KR200161491Y1 - The ejecting device in vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a product dispensing device of a vending machine with a large product adaptability. The present invention is a pair of left and right rotary shafts 13 and 14 driven by a motor 15 and a pair of spiral wires 11 and 12 coupled to the rotary shafts 13 and 14 and a pair of spiral wires 11, It consists of a guide panel 19 provided between 12). The pair of spiral wires 11 and 12 are installed to have a phase difference of 180 ° to each other and are controlled to rotate by 90 ° each in one operation. A product with a large change in appearance, such as a cup noodle (C), is mounted between both sides 10a and 10b of the rack 10 and between the guide panels 19 and the openings 11d and 12d of the spiral wires 11 and 12. By rotating the rotary shafts (13, 14), the goods are sequentially lowered and discharged in accordance with the rotation of the spiral wires (11, 12).

Accordingly, a product dispensing device of a vending machine having a simple structure, a clear operation, and a large adaptability to a product's appearance can be provided, thereby being used in various ways.

Description

Product Dispenser of Vending Machine

1 is a schematic configuration perspective view of a cup noodle vending machine.

2 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the operation structure of the conventional product dispensing apparatus.

3 is a configuration diagram of the upper and lower cams for operating a product dispensing device of a conventional vending machine.

4 is a side perspective view showing a schematic configuration of a rack of a cup noodle vending machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a front view showing the detailed configuration of the rack according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

(A) and (b) of FIG. 6 are schematic front and plan views for explaining a cup noodle dispensing method according to the first embodiment of the present invention, respectively.

7 is a plan view of a vertical cup noodle-bowl common rack according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

(A) and (b) of FIG. 8 are schematic front and plan views showing a method for loading and dispensing the cup noodles and the bowl surface according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts in drawings

10: rack 10a, 10b: side

10c: back 11,12: spiral wire

11a, 11b, 12a, 12b: terminal 11d, 12d: opening

13,14: rotating shaft 15: motor

16,17: gear 18: chain

19: guide panel 20: guide rail

21,22,23,24 Spacer panel B: Bowl side

C: cup ramen

The present invention relates to a cup noodle vending machine, and more particularly to a product dispensing device of the cup noodle vending machine.

Vending machines, which are increasingly used, have different product dispensing devices depending on the characteristics of the products to be sold. Cup noodle vending machine is light merchandise cup noodle, but is bulky, and has the characteristics of taking a variety of shapes, such as cylindrical, bowl-type, it is necessary to take the configuration of the appropriate product dispensing device. In addition, it is generally configured to use a rack of various specifications so that various types of cup ramen is provided inside the device so as to select a variety of cup ramen to be discharged according to the user's choice.

1 shows a perspective view of a cabinet 1 of a general cup noodle vending machine. As shown, the cabinet 1 is equipped with a plurality of racks 2 slidably mounted in the cabinet 1, and each rack 2 is equipped with a merchandise outlet, as shown in FIG. 2. The teeth are installed in five rows.

2 shows a constitution of a commodity dispensing device if a cup of a system using a cam and a cam plate, which is a conventional commodity dispensing device, is used. As shown in FIG. 2, upper and lower cams 4 and 5 and upper and lower cam plates 6 and 7 are provided at the bottom of each row 3 of the product dispensing apparatus. 7) One cup noodle (C1, C2) is in the dispensing and transfer standby state. The upper and lower cams 4 and 5 each have an angle difference of 144 °, and are connected to the takeout motor 8 and the chain 9 as shown in FIG. The upper and lower cams 4 and 5 are operated once each time one product is sold and rotated 72 °. Therefore, when one cup noodle (C1) is discharged, as shown by the dotted line, the lower cam plate (7) is empty when discharged, the cup noodle (C2) is lowered from the upper cam plate (6) after two additional operations It falls to the cam board 7, and waits for a turn on the lower cam board 7. As shown in FIG.

