Patent Application
20120118907
The present invention relates to vending machine-integrated table and particularly with regard to the sales system of the product, to discharge the products automatically or to sell items that will be acquired by the manual operation of the user.
As a vending machine. For example, the vertical vending machine is known as is disclosed to the following patent document currently. The conventional vending machine has coin and bill slots and a product select buttons in the upper part of the frontal perpendicular plane of the vending machine, and downwardly there are a product dispensing and a change dispensing. And a product is replenished in a product stock storage provided on the frontal door back side of the main body of vending machine inside and the vending machine. Thus, the user who is going to purchase a product pay a fare, in a standing position, and a product is selected from a vending machine, and next, the user stoops down, and change takes out a product from a downward product dispensing, and change will be taken out from a change dispensing.
As noted above, the vending machine described in the related art was formed in the vertical appearance from ease of the production, and from ease of the transportation. Thus, the conventional vending machine is often installed outdoors and even if it is installed indoors, it is necessary to install in the wall surfaces, and there was not to be installed central of the room (Of course, it would take up a lot of room for installing vending machines in the middle of the room, etc.).
That is, for conventional vending machine, an exclusive domain was necessary when a predetermined domain (the domain for exclusive use of the vending machine) that faced the outdoors or the wall could not be found to install a vending machine, a conventional vending machine was not able to be installed
On the other hand, there is a request to increase further the location of the vending machine for setting users such as the drink makers which wanted to make a vending machine installed.
The present invention to achieve the problem is a Vending machine-integrated table, comprising: a main body of table having at least top; and a vending machine under the top. One of a displaying and receiving means and window part is provided to the top the displaying and receiving means is provided to the top, displaying a product which can be sold with the vending machine, and accepting an instructions from a user. The window part is viewing a product receiving area accommodated the product. And a product transporting means is provided to the vending machine, transporting the product accommodated by the product receiving area into a product takeoff opening provided in the product receiving area.
As noted above, the exclusive domain that, was necessary by conventional art is not necessary because a table is integrated with a vending machine. If there is a domain to install a table in, vending machine-integrated table of the present invention can be installed in the domain. Thus, vending machine-integrated table of the present invention can be installed to the place where a vending machine was not able to be installed in because there were not the domains for exclusive use of a thing of a vending machine such as near wall surfaces.
The vending machine-integrated table of above aspect provided in the displaying and receiving means, it is desirable that the displaying and receiving means is configured to display the state that a product accommodated by the product receiving area is transported to the product takeoff opening when the displaying and receiving means accepts the instructions from a user the vending machine-integrated table of claim above aspect it is desirable further comprising an indication instructions means directing to display the product which can be sold with the vending machine to the displaying and receiving means. When it is not used as a vending machine, it prevents it from displaying any initial screen or screen, and it can be functionalized as a vending machine when a user is necessary The vending machine-integrated table of an aspect which a window part was comprised to the top, it is desirable further comprising a shutter provided in the top, changing the product receiving area from the window part, from the state being impossible of viewing to the state being possible of viewing. When it is not used as a vending machine by doing in this way a product receiving area is done in viewing impossibility, and it is only used as a table.
The vending machine-integrated table of an aspect which a window part was comprised to the top, it is desirable further comprising a rail for the internal circumference of the product receiving area; and wherein the product transporting means includes a support moving along the rail by the operation of the user. And it is desirable comprising a holding means provided on the support, moving over the support, be hung up-and-down motion operatively, and holding a product accommodated by the product receiving area.
As noted above, the user can operate product transporting means, at first the support which hung holding means is moved to the neighborhood of the product which a user hopes for along a rail. And the holding means is moved over a support to right above product. Even more particularly, holding means descends, and the product is held, and a held product will be transported to the product, takeoff opening provided in the product receiving area.
The vending machine-integrated table of claim 1 or 4 which a window part was comprised to the top, it is desirable that the horizontal section shape of the product receiving area is circular; a rail for the internal circumference of the product receiving area. And the product transporting means includes: a axis provided the center of the product receiving area, and be rotatable by the operation of the user; a support pivotally supported by the axle, moving along the rail, and having a length corresponding to the horizontal distance from the axis to the rail; and a holding means provided on the support, moving over the support, be hung up-and-down motion operatively, and holding a product accommodated by the product receiving area.
The vending machine-integrated table of an aspect wherein the holding means comprises a pair of pick-shaped members gripping the product. And the vending machine-integrated table of an aspect wherein the holding means comprises a shovel-shaped member scooping the product, and gripping. And the vending machine-integrated table of an aspect wherein the holding means comprising: a pump flowing out or flowing into of the air: a hose that one end was connected to the pump. And a tool for absorption is connected to the another end of the hose, being configured to be enabled to flow out or flow into of the air, being configured to be enabled to absorb the product from a tip of the tool for absorption through the hose.
