KR100378877B1 - Transferring apparatus and vending machine using it - Google Patents

Abstract

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a transport mechanism for transporting a transported object to an upper portion and withdrawing the transported object from an upper portion in a transport mechanism, particularly a vending machine. In the vending machine installed in the vending machine to transfer the conveyed object discharged from the cartridge containing the conveyed object upwards and to be drawn out to the outside, the vending machine is stored and conveyed An object stopper for carrying the sieve, an urging means for always applying upward pressure to the object carrier, and an upper stopper for preventing the object carrier from rotating by a predetermined angle when the object carrier tries to rotate. And a conveyed body discharged from the cartridge. The object carrier received through the horizontal feeder is lifted by the electric machine and touches the withdrawal stopper which is fixedly installed on the upper part of the vending machine so that the object carrier is rotated in the opposite direction to the pressure of the pressing means. It is inclined to provide a vending machine characterized by dropping the object to be transferred to the outlet.

Description

Transfer mechanism and vending machine using the same {TRANSFERRING APPARATUS AND VENDING MACHINE USING IT}

The present invention relates to a transfer mechanism, in particular a transfer mechanism for transporting cans and the like of vending machines.

In a conventional vending machine, a plurality of cartridges (or magnums) are provided inside the vending machine, and a large number of cans corresponding to each cartridge are accommodated therein. The purchaser inputs a fee corresponding to a coin or banknote slot formed on the front panel of the vending machine and selects a desired product by pressing a product selection button formed on the front panel of the vending machine. The cartridge containing the can selected by the purchaser discharges the can from the cartridge. The can falls to an outlet formed at the bottom of the front panel of the vending machine by its own weight (ie, a natural fall), and the buyer takes the can out through the outlet.

Conventional vending machine having the configuration as described above was inconvenient, such that the discharge port is located at the bottom of the vending machine, the buyer can bend out the can only bend the waist. In addition, when the outside of the cartridge is inserted into the outlet to destroy the lower end of the cartridge, all the cans housed inside the cartridge are discharged to the outlet and are exposed to theft. This problem is particularly serious in the growing trend of unmanned vending machines.

In order to solve this problem, it has been proposed to forcibly transport the can to the top to be discharged from the upper part of the cartridge so that the can is taken out through the outlet located at the top of the vending machine.

That is, Korean Utility Model Publication No. 20-143206 installs a spring in a cartridge, accommodates a plurality of cans and pushes the can up, and the top can is a pusher composed of a rack and pinion. It is discharged to the outside and falls into the outlet located at the top of the vending machine. The purchaser can take out the can without bending at the outlet, which is also located at the top front of the vending machine.

However, in such a vending machine, the transfer mechanism must be installed in each cartridge, which inevitably increases the manufacturing cost of the apparatus and also increases the space occupied by the apparatus.

The present invention is to solve the above problems, the can is discharged through the discharge port located at the top of the vending machine, and useful for preventing theft, while simplifying the transfer mechanism, compact transfer mechanism and thus a compact vending machine It is to provide.

1 is a view showing an embodiment in which the transfer mechanism according to the present invention is applied to a vending machine,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the can support in the above embodiment.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10: belt (motor mechanism)

11: drive pulley (drive mechanism) 12: casing

13: horizontal feeder 14: can (feeding body)

15: withdraw stopper 16: withdraw outlet

17 cartridge 18 can support (carrier support)

21: upper stopper 22: can support (carrier support)

23: pressurization means 24: can sensor (feed object sensor)

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a transfer mechanism for transferring the object to be conveyed by moving the transmission mechanism by moving the transmission mechanism connected to the drive source and moving the support body by the movement. The sieve support includes: a conveying body pedestal which is supported by the transmission mechanism and loads the conveyed body, pressurizing means which always applies pressure to the conveying body pedestal, and the conveying body pedestal rotates by the pressurizing means. It consists of a stopper that prevents the rotation of the object to be rotated more than a predetermined angle when attempting to move, and the conveyance support on which the conveyed body is loaded moves and touches an external take-off stopper so that the conveyance support is opposite to the pressure of the pressurizing means. Rotating to be inclined to separate the object to be transferred To provide a transfer mechanism.

