Bucket docking device for vending machine
By designing a bucket docking device for electric push rods, rotary plates, curved rods and buffer components in the vending machine, the problem of goods being stuck in the gap between the shipment bar and the vending machine glass is solved, and fragile goods are protected, achieving smooth shipment and safety protection of goods.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202510061594.5
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-01-15
- Publication Date
- 2025-04-25
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
AI Technical Summary
During the shipment process of existing vending machines, the goods are easily stuck in the gap between the shipment bar and the transparent glass of the vending machine, causing the problem that customers cannot obtain the goods. At the same time, goods made of fragile materials are easily damaged by collision when entering the cargo bucket.
A vending bucket docking device for vending machines is designed, including electric push rods, rotary plates, curved rods and buffer components, to achieve smooth shipment and protection of goods through these structures. Electric push rods and motors control cargo into the cargo bucket, turn plates and curved rods help the cargo transition into the cargo bucket. The buffer assembly includes a cushion air cushion and damping springs to prevent cargo from being damaged when entering the cargo bucket.
It effectively solves the problem of goods being stuck in the gap between the shipment bar and the vending machine glass, ensures that the goods can be shipped smoothly, reduces the risk of shipment failure, and protects fragile goods through buffer components to avoid damage.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The invention belongs to the technical field of automatic vending machines, and in particular relates to a cargo bucket docking device for automatic vending machines. Background Art
[0002] A vending machine is an automatic payment device based on coin-operated and scanning technologies. Vending machines usually provide a variety of product options, and users can input their choices through touch screens, buttons, or rotary selectors. When a user selects a product, the vending machine will determine the information of the product the user needs based on the user's input. There are many types of vending machines. One type of vending machine takes the product from the aisle through a bucket, and then moves the bucket to the pickup port. The user takes the product from the bucket through the pickup port. The bucket docking device includes the bucket body and a mechanism that controls the bucket to pick up the product. It can take out the goods purchased by the customer and move them to the delivery port for the customer to take.
[0003] In the existing vending machines, during the delivery process, since multiple goods are placed in one delivery column, the device for pushing the goods to be delivered does not directly contact the goods to be delivered, which causes the goods to be delivered to be stuck in the gap between the delivery column and the transparent glass of the vending machine when moving to the cargo bucket, resulting in the system showing that the delivery is completed, but the customer has not obtained the goods. In order to achieve the diversity of goods, merchants will place some goods made of fragile materials such as glass in the vending machines using the cargo bucket docking device to facilitate customers to purchase. When goods made of fragile materials such as glass are moved into the cargo bucket, a certain inclination is often set inside the cargo bucket to facilitate the entry of the goods into the cargo bucket, which causes the goods made of fragile materials to collide with the goods made of fragile materials when entering the cargo bucket. If the collision is strong, the goods will be damaged, which affects the appearance of the goods and even makes them unable to be used normally.
[0004] Therefore, we propose a vending machine bucket docking device to solve the above-mentioned problems. Summary of the invention
[0005] In view of the problems in the prior art that goods are stuck in the gap between the delivery column and the transparent glass of the vending machine, resulting in the customer not being able to obtain the goods, and that when the goods made of fragile materials collide with the inner wall of the cargo bucket, the aesthetics of the goods is affected, and even the goods cannot be used normally, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a cargo bucket docking device for a vending machine.
[0006] In order to solve the above problems, the technical solution adopted by the present invention is as follows: a cargo bucket docking device for an automatic vending machine, comprising a vending machine body, a cargo bucket moving assembly is fixedly installed inside the vending machine body, and a cargo bucket assembly is fixedly installed on the top of the cargo bucket moving assembly;
[0007] The cargo bucket assembly comprises a bucket body, which is fixedly mounted on the top of the moving end of the bucket moving assembly, a circular groove is formed on the inner wall of the bucket body, an electric push rod is fixedly mounted on the inner wall of the circular groove, a long box is fixedly connected to the bucket end of the electric push rod, a bidirectional lead screw is rotatably connected to the inner wall of the long box, a clamping box is symmetrically threadedly connected to the side wall of the bidirectional lead screw through a nut, a motor is fixedly mounted on the inner wall of the long box, an output end of the motor is fixedly connected to one end of the bidirectional lead screw, and a buffer assembly is fixedly mounted on the inner wall of the bucket body;
[0008] The buffer assembly comprises a fixed block and a guide plate, wherein the fixed block is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the cargo bucket body, and the guide plate is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the cargo bucket body.
