Disclosure of Invention
The present invention is directed to at least one of the technical problems of the prior art, and provides a delivery structure of a vending machine and a delivery method thereof.
A goods outlet structure of an automatic vending machine comprises a vending machine body, wherein a goods storage chamber and a goods taking chamber are arranged on the vending machine body, a goods supply groove and a goods outlet device are arranged in the goods storage chamber, the goods outlet device is used for sorting goods on the goods supply groove into the goods taking chamber, and the goods supply groove can sequentially contain a plurality of goods;
the delivery device comprises a first stop device and a second stop device;
the first stop means being movable to limit or allow movement of the forwardmost article towards the access chamber;
the second stop means is movable to limit or allow simultaneous movement of the next leading end item or items towards the compartment.
Preferably, the goods storage room further comprises a moving device, the moving device can reciprocate towards the goods taking room, the first stopping device comprises a first stopping part and a first linkage mechanism, and the first linkage mechanism can control the first stopping part to move in a linkage manner when the moving device acts so as to limit or allow the movement of the foremost goods;
the second stopping device comprises at least two groups of opening and closing mechanisms, each opening and closing mechanism comprises a second stopping piece and a second linkage mechanism, and the second linkage mechanism can control the second stopping piece to move in a linkage manner to limit or allow the secondary front-end articles to move when the moving device acts;
the second stopping device also comprises a rotating mechanism which can drive the second linkage mechanism to rotate so as to select the corresponding second linkage mechanism to be linked.
Preferably, the opening and closing mechanism further comprises first elastic means for resetting the second stopper to be separated from the corresponding article.
Preferably, the moving means comprises a movable plate and first driving means for driving the movable plate to reciprocate;
the first linkage mechanism is a protrusion part arranged on the movable plate;
the second linkage mechanism is an inclined plane arranged on the movable plate;
when the movable plate is in an initial state, the protruding part is abutted with the first stop piece, and the first stop piece can be abutted with the foremost article to limit the movement of the foremost article;
when the movable plate moves back to the goods taking chamber, the inclined surface can be abutted against the second stop piece to link the second stop piece to move so as to limit the movement of the second front-end goods, and when or after the inclined surface is abutted against the second stop piece, the protrusion part is separated from the first stop piece to link the first stop piece to move so as to allow the movement of the foremost goods;
when the movable plate moves towards the goods taking chamber, the protrusion part is abutted to the first stop part to control the first stop part to move in a linkage mode so as to limit the movement of the foremost goods, the inclined surface is separated from the second stop part, and the first elastic device is used for driving the second stop part to reset.
Preferably, the first stopper is a stopper plate, and the middle part of the stopper plate is rotatably arranged on the cargo supply groove to limit or allow the frontmost article to move.
Preferably, the second stopper is a stopper pillar which is provided on the cargo tank to be movable left and right to restrict or allow the second leading-end article to move.
Preferably, the rotating mechanism comprises a rotating rod arranged on the movable plate and a second driving device for driving the rotating rod to rotate, a plurality of fixing plates with an inclined surface are arranged on the rotating rod, and each fixing plate is not on the same vertical surface.
Preferably, the goods supply grooves are provided with two groups and are arranged on two sides of the movable plate.
The invention also discloses a goods discharging method of the goods discharging structure of the vending machine, which comprises the following steps:
the method comprises the following steps: when a consumer purchases m articles, the second driving device drives the rotating rod to rotate, and the fixing plate at the second block position from bottom to top on the rotating rod is positioned right below the corresponding second stop column;
step two: starting a first driving device to drive the movable plate to move back to the goods taking chamber, wherein the inclined surface on the second fixed plate is abutted with the second stop piece and abuts against the secondary front-end article along with the upward movement of the movable plate to limit the movement of the secondary front-end article; when or after the inclined surface is abutted against the second stop piece, the protrusion part is separated from the first stop piece and links the movement of the first stop piece so as to allow the frontmost article to move; the articles enter the article taking chamber; after the article moves, the first driving device drives the movable plate to reset, the protruding portion is abutted to the first stop piece to link the first stop piece to move so as to limit the movement of the article, meanwhile, the inclined surface on the fixing plate at the second position is separated from the second stop piece, and the first elastic device drives the first stop piece to reset.