Particularly, the object to be conveyed in the object to be conveyed body is installed in the object to be conveyed sensor, it is preferable to supply power to the drive source only when the object to be detected by the object to be conveyed object.

On the other hand, when the transfer mechanism is applied to a vending machine, it is connected to a drive source and rotates to move the electric mechanism, and by the movement, the transfer mechanism is discharged from the cartridge installed inside the vending machine to accommodate the transfer object. A vending machine for conveying an object to be conveyed upwards and withdrawing it to the outside, comprising: a carrier pedestal which is axially loaded on the power mechanism and loads the object to be conveyed, and the pressure is always upwardly applied to the carrier pedestal; And an upper stopper for preventing the object to be rotated by a predetermined angle when the object to be conveyed is rotated by the pressure means, and receiving the object to be discharged from the cartridge through a horizontal conveyer. The object to be transported is lifted by the power mechanism Providing a vending machine characterized by dropping the conveyed object to the outlet by contacting the take-off stopper fixedly installed on the upper part of the vending machine to be inclined downward by rotating in the opposite direction of the pressure of the pressing means. do.

Particularly, the object to be conveyed in the object to be conveyed body is installed in the object to be conveyed sensor, it is preferable to supply power to the drive source only when the object to be detected by the object to be conveyed object.

In addition, it is preferable that the object to be conveyed is installed on the horizontal conveyer, and the electric power is supplied to the driving source only for a predetermined time after the object is detected by the object to be conveyed.

It is also preferable that at least one of the object carrier and the take-off stopper has an inclined surface at its end.

In addition, it is preferable that the object to be conveyed and the take-off stopper have inclined surfaces at their ends, and both inclined surfaces face each other.

In addition, the horizontal movable table is preferably lowered toward the object to be transferred.

In addition, the horizontal movable table is preferably provided with a drive pulley and a belt to convey the object to be conveyed to the object carrier.

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Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a view showing one embodiment of the transfer mechanism of the present invention. In this embodiment, a case of transferring a can in a vending machine will be described.

17 in the figure is a number of cartridges that can accommodate a number of cans. The cartridge 17 is a substantially rectangular cylinder, the lower part of which is opened, and the lower part of the cartridge prevents the can from coming down normally, and the cans housed therein are controlled one by one based on external control signals. A stopper (not shown) for dropping is provided. Since this is a well-known technique in the vending machine, the description thereof is omitted.

In the drawing, reference numeral 13 denotes a horizontal conveyer for conveying the can discharged from the cartridge 17 to the conveying mechanism on the left side of the drawing. This horizontal moving table 13 is formed of a roughly strip-shaped support plate. In addition, the cross section may be formed in a c-shape by installing walls on both sides thereof so that the can rolling on the support plate does not roll in the other direction. Further, the conveying bodies such as cans are slightly inclined downward from the cartridge 17 to the conveying mechanism so that they can be rolled by self weight, or gravity.

Next, the transfer mechanism on the left side of the drawing will be described.

This conveyance mechanism is largely comprised by the drive pulley, the belt 10, and the can support 18. As shown in FIG.

Two driving pulleys are provided at predetermined intervals. At least one of the driving pulleys is connected to a motor or the like to rotate the belt 10, which will be described later by rotating. Both of the drive pulleys can be connected to a motor or the like, but in order to simplify the structure, the motor is connected to only one drive pulley and the other drive pulley is not connected to a power source such as a motor and the belt is rotated when the belt 10 is rotated. Rotated for smooth rotation of 10.

10 is normally manufactured using rubber or the like as a belt. A plurality of can holders 18 are attached to the belt 10 at predetermined intervals.

The can support 18 is for carrying and transporting a can, and includes an upper stopper 21, a can support 22, a pressurizing means 23, and a can sensor 24 as necessary. The can holder 22 is for receiving physical objects such as cans physically and is supported on the belt 10. The can stand 22 is always forced by the pressing means 23 in the counterclockwise direction in the drawing, and at the same time, the upper stopper 21 restricts the rotation in the counterclockwise direction.

