Commodity identification and delivery conveying device of rotary transmission vending machine

By using a chain-type rotary transmission device and a barcode scanner to identify products, combined with a gravity-based product dispensing method, the problem of uneven product temperature and the identification and dispensing of multiple product varieties in vending machines has been solved, achieving uniform product temperature and efficient dispensing.

CN223743125UActive Publication Date: 2025-12-30NANJING LIANYISHENG SOFTWARE CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202520270701.0
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-02-19
Publication Date
2025-12-30
Estimated Expiration
2035-02-19

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Technical Problem

Existing vending machine dispensing and conveying devices suffer from uneven product temperature distribution and heating, especially for multi-category products where the heating and insulation effect is poor. Furthermore, traditional identification and dispensing methods cannot meet the needs of a wide variety of products.

Method used

A chain-driven rotary transmission device is used to rotate the goods basket. Combined with a barcode scanner and sensors to identify the goods, the goods are unloaded by gravity. The unloading conveyor pushes the unloading hopper through an electric rotating shaft to achieve automatic unloading of the goods.

Benefits of technology

It achieves uniform temperature distribution and good heat preservation for goods, and can correctly identify and efficiently ship a variety of goods to meet the heating and heat preservation needs of freshly prepared hot food.

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Abstract

The utility model provides a commodity identification and delivery conveying device of a rotary transmission vending machine. Commodity can be placed disorderly. Commodities continuously rotate and are uniformly heated; the whole structure is simple and practical. The chain type rotary transmission device is provided with a transmission chain, the commodity hanging baskets are hung on the transmission chain and can swing back and forth relative to the transmission chain, a commodity outlet window is formed in the front side face of the commodity bin, a commodity outlet conveying device is arranged on the front side of the commodity outlet window, and the commodity outlet conveying device comprises an electric rotating shaft. The two ends of the connecting rod are fixedly connected with the electric rotating shaft and the discharging hopper correspondingly. When the electric rotating shaft rotates to drive the connecting rod and the delivery hopper to swing backwards, the rear end of the delivery hopper penetrates through the delivery window to be in contact with the front end of the commodity hanging basket and pushes the commodity hanging basket to swing backwards relative to the transmission chain, so that commodities in the commodity hanging basket move forwards and pass through the delivery hopper which is low in front and high in rear; and the goods fall onto a goods taking bracket tray in front of the goods bin.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to automatic vending machine technical field, especially to the automatic vending machine of rotation transmission, and the commodity identification and delivery device of rotation transmission automatic vending machine. BACKGROUND

[0002] Rotation transmission is used in electric oven field, such as a kind of rotation type vertical electric oven (application number: 200820110295.8) disclosed in Chinese utility model patent, and such as a kind of spiral rotation type electric oven (application number: 201020163766.9) disclosed in Chinese utility model patent, but still not used in automatic vending machine, and at present, most of the delivery conveying devices of automatic vending machine are spring machine conveying, there are also track conveying and intelligent cabinet opening door and taking goods mode.These delivery conveying modes have a common feature that goods are placed on shelf and passively accept refrigeration or heating, so that goods are unevenly affected by temperature, especially for heated food, the heat preservation effect is not good, and the use demand cannot be met.At present, the heating mode of automatic vending machine on the market basically uses microwave heating, but microwave heating is basically for single food (such as box lunch machine, baked sweet potato machine), and the heating time of multi-category goods cannot be controlled, leading to uneven heating, affecting taste, and microwave heating cannot meet the heating and heat preservation demand of hot food goods made on site.Intelligent cabinet opening door and taking goods still have no heating function.For multi-variety goods, rotation transmission automatic vending machine needs to solve the problems of how to identify goods and delivery conveying. CONTENT OF UTILITY MODEL

[0003] The utility model aims at providing a kind of commodity identification and delivery device of rotation transmission automatic vending machine, and the goods can be placed in a goods basket, and the goods can be placed disorderly;Goods can rotate continuously, and the temperature is uniform;When delivery, goods fall by using the gravity of goods, and the gravity eccentricity of goods basket is automatically reset;The whole machine structure is simple and practical.

