EA026388B1 - Detachable bottle container and module for placement of the detachable container and bottle dispensing for a vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention is related to retail equipment and can be used in selling piece goods by the self-service method. The technical result of the invention is reduction of time spent on loading of small-size containers of cylindrical form, e.g., bottles, into the vending machine storage module, and improvement of convenience of the vending machine operation. A detachable bottle container comprises a hollow casing in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped with a detachable lid and elements for fastening to the support surface in one of the casing ends, and transverse partitions arranged inside the casing perpendicularly to its detachable lid and fastened to the walls in parallel to each other forming vertical cages for placement of bottles, the latter being movable vertically, from top downward, by gravity. The module for placement of the detachable container and bottle dispensing for a vending machine selling piece goods includes a sloping chute for bottle conveyance, a feeding mechanism that feeds bottles to the sloping chute and the detachable bottle container arranged in the housing of the piece-goods vending machine. The bottle feeding mechanism is arranged above the sloping chute and includes a support frame that accommodates a number of rotatable horizontal trays, each being arranged on a shaft rotatable stepwise by 180°, and the detachable bottle container casing can be mounted vertically and secured, on the side of its detachable lid, to the frame of the bottle feeding mechanism.

Description

The invention relates to commercial equipment and can be used in the portioned sale of clean water for bottling and piece goods, in particular bottle containers, through a vending machine.

A well-known shopping complex for sale using vending machines of individually packaged products (RF patent No. 2155990, IPC O07P 11/46, publ. 09/10/2000), comprising a customer terminal equipped with an order input device configured to generate an order execution command when entering an order from the buyer, and a product dispensing device configured to provide the buyer with products in their packaging container, a product storage terminal, a pneumatic conveyor system passing between with a warehouse terminal and said product dispensing device, configured to move individually packaged products in their packaging container from the storage terminal to said dispensing device when it is turned on, the main control device configured to turn on the indicated system upon command to complete an order from the order input device logically connected to a payment device that receives payment for products or charges the payment for them to the buyer's account, m of product loading, functionally connected with the food storage zone and with the pneumatic conveyor system and configured to, when it is turned on, load products into their pneumatic conveyor system in their container, while the main control device is additionally configured to turn on the product loading mechanism upon command from the input device order.

However, the system for supplying piece goods in a mall is designed for a network of vending machines and cannot provide for the functioning (loading of piece containers) of each vending machine in an autonomous mode.

Known vending machine for the sale of frozen confectionery (RF patent No. 2214781, IPC L47R 3/04, publ. 10/27/2003), containing an outer casing with a lockable door containing controls for selecting a product and user interaction, a refrigeration system and a cash register suitable for accepting cash payments for a given product and issuing change. An interactive screen is used as a control tool. The vending machine contains a removable container for placing frozen confectionery products inside for use in vending machines. The storage module, located inside the camera with an adjustable environment, consists of parallel vertical partitions that limit the space between them, in which horizontally placed ice cream containers can be stacked on top of each other. At the base of each of the compartments formed by the partitions, there is a supply means which, when rotated by an electric motor, grabs the lower container in the stack, drops it down and stops in a position in which it is ready to dispense the next product from the stack. This mechanism is made of a material resistant to low temperatures, has a simple structure, is accurate in operation and consists of a significantly reduced number of moving parts subject to damage. The portion extracted by the supplying means falls into the receiving funnel, which directs it to the delivery chute located in the outer door, and passes the intermediate shutter separating the inner space from the outer one.

However, in the well-known vending machine, the loading of containers with ice cream product into the storage module is carried out manually, which significantly increases the loading time and reduces the usability of this device.

Known vending machine for the sale of water (patent for a utility model of the Russian Federation No. 123770, IPC O07P 11/62, publ. 01/10/2013), including: a building; a water tank with an adjustable shut-off valve to which a liquid flow sensor is attached; display on the front of the vending machine; bill acceptor and / or coin acceptor with a mechanism for issuing change; O8M module connected to the computer of the trading operator; cavity for dispensing bottles; a storage module in the form of cells for placing empty bottles and a mechanism for supplying an empty bottle to the bottle dispensing cavity, located inside the case and closed with a door, while the controller has electrical connections to all parts of the vending machine.

However, in the well-known vending machine, empty bottles are loaded into the storage module manually, which leads to significant time costs for loading empty containers and reduces the usability of the specified device, especially when loading a large number of containers of small volume, for example, 300-500 ml bottles.

The technical result of the claimed invention is to reduce the loading time of small-sized piece cylindrical containers, for example bottles, into the storage module of the vending machine and to increase the usability of the vending machine.

The specified technical result is achieved by creating a removable container for bottles of a vending machine containing a hollow body, which is a rectangular parallelepiped and having a retractable removable lid and fastening elements to the supporting surface from the side of the removable lid, made in one of the ends of the container body with the possibility of sliding the removable lid with vertical installing the specified container, and the transverse partitions located

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A longitudinal partition can be additionally placed in the housing, attached perpendicular to the removable lid and parallel to its side walls with the formation of a second row of vertical shafts for placement of bottles in them with the possibility of vertical movement from top to bottom under their own weight.