In addition, it is preferable that the can holder 22 is slightly upward by adjusting the attachment position of the upper stopper 21 so that the loaded can does not fall.

In addition, the can receiving material 22 is rotated in the clockwise direction against the elastic force of the pressing means 23 by the withdrawal stopper 15 to be described later. The can support 22 preferably has an inclined surface at its end corresponding to the inclined surface of the withdrawal stopper 15 for smooth sliding contact with the takeout stopper 15.

The can sensor 24 is provided in the substantially center part of the can holder 22 in which cans are loaded. The can sensor 24 is composed of a contact sensor. When the can is loaded, the can sensor 24 is operated by the pressure of the can, for example, to supply power to a drive source such as a motor connected to a drive pulley. .

Although the can sensor 24 may not be installed, it is necessary to provide another mechanism for preventing the transfer mechanism from operating even when there is no can to be transported when it is not installed.

15 is a fixing stopper and fixed to the outlet or the like. The take-out stopper 15 contacts the can holder 22 to rotate the can holder 22 in a clockwise direction so that a transported object such as a can loaded on the can holder 22 is separated from the can holder 22. Drop. This take-off stopper 15 preferably has an inclined surface for smooth sliding movement with the can stand 22.

Reference numeral 16 denotes a discharge port for accommodating a can or the like separated from the can stand 22.

The operation of the transfer mechanism having the above configuration will be described.

First, a buyer of a drink or the like puts money into a coin slot or bill slot, which is installed on the front panel of the vending machine, and then presses the button corresponding to the desired product from the product selection button on the front panel of the vending machine. .

When the button is pressed in this way, it is converted into an electrical signal and notified to the control mechanism of the vending machine. The control mechanism instructs the cartridge 17 corresponding to the selected product to operate the stopper installed in the lower portion of the cartridge 17 to drop the can.

The can away from the cartridge 17 rolls on the horizontal movable table 13 and is loaded onto the can holder 22 of the transfer mechanism. The can loaded on the can holder 22 does not fall easily from the can holder 22 because the can holder 22 is slightly upward. In this way, the can loaded on the can holder 22 presses the can sensor 24 installed in the can holder 22. Then, the can sensor 24 is operated to supply electricity to a motor connected to the driving pulley or the like and the driving pulley starts to rotate. When the driving pulley is rotated, the belt 10 also rotates, and the can holder 22 carrying the can is integrated with the can and moves upward.

The can support 22 which is moved upward is raised to the place where the take-off stopper 15 is installed so that the inclined surface of the can support 22 is in contact with the inclined surface of the take-off stopper 15. Since the withdrawal stopper 15 is fixed, the rising can support 22 rotates clockwise against the elastic force of the pressing means 23 while sliding the inclined surface of the withdrawal stopper 15. When the can holder 22 rotates in a clockwise direction, the end of the can holder 22, that is, the end having the inclined surface faces downward, and the can 14 rolls down on the can holder 22 by its own weight. The dropped can 14 is seated in the outlet 16.

On the other hand, the can sensor 24 that was operated by the can no longer operates because the can disappears. That is, the contact sensor or the like is no longer in contact with the can such that power is not supplied to the motor. If power is not supplied to the motor or the like, the driving pulley no longer rotates, and thus the transfer mechanism no longer rotates and the transfer mechanism no longer carries the can.

If a number of cans are loaded on a plurality of can holders 18 installed on the belt 10, even if the cans are out of the can holder 22 and the corresponding can sensors 24 are not operated, The can still drive the can sensor 24 so the drive pulley continues to rotate. And as soon as the last can out of the can stand 22, the driving pulley stops its operation.

In the above embodiment, the can sensor is installed in the can holder, but is not limited thereto. For example, the can sensor may be installed in a horizontal conveyer. The can sensor installed in the horizontal feeder detects the can rolling the horizontal feeder, thereby supplying power to the driving source only for a predetermined time. That is, power is supplied only when there are cans to be transported.

