CN1243329C - Method and apparatus for hose storage in article handling device - Google Patents
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Abstract
An article handling apparatus embodied, for example, as a vending machine, includes a controllably positioned hose dispenser for retrieving articles from an article storage area. A hose is continuous from a first end located within a hose storage area, where the hose receives article securing energy (e.g., suction), to a second end adapted to secure to and extract a selected article from the storage area. A hose positioning mechanism coupled to the hose controllably positions the second end of the hose so as to be aligned with a given article stored in the storage area, for controllably contacting and extracting the selected article from the storage area, and controllably positioning the second end of the hose so as to transport the article to a dispensing area. The hose positioning mechanism imparts both a storage requirement and a retraction requirement on the hose as a result of the controllable positioning. In accordance with the principles of the present invention a single hose storage area is provided in the vending machine for meeting all of the hose storage and retraction requirements.
Description
Application explanation: require right of priority-5/23/00
Background of invention
1. invention field
The present invention relates generally to the design of commodity treatment facility and the improvement in the operation, particularly useful hose storage and withdrawal technology in the commodity treatment facility environment that uses hose type commodity clamping mechanism.
2. prior art
Most of existing commodity processing mechanism, especially the commodity processing mechanism in the involved POS system at article dispenser (POS) environment among the present invention all relies on a plurality of motors, switch and coil to come the various piece of mobile processing mechanism and commodity self (for example passing through packaged products) is handled.Most of this machine all needs motor, switch and/or the coil of a special use to handle and to provide and deliver for each row, each row or each class commodity or packing.Such as known to those skilled in the art, this class machine has a lot of shortcomings usually, and for example, its reliability can become relatively poor because of mechanical fault.
United States Patent (USP) 5,240,139 pairs of commodity treatment facilities have been made a significant improvement.A kind of negative pressure lifter has been described (promptly in this article, commodity pick up or processing mechanism) purposes, it enters from the open top that is positioned at the wareroom cabinet among the automatic vending machine refrigeration area, and utilize the mechanism of bleeding (that is, the reduction that produces by parital vacuum or be called as " negative " air pressure) with realize with the commodity that will take out between firm the contact.Though automatically the lifter of operation especially the bleeder elevating mechanism do not have usually therein to have obtained widespread usage in the industry assembling of space constraint, their application in the device of the space constraint strictness such as article dispenser are not extensively approved.Have bigger reliability and dirigibility owing to adopt exhaust technique to grasp and move the automatic vending machine of selecting commodity, thereby people expect to develop the technology and the method that make new advances and operate and control this class machine and other commodity processing mechanisms that more generally uses.
In aforesaid United States Patent (USP) 5,240,139, utilize an air hose that has 3: 1 ratio of compression and can vertically compress and realized hose storage.One end of this flexible pipe is connected with the potential source of doing something in a fit of pique, and its other end links to each other with a commodity pick-up head.At United States Patent (USP) 5,240, it is gratifying using this compressible flexible pipe in the 139 described environment, because refrigerating chamber has only occupied the latter half of automatic vending machine inside, so reserved enough the first half for flexible pipe and detent mechanism thereof.But, concerning the industry of operation automatic vending machine, because the major part of its spending is with commodity automatic vending machine to be safeguarded (replenishing), therefore, they wish the wareroom cabinet that has or do not have refrigerating chamber that can provide higher, to reach the purpose of the wareroom amount maximum that makes automatic vending machine cabinet inside.Automatic vending machine of the prior art only uses 50 to 60 percent of its wareroom significant height usually.
Because above-mentioned shortcoming, so people's expectation can reduce the demand to flexible pipe detent mechanism height.A kind of solution just is to use incompressible flexible pipe.Use the benefit of incompressible flexible pipe to be, can be by driving with the direct engagement of hose wall and/or guiding it, with aforesaid United States Patent (USP) 5,240, the indirect flexible pipe location technology described in 139 is compared, and it is a very simple technology.In addition, use the benefit of incompressible flexible pipe also to be, no matter stand the variation of which kind of vacuum tightness, it can both keep constant length.And, to compare with the example of telescopic tube, incompressible flexible pipe has better structural integrity and leakage still less.But use incompressible flexible pipe can bring two serious problems: (one with wareroom cabinet top positions aligning) moves to the bottom of wareroom cabinet to guarantee that its free end can be from the bottom of flexible pipe detent mechanism 1) need to preserve sufficiently long flexible pipe wherein; 2) as required it is extracted from the Storage and puts back to how simple and reliablely.
A kind of automatic vending machine is disclosed in the open WO 99/12132 of the PCT patented claim of " automatic vending machine " (" VENDING MACHINE ") by name, it contains a folding articulated jib, is used for that a commodity clamp is drawn flexible pipe and puts into refrigerating chamber to regain commodity to be sold.This flexible pipe is incompressible, and keeps continuously to its free end that is connected with a commodity pick-up head from a bottom zone that is positioned under the articulated jib.A linear transmission and arm shape mechanism are housed in described bottom zone, are used to order about flexible pipe and pass in and out bottom zone and enter refrigerating chamber by articulated jib.Flexible pipe location structure and aforesaid United States Patent (USP) 5 described in this PCT application, 240,139 have a similar shortcoming, promptly, they need that all very big capacity is arranged in the vending cabinet, mention flexible pipe and make it enter storage cabinet so that described mechanism can sell the cycle a packing in (that is height that almost equates with wareroom cabinet oneself height).In addition, it should be noted,, just can satisfy and make the commodity pick-up head move (that is, passing in and out refrigerating chamber) needed flexible pipe amount along the Z direction so only need store flexible pipe relative to smaller length because the major length of flexible pipe has been stored in the folding articulated jib.Should also be noted that in addition this patent disclosure has provided the mechanism of a relative complex to be used for the flexible pipe location, to store and to drive.
