CN220085447U - Storage device for vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of vending machines, in particular to a storage device for a vending machine. The storage device for the vending machine comprises a bottom plate, a turntable, a placing rack and a sauce packet placing mechanism; the turntable is rotationally connected to the bottom plate, and a rotary driving part for driving the turntable to rotate is arranged on the bottom plate; the rack is arranged on the turntable, and a plurality of sauce storage cavities which are uniformly distributed are arranged on the periphery of the rack; the sauce bag placing mechanism is arranged in the sauce storage cavity and comprises a placing component used for separately storing a plurality of sauce bags and a control component used for driving the sauce bags on the placing component to be sequentially output. The utility model solves the problems that the prior sauce box for storing sauce bags in the vending machine is arranged outside the machine case, is inconvenient for users to find proper sauce bags, can not limit the quantity of the sauce bags taken out by the users, and is easy to cause economic loss of merchants.

Description

Storage device for vending machine

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of vending machines, in particular to a storage device for a vending machine.

Background

At present, diet is an indispensable link in life of people, in order to adapt to a fast-paced life style, people create various fast food (such as rice meal, fruit meal, noodle meal, bread meal and the like), package various foods in advance, and select and purchase the foods from a customer to a vending personnel, but the food has the defects that the special personnel are required to manage on site, the 24-hour vending cannot be realized, the food sanitary quality guarantee is difficult to ensure, and the human health is not facilitated; for places with dense personnel, such as office buildings, stations, malls, schools, hospitals, residential communities and the like, the food supply is huge, potential customers are many, and a food vending machine is arranged in the office buildings or the halls, so that the trouble of purchasing food by people can be greatly solved.

Referring to the utility model patent with publication number of CN205621152U, the utility model discloses a food automatic vending machine, which adopts the design of a turntable type meal storage structure, and further does not need to use a complex manipulator to drive meal box output, so that the structure of the vending machine is more simplified, but the food automatic vending machine is not provided with a reasonable sauce bag storage device, and only a sauce is placed in a sauce box arranged on a machine body, so that a user cannot find a proper sauce bag conveniently, the quantity of the sauce bags taken out by the user cannot be limited, and economic loss of merchants is easily caused.

Therefore, there is a need to provide a solution to the above-mentioned problems.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model provides a storage device for a vending machine, and aims to solve the problems that a seasoning box for storing sauce bags in the existing vending machine is arranged outside a machine box, so that a user cannot find proper sauce bags conveniently, the quantity of sauce bags taken out by the user cannot be limited, and economic loss of merchants is easy to cause.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model provides a storage device for a vending machine, which comprises a bottom plate, a turntable, a placing rack and a sauce bag placing mechanism; wherein:

the turntable is rotationally connected to the bottom plate, and a rotary driving part for driving the turntable to rotate is arranged on the bottom plate;

the rack is arranged on the turntable, and a plurality of sauce storage cavities which are uniformly distributed are arranged on the periphery of the rack;

the sauce bag placing mechanism is arranged in the sauce storage cavity and comprises a placing component used for separately storing a plurality of sauce bags and a control component used for driving the sauce bags on the placing component to be sequentially output.

More specifically, the control part comprises a first driving belt, a first motor and at least two first driving wheels, wherein the two first driving wheels are both rotationally connected to the placing frame, the first driving belt is in transmission connection with each first driving wheel, and the first motor is used for driving any one of the first driving wheels to rotate; the placing component comprises a plurality of clamping pieces which are uniformly distributed on the outer side of the first driving belt and fixedly connected with the first driving belt.

More specifically, the first driving belt comprises an arc-shaped section and a straight section, and a certain included angle is formed between the clamping piece positioned on the straight section and the outer surface of the straight section, and the included angle is 45-60 degrees.

More specifically, the sauce packet placing mechanism further comprises a detection sensor, wherein the detection sensor is arranged on the outer side of the arc-shaped section and corresponds to the clamping piece in position, and the detection sensor is fixedly connected to the placing frame.

More specifically, the rotary driving part comprises a second motor, a first driving gear and a driven gear; the second motor is arranged on the bottom plate, and the first driving gear is arranged on the output end of the second motor; the driven gear is mounted on the turntable and is meshed with the first driving gear.

More specifically, the rotary driving part further includes a third motor and a second driving gear; the third motor is arranged on the bottom plate, and the second driving gear is arranged on the output end of the third motor and meshed with the driven gear.

