RU2767160C1 - Vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: vending machines.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to vending machines for the issuance of piece goods, in particular for the issuance of products in glass jars. The technical objective of the claimed device is to expand functionality while reducing the compactness of the drive (its own motor, gearbox, bushings and conveyor belt tension system, pushing device for the entire shelf), namely, without changing the external dimensions of the vending machine, the capacity of both one shelf and the number of shelves inside the machine increase. The vending machine includes a body, at least one rack with shelves, a moving and positioning system, at least one device for moving goods, a device for issuing goods, a control system, a terminal for ordering and paying for goods, each shelf consists of a frame transversely divided into rows by partitions and one longitudinal row, in addition, it has two systems for moving jars into the elevator window, the first one transversely moves another row of cans to the longitudinal row in the form of a conveyor, the second one longitudinally moves the jar into the elevator along the conveyor, from which it comes to the goods delivery window, while the first displacement system is activated by the signal of the final sensor, which is triggered after the longitudinal row is completely released, and consists of a profile pusher connected through brackets with brass nuts, which move along two trapezoidal screws rotating on housing bearings, placed along the edges of the shelves in parallel to transverse partitions, driven pulleys of which are connected by a gear-belt drive with a drive pulley receiving torque from an electric motor located in the center of the longitudinal side of the shelf.

EFFECT: claimed device expands its functionality while reducing the size of the drive.

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Description

The invention relates to vending machines for issuing piece goods, in particular for issuing products in glass jars.

Known Vending machine, described in the Russian patent for utility model No. 154628, published on August 27, 2015. The vending machine includes at least a product selection panel, a control device, a product catcher, a servo drive with a retractable stem, a vertical movement drive, horizontal movement drive and goods storage, consisting of vertical racks with obliquely oriented cells, each of the cells is closed by a curtain, which is located in the guides and is provided with an engagement means, characterized in that the guides are made separately for each curtain and are arranged obliquely.

The disadvantage of the device is a large number of drives, each of them has its own electric motor, driver, drive position sensors, which significantly reduces the capacity of the vending machine and increases the cost of the product. During the operation of a vending machine with a large number of drives, there is an accumulation of servo drive errors caused by the gradual wear of drive mechanisms, power outages, etc., which in turn leads to expensive maintenance by qualified specialists.

The closest analogue, selected as a prototype, is the Russian patent for invention No. 2533440, published on November 20, 2014. A vending machine, including a body, at least one rack with shelves, a movement and positioning system, at least one movement device goods, a device for issuing goods, a control system, a terminal for ordering and paying for goods, characterized in that the movement and positioning system includes at least two horizontal guides and a carrier frame installed between them with the possibility of sliding with profiles vertically placed inside it with fixed on of them along the entire length by bearings, in which a positioning means is installed with the possibility of movement with a device for dispensing goods placed inside, containing a tray with a rotating roller, and a web fixed on the edge of the tray and the roller, the positioning means is equipped with at least one sensor-video camera and, with at least one sensor In addition to goods, each shelf of the rack is equipped with a device for moving goods, including a housing made of a rectangular profile, open along the upper wall with the formation of a longitudinal groove, in which a carriage with a pusher is installed for movement, at least two elements are installed on the axles in the housing rotation with a cable stretched between them connected to the carriage.

The disadvantage of this vending machine is that the movement of goods to the device is carried out by an individual conveyor belt or a pusher for each lane of one shelf, that is, each lane has its own motor, gearbox, bushings and a conveyor belt tension system, pushing device.

The technical task of the proposed device is to expand the functionality while reducing the compactness of the drive (its own motor, gearbox, bushings and a conveyor belt tension system, a pushing device for the entire shelf), namely, without changing the external dimensions of the vending machine, to increase the capacity of both one shelf and the number shelves inside the machine.

The technical result is achieved by the fact that in a vending machine including a body, at least one rack with shelves, a system for moving and positioning, at least one device for moving goods, a device for issuing goods, a control system, a terminal for ordering and paying for goods, according to the invention , each shelf consists of a frame transversely divided by partitions into rows and one longitudinal row, in addition, it has two systems for moving cans into the elevator window, the first - transversely moves the next row of cans to the longitudinal row in the form of a conveyor, the second - longitudinally along the conveyor moves the can into the elevator from which it enters the goods dispensing window, while the first movement system is put into operation, according to the signal of the end sensor, which is triggered after the longitudinal row is completely released, and consists of a profile pusher connected through brackets with brass nuts, which move along two ladders rotating on housing bearings zeidal screws placed along the edges of the shelves parallel to the transverse partitions, the driven pulleys of which are connected by a toothed belt drive to the drive pulley receiving torque from the electric motor located in the center of the longitudinal side of the shelf.