The United States Patent (USP) 3 of " Hoover " (" VACUUM CLEANER ") by name, 977,037 and the United States Patent (USP) 4 of " withdrawal of flexible unit and storage " (" RETRIEVAL AND STORAGE FORFLEXIBLE ELEMENTS ") by name, 212,421 and the United States Patent (USP) 5 of " freestanding central vacuum system " (" FREESTANDING CENTRAL VACUUM SYSTEM ") by name, 740,581 all is the representative of such class patent, that is, they have all disclosed the device of the flexibility/Compressable unit (as electric wire or flexible pipe) that is used to regain and store elongation.Usually, when flexible unit by after the Storage is regained, will have " compressing a running roller " structure to be actuated to flexible unit is retracted into the hose storage district.But unfortunately, because the flexibility/compressibility of flexible unit inherence,, and might in unit withdrawal process afterwards, occur stirring and twine phenomenon so its withdrawal process is to carry out in more random mode.
The application people is G.Lucas, publishing day is on May 26th, 1976, a kind of ice cream vending machine is disclosed in the Deutsche Bundespatent of by name " the ice cream automatic vending machine that the ice cream packing box that utilizes flooded suction to extract from refrigerator-freezer to pile up is realized " (" VENDINGMACHINE FOR ICE CREAM-USING SUCTION HEAD TO PICKUPWRAPPED BLOCKS OF ICE CREAM FROM STACK IN REFRIGERATOR "), in this vending machine, have one movably conveyer be installed in the inside of refrigerating chamber, it is placed on the side top of wareroom cabinet.This conveyer contains a driving mechanism, is used for the electric wire that free end contains the motor of bleeding is put into the wareroom cabinet downwards so that regain the ice cream packing.By the actual refrigerator-freezer of falling into of the motor of will bleeding, the problem that the detent mechanism that this class is used for the commodity treatment facility just can avoid flexible pipe to store.But it exists a serious problem, that is, because the repeated flex of electric wire and flexible might cause reliability/failure problems to occur.In addition, the bleed diameter of motor also has been subjected to the serious restriction of wareroom cabinet size.
United States Patent (USP) 5 at by name " being used to regain the device of the commodity of random organization " (" APPARATUS FORRETRIEVING RANDOMLY ORGANIZED ARTICLES "), 957, a kind of goods selling equipment is disclosed in 326, this device comprises that is mounted a conveyer that places wareroom cabinet side top, it also comprises a driving mechanism, is used for a pick-up head that a plurality of suckers are installed on it is put into storage cabinet downwards.The open defect that this class is used for the detent mechanism of commodity treatment facility is, in the process of reorientating, because a plurality of suction hoses that link to each other with pick-up head are not placed in the hose storage district, but below conveyer, coiled/pull, so can charging in a large number, they originally can be used for storing the space of waiting the commodity selling/distribute.
United States Patent (USP) 4 at " lift-truck that has the vacuum loading support unit " (" LIFT TRUCK WITHA VACUUM LOAD-SUPPORTING ASSEMBLY ") by name, 725, a kind of fork truck is disclosed in 186, in this fork truck, yoke is replaced being used to by vacuum pan parts and adheres to and shipping goods.At the flexible pipe of between the vacuum pump of fork truck rear end and vacuum pan parts, being furnished with a continuous charge at the fork truck front end.Regulate moving of vacuum pan parts for during handling at goods, adopt a running roller and strain component to be arranged in the middle tensioning ring of flexible pipe formation of vacuum pump and vacuum pad parts.Though disclosed structure provides a kind of flexible pipe that can prevent to stir the means that twine during shipping goods in this patent, but it should be noted, both not shown or propose an independent hose storage district in this patent, also not shown or propose one and be used to store the place of wanting processed commodity.
Therefore, need provide one can only use less wareroom district internal capacity to satisfy the Storage that stores the flexible pipe demand for hose type commodity processing mechanism.In addition, also need provide a kind of like this hose storage district in simple relatively and reliable mode.
Goal of the invention
An object of the present invention is provides a kind of new technology and method for design, operation and the control of commodity processing mechanism.
Another object of the present invention is that design, operation and the control for the commodity processing mechanism with the type that adopts the computer control mechanical ﹠ electrical technology provides a kind of new technology and method, and in illustrated embodiment, provide a kind of suction-type clamp of automatic location, pick up selected commodity and it is moved to another place from a place being used to, for example, move to the dispensing district from the Storage.
A further object of the invention is that speed and the precision that commodity are handled can improve in these mechanisms, can also handle commodity to be assigned with in careful mode simultaneously, thereby prevent that it from any damage occurring for more such mechanisms provide a kind of new technology and method.
Summary of the invention
Above-mentioned purpose is that the embodiment by a kind of commodity treating apparatus such as automatic vending machine is achieved, but this device comprises the hose type dispensing device of a controlled location, is used for fetching commodity from the commodity Storage.A flexible pipe extends to second end that is used for from Storage internal fixation and the selected commodity of taking-up from first end that is positioned at the hose storage district, and flexible pipe receives the energy (for example, bleeding) of affixed merchandise from described hose storage district.A flexible pipe detent mechanism that links to each other with flexible pipe is controlled mobile to second end of flexible pipe, thereby the given commodity within making it and being kept at the Storage are aimed at, and controllably contact in the Storage and extract selected commodity, and controllably second end of mobile flexible pipe commodity are transported to the dispensing district.This flexible pipe detent mechanism is located by may command, has both satisfied storage requirements and has also satisfied the demand of regaining flexible pipe.According to the principle of the invention, in automatic vending machine, provide a hose storage district to be used for satisfying simultaneously the storage and the recovery demand of flexible pipe.
According to another feature of the present invention, described flexible pipe detent mechanism is used to flexible pipe is regained from the hose storage district, the recovering mechanism that contains " gravity sensing " by use, promptly, the passive loop tensioning system that forms in the hose storage district just can satisfy the recovery demand of flexible pipe simple and reliablely.
According to another feature of the present invention, described hose storage district is formed a square container, and its longitudinal axis does not intersect with the longitudinal axis in wareroom district, and in a preferred embodiment, its longitudinal axis is adjacent and parallel with the longitudinal axis in wareroom district.
