporting plate 28 of condenser.It is pointed out that in snack vending machine 1 same refrigeration vending machine can be set easily.

It is pointed out that also except the path that is used for lead 74, back boxing 22 also constitutes the wall of seamless free perforate.When injecting the insulating foams material, conductive paths is in motive seal.Therefore, can clean the inside of loading chamber and dispense port easily, utilize high-strength detergent or germicidal solution that it is carried out disinfection.Lack metal parts or sensitive structure and greatly accelerated the maintenance process of vending machine, and improved its reliability.If desired, during cleaning and sterilizing, can take out driver module 61 and Money receiver 7 easily, and itself and lead 74 are disconnected.

By the reliable display able to programme of the U.S. Pat 5493802 disclosed the sort of types of this vending machine and Simson is combined, can improve the purposes and the income of this vending machine basically, therefore, above-mentioned patent is in this manual with reference to quoting.

As shown in Figure 5, preferably reliable display 131 is arranged in the door of the auxiliary vending machine unit 75 of just distributing beverage.The beverage distributing mechanism does not need transparent doors to observe the various commodity of buying.The beverage can type that can buy can be illustrated on the graphical sysmbol 132 of being located at dispense port 9 tops.

Therefore, can on keypad 6, use the card reader 8 of main vending machine 1 or Money receiver to select beverage and pay the bill.One easy stube cable 133 connects two vending machines.Can on reliable display 134, show a variety of tempting information.In a continuous operation modes, the information of every frame roll only shows several seconds.The food that some information may solicit customers or business particularly bag ground to mix to buy in the main vending machine and the beverage of the mark-down sale in the auxiliary vending machine.Also can programme, information was conformed to time period of one day display.At lunch and date for dinner mainly is sandwich and sausage, and changes candy and biscuit when drinking coffee rest into.Under the operation of well-known routines process, control the operational circumstances of reliable display by microprocessor 66.Can or utilize " smart card " loading routine of maintainer to instruct by card reader 8, modulator-demodular unit 7, radio communication vending machine.

The embodiment 201 of Figure 11-18 expression a kind of variation of the present invention, its feature also is commodity and the cash box 202 that can extract out from the cabinet 203 of sealing.Cabinet preferably is molded by plastic, and comprises that one is fixed to transparent Qianmen 204 on the cabinet by top, horizontal hinge 205 and bottom locking mechanism 206.Case 202 is installed on a pair of slide rail 207 that is fixed in the cabinet bottom.

Along with opening of transparent doors 204, can extract container out, and mention from its support slide rail.

Be provided with a keypad 208 that can dial and select by the user thereon in the cabinet right front portion; One card inserting mouth 209 is used to receive by the payment of bank card payment or the data in input and the unloading so-called " smart card "; And one the coin that is used to receive moneying-out insert mouthfuls 210.Be located at one of student portion and guide a dispense port 212 into, can fall the commodity of purchase by this dispense port than large opening 211.Be provided with a refrigeration unit that comprises a compressor 213 and a condenser 214 at the back side, bottom of cabinet.One electronic module 216 and a series of motor mechanism 217 are connected to a back panel 215.One lamp 219 is installed in the door 24, can throw light on to whole vending machine.Counter comprises that three or more goods support pallet 219,220 and 221 and one leg-of-mutton Money receiver 222.Money receiver is located on the counter base plate, and its lower edge is arranged on the slide rail 207.Pallet is stacked one by one, is laminated to the angled top of Money receiver always.Pallet is provided with a downward-sloping base plate and the front surface 224 of a taper, and their vertical alignments expose its downside forward edge part, and this downside is formed for depositing the dispense port 225 of goods.The width of pallet about equally.Therefore, because its tilted alignment, outside the back portion 226 of each pallet downside also is exposed to.Lid, pallet and Money receiver utilize screw retention together, and screw is connected in one group of flange 227 along their lateral margins separately.

Counter can comprise the pallet of different shape, to deposit dissimilar and big or small commodity.In order to describe, shown most preferred embodiment is provided with a upper tray structure, can deposit the petty commodities such as sugar and packed dessert.The structure of intermediate tray 220 can be deposited the packed snacks such as potato chips or pretzel.The structure of bottom tray 221 can be deposited the beverage of 335 milliliters (12 ounces) of standard.Each pallet all is divided into 4 row or 8 row, and each provisional capital is provided with the distributing mechanism of oneself.In general, one 60 centimetres (24 inches) wide counters can be deposited 4 row beverage cans or packed snacks and 8 row candy or dessert.Each provisional capital in the drink storing pallet 221 comprises the two-layer tank body that is transported to same distribution door.It is pointed out that as shown in figure 30 the number of plies of tank body can increase, and the whole counter that is exclusively used in beverage can comprise the single pallets that are divided into 4 row.As shown in figure 13, can the row that its original structure only is used for packing greatly snacks be improved by adding plate 231, to deposit less commodity 232.

