RU2711687C1 - Aqua vending device housing - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: satisfaction of human vital needs.SUBSTANCE: invention relates to aqua vending devices, i.e. to automatic water dispensers by means of automatically controlled water delivery from common reservoir to container of water purchaser. Technical problem consists in enlarging the range of aqua-vending devices by creating such new aqua-vending devices characterized by their fill chamber adaptation to the customer's container at different vertical dimensions of this container, simple operation due to the possibility of visual control of water parameters and filling, protection of the filling chamber from external sources of water contamination, possibility of visual control of the process of filling the consumer's container filled with water in the filling chamber, with simultaneous protection of the filling chamber from external sources of water contamination, the possibility of viewing the inner surface of the filling chamber with the door closed before installation of the container of the customer into the filling chamber in order to obtain information on the water source, composition of water and other important water information for the consumer and adaptation capabilities of the filling chamber in relation to the consumer's containers. Housing comprises front panel, base of which is bearing shield 1. At the same time the following structural elements of the front panel are installed on this shield: water filling chamber 2 with nozzle 3; door 4, which closes the entrance to chamber 2 and through which (when it is opened) the access of the customer to chamber 2 is performed; rotary table 5 (with table turn axis 6 and turn limiters 7) installed in chamber 2; user interface 8 with display 9, buttons 10 and instruction 11 for water purchaser; billboard 12.EFFECT: technical result consists in realization of specified purpose.6 cl, 6 dwg

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The invention relates to aquavending devices, i.e. to water sales machines by automatically controlled delivery of water from a common tank to the container (capacity) of the water buyer.

State of the art

A known case of an aquavending apparatus, including a front panel facing the buyer of water, while this front panel is a supporting shield, on which there is a water filling chamber (in the customer’s packaging), a fitting for supplying water (in the customer’s packaging), installed inside the loading chamber in its upper part, as well as a water dispensing device, comprising a holder connected to the body, having a cutout for holding and centering the neck of the customer’s packaging to the specified fitting, a damper controlled by the actuator damper and made with the possibility of blocking the buyer's access to the fitting (description of the utility model according to patent RU No. 180571 U1, B67C3 / 00, B67D7 / 00, published: 06/18/2018 Bull. No. 17).

Signs of the known housing of the aqua-lending apparatus, common with the features of the claimed technical solution, are that the housing includes a front panel facing the buyer of water, while this panel contains a supporting shield, a water filling chamber mounted on the shield on its inside, and the mentioned fitting mounted inside the water filling chamber in its upper part.

The reason that prevents the obtaining of a technical result in the well-known case of the aqua-vending apparatus, which is provided by the claimed technical solution, is the use of a water dispensing device in its design that fixes the position of the neck of the customer’s packaging relative to the fitting, which complicates the design, complicates operation, and reduces reliability. At the same time, there is such a container, the design of the neck of which is not suitable for fixing in the indicated filling device, and then the buyer is forced to keep the container on its weight during filling with water, which complicates the operation of the aquavending device.

 A known case of an aquavending apparatus (prototype), including a front panel facing the buyer of water, while this front panel contains a supporting shield (2), a chamber (14) for pouring water into the customer’s container, a fitting (17) installed on the shield from its inside for supplying water to the container, installed inside the loading chamber in its upper part, as well as a user interface (15), designed to control and control the process of buying and selling water and containing the appropriate control buttons (description of the utility model according to patent RU No. 6226 8 U1, G07F13 / 00, published: 03/27/2007 Bull. No. 9).

The signs of the well-known case of the aqua-venting apparatus (prototype), common with the features of the claimed technical solution, are all of the above signs of the prototype.

The reason that prevents obtaining a technical result in a well-known case of an aquavending apparatus (prototype), which is provided by the claimed technical solution, is the non-adaptation of the loading chamber to the customer’s packaging at different vertical dimensions of this container, the constant opening of the loading chamber, which contributes to its (camera) pollution, in the user interface lacks the function of visual control of the parameters of the process of water dispensing.

