KR101598763B1

KR101598763B1 - Bouquet vending machine

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Publication number: KR101598763B1
Application number: KR1020150148513A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 고민규
Original assignee: 고민규
Priority date: 2015-10-26
Filing date: 2015-10-26
Publication date: 2016-02-29

Abstract

A bouquet vending machine according to the present invention includes a main body which includes a loading part where storage cases having individually opened and closed doors are vertically and horizontally arranged, a designation unit which designates each of the storage cases by numbers or letters, and a payment unit which displays the sale price of a bouquet placed in the designated storage case by the designation unit and pays a corresponding sale price; and a control part which remotely releases a locking device formed in the door of the designated storage case when the sale prices of the bouquet placed in the storage case designated by the designation unit are paid, and remotely operates the locking device when the door is turned back to a closing position.

Description

Bouquet vending machine {Bouquet vending machine}

The present invention relates to a bouquet automatic vending machine, and more particularly, to a bouquet automatic vending machine which can automatically sell various kinds of bouquets produced by a florist, and can automatically exchange bouquets originally purchased in a limited time, Vending machine.

The automatic vending machine which sells various goods by unmanned is currently installed and operated extensively, and the products sold also include cold drinks such as coffee, disposable articles such as carbonated drinks, cans, toilet paper, toothbrushes, ice tickets, Paper, noodles with noodles such as udon noodles and ramen noodles.

Vending machines are supplied only electricity necessary for operation, and can be operated unattended 24 hours only if the manager replenishes consumable goods or goods at regular intervals or carries out maintenance such as cleaning. Therefore, it is very convenient for the vending machine operator and users There are also advantages, and the types of products treated as vending machines are also becoming more and more diverse.

On the other hand, flowers are used for celebrations such as birthdays, wedding anniversaries, and other special occasions such as entrance ceremony and graduation ceremony. But until now, flowers have been selected directly to the flower shop, The flowers will be delivered through the delivery service.

In the case of choosing flowers in a flower shop, it is advantageous to select various kinds of flowers according to their taste according to appearance, color, and scent, etc. However, it is time consuming and has a disadvantage to go directly to the nearby flower shop And there is a restriction that it is not available at the late hours when the flower shop is closed.

In addition, there is an advantage in that when selecting a flower through the Internet homepage and using a flower delivery service, time can be reduced and a flower shop is not required. However, the image displayed on the screen means that the flowers are directly picked There is a drawback that it is difficult to pick flowers that suit your taste.

In addition, it is difficult to use flower shop or flower delivery service at late night, and it is difficult to use flower delivery service at late night, It is a reality that it is difficult to buy flowers conveniently anywhere.

In addition, Korean culture tends to purchase flowers only on special days. However, impromptu and emotional reasons can be a motive depending on the situation. Therefore, when analyzing such flower purchase patterns in a comprehensive manner, It is easy to expect that it will be advantageous to provide flowers conveniently to consumers without time or situation limitation.

Considering the merits of such a flower vending machine, "flower automatic sales system" of Patent Document 1 has been proposed. In the flower automatic sales system of Patent Document 1, a flower is inserted into each of a plurality of stacking tables having a hollow truncated cone shape whose width becomes narrower toward the bottom, and when a purchase request is made, the stacking table is rotated, So as to be positioned at the discharge port.

The flower vending system of Patent Document 1 has an advantage in selling flowers as a vending machine, but in some areas, it is insufficient to satisfy the purchasing desire of flower buyers. In other words, since the flower vending system of Patent Document 1 is a structure in which a flower for sale is put in a truncated cone-shaped stand having a uniform shape and standard, it is suitable for selling a flower of a single flower at an affordable price, It is not suitable for selling various kinds of beautifully combined bouquets, and therefore it is difficult to meet the desire to buy flower bouquets made by florists through visiting the flower shop directly or through the Internet homepage.

Korean Registered Patent No. 1130346 (Bulletin of Mar. 26, 2012)

It is an object of the present invention to provide a bouquet vending machine capable of overcoming the limitations of the conventional flower vending machine and selling various types of bouquets made by the florist himself.

In addition, the bouquet vending machine of the present invention has a further purpose of facilitating the purchase decision of the consumer by allowing the bouquets which are relatively expensive to be exchanged even under limited conditions.

