Intelligent fresh food vending machine
By designing the purchase, discharge and pick-up mechanism in the vending machine, and using power devices such as hydraulic cylinders, telescopic motors and drive motors, the smooth pick-up of fresh goods is achieved, and the damage to fresh goods in existing vending machines is solved or The problem of damaged outer packaging improves the safety of the product and user experience.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202421255009.2
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-06-04
- Publication Date
- 2025-02-11
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-06-04
AI Technical Summary
When existing vending machines automatically sell fresh goods, the goods fall directly on the vending board, which can easily cause damage to fresh goods or damage to the outer packaging.
A fresh food intelligent vending machine was designed, using a combination of purchase mechanism, delivery mechanism and pick-up mechanism. Through hydraulic cylinders, telescopic motors, drive motors and other power mechanisms, fresh food products are smoothly pushed from the sales shelf to the sales shelf. On the U-shaped plate, and move the goods to the pickup port through the pickup shelves to avoid major collisions in fresh goods during the pickup process.
It realizes smooth pick-up of fresh products, avoids damage to the product or damaged outer packaging, and improves the sales safety and user experience of fresh products.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of vending machines, and in particular to a fresh food intelligent vending machine. Background Art
[0002] At present, there are refrigerated or frozen freezers for storing and selling ice cream, beverages, dairy products, quick-frozen foods, food materials, etc. in shopping malls, supermarkets, cold drink shops, frozen food shops, hotels and restaurants and other commercial business channels. Such refrigerated or frozen freezers have display and placement functions. However, when selling goods in most vending machines, the goods are mostly dropped directly onto the vending board. When selling fresh goods, this sales method is likely to cause damage to the fresh goods or damage to the outer packaging.
[0003] Therefore, it is necessary to provide a new fresh food intelligent vending machine to solve the above technical problems. Utility Model Content
[0004] In order to solve the technical problem that most of the goods fall directly onto the vending board when most vending machines automatically vend goods, and this vending method easily causes damage to the fresh goods or damage to the outer packaging, the utility model provides a fresh intelligent vending machine.
[0005] The fresh food intelligent vending machine provided by the utility model comprises: a vending machine body; a plurality of vending shelves, which are fixedly mounted on the vending machine body and can be provided with a plurality of fresh food commodities; a picking shelf, which is arranged in the vending machine body and located at the picking side of the vending shelf; a U-shaped plate, which is arranged on the vending shelf and can contact the picking shelf; a loading mechanism, which is arranged on the vending machine body and is used to push the fresh food commodities onto the U-shaped plate; a loading mechanism, which is arranged on the vending shelf and is used to drive the fresh food commodities to leave the top of the vending shelf; and a picking mechanism, which is arranged on the vending machine body and is used to drive the fresh food commodities to move to the picking port.
[0006] Preferably, the purchasing mechanism includes a plurality of hydraulic cylinders fixedly mounted on the inner wall of the vending machine body, the hydraulic cylinders are arranged corresponding to the vending shelves, a push plate is fixedly mounted on the output rod of the hydraulic cylinder, the push plate is in sliding contact with the vending shelf, and the push plate can contact the fresh goods.
[0007] Preferably, the unloading mechanism includes a telescopic slot opened on the sales shelf, a threaded rod is rotatably installed in the telescopic slot, the U-shaped plate slides and extends into the telescopic slot and is threadedly connected to the threaded rod, a telescopic motor is fixedly installed on one side of the telescopic slot, and the output shaft of the telescopic motor is fixedly connected to the threaded rod.
[0008] Preferably, the picking mechanism includes a driving rod rotatably installed on both sides of the vending machine body, and a driving motor is fixedly installed on both sides of the bottom of the vending machine body. The output shaft of the driving motor is fixedly connected to the driving rod, and the same driving plate is threadedly installed on the two driving rods, and a guide rail is fixedly installed on the driving plate.
[0009] Preferably, compression grooves are provided on both sides of the U-shaped plate, a compression rod is fixedly installed in the compression groove, a fixing frame is slidably sleeved on the compression rod, the compression rod can extend to one side outside the compression groove and can contact the fresh goods, a compression spring is sleeved on the compression rod, and both ends of the compression spring are fixedly connected to the inner wall of the compression groove and the fixing frame respectively.
[0010] Preferably, both sides of the U-shaped plate are provided with slide grooves, a slide rod is slidably provided in the slide groove, and a pull rope is fixedly installed on one side of the fixed frame located in the compression groove, and the pull rope extends into the slide groove and is fixedly connected to the slide rod.