[0004] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, a kind of commodity identification and delivery device of rotation transmission automatic vending machine, including the box body with goods chamber, the chain type rotation transmission device with transmission chain in goods chamber, a plurality of goods baskets for placing goods can swing forward and backward relative to transmission chain and are hung on transmission chain, the front side of goods chamber is provided with delivery window, the front side of delivery window is delivery conveying device, and delivery conveying device includes electric rotating shaft rotatably arranged on box body, and the both ends of connecting rod are respectively fixedly connected with electric rotating shaft and delivery hopper;When electric rotating shaft rotates, connecting rod and delivery hopper are swung backward, the rear end of delivery hopper passes through delivery window and contacts with the front end of goods basket, and goods basket is swung backward relative to transmission chain, so that the goods in goods basket located in front low and back high move forward, and pass through delivery hopper of front low and back high, and fall into the taking support tray located in front of goods chamber.

[0005] The chain rotary transmission device of the automatic vending machine is composed of two symmetrical chain transmission mechanisms, each of which includes a transmission sprocket and a transmission chain. One of the chain transmission mechanisms is a master transmission mechanism, and the other is a slave transmission mechanism. The transmission sprocket in the master transmission mechanism is connected to the transmission sprocket in the opposite slave transmission mechanism through a transmission shaft. The inner sides of the two opposite transmission chains are fixed with a plurality of long pins. Each commodity basket is suspended on two opposite long pins. The chain rotary transmission device can drive the commodity baskets to rotate in the commodity chamber.

[0006] The commodity identification and delivery device of the automatic vending machine with rotary transmission. The left and right sides of each commodity basket are hollow triangular shapes. The long pins extend into the top corner of the triangular shape.

[0007] The commodity identification and delivery device of the automatic vending machine with rotary transmission. Each commodity basket has a basket number barcode and a commodity barcode of the commodity placed in the commodity basket. The commodity chamber has a barcode scanner electrically connected to the master control system. The chain rotary transmission device is electrically connected to the master control system. The barcode scanner is used to scan the basket number barcode and the commodity barcode. The master control system generates a commodity position table corresponding to the basket number barcode and the commodity code according to the input of the barcode scanner.

[0008] The commodity identification and delivery device of the automatic vending machine with rotary transmission. The commodity chamber has a proximity sensor. The proximity sensor is electrically connected to the master control system. When each commodity basket passes through the proximity sensor, the master control system controls the chain rotary transmission device to stop, and the barcode scanner scans the basket number barcode and the commodity barcode.

[0009] The commodity identification and delivery device of the automatic vending machine with rotary transmission. The commodity chamber has a weighing sensor electrically connected to the master control system. When each commodity basket passes through the proximity sensor and falls on the weighing sensor, the commodity basket is in a suspended state. The master control system controls the chain rotary transmission device to stop. The weighing sensor is used to weigh the commodity basket and transmit the weight to the master control system to determine whether the commodity basket has commodities. When generating the commodity position table, the empty commodity baskets without commodities are excluded.

[0010] The commodity identification and delivery device of the automatic vending machine with rotary transmission. The bottom of the commodity basket is in a hollow shape. The commodity chamber has a laser position sensor electrically connected to the master control system. When each commodity basket passes through the proximity sensor, the master control system controls the chain rotary transmission device to stop. The laser of the laser position sensor passes through the hollow of the commodity basket. The master control system determines whether the commodity basket has commodities according to the feedback signal of the laser position sensor. When generating the commodity position table, the empty commodity baskets without commodities are excluded.

[0011] The automatic vending machine of the above-mentioned rotary transmission type further comprises heating elements arranged between the front and rear product baskets in the product chamber.

[0012] The automatic vending machine of the above-mentioned rotary transmission type further comprises a refrigeration system arranged in the box for cooling the product chamber.

[0013] The automatic vending machine of the above-mentioned rotary transmission type further comprises a product barcode printed on each product basket, wherein one of the product barcodes contains a special number indicating the product basket in which the product is placed; the product chamber is provided with a barcode scanner electrically connected to the main control system, and the chain rotary transmission device is electrically connected to the main control system; the barcode scanner is used to scan the special number and the product barcode, and the main control system generates a product position table corresponding to the basket number barcode and the product code according to the input of the barcode scanner.

