KR19980040349A - Vending machine with easy structure - Google Patents

Abstract

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a vending machine having an easy cup take-out structure that makes it possible to reduce the channel consumed when taking out the cup from the cup outlet.

The vending machine of the cup taking-out easy structure includes the cup discharging device which discharges the cup 6 based on the start of sales operation, the cup holding device 5 which holds the cup 6 which is discharged from the cup discharging device, A cup conveying apparatus for conveying the cup holding device 5 in a horizontal direction and a cup conveying path provided by the cup conveying device to supply a drink to a cup 6 held in the cup holding device 5. Cup up and down conveying a beverage supply apparatus, a cup receiving apparatus installed in a cup conveying path by the cup conveying apparatus so as to receive a cup filled with a beverage, and the cup receiving apparatus receiving the cup 6 upwards. A conveying device 12, a cup dispensing opening 22 formed in the counter table 2 so as to open larger than the diameter of the cup 6, and a sales door 3 for opening and closing the cup discharging opening 22; And driving means for opening and closing the sales door 3, In the cup dispensing opening 22, the allowance of the open dimension is set larger than the part opened by the said sales door 3 in the opening movement direction of the said sales door 3. As shown in FIG.

Description

Vending machine with easy structure

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a cup vending machine for continuously dispensing a cup from a cup storage unit and injecting and selling various drinks into the cup.

In general, in this type of cup vending machine, the beverage tank is arranged at the upper position in the vending machine, and the cup is placed at the lower part to inject the beverage to sell.

Moreover, in the conventional cup type | mold vending machine, since the cup in which the drink was injected is made to open a transparent door, and the drink injecting cup is taken out, the sales outlet which takes out the cup was in the low position. For this reason, the customer has to bend the waist and take out the cup containing the drink, which is inconvenient to be forced into a poor posture.

In addition, there was a hassle to open the door with one hand and take it out with the other.

In addition, since the cup is held by the elastic cup gripping member in the sales area, it is not easy to pull it out from the gripping member with one hand, and when the cup is taken out, the drink in the cup is sometimes caught up and the cup gripping member is dirty. As a result, there was a problem of becoming unsanitary.

An object of the present invention is to reduce the labor consumed when taking out a cup from a cup outlet.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an overall appearance of a fold vending machine showing an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a sales structure showing the process of injecting beverage into a cup and moving the cup after infusion.

3 is a perspective view of a sales mechanism showing a situation immediately after transfer to a cup vertical transfer apparatus;

4 is a perspective view of a sales mechanism showing a situation in which the cup rises from the bottom to the sales unit.

5A is a schematic sectional view for explaining the operation of the cup dispensing outlet;

5B is a front view of FIG. 5A.

6 is a schematic view showing an example of a sales door.

7A is a schematic cross-sectional view for explaining the operation at the time of taking out a cup.

7B is a front view of FIG. 5A.

* Symbol description for main parts of the drawing

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Sales part, 2 counter table part, 3 sales door, 4 operation panel, 4A selection button, 5 cup holder, 6 cup, 7 cup holder, 7A, 7B cup holding member, 8 : Rail, 9: slider portion, 10: drink injection nozzle, 11: ice discharge hose, 12: cup up and down conveying device, 13: pulley, 14: belt, 15: drive motor, 16: slider, 18: coaster part, 19: guide rod, 20: pulley support shaft, 21: cup guide structure, 22: cup outlet, 23: cup dropping device, 24: cup chute, 25: cup holder, 26: rack, 27: pinion, 28M: drive Electric motor, 29: roller, 30: cup holder, 31: cup waste outlet, 32: drain container, 35: roller receiving part, 37: shaft, 38A, 38B: operating lever, 39A, 39B: arm, 40A, 40B: spring , 41A, 41B: projection, 42: cam, 43: cam rotation shaft, 44a: cam face, 45: cam drive device, 46: drive motor, 47: reduction mechanism, 48: drive gear, 49: cam drive gear, 50: transfer device before and after the cup, 80: carbon dioxide gas nozzle, 81: solenoid valve, 82 : Branch piping, 83: carbon dioxide gas cylinder, 164: cup outlet, 165: cover member, 166: sales door, 167: drive shaft, 168: reduction mechanism, 169: electric motor, 170: spring pin, 171: spiral cutting part, 172: opening, 173: dust, 174, 176: protrusion, 175: pin, 177a: right angle, 177b: gradient surface, 178: coil spring, 179: single direction clutch, 180: spring, 181: door open detector, 182 : Shield plate, 183: Stop piece, 184: Door closing detector, 185: Convex part, 186: Stop piece, 400: Increase and decrease indicator lamp, 411: Sugar increase button, 412: Cream increase button, 413: Coffee increase button, 414 : Sugar reduction button, 415: cream reduction button, 416: coffee reduction button, 417: sugar / cream free button, 418: ice button, 420: microcomputer, 421: coffee electric motor, 422; Sugar electric motor, 423: cream electric motor, 424: coffee solenoid valve, 425: inverter, 426: coin appliance