The vending machine-integrated table of as aspect which a window part was comprised to the top, wherein the product transporting means comprising: a conveyer rail provided in product receiving area, driven by an endless conveyer. And a extrusion means extrude a product designated by user to a product takeoff opening, when a product designated by user transported near the product takeoff opening product among located to the conveyer.
Also, product transporting means include an axis provided with the product receiving area and a turn board and an extruded means. In this case, a turn board pivotally supports an axis, and the turn board a rotates, and a extrusion means extrude a product designated by user to a product takeoff opening, when a product designated by user transported near the product takeoff opening product among located to the rotary board.
To a sale object that dessert such as the cakes and the foodstuffs which a shape is changed into when got, and scooped by holding means, and absorbed with air. For example, the foodstuffs are put in boxes, and the box which foodstuffs were put in is located to the turn board. And the turn board a rotates, and a extrusion means extrude a product designated by user to a product takeoff opening, when a product designated by user transported near the product takeoff opening. The product can be transported without breaking a shape.
The vending machine-integrated table of an aspect it is deserable further comprising a leg portion provided to the main body of table, and a seat provided to the leg portion.
A seat (a chair) is not separated from the main body of table, because a seat is comprised in the main body of table as noted above. Thus, it is not necessary to put the chairs corresponding to the seat in order, after using vending machine-integrated table of the present invention. Therefore, the product can be sold to a user (a visitor) by vending machine-integrated table of the present invention when servicemen's waiting on customers are few (it may be the unmanned sale that there is not a serviceman).
The exclusive domain that was necessary by conventional art is not necessary, because a table is integrated with a vending machine. If there is a domain to install a table in, vending machine-integrated table of the present invention can be installed in the domain. Thus, vending machine-integrated table of the present invention can be installed to the place where a table can be installed in even if a vending machine was not able to be installed in because there were not the domains for exclusive use of a thing of a vending machine such as near wall surfaces.
Handling of basic product export of vending machine-integrated table 100 of the present invention is described below.
That is, as shown in
Product select buttons and the feature of the product to select a product contained in product receiving area 111 as will hereinafter be described, a function to display the advertisement about the product and a function to accept the click of displayed product select buttons are comprised in the touch panel included to top 103. That is, by pushing down the button (the, e.g., product select buttons) in a screen displayed by touch panel, processing conditions associated with the button pushed down are input.
Touch panel can adopt constitution to display an animation in imitation of the state that a product is transported other than the product select buttons. For example, component to display the state that a product is transported (as will hereinafter be described) can be adopted. Top 103 can adopt the component comprising the window part as shown in
Top 103 of main body of table 101 does not consider the shape, it may be form of rectangular, or circle as shown in
As shown in
Even more particularly, product receiving area 111 is provided with product takeoff opening 115 to take out a transported product. Vending machine 110 provided in the lower of main body of table 101 comprises product receiving area 111 and product transporting means 550 as will hereinafter be described, and operating member 300. The product receiving area 111 is a container to accommodate a product for the sale, a container of the transparence is used so that user can view a product contained in product receiving area 111 from the outside as shown in
The method that vending machine 110 transports a target product from product receiving area 111 to product takeoff opening 115, may use the transportation method of the well-known vending machine, and the method used for the well-known gaming machine which is described below may be used. Also while a user does product selection, an animation which showed the state that following product transporting means 550 transported a product transporting means 550 transported a product can be displayed to display panel 310 on the top 103.
Here, it is product 550 that among products contained in product receiving area 111, either one product is selected by the instructions of the user, and transport the selected product to the product takeoff opening 115 mounted to the vending machine 110. Product transporting means 550 can use the transfer mechanism of the arm to grip the product, for example used for the well-known gaming machine. The vending machine-integrated table 100 is equipped with an arm support movement motor 126 to move arm support 125 in support of arm 120, and an arm movement motor 121 moving arm 120. Here, the upper end internal circumference of product receiving area 111 is provided with a rail (do not illustrate) for arm support 125 to move. The arm support 125 will move on the rail.
The planar positioning operation is carried out by drive transmission to be coupled with both movement motor. At first, by arm support movement motor 126, arm support 125 moves to the depth direction of vending machine-integrated table 100, or move from the right to the left laterally along the rail. Then, positioning of the arm going up and down position is accomplished because arm movement motor 121 moves arm 120 along arm support 125. Note that, among transfer mechanisms of arm 120, explanation and the illustration of the other parts usually provided with a transfer mechanism such as a belt member, a pulley, are omitted. Furthermore, as shown in
As illustrate in
Even if the axle is not comprised, arm support 125 can be positioned at the circumference direction of product receiving area 111. For example, the driving wheel to move on the rail is provided to the both end portions of arm support 125 (in this case arm support 125 will have the length for the diameter of product receiving area 111), (it goes without saying that the driving wheel provides at the position located on the rail.). And arm support 125 can be moved along a rail by driving the driving wheel.
