CN212229736U

CN212229736U - Cartridge type vending machine

Info

Publication number: CN212229736U
Application number: CN202020891267.5U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 万信超; 袁亚庭
Original assignee: Wuhan Sensor Electronics Co ltd
Current assignee: Wuhan Sensor Electronics Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-05-25
Filing date: 2020-05-25
Publication date: 2020-12-25
Anticipated expiration: 2030-05-25

Abstract

The invention provides a drum type vending machine which comprises a base, a drum, a lockset and a resetting piece. The base comprises a cavity and a second accommodating cavity, a bobbin is arranged in the cavity, and the second accommodating cavity is provided with a lock for locking the bobbin and a reset piece capable of enabling the bobbin to pop out of the cavity by a certain height when the lock is unlocked. This scheme simple structure, the size is small and exquisite, is suitable for like the vending of commodities such as no-clean antiseptic solution, cigarette, electron cigarette, wine, sesame oil, lighter, lipstick, data line, earphone.

Description

Cartridge type vending machine

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of automatic vending, in particular to a drum type vending machine.

Background

The vending machine is a common commercial automation device, is not limited by time and place, can save manpower and facilitate transaction, and is a brand-new commercial retail form.

The existing cabinet type and spring type vending machine is large in size, the ratio of goods space occupying the whole space of the vending machine is not high, the waste space is too large, and the vending machine is not suitable for selling small goods. Therefore, the invention aims to provide the vending machine which is small in size, suitable for small commodities and high in commodity occupation rate.

Disclosure of Invention

Specifically, the invention provides a drum type vending machine, which comprises a base, a drum, a lock and a resetting piece, wherein:

the base comprises a first containing cavity and a second containing cavity, one surface of the base is sunk into a cavity facing to the opposite surface of the base, the depth of the cavity is smaller than the height between the two opposite surfaces, the cavity is the first containing cavity, and the inner cavity of the base is the second containing cavity;

the bobbin is provided with a lock catch, one end of the bobbin is exposed out of the base, and the end provided with the lock catch is inserted into the cavity of the base;

the lock is arranged in the second containing cavity of the base, and a lock tongue of the lock is matched with a lock catch of the bobbin;

and when the lock tongue of the lock is separated from the lock catch of the bobbin, the reset piece pushes the bobbin to move towards the direction outside the cavity.

The cylinder vending machine in this scheme, the lower extreme of cylinder is locked to the main effect of base, and the cylinder most volume can expose in the base, offers this plane of cavern at the base, and the area of cavern accounts for the ratio of the surface area of its base can exceed 70%, and the structure of base is very simple moreover. When the bobbin containing commodities is inserted into the cavity of the base, the lock tongue of the lock in the base is meshed with the lock catch of the bobbin, so that the bobbin is locked. When the cylinder type vending machine receives a purchasing instruction, the lock tongue of the lock is separated from the lock catch of the cylinder, and the reset piece pushes the cylinder to move towards the direction outside the cavity, so that a customer can take the cylinder away. Daily consumables such as a washing-free disinfectant, cigarettes, an electronic cigarette, wine, betel nuts, lighters, lipstick, a data line, earphones and the like have very high circulation rate, and the commodities are small in size and high in consumption speed and can be placed in a base to be automatically sold in a cone packaging mode.

