KR19980040445A - Vending machine of shortened structure of sale wait time - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a vending machine having a structure of shortening a sales waiting time for shortening a sales waiting time of a user.

In the vending machine, the cup dispensing opening 22 provided in the main body front part, the sales door 3 which opens and closes the cup dispensing opening 22, and the cup 6 which received the injection of the drink in the vending machine main body 6 ) Is transferred from the beverage injecting position to the cup dispensing outlet 22, and the cup conveying means sent from the cup dispensing outlet 22 to the outside of the vending machine main body, and the cup conveying means are operated to sell the cup. It characterized in that it comprises a sales position detection sensor and a cup transfer device standby position sensor for transferring to.

Description

Vending machine of shortened structure of sale wait time

In general, in this type of cup 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.

Moreover, in the conventional cup type | mold vending machine, since the cup in which the drink was injected is made to open a transparent door, and the drink injecting cup is taken out, the sales outlet which takes out the cup was in the 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 caught up and the cup gripping member is dirty. As a result, there was a problem of becoming unsanitary.

An object of the present invention is to shorten the waiting time for sale of a user.

1 is a perspective view of the overall appearance of a cup vending machine showing one embodiment of the present invention

2 is a perspective view of a sales structure illustrating a process of injecting a drink into a cup and a cup moving process after the infusion;

3 is a perspective view of a sales mechanism showing a situation immediately after the transfer to the 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 an explanatory diagram showing the operation of the cup-type vending machine at the time of sale.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

1: Sales department 2: Counter table

3: sales statement 4: operation panel

4A: SELECT BUTTON 5: Cup Retainer

6: cup 7: cup holder

7A, 7B: Cup holding member 8: Rail

9: slider 10: beverage injection nozzle

11: ice discharge hose 12: cup up and down transfer device

13 pulley 14 belt

15: drive motor 16: slider

18: coaster part 19: guide

20 pulley support shaft 21 cup guide structure

22: cup outlet 23: cup dropping device

24: Cup Suit 25: Cup Holder

26: rack 27: pinion

28M: drive motor 29: roller

30: cup stand 31: cup waste

32: drain container 35: roller receiving portion

37: shaft 38A, 38B: operating lever

39A, 39B: arm 40A, 40B: spring

41A, 41B: Projection 42: Cam

43: cam rotation axis 44a: cam surface

45 cam drive device 46 drive motor

47: reduction mechanism 48: drive gear

49: cam drive gear 50: cup back and forth transfer device

80: carbon dioxide gas nozzle 81: solenoid valve

82: branch piping 83: carbon dioxide gas cylinder

164: cup outlet 165: cover member

166: sales door 167: drive shaft

168: deceleration mechanism 169: electric motor

170: spring pin 171: spiral cutting portion

172: opening 173: dust

174, 176: protrusion 175: pin

177a: perpendicular plane 177b: gradient plane

178: coil spring 179: single direction clutch

180: spring 181: door opening detector

MEANS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM In order to achieve the objective mentioned above, this invention is the cup-type automatic vending machine which injects and sells the drink in the cup discharged from a cup supply apparatus based on a sale operation start, The cup discharge outlet provided in the main body front part, The said cup A sales door for opening and closing a dispensing outlet, a cup conveying means for transferring the cup, which has been injected with a beverage in the vending machine body, from the beverage dispensing position to the cup dispensing outlet and being sent from the cup dispensing outlet to the outside of the vending machine body; It provides a vending machine having a shortened sales wait time structure, characterized in that the cup transfer means is provided with a sales position detection sensor and a cup transfer device standby position sensor which always transfers the cup to the sales standby position.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a perspective view showing the overall appearance of a cup-type vending machine according to the present invention. The selling unit 1 is constituted by a counter table type that is wide open horizontally, unlike a conventional rectangular vending machine.

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, beverages, ice, etc. are sent out is installed in a vending machine.

Next, the structure of a main part is demonstrated to the cup type | mold vending machine of this invention based on FIG.

2 is a configuration diagram showing a situation in which the cup is injected and the cup after the injection to move the cup up and down conveying device, and FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a situation in which the cup containing the drink rises by the cup up and down conveying 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.

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 powdered raw materials such as coffee with hot water, and adds sugar, milk, ice, etc. as necessary to combine the coffee beverage.

