KR19980040350A - Vending machine improves hygiene of sales area - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is to sell the cup beverage in the position higher than the vending machine of the vending machine up to now to facilitate the take out of the cup beverage from the customer's point of view and the sales of the cup beverage is installed on the front of the vending machine counter It is configured to sell only cup beverages without installing cup grips on the table, so that the dispensing part of the cup beverages can be kept clean and unsanitary, so that the cups can be taken out without causing discomfort to consumers. .

Description

Vending machine improves hygiene of sales area

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a vending machine for continuously discharging a cup from a cup storage unit and injecting and selling various drinks into the cup.

In general, in this type of vending machine, the beverage tank is arranged at the upper position in the vending machine, and the cup is placed at the lower part to inject the beverage to sell.

In addition, in the conventional vending machine, the cup into which the beverage is injected is opened by opening the entrance door and taking out the beverage injecting cup, and therefore, the sales outlet for taking out the cup is in a very low position. For this reason, the customer has to bend the waist and take out the cup containing the drink, which is inconvenient to be forced into a poor posture.

In addition, there was a hassle to open the door with one hand and take it out with the other.

In addition, since the cup is held by the elastic cup gripping member in the sales area, it is not easy to pull it out from the gripping member with one hand, and when the cup is taken out, the drink in the cup is sometimes crushed and the cup gripping member is dirty. As it becomes, there was a problem of becoming unsanitary.

The present invention is to sell the cup beverage in the position higher than the vending machine of the vending machine up to now to facilitate the take out of the cup beverage from the customer's point of view and the sales of the cup beverage is installed on the front of the vending machine counter The purpose of this is to sell only cup beverages without installing cup holding parts on the table, so that the dispensing part of the cup beverages can be kept clean without being unsanitary, so that the cup can be taken out without causing discomfort to the consumer. Doing.

1 is an overall external perspective view of a vending machine showing one embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a sales structure showing the process of injecting beverage into a cup and moving the cup after infusion.

3 is a perspective view of a sales mechanism showing a situation immediately after transfer to a cup vertical transfer apparatus;

4 is a perspective view of a sales mechanism showing a situation in which the cup rises from the bottom to the sales unit.

5 is a side view showing an overall configuration of a sales mechanism.

6 is a plan view of the cup holding device.

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the cup holding device in a state waiting to receive a cup that is sent out;

8 is a plan view showing a state in which the cup holding device is slightly moved to the beverage injection nozzle side after holding the cup.

9 is a plan view showing a state in which the cup holding apparatus cup gripping is released.

* Symbol description for main parts of the drawing

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Sales part, 2 counter table part, 3 sales door, 4 operation panel, 4A selection button, 5 cup holder, 6 cup, 7 cup holder, 7A, 7B cup holding member, 8 : Rail, 9: slider portion, 10: drink injection nozzle, 11: ice discharge hose, 12: cup up and down conveying device, 13: pulley, 14: belt, 15: drive motor, 16: slider, 18: coaster part, 19: guide bar, 20: pulley support shaft, 21: cup guide structure, 22: cup outlet, 23: cup dropping device, 24: cup chute, 25: cup holder, 26: rack, 27: roller, 30: cup Pedestal, 31: cup waste outlet, 32: drain container, 35: roller receiving part, 37: shaft, 38A, 38B: operating lever, 39A, 39B: arm, 40A, 40B: spring, 41A, 41B: protrusion, 42: Cam, 43: cam rotating shaft, 44a: cam face, 45: cam drive device, 46: drive motor, 47: reduction mechanism, 48: drive gear, 49: cam drive gear, 50: feed back and forth cup, 80: CO2 nozzle, 81: solenoid valve, 82: branch piping, 83: carbon dioxide gas spring , 164: cup outlet, 165: cover member, 166: sales door, 167: drive shaft, 168: deceleration mechanism, 169: electric motor, 170: spring pin, 171: spiral cutting, 172: opening, 173: dust, 174, 176: protrusion, 175: pin, 177a: right angled surface, 177b: gradient surface, 178: coil spring, 179: single direction clutch, 180: spring, 181: door open detector, 182: shield plate, 183: stop , 184: door closing detector, 185: convex

