CN210574048U - Vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The application relates to a vending machine belongs to intelligent robot technical field. The application provides a vending machine, comprising a housing; the mounting plate is mounted on the shell and provided with a goods outlet; the lower end of the door body is rotatably arranged on the mounting plate and is used for plugging the goods outlet; the door body is provided with a closing position and a delivery position, and the door body can rotate towards the outer side of the mounting plate so as to be converted from the closing position to the delivery position; when the door body is positioned at the delivery position, the inner surface of the door body is used as a sliding rail for sliding off the goods. In this vending machine, the door body both had been regarded as the part that seals the shipment mouth, can be used as the slide rail after turning up again, and the supply of goods landing has simplified the shipment process to shipment side, makes the user be convenient for get goods, and has improved the user friendly degree of vending machine.

Description

Vending machine

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of intelligent robots, in particular to a vending machine.

Background

The vending machine is a machine capable of automatically paying for money or two-dimensional codes on line according to input money. As a common device for commercial automation, the vending machine is not limited by time and place, so that the labor can be saved, and the transaction is convenient. However, in a common vending machine, the goods delivery process is complicated, the fetching is inconvenient, and the user friendliness is poor.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Therefore, the application provides a vending machine, and it has simplified the shipment process, and is convenient for get the thing, has improved user-friendly degree.

The embodiment of the application provides a vending machine, which comprises a shell; the mounting plate is mounted on the shell and provided with a goods outlet; the lower end of the door body is rotatably arranged on the mounting plate and is used for plugging the goods outlet; the door body is provided with a closing position and a delivery position, and the door body can rotate towards the outer side of the mounting plate so as to be converted from the closing position to the delivery position; when the door body is positioned at the delivery position, the inner surface of the door body is used as a sliding rail for sliding off the goods.

In the vending machine of this embodiment, the door body had both been regarded as the part that seals the shipment mouth, can be used as the slide rail after turning up again, and the supply of goods landing has simplified the shipment process to shipment side, makes the user be convenient for get goods, and has improved the user-friendly degree of vending machine.

In addition, the vending machine according to the embodiment of the application also has the following additional technical characteristics:

according to some embodiments of the application, the mounting plate is in sliding fit with the housing, and the vending machine includes a lifting device for driving the mounting plate to move in an up-and-down direction relative to the housing. The arrangement form can realize that one goods outlet corresponds to a plurality of storage chambers arranged at intervals up and down.

According to some embodiments of the present application, the lifting device includes a rotating shaft, a pinion, and a rack; the rotating shaft is arranged on the mounting plate and is used for being in transmission connection with an external driving piece; the number of the small gears is two, and the two small gears are respectively arranged at two ends of the rotating shaft; the quantity of rack is two, and two racks are installed in the casing, and the rack just meshes with the pinion one-to-one and is connected. The lifting device in the form is simple in structure and stable in lifting.

According to some embodiments of the application, each lateral wall of the mounting plate is provided with a first guide wheel, the first guide wheels are mounted on the mounting plate, the shell is provided with two first guide grooves, and the first guide wheels are in one-to-one correspondence with the first guide grooves and are in sliding fit with the first guide grooves. This kind of arrangement form can ensure the relative casing of mounting panel and steadily go up and down.

According to some embodiments of the application, the vending machine further comprises two brackets, the two brackets are symmetrically arranged on the two side walls of the mounting plate, and each bracket is used for mounting the first guide wheel on the same side. The first guide wheel is installed on the shell through the support, the position of the first guide wheel can be flexibly arranged by replacing the structure of the support, and flexible installation is achieved.

According to some embodiments of the application, two second guide wheels are respectively installed at two ends of the rotating shaft, two second guide grooves are installed on the shell, and the second guide wheels are in one-to-one correspondence with the second guide grooves and are in sliding fit with the second guide grooves. This kind of arrangement form can ensure the relative casing of mounting panel and steadily go up and down.

