CN210155772U - Automatic vending machine with transfer bin - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides an automatic vending machine with transfer storehouse relates to the self-service equipment field, and the problem design that consumes long time when the user once only buys many commodities for the automatic vending machine that solves correlation technique and provide. The vending machine comprises a cabinet door, a cabinet body, a goods shelf, a goods bucket and a transfer bin, wherein the goods shelf, the goods bucket and the transfer bin are all arranged in the cabinet body; the transfer bin is configured to be movable in a depth direction of the rack and has a first position and a second position; when the transfer bin is positioned at the first position, the transfer bin retracts into the goods shelf; when the transfer bin is located at the second position, the transfer bin extends out of the goods shelf and is opposite to the goods taking port, and the transfer bin is configured to receive goods conveyed by the goods bucket. The utility model provides an automatic vending machine with transfer bin makes the user once only take out its goods of purchasing through getting the mouth of goods, has shortened and has bought consuming time, has promoted experience.

Description

Automatic vending machine with transfer bin

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of self-service equipment and specifically relates to an automatic vending machine with transfer bin is related to.

Background

With the development of new retail industry, various commodities such as groceries, fruits and vegetables, beverages, medicines and the like can be sold on the vending machine, and the vending machine has the characteristics of no limitation of time and place, labor saving, convenient transaction and the like, so that the vending machine is more and more widely applied.

The vending machine that correlation technique provided usually includes that the surface is provided with the cabinet body of getting the goods mouth and all sets up goods shelves and the goods fill in the cabinet body, and the goods fill takes out commodity from goods shelves back, moves to getting goods mouth department, takes away by the user. When a user purchases a plurality of commodities at one time, the goods bucket needs to go back and forth between the goods shelf and the goods taking port for a plurality of times so as to respectively send the commodities purchased by the user to the goods taking port and be taken away by the user for a plurality of times.

Although the arrangement form of the vending machine realizes the vending of commodities, when a user purchases a plurality of commodities at one time, the user needs to take the purchased commodities away from the commodity taking port for many times, the time consumption is long, and the user experience degree is poor.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide an automatic vending machine with transfer storehouse to solve the automatic vending machine that the correlation technique provided and consume long, experience poor technical problem when many commodities are once only purchased to the user.

The utility model provides an automatic vending machine with transfer bin, including cabinet door, cabinet body and all set up goods shelves, goods fill and transfer bin in the cabinet body, the surface of the cabinet door is provided with gets the goods mouth, the goods fill sets up in between the goods shelves and the cabinet door, the goods fill is configured to carry the goods that the goods shelves were deposited to the transfer bin; the transfer bin is movably arranged in the cabinet body, is configured to move along the depth direction of the shelf and has a first position and a second position;

when the transfer bin is located at the first position, the transfer bin retracts into the goods shelf; when the transfer bin is located at the second position, the transfer bin extends out of the shelf and is opposite to the goods taking opening, and the transfer bin is configured to receive goods conveyed by the goods bucket.

Further, the shelf comprises a plurality of first lanes and a plurality of second lanes, the plurality of first lanes and the plurality of second lanes are all arranged at intervals along the height direction of the shelf, the plurality of second lanes are located below the plurality of first lanes, and the size of the second lanes along the length direction of the shelf is smaller than the size of the first lanes along the length direction of the shelf; the goods shelf further comprises a temporary storage area, the temporary storage area is positioned below the first goods channels, the temporary storage area is adjacent to the first end of the second goods channel along the length direction of the goods shelf, and the temporary storage area is opposite to the goods taking port;

when the transfer bin is located at the first position, the transfer bin is located in the temporary storage area.

Further, the transfer bin comprises a first side wall and a second side wall which are arranged along the length direction of the shelf at intervals, a conveying assembly is arranged between the first side wall and the second side wall, and the conveying assembly is configured to support goods and drive the goods to move along the depth direction of the shelf.

Further, the automatic vending machine with the transfer bin further comprises a fixing frame, the fixing frame is fixedly connected with the cabinet body, the fixing frame is located below the transfer bin, and the transfer bin is movably connected with the fixing frame to switch between the first position and the second position.

Further, the vending machine with the transfer bin further comprises a recovery bin, and the recovery bin is located below the fixing frame;

when the transfer bin is located at the first position, the recovery bin is located below the transfer bin.

Further, the first side wall is disposed adjacent to a first end of the plurality of second lanes in the length direction of the rack, and the first side wall is higher than the second side wall in the height direction of the rack.