A vending machine that improves the hygiene of the sales outlet according to the present invention for achieving the above object includes a cup discharging device for discharging a cup based on the start of sales operation, and a cup holding device for holding a cup discharged from the cup discharging device. And a cup feeding device for feeding the cup holding device in a horizontal direction, a drink feeding device installed in a cup feeding path by the cup feeding device, and supplying a drink to a cup held in the cup holding device, A cup receiving device installed in the cup conveying path of the cup conveying device so as to receive the injected cup, a cup up and down conveying device for conveying the cup receiving device receiving the cup upwards, and the cup up and down conveying device. At the same time the inclined surface is formed toward the user side of the cup discharge port and the counter table provided at the upper position where the cup is transferred, A cup dispensing outlet, formed in a shape similar to the inclined surface of the counter table, to which the cup dispensing opening can be closed, drive means for opening and closing the selling door, and a cup up and down conveying apparatus from the lower side of the counter table. It is characterized in that the hygienic degree of the sales outlet is improved by providing a presence or absence of a cup detecting means for detecting the lower end of the cup which is upwardly conveyed and the upper part is exported from the cup dispensing outlet.

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiment of this invention is described in detail based on an accompanying drawing.

1 is a perspective view showing the overall appearance of a vending machine according to the present invention, wherein the sales unit 1 is constituted by a counter table type in which a conventional rectangle is wide open to each other, unlike a sales outlet.

A part of this counter table part 2 is formed in a dome shape, and a cup discharge port for carrying out goods is provided in the counter table part 2, while a dome shape of the same shape is approached under this dome part. The sales door 3 is provided so that the rotational movement is free, and the sales door 3 is formed with a hole that coincides with the cup outlet when the sales door 3 is opened.

Therefore, normally, the said cup delivery opening by this sales door 3 is comprised so that it may open by mutually matching holes at the time of sale.

Moreover, the selling part 1 is provided in the position of the height one step higher than the position of the conventional height.

Specifically, this selling part 4A is formed just below the operation panel 4 to which the selection button 4A is attached, and is in a recessed state, and has a height that does not interfere with the extraction of the cup 6. Open sideways with the dimensions of.

And this cup part is comprised so that the drink-injected cup may spring out.

On the other hand, the supply unit to which cups, drinks, ice, etc. are sent out is provided in a vending machine.

Next, the structure of the principal part of the vending machine of this invention is demonstrated based on FIG.

2 is a configuration diagram showing a situation in which the cup is injected and the cup after the injection is moved to the cup up and down transfer device, and Figure 3 is a configuration diagram showing a situation in which the cup containing the drink rises by the cup up and down transfer device. In addition, Figure 4 is a block diagram showing a situation in which a cup containing a drink approaching the sales department.

In each figure, (5) has the opening-and-closing cup holding member 7A (7B) which hold | grips the cup 6 sent out from the cup supply apparatus as mentioned later by a sales instruction, and also conveys a cup. As a cup holding device which also acts as a device, the cup holding device 5 is installed so as to slide the slider portion 9 freely on a rail 8 which is installed almost horizontally in a cabinet of the vending machine. It is comprised so that it may slide along the rail 8 in the front-back direction seen from the front.

A driving device for sliding the cup holding device 5 and a mechanism for opening and closing the cup holding members 7A and 7B are shown in Figs. 7 and 8, and the details thereof will be described later.

By the way, although not shown in the upper position shown in FIG. 2 in which the cup holding apparatus 5 is normally waiting, the beverage supply apparatus, the ice maker, etc. are provided, and the beverage injection nozzle 10 and ice from them are provided. The discharge hose 11 faces the cup 6.

In addition, the beverage supply apparatus combines the beverages in accordance with the product selection operation by the consumer as described below, and combines the beverages in the state in which the cup holding device 5 holds the cup 6. Inject into the cup (6) through.

At this time, the beverage supply device dilutes the syrup with carbonated water to combine the carbonated beverage or dissolve powder raw materials such as coffee with hot water, and combines the coffee beverage by adding sugar and milk as necessary.