In FIG. 3, five rows of cams 4a to 4e, 5a to 5e installed in one rack 2 and the rotation angle difference therebetween are shown. The cams 4a to 4e and 5a to 5e are rotated by 72 ° by the motor 9 and a microswitch mechanism (not shown). Therefore, when the consumer operates the vending machine, the motor 9 is operated to open the first lower cam 5a to eject the cup noodle, at which time the cams 4a to 4e and 5a to 5e are all rotated by 72 °. Since the second lower cam (5b) is then opened and proceeds to the lower cam (5e) 5 in turn to discharge the cup ramen and circulates again to the lower cam (5a) 1 and the cup ramen is discharged. On the other hand, since the upper cams 4a to 4e have angle differences of 144 ° with the lower cams 5a to 5e, respectively, when the lower cam 5c 3 is opened, the first upper cam 4a is opened. The cup noodle is transferred to the first lower cam 5a.

Conventional cup noodle vending machine configured in this way should use a rack (2) formed in the cup ramen dispensing line differently according to the shape and size of the cup ramen, if you want to sell different racks that meet the specifications of the product ( 2) should be replaced.

Therefore, the rack 2 should be manufactured in various states by varying the configuration of the rack 2, and when a new product of a unique shape is available, a discharge line suitable for this should be redesigned. Accordingly, it is pointed out as a factor that makes the design of the rack 2 difficult because of the low adaptability of the cup noodle vending machine, a large cost must be invested in the replacement of the rack 2.

In addition, the product dispensing device of the cam plate (6,7) method has been pointed out as a problem that the cam plate (6,7) is deformed due to repeated use is likely to malfunction.

In recent years, according to the fashion trend of cup noodle containers, since cup noodle containers are manufactured in various sizes and shapes, it would be convenient if a product adaptation device having a large product adaptability capable of loading and dispensing cup noodle of various shapes would be recurred. will be.

In addition, it is preferable that such a product dispensing device has a simple operating structure and can be manufactured and configured to the same standard in terms of manufacturing cost.

In addition, it is convenient to be able to accommodate a large number of sales products in a narrow space and to discharge them, thereby improving the product acceptance density to make the rack including the product dispensing device compact and slimming the vending machine. .

In addition, the robustness of the product dispensing apparatus should be considered in order to suppress deformation or damage of the product dispensing apparatus due to prolonged use.

The basic purpose of the present invention is to provide a vending machine with a large cup of product adaptability.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine if the cup is simple in structure and has a high density of receiving goods.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine for a cup of solid structure without malfunction.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine that can be produced at low cost.

In order to achieve these objects, the present invention is a product installed in a vending machine including a motor installed on top of the rack, a rotational force transmission means for transmitting rotational force from the motor, and a spiral wire driven by the rotational force transmission means. Provide travel values.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings described in more detail with respect to an embodiment of the spiral wire product release device according to the present invention.

Figure 4 shows the overall configuration of the rack with a product dispensing device according to the present invention. As shown, the rack of the present invention is characterized by the use of spiral wire for receiving and dispensing goods. As illustrated in FIGS. 4 to 6, each rack 10 has a slim shape in which a pair of spiral wires 11 and 12 fixed to a pair of rotation shafts 13 and 14 are arranged in two rows. It consists of. In addition, the upper end of the rack 10, as shown in Figure 1, a guide rail 20 for slidably coupling to the vending machine 1 is provided.

5 is a detailed configuration of the rack 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In the rack 10 of the present invention, the motor 15 is installed at the center of the upper end thereof, and a pair of rotation shafts 13 and 14 are disposed at the left and right at regular intervals. Each of the rotary shafts 13 and 14 is provided with spiral spiral wires 11 and 12 by upper and lower ends 11a, 11b; 12a and 12b and a plurality of support members 11c and 12c. 14) to rotate according to the rotation.