More specifically, the middle part of the placing rack is provided with an installation cavity, the periphery of the placing rack is also provided with a plurality of box storage cavities which are uniformly distributed, one box storage cavity is clamped between two adjacent sauce storage cavities, one side of each box storage cavity is provided with a meal control port communicated with the installation cavity, and the other side of each box storage cavity is provided with a meal outlet; the mounting cavity is internally provided with a cutlery box lifting mechanism and a cutlery box pushing mechanism, and the cutlery box lifting mechanism and the cutlery box pushing mechanism are both mounted on the bottom plate.

More specifically, the cutlery box lifting mechanism comprises a bracket, a lifting seat, a through type screw rod stepping motor, a fork frame, a second screw rod and a fourth motor; the bracket is arranged on the bottom plate; the lifting seat is connected to the bracket in a sliding manner; the through type screw rod stepping motor is arranged on the bracket and drives the lifting seat to lift through the screw rod; the fork frame is connected to the lifting seat in a sliding manner, the second screw rod is connected to the lifting seat in a rotating manner, and the fork frame is connected with the second screw rod in a threaded manner; the fourth motor is arranged on the lifting seat and used for driving the second screw rod to rotate.

More specifically, the cutlery box ejecting mechanism comprises a base, a second driving belt, a fifth motor, a push rod, a belt clip and at least two second driving wheels; the base is arranged on the bottom plate; at least two second driving wheels are respectively arranged on the base; the second driving belt is in driving connection with each second driving wheel; the fifth motor is arranged on the base and is used for driving any one of the second driving wheels to rotate; the push rod is connected to the base in a sliding manner; the belt clip is arranged on the second transmission belt, and the push rod is fixedly connected with the belt clip.

More specifically, the box storage cavity is internally provided with a weighing sensor and a supporting plate, the weighing sensor is arranged on the rotary table, and the supporting plate is arranged on the detection end of the weighing sensor.

The utility model relates to a storage device for a vending machine, which has the technical effects that:

the utility model is arranged in the vending machine, when a user purchases a meal in the vending machine, a pop-up window on a display screen of the vending machine enables the user to select sauce bags suitable for the user's own taste, and according to the selection of the user, the rotary driving part drives the rotary table to rotate so as to enable the sauce bag placing mechanism filled with the sauce bags with the corresponding taste to move to the output port, and then the control part drives the placing part to move so as to control the sauce bags with the specific number to be output. By adopting the design of the utility model, the user can obtain the desired sauce packet rapidly, the output quantity of the sauce packet can be controlled, and unnecessary loss caused by merchants is avoided.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a storage device for a vending machine according to the present utility model;

fig. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a storage device for a vending machine according to the present utility model;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of a rotation driving part in a storage device for a vending machine according to the present utility model;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a sauce packet placement mechanism in a storage device for a vending machine according to the present utility model;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a lifting mechanism of a cutlery box in a storage device for a vending machine according to the present utility model;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a pushing mechanism of a cutlery box in a vending machine storage device according to the present utility model;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of a cutlery box.

The marks in the figure:

100. a connection structure;

1. a bottom plate; 2. a turntable; 3. a placing rack; 4. sauce bag placing mechanism; 5. a cutlery box lifting mechanism; 6. a cutlery box pushing mechanism;

21. a rotation driving part; 211. a second motor; 212. a first drive gear; 213. a driven gear; 214. a third motor; 215. a second drive gear;

31. a sauce storage cavity; 32. a mounting cavity; 33. a cartridge cavity; 331. a meal control port; 332. a meal outlet; 333. a weighing sensor; 334. a support plate;

41. placing a component; 411. a clamping piece; 42. a control part; 421. a first belt; 422. a first motor; 423. a first driving wheel; 43. a detection sensor;

51. a bracket; 52. a lifting seat; 53. a through screw rod stepping motor; 54. a fork; 541. a sliding seat; 542. a fork arm; 55. a second screw rod; 56. a fourth motor;

61. a base; 62. a second belt; 63. a fifth motor; 64. a push rod; 65. a belt clip; 66. and a second driving wheel.

Detailed Description

The present utility model will be described in further detail with reference to the drawings and examples, in order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present utility model more apparent. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the utility model.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "fixed" 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.

Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more such feature. In the description of the present utility model, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more, unless explicitly defined otherwise.

