KR200173870Y1 - Fruit vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a fruit vending machine selling fruit or natural fruit juices. The fruit vending machine of the present invention has a main body, a door which opens and closes the main body, a money input unit for injecting money, and a currency return unit for returning money. In addition, a fruit storage container is installed in the body to enable storage and discharge of fruit, and the ejecting device discharges one fruit from each fruit storage container. The fruit supplied by the operation of the ejecting device is accommodated in the juice chamber of the juicer, and the grinding unit pulverizes the fruit of the juice chamber to make juice. Each of the water supply device and the additive supply device supplies water and additives to the juicer of the juicer, and the juice made in the juicer is contained in a cup supplied by the cup feeder. In addition, the front of the door is provided with a fruit outlet through which the fruit discharged from each fruit reservoir by the operation of the ejecting device can be discharged as it is.

Description

Fruit Vending Machine {FRUIT VENDING MACHINE}

The present invention relates to a fruit vending machine selling fruit or natural fruit juices.

The vending machine sells the product automatically after inputting money and designating the desired product by the operation of a button. For example, the vending machine returns a money input unit for inputting money, a control unit for controlling the device in connection with a button control unit and a detection unit, a storage unit for storing a product, a supply unit for supplying a designated product to an outlet, and a currency. Currency return section.

Recently, the variety of products sold in the vending machine is diversified, the demand is rapidly spreading, but the vending machine for selling fruit or natural fruit juice has not been developed.

The present invention has been made to solve the conventional problems as described above, the object of the present invention is to provide a fruit vending machine that can sell fruit or natural fruit juice.

A feature of the present invention for achieving the above object is that the main body and the main body A vending machine having a closing door, a money input unit for inputting money, and a money return unit for returning money, the vending machine comprising: a fruit storage container installed in the body to enable storage and discharge of fruit; Ejecting means for ejecting one fruit from each fruit reservoir; Juice means for making the fruit juice supplied by the operation of the ejecting means juice; There is a fruit vending machine including cup supply means for supplying a cup to contain a juice made by the operation of the liquid means.

1 is a perspective view showing a fruit vending machine according to the present invention,

Figure 2 is a front view showing the main body in the fruit vending machine according to the present invention,

3 is a cross-sectional view showing an ejecting device in the fruit vending machine according to the present invention,

4 is a cross-sectional view showing a juicer in a fruit vending machine according to the present invention,

Figure 5 is a plan view showing an embodiment of a grinding unit in the juice device of the fruit vending machine according to the present invention.

♣ Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawing ♣

10: body 12: door

18: fruit outlet 20: juice outlet

28: Fruit 30: Fruit Reservoir

40: ejecting device 42: ejecting door

48: pusher 60: juicer

62: juice chamber 68: grinding unit

72: rotary blade 80: water container

90: water supply device 92: water supply tank

100: additive supply device 102: additive storage container

110: cup supply unit 112: cup

114: cup reservoir 130: cooling unit

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a fruit vending machine according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 to 5 is a view showing for explaining a fruit vending machine according to the present invention.

First, referring to FIG. 1, the fruit vending machine of the present invention includes a main body 10 and a door 12 that opens and closes the main body 10. The operation unit 16 is provided with a plurality of buttons 14 for selecting a function on the front of the door 12, and the fruit outlet 18 and the juice outlet 20 are respectively installed in the lower portion of the front. A money input unit 22 capable of inserting coins or bills into one side of the operation unit 16 and a currency return unit 24 for returning money, for example a change, are provided. And the fruit display stand 26 which shows the kind of fruit to sell is provided in the front center upper part of the door 12. As shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of fruit storage bins 30 capable of storing the fruits 26 are installed in the body 10, and the fruit storage bin 30 has the fruit 26 discharged at the bottom thereof. It has an outlet 32. The lower end of the fruit storage container 30 is a ramp 34 is formed so that the fruit 26 is discharged to the discharge port 32 by its own weight. Fruit 26 is preferred by people, can be stored for a certain time, it is desirable to make apple juice, pear, orange, etc. easy to eat juice. In the figure, the fruit container 30 is formed in a tubular shape, but is shown vertically installed, but the shape and installation method of the fruit container 30 can be changed as appropriate. In addition, the fruit storage container 30 has shown that the short and long ones, six each of three are installed, the number can be changed as appropriate.

As shown in Fig. 2 and 3, the ejecting device 40 for discharging the fruit 26 one by one at each of the fruit reservoir 30 is installed. The ejecting device 40 is equipped with an ejecting door 42 for opening and closing the outlet 32 of the fruit reservoir 30. The upper end of the ejecting door 42 is rotatably installed around the hinge 44, and the torsion spring 46 is installed on the hinge 44 to maintain the closed state of the ejecting door 42.