According to some embodiments of this application, the mounting panel includes mounting panel body and two curb plates, and two curb plates buckle inwards in the both sides of mounting panel body, and there is an installation axle respectively the both sides of the door body, is equipped with the first mounting hole that corresponds with the installation axle on the curb plate, and the installation axle rotationally inserts in the first mounting hole. This kind of arrangement form does benefit to the manufacturing, and can realize that the door body rotates for the mounting panel steadily.

According to some embodiments of the present application, the rotation shaft penetrates through the two side plates, and the two pinions are respectively mounted at outer sides of the two side plates. As a transmission piece in meshing transmission with the rack, the two pinions are respectively arranged on two sides of the mounting plate, and the mounting plate can be stably driven to lift relative to the shell.

According to some embodiments of the application, two ribs are protruded towards the inner surface of the door body at the edges of two sides, and the two ribs are used for preventing goods from sliding out of the sliding rail, so that the operation reliability of the vending machine is improved.

According to some embodiments of this application, the outside of mounting panel still is equipped with the closure, and the one end that keeps away from and the mounting panel links to each other of the door body is equipped with the cooperation portion, and when the shipment mouth was plugged up to the door body, closure and cooperation portion butt. The pair of the matching part and the closing part is arranged, so that the door body can be maintained at the closing position, and the outer side of the mounting plate is attractive.

Additional aspects and advantages of the present application will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the present application.

Drawings

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

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of a vending machine provided by an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a door body in a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 2 at A;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 2 at B;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 2 at C;

3 FIG. 3 7 3 is 3 a 3 cross 3- 3 sectional 3 view 3 taken 3 along 3 line 3 A 3- 3 A 3 of 3 FIG. 31 3; 3

Fig. 8 is a partial enlarged view of fig. 7 at D.

Icon: 100-vending machine; 10-a housing; 11-a first channel assembly; 111-a first guide slot; 112-a second guide slot; 20-mounting a plate; 21-mounting the plate body; 211-outer side; 2111-a closure; 212-inner side; 213-a goods outlet; 22-a first side panel; 221-a first mounting hole; 222-a second mounting hole; 23-a second side panel; 24-a first guide assembly; 241-a first guide wheel; 242-a second guide wheel; 30-a door body; 31-an outer surface; 32-an inner surface; 321-a slide rail; 322-rib protection; 323-mating portion; 33-a first side; 331-a first installation axis; 34-a second side; 35-upper end; 36-lower end; 40-a lifting device; 41-a rotating shaft; 411-a first end; 412-a second end; 42-a transmission gear; 43-a first transmission assembly; 431-pinion gear; 432-rack; 50-bracket.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. The components of the embodiments of the present application, generally described and illustrated in the figures herein, can be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations.

Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present application, presented in the accompanying drawings, is not intended to limit the scope of the claimed application, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the application. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, it need not be further defined and explained in subsequent figures.

In the description of the present application, it should be noted that the terms "inside", "outside", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings or orientations or positional relationships that the products of the application usually place when using, and are only used for convenience in describing the present application and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements that are referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and operate, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present application. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like are used merely to distinguish one description from another, and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

In the description of the present application, it is also to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "disposed" and "connected" are to be interpreted broadly, e.g., as being either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood in a specific case by those of ordinary skill in the art.

Referring to fig. 1, the vending machine 100 according to the embodiment of the present disclosure includes a housing 10 (see fig. 3) and a cargo door assembly, where the cargo door assembly includes a mounting plate 20 and a door body 30, the mounting plate 20 is mounted on the housing 10, the mounting plate 20 is provided with a cargo outlet 213, and a lower end 36 of the door body 30 is rotatably mounted on the mounting plate 20 and is used for sealing the cargo outlet 213. The door 30 has a closed position (not shown) and a shipping position (see fig. 1) relative to the mounting plate 20, and the door 30 can rotate toward the outer side 211 of the mounting plate 20 to be converted from the closed position to the shipping position. When the door body 30 is at the shipment position, the inner surface 32 of the door body 30 serves as a slide rail 321 on which the goods slide down.