Optionally, the lock catch is arranged on the bottom surface of the bobbin, a fastening hole is further formed in the bottom surface of the cavity, the lock catch of the bobbin penetrates through the fastening hole of the cavity and enters the second containing cavity of the base, the reset piece is a claw buckle, the claw buckle is located on the bottom surface of the cavity and faces the second containing cavity of the base, when the lock tongue of the lock is meshed with the lock catch of the bobbin, the claw buckle is pushed by the lock catch, the claw buckle deforms, and when the lock tongue of the lock is separated from the lock catch of the bobbin, the claw buckle returns to the original shape to push the lock. The function of the reset piece is mainly to push the bobbin for a certain distance at the moment that the lock tongue of the lock is separated from the lock catch of the bobbin, and the position deviating from the lock tongue is used, so that the situation that a customer does not take the bobbin away in time at the moment of unlocking is avoided, and the bobbin is locked repeatedly. Whether plastic or metal sheet has certain toughness, the toughness can lead the sheet to be deformed when receiving external force, and the sheet rebounds to the original shape when the external force is removed. By utilizing the characteristic, the pawl buckle is arranged at the occluded path of the lock tongue and the lock catch, when the bobbin is inserted into the cavity of the base, the bobbin applies external force to the pawl buckle to deform the pawl buckle, and when the lock tongue is separated from the lock catch, the pawl buckle rebounds to the original state to push the bobbin to move towards the direction outside the cavity.

Preferably, the pawl is integrally formed with the base. The integral forming can reduce the assembly parts of the equipment and reduce the assembly procedures of the finished equipment.

Optionally, the pawl is a metal sheet. When the metal sheet is adopted for assembly, one more process is needed, but the metal sheet is not easy to break, and the metal sheet has the advantages of good reliability, long service life and difficult aging.

Alternatively, the return member in a cartridge vending machine may be a spring. When the spring scheme is adopted, the lock catch is arranged on the bottom surface of the bobbin, the buckling hole is further formed in the bottom surface of the cavity, the cylinder type vending machine further comprises a pressing cover, the pressing cover is movably connected into the cavity, the pressing cover is provided with a cover hole, the cover hole of the pressing cover is opposite to the buckling hole of the cavity, the lock catch of the bobbin penetrates through the cover hole of the pressing cover and the buckling hole of the cavity to enter the second containing cavity of the base, the cavity is internally provided with a reset piece, the reset piece is a spring, and the spring is located below the pressing cover. The cylinder is inserted into the cavity, the pressure push cover and the spring are compressed, and the lock catch of the cylinder is meshed with the lock tongue of the lock; when the cylinder type vending machine receives a purchase instruction, the lock catch of the cylinder is separated from the lock tongue of the lock, the spring is reset, the cylinder is pushed to move towards the direction outside the cavity, and a customer can take away the cylinder.

Preferably, the lock is perpendicular to the bobbin, and the lock is placed at a set angle in the second cavity of the base. Similar to 45 parks the effect of stepping down, the tool to lock is the angle of setting for in the base and puts, more is favorable to space utilization's improvement, and the angle is at this within range preferred 30 to 50 in this scheme.

Preferably, the cartridge dispenser further comprises an attachment socket. The connecting seats are used for splicing and connecting two cylinder type vending machines, and the second containing cavity of the base is also provided with a seat hole matched with the connecting seats. The structure is convenient to adapt to the occupation size of various installation environments when the structure can be assembled.

Optionally, the lock is arranged in parallel with the bobbin, the lock catch is arranged on the side face of the bobbin, the bobbin vending machine further comprises a steering piece, the steering piece can be twisted, one end of the steering piece is used for being connected with the lock catch of the bobbin, and the other end of the steering piece is used for being connected with a lock tongue of the lock. Because the shape of the bobbin has the characteristics of slender and long, the existing lock main body is generally rectangular, and the lock tongue extends and retracts in the length direction of the lock. The general placement viewing angle of the drum-type vending machine is as follows: the bobbin is vertical. When the lock is arranged perpendicular to the bobbin, i.e. the lock is transverse. The angle of the overlooking projection is that the surface with the largest surface area of the lock occupies the surface of the cavity of the base. If the lock can be arranged parallel to the bobbin, the face with the smallest surface area of the lock occupies the face of the cavity of the base. Therefore, the vertical space of the base can be effectively utilized, and the transverse space of the base is saved. Because the lock tongue stretches in the length direction of the lock, a steering piece needs to be added to connect the lock and the bobbin in the scheme that the lock and the bobbin are arranged in parallel, and the force transmission direction is changed.