In addition, the upper rear of the ejecting door 42 is configured with a pusher (pusher 48) for pushing the fruit 26 located on the inclined path 34 of the fruit storage container 30 to the discharge port (32). The figure shows that the ejecting door 42 and the pusher 48 are integrally formed. The link mechanism 50 is connected to one side of the pusher 48, and the position of the link mechanism 50 is sensed by the switch 50a. The link mechanism 50 is rotated by the transmission of the reducer 54 which slows down the driving force of the motor 52 to operate the pusher 48. Accordingly, the pusher 48 pushes the fruit 26 to the outlet 32 of the fruit storage container 30, and the ejecting door 42 is opened and closed by the linkage mechanism 50 and the pusher 48. do. And, some of each ejecting device 40 is fruit The fruit 26 is discharged to the outlet 18, and the user may withdraw the fruit 26 through the fruit outlet 18. The figure shows that the fruit 26 can be discharged from the long fruit storage container 30 to the fruit outlet 18.

On the other hand, the outlet 32 of the fruit reservoir 30 is provided with a lever 56 for detecting the sold out of the fruit 28, and a switch 56a for detecting the operation of the lever 56. The lever 56 is supported by the fruit 28 and is rotated upward. When the fruit 28 is sold out, the lever 56 is rotated downward to operate the switch 56a. In this way, when the switch 56a is operated by the rotation of the lever 56, the fruit 28 is left in approximately two states.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the fruit 18 is placed in the lower part of the ejecting device 40 installed in the other of the ejecting devices 40, that is, the short fruit storage container 30. The juicer 60 to make is installed. The juice device 60 has a juice chamber 62 that is connected to the ejecting device 40, the juice chamber 62 is formed with a juice outlet 20 and the discharge port (64). A valve 66 for selectively opening and closing the discharge port 64 is attached to one of the discharge ports 64 of the liquid chamber 62.

In addition, a crushing unit 68 is provided inside the juice chamber 62 to crush the fruit 26 to make juice. The crushing unit 68 is comprised from the motor 70 and the rotary blade 72 rotated by the drive of this motor 70. And, the juice outlet 20 is connected by the drain container 80 and the drain pipe 82 installed in the lower portion of the main body 10.

As shown in FIG. 5, the grinding unit 68 is constituted by a pair of rotating screws 76 which are engaged with and rotated by the driving of the motor 74. Rotating screw 76 is liquid chamber 62 It can also be installed vertically. And the grinding | pulverization unit 68 can be comprised by a pair of rotary gear or rotary roller rotated by the drive of a motor.

Referring again to FIG. 2, a water supply device 90 for supplying water of a specified amount by the operation of the operation unit 16 is connected to the juice chamber 62 of the liquid juice apparatus 60. The water supply device 90 has a water supply container 92 in which water is stored, and a pump 94 for pumping the water in the water supply container 92, and the pump 94 is a liquid juice device 60 by a hose 96. Is connected to the juice chamber 62). In the figure, the water container 92 is shown installed in the lower portion of the main body 10, but may be installed in the upper portion of the main body (10).

In addition, to the juice chamber 62 of the juice apparatus 60, an additive supply apparatus 100 for supplying an additive, for example, milk, ice, sugar, and the like, specified by the operation of the operation unit 16 is connected. The additive supply device 100 has an additive reservoir 102 for storing each additive, and a valve 104 for controlling the supply of the additive from the additive reservoir 102, and the valve 104 is connected to the discharge pipe 106. It is connected with the juice chamber 62 of the juice apparatus 60 by this.

On the other hand, the fruit vending machine of the present invention is provided with a cup supply device 110 for supplying one cup 112 to the juice outlet (20). The cup supply apparatus 100 supplies a cup 112 to the juice outlet 20 through a cup reservoir 114 in which the cup 112 is stored and an outlet 116 of the cup reservoir 114. It comprises a ejecting unit 118 and a holder 120 installed in the juice outlet 20 so that the cup 112 supplied from the ejecting unit 118 is fixed upright. Since the structure of the ejecting unit 118 of the cup supply apparatus 110 is a general thing, detailed description is abbreviate | omitted. And the freshness of the fruit 28 in the lower part of the main body 10 Cold or cold water, which can maintain the cooling unit 130 to make ice is installed.