As can be easily understood, the door 30 can be used as a component for closing the outlet 213, and can also be used as the sliding rail 321 after being turned outwards, so that the goods can slide to the outlet side, the outlet process is simplified, the user can conveniently take the goods, and the user friendliness of the vending machine 100 is improved.

The components of the vending machine 100 of the present embodiment are described below in a structural and interconnecting relationship.

The housing 10 not only serves as an outer shell of the vending machine 100, but also serves to cooperate with the mounting plate 20.

Referring to fig. 2, the mounting plate 20 includes a mounting plate body 21, a first side plate 22 and a second side plate 23, and the first side plate 22 and the second side plate 23 are respectively located at two sides of the mounting plate body 21 and are both bent toward an inner side 212 of the mounting plate body 21.

As an example, the mounting plate body 21, the first side plate 22 and the second side plate 23 are independent components, and the first side plate 22 and the second side plate 23 are fastened to the mounting plate body 21 by screws (or other fasteners); as another example, the mounting plate body 21, the first side plate 22 and the second side plate 23 are integrally formed, for example, the mounting plate 20 is a sheet metal stamping, and the first side plate 22 and the second side plate 23 are formed by stamping and bending.

First curb plate 22 and second curb plate 23 all install in casing 10, offer the shipment mouth 213 that runs through along its thickness on the mounting panel body 21, shipment mouth 213 is used for the shipment. The inner side 212 of the mounting plate body 21 corresponds to the storage compartment, and the outer side 211 corresponds to the delivery side.

As can be easily understood, under the pushing of other pushing rod devices, the goods are sent from the inner side 212 to the outer side 211 of the mounting plate body 21, fall into the transfer cargo bin, and the manipulator takes out the goods from the transfer cargo bin and sends the goods to the customer. In other embodiments, the outer side 211 of the mounting plate body 21 may also be arranged to receive pallets from which the user takes goods directly.

Referring to fig. 3, the door 30 is rotatably mounted to the mounting plate 20 and has a closed position and a shipping position. The door 30 includes a first side 33 and a second side 34, the first side 33 and the second side 34 are opposite sides of the door 30 in the rotational axial direction, the first side 33 corresponds to the first side plate 22, and the second side 34 corresponds to the second side plate 23.

Referring to fig. 2 and 4, in some embodiments of the present application, the first side 33 and the second side 34 of the door 30 are respectively provided with one mounting shaft, and the two mounting shafts are coaxially arranged. The door 30 is rotatably connected to the mounting plate 20 by two mounting shafts. As will be readily understood, the axes of the two mounting shafts are higher than the lower frame of the delivery port 213, and after the door 30 is turned outwards, the outer surface 31 of the door 30 abuts against the lower frame of the delivery port 213 to be stationary at the delivery position.

Referring to fig. 4, taking the first side 33 as an example, the first side 33 is disposed on the same side as the first side plate 22, the first side 33 includes a first mounting shaft 331, the first side plate 22 is provided with a first mounting hole 221, and the first mounting shaft 331 is rotatably inserted into the first mounting hole 221.

Referring to fig. 3, when the door 30 is at the closed position, the door 30 blocks the outlet 213, and defines an outer surface 31, an inner surface 32, an upper end 35 and a lower end 36 of the door 30 at the closed position.

Referring to fig. 3, when the door 30 is at the shipping position, the door 30 is turned outward to the outside of the mounting plate 21 and is tilted downward, and the inner surface 32 of the door 30 serves as a sliding rail 321 for sliding the goods. At this time, the lower end 36 is located above the upper end 35, the lower end 36 is connected to the inner side 212 of the mounting plate body 21, and the goods can slide down to the upper end 35 along the inner surface 32 of the door body 30 from the inner side 212 through the lower end 36 and continue sliding down.