Be located at the front portion that the sliding gate parts 233 of each row bottom have dispense port of closing 225.At a relative end of door part, be provided with a braces 234 that combines with pinion wheel that is driven by outside electro-motor 236 or gear 235.One group of motor is installed on the motor top of being fixed on the back panel 215 217, and each is exercised with a motor.Therefore, each pallet needs a motor mechanism panel.If change lift-on-lift-off support holder structure, also must correspondingly redesign the structure of the motor mechanism at cabinet rear portion.As shown in figure 28, when counter being pushed cabinet when in place, the flat key component 237 that is installed in driving shaft 238 ends of driving pinion 235 will insert otch 239, and this otch incision covers the head 240 of motor drive shaft 241.Afterwards, but the starter motor driven wheel opens or closes dispense port 225 on two kinds of directions.

As described below, when freight container, all dispense port are all closed.Therefore, can be positioned to button 237 always in the face of the otch 239 in the motor drive shaft head 240.

In each pallet, commodity are placed on the rear portion of front surface 224 and remain on this position by a triangle push pedal 242, and this push pedal is close to the back side of last commodity in the delegation and inserts.When distributing commodity one by one, these push pedals can continue to slide to anterior face 224 and dispense port 225 with remaining commodity.

For except that gravity, need not apply the very sliding or circular commodity that any downward power just can slide to the distribution door, push pedal is not necessary.

In order to ensure can not distribute more than one commodity when door part 233 moves at every turn, baffle plate 243 synchronously rises with the action backward of sliding gate parts 233 at the commodity of distributing with between the next commodity in going together.Baffle plate passes tetragonal window 245, and this window is opened the leading section at sliding gate parts 233.

In beverage can pallet 221, baffle plate can form 3 hinges 247,248 and 249 by forming along the folding nylon sheet 246 of 3 parallel lines, hinged two the formation baffle plates 243 of these 3 hinges, rising panel 250 and 251.The front end 252 of baffle plate is fixed on the front end of window 245.Rear end 253 is connected with a trapezoidal nylon push rod 254, and this push rod moves in the passage 255 of analogous shape along the length direction of door part 233.The shape of putting back-end can be inserted braces 255, and this braces is also combining with pinion wheel or gear 235 with the braces 234 antipodal positions of door part itself.Therefore, be appreciated that at door part 233 pull to the pallet rear portion, when opening dispense port 225, push rod 254 just moves in the opposite direction, and baffle plate is risen.

As shown in figure 20, make door part 233 be difficult to bear its load and hinder it and move, door part is bumped in the compression piece 257 of channel base plate 258 centers in order to prevent very heavy tank body 256.The tank body edge is on remaining convex shoulder 259 of passage lateral margin like this.

The embodiment 260 of second kind of variation of Figure 21-24 expression snacks distributing mechanism, first embodiment shown in this embodiment and Fig. 1-9 is similar.But container 3 is fixed by a shearing cover plate 261, can take out this cover plate by the otch 262 of being located at the tank body top.Open at a pair of groove 263 of cover plate right hand edge and generally fix by the locking bolt of two locking mechanisms 264.Can utilize the special key that is arranged on the center to open locking mechanism, can handle container in this center.Can utilize smart card to trigger locking mechanism.Write down the identifier that comprises current data on the card.The microprocessor of vending machine is preserved its calendar.If consistent with identifier and data being stored in microprocessor, just trigger locking mechanism from identifier and data that smart card is read.Lose with stolen card and can only in remaining fate, use, can not become absolute card.Must upgrade the date of smart card at the center processing station by special instrument.Each locking mechanism all comprises two interlocking assemblies.The first assembly 265A is installed near the outer wall of the container 3 the cover plate stationary conduit 263A.The second assembly 265B is installed on the inwall of cabinet 2, and when container inserts cabinet and first assembly interconnect.Each assembly all comprises spring biasing locking bolt 266A, the 266B that can only shrink under the solenoid valve pulling.The locking bolt of first assembly combines with cover plate groove 263.The locking bolt of second assembly combines with the mortise of door in 4 edges.When door is closed, can not take out cover plate.If cover plate just can not be opened door not in the container locks in place.Can use touch sensor and simple logical circuit to realize these conditions of work at an easy rate.

