CN211956618U - Goods hopper and vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a goods fill, include: the container comprises a container body, a first side of the container body is provided with a goods inlet, a second side of the container body is provided with a goods outlet, and the first side and the second side are adjacent; the conveying mechanism is arranged inside the cargo bucket box body, and the conveying direction of the conveying mechanism faces to the cargo outlet; a cover plate arranged in a manner that the goods outlet can be closed or opened. The utility model also provides a vending machine. The utility model discloses a carry out institutional advancement to the goods fill for the vending machine is more frivolous, and when increasing the capacity that the goods was fought, need not to increase the volume of vending machine.

Description

Goods hopper and vending machine

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a machinery of selling goods. More specifically, the utility model relates to a goods fill and vending machine.

Background

Vending machines have been used in a wide variety of public areas because they do not require manual field management. However, the conveying direction of the internal conveying mechanism of the bucket of the current vending machine is generally consistent with the extending direction of the goods channel, so that the vending machine has to have larger thickness. Moreover, when the capacity of the cargo bucket needs to be increased, the thickness of the vending machine must be increased at the same time, so that the volume of the vending machine is increased, and the cost is increased. Therefore, there is a need to design a technical solution that can overcome the above-mentioned drawbacks to a certain extent.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide a goods fill and vending machine, through fighting to the goods and carrying out institutional advancement for the vending machine is more frivolous, and when increasing the capacity that the goods was fought, need not to increase the volume of vending machine.

To achieve these objects and other advantages in accordance with the purpose of the invention, there is provided a bucket including:

the container comprises a container body, a first side of the container body is provided with a goods inlet, a second side of the container body is provided with a goods outlet, and the first side and the second side are adjacent;

the conveying mechanism is arranged inside the cargo bucket box body, and the conveying direction of the conveying mechanism faces to the cargo outlet;

a cover plate arranged in a manner that the goods outlet can be closed or opened.

Preferably, the cover plate is hinged to the outer wall of the container body of the cargo bucket and is positioned below the cargo outlet; the cover plate is switched between a first position and a second position, when the cover plate is located at the first position, the cover plate seals the goods outlet, and when the cover plate is located at the second position, the cover plate is inclined downwards to form a guide inclined plane.

Preferably, the cargo bucket further includes:

and the weighing mechanism is arranged at the lower part in the container body of the cargo bucket and supports the conveying mechanism.

Preferably, the cargo bucket further includes:

the camera is arranged around the goods inlet and faces to the back of the goods inlet direction.

Preferably, the conveying mechanism of the cargo bucket comprises a pair of first rollers, a first crawler belt and a driving motor, the pair of first rollers are arranged in parallel at intervals, the first crawler belt is wound on the peripheries of the pair of first rollers, and the driving motor is in power connection with one first roller.

Preferably, in the cargo bucket, a pair of L-shaped reinforcing plates are arranged on the outer wall of the cargo bucket body at two sides of the cargo outlet, one surface of each L-shaped reinforcing plate is connected with the outer wall of the cargo bucket body, and the other surface of each L-shaped reinforcing plate extends outwards;

and a pair of flanges is formed on two opposite sides of the cover plate, one flange is rotationally connected with the surface of one L-shaped reinforcing plate extending outwards, and the other flange is in power connection with an output shaft of the second driving motor.

Preferably, the position of the outer wall of the container body of the cargo hopper, which is positioned between the pair of L-shaped reinforcing plates, is provided with a limit baffle;

when the cover plate is located at the first position, the cover plate is in contact with the limiting baffle.

Preferably, the container body of the container has a third side formed with an observation opening, a transparent plate is embedded in the observation opening, and the third side is opposite to the first side.

The utility model also provides a vending machine, include the goods fill.

The utility model discloses at least, include following beneficial effect:

the utility model discloses carry out institutional advancement to the goods fill, with the goods mouth setting of goods fill with the side adjacent at income goods mouth place, avoid the vending machine to need hold conveying mechanism in the thickness direction for the vending machine is more frivolous, and when increasing the capacity that the goods was fought, only need increase the goods fill along direction of delivery's length can, need not to increase the volume of vending machine.

Additional advantages, objects, and features of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and in part will become apparent to those having ordinary skill in the art upon examination of the following or may be learned from practice of the invention.

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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a side view of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The present invention is further described in detail below with reference to the drawings so that those skilled in the art can implement the invention with reference to the description.

It will be understood that terms such as "having," "including," and "comprising," as used herein, do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other elements or groups thereof.

In a technical solution, as shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, the utility model provides a cargo bucket, include:

a bucket box 1, a first side of which is provided with a cargo inlet 101, a second side of the bucket box 1 is provided with a cargo outlet 102, and the first side and the second side are adjacent;

a conveying mechanism 2 disposed inside the bucket box 1, wherein a conveying direction of the conveying mechanism 2 faces the cargo outlet 102;

a cover plate 3 provided in such a manner as to close or open the outlet 102.

