CN213844259U - A shipment buffer for automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a goods discharging buffer device for a vending machine, which comprises the vending machine, a buffer structure, an infrared sensor and a transmission cleaning device, the buffer structure is fixedly arranged at one end in the vending machine, the infrared sensors are respectively and fixedly arranged at two sides in the vending machine, the infrared sensors are respectively and fixedly arranged at two sides of the buffer structure, the transmission cleaning device is fixedly arranged at the inner bottom end of the vending machine, the utility model can realize the buffer effect during the falling of the product, protect the complete push-out of the product, reduce the accidental damage amount of the product, and in addition, automatically realize the cleaning work of the inner part of the vending machine by utilizing the impact of the falling of the product, the automatic cleaning machine has the advantages of being energy-saving and electricity-saving while completing automatic cleaning, and finally, the phenomenon that no product is pushed out can be detected, and the accident that a consumer inserts coins inefficiently once is avoided.

Description

A shipment buffer for automatic vending machine

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an automatic vending machine technical field specifically is a shipment buffer for automatic vending machine.

Background

The automatic vending machine is a machine capable of automatically paying goods according to the inserted money, is a common commercial automatic device, is not limited by time and place, can save manpower and is convenient to trade. The vending machine is a brand new commercial retail form, also called a micro supermarket with 24-hour business, and common vending machines are divided into four types: beverage vending machines, food vending machines, comprehensive vending machines, and cosmetic vending machines;

however, the existing vending machine has the following defects:

(1) after the existing vending machine pushes out a product, a buffering device is not arranged in the falling process of the product, so that the product can be accidentally broken due to impact after falling, and in the falling process, due to the error of the falling posture, the stress of one corner of the product is overlarge when the product falls to the ground, so that the possibility of product scrapping is increased;

(2) the current automatic vending machine can appear the field of vision and shelter from and lead to the unexpected vacancy of a certain check at the in-process of replenishment person's restocking, consequently, when the vacancy of this department was released, there was not the normal whereabouts of product to can lead to the consumer to throw coins for one time for the benefit, lead to the consumer not to take originally own product.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide a shipment buffer for automatic vending machine to solve the problem that proposes among the above-mentioned background art.

In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides a following technical scheme: a goods delivery buffering device for a vending machine comprises the vending machine, a buffering structure, an infrared sensor and a transmission cleaning device;

the buffer structure is fixedly arranged at one end in the vending machine, the infrared sensors are respectively and fixedly arranged at two sides of the buffer structure, and the transmission cleaning device is fixedly arranged at the bottom end in the vending machine;

the buffer structure is used for absorbing impact of falling when a product is blanked, the infrared sensor is used for detecting the condition of product discharging, and the transmission cleaning device utilizes kinetic energy of falling of the product to clean the bottom end inside the vending machine.

Furthermore, vending cabinets are evenly installed inside the vending machine, the vending machine is located inside the vending cabinet, pushing mechanisms are evenly and fixedly installed on the upper surface of the vending cabinet, a blanking cavity is fixedly formed in one end inside the vending machine, and the outer wall of the vending machine is located on one side of the blanking cavity and is rotatably installed with a material taking door.

Further, the inside bull stick that still includes of buffer structure, two the bull stick difference fixed mounting be in the top both sides in blanking chamber, the bull stick surface all rotates and is connected with the buffer board, two the foam-rubber cushion has all been laid to the fixed buffer board surface, the equal fixedly connected with damping spring in the buffer board surface, the equal fixed connection of the damping spring other end is in the inner wall in blanking chamber.

Further, the transmission cleaning device also comprises an air cylinder body, the air cylinder body is respectively and fixedly installed inside the side wall of the blanking cavity, an air cylinder rod is movably sleeved inside the air cylinder body, the bottom end of the air cylinder rod is located inside the air cylinder body and is fixedly connected with a piston, and the side wall of the bottom end of the air cylinder body is fixedly connected with an air guide pipe.

Furthermore, the top ends of the air cylinder rods are rotatably connected with fixed rotating rods, and the fixed rotating rods are rotatably connected to the inner surface of one rotating rod.

Further, one side of the bottom end of the inner part of the blanking cavity, which is far away from the material taking door, is fixedly provided with a bottom pipe, the side wall of the bottom pipe is uniformly and fixedly provided with a gas outlet, the bottom pipe is fixedly connected with the gas guide pipe, and the gas outlet is communicated with the inside of the cylinder body through the gas guide pipe.