[0014] The chain rotary transmission device is applied to the automatic vending machine, and the chain rotary transmission device has the advantages of the traditional spring transmission or track transmission or the intelligent cabinet opening and taking goods mode, i.e., the products can rotate instead of being placed on the shelves, and the products can rotate continuously in the heating or refrigeration mode, so that the products are evenly heated or cooled, and have good and efficient heat preservation effect and fresh taste, especially meeting the heating and heat preservation use requirements of hot food products.

[0015] The automatic vending machine of the above-mentioned rotary transmission type further comprises a product barcode printed on each product basket, wherein one of the product barcodes contains a special number indicating the product basket in which the product is placed; the product chamber is provided with a barcode scanner electrically connected to the main control system, and the chain rotary transmission device is electrically connected to the main control system; the barcode scanner is used to scan the special number and the product barcode, and the main control system generates a product position table corresponding to the basket number barcode and the product code according to the input of the barcode scanner.

[0016] The product basket is provided with a basket number barcode and a product barcode.

[0017] The commodity warehouse also has a proximity sensor. The rotating commodity basket is intercepted by the proximity sensor, and the chain-type rotary transmission is stopped from rotating, so as to facilitate the weighing and scanning of the commodity basket.

[0018] The commodity warehouse also has a weighing sensor, which is used to weigh the commodity basket and determine whether the commodity basket has goods. When creating the commodity location table, the empty commodity basket without goods is excluded.

[0019] The commodity warehouse also has a barcode scanner, which is used to scan the basket number barcode and the commodity code barcode, establish the correspondence between the commodity basket number and the commodity code, and sequentially weigh and scan each commodity basket in the commodity warehouse. The empty commodity basket without goods is removed, and finally the commodity location table of all commodities is established.

[0020] Optionally, the commodity warehouse uses a laser position sensor instead of a weighing sensor. The bottom of the commodity basket is made into a leak, and the laser of the laser position sensor passes through the leak of the commodity basket. When the commodity basket has goods, the distance signal of the laser position sensor is small, and vice versa. The laser position sensor is used to determine whether the commodity basket has goods, and the empty commodity basket without goods is excluded.

[0021] Preferably, the commodity basket is provided with a pluggable metal spring, and the spring is printed with a commodity barcode and a basket number barcode.

[0022] Preferably, the pluggable metal spring is printed with a commodity barcode but without a basket number barcode. At this time, the position of the commodity basket is determined by the relative number. The position of the commodity basket is determined by the relative number, and a commodity basket must be used as a reference benchmark. Therefore, a commodity barcode contains a special number indicating the commodity basket where the commodity is located. The commodity basket where the commodity with the special number is located is the benchmark, and the numbers of other commodity baskets are numbered in sequence with the benchmark commodity basket as the reference to distinguish different commodity baskets.

[0023] A commodity identification and delivery device of a rotary transmission automatic vending machine, the commodity warehouse has an entrance and exit, i.e. a delivery window, on the front side. The delivery conveyor device is provided on the upper side outside the delivery window.

[0024] The delivery conveying device comprises a delivery hopper, a connecting rod and an electric rotating shaft. When the delivery is performed, the delivery hopper is driven by the electric rotating shaft to enter the commodity chamber from the delivery window, and touches and pushes the delivery commodity basket to be inclined upward; the commodity slides out of the commodity basket due to the gravity and slides along the inclined surface of the delivery hopper to the delivery support tray, and the delivery is completed. After the delivery is completed, the electric rotating shaft is reversely rotated, and the delivery hopper is moved out of the delivery window. The delivery conveying device is simple and practical, the commodity is dropped by using the gravity, and the basket is automatically reset by using the gravity eccentricity.

[0025] The utility model has the following prominent substantive features and significant progress:

[0026] 1. The chain type rotary transmission device is introduced into the vending machine, the rotary transmission can drive the commodity to rotate in the chamber, the commodity is evenly heated, the commodity has good and efficient heat preservation effect, the fresh taste of the commodity is kept, and the heating and heat preservation use demand of the hot food commodity is met.

[0027] 2. The utility model solves the problem of multi-category commodity identification in the rotary transmission, the method of commodity identification is that the sensor and the bar code scanner scan the basket number bar code and the commodity bar code, a commodity basket number and commodity code corresponding commodity position table is constructed, the purpose is to know the commodity in which basket; when there is an order instruction, the commodity position table is searched, the commodity basket number corresponding to the order commodity code is found, the chain type rotary transmission device rotates the order commodity basket to the delivery window, and then drives the delivery conveying device to take the commodity.