In the embodiment shown in Figure 11-18 201,, shown in Figure 25-29, a locking mechanism is set all in each pallet for the door part 233 that has in the positional lock residence, forefront of closing dispense port 225.This locking mechanism comprises a locking bar 267, and this locking bar moves and be provided with a series of lugs 268 along the posterior angle of each pallet, to go out in latched position, to slide at the rear portion of each braces 234 rear end.In unlocked state, removable lug makes it fall into 269 inside, gap of pinion wheel 235 left rear side.The left end of locking bar passes tray wall and inserts and is installed in the locking mechanism in the corner, rear 270 under the pallet left side.This locking mechanism comprises that one inserts the offset cam 271 of the looping pit 272 that is arranged in locking bar 267 ends.At the front end of locking mechanism, be provided with a lever by maintainer's driving.The rear end of locking mechanism comprises a wheelwork, can utilize a key 275 the structure alignment setting of this wheelwork, when being installed to counter in the cabinet fully, it for good and all is fixed on the back panel 215 of cabinet.If do not insert key, wheelwork 274 can prevent from lever 273 is operated.And, separate in order to make wheelwork and key, locking mechanism is arranged under the lock-out state.Be appreciated that now when counter was not in cabinet, all dispense port 225 all can be closed, if do not use and the similar key of key that is installed in the vending machine just can not operating lever 273.In case pack into this vending machine and locking mechanism of counter decontroled locking mechanism under the manipulation of lever 273, just can only open dispense port by operation CD-ROM drive motor 236.

The coin of input port 210 of inserting coin is directed to the aperture that is positioned at Money receiver 222 rear portions by passage.By the latch-up structure control sliding gate of same type, when the lever of catanator was opened counter, these locking mechanism fixed trays were also closed perforate.Therefore, when counter is not in container, can not passes this perforate and enter Coin acceptor.

At service centre place, for the Money receiver of sky is provided with a lock door 277.Figure 31 and 32 shows the embodiment 278 of a kind of variation of door part and barrier driving mechanism, uses a screw rod 279 that is driven by line motor 280 to replace rack and pinion system.Screw rod 279 be arranged on door part 233 in vestibule in square nut cooperate.The far-end 282 of screw rod is connected in the boring at portion edge of a baffle plate 243.When motor rotated on a certain direction, the screw rod that passes square nut rotated, and the pulling door part leaves dispense port, simultaneously, promoted the rear side of baffle plate.

In an embodiment who changes of structure for conveying shown in Figure 33, commodity storage is in individual packages bag 284, and packaging bag is suspended on the rotary screw rod 285 that passes fin 286.Perforate on each fin is all complementary, is connected with screw mandrel 285 slidably, thereby can shifts to dispense port when rotary screw rod.Same motor driven screw mandrel by control gate parts 233.Like this, can with the same moved further of door part, transmit commodity exactly, and make commodity drop on dispense port directly over.

Beverage can distributing mechanism 287 shown in Figure 30 and 34 has adopted a series of tank body counters of installing side by side 288, and the structure of each counter all is to change a little from the counter shown in Fig. 6 and 7.As shown in figure 30, each counter all is provided with the dispense port that multirow is carried particular commodity.

Each counter all is arranged on an a pair of guide rail 289 and an anterior guide rod 290 that is tilted support.On the anterior guide rod pin formula key that locking mechanism 292 a series of and in the counter base plate matches has been installed, can be fixed on counter in the tank body.Coin acceptor 294 also is provided with similar locking mechanism 293.Can in counter, freight by the removable panel at dispense port or top, sidepiece or rear portion.Beverage tray or lift-on-lift-off row are best to tilt 10 degree to 20 degree with surface level.

In snacks packaging bag and sugar were capable, 20 degree that preferably tilt were to 30 degree.

60 centimetres (24 inches) are wide, 75 centimetres (30 inches) are high, 55 centimetres (22 inches) dark counter approximately can be deposited 96 sugars, 32 bags of potato chips and 72 can drink.

15 centimetres (6 inches) are wide, 60 centimetres (24 inches) high, 55 centimetres of (22 inches) dark counters can be deposited 32 can drink, and the capacity of all vending machines is 128 can drink.

Figure 35-40 expression is a kind of to be used to distribute the structure of the variation of control, and this structure does not move to door to commodity by gravity.The substitute is, use the synchronous pushing mechanism of opening a kind of and door.

In distributing mechanism 300, stride across dispense port 302 folding door 301 is installed, and utilize tooth bar and lead screw device to drive this folding door by the motor that is installed on the backboard.The front end of folding door 301 is fixed on the screw mandrel 304, and the end that screw mandrel is opposite is connected in the silk braid 305.Like this, when CD-ROM drive motor, folding door 301 just shrinks, and as shown in figure 37, forms a baffle plate between first commodity 307 in a row, that be distributed and next commodity 308.The commodity of distributing are in line, and are pressed onto the front of distribution channel for distribution by push pedal 310, and this push pedal is provided with the driving mechanism 311 in the vertical slit 312 in the channel base plate 313.This driving mechanism comprises a U-shaped framework 314, and frame ends is connected with screw mandrel 306.One square nut 315 and a volute spring 316 are arranged between two supporting legs of framework, and they also all are connected with screw mandrel 306.During screw mandrel clockwise rotated, a spring impeller 317 can make nut follow the rotation of screw mandrel 306, but closed distribution door at 301 o'clock in the motor backward rotation, and the spring impeller can make nut shift to the screw mandrel far-end opposite with motor 303.Square nut moves like this can provide pressure to framework 314 far-ends by spring 316, as shown in figure 37, makes push pedal 310 shift to dispense port to commodity.Set can receive commodity very little difference in size by nut promotion volute spring 316, and avoids under the action of push pedal 310 commodity of crushing such as potato chips.Therefore, just distribute after commodity and next commodity in a row must be placed on the folding door 301, just carry out racking at branch.

