RU73749U1 - TRADE AUTOMATIC SYSTEM WITH EXACT POSITIONING SYSTEM - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to coin operated or similar machines for dispensing individual products. The technical result consists in providing access through any multi-axis accurate positioning system to any selected product from all those located in the vending machine and moving it to the dispenser with a high positioning and moving speed. The vending machine contains a control unit and a product selection panel with a keyboard, an information display device, a bill acceptor, an uninterruptible power supply, a cable layer, a line of laser pointers and a communication device connected by direct and feedback to it. In addition, a vending machine has a mechanism for moving goods. The mechanism for moving the goods contains a means of capturing the goods and a mechanism for moving the means of capture from the zone of capture of the goods to the dispensing device. The use of gear transmission and high-torque DC motors provides high reliability of the vending machine. The use of a line of laser pointers also increases the reliability of the machine and the quality of customer service. 7 ill.

Description

A utility model relates to coin operated or similar machines for dispensing individual products or goods.

A known method of selling goods through a vending machine (patent of the Russian Federation No. 2145733, class G07F 11/16, publ. 02.20.2000). In a known technical solution, the vending machine comprises a product selection panel, a coin mechanism, a control unit, a display, a product dispensing unit.

However, this vending machine does not allow access to any selected product, as its design does not provide a positioning system with high accuracy of movement.

A vending machine for selling a multimedia product is also known (application for invention of the Russian Federation No. 2005116281, IPC F07F 11/16, published on November 20, 2006).

The vending machine for the sale of a multimedia product contains, connected by direct and feedback to the central control unit, a product selection panel with a keyboard, an information display device, a coin mechanism with the possibility of dispensing change, a communication device.

The well-known vending machine for selling a multimedia product as well as the previous analogue does not allow access to any selected product, due to the fact that its design lacks a multi-axis positioning system for goods.

Known vending machine with an accurate positioning system (patent for utility model of the Russian Federation No. 68732, IPC G07F 11/16, publ. 11/27/2007). The vending machine comprises a control unit and a product selection panel with a keyboard, an information display device, a bill acceptor and a communication device connected by direct and feedback to it. In addition, a vending machine has a mechanism for moving goods. The mechanism for moving the goods contains a means of capture

the goods, equipped with a control mechanism, and a mechanism for moving the capture means from the zone of capture of the goods to the device issuing goods. The mechanism for moving the product capture means comprises a drive, vertical and horizontal guides.

This technical solution for its functional purpose and for its technical nature is the closest to the claimed solution and is taken as a prototype.

However, the known solution does not provide a high positioning speed of the means of capturing the goods and a high speed of movement of the goods, thereby reducing the quality of customer service.

The objective of this utility model is to create such a vending machine with a high-precision positioning system that would allow for the extraction and delivery of goods with a high service speed, by increasing the positioning speed of the product grabbing means and its speed of movement, with a high degree of reliability.

The problem is solved due to the fact that in a vending machine with an accurate positioning system, including a direct and feedback connection to a control unit, a product selection panel with a keyboard, an information display device, a bill acceptor, a communication device, a product moving mechanism including a product capture means provided with a control mechanism, and a mechanism for moving the gripping means from the goods gripping zone to the product dispensing device, comprising a drive, vertical and horizontal guides, vertical guides are made in the form of grooves in the form of grooves fastened with vertical racks located on the inner sides of the housing along its entire height, the product gripping means is placed on a horizontal rail made in the form of a beam with carriages rigidly fixed along its ends to move along vertical guides equipped with a drive for reciprocating movement of the means of capture of goods on its sides

in the horizontal direction there are grooves for moving the wheels of the goods gripping means on them, at the upper and lower ends of the vertical racks, vertical horizontal drive drives are installed, containing an engine, upper and lower pulleys interconnected by a toothed belt, the upper ends of the vertical racks are connected by a shaft , the carriage for moving the horizontal guide is made in the form of a frame placed parallel to the vertical guide with flanges made along its side on both sides, and rolling bearings placed on them, the carriage is equipped with locks for fastening with vertical displacement drive belts, in addition, the movement mechanism is additionally equipped with a cable layer made in the form of a plate, with rolling bearings placed on it on one side, and on the other hand with a roller flanges for laying an electric cable parallel to one of the vertical racks located on the inner side of the housing along its entire height, gutters are fixed to move the cable stacker along it In addition, a line of laser pointers, an uninterruptible power supply and a receipt printing printer are additionally installed in the vending machine, while a line of laser pointers is installed in the upper part of the vending machine and is made in the form of a base on which adjustment plates are mounted with at least four lasers.

