CN215341256U

CN215341256U - Small-sized vending machine and goods loading detection structure of small-sized vending machine

Info

Publication number: CN215341256U
Application number: CN202120865221.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 朱筱凯
Original assignee: Table Animal Technology Hangzhou Co ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Kudi Health Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-04-25
Filing date: 2021-04-25
Publication date: 2021-12-28
Anticipated expiration: 2031-04-25

Abstract

The utility model provides a small-sized vending machine and a goods loading detection structure of the small-sized vending machine, and belongs to the field of vending machines. The goods shelf is provided with a plurality of goods placing channels, the goods placing channels are distributed on the circumference which takes the goods shelf rotation center as the circle center, each goods placing channel is internally provided with a goods loading detection unit which is used for detecting whether goods are loaded in the goods placing channel, and the goods loading detection unit is respectively connected with the control system. Its advantage lies in that goods loading detection unit can detect whether put the goods in the corresponding channel of putting goods or the goods in the corresponding channel of putting goods is taken out, loads the signal that detection unit transmitted through control system to the goods and carries out the analysis, can directly make statistics of and sell the volume or the volume of replenishing the goods, simply lacks the reduction artificial consumption fast.

Description

Small-sized vending machine and goods loading detection structure of small-sized vending machine

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the field of vending machines, and particularly relates to a small-sized vending machine and a goods loading detection structure of the small-sized vending machine.

Background

Along with the development of science and technology, more automatic vending machine has appeared in the market, and automatic vending machine is some, when buyer buys, and the seller staff gives the instruction to the vending machine after having paid to the seller and makes the vending machine take out goods, can use usually in the canteen etc.. At the in-process of selling goods, often need carry out the volume of selling of replenishment or statistics vending machine, because goods are hidden in the vending machine, need the workman to open the vending machine and carry out the count to its inside goods, the volume of replenishment or selling that the statistics needs, the process is loaded down with trivial details and need consume the manpower.

For example, chinese utility model discloses a goods shelves cover of automatic vending machine [ application number CN03257802.4], it mainly is by the box, adorn coin recognizer on the box front bezel admittedly, fusiformis button combination, connecting rod transmission combination, the storing wheel reaches out constitutions such as thing passageway, fusiformis button combination sets up on the curb plate of box, connecting rod transmission combination and storing wheel all set up on the back boxboard, fusiformis button combination is by setting up the button on the box front bezel, the push rod, fix the fixing base on the box curb plate and be located the shuttle on the fixing base spout and constitute, connecting rod transmission combination includes: the box comprises a connecting rod, a connecting rod shaft, a sliding shifting block connected with one end of the connecting rod shaft, a return spring connected with the other end of the connecting rod shaft, a swing rod movably connected to the sliding shifting block and a pawl located at one end of the swing rod, wherein the other end of the return spring is fixed on a rear box plate.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The present invention is directed to the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a goods loading detection structure of a small-sized vending machine.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a small-sized vending machine in view of the above problems.

In order to achieve the purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:

the utility model provides a small-size automatic vending machine's goods load and detect structure, sets up on goods shelves, goods shelves have a plurality of passageways of putting goods and respectively put the passageway and distribute on the circumference that uses goods shelves rotation center as the centre of a circle, each is put and is equipped with the goods that detects whether to load goods in the passageway of putting goods respectively and loads detecting element in the passageway, goods load detecting element link to each other with control system respectively.

In the goods loading detection structure of the small automatic vending machine, the goods loading detection unit comprises a goods detection sensor, and the goods detection sensor is connected with the control system in a wired and/or wireless communication mode.

In the above goods loading detection structure of the small automatic vending machine, the goods detection sensor includes any one or a combination of a plurality of infrared sensors, pressure sensors and photosensitive sensors.

In the goods loading detection structure of the small automatic vending machine, the goods loading detection unit further comprises a plurality of position marking units corresponding to the goods detection sensors one to one, and the goods detection sensors are associated with the corresponding position marking units.