In one embodiment of the invention, described flexible pipe contains an air hose that continues to bleed, and the energy of absorption commodity provides by bleeding.In another embodiment of the present invention, flexible pipe can be solid or multicore, and the energy of affixed merchandise also can be electricity or dynamo-electric, and they are respectively applied for the jaw of operation electromagnetism or machinery.
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Fig. 1 constitutes and the front perspective view of the vending machine operated according to the principle of the invention;
Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 are the front perspective view of vending machine shown in Figure 1, and wherein open at the Qianmen, so that wherein main machinery and the electric component of explanation, and the hose storage district and the cam mechanism that constitute according to the principle of the invention;
Fig. 4 is the cooperatively interact functional-block diagram of work of explanation main machinery of vending machine shown in Figure 1 and electric component;
Fig. 5 and Fig. 6 have shown the right side and the left side stereographic map of Fig. 2 and flexible pipe detent mechanism shown in Figure 3 respectively.
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Fig. 1 has shown environment of the present invention described herein with the form of the commodity selling machine such as the automatic vending machine of point of sale (POS).Although explanation is central in full with reference to the enforcement of the present invention in the automatic vending machine environment in the back, term " automatic vending machine " and environment in fact of the present invention should comprise more general commodity processing, fetch and/or distributing equipment, and POS equipment.If this equipment is embodied as mancarried device, can comprise and approximately be traditional vending machine or big to the trailer that drags by traction engine, if and be embodied as non-mancarried device, then can comprise and be embodied as between automatic vending or be arranged in permanent structure as in a zone of buildings (cabinet that has interior wall or sealing on the ground or underground).In addition, term " commodity " or " product " are included in some embodiment of invention described herein at least, not only refer to goods, but also comprise the service and/or the information of permanent or interim form.
Fig. 1 has shown the stereographic map of vending machine 10, comprises an embodiment of formation and apparatus operating according to the present invention.Vending machine 10 comprises main cabinet 12 and is installed in and is used to enter the Qianmen 14 that (fill vending machine, safeguard with commodity, or the like) served in vending machine inside on the pivot 16.Notice that in the embodiment of another vending machine, service door or port can be arranged on the cabinet 12 or as the part of cabinet 12.Show that in Fig. 1 Qianmen 14 is in the closed position, formed obturator, wherein held the various parts of vending machine 10, will illustrate in greater detail below with main cabinet 12.
Qianmen 14 comprises the tapering part 18 adjacent with flat 20; But these specific shapes are not essential for the present invention.Tapering part 18 comprises transparent or semitransparent plastics display panel 18, generally have brand and/or show the sign figure thereon, and can comprise that describe can be by the figure of the 10 indivedual commodity sold of selling goods, and the price of commodity and/or selection information.The panel 18 general fluorescent lights that adopt are as back of the body irradiation, and are not shown.
The client fetches district 22 and is formed in door 14 the panel 18, so that wherein Chu Zang commodity can be provided user to vending machine 10.
Various user interface features are installed on the flat 20 of door 14.Customer monitor 24 can be conventional fluorescence or LED display, show various items of information with user to machine 10, such as the feedback that the user is selected, desired quantity, and whether product is sold or sold.In order to accept payment, cashing machine inlet 26 takes in conventional gathering mechanism (being installed in the machine 10 so that its user interface part is stretched out by the opening that aligns in the flat 20) with bank note, to buy commodity or small change.(also be installed in the machine 10) in coin entry 28 the coin changer that coin income is conventional, to buy commodity or small change so that the opening of its user interface part by alignment in the flat 20 stretches out.Coin returns the mechanism that actuator 30 comprises conventional release coin, is used to drive the coin returning part of coin exchange mechanism, and the coin that the coin returning part is filled in the active user under this driving returns to coin and returns in the hole 32.The coin returning part of coin exchange mechanism also offers coin with change and returns hole 32 in response to the purchase of commodity or for bank note or large-denomination coin change the time.Credit/debit card groove 34 accepts to be inserted into the plastics credit cards/debit card in the conventional card reader mechanism (also being installed in the machine 10 so that its user interface part is stretched out by the opening that aligns in the flat 20), does shopping by credit/debit card to allow the user.Door lock mechanism 36 is locked Qianmen 14, thereby does not have key just it can't be opened.For the user can be selected, display panel 18 can comprise aforesaid figure, the extensive stock that it indicates this machine to sell, and their relevant prices and unique selection number.In addition, flat 20 can comprise the commodity demonstration of set of diagrams shapeization and their dutiable value mutually.Conventional keyboard button mechanism 38 is provided to make the user to select the commodity of wanting from vending machine.In addition, button mechanism 40 can comprise the independently button that is used for each commodity selection, and relevant price shows; In addition, even can replace button mechanism 40 and display 24 with the touch-screen of user operation.Although it is not shown among Fig. 1, machine 10 also comprises conventional telecommunications components, can be used for sales slip is carried out authentication, and other purposes relevant with machine control and to the stock and the mode of operation of the position message machine 10 in a distant place, the back will illustrate more fully to this.Although being shown as, vending machine 10 comprises above-mentioned user interface component, in the less embodiment of the present invention, can omit the most parts in these user interface component, even be not whole, and in fact automatic vending machine can be controlled by long-range, no matter whether have local payment system.
Fig. 2 is the isometric front view of the vending machine of Fig. 1, and open at its Qianmen, so that explanation main machinery and electric component wherein.Fig. 3 is the version that the critical piece of the commodity processing mechanism part of vending machine 10 has been idealized to a certain extent, is used to understand its general operation.Notice that some part of vending machine 10 has been removed in these accompanying drawings, so that inner parts are described better.