A high torque DC motor is used as a drive motor for vertical movement of a horizontal rail.

In the claimed vending machine, the common features for him and for his prototype are:

- a product selection panel with a keyboard connected by direct and feedback to the control unit;

- an information display device connected by direct and feedback to the control unit;

- bill acceptor with the possibility of issuing change;

- communication devices;

- a mechanism for moving goods, including a means of capturing the goods, equipped with a control mechanism, and a mechanism for moving the means of capture from the zone of capture of the goods to the dispensing device, containing a drive, vertical and horizontal guides.

A comparative analysis of the proposed technical solution and prototype shows that the first has, in contrast to the prototype, the following essential features:

- in the mechanism for moving the goods, the vertical guides are made in the form of grooves fastened with vertical racks placed on the inner sides of the body along its entire height;

- the product capture means is placed on a horizontal rail made in the form of a beam with carriages rigidly fixed at its ends to move along vertical guides, equipped with a drive for reciprocating movement of the product capture means, on its lateral sides there are gutters for moving along them wheels means of gripping the goods;

- at the upper and lower ends of the uprights, vertical movement drives of the horizontal rail are installed, comprising an engine, upper and lower pulleys interconnected by a toothed belt, the upper extremities of the uprights are connected by a shaft;

- the carriage for moving the horizontal guide is made in the form of a frame placed parallel to the vertical guide with flanges made on its sides and rolling bearings placed on them, the carriage is equipped with locks for fastening with vertical movement drive belts;

- the movement mechanism is additionally equipped with a cable layer made in the form of a plate, with rolling bearings placed on it on one side, on the other hand with a roller with flanges for laying the electric cable;

- parallel to one of the vertical racks located on the inner side of the housing along its entire height, gutters are fixed to move the cable layer;

- additionally installed a line of laser pointers, uninterruptible power supply and receipt printer;

- a line of laser pointers, installed in the upper part of the vending machine and made in the form of a base on which are placed the adjustment plates with at least four lasers fixed on them.

The set of essential features of the claimed utility model has a causal relationship with the achieved technical result. Based on the foregoing, we can conclude that the claimed technical solution is new and suitable for industrial use.

The essence of the utility model is illustrated by drawings, where: in Fig.1 shows a perspective view of the General view of the design of the vending machine; figure 2 - axonometric projection of the door from the inside; figure 3 - axonometric projection of the internal device of the vending machine (means of capturing goods not shown); figure 4 - axonometric projection of the movement mechanism and means of capture of goods (view from the side of the door); figure 5 is a perspective view of the movement mechanism and the cable layer (view from the back wall); figure 6 is a horizontal guide for placement of means for capturing goods; 7 is an axonometric projection of the cable layer.

In the drawings, the following notation:

1 - housing;

2 - front panel (door);

3 - back wall;

4 - base;

5 - device dispensing goods;

6 - bill acceptor;

7 - product selection panel;

8 - uninterruptible power supply;

9 - printer for printing receipts;

10 - control unit;

11 - leading control controller;

12 - shelves for storing goods;

13 - cassettes for storing goods;

14 - goods;

15 - vertical guides;

16 - horizontal guide;

17 - a means of capturing goods;

18 - gutters of vertical guides;

19 - engine vertical movement;

20, 21 - pulleys;

22 - a gear belt;

23 - shaft;

24 - belt tension device;

25 - horizontal rail carriage;

26 - flange of the carriage of a horizontal guide;

27 - carriage bearing of a horizontal guide;

28 - carriage engine of a horizontal guide;

29 - a pulley of a carriage drive of a horizontal guide;

30 - belt drive carriage horizontal rail;

31 - gutter carriage horizontal guide;

32 - horizontal rail carriage lock;

33 - cable management plate;

34 - cable laying bearing;

35-roller with cable-laying flanges;

36 - electric cable;

37 - cable ducts;

38 - the base of the line of laser pointers;

39 - adjustment plate;

40 - fastener;

41 is a laser.