Moreover, the housing and the longitudinal and transverse partitions or part thereof located therein are made of transparent material.

The specified technical result is also achieved by creating a module for dispensing bottles of a vending machine containing an inclined tray for moving bottles, a mechanism for supplying bottles to an inclined tray and a removable container for bottles. The bottle feeder is located above the inclined tray and contains a support frame in which a number of horizontal rotary trays are placed, the end of each of which is attached to a shaft having a drive of its step-by-step rotation by 180 °. The working surface of each subsequent in the row of the horizontal tray is rotated 180 ° relative to the working surface of the previous horizontal tray, and a removable container for bottles is vertically mounted and its body is fixed from the side of the removable lid on the frame of the bottle feeder.

A second rotary horizontal tray may be attached to the end of each horizontal tray coaxially to the drive shaft of the bottle feeder, the working surface of which is rotated 180 ° relative to the working surface of the first rotary horizontal tray.

Moreover, each vertical shaft of the removable container is located above one of the horizontal trays of the bottle feeder, and the fastening elements of the body of the removable container are placed in the grooves of the frame of the bottle feeder.

A removable container holds, for example, up to 200 or more bottles with a capacity of 350 ml (both empty and filled with a liquid product), allows transporting to a vending machine, quickly installing it in a module cavity for placing a removable container and dispensing bottles of a vending machine, and selling said piece goods.

In FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a removable bottle container connected to a bottle feeder from said container. In FIG. 2 shows a general view of a removable container for bottles with the cap removed. In FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of a removable container filled with bottles and connected to a bottle feeder from said container. In FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of an empty removable container connected to a bottle feeder from said container. In FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a removable container filled with bottles and connected to a bottle feeder from said container. In FIG. 6 and 7 show the mechanism for supplying bottles from a removable container, respectively, without bottles and with bottles on the rotating trays. In FIG. 8 shows the connection node of the removable container with the frame of the bottle feeder. In FIG. 9 is a block diagram of a vending machine for cleaning and selling bottled melt water with a module for placing a removable container and dispensing bottles.

A removable container for bottles and a module for accommodating a removable container and dispensing bottles can be used in a vending machine for cleaning and portioning melt water, or in other vending machines for selling piece goods having a shape close to the shape of a cylinder. The experimental sample of the vending machine (Fig. 9) has dimensions (mm): 1800x1250x790, weight about 100 kg and contains a filter unit 1, four heat exchange containers 2, buffer storage tank 3 for purified melt water, two refrigeration modules 4, storage tank 5 for liquid waste, hopper 6 for dispensing change, coin acceptor 7 and bill acceptor 8 for paying for goods, control unit 9, information monitor (size 32) 10 for presenting information to consumers, touch monitor (size 17) 11 for paying and dispensing water to a bottle, a niche 12 to accommodate utylki and filling it with clean water, a niche 13 for issuing an empty bottle, the module 14 for storage of empty bottles to their dispensing mechanism into the niche 13, the housing 15 configured as a rectangular parallelepiped, in which are located all of the above components.

The removable container 16 for bottles (Fig. 1-5) includes a hollow body 17, which is a rectangular parallelepiped with a retractable removable cover 18 and fastening elements 19 to the supporting surface (Fig. 8) of the module 14, made in its end face 20, and transverse partitions 21 located inside the housing 17 perpendicular to its removable lid 18 and attached to the walls 22 and 23 parallel to each other with the formation of vertical shafts 24 for placement of bottles 25 in them with the possibility of vertical movement from top to bottom under their own weight.

A longitudinal partition 26 can be additionally placed in the housing 17, attached perpendicular to the removable lid 18 and parallel to its walls 22 and 23 with the formation of a second row of vertical shafts 24 for placement of bottles 25 in them with the possibility of vertical movement from top to bottom under their own weight.

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Moreover, the housing 17 and the longitudinal 26 and transverse 21 partitions or part thereof located therein are made of transparent material, and the vertical shafts 24 are arranged to place the bottles 25 in a horizontal position. The removable container 16 has through cutouts 27 in its walls 28 for transferring said container with bottles 25.

The module 14 of the vending machine for selling piece goods includes an inclined tray 29 for moving bottles 25, a mechanism for supplying bottles 25 to the inclined tray 29 and a removable container 16 for bottles 25 placed in the housing 15 of the machine for selling piece goods. The bottle feeder 25 is located above the inclined tray 29 and contains a support frame 30, in which a number of horizontal rotary trays 31 are placed, the end face 32 of each of which is attached to the shaft 33 having a drive 34 for its 180-degree rotation.

Moreover, the working surface 35 of each subsequent row of the horizontal tray 31 is rotated 180 ° with respect to the working surface of the previous horizontal tray.

The removable container 16 for bottles is made with the possibility of vertical installation and fastening of its body 17 from the side of the removable lid 18 on the frame 30 of the bottle feeder.

A second horizontal horizontal tray 37 can be attached to the end face 36 of each horizontal tray 31 coaxially to the drive shaft 33 of the bottle feeder, the working surface 38 of which is rotated 180 ° relative to the working surface 35 of the first rotary horizontal tray 31.