In the description of the embodiments of the present utility model, it should be understood that the directions or positional relationships indicated by "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience in describing the embodiments of the present utility model and to simplify the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present utility model.

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solution of the present utility model, a preferred embodiment is provided below, and referring specifically to fig. 1 to 7, a storage device for a vending machine includes a base plate 1, a turntable 2, a placement rack 3, and a sauce packet placement mechanism 4; wherein:

the turntable 2 is rotatably connected to the bottom plate 1, and a rotary driving part 21 for driving the turntable 2 to rotate is arranged on the bottom plate 1;

the placing rack 3 is arranged on the turntable 2, and a plurality of sauce storage cavities 31 which are uniformly distributed are arranged on the periphery of the placing rack 3;

the sauce bag placing mechanism 4 is disposed in the sauce storage chamber 31, and includes a placing part 41 for separately storing a plurality of sauce bags and a control part 42 for sequentially outputting the sauce bags on the placing part 41.

The storage device for the vending machine is arranged in the vending machine, when a user purchases a meal in the vending machine, a pop-up window on a display screen of the vending machine enables the user to select sauce bags suitable for the user's own taste, and according to the selection of the user, the rotary driving part 21 drives the rotary table 2 to rotate, so that the sauce bag placing mechanism 4 filled with the sauce bags with the corresponding taste moves to an output port, and then the control part 42 drives the placing part 41 to move, so that the sauce bags with the specific quantity can be controlled to be output. By adopting the design of the utility model, the user can obtain the desired sauce packet rapidly, the output quantity of the sauce packet can be controlled, and unnecessary loss caused by merchants is avoided.

In this embodiment, the control component 42 includes a first driving belt 421, a first motor 422, and at least two first driving wheels 423, where the two first driving wheels 423 are both rotatably connected to the rack 3, the first driving belt 421 is in driving connection with each first driving wheel 423, and the first motor 422 is used to drive any first driving wheel 423 to rotate; the placing part 41 comprises a plurality of clamping pieces 411, and the clamping pieces 411 are uniformly distributed on the outer side of the first driving belt 421 and fixedly connected with the first driving belt 421. Specifically, the first driving belt 421 includes an arc section and a straight section, the sauce packet is placed in the gap between two adjacent clamping pieces 411 and supported by the clamping piece 411 located below, when the first motor 422 drives the first driving belt 421 to move, the sauce packet located at the straight section is gradually conveyed to one side of the arc section, under the action of the cambered surface of the arc section, the clamping piece 411 generates circumferential movement, and then the supporting action on the sauce packet is removed, so that the sauce packet falls down under the action of gravity, and the automatic discharging of the sauce packet is completed.

Further, the clip 411 on the flat section forms an angle with the outer surface of the flat section, preferably 45 ° -60 °. When the included angle is too small, the placement of the sauce packet is inconvenient, and when the included angle is too large, the risk that the sauce packet falls to a side far away from the first driving belt 421 at the straight section easily occurs. In this embodiment, the included angle is 60 °.

In this embodiment, the sauce packet placement mechanism 4 further includes a detection sensor 43, where the detection sensor 43 is disposed on the outer side of the arc segment and is fixedly connected to the placement frame 3 corresponding to the position of the clip 411. Specifically, the detection sensor 43 detects whether the clamping piece 411 is normally active, so as to judge whether the sauce packet is normally discharged.

In the present embodiment, the rotation driving part 21 includes a second motor 211, a first driving gear 212, and a driven gear 213; the second motor 211 is mounted on the base plate 1, and the first driving gear 212 is mounted on the output end of the second motor 211; the driven gear 213 is mounted on the turntable 2, which meshes with the first driving gear 212. Specifically, when the second motor 211 drives the first driving gear 212 to rotate, the driven gear 213 drives the turntable 2 to rotate under the transmission effect, so that the corresponding sauce packet placing mechanism 4 moves to the output port of the sauce packet.

Further, the rotary driving part 21 further includes a third motor 214 and a second driving gear 215; the third motor 214 is mounted on the base plate 1, and the second driving gear 215 is mounted on an output end of the third motor 214 and is meshed with the driven gear 213. The cooperation of the second motor 211 and the first driving gear 212 is used for driving the turntable 2 to rotate forward, the cooperation of the third motor 214 and the second driving gear 215 is used for driving the turntable 2 to rotate reversely, when a user selects a sauce bag, the system judges whether the sauce bag placing mechanism 4 with the corresponding sauce bag rotates forward or reversely to reach the output port at the highest speed, and after the judgment, the second motor 211 or the third motor 214 is driven to start so as to output the sauce bag at the highest speed.

