CN212659138U - Article placing space of automatic vending equipment and automatic vending equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to an article placing space of automatic vending equipment, which comprises a bottom surface, a top surface, a left side surface, a right side surface and an external box door; the exterior door is disposed over an opening of the space adjacent an exterior of the vending apparatus; the automatic vending machine further comprises an inner box door, wherein the inner box door is arranged on an opening on one surface of the space opposite to the outer box door, and when the inner box door is opened, the space is communicated with the inner space of the automatic vending machine, so that articles can be conveniently put in the automatic vending machine; the interior door being closed such that the space is spaced from an interior space of the vending apparatus; the inner box door, when opened, rises along the left and right side surfaces and into the space adjacent the top surface. The utility model discloses still relate to an automatic vending equipment. Implement the utility model discloses an automatic vending equipment's article are placed space and automatic vending equipment has following beneficial effect: the inner box door does not occupy the inner space of the equipment, and the space utilization rate is higher.

Description

Article placing space of automatic vending equipment and automatic vending equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an automatic vending equipment, more specifically say, relate to an automatic vending equipment's article are placed space and automatic vending equipment.

Background

In the vending machine, there is a general way of placing the vending articles using a channel and placing the articles in the placing spaces one by one. Generally, the articles in the way of the lane are small in volume, such as snacks or beverages, and the like; the storage space is usually large in size and has special requirements, such as a lunch box for fast food. With the former approach, there may be a pick-up space where the device places a lane of products purchased by the user into the pick-up space where the user picks up the items. Therefore, the goods taking space and the goods placing space relate to the problem of theft prevention, and generally a rear panel or a rear door is arranged, so that the goods can be opened and closed, the goods can be placed in the space when the rear panel or the rear door is opened, and the connection between the space and the inside of the equipment is cut off when the rear panel or the rear door is closed, so that a user can take the goods conveniently. In the prior art, this back panel or back door is opened or slid to the inside of the device, and it needs to leave a sufficient moving space inside the device, and therefore, it needs to occupy the inside position of the device, so that the space setting inside the device is affected to some extent, and the space utilization rate is not high.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The to-be-solved technical problem of the utility model lies in, to the above-mentioned not high defect of the space utilization that occupies equipment inner space, equipment inside of prior art, provide one kind and need not occupy equipment inner space, the higher automatic vending equipment's of space utilization article place space and automatic vending equipment.

The utility model provides a technical scheme that its technical problem adopted is: the article placing space of the automatic vending equipment comprises a bottom surface, a top surface, a left side surface, a right side surface and an external box door, wherein the bottom surface, the top surface, the left side surface and the right side surface are in mutual contact to form a space for placing articles; the exterior door is disposed on an opening of the space adjacent an exterior of the vending apparatus, which opens or closes to communicate or isolate the space from an exterior environment; the inner box door is arranged on an opening on one surface of the space opposite to the outer box door, and when the inner box door is opened, the space is communicated with the inner space of the automatic vending equipment, so that articles can be conveniently put in the inner box door; the interior door being closed such that the space is spaced from an interior space of the vending apparatus; the inner box door, when opened, rises along the left and right side surfaces and into the space adjacent the top surface.

Furthermore, the inner box door comprises a door plate, a connecting plate is arranged in the middle of the top end of the door plate and fixed to the top end of the door plate through a rotating shaft, the connecting plate is further connected with a driving assembly of the inner box door, and under the action of the driving assembly, the door plate is pulled to move upwards to open the inner box door or push the door plate to close the space and the opening of the inner space of the vending equipment downwards.

Furthermore, the different height positions of the two sides of the door panel are respectively provided with a first rolling bearing and a second rolling bearing, and the left side plate and the right side plate of the space are respectively provided with a first limiting slot and a second limiting slot; the first rolling axis is placed in the first defined slot and is defined in the first defined slot when moving; the second rolling bearing is placed in the second defining slot and is defined in the second defining slot when moving.

Furthermore, the inner surface of the door plate is provided with a boosting wheel used for pushing the articles placed in the space when the inner box door is closed; the pair of boosting wheels is respectively arranged at the positions symmetrical to the center line of the door panel in the width direction.

Still further, the drive assembly includes a motor and a timing belt driven by the motor; the motor and the synchronous belt are arranged in the middle of the space in the width direction; the motor with the hold-in range is installed the surface of top surface, the intermediate position of top surface is provided with and is used for the cooperation the connecting plate is along with the microscler opening that the hold-in range removed.

Furthermore, the driving assembly is mounted on the outer surface of the top surface through a mounting bracket, one end between the mounting brackets is provided with a motor and a driving wheel, and the other end of the mounting bracket is provided with a driven wheel; the synchronous belt is in contact with the driving wheel and the driven wheel and forms a closed ring.

