KR200406590Y1 - Apparatus for drawing out noodle containers in vending machine for cooking noodle - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a container withdrawal device for a cotton cooking vending machine, which can be manufactured at a lower price by having a simpler structure and thus manufacturing and assembling a container taking out device. The container taking out device of the vending machine for cotton cooking according to the present invention is a container taking out device of the vending machine for cotton cooking located in the lower part of the container supply unit so as to sequentially take out containers from a container supply unit in which a plurality of containers are stacked. A frame arranged vertically side by side at a position inside the vending machine body, each frame being connected to a pair of container supplies in which a plurality of face receiving containers are stacked; A container support provided on an outer side of the frame to support a surface receiving container supplied from the container supply part; A container withdrawal member provided to be elevated inside the frame and having a receiving portion for accommodating the container; An elevating mechanism provided on an outer side of the frame for elevating the container withdrawing member; And a traction member connected to the container carrying and discharging device for moving the container to the cooking position, the loading position, and the cooking position, to operate the lifting mechanism when the container carrying and discharging device moves.

Cotton, Vending Machine, Container Dispenser

Description

Apparatus for drawing out noodle containers in vending machine for cooking noodle}

1 is a perspective view showing a container side cooking vending machine is installed container withdrawal apparatus according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the inside of the vending machine vending machine shown in FIG.

Figure 3 is a front view showing the positional relationship of the container takeout device, the container supply unit and the container transport and discharge device according to the present invention in the vending machine for cotton cooking.

Figure 4 is a perspective view showing the relationship between the container taking out device and the container supply unit and the container transport and discharge device according to the present invention shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a schematic exploded perspective view showing a state in which a frame is removed from the container withdrawing apparatus shown in FIG. 4; FIG.

Figure 6 is a perspective view showing a state in which the container withdrawal device according to the present invention is raised by the container transport and discharge device.

Figure 7 is a perspective view showing the relationship between the container taking out device and the container carrying and discharging device in a state in which a portion is cut to show the inside of the container taking out device according to the present invention.

(Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawing)

1 container take out device 2 container support

3: support piece 4: frame

5: hinge pin 6: coil spring

7: bracket 8: opening

9; Vertical guide ball 10: first horizontal guide ball

11: container withdrawal member 12: side wall

13: 2nd horizontal guide ball 14: lifting mechanism

15a, 17a: Arm lower part 15b, 17b: Arm upper part

16: intersection point 18: inner wall

19: towing member 19a: hook

20: container transport and discharge device 21: slot

22: separation piece 23: sensor

30: base 40: container supply part

50: heat transfer plate 101: the body

102 door 103 container discharge door

104: coin input unit 105: chopsticks storage unit

106: control unit 107: tilt guide

108: display unit

The present invention relates to a container withdrawing device of a vending machine for noodle cooking, and in particular, in a noodle cooking vending machine for cooking and selling noodle, for noodle cooking to reliably support a container containing noodle and condiments with a simpler structure. It relates to a container taking out device of a vending machine.

In general, ramen is widely used in the real life as a snack or corrosion, and in recent years, the demand for container ramen, which is prepared by putting boiling water in a disposable container such as cup ramen, has been steadily increasing.

Such container ramen can be eaten by simply adding boiling water in the process of processing, while it is easy to eat, while the composition of the ramen itself is soaked in hot water, so it cannot produce its own taste. For lovers, enthusiasts prefer boiling ramen even if it's a bit uncomfortable.

This bag ramen has a unique flavor, but there is a inconvenience in cooking compared to the container ramen, there was a problem that takes more time to cook.

Recently, a boiled ramen vending machine has been introduced that can be sold separately from the bottom by loading the bag ramen in a rectangular aluminum container to solve this problem.

Utility Model Registration No. 20-0394027 proposes a container withdrawing device for a ramen vending machine. This design has a structure in which the horizontal, supply and guide supporting pieces which sequentially support the surface container stored in the container supply portion are dropped by the eccentric cam installed in the drive motor to drop the surface container while supporting it in the drop standby position. .

However, since the container take-out apparatus of the ramen vending machine as described above adopts a method using a drive motor and an eccentric cam installed in the drive motor to discharge the container from the container supply part, the structure is complicated and requires a lot of labor and effort in production and assembly. Time was required and there was a problem that the cost increased.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a container withdrawal device for a cotton cooking vending machine, which can be manufactured at a lower cost by making the manufacturing and assembly of the container taking out device simpler by having a simpler structure. .