Further, the transfer bin further comprises a first baffle, the first baffle is fixedly connected between the first side wall and the second side wall, one end of the first baffle is arranged close to one end, close to the goods taking opening, of the conveying assembly, and the other end of the first baffle extends upwards in an inclined mode along the direction far away from the conveying assembly.

Further, the transfer bin further comprises a second baffle plate, the second baffle plate is positioned at one end of the conveying assembly far away from the goods taking port, and the second baffle plate is configured to guide goods on the conveying assembly into the recovery bin;

at least one of the first and second side walls is provided with the second baffle.

Further, the vending machine with the transfer bin further comprises a first detection piece, the first detection piece is arranged at one end of the transfer bin, which is close to the goods taking opening, and the first detection piece is configured to detect whether goods are located at one end of the transfer bin, which is close to the goods taking opening;

and/or the vending machine with the transfer bin further comprises a second detection piece, the second detection piece is arranged at one end of the transfer bin, which is far away from the goods taking port, and the second detection piece is configured to detect whether goods are located at one end of the transfer bin, which is far away from the goods taking port;

and/or the vending machine with the transfer bin further comprises a third detection piece, wherein the third detection piece is arranged between the first detection piece and the second detection piece, and the third detection piece is configured to detect whether goods in the transfer bin reach a set height.

Further, the vending machine with the transfer bin further comprises a locking mechanism configured to lock the transfer bin in the first position or the second position.

The utility model discloses the beneficial effect that automatic vending machine with transfer bin brought is:

this automatic vending machine with transfer storehouse includes the cabinet body, cabinet door, goods shelves, goods fill and transfer storehouse, and the surface of cabinet door is provided with gets the goods mouth, and goods shelves, goods fill and transfer storehouse all set up at the internal, and the goods is fought and is set up between goods shelves and cabinet door, and wherein, goods fill and be used for carrying the goods that goods shelves were deposited to the transfer storehouse, and the degree of depth direction motion of goods shelves can be followed to the transfer storehouse, and has the first position in the indentation goods shelves and stretches out the second position of goods shelves. When the transfer bin is at the second position, the transfer bin is opposite to the goods taking port, and can receive goods conveyed by the goods bucket at the second position.

In the initial state of the vending machine with the transfer bin, the transfer bin is at a first position; when a user purchases a plurality of goods at one time, the goods hopper acts, moves to a target goods channel where the first goods are stored, takes out the first goods, and then the transfer bin extends out of the goods shelf to a second position, so that the goods hopper can convey the taken-out first goods to the transfer bin; then, the transfer bin retracts into the goods shelf to the first position again, the goods bucket continues to move to a target goods channel where second goods are stored, the second goods are taken out, and then the transfer bin extends out of the goods shelf to the second position again, so that the goods bucket can convey the taken out second goods to the transfer bin; so repeat above-mentioned flow many times, until the goods fill all carry to the transfer storehouse with a plurality of goods that the user purchased, then, the user once only takes out a plurality of goods in the transfer storehouse through getting on the cabinet door.

This automatic vending machine has realized taking out the processing of keeping in of goods many times to the goods fill through setting up transfer bin for the user can once only take out its goods of purchasing through getting the goods mouth, has avoided needing the user to divide many times to get the loaded down with trivial details flow of goods at getting the goods mouth, has shortened consuming time of purchase in-process, has promoted user's experience.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the embodiments or the technical solutions in the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic external structural diagram of a vending machine with a transfer bin according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of an internal structure of a vending machine with a transfer chamber according to an embodiment of the present invention when the transfer chamber is in a first position;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of an internal structure of a vending machine with a transfer chamber according to an embodiment of the present invention when the transfer chamber is in a second position;

fig. 4 is a schematic partial structural view of a vending machine with a transfer bin according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a second schematic view of a partial structure of a vending machine with a transfer bin according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a third schematic view of a partial structure of a vending machine with a transfer bin according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a fourth schematic view of a partial structure of a vending machine with a transfer bin according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals:

100-a cabinet body; 200-a cabinet door; 300-a shelf; 400-cargo bucket; 500-transit warehouse; 600-a recovery bin; 700-a fixed mount; 800-a second drive assembly;

110-a goods taking port;

310-a first lane; 320-a second lane;

510-a first side wall; 520-a second side wall; 530-a transport assembly; 540-a first baffle; 550-a second baffle; 560-a first drive assembly;

531-drive roll; 532-driven rolls; 533-support plate; 534-conveyor belt;

561-a first motor; 562-a first pulley; 563-first drive belt; 564-a second pulley;

571-a first detecting member; 572-a second detecting member; 573-a third detection element;

810-a second electric machine; 820-a second belt; 830-a tensioner; 840-a third pulley;

011-a guide groove; 012-a guide; 013-fourth test piece; 014-fourth detection part; 015-a fifth detection member; 016-fifth detecting part; 017-a third drive assembly; 018-locking bar; 019-keyhole.