[0011] Preferably, a mounting frame is fixedly mounted on the output block of the guide rail, a rotating motor is fixedly mounted on the mounting frame, the picking shelf is located in the mounting frame and is fixedly connected to the output shaft of the rotating motor, a positioning plate is fixedly mounted on the receiving side of the picking shelf, the positioning plate can extend into the U-shaped plate, and the positioning plate can contact the fresh goods.
[0012] Compared with the related art, the fresh food intelligent vending machine provided by the utility model has the following advantages:
[0013] Beneficial effects:
[0014] The utility model provides a fresh food intelligent vending machine:
[0015] 1. The incoming goods mechanism can smoothly push the fresh goods on the sales shelf to the U-shaped plate, the unloading mechanism can drive the U-shaped plate to make the fresh goods leave the top of the sales shelf, and the picking mechanism can drive the picking shelf to move to the bottom of the fresh goods, which is convenient for taking out the fresh goods. The overall picking process is smooth, avoiding a large collision of the fresh goods during the picking process, causing damage to the fresh goods or damage to the outer packaging. The hydraulic cylinder can drive the push plate to move, which is convenient for pushing the fresh goods from the sales shelf to the U-shaped plate, and facilitating the pushing and picking of the fresh goods;
[0016] 2. The telescopic motor can drive the threaded rod to rotate, so that the U-shaped plate can be extended from the telescopic slot, so that the fresh products can be driven away from the top of the shelf, and the shelves can be taken. The driving motor can drive the driving rod to rotate, so that the driving plate can be driven to move the shelves to the bottom of the fresh products, so that the fresh products can be taken off the U-shaped plate. The fixed frame that can be extended out of the compression slot can be used to limit the position of the fresh products, so as to prevent the fresh products from shaking and falling directly from the U-shaped plate during the extension of the U-shaped plate.
[0017] 3. The slide rod can extend into the slide slot, which is convenient for driving the pull rope to pull the fixed frame into the compression slot, so as to relax the fixation of fresh goods and remove the fresh goods from the U-shaped plate. The motor can drive the picking shelf to rotate, which is convenient for driving the picking shelf to rotate to the picking state, so that users can pick up goods from the picking port. The positioning plate can limit the position of the fresh goods on the U-shaped plate, so as to confine the fresh goods to the picking shelf. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0018] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of a front cross-sectional structure of a preferred embodiment of the fresh food intelligent vending machine provided by the utility model;
[0019] Figure 2 A schematic diagram of a side cross-sectional structure of a preferred embodiment of the fresh food intelligent vending machine provided by the utility model;
[0020] Figure 3 It is a side view cross-sectional structural schematic diagram of the U-shaped plate in the utility model;
[0021] Figure 4 for Figure 2 Schematic diagram of the enlarged structure of part A shown in FIG.
[0022] Numbers in the figure: 1. vending machine body; 2. vending shelf; 3. picking shelf; 4. U-shaped plate; 5. hydraulic cylinder; 6. push plate; 7. telescopic slot; 8. threaded rod; 9. telescopic motor; 10. drive rod; 11. drive motor; 12. drive plate; 13. guide rail; 14. compression slot; 15. compression rod; 16. fixed frame; 17. compression spring; 18. slide slot; 19. slide rod; 20. pull rope; 21. mounting frame; 22. rotating motor; 23. positioning plate. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0023] The utility model is further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and implementation modes.
[0024] Please refer to Figure 1-Figure 4 ,in, Figure 1 A schematic diagram of a front cross-sectional structure of a preferred embodiment of the fresh food intelligent vending machine provided by the utility model; Figure 2A schematic diagram of a side cross-sectional structure of a preferred embodiment of the fresh food intelligent vending machine provided by the utility model;
[0025] Figure 3 It is a side view cross-sectional structural schematic diagram of the U-shaped plate in the utility model; Figure 4 for Figure 2 Schematic diagram of the enlarged structure of part A shown in FIG.