A vending machine with an accurate positioning system is (Fig. 1) a housing 1 with a front panel (it is a door) 2, a rear wall 3 and a base 4. On the front panel 2 there are: a device for dispensing goods 5, a bill acceptor 6, a panel 7 for selecting goods . The product selection panel 7 comprises a display and a keyboard combined in one “touch-panel” housing. On the inner side of the door 2 (Fig. 2), an uninterruptible power supply 8 is installed, which is necessary to ensure the smooth operation of the machine, a receipt printing printer 9, a top-level control unit 10 and a unit 11. Inside the case 1 (Fig. 3) there are 12 cassettes 13 for storing goods 14. In addition, a mechanism for moving goods is located inside the housing 1. The mechanism for moving the goods contains vertical guides 15 and a horizontal guide 16 (figure 4). Vertical guides are made in the form of vertical racks, which are rigidly fastened to the housing 1 of the vending machine. On the uprights there are troughs 18. The vertical rails 15 are provided with drives. Each drive contains pulleys 20 (leading) and 21, which are interconnected by a toothed belt 22. The belt 22 is equipped with a tension device 24. The pulleys 21 are placed in the upper parts of the uprights and are interconnected by means of the shaft 23. The horizontal guide 16 is made in the form of a beam, with carriages 25 rigidly fixed at its ends (Fig. 6). The carriage is made in the form of a frame with flanges 26, on which bearings 27 are located on the side of the machine body. On the lower side of the beam 16 there is a motor 28 for moving the drive means 17 for capturing goods. The drive of the moving means 17 for capturing goods contains pulleys 29 and a belt 30. On both sides of the beam 16 there are grooves 31 for moving the wheels of means 17 for capturing goods. The beam 16 is equipped with a lock 32 for connection with the toothed belt 22. The cable layer is made in the form of a plate 33, on one side of which bearings 34 are placed, and on the other, a roller 35 with flanges for laying the electric cable 36 (Fig. 7). Bearings 34

move along the chute 37 of the cable layer (figure 5). The line of laser pointers contains a base 38, on which are placed the adjustment plates 39, adjustable with screws 40, with lasers 41 mounted on them (Fig. 3). As lasers, laser diodes of the HLDP 650 A-5 brand with a power of 5-10 mW are used. Each drive is controlled by its own controller. The means of capturing the goods are designed in such a way that allows you to retrieve the goods 14, both on the right and on the left side of the internal space of the vending machine.

A vending machine with an accurate positioning system operates as follows.

As soon as the supply voltage is supplied to the vending machine, the vending machine is started in accordance with the output signal of the upper level control unit 10 and its mode changes to standby mode.

The consumer places the coins or paper money into the bill acceptor 6, the paper money mechanism detects the amount of paper money, and the top level control unit 10 checks whether the detected amount of paper money is greater than the price of each item contained in the vending machine. If the control unit 10 determines that the amount of coins entered is greater than the price of each individual product for sale, it generates a signal that gives the display of the product selection panel 7 the opportunity to present a message saying that the product can be sold. The consumer presses one of the keyboard buttons of the product selection panel 7, the control unit 10 generates a control signal for issuing the corresponding product. In accordance with this control signal, the goods selected by the consumer are supplied to the buyer through the device 5 for issuing the goods. For this, the control unit 10 checks the readiness of the control unit 11 of the lower level of the actuators. The product moving mechanism moves the gripping means to the location of the selected product 14. For this, by the command of the control unit, the engine 28 for horizontal movement of the gripping means 17 is turned on and moves the gripping means by means of a belt 30 and pulleys 29