A bouquet automatic vending machine according to the present invention is characterized in that a bouquet automatic vending machine according to the present invention comprises a loading section in which a plurality of storage boxes having doors which are individually opened and closed are arranged in a longitudinal and a horizontal direction, designating means for designating each storage box by number or letter, A main body including payment means for displaying the sales amount of the bouquet charged in the storage box and making payment for the sales amount; And a controller for remotely releasing a lock device provided on the door of the designated storage box when the sales amount of the bouquet loaded in the storage box designated by the designation means is paid out and remotely operating the lock device when the door returns to the closed position And a control unit for performing control.

The storage unit includes a bottom plate that is rotated by rotation means, and a partition member that is installed on the bottom plate and divides an internal space of the storage box into at least two isolated display spaces. When the door is returned to the closed position and locked, after the sale amount of the bouquet loaded in the storage box designated by the user is paid, the rotating means is driven to control the display space next to the bouquet stored in the front of the door have.

In addition, the bottom plate of each storage box is provided with a scale means for measuring the weight of the loaded bouquet, and the main body is provided with an exchange request portion, and the control portion receives the exchange request from the exchange request portion, And to approve the exchange when the weight before and after the withdrawal of the bouquet received in the specified storage box is within a predetermined error range.

At this time, the exchange request can be allowed only a limited number of times.

The zero point of the balance means may be intentionally shifted.

The control unit remotely controls the release and operation of the lock device provided in the door of the newly designated storage box so that the drawer of the bouquet loaded in the newly designated storage box is allowed by the designation means when the exchange request is approved.

Here, the control unit controls the payment means to further settle or refund the difference if the sales amount of the bouquet before and after the exchange is different.

The control unit may further include a light emitting unit installed in the vicinity of each of the storage units, and the control unit may control the light emitting units provided around the designated storage unit to be lit or blinked when the storage unit is designated by the designation unit.

The control unit may control the light emitting unit to be turned on or blinked until the sales amount of the bouquet charged in the designated storage box is paid and the door returns to the closed position.

The bouquet vending machine according to the present invention can be applied to sell flower bouquets.

The bouquet vending machine of the present invention having the above-described configuration includes a plurality of storage boxes having doors that are individually opened and closed, and further, a plurality of bouquets are sequentially displayed in one storage box, Many types of bouquets can be sold unattended 24 hours a day.

In addition, unlike industrial products, each bouquet produced by a florist is a commodity with its own individuality and is relatively expensive, so once you make a purchase decision and want to exchange it with another bouquet after you purchase it, The market entry of the bouquet vending machine can be promoted. Therefore, the bouquet automatic vending machine of the present invention can activate the unmanned sales of the bouquet by having the product exchange function which is not considered in the conventional automatic vending machine at all.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figure 1 is a front view of a bouquet vending machine according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the structure of a storage box provided in the bouquet vending machine of FIG. 1. FIG.
Figure 3 schematically illustrates the overall control structure of a bouquet vending machine of the invention;
FIG. 4 is a photograph showing an example of various bouquets that can be sold in the bouquet vending machine of FIG. 1; FIG.

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

In describing the embodiments of the present invention, a description of well-known structures that can be easily understood by those skilled in the art will be omitted so as not to obscure the gist of the present invention. In addition, when referring to the drawings, it should be considered that the thicknesses of the lines and the sizes of the constituent elements shown in the drawings may be exaggerated for clarity and convenience of explanation.

The vertical and horizontal directions used in the detailed description and drawings are based on FIG. 1, which is a front view of the bouquet vending machine of the present invention, unless otherwise specified.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a bouquet vending machine 10 according to the present invention, and its outer shape is composed of a body in the form of a hexahedron cabinet, like a general vending machine.

The main body 100 of the bouquet vending machine 10 is provided with a loading unit 110 in which a plurality of storage boxes 112 having door 118 which are individually opened and closed are arranged longitudinally and laterally. In other words, one or more bouquets, which are sales products, are stored and displayed in the respective storage boxes 112. Thus, if the individual storage box 112 can enter the volume formed by the storage space, the size and shape of the bouquet To be sold without being arbitrary. In addition, displaying and selling bouquets only one at a time into one storage box 112 is not a bouquet produced in large quantities to prospective customers, but recognizes them as a specially made product for each one, thereby enhancing psychological purchasing desire Can be obtained.

A door 118 is provided on the front surface of each storage box 112 so as to be opened and closed by a lock device 120. A control part 200 to be described later controls the door of the storage box 112, So that the bail can be taken out by controlling the locking device 120 so that the bail 118 can be opened.