In the embodiment, the middle part of the placement frame 3 is provided with a mounting cavity 32, the periphery of the placement frame is also provided with a plurality of box storage cavities 33 which are uniformly distributed, one box storage cavity 33 is clamped between two adjacent sauce storage cavities 31, one side of each box storage cavity 33 is provided with a meal control port 331 communicated with the mounting cavity 32, and the other side of each box storage cavity 33 is provided with a meal outlet 332; the mounting cavity 32 is internally provided with a cutlery box lifting mechanism 5 and a cutlery box pushing mechanism 6, and the cutlery box lifting mechanism 5 and the cutlery box pushing mechanism 6 are both mounted on the bottom plate 1. The storage box cavity 33 is used for storing meal boxes, and the design that the storage box cavity 33 and the sauce storage cavity 31 are distributed in a staggered manner can enable the positions of specific meal products and sauce bags matched with the meal products to be corresponding, so that meal outlet efficiency is improved. When a user selects any meal, the rotary driving part 21 drives the rotary table 2 to rotate, so that the storage box cavity 33 filled with the meal moves to the corresponding meal box output port, then the meal box lifting mechanism 5 lifts the second meal box from bottom to top, and the meal box pushing mechanism 6 pushes the meal box out to the meal output port 332 to finish meal output.

Further, the cutlery box lifting mechanism 5 comprises a bracket 51, a lifting seat 52, a through screw stepping motor 53, a fork 54, a second screw 55 and a fourth motor 56; the bracket 51 is mounted on the base plate 1; the lifting seat 52 is connected to the bracket 51 in a sliding manner; the through type screw rod stepping motor 53 is arranged on the bracket 51 and drives the lifting seat 52 to lift and move through the screw rod; the second screw rod 55 is rotatably connected to the lifting seat 52; the fork frame 54 comprises a sliding seat 541 and two fork arms 542, the sliding seat 541 is slidably connected to the lifting seat 52 and is in threaded connection with the second screw rod 55, and the two fork arms 542 are both mounted on the sliding seat 541; the fourth motor 56 is mounted on the lifting base 52 and is used for driving the second screw 55 to rotate. Referring to fig. 7, in order to provide a conventional cutlery box structure, a protruding connection structure 100 is provided at the outer circumference of the cutlery box body so that the box body and the lid of the cutlery box can be smoothly closed; after the user selects the meal, the fourth motor 56 drives the second screw 55 to rotate so as to drive the two fork arms 542 to pass through the meal control opening 331 and extend below the meal box connection structure 100, and then the through screw stepping motor 53 drives the lifting seat 52 to lift up, so that the fork arms 542 can smoothly lift up the meal box.

Further, the cutlery box pushing mechanism 6 comprises a base 61, a second driving belt 62, a fifth motor 63, a push rod 64, a belt clip 65 and at least two second driving wheels 66; the base 61 is mounted on the base plate 1; at least two second driving wheels 66 are respectively arranged on the base 61; the second driving belt 62 is in driving connection with each second driving wheel 66; the fifth motor 63 is mounted on the base 61 and is used for driving any second driving wheel 66 to rotate; the push rod 64 is slidably connected to the base 61; the belt clip 65 is mounted on the second belt 62, and the push rod 64 is fixedly connected with the belt clip 65. When the last and last cutlery box is lifted by the cutlery box lifting mechanism 5, the fifth motor 63 is driven to drive the second driving wheel 66 to drive the second driving belt 62 to move, and the belt clip 65 drives the push rod 64 to pass through the cutlery control opening 331 so as to push the cutlery box out of the cutlery opening.

In the present embodiment, a load cell 333 and a support plate 334 are provided in the magazine chamber 33, the load cell 333 is mounted on the turntable 2, and the support plate 334 is mounted on the detection end of the load cell 333. Specifically, the weighing sensor 333 is configured to detect the total weight of the cutlery box above the supporting plate 334, calculate the remaining quantity of cutlery boxes by the total weight, and when the detected weight is zero, feed back information to the control system of the vending machine to stop vending the cutlery, and send information to provide staff for meal supplement.

The storage device for the vending machine solves the problems that a seasoning box for storing sauce bags in the conventional vending machine is arranged outside a machine case, so that a user cannot conveniently find proper sauce bags, the quantity of sauce bags taken out by the user cannot be limited, and economic loss of merchants is easy to cause by reasonable structural arrangement.