Further, infrared sensor fixed mounting respectively in the top both ends in blanking chamber, the inside fixed mounting of vending machine has vending machine control chip.

Further, pushing equipment with vending machine control chip electric connection, infrared sensor with vending machine control chip telecommunications connection.

Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are that:

(1) through being provided with buffer structure, two buffer boards of product whereabouts contact, the buffer board is rotatory and extrude damping spring simultaneously, and damping spring then can absorb the impact that the whereabouts produced to accomplish the effect of blanking buffering, in addition, the product falls into the clearance of two buffer boards, can correspond direction and the posture that the adjustment product falls, thereby can avoid the one corner of product to accept the striking at first, avoid the damage that product angular stress is too big and lead to.

(2) Through being provided with transmission cleaning device, the buffer board drives and decides the bull stick and take place to deflect, thereby the cylinder block is inside constantly forms positive negative pressure, consequently, the air current can be by a plurality of gas outlets blowout, thereby can blow off the inside rubbish debris of blanking intracavity portion bottom inside the vending machine, this process utilizes the impact of product whereabouts to realize the inside cleaning work of vending machine automatically, save cleanup crew's cleaning work, and cleaning work is more convenient, in addition when accomplishing cleaning work, still have the characteristics of energy-conserving power saving, need not to use other power equipment to realize clear work.

(3) Through being provided with infrared sensor, when the whereabouts of the unable perception product of infrared sensor, the inside pushing equipment who will restart the correspondence of vending machine control chip this moment promotes this product again to can guarantee that the consumer takes the product that should take, avoid because the error of last staff's feed supplement, and lead to the accident of the invalid coin of consumer once.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the buffer structure in the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of the transmission cleaning device in the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional structural view of the cylinder block in the embodiment of FIG. 1;

fig. 5 is a control flow diagram of the infrared sensor in the embodiment of fig. 1.

Reference numerals: 1. a vending machine; 2. sales counter; 3. a material pushing mechanism; 4. a blanking cavity; 5. a buffer structure; 501. a rotating rod; 502. a buffer plate; 503. a sponge cushion; 504. a damping spring; 6. a material taking door; 7. an infrared sensor; 8. a drive cleaning device; 801. a fixed rotating rod; 802. a cylinder block; 803. a cylinder rod; 804. a bottom tube; 805. an air duct; 806. an air outlet; 807. a piston; 9. control chip of vending machine.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

Please refer to fig. 1-5 together, wherein, a goods discharging buffering device for a vending machine comprises a vending machine 1, a buffering structure 5, an infrared sensor 7 and a transmission cleaning device 8, the buffering structure 5 is fixedly arranged at one end inside the vending machine 1, the infrared sensors 7 are respectively and fixedly arranged at two sides of the buffering structure 5, the transmission cleaning device 8 is fixedly arranged at the bottom end inside the vending machine 1, the buffering structure 5 is used for absorbing impact of falling when a product is dropped, the infrared sensor 7 is used for detecting the condition of product discharging, and the transmission cleaning device 8 utilizes kinetic energy of product falling to realize the function of cleaning the bottom end inside the vending machine 1.

1 inside evenly installed sales counter 2 of vending machine, 1 inside being located of vending machine 2 upper surface even fixed mounting has pushing equipment 3, 1 inside one end of vending machine is fixed and has been seted up blanking chamber 4, 1 outer wall of vending machine is located blanking chamber 4 one side is rotated and is installed and get material door 6, and pushing equipment 3 transports inside product to the edge of sales counter 2 to the product will be to the inside whereabouts in blanking chamber 4, pushes away and gets material door 6 and can take out the inside product in blanking chamber 4.

The inside bull stick 501 that still includes of buffer structure 5, two bull sticks 501 fixed mounting respectively is in the top both sides of blanking chamber 4, bull stick 501 surface all rotates and is connected with buffer board 502, two buffer board 502 surface all fixes and has laid foam-rubber cushion 503, buffer board 502 internal surface all fixed connection has damping spring 504, the damping spring 504 other end all fixed connection in the inner wall of blanking chamber 4, in the in-process of product whereabouts, the product contacts two buffer board 502 respectively, the impact that the kinetic energy of whereabouts produced makes buffer board 502 regard bull stick 501 as the centre of a circle rotatory, and extrusion damping spring 504 when rotatory, damping spring 504 then can absorb the impact that the whereabouts produced to accomplish the effect of blanking buffering, in addition, the product falls into the clearance of two buffer board 502, can correspond direction and the posture of adjustment product whereabouts, therefore, one corner of the product can be prevented from receiving impact first, and damage caused by overlarge corner stress of the product is avoided.