In the above goods loading detection structure of the small automatic vending machine, the goods detection sensor includes any one or a combination of more than one of an active sensor and/or a passive sensor; the active sensor is connected with a power supply fixed on the goods shelf or connected with a power supply arranged outside the goods shelf through a rotary power connection structure.

In the goods loading detection structure of the small-sized vending machine, the infrared sensor is connected with a power supply fixed on the goods shelf or is connected with a power supply arranged outside the goods shelf through a rotating power connection structure.

In the above goods loading detecting structure of the small-sized vending machine, the pressure sensor includes an annular ring disposed on the inner wall of the lower end of the goods placing passage and a pressure-sensitive signal generating unit disposed on the annular ring.

A small-sized vending machine is characterized in that the goods placing channel is also respectively connected with a prompting unit for prompting whether goods are loaded in the goods placing channel; the prompting unit comprises any one or combination of multiple of light, voice and a display screen.

In the small-sized vending machine, the control system comprises a remote control center and a mobile terminal, the remote control center is connected with the mobile terminal, and the goods loading detection unit is connected with the remote control center and/or the mobile terminal.

In foretell small-size automatic vending machine, including base and goods shelves, goods shelves and base rotate and link to each other and goods shelves and rotation actuating mechanism link to each other, the base on be fixed with cover in goods shelves outlying goods shelves cover body, be equipped with the label structure of shipment structure and confession scanning on the goods shelves cover body, goods shelves have a plurality of passageways of putting the goods and respectively put the passageway and distribute on the circumference that uses goods shelves rotation center as the centre of a circle, put the passageway link up from top to bottom and put the passageway when goods shelves rotate and pass through shipment structure under one by one, be equipped with under shipment structure and be located the goods jacking mechanism that goods in the passageway of putting the goods and will be when putting the passageway of putting the goods and being located shipment structure under.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the advantages that:

1. the goods loading detection unit can detect whether goods are placed in the corresponding goods placing channel or whether the goods in the corresponding goods placing channel are taken out, and the control system analyzes the signals transmitted by the goods loading detection unit, so that the selling amount or the replenishment amount can be directly counted, and the labor consumption is reduced simply and quickly.

2. The goods loading detection unit is a goods detection sensor and can quickly detect whether goods exist in the corresponding goods placing channel or whether the goods are taken out. The time used in the whole detection step is shorter, the operation is more timely and sensitive, and the vending machine does not have time delay in the vending process.

3. According to the vending machine, the remote control center and the mobile terminal are adopted, a seller can remotely control the vending machine and can know the vending condition and the goods filling condition of the vending machine remotely, the seller does not need to have personnel to check the vending machine all the time, and the labor cost is reduced. The buyer can also directly purchase on line through the mobile terminal without contacting and negotiating with the seller, so that the shopping is faster.

Drawings

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

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the hidden shelving cover of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of FIG. 2 after the hidden shelf;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of a rotary drive mechanism and a jacking mechanism;

fig. 5 is a simplified schematic diagram of the circuit connection of the present invention.

In the figure: the goods shelf comprises a shelf cover body 10, a delivery structure 11, a label structure 13, a shelf 18, a base 27, a rotation driving mechanism 28, a goods placing channel 29, a jacking mechanism 30, an goods loading detection unit 200, a control system 201, a goods detection sensor 202, a position marking unit 203, an annular ring 204, a pressure-sensitive signal generating unit 205, a prompting unit 206, a remote control center 207 and a mobile terminal 208.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

Example one

The present embodiment provides an article loading detection structure of a small-sized vending machine, as shown in fig. 1-5, the structure is disposed on a shelf 18, the shelf 18 has a plurality of article placing channels 29, and each article placing channel 29 is distributed on a circumference using a rotation center of the shelf 18 as a circle center, an article loading detection unit 200 for detecting whether an article is loaded in the article placing channel 29 is disposed in each article placing channel 29, and the article loading detection units 200 are respectively connected with a control system 201.

