Vending machine and combined vending machine

Abstract

The invention relates to the field of vending machines and specifically discloses a vending machine. The vending machine comprises a cabinet body, a shipment mechanism and a pick-up mechanism. The cabinet is provided with a shipment port and a shelf; the shipment mechanism comprises a shipment port door plate and a shopping trolley in alignment with the shipment port; the pick-up mechanism comprises a transfer mechanism and a manipulator component slidably connected to the transfer mechanism. The vending machine in the invention can prevent goods from being damaged in the shipment process, avoid a goods blocking phenomenon from appearing and can be suitable for the requirement for selling goods in different categories; it can also be realized that a plurality of goods are purchased at onetime, thereby saving the time of a customer and improving the user experience. The invention further discloses a combined vending machine, which comprises a main engine and an auxiliary engine arranged in parallel to the main engine; the main engine and the auxiliary engine are the vending machine; a touch screen is arranged on a front door of the cabinet of the main engine; the touch screen is connected with a control circuit of the main engine; and the shipment port of the main engine and the shipment port of the auxiliary engine are both arranged in the middle of the front door of the cabinet.

Description

technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of vending machines, in particular to an automatic vending machine and a combined automatic vending machine. Background technique [0002] A vending machine is a machine that can automatically pay according to the coins put in. It is not limited by time and place, can save manpower and facilitate transactions. Due to its convenience, it has been welcomed by more and more users and is widely used in various industries. kind of occasion. [0003] But there is following defect in existing automatic vending machine: [0004] (1) It is easy to cause product damage or jam phenomenon. The commonly used pick-up method of existing vending machines is: after the customer selects the product and completes the payment, the driving device on the shelf pushes the product purchased by the customer from the shelf, and the product falls directly into or along the shipping line under the action of its own gravity. The trac...

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Problems solved by technology

This way of picking goods is to passively drop the goods into the picking device through the height difference, and the goods are easily damaged when they fall, which also makes the vending machine unsuitable for selling fragile goods and limits the types of goods that can be sold

At the same time, since the internal structures of the vending machine are relatively tightly arranged, occupying a large space, and the remaining gaps are small, it is easy to get stuck during the falling process of the goods, which affects the normal operation of the vending machine;

[0005] (2) The operation of purchasing multiple items is complicated

When customers use the existing vending machine to purchase goods, they can only choose one product at a time, and then continue to purchase the next product after the operation is completed. When customers need to purchase two or more products, they must go through multiple times. To purchase the required goods one by one, the operation process is tedious and cumbersome, which takes a lot of time and affects the user experience;

[0006] (3) It is easy to pinch hands

The existing pick-up door is a manual structure. The customer needs to manually push the pick-up door open and take the goods from the delivery storage device. The pick-up door relies on its own gravity or the spring rebounds to the closed state, and the door is in the process of reset. Easy to clip into customer's hand

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