The inside cylinder block 802 that still includes of transmission cleaning device 8, cylinder block 802 is fixed mounting respectively inside blanking chamber 4 lateral wall, the inside activity of cylinder block 802 is cup jointed cylinder pole 803, the bottom of cylinder pole 803 is located the inside fixedly connected with piston 807 of cylinder block 802, the equal fixedly connected with air duct 805 of cylinder block 802 bottom lateral wall.

The top ends of the cylinder rods 803 are rotatably connected with fixed rotating rods 801, and the fixed rotating rods 801 are rotatably connected with the inner surface of one rotating rod 501.

A bottom pipe 804 is fixedly installed at one side of the bottom end of the interior of the blanking chamber 4 far away from the material taking door 6, air outlets 806 are uniformly and fixedly formed in the side wall of the bottom pipe 804, the bottom pipe 804 is fixedly connected with an air guide pipe 805, the air outlets 806 are communicated with the interior of the cylinder body 802 through the air guide pipe 805, in the process of rotating the buffer plate 502, a fixed rotating rod 801 at the inner side of the buffer plate 502 deflects along with the air outlet, and simultaneously presses the cylinder rod 803, so that the cylinder rod 803 can axially move in the interior of the cylinder body 802, and therefore, the piston 807 continuously moves up and down in the interior of the cylinder body 802, and accordingly, positive and negative pressure is continuously formed in the interior of the cylinder body 802, when the interior of the cylinder body 802 is positive pressure, the piston presses the air in the interior of the cylinder body 802 into the air guide pipe 805, the air flow enters the bottom pipe 804 along with the air flow, and is finally ejected from the air outlets 806, so that the air in the interior of the blanking chamber 4 can be blown out of the interior of the rubbish vending machine 1, the process utilizes the impact of the falling of the product to automatically realize the cleaning work inside the vending machine 1, and has the characteristics of energy conservation and power conservation while finishing the cleaning work.

The infrared sensor 7 is fixedly installed at two ends of the top end of the blanking cavity 4 respectively, and a vending machine control chip 9 is fixedly installed inside the vending machine 1.

The pushing mechanism 3 is electrically connected with the vending machine control chip 9, the infrared sensor 7 is in telecommunication connection with the vending machine control chip 9, when the product falls into the blanking cavity 4, the infrared ray emitted by the infrared sensor 7 is blocked, and at the moment, the inner part of the vending machine control chip 9 can know that the product is successfully pushed out and can be successfully taken by a consumer, however, when there is a gap in the middle of the pushing mechanism 3, a single discharging failure effect is caused, and at this time, the infrared sensor 7 cannot sense the falling of the product, and at this time, the vending machine control chip 9 receives a discharging failure signal, so that the corresponding pushing mechanism 3 is restarted to push out the product again, therefore, the method can ensure that a consumer can take the product which should be taken, and avoid the accident that the consumer inserts coins in white due to the mistake of material supplement of a shipper.

To sum up, the utility model provides a pair of a shipment buffer for automatic vending machine at the during operation, at first: the pushing mechanism 3 transports the internal products to the edge of the sales counter 2, so that the products can fall towards the interior of the blanking cavity 4, the material taking door 6 is pushed open, the products in the blanking cavity 4 can be taken out, the products respectively contact the two buffer plates 502 in the falling process of the products, the buffer plates 502 rotate around the rotating rod 501 as the center of a circle by impact generated by falling kinetic energy, the buffer springs 504 are extruded while rotating, the impact generated by falling can be absorbed by the shock absorbing springs 504, the blanking buffering effect is finished, in addition, the products fall into the gap between the two buffer plates 502, the falling direction and the falling posture of the products can be correspondingly adjusted, so that one corner of the products can be prevented from receiving impact firstly, and the damage caused by overlarge angular stress of the products is avoided;

subsequently: in the process of rotation of the buffer plate 502, the fixed rotating rod 801 on the inner side of the buffer plate 502 deflects along with the rotation and simultaneously extrudes the cylinder rod 803, so that the cylinder rod 803 can move axially in the cylinder block 802, and therefore, the piston 807 continuously moves up and down in the cylinder block 802, so that positive pressure and negative pressure are continuously formed in the cylinder block 802, when the cylinder block 802 is in positive pressure, the piston 807 extrudes the gas in the cylinder block 802 into the air guide pipe 805, the airflow enters the bottom pipe 804 along with the air flow, and is finally ejected out from the plurality of air outlets 806, so that the garbage at the bottom end in the blanking cavity 4 can be blown out of the sundries vending machine 1, the cleaning work in the vending machine 1 is automatically realized by utilizing the impact of falling products in the process, and the energy-saving and electricity are also realized while the cleaning work is finished;