Referring to fig. 3, optionally, two protection ribs 322 are protruded from the left and right edges of the door 30 toward the inner surface 32, and the two protection ribs 322 are used to prevent the goods from sliding out of the sliding rails 321. It can be easily understood that two protection ribs 322 are protruded from the left and right edges of the inner surface 32 of the door 30, and when goods slide down along the inner surface 32 from the lower end 36 to the upper end 35 under the action of gravity, the two protection ribs 322 prevent the goods from sliding out of the door 30, which improves the operation reliability of the vending machine 100.

Optionally, the outer side 211 of the mounting plate 20 is provided with a closing portion 2111, and one end of the door body 30 away from the end connected to the mounting plate 20 is provided with a fitting portion 323, i.e., the upper end 35 is provided with the fitting portion 323. When the door 30 closes the discharge port 213, the closing portion 2111 abuts against the engagement portion 323.

As an example, the engaging portion 323 is provided with a magnetic device (not shown), the closing portion 2111 is provided with a magnetic member corresponding to the magnetic device, and when the door 30 is at the closing position, the closing portion 2111 and the engaging portion 323 attract each other, so that not only the door 30 is maintained at the closing position, but also the outer side 211 of the mounting plate 20 is made beautiful.

As a further description, the delivery door assembly further includes a driving device for driving the door 30 to rotate between the closed position and the delivery position, and the door 30 is provided with a limit switch assembly (not shown) which rotates synchronously with the door 30 to detect that the door 30 reaches the closed position or the delivery position. The limit switch assembly is in signal connection with an external controller, and the external controller is in signal connection with the driving device, so that automatic opening and closing of the door body 30 are achieved. This part is prior art and will not be further described herein.

Referring to fig. 3, the mounting plate 20 is slidably engaged with the housing 10 and can move in the vertical direction relative to the housing 10.

It will be readily appreciated that, when the vending machine 100 has a plurality of storage compartments spaced up and down, the arrangement is such that one outlet 213 corresponds to a plurality of storage compartments. The position of the goods outlet 213 is moved up and down by lifting the goods outlet door assembly, so that the goods outlet 213 is shared by a plurality of storage rooms.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the vending machine 100 includes a lifting device 40, and the lifting device 40 is used for driving the mounting plate 20 to move in the up-down direction relative to the housing 10.

Referring to fig. 2, in some embodiments of the present application, the lifting device 40 includes a rotating shaft 41, a transmission gear 42 and two transmission assemblies.

The rotation shaft 41 is arranged in parallel with the aforementioned first mounting shaft 331. As an example, the rotation shaft 41 and the axis of the first mounting shaft 331 are both horizontally arranged, the door body 30 is turned downward to rotate from the closed position to the shipping position, and the lifting direction of the mounting plate 20 with respect to the housing 10 is a vertical direction.

The shaft 41 is rotatably mounted to the mounting plate 20, and has two ends respectively penetrating through the first side plate 22 and the second side plate 23.

Referring to fig. 7, specifically, the rotating shaft 41 includes a first end 411 and a second end 412, the first end 411 penetrates through the first side plate 22, and the second end 412 penetrates through the second side plate 23. The two transmission assemblies are respectively a first transmission assembly 43 and a second transmission assembly (not marked in the figure), the first transmission assembly 43 is arranged on the same side of the first side plate 22, and the second transmission assembly is arranged on the same side of the second side plate 23.

Referring to fig. 8, taking the form of the first end 411 matching with the first side plate 22 as an example, the first side plate 22 is provided with a second mounting hole 222, and the first end 411 is inserted into the second mounting hole 222 and is in transmission connection with a transmission assembly at the outer side of the first side plate 22 (the side of the first side plate 22 away from the second side plate 23).

