WO2010095974A1

WO2010095974A1 - Article dispensing system

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Publication number: WO2010095974A1
Application number: PCT/RU2009/000545
Authority: WO
Inventors: Павел Владимирович ЕРМАКОВ
Original assignee: Ermakov Pavel Vladimirovich
Priority date: 2009-02-18
Filing date: 2009-10-13
Publication date: 2010-08-26
Also published as: DE212009000091U1

Abstract

The invention relates to devices for dispensing articles selected by a user and can be used in automatic and semi-automatic machines for the sale of different articles. The technical result is a simple structural design and the possibility of dispensing to the user an article of any type, which is strictly specified by the user, via the article dispensing system of a vending machine. This is achieved in that in the article dispensing system, which comprises a platform that is used for moving articles and is actuated by electromechanical and/or other drives, the article moving platform can travel translationally on at least one guide made in the form of a rigid bar of arbitrary cross-section.

Description

PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

Application area

The present invention relates to devices issuing a user selected product and can be used in vending machines and semi-automatic machines for the sale of various goods. The level of technology

The prior art patent for the invention of the Russian Federation JNs 2284590 dispenser for sweets, containing a container bounded by the outer front wall, two outer side walls and the back wall, which in its upper part has an opening for filling the container with sweets, closed by a lid, and in the lower part contains a portion protruding from the front of the wall section, which serves to receive a limited number of sugary products passing through the hole in the bottom of the container, and a screw auger located under the hole and have A drive unit accessible from the front of the container, whereby the auger can be rotated manually if necessary, dispensing sweets from the container, the auger closing the hole in a stationary state, characterized in that the hole in the lower part is located near the back wall of the container, while the auger together with a tray below it, it continues obliquely upwards and outwards from the aforementioned hole, and sweets coming from this hole are mixed by a screw along the tray to the highest point of the tray, located at a distance from the hole, before their final fall through the free edge of the tray to the receiving area. The disadvantage of this device is that the dispenser is designed for a strictly defined type of product - sweets and can not be used to issue a product of another type.

In addition, the dispenser is structurally complex and requires sophisticated additional equipment and electronics for maintenance. This greatly increases the cost of the machine, increases the likelihood of damage. The disadvantages of the device should also include the inability to issue a strictly user-specified product.

The prior art patent FR2548807 on the device for issuing goods laid in pipes, with a sliding support, retaining products. The prop contains a hole through which the item is issued individually.

The disadvantages of the device include the impossibility of issuing a strictly user-specified product.

The disadvantage of this device is that it is intended for a strictly defined type of product (mainly volume and round shape) and cannot be used to issue a product of another type, for example, flat.

In addition, the device is structurally complex and requires sophisticated additional equipment and electronics for maintenance. This greatly increases the cost of the machine, increases the likelihood of damage. Patent JP2089727 is known from the prior art to a conveyor device for discharging goods individually, based on a continuously rotating lever mechanism of a pusher that, when reaching a predetermined angle of rotation of the disk, engages the pusher and shifts the last product from the container below, where similar products are arranged in a row. The advantages of this device include the simplicity of the mechanism. The disadvantages of the device include the impossibility of issuing a strictly user-specified product.

The disadvantage of this device is that it is intended for a strictly defined type of flat-shaped product and cannot be used to issue a product of another type, for example, a bulk one. In addition, the products must be stacked in the device container manually or in portions. The latter type of installation requires pre-packing of products with a strictly specified amount of goods. This increases the cost of issuing products from an automatic machine based on this. type of devices.

The prior art patent US5176287 on a vending machine for the issuance of goods such as cans, based on the location of the goods on inclined shelves in the form of vertical slopes of the console. Below are rotating discs for the issuance of goods, which selectively release the bank.

The advantages of this device include the simplicity of the mechanism.

The disadvantage of this device is that it is intended for a well-defined type of goods of a cylindrical shape and cannot be used to issue goods of another type, for example, flat.

In addition, products must be placed in the container device manually.

This increases the cost of issuing products from the machine, based on this type of device.

The prior art patent DE4310103 on the machine for issuing well-defined CDs. The device contains a manipulator that can move horizontally and vertically within the plane of the location of the goods for its capture and delivery to the user.

The advantages of this device include the simplicity of the mechanism and the possibility of issuing a strictly user-specified product.

The disadvantage of this device is that it is intended for a strictly defined type of flat-shaped product and cannot be used to issue a product of another type, for example, a bulk one.

In addition, products must be placed in the container device manually.

In addition, the device is structurally complex and requires complex additional equipment and electronics for maintenance. This greatly increases the cost of the machine, increases the likelihood of damage.

The purpose of this invention is to eliminate these disadvantages and implement a simple technical solution in the form of a system for issuing to the user a user-selected product of any type, implemented in a vending machine.

The technical result consists in the simplicity of the device design, the possibility of issuing to the user a strictly specified product of any type through the system of issuing goods in the vending machine.

Brief Description of the Drawings

FIG. 1 shows a general view of the device (A - Frontal view, B - Side view), where 1 - Guide, 2 - Platform.

FIG. 2 shows a general view of the device with the goods (A - Front view, B -

Side view), where 3 - Goods.

