CN213690799U - Storage discharging device and vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a storage discharging device and vending machine, this storage discharging device includes: a support frame; the storage slideway is movably arranged on the support frame; the blocking mechanism is arranged on the material storage slide way and used for preventing or allowing the material on the material storage slide way to be output; and the adjusting mechanism is used for adjusting the inclination angle of the storage slide way relative to the horizontal plane, so that the storage slide way can be switched between a horizontal state and an inclined state. The storage discharging device of this scheme can effectively promote the convenience of feed supplement process, can avoid causing the damage to stop mechanism simultaneously.

Description

Storage discharging device and vending machine

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an automation equipment technical field especially relates to a storage discharging device and vending machine.

Background

Along with the development of automation technology, various vending machines (such as catering vending machines, snack vending machines and the like) appear on the market, and the vending machines are provided with a storage and discharge device, so that the functions of material storage and automatic output can be realized. At present, some storage discharging devices on the market are provided with dead-weight slideways, the output ends of the dead-weight slideways are provided with blocking mechanisms, materials can slide down on the dead-weight slideways under the action of self gravity, and blocking and outputting of the materials are realized through state changes of the blocking mechanisms. The dead weight slide way of the device has a certain inclination angle, so that if the material is directly placed at the highest point and freely slides downwards, the material can obtain a larger sliding speed, certain damage can be caused to the blocking mechanism, the service life of the blocking mechanism is influenced, and meanwhile, certain impact influence can be generated on the material. Therefore, in the daily feed supplement process, the staff need hold the material and put down from the upper end all the time, because the slide is longer, and the clearance between the slide is less, leads to the feed supplement process inconvenient, wastes time and energy.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Based on this, it is necessary to provide a storage discharging device and vending machine to above-mentioned problem, and this storage discharging device can effectively promote the convenience of feed supplement process, can avoid causing the damage to blocking mechanism simultaneously.

A stock material discharge device comprising:

a support frame;

the storage slideway is movably arranged on the support frame;

the blocking mechanism is arranged on the material storage slide way and used for preventing or allowing the material on the material storage slide way to be output; and

the adjusting mechanism is used for adjusting the inclination angle of the storage slide way relative to the horizontal plane, so that the storage slide way can be switched between a horizontal state and an inclined state.

Above-mentioned storage discharging device is under normal operating condition, and the storage slide is in the tilt state, and the output of storage slide this moment is less than the input, and the storage slide can regard as the dead weight slide to use, and the material on the storage slide can slide to stop mechanism department under self action of gravity, realizes stopping or exporting of material through stopping mechanism. And adjust the inclination of storage slide through adjustment mechanism, can also make the inclined state that the storage slide has different angles to can make the material possess different gliding speed according to actual demand. When needs carry out the feed supplement, adjust the storage slide to the horizontality through adjustment mechanism, the output and the input parallel and level of slide this moment, the staff only need put into the material one by one the input of storage slide, the material of putting into after can be with the material of putting into earlier forward propelling movement gently, until putting whole storage slide full, whole feed supplement process easy operation is convenient, can effectively promote the feed supplement convenience, and the material can not produce the impact to blocking mechanism, can avoid causing the damage to blocking mechanism.

In one of them embodiment, the support frame includes relative and fixed bolster and the movable support that the interval set up, the input of storage slide with fixed bolster rotatable coupling, the position that the adjacent output of storage slide with movable support rotatable coupling, adjustment mechanism with movable support drive fit, in order to drive the storage slide overturns from top to bottom.

In one of them embodiment, the storage slide is provided with at least two-layer along the direction of height interval of support frame, each layer the input of storage slide all with fixed bolster rotatable coupling, each layer the position that the adjacent output of storage slide all with movable support rotatable coupling, fixed bolster movable support and arbitrary adjacent two-layer constitute four-bar linkage between the storage slide, each layer the storage slide can be in synchronous motion under adjustment mechanism's the drive.

In one embodiment, a support seat is arranged below the support frame corresponding to the storage slideway at the lowest layer, and the support seat is used for supporting the movable support so as to keep the storage slideway in the inclined state.

In one embodiment, the storage slide is provided with at least two rows at intervals along the width direction of the support frame, the input ends of the storage slides are respectively connected with the fixed frame in a rotatable manner, the positions of the storage slides adjacent to the output ends are respectively connected with the movable support in a rotatable manner, and the storage slides can move synchronously under the driving of the adjusting mechanism.