Referring to fig. 7, a transmission gear 42 is mounted on the rotating shaft 41 for transmission connection with an external driving member (not shown). In some embodiments of the present application, the external drive member is a motor mounted to the inner side 212 of the mounting plate body 21 and in belt-driven communication with the drive gear 42. The first rotating shaft 41 rotates relative to the mounting plate body 21 by the external driver.

The first end 411 and the second end 412 of the rotating shaft 41 are respectively connected with a transmission component in a transmission way.

Referring to fig. 2 and 7, the two transmission assemblies are a first transmission assembly 43 and a second transmission assembly (not labeled), respectively, the first transmission assembly 43 is on the same side of the first end 411, and the second transmission assembly is on the same side of the second end 412. The first transmission assembly 43 and the second transmission assembly have the same configuration and together bring the mounting plate 20 to move in the up-down direction with respect to the housing 10.

Referring to fig. 5, taking the first end 411 and the first transmission assembly 43 on the same side as the first end 411 as an example, the first transmission assembly 43 includes a pinion 431 and a rack 432, the rack 432 is installed on the housing 10, the pinion 431 is installed on the first end 411 of the rotating shaft 41, and the pinion 431 is connected with the rack 432 in a meshing manner.

As will be readily appreciated, when the rotating shaft 41 rotates, the two pinions 431 rotate synchronously to move up and down with respect to the rack 432, thereby achieving the up and down movement of the mounting plate 20 with respect to the housing 10.

Further, the lifting device 40 further includes two sets of guide assemblies symmetrically disposed on both sides of the mounting plate 20 and having the same structure. Correspondingly, the housing 10 includes two sets of guide groove assemblies, which are mounted to the housing 10, have the same structure, and are symmetrically disposed at both sides of the mounting plate 20. Every group's guide assembly and the guide slot subassembly of homonymy sliding fit from top to bottom, when mounting panel 20 reciprocated for casing 10, guide assembly and guide slot subassembly guarantee mounting panel 20 to stabilize the lift jointly.

Referring to fig. 2, taking a matching form of a set of guide assemblies and corresponding guide groove assemblies as an example, a first guide assembly 24 is installed on the outer side of the first side plate 22 of the mounting plate 20, a first guide groove assembly 11 corresponding to the first guide assembly 24 is installed on the housing 10, and the first guide assembly 24 is in sliding fit with the first guide groove assembly 11.

Referring to fig. 5, 6 and 8, the first guide assembly 24 includes a first guide wheel 241 and a second guide wheel 242, and the first guide groove assembly 11 includes a first guide groove 111 and a second guide groove 112.

The first guide pulley 241 is detachably mounted on the outer side of the first side plate 22, and the first guide groove 111 corresponds to the first guide pulley 241 and is mounted on the housing 10.

Referring to fig. 2 and 6, as an exemplary form, the vending machine 100 further includes two brackets 50, the two brackets 50 are symmetrically mounted on the first side plate 22 and the second side plate 23 of the mounting plate 20, and each bracket 50 is used for mounting the first guide wheel 241 on the same side.

Referring to fig. 5 and 8, second guide pulley 242 is detachably mounted to first end 411 of rotating shaft 41,

the second guide groove 112 corresponds to the second guide pulley 242 and is installed in the housing 10.

Preferably, the first guide wheel 241 is installed at the upper portion of the first side plate 22, and the rotating shaft 41 is installed at the lower portion of the first side plate 22, and it is easy to understand that the two first guide wheels 241 and the two second guide wheels 242 are respectively arranged at four corners of the installation plate 20, so that stable lifting thereof can be well guaranteed.

The vending process of the vending machine 100 is as follows:

the door 30 is turned from the closed position to the delivery position (see fig. 1), and delivers the goods from the inner side 212 of the mounting plate body 21 to the outer side 211 through the delivery port 213, and slides down to the lower transfer bin or the lower receiving tray along the slide rail 321 under the action of gravity.