Detailed Description

The technical solution of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the following embodiments, and it should be understood that the described embodiments are some, but not all embodiments of the present invention. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "connected" and "mounted" are to be interpreted broadly, and may be, for example, a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; may be directly connected or may be connected through an intermediate medium. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those skilled in the art.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the term "length direction" refers to the direction indicated by the ab arrow in the figure, the term "depth direction" refers to the direction indicated by the cd arrow in the figure, and the term "height direction" refers to the direction indicated by the ef arrow in the figure.

Fig. 1 is a schematic external structure diagram of a vending machine with a transfer chamber according to this embodiment, fig. 2 is a schematic internal structure diagram of the vending machine with the transfer chamber according to this embodiment when the transfer chamber is in a first position, and fig. 3 is a schematic internal structure diagram of the vending machine with the transfer chamber according to this embodiment when the transfer chamber is in a second position. As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the present embodiment provides an automatic vending machine with a transfer bin, which includes a cabinet door 200, a cabinet body 100, and a shelf 300, a bucket 400 and a transfer bin 500 all disposed in the cabinet body 100, wherein a surface of the cabinet door 200 is provided with a goods taking opening 110, the bucket 400 is disposed between the shelf 300 and the cabinet door 200, the bucket 400 is used for conveying goods stored on the shelf 300 to the transfer bin 500, the transfer bin 500 is movably disposed in the cabinet body 100 and can move in a depth direction of the shelf 300, and the transfer bin 500 has a first position and a second position.

Referring to fig. 2, when the transfer bin 500 is located at the first position, the transfer bin 500 retracts into the shelf 300; with continued reference to fig. 3, when the transfer bin 500 is located at the second position, the transfer bin 500 extends out of the shelf 300 and is opposite to the goods-taking opening 110, and the transfer bin 500 is configured to receive the goods conveyed by the bucket 400.

In an initial state of the vending machine having the transfer bin, the transfer bin 500 is in the first position; when a user purchases a plurality of goods at one time, the bucket 400 acts, moves to a target goods passage where the first goods are stored, takes out the first goods, then the bucket 400 moves to an unloading position, and then the transfer bin 500 extends out from the shelf 300 to a second position, so that the bucket 400 can convey the taken-out first goods to the transfer bin 500; then, the transfer bin 500 retracts into the shelf 300 again to the first position, the bucket 400 continues to move to the target lane where the second goods are stored, the second goods are taken out, then the bucket 400 moves to the unloading position again, and then the transfer bin 500 extends out from the shelf 300 again to the second position, so that the bucket 400 can convey the taken-out second goods to the transfer bin 500; the above process is repeated for a plurality of times until the bucket 400 conveys a plurality of goods purchased by the user to the transfer bin 500, and then the user takes out the plurality of goods in the transfer bin 500 through the goods taking opening 110 on the cabinet door 200 at one time.

This automatic vending machine has realized taking out the processing of keeping in of goods to goods fill 400 many times through setting up transfer bin 500 for the user can once only take out the goods that it was purchased through getting goods mouth 110, has avoided needing the user to divide the loaded down with trivial details flow that gets goods mouth 110 and get goods many times, has shortened consuming time in the purchase process, has promoted user's experience.

In this embodiment, the vending machine with the transfer chamber may be used for dispensing and selling medicines, and specifically, the shelf 300 stores a plurality of medicines, and a user may take the medicines through the vending machine with the transfer chamber. The embodiment is only illustrated by the way that the vending machine with the transfer bin is used for dispensing medicines, and of course, the vending machine with the transfer bin can also be used for selling general goods (such as groceries, fruits and vegetables and beverages), and the embodiment is not listed.

In addition, it should be noted that in the embodiment, when the transfer bin 500 is located at the second position, the transfer bin 500 is located below the bucket 400, and the bottom of the bucket 400 can be opened, so that the medicine directly falls into the transfer bin 500 through the bottom of the bucket 400. The structure of the bucket 400 with an openable bottom is the prior art, and this embodiment does not improve the structure, and thus is not described again.