Due to the fact that each shelf consists of a frame transversely divided by partitions into rows and one longitudinal row, in addition, it has two systems for moving cans into the elevator window, the first - transversely moves the next row of cans to the longitudinal row in the form of a conveyor, the second - longitudinally along the conveyor moves the can to the elevator, from which it enters the window for dispensing goods, while the first movement system is put into operation, according to the signal of the end sensor, which is triggered after the longitudinal row is completely released, and consists of a profile pusher connected through brackets with brass nuts that move along two trapezoidal screws rotating on housing bearings, located along the edges of the shelves parallel to the transverse partitions, the driven pulleys of which are connected by a toothed belt drive to the drive pulley receiving torque from the electric motor located in the center of the longitudinal side of the shelf, expanding functionality at y reducing the compactness of the drive (its own motor, gearbox, bushings and conveyor belt tension system, pushing device for the entire shelf), namely without changing the external dimensions of the vending machine, increase the capacity of both one shelf and the number of shelves inside the machine.

The above distinguishing features are new compared to the prototype, so the invention meets the criterion of "novelty".

Patent studies have shown that in the studied prior art there are no similar technical solutions, i.e. the claimed technical solution does not follow explicitly from the studied prior art and, thus, meets the criterion of "inventive step".

This technical solution can be reproduced industrially, therefore, it meets the criterion of "industrial applicability".

The essence of the invention is illustrated by drawings, which show a vending machine

In FIG. 1 - general view of the vending machine, view of the shelves;

in fig. 2 - the same, top view of the shelf.

In the exemplary embodiment in a vending machine, including a body (not shown in the figure), at least one rack 1 with shelves 2, a movement and positioning system, each shelf 2 consists of a frame transversely divided by partitions 3 into nine (in the exemplary embodiment) rows 4 and one longitudinal row 5, in addition, it has two systems for moving cans into the elevator window 6, the first moving system 7 - transversely moves the next row of cans to the longitudinal row 5 in the form of a conveyor, the second moving system 8 - moves the can into the elevator longitudinally along the conveyor 6 from which it enters the goods dispensing window, while the first movement system 7 is put into operation, by the signal of the end sensor 9, which is triggered after the longitudinal row 5 is completely released, and consists of a profile pusher 10 connected through brackets 11 with brass nuts 12, which move along two trapezoidal screws 13 rotating on housing bearings (not shown in Fig.), size still along the edges of the shelves 2 parallel to the transverse partitions 3, the driven pulleys 14 of which are connected by a toothed belt drive (in Fig. not shown) with a drive pulley (15) receiving torque from the electric motor 16, located in the center of the longitudinal side of the shelf, in addition, the vending machine contains a control system, an order and payment terminal for goods (not shown in Fig.).

To make a purchase, the user of the machine needs to select a position on the order terminal (not shown in the figure). The order terminal can have 2 versions: mechanical (buttons) and touch (touch screen). After selecting a position, the control device (on-board computer of the machine) checks the presence of goods on the shelf and offers the user to pay for the goods through the payment terminal (not shown in the figure), which consists of a cashless payment terminal, a bill acceptor and a coin acceptor. After payment is made, the dispensing device, which includes at least an elevator 6 and a product dispensing window with a safety shutter, dispenses the goods to the machine user.

The claimed technical solution expands the functionality, while reducing the compactness of the drive (motor, gearbox, bushings and the conveyor belt tension system, pushing device for the entire shelf), namely, without changing the external dimensions of the vending machine, increase the capacity of both one shelf and the number of shelves inside the machine, due to the fact that each shelf consists of a frame, transversely divided into rows by partitions, and one longitudinal row, in addition, it has two systems for moving cans into the elevator window, the first one transversely moves the next row of cans to the longitudinal row in the form of a conveyor , the second - moves the can longitudinally along the conveyor to the elevator, from which it enters the goods dispensing window, while the first movement system is put into operation, according to the signal of the end sensor, which is triggered after the longitudinal row is completely free, and consists of a profile pusher connected through brackets with brass nuts that move Xia along two trapezoidal screws rotating on housing bearings, located along the edges of the shelves parallel to the transverse partitions, the driven pulleys of which are connected by a toothed belt drive with a drive pulley receiving torque from an electric motor located in the center of the longitudinal side of the shelf.

Claims (1)

A vending machine, including a body, at least one rack with shelves, a system for moving and positioning, at least one device for moving goods, a device for issuing goods, a control system, a terminal for ordering and paying for goods, characterized in that each shelf consists of a frame, transversely divided by partitions into rows, and one longitudinal row, in addition, it has two systems for moving cans into the elevator window, the first transversely moves the next row of cans to the longitudinal row in the form of a conveyor, the second moves the can longitudinally along the conveyor into the elevator, from which it enters goods dispensing window, while the first movement system is activated by the signal of the end sensor, which is triggered after the longitudinal row is completely free, and consists of a profile pusher connected through brackets with brass nuts, which move along two trapezoidal screws located at the edges of the steam shelves along the transverse partitions, the driven pulleys of which are connected by a toothed belt drive with a driving pulley receiving torque from an electric motor located in the center of the longitudinal side of the shelf.

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