In this embodiment, the goods loading detection unit 200 can detect whether goods are placed in the corresponding goods placing channel 29 or whether the goods in the corresponding goods placing channel 29 are taken out, and the signal detected by the goods loading detection unit 200 can be transmitted to the control system 201. When the buyer purchases, the control system 201 rotates the shelves 18 to move the next loading passage 29 with the goods to the outlet of the vending machine, and the buyer takes out the goods. The goods loading detecting unit 200 can detect whether the goods are taken out when the goods are taken out by the buyer, and the control system 201 stops the selling step of the vending machine when the goods are taken out. In addition, when the goods are replenished, the control system 201 can move the goods placing channel 29 without the goods to the goods outlet to facilitate the replenishment.

The goods loading detection unit 200 includes a goods detection sensor 202, and the goods detection sensor 202 is connected to the control system 201 through a wired and/or wireless communication manner.

In this embodiment, the goods detection sensor 202 can rapidly detect whether goods are present in the corresponding goods placing channel 29 or whether goods in the goods placing channel 29 are taken out, and is connected with the control system 201 in a wired and/or wireless communication manner, so that the detected signal can be rapidly transmitted to the control system 201. The time used in the whole detection step is shorter, the operation is more timely and sensitive, and the vending machine does not have time delay in the vending process.

The item detection sensor 202 may include any one or combination of infrared sensors, pressure sensors, and light sensitive sensors.

In this embodiment, infrared ray sensor can respond to the infrared ray long in the reflection between goods bottom and infrared ray sensor, and pressure sensor can respond to the weight of goods, and photosensitive sensor can sense the light that the goods leads to in putting goods passageway 29 dark. The sensors have high sensing speed and almost no time difference, and can quickly detect whether goods exist in the corresponding goods placing channel 29 or whether the goods are taken out. The time used in the whole detection step is shorter, the operation is more timely and sensitive, and the vending machine does not have time delay in the vending process.

The item loading detection unit 200 further includes a plurality of position marking units 203 corresponding to the item detection sensors 202 one to one, and the item detection sensors 202 are associated with the corresponding position marking units 203.

In the present embodiment, the signal transmitted from each article detection sensor 202 to the control system 201 is marked differently by a plurality of position marking units 203, and the analysis of the signal can clearly know which loading lane 29 has no article. During the next sale, the control system 201 can control the rotation of the shelves 18 so that the loading passage 29 without the goods will not move to the outlet.

The item detection sensor 202 includes any one or combination of active and/or passive sensors; the active sensor is connected with a power supply fixed on the goods shelf 18 or connected with a power supply arranged outside the goods shelf 18 through a rotary power connection structure.

In the present embodiment, the kinds of use of available sensors are increased. The cost of the vending machine is controllable, and the acceptability of the seller is increased.

The infrared sensor is connected with a power supply fixed on the goods shelf 18 or connected with a power supply arranged outside the goods shelf 18 through a rotary power connection structure.

In the present embodiment, when the article detection sensor 202 is an infrared sensor, the power supply is directly connected to the shelf 18 through a wire. If the power supply is on the base 27, the power supply is connected through a rotating power connection structure, so that the wires are prevented from being twisted and wound. In addition, the connection can also be carried out in a mode that two metal sheets abut against each other, one metal sheet is arranged on the infrared sensor, the other metal sheet corresponding to the metal sheet is positioned on the base 27, when the shelf 18 stops rotating, the metal sheets arranged on the infrared sensor sequentially pass through the plurality of metal sheets arranged on the base 27, and when the shelf 18 stops rotating, the metal sheets arranged on the infrared sensor abut against one of the metal sheets arranged on the base 27 to be electrically connected.

The pressure sensor comprises an annular ring 204 arranged on the inner wall of the lower end of the goods placing channel 29 and a pressure-sensitive signal generating unit 205 arranged on the annular ring 204.

In this embodiment, when the article detecting sensor 202 is a pressure sensor, when an article is placed in the loading passage 29, the article is supported against the annular ring 204, and the gravity generated by the article itself presses on the pressure-sensitive signal generating unit 205, and when the article is taken out or there is no article in the loading passage 29, the pressure-sensitive signal generating unit 205 does not receive the gravity, thereby generating different signals.