Referring to fig. 2 and fig. 3, in the present embodiment, the shelf 300 may include a plurality of first lanes 310 and a plurality of second lanes 320, specifically, the plurality of first lanes 310 and the plurality of second lanes 320 are all arranged at intervals along the height direction of the shelf 300, the plurality of second lanes 320 are located below the plurality of first lanes 310, and the size of the second lanes 320 along the length direction of the shelf 300 is smaller than the size of the first lanes 310 along the length direction of the shelf 300. The shelf 300 further includes a temporary storage area, wherein the temporary storage area is located below the plurality of first lanes 310 and is adjacent to a first end of the second lane 320 along the length direction of the shelf 300, that is, the plurality of second lanes 320 and the temporary storage area are arranged below the plurality of first lanes 310 in parallel, and the temporary storage area is opposite to the pick-up opening 110. When the transfer bin 500 is located at the first position, the transfer bin 500 is located in the temporary storage area.

By dividing the lane in the shelf 300 into a first lane 310 having a long length and a second lane 320 having a short length and disposing the second lane 320 below the first lane 310, the second ends of the plurality of first lanes 310 and the second ends of the plurality of second lanes 320 are aligned in the height direction of the shelf 300, so that the shelf 300 forms a buffer at a position where the second lane 320 is shorter than the first lane 310, a buffer space is provided for the transfer bin 500. Moreover, the temporary storage area is arranged at the edge of the shelf 300, so that the integrity of the first goods channel 310 and the second goods channel 320 is ensured, the structural layout of the automatic vending machine is convenient, and the structure of the automatic vending machine is more compact.

Fig. 4 is a partial schematic structural view of the vending machine with the transfer bin according to the present embodiment, fig. 5 is a partial schematic structural view of the vending machine with the transfer bin according to the present embodiment, and fig. 6 is a partial schematic structural view of the vending machine with the transfer bin according to the present embodiment. As shown in fig. 4 to 6, in particular, the transfer chamber 500 includes a first side wall 510 and a second side wall 520 spaced apart from each other along the length direction of the rack 300, wherein a conveying assembly 530 is disposed between the first side wall 510 and the second side wall 520, and the conveying assembly 530 is configured to support the medicine and move the medicine along the depth direction of the rack 300.

Through setting up conveying component 530, realized the support to the medicine on the one hand for the medicine can stably be held temporarily in transfer bin 500, on the other hand, still make transfer bin 500 before receiving next medicine, conveying component 530 can drive the medicine of holding temporarily in transfer bin 500 earlier and remove certain distance, vacates sufficient space for next medicine, thereby can transfer more medicines.

Referring to fig. 4 and 6, in the present embodiment, the conveying assembly 530 may include a driving roller 531, a driven roller 532 and a conveying belt 534, specifically, the driving roller 531 and the driven roller 532 are connected between the first side wall 510 and the second side wall 520 at intervals along the depth direction of the shelf 300, and the conveying belt 534 is sleeved on the driving roller 531 and the driven roller 532 and is supported by the driving roller 531 and the driven roller 532. This kind of mode that utilizes belt drive structure to carry the medicine carries, carries stably, and bearing capacity is better, and has certain cushioning effect on the medicine falls on conveyer belt 534, can avoid fragile article such as glass bottle to fall to damage.

Of course, the medicine may be conveyed by other conveying structures such as roller transmission and chain transmission, and the conveying module 530 may be any conveying structure that can convey the medicine, and the embodiment is not limited thereto.

Referring to fig. 4, in the present embodiment, the conveying assembly 530 may further include a supporting plate 533, specifically, the supporting plate 533 is disposed between the driving roller 531 and the driven roller 532, the supporting plate 533 is vertically connected between the first side wall 510 and the second side wall 520, and the conveying belt 534 is simultaneously sleeved on the driving roller 531, the driven roller 532 and the supporting plate 533. Through setting up backup pad 533, realized the support to the medicine that conveyer belt 534 carried, reduced the deformation of conveyer belt 534, prolonged the working life of conveyer belt 534.

It should be noted that, the above-mentioned form of providing the support plate 533 between the driving roller 531 and the driven roller 532 to further support the medicine is possible, but not limited to this, and other forms of arrangement may be adopted, such as: a plurality of conveying rollers (not shown in the figure) capable of rotating around their axes are provided between the driving roller 531 and the driven roller 532, and specifically, the plurality of conveying rollers are arranged at intervals in the depth direction of the rack 300, and further support of the medicine is achieved by the plurality of conveying rollers. With the adoption of the arrangement, the contact friction force between the conveying belt 534 and the supporting component in the process of conveying the medicine is reduced, so that the abrasion of the conveying belt 534 is reduced.