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a cup discharging device for discharging the cup 6 based on the start of sales operation, a cup holding device 5 for holding the cup 6 discharged from the cup discharging device; And a cup conveying device for conveying the cup holding device 5 in a horizontal direction and a cup 6 installed in a cup conveying path by the cup conveying device and supplying a drink to the cup 6 held by the cup holding device 5. A cup for feeding a beverage supply device, a cup receiving device installed in a cup conveying path by the cup conveying device so as to receive a cup filled with a beverage, and the cup receiving device for receiving a cup 6 upwards. A sales door 3 for opening and closing the upper and lower conveying apparatus 12, the cup dispensing opening 22 formed in the counter table 2 so as to open larger than the diameter of the cup 6, and the cup discharging opening 22. And drive means for opening and closing the sales door 3, and The cup dispensing port 22 is a vending machine with an easy structure to take out the cup, characterized in that the number of openings larger than the portion opened by the sale door 3 is set in the open movement direction of the sale door 3. To provide.

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiment of this invention is described in detail based on an accompanying drawing.

1 is a perspective view showing the overall appearance of a cup-type vending machine according to the present invention, and the selling part 1 is constituted by a counter table type which is wide open horizontally, unlike a conventional rectangle.

A part of this counter table part 2 is formed in a dome shape, and a cup discharge port for carrying out goods is provided in the counter table part 2, while a dome shape of the same shape is approached under this dome part. The sales door 3 is provided so that the rotational movement is free, and the sales door 3 is formed with a hole that coincides with the cup outlet when the sales door 3 is opened.

Therefore, normally, the said cup delivery opening by this sales door 3 is comprised so that it may open by mutually matching holes at the time of sale.

Moreover, the selling part 1 is provided in the position of the height one step higher than the position of the conventional height.

Specifically, this selling part 4A is formed just below the operation panel 4 to which the selection button 4A is attached, and is in a recessed state, and has a height that does not interfere with the extraction of the cup 6. Open sideways with the dimensions of.

And this cup part is comprised so that the drink-injected cup may spring out.

On the other hand, the supply unit to which cups, drinks, ice, etc. are sent out is provided in a vending machine.

Next, the structure of the principal part of the cup-type vending machine of this invention is demonstrated based on FIG.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing a situation in which the cup is injected and the cup after the injection is moved to the cup up and down transport apparatus. FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a situation in which the cup containing the beverage is lifted by the cup up and down transport apparatus. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a situation in which a cup containing a beverage approaches a sales department.

In each figure, (5) has the opening-and-closing cup holding member 7A (7B) which hold | grips the cup 6 sent out from the cup supply apparatus as mentioned later by a sales instruction, and also conveys a cup. As a cup holding device which also acts as a device, the cup holding device 5 is installed so as to slide the slider portion 9 freely on a rail 8 which is installed almost horizontally in a cabinet of the vending machine. It is comprised so that it may slide along the rail 8 in the front-back direction seen from the front.

By the way, although not shown in the upper part of the position shown in FIG. 2 in which the cup holding apparatus 5 is normally waiting, the beverage supply apparatus, the ice maker, etc. are provided, and the beverage injection nozzle 10 and ice from them are provided. The discharge hose 11 faces the cup 6.

In addition, the beverage supply apparatus combines the beverages in accordance with the product selection operation by the consumer as described below, and combines the beverages in the state in which the cup holding device 5 holds the cup 6. Inject into the cup (6) through.

At this time, the beverage supply device dilutes the syrup with carbonated water to combine the carbonated beverage or dissolve powder raw materials such as coffee with hot water, and combines the coffee beverage by adding sugar and milk as necessary.

Similarly, the ice maker also sends ice into the cup held by the cup holding device 5 through the ice discharge hose 11 when there is a product selection operation by the consumer.