The above-mentioned embodiments of the present utility model are not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, but can be modified, equivalent, and improved within the spirit and principle of the present utility model, and the present utility model is also included in the scope of the present utility model.

Claims (10)

1. The utility model provides a sell quick-witted storing device which characterized in that: comprises a bottom plate, a turntable, a placing rack and a sauce bag placing mechanism; wherein:

the turntable is rotationally connected to the bottom plate, and a rotary driving part for driving the turntable to rotate is arranged on the bottom plate;

the rack is arranged on the turntable, and a plurality of sauce storage cavities which are uniformly distributed are arranged on the periphery of the rack;

the sauce bag placing mechanism is arranged in the sauce storage cavity and comprises a placing component used for separately storing a plurality of sauce bags and a control component used for driving the sauce bags on the placing component to be sequentially output.

2. A vending machine storage device as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the control part comprises a first driving belt, a first motor and at least two first driving wheels, wherein the two first driving wheels are both rotationally connected to the placing frame, the first driving belt is in transmission connection with each first driving wheel, and the first motor is used for driving any one of the first driving wheels to rotate; the placing component comprises a plurality of clamping pieces which are uniformly distributed on the outer side of the first driving belt and fixedly connected with the first driving belt.

3. A vending machine storage device as claimed in claim 2, wherein: the first driving belt comprises an arc-shaped section and a straight section, a certain included angle is formed between the clamping piece positioned on the straight section and the outer surface of the straight section, and the included angle is 45-60 degrees.

4. A vending machine storage device as claimed in claim 3, wherein: the sauce bag placing mechanism further comprises a detection sensor, wherein the detection sensor is arranged on the outer side of the arc-shaped section and corresponds to the clamping piece in position, and the detection sensor is fixedly connected to the placing frame.

5. A vending machine storage device as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the rotary driving part comprises a second motor, a first driving gear and a driven gear; the second motor is arranged on the bottom plate, and the first driving gear is arranged on the output end of the second motor; the driven gear is mounted on the turntable and is meshed with the first driving gear.

6. The vending machine storage device of claim 5, wherein: the rotary driving part further comprises a third motor and a second driving gear; the third motor is arranged on the bottom plate, and the second driving gear is arranged on the output end of the third motor and meshed with the driven gear.

7. A vending machine storage device as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the middle part of the placing rack is provided with an installing cavity, the periphery of the placing rack is also provided with a plurality of evenly distributed box storage cavities, one box storage cavity is clamped between two adjacent sauce storage cavities, one side of each box storage cavity is provided with a meal control port communicated with the installing cavity, and the other side of each box storage cavity is provided with a meal outlet; the mounting cavity is internally provided with a cutlery box lifting mechanism and a cutlery box pushing mechanism, and the cutlery box lifting mechanism and the cutlery box pushing mechanism are both mounted on the bottom plate.

8. The vending machine storage device of claim 7, wherein: the meal box lifting mechanism comprises a bracket, a lifting seat, a through type screw rod stepping motor, a fork frame, a second screw rod and a fourth motor; the bracket is arranged on the bottom plate; the lifting seat is connected to the bracket in a sliding manner; the through type screw rod stepping motor is arranged on the bracket and drives the lifting seat to lift through the screw rod; the fork frame is connected to the lifting seat in a sliding manner, the second screw rod is connected to the lifting seat in a rotating manner, and the fork frame is connected with the second screw rod in a threaded manner; the fourth motor is arranged on the lifting seat and used for driving the second screw rod to rotate.

9. The vending machine storage device of claim 7, wherein: the meal box pushing mechanism comprises a base, a second transmission belt, a fifth motor, a push rod, a belt clip and at least two second transmission wheels; the base is arranged on the bottom plate; at least two second driving wheels are respectively arranged on the base; the second driving belt is in driving connection with each second driving wheel; the fifth motor is arranged on the base and is used for driving any one of the second driving wheels to rotate; the push rod is connected to the base in a sliding manner; the belt clip is arranged on the second transmission belt, and the push rod is fixedly connected with the belt clip.

10. The vending machine storage device of claim 7, wherein: the box storage cavity is internally provided with a weighing sensor and a supporting plate, the weighing sensor is arranged on the rotary table, and the supporting plate is arranged on the detection end of the weighing sensor.