The following describes the operation of the fruit vending machine according to the present invention.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, after the user inputs money through the money input unit 22, the user manipulates the button 14 of the operation unit 16 to designate the fruit 28 sold in the fruit vending machine. And, if the fruit 28 is discharged as it is, that is, the fruit sales function designation, the ejecting device 40 of the fruit storage container 30 is operated to discharge the fruit 28 to the fruit outlet 18.

Looking at the operation of the ejecting device 40 with reference to Figure 3, when the driving force of the motor 52 is transmitted to the link mechanism 50 by the reducer 54, the link mechanism 50 is centered on the hinge 44 As a result, the ejecting door 42 is rotated together with the pusher 48. At this time, the pusher 48 pushes the fruit 28 located in the ramp 34 of the fruit container 30 to the outlet 32, and the ejecting door 42 opens the outlet 32 of the fruit container 30. Open it. Accordingly, one fruit 28 is discharged to the fruit outlet 18, and the user can pull out the fruit 28 through the fruit outlet 18.

On the other hand, when the user specifies the juice selling function by operating the button 14 of the operation unit 16, as described above, the ejecting device 40 of the fruit container 30 is operated to discharge the fruit 28 Let's do it. The fruit 28 discharged by the operation of the ejecting device 40 is supplied to the juice chamber 62 of the juice apparatus 60.

Subsequently, the fruit 28 supplied to the juice chamber 62 of the juice apparatus 60 is made into juice by the operation of the grinding unit 68. At this time, the rotary blade 72 shown in Figure 4 is a motor 70 While rotating by the drive of the fruit 28 is cut into juice. The pair of rotating screws 76 shown in FIG. 5 are rotated in engagement with each other by the driving of the motor 74 to crush the fruit 28 to make a juice. In the pulverization process of the fruit 28, the water supply device 90 and the additive supply device 100 supply the specified amount of water and additives to the juice chamber 62. The supply of water and additives may be supplied by a user's designation by the operation of the operation unit 16 or may be supplied in a predetermined amount. Water makes natural fruit juices drinkable and doubles the flavor of additives.

Next, the cup supply apparatus 110 supplies one cup 112 from the cup reservoir 114 to the juice outlet 20 by the operation of the ejecting unit 118, and the cup 112 is a holder 120. It is fixedly built in). After the cup 112 is supplied in this way, the natural fruit juice produced by the operation of the juicer 60 is opened when the outlet 64 is opened by the operation of the valve 66, and the juice is discharged through the outlet 64. It is contained in (112). Therefore, the user may take out the cup 112 containing the natural fruit juice through the juice outlet 20 and drink the natural fruit juice.

On the other hand, after taking out the cup 112, the water supply apparatus 90 supplies the water of the water supply container 92 to the liquid supply chamber 62 of the liquid supply apparatus 60 by the drive of the pump 94, and the liquid supply chamber 62 ) Clean the remaining fruit residues. When the washing of the liquid chamber 62 is completed, the valve 66 is operated to open the outlet 64, and the water used for washing is drained to the drain container 80 through the drain pipe 82.

The above embodiment is merely to describe a preferred embodiment of the present invention, this notice The scope of application of the present invention is not limited to the above, but can be changed appropriately within the scope of the same idea. For example, the shape and structure of each component shown in the embodiment of the present invention can be modified.

As described above, according to the fruit vending machine according to the present invention, the fruit or the natural fruit juice can be sold, thereby providing a competitive advantage to satisfy the purchase motivation of consumers.

Claims (5)

In the vending machine which has a main body, the door which opens and closes this main body, the money input part which inputs money, and the currency return part which returns a money, A fruit storage container installed inside the main body to allow storage and discharge of fruit; Ejecting means for ejecting one fruit from each fruit reservoir; Juice means for making fruit juice supplied by the operation of the ejecting means; And a cup supply means for supplying a cup to contain the juice made by the operation of the juice means. The fruit vending machine according to claim 1, wherein a fruit outlet for discharging the fruit from the respective fruit reservoirs is provided on the front of the door. The method of claim 1, wherein the juice means, A juice chamber accommodating the fruit supplied by the operation of the ejecting means, the juice chamber having a discharge port formed at the lower portion thereof to enable discharge of the juice into the cup supplied by the operation of the cup supply means; A valve for selectively opening and closing an outlet of the juice chamber; A fruit vending machine, characterized in that it is installed in the juice chamber and consists of crushing means for crushing the fruit. 4. The fruit vending machine according to claim 3, further comprising a water supply means for supplying water to the juice chamber of the juice means. 5. The fruit vending machine according to claim 3 or 4, further comprising additive supply means for supplying an additive to the juice chamber of the liquid means.