When all the drink, ice, etc. are supplied to a cup, the cup holding apparatus 5 slides in the direction of arrow A, as shown in FIG. 2, advances to the position shown in FIG. 3, and stops at a predetermined position.

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

(12) is a cup up / down conveying apparatus which transfers and advances the cup advanced to this predetermined position. The cup up / down conveying apparatus 12 includes a belt 14 arranged on a pulley 13 arranged up and down, a drive motor 15 capable of driving one of the pulleys in a forward and reverse rotation, and the belt ( 14, the upper and lower sliders 16 attached to the upper and lower sliders 16, a cylindrical coaster portion 18 provided at the front end of the upper and lower sliders 16, and the base portion of the upper and lower sliders 16 are inserted therethrough, and the coaster portion 18 is inserted. ) Is composed of guide bars 19 to perform stable up and down 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 stationary. By rotating, 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 without limiting the rise of the cup 6, the coaster portion 18 is raised again by the forward rotation of the drive 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 where the cup 6 has emerged above 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, gripping of the cup discharged from the cup supply device → injecting beverage into the cup → after pouring the drink, moving to the cup up / down conveying device → transferring the cup to the cup up / down conveying device → lifting the cup → to the sales department 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.

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 located above the cup stand 30, and the cup sent to the cup chute 24 is mounted on the cup stand 30, and the cup gripping members 7A and 7B. Is held 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 to the side, 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 which was carried out was 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 this cup. Therefore, the cup detection sensor S which outputs the signal which informs a cup jamming is provided 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 slightly open and drop the cups correctly, so that the cup is held in the normal state by the cup holding members 7A and 7B. .

The cup support 30 is configured to be freely moved up and down so that the upper end of the cup is always fitted with the cup gripping members 7A and 7B even if a different cup height is used.

In addition, when the cup holding device 5 moves along the rail 8 and is temporarily fixed to the cup holding members 7A and 7B, the cup holder 30 is in contact with the cup 6. The cup is not moved horizontally along the rail 8, but is inclined upwardly at an angle of about 5 degrees in order to prevent falling and contamination by the metal.

And the cup waste opening 31 and the drain container 32 are arrange | positioned under the position of the cup 2. As shown in FIG. This is because when a power failure or the like occurs during the transfer operation of the cup, selling the stagnant cup beverage is not sanitary and the next sale is not performed by the stagnant cup, so that the cup moves along the rail 8. No matter where in the path, after returning from power failure (after power supply), the cup holding members 7A and 7B are opened at this position to force the cup to be moved to the position of the cup 2 and discarded in the cup. Discard. In this case, the standby position detection sensor S1 is provided in the position of the cup 2, and the cup holding | maintenance apparatus 5 moves along the rail 8 by the operation | movement of the drive apparatus of the cup back and front conveying apparatus 50 mentioned later, This discard operation is performed when the position of 2 is reached.

In addition, when the cup is in the process of raising the cup 3 to the cup 4, the cup up and down conveying apparatus 12 is reversely operated even when the cup is returned from the power failure (when the power is supplied) to lower the cup once. When it descends to the position supported by the cup holding apparatus 5 again, it is gripped by the cup holding members 7A and 7B, and the cup holding apparatus 5 is moved along the rail 8 after that, and the cup 2 It is configured to discard at the location of.

Next, the structure of the cup holding apparatus 5 and the cup back and forth conveying apparatus 50 which move the cup holding apparatus 5 to the front-back direction from the front of a vending machine are demonstrated.

As described above, the cup holding device 5 has a slider portion 9 that slides freely on the rail 8, and a pair of cup holding members for fitting the cup 6 to the slider portion 9. The cup holder 25 which attached (7A) and 7B is provided.

The slider 9 is reciprocated on the rail 8 by the force applied by the drive device 9A, but the drive device 9A is engaged with the rack 26 provided on the rear surface of the rail 8. It consists of the pinion 27 and the drive electric motor 28M.

In addition, the slider portion 9 includes two pairs of upper and lower pairs of rollers 29 which support the projections 26A on which the racks 26 are formed from the up and down directions, and at the bottom of the rail 8 One set of rollers 36, which move while rotating in the roller receiving portion 35 provided at the lower end, is provided.