Similarly, the ice maker also sends ice into the cup held by the cup holding device 5 through the ice discharge hose 11 when there is a product selection operation by the consumer.

When both the drink and the ice are supplied to the cup, the cup holding device 5 slides in the direction of the arrow A as shown in FIG. 2 and moves to the position shown in FIG. 3 and stops at the predetermined position.

The control regarding the stop of the cup holding apparatus 5 is controlled by the optical position sensor etc. which are arrange | positioned on the conveyance path of a cup.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a cup up and down conveying apparatus which conveys and advances the cup advanced to this predetermined position. This cup up-and-down conveying apparatus 12 has the belt 14 installed in the pulley 13 arrange | positioned up and down as shown to FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, and the forward rotation and the reverse rotation which drive one of these pulleys. Possible drive motor 15, the upper and lower sliders 16 attached to the belt 14, the columnar coaster portion 18 provided at the front end of the upper and lower sliders 16, and the upper and lower sliders 16; The guide section 19 is formed so as to penetrate the base of the base portion so that the coaster portion 18 performs a stable vertical movement.

In addition, 20 is a pulley support shaft.

On the other hand, the coaster portion 18 is normally waiting at a position slightly below the bottom of the cup 6 moving in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 2, and when the cup 6 comes, the driving motor 15 is slightly By the forward rotation, the coaster portion 18 rises slightly to support the bottom of the cup and is mounted thereon.

Thereafter, the cup gripping members 7A and 7B are opened and the transfer from the cup gripping members 7A and 7B to the coaster portion 18 is performed.

Next, after the cup gripping members 7A and 7B are opened to a greater extent within the limit of the rise of the cup 6, the coaster portion 18 is raised again by the forward rotation of the drive electric motor 15, In order to prevent the cup from falling over, it enters the cup guide 21 of the shape which is one step larger than the diameter of the cup and stops at the slightly exited position.

4 shows a situation in which the cup 6 emerges on the counter table portion 2 of the sales section 1, and as can be seen from this figure, the cup 6 containing the beverage is raised from the bottom to the sales section. It appears in (1).

For this reason, the sales door 3 opens and the cup dispensing opening 22 which the cup 6 exits is opened.

As described above, after holding the cup discharged from the cup supply device → injecting the drink into the cup → injecting the beverage into the cup, moving to the cup up / down conveying device → feeding the cup to the cup up / down conveying device → upward movement of the cup → sales unit The cup beverage is provided to the consumer by performing a series of sales operations called the export of.

The overall flow of this selling operation will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

During the selling operation, if the cup dropping device 23 operates by the selling command, the cup falls to the cup stand 30 via the cup chute 24 and is sent out. In this state, the cup holding device 5 is positioned above the cup stand 30 and is mounted on the cup stand 30 to the cup holding member 7A and 7B. Gripped by

Subsequently, after cup holding, beverage injection is performed by the beverage injection nozzle 10 etc., after which the whole cup holding apparatus 5 moves sideways and moves from cup 1 to cup 2 to cup 3.

At the position of the cup 3, the cup is conveyed to the cup up and down conveying apparatus 12, lifted up to the position of the cup 4, and carried out.

By the way, when the cup carried out is not gripped correctly by the cup holding members 7A and 7B, and entered into the cup holding members 7A and 7B in an inclined state, the light beam is continuously blocked by the cup. Therefore, the cup detection sensor S which outputs the signal which informs a cup jam is installed directly on the cup holding apparatus 5.

When the cup jamming detection sensor S performs the detecting operation, the cup holding members 7A and 7B are opened slightly so that the cup is dropped correctly, and the cup is held in the normal state by the cup holding members 7A and 7B. . The cup holder is configured to be freely moved up and down so that the upper end of the cup always fits well with the cup gripping members 7A and 7B even when different cup heights are used.

In the structure of the holding apparatus 5, the mechanism and operation | movement of the cup holding member 7A (7B) are well understood also as the top view of the cup holding apparatus 5 shown in FIG. 7, and the figure shown in FIGS. 8-10. It can be understood.