With reference to figure 2, the right-hand component of the front of cabinet part 12 comprises vertically arranged support panel 202 earlier, and it is used to install most user interface component.More particularly, the support 204 of hinged installation is installed on panel 202, and with door 14 on register so that user interface component such as selector button keyboard 40, coin entry 30, cashing machine inlet 28, coin returner 32 and customer monitor 24 can both be brought in contact by the user before door 14.What be installed in 14 inside, Qianmen is that (they are in protective cover 206 back for two fluorescent light source.Can use the light source of other quantity), they are luminous illuminates panel 18 with the back.A ballast (ballast) and a product that is used for fluorescent light is carried chute 210.Note, product is carried chute 210 to be different from the routine techniques part and is that it is special height, therefore and, fetch and distinguish 22 and enter in the machine without permission by from machine outside, arm or other grasping mechanism being inserted into the client preventing as the locking measure.In the vending machine of typical prior art, can see the swing type safety door usually at the top of chute 210, it promotes the porch the client swing door is fetched the district to product and was put the blocking position to vandal at 8 o'clock.In another embodiment of vending machine 10, this safety door can carry chute 210 to be used in combination with product, if when fetching district 8 more the highland is positioned on the machine 10 when particularly chute 210 is not high as shown in Figure 2 and as fruit product.Conventional gathering mechanism is installed in hinged mounting bracket 204 back, pulled in the vending machine 10 so that insert the bank note of cashing machine inlet 28, conventional coin change machine provides coin to coin return port 34, and be positioned at panel back, the coin guide is inducted into the coin change machine with the coin of filling in, and conventional cash inspecting machine affirmation bank note is correctly filled in cashing machine inlet 28.
Control panel 212 comprises printed circuit board (PCB), is formed with circuit on it, and integrated circuit (IC) chip is housed.Control panel 212 comprises microprocessor, and it is electrically connected with various sensors, motor, above-mentioned user interface and other device in vending machine 10.Although be to carry out, be to be understood that these functions are to be controlled by microprocessor and the interlock circuit that is formed on the control panel 212 with reference to the operation of the predetermined function of control panel 212 in this explanation.Power supply 214 is installed on the panel 202 and to the electric component of vending machine 10 and powers.
With reference now to Fig. 3,, obviously the volume of the inside of cabinet 12 can be used as wareroom district 215.In an illustrated embodiment, on the inner bottom surface 217 of cabinet 12, arrange the wareroom cabinet 216 of a plurality of vertical alignments, be used to store the commodity of selling by machine 10 223.Storage cabinet can be arranged on the shelf of placing above the refrigeration system in refrigerating environment of the present invention.The size of the container 219 that the top is open can be made as stores a plurality of wareroom cabinets 216 therein, and is used for making from the MER Storage 215 to be easy to handle simultaneously (promptly take out and lay) a plurality of storage cabinets 216.
The size of the container 219 that the top is open can be designed as stores a plurality of wareroom cabinets 216 therein, and is used for for example making that being easy to simultaneously a plurality of storage cabinets 216 to be handled (promptly take out, lay and transport) goes into/go out wareroom zone 215.Container 219 also is convenient to fast and accurately a plurality of wareroom cabinets be put into the storage area of commodity treatment facility.One conveyer 218 (can more generally be referred to as X-Y or plane positioning mechanism) is connected with the top side, inside of cabinet 12, and is suitable for controllably being placed into by the control panel part 212 of machine 10 center (so that aliging with this open top) on one the open top of selecting in a plurality of wareroom cabinets 216.
Although shown vertical (Z axle) alignment of wareroom cabinet 216, that off plumb promptly tilts or or even (X or Y-axis) alignment of level also be fine (such as in the glass front end vending machine of well-known use " helix " type automatic vending machine appreciable like that).Under the situation that storage cabinet essentially horizontally aligns, plane positioning mechanism will suitably be changed so that be placed on X/Z or Y/Z plane conveyer 218 mobile.In fact, curve inclined-plane such as right cylinder also can be considered within the scope of the invention.It is known that but the product stockpile that substantial horizontal is alignd is combined with the commodity conveyer that moves on the vertical plane adjacent with the sales end of product heap of automation control, the United States Patent (USP) 6 that is entitled as METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VENDINGPRODUCTS (method and apparatus that is used for sell goods) of authorizing for example in May 15 calendar year 2001,230, in 930, and all can see among laid-open U.S. Patents communique on the 3rd US2001/0000609 May calendar year 2001.It is known transmitting commodity with the curve inclined-plane, for example just can see in the video-tape marketing technique, and in this technology, video-tape is to be emitted on the centralized storage rotating disk towards outer mode, and a machine clip is round rotating disk.In addition, although wareroom cabinet 216 is shown as under atmospheric environment, in fact storage cabinet 216 can be placed in the environment of refrigeration, such as the cold storage plant that is arranged in 217 bottoms, Storage, the commodity connecting gear is put into storage cabinet the cold storage plant of open-top, as the United States Patent (USP) of mentioning in front 5,240, shown in 139 and as described in.In addition, be to comprise under the situation of storage cabinet of substantial horizontal alignment at refrigerating environment, can use vertically towards opening the approach of the granting end that enters the wareroom cabinet is provided.