Each vertical shaft 24 of the removable container 16 is located above one of the horizontal trays 31 or 34 of the bottle feeder, and the fastening elements 19 of the housing 17 of the removable container 16 are placed in the grooves 39 of the frame 30 of the bottle feeder 25.

A vending machine containing a module with a removable container filled with piece goods operates as follows: for servicing the vending machine, empty containers (bottles) are placed in vertical shafts of 24 removable containers 16 in a horizontal position. Removable containers 16 with empty bottles are delivered to those vending machines where there is no empty packaging. Next, the module 14 for storing empty bottles is opened, the empty container 16 is removed and the removable container 16 filled with bottles is quickly installed by placing its fastening elements 19 in the grooves 39 of the support frame 30. Next, the removable cover 18 is pulled out of the container 16 and the empty bottles 25 in the vertical shafts 24 under their own weight they enter the open horizontal trays 31 and 37, the working surfaces 35 and 38 of which are respectively turned towards the vertical shafts 24 of the container 16. The module 14 is closed and the vending machine is ready for operation. The transparent walls of the container 16 and the module 14 of the vending machine provide the ability to monitor the condition of the containers in module 14 and the process of issuing it, which increases the interest and degree of consumer confidence in the final product and its quality.

The buyer approaches the machine and reads the instructions for its use, which is displayed on the TPT monitor screen.

The buyer is invited to click the Payment button. The payment system is activated (devices 7, 8 of receiving payments and hopper 6 for issuing change). On the monitor 11 displays information about the cost of a bottle of purified melt water. The buyer for the purchase of purified melt water in a bottle pays through the coin acceptor 7 or bill acceptor 8 the cost of an empty bottle and melt water.

After payment, the control unit 9 sends a command to turn on the drive 33 rotate one of the horizontal trays 31 or 37 through 180 °. An empty bottle 25 from a horizontal tray 31 or 37 falls onto an inclined tray 29 and enters a niche 13 for issuing an empty bottle of a vending machine.

The control unit 9 (Fig. 9) through the monitor 11 reports take a bottle and install in a niche 12 of the water supply. The buyer takes out an empty bottle 25 with a cap from the niche 13 for dispensing bottles 25, puts the bottle in a niche 12 for dispensing water and presses the pour button in the bottle. The monitor 11 displays information about the stages and degree of water purification.

After that, the control unit 9 produces the issue of purified melt water into the bottle 25 from the storage tank 3, blocks the payment system. Or he gives change through hopper 6, reports take change and blocks the payment system.

Thus, from the foregoing, it follows that the claimed invention provides a reduction in the loading time of small-sized piece cylindrical containers, for example, bottles of 300-500 ml in an amount of 100-200 pieces or more, into the storage module 14 of the vending machine and improving the usability of the specified vending machine by creating a removable and portable container that is pre-loaded with bottles in the warehouse, it is quickly installed in the module 14 of the vending machine and using the bottle feeding mechanism 25 ensure AET issuing them in a niche 13.

Claims (6)

CLAIM 1. A removable container for bottles of a vending machine, comprising a hollow body, which is a rectangular parallelepiped and having a retractable removable cover and fastening elements to the supporting surface from the side of the removable cover, made at one of the ends of the container body with the possibility of sliding the removable cover when installing said con - 3,026,388 trainers, and transverse partitions located inside the container body perpendicular to its removable lid and attached to the side walls of the body in parallel with to a friend with the formation of vertical shafts for placement of bottles in them in a horizontal position across the length of the removable container with the possibility of their vertical movement from top to bottom under their own weight when the removable cover is pulled out. 2. A removable container according to claim 1, characterized in that a longitudinal partition is additionally placed in the housing, attached perpendicular to the removable lid and parallel to its side walls with the formation of a second row of vertical shafts for placement of bottles in them with the possibility of vertical movement from top to bottom under their own weight . 3. A removable container according to paragraphs. 1, 2, characterized in that the housing and the longitudinal and transverse partitions or part thereof located therein are made of transparent material. 4. A module for dispensing bottles of a vending machine, comprising an inclined tray for moving bottles, a mechanism for supplying bottles to an inclined tray, and a removable container for bottles according to claims 1-3, wherein the bottle feeding mechanism is located above the inclined tray and contains a supporting frame in which a series of rotatable horizontal trays, the end of each of which is attached to a shaft having a drive of its step-by-step rotation by 180 °, and the working surface of each subsequent horizontal row of the tray is rotated 180 ° relative to the working surface the surface of the previous horizontal tray, and a removable container for bottles is vertically mounted and its body is fixed from the side of the removable lid on the frame of the bottle feeder. 5. The module according to claim 4, characterized in that a second rotary horizontal tray is attached to the end of each horizontal tray coaxially to the drive shaft of the bottle feeder, the working surface of which is rotated 180 ° relative to the working surface of the first horizontal rotary tray. 6. The module according to claims 4, 5, characterized in that each vertical shaft of the removable container is located above one of the horizontal trays of the bottle feeder, and the fastening elements of the body of the removable container are placed in the grooves of the frame of the bottle feeder.