Preferably, the cartridge type vending machine further comprises a base cover, the base cover is arranged at the upper end of the base, the base cover is provided with a cover hole, and the cover hole corresponds to the upper end of the cartridge. The addition of the base cover may enhance the protection of the cartridge vending machine. In the locked state of the cartridge, the cartridge may be flush with the cover aperture, and when the cartridge vending machine is unlocked, the cartridge pops out a certain height. The bobbin can also penetrate through the cover hole by a certain height, and the penetrating height is preferably within the range of 1 CM. The bobbin can also be lower than the cover hole by a certain height, and the lower height is preferably within the range of 1CM, so that when the drum type vending machine is unlocked, the popped height is convenient for a user to take the bobbin. The base cover can protect the drum type vending machine to a certain extent, and prevent people from forcibly pulling the drum to maliciously damage the drum.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the overall effect of a first embodiment of a cartridge vending machine;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a first embodiment of a cartridge vending machine;

fig. 3, the reset member in the first embodiment is a schematic view of a pawl-type fastening scheme;

fig. 4, the return element in the first embodiment is a schematic view of a spring solution;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing the effect comparison between different lock placing modes;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural view of an embodiment with a base cover;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating the overall effect of the embodiment with a base cover;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a splicing effect of the first embodiment;

fig. 9 is a schematic view of another assembly effect of the first embodiment;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of the overall effect of the second cartridge vending machine embodiment;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of a second embodiment of the cartridge vending machine;

FIG. 12 is a schematic partial structure diagram of the second embodiment;

fig. 13 is a schematic view of the arrangement effect of the second lock according to the embodiment.

The reference numbers in the figures illustrate: 10-base, 11-cavity, 12-bottom cover, 13-battery cover, 14-claw buckle, 15-base hole, 20-bobbin, 21-lock catch, 30-lock, 31-bolt, 40-circuit board, 50-battery, 60-connecting seat, 70-pressing cover, 80-spring, 90-base cover, 91-cover hole and 100-steering piece.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that the embodiments described are only a few embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the described embodiments without any inventive step, are within the scope of protection of the invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "vertical", "horizontal", "length", "width", "upper", "middle", "lower", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the referenced device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, and be operated, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

Furthermore, the use of "first," "second," and similar language in the description and claims of the present patent application does not denote any order, quantity, or importance, but rather the intention is to distinguish one element from another.

In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically defined otherwise.

One embodiment of a cartridge vending machine is shown in fig. 1 and 2. Wherein the base 10 is a cuboid, and the base 10 comprises two cavities. The top surface of the base 10 sinks to the bottom surface to form a cavity 11, the depth of the cavity 11 is smaller than the height of the base 10, the cavity 11 is a first cavity, and the inner cavity of the base is a second cavity. The bobbin 20 has an elongated cylindrical shape, and the bobbin 20 can contain commodities. For example: a washing-free disinfectant, a cigarette, an electronic cigarette, betel nuts, a lighter, lipstick, a data line, an earphone and the like. For example: and (5) bottling the white spirit in a cone shape. A lock 21 is provided on the bottom surface of the bobbin 20. The bottom surface of the cavity 11 is further provided with a fastening hole, a fastener 21 of the bobbin passes through the fastening hole of the cavity 11 and enters the second cavity of the base 10, the upper end of the bobbin 20 is exposed out of the base, and the lower end of the bobbin is inserted into the cavity 11 of the base. The lock 30 is transversely arranged in the second cavity of the base, and a lock tongue 31 of the lock is matched with a lock catch 21 of the bobbin. The cartridge 20 is locked in the base 10 when the latch 31 of the lock engages the cartridge catch 21. The circuit board 40 is fixed in the second cavity of the base 10, and the bottom cover 12 closes the second cavity of the base. A third containing cavity is further formed in the side face of the base, a battery 50 is placed in the third containing cavity, and the side cover 13 closes the third containing cavity of the base. The battery is adopted for power supply, so that the automatic placement of the cylinder type vending machine is more convenient.