In environment of the present invention, air hose 220 is used to provide " commodity bed knife ", and it makes commodity fasten to get 224 can fix, grasp and discharge (promptly handling) and be stored at the commodity 223 in the storage cabinet 216.According to an aspect of the present invention, the running roller of placing by quadrature 213 of lighting before air hose 220 is withdrawed from by hose storage district 222 from it continues up to its free end 221.Free end 221 comprise with bellows expanding end part 227 combination increase the weight of part 225.According to by the physical characteristics of the commodity sold, commodity pick-up head 224 can include only and increase the weight of part 225, or the assembly of this part and the joint that is suitable for being sold the type of merchandise specially, for example bellows head 227 or do not have the flexible head of weight.One end and the negative pressure of flexible pipe 220 is that source of suction is connected, and source of suction comprises the free end that a blower motor 226, is connected with commodity pick-up head 224 in a preferred embodiment.In the present invention, the meaning of " continuously " is meant and connects flexible pipe between two-end-point, finishes as a whole or single function that flexible pipe requires thereby this flexible pipe moves.Air hose part 235 provides suction from blower motor 226 to a port of air connecting box 229, and continuous flexible pipe 220 is connected with the another port of air connecting box 229.The air connecting box 229 that comprises at the top in hose storage district 222 comprises pneumatic sensor and vacuum brake (breaker) assembly.Pneumatic sensor is used to form the airflow signal that airstream hose 220 is passed through in the expression that is carried on the vending machine controller.The vacuum brake assembly is used for the air pressure of flexible pipe 220 is become atmospheric pressure apace, thereby can be with the commodity " snap-out release " that transported by the commodity pick-up head to the chute 210 of delivering.The snap-out release of noting product not necessarily carries out at the top of delivery chute 210, avoids commodity to be subjected to owing to stop up or when falling the external force that causes in hope, and the bottom that the commodity pick-up head can advance to the chute 210 of delivering always is the snap-out release commodity again.In one embodiment, the layout structure of pneumatic sensor can comprise two parts switch, and first comprises reed switch, and second portion comprises and is installed in the free-ended magnet that the box 229 of swing arm is equipped with in inside.Because swing arm is because the variation of air-flow is swung in box 229, and this switch " is toggled ", thereby the variation of indication air-flow.The use of this airflow signal will illustrate in greater detail below.
In environment of the present invention, such as Fig. 3 generality expression and in more detail as shown among Fig. 5 and Fig. 6, the flexible pipe location structure (arrangement) that is provided with a novelty is to align conveyer 218 with one of selected storage cabinet 216.This alignment is to finish on front/rear (Y) direction with the front/rear linear slide 228 (showing in cut-open view) on the front/rear beam 230 that is installed in " L " shape, thereby conveyer 218 can controllably be utilized slider 228 location along front/rear beam.The bottom side portion branch of beam 230 comprises a shelf part 232, and conveyer 218 comprises a motor 233, and it drives and shelf part 232 meshed gears (633 among Fig. 6).From control panel 212 to motor 233 apply forward and motor control signal backward conveyer 218 is driven in front/rear direction.The alignment of a left side/right side (X) direction of conveyer 218 is carried out in a similar fashion, has adopted a left side/right linear slide 234, and it is slidably engaged in the upside of front/rear beam 230 downside with an isolated left side/right beam 236a and 236b.Beam 236a and 236b receive the top of cabinet 12 rigidly.Same connect with the inside top partially rigid of cabinet 12 and but the shelf 238 parallel with beam 236 and a gear 240 that is driven by near the reverse motors 243 that is installed in beam 230 interior angles mesh.From control panel 212 to motor 243 apply forward and gear 240 is rotated motor control signal backward and beam 230 has corresponding mobile, thereby conveyer 218 is mobile on the direction of a left side/right side (X).
Shown in Fig. 2 and 3, when 223 picked 224 of commodity along its path from storage cabinet 216 when moving to chute 210, it is placed with through being installed in commodity identifications (ID) device 254 in the cabinet 12.The commodity ID device that does not need particular type for the present invention, and restriction according to system, this device can comprise, for example barcode scanner or other light image/pattern recognition system, perhaps even can be anoptic system, such as radio frequency identification (RFID), or be installed in system in the cabinet 12, to discern uniquely and to confirm that the commodity of being sold are exactly selected commodity based on magnetic.The formation of this commodity recognition device is a technique known for those skilled in the art, therefore need not further specifying about this one side.
Move on single plane although note 218 of conveyer assemblies, it will be responsible for accurately pick-up head 224 accurately being placed on X, Y and Z direction.More particularly, as shown in Figure 5 and Figure 6, conveyer 218 comprises running roller structure 502, it is included in flexible pipe 220 and enters the running roller 504 that three quadratures of conveyer 218 parts are placed, and the direction (being X, Y direction) from basic horizontal moves to perpendicular direction (being the Z direction) along the inner part, top of machine 10 to be used for again guiding hose 220.Conveyer 218 move will not only mobile flexible pipe 220 free end 221 so that it can be axially aligned with selected storage cabinet 216, and it also will automatically make flexible pipe 220 withdraw from from hose storage district 222.Then, flexible pipe driving mechanism (" the compressing running roller " 506 that can comprise one group of routine operation) but drive by gear set 510 by reverse motor 508, gear set 510 is used to drive pick-up head 224 and advances/go out selected storage cabinet 216 and be stored at wherein commodity so that fetch.。In the illustrated embodiment, the flexible pipe driving mechanism is installed in the conveyer 218, but in another embodiment, the arm (can see in the open WO99/12132 of PCT) that other driving mechanism of motor 508/ running roller 506 or some connects if any the joint can be installed, thus can be in other position action along flexible pipe 220 length.
Flexible pipe 220 and conveyer 218 move in the Y plane at identical X in this structure, make the present invention can have the compact flexible pipe location and the embodiment of driving mechanism.In addition, extract the required main power of flexible pipe 220 out because conveyer mobile is responsible for being provided for from the Storage 222, the Z drive motor only need drive flexible pipe and carry out fetching of commodity so that its free end moves into/shift out storage cabinet 216.It should be noted that to compress that running roller 506 should comprise soft rubber material so that with flexible pipe 220 good rubbing contact is arranged, and if flexible pipe 220 ripple, that running roller 506 can have is corresponding/ripple that cooperates.In an illustrated embodiment, determined that two drive roller wheel are unwanted, therefore and only compress in the running roller one and driven by motor 508, and spring (514) is used to force other running roller to press to drive roller wheel, thus compress and drive the flexible pipe 220 between them.In addition, when using corrugated flexible hose, under some application scenarios, can replace compressing running roller 506 with linear screw mechanism and drive flexible pipe near flexible pipe 220.