Note that the method that arm 120 catches a target product can adopt the configuration that the arm used for the well-known gaming machine catches a premium (corresponding to the target product of the present embodiment). For example, as shown in
Even more particularly, configuration a product is scooped by a shovel-shaped member as configuration other than arm 120, and to do the acquisition (holding) can be adopted. Even more particularly, a pumping mechanism 610 can be used as shown in
Also, when a target product adheres, for example, to a magnet, after having positioned the electromagnet as above by adopting an electromagnet replacing with arm 120, an object product can adopt configuration to adhere to the electromagnet by sending an electric current to an above electromagnet. In addition, when, such as cakes (of course the box (referred to as merely box as follows) which cakes were put in will be contained in the product receiving area.), the shape transports the product which is easy to collapse by catching and picking up, the box can be transported from the product receiving area to a product takeoff opening as follows.
That is, for example, as shown in
Even more particularly, an alternative embodiment comprising extruded means 720 is shown in
Even more particularly, extruded means 720 is provided to the vicinity of 710 rotary board center. When the box (it goes without saying that it is a designated box by a user.) is transported from the appointed position to the product takeoff opening 115 around, this extruded means 720 extrudes the box, and to move to the product takeoff opening 115. The extruded means 720 may be provided with an each extrusion means 720 which it moves a box from before “product takeoff opening 115 to product takeoff opening 115, at the position opposed to each product takeoff opening 115 (equivalent in the vicinity of the center of rotary board 720). Alternatively, the extruded means 710 is configured to be able to rotate axis 701 as an axis, when a box is transported to one product takeoff opening 115 neighborhoods, extruded means 710 rotates axis 701 around, and moves to the opposed position to one product takeoff opening 115.
When rotary board 710 rotates, among products located to rotary board 710, the product which a user specified is transported to product takeoff opening 115 around, extrusion means 710 of the above configuration can push out a product of product takeoff opening 115 around to product takeoff opening 115.
Then, using
(Flow 1 of the Processing at the Time of the Product Transportation)
Next, handling of at the time of the product transportation of vending machine-integrated table 100 present invention is described referring to the drawings.
At first, displaying and receiving means 900 is provided to the top 103, displays initial screen 1100 to display panel 310 (FIG. 10:S101). Initial screen 1100 may display any still image or animation. Alternatively, the configuration that does not display the image can be adopted to use as a table. In accordance with exemplary embodiments, configuration to make an advertisement animation shown in
As noted above, when it is notified that indication instructions means 910 makes product selection screen 1200 displayed, indication receptionist, means 900 changes displayed currently initial screen 1100 to product selection screen 1200 that the product purchase is possible, (FIG. 10:S103). The product selection screen 1200 displays a message 1201 according with a user by the selection of the product, and also displays a product image 1205 in imitation of a commercially-available product.
When the product which user wants to purchase is determined, and the user casts the cash (even the predetermined coins which an installer of vending machine-integrated table 100 established in substitution for cash are not minded) which can purchase the product which a user determined, into an above money slit at product selection screen 1200, the displaying and receiving means 900 can push down the product image corresponding to the available for purchase product in the range of the money (it can be purchased). For example, an above product can be purchased by turning on the backlight of the product image which can be purchased, by indication receptionist means.
Then, when product image 1205 corresponding to the product which a user wants to purchase is pushed down, displaying and receiving means 900 accepts this (
Note that, when money is not spent, even if a screen is displayed; and it passes for predetermined time, displaying and receiving means 900 will change product selection screen 1200 to initial screen 1100, (
(Flow 2 of the Processing at the Time of the Product Transportation)
Although, the configuration which transported object product 10 contained in product receiving area 111 to product takeoff opening 115 automatically was adopted in the flow 1 of the processing. In contrast, configuration by transporting product 10 to product takeoff opening 115 by the operation of the user (manually operated operation) can be adopted.
Vending machine-integrated table 100 of the present embodiment is provided with the window part that viewing is possible from top 103 in a product receiving area. When the user who wants to purchase a product casts cash into a money slit, like detailed description of the preferred embodiment 1 (
(Others)
Because the main body of table and a vending machine are configured as a unity, the present invention does not require an exclusive domain to install a vending machine. It can be shared with the domain where the main body of table is only installed in, and a domain to install a vending machine. Therefore, it becomes useful for the user who wants to install a vending machine because a vending machine can be installed if the domain where the main body of table is only installed in can be secured. Thus, the industrial applicability is big.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-198944 | Aug 2009 | JP | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind | 371c Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/JP2010/002657 | 4/13/2010 | WO | 00 | 2/2/2012 |