In one embodiment, the fixed bracket comprises two fixed vertical rods which are opposite and arranged at intervals, and a first transverse shaft connected between the two fixed vertical rods, wherein a first hinge seat is fixed at the input end of the storage chute and is rotatably sleeved on the first transverse shaft;

and/or, the movable support is including relative and two activity pole settings that the interval set up, and connect in two second cross axle between the activity pole setting, the bottom of the adjacent output of storage slide is fixed with the second free bearing, the second free bearing rotationally the cover is located on the second cross axle.

In one embodiment, the storage chute is provided with a plurality of rolling members along the conveying direction, and the rolling members are used for being matched with the bottom surface of the material in a rolling manner.

In one embodiment, the adjusting mechanism comprises a driving part and a driving rod connected with the driving part, the movable support is provided with an ejector corresponding to the top end of the driving rod, and the driving rod can vertically extend and retract under the driving of the driving part so as to be matched with the ejector in an abutting mode.

In one embodiment, the adjusting mechanisms are provided in two sets, and the two sets of adjusting mechanisms respectively act on two opposite sides of the movable support in the width direction.

The application still provides an automatic vending machine, includes as above the storage discharging device.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification.

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a first state of a storage and discharge device according to an embodiment (in which a storage chute is in an inclined state);

fig. 2 is a side view of the stock discharge device of fig. 1;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of a second state of the material storage and discharge device in fig. 1 (in which a material storage chute is in a horizontal state);

fig. 4 is a front view of the stock discharge device of fig. 3;

FIG. 5 is a side view of the magazine outfeed device of FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 5 at A;

fig. 7 is a partially enlarged schematic view of a portion B in fig. 5.

Detailed Description

In order to make the above objects, features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein, as those skilled in the art will be able to make similar modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

The application provides an automatic vending machine, including but not limited to food and beverage vending machine, snacks vending machine etc.. This vending machine includes storage discharging device, and after customer's order, storage discharging device can be according to the material (or the goods) of order information output corresponding quantity. For example, in this embodiment, this vending machine specifically can sell the machine for the food and beverage, and this storage discharging device specifically can realize eating the storage of material as the freezer device. For example, aiming at a machine for selling rice in clay pot, the clay pot filled with food materials and the material box filled with auxiliary materials can be stored simultaneously through the storage and discharge device, and after receiving a cooking instruction, the storage and discharge device works and can output the corresponding clay pot and the corresponding material box. The following description mainly refers to specific embodiments of the stock discharging device.

Referring to fig. 1 to 5, a material storing and discharging device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a supporting frame 10, a material storing slideway 20, a blocking mechanism 30, and an adjusting mechanism 40. The storage slideway 20 is movably arranged on the support frame 10; the blocking mechanism 30 is arranged on the storage chute 20, and the blocking mechanism 30 is used for preventing or allowing the material on the storage chute 20 to be output; the adjustment mechanism 40 is used to adjust the inclination angle of the magazine slide 20 with respect to the horizontal plane.

Specifically, the support frame 10 constitutes a main frame structure of the storage discharging device, and is used for installing the storage chute 20. The quantity of storage slide 20 can set up according to actual conditions, and in order to promote material storage capacity, storage slide 20 is provided with a plurality ofly usually, and a plurality of storage slides 20 arrange into multilayer multiseriate, for example, in this embodiment, install 8 layers 4 in the support frame 10 altogether and be 32 storage slides 20 in total. The blocking mechanism 30 is arranged at the output end of the storage chute 20, and the blocking and outputting of the material can be realized through the state change of the blocking mechanism 30, specifically, the blocking mechanism 30 can adopt a push-pull electromagnet, and a push-pull rod of the push-pull electromagnet can perform push-pull action in the power-on and power-off states. For example, in a power-off state, a push-pull rod of the push-pull electromagnet extends upwards and is higher than a bearing surface of the storage chute 20, so that material output can be blocked; in the power-on state, the push-pull rod of the push-pull electromagnet moves downwards and is lower than the bearing surface of the storage chute 20, so that the materials can be output. Alternatively, the blocking mechanism 30 may include two push-pull electromagnets arranged at intervals, and the two push-pull electromagnets are matched with each other to realize single output of a preset amount of materials. Adjustment mechanism 40 is installed in support frame 10, and adjustment mechanism 40 is used for adjusting the inclination of storage slide 20 for the horizontal plane to make storage slide 20 can alternate different gestures according to the in service behavior of difference, specifically speaking, adjustment mechanism 30 can make the height of the output of storage slide 20 adjust, makes can be parallel and level each other between the input of the output of storage slide 20, or both have certain difference in height on the horizontal direction. Wherein, the output of storage slide 20 indicates the one end that supplies the material to export from the slide, and the input of storage slide 20 indicates the one end that supplies the material to get into in the slide.