In the vending machine environment, compact flexible pipe location and driving mechanism are important.Consider that a height is 72 inches a cabinet: United States Patent (USP) 5 as described above, 240,139 or the open WO99/12132 of PCT patented claim in the flexible pipe detent mechanism of the prior art introduced generally to take the about 40% of about cabinet inner height, thereby only stay 60% or the commodity that will sell of less space storage.Utilize structure of the present invention, it is interior less than 25% height that flexible pipe location and driving mechanism have taken container volume, and this is unusual ideal results.In addition, to be that in an illustrated embodiment it has only occupied container volume interior less than 15% height for the remarkable advantage that note compact flexible pipe of the present invention location and driving mechanism.Be that this very compact flexible pipe location and driving mechanism can be placed to the free end of flexible pipe with the commodity cabinet and align more significantly.In the present invention, flexible pipe can be driven than the big three times distance of flexible pipe detent mechanism height, and drives flexible pipe in fact in an illustrated embodiment and reach the distance that is five times in flexible pipe detent mechanism height.
Storage cabinet fulcrum arrangement 260 shown in Figure 2 comprises a pair of fixing rectangle carriage of mode to keep at a certain distance away, this rectangle carriage is towards the madial wall of cabinet 12, and storage cabinet fulcrum arrangement 260 is used to keep being placed on cabinet between them and is in precalculated position with respect to vending machine cabinet inside.When considering the pre-programmed of control panel 212, require this point.Control panel 212 control robot structures are fetched selected commodity from a selected storage cabinet.
As previously mentioned, because flexible pipe 220 from its end that is connected with source of suction until form with continuous material till the pick-up head 224 of its other end, so the device of hose storage and/or recovery need be provided during X, Y and Z direction suitably move when commodity are sold operation at pick-up head 224.
As shown in Figure 3, an inwall 246 is placed on the next door of the outer wall 248 of cabinet 12 abreast, and between outer wall and inwall, forms a hose storage district 222.The area of section in hose storage district 222 is a bit larger tham the area of section of the hose loop that wherein forms.Wall 246 and wall 248 are partly cut across in the drawings, in order to show that a gravity fed that forms is from bouncing back loop take-up device/recovering mechanism 250 in flexible pipe 220.Mobile be restricted of loop take-up device 250 in hose storage district 222, a rolling counterweight 252 pullings that it is had by self, periphery along the rolling counterweight has a groove 253, be used to make the rolling counterweight in hose storage district 222, to keep constant center of gravity placed in the middle, and be used on flexible pipe 220, providing the tension force in constant, passive " a formation loop ".In addition, make rolling counterweight 252 centerings that have groove in the hose storage district 222 can make flexible pipe 220 centering places, thereby prevent that flexible pipe 220 from rubbing with the sidewall in hose storage district 222 during X, Y and Z direction are reorientated process at pick-up head 224.In order to prevent flexible pipe 220 clots, the size of rolling counterweight 252 is designed to less times greater than the diameter of flexible pipe 220, and the size in hose storage district 222 is slightly greater than the width dimensions of rolling counterweight 252.The concrete weight of rolling counterweight 252 is problems of design alternative, and it is according to various factors and fixed, as the weight of commodity to be moved, be used for driving the strength of the motor of flexible pipe in the Z direction, or the like.In another embodiment, also can utilize a spring that the bottom of rolling counterweight 252 with cabinet 12 coupled together, thereby increase another tension force for loop take-up device 250.
Should also be noted that this recovery based on gravity/hose storage technology both can satisfy the conveyer 218 storage requirement that move on (left side/right side and front/rear) on X and Y direction, also can satisfy the requirement that pick-up head 224 moves on the Z direction.Certainly, this recovery based on gravity/hose storage technology also can be worked finely in such an embodiment, in this embodiment, automatically the flexible pipe detent mechanism adopted a rotation equipment (R,), articulated jib, flexible or tongs system or other technologies.In addition, concerning some embodiments of the present invention, illustrated recovery based on gravity/hose storage technology no longer is essential, and can replace above-mentioned technology with a vehicularized wholly or in part recovery technology.In addition, in some other embodiment, might need the hose storage district is positioned over other positions, for example, be parallel to the top or the back of cabinet 12.Under the situation that is in cabinet 12 tops, the above-mentioned passive recovery technology based on gravity will be no longer suitable, and can replace it this moment with an active system, for example, and a system that has motor traction recover.
In addition, though in illustrated embodiment, only show a Storage 215, flexible pipe 220 and conveyer 218, but the present invention also can be applied in the middle of the dispenser/commodity processor of the type with a plurality of Storages and/or automatic commodity processing mechanism, for example, two automatic processor structures (vertical or horizontal positioned), each device is respectively different Storages, and (for example one is the chill space, another is not the chill space, perhaps one is used for vertically storing product, and another is used for the horizontal positioned product) service is provided.They in this case, need independent flexible pipe, flexible pipe detent mechanism and hose storage district, though may share a suction source (for example, the hair-dryer motor 226), airflow sensor device and vacuum brake.In addition, also can only use single flexible pipe, flexible pipe detent mechanism and hose storage district in another embodiment, wherein single flexible pipe can provide service for a plurality of warerooms district.Each robotization commodity processing mechanism can have the commodity ID equipment of oneself, perhaps also can share a commodity ID equipment.
In illustrated embodiment, hair-dryer motor 226 provides a higher relatively airshed and appropriate relatively negative pressure.As the selection of design, hair-dryer motor 226 can comprise a vacuum pump, is used to provide the negative pressure of enough degree, still, because the restriction of size and cost has correspondingly also reduced airshed.Under latter event, the diameter of air hose 220 will be littler than the diameter shown in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, and in application more of the present invention, this point is particularly important.When picking up flexible packaging, illustrated embodiment is particularly useful, its reason is, in picking up the process of flexible packaging, moment or or even the gas leakage that continues can not cause packing to drop usually yet, meanwhile, owing to have the ability of the object of the multiple shape that can pick up Different Weight and size, so it also can provide great dirigibility.Contain at hair-dryer motor 226 under the situation of a vacuum pump, it both can use separately, also can use with the hutch that the flexible pipe of bleeding links to each other by valve or air hose with one, in order to bigger airshed to be provided.In addition, also can unite compressor of use and Venturi tube equipment in order to produce vacuum.
