KR20060117513A - Pet bottles exhausting apparatus of a automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

A container discharging device for an automatic vending machine is provided to prevent the exterior of containers from being deformed, by storing the containers in a receiving plate one by one. A rectangular body(11) of a container discharging device has an opening(12) at the front thereof. A guide bar is vertically mounted on the center of the body. Rotary shafts are rotatably installed to the upper and lower portions of the guide bar, and gears are mounted on the rotary shafts. An endless timing belt is wound around the gears and rotated. Receiving plates(17) are repeatedly fixed on the timing belt so that containers are put on the receiving plates. A decelerator of a motor(20) is connected with the lower rotary shaft and a bevel gear. An outlet(19) is formed on the lower potion of the body.

Description

PET bottles exhausting apparatus of a automatic vending machine}

1 is an overall perspective view illustrating an embodiment of the present invention,

Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view illustrating an embodiment of the present invention,

3a, 3b is an operation diagram illustrating an embodiment of the present invention,

4 is a use state diagram illustrating an embodiment of the present invention,

5 is a partially enlarged view illustrating a state in which the storage plate according to the present invention is thermally bonded to the timing belt.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

1: discharge device 2: beverage container

11: body 12: doorway

13: guide stand 14, 15: rotating shaft

14a, 15a: gear 16: timing belt

16a: Goal 16b: Mountain

17: storage plate 17a: protrusion

17b: Guide 18: Bevel Gears

19: outlet 20: motor

21: reducer 22: support

23: limit switch 23a: between operation

30: sensor

The present invention relates to a beverage container discharge device of a vending machine, and more specifically, to a beverage container discharge device in addition to installing a beverage container discharge device without changing the internal structure of the existing vending machine to sell the beverage container. It relates to a beverage container discharge device of the vending machine.

In general, the vending machine has a product selection unit and an outlet formed on the front side, a currency processing unit and a storage compartment installed inside, and when a user inserts a predetermined amount of coins or banknotes through a coin inlet or a bank inlet on the front and presses a select button, It is configured to drop the product of the selected line among the products stored arranged by type in the discharge device to the discharge chamber by the operation of the control unit.

The vending machine mainly sells canned beverages, and a plurality of discharge devices are installed to store a large amount of canned beverages in the vending machine. The canned beverage is laid in a flat state by laminating.

Canned drinks are hardly deformed even if they are pushed against each other due to the characteristics of the cans.However, when a beverage container such as a plastic bottle is stored in the same way as a canned beverage, the canned beverage is deformed to give the value of the product. There was a problem of dropping.

In addition, PET bottles are larger than canned beverages in size, and there is a problem that they cannot be stacked and stored in a conventional discharge device.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and its object is to sell a beverage container by installing a discharging device which is rotated by a timing belt to discharge the beverage container without changing the structure of the existing vending machine. It is possible to provide a beverage container dispensing device for a vending machine that can be stacked and stored so as not to deform the beverage container beverage appearance.

A feature of the present invention for achieving the above object is, in the discharge device 1 is mounted inside the vending machine to discharge the product, the body 11 of the discharge device 1 is a front door 12 Is formed into a rectangular parallelepiped, the center of the body 11, the guide stand 13 is vertically mounted so that the body 11 is divided into two sides, the rotating shaft is rotatably mounted on the upper and lower portions of the guide stand 13 The gears 14a and 15a are fixed to the 14 and 15, respectively, and the timing belt 16 is installed to the gears 14a and 15a to rotate in an infinite orbit, and to the outside of the timing belt 16. The storage plate 17 is continuously fixed to be configured to put the beverage containers (2), the reducer 21 of the motor 20 mounted on one side of the lower body 11 is the lower rotating shaft 15 and the bevel Power is transmitted by being engaged with the gears 18, and the support 22 is formed at the outlet 19 formed at the other lower portion of the body 11. It can be achieved by the beverage container dispensing device of the vending machine, characterized in that the operating interval (23a) of the mounted limit switch 23 is protruded to detect the fall of the beverage container (2).

Hereinafter, described in detail by the accompanying drawings a preferred embodiment for achieving the above object is as follows.

As shown in Figures 1 to 4, the present invention, the product selection unit and the discharge chamber (3) is formed on the front surface and the currency processing unit, the control unit and the storage compartment is installed on the inner surface, the user can put a coin inlet or banknote inlet on the front When a predetermined amount of coins or banknotes are inserted and the selection button is pressed, products of a selected line among products stored in the storage device discharge apparatus 1 arranged by type are dropped into the discharge chamber 3 by the operation of the control unit.

Since the product selection unit and the discharge port, the currency processing unit, the control unit and the storage compartment, the coin input port or the bank input port is the same as that of a general vending machine, the drawings are omitted.

The body 11 of the discharge device 1 for discharging the beverage container 2 mounted inside the vending machine according to the present invention is formed of a rectangular parallelepiped having an entrance 12 formed in front of the vending machine. Guide stand 13 is mounted vertically in the center, the body 11 is divided into two sides.

Rotating shafts 14 and 15 are rotatably mounted on upper and lower portions of the guide base 13, and gears 14a and 15a are respectively fixed to the rotating shafts 14 and 15.

Timing belts 16 are installed on the gears 14a and 15a and are configured to rotate in an endless orbit, and the outer side of the timing belt 16 has storage plates 17 fixed at regular intervals to be continuously fixed. have. The storage plate 17 is configured to put the beverage containers (2).