Preferably, in the first step, when m is 2n, n is more than or equal to 1, the first step and the second step are circulated for n times of shipment; when m is 2n +1, n is larger than or equal to 1, the first step and the second step are circulated, the delivery is performed for two n +1 times, and the fixing plate at the first block position is selected in the first step when the delivery is performed for the n +1 time and is positioned right below the second stop piece for linkage delivery.
The invention has the beneficial effects that:
(1) the goods outlet structure of the vending machine can automatically sort corresponding quantity of goods for goods outlet, and compared with the traditional goods outlet mode, the goods outlet speed is increased, and the experience of a user is enhanced.
(2) The goods delivery method of the goods delivery structure of the automatic goods receiving machine can judge how to deliver goods according to the quantity purchased by a user at one time, when the quantity purchased is even, the fixing plate at the second position is selected to release goods in a circulating way, when the quantity purchased is odd, the fixing plate at the second position is selected to release goods in a circulating way, and then the fixing plate at the first position is selected to release goods.
Detailed Description
Reference will now be made in detail to the present preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout.
In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the orientation or positional relationship referred to in the description of the orientation, such as the upper, lower, front, rear, left, right, etc., is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for convenience of description and simplification of description, and does not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, the meaning of a plurality of means is one or more, the meaning of a plurality of means is two or more, and larger, smaller, larger, etc. are understood as excluding the number, and larger, smaller, inner, etc. are understood as including the number. If the first and second are described for the purpose of distinguishing technical features, they are not to be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated or implicitly indicating the precedence of the technical features indicated.
In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise explicitly limited, terms such as arrangement, installation, connection and the like should be understood in a broad sense, and those skilled in the art can reasonably determine the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention in combination with the specific contents of the technical solutions.
Referring to fig. 1 to 4, a preferred embodiment of the present invention:
a goods outlet structure of an automatic vending machine comprises a vending machine body 100, wherein a goods storage chamber 200 and a goods taking chamber 300 are arranged on the vending machine body 100, a goods supply groove 201 and a goods outlet device are arranged in the goods storage chamber 200, the goods outlet device is used for sorting goods on the goods supply groove 201 into the goods taking chamber 300, and the goods supply groove 201 can sequentially contain a plurality of goods;
the delivery device comprises a first stop device and a second stop device;
the first stop means being movable to limit or allow movement of the forwardmost article towards the compartment 300;
the second stop means are movable to limit or allow simultaneous movement of the next leading end item or items towards the compartment 300.
This preferred embodiment is through setting up first backstop device and second backstop device, can sort out one article or a plurality of article simultaneously, and shipment speed improves, strengthens the experience sense of user's self-service shopping.
As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, it may also have the following additional technical features:
the goods storage chamber 200 further comprises a moving device which can reciprocate towards the goods taking chamber 300, the first stopping device comprises a first stopping member 208 and a first linkage mechanism, and the first linkage mechanism can control the first stopping member 208 to move in a linkage manner when the moving device acts so as to limit or allow the movement of the foremost goods;
the second stopping device comprises at least two groups of opening and closing mechanisms, each opening and closing mechanism comprises a second stopping piece 209 and a second linkage mechanism, and the second linkage mechanism can control the second stopping pieces to move in a linkage manner to limit or allow the secondary front-end articles to move when the moving device acts;
the second stopping device also comprises a rotating mechanism which can drive the second linkage mechanism to rotate so as to select the corresponding second linkage mechanism to be linked.
The opening and closing mechanism further comprises a first elastic means 210 for resetting the second stopper to be separated from the corresponding article.
The moving device comprises a movable plate 203 and a first driving device 202 for driving the movable plate 203 to reciprocate; specifically, the first driving device 202 employs an air cylinder;
the first linkage mechanism is a protrusion 207 disposed on the movable plate, and specifically may be a stopper disposed on the movable plate 203;
the second linkage mechanism is an inclined surface disposed on the movable plate 203, and specifically, a fixed plate 206 having the inclined surface may be disposed on the movable plate 203;
the first stopper 208 is a stopper plate, the middle of which is rotatably disposed on the cargo supply slot 201 to limit or allow the movement of the foremost item, and specifically, a rotation pin may be disposed at the middle of the stopper plate.
The second stopper 209 is a stopper pillar, which is disposed on the supply groove 201 in a left-right movable manner to limit or allow the movement of the next front-end article, specifically, a sleeve may be fixed at a side end of the supply groove 201, two stopper pillars are movably disposed in the sleeve, and a first elastic device 210 is disposed between the two stopper pillars, in this embodiment, the first elastic device 210 is a spring.
