KR100292327B1 - Rack assembly used for a vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A rack assembly used for a vending machine is provided, thereby easily repairing the disorder such as suspension of products in a vending machine and storing a larger number of products because the rack assembly can be rotated. CONSTITUTION: The vending machine is composed of a main body(10) sealed by a rotatable door(20) and divided into an upper chamber(40) and a lower chamber(50) by a separating plate(30); an evaporator(60) installed on the separating plate(30) and cooling the products; a product discharging gate(21) formed in the door(20) where a product is discharged through a product discharging duct(70); and a compressor(90) installed in the lower chamber(50) and compressing a coolant, in which the rack assembly(200) is rotatably installed in the main body(10) using a bearing member installed in the upper inner side of the main body(10) and a lower part supporting member penetrated through the product discharging duct(70) and fixed in the inner side of the main body(10).

Description

Rack Assembly for Vending Machine

The present invention relates to a rack assembly of a vending machine, and more particularly, to a rack assembly for a vending machine, which makes it easy to repair and loads a lot of goods since the rack assembly rotates when a product is jammed.

In general, a vending machine that sells a can, such as a can, is sealed through a door 20 in which a main body 10 is rotatably installed on a front surface thereof, as shown in FIG. 1, and the main body 10 is located at a predetermined position. The upper chamber 40 and the lower chamber 50 are separated by the separator 30 installed, and an evaporator 60 is installed on the upper surface of the separator 30 constituting the upper chamber 40. The various types of cans such as the cans of the heat exchanged by the evaporator 60 are kept cool, as well as movable back and forth so as to accommodate the goods, and also through the product discharge duct 70 through which the goods are discharged. The rack assembly 80 of two stages is installed so that it can be sold to the product outlet 21 formed in the compressor, and the compressor 90 gasifies and discharges the refrigerant at a high temperature and high pressure at a predetermined position of the lower chamber 50. Is installed, and the refrigerant discharged through the compressor (90) is introduced. It is changed and then the condenser 100 through the capillary to flow into the evaporator 60 is installed in a constant-temperature high-pressure liquid refrigerant.

Here, the rack assembly 80 is a rack 81, 82 to accommodate a can of a predetermined length, as shown in Figure 2, and the can falling to the lower end of the rack (81, 82) It consists of eject mecha (83) installed in front and rear to receive a signal and sell one by one sequentially.

The racks 81 and 82 are provided with partition members 811 and 821 disposed on the left and right sides according to the width of the can, and shims 812 and 822 fitted at predetermined positions of the partition members 811 and 821. Rack members 813 and 823 provided to guide the can into the oven, Upper guide plates 814 and 824 installed to guide the can to be inserted into the rack members 813 and 823 before and after the upper guide plate. The cans can be introduced into the rack members 813 and 823 by 814 and 824.

Accordingly, when the operation unit installed on the door 20 is operated while the goods are loaded and loaded into the rack members 813 and 823, the heavy machinery 60 maintains the air temperature in the upper chamber 40 at a constant temperature. If the product is kept cold, and then the consumer puts a bill or a coin and then manipulates the operation unit, a signal is sent from the microcomputer (not shown) to the eject machine 83 so that the lower eject plate 831 is rotated and the lower eject plate The product hung on the 831 falls and is sold through the product discharge duct 70 and the product discharge port 21.

At this time, the goods (cans) guided by the rack members 813 and 823 of the racks 81 and 82 are sequentially lowered one by one to be placed in a sales standby state.

However, the rack assembly 80 has a problem in that when the product is jammed in the rack 81, the racks 81 and 82 are removed from the main body 10 and then removed and manufactured.

In addition, there was a drawback that the racks 82 of the front row at the time of goods loading are loaded less by securing the product input space than the racks 81 of the rear row.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the product is loaded into the product duct and the rack assembly is installed in the rack placed at a 45 degree angle to load the can, goods (can) jam Since the rack rack assembly is easy to repair, as well as to provide a rack assembly for a vending machine that can load a lot of merchandise.

1 is a perspective view of a vending machine showing a state where a rack assembly according to the prior art is installed.

Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a rack assembly according to the prior art.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of a vending machine showing a state where the rack assembly is installed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 4 is a schematic longitudinal cross-sectional view illustrating a rack assembly according to the present invention.

5 is a plan view of the rack frame constituting the rack assembly according to the invention.

6 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which a rack is installed in the rack frame of the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

10: body 20: door

21: product outlet 30: separator

40, 50: upper and lower chamber 60: evaporator

70: product delivery duct 90: compressor

100: condenser 200: rack assembly

210: center of rotation axis 220: spur gear

230: motor 240: rack

250: rack frame 300: bearing member

400: lower support member

The present invention for achieving the above object, the main body is sealed through a door rotatably installed in the front, the main body is separated into an upper chamber and a lower chamber by a separator installed in a predetermined position, the upper chamber An evaporator is installed on the upper surface of the separator constituting the product, and various kinds of cans such as cans are kept cold as well as can be stored in the air heat-exchanged by the evaporator. The rack assembly is installed to be sold to the product outlet formed through the door, and a compressor for gasifying and discharging the refrigerant at a high temperature and high pressure is installed at a predetermined position of the lower chamber, and the refrigerant discharged through the compressor is introduced. In a vending machine equipped with a condenser that changes its phase into a liquid refrigerant at room temperature and high pressure, and then flows through a capillary tube into an evaporator. Then, the rack assembly is penetrated through the bearing member and the product discharge duct installed on the inner upper portion of the main body is rotatably supported by the lower support member fixed to the inner side of the main body and installed to sell the product have.

Hereinafter will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, embodiments of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of a vending machine showing a state in which the rack assembly is installed according to the present invention, Figure 4 is a schematic longitudinal cross-sectional view illustrating a rack assembly according to the invention, Figure 5 is a constituting the rack assembly according to the invention FIG. 6 is a plan view of a rack frame, and FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which racks are installed in a rack frame of the present invention. The same parts and the same names are given to the same parts as those of FIGS. Detailed description thereof will be omitted.

According to the present invention, the main body 10 is sealed through a door 20 rotatably installed on the front surface, and the main body 10 is provided by the upper chamber 40 and the lower chamber by the separator 30 installed at a predetermined position. It is called 50, the evaporator 60 is installed on the upper surface of the separator 30 constituting the upper chamber 40, and various kinds of cans and the like are heat exchanged by the heavy machinery 60. The rack assembly is installed to maintain the cold state as well as to store the product and to be sold to the product outlet 21 formed in the door 20 through the product discharge duct 70 through which the product is discharged. At a predetermined position of the lower chamber 50, a compressor 90 for gasifying and discharging the refrigerant at a high temperature and high pressure is installed, and the refrigerant discharged through the compressor 90 flows into a liquid refrigerant at room temperature and high pressure. Next, the condenser 100 is introduced into the evaporator 60 through a capillary tube. In the automatic vending machine, the rack assembly 200 is penetrated through the bearing member 300 and the product discharge duct 70 provided on the inner upper portion of the main body 10 and fixed to the inner surface of the main body 10. In addition to being rotatably supported through the medium (400), it has a structure installed to sell a product.

Here, the rack assembly 200 has an upper end fixed to the bearing 320 fixed to the bush 310 of the bearing member 300, and a lower end of the rack assembly 200 protrudes to the upper part of the lower support member 400. A rotation center shaft 210 supported and rotatably installed, a spur gear 220 fixed at an upper predetermined position of the rotation center shaft 210, and a spur gear 220 meshed with the spur gear 220. ) Is equipped with a drive gear 231 to rotate the motor 230 is installed on the upper surface of the main body 10, and is fixed to the upper and lower ends of the rotation center shaft 210 and rotated together at the bottom Eject Mecha (not shown) consists of a rack frame 250 that can be placed by walking the rack 240 is installed at an angle of 45 degrees.

Here, as shown in FIG. 5, the rack frame 250 is welded to a quadrangular pillar frame portion 251 having a square cross-section and an upper and lower sides of the quadrangular pillar frame portion 251. And a triangular prism frame part integrally installed in an isosceles triangle at a vertex of the support member 252, the other end of which is fixed to the center of rotation shaft 210 by welding, etc. It consists of 253.