[0028] 3. The utility model also provides a delivery conveying device for the rotary transmission mode, the delivery conveying device is driven by the electric rotating shaft, the rotatable commodity basket is collided and pushed to be inclined upward, the commodity slides out of the basket due to the gravity, and the commodity is delivered along the inclined surface of the delivery hopper. The delivery conveying device is simple and practical, the commodity is dropped by using the gravity, and the basket is automatically reset by using the gravity eccentricity. The delivery conveying problem of the rotary transmission is well solved. DRAWINGS

[0029] Figure 1 It is an internal three-dimensional structure schematic view of the rotary transmission vending machine.

[0030] Figure 2 It is a rear side sectional view of the rotary transmission vending machine.

[0031] Figure 3 It is a right side sectional view of the rotary transmission vending machine.

[0032] Figure 4 Figure 1 is a schematic view of the rotary transmission automatic vending machine of the present application;

[0033] Figure 5 Figure 2 is a schematic view of the rotary transmission automatic vending machine of the present application;

[0034] In the drawings, the components represented by the reference numbers are listed as follows:

[0035] 10, box, 20, commodity warehouse, 21, delivery window, 30, chain rotary transmission device, 31, main transmission mechanism, 32, slave transmission mechanism, 311, main transmission chain, 321, slave transmission chain, 33, long pin, 40, commodity basket, 41, bar code insert, 411, commodity bar code, 412, basket number bar code, 42, proximity sensor, 43, bar code scanner, 44, weighing sensor, 50, delivery conveying device, 51, delivery hopper, 52, connecting rod, 53, electric rotating shaft, 54, delivery support tray, 60, main control system case, 71, heating element, 72, cold and hot partition, 73, evaporator, 74, refrigeration system case. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0036] The technical solutions of the present application are described in detail below in combination with the drawings and specific embodiments, wherein the same parts are represented by the same reference numbers.

[0037] Please refer to Figures 1 to 4 Embodiment 1 of the present application is a commodity identification and delivery conveying device of a rotary transmission automatic vending machine, which comprises a box 10, the rear half of the box 10 is a closed commodity warehouse 20, the commodity warehouse 20 has a chain rotary transmission device 30, specifically, the chain rotary transmission device 30 is composed of left and right symmetrical chain transmission mechanisms, the chain transmission mechanism is composed of gears and transmission chains, one of which is a main transmission mechanism 31 and the other is a slave transmission mechanism 32, the main transmission mechanism 31 connects the chain slave transmission mechanism 32 through two transmission shafts, and drives the slave transmission mechanism 32 to rotate together.

[0038] Further, long pins 33 are fixed on the left and right transmission chains, commodity baskets 40 are hung on the long pins 33 of the left and right transmission chains and surround the transmission chains for one turn, and the commodity baskets 40 place the commodities to be sold. The chain rotary transmission device 30 can drive the commodity baskets 40 to rotate in the commodity warehouse 20.

[0039] Further, the commodity baskets 40 are printed with basket number bar codes and commodity bar codes. The commodity warehouse 20 also has a proximity sensor 42 on the bottom side. The proximity sensor 42 intercepts the rotating commodity baskets 40 to reach the bottom of the commodity warehouse 20, so as to stop the movement, facilitating the weighing and scanning of the commodity baskets 40.

[0040] Further, the bottom of the commodity warehouse 20 also has a weighing sensor 44 for weighing the weight of the commodity basket 40 to determine whether the commodity basket 40 has goods, and to exclude empty commodity baskets without goods when establishing the commodity location table.

[0041] Further, the bottom of the commodity warehouse 20 also has a barcode scanner 43 on the side for scanning the commodity basket 40 number barcode and the commodity code barcode, establishing the correspondence between the commodity basket 40 number and the commodity code, and sequentially weighing and scanning each commodity basket 40 in the commodity warehouse 20 to remove empty commodity baskets without goods, and finally establishing the commodity location table for all commodities.