Above-mentioned storage discharging device is under normal operating condition, and storage slide 20 is in the tilt state (as shown in fig. 2), and the output of storage slide 20 this moment is less than the input, and storage slide 20 can regard as the dead weight slide to use, and the material on the storage slide 20 can slide to blocking mechanism 30 department under self action of gravity, realizes blocking or the output of material through blocking mechanism 30. And adjust the inclination of storage slide 20 through adjustment mechanism 40, can also make storage slide 20 have the tilt state of different angles to can make the material possess different gliding speed according to actual demand. When needs carry out the feed supplement, adjust storage slide 20 to the horizontality (as shown in fig. 5) through adjustment mechanism 40, the output and the input parallel and level of storage slide 20 this moment, the staff only need put into the input of storage slide 20 with the material one by one, the material of putting into afterwards can be with the material of putting into earlier forward propelling movement gently, until putting whole storage slide 20 full, whole feed supplement process easy operation is convenient, can effectively promote the feed supplement convenience, and the material can not produce the impact to blocking mechanism 30, can avoid causing the damage to blocking mechanism 30.

Further, as shown in fig. 1, in this embodiment, the supporting frame 10 includes a fixed bracket 11 and a movable bracket 12 that are disposed opposite to each other and at an interval, the input end of the storage chute 20 is rotatably connected to the fixed bracket 11, the portion of the storage chute 20 adjacent to the output end is rotatably connected to the movable bracket 12, and the adjusting mechanism 40 is in driving fit with the movable bracket 12 to drive the storage chute 20 to turn over up and down. Specifically, the support frame 10 includes a main frame and a movable support 12 disposed in the main frame, the main frame is a rectangular structure, the main frame and the side frame opposite to the movable support 12 form a fixed support 11, and the movable support 12 can vertically move relative to the fixed support 11. Through adjustment mechanism 40 drive movable support 12 along vertical elevating movement, can drive the output of storage slide 20 and overturn from top to bottom to make storage slide 20 can switch between horizontality and tilt state. The adjusting mechanism 40 includes, but is not limited to, an air cylinder, a hydraulic cylinder, an electric push rod, or other lifting transmission mechanisms (such as a rack and pinion, a nut screw, a synchronous pulley, etc.) to achieve the lifting driving of the movable support 12.

Further, referring to fig. 2, in the present embodiment, at least two storage slideways 20 are arranged at intervals along the height direction of the supporting frame 10, the input ends of all the storage slideways 20 are rotatably connected to the fixed bracket 11, the positions of all the storage slideways 20 adjacent to the output ends are rotatably connected to the movable bracket 12, a parallel four-bar mechanism is formed between the fixed bracket 11, the movable bracket 12 and any two adjacent storage slideways 20, and each storage slideway 20 can move synchronously under the driving of the adjusting mechanism 40. The number of layers of the storage chute 20 can be two, three or more according to actual conditions. For example, in the present embodiment, the storage chute 20 is provided with 8 layers at intervals along the height direction of the support frame 10, which greatly increases the storage capacity of the whole device. The upper three storage slideways 20 can be used for placing a first material (such as a material box filled with auxiliary materials), and the lower five storage slideways 20 can be used for placing a second material (such as a clay pot filled with food materials). Because a parallel four-bar mechanism is formed between any two adjacent storage slide ways 20, when the adjusting mechanism 40 drives the movable support 12 to move, the parallel state is always kept between the storage slide ways 20, so that the synchronous adjustment of the storage slide ways can be realized, and the adjustment convenience of the storage slide ways 20 can be effectively improved.

Further, as shown in fig. 3, in the present embodiment, a support 13 is provided below the support frame 10 corresponding to the lowermost magazine slide 20, and the support 13 is used for supporting the movable rack 12 so as to keep the magazine slide 20 in an inclined state. Specifically, when the material storage and discharge device is in a normal working state, the movable support 12 is at a low position, and the support 13 can support the movable support 12 at this time, so that the material storage slide 20 connected with the movable support 12 can be stably kept in an inclined state. For example, as shown in fig. 3, a bottom bar extending transversely is arranged at the bottom of the supporting frame 10, a plurality of supporting seats 13 are arranged on the bottom bar at intervals, a concave portion is arranged on the top surface of each supporting seat 13, and when the storage chute 20 is in an inclined state, the second cross bar at the lowest part of the movable support 12 can be accommodated in the concave portion on the top surface of the supporting seat 13, so that stable supporting and limiting effects can be achieved.