product 17 to the location of the selected product 14 through the gutters 31. Moving the means of gripping the product 17 in the vertical direction is carried out along the vertical guides 15 together with the horizontal guide 16. At the command of the control unit 11, the engine 19 of vertical movement of the horizontal guide 16 by means of pulleys 20 and 21 the belt 22, bearings 27 and grooves 18 moves the horizontal guide 16 with the means of gripping the goods along the vertical guides 15 to the location of the selected product 14. Then produced recess and capture the selected article 14 gripping means. In the process of moving the goods 14 by the control program and using a line of laser pointers, constant positioning is constantly monitored. Next, the horizontal guide 16 is moved with the gripping means 17 along the vertical guides 15 to the receiving niche of the device 6 for dispensing goods. Then, the selected product 14 is unloaded from the product dispensing device 6 into the receiving niche. The control unit 10 checks whether the delivery of goods has been completed 14. After that, the control unit 10 sets the state to “Ready” and the vending machine is in standby mode. Throughout the operation of the issuance of goods cable runs, which does not allow twisting of the cable 36 (Fig.5 and Fig.7) and ensures reliable operation of the mechanism for moving the goods.

Lasers 41 of the line of laser pointers are switched on every 500 ms with a glow duration of 100 ms. This is necessary to assess the state of the optical channel, which is directed from the laser to the cells with the goods. The control of the inclusion of a line of laser pointers, as well as the assessment of the state of the optical channel of each laser 41 is carried out by the control unit. Before sending a command to move goods along the horizontal or vertical axis, the control unit checks the transparency of this channel. In case the optical channel is blocked by some object, the commands for moving along the axes are blocked, alarming sound and light signals are issued. Thus, the control of the position of the goods 14 in the cells.

In the process of moving the horizontal guide 16 along the vertical guides 15, an electric cable laying unit operates, which is located in the upper part of the vending machine. Bearings 34 move up and down the grooves 37. The initial end of the electric cable 36 is mounted on the housing 1 of the vending machine, and the other is attached to a horizontal guide 16. The cable 36 itself freely scrolls on the roller 35, which prevents the cable from twisting during operation and does not allow small radii its inflection.

Thus, the inventive vending machine allows consumers to receive any selected product contained in the vending machine for a short period of time, which is very convenient for the consumer.

The claimed vending machine with an accurate positioning system allows you to capture, seize and move the selected product from any storage cassette to the device dispensing goods with a minimum of movement mechanisms and high speed positioning and movement. This is achieved by ensuring the rigidity of the horizontal rail design with gripping means, as well as using high-torque DC motors as horizontal and vertical movement engines. In addition, the use of gears provides high reliability of the vending machine. The use of a line of laser pointers also increases the reliability of the machine and the quality of customer service.

Claims (2)

1. A vending machine with an accurate positioning system, including a product selection panel with a keyboard connected to the control unit by direct and feedback, an information display device, a bill acceptor, communication devices, an item moving mechanism, including an item picking device provided with a control mechanism, and a means for moving the item capture from the zone of capture of goods to the device dispensing goods, containing vertical and horizontal guides, characterized in that in the mechanism of movement of goods tic guides are made in the form of gutters fastened with vertical racks placed on the inner sides of the housing along its entire height, the product gripping means are placed on a horizontal guide made in the form of a beam with carriages rigidly fixed along its ends to move along vertical guides equipped with a drive for reciprocating movement of the means of capture of goods, on its lateral sides in a horizontal direction there are gutters for moving the wheels of the means capture goods, at the upper and lower ends of the vertical racks installed horizontal movement drives of the horizontal rail containing the motor, upper and lower pulleys connected by a toothed belt, the upper ends of the vertical racks are connected by a shaft, the carriage for moving the horizontal rail is made in the form placed parallel to vertical guiding frame with flanges made on its sides and rolling bearings placed on them, the carriage is equipped with locks for I have fastenings with vertical displacement drive belts, the displacement mechanism is additionally equipped with a cable layer made in the form of a plate with rolling bearings placed on it on one side, on the other hand with a roller with flanges for laying an electric cable, parallel to one of the vertical racks placed on the inner side of the case along its entire height, gutters are fixed to move the cable layer along it, in addition, a line of laser pointers is additionally installed in the vending machine, a source of interrupt power supply and receipt printing printer, while the line of laser pointers is installed in the upper part of the vending machine and is made in the form of a base on which adjustment plates with at least four lasers mounted on them are placed. 2. A vending machine with an accurate positioning system according to claim 1, characterized in that a high torque DC motor is used as the drive motor for vertical movement of the horizontal rail.