Other structures of the vending machine matched with the technical scheme, such as a display device, a payment device, a shelf, a goods channel, a power mechanism of the goods hopper box body 1, a connection structure of the goods hopper box body 1 and the vending machine and the like are the prior art, and the technical scheme can be realized by referring to the common vending machine in public places or the previous patent documents of the applicant, and is not repeated herein, and the technical scheme is only improved aiming at the structure of the goods hopper.

The bucket box 1 is preferably substantially cubic and moves in front of the respective lanes in the interior of the vending machine, in which the goods are placed. The first side of the container body 1 is provided with a goods inlet 101 for goods on the supply channel to enter the container body 1. The second side of the bucket body 1 is provided with a cargo outlet 102, and the second side is adjacent to the first side, so that the cargo inlet 101 and the cargo outlet 102 are located at two adjacent sides of the bucket body 1. A cover 3 for closing and opening the outlet 102 is provided at the outlet 102. It can be seen that this technical scheme carries out structural improvement to the goods fill, the side that goes out goods mouth 102 with the goods fill is adjacent with income goods mouth 101 place is set up, the side that goes out goods mouth 102 setting in the prior art that goes into goods mouth 101 place is adjacent is improved, goods fill thickness is great (thickness herein refers to the positive direction of perpendicular to vending machine, the direction that is perpendicular to the paper face in figure 2), cause the great defect of vending machine thickness, make the vending machine more frivolous, when the capacity that needs increase goods fill, only need increase goods fill along direction of delivery length can, need not to increase the volume of vending machine, avoid increasing the cost.

In another technical scheme, in the bucket, the cover plate 3 is hinged to the outer wall of the bucket body 1 at a position below the goods outlet 102; the cover plate 3 is switched between a first position and a second position, when the cover plate 3 is located at the first position, the cover plate 3 closes the goods outlet 102, and when the cover plate 3 is located at the second position, the cover plate 3 is inclined downwards to form a guide slope.

This technical scheme has further prescribed a limit to apron 3 for apron 3 can not only go into goods mouth 101 and go into to seal when goods fill box 1 removes (first position), guarantees that the goods does not fall out from shipment mouth 102, can also open when shipment mouth 102 shipment (second position, the position in fig. 2), plays the effect of guide goods shipment.

In another technical scheme, the cargo bucket further comprises:

and the weighing mechanism 4 is arranged at the lower part inside the bucket box body 1 and supports the conveying mechanism 2.

This technical scheme provides weighing machine 4, and weighing machine 4 is current equipment, contains necessary weighing sensor, and weighing machine 4 sets up in the goods fill box 1 through common fixed mode, and conveying mechanism 2 is supported to 4 tops of weighing machine. When the goods are moved from the goods passage to the goods bucket, the moving method can refer to the prior art and also refer to the patent previously applied by the applicant. The weighing mechanism 4 weighs the weight of the goods, judges whether the commodity type is matched with the order according to the weight of the goods, and stops shipment if the commodity type is not matched with the order. When the number of the commodities in the order is multiple, whether the quantity of the commodities is accordant or not can be judged through the weighing mechanism 4, and the commodity discharging is stopped when the quantity of the commodities is not accordant. According to the technical scheme, the weighing mechanism 4 is used for judging whether the commodities are matched with the orders or not, so that goods which are not matched with the orders can be prevented from being provided for the user, the user experience is improved, and the loss of sellers is reduced. The application of the weighing mechanism 4 to a bucket is prior art and can be seen in the applicant's prior patent literature.

In another technical scheme, the cargo bucket further comprises:

and the camera is arranged around the goods inlet 101 and faces to the back of the goods inlet direction.

The camera adopts the existing equipment, and the camera has necessary article recognition function. After receiving the user's order, the goods fill box 1 moves to a goods way, and the goods on the goods way are shot to the camera, judge whether to match with the order, if match, then continue to carry out shipment to the goods on this goods shelves, if not match, stop shipment. Judging whether the order is matched with the order, namely judging whether the order is a target commodity, wherein the method is a common article identification technology in the prior art, for example, after the commodity is selected from a vending machine and placed, standard information of the order commodity is obtained, the standard information of the order commodity comprises commodity name, shape, image and other information, a camera acquires an image of the commodity on a shelf, the image is identified, representative characteristic information such as commodity shape, pattern, two-dimensional code and the like is obtained, the standard information of the order commodity is compared with the characteristic information, and if the standard information is matched with the characteristic information, the order commodity is judged to be matched with the order. According to the technical scheme, whether the commodities are matched with the orders or not is judged through the camera, the commodities which are not matched with the orders can be prevented from being provided for the user, the user experience is improved, and the loss of sellers is reduced. The application of cameras to buckets is prior art and reference is made to the applicant's prior patent literature.