The technical problem to which the technical solution claimed for patenting is aimed is to expand the arsenal of aqua-lending devices by creating such new aqua-lending devices, which are characterized by the adaptability of their loading chamber to the customer’s packaging with different vertical dimensions of this packaging, simple operation due to the possibility of visual control parameters of water and its filling, protection of the loading chamber from external sources of water pollution, the possibility of visual monitoring the process of filling the customer’s containers in the filling chamber with water, while the loading chamber is protected from external sources of water pollution, the possibility of viewing the inner surface with the closed door of the loading chamber before installing the customer’s containers in the loading chamber in order to obtain information about the water source, water composition and other important information for the buyer about the water and about the adaptive capabilities of the loading chamber in relation to the customer’s packaging, a simple design due to the refusal to fasten containers in the loading chamber for orlyshko.

Disclosure of the invention

The technical result, which mediates the solution of this technical problem, is to implement the specified purpose.

The technical result is achieved by the fact that the body of the aquavending apparatus includes a front panel facing the buyer of water, while this front panel contains a supporting shield mounted on the shield on its inner side, a chamber for loading water into the container of the buyer, mounted inside the filling chamber in its upper part for supplying water to the customer’s packaging, a user interface installed on the supporting panel designed to control and monitor the process of buying and selling water and containing the appropriate buttons is controlled a door installed on the supporting panel for the buyer of water to access the loading chamber, as well as a rotary table installed inside the water filling chamber and made with the possibility of its arbitrary installation by appropriate rotation or in a horizontal position in which smaller containers can be placed on this table the buyer with the neck of this container under the fitting for supplying water to this container, or in a vertical position in which a larger container can be placed on the bottom of the water filling chamber with the neck this container under the fitting for supplying water to this container.

A technical result is also achieved by the fact that:

- that said door is made of monolithic polycarbonate protected from ultraviolet radiation;

- the said user interface is located to the right of the door in relation to the buyer of water and includes a display designed to visualize information related to the sale of water using this aquavanding device, and located at the top of the door, with the buttons for controlling the sale process located below the display;

- said user interface comprises a protective sheet of monolithic polycarbonate protected from ultraviolet radiation, mounted to protect the display from ultraviolet radiation;

- said user interface contains visually perceptible instructions for the buyer of water, located either below the specified control buttons, or between the display and these control buttons;

- said user interface comprises a protective sheet of monolithic polycarbonate protected from ultraviolet radiation, mounted to protect said instruction from ultraviolet radiation.

Brief Description of the Drawings

Figure 1 shows a schematic illustration of the front panel of the casing of an aquavending apparatus (front view of the casing) with the horizontal position of the turntable;

figure 2 shows a view aa in figure 1 with the horizontal position of the turntable;

figure 3 shows a view aa in figure 1 with the vertical position of the turntable;

figure 4 schematically shows a rotary table from the front end of this table (the first embodiment of the table), while the table is made in the form of a bent channel with rounded corners;

figure 5 schematically shows a rotary table from the front end of this table (the second embodiment of the table), while the table is made in the form of a bent channel, the corners of which are beveled with mating planes;

in Fig.6 shows a three-dimensional image of a table made according to the second embodiment shown in Fig.5.

The implementation of the invention

The body of the aquavending apparatus is, for example, a hollow vertically elongated rectangular parallelepiped, one side face of which is the front panel facing the buyer of water.

The case may have another shape, but in any case it includes a front panel, the basis of which is a supporting shield 1, while the following structural elements of the front panel are installed on this shield:

- chamber 2 of water filling with fitting 3;

- a door 4, which closes the entrance to the chamber 2 and through which (when it is opened) the buyer accesses the chamber 2;

- a rotary table 5 (with an axis 6 of rotation of the table and limiters 7 of this rotation) installed in the chamber 2;

- user interface 8 with a display 9, buttons 10 and instructions 11 for the buyer of water;

- billboard 12.

The chamber 2 can be, for example, a hollow rectangular parallelepiped, one side face of which is open and faces the water buyer for free access by the water buyer to this chamber through this open face. In this case, the camera 2 is located on the shield 1 inside the housing and is attached to the shield 1 with its open lateral face around the perimeter of this face. In addition, from the side of its open face, the chamber 2 is closed by a door 4, opening outward and to the left with respect to the buyer. The door 4 is intended, on the one hand, to protect the internal cavity of the filling chamber 2 from contamination, and on the other hand, for the buyer to access the chamber 2 in order to install consumer containers in this chamber.