An object as described above is a container withdrawal device for a surface cooking vending machine located at the bottom of the container supply part so that a plurality of containers are stacked and sequentially withdrawn from the container supply part accommodated therein, and is vertical at a position inside the vending machine body. A frame arranged side by side, the frame each connected with a pair of container supplies in which a plurality of face receiving containers are stacked; A container support provided on an outer side of the frame to support a surface receiving container supplied from the container supply part; A container withdrawal member provided to be elevated inside the frame and having a receiving portion for accommodating the container; An elevating mechanism provided on an outer side of the frame for elevating the container withdrawing member; And a traction member connected to the container carrying and discharging device for moving the container to the cooking position, the loading position and the cooking position, to operate the lifting mechanism when the container carrying and discharging device is moved. It can be achieved by the container withdrawal device of the vending machine for cooking noodles according to the present invention.

The container support is made of a plate body pivotably connected to hinge pins on both sides of the container takeout device, and a support piece protruding into the container takeout device is provided at the bottom to support a flange provided at the top of the container. .

The container withdrawal device is provided with a sensor for detecting the presence or absence of the container supported by the container support.

The container withdrawing member includes a container receiving space in which a rear portion is opened, a container supporting plate for supporting a container accommodated in the container receiving space, and a side wall for operating the container supporting part when lifted by the lifting mechanism. A cotton cooking vending machine characterized by the above-mentioned.

The elevating mechanism includes a pair of arms connected to pivot at a cross point of a center, the lower end of one arm pivotable to the side of the container takeout device, the upper end connected to the container takeout member, the other arm The lower end is connected to the container taking out device so that the lower end is moved along the vertical guide ball formed in the container taking out device and the lower part is moved by the towing member.

One end of the arms, which is connected to the container withdrawing member, is pulled downward by the tension spring.

The towing member is provided with a hook coupled to a slot formed in the container carrying and discharging device at an outer end portion, wherein the hook is located at the bottom of the slot when the container carrying and discharging device moves from the discharge position to the container loading position. It is separated from the slot by a separating piece provided.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a perspective view showing a vending machine for cooking noodles according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the inside of the vending machine for cooking according to the present invention shown in Figure 1, Figure 3 according to the present invention It is a front view which shows the positional relationship of a container supply part and a container conveyance and discharge apparatus in the surface cooking vending machine.

As shown in Figures 1 to 3, the surface cooking vending machine is installed container dispensing device 1 according to the present invention includes a main body 101, the door 102 for opening and closing the main body 101 do. A pair of container discharge doors 103 provided with a door 102 are provided with a pair of container supply parts 3 in which at least 20 surface receiving containers 100 (hereinafter referred to as containers) are stacked in the body 101. It is arranged side by side perpendicular to the inside of the main body 101 to match the position of these. In the lower part of each container supply part 3 is provided a container taking out device 1 and a respective container carrying and discharging device 2.

The door 102 includes a coin input unit 104 into which coins are inserted, a chopstick storage unit 105 for storing chopsticks used to eat the cooked surface, and a pair of container discharge doors 103 through which the cooked surface is discharged. A control unit 106 is provided that accommodates overall control of the drive and operation of the components of the vending machine for cooking, and cooking.

The container discharge doors 103 through which the cooked container 100 is discharged are located at the door 102 below each container supply 40, as shown in the drawing, so that the container 100 is discharged. It takes the form of a door that is opened by a container conveying and discharging device 20 for discharging through 103. The container discharge door 103 is opened outwardly about the lower hinge when the container conveyance and discharge device 20 pushes the inclined guide 107 provided inside the container discharge door 103, and the container conveyance and discharge is performed. When the device 20 is retracted it is closed by the spring force of the spring installed on the hinge.

As in the prior art, the container supply parts 40 in which the aluminum containers 100 having the flanges 100a are stacked are fixed to the main body 101 by a plurality of fasteners at positions coinciding with the container discharge doors 103. It has the form of an open rectangular box. The container supply 40 is reinforced by strength of the reinforcement bars 31 provided on the upper and lower portions. When the container supply part 40 is installed in the main body 101, each container supply part 40 is installed in the main body 101 so as to be connected to the container taking-out apparatus 1 for withdrawing the container 100 from the container supply part 40.

On the other hand, as described above, since the container supply part 40 is detachably installed on the container withdrawing device 1 installed on the upper part of the base 30, it is located below the container supply part 40, for example. When a failure occurs in the container takeout device 1 and the container transport and discharge device 20, since the container supply part 40 can be repaired in a state separated from the container takeout device 1, Repair can be made easily.

The container withdrawing device 1 according to the present invention for taking out the container 100 from the container supply part 40 is installed on the upper portion of the pair of bases 30 installed at a position coinciding with the container discharge door 103, The container 100 withdrawn from the container supply unit 40 is loaded into the container transporting and discharging device 20 through the container withdrawing device 1. The bases 30 on which the container takeout device 1 and the container transport and discharge device 20 are installed, respectively, are made of a plate extending in the front-rear direction of the main body 101 and fixed to the bottom of the main body 101.

