Beverage vending machine and its lane structure

Abstract

The present invention provides a beverage vending machine and aisle structure thereof, wherein the aisle structure comprises: an aisle frame surrounded by two longitudinal sealing plates and two transverse sealing plates; a beverage storage plate fixedly mounted on the two transverse sealing plates; a plurality of beverage shifting mechanisms of the same structure arranged between the two longitudinal sealing plates, the beverage shifting mechanisms comprising a rotating shaft rotatably supported between the two longitudinal sealing plates and a plurality of shifting forks sleeved on the rotating shaft for shifting beverages; one end of the rotating shaft extends to the outside of the longitudinal sealing plates, and the extended section is arranged as a Z-shaped structure, which comprises a first horizontal portion located on the outside, a second horizontal portion located on the inside, and a vertical portion located between the first horizontal portion and the second horizontal portion; the first horizontal portions of the extended sections of all rotating shafts are connected by a connecting plate. The present invention connects all rotating shafts of the aisle in series through a rigid connecting plate to ensure that all rotating shafts always rotate synchronously, thereby improving the running stability of the aisle.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of beverage vending machines, and in particular to a beverage vending machine and a cargo channel structure thereof. Background Art

[0002] Beverage vending machines are machines that automatically pay for goods based on the coins inserted or the payment by scanning a code. They are not restricted by time or place, can save manpower and facilitate transactions. Therefore, beverage vending machines have broad development prospects.

[0003] The applicant previously applied for a patent (publication number: CN214670867U), which disclosed an embedded beverage vending machine based on a bus stop billboard, including a cargo box for holding beverages to be sold. From top to bottom, there are multiple conveying lanes in the cargo box for storing beverages and capable of conveying the beverages forward in sequence. The conveying lanes store beverages in a horizontally placed manner and convey the beverages forward by horizontally rolling the beverage bottles, thereby being able to store a larger number of beverages.

[0004] The transmission mode of the beverage switching mechanism of the conveying channel is: a chain drives the sprockets on all the rotating shafts to rotate synchronously, so as to realize the synchronous rotation of all the beverage switching mechanisms. The defect is that although the sprocket teeth of the sprockets at both ends of the conveying channel can mesh with the chain links well, the sprocket in the middle cannot be accurately inserted into the chain links due to the long and tough chain. Once the sprocket is inserted into the wrong chain link, the rotation of the beverage switching mechanism will be out of sync, which will cause the channel operation failure.

[0005] Therefore, how to provide a beverage vending machine with stable operation and its cargo channel structure has become a technical problem that needs to be solved urgently by those skilled in the art. Summary of the invention

[0006] In view of this, the present invention provides a beverage vending machine and a cargo aisle structure thereof to improve the operational stability of the cargo aisle.

[0007] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a first aspect of a goods channel structure of a beverage vending machine, comprising:

[0008] A cargo aisle frame surrounded by two longitudinal cover plates and two transverse cover plates;

[0009] A beverage storage plate fixedly mounted on two transverse cover plates;

[0010] A plurality of beverage moving mechanisms of the same structure are arranged between the two longitudinal sealing plates, and the plurality of beverage moving mechanisms are arranged in sequence and at intervals along the length direction of the beverage storage plate, and the beverage moving mechanisms include a rotating shaft rotatably supported between the two longitudinal sealing plates and a plurality of forks sleeved on the rotating shaft for moving beverages;

[0011] One end of the rotating shaft extends to the outside of the longitudinal sealing plate, and the extended section is arranged as a Z-shaped structure, which includes a first horizontal portion located on the outside, a second horizontal portion located on the inside, and a vertical portion located between the first horizontal portion and the second horizontal portion; the first horizontal portions of the extended portions of all the rotating shafts are connected by a connecting plate, one of the rotating shafts is configured as a driving shaft, and the rotation of the driving shaft drives the remaining rotating shafts to rotate synchronously through the connecting plate.