Here, the predetermined time is preferably set with a slight margin in consideration of the time when the can is loaded from the horizontal tray to the can tray and ascended to the upper outlet. Also, there is a case that the next can passes the horizontal feeder and operates the can sensor again before one can falls to the outlet. In such a case, it is preferable to set the time again so as to secure the time until the back can is transferred to the outlet.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the horizontal feed table is configured to have no power, but the present invention is not limited thereto and may include a driving pulley and a belt. Particularly, if the product sold in the vending machine does not roll well, it is preferable to form a horizontal transfer tray equipped with a driving pulley and a belt to transfer the product away from the cartridge to the transfer mechanism.

As described above, the present invention has an effect that the can is taken out without the user bending the waist by moving the can to the upper part in a vending machine or the like by employing a transfer mechanism having a simple structure.

In addition, since only one transport mechanism may be installed for a plurality of cartridges rather than one transport mechanism for each cartridge, there is an excellent technical effect that the installation volume is also reduced when the price of the vending machine is low.

In addition, the contact surface between the can support and the withdrawal stopper which inclines the can support in contact with the can support is inclined to smooth the contact sliding of both members, thereby improving durability.

In addition, there is an effect that the operating cost can be reduced by operating the transport mechanism only when there is a can to be transported by installing a can sensor such as a contact sensor on the can support or horizontal conveyer.

Claims (9)

A transfer mechanism connected to a drive source to move a power transmission mechanism, and transfer the object to be conveyed by moving the support body by the movement, The carrier support, A to-be-contained body pedestal, which is carried by the electric mechanism and loads the object to be conveyed; Pressing means for always applying pressure to the carrier plate, And a stopper which prevents the object to be rotated by a predetermined angle or more when the object to be conveyed is rotated by the pressing means. The object carrier carrying the object to be transported moves and touches an external take-off stopper so that the object carrier is inclined by rotating in a direction opposite to the pressure of the pressing means to separate the object. Transfer mechanism, characterized in that. The method of claim 1, The object to be conveyed in the object to be conveyed, the object to be conveyed sensor is installed, Supplying power to the drive source only when the object to be conveyed sensor detects the object to be conveyed Transfer mechanism, characterized in that. It is connected to the driving source and rotates to move the electric mechanism, and by the movement, the conveyed object discharged from the cartridge installed inside the vending machine to receive the conveyed object is moved upward to be drawn out. In the vending machine, A to-be-contained body pedestal, which is carried by the electric mechanism and loads the object to be conveyed; Pressing means for always applying a pressure upwards to the object to be transferred, And an upper stopper which prevents the object to be rotated by a predetermined angle or more from being rotated by the pressing means. The object carrier receiving the object to be discharged from the cartridge through a horizontal conveyer is lifted by the electric mechanism and touches a take-off stopper which is fixedly installed on the upper part of the vending machine. Rotate in the opposite direction of the pressure of the inclined downwards to drop the object to the outlet Vending machine, characterized in that. The method of claim 3, The object to be conveyed in the object to be conveyed, the object to be conveyed sensor is installed, Supplying power to the drive source only when the object to be conveyed sensor detects the object to be conveyed Vending machine The method of claim 3, The object sensor is installed on the horizontal feeder, The sensor to supply power to the drive source only for a predetermined time after the object to be detected by the object to be conveyed Vending machine The method according to claim 3 or 4, At least one of the carrier pedestal and the take-off stopper has an inclined surface at its end Vending machine, characterized in that. The method according to claim 3 or 4, The carrier pedestal and the withdrawal stopper each have an inclined surface at its end, and both inclined surfaces face each other. Vending machine, characterized in that. The method of claim 3, The horizontal movable table is lowered toward the object carrier Vending machine, characterized in that. The method of claim 3, The horizontal moving table includes a drive pulley and a belt to transfer the object to be conveyed to the object carrier. Vending machine, characterized in that.