The various alternatives of above-mentioned automatic flexible pipe detent mechanism all are contemplated within the scope of the present invention.For example, except the combination of using an above-mentioned left side/right carriage 234 and support beam 236a, 236b, can also use the combination of running roller and guide rail.Support beam 236a and 236b can contain a support plate, two edge have two towards outside the L shaped guide rail of (that is, back to).The function of carriage 234 can by at the relative two ends of beam 230 fixedly pair of brackets realize that each support all comprises a pair of separately and towards interior running roller, they with support plate on relative guide rail mesh and following guide rail.In addition, each separately and in interior a pair of running roller can comprise that all a cover is the running roller that an angle of 90 degrees is placed mutually, thus interlock or following the surface of the phase quadrature of L shaped guide rail.This structure can make conveyer 218 and beam 230 be of coupled connections, and proper operation only needs less adjusting.In addition, as previously mentioned, under the situation of storage cabinet basic horizontal alignment, the flexible pipe detent mechanism can be placed to conveyer can be in the vertical plane of a substantially flat mobile in (that is, in X/Z or Y/Z plane) or the in fact vertical curve inclined-plane automatically.In addition, as previously mentioned, in aspect more of the present invention, may need to make automatic flexible pipe detent mechanism to comprise a rotating machinery (R who belongs to the type that comprises " worker " ellbeam (or telescopic section) with regular length,), so that the clamp/pick-up head of formation " " motion of pivoting is done " R " motion.In addition, in other environment of the present invention, the flexible pipe detent mechanism can comprise an articulated jib, tongs system, perhaps other technologies automatically.
The functional-block diagram of Fig. 4 shows the general operation of technology many aspects and that obtain implementing according to the present invention in comprising as automatic vending machine 10 such commodity vending machines.As shown in Figure 4, control system 400 comprises a microprocessor 402 and relevant memory circuit 404, and this system is installed on the control panel 212.Control system 400 also can suitably comprise the electronic section in other parts of automatic vending machine 10.Comprise ROM and RAM buffer memory in the memory circuit 404, the former is used to preserve running program (known embedded software is used to realize the control of automatic vending machine 10), and the latter then is used for interim service data and other required data of preserving during system operation.Control system 400 response users to payment and selective system 406 (comprise coin shown in Fig. 1 and bank note mechanism 28 and 30 and selector button 40) operation, handle with user interface and commodity treating apparatus automatic vending machine 10, and then the required commodity of dispensing user.More particularly, when the user utilizes payment and after selective system 406 correctly pays the commodity of its selection, control system 400 will operate X/Y (left side/right side and front/rear) drive motor 233 and 243 so that pick-up head 224 aim at the storage cabinet 216 of the commodity of wherein preserving user's selection.Then, control system 400 is installed within the conveyer with one and is connected with the flexible pipe drive motor 508 (Z is to motor) of its motion, flexible pipe 220 is urged to the top of the commodity among the storage cabinet of being aimed at.At pick-up head 224 and appropriate time before commodity to be removed contact (in one embodiment of the invention, there is not cold air in the cabinet 12, then this reasonable time can be to be right after before pick-up head 224 enters cabinet 216, if but cold air is arranged, wish that then this time is only with before required commodity contact, its objective is in order to reduce scattering and disappearing of cold air to greatest extent), control system 400 activates hair-dryer motors 226, thereby provides rising suction for pick-up head 224.When position transducer 412 is determined pick-up head 224 and has firmly been contacted with required commodity, control system 400 will be impelled flexible pipe drive motor 410 its directions of counter-rotating, from the storage cabinet of aiming at 216, regaining flexible pipe, and then will select commodity and from storage cabinet 216, extract.Then, conveyer 218 is driven to a position of carrying chute 210 to align with commodity.
When sensor 412 perceive conveyer 218 with carry chute 210 aim at after (in this case, sensor 412 can contain a reed switch that is installed on the cabinet antetheca, and magnet that is installed in the forward position of conveyer 218), control system 400 will be closed hair-dryer motor 226, and the commodity that the forfeiture of vacuum will cause selecting are fallen into the client and fetched district 22.As previous described, frangible and can not fall into and fetch the district or be subjected under the situation of this impulsive force at commodity, the bottom that flexible pipe 220 can be urged to conveying chute 210 commodity that get loose again.
Should be noted that position transducer 512 can comprise the pneumatic sensor 229 of terminal box, perhaps in another embodiment, it also can comprise the plunger piston type position transducer that mechanically operated and a pick-up head 224 are relevant.In addition, position transducer 412 also can comprise a reed switch that is installed on the cabinet antetheca, and a magnet that is installed in the forward position of conveyer 218.
According to another aspect of the present invention, because control system keeps following the tracks of (for example moving of flexible pipe 220 and conveyer 218, by detecting) from being positioned at the shaft encoder on each drive motor or the pulse of other distance measuring equipments, when conveyer 218 arrives virtual location (virtual home), can be used as one and check signal by the signal that pneumatic sensor produced, to guarantee that control system 400 can accurately be counted the motor-driven pulse, and under the situation of needs, also can recalibrate this positioning system according to this virtual location.
Be connected with a communication system 414 on the control system 400, it is used to remote equipment that the inventories of commodity and the operation information of automatic vending machine are provided, and allows remote equipment that the operation of automatic vending machine is controlled.In this, communication system 414 can comprise a coupling arrangement, is used for setting up communication link by wired and/or transceiver interface and remote computer.In addition, communication system 414 can communicate with a plurality of automatic vending machines that other has similar coupling arrangement that are in areal, and utilizes wireline interface or radio communication to communicate between them.Also have, communication system 414 can provide with a plurality of by LAN (LAN (Local Area Network)), LAWN (WLAN (wireless local area network)) or WAN (wide area network) and be positioned at automatic vending machine of this area and/or communicating to connect of home server/controller.Remote computer can comprise a database, it can receive and/or accumulate the service data from one or more automatic vending machines, then, other people, as deliver goods driver, machine operator, machine master, product vendor etc., just can utilize suitable coding to visit these data (for example, by the internet, perhaps by wired or wireless connection).In addition, remote station also can provide the feedback information that is used to control its operation (as, authorization message) to automatic vending machine and carries out continued operation to allow it.