It is pointed out that by changing the hinge position on folding door and the baffle plate, can deposit the commodity of different-thickness apace.Alternatively, can insert a transparent plug-in unit at the front surface rear side, to reduce the width of dispense port.Because the duty cycle of folding door is very little, and does not bear any special pressure, the synthetic plate that can utilize folding line suitably to form hinged nylon or other material is made this folding door easily.Can use tip cavity structure simple, knot that can be undone by a pull that door part is connected on the base plate of strand and passage.Therefore,, can replace the door shield plate apace, and under the situation of inordinate wear, replace the door shield plate in order to adjust to a new height and size.Because client can not stretch into dispense port, therefore there is no need to make folding door cross over the whole width of dispense port.It is just enough that dispense port is closed to the 3rd center.All moving-members of system are all made by nylon or similar self-lubricating rush-resisting material easily.

The embodiment 401 of another variation of Figure 41-45 expression vending machine, the user just can be provided for the driving energy of commerce distribution mechanism by opening the wicket 402 that one of them is located at each commodity storage counter front portion.

Each wicket all is an aduncate bottom 403, and this bottom formation one is deposited the groove of the commodity that are distributed.Keep the rotation of wicket by near the sidepiece bearing 404 the horizontal axis of sweep 403.Shown in the dotted line among Figure 41, when drawing back wicket by handle 405, commodity 406 and same row's the next one of the tail end of sweep in dispense port will raise between the commodity 407 that be distributed.Simultaneously, the baffle plate aileron that is driven by the lever 409 that cooperates with sweep 403 rotates.The sweep 403 of baffle plate aileron and wicket combines and can prevent to take out remaining commodity in the counter.

The push pedal 410 that is arranged in last commodity 411 back of counter utilizes each closing motion of the latter to promote wicket forward.Wicket is because the effect deflection off-position of a pair of spring 412.Push pedal is provided with a tip 413, and this tip is outstanding downwards to be passed the slit 414 in the counter base plate and be fixed on a pair of continuous driving belt 415.Belt is driven by a pawl teeth wheel mechanism that is connected with the band tooth parts 417 of the lower surface of being located at wicket sweep 403 416.

Wicket is by 418 lockings of a solenoid control bolt that is connected with the second band toothed portion 419 of also being located at the wicket lower surface.When solenoid valve is removed triggering, by a volute spring 420 bolt 418 is pushed to wicket, and enter and second state of being with toothed portion 419 to combine; Thereby can prevent that door is opened.

In order to deposit the commodity of variation in thickness, driving belt 416 preferably has specific elasticity.Alternatively, can allow between the tip 413 of belt and push pedal, to have certain resilience to slide.If the counter base plate dips down to wicket,, also can not need push pedal and driving mechanism thereof as some embodiment instructed of foregoing vending machine.

Be used for the pivot pin 421 of baffle plate aileron and the front baffle 422 that wicket bearing 403 is fixed on counter.

Can take out, interchangeable container 423 comprises counter and wicket thereof.Can remove the preceding container of mainly forming from all the other containers along back boxing by wicket and structure thereof, thus can be in distribution center's delivery and loading.

Money receiver is arranged between the base plate 428 of minimum counter base plate 427 and container.Card reader 429 and keypad 430 are installed in the sidepiece of vending machine shell.