Referring to fig. 5, in the present embodiment, the transfer chamber 500 may further include a first driving assembly 560, and the first driving assembly 560 is used for driving the conveying assembly 530 to convey the medicine along the depth direction of the shelf 300. The first driving assembly 560 includes a first motor 561, and an output end of the first motor 561 is in transmission connection with an end of the driving roller 531. Preferably, the first driving assembly 560 further includes a first pulley 562, a second pulley 564 and a first transmission belt 563, wherein the first pulley 562 is fixedly connected to an output shaft of the first motor 561, the second pulley 564 is coaxially disposed with the driving roller 531 and fixedly connected thereto, and the first pulley 562 and the second pulley 564 are in transmission connection via the first transmission belt 563. With this arrangement, the driving of the conveying belt 534 is realized, and thus the conveyance of the medicine in the depth direction of the rack 300 is realized.

Of course, the transmission structure between the first motor 561 and the driving roller 531 may also be in the form of a gear transmission structure, and specifically, the first driving assembly 560 includes a first gear and a second gear, wherein the first gear is fixedly connected with the output shaft of the first motor 561, the second gear is fixedly connected with the end of the driving roller 531, and the first gear is meshed with the second gear. It is only necessary that the power of the first motor 561 be transmitted to the drive roller 531 by the transmission structure between the first motor 561 and the drive roller 531.

Referring to fig. 4 to fig. 6, in this embodiment, the vending machine with the transfer chamber may further include a fixing frame 700, specifically, the fixing frame 700 is fixedly connected to the cabinet 100, the fixing frame 700 is located below the transfer chamber 500, and the transfer chamber 500 is movably connected to the fixing frame 700 to switch between the first position and the second position. With the arrangement, reliable installation of the transfer chamber 500 on the cabinet 100 is realized, so that the reliability of switching the transfer chamber 500 between the first position and the second position is ensured.

With continued reference to fig. 5 and 6, the vending machine having the transfer bin may further include a second driving assembly 800, the second driving assembly 800 being configured to drive the transfer bin 500 to move between the first position and the second position along the depth direction of the shelf 300. Specifically, the second driving assembly 800 includes a second motor 810, a second driving belt 820 and at least one tension pulley 830, the second motor 810 is installed on the first sidewall 510, the tension pulley 830 is pivoted to the first sidewall 510, a third belt wheel 840 is fixedly disposed at an output end of the second motor 810, both ends of the second driving belt 820 are fixedly connected to the fixing frame 700, and the second driving belt 820 is simultaneously matched with the third belt wheel 840 and the tension pulley 830.

When the transfer bin 500 needs to be switched from the first position to the second position, the second motor 810 is started to drive the third belt wheel 840 to rotate, and the third belt wheel 840 rolls along the second transmission belt 820, so that the first side wall 510 moves, the transfer bin 500 is driven, and the position switching of the transfer bin 500 from the first position to the second position is realized; when the transfer bin 500 needs to be switched from the second position to the first position, only the second motor 810 needs to be rotated reversely, and the driving process is similar to the driving process from the first position to the second position, and is not described again.

Meanwhile, the tensioning wheel 830 is arranged, so that the tensioning of the second transmission belt 820 is realized, the situation that the power cannot be reliably transmitted due to the fact that the second transmission belt 820 is loosened is avoided, and the reliability of position switching of the transit bin 500 is guaranteed.

Preferably, the number of the tension pulleys 830 is two, and two tension pulleys 830 are provided on both sides of the third pulley 840. Of course, the number of the tension pulleys 830 may be one, and the number of the tension pulleys 830 is not limited in the present embodiment as long as the tension of the second transmission belt 820 can be achieved by the arrangement of the tension pulleys 830.

It should be noted that the second driving assembly 800 may be implemented by the second motor 810 through a belt transmission assembly, but is not limited thereto, and other arrangements may be adopted, such as: the second driving assembly 800 includes a second motor 810, a gear and a rack, wherein the second motor 810 is installed on the first side wall 510, the gear is fixedly connected to an output end of the second motor 810, and the rack is fixedly connected to the fixing frame 700, and is driven by the gear and the rack in a meshing manner, so that the transfer chamber 500 is switched between the first position and the second position.

Referring to fig. 5 and fig. 6, in this embodiment, the vending machine with the transfer bin may further include a recycling bin 600, and specifically, the recycling bin 600 is located below the fixing frame 700. When the middle transfer bin 500 is located at the first position, the recovery bin 600 is located below the middle transfer bin 500.

When the user forgets to take out the medicine from the access port 110, the first motor 561 is activated to drive the conveying belt 534 to convey the medicine away from the access port 110, so as to convey the medicine into the recycling bin 600. Due to the arrangement of the recovery bin 600, the forgotten recovery processing of the medicines is realized. And, when finding that goods fill 400 gets wrong medicine, goods fill 400 will get wrong medicine and carry in transit warehouse 500, and then carry it to in retrieving warehouse 600 through transport assembly 530, realize the recovery processing to getting wrong medicine.