The lifting process of the discharge door assembly of the vending machine 100 is as follows:

the external driving piece drives the transmission gear 42 to rotate;

the transmission gear 42 drives the rotating shaft 41 to rotate;

the rotating shaft 41 drives the pinions 431 on the two sides to rotate;

each pinion 431 is in transmission connection with a rack 432 on the same side of the pinion 431, and the rack 432 is fixedly connected with the shell 10, so that the two pinions 431 synchronously move up and down, and further the rotating shaft 41 is driven to move up and down;

the rotating shaft 41 drives the mounting plate 20 to move up and down;

the shipment port 213 of the mounting plate 20 moves up and down and drives the door 30 to move up and down, thereby realizing the lifting of the shipment door assembly.

The vending machine 100 according to the embodiment of the present application includes the mounting plate 20 and the door 30, and the door 30 can be rotated to the outside 211 of the mounting plate 20 to be switched from the closed position to the shipment position. When the door body 30 is at the shipment position, the inner surface 32 of the door body 30 serves as a slide rail 321 on which the goods slide down. The vending machine 100 is simple in goods discharging process, facilitates goods taking by a user, and has good user friendliness.

It should be noted that the features of the embodiments in the present application may be combined with each other without conflict.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present application and is not intended to limit the present application, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement and the like made within the spirit and principle of the present application shall be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims (10)

1. A vending machine, comprising:

a housing;

the mounting plate is mounted on the shell and provided with a goods outlet; and

the lower end of the door body is rotatably arranged on the mounting plate and is used for plugging the goods outlet;

the door body is provided with a closing position and a delivery position, and can rotate towards the outer side of the mounting plate so as to be converted from the closing position to the delivery position;

when the door body is positioned at the delivery position, the inner surface of the door body is used as a sliding rail for sliding off the supplied goods.

2. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein the mounting plate is in sliding engagement with the housing, the vending machine comprising a lifting device for driving the mounting plate in an up-and-down direction relative to the housing.

3. The vending machine of claim 2, wherein the lifting device comprises a spindle, a pinion, and a rack;

the rotating shaft is arranged on the mounting plate and is used for being in transmission connection with an external driving piece;

the number of the small gears is two, and the two small gears are respectively arranged at two ends of the rotating shaft;

the number of the racks is two, the two racks are arranged on the shell, and the racks are in one-to-one correspondence with the pinions and are in meshed connection.

4. The vending machine of claim 3, wherein each side wall of the mounting plate is provided with a first guide wheel, the first guide wheel is mounted on the mounting plate, the housing is provided with two first guide grooves, and the first guide wheels are in one-to-one correspondence with and slidably fit with the first guide grooves.

5. The vending machine of claim 4, further comprising two brackets symmetrically mounted to two side walls of the mounting plate, each bracket for mounting the first guide wheel on the same side.

6. The vending machine as recited in claim 3, wherein a second guide wheel is mounted at each end of the shaft, and two second guide grooves are mounted in the housing, the second guide wheels corresponding to the second guide grooves in a one-to-one sliding fit.

7. The vending machine of claim 3, wherein the mounting plate comprises a mounting plate body and two side plates, the two side plates are bent inward at two sides of the mounting plate body, two mounting shafts are respectively arranged at two sides of the door body, the side plates are provided with first mounting holes corresponding to the mounting shafts, and the mounting shafts are rotatably inserted into the first mounting holes.

8. The vending machine according to claim 7, wherein the rotation shaft penetrates the two side plates, and the two pinions are respectively mounted to outer sides of the two side plates.

9. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein two side edges of the door body are provided with two protection ribs protruding towards an inner surface of the door body, and the two protection ribs are used for preventing goods from sliding out of the sliding rails laterally.

10. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein a closing portion is further provided on an outer side of the mounting plate, a fitting portion is provided at an end of the door body away from the end connected to the mounting plate, and the closing portion abuts against the fitting portion when the door body blocks the outlet.

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