When the movable plate 203 is in the initial state, the protrusion 207 abuts against the first stopper 208, and the first stopper 208 can abut against the frontmost article to limit the movement of the frontmost article, that is, in the embodiment, one end of the stopper plate abuts against the lower surface of the stopper, and the other end of the stopper plate abuts against the frontmost article to limit the movement of the frontmost article;
when the movable plate 203 moves back to the goods taking chamber 300, the inclined surface can abut against the second stopper 209 to link the movement of the second stopper 209 and limit the movement of the second front-end article, when or after the inclined surface abuts against the second stopper 209, the protrusion 207 is separated from the first stopper 208 to link the movement of the first stopper 208 and allow the movement of the foremost article, that is, in the embodiment, as the movable plate 203 moves, the inclined surface on the fixed plate 206 abuts against one end of the stopper column, as the movable plate 203 continues to move upwards, the stopper column is extended to abut against the second front-end article and limit the movement thereof by the acting force of the inclined surface, and then, the stopper plate is separated from the stopper, one end of the stopper plate abutting against the article is swung downwards by the gravity of the article, and the article moves to the goods taking chamber 300;
when the movable plate 203 moves towards the goods taking chamber 300, the protrusion 207 abuts against the first stopper 208 to control the first stopper 208 to move in a linkage manner so as to limit the movement of the foremost goods, the inclined surface is separated from the second stopper 209, and the first elastic device is used for driving the second stopper 209 to reset.
The rotating mechanism comprises a rotating rod 205 arranged on the movable plate 203 and a second driving device 204 for driving the rotating rod to rotate, specifically, the second driving device 204 is a motor, a plurality of fixing plates 206 with an inclined surface are arranged on the rotating rod 205, each fixing plate 206 is not on the same vertical surface, and the number of the fixing plates is preferably 2-4.
The goods supply grooves 201 are provided with two groups, are arranged on two sides of the movable plate 203 in parallel, and can be used for discharging goods from the two goods supply grooves 201 simultaneously, so that the goods discharging speed is further improved.
The present invention also provides another embodiment: a method of shipping a shipping structure for a vending machine, comprising the steps of: in the embodiment, 2 fixing plates are arranged;
the method comprises the following steps: when a consumer purchases m articles, the second driving device 204 drives the rotating rod 205 to rotate, and the fixing plate 206 at the second position from bottom to top on the rotating rod 205 is positioned right below the corresponding second stop column;
step two: the first driving device 202 is started to drive the movable plate 203 to move back to the goods taking chamber 300, the inclined surface on the fixed plate 206 at the second position abuts against the second stopper 209 and abuts against the next front end article along with the upward movement of the movable plate 203 to limit the movement of the second front end article; when or after the inclined surface abuts against the second stopper 209, the protrusion 207 is separated from the first stopper 208 to link the movement of the first stopper 208 to allow the forward-most article to move; the articles enter the article taking chamber; after the article moves, the first driving device 202 drives the movable plate 203 to reset, the protrusion 207 abuts against the first stopper 208 and is linked with the first stopper 208 to move so as to limit the movement of the article, meanwhile, the inclined surface on the fixed plate 206 at the second position is separated from the second stopper 209, and the first elastic device drives the second stopper 209 to reset.
In the first step, when m is 2n, n is more than or equal to 1, the first step and the second step are circulated for n times of delivery; when m is 2n +1, n is more than or equal to 1, the first step and the second step are circulated, the delivery is performed for two n +1 times, and the fixing plate 206 at the first block position selected in the first step during the delivery of the (n + 1) th time is positioned right below the second stop member 209 for linkage delivery.
The above additional technical features can be freely combined and used in superposition by those skilled in the art without conflict.
In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, it should be understood that "-" and "-" indicate the same range of two numerical values, and the range includes the endpoints. For example: "A-B" means a range of greater than or equal to A and less than or equal to B. "A to B" means a range of A to B inclusive.
In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, the term "and/or" herein is only one kind of association relationship describing an associated object, and means that there may be three kinds of relationships, for example, a and/or B, and may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the former and latter related objects are in an "or" relationship.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the technical solutions that achieve the objects of the present invention by basically the same means are all within the protection scope of the present invention.