Referring to fig. 5 and fig. 6, in the present embodiment, the recycling bin 600 may be fixedly connected to the fixing frame 700.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the cargo bucket 400 may further include a medicine photographing camera therein, and the cabinet body 100 may further include a prescription photographing camera therein, and when a medicine picture acquired by the medicine photographing camera is inconsistent with a prescription picture acquired by the prescription photographing camera, the medicine is recovered to the recovery bin 600. Alternatively, when the drug in the middle rotating chamber 500 is not taken away for a predetermined time, the delivery assembly 530 performs a recycling process on the drug.

With reference to fig. 4 to fig. 6, in the present embodiment, the first sidewall 510 is disposed adjacent to the first end of the second channel 320 along the length direction of the shelf 300, and the first sidewall 510 is higher than the second sidewall 520 in the height direction of the shelf 300. With such an arrangement, when the middle rotating bin 500 is located at the second position, the first side wall 510 can block the communication between the goods taking port 110 and the second lateral goods passage, and the bucket 400 is located above the middle rotating bin 500, so that the user is prevented from directly taking out the medicine in the lateral and upper goods passages through the middle rotating bin 500 from the goods taking port 110.

Referring to fig. 4, in the present embodiment, the transfer bin 500 may further include a first blocking plate 540, specifically, the first blocking plate 540 is fixedly connected between the first side wall 510 and the second side wall 520, one end of the first blocking plate 540 is disposed adjacent to one end of the conveying assembly 530 close to the goods access opening 110, and the other end of the first blocking plate 540 extends obliquely upward along a direction away from the conveying assembly 530.

By arranging the first baffle 540 in the transfer bin 500, on one hand, the sealing performance of the transfer bin 500 is improved to a certain extent, and the medicine is prevented from falling from one end of the conveying assembly 530 close to the goods taking port 110; on the other hand, certain guidance is provided for the user in the goods taking process, so that the user can take out the medicines in the transfer bin 500 conveniently.

Referring to fig. 4 and fig. 6, in the present embodiment, the transfer bin 500 may further include a second baffle 550, and specifically, the second baffle 550 is located at an end of the conveying assembly 530 away from the access port 110 and is used for guiding the medicines on the conveying assembly 530 into the recycling bin 600. In this embodiment, the number of the second barriers 550 is two, and the two second barriers 550 are respectively and fixedly disposed on the first sidewall 510 and the second sidewall 520. Due to the arrangement, the medicine can accurately fall into the recovery bin 600, and the reliability of recovery is guaranteed.

Preferably, the distance between the two second baffles 550 is gradually reduced from top to bottom.

It should be noted that the second baffle 550 may be disposed on both the first sidewall 510 and the second sidewall 520, but is not limited thereto, and other configurations may also be adopted, such as: the second baffle 550 may be provided only on the first side wall 510, or the second baffle 550 may be provided only on the second side wall 520, as long as the arrangement can guide the process of transferring the medicine from the transfer bin 500 to the recovery bin 600.

Referring to fig. 6, in the present embodiment, the vending machine with a transfer bin may further include a first detecting member 571, a second detecting member 572, and a third detecting member 573, specifically, the first detecting member 571 is disposed at an end of the transfer bin 500 close to the access port 110, and is configured to detect whether there is a medicine located at an end of the transfer bin 500 close to the access port 110; the second detecting member 572 is disposed at an end of the transfer bin 500 away from the access port 110, and is configured to detect whether a medicine is located at the end of the transfer bin 500 away from the access port 110; the third detecting member 573 is disposed between the first detecting member 571 and the second detecting member 572 for detecting whether the medicine in the middle rotating bin 500 reaches a set height. Correspondingly, the second side wall 520 is provided with a first detection portion corresponding to the first detection piece 571, a second detection portion corresponding to the second detection piece 572, and a third detection portion corresponding to the third detection piece 573.