[0009] Furthermore, the inner wall of the clamping box is fixedly connected to a limit rod, the inner wall of the clamping box is fixedly connected to an electromagnet, the side wall of the limit rod is slidably connected to a permanent magnet, and the permanent magnet and the inner wall of the clamping box slide against each other.
[0010] Furthermore, the inner wall of the clamping box is fixedly connected to a limit plate, one end of the limit rod away from the electromagnet is fixedly connected to a side wall of the limit plate, and a moving rod is symmetrically penetrated and slidably connected to the side wall of the limit plate.
[0011] Furthermore, one end of the moving rod is fixedly connected to the long block, and the other end of the moving rod is fixedly connected to the side wall of the permanent magnet.
[0012] Furthermore, the side wall of the moving rod is sleeved with a first spring, one end of the first spring is fixedly connected to the adjacent side wall of the limiting plate, and the other end of the first spring is fixedly connected to the adjacent side wall of the permanent magnet.
[0013] Furthermore, the side wall of the long block is rotatably connected to a rotating plate, the side wall of the long block is provided with a sliding groove, the inner wall of the sliding groove is slidably connected to a slider, the side wall of the rotating plate is fixedly connected to an arc rod, and the end of the arc rod away from the rotating plate is fixedly connected to the adjacent side wall of the slider.
[0014] Furthermore, a second spring is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the slide groove, and one end of the second spring away from the inner wall of the slide groove is fixedly connected to the adjacent side wall of the slider.
[0015] Furthermore, a plurality of buffer grooves are provided on the side wall of the fixed block, and a movable plate is slidably connected to the inner wall of the buffer groove.
[0016] Furthermore, the side wall of the movable plate is fixedly connected with a short column, the side walls of the multiple short columns are commonly fixedly connected with a buffer plate, and the side wall of the buffer plate is fixedly connected with a buffer air cushion.
[0017] Furthermore, a damping spring is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the buffer groove, and one end of the damping spring away from the inner wall of the buffer groove is fixedly connected to the adjacent side wall of the movable plate.
[0018] Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following beneficial effects:
[0019] 1. In the present invention, by providing structures such as a rotating plate, an arc-shaped rod and a second spring, when part of the goods are stuck in the gap between the delivery column and the transparent glass of the vending machine body, the arc-shaped rod can pass over the goods under the action of rotation, and when the rotating plate moves toward the long box direction, the rotating plate can abut against the side wall of the goods, thereby driving the goods to move, so that the goods are smoothly moved to the inside of the cargo bucket body, and then the goods stuck in the gap between the transparent glass of the vending machine body and the delivery column are taken out, which greatly reduces the risk of the goods delivery process not being able to proceed smoothly, and there will be no situation where the system shows that the delivery is completed but the customer has not obtained the goods.
[0020] 2. In the present invention, by providing structures such as an electric push rod, a motor and an electromagnet, the user can control the position of the turn plate, and then adjust the position of the turn plate according to the size of the goods and the stuck position, so as to facilitate moving the turn plate to take out the goods.
[0021] 3. In the present invention, by providing structures such as a buffer air cushion, a damping spring and a buffer groove, when the goods come into contact with the buffer air cushion, the damping spring can buffer the goods together with the buffer air cushion, thereby facilitating the protection of the goods, so that the goods will not be damaged due to the large collision force when contacting the side wall of the cargo box body. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0022] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the present invention;
[0023] Figure 2 It is a structural schematic diagram of the cargo bucket assembly of the present invention;
[0024] Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of the cargo bucket assembly of the present invention;
[0025] Figure 4 for Figure 3 A schematic diagram of the structure of part A in the middle;
[0026] Figure 5 It is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of the long box of the present invention;
[0027] Figure 6 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the clamping box and the rotating plate in the present invention;
[0028] Figure 7It is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of the clamping box in the present invention;
[0029] Figure 8 It is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of the long block in the present invention.