[0042] In summary, a commodity delivery recognition method for a rotary transmission automatic vending machine first constructs a commodity location table to store the correspondence between the commodity basket number and the commodity code of all commodities, i.e., knows which commodity basket the commodity is placed in when ordering, and the specific steps are as follows:

[0043] S1, the chain rotary transmission device 30 starts to rotate, and when a commodity basket 40 reaches the bottom of the commodity warehouse 20, the proximity sensor 42 feeds back an arrival signal, and the main control system instructs the chain rotary transmission device 30 to stop rotating.

[0044] S2, the weighing sensor 44 at the bottom of the commodity warehouse 20 weighs the commodity basket 40, feeds back the commodity weight signal, and when the commodity basket 40 has goods, the barcode scanner 43 scans the commodity basket 40 number barcode and the commodity barcode, and the main control system stores the one-to-one correspondence between the commodity basket number and the commodity code in the memory of the main control system.

[0045] S3, the chain rotary transmission device 30 starts to rotate again, and repeats steps S1 and S2 to identify the next commodity basket 40, and sequentially identifies all commodity baskets to construct a commodity location table, realizing the correspondence between all commodity basket numbers and commodity codes.

[0046] S4, the chain rotary transmission device 30 rotates the smallest number of commodity baskets 40 in the commodity location table to the delivery window and waits for an order to be delivered.

[0047] When there is an order instruction, the main control system searches for the ordered commodity delivery according to the already stored commodity location table, and the specific steps are as follows:

[0048] S1, loop through the commodity location table to sequentially take out the commodity code and the ordered commodity code for comparison, and if the ordered commodity code is found in the commodity location table, the commodity basket number is taken out.

[0049] S2, judge whether the order commodity basket 40 is in the current delivery window 21 position, if not, rotate the order commodity basket 40 to the delivery window 21 position.

[0050] S3, drive the delivery conveying device 50 to convey the order commodity to the delivery support tray 54, complete the delivery.

[0051] Further, the commodity warehouse 20 is provided with an entrance, i.e. the delivery window 21, and the delivery conveying device 50 is provided above the outside of the delivery window 21. The delivery conveying device 50 of the rotary transmission automatic vending machine comprises a delivery hopper 51, a connecting rod 52 and an electric rotating shaft 53. The delivery hopper 51 is fixed on the electric rotating shaft 53 through the connecting rod 52, and the electric rotating shaft 53 drives the delivery hopper 51 to make reciprocating rotary motion. Of course, a delivery cabin door capable of moving under the control of the main control system can also be arranged at the delivery window 21, and the delivery cabin door can close or open the delivery window 21 when moving to different positions. When delivering, the delivery cabin door is opened, the delivery hopper 51 is driven by the electric rotating shaft 53 to enter the commodity warehouse 20 from the delivery window 21, touch and push the commodity basket 40 to make it tilt upward, the commodity slides out of the commodity basket 40 due to gravity and falls along the inclined surface of the delivery hopper 51 to the delivery support tray 54; after the delivery is completed, the electric rotating shaft 53 is reversely rotated, the delivery hopper 51 moves out of the delivery window 21, and the delivery cabin door is reset to close the delivery window. The delivery conveying device 50 has simple and practical structure, utilizes the gravity of the commodity to drop the commodity, and then utilizes the gravity of the basket to automatically reset.

[0052] In the preferred embodiment, the side of the commodity basket is provided with a pluggable metal spring (such as a bar code spring 41), and the spring is printed or adhered with a commodity bar code 411 and a basket number bar code 412, so as to improve the reuse of the commodity basket, and reduce the manufacturing difficulty and cost of the commodity basket.

[0053] In the preferred embodiment, the pluggable metal spring is printed with a commodity bar code, but without a basket number bar code. At this time, the position of the commodity basket is determined by relative numbering. The position of the commodity basket determined by relative numbering must have a commodity basket as a reference. Therefore, a special number indicating the commodity basket where the commodity is located is contained in a commodity bar code, and the commodity basket where the commodity with the special number is located is the reference, and the numbering of other commodity baskets is relative to the reference commodity basket to distinguish different commodity baskets. For example, a leading commodity basket with a number 1 is required as a reference, and the commodity bar code on the number 1 commodity basket is provided with a special number 1, which is different from other commodity bar codes. When establishing the commodity position table, the leading number 1 commodity basket is scanned and processed first, and the numbering of the subsequent commodity baskets is relative to the number 1 commodity basket as a reference address.