Furthermore, one end of the connecting plate is connected to the lower half circumference of the synchronous belt, and the other end of the connecting plate is connected to the middle position of the top end of the inner box door through a rotating shaft.

Furthermore, the inner surfaces of the left side surface and the right side surface of the space are respectively provided with a guide strip for standardizing the position of the article entering the space.

Furthermore, infrared correlation components for detecting whether articles exist in the space are further installed on the outer surfaces of the left side surface and the right side surface of the space, and through holes are formed in the corresponding positions of the left side surface and the right side surface, so that infrared rays emitted by the infrared correlation components can pass through the space; and the bottom surface is also provided with a roller convenient for moving the articles.

The utility model discloses still relate to an automatic vending equipment, place the space including article, article place the space be above arbitrary article place the space.

Implement the utility model discloses an automatic vending equipment's article are placed space and automatic vending equipment has following beneficial effect: owing to be provided with inside chamber door, can keep apart other inner spaces that should place space and automatic vending equipment when needing, and when the connection of the inner space that needs open above-mentioned placing space and automatic vending equipment, this inside chamber door gets into above-mentioned placing space along the above-mentioned side of controlling of placing space, can not occupy the inner space of this automatic vending equipment. Therefore, the device does not need to occupy the internal space of the device, and the space utilization rate is high.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is an exploded schematic view of an article placing space of the vending machine and a placing space of an embodiment of the vending machine according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the embodiment when no article is placed in the placement space;

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of the embodiment when an article is placed in the placement space;

fig. 4 is a plan view of the inner box door of the placing space in the embodiment when it is opened;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line A-A of the inner box door during closing in the illustrated embodiment;

fig. 7 is a sectional view taken along line a-a when the inner door is fully closed in the embodiment.

Detailed Description

The embodiments of the present invention will be further explained with reference to the drawings.

As shown in fig. 1, 2 and 3, in the embodiment of the article placing space and the vending apparatus of the present invention, the article placing space of the vending apparatus includes a bottom surface 1, a top surface 2, a left side surface 3, a right side surface 4 and an external box door (not shown in the figure), and the bottom surface 1, the top surface 2, the left side surface 3 and the right side surface 4 contact with each other to form a space for placing articles; the exterior door is disposed on an opening of the space adjacent to the exterior of the vending apparatus (i.e., the opening to the left in fig. 1), which opens or closes such that the space is in communication with or isolated from the exterior environment; the automatic vending machine further comprises an inner box door 5, wherein the inner box door 5 is arranged on an opening on one side of the space opposite to the outer box door (please refer to fig. 1), and when the inner box door 5 is opened, the space is communicated with the inner space of the automatic vending machine, so that articles can be conveniently put into the space and wait for being taken away by a user; when the inner box door 5 is closed, the space is separated from the inner space of the automatic vending equipment, so that the space cannot enter the inner space of the automatic vending equipment, and the safety of other articles in the automatic vending equipment is ensured; the inner box door 5, when opened, rises along the left and right side faces and into the space adjacent the top face 2. In other words, the inner door 5, when opened, is accessible inside the space, and does not need to be outside the space, i.e. inside the vending apparatus, to leave room for it to move.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the inner door 5 includes a door panel 51, a connection plate 6 is disposed at a middle position of a top end of the door panel 51, one end of the connection plate 6 is fixed to the top end of the door panel 51 through a rotation shaft and can rotate around the rotation shaft (i.e., form any angle with the door panel 51), and the other end of the connection plate 6 is further connected to a driving assembly 7 of the inner door 5, and under the action of the driving assembly 7, the door panel 51 is pulled to move upwards to open the inner door or the door panel 51 is pushed to close the opening of the space and the inner space of the vending machine downwards. That is to say, in this embodiment, the driving assembly 7 and the connecting plate 6 are used to transmit the power of the driving assembly 7 to the door panel 51, so that the door panel 51 enters the space according to the set movement track, so as to open the connecting channel between the space and the vending machine, thereby facilitating the placement of the article or pushing the door panel 51 out of the space according to the set track, and further separating the connection between the space and the inner space of the vending machine, thereby ensuring the safety of the article inside the vending machine.