and finally: in-process when the product falls into blanking chamber 4 inside, the infrared ray that infrared sensor 7 sent is blockked, this moment vending machine control chip 9 is inside just can know that this product has successfully been released, the consumer can successfully take to, however, when there is the vacancy in the middle of pushing equipment 3 is inside, can lead to the effect of single ejection of compact failure, infrared sensor 7 can't the whereabouts of perception product this moment, vending machine control chip 9 is inside will receive the signal of ejection of compact failure this moment, consequently the pushing equipment 3 that restarts the correspondence, release this product again, thereby can guarantee that the consumer takes the product that should take, avoid because the error of the personnel's feed supplement of getting in stocks, and lead to the invalid accident of inserting coins of consumer once.

It is noted that, herein, relational terms such as first and second, and the like may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims (8)

1. A shipment buffering device for vending machines, comprising a vending machine (1), characterized by a buffering structure (5), an infrared sensor (7) and a transmission cleaning device (8);

the buffer structure (5) is fixedly arranged at one end in the vending machine (1), the infrared sensors (7) are respectively and fixedly arranged at two sides of the buffer structure (5), and the transmission cleaning device (8) is fixedly arranged at the bottom end in the vending machine (1);

buffer structure (5) are used for absorbing the impact of whereabouts when the product blanking, infrared sensor (7) are used for detecting the condition of product ejection of compact, transmission cleaning device (8) utilize the kinetic energy of product whereabouts to realize the effect of cleanness vending machine (1) inside bottom.

2. The goods outlet buffering device for the vending machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the vending machines (1) are uniformly provided with the vending cabinets (2), the vending machines (1) are uniformly and fixedly provided with the pushing mechanisms (3) on the upper surfaces of the vending cabinets (2), one end of the interior of the vending machines (1) is fixedly provided with the blanking cavity (4), and the outer walls of the vending machines (1) are rotatably provided with the material taking doors (6) on one sides of the blanking cavity (4).

3. The shipment buffering device for the vending machine as claimed in claim 2, wherein the buffering structure (5) further comprises two rotating rods (501), the two rotating rods (501) are respectively and fixedly mounted at two sides of the top end of the blanking chamber (4), the outer surface of each rotating rod (501) is rotatably connected with a buffering plate (502), the outer surface of each buffering plate (502) is fixedly laid with a sponge pad (503), the inner surface of each buffering plate (502) is fixedly connected with a damping spring (504), and the other end of each damping spring (504) is fixedly connected with the inner wall of the blanking chamber (4).

4. The shipment buffering device for the vending machine as claimed in claim 3, wherein the transmission cleaning device (8) further comprises a cylinder block (802), the cylinder block (802) is respectively and fixedly installed inside the side wall of the blanking chamber (4), a cylinder rod (803) is movably sleeved inside the cylinder block (802), the bottom end of the cylinder rod (803) is located inside the cylinder block (802) and is fixedly connected with a piston (807), and the side wall of the bottom end of the cylinder block (802) is fixedly connected with an air duct (805).

5. The shipment buffering device for automatic vending machine according to claim 4, wherein the top ends of the cylinder rods (803) are rotatably connected with fixed rotating rods (801), and the fixed rotating rods (801) are rotatably connected with the inner surface of one rotating rod (501).

6. The shipment buffering device for the vending machine as claimed in claim 5, wherein a bottom tube (804) is fixedly installed at one side of the bottom end inside the blanking chamber (4) far away from the material taking door (6), air outlets (806) are uniformly and fixedly formed in the side wall of the bottom tube (804), the bottom tube (804) is fixedly connected with the air duct (805), and the air outlets (806) are communicated with the inside of the cylinder block (802) through the air duct (805).

7. The shipment buffering device for vending machine according to claim 6, wherein the infrared sensors (7) are fixedly installed at two ends of the top end of the blanking chamber (4), respectively, and a vending machine control chip (9) is fixedly installed inside the vending machine (1).

8. The shipment buffering device for vending machine according to claim 7, wherein the pushing mechanism (3) is electrically connected to the vending machine control chip (9), and the infrared sensor (7) is in telecommunication connection with the vending machine control chip (9).

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