A designation means 130 is provided on the front surface of the main body 100 so that the purchaser can designate each storage box 112 in numbers or letters and the sales of the bouquets loaded in the storage box 112 designated by the designation means 130 A payment means 140 for displaying the amount of money and paying the amount of the sales amount is also provided. The designation means 130 and the settlement means 140 are also provided in a conventional automatic vending machine, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

3 is a view schematically showing the overall control structure of the bouquet vending machine 10 according to the present invention. Various control functions of the control unit 200 described below will be described with reference to FIG.

The control unit 200 installed in the main body 100 may control the lock provided in the door 118 of the designated storage box 112 when the sales amount of the bouquet loaded in the storage box 112 designated by the designation unit 130 is paid, The device 120 is remotely released and the door 118 is returned to its closed position after the bouquet has been withdrawn to remotely actuate the locking device 120 to lock the door 118 again.

It may also be desirable to be able to confirm whether the customer's purchase intention and the designated bouquet are correct before the final purchase is completed. For this, the present invention is characterized in that the light emitting means 300 is installed in the vicinity of each storage box 112, and when the storage box 112 is designated by the designation means 130, the control unit 200 is installed around the designated storage box 112 And the purchase selection can be confirmed by turning on or blinking the light emitting means 300. The light emitting means 300 may be turned on or blinked until the door 118 is returned to the closed position after the bouquet is drawn out after the sales amount of the bouquet charged in the designated storage box 112 is paid out.

Here, the light emitting means 300 should be installed in a position not to be confused with the adjacent storage box 112, so that the peripheries of the storage box 112 can be rotated by the ice- 300 can be installed.

2 illustrates an example in which one storage bin 112 sequentially stores several bouquets, that is, when one bouquet is sold, the inner space of the storage bin 112 is divided into at least two isolated displays (FIG. 2 shows an example of dividing into three).

That is, each storage box 112 is installed on the bottom plate 115 and the bottom plate 115 rotated by the rotating means 114 to divide the internal space of the storage box 112 into at least two or more isolated display spaces And partition wall member 116 as shown in Fig. When the door 118 is returned to the closed position and locked after the sales amount of the bouquet set in the storage box 112 designated by the designation means 130 is set, the control unit 200 drives the rotation means 114 After the other bouquet is stored, the bottom plate 115 is rotated so that the shelf space is positioned on the front surface of the door 118, that is, the position where the buyer can see.

In the illustrated example, the electric motor as the rotating means 114 directly rotates the bottom plate 115. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and various power transmission mechanisms, link mechanisms, linear actuators, It is of course possible to implement this.

The bouquet vending machine 10 of the present invention can be configured to have an exchange function that is not found in conventional vending machines in addition to the basic functions of settlement and sale. This is because the product sold by the bouquet vending machine 10 of the present invention is not a commercial product having no difference in quality and form but a bouquet with individuality as exemplified in Fig. 4, , It is considered that the customer may decide to make a purchase decision and exchange frequently for another bouquet after purchase. In addition, since the accessibility to the bouquet vending machine 10 of the present invention can be improved if such an exchange request is allowed, this exchange function is very important in reality.

This exchange function of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. It should be understood that FIG. 3 is shown for one storage compartment 112, but for ease of understanding, and equally applicable to all storage compartments 112.

First of all, each storage box 112 is provided with a scale means 125 for measuring the weight of the bouquet loaded therein, for example, an electronic scale 125 having a strain gauge, ) Is provided with an exchange request unit 150 for receiving a buyer's exchange request. If the bottom plate 115 having the partition member 116 is installed in the storage box, the bottom plate 115 may be provided with the scale means 125.

The control unit 200 receives the exchange request from the exchange request unit 150 and stores it in the storage box 112 in which the already purchased bouquet has been stored for a limited time (for example, one minute) When the purchased bouquet is brought in, it is configured to compare the weights before and after the withdrawal and to approve the exchange only within a predetermined error range (for example, ± 1%).

That is, the balance means 125 provided in each storage box 112 measures the weight of the bouquet placed thereon and transmits the result to the control unit 200 in the form of digital data. It is determined that the bouquet that was sold is properly recovered if the weight difference between before and after the withdrawal at 112 is within the tolerance range. Since the exchange is made in an extremely limited time and the measurement value of the balance means 125 is not exposed to the buyer, it is possible to realize the exchange function because the weighing of the bouquet only makes it possible to judge the identity of the goods before and after the transfer with considerable accuracy .