[0026] The fresh food intelligent vending machine comprises: a vending machine body 1; a plurality of vending shelves 2, the vending shelves 2 are fixedly mounted on the vending machine body 1, and a plurality of fresh food commodities can be placed on the vending shelves 2; a picking shelf 3, the picking shelf 3 is arranged in the vending machine body 1 and located on the picking side of the vending shelf 2; a U-shaped plate 4, the U-shaped plate 4 is arranged on the vending shelf 2, and the U-shaped plate 4 can contact the picking shelf 3; a loading mechanism, the loading mechanism is arranged on the vending machine body 1, and the loading mechanism is used to push the fresh food commodities onto the U-shaped plate 4; a unloading mechanism, the unloading mechanism is arranged on the vending shelf 2, the unloading mechanism is used to drive the fresh goods away from the top of the sales shelf 2; the picking mechanism is arranged on the vending machine body 1, and the picking mechanism is used to drive the fresh goods to move to the picking port; the fresh goods on the sales shelf 2 can be smoothly pushed onto the U-shaped plate 4 through the loading mechanism, the unloading mechanism can drive the U-shaped plate 4 to make the fresh goods leave the top of the sales shelf 2, and the picking mechanism can drive the picking shelf 3 to move to the bottom of the fresh goods, so as to facilitate the removal of the fresh goods. The overall picking process is smooth, avoiding large collisions of the fresh goods during the picking process, causing damage to the fresh goods or damage to the outer packaging.
[0027] The purchasing mechanism includes a plurality of hydraulic cylinders 5 fixedly mounted on the inner wall of the vending machine body 1. The hydraulic cylinders 5 are arranged corresponding to the vending racks 2. A push plate 6 is fixedly mounted on the output rods of the hydraulic cylinders 5. The push plate 6 is in sliding contact with the vending rack 2. The push plate 6 can contact with fresh goods. The hydraulic cylinders 5 can drive the push plate 6 to move, so that the fresh goods can be pushed from the vending rack 2 to the U-shaped plate 4, which is convenient for pushing out and picking up the fresh goods.
[0028] The unloading mechanism includes a telescopic slot 7 opened on the sales shelf 2, a threaded rod 8 is rotatably installed in the telescopic slot 7, the U-shaped plate 4 slides and extends into the telescopic slot 7 and is threadedly connected with the threaded rod 8, a telescopic motor 9 is fixedly installed on one side of the telescopic slot 7, and the output shaft of the telescopic motor 9 is fixedly connected with the threaded rod 8; the threaded rod 8 can be driven to rotate by the telescopic motor 9, so as to facilitate the U-shaped plate 4 to extend out of the telescopic slot 7, facilitate the fresh goods to leave from the top of the sales shelf 2, and facilitate the picking of goods from the picking shelf 3.
[0029] The picking mechanism includes a driving rod 10 rotatably installed on both sides of the vending machine body 1, and a driving motor 11 is fixedly installed on both sides of the bottom of the vending machine body 1, and the output shaft of the driving motor 11 is fixedly connected to the driving rod 10, and the same driving plate 12 is threadedly installed on the two driving rods 10, and a guide rail 13 is fixedly installed on the driving plate 12; the driving motor 11 can drive the driving rod 10 to rotate, which is convenient for driving the driving plate 12 to move the picking shelf 3 to the bottom of the fresh goods, so that the fresh goods can be taken off the U-shaped plate 4.
[0030] Compression grooves 14 are provided on both sides of the U-shaped plate 4, and compression rods 15 are fixedly installed in the compression grooves 14. A fixing frame 16 is slidably sleeved on the compression rod 15. The compression rod 15 can extend to one side outside the compression groove 14 and can contact the fresh goods. A compression spring 17 is sleeved on the compression rod 15, and the two ends of the compression spring 17 are respectively fixedly connected to the inner wall of the compression groove 14 and the fixing frame 16; by means of the fixing frame 16 that can extend out of the compression groove 14, the position of the fresh goods is conveniently limited, so as to prevent the fresh goods from shaking and falling directly from the U-shaped plate 4 during the extension of the U-shaped plate 4.
[0031] Both sides of the U-shaped plate 4 are provided with a slide groove 18, and a slide rod 19 is slidably provided in the slide groove 18. A pull rope 20 is fixedly installed on one side of the fixed frame 16 located in the compression groove 14, and the pull rope 20 extends into the slide groove 18 and is fixedly connected to the slide rod 19; the slide rod 19 can extend into the slide groove 18, so that the pull rope 20 can be driven to pull the fixed frame 16 into the compression groove 14, so as to facilitate the loosening of the fixation of the fresh goods and the removal of the fresh goods from the U-shaped plate 4.
[0032] A mounting frame 21 is fixedly mounted on the output block of the guide rail 13, and a rotating motor 22 is fixedly mounted on the mounting frame 21. The picking shelf 3 is located in the mounting frame 21 and is fixedly connected to the output shaft of the rotating motor 22. A positioning plate 23 is fixedly mounted on the inlet side of the picking shelf 3, and the positioning plate 23 can extend into the U-shaped plate 4, and the positioning plate 23 can contact with the fresh goods; the picking shelf 3 can be driven to rotate by the rotating motor 22, so that the picking shelf 3 can be driven to rotate to the picking state, so that the user can pick up the goods from the picking port. The positioning plate 23 can limit the position of the fresh goods on the U-shaped plate 4, so that the fresh goods can be confined to the picking shelf 3.