[0030] In the figure: 1. vending machine body; 2. cargo bucket moving assembly; 3. cargo bucket assembly; 301. cargo bucket body; 302. round groove; 303. electric push rod; 304. long box; 305. bidirectional lead screw; 306. clamping box; 307. limit rod; 308. electromagnet; 309. permanent magnet; 310. limit plate; 311. long block; 312. moving rod; 313. first spring; 314. rotating plate; 315. slide groove; 316. arc rod; 317. slider; 318. second spring; 319. motor; 4. buffer assembly; 401. fixed block; 402. buffer groove; 403. moving plate; 404. short column; 405. buffer plate; 406. buffer air cushion; 407. guide plate; 408. damping spring. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0031] The present invention is further described below in conjunction with specific embodiments.
[0032] To solve the problem that the goods are stuck in the gap between the delivery column and the transparent glass of the vending machine, resulting in the customer not getting the goods, such as Figure 1 - Figure 8 As shown: a cargo bucket docking device for an automatic vending machine, including a vending machine body 1, the vending machine body 1 is a cargo bucket pickup type vending machine, mainly for selling goods made of fragile materials such as glass or other materials, a cargo bucket moving component 2 is fixedly installed inside the vending machine body 1, and a cargo bucket component 3 is fixedly installed on the top of the cargo bucket moving component 2, the cargo bucket moving component 2 can move the cargo bucket component 3, move the cargo bucket component 3 to the position of the goods to be sold, and receive the goods, and then move the goods to the delivery port, so that the user can take out the goods conveniently.
[0033] The cargo bucket assembly 3 includes a cargo bucket body 301, which is fixedly installed on the top of the mobile end of the cargo bucket moving assembly 2. When the goods need to be docked, the customer first purchases the goods through the vending machine body 1, and then activates the internal control system, adjusts the cargo bucket moving assembly 2 to control the cargo bucket assembly 3, and then pushes the goods into the cargo bucket body 301 through the internal structure of the vending machine body 1, and then moves the cargo bucket body 301 to the delivery port, so as to facilitate the customer to pick up the goods. A circular groove 302 is opened on the inner wall of the cargo bucket body 301, and an electric push rod 303 is fixedly installed on the inner wall of the circular groove 302. The cargo bucket end of the electric push rod 303 is fixedly connected to a long box 304, and the inner wall of the long box 304 is rotatably connected to a bidirectional lead screw 305 The side wall of the bidirectional screw 305 is symmetrically threadedly connected with a clamping box 306 through a nut, and a motor 319 is fixedly installed on the inner wall of the long box 304. The output end of the motor 319 is fixedly connected to one end of the bidirectional screw 305. The motor 319 can stably drive the bidirectional screw 305 to move, and the motor 319 has a braking function, which can accurately control the rotation process of the bidirectional screw 305. Therefore, when the cargo bucket body 301 receives the goods, if the goods are stuck in the gap between the shipping bar and the transparent glass of the vending machine, the system can control the clamping box 306 to clamp the goods, so that the goods can smoothly enter the interior of the cargo bucket body 301 to prevent customers from being unable to take the goods. A buffer component 4 is fixedly installed on the inner wall of the cargo bucket body 301.
[0034] The buffer assembly 4 includes a fixed block 401 and a guide plate 407. The fixed block 401 is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the cargo bucket body 301. The guide plate 407 is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the cargo bucket body 301. The guide plate 407 is triangular in shape when viewed from the side, thereby facilitating guiding the goods into the interior of the cargo bucket body 301.