In the present embodiment, the set movement locus of the door panel 51 described above is determined by structures provided on the door panel and on the left and right sides of the space. The door plate 51 is provided with a first rolling bearing 52 and a second rolling bearing 53 at different height positions of two sides, and the left side surface 3 and the right side surface 4 of the space are provided with a first limiting slot and a second limiting slot respectively; in the present embodiment, the first limiting slot on the right side surface 4 is a right first limiting slot 41, and the second limiting slot on the right side surface 4 is a right second limiting slot 42, please refer to fig. 1; while the first defining slot on the left side 3 is a left first defining slot 31 and the second defining slot on the left side 3 is a left second defining slot 32, see fig. 5. The door plate 51 is provided on both left and right sides thereof with the above-described first rolling bearing 52 and second rolling bearing 53, respectively. The first rolling shaft 52 on the left side of the door panel 51 is placed in the left first defining slot 31 and is defined in the left first defining slot 31 when the door panel 51 moves; the first rolling shaft 52 on the right side of the door panel 51 is placed in the right first defining slot 41 and is defined in the right first defining slot 41 when the door panel 51 moves. Likewise, the second rolling shaft 53 on the left side of the door panel 51 is placed in the left second defining slot 32 and is defined in the left second defining slot 32 when the door panel 51 moves; the second rolling shaft 53 on the right side of the door panel 51 is placed in the right second defining slot 42 and is defined in the right second defining slot 42 when the door panel 51 moves. Thus, when the driving assembly 7 is pulled or pushed, the door panel 51 is forced to move and is restricted by the first and second limiting slots to enter or exit the space with an arc-shaped movement track. In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 and 5, the first limiting slit is linear parallel to the top surface 2, and the second limiting slit is curved including an elliptical arc. The first rolling shafts 52 are disposed on both sides of the top of the door panel 51, and the second rolling shafts 53 are disposed on both sides of the door panel 51 at a position about one third from the top.

In this embodiment, a push roller 54 for pushing the object 9 placed in the space when the inner door 5 is closed is provided on the inner surface of the door panel 51; the pair of the boosting wheels 54 is respectively disposed at positions symmetrical to the center line of the door panel 51 in the width direction, as shown in fig. 2, 3, 6 and 7. Fig. 2 shows a schematic view of the space without the article placed therein, in which the position of the booster wheel 54 can be clearly seen, and fig. 3 shows the article 9 placed therein, in which the booster wheel 54 is located behind the article 9 and is shielded by the article 9.

Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 4, in the present embodiment, the driving assembly 7 includes a motor 71 and a timing belt 72 driven by the motor 71; the motor 71 and the synchronous belt 72 are arranged at the middle position in the width direction of the space, please refer to fig. 4, and the top view of the space in fig. 4 shows the arrangement position of the driving unit 7 clearly; the motor 71 and the synchronous belt 72 are installed on the outer surface of the top surface 2, and a long opening 21 for matching the connecting plate 6 to move along with the synchronous belt 72 is arranged in the middle of the top surface 2. That is, the timing belt 72 is positioned above the elongated opening 21.

Specifically, the driving assembly 7 is mounted on the outer surface of the top surface 2 through a mounting bracket, one end (end close to the outer box door) of the mounting bracket is provided with a motor 71 and a driving wheel, and the other end (end close to the inner box door) of the mounting bracket is provided with a driven wheel; the timing belt 72 is in contact with the drive pulley and the driven pulley and forms a closed loop. One end of the connecting plate 6 is connected to the lower half of the timing belt 72 (i.e., the portion of the timing belt 72 close to the top surface 2 or the portion of the timing belt 72 forming a ring shape close to the top surface 2), and the other end is connected to the middle position of the top end of the door panel 51 of the inner box door 5 through a rotating shaft. The positions of the motor 71, the driving wheel and the driven wheel support, etc. of the above-described drive assembly 7 are shown in fig. 4. It should be noted that the rotation of the motor 71 must be controlled and related to the position of the door plate 51, in order to accurately determine the position of the door plate 51, in the embodiment, two ends of the driving assembly 7 are further provided with a travel switch, including a door plate open-in travel switch 73 and a door plate close-in travel switch 74, please refer to fig. 1, by detecting the signals output by the two travel switches, the position of the inner box door 5 can be accurately known, and the rotation and stop of the motor 71 in the driving assembly 7 can be controlled.

In this embodiment, the inner surfaces of the left side surface 3 and the right side surface 4 of the space are respectively provided with a guide strip, including a left guide strip 81 and a right guide strip 82, for standardizing the position of the article entering the space and ensuring that the article is approximately in the middle position when entering the space. Meanwhile, in fig. 2, an electrically controlled lock 83 of the outer box door is further installed on the left side surface 3, and the electrically controlled lock 83 is used for locking the outer box door.