As shown in fig. 3, the cartridge type vending machine further comprises a reset piece, and the reset piece is a claw buckle. The left drawing in fig. 3 shows the form of the latch when the vending machine is locked, and the right drawing shows the form of the latch when the vending machine is unlocked. The pawl 14 is located at the bottom of the cavity 11 and faces the second receptacle of the base. The clasps 14 may be U-shaped or S-shaped. When the bolt 31 of the lock is engaged with the lock catch 21 of the bobbin, the lock catch 21 pushes the pawl 14, and the pawl 14 deforms. When the lock tongue 31 of the lock is separated from the lock catch 21 of the spool, the pawl catch 14 is restored in shape to push the lock catch 21.

As shown in fig. 4, the return member in a cartridge type vending machine is a spring. The drum type vending machine further comprises a pressing cover 70, the pressing cover 70 is movably connected into the cavity 11, a cover hole is formed in the pressing cover 70, the cover hole of the pressing cover is opposite to the buckling hole of the cavity, the lock catch 21 of the drum penetrates through the cover hole of the pressing cover 70 and the buckling hole of the cavity 11 to enter the second containing cavity of the base, the spring 80 is clamped in the cavity 11, and the spring 80 is located below the pressing cover 70. When the spool 20 is inserted into the cavity 11, the spring is in a compressed state after the bolt of the lock is engaged with the spool. When the cylinder type vending machine receives an unlocking command, a lock tongue of the lock is separated from the cylinder, and the spring restores to push the cylinder to move upwards.

In the first embodiment, the bobbin is vertically arranged, and the lock is transversely arranged. The bobbin and the lock are mutually perpendicular in the three-dimensional space.

As shown in fig. 5, the lock is placed in a plane in the base, and if the lock and the bobbin are horizontally placed in a straight line, the total length of the base is the longest. If the lockset and the bobbin are arranged at a certain angle, the total length of the base can be effectively controlled. Therefore, the lock is placed at a set angle in the second cavity of the base, so that the space is saved.

As shown in fig. 6, the cartridge type vending machine further includes a base cover 90, the base cover 90 is disposed at the upper end of the base 10, the base cover 90 is provided with a cover hole 91, and the cover hole 91 corresponds to the upper end of the cartridge 20. The overall effect is shown in figure 7.

As shown in FIG. 1, the cartridge type vending machine further comprises a connecting socket 60, and a socket hole 15 matched with the connecting socket 60 is further formed on the bottom cover 12 of the base 10. The coupling receptacle 60 and the receptacle aperture allow multiple cartridge merchandisers to be assembled as shown in fig. 8 and 9.

Yet another embodiment of a cartridge vending machine is shown in fig. 10. The base 10 is a cylinder, the upper end of the base 10 is provided with a base cover 90 with a shape matched with the shape, and the base cover 90 is provided with a cover hole 91 for ejecting the bobbin 20. Fig. 11 and 12 show a detailed structure thereof. The base 10 includes a cavity and a second cavity, and the bobbin 20 is disposed in the cavity. In this embodiment, the lock 21 is disposed on the side of the bobbin 20. The lock 30 is vertically arranged in the second cavity of the base, that is, the lock 30 is arranged in parallel with the bobbin 20. The drum vending machine further comprises a turning member 100, the turning member 100 being twistable, the turning member 100 being adapted at one end for connection to the lock catch 21 of the drum and at one end for connection to the locking tongue 31 of the lock. Below the bobbin 20 is a gland 70, the gland 70 being movably connected to the cavity. The gland function in embodiment two is the same as in embodiment one, but the gland structure in both embodiments may be different. Since the latch is disposed on the bottom of the bobbin in the first embodiment, the pressing cover must be provided with a hole for the latch to pass through. In the second embodiment, the lock catch is arranged on the side surface of the bobbin, so that the pressing cover can be provided with no hole. In the second embodiment, the pressing cover is provided with a pair of climbers, the bottom surface of the cavity is provided with a pair of buckling holes, the climbers of the pressing cover penetrate through the buckling holes in the bottom surface of the cavity, and the pressing cover is movably arranged in the cavity. Optionally, the gland and the cavity can be provided with ribs through the outer wall of the gland, and the inner wall of the cavity is provided with opposite grooves so as to realize movable connection of the gland in the cavity. A spring 80 is disposed below the gland 70. When the bobbin 20 is inserted into the cavity 11, one end of the steering member 100 engages the bobbin lock catch and the other end engages the lock 30, with the spring in a compressed state. When the cylinder type vending machine receives an unlocking command, a lock tongue of the lock is separated from the cylinder, the steering piece 100 rotates, one end of the steering piece meshed with the lock catch is deviated and separated from the meshing with the lock catch, and the spring restores to push the cylinder to move upwards. In this embodiment, the steering member has a torsion spring therein, so that it has a function of turning.