[0035] The inner wall of the clamping box 306 is fixedly connected to a limit rod 307, to which an electromagnet 308 is fixedly connected, and a permanent magnet 309 is slidably connected to the side wall of the limit rod 307. The permanent magnet 309 and the inner wall of the clamping box 306 slide against each other, thereby limiting the movement trajectory of the permanent magnet 309, so that the permanent magnet 309 can only move along the side wall direction of the limit rod 307, and the permanent magnet 309 can only move but not rotate. In the initial state, the permanent magnet 309 and the electromagnet 308 are close to each other. When the electromagnet 308 is energized, the permanent magnet 309 repels each other, thereby pushing the permanent magnet 309 to move.
[0036] The inner wall of the clamping box 306 is fixedly connected to the limiting plate 310, and the end of the limiting rod 307 away from the electromagnet 308 is fixedly connected to the side wall of the limiting plate 310. The side wall of the limiting plate 310 is symmetrically penetrated by a moving rod 312 for sliding connection, thereby limiting the maximum moving distance of the permanent magnet 309, preventing the permanent magnet 309 from moving out of the clamping box 306, and also limiting the movement process of the moving rod 312.
[0037] One end of the moving rod 312 is fixedly connected to the long block 311 , and the other end of the moving rod 312 is fixedly connected to the side wall of the permanent magnet 309 , so that when the permanent magnet 309 moves, the long block 311 can be driven to move.
[0038] A first spring 313 is sleeved on the side wall of the moving rod 312, one end of the first spring 313 is fixedly connected to the adjacent side wall of the limiting plate 310, and the other end of the first spring 313 is fixedly connected to the adjacent side wall of the permanent magnet 309. When the electromagnet 308 is energized, the movement of the permanent magnet 309 will compress the first spring 313, and then when the electromagnet 308 is de-energized, the first spring 313 can drive the permanent magnet 309 to reset under the action of elasticity.
[0039] The side wall of the long block 311 is rotatably connected to a rotating plate 314, and a sliding groove 315 is provided on the side wall of the long block 311. The inner wall of the sliding groove 315 is slidably connected to a slider 317, and the side wall of the rotating plate 314 is fixedly connected to an arc rod 316. The end of the arc rod 316 away from the rotating plate 314 is fixedly connected to the adjacent side wall of the slider 317. Then, when the rotating plate 314 abuts against the side wall of the cargo, it will rotate and drive the arc rod 316 to move, and the arc rod 316 pushes the slider 317 to slide inside the sliding groove 315, thereby limiting the rotation trajectory and rotation distance of the rotating plate 314, so that the maximum rotation angle of the rotating plate 314 is ninety degrees, and it rotates ninety degrees in the direction of the long block 311.
[0040] The inner wall of the slide groove 315 is fixedly connected to a second spring 318, and one end of the second spring 318 away from the inner wall of the slide groove 315 is fixedly connected to the side wall of the adjacent slider 317, so that when the slider 317 moves, the second spring 318 is deformed, and when the force applied to the slider 317 is released, the second spring 318 drives the slider 317 to reset, and when the rotating plate 314 contacts the side wall of the cargo and rotates, the rotating plate 314 drives the arc rod 316 to rotate, and then the arc rod 316 drives the slider 317 to move, and the slider 317 pushes the second spring 318 When the arc rod 316 passes over the goods, the rotating plate 314 will be reset under the elastic action of the second spring 318, and then when the rotating plate 314 moves toward the long box 304, the rotating plate 314 is against the side wall of the goods, and has sufficient supporting force to drive the goods to move, and then by clamping the goods, the goods stuck in the gap between the transparent glass of the vending machine body 1 and the delivery column are taken out, thereby greatly reducing the risk of the goods delivery process not being able to proceed smoothly, and there will be no situation where the system shows that the delivery is completed, but the customer has not obtained the goods.
[0041] When the goods need to be docked, the customer first purchases the goods through the vending machine body 1, and then activates the internal control system, adjusts the cargo bucket moving component 2 to control the cargo bucket component 3, and then uses the internal structure of the vending machine body 1 to push the goods into the cargo bucket body 301, and then moves the cargo bucket body 301 to the delivery port, so as to facilitate the customer to pick up the goods.