Another embodiment of Figure 46-48 expression distribution door 431.This structure is specially adapted to distribute the commodity in irregular shape such as the potato chips packaging bag.It is also applicable to the distribution beverage can.Moving door 432 is curved and constitute the groove with bottom, 1/4th gardens 433.Door utilizes a pair of bearing pin 434 that is installed on a pair of carriage 435 to be suspended on rotationally on each sidepiece.The bottom of carriage is fixed on the lateral margin of thin plate 436 of the bottom that constitutes the commodity storage passage.Under the situation that the rotating cam 437 that is driven by motor 438 rotates, thin plate slides on its longitudinal direction.The a pair of arm of force of vertically giving prominence to from the top side wall of arc-shaped door 432 439 contacts with 441 with two static mark posts 440 that stride across arm of force installation.When a mark post in two mark posts contacts, the arm of force 439 makes door support bearing pin 434 swings around it as lever, and this bearing pin is positioned at the near axis perpendicular to downward-sloping thin plate 436.As shown in figure 47, under the driving of cam 437, thin plate 436 is all return, and door 432 is swing inwardly, thereby opens dispense port 442.The width that it is pointed out that dispense port is that 1/4th strings of door add upper thin sheet 436 amount of movement sums.Therefore, when the amount of movement with 1.25 centimetres of thin plates (0.5 inch) combined, the radius of door was 2.5 centimetres (1 inches), and such door can produce the dispense port that is total up to 5 centimetres (2 inches).The tracking edge 443 that also it is pointed out that arc-shaped door rises on thin plate 436 forward edge of bottom, has just formed a baffle plate, can prevent to shift to dispense port 442 with being distributed commodity in the delegation.During to front slide, suppose that arc-shaped door is in the off-position shown in Figure 47 dotted line at thin plate 436, this moment, the terminal edge 443 of door touched the forward edge of bottom thin plate.As Figure 46 more specifically shown in, back portion 443, the door and thin plate 436 forward edge between interface constitute a series of intermeshing sawtooth 444 and 445.This shape can prevent to push some commodity bottom that will be distributed between door and the thin plate.

Figure 49 and 50 shows another embodiment of the distribution door that is applied to distribute beverage can especially.In the case, constitute this door by a valve 446, when slip thin plate 448 withdrawal 0.625 centimetre (0.24 inch) little like that apart from the time, valve is just because the gravity fall of himself is left static block 447.By one about 1.25 centimetres (0.5 inch apart from the trailing edge of valve 446?) bearing pin 449 that is provided with is hinged to valve 446 end of slip thin plate 448.Therefore, the rear end of door forms a baffle plate, can prevent that the next one from passing through the tank body 451 that is distributed when the student falls.When slip thin plate 448 moved forward, a pair of horizontal mark post 452 that is fixed on the commodity storage channel side wall contacted with the upper surface at door 450 rear portions, the distribution door is upwards rotated do not close dispense port.

Another of Figure 51-53 expression beverage can distributing mechanism be embodiment easily.In this embodiment, cabinet 444 is similar to the embodiment described in Figure 12 basically with main container 455.The Qianmen 456 of cabinet is hinged on its base plate 457, rather than is hinged on its top, thereby provides necessary space at main container 455 tops auxiliary container being installed.In this embodiment, mainly container institute capacity is to deposit 16 tank bodies.This container comprises that a Coin acceptor 459 and is by the cam of Figure 47 and 48 shown types and the distribution door 460 of motor configuration 461 drivings.Main container is not by sliding support, but be installed on the bar 462 at angle of inclination by the forward lower comer of first placement, container institute front portion is in horizontality, afterwards, at the container that tilts by the direction shown in the arrow 463, up to the rear end of mobile thin plate 464 and cam with till motor configuration 461 contacts.Tank body is along rolling with tilt three slip interlayers of angles of about 5 degree of surface level.From the slit opening 465 that is positioned at its top container of packing into, as described below, close this top by sliding gate.Main container 455 both can be filled fully again, also can surpass small-sized auxiliary container 458 simply.Therefore, the maintainer can select to take out main container or replace it with the container of filling entirely, perhaps uses small-sized auxiliary container 458 to add and need fill the so much tank body of main container again.The bottom geometry design of auxiliary container 458 is for tentatively meeting the geometric configuration at main auxiliary container top.And the distribution door 466 of auxiliary container bottom can only just be closed when two containers are all in full accord.The loading perforate 465 of main container and the dispense port of auxiliary container are all by sliding gate control, and this sliding gate is driven by the consistent structure 467 of class Sihe that more specifically is illustrated among Figure 52 and 53.Each slip thin plate 469 is provided with a pair of vertical slit 470 and 471 near its leading edge 472.First slit 470 is connected with a locking mechanism 473, and this locking mechanism is installed in corresponding container front by an angled carriage 474.Angled carriage is not installed on the body of locking mechanism, and is arranged on the axle of general installation bolt.The shape and size that are positioned at the magnification region 475 of the first slit front end can connect locking mechanism 476 rotates on the main body, locking mechanism is set like this can locks the position shown in Figure 53 to the main body of locking mechanism 476 when extracting key 477.Like this, can prevent that any of door 479 from moving.The shape and size of second slit should be able to be passed the key 477 of other container locking mechanism.This key also is installed in the front of container by carriage 479.Be appreciated that now in order to open each container sliding gate, two containers all must with correct insertion separately the key 477 of locking mechanism closely cooperate together.At this moment, such rotation that the main body 476 of each locking mechanism can be shown in row 480 makes sliding gate 469 pull out and open the loading and the dispense port 469 of container separately.The handle 481 that links to each other with each locking mechanism can rotate easily.By opening with the fixing top cover 482 of lock, can be in service centre again to auxiliary container loading.