The door 4 is made of monolithic polycarbonate, which freely transmits visible light, which allows the buyer of water to visually control the process of dispensing water into the container located in chamber 2 with the door closed. In this case, the monolithic polycarbonate is protected from ultraviolet radiation, which increases the service life as this door, as well as those inscriptions, advertising materials and instructions that are located on the opposite side edge (rear wall) of the camera 2 on the inside of this wall.

A rotary table 5 is located inside the chamber 2, mounted inside the loading chamber with the possibility of it (the table) being arbitrarily installed by the buyer of water by the corresponding rotation of this table by this buyer around the axis 6 or in a horizontal position due to the table resting on the stops 7 (Fig. 2), in which on this table, a smaller customer container can be placed with the neck of this container placed under the fitting 3 for supplying water to this container, or in a vertical position (Fig. 3), in which a larger customer container can be placed on the bottom still 13 of the chamber 2 with the neck of this container under the fitting 3 for supplying water to this container (container not shown).

The specified axis 6 is made in the form of two half shafts mounted on opposite side walls of the chamber 2, namely on those walls that are oriented vertically and are perpendicular to the shield 1, and on these half shafts 6 a table 5 is pivotally mounted so that in the shelves 15 of its channel in the area of the rear end of the table 5, holes are made in which the indicated half shafts 6 are located (holes not shown).

The rotary table 5 is made in the form of an equal-hollow bent channel, including a wall 14 and two equal shelves 15, conjugated with the wall 14 either by means of rounded surfaces 16 (an arc in cross section), as shown in Fig. 4, or by means of mating planes 17 (straight line in cross section), as shown in Fig.5,6.

In the shelves 15 from the side of the rear end of the table 5 in the region of the angles of these shelves opposite the wall 14 of the channel of the table, L-shaped recesses 18 are made for the interaction of the shelves 15 with stops 7 installed in corresponding places on the opposite side walls of the chamber 2, namely on those walls that are oriented vertically and located perpendicular to the shield 1. The stops 7 are installed in such places on the opposite walls of the chamber 2 that the shelves 15 of the channel of the table 5 with these shelves in places to 18 rest against the stops 7, which is guaranteed to ensure the horizontal position of the table 5 (i.e. the horizontal position of the wall 14 of the channel of this table) when the buyer lowers this table in order to set smaller containers on this table. In addition, the wall 14 of the channel of the table 5 in both versions of the table 5 (one option is shown in Fig. 4, the other is shown in Fig. 5,6) from the front end of the table 5 facing the door 4 in the horizontal position of the table 5, is provided stiffener 19, increasing the resistance of the wall 14 to its bending from the action of containers filled with water and located on the table 5. As for the embodiment of the table 5, shown in Fig.5,6, in this embodiment, the stiffening ribs 20 are also equipped with mating planes 17 , which in combination with the arch effect inherent in the config Profile radio section 5 to fig.5,6 further and significantly increases the resistance of said section (its wall 14) of its bending under the weight of the container filled with water.

In the upper part of the backboard 1 there is an advertising board 12, on which are presented the trademarks (service marks) of the vending machine manufacturer (Fig. 1). Below the billboard 12, there is a door 4 (respectively, a camera 2 closed by this door) and a user interface 8, including a display 9, buttons 10 and instructions 11 for the buyer, so that the door 4 is located on the left, and the user interface 8 is on the right relative to the buyer facing facing the front panel. In this case, the display 9 is located at the level of the upper part of the door 4, and the buttons 10 are located below the display 9. In a preferred embodiment of the housing, the user interface 8 also contains instructions 11 for the buyer, which is located either below the buttons 10, as shown in figure 1, or between display 9 and buttons 10 (not shown).

In any embodiment of the interface 8, the buttons 10 are located below the display 9, and the display 9 is located at the level of the upper part of the door 4, which increases the usability of the vending machine, since when manipulating the buttons 10 the display 9 does not darken the buyer’s right hand, which allows the buyer continuously view the display 9 at the horizon level of its visual perception.