In the working process of the vending machine with the transfer bin, when waiting for a user to take medicines, when the first detection member 571 detects that medicines exist at one end of the transfer bin 500 close to the goods taking port 110, it indicates that the user has not taken the medicines in the transfer bin 500, and when a set time elapses, the first detection member 571 can still detect that the medicines exist, the conveying assembly 530 operates to convey the medicines in the transfer bin 500 to the recovery bin 600; during the drug recovery process, when the second detecting member 572 detects that no drug is present at the end of the transfer bin 500 away from the access port 110, indicating that all the drug has entered the recovery bin 600, the transporting assembly 530 stops; in the process that the bucket 400 conveys the medicine to the transfer bin 500, when the third detection part 573 detects that the medicine in the transfer bin 500 reaches the set height, which indicates that the transfer bin 500 does not have enough space to store the medicine, the bucket 400 does not convey the medicine to the transfer bin 500 any more, and waits for the user to take the medicine and then conveys the medicine to the transfer bin 500.

It should be noted that in this embodiment, the transfer bin 500 is provided with the first detecting member 571, the second detecting member 572 and the third detecting member 573 at the same time, in some other alternative embodiments, only the first detecting member 571 may be provided, only the second detecting member 572 may be provided, only the third detecting member 573 may be provided, only the first detecting member 571 and the second detecting member 572 may be provided, only the second detecting member 572 and the third detecting member 573 may be provided, or only the first detecting member 571 and the third detecting member 573 may be provided.

In this embodiment, the principle of the first detector 571, the second detector 572, and the third detector 573 detecting the medicine may be a correlation sensor principle.

Referring to fig. 6, in the present embodiment, the transfer bin 500 may further include a fourth detecting element 013 and a fourth detecting portion 014, specifically, the fourth detecting element 013 is disposed at an end of the fixing frame 700 away from the goods access opening 110, and the fourth detecting portion 014 is disposed at an end of the first sidewall 510 away from the goods access opening 110. When the fourth detecting member 013 detects the fourth detecting portion 014, it indicates that the transfer bin 500 is moved to the first position, and the bucket 400 can take the goods.

Similarly, with reference to fig. 6, the transfer chamber 500 may further include a fifth detecting member 015 and a fifth detecting portion 016, specifically, the fifth detecting member 015 is disposed at an end of the fixing frame 700 close to the access opening 110, and the fifth detecting portion 016 is disposed at an end of the first sidewall 510 close to the access opening 110. When the fifth detecting member 015 detects the fifth detecting portion 016, it indicates that the transfer bin 500 moves to the second position, and the bucket 400 can deliver the taken medicine to the transfer bin 500.

Fig. 7 is a fourth partial schematic structural view of the vending machine with the transfer bin according to the present embodiment. As shown in fig. 7, in the present embodiment, the vending machine having the transfer chamber may further include a locking mechanism, wherein the locking mechanism is configured to lock the transfer chamber 500 in the first position or the second position.

Due to the arrangement, the transfer bin 500 can be stably kept at the first position, and interference caused by the fact that the transfer bin 500 accidentally extends out of the shelf 300 to the goods taking process of the goods bucket 400 in the goods taking process of the goods bucket 400 is avoided; still make transfer bin 500 can stop in the second position steadily, avoid the bucket 400 to transfer bin 500 medicine or the user gets it filled in-process, transfer bin 500 accident indentation goods shelves 300 leads to the medicine can not accurately get into transfer bin 500 or the user can't take the medicine away.

Referring to fig. 5 to 7, in the present embodiment, the fixing frame 700 may be provided with two guide slots 011, the length of the guide slots 011 extends along the depth direction of the shelf 300, and the two guide slots 011 are parallel and spaced along the length direction of the shelf 300, and correspondingly, the first side wall 510 and the second side wall 520 are provided with the guide parts 012, and the guide parts 012 are matched with the guide slots 011. By the arrangement, guidance of the transfer cabin 500 in the moving process is realized, and the reliability of switching the transfer cabin 500 between the first position and the second position is ensured.

Preferably, the guide 012 is a roller.

With continued reference to FIG. 7, in this embodiment, the locking mechanism can include a third actuating assembly 017 and a lock lever 018, wherein the third actuating assembly 017 is used to actuate the lock lever 018 to move in a vertical direction to move the lock lever 018 into or out of the path of movement of the pod 500, thereby achieving locking of the position of the pod 500.