Should be pointed out that the maintainer is not from taking out the commodity of being preserved by any one container two containers.

Described as the first embodiment of the present invention, pay the bill by so-called " smart card " by the another kind of variant reception of vending machine.Smart card is the card of record keeping type, is provided with the microchip that can preserve a file, can increase or reduce data on this document.In general, the price that can fix adds service remaining sum purchase smart card seldom.The amount of money of storing in fixing price and the microchip is corresponding.The vending machine that is applicable to this clamping bank settlement of employing can be deducted from the file of microchip and the corresponding amount of money of purchase volume.Can be from Cardlogix ofIrvine, California buys such smart card and related hardware and software engineering.As shown, the microprocessor 483 that vending machine is equipped with its data bus 484 to link to each other with various peripheral vending machines, these peripheral vending machines comprise an intelligent card read/write device 485, the smart card that smart card 486 that the read-write client of read write line uses and maintainer use, the performance and the tank farm stock of tracking vending machine.Microprocessor be connected a keypad 487, client's selection commodity that can dial in the above, and the maintainer also can import information specific and instruction to it.Bus is also visited an aplhanumeric visual display 488 that is used for to client's demonstration such as the visual informations such as operational order of vending machine.In case client has made selection, just command transfer is arrived motor controller 489, the corresponding motor of passage of selected commodity can be selected and trigger and deposit to this controller.The position that can read various status switches by data bus by processor, thereby the proper operation mode of checking vending machine.One optical sensor 491 that is arranged on the dispense port porch sends the instruction that the commodity of being chosen have fallen into dispense port.Microprocessor is also according to certain state by status switch 490 feedback, discharges to allow and forbid that vending machine carries out a certain latch 292 of certain operation.For example, if the Qianmen that container does not correctly insert vending machine and cuts out, vending machine is not just distributed commodity.The recording medium 493 of using solid-state memory or being equal to is preserved the operating application program and the stock information of microprocessor.Microprocessor can monitor all marketing activities, and preserves detailed stock information in storer.Before vending machine was safeguarded, the maintainer inserted card reader to a smart card, and presses number on keypad, and the indication microprocessor is transferred to stock information on maintainer's the smart card from solid-state memory 483.Also can comprise the programmed instruction that reads and carry out by microprocessor on the smart card.These instructions can comprise the price change that just showing or special promotional information on reliable display.Can obtain smart card and take out or the information of the container that part is empty in service centre, so that handle, replenish goods again and stock up again.Microprocessor 483 also is programmable, utilize with insert by coin mouthfuls 210 and the corresponding amount of money of currency that inserts of Money receiver 7 again towards user's smart card.

Shown in Figure 55, service centre is provided with a central processing unit 494, and this processor also is equipped with an intelligent card read/write device 495 and a printer 496.Whether the counter information that the Information Authentication that use is read from maintainer's smart card 497 is returned is and consistent by the commodity amount and the type of vending machine distribution, and produce whole stock informations of surplus commodities in the various vending machines leave all maintenance areas in, also produce the maintenance schedule that will carry out according to next day of certain state, the commodity amount formulation of promptly still preserving in the previous vending machine of safeguarding.Therefore, central processing unit 494 comprises and returns counter software module 498, a stock control module 499 and a calendar plan module 500.Be appreciated that central processing unit also accumulates the dynamic data relevant with whole operation.

Can adopt following vending machine to replace smart card and card reader effectively, promptly other record vending machine and comprise application " bluetooth (blue tooth) " interface hand-held processor communication interface or directly connect by the Internet according to technician's technique known of data processing field.

Block scheme shown in Figure 56 is illustrated in the process of customer site and central treating stations processing container.

When reaching customer site, the maintainer downloads the sales data by the accumulation of vending machine processor.Can utilize smart card, hand-held storage vending machine or other easily recording medium download.Handle under the situation of the connection letter of standing erectly with central authorities at vending machine, can skip download step.

Next step, the maintainer takes good care of selling to the greatest extent of vending machine inside or part is sold most container (502), unblanks and opens cabinet body door (503).In the vending machine of some variant, just door-lock opening this two steps have just been finished.Taking-up is sold most container or before had been installed in (504) after the container, just new full up container is installed to (505) in the cabinet.Shut cabinet body door (506), open the lock (507) on the container of new installation again.Similarly, in the vending machine of some variant, also can finish above-mentioned latter two steps by locking the door.

Transport central treating stations (508) back buying most container.When using vending machine, its microprocessor compiles the sales data such as the payment for goods of commodity of selling and collection.In case sent order from remote site, perhaps sent instruction again from what maintainer's smart card or radio communication vending machine were downloaded, just import each website commodity price, start display and show (510), on display device, show the discount of specialty goods and carry out advertisement (511).