Example two

This embodiment provides a small-sized vending machine, as shown in fig. 1 to 5, which has substantially the same structure as the first embodiment except that:

the goods placing channel 29 is also respectively connected with a prompting unit 206 for prompting whether goods are loaded in the goods placing channel 29; the prompting unit 206 comprises any one or combination of a plurality of lights, voice and a display screen.

In this embodiment, the prompting unit 206 can prompt the seller whether the goods in each of the depositing lanes 29 are loaded or sold through any one or more of the light change, the voice prompt and the display screen.

The control system 201 comprises a remote control center 207 and a mobile terminal 208, the remote control center 207 is connected with the mobile terminal 208, and the goods loading detection unit 200 is connected with the remote control center 207 and/or the mobile terminal 208.

In the embodiment, through the remote control center 207 and the mobile terminal 208, the seller can remotely control the vending machine and can know the vending condition and the filling condition of the vending machine remotely, and the seller does not need to have personnel to check the vending machine all the time, so that the labor cost is reduced. The buyer can directly purchase on line through the mobile terminal 208 without contact and negotiation between the buyer and the seller, so that the shopping is faster.

Including base 27 and goods shelves 18, goods shelves 18 rotate with base 27 and link to each other and goods shelves 18 link to each other with rotation actuating mechanism 28, base 27 on be fixed with cover in the outlying goods shelves cover body 10 of goods shelves 18, be equipped with shipment structure 11 and the label structure 13 that supplies the scanning on the goods shelves cover body 10, goods shelves 18 have a plurality of passageway 29 of putting the goods and respectively put the goods passageway 29 and distribute on the circumference that uses goods shelves 18 rotation center as the centre of a circle, put the goods passageway 29 and link up from top to bottom and put the goods passageway 29 when goods shelves 18 rotate and pass through shipment structure 11 one by one under, be equipped with under shipment structure 11 and be located goods shelves 18 below and when putting the goods passageway 29 and being located shipment structure 11 under with this jacking mechanism 30 of putting the goods jacking in the goods passageway 29.

In this embodiment, the buyer can scan the tag structure 13 through the mobile terminal 208 and make an online payment purchase, and after the payment is successful, the mobile terminal 208 transmits a signal to the remote control center 207, and the remote control center 207 transmits the signal to the rotation driving mechanism 28 and operates the rotation driving mechanism to rotate the shelf 18. One of the loading aisles 29 with the goods is positioned directly below the shipping structure 11 and then the jacking mechanism 30 pushes the goods out of the shipping structure 11 so that the buyer can take them out.

The working principle of the utility model is as follows: the buyer can scan the label structure 13 through the mobile terminal 208 and make online payment purchase, after the payment is successful, the mobile terminal 208 transmits a signal to the remote control center 207, and the remote control center 207 transmits the signal to the rotation driving mechanism 28 and makes the rotation driving mechanism operate to rotate the shelf 18. One of the loading aisles 29 with the goods is positioned directly below the shipping structure 11 and then the jacking mechanism 30 pushes the goods out of the shipping structure 11 so that the buyer can take them out.

In addition, the goods detection sensor 202 can rapidly detect whether goods are present in the corresponding placing channel 29 or whether goods in the placing channel 29 are taken out, and can be connected with the remote control center 207 in a wired and/or wireless communication mode, so that detected signals can be rapidly transmitted to the remote control center 207.

During the vending process, the remote control center 207 detects that the loading passage 29 without the goods is not moved to the position right under the delivery structure 11 while driving the rotary driving mechanism 28 to operate to rotate the shelf 18.

The specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the spirit of the utility model. Various modifications or additions may be made to the described embodiments or alternatives may be employed by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit or ambit of the utility model as defined in the appended claims.