Specifically, the third driving assembly 017 is installed in the recycling bin 600, and the fixing frame 700 is provided with a locking hole 019, and the locking rod 018 extends into the guide slot 011 through the locking hole 019, so as to block the guide 012 from moving in the guide slot 011, and further realize the locking of the position of the middle rotating bin 500. The third driving assembly 017 may include a third motor and a worm wheel fixedly connected to an output shaft of the third motor, the lock lever 018 is a worm and engaged with the worm wheel, and the lock lever 018 is driven by a power output of the third motor.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, and not to limit it; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A vending machine with a transfer bin is characterized by comprising a cabinet door (200), a cabinet body (100), and a goods shelf (300), a goods bucket (400) and a transfer bin (500) which are all arranged in the cabinet body (100), wherein a goods taking opening (110) is arranged on the surface of the cabinet door (200), the goods bucket (400) is arranged between the goods shelf (300) and the cabinet door (200), and the goods bucket (400) is configured to convey goods stored on the goods shelf (300) to the transfer bin (500); the transfer bin (500) is movably arranged in the cabinet body (100), the transfer bin (500) is configured to be movable along the depth direction of the shelf (300), and the transfer bin (500) has a first position and a second position;

when the transfer bin (500) is in the first position, the transfer bin (500) retracts into the rack (300); when the transfer bin (500) is located at the second position, the transfer bin (500) extends out of the shelf (300) and is opposite to the goods taking opening (110), and the transfer bin (500) is configured to receive goods conveyed by the bucket (400).

2. The vending machine with the transfer bin according to claim 1, wherein the shelf (300) comprises a plurality of first lanes (310) and a plurality of second lanes (320), the plurality of first lanes (310) and the plurality of second lanes are arranged at intervals along a height direction of the shelf (300), the plurality of second lanes (320) are located below the plurality of first lanes (310), and a dimension of the second lanes (320) along a length direction of the shelf (300) is smaller than a dimension of the first lanes (310) along the length direction of the shelf (300); the shelf (300) further comprises a buffer area which is positioned below the plurality of first lanes (310) and is adjacent to a first end of the second lane (320) along the length direction of the shelf (300), and the buffer area is opposite to the goods taking opening (110);

when the transfer chamber (500) is in the first position, the transfer chamber (500) is located in the staging area.

3. The vending machine with the transfer bin of claim 2, wherein the transfer bin (500) comprises a first side wall (510) and a second side wall (520) which are arranged at intervals along the length direction of the shelf (300), a conveying assembly (530) is arranged between the first side wall (510) and the second side wall (520), and the conveying assembly (530) is configured to support the goods and move the goods along the depth direction of the shelf (300).

4. The vending machine with a transfer bin of claim 3, further comprising a fixed mount (700), wherein the fixed mount (700) is fixedly connected with the cabinet (100), and the fixed mount (700) is located below the transfer bin (500), and the transfer bin (500) is movably connected with the fixed mount (700) to switch between the first position and the second position.

5. The vending machine with a transfer bin according to claim 4, further comprising a recovery bin (600), the recovery bin (600) being located below the fixture (700);

when the transit bin (500) is in the first position, the recovery bin (600) is located below the transit bin (500).

6. The vending machine with a transfer bin according to any of claims 3 to 5, wherein the first side wall (510) is disposed adjacent to a first end of the plurality of second lanes (320) in a length direction of the shelf (300), and the first side wall (510) is higher than the second side wall (520) in a height direction of the shelf (300).

7. The vending machine with a transfer bin of any of claims 3-5, wherein the transfer bin (500) further comprises a first baffle (540), the first baffle (540) is fixedly connected between the first side wall (510) and the second side wall (520), one end of the first baffle (540) is disposed adjacent to one end of the conveying assembly (530) near the access opening (110), and the other end of the first baffle (540) extends obliquely upward in a direction away from the conveying assembly (530).

8. The vending machine with a transfer bin of claim 5, wherein the transfer bin (500) further comprises a second baffle (550), the second baffle (550) being located at an end of the delivery assembly (530) distal from the access opening (110), the second baffle (550) being configured to direct the goods on the delivery assembly (530) into the recovery bin (600);

at least one of the first sidewall (510) and the second sidewall (520) is provided with the second baffle (550).

9. The vending machine with a transfer bin according to claim 5, further comprising a first detecting member (571), wherein the first detecting member (571) is disposed at an end of the transfer bin (500) close to the goods taking port (110), and the first detecting member (571) is configured to detect whether goods are located at an end of the transfer bin (500) close to the goods taking port (110);

and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

the vending machine with the transfer bin further comprises a second detection piece (572), the second detection piece (572) is arranged at one end of the transfer bin (500) far away from the goods taking port (110), and the second detection piece (572) is configured to detect whether goods are located at one end of the transfer bin (500) far away from the goods taking port (110);

and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

the vending machine with the transfer bin further comprises a third detection member (573), wherein the third detection member (573) is arranged between the first detection member (571) and the second detection member (572), and the third detection member (573) is configured to detect whether the goods in the transfer bin (500) reach a set height.

10. The vending machine with a transfer chamber according to any of claims 1-5, further comprising a locking mechanism configured to lock the transfer chamber (500) in the first position or the second position.

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