The display 9 is made of liquid crystal and is designed to visually display information about the parameters of the water and the process of issuing water. Buttons 10 are made in anti-vandal design and include three buttons with over- (possibly sub-) button captions in the following order from left to right relative to the buyer: START, STOP, OZONE. Instruction 11 contains both textual information with verbal instructions for the buyer, who has a relatively more developed left hemisphere of his brain, and pictograms that allow the “right-brain” buyer to understand the rules for using the device by visual perception of the corresponding informational characters.

In addition, various information that may be of interest to the buyer (additional instructions for using the apparatus, information about the water source, its composition and other information interesting to the buyer) is located on the inner surface of the rear wall of loading chamber 2 (not shown) and is visually perceived by the buyer through the transparent door 4. Moreover, this information is perceived when the door is open 4. Moreover, the camera 2 in a horizontal section repeats the profile shape of the channel of the table 5, so as to minimize Vat distance between the table 5 (or rather its wall 14 and the surfaces of curvature 16 in the first embodiment, the table or wall planes 14 and wing 17 in the second embodiment section) upright section 5 and the rear wall of the loading chamber 2.

For this reason, in the embodiment of the table shown in FIGS. 5,6, the camera 2 acquires additional information planes located parallel to the mating planes 17 of the table 5 with the vertical position of this table. These additional planes may themselves contain additional information read through the transparent door 4, or be mirrored, so that through these mirrors, through reflection in these mirrors, the buyer can observe (both through the transparent door 4 and directly with the door open) that additional information which is located on the inner sides of the side walls of the loading chamber 2, namely those walls that are oriented vertically and are perpendicular to the shield 1.

The use of the body of the aquavending apparatus is as follows.

The buyer of water with his water container (smaller or larger) reviews the trademarks presented on billboard 12, and having, in addition, information about the quality of water identified by these trademarks, he must choose this aqueduding apparatus for buying water.

Being directly next to the aquavending apparatus, he is studying instruction 11. He, in addition, through the transparent door 4 receives additional information about the water and the necessary instructions on the use of table 5 in relation to its container. Then, opening the door 4, the buyer turns the table 5 to the desired position - horizontal or vertical (if the table is originally in a different position), determined by the vertical dimension of its container. Then he installs the container either on table 5, if the container is smaller, or on the bottom 13 of chamber 2, if the container is larger, and by pressing buttons 10 and making payment for the purchase of water, he starts the process of dispensing water into the container of the buyer and at the same time carries out using the display 9 and through the transparent door 4 visual inspection of this process.

Claims (6)

1. The body of the aqua-vending apparatus, including a front panel facing the buyer of water, while this front panel contains a supporting shield, a water filling chamber installed on the inside of the shield on the inside of the customer’s container, a water supply fitting installed inside the filling chamber in its upper part in the customer’s packaging, as well as a user interface installed on the supporting panel, designed to control and control the process of buying and selling water and containing the corresponding control buttons, characterized in that the panel contains a door mounted on the carrier board for customer access to the loading chamber, as well as a rotary table mounted inside the water filling chamber and made with the possibility of its arbitrary installation by appropriate rotation or in a horizontal position in which smaller containers of the buyer can be placed on this table with the neck of this container under the fitting for supplying water to this container, or in a vertical position in which a larger container can be placed on the bottom of the loading chamber with the neck The tower of this container under the fitting for supplying water to this container. 2. The housing according to claim 1, characterized in that said door is made of monolithic polycarbonate protected from ultraviolet radiation. 3. The housing according to claim 1, characterized in that the said user interface is located to the right of the door in relation to the buyer of water and includes a display designed to visualize information related to the purchase and sale of water using this aquavanding device, and located at the top parts of the door, while the buttons for controlling the sale process are located below the display. 4. The housing according to claim 3, characterized in that said user interface comprises a protective sheet of monolithic polycarbonate protected from ultraviolet radiation, mounted to protect the display from ultraviolet radiation. 5. The housing according to claim 3, characterized in that the said user interface contains visually perceptible instructions for the buyer of water, located either below the specified control buttons, or between the display and these control buttons. 6. The housing according to claim 5, characterized in that said user interface comprises a protective sheet of monolithic polycarbonate protected from ultraviolet radiation, installed with the ability to protect the specified instructions from ultraviolet radiation.

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