KR19980040446A - Vending machine of bad cup automatic disposal structure - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention has a conveying structure that can be sent to a sales unit located at a height where a cup containing a beverage is easily taken out, and furthermore, a cup not sold due to an abnormality at the time of conveying a cup (for example, stopping during transportation due to a power failure or the like). It aims to perform the operation | movement which automatically discards and self-returns so that it may not interfere with the next sales posture.

The vending machine for automatically discarding the defective cup according to the present invention injects and sells the beverage in the cup 6 discharged from the cup supplying device based on the start of the selling operation, and the cup dispensing outlet provided in the main body front part ( 22), the sales door 3 which opens and closes the cup dispensing opening 22, and the cup 6 which received the injection of the beverage in the vending machine main body from this beverage dispensing position to the cup dispensing opening 22. And a cup conveying means which is sent from the cup discharge port 22 to the outside of the vending machine main body.

Description

Vending machine of bad cup automatic disposal structure

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.

The present invention has a conveying structure that can be sent to a sales department located at a height where a cup containing a beverage is easy to take out, and moreover, an unsold cup is automatically sold due to an abnormality (stopping during transportation due to a power failure, etc.) at the time of conveying the cup. It aims at performing the operation | movement which discards and self-returns so that it may interfere with the next sales posture.

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 a side view of the sales mechanism

6 is a situation in which the cup supplied from the cup supply device to the cup holding device is caught;

7 is an explanatory diagram when the cup holding member is opened in order to release the cup.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a flow for controlling the operation of FIG.

* 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

In order to achieve the above object, the vending machine of the defective cup automatic disposal structure according to the present invention is provided with a cup dispensing outlet installed in the main body front part, a sales door for opening and closing the cup dispensing opening, and a beverage injection in the vending machine main body. Cup disposal for transporting the cup from this beverage pouring position to the cup dispensing outlet and disposing of the cup so that subsequent sales are not carried out by the cup conveying means and stagnant cups sent from the cup dispensing to the outside of the vending machine body. It is characterized by including a sphere. Regardless of where the cup is located in the conveying path along the rail 8, after the power is returned (after power supply), the cup is moved by the standby position detecting sensor S1 so as to forcibly move and discard the cup. The operation of the device moves the cup holding device along the rail and opens and discards the cup breaker member.

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 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.

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 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, advances 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. 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. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the cup up / down conveying apparatus 12 is a belt 14 installed on the pulley 13 arranged up and down, and the forward and reverse rotation for driving one of the 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 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 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 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.

The jam of the cup in the cup holding | maintenance part 7 can return to a normal state in the next procedure. This will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 9.

As shown in FIG. 7, when the cup 6 coming out of the cup chute 24 does not enter the cup holding members 7A and 7B correctly, the cup 6 is continuously shielded and the signal from the cup detecting sensor S is in a constant state. . Therefore, in the case of this cup latching state, the cup holding members 7A and 7B are opened as shown in FIG.

That is, the cam 42 is rotated so that the protrusions 41A and 41B abut against the cam surface 44b.

As a result, the cup 6 is placed between the cup pedestals 30 in the normal posture of the solid line from the jamming state of the cup shown by the dashed-dotted line, and is in the upright state by the cup holding members 7A and 7B again. It is held in a posture, after which the beverage is infused.

The above control operation is shown in FIG.

In the flowchart of this figure, when the sensor S is turned on, light is transmitted to the light receiving part Sb, and when the sensor S is turned off, the light is not lighted to the light receiving part Sb.

After the cup is sent out, the cup detection sensor S determines whether or not a state change occurs in the OFF-ON state (decision 71).

If it falls normally, once the light is shielded and the sensor is turned OFF, and then the light is immediately transmitted, the sensor is turned ON, and the judgment 71 is YES, where the inclination or jamming of the cup in the cup holding device 5 exists. It seems to be. Therefore, in this case, a cup holding operation is performed to the cup holding apparatus 5 which was waiting (process 72), and then drink sales are performed (process 73).

If judgment 71 is NO and the sensor S does not turn on even after 1 second has passed (judgment 74), and if judgment 74 is YES, the cup 6 is caught by the cup gripping members 7A and 7B. It is in a state where it is not gripped normally. Therefore, in this case, the presence or absence of the flag is checked (decision 75), the flag is set because there is no flag (process 76), and the cup holding device 5 is then changed from the standby state to the open state (process 77). . As a result, the dropping of the hanging cup 6 is possible again, and the dropping of the cup 6 is carried out in a vertical posture and positioned on the cup stand 30. The cup gripping apparatus 5 is then returned to the standby state for accommodating the cup (process 78).

Subsequently, after the process 78, the judgment 71 is again performed, and if the cup 6 is normally held by the above-described process 79, the judgment 71 is YES, and the process 72 is performed to sell the beverage in the process 73.

However, in the case where the cup 6 is jammed despite the processing 77, the judgment 71 is turned ON again, and the judgment 74 is also YES, and the judgment 75 is YES because the flag is set in the judgment 75. Then, the sale is stopped (process 79).

Therefore, the vending machine for automatically discarding the defective cups according to the present invention has a conveying structure capable of delivering the cup containing the beverage to the sales unit located at a height where it is easy to take out the cup. An unsold cup by the blackout or the like, and the self-returning operation can be performed so as not to interfere with the next sales posture.

The present invention relates to a cup vending machine for continuously discharging a cup from a cup storage unit by initiating a selling operation, injecting various beverages into the cup, and selling the cup, and more particularly, a vending machine having a structure for automatically discarding a defective cup. It is about.

Claims (2)

In the vending machine for automatically discarding a defective cup which injects and sells the drink in the cup 6 discharged 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; , A vending machine with a bad cup automatic disposal structure, characterized in that it is provided with a cup disposal opening (31) for discarding the cup so that the next sale is not performed by the stagnant cup. 2. The cup according to claim 1, wherein no matter where the cup is located in the conveying path along the rail 8, the cup is detected by the standby position detecting sensor S1 so that the cup is forcibly moved and discarded after returning from power failure (after power supply). The cup holding device 5 moves along the rail 8 by the operation of the drive device of the front and rear conveying device 50, and automatically discards the defective cups, characterized in that the cup holding members 7A and 7B are opened and discarded. Vending machine of the frame.