When container is transported to central treating stations, the container and comprise commodity in the container of currency just made an inventory, and with maintainer's smart card on the data of collecting proofread (512).Afterwards (513) are turned, clean and sterilized to container.Refill full commodity (514), be redistributed to a certain circuit subsequently in order to distribution (515).The container of filling is transported to customer site (516), and repeats said process.

Although most preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described,, do not exceed the described protection domain of spirit of the present invention and appended claims, can also improve and propose other embodiment.

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1. one kind is used for employee that extensive stock is sold in a plurality of units of a plurality of websites from distribution center and client's method, and described method comprises the steps:

At each described website at least one vending machine is installed, in case this vending machine is designed to receive payment, just a series of described commerce distribution outside the container that can take out;

In described distribution center, a series of various described commodity a plurality of described containers of packing into;

Designed lines, each described circuit and given a plurality of described website are linked;

Along described circuit the described container of filling is transported to described website, and at each described website, the position that any other container formerly is installed is installed to one of them described container in each described vending machine;

Automatically the merchandise sales transaction record is compiled into every automatic vending machine in the readable media mode;

The previous described container of installing is transported back described distribution center; And

The described container that maintenance is transported back;

Wherein, for every described vending machine, the described step that one of them described container is installed comprises substantially:

Open described vending machine;

Take out the previous described container of installing;

The described container of filling is inserted the previous position that described container is installed; And

Firmly pin described vending machine;

At described website, do not use any currency or handle commodity or statistics discontinuously.

2. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that further comprising:

Compiling is used for the container payment table and the vending machine instruction list of described website;

Described table is recorded on the portable medium with machine readable form, and described table comprises and is used for the data markers that at least one is positioned at the vending machine of each described website;

At each website, described portable medium are connected with described vending machine wherein;

From the readable media of described vending machine, the transaction record of merchandise sales is downloaded on the described portable medium;

Read the data that come from the described list notation that is used for described vending machine from described portable medium.

3. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that further comprising a plurality of credit cards that are provided for charging to each described unit, so that distribute to described employee and client, described credit card can be used for payment or uses on described vending machine.

4. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that described installation steps comprise:

Utilize the currency payment of the structure reception commodity of vending machine, and described currency is accumulated in the installation described container that takes out within it safely;

Described maintenance comprises: when transporting described distribution center back, take out the described currency of accumulation from described container.

5. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that described maintenance comprises; Before filling described commodity once more, to described container sterilization.

6. method as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that the step of described compiling payment table and vending machine instruction list comprises: for the described commodity of each type are specified a kind of price.

7. method as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that described installation steps comprise: at a plurality of described websites at least one snacks vending machine and at least one beverage dispenser are installed.

8. method as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that further comprising:

Show that one is used for the discounted cost of at least a combination on a described vending machine therein, this combination is the combination of a kind of snack item and a kind of beverage product; And

Recording instruction on described table is programmed to described vending machine, with when the payment that receives described discounted cost, carries the commodity of described combination.

9. the method for claim 1, the described step that it is characterized in that compiling the record of merchandise sales transaction comprises: record is used for the mode of payment of each described transaction; And

Regularly download described compiling record.

10. method as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that further comprising record described in the described container of compiling;

And the described step of safeguarding comprises the described record of download.

11. a vending machine comprises:

Have top, bottom, relative sidewall and the shell of an anterior perforate;

One inner plastics back boxing is embedded in the described shell, and combines around its peripheral forward edge, and described back boxing limits a goods chamber;

Be clipped in the insulating material of the certain volume between described shell and the back boxing;

One can close the door of described anterior perforate with opening, also comprises the periphery flange that a front panel and cooperates with described shell and back boxing around described forward edge;

At least one is arranged on the commodity container in the described goods chamber removedly;

Device in the described container is set, is used for selectively from wherein releasing a plurality of commodity of depositing within it;

Be arranged on the drive unit in the described goods chamber, can combine with the described device that is used to promote;

The control device of response user's enabling signal is used to trigger described drive unit; And

Be used to produce the device of described signal.

12. vending machine as claimed in claim 11 is characterized in that described container comprises:

The substantially similar commodity of a plurality of its sizes can be deposited at least one unit, its shape and size, and described unit is provided with a perforate that separates with described front panel; And

The device that is used to promote comprise one can be relative with described perforate the driving shaft of rear portion contact of described container.

13. vending machine as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that described drive unit comprises: at least one is close to the motor that described back boxing is installed, and the position of its setting can combine with described driving shaft when described container is placed in the described goods chamber.

14. vending machine as claimed in claim 13 is characterized in that described motor comprises motor.

15. vending machine as claimed in claim 14 is characterized in that the described device that is used to promote further comprises a helical mount that combines with described axle.

16. vending machine as claimed in claim 14 is characterized in that the described device that is used to promote further comprises a door that combines with described axle and its shape, size and the position is set can block described perforate selectively.