The rack 240 is installed in two rows between the triangular prism frame portions 253 integrally installed at the vertices of the tetragonal pillar frame 251, and the rack 240 is provided with one rack ( 240 is installed, it is possible to load a large amount of goods.

In addition, the rack of the front of the rack 240 installed in two rows is slightly lower than the length of the rack compared to the rear rack can be loaded goods (cans) to the rack of the rear.

Therefore, when the goods are put into the upper part of the rack 240 installed in the rack frame 250, the stack is sequentially loaded to the bottom, then put a bill or coin and press the select button of the control panel, the rack is loaded with the selected beverage Since the rotational center shaft 210 is rotated through the spur gear 220 by the operation of the motor 230, the rotative shaft 210 is moved together with the rack frame 250 of the rack assembly 200 to the product delivery duct 70. .

Thereafter, the lower eject plate of the eject mega provided in the lower portion of the rack 240 is operated to drop the product.

In this case, the product may be lowered through the product discharge duct 70 to withdraw the product to the product discharge port 21 of the door 20.

On the other hand, if the product is sold to the rack 240 is to be replenished, after opening the door 20, while slowly turning the rack assembly 200 to replenish and push the goods to the top of each rack 240 I can sell a product again.

In addition, if a product is caught in each rack 240, turn the rack assembly 200 to come to the front and then remove only the rack 240 from the rack frame 250 to repair and then again to the rack frame 250 It is easy to repair because it is locked.

As described above, according to the present invention, there is a structure in which a rack assembly in which a rack is arranged and blown at a 45 degree angle is installed in a product ejection duct to load a can, and the rack assembly rotates when a product (can) is caught. Of course, there is an effect that can be loaded a lot of goods.

Although one specific embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited thereto, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art based on the technical idea of the present invention.

Claims (3)

The main body is sealed through a door rotatably installed on the front surface, and the main body is separated into an upper chamber and a lower chamber by a separator installed at a predetermined position, and an evaporator is installed on an upper surface of the separator forming the upper chamber. In addition, the various types of cans can be kept cold as well as being stored in the air heat exchanged by the evaporator, and the product can be sold to the product outlet formed in the door through the product discharge duct. While the rack assembly is installed, a compressor for gasifying and discharging the refrigerant at a high temperature and high pressure is installed at a predetermined position of the lower chamber, and the refrigerant discharged through the compressor is introduced into the liquid refrigerant at room temperature and high pressure, and then the capillary tube is opened. In the vending machine equipped with a condenser to be introduced into the evaporator, the rack assembly is the inner upper portion of the main body It is rotatably supported through a bearing member and a lower support member fixed to the inner surface of the body through the bearing member and the product discharge duct installed in the product is installed to sell the product, the rack assembly is installed in the bush of the bearing member The center of the fixed bearing is fixed and the lower part is supported by a projection projecting on the upper part of the lower support member and is rotatably installed, a spur gear fixed at an upper predetermined position of the center of rotation and the spur gear 45 ° angle of the rack with the ejector mechanism installed on the lower part and the motor installed on the upper surface of the main body, fixed to the upper and lower ends of the rotation center shaft, and the ejector mechanism installed at the lower part, Rack assembly for vending machine, characterized in that consisting of a rack frame that can be placed on foot. 2. The rack frame according to claim 1, wherein the rack frame has a four-pillar frame portion having a regular quadrangular cross section, one end of which is fixed to upper and lower sides of the four-pole pillar frame portion by welding, and the other end of the rack frame is welded. A rack assembly for a vending machine comprising a support member fixed by a back and each triangular prism frame part integrally installed in an isosceles triangle at a vertex of the quadrangular prismatic frame. According to claim 1, The racks are installed in two rows between the triangular prism frame portion integrally installed at the vertex of the square pillar frame, Auto rack, characterized in that one rack is installed in the triangular prism frame portion Rack rack assembly.

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