Gears 16 and 17 are respectively installed on the upper ends of the rotation shafts 13 and 14 of the rack 10 as power transmission devices, and are connected to the gear 15a of the motor 15 and the chain 18. In addition, the spiral wires 11 and 12 are installed to have a phase difference of 180 °, respectively, and each of the rotation shafts 13 and 14 rotates by 90 ° at a time by the motor 15. As a power transmission device, a chain and gear type that is easy to control precise rotation angle is preferable, but a rotation power transmission method using a belt and a pulley may also be used.

On the other hand, the guide panel 19 is provided along the longitudinal direction of the rack 10 between the pair of spiral wires (11, 12). Therefore, the cup noodle supplied to the openings 11d and 12d of the spiral wires 11 and 12 is confined in the passage of the rack 10 by the side surfaces 10a and 10b of the rack 10 and the guide panel 19. As the spiral wires 11 and 12 rotate, the side surfaces 10a and 10b and the back wall 10c of the guide panel 19 and the rack 10 are slightly transferred downward. As will be described later, the spiral wires 11 and 12 are installed with a phase difference of 180 ° from each other, and the spiral wires 11 and 12 are rotated by 90 ° by the motor 15, and the spiral wires 11, 12 are rotated by one rotation. One fourth of the openings 11d and 12d of 12) are moved. Accordingly, the cup noodle is moved by one operation of the openings 11a. 12a of the spiral wires 11 and 12 by the fourth operation of the motor 15.

6 (a) and 6 (b) illustrate a method of dispensing the cup noodles C1, C2, C3, C4 by the pair of spiral wires 11, 12 of the present invention. As shown, the cup noodle (C1, C2, C3, C4) is supplied downward to the spiral wire (11, 12) having the openings (11d, 12d) on both sides about the rotation axis (13, 14) While the spiral ends of the spiral wires 11 and 12 are terminated at the lower ends of the spiral wires 11 and 12, the spiral wires 11 and 12 are discharged one by one.

However, as mentioned above, since the motor 15 is configured to rotate by 90 ° at a time, and the spiral wires 11 and 12 are installed to have a phase difference of 180 ° from each other, the spiral wire is operated in one operation. (11, 12) is to be rotated 1/4 turn is carried out at the position of the first cup noodles (C1) of FIG. When operated again, the second cup noodle C2 of the first spiral wire 11 is taken out, followed by the third cup noodle C1 and the fourth cup noodle C4 of the second spiral wire 12 in turn. It is transported downward and discharged by the spiral wires 11 or 12 of one column and the discharge of spiral wires 11 or 12 of another column according to the phase difference of 180 °. .

On the other hand, the loading and dispensing method of the cup noodle (C) by the spiral wires (11, 12) of the present invention, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the cup noodle (C) is not lying on the side As in the prior art, it can be installed vertically and loaded and discharged. The configuration of the product dispensing device of the vertical installation type according to the present invention is shown in Figs.

As shown in FIG. 7, in the case of a vertically mounted product dispensing device, a pair of spacing panels 21, 22; 23, which can be selectively mounted on each column of the rack 10 of FIG. 24) is configured by installing. As can be seen from the seventh and eighth (b) of the spacer panels 21, 22; 23, 24. It is installed between the guide panel 19 and the both sides (10a, 10b) of the rack 10, the fixing portion for fixing to the back (10c) of the rack 10 with screws or bolts and cup noodle loaded inside (C ) Is formed in the form of the inner protrusions for supporting.

The spacing panels 21, 22; 23, 24 support the cup noodles C because the outer diameter of the cup noodles C becomes smaller than the outer diameter of the bowl noodles B when the cup noodles C and the bowl surface B are installed vertically. In order to do so, the distance between the guide panels 19 and the side surfaces 10a and 10b of the rack 10 should be smaller than that of the bowl surface B.

