Commodity storage mechanism of vending machine and vending machine

Abstract

The invention relates to the field of vending machines, and discloses a commodity storage mechanism of a vending machine. The commodity storage mechanism comprises a storage groove, a goods outlet anda bearing plate, wherein the storage groove is spirally formed in the plane; the goods outlet is communicated with the storage groove; the bearing plate is located below the storage groove and used for bearing goods in the storage groove, and can be driven by a driving device to rotate; when the bearing plate continuously rotates in a fixed direction, the goods on the bearing plate can be drivento move close to the goods outlet. In the commodity storage mechanism, on one hand, the utilization rate of space of the commodity storage mechanism is increased, on the other hand, in cooperation with the bearing plate, the goods will be prevented from being blocked when delivered, and therefore the stability of the commodity storage mechanism is improved. In this way, the commodity storage mechanism is convenient to apply to automatic-movement type vending robots small in size.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of automatic vending machines, in particular to a spiral commodity storage mechanism for automatic vending machines. Background technique [0002] Vending machines are widely used because they are not limited by time and place, can save manpower and facilitate transactions. Existing automatic vending machines have multiple commodity storage mechanisms, which can be divided into coil spring type cargo lanes, crawler type cargo lanes, serpentine cargo lanes, and vertical cargo lanes. [0003] Among them, the coil spring type cargo lane and the crawler type cargo lane are a kind of storage mechanism that arranges the goods in a straight line in the horizontal direction, and deliver the goods to the outlet one by one through the coil spring or crawler driven by the motor. Serpentine cargo lanes and vertical cargo lanes are a storage mechanism that arranges commodities in a serpentine or straight line in the vertical dire...

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Problems solved by technology

[0004] The above commodity storage mechanism is characterized by arranging commodities in a single direction, but the space utilization rate of this arrangement is low, resulting in the storage mechanism being too large in the horizontal or vertical direction, which is not conducive to the application in autonomous mobile vending on the robot

Moreover, the reliability of coil springs and crawler-type cargo lanes is poor, and cargo jams are prone to occur during the delivery process

However, the gravity drop mechanism leads to a lower position of the outlet of the vending machine, which requires bending over to pick up the goods, resulting in a poor consumer experience.

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