In order to further increase the storage capacity of the storage material discharging device, in this embodiment, at least two rows of storage material slideways 20 are arranged at intervals along the width direction of the supporting frame 10, the input end of each row of storage material slideways 20 is rotatably connected with the fixed frame, the portion of each row of storage material slideways 20 adjacent to the output end is rotatably connected with the movable support 12, and each row of storage material slideways 20 can move synchronously under the driving of the adjusting mechanism 40. The number of columns of the storage chute 20 arranged on each layer can be two columns, three columns or more according to actual conditions. For example, in the present embodiment, four rows of storage skids 20 are provided for each layer.

Further, referring to fig. 1, 5 to 7, in the present embodiment, the fixed bracket 11 includes two fixed vertical rods 111 disposed oppositely and at an interval, and a first transverse shaft 112 connected between the two fixed vertical rods 111, the input end of the storage chute 20 is fixed with a first hinge seat 50, and the first hinge seat 50 is rotatably sleeved on the first transverse shaft 112. And/or the movable support 12 comprises two movable vertical rods 121 arranged oppositely and at intervals, and a second transverse shaft 122 connected between the two movable vertical rods 121, the bottom of the storage chute 20 adjacent to the output end is fixed with a second hinge base 60, and the second hinge base 60 is rotatably sleeved on the second transverse shaft 122.

Specifically, both ends of the first transverse shaft 112 can be respectively fastened and connected with the corresponding fixed upright 111 by a fastener (such as a screw or a bolt). The first hinge base 50 is provided with a first shaft hole for the first transverse shaft 112 to pass through, and the first shaft hole is in clearance fit with the first transverse shaft 112. Similarly, the two ends of the second transverse shaft 122 can be respectively fastened and connected with the corresponding movable vertical rod 121 by fasteners (such as screws or bolts). The second hinge base 60 is provided with a second shaft hole for the second transverse shaft 122 to pass through, and the second shaft hole is in clearance fit with the second transverse shaft 122. The gap between the first transverse shaft 112 and the first hinge base 50 is equal to the gap between the second transverse shaft 122 and the second hinge base 60, so that the discharging chute can rotate smoothly. In addition, when the multi-layer storage chute 20 needs to be arranged, correspondingly, the first transverse shafts 112 are arranged in parallel and at intervals along the height direction of the fixed vertical rods 111, the second transverse shafts 122 are arranged in parallel and at intervals along the height direction of the movable vertical rods 121, and the distance between two adjacent first transverse rods is equal to the distance between two adjacent second transverse rods.

Further, as shown in fig. 4, in the present embodiment, the storage chute 20 is provided with a plurality of rolling members 21 in the conveying direction, and the rolling members 21 are adapted to roll-engage with the bottom surface of the material. Through setting up rolling member 21, can reduce the frictional resistance between the material and the loading face of storage slide 20 to more be favorable to the transport of material. The rolling member 21 may be in the form of a roller or a roller. For example, in the present embodiment, the magazine skid 20 is a fluent strip structure that is combined using a plurality of rollers.

Further, on the basis of the above embodiment, the adjusting mechanism 40 includes the driving part 41 and the driving rod 42 connected to the driving part 41, the top end of the movable bracket 12 corresponding to the driving rod 42 is provided with the pushing piece 123, and the driving rod 42 can be driven by the driving part 41 to extend and retract vertically to be in abutting fit with the pushing piece 123. Specifically, as shown in fig. 2, when the magazine chute 20 is in the inclined state, the drive rod 42 is in the retracted state, and at this time, the top end of the drive rod 42 is separated from the ejector 123, and the movable rack 12 is in the low position under its own weight. When the storage chute 20 needs to be adjusted to the horizontal state, the driving part 41 drives the driving rod 42 to move upwards, and the driving rod 42 acts on the pushing piece 123, so that the movable support 12 can be driven to move upwards until the storage chute 20 is in the horizontal state. In addition, the telescopic stroke of the drive rod 42 can be controlled, so that the magazine chute 20 can have different inclination angles. For example, the angle of inclination of the storage chute 20 with respect to the horizontal may be 5 ° to 10 °. In this embodiment, the adjusting mechanism 40 is an air cylinder, wherein the driving part 41 is a cylinder body of the air cylinder, and the driving rod 42 is a piston rod of the air cylinder, so that the overall structure is simple, the occupied space is small, and the cost is low. Of course, in other embodiments, the adjustment mechanism 40 may also employ a hydraulic cylinder, an electric push rod, or the like.