[0033] It is worth noting that the circuits, electronic components and modules involved in the present utility model are all prior art and can be fully implemented by those skilled in the art. Needless to say, the content protected by the present utility model does not involve improvements to software and methods.
[0034] The working principle of the fresh food intelligent vending machine provided by the utility model is as follows:
[0035] This solution also has an electric control cabinet, which is installed on the equipment. When in use, each electrical device can be started and operated through the electric control cabinet. The power connection method of each electrical device is an existing mature technology, which is a well-known technology for people in this field and will not be described in detail here.
[0036] When in use, when a user buys fresh goods, the hydraulic cylinder 5 on the sales shelf 2 where the fresh goods are located is started, pushing the fresh goods to fall onto the U-shaped plate 4, and then the telescopic motor 9 is started to drive the threaded rod 8 to rotate, driving the U-shaped plate 4 to gradually extend from the telescopic slot 7, so that the fresh goods are driven to gradually leave the sales shelf 2;
[0037] After the U-shaped plate 4 drives the fresh products to extend out of the selling shelf 2, the guide rail 13 starts to drive the mounting frame 21 to start moving, so that the picking shelf 3 is driven to gradually move below the position where the fresh products are located, and then the driving motor 11 starts to drive the driving rod 10 to rotate, driving the driving plate 12 to move upward. As the picking shelf 3 gradually approaches the fresh products, the positioning plate 23 on the receiving side of the picking shelf 3 gradually enters the U-shaped plate 4. At this time, the fresh products are located on the side of the positioning plate 23 close to the inner wall of the picking shelf 3;
[0038] When the picking shelf 3 gradually contacts the bottom of the U-shaped plate 4, the slide bar 19 is pushed and gradually enters the slide groove 18, so that the pull rope 20 is pulled to drive the fixing frame 16 to gradually enter the compression groove 14, and the compression spring 17 is compressed to release the fixation of the fresh goods. Then the telescopic motor 9 starts to drive the threaded rod 8 to drive the U-shaped plate 4 to gradually retract into the telescopic groove 7. Under the obstruction of the positioning plate 23, the fresh goods cannot move with the U-shaped plate 4, so that the fresh goods are left on the picking shelf 3;
[0039] Then the driving motor 11 starts to drive the driving rod 10 to drive the driving plate 12 to move downward, and the guide rail 13 drives the mounting frame 21 to move to the position of the delivery port. When the picking shelf 3 moves to the delivery port, the rotating motor 22 starts to drive the picking shelf 3 to rotate, so that the opening of the picking shelf 3 rotates to a state facing the picking port of the vending machine body 1. Then, the user can open the box door to take out the fresh goods.
[0040] Compared with the related art, the fresh food intelligent vending machine provided by the utility model has the following advantages:
[0041] Beneficial effects:
[0042] The utility model provides a fresh food intelligent vending machine, which can smoothly push the fresh goods on the sales shelf 2 onto the U-shaped plate 4 through the loading mechanism, and the unloading mechanism can drive the U-shaped plate 4 to make the fresh goods leave the top of the sales shelf 2, and the picking mechanism can drive the picking shelf 3 to move to the bottom of the fresh goods, so as to facilitate the taking out of the fresh goods. The overall picking process is smooth, and it is avoided that the fresh goods are greatly collided during the picking process, causing damage to the fresh goods or damage to the outer packaging. The hydraulic cylinder 5 can drive the push plate 6 to move, so as to facilitate the pushing of the fresh goods from the sales shelf 2 to the U-shaped plate 4, so as to facilitate the pushing out and picking up of the fresh goods. The telescopic motor 9 can drive the threaded rod 8 to rotate, so as to facilitate the U-shaped plate 4 to extend out from the telescopic slot 7, so as to facilitate the driving of the fresh goods from the top of the sales shelf 2 and the picking up of the picking shelf 3. The driving motor 11 can The driving rod 10 can be driven to rotate, so as to conveniently drive the driving plate 12 to move the picking shelf 3 to the bottom of the fresh goods, so as to facilitate the removal of the fresh goods from the U-shaped plate 4. The fixing frame 16 that can extend out of the compression groove 14 is convenient to limit the position of the fresh goods, so as to prevent the fresh goods from shaking and falling directly from the U-shaped plate 4 during the extension of the U-shaped plate 4. The sliding rod 19 can extend into the sliding groove 18, so as to conveniently drive the pull rope 20 to pull the fixing frame 16 into the compression groove 14, so as to facilitate the relaxation of the fixation of the fresh goods and facilitate the removal of the fresh goods from the U-shaped plate 4. The picking shelf 3 can be driven to rotate by the rotating motor 22, so as to conveniently drive the picking shelf 3 to rotate to the picking state, so as to facilitate the user to pick up the goods from the picking opening. The positioning plate 23 can limit the position of the fresh goods on the U-shaped plate 4, so as to facilitate the restriction of the fresh goods on the picking shelf 3.