Meanwhile, infrared correlation components for detecting whether articles exist in the space are further mounted on the outer surfaces of the left side surface 3 and the right side surface 4 of the space, the infrared correlation components comprise an infrared receiving component 84 and an infrared emitting component 85, and through holes are formed in the corresponding positions of the left side surface 3 and the right side surface 4, so that infrared rays emitted by the infrared correlation components can pass through the space; of course, in some cases in this embodiment, the installation positions of the infrared receiving module 84 and the infrared emitting module 85 can be reversed. Since the articles 9 are snack boxes in some cases in this embodiment, the exterior surfaces of the snack boxes are soft and heavy, in order to facilitate the articles 9 to move in the space, in this embodiment, rollers 11 for facilitating the movement of the articles are further disposed on the bottom surface 1, as shown in fig. 1 and 2.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, fig. 5, fig. 6, and fig. 7 are schematic diagrams of the positional relationship among the components in different states of the inner box door, which are viewed from the same position in the same direction. These figures show the position of the inner door 5 in different situations, for example, figure 5 shows the positional relationship between the space and its contents 9 when the inner door 5 is open, figure 6 shows the positional relationship when the inner door 5 is closed halfway, and figure 7 shows the positional relationship when the inner door 5 is fully closed. Notably, in fig. 5 and 6, the article 9 is closer to the interior of the vending apparatus; in fig. 7, the position of the article 9 is pushed to the outer door side by the pushing wheel 54, and is closer to the article-taking position for the user, so that the user can take the article 9 conveniently.

The utility model discloses still relate to an automatic vending equipment, place the space including article, article place the space be above arbitrary article place the space.

The above-mentioned embodiments only represent some embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is specific and detailed, but not to be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit of the present invention, several variations and modifications can be made, which are within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be subject to the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. An article placing space of automatic vending equipment comprises a bottom surface, a top surface, a left side surface, a right side surface and an external box door, wherein the bottom surface, the top surface, the left side surface and the right side surface are in mutual contact to form a space for placing articles; the exterior door is disposed on an opening of the space adjacent an exterior of the vending apparatus, which opens or closes to communicate or isolate the space from an exterior environment; the automatic vending machine is characterized by further comprising an inner box door, wherein the inner box door is arranged on an opening on one surface of the space opposite to the outer box door, and when the inner box door is opened, the space is communicated with the inner space of the automatic vending machine, so that articles can be conveniently put in the automatic vending machine; the interior door being closed such that the space is spaced from an interior space of the vending apparatus; the inner box door, when opened, rises along the left and right side surfaces and into the space adjacent the top surface.

2. The article placing space of the vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the inner box door comprises a door plate, a connecting plate is disposed at a middle position of a top end of the door plate, the connecting plate is fixed at the top end of the door plate through a rotating shaft, the connecting plate is further connected with a driving assembly of the inner box door, and under the action of the driving assembly, the door plate is pulled to move upwards to open the inner box door or pushed to close the space and an opening of the inner space of the vending machine downwards.

3. The article placing space of the vending apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the door panel is provided with a first rolling bearing and a second rolling bearing at different height positions of both side edges thereof, and the space is provided with a first limiting slot and a second limiting slot on the left and right side plates thereof, respectively; the first rolling axis is placed in the first defined slot and is defined in the first defined slot when moving; the second rolling bearing is placed in the second defining slot and is defined in the second defining slot when moving.

4. An article placing space of a vending apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the door panel is provided on an inner surface thereof with a push-assist wheel for pushing an article placed in the space when the inner door is closed; the pair of boosting wheels is respectively arranged at the positions symmetrical to the center line of the door panel in the width direction.

5. The article placing space of the vending apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the driving assembly includes a motor and a timing belt driven by the motor; the motor and the synchronous belt are arranged in the middle of the space in the width direction; the motor with the hold-in range is installed the surface of top surface, the intermediate position of top surface is provided with and is used for the cooperation the connecting plate is along with the microscler opening that the hold-in range removed.

6. The article placing space of the vending apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the driving assembly is mounted on an outer surface of the top surface through mounting brackets, one end between the mounting brackets is a motor and a driving wheel, and the other end of the mounting brackets is provided with a driven wheel; the synchronous belt is in contact with the driving wheel and the driven wheel and forms a closed ring.

7. The article placing space of the vending apparatus according to claim 6, wherein one end of the connecting plate is connected to a lower half circumference of the timing belt, and the other end thereof is connected to a top end middle position of the inner box door through a rotating shaft.

8. An article placing space of a vending apparatus according to claim 7, wherein guide bars are respectively provided on inner surfaces of left and right sides of the space for regulating a position of the article entering the space.

9. The article placing space of the vending apparatus according to claim 8, wherein infrared correlation components for detecting whether the article exists in the space are further installed on the outer surfaces of the left side surface and the right side surface of the space, and through holes are provided at the corresponding positions of the left side surface and the right side surface so that infrared rays emitted from the infrared correlation components can pass through the inside of the space; and the bottom surface is also provided with a roller convenient for moving the articles.

10. A vending apparatus comprising an article placing space, wherein said article placing space is an article placing space according to any one of claims 1-9.

Images