Further, in the present embodiment, two sets of the adjusting mechanisms 40 are provided, and the two sets of the adjusting mechanisms 40 respectively act on the opposite sides of the movable bracket 12 in the width direction. The two sets of adjusting mechanisms 40 act on the two opposite sides of the movable support 12 simultaneously, so that the stress on the movable support 12 is more uniform, and the stability of state switching of the storage chute 20 is ensured.

The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

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. In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", and the like, indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly and may, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those skilled in the art.

In the present application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature may be directly on or directly under the second feature or indirectly via intermediate members. Also, a first feature "on," "over," and "above" a second feature may be directly or diagonally above the second feature, or may simply indicate that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature may be directly under or obliquely under the first feature, or may simply mean that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" or "disposed on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "upper," "lower," "left," "right," and the like as used herein are for illustrative purposes only and do not denote a unique embodiment.

Claims (10)

1. The utility model provides a storage discharging device which characterized in that includes:

a support frame;

the storage slideway is movably arranged on the support frame;

the blocking mechanism is arranged on the material storage slide way and used for preventing or allowing the material on the material storage slide way to be output; and

the adjusting mechanism is used for adjusting the inclination angle of the storage slide way relative to the horizontal plane, so that the storage slide way can be switched between a horizontal state and an inclined state.

2. The material storage and discharge device according to claim 1, wherein the supporting frame comprises a fixed support and a movable support which are arranged oppositely and at an interval, the input end of the material storage slide is rotatably connected with the fixed support, the part of the material storage slide, which is adjacent to the output end, is rotatably connected with the movable support, and the adjusting mechanism is in driving fit with the movable support to drive the material storage slide to overturn up and down.

3. The storage material discharging device according to claim 2, wherein at least two layers of storage material sliding ways are arranged along the height direction of the supporting frame at intervals, the input ends of the storage material sliding ways are rotatably connected with the fixed support, the positions, adjacent to the output ends, of the storage material sliding ways are rotatably connected with the movable support, a parallel four-bar mechanism is formed between the fixed support and the movable support and between the two adjacent storage material sliding ways, and the storage material sliding ways can move synchronously under the driving of the adjusting mechanism.

4. The material storage and discharge device according to claim 3, wherein a support seat is arranged below the support frame corresponding to the lowest material storage slide, and the support seat is used for supporting the movable support so as to keep the material storage slide in the inclined state.

5. The storage material discharging device according to claim 2, wherein at least two rows of storage material slideways are arranged at intervals along the width direction of the supporting frame, the input ends of the storage material slideways are respectively arranged on the two rows, the input ends of the storage material slideways are rotatably connected with the fixed support, the positions of the storage material slideways, which are adjacent to the output ends, are respectively connected with the movable support in a rotatable manner, and the storage material slideways can be driven by the adjusting mechanism to move synchronously.

6. The material storage and discharge device according to claim 2, wherein the fixed bracket comprises two fixed vertical rods which are arranged oppositely and at an interval, and a first transverse shaft which is connected between the two fixed vertical rods, the input end of the material storage slideway is fixed with a first hinge seat, and the first hinge seat is rotatably sleeved on the first transverse shaft;

and/or, the movable support is including relative and two activity pole settings that the interval set up, and connect in two second cross axle between the activity pole setting, the bottom of the adjacent output of storage slide is fixed with the second free bearing, the second free bearing rotationally the cover is located on the second cross axle.

7. The material storage and discharge device according to claim 1, wherein the material storage slideway is provided with a plurality of rolling members along the conveying direction, and the rolling members are used for being in rolling fit with the bottom surface of the material.

8. The material storage and discharge device according to any one of claims 2 to 6, wherein the adjusting mechanism comprises a driving part and a driving rod connected with the driving part, the movable support is provided with an ejector corresponding to the top end of the driving rod, and the driving rod can vertically extend and retract under the driving of the driving part to be matched with the ejector in an abutting mode.

9. The stored material discharging device according to claim 8, characterized in that the adjusting mechanisms are provided with two sets, and the two sets of adjusting mechanisms respectively act on two opposite sides of the movable support in the width direction.

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

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