The container withdrawal device 1 is provided on the side with two sets of container supports 2 for supporting the container 100 supplied from the container supply 40. The container support part 2 is made of a plate body pivotably connected around the hinge pin 5 at both sides of the container take-out apparatus 1, and supports for supporting the flange 100a of the container 100 at the bottom thereof. A piece 3 is provided. The container support part 2 is pressed toward the container take-out apparatus 1 by the spring force of the coil spring 6 wound on the hinge pin 5 installed in the bracket 7 fixed to the outer side, and is provided below it. The container 100 which is located in the frame 4 by protruding into the inside of the container taking-out apparatus 1 through the opening 8 formed in the side part of the frame 4 of the container taking-out apparatus 1 becomes Support flange 100a. By this structure, when the container 100 is stored in the container supply part 40, the lowermost container 100 falls to the container taking-out apparatus 1, and is maintained in the state supported by the container support part 2 do. As can be seen from the drawing, the support piece 3 of the container support part 2 is formed with an inclined surface.

The frame 4 of each container withdrawal device 1 is made of a metal, preferably stainless steel, with a c-shaped cross-section open on the outside, similar to the container supply part 40, and on the one side of the opening 8 in a vertical direction. The vertical guide ball 9 extending in the first direction and the first horizontal guide ball 10 extending in the horizontal direction are formed inside the lower part of the opening 8. The frame 4 is provided with an inner wall 18 (see FIGS. 4 and 7) at an inner portion facing the heat transfer plate 50, and a lower portion of the inner wall 18 is provided with a vessel 100 for conveying and discharging the vessel 20. The space portion 18a is formed so as to be carried by. The inner wall 18 of the frame 4 is a surface of the container 100 in which the steam generated when the surface accommodated in the container 100 is cooked on the heat transfer plate 50 is accommodated in the container withdrawing device 1 and the container supply part 40. To minimize absorption.

A container takeout member 11 which is lifted up and down along the vertical guide hole 9 formed at the side of the opening 8 of the frame 4 is provided inside the container takeout apparatus 1 so as to be able to move up and down. The container withdrawing member 11 has a structure of a U-shaped frame in which the inner part is opened, and has a container holding plate 11b horizontally around the container containing space 11a and the container containing space 11a formed in the center portion. . The container lead-out member 11 has a side wall 12 that stands up from the container support plate 11b, and a second horizontal guide hole 13 is formed in the side wall 12.

Both sides of the container take-out apparatus 1 are provided with a lifting mechanism 14 for lifting the container taking-out member 11, and the lifting mechanism 14 is pivotable at the intersection point 16 as shown in the figure. It is made of a pair of arms 14a, 14b that intersect each other in a connected form. Among the pair of arms 14a and 14b of the elevating mechanism 14, the lower end portion 14a of the arm 14a is pivotally connected to the lower end portion 15a on the side of the frame 4, and the upper end portion 15b. ) Is connected to the container withdrawing member 11 to move along the second horizontal guide groove 13 formed in the container withdrawing member 11. The arm 14b is attached to the frame 4 of the container taking out device 1 such that the upper end 17b is movable along the vertical guide ball 9 and the lower end 17a is movable along the first horizontal guide ball 10. Connected.

Traction members 19 are connected to the lower end of the arm 14a installed in the frame 4 so as to move along the first horizontal guide ball 10 formed in the frame 4 of the container takeout device 1. The pull member 19 is provided with a hook 19a at the outer end portion thereof, and is engaged with the slot 21 formed in the hook 19a container carrying and discharging device 20. The hook 19a, which is coupled to the slot 21, is inserted into the slot 21 by a separating piece 22 provided at the bottom of the slot 21 when the container carrying and discharging device 20 moves from the discharge position to the container loading position. ). Separation piece 22 is formed in an inclined surface as shown in the figure, the outer surface of the hook (19a) in contact with the separation piece 22 is formed in an inclined or rounded shape, the hook (19a) of the traction member 19 It can be separated more easily from this slot 21.

On the other hand, the frame 4 or the container withdrawal member 11 of the container takeout device 1 according to the present invention has a sensor 23 for detecting the presence or absence of the container 100 supported by the container support 2 at the bottom Is provided. As the sensor 23, a photo sensor or a contact sensor may be used as necessary. When the container 100 is not detected by the container dispensing apparatus 1 by the sensor 23, it is determined that the container 100 does not exist in the container supply unit 40, and thus the container 100 is connected to the container supply unit 40. Information on the presence or absence of the container 100 is displayed on the display unit 108 provided on the front of the door 102 to fill. On the other hand, when there is no container 100 in the container taking out device 1, the container transporting and discharging device 20 is stopped.