[0012] Furthermore, the connecting plate is provided with accommodating holes along its length direction, the number of which is the same as that of the rotating shafts; the first horizontal portions of the extended sections of all the rotating shafts are inserted into the connecting plate through the accommodating holes and are gap-matched with the accommodating holes.

[0013] Furthermore, a rotating shaft in the middle of all the rotating shafts is configured as a driving shaft.

[0014] Furthermore, a key connection sleeve of the second horizontal portion of the extended section of the driving shaft is provided with a driving sprocket, and the driving sprocket is transmission-connected to a driving motor through a chain.

[0015] Furthermore, the shift fork comprises a sleeve sleeved on a rotating shaft and three shifting rods equidistantly arranged on an outer peripheral surface of the sleeve along a circumferential direction for shifting the beverage; wherein the sleeve is interference fit with the rotating shaft.

[0016] Furthermore, the rotating shaft includes a main body section and support sections located at both ends of the main body section, the two support sections are round rod structures and are rotatably supported on corresponding longitudinal sealing plates respectively, and the main body section is a square rod structure;

[0017] Each of the support sections is connected to the main section via the fork sleeve, the fork sleeve has a square socket, one end of the support section connected to the fork sleeve and one end of the main section connected to the fork sleeve both have square plugs corresponding to the square socket; the support section and the main section are inserted into the square hole of the fork sleeve through their square plugs.

[0018] Furthermore, the second horizontal portion of the extending section is integrally connected to its corresponding supporting section.

[0019] Furthermore, the number of shift forks on each rotating shaft is three, wherein two shift forks are respectively arranged at the connection between the two support sections and the main section, and the other shift fork is arranged at the middle part of the main section.

[0020] Furthermore, the main body section of the rotating shaft is composed of two sections connected in sequence, wherein the sections are connected by a shift fork in the middle of the main body section.

[0021] The present invention has the following beneficial effects:

[0022] Through the above technical solution, it can be known that the driving shaft rotates under the driving action of the power device, and the rotation of the driving shaft drives the other rotating shafts to rotate synchronously through the connecting plate. It can be seen that the rigid connecting plate connects all the rotating shafts in series to ensure that all the rotating shafts rotate synchronously, thereby avoiding the failure of the cargo channel transmission and improving the stability of the cargo channel operation.

[0023] The second aspect of the present invention provides a beverage vending machine, comprising a cargo box for holding beverages to be sold, wherein along the height direction of the cargo box, a plurality of cargo aisles for storing beverages and capable of sequentially conveying the beverages forward are fixedly arranged in the cargo box from top to bottom at intervals, and the cargo aisle structure is the cargo aisle structure described in any of the above items. Since the above cargo aisle structure is adopted, the same beneficial effects as the above cargo aisle structure are obtained, and no further description is given here. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0024] The drawings described herein are used to provide a further understanding of the present application and constitute a part of the present application. The illustrative embodiments and descriptions of the present application are used to explain the present application and do not constitute an improper limitation on the present application. In the drawings:

[0025] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the first state structure of the cargo channel of the present invention;

[0026] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the second state structure of the cargo channel of the present invention;

[0027] Figure 3 This is a structural schematic diagram of the cargo channel of the present invention with the connecting plate uncovered;

[0028] Figure 4 It is a structural schematic diagram of the connecting plate of the present invention;

[0029] Figure 5 It is a structural schematic diagram of the beverage stirring mechanism of the present invention;

[0030] Figure 6 It is an exploded schematic diagram of the beverage stirring mechanism of the present invention;

[0031] Figure 7 This is an exploded schematic diagram of the main section of the rotating shaft described in this utility model;

[0032] Reference Numbers

[0033] 1-longitudinal sealing plate; 2-transverse sealing plate; 3-beverage storage plate; 4-beverage shifting mechanism; 5-rotating shaft; 5a-extending section; 5a1-first horizontal part; 5a2-second horizontal part; 5a3-vertical part; 5b-main section; 5c-supporting section; 6-shift fork; 6a-sleeve; 6b-shift rod; 7-connecting plate; 8-driving shaft; 9-accommodating hole; 10-driving sprocket; 11-beverage; 12-storage area; 13-driving motor. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0034] In order to make the technical solutions and advantages in the embodiments of the present application more clearly understood, the examples of the present application are further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than an exhaustive list of all the embodiments. It should be noted that the embodiments in the present application and the features in the embodiments can be combined with each other without conflict.