In another technical scheme, the conveying mechanism 2 of the cargo bucket comprises a pair of first rollers, a first crawler belt and a driving motor, the pair of first rollers are arranged in parallel at intervals, the first crawler belt is wound on the periphery of the pair of first rollers, and the driving motor is in power connection with one first roller. This technical solution provides a form of conveying mechanism 2, utilizes driving motor to transport the goods on the track towards shipment mouth 102.

In another technical solution, in the cargo bucket, a pair of L-shaped reinforcing plates 104 is disposed on the outer wall of the cargo bucket body 1 at two sides of the cargo outlet 102, one surface of the pair of L-shaped reinforcing plates 104 is connected with the outer wall of the cargo bucket body 1, and the other surface of the pair of L-shaped reinforcing plates 104 extends outward;

a pair of flanges 301 is formed on two opposite sides of the cover plate 3, wherein one flange 301 is rotatably connected with an outward extending surface of one of the L-shaped reinforcing plates 104, and the other flange 301 is in power connection with an output shaft of a second driving motor 302.

This technical scheme provides the connected mode of apron 3 and goods fill box 1, and a pair of L shape reinforcing plate 104 sets up in shipment mouth 102 both sides, and one of them L shape reinforcing plate 104 and 3 turn-ups 301 swivelling joint of apron if set up a rotation axis and pass L shape reinforcing plate 104 and turn-ups 301, another turn-ups 301 and second driving motor 302's output shaft power connection for second driving motor 302 can drive apron 3 and switch between primary importance and second place. The pair of flanges 301 can further guide and restrain the goods, and the moving direction of the goods is prevented from deviating.

In another technical scheme, in the cargo bucket, a limit baffle 105 is arranged on the outer wall of the cargo bucket body 1 between the pair of L-shaped reinforcing plates 104;

when the cover plate 3 is located at the first position, the cover plate 3 contacts the limit stop 105. In this technical scheme, limit baffle 105 is used for avoiding apron 3 to continue to rotate after reaching the primary importance for apron 3 can be stable the stopping at the primary importance.

In another technical scheme, in the cargo bucket, an observation port 103 is formed on a third side of the cargo bucket body 1, a transparent plate is embedded in the observation port 103, and the third side is opposite to the first side. Viewing aperture 103 and transparent plate are used for looking over whether the goods of goods inside has the anomaly among this technical scheme, and the transparent plate can be glass board or other transparent material boards.

The utility model also provides a vending machine, include the goods fill. The technical scheme is obtained based on the same invention concept as the goods bucket, other structures of the technical scheme can adopt the prior art, and the goods bucket can be ensured to be used.

The number of apparatuses and the scale of the process described here are intended to simplify the description of the present invention. Applications, modifications and variations of the bucket and vending machine of the present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

While the embodiments of the invention have been described above, it is not intended to be limited to the details shown, or described, but rather to cover all modifications, which would come within the scope of the appended claims, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the art are therefore intended to be embraced therein.

Claims (9)

1. The goods fill, its characterized in that includes:

the container comprises a container body, a first side of the container body is provided with a goods inlet, a second side of the container body is provided with a goods outlet, and the first side and the second side are adjacent;

the conveying mechanism is arranged inside the cargo bucket box body, and the conveying direction of the conveying mechanism faces to the cargo outlet;

a cover plate arranged in a manner that the goods outlet can be closed or opened.

2. The bucket of claim 1 wherein the cover is hingedly attached to the outer wall of the bucket body at a location below the outlet; the cover plate is switched between a first position and a second position, when the cover plate is located at the first position, the cover plate seals the goods outlet, and when the cover plate is located at the second position, the cover plate is inclined downwards to form a guide inclined plane.

3. The bucket of claim 1, further comprising:

and the weighing mechanism is arranged at the lower part in the container body of the cargo bucket and supports the conveying mechanism.

4. The bucket of claim 1, further comprising:

the camera is arranged around the goods inlet and faces to the back of the goods inlet direction.

5. The bucket of claim 1, wherein the conveyor mechanism includes a pair of first rollers spaced in parallel, a first track disposed about the pair of first rollers, and a first drive motor in powered communication with one of the first rollers.

6. The bucket of claim 1, wherein a pair of L-shaped reinforcing plates are arranged on the outer wall of the bucket body at positions on two sides of the goods outlet, one surface of the pair of L-shaped reinforcing plates is connected with the outer wall of the bucket body, and the other surface of the pair of L-shaped reinforcing plates extends outwards;

and a pair of flanges is formed on two opposite sides of the cover plate, one flange is rotationally connected with the surface of one L-shaped reinforcing plate extending outwards, and the other flange is in power connection with an output shaft of the second driving motor.

7. The bucket according to claim 6, wherein a limit baffle is arranged on the outer wall of the bucket body between the pair of L-shaped reinforcing plates;

when the cover plate is located at the first position, the cover plate is in contact with the limiting baffle.

8. The bucket of claim 2 wherein a viewing opening is formed in a third side of the bucket body, a transparent panel is embedded in the viewing opening, and the third side is opposite the first side.

9. A vending machine comprising a bucket as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8.

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