Although the terms shelf cover 10, shipping structure 11, label structure 13, shelf 18, base 27, rotational drive mechanism 28, loading chute 29, jacking mechanism 30, item load detection unit 200, control system 201, item detection sensor 202, position marking unit 203, annular ring 204, pressure sensitive signal generating unit 205, prompting unit 206, remote control center 207, mobile terminal 208, etc., are used more herein, the possibility of using other terms is not excluded. These terms are used merely to more conveniently describe and explain the nature of the present invention; they are to be construed as being without limitation to any additional limitations that may be imposed by the spirit of the present invention.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a small-size automatic vending machine's goods load and detect structure, sets up on goods shelves (18), goods shelves (18) have a plurality of goods channels (29) of putting and respectively put goods channels (29) and distribute on the circumference that uses goods shelves (18) rotation center as the centre of a circle, its characterized in that, each is put and is equipped with the goods that detects whether load goods in this goods channels (29) of putting respectively and loads detecting element (200), goods load detecting element (200) link to each other with control system (201) respectively.

2. The goods loading detecting structure of small automatic vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that said goods loading detecting unit (200) comprises a goods detecting sensor (202), said goods detecting sensor (202) is connected with the control system (201) by wire and/or wireless communication.

3. The goods loading detecting structure of small vending machine as claimed in claim 2, wherein said goods detecting sensor (202) comprises any one or a combination of more of an infrared ray sensor, a pressure sensor, and a photo sensor.

4. The goods loading detecting structure of the small sized vending machine as claimed in claim 2, wherein the goods loading detecting unit (200) further comprises a plurality of position marking units (203) corresponding to the goods detecting sensors (202) one to one, and the goods detecting sensors (202) are associated with the corresponding position marking units (203).

5. The goods loading detection structure of a small sized vending machine according to claim 2, wherein said goods detection sensor (202) includes any one or a combination of more of an active sensor and/or a passive sensor; the active sensor is connected with a power supply fixed on the goods shelf (18) or connected with a power supply arranged outside the goods shelf (18) through a rotary power connection structure.

6. The structure for detecting the load of goods in a small automatic vending machine according to claim 3, characterized in that said infrared sensor is connected to a power supply fixed to the shelf (18) or to a power supply provided outside the shelf (18) by a rotary power connection structure.

7. The goods loading detecting structure of the small sized vending machine as claimed in claim 3, wherein said pressure sensor comprises an annular ring (204) provided on the inner wall of the lower end of the loading passage (29) and a pressure-sensitive signal generating unit (205) provided on the annular ring (204).

8. The goods loading detecting structure of a small sized automatic vending machine according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that prompting units (206) for prompting whether goods are loaded in the goods loading passage (29) are further connected to the goods loading passage (29), respectively; the prompting unit (206) comprises any one or combination of a plurality of lights, voice and a display screen.

9. The structure for detecting the load of goods for a small sized vending machine according to any one of claims 1-7, wherein said control system (201) comprises a remote control center (207) and a mobile terminal (208), said remote control center (207) being connected to said mobile terminal (208), said load detection unit (200) being connected to said remote control center (207) and/or said mobile terminal (208).

10. The small-sized vending machine adopting the goods loading detection structure of the small-sized vending machine as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the small-sized vending machine comprises a base (27) and a shelf (18), the shelf (18) is rotationally connected with the base (27) and the shelf (18) is connected with a rotational driving mechanism (28), a shelf cover body (10) covering the periphery of the shelf (18) is fixed on the base (27), a goods outlet structure (11) and a label structure (13) for scanning are arranged on the shelf cover body (10), the shelf (18) is provided with a plurality of goods placing channels (29), the goods placing channels (29) are distributed on a circumference taking the rotational center of the shelf (18) as the circle center, the goods placing channels (29) are vertically communicated and the goods placing channels (29) pass through the goods outlet structure (11) one by one when the shelf (18) rotates, a jacking mechanism (30) which is arranged below the goods shelf (18) and jacks up goods in the goods placing channel (29) when the goods placing channel (29) is arranged below the goods discharging structure (11).