[0035] See also Figure 1 , Figure 2 , Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the first state structure of the cargo channel of the present invention; Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the second state structure of the cargo aisle described in the present invention.

[0036] The present invention discloses a cargo aisle structure of a beverage vending machine, comprising: an aisle frame, a beverage storage plate 3 fixedly arranged on the aisle frame, and a plurality of beverage moving mechanisms 4 with the same structure for moving beverages to make the beverages roll forward.

[0037] The cargo channel frame is a rectangular frame structure surrounded by two longitudinal sealing plates 1 and two transverse sealing plates 2, wherein the longitudinal sealing plate 1 has the same length as the length of the vending machine cargo box, and the transverse sealing plate 2 has the same length as the width of the vending machine. The beverage storage plate 3 is fixedly arranged between the two transverse sealing plates 2.

[0038] The beverage stirring mechanism 4 is arranged between the two longitudinal sealing plates 1, and multiple beverage stirring mechanisms 4 are arranged in sequence along the length direction of the beverage storage plate 3, and a beverage storage area 12 is formed between two adjacent beverage stirring mechanisms 4 for placing a bottle of beverage 11 flatly. Figure 2 As shown, the beverage storage plate 3 is divided into N beverage storage areas 12 along its length direction by a plurality of beverage shifting mechanisms 4, and each beverage storage area 12 holds a bottle of beverage 11. When a customer buys a beverage, the shifting mechanism 4 rotates forward to shift the beverage 11 forward, so that the beverage 11 stored in the rear storage area 12 rolls to the front storage area, and the beverage 11 at the front end of the aisle falls to the pickup port for the customer to pick up, completing the beverage delivery.

[0039] See also Figure 5 , Figure 5It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the beverage shifting mechanism 4. The beverage shifting mechanism 4 includes a rotating shaft 5 rotatably supported between two longitudinal sealing plates 1 and a plurality of shifting forks 6 for shifting beverages mounted on the rotating shaft 5. The shifting fork 6 includes a sleeve 6a mounted on the rotating shaft 5 and three shifting rods 6b for shifting beverages arranged at equal intervals along the circumferential direction on the outer peripheral surface of the sleeve 6a, wherein the sleeve 6a is interference fit with the rotating shaft 5. In the present application, each time the rotating shaft 5 rotates 120°, the beverage 11 is transferred forward by the spacing of a storage area 12, that is, the rotating shaft 5 rotates once, and the shifting fork shifts the beverage 11 from the rear storage area 12 to the front storage area and is limited to the front storage area.

[0040] See also Figure 1 , Figure 3 , Figure 4 , Figure 5 , Figure 3 This is a structural schematic diagram of the cargo channel of the present invention with the connecting plate 7 uncovered;

[0041] Figure 4 It is a structural schematic diagram of the connecting plate 7.

[0042] In order to ensure that all beverage stirring mechanisms 4 can rotate synchronously, the present invention designs a new type of connecting plate transmission mechanism. Specifically, one end of the rotating shaft 5 extends out of the longitudinal sealing plate 1, and the extending section 5a is set as a Z-shaped structure. The extending section specifically includes a first horizontal portion 5a1 located on the outside, a second horizontal portion 5a2 located on the inside, and a vertical portion 5a3 located between the first horizontal portion and the second horizontal portion. The first horizontal portions 5a1 of the extending sections of all rotating shafts are connected by a connecting plate 7, and one of the rotating shafts is configured as a driving shaft 8 (see Figure 1 ), the driving shaft 8 drives the other rotating shafts to rotate synchronously through the connecting plate 7.