[0042] When the goods are moved into the cargo bucket body 301, since some of the goods will be stuck in the gap between the delivery column and the transparent glass of the vending machine body 1, it is necessary to first start the electric push rod 303 to move the long box 304 to a position on the same horizontal line as the goods, and then start the motor 319. The motor 319 drives the bidirectional lead screw 305 to rotate, and then drives the clamping box 306 to move. At the same time, the electromagnet 308 is energized, and the electromagnet 308 pushes the permanent magnet 309 to move. The permanent magnet 309 drives the moving rod 312 to move along the side wall of the limit rod 307, and then drives the long block 311 to move, and compresses the first spring 313. When the long block 311 moves, it drives the rotating plate 314 to move. When the rotating plate 314 contacts the side wall of the goods, it rotates. The rotating plate 314 drives the arc rod 316 to rotate, and then the arc rod 316 drives The movable slider 317 moves, and the slider 317 squeezes the second spring 318. When the arc rod 316 passes over the goods and the long block 311 abuts against the side wall of the goods, the electromagnet 308 is powered off, and the permanent magnet 309 is reset under the elastic action of the first spring 313, thereby driving the rotating plate 314 to move toward the long box 304. At this time, since the rotating plate 314 is limited by the arc rod 316, the rotating plate 314 abuts against the side wall of the goods, thereby driving the goods to move, so that the goods are smoothly moved to the inside of the cargo bucket body 301, and then by clamping the goods, the goods stuck in the gap between the transparent glass of the vending machine body 1 and the shipping column are taken out, thereby greatly reducing the risk of the goods shipping process not being able to proceed smoothly, and there will be no situation where the system shows that the shipment is completed but the customer has not obtained the goods.
[0043] In order to solve the problem that the cargo collides with the inner wall of the cargo box, the appearance of the cargo is affected, and even the cargo cannot be used normally, such as Figure 1 - Figure 4 As shown, a plurality of buffer grooves 402 are provided on the side wall of the fixed block 401 , and a moving plate 403 is slidably connected to the inner wall of the buffer groove 402 , and the moving plate 403 moves inside the buffer groove 402 , thereby limiting the moving trajectory of the moving plate 403 .
[0044] The side wall of the movable plate 403 is fixedly connected with a short column 404, and the side walls of multiple short columns 404 are commonly fixedly connected with a buffer plate 405, and the side wall of the buffer plate 405 is fixedly connected with a buffer air cushion 406. The buffer air cushion 406 can cushion the process of moving the goods into the cargo box body 301, so that the goods will not be damaged when entering the cargo box body 301.
[0045] A damping spring 408 is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the buffer groove 402, and one end of the damping spring 408 away from the inner wall of the buffer groove 402 is fixedly connected to the adjacent side wall of the movable plate 403. When the cargo comes into contact with the buffer air cushion 406, the damping spring 408 can buffer the cargo together with the buffer air cushion 406 to prevent the cargo from being damaged due to excessive impact force.
[0046] When the goods are moved into the cargo bucket body 301, in order to facilitate the smooth process of the goods entering the cargo bucket body 301, a guide plate 407 is provided to guide the movement trajectory of the goods, so as to facilitate the goods to enter the cargo bucket body 301. At this time, when the goods enter the cargo bucket body 301, they first contact the side wall of the buffer air cushion 406. The buffer air cushion 406 is made of a soft material and can buffer the impact force of the goods. If the gravity of the goods is large, the goods push the buffer air cushion 406 to move, and the buffer air cushion 406 drives the buffer plate 405 to move, and the buffer plate 405 drives the short column 404 to move, and the short column 404 drives the moving plate 403 to move. Under the action of the damping spring 408, the moving plate 403 buffers the impact force it receives, thereby facilitating the protection of the goods, so that the goods will not be damaged due to the large collision force when contacting the side wall of the cargo bucket body 301.
[0047] The contents not described in detail in this specification belong to the prior art known to professional and technical personnel in this field.
[0048] Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the aforementioned embodiments, it is still possible for those skilled in the art to modify the technical solutions described in the aforementioned embodiments, or to make equivalent substitutions for some of the technical features therein. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principles of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.