As shown in each drawing, the projections 41A and 41B at the end of the rotational movement of the cup gripping members 7A and 7B are reciprocated in the cam 42 in a predetermined range, and as a result, they are concave. The cam holding members 44a, 44b, 44c, 44d or 44a, 44b, 44e, 44f in the convex state are rotated in a direction centrally concentrated with each other. The cup can be held as (7A) (7B).

In this way, the holding action of the cup by the cup holding members 7A and 7B is controlled by the contact between the protrusions 41A and 41B and the cam surface 44.

8 shows the standby state which receives and grips the cup which is sent out, and the projection 41A and 41B are in contact with the common cam surface 44a in the position corresponded to the up-down direction, and the operation lever ( 38A) 38B oppose in parallel as shown in the figure.

In addition, in Fig. 9, the cup gripping members 7A and 7B are wider by 2 to 3 mm wider than the diameter of the supporting portion of the designated cups, so that the cups that are fed out and drop are easily accommodated.

Fig. 9 shows a state in which the cup is displaced from (a) to (b) and then moved to the lower part of the beverage injection nozzle after receiving the discharged cup. As shown in Fig. 13, the beverage is displaced slightly as described above. The last drop P of the beverage liquid falling from the injection nozzle 10 is also reliably entered into the cup to prevent the cup from being dirty and the grip of the grip.

The operation is achieved as follows.

Now, when the cam 42 rotates counterclockwise in the state of FIG. 7, the projection 41A of the actuating lever 38A moves from the cam face 44a to the cam face 44c and the actuating lever (as shown in FIG. 8). The projection 41B of 38B reaches the cam surface 44b from the cam surface 44a.

In this process, the cup gripping member 7A is adjusted to close slightly, and the cup gripping member 7B is also adjusted to close slightly so as to grip the cup based on the size of the cup.

Thereafter, the cup gripping members 7A and 7B are supported in the same direction (the arrow direction in Fig. 9) using the support shaft 37 that rotatably supports the basic ends of the operation levers 38A and 38B. Slightly displaced. This displacement direction is the direction in which the beverage injection nozzle 10 is located.

The stroke by this displacement operation is different in the cup holding members 7A and 7B. For example, the cup holding members 7B are controlled to be larger than the cup holding members 7A to form the cups. In addition, the displacement function is also achieved.

As a result, the center of the cup 6 moves from the cup drop position of the point a shown in FIG. 8 to the drink injection position axis to the cup shown in the point b.

In this way, the inlet portions of the cups 6 are opposed to each other below the vertical line of the nozzle opening 10A of the beverage injection nozzle 10, and the beverage liquid from the beverage injection nozzle 10 is injected into the cup 6. Even if there is a drop P falling at the end of the injection, it also enters the cup 6 and does not contaminate the circumference of the cup and the periphery of the top.

In this way, the cup holding members 7A and 7B are slightly pressed against the springs 40A and 40B than in Fig. 8, and the cup holding members 7A and 7B are narrowed closer to each other so as to hold the cup. In this case, the cup gripping members 7A and 7B are deflected toward the beverage injection nozzle 10 as a whole.

Fig. 9 shows a state where the cup gripping members 7A and 7B are open to release the cup, and the projections 7A and 7B are in contact with the cam surface 44b together.

Further, in order to control the rotational movement of the cam 42 to perform the opening and closing operation of the cup gripping members 7A and 7B, although not shown, a projection plate (not shown) is provided on the rotational circumference of the projection plate accompanying the rotational movement of the cam. (Not shown), and a plurality of sensors for detecting the rotational angle of the rotating disc by disposing the cross beam by the projection plate, although not shown on the rotational circumference of the protrusion accompanying the rotational movement of the rotating disc. It is.

With this configuration, these position detection sensors detect the rotation angle position of the cam 42 in each of the standby state of the cup holding device 5, the grip state of the cup, and the open state of the cup, and the cup grip member. (The opening and closing of (7A) 7B can be controlled.

Next, the operation of the vending machine in the above configuration will be described.

The cup holding members 7A and 7B of the cup holding apparatus 5 are held in accordance with the large cups and small cups to be sold, and the upper and lower sides of the cup holding member 30 are held at a position where the cup holder 30 can be held.