[0043] The connecting plate 7 is provided with the same number of receiving holes 9 as the number of the rotating shafts along its length direction. The first horizontal portions 5 a 1 of the extended sections of all the rotating shafts 5 are inserted into the connecting plate 7 through the receiving holes 9 and are loosely matched with the receiving holes 9 .

[0044] It can be seen from the above embodiment that when conveying beverages, the driving shaft 8 rotates under the driving action of the power device, and the driving shaft 8 rotates to drive the other rotating shafts to rotate synchronously through the connecting plate 7. It can be seen that the rigid connecting plate 7 connects all the rotating shafts 5 in series, and always ensures that all the rotating shafts rotate synchronously, which solves the technical problem of asynchronous rotation of the rotating shafts due to the misalignment of the chain links of the intermediate sprocket in the prior art, and improves the stability of the cargo lane operation.

[0045] Furthermore, a rotating shaft in the middle of all the rotating shafts is configured as the driving shaft 8, that is, the rotating shaft located in the middle of the connecting plate 7 is selected as the driving shaft, thereby ensuring that the forces on both sides of the connecting plate 7 are uniform, and further improving the transmission stability.

[0046] Furthermore, the second horizontal portion 5a2 of the extended section of the driving shaft 8 is key-connected with a driving sprocket 10, which is connected to a driving motor 13 through a chain. In a specific embodiment, the driving motor 13 can be arranged at the rear end of the longitudinal sealing plate 1. Since the driving sprocket 10 is arranged on the second horizontal portion 5a2 of the extended section located on the inner side, the transmission chain between the driving motor 13 and the driving sprocket 10 is located on the inner side of the extended section 5a close to the longitudinal sealing plate 1, thereby avoiding the transmission chain from interfering with the extended section of the rotating shaft during rotation.

[0047] It is easy to understand that in the present invention, the connecting plate 7 is used to synchronously connect all the rotating shafts in series, and in the actual manufacturing process, only one driving sprocket 10 is required for the driving shaft 8 to be connected to the driving motor. The number of sprockets required is small, which reduces the manufacturing cost.

[0048] See also Figures 5 to 7 , Figure 6 It is an exploded schematic diagram of the beverage toggle mechanism; Figure 7 It is a schematic diagram of the exploded view of the main section of the shaft.

[0049] Furthermore, the rotating shaft includes a main section 5b and support sections 5c located at both ends of the main section 5b, the two support sections 5c are round rod structures and are rotatably supported on the corresponding longitudinal sealing plate 1, and the main section 5b is a square rod structure. The second horizontal portion 5a2 of the extension section 5a is integrally connected to the corresponding support section 5c.

[0050] Each support section 5c is connected to the main section 5b through a fork sleeve 6a. Specifically, the fork sleeve 6a has a square socket. One end of the support section 5c connected to the fork sleeve 6a and one end of the main section 5b connected to the fork sleeve 6a both have a square plug corresponding to the square socket. The square plug and the square socket are interference fit. In this way, the assembly between the main section 5b of the rotating shaft and the two support sections 5c of the rotating shaft is realized through the fork 6, which is convenient for assembly.

[0051] Considering that the beverage stirring mechanism 4 adopts an integral structure, it has the disadvantages of being difficult to mold and having high production costs. The present invention divides the beverage stirring mechanism 4 into various parts through the above-mentioned structural setting, so that each part has a simple structure and is easy to manufacture.

[0052] In a specific embodiment, the number of forks on each rotating shaft can be set to three, wherein two forks are respectively arranged at the connection between the two support sections 5c and the main section 5b, and another fork is arranged at the middle of the main section 5b. Of course, the number of forks 6 can be specifically set according to the length of the beverage.

[0053] Further, such as Figure 7As shown, the main body section 5b of the rotating shaft 5 is composed of two sections connected in sequence. The two sections are connected by a fork 6 in the middle of the main body section. Their connection method is the same as the connection method of the square socket cooperating with the square plug described above.