[0054] In a preferred embodiment, a laser position sensor is used instead of the weighing sensor 44 at the bottom of the commodity chamber 20, and the bottom of the commodity basket 40 is made hollow. The laser of the laser position sensor passes through the hollow part of the commodity basket 40. When the commodity basket 40 has commodities, the distance signal of the laser position sensor is small, and vice versa. The laser position sensor is used to determine whether the commodity basket 40 has commodities, and to exclude empty commodity baskets without commodities.

[0055] In some specific embodiments, a heating element 71 is arranged between the front and rear commodity baskets inside the commodity chamber 20 to heat the commodity chamber 20. The heating element can be a PTC ceramic heating sheet or a carbon fiber electric heating pipe.

[0056] In some specific embodiments, a refrigeration system can be arranged below the box, and the bottom of the commodity chamber is an evaporator of the refrigeration system. The commodity chamber is cooled by the refrigeration system, and a cold-hot partition plate can be arranged on the refrigeration evaporator.

[0057] In some specific embodiments, the commodity chamber is wrapped with thermal insulation materials to isolate heat from the outside.

[0058] An entrance and exit, i.e., a delivery window, is arranged on the front of the commodity chamber. An delivery conveying device is arranged outside the entrance and exit. The delivery conveying device includes a delivery hopper, a connecting rod, and an electric rotating shaft. The delivery hopper is fixedly inclined on the electric rotating shaft through the connecting rod. The electric rotating shaft drives the delivery hopper to make reciprocating rotary motion. When delivering commodities, the delivery hopper is driven by the electric rotating shaft to enter the commodity chamber from the delivery window, touch and push the commodity basket to make it tilt upward. The commodities slide out of the commodity basket due to gravity and fall along the inclined surface of the delivery hopper to the delivery support tray, completing the delivery. After the delivery is completed, the electric rotating shaft is reversely rotated, and the delivery hopper moves out of the delivery window. The delivery conveying device has a simple and practical structure, uses the gravity of commodities to drop the commodities, and then uses the gravity of the basket to automatically reset.

[0059] The commodity position table is created as follows:

[0060] S1, the chain rotary transmission device is started to rotate. When a commodity basket reaches the proximity sensor, the chain rotary transmission device is stopped.

[0061] S2, the weighing sensor weighs the current commodity basket. According to the weight signal of the sensor, it is determined whether the commodity basket has commodities. If the commodity basket has commodities, the barcode scanner is started to scan the number barcode and the commodity barcode on the commodity basket. The number of the commodity basket and the code of the commodity are stored in the memory one by one.

[0062] S3, repeat S1 and S2 steps, identify the next commodity basket processing, in turn, all the commodity basket processing, finally generate commodity location table, realize all the commodity basket number and commodity code corresponding relationship, that is, know which basket has which goods, goods in which basket.

[0063] S4, chain rotary transmission device rotates the smallest number of commodity basket in the commodity location table to the delivery window, waiting for the order delivery.

[0064] When there is an order instruction, search the order commodity from the commodity location table and deliver it, the specific steps are as follows:

[0065] S1, loop the commodity location table, compare the commodity code in the commodity location table with the order commodity code, if the order commodity code is found, take out the corresponding commodity basket number.

[0066] S2, the chain rotary transmission device rotates the order commodity basket to the delivery window position.

[0067] S3, the delivery conveying device delivers the order commodity to the delivery support tray, completes the delivery.

[0068] The utility model proposes a kind of back transmission automatic vending machine's commodity identification and delivery conveying device, including, box, there is commodity chamber in box, there is chain rotary transmission device in commodity chamber, there is the commodity basket of hanging a circle on the transmission chain of chain rotary transmission device, there is basket number barcode and commodity barcode on commodity basket;Commodity chamber also has barcode scanner, weighing sensor, position proximity sensor;Commodity chamber front has access, i.e.