Claims
1. A cargo bucket docking device for an automatic vending machine, comprising a vending machine body 1, characterized in that: A cargo bucket moving assembly (2) is fixedly installed inside the vending machine body (1), and a cargo bucket assembly (3) is fixedly installed on the top of the cargo bucket moving assembly (2); The cargo bucket assembly (3) comprises a bucket body (301), the bucket body (301) is fixedly mounted on the top of the moving end of the bucket moving assembly (2), a circular groove (302) is formed on the inner wall of the bucket body (301), an electric push rod (303) is fixedly mounted on the inner wall of the circular groove (302), a long box (304) is fixedly connected to the bucket end of the electric push rod (303), a bidirectional lead screw (305) is rotatably connected to the inner wall of the long box (304), a clamping box (306) is symmetrically threadedly connected to the side wall of the bidirectional lead screw (305) via a nut, a motor (319) is fixedly mounted on the inner wall of the long box (304), an output end of the motor (319) is fixedly connected to one end of the bidirectional lead screw (305), and a buffer assembly (4) is fixedly mounted on the inner wall of the bucket body (301); The buffer assembly (4) comprises a fixed block (401) and a guide plate (407); the fixed block (401) is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the cargo bucket body (301); and the guide plate (407) is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the cargo bucket body (301).
2. The cargo bucket docking device for an automatic vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The inner wall of the clamping box (306) is fixedly connected to a limit rod (307), the inner wall of the clamping box (306) is fixedly connected to an electromagnet (308), the side wall of the limit rod (307) is slidably connected to a permanent magnet (309), and the permanent magnet (309) and the inner wall of the clamping box (306) slide against each other.
3. The cargo bucket docking device for an automatic vending machine according to claim 2, characterized in that: The inner wall of the clamping box (306) is fixedly connected to the limit plate (310), one end of the limit rod (307) away from the electromagnet (308) is fixedly connected to the side wall of the limit plate (310), and the side wall of the limit plate (310) is symmetrically penetrated and slidably connected with a moving rod (312).
4. The cargo bucket docking device for an automatic vending machine according to claim 3, characterized in that: One end of the moving rod (312) is fixedly connected to the long block (311), and the other end of the moving rod (312) is fixedly connected to the side wall of the permanent magnet (309).
5. The cargo bucket docking device for an automatic vending machine according to claim 4, characterized in that: The side wall of the moving rod (312) is sleeved with a first spring (313), one end of the first spring (313) is fixedly connected to the adjacent side wall of the limiting plate (310), and the other end of the first spring (313) is fixedly connected to the adjacent side wall of the permanent magnet (309).
6. The cargo bucket docking device for an automatic vending machine according to claim 5, characterized in that: The side wall of the long block (311) is rotatably connected to a rotating plate (314), the side wall of the long block (311) is provided with a sliding groove (315), the inner wall of the sliding groove (315) is slidably connected to a slider (317), the side wall of the rotating plate (314) is fixedly connected to an arc rod (316), and one end of the arc rod (316) away from the rotating plate (314) is fixedly connected to the side wall of the adjacent slider (317).
7. The cargo bucket docking device for an automatic vending machine according to claim 6, characterized in that: A second spring (318) is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the slide groove (315), and one end of the second spring (318) away from the inner wall of the slide groove (315) is fixedly connected to the side wall of the adjacent slider (317).
8. The cargo bucket docking device for an automatic vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The side wall of the fixed block (401) is provided with a plurality of buffer grooves (402), and the inner walls of the buffer grooves (402) are slidably connected with movable plates (403).
9. The cargo bucket docking device for an automatic vending machine according to claim 8, characterized in that: The side wall of the movable plate (403) is fixedly connected to a short column (404), the side walls of the plurality of short columns (404) are commonly fixedly connected to a buffer plate (405), and the side wall of the buffer plate (405) is fixedly connected to a buffer air cushion (406).
10. The cargo bucket docking device for an automatic vending machine according to claim 9, characterized in that: A damping spring (408) is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the buffer groove (402), and one end of the damping spring (408) away from the inner wall of the buffer groove (402) is fixedly connected to the side wall of the adjacent moving plate (403).