[0054] An embodiment of the present invention also provides a beverage vending machine, including a cargo box for containing beverages to be sold. Along the height direction of the cargo box, a plurality of cargo channels for storing beverages and sequentially conveying the beverages forward are fixedly arranged at intervals from top to bottom in the cargo box, and the structure of the cargo channel is the cargo channel structure described in any one of the above.

[0055] Obviously, those skilled in the art can make various changes and modifications to this application without departing from the spirit and scope of this application. Thus, if these modifications and variations of this application fall within the scope of the claims of this application and their equivalent technologies, this application also intends to include these changes and modifications.

Claims

1. A cargo channel structure of a beverage vending machine, comprising: A cargo aisle frame surrounded by two longitudinal cover plates and two transverse cover plates; A beverage storage plate fixedly mounted on two transverse cover plates; A plurality of beverage diverting mechanisms of the same structure are arranged between the two longitudinal sealing plates, and the plurality of beverage diverting mechanisms are arranged in sequence and at intervals along the length direction of the beverage storage plate, and the beverage diverting mechanism comprises a rotating shaft rotatably supported between the two longitudinal sealing plates and a plurality of diverting forks sleeved on the rotating shaft for diverting beverages; The invention is characterized in that one end of the rotating shaft extends to the outside of the longitudinal sealing plate, and the extended section is set as a Z-shaped structure, which includes a first horizontal portion located on the outside, a second horizontal portion located on the inside, and a vertical portion located between the first horizontal portion and the second horizontal portion; the first horizontal portions of the extended sections of all the rotating shafts are connected by a connecting plate, one of the rotating shafts is configured as a driving shaft, and the rotation of the driving shaft drives the other rotating shafts to rotate synchronously through the connecting plate; The shift fork comprises a sleeve sleeved on the rotating shaft; wherein the sleeve and the rotating shaft have an interference fit; The rotating shaft includes a main body section and support sections located at both ends of the main body section, the two support sections are round rod structures and are rotatably supported on corresponding longitudinal sealing plates respectively, and the main body section is a square rod structure; Each of the support sections is connected to the main section via the fork sleeve, the fork sleeve has a square socket, one end of the support section connected to the fork sleeve and one end of the main section connected to the fork sleeve both have square plugs corresponding to the square socket; the support section and the main section are inserted into the square hole of the fork sleeve through their square plugs.

2. The channel structure of the beverage vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that, The connecting plate is provided with the same number of accommodating holes as the number of the rotating shafts along its length direction; the first horizontal portions of the extended sections of all the rotating shafts are inserted into the connecting plate through the accommodating holes and are gap-matched with the accommodating holes.

3. The lane structure of the beverage vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that, A rotating shaft in the middle of all the rotating shafts is configured as a driving shaft.

4. The channel structure of the beverage vending machine according to claim 3, characterized in that, A driving sprocket is provided on the second horizontal key connection sleeve of the extended section of the driving shaft, and the driving sprocket is connected to a driving motor through a chain.

5. The lane structure of the beverage vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that, The fork further comprises three levers for shifting the beverage which are arranged at equal intervals along the circumferential direction on the outer peripheral surface of the sleeve.

6. The lane structure of the beverage vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that, The second horizontal portion of the extending section is integrally connected to its corresponding supporting section.

7. The lane structure of the beverage vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that The number of shift forks on each rotating shaft is three, wherein two shift forks are respectively arranged at the connection between the two support sections and the main section, and the other shift fork is arranged at the middle part of the main section.

8. The lane structure of the beverage vending machine according to claim 7, characterized in that, The main body section of the rotating shaft is composed of two sections connected in sequence, wherein the sections are connected to each other through a shift fork in the middle of the main body section.

9. A beverage vending machine, comprising a storage bin for containing beverages to be sold, and a plurality of channels for storing beverages and capable of sequentially conveying the beverages forward are fixedly arranged at intervals from top to bottom in the storage bin along the height direction of the storage bin, and is characterized in that, The cargo aisle structure is the cargo aisle structure as described in any one of claims 1-8.

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