The lower side of the body 11 is equipped with a motor 20, the rotary shaft of the reducer 21 formed integrally with the motor 20 is engaged with each other by the lower rotary shaft 15 and the bevel gears 18 It is configured to deliver.

Discharge port 19 is formed in the other side lower portion of the body 11, the operating port 23a of the limit switch 23 mounted on the support 22 is protruded in the discharge port 19 of the beverage container (2) It is configured to detect a fall.

Referring to the effect of the present invention in such a configuration as follows.

When the beverage container discharging device 1 of the vending machine according to the present invention is installed in the vending machine and connected to the control unit, the installation is completed.

In order to store the beverage container 2 in the present invention, the beverage container 2 is placed on the storage plate 17 of the timing belt 16 one by one through the doorway 12 formed in the front of the body 11 and the vending machine. By closing the vending machine, the storage of the beverage container 2 is completed.

When using a vending machine such as this, when a user inputs money into a banknote input port or a coin input port and selects a beverage container 2 product in the product selection unit, the control unit applies power to the motor 20 to rotate the motor 20. The rotational force of the motor 20 is decelerated by the reducer 21 and transmitted to the lower rotating shaft 15 through the bevel gears 18.

The lower gear 15a is rotated together by the rotation of the lower rotary shaft 15, and the timing belt 16, which is engaged with the gears 14a and 15a, is slowly rotated.

When the timing belt 16 is rotated, the storage plate 17 formed on the timing belt 16 rotates along the timing belt 16, so that the beverage container 2 accommodated in the storage plate 17 is the timing belt 16. To move along.

The storage plate 17 supporting the beverage container 2 located above the discharge port 19 of the beverage container 2 moving along the timing belt 16 moves the lower rotating shaft 15 to the opposite side of the guide 13. Rotating along it is the beverage container (2) is dropped to the discharge port 19 is to be transferred to the discharge chamber (3).

As such, when one beverage container 2 falls, the controller stops after rotating the motor 20.

The beverage container 2 falling into the discharge port 19 touches and falls between the operation periods 23a of the limit switch 23 protruding from the discharge port 19, so that the limit switch 23 is operated to thereby drink the beverage container 2. To counter the number of discharge, and to stop the continuous operation of the motor 20 due to an error of the control unit may occur.

On the other hand, a sensor 30 is mounted on one side of the rear plate of the body 11 so as to detect whether the beverage container 2 placed on the storage plate 17 is applied and a signal is applied when there are about three remaining, and the front side of the vending machine is installed. It is configured to manage the inventory by turning on the display lamp provided in or transmitting signals to the vending machine management office by wire or wireless.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, a protrusion 17a is formed at the center of the attaching plate 17 so as to be thermally bonded to the outer surface of the valley 16a of the timing belt 16, and the protrusion 17a. The upper and lower portions of the upper and lower portions of the) are projected so as to contact the outer surface of the peak 16b of the timing belt 16.

Therefore, when the timing belt 16 is moved downward and the curved surface passes through the lower gear 15a, the lower guide 17b of the protrusion 17a thermally bonded to the timing belt 16 is the timing belt 16. It is in close contact with the load of the beverage container 2, the upper guide 17b is spaced apart from the timing belt 16 is configured so that the timing belt 16 can be rotated more flexibly.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments without departing from the spirit of the present invention as claimed in the claims. Various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art, and such modifications are intended to fall within the scope of the appended claims.

The present invention as described above, when storing the beverage container is stored in the storage plate one by one drink container does not deform the appearance of the beverage container does not reduce the value of the product, can be sold beverage container beverages in the general vending machine There are various effects such as that can increase the external competitiveness of the beverage container discharge device of the vending machine.

Claims (3)

In the discharge device (1) mounted inside the vending machine to discharge the product, The body 11 of the discharging device 1 is formed of a rectangular parallelepiped having an entrance 12 formed at the front, and the guide 11 is vertically mounted at the center of the body 11 so that the body 11 is divided into two sides. The gears 14a and 15a are respectively fixed to the rotary shafts 14 and 15 rotatably mounted on the upper and lower portions of the guide base 13, and the timing belt 16 is attached to the gears 14a and 15a, respectively. ) Is installed and rotated to form an endless track, the storage plate 17 is continuously fixed to the outside of the timing belt 16 is configured to place the beverage container (2), mounted on one side lower of the body (11) The reducer 21 of the motor 20 is engaged with the lower rotary shaft 15 and the bevel gears 18 to transmit power, and the outlet 22 formed at the other lower side of the body 11 is attached to the support 22. Automatic sales, characterized in that the operating period (23a) of the mounted limit switch 23 is protruded to detect the fall of the beverage container (2) The beverage container discharge device. The method of claim 1, The vending machine, characterized in that the sensor 30 is mounted on one side of the rear plate of the body 11 to detect the remaining number of the beverage container 2 placed on the storage plate 17 to detect the remaining number. Beverage container outlet. The method of claim 1, A protrusion 17a is formed at the center of the attaching plate 17 so as to be thermally bonded to the outer surface of the valley 16a portion of the timing belt 16, and a guide 17b on the upper and lower portions of the protrusion 17a. The beverage container dispensing device of the vending machine, characterized in that the protrusion is configured to contact the outer surface of the acid (16b) portion of the timing belt (16).

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