Particularly, since the weight measurement of the bouquet is intended to determine whether the objects before and after the drawing are the same bouquet, rather than measuring the exact weight of the bouquet, the zero point of the balance means 125 is intentionally shifted, It is also possible to plan. That is, as long as the measurement value of the balance means 125 provided in the storage box 112 is not exposed to the purchaser, the purchaser having the impure intention measures the weight of the bouquet with the other balance, and puts another item having the same weight as the purchased bouquet Even when the zero point is intentionally changed, the balance means 125 can sense the zero point so that the exchange procedure can be safely performed.

Here, it may be desirable to allow the buyer's exchange request to be made only a limited number of times, for example, only once so that more careful purchase and exchange can be made.

If the exchange request is approved through the above procedure, the controller 200 determines whether the buyer has selected the door of the newly designated storage box 112 so that the purchaser can retrieve the bouquet loaded in the newly stored storage box 112 through the designation means 130 The release and operation of the lock device 120 provided in the lock mechanism 118 is remotely controlled. Of course, the exchanged bouquet previously stored in the original storage box 112 is locked by the locking device 120.

The control unit 200 may control the payment means 140 to further settle or refund the difference if the sales amount of the bouquet before and after the exchange is different. It may be preferable that the bouquets of all the storage boxes 112 are sold in the same amount so that the exchange procedure can be easily performed. However, in order to sell various kinds of bouquets, the sales amount may be different, .

The main body 100 may also include a display means 160 for displaying information such as sales, exchange, refund, additional payment, etc., as well as information on the bouquet currently being sold, have. If the display means 160 is configured as a touch screen, input means such as the designation means 130 or the exchange requesting means 150 may be implemented together with the display means 160.

Particularly, the bouquet vending machine 10 of the present invention is intended to sell flower bouquets, which are flowers. In case of selling flower bouquets such as flowers, it is necessary to supply water so that the flower bouquets remain vivid for a longer time. To this end, Patent Document 1 proposes a constitution that stimulates consumers' desire to purchase by causing water droplets to be formed on the petal while maintaining the humidity by applying a device such as a sprinkler, but in the process of evaporation when water is sprayed directly on the flower It takes away heat and moisture, and the flower dries quickly. Accordingly, the present invention allows the flower stem to be wrapped with floral foam (Oasis brand name) filled with water so that the bouquet, which is a flower, is maintained for a long time.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. It will be possible. Accordingly, the scope of the present invention is defined by the claims and equivalents thereof

10: Bouquet vending machine
100: main body 110:
112: Storage box 114: Rotation means
115: bottom plate 116: partition wall member
118: Door 120: Locking device
125: Balance means 130: Designation means
140: Payment means 150:
160: Display means 200:
300: light emitting means

Claims

A storage unit in which a plurality of storage boxes having doors that are individually opened and closed are arranged in a vertical and a horizontal direction, designation means for designating each storage box by numbers or letters, and sales amount of bouquets loaded in a storage box designated by the designation means And a payment means for displaying and paying for the sales amount; And
A controller for remotely releasing a locking device provided on the door of the designated storage box when the sales amount of the bouquet loaded in the storage box designated by the designating means is paid out and for remotely operating the locking device when the door returns to the closing position, And a control unit,
The main body is provided with a balance unit for measuring the weight of the loaded bouquet. The main body includes an exchange request unit. The control unit receives the exchange request from the exchange request unit, Wherein when the weight of the bouquet before and after the drawing of the bouquet received in the storage box is within a predetermined error range, the exchange is approved.

The method according to claim 1,
The storage box includes the bottom plate rotated by the rotating means, and a partition member installed on the bottom plate and dividing the internal space of the storage box into at least two isolated display spaces,
When the door is returned to the closed position and locked after the sale amount of the bouquet charged in the storage box designated by the designation means has been paid, the control means drives the rotation means to store another bouquet, And the control means controls the control means so that the control means is located at a predetermined position.

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The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the exchange request is allowed only a limited number of times.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the zero point of the balance means is intentionally shifted.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the control unit remotely controls the release and operation of the lock device provided on the door of the newly designated storage box so that the drawer of the bouquet loaded in the newly designated storage box is allowed by the designation means when the exchange request is approved. vending machine.

The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the controller controls the payment means to additionally settle or refund the difference amount when the sales amount of the bouquet before and after the exchange is different.

The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising light emitting means provided around the respective storage box,
Wherein the control unit performs control to turn on or blink the light emitting means provided in the vicinity of the designated storage box when a storage box is designated by the designation means.

9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the control unit controls the light emitting unit to be turned on or blinked until the sales amount of the bouquet charged in the designated storage box is paid and the door returns to the closed position.

10. The method according to any one of claims 1, 2, and 4 to 9,
Wherein the bouquet is a flower arrangement.