摘要:
A product housing apparatus for a vending machine, for housing therein a plurality of products arranged in the longitudinal direction, the product housing apparatus comprising: a product passage defined by a product rack horizontally extended in the longitudinal direction and left and right partition walls which face each other while leaving a space therebetween in the lateral direction, are extended upward from the product rack, and are extended parallel to each other in the longitudinal direction, the plurality of products being housed in the product passage in the state of being arranged in the longitudinal direction and being abutted against each other; and a convex member which is provided between the left and right partition walls of the product rack so as to extend along the product passage and locks the plurality of products so as to be held in a laid state and in a position inclined on the lower right direction and/or the lower left direction. By virtue of this constitution, inexpensive product housing apparatus and product housing method for a vending machine are provided which can house, in a product passage horizontally extended in the longitudinal direction, various products including, for example, thin products, bagged products, and wrapped products, in the state of being arranged in the longitudinal direction, and, at the same time, can properly and surely deliver the products.
摘要:
A vending machine for vending articles, most notably beverage or food containers. More particularly, the present invention relates to a vending machine having a cabinet with a plurality of vertically spaced shelves, and an 'X-Y' picker assembly for receiving a packaged beverage from a shelf and for delivering the packaged beverage to a delivery port in a front face of the cabinet, or to another location as desired.
摘要:
The present invention is related to a compact vending machine for combined distribution of two kinds of products, in particular snacks and drinks, said machine comprising a number of substantially horizontal trays (7) and a number of serpentine units (30), from which products are pushed into a vertical shaft (11) so that they become accessible through a distributing device (6), characterised in that the storage compartment of said machine is modular, meaning that said trays (7) and said serpentine units (30) can be installed on any one of a given number of locations within said storage compartment. Cooling is provided to the storage compartment. Said cooling can be provided to the totality or to part of the said storage compartment. A thermally insulating panel can be placed to obtain a modularity in the cooled and non/cooled areas.
摘要:
The invention relates to an auxiliary device for adding to a device for dispensing a selected article in accordance with the choice of a user; which device comprises a housing with a closable front door; carrier means accommodated in this housing for carrying stocks of articles at different heights, which carrier means also comprise transport means for dispensing the chosen article on the free front side of the carrier means at a height specific to the choice which has been made, the free front side of which carrier means is situated at a certain free spacing from the front door in closed position; a receiving bin accommodated in the housing for receiving a dispensed article; an access opening, via which the user can remove an article lying in the receiving bin; which auxiliary device comprises: lifting means for carrying the receiving bin to said specific height prior to dispensing of an article and for carrying the receiving bin to the height of the access opening after dispensing, which lifting means are movable up and downward in the space defined by said free spacing.
摘要:
The invention relates to a vending machine comprising a number of merchandise compartments that are arranged one above the other and comprising distributing means for each merchandise compartment which dispenses an article out of the merchandise compartment when activated. The vending machine also comprises at least one transport device which transports the articles dispensed by the distributing means to a removal position, whereby the transport device is arranged between the front wall of the vending machine and the merchandise compartments. The vending machine is characterized by a removal trough which is displaced by the drive into a receiving position that is situated in front of the activated merchandise compartment and is subsequently displaced into the merchandise issuing area and into the removal position.
摘要:
In an article providing apparatus, a storage rack (11) has at a front face thereof a loading portion for loading articles into the storage rack. A conveying robot (12) is movable right and left along a rear face of the storage rack. Responsive to a command produced in an operational unit (15), the conveying robot picks up, as a designated article, one of the articles rearwardly from the storage rack and conveys the designated article with movement thereof. A conveyor (13) is adjacent to a side face of the storage rack and receives the designated article from the conveying robot to convey the designated article forward. The operational unit is placed in front of the conveyor and receives the designated article from the conveyor.
摘要:
There is provided an article storage device (1) for a vending machine. An article rack is provided within a body of the vending machine (2) in a manner such that the article rack (10) can be moved in a front-rear direction and drawn forward out of the body of the vending machine (2). The article rack (10) has an article passage (11) formed therein for receiving a large number of articles (5) one behind another. A rack opening/closing member (12) is provided at a front end of the article rack, for opening a dispensing opening of the article passage during a vending operation, and closing the dispensing opening except during the vending operation. A pusher (15) is inserted in said article passage, for pushing forward the articles received in the article passage. A guide member (17) is arranged above the article rack in a manner extending in the front-rear direction, for guiding the pusher in the front-rear direction. Urging means (30) urges the pusher forward. The article storage device is characterized in that the guide member comprises a body plate (15a) extending vertically, and a guide portion integrally formed with the body plate, the guide portion having a pair of guide protrusions laterally spaced from the body plate and being vertically opposed to each other, and the pusher comprises a pusher body inserted into the article passage, and a pair of front and rear rollers (15b) each formed with a U-shaped groove (15c) and attached to an upper side face of the pusher body in a manner rotatable about respective horizontal axes, the pusher being mounted between the vertically opposed guide protrusions of the guide portion of the guide member with the U-shaped grooves (15c) of the rollers being fitted on the vertically opposed guide protrusions.
摘要:
An automatic vending machine has a plurality of commodity storage chambers in a side-by-side arrangement that are divided from one another by thermally-insulating vertical dividers so that each chamber can be heated or refrigerated individually. Each chamber has a plurality of vertically spaced commodity shelves and an elevator bucket that is adapted to receive a commodity from a selected shelf. All of the elevator buckets are rigidly connected by laterally extending connecting members that are disposed through respective vertically extending slots in the dividers, so that a single unit of plural elevator buckets acts to fetch a selected commodity, heated or cooled. A pair of flexible heat-shielding sealing strips are securely fitted in each of the slots in a manner that each of the connecting members slides on and between the corresponding pair of the sealing strips to prevent communication between the adjacent chambers as the connecting member moves vertically.
摘要:
The automatic vending machine (10) comprises a plurality of removable storage and dispensing trays (46) disposed one above the other in an enclosure (16) having a rear vertical chute curving gradually in a horizontal direction under the trays and communicating with a vend opening (27) at the bottom of the machine. Each of the trays (46) is fitted with a plurality of rotatable helical storage and dispensing racks for holding the articles to be dispensed and for transporting those articles to the delivery chute as the selection button (32) corresponding to that article is pressed. A sensor is located at the back of each tray and adjacent the end of each rack for detecting when an individual article passes into the chute to provide a sensing output, the operation of the dispensing drive being continued until an article is dispensed into the chute. Optional features include stock control bar codes (84) and a bar code reader, a credit/debit card reader, cash collector (38), receipt printer, a central processing unit and modem for inventory control and facilities visual and/or audio display of articles to be vended.
摘要:
The automatic vending machine (10) comprises a plurality of removable storage and dispensing trays (46) disposed one above the other in an enclosure (16) having a rear vertical chute curving gradually in a horizontal direction under the trays and communicating with a vend opening (27) at the bottom of the machine. Each of the trays (46) is fitted with a plurality of rotatable helical storage and dispensing racks for holding the articles to be dispensed and for transporting those articles to the delivery chute as the selection button (32) corresponding to that article is pressed. A sensor is located at the back of each tray and adjacent the end of each rack for detecting when an individual article passes into the chute to provide a sensing output, the operation of the dispensing drive being continued until an article is dispensed into the chute. Optional features include stock control bar codes (84) and a bar code reader, a credit/debit card reader, cash collector (38), receipt printer, a central processing unit and modem for inventory control and facilities visual and/or audio display of articles to be vended.