Patent ID: 9454867
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. An automatic food and beverage vending machine, comprising: a case; an ordering and billing system; a food storage area; an electronic control system; and an output system; wherein said output system comprises a food provider and a food outlet, said food provider is mounted inside said case and between said food storage area and said food outlet; said food provider comprises a tray holder, a food box transporter, and a sliding device, said tray holder is mounted on said sliding device, said food box transporter is also mounted on said sliding device; said sliding device comprises an up-down sliding mechanism, a left-right sliding mechanism, and a front-rear sliding mechanism; said food outlet is provided on a door of said case; wherein said sliding device comprises said left-right sliding mechanism, said front-rear sliding mechanism, and said up-down sliding mechanism; wherein said up-down sliding mechanism comprises a first rail, a first rack, a first motor, and a supporter, said first rack and said first rail are vertically mounted inside said case, said first motor is mounted on a side of said supporter, a first gear is mounted on an output shaft of said first motor, said first gear is engaged with said first rack, said supporter is connected to said first rail through a first slider, said supporter comprises a second rack; a second gear is mounted on an output shaft of a second motor, said second gear is engaged with said second rack of said supporter; wherein said left-right sliding mechanism is mounted on said supporter by a second rail and a second slider; wherein said front-rear sliding mechanism is mounted on said left-right sliding mechanism by a third rail and a third slider; said third rail is vertical to said second rail, a third rack in mounted on a bottom side of said third rail, a third motor is mounted on said front-rear sliding mechanism, a third gear is mounted on an output shaft of said third motor, said third gear is engaged with said third rack; wherein said tray holder is mounted on said front-rear sliding mechanism, a tray is placed on said tray holder, a fourth rail and a fourth rack is mounted at a bottom of said tray, a fifth motor is mounted on said tray holder, a fourth gear is mounted on an output shaft of said fifth motor, said fourth gear is engaged with said fourth rack under said tray.