FIG. 3 shows a general view of the device with two guides.

Front view.

FIG. 4 shows a general view of the device a notch for the goods (section, side view), where 4 is a round notch.

FIG. 5 shows a general view of the device with a notch for the goods (frontal view; A is a device with a circular notch, B is a device with a rectangular notch), where 5 is a rectangular notch.

FIG. 6 shows a general view of the device with a protrusion for the goods (A -

Frontal view, B - Side view), where 6 - Ledge.

FIG. 7 shows a general view of the device with an electromechanical drive (A

- Front view, B - Side view), where 7 - Electromechanical drive.

FIG. 8 shows a general view of the device with a manual valve (A -

Frontal view, B - Side view), where 8 - Manual latch.

FIG. 9 shows a general view of the device with a capture device (A -

Frontal view, B - Side view), where 9 is the capture device. FIG. 10 shows a general view of the device with the capture device and the goods (A

- Front view, B - Side view).

FIG. 11 shows a general view of the system of issuing a vending machine for recording data on optical disks, where 10 is a control unit.

FIG. 12 shows the control unit device, where 11 is RAM, 12 is a processor, 13 is a microcircuit and / or controller and / or motherboard, 14 is a communication wire for controlling other elements of the device, 15 is a wire for supplying power from the power supply, 16 - power supply control unit or transformer.

The implementation of the invention

The claimed technical result is achieved due to the fact that the system of delivery of goods, containing a platform for moving goods, driven by electromechanical and / or other drives, characterized in that the platform for moving goods is made with the possibility of translational motion along at least one guide representing is a rigid beam of arbitrary cross section. The platform can be made notches and protrusions, the function of which is to hold the goods. Mechanical and / or electromechanical gripping devices can be made on the platform. The platform can be made with the possibility of bringing it in motion due to a mechanical drive and / or manual valves, and / or other devices using the physical force of the user.

The possibility of issuing to the user a strictly specified goods of any type through the system of issuing goods in the vending machine is ensured by the fact that the internal nodes of the vending machine can be laid or dropped on the platform for movement of goods, or any type of goods can be shifted from flat to bulk.

The system is a platform (2) for moving goods, moving progressively along a guide (1). With this guide

(1) may be located at any angle to the horizon. b

The system is designed to transport goods (3) from a vending machine to a user, or transport goods (3) from a user to a vending machine (for example, in the case of automated film rental).

The device may contain one or more guides (1) and a platform

(2), any form suitable for transporting goods (3).

The device may be included in the vending machine issuing system, along with other devices intended, for example, for stacking goods (3) on the platform (2).

The platform (2) can accommodate various devices for holding the goods (3), for example: notches of various shapes (4.5) and / or protrusions (6) and / or mechanical and / or electromechanical gripping devices (9).

It is allowed to use other devices to hold the goods, for example: permanent magnets, electromagnets, vacuum grippers.

The platform (2) can be driven by electromechanical (7) and / or other drives.

Use of a mechanical drive and / or manual valve is allowed.

(8) and / or other devices that use the user's physical force to set the platform (2) in motion.

The system consists of two main elements: a guide (1) and a platform (2). Guide (1) is a rigid beam of arbitrary section. Used to guide the movement of the platform.

(2). Platform (2) is a design used to move a product located on it (3) which is contained in a vending machine.

The platform can be made notches (4, 5) - the deepening of an arbitrary shape, designed to increase the reliability of retention of goods (3) on the platform (2).

Also on the platform can be made protrusion (6). The protrusion can be made of arbitrary shape. The protrusion (6) is designed to increase the reliability of the retention of goods (3) on the platform (2). The electromechanical drive (7) is an electric motor and various transmission elements designed to move the platform (2).

Manual valve (8) is a mechanical device designed to bring the platform (2) in motion due to the application of physical effort of the user.

The gripping device (9) is a mechanical and / or electromechanical device designed to hold the goods (3).

The entire system is controlled by the control unit (10). The system control unit can be made consisting of a RAM (11) and / or a disk drive, a processor (12) embedded in the motherboard (13) of the computer and / or controller, and / or chips that have embedded software that implements control of all elements inside the device.

An example of use.

The invention was used in the system of issuing vending machines for recording data on optical media. As a commodity (3), an optical disc was used, which was fed to the platform (2) by a capture device

(9). Then, along the guides (1), the platform (2) with the goods (3) was advanced to the user. The system was controlled by the control unit (10).

Claims

FORMULA

1. The system of issuing goods, containing a platform for moving goods, driven by electromechanical and / or other drives, characterized in that the platform for moving goods is made with the possibility of translational movement along at least one guide, which is a rigid beam of arbitrary cross section.

2. The system of issuing goods under item 1, characterized in that the platform is made notches and protrusions, the function of which is to hold the goods.

3. The system of issuing goods under item 1, characterized in that the platform is made of mechanical and / or electromechanical capture devices.

4. The system of issuing goods under item 1 or paragraph 2, or paragraph 3, characterized in that the platform is configured to bring it in motion due to a mechanical drive and / or manual valve, and / or other devices using the physical force of the user.