The arrangement effect of the lock in the second embodiment is shown in fig. 13. The bobbin is slender, and the cavity of fixed bobbin is also slender, therefore the high space of base is more abundant, consequently, tool to lock 30 sets up the space that can more fully utilize the direction of height in the second appearance chamber of base vertically.

The drum type vending machine provided by the invention has the advantages of small size, high space utilization rate and high goods occupation rate.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above examples are only intended to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, but not to limit it; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced, or some technical features may be recombined; the modifications, substitutions and rearrangements do not depart from the spirit of the invention in its scope. The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and all equivalent changes and modifications made in accordance with the claims of the present invention should be covered by the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. A cartridge vending machine, comprising:

2. A cartridge vending machine according to claim 1, wherein: the lock catch is arranged on the bottom surface of the bobbin, a buckling hole is formed in the bottom surface of the cavity, the lock catch of the bobbin penetrates through the buckling hole of the cavity and enters the second containing cavity of the base, the reset piece is a claw buckle, the claw buckle is located on the bottom surface of the cavity and faces the second containing cavity of the base, when a lock tongue of the lock is meshed with the lock catch of the bobbin, the claw buckle is pushed by the lock catch, the claw buckle deforms, and when a lock tongue of the lock is separated from the lock catch of the bobbin, the claw buckle returns to the original shape to push the lock catch.

3. A cartridge vending machine according to claim 2, wherein: the claw buckle and the base are integrally formed.

4. A cartridge vending machine according to claim 2, wherein: the pawl is a metal sheet.

5. A cartridge vending machine according to claim 1, wherein: the cylinder vending machine further comprises a pressing cover, the pressing cover is movably connected in the cavity, the pressing cover is provided with a cover hole, the cover hole of the pressing cover is opposite to the buckling hole of the cavity, the lock catch of the cylinder penetrates through the cover hole of the pressing cover and the buckling hole of the cavity to enter a second containing cavity of the base, a reset piece is clamped in the cavity, the reset piece is a spring, and the spring is located below the pressing cover.

6. A cartridge vending machine according to any of claims 1 to 5, wherein: the lock is perpendicular to the bobbin, and the lock is placed at a set angle in the second cavity of the base.

7. The cartridge vending machine of claim 6, further comprising: the connecting seat, the connecting seat is used for two liang of cylinder vending machine's the connection of assembling, and the second of base holds the chamber and still sets up with the seat hole that the connecting seat matches.

8. A cartridge vending machine according to any of claims 1 to 5, wherein: the cylinder type vending machine comprises a cylinder, a lock bolt, a lock catch and a steering piece, wherein the lock is arranged in parallel with the cylinder, the lock catch is arranged on the side surface of the cylinder, the steering piece can be twisted, one end of the steering piece is used for being connected with the lock catch of the cylinder, and the other end of the steering piece is used for being connected with the lock bolt of the lock.

9. The cartridge vending machine of claim 6, further comprising: and the base cover is arranged at the upper end of the base, and is provided with a cover hole corresponding to the upper end of the bobbin.