In (a) and (b) of FIG. 8, one column is used to load and dispense cup noodle (C), and one column is configured to have a rack (10) loaded with bowl (B) to discharge the bowl surface (B). Shown schematically. In practice, both columns should be loaded with a single item, such as cup noodles (C) or bowl (B), but are shown with different products loaded on both columns for convenience of illustration. Therefore, in practice, each rack 10 mounted on the vending machine is different, so that one rack 10 is provided with a cup noodle C and the other rack 10 is provided with a bowl surface B (see FIG. 1). In the vertical case, the spacing between the guide panel 19 of the rack 10 and both sides 10a, 10b of the rack 10, as shown in the right side of FIG. 8, is the bowl surface B1, B2, B3. , B4) is formed at appropriate intervals for loading, and then bolt holes or welding nuts for installing the spacer panels 21 to 24 are installed on the rear surface 10c of the rack 10, and the cup noodle (C1, C2, C3). ), As shown on the left side of the drawing, the spacer panels 21 to 24 are provided so as to form a gap suitable for the outer diameter of the cup noodles C.

As such, the rack 10 according to the present invention can be simply changed and used as necessary as a horizontal or vertical product dispensing apparatus, and can be used in various forms.

As described above, the product dispensing apparatus of the present invention uses external dispensing shafts 13 and 14 rotated by the motor 15 by using the dispensing apparatus of a method that is sequentially pushed downward in accordance with the rotation of the spiral wires 11 and 12. Using only a simple configuration of the spiral wire (11, 12) coupled to this as the cup ramen (C) is lowered at a constant speed as if descending the inclined surface provides a simple product and a small cup if there is a product discharge device.

In addition, the spiral wires 11 and 12 of the present invention, as shown in (b) of FIG. 6, support the sides of the cup noodles (C) up and down, and the large diameter portion of the cup noodles (C) is rack ( Since the method of contacting the back wall 10c of 10) and descending one after another is used, it is not greatly influenced by the shape of the product appearance. Accordingly, the spiral product delivery device according to the present invention is greatly improved the adaptability to the product compared to the floor-supported product delivery device.

In addition, it is also equipped with the advantage that it can be used as a vertical dispensing device for supporting the upper and lower surfaces of the cup noodle and bowl by changing a part of the structure using a gap panel as needed.

In addition, in the spiral wire method of the present invention, the product is mounted on both sides of the spiral wire (11, 12) is supplied and accordingly the storage density of the product is increased compared to the conventional method that is supplied to have a constant interval to one column product It is possible to significantly improve the acceptance of the nonsense compared to the conventional drop-type product dispensing device. In addition, as a result, it becomes possible to make the rack, which is a product receiving and dispensing apparatus, slim, thereby contributing to the compactness of the vending machine.

In addition, the present invention is a method of continuously descending the product by the helical rotating device, so the malfunction of the product is prevented from being bound by the restraint due to the improper time to drop the product, and also because of the incremental descending method rather than the impact support method It is possible to provide a vending machine with a robust and noiseless structure.

In addition, the present invention provides a vending machine with a simple structure and low number of parts, which can be manufactured at low cost.

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

For example, the present invention has been described using a cup noodle vending machine as an example, it can be easily applied to vending machines of bulky goods such as lunch box. Therefore, the product dispensing apparatus of the present invention may be easily modified and applied for the sale of other products.

In addition, it was described by using a two-column spiral wire, but by increasing the number of columns by varying the phase difference and the angle of rotation once, it is possible to further increase the capacity, or to rotate one time by 180 ° at a time It may be configured in the form of a slimmer rack using columns.

Claims (2)

The rack is divided into two parts by the guide panel, and a spiral wire is installed in a longitudinal direction on a pair of rotation shafts installed at a predetermined distance from the guide panel, and the vending machine is configured so that the rotation shaft is interlocked by a motor installed at the top of the rack. In the product dispensing apparatus of the, the rotating shaft and the spiral wires coupled thereto are installed opposite to the left and right around the motor disposed in the center of the rack top, a pair of spiral wires are installed with a phase difference of 180 ° between each other once A product dispensing device for a vending machine that is configured to rotate by 90 ° each. The product dispensing apparatus of a vending machine according to claim 1, wherein a pair of spacing panels are mounted for each column between the guide panel and both sides of the rack.