[0069] The above merely is the preferred embodiment of the present application, and does not limit the present application, and any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present application shall be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A product identification and dispensing conveying device for a rotary transmission automatic vending machine, characterized in that, The application relates to a box body with a commodity chamber, a chain-type rotary transmission device with a transmission chain arranged in the commodity chamber, a plurality of commodity baskets for placing commodities and capable of swinging forwards and backwards relative to the transmission chain and hung on the transmission chain, a delivery window formed in the front side of the commodity chamber, a delivery conveying device arranged in front of the delivery window, the delivery conveying device comprising a motor rotating shaft rotatably arranged on the box body and a connecting rod with two ends fixedly connected with the motor rotating shaft and the delivery hopper; when the motor rotating shaft rotates, the connecting rod and the delivery hopper swing backwards, the rear end of the delivery hopper penetrates through the delivery window and contacts the front end of the commodity basket, and the commodity basket swings backwards relative to the transmission chain, so that the commodities in the commodity basket which is low in front and high in back move forwards and fall into a delivery support tray arranged in front of the commodity chamber through the delivery hopper which is low in front and high in back.

2. A carousel drive automatic vending machine product identification and delivery conveyor as defined in claim 1 wherein, The chain-type rotary transmission device is composed of left and right symmetrical chain-type transmission mechanisms, the chain-type transmission mechanisms comprise transmission sprockets and transmission chains, one of the chain-type transmission mechanisms is a main transmission mechanism, the other is a slave transmission mechanism, and the transmission sprocket in the main transmission mechanism is connected with the transmission sprocket in the opposite slave transmission mechanism through a transmission shaft; a plurality of long pins are fixed on the inner sides of the two opposite transmission chains, each commodity basket is hung on two opposite long pins, and the chain-type rotary transmission device can drive the commodity basket to rotate in the commodity chamber.

3. A carousel drive automatic vending machine product identification and delivery conveyor as claimed in claim 2 wherein, The left and right sides of each commodity basket are hollow triangular shapes, and the long pins extend into the top corner portions of the triangular shapes.

4. A carousel merchandising and dispensing system according to claim 1 wherein, Each commodity basket is provided with a basket number code and a commodity code of commodities placed in the commodity basket; the commodity chamber is provided with a bar code scanner electrically connected with a master control system, and the chain-type rotary transmission device is electrically connected with the master control system; the bar code scanner is used for scanning the basket number code and the commodity code, and the master control system generates a commodity position table corresponding to the basket number code and the commodity code according to the input of the bar code scanner.

5. A carousel merchandising and dispensing apparatus as defined in claim 4 wherein, The commodity chamber is provided with a proximity sensor; the proximity sensor is electrically connected with the master control system; when each commodity basket passes through the proximity sensor, the master control system controls the chain-type rotary transmission device to stop, and the bar code scanner scans the basket number code and the commodity code.

6. A carousel merchandising and dispensing apparatus as defined in claim 5 wherein, The commodity chamber is provided with a weighing sensor electrically connected with the master control system; when each commodity basket passes through the proximity sensor and falls on the weighing sensor, the commodity basket is in a suspended state, the master control system controls the chain-type rotary transmission device to stop, and the weighing sensor is used for weighing the weight of the commodity basket and transmitting the weight to the master control system to determine whether the commodity basket has commodities; when the commodity position table is generated, the empty commodity basket without commodities is excluded.

7. A carousel merchandising and dispensing apparatus as defined in claim 5 wherein, The bottom of the commodity basket is in a hollow shape, and the commodity chamber is provided with a laser position sensor electrically connected with the master control system; when each commodity basket passes through the proximity sensor, the master control system controls the chain-type rotary transmission device to stop, laser of the laser position sensor penetrates through the hollow of the commodity basket, and the master control system determines whether the commodity basket has commodities according to the feedback signal of the laser position sensor; when the commodity position table is generated, the empty commodity basket without commodities is excluded.

8. A carousel merchandising and dispensing system according to claim 1 wherein, Heating elements are further arranged between the commodity baskets in front of and behind the commodity chamber.

9. A carousel merchandising and dispensing system according to claim 1 wherein, The box is provided with a refrigeration system for cooling the commodity chamber.

10. A carousel merchandising and dispensing apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein, Each commodity basket has a commodity barcode of the commodity placed in the commodity basket, wherein one of the commodity barcodes contains a special number indicating the commodity basket where the commodity is located; the commodity chamber has a barcode scanner electrically connected to the main control system, and the chain-type rotary transmission device is electrically connected to the main control system; the barcode scanner is used for scanning the special number and the commodity barcode, and the main control system generates a commodity position table corresponding to the basket number barcode and the commodity code according to the input of the barcode scanner.

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