[0043] It should be noted that the equipment structure and drawings of the utility model mainly describe the principle of the utility model. In terms of the technology of the design principle, the settings of the power mechanism, power supply system and control system of the device are not fully described. However, on the premise that technical personnel in this field understand the principle of the above-mentioned utility model, they can clearly know the details of its power mechanism, power supply system and control system.
[0044] The above description is only an embodiment of the present invention, and does not limit the patent scope of the present invention. Any equivalent structure or equivalent process transformation made by using the contents of the specification and drawings of the present invention, or directly or indirectly applied in other related technical fields, are also included in the patent protection scope of the present invention.
Claims
1. A fresh food intelligent vending machine, characterized in that: include: Vending machine body; A plurality of vending shelves, the vending shelves are fixedly mounted on the vending machine body, and a plurality of fresh commodities can be placed on the vending shelves; A picking shelf, the picking shelf is arranged in the vending machine body and located at the picking side of the vending shelf; A U-shaped plate, the U-shaped plate is arranged on the selling shelf, and the U-shaped plate can be in contact with the picking shelf; A supply mechanism, which is arranged on the vending machine body and is used to push fresh goods onto the U-shaped plate; A cargo unloading mechanism, which is arranged on the sales shelf and is used to drive the fresh goods to leave the top of the sales shelf; A pickup mechanism is provided on the vending machine body and is used for driving the fresh goods to move toward the pickup port.
2. The fresh food intelligent vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The purchasing mechanism includes a plurality of hydraulic cylinders fixedly mounted on the inner wall of the vending machine body, the hydraulic cylinders are arranged corresponding to the vending shelves, a push plate is fixedly mounted on the output rod of the hydraulic cylinder, the push plate is in sliding contact with the vending shelf, and the push plate can contact the fresh goods.
3. The fresh food intelligent vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The unloading mechanism includes a telescopic slot opened on the sales shelf, a threaded rod is rotatably installed in the telescopic slot, the U-shaped plate slides and extends into the telescopic slot and is threadedly connected with the threaded rod, a telescopic motor is fixedly installed on one side of the telescopic slot, and the output shaft of the telescopic motor is fixedly connected to the threaded rod.
4. The fresh food intelligent vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The picking mechanism includes a driving rod rotatably installed on both sides of the vending machine body, and a driving motor is fixedly installed on both sides of the bottom of the vending machine body. The output shaft of the driving motor is fixedly connected to the driving rod, and the same driving plate is threadedly installed on the two driving rods, and a guide rail is fixedly installed on the driving plate.
5. The fresh food intelligent vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: Compression grooves are provided on both sides of the U-shaped plate, a compression rod is fixedly installed in the compression groove, a fixing frame is slidably sleeved on the compression rod, the compression rod can extend to one side outside the compression groove and can contact the fresh goods, a compression spring is sleeved on the compression rod, and both ends of the compression spring are fixedly connected to the inner wall of the compression groove and the fixing frame respectively.
6. The fresh food intelligent vending machine according to claim 5, characterized in that: Slide grooves are provided on both sides of the U-shaped plate, and a slide rod is slidably provided in the slide groove. A pull rope is fixedly installed on one side of the fixing frame located in the compression groove, and the pull rope extends into the slide groove and is fixedly connected to the slide rod.
7. The fresh food intelligent vending machine according to claim 4, characterized in that: A mounting frame is fixedly mounted on the output block of the guide rail, a rotating motor is fixedly mounted on the mounting frame, the picking shelf is located in the mounting frame and is fixedly connected to the output shaft of the rotating motor, a positioning plate is fixedly mounted on the receiving side of the picking shelf, the positioning plate can extend into the U-shaped plate, and the positioning plate can contact the fresh goods.