When both the drink and the ice are supplied to the cup, the cup holding device 5 slides in the direction of the arrow A as shown in FIG. 2, advances to the position shown in FIG. 3, and stops at the predetermined position.

The control regarding the stop of the cup holding apparatus 5 is controlled by the optical position sensor etc. arrange | positioned on the conveyance path of a cup.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a cup up and down conveying apparatus which conveys and advances the cup advanced to this predetermined position. The cup up / down conveying apparatus 12 includes a belt 14 arranged on a pulley 13 arranged up and down, a drive motor 15 capable of driving one of the pulleys in a forward and reverse rotation, and the belt ( 14, the upper and lower sliders 16 attached to the upper and lower sliders 16, a cylindrical coaster portion 18 provided at the front end of the upper and lower sliders 16, and the base portion of the upper and lower sliders 16 are inserted therethrough, and the coaster portion 18 is inserted. ) Is composed of guide bars 19 to perform stable up and down movement.

In addition, 20 is a pulley support shaft.

On the other hand, the coaster portion 18 is normally waiting at a position slightly below the bottom of the cup 6 moving in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 2, and when the cup 6 comes, the driving motor 15 is slightly stationary. By rotating, the coaster portion 18 rises slightly to support the bottom of the cup and is mounted thereon.

Thereafter, the cup gripping members 7A and 7B are opened and the transfer from the cup gripping members 7A and 7B to the coaster portion 18 is performed.

Next, after the cup gripping members 7A and 7B are opened to a greater extent without limiting the rise of the cup 6, the coaster portion 18 is raised again by the forward rotation of the drive motor 15. In order to prevent the cup from falling over, it enters the cup guide 21 of the shape which is one step larger than the diameter of the cup and stops at the slightly exited position.

Fig. 4 shows a situation in which the cup 6 has emerged on the counter table 2 of the sales section 1, and as can be seen from this figure, the cup 6 containing the beverage is raised from the bottom to the sales section. It appears in (1).

For this reason, the sales door 3 opens and the cup dispensing opening 22 which the cup 6 exits is opened.

As described above, after holding the cup discharged from the cup supply device → injecting the drink into the cup → injecting the beverage into the cup, moving to the cup up / down conveying device → feeding the cup to the cup up / down conveying device → upward movement of the cup → sales unit The cup beverage is provided to the consumer by performing a series of sales operations called the export of.

Next, the structure of the sales unit 1 according to the present invention will be described.

5A and 5B show an example of the cup outlet 164.

The cup dispensing port 164 is provided in a substantially central portion of the spherical cover member 165 attached to the concave portion 2b of the front surface 2a, and the spherical surface of the cover member 165 is provided inside the cover member. The sales door 166 which cut | disconnected a part of spherical surface which and a center PC correspond substantially is arrange | positioned.

The sales door 166 is fixedly installed on a shaft 167 in the longitudinal direction on the vertical line through the center PC, and the power of the electric motor 169 is supplied to the shaft 167 via the reduction mechanism 168. It is delivered.

Further, inside the sales door 166, a presence / absence sensor S ₁₂ including a pair of light emitting elements and a light receiving element for detecting the cup 6 is disposed. In addition, the coaster part 18 is for moving the cup 6 from a standby position to the cup discharge opening 166, and it stops at the dotted line position of a figure at the time of waiting.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 6, the sales door 166 is formed with an opening 172 having a dimension slightly larger than the diameter of the cup 6, and the sales door 166 is larger than the cup outlet 164. It is formed of a large and long hole in the moving direction.

Therefore, when the electric motor 169 is driven, the power is transmitted to the shaft 167 via the deceleration mechanism 168, whereby the shaft 167 rotates in the direction corresponding to the driving direction of the electric motor 169, The sales door 166 moves in the opening and closing direction of the cup dispensing outlet 164. Here, the sales door 166 is stopped at the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 6 in the standby state, and when the product is sold, the place 172 is rotated in the counterclockwise rotation direction of the drawing and opened at the coaster portion 18. It stops when it is in the position just above).

As a result, the coaster portion 18 appears to the outside via the opening 172 of the sales door 166 and the cup discharge port 164, and the cup 6 mounted on the coaster portion 18 is opened. It becomes a state which can be provided to a consumer. At this time, even if dust 173 is accumulated on the upper surface of the sales door 166, it moves to the end of the cup dispensing port 164 on the moving direction side, that is, to the end of the right side of the drawing, with the movement of the sales door 166. The door is held in contact with the end thereof, and is held thereafter even when the sales door 166 moves.