When a predetermined coin is put in and a sale command is given by the consumer's selection operation, the cam released from the cup supply device is held by the cup holding device 5 through the cup chute 24.

When caught in the cup chute 924 or when the cup is jammed or inclined at the place of the cup holding device 5, the cup detection sensor S detects the state and stops selling or slightly opens the cup holding member 7A and 7B. Secure to grip.

After the cam drive device 45 is started and maintained a little, the cup 6 is displaced to approach the beverage injection nozzle 10 side as shown in FIG. 8, and the ice or beverage supplied from the ice maker and the beverage supply device is positioned at that position. The drink is injected into the holding cup 6.

After drink injection, it moves to the cup up-and-down conveying apparatus 12 side by 9 A of drive devices.

When the coaster part 18 of the cup up-and-down conveying apparatus 12 raises in the position which completed the movement, and receives the bottom surface of the cup 6, and puts it on it, the cam drive device 45 will operate again and the cup will operate. The holding member 7A, 7B is moved up again by the cam drive device 45 after the transfer, and the cup holding member 7A, 7B is opened as shown in FIG. 9 and the cup 6 has a coaster portion 18. FIG. Is transferred to).

After the cup holding member 7A and 7B transfer, the cup up-and-down conveying apparatus 12 raises again and the coaster part 18 raises, and returns to an original position, and awaits next sale.

Since the sales door 3 is already open and the cup dispensing opening 22 is open while the coaster portion 18 is being raised, the cup 6 is placed on the coaster portion 18 so as to be sold. It comes out from under the center of.

Therefore, the consumer can easily grasp the cup 6 mounted on the coaster portion 18 and take it out of the sales section 1 easily.

Moreover, since the sales section 1 is provided at a higher position than the conventional one, the consumer can easily take out the upper body without lowering the upper body.

Claims (3)

The cup discharging device which discharges the cup 6 based on a sale operation start, the cup holding apparatus 5 which holds the cup 6 discharged from the said cup discharge apparatus, and the said cup holding apparatus 5 in a horizontal direction. A cup conveying apparatus for conveying to the cup; It is installed in the cup conveying path by the cup conveying device, the beverage supply device for supplying a drink to the cup (6) held by the cup holding device (5), and the cup conveying to accept the cup in which the drink is injected The cup 6 is formed by a cup receiving device installed in the cup conveying path by the device, a cup up and down conveying device 12 for conveying the cup receiving device receiving the cup 6 upwards, and the cup up and down conveying device. The cup discharging 12 provided at the conveyed upper position and the inclined surface toward the user side are formed in the counter table 2, and the cup discharging opening 22 is provided in this inclined surface, and the inclined surface of the counter table 2 is provided. A sales door 3 capable of closing the cup outlet 22 and closing the cup outlet 22, driving means for opening and closing the sales door 3, and driving means for opening and closing the sales door 3; Below the counter table 2 Improved hygiene of the sales outlet, characterized in that it is provided with a cup presence detecting means for detecting the lower end of the cup (6), the upper portion of the cup dispensing port (22) to the upper and lower conveyance by the cup up and down conveying device (12) Let the vending machine. 2. The projection 41A of the actuating lever 38A reaches the cam surface 44c from the cam surface 44a when the rotational movement in the counterclockwise direction occurs, and the projection 41B of the actuating lever 38B is cam surface. The cup holding member 7A is adjusted to close slightly by the cam 42 which reaches from the 44a to the cam surface 44b, and the cup is gripped based on the size of the cup. Let the vending machine. 3. A stone according to claim 2, wherein the rotational movement of the cam 42 is controlled to allow the cup holding members 7A and 7B to open and close. A plurality of sensors for detecting the rotation angle of the rotating disc are arranged by the crossing light being blocked by the substrate, and the sensors are used for each mode of the standby state of the cup holding device 5, the holding state of the cup, and the open state of the cup. The vending machine which improved the hygiene degree of the sales outlet characterized by detecting the rotation angle position of the cam 42 in this, and controlling opening and closing of the cup holding member (7A) (7B).