Thus, the lower end of the arm 14b of the elevating mechanism 14 connected with the traction member 19 is moved outward as shown in FIG. 6 in the position shown in FIG. 8, whereby the traction member 19 is connected. The lower end 17a of the arm 14b moves outward along the first horizontal guide ball 10 and the upper end 17b moves up against the spring force of the tension spring 24 upward along the vertical guide ball 9. . By moving the lower end 17a and the upper end 17b of the arm 14b as described above, the arm 14a connected to the arm 14b and the center of the arm 14b are raised at the intersection point 16 of the center. Therefore, it pivots about the lower end part 15a and moves upwards.

On the other hand, as described above, the upper ends 15b and 17b of the arms 14a and 14b are connected to pivot to the container withdrawal member 11 through the second horizontal guide ball 13 and the vertical guide ball 9, respectively. Therefore, the container withdrawal member 11 is raised by the traction member 19 as the arms 14a and 14b are raised. At this time, the upper end part 15b of the arm 14a moves along the 2nd horizontal guide hole 13 formed in the container extraction member 11.

When the container take-out member 11 of the container take-out apparatus 1 rises by the lifting of the lifting mechanism 14 as described above, the support piece 3 having the side wall 12 of the container take-out member 11 formed in an inclined surface. ), As shown in FIG. 4, the container support 2 is opened outward by the container withdrawing member 11 against the spring force of the coil spring 6. In this state, when the container unloading device 1 is continuously raised between the supporting pieces 3 by the continuous raising of the lifting mechanism 14, the container supporting part 2 is fully opened. Therefore, the lowermost container 100 supported by the supporting pieces 3 of the container supporting part 2 has a container accommodation space (a) of the container taking out member 11 of the container taking out device 1 as shown in FIG. Drop to 11a). The container 100 dropped by the container taking-out apparatus 1 is supported by the container support plate 11b provided with the flange 100a on the outer side of the container accommodation space 11a, so that the container portion of the container 100 becomes a container accommodation space ( It is enshrined in 11a).

That is, the container 100 located in the lowermost part of the container supply part 40 by spreading the spring force of the coil spring 6 to the side by the container conveyance and discharge apparatus 20, and opening the container support part 2 open | released. ) Is dropped into the container transport and discharge device 20. The container 100 located at the bottom by the container conveying and discharging device 20 falls to the container conveying and discharging device 20, and at the same time, the container 100 located immediately above falls to the container dispensing device 1. do.

By having the configuration as described above, according to the container take-out device of the vending machine for cotton cooking according to the present invention, by having a simpler structure, the production and assembly of the container support device is simpler, It can be manufactured inexpensively.

Claims (7)

A container withdrawal device for a cotton cooking vending machine located below the container supply part so that a plurality of containers are stacked and sequentially withdrawn from the container supply part accommodated therein, A frame arranged vertically side by side at a position inside the vending machine body, each frame being connected to a pair of container supplies in which a plurality of face receiving containers are stacked; A container support provided on an outer side of the frame to support a surface receiving container supplied from the container supply part; A container withdrawal member provided to be elevated inside the frame and having a receiving portion for accommodating the container; An elevating mechanism provided on an outer side of the frame for elevating the container withdrawing member; A traction member connected to a vessel carrying and discharging device for moving the vessel to a cooking position, a loading position and a cooking position, the traction member for operating the elevating mechanism during movement of the vessel carrying and discharging device; Container withdrawal device for cooking vending machine. 2. The container dispensing device according to claim 1, wherein the container support part is made of a plate body pivotably connected to a hinge pin at both sides of the container dispensing device, and protrudes into the container dispensing device to support a flange provided on the upper part of the container. Container withdrawal device of the vending machine for cotton cooking, characterized in that the support piece is provided in the lower portion. The container withdrawal device of claim 1, wherein the container withdrawing device includes a sensor for detecting the presence or absence of a container supported by the container support part. 2. The container dispensing member according to claim 1, wherein the container withdrawing member is adapted to operate the container support when the container is lifted by the elevating mechanism, the container holding plate for supporting the container accommodated in the container receiving space with the rear portion open; Container take-out device of the vending machine for cotton cooking, characterized in that it has a side wall for. 5. The container dispensing member according to claim 4, wherein the elevating mechanism includes a pair of arms connected to pivot at a cross point of a center, the lower end of one arm being pivotable on the side of the container dispensing device. And the other arm is connected to the container taking out device such that a lower end thereof follows a vertical guide ball formed in the container taking out device and a lower end thereof can be moved by the towing member. Withdrawal device. 6. The container takeout device according to claim 5, wherein an end portion of the arms connected to the container takeout member is pulled downward by a tension spring. 2. The hook member according to claim 1, wherein the towing member is provided at an outer end portion with a hook which is engaged with a slot formed in the vessel carrying and discharging device, the hook being moved when the container carrying and discharging device moves from the discharge position to the container loading position. And a container withdrawing apparatus for a vending machine for cotton cooking, characterized in that being separated from the slot by a separating piece provided at the bottom of the slot.

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