Though diagram of the present invention and explanation are carried out with reference to its preferred embodiment, but those skilled in the art should be understood that, within by the subsidiary defined the spirit and scope of the present invention of claim, can carry out on the various forms or the modification of detail to the present invention.In fact, many such modifications have been mentioned in this article.One of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that or utilize normal experiment just can grasp the equivalent of a plurality of specific embodiments of the present invention.
For example, though a kind of air hose 220 of bleeding that provides only is provided in an embodiment of the present invention, but in actual conditions, also can use the solid components that has clamp on its free end, for example mechanically operated jaw (or the electromagnetic equipment or the generator of bleeding that self contains), these equivalents are included within the scope of claim too.
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1. automatic vending machine comprises:
Cabinet;
Be positioned at the central wareroom district of cabinet internal volume;
By the flexible pipe of bleeding that continuous substantially material forms, its end is used for extracting commodity from described Storage, and the other end links to each other with suction source;
The flexible pipe detent mechanism, it links to each other with the described flexible pipe of bleeding between the described end of the described flexible pipe of bleeding and the other end, be used for controllably locating a described end, so that itself and an axis alignment store given commodity along this longitudinal axis in described Storage; And
The flexible pipe drive unit links to each other with described flexible pipe, be used for the direction of described axis alignment on controllably drive described flexible pipe so that a described end of described flexible pipe can propose commodity in described hose storage district,
The result who drives as the described may command location and the may command of described flexible pipe wherein, described flexible pipe detent mechanism and described flexible pipe drive unit all have the requirement of storing the described flexible pipe of bleeding and
Wherein in described automatic vending machine, be provided with single hose storage district, to satisfy the requirement of the described flexible pipe of storage.
2. automatic vending machine comprises:
Cabinet;
Be positioned at the central wareroom district of cabinet internal volume;
By the vacuum hose that continuous substantially material forms, its end is used for extracting commodity from described Storage, and the other end links to each other with a vacuum source;
The flexible pipe detent mechanism, it links to each other with described vacuum hose between the end of described vacuum hose and the other end, be used for controllably moving a described end that is used to extract commodity, so that itself and an axis alignment store given commodity along this longitudinal axis in described Storage; And
The flexible pipe drive unit, it and described flexible pipe detent mechanism are collaborative to be in a place, be used for the direction of described axis alignment on controllably drive described flexible pipe so that a described end that is used to extract commodity can propose commodity in described Storage,
Wherein as the described may command location of described flexible pipe and the result of may command driving, described flexible pipe detent mechanism and described flexible pipe drive unit all have the requirement of the described vacuum hose of storage,
Wherein in described automatic vending machine, be provided with single flexible pipe recovering mechanism and Storage, be used to satisfy all requirements that described flexible pipe reclaims and stores.
3. commodity retrieval device comprises:
Apotheca is used for along a plurality of longitudinal axis store goods;
The commodity extraction element has the free end that is used for extracting selectively commodity from described apotheca;
Locating device is connected with described commodity extraction element, and control signal is made a response, and the free end of described commodity extraction element and an axle of selecting from described a plurality of longitudinal axiss are aligned;
Drive unit is connected with described commodity extraction element, is used in described Storage moving on the direction with described axis alignment the free end of described commodity extraction element;
Opertaing device is connected with described drive unit with described locating device, is used for controlling the motion of described commodity extraction element, so that selected commodity extract and move to the fate of described retrieval device from described wareroom district, wherein:
Described commodity extraction element is formed by continuous compliant member, and the point of described compliant member in from its free end to the compliant member supply room has fixing basically length, and in described compliant member supply room, described compliant member links to each other with the commodity fixed sources of energy;
As the result that controllable location and controllable driving are carried out respectively, each described locating device and described drive unit require described compliant member from its free end to the variable-length that enters described compliant member supply room;
By extracting out and regaining the described compliant member that is stored in the described compliant member supply room, can partly satisfy the different length requirement of each described locating device and described drive unit at least to described compliant member.
4. commodity retrieval device according to claim 3 is characterized in that,
Described commodity retrieval device is arranged in the cabinet of automatic vending machine;
Described compliant member comprises flexible pipe; And
Described commodity fixed sources of energy comprises suction source.
5. automatic vending machine according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that described single hose storage district is positioned at the inside of described cabinet and adjacent with described wareroom district.
6. automatic vending machine according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that a parallel placement of inwall of described single hose storage district and described cabinet.
7. automatic vending machine according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that described single hose storage district comprises a vertical direction spatial parallel with the inwall of described cabinet.
8. automatic vending machine according to claim 1 and 2, it is characterized in that described hose storage district comprises the gravity sensing loop recovering mechanism of described flexible pipe, it is connected between suction source and the point, and described flexible pipe moves back to described flexible pipe locating device from described hose storage district by this point.
9. automatic vending machine according to claim 8 is characterized in that described gravity fed loop comprises a deadweight roller, rolls on its loop in the hose storage district, provides the flexible pipe of relative constant basis to reclaim power thus.
10. device according to claim 4 is characterized in that described single hose storage district is positioned at the inside of described cabinet and adjacent with described wareroom district.
11. device according to claim 4 is characterized in that a parallel placement of inwall of described single hose storage district and described cabinet.
12. device according to claim 4 is characterized in that described single hose storage district comprises a vertical direction spatial parallel with the inwall of described cabinet.
13. device according to claim 4, it is characterized in that described hose storage district comprises the gravity sensing loop recovering mechanism of described flexible pipe, it is connected between suction source and the point, and described flexible pipe moves back to described flexible pipe locating device from described hose storage district by this point.
14. device according to claim 13 is characterized in that described gravity fed loop comprises a deadweight roller, rolls on its loop in the hose storage district, provides the flexible pipe of relative constant basis to reclaim power thus.
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