17. vending machine as claimed in claim 16 is characterized in that described unit comprises a commodity supporting baseplate that tilts, it is provided with the position can press the commodity of depositing within it to described door.

18. vending machine as claimed in claim 17 is characterized in that described door comprises:

With the described diameter of axle to first baffle plate that is connected; And

From described first baffle plate, at relative axial distal end and the described diameter of axle to the second baffle that is connected;

Thereby when described axle rotation 180 is spent, described first baffle plate is fallen, be made first described commodity release described unit, and be kept at the inside of described unit immediately following second described commodity after first described commodity by described second baffle.

19. vending machine as claimed in claim 11 is characterized in that described control device comprises that one is installed in the electronic data load module on the described front panel.

20. vending machine as claimed in claim 11 is characterized in that described control device comprises an electronic data receiver module.

21. a mechanism that is used for commodity are distributed to discontinuously the chamber outside comprises:

Described chamber comprises a distribution door, a downward-sloping base plate and the forward edge near described distribution door; But the described commodity that shape and size clamping one single file of described chamber is stacked;

Described distribution door comprises the door with an off-position and an open position;

The shape and size of described door can be deposited and be no more than one described commodity when in the closed position;

One baffle plate, when described door when described off-position moves to described open position, this baffle plate can be inserted into described being no more than between one the commodity and the commodity following closely in the described row; And

Be used for described door is moved to from one of them position the device of another position.

22. mechanism as claimed in claim 21 is characterized in that described door is flat shape basically, described off-position and described inclined floor be coplane basically; And described open position and described inclined floor are basically at angle.

23. mechanism as claimed in claim 21 is characterized in that described door is with respect to an axis camber perpendicular to described inclined floor; And

Further comprise:

Be used between described off-position and described open position, rotating the device of described door around described axis, when described off-position, the terminal edge of described door is adjacent with the forward edge of described base plate, when described open position, described terminal edge rises on the described forward edge, can form described baffle plate.

24. mechanism as claimed in claim 21 is characterized in that further comprising a rotation axis, and described door comprises one perpendicular to described axle and from the first radially outstanding thin plate of a side of described axle;

Described baffle plate comprises one second thin plate, and described thin plate is perpendicular to described axle and radially outstanding from the described axle axially relative with described first thin plate;

Described first thin plate is fallen thereby rotate 180 when spending, first described commodity are handed out at described axle, and immediately following second described commodity after first described commodity by described second thin plate.

25. mechanism as claimed in claim 21 is characterized in that described base plate comprises the orientation section that a plurality of one-tenth crawl and are provided with and are orientated.

26. a vending machine comprises:

One coding card read write line;

Be used for data being write a coding card and the device of reading of data from this coding card by described card reader;

Be used for receiving the device of payment by described card reader;

Be used for the transaction situation of monitored sales and the device of keeping records;

Be used for receiving the device of program command by described card reader; And

Be used for exporting the device of described record by described card reader.

27. mechanism as claimed in claim 21 is characterized in that described base plate comprises the orientation section that a plurality of one-tenth crawl and are provided with and are orientated.

28. vending machine as claimed in claim 26, it is characterized in that described card reader structure can with the card connection that chip memory is set.

29. a vending machine is used for distributing a plurality of commodity with container cylindrical wall, substantial symmetry that are packaged in; This vending machine comprises:

One commodity storage cabinet;

One distribution point;

One is arranged on the distribution door between described commodity storage cabinet and the distribution point;

Described cabinet comprises a passage, and described passage is provided with one towards the downward-sloping base plate of described distribution door, and the shape and size of described passage can be deposited a series of described containers, and described container is placed on their cylindrical wall one by one;

Thereby described container can in a row freely roll downwards on described inclined floor, rolls to described distribution door, except that gravity, does not need to apply any power;

Described cabinet part in the above is provided with the loading perforate;

One closes the lockable enteringport of described loading perforate;

The one small-sized container of loading once more, its shape and size can deposit a plurality of described hydrostatic columns and with described cabinet interlocking;

Described container is provided with a unloading perforate in position, its underpart;

One closes the lockable dump door of described unloading perforate;

When described container and described cabinet interlocking, the shape of described unloading perforate, size and the position is set can aligns with described loading perforate;

One first locking mechanism that is connected with described enteringport and second locking mechanism that is connected with described dump door;

Wherein said mechanism is provided with the interlocking interface;

Securely during interlocking, be used for the device of described enteringport of interlocking and described dump door at the interface of described cabinet and locking mechanism thereof;

Thereby can load and unload goods to cabinet from described container, and not need operating personnel to take out or handle described container.

30. vending machine as claimed in claim 24 is characterized in that further comprising:

One reliable display and many information that are presented on the described display utilize described vending machine to promote the distribution of commodity.

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