The pair of cup gripping members 7A and 7B are arm 39A at one end of the actuating levers 38A and 38B supported by the shaft 37 mounted on the base stand 25A of the cup holder 25. Is connected via 39B).

These actuating levers 38A and 38B are springs 40A and 40B mounted on the upper base frame 25B of the cup holder 25, and a force is applied in the direction of mutual repulsion.

Then, at the ends of the other rotational movement of the actuating levers 38A and 38B, the protrusions 41A and 41B are bent in the direction centrally concentrating, respectively, and the front ends thereof are in contact with the cams 42, respectively. have.

This projection is arranged such that the projection 41B provided on the actuating lever 38B side is positioned above, and the projection 41B provided on the actuating lever 38A side is positioned below.

As shown in FIGS. 10 and 12, the surfaces around the cams (hereinafter referred to as cam surfaces) 44 and the cam surfaces 44a and 44b in which the two protrusions 41A and 41B are in uniform contact with each other. 44C of the concave state which the protrusion 41A contacts, and the cam surface 44d of the convex state which the protrusion 41B contacts are formed, and the cam surface 44d shown by the solid line is shown by the dotted line on the upper side. The cam surface 44c shown is formed so that it may be located below.

Since these cam surfaces 44a, 44b, 44c, 44d have different distances from the center of the cam rotation shaft 43, the degree of opening of the cup holding members 7A, 7B varies depending on the cam surface. Change.

In addition, the cam 42 shown in order to change the spreading degree of the cup holding member 7A, 7B also changes the distance from the center of the cam rotation axis 43 to the position of the up-down symmetry also by the size of a cup. Thus, cam surfaces 44e and 44f corresponding to the cam surfaces 44c and 44d are formed.

The cam 42 is then rotated by the cam drive device 45 in an angle range of approximately +180 or -180 degrees from the standby position.

The cam drive device 45 is a cam drive gear attached to the lower portion of the cam rotation shaft 43 in which the drive electric motor 46, the reduction mechanism 47, the drive gear 48, and the cam 42 are fixedly installed. It consists of 49.

The cup gripping members 7A and 7B are made to be larger by 2 to 3 mm wider than the diameter of the supporting portion of the designated cup to easily accommodate the cups that are sent out and drop.

On the other hand, in the cup vertical transfer device 12 which is in front of a consumer detects that true since no cup eject the cups from the sales department (1), the presence or absence detection sensor S ₁₂ is cup of the cup in Figure 5 is taken out (the processing 110 ). Then, the cup top and bottom feed unit 12 is lowered to move and (process 101), when the arrays the location of the cup received, the position detecting sensor S ₄ detects below (process 112), the position detection sensor position detection of S ₄ under If present, forward movement of the cup forward and backward transfer apparatus 50 is permitted (process 113). As a result, the cup back and forth conveying apparatus 50 moves forward on the condition that the beverage injection is finished (process 108). Then, the cup is moved to the position of the coaster part 18 by moving a cup to the position of the cup up-and-down conveying apparatus 12 waiting in a lower position. After the mounting, the normal operation of raising is performed (process 109), the cup is stopped at the selling position protruding into the selling unit 1, and the operation is returned to the original state (process 100), and the same operation is repeated.

In this way, when the cup 6 is sent out to the sales unit 1 only, the operation of accepting money, selecting a product, and injecting a beverage into the cup is allowed for the next sale, and then the cup is held. If you are ready to move immediately.

This has the advantage of remarkably shortening the waiting time of the consumer as compared with the selling method from the coin input starting on the condition of the previous cup discharging.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cup-type vending machine for continuously discharging a cup from a cup storage unit and injecting various beverages into the cup by the start of the selling operation, and in particular, shortening the sales waiting time.

Claims (1)

In the cup type vending machine which injects and sells the drink in the cup 6 discharged | emitted from a cup supply apparatus based on a sale operation start, The cup outlet 22 which installed in the body front part, Sales door 3 for opening and closing the cup outlet 22, Cup conveying means for conveying the cup 6 receiving the beverage in the vending machine main body from the beverage injecting position to the cup dispensing port 22 and sent from the cup dispensing 22 to the outside of the vending machine main body; , And a sales position detecting sensor and a cup conveying apparatus standby position sensor for operating the cup conveying means to always convey a cup to a sales standby position.