Thus, the dust 173 accumulated in the sales door 166 remains at the portion of the difference between the cup outlet 164 and the open 172, and thus into the interior of the cup 6 via the open 172. Intrusion is prevented.

In addition, if the dimension of the open part 172 is formed larger than the cup outlet 164, when the cup outlet 22 is opened, the dust 173 accumulated at the door for sale will be removed from the cup 6 and the cup outlet ( 164 can be collected in the part of the difference in dimensions, and thus dust 173 can be prevented from falling into the interior of the cup 6.

At the time of waiting for sale, the sales door 166 closes the cup dispensing opening 164 and the coaster portion 18 is supported by the cup holding members 7A and 7B of the cup holding apparatus 5 so as to support the rail 8. It is located slightly below the bottom of the cup 6 which moves along). In this way, at the timing just before the mounting of the cup 6 to the coaster portion 18, the control device drives the electric motor 5 in the opening direction to move the sales door 166 in the opening direction, 172 is moved to a position directly above the coaster portion 18.

When the sales door 166 opens the cup discharge port 164, the control device raises the coaster portion 18 and moves the cup 6 to the cup discharge port 164 as shown in solid lines in FIGS. 7A and 7B. Protrude from). In this state, the lower end of the cup 6 is located at a position higher than the lowermost end of the cup dispensing opening 164, so that the consumer can take out the cup 6 without catching the edge of the cup discharging opening 164. Can be.

When the consumer pulls out the cup 6, the presence or absence sensor of the cup S ₁₂ does not detect the cup 6, so that the control unit lowers the coaster portion 18 to the standby position and opens the sales door 166. The cup outlet 164 is closed by moving in the closing direction.

In this way, the consumer can easily take out the cup 6 from the cup dispensing outlet 164.

Therefore, according to the vending machine having a structure for easily taking out the cup according to the present invention, the sales door 166 is opened only when the presence sensor S ₁₂ detects the cup 6 so that the cup outlet 164 is opened. And the coaster portion 18 is raised so that the cup 6 protrudes from the cup dispensing port 164, so that the cup is easily caught without the edge of the cup discharging port 164 when the consumer takes the cup out of the cup dispensing port. (6) can be taken out and less effort is required to take out the cup.

Claims (3)

The cup discharging device which discharges the cup 6 based on a sale operation start, the cup holding apparatus 5 which holds the cup 6 discharged from the said cup discharge apparatus, and the said cup holding apparatus 5 in a horizontal direction. A cup feeding device for feeding beverage to the cup, a cup feeding path provided by the cup feeding device, for supplying a beverage to the cup 6 held by the cup holding apparatus 5, and a cup into which the beverage is injected. A cup receiving apparatus installed in a cup conveying path by the cup conveying apparatus, a cup up and down conveying apparatus 12 for conveying the cup receiving apparatus which receives the cup 6 upwards, and the cup ( Opening / closing operation of the cup dispensing opening 22 formed in the counter table 2, the sales door 3 which opens and closes the cup discharging opening 22, and the selling door 3 so as to open larger than the aperture of 6). Drive means for discharging, and the cup dispensing opening 22 opens the sales door 3; Automatic devices for easily taking out the cup structure, characterized in that with a space of larger dimension than the open portion is opened by the sale door 3 in the same direction is set. 2. The cup discharging opening 22 is formed in a substantially central portion of the spherical cover member 165 attached to the concave portion of the front surface. A part of the spherical surface where the spherical surface and the center PC coincide is cut almost in a fan shape, and the sales door 166 is disposed, and the sales door 166 is arranged on an axis 167 in which the longitudinal direction coincides with the vertical line through the center PC. A vending machine having an easy structure for taking out cups, which is fixedly installed. 3. The shaft 167 is rotated by the power of the electric motor 169 is transmitted to the shaft 167 via a deceleration mechanism 168, a pair of light emission for detecting the cup 6 inside the sales door 166. automatic devices of the presence or absence of a cup sensor ₁₂ S that there is disposed a cup, characterized in that sold door 166 is opened and closed according to the detection of the presence or absence detection sensor S ₁₂ of the cup taken out easily structure consisting of elements and the light-receiving element.