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US20120043345A1
US20120043345A1 US13/257,149 US201013257149A US2012043345A1 US 20120043345 A1 US20120043345 A1 US 20120043345A1 US 201013257149 A US201013257149 A US 201013257149A US 2012043345 A1 US2012043345 A1 US 2012043345A1
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  • the present invention relates to vending machines installed in passenger vehicles-for-hire (e.g., taxi cabs), and in particular to refrigerated vending machines that are designed for minimal impact on the vehicle's passenger/load capacity.
  • passenger vehicles-for-hire e.g., taxi cabs
  • refrigerated vending machines that are designed for minimal impact on the vehicle's passenger/load capacity.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 7,418,311 of Lagassey et al. discloses equipment which dispenses refreshing drinks and dry fruit from a golf-kart.
  • the disclosed vending machine includes three parts: top part for holding snacks; middle part for holding beverages; and a bottom part which is a refrigeration unit.
  • the three parts are contained within a housing that fits within the basket of a golf cart. Because of the large size of its housing, Lagassey et al. discloses that the vending machine can be mounted on the roof of the golf cart, or towed behind in a trailer unit. Such a configuration could be useful for a golf cart where passengers stay with the vehicle for a long time, while alighting from the vehicle to play the game. However, this configuration is not suitable for the confines of a taxi cab, where the vending products are not accessible to the passengers during the time of their ride within the taxi.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 6,234,345 of Minh et al. discloses a vending machine and cooling dispenser especially suited to environments with limited space.
  • a serpentine path in the dispenser is formed from two-pieces of rotary molded plastic having complimentary, serpentine surfaces which form a serpentine path when positioned against one another. Vending without selection buttons is achieved by way of cradles and an interlock system.
  • Minh discloses a vending machine directed for use in couch buses. However, a vending machine suitable for placement in a coach bus with capacity for up to fifty or more passengers cannot necessarily be suitable for use in a taxi cab.
  • 6,234,345 has several disadvantages which prohibit it from being a commercially viable installation in a taxi cab.
  • taxi cabs in major cities and their surrounds often have a security partition between the front and rear seats. This partition results in a reduction in available space for placement of the disclosed vending machine.
  • Any installation of Minh's vending machine in a taxi cab would be require significant alterations of the taxi cab's interior resulting in decreased passenger comfort, impediment of the passengers' ingress and egress, and a reduction in passenger load capacity.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic sectional view of a taxi cab according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a perspective front view of automatic equipment according to the embodiment of FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 3 illustrates a schematic sectional front view of automatic equipment, according to the embodiment of FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 3 a illustrates a schematic (left) sectional view A-A of FIG. 3 ;
  • FIG. 3 b illustrates a schematic sectional view B-B of FIG. 3 ;
  • FIG. 3 c illustrates a schematic sectional view C-C of FIG. 3 ;
  • FIG. 3 d illustrates a schematic sectional view D-D of FIG. 3 ;
  • FIG. 4 illustrates a perspective rear view of the embodiment shown on FIG. 1 ;
  • FIGS. 4 a - 4 c illustrate various embodiments for the mechanisms of the lid and hinges of the present invention
  • FIG. 5 illustrates an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 6 illustrates an embodiment of a mechanism for dispensing a can in accordance with the present invention
  • FIG. 7 illustrates an embodiment of a mechanism for dispensing miscellaneous items in accordance with the present invention
  • FIGS. 7 a - 7 b are sectionals views according to the embodiment of FIG. 2 ;
  • FIG. 8 illustrates a front view of a vending panel, according to the embodiment shown on FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 9 illustrates an interconnection of the taxi cab air conditioning system with an embodiment in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 10 illustrates a sectional front view according to the embodiment of FIG. 1 with thermal-electrical refrigeration (TES);
  • TES thermal-electrical refrigeration
  • FIGS. 10 a - b illustrates views of the TES according to FIG. 10 ;
  • FIG. 11 illustrates a sectional front view of a summer version of the embodiment of FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 11 a illustrates a schematic sectional view A-A of FIG. 11 ;
  • FIG. 11 b illustrates a schematic sectional view B-B of FIG. 11 ;
  • FIG. 11 c illustrates a schematic sectional view C-C of FIG. 11 ;
  • FIG. 11 d illustrates a schematic sectional view D-D of FIG. 11 ;
  • FIG. 12 illustrates an embodiment of the present invention having a lid lying between a refrigerating chamber and a first (from top) horizontal level of filled cans (plan view);
  • FIG. 13 The scheme of putting toward the cans or bottles from the top row into the tunnel and moving to dispensing window (Version 4 );
  • FIG. 14 illustrates a perspective rear view of a taxi cab trunk in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 14 a illustrates a perspective view of a main unit in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic representation of FIG. 1 :
  • Partition security divider between driver's and passenger's salons
  • FIG. 2
  • Hinges or brackets for strengtheners the equipment to the partition.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagrammatic representation of FIG. 3 :
  • FIG. 3 a
  • FIG. 3 b
  • FIG. 3 c
  • the cans are in the waiting position in extreme right row.
  • FIG. 3 d
  • FIG. 4
  • FIG. 4 a
  • FIG. 4 b
  • FIG. 4 c
  • FIG. 5
  • FIG. 6 is a diagrammatic representation of FIG. 6 :
  • FIG. 7
  • FIG. 7 a
  • FIG. 7 b
  • FIG. 8
  • Dispense window for cans or bottles (with pointing out to the real window for version 5)
  • buttons for choice of soft drinks are buttons for choice of soft drinks.
  • buttons for choice of small items.
  • GPS Global Position System
  • FIG. 9 is a diagrammatic representation of FIG. 9 .
  • Taxi condenser 52 .
  • Tube with low pressure gas flow of refrigerant after equipment evaporator 17 is connecting with exit of taxi evaporator 56
  • Taxi evaporator 56 .
  • T-connector connecting two lines with gas flow after equipment's evaporator and after taxi evaporator.
  • Taxi suction accumulator 59 . Taxi suction accumulator.
  • Taxi compressor 60 60 .
  • FIG. 10 is a diagrammatic representation of FIG. 10 :
  • FIG. 10 a
  • FIG. 10 b
  • thermo-elements 65 . Space for package of thermo-elements.
  • Cross-link mechanism or other words it is a “rhomb pusher” assembled of flat rods hinged to each other connected, forming a number foldable rhombs situated essentially in one plan.
  • FIG. 11 is a diagrammatic representation of FIG. 11 :
  • Standard can's fixation device
  • FIG. 11 a
  • FIG. 11 b
  • FIG. 11 c
  • FIG. 11 d
  • Plastic vertical inset in the refrigerator dividing 2 stores of cans between each to other (preferred in summer Version 4 );
  • FIG. 12
  • the openings equipped with sealants in the plastic laying 69 coordinate to the each row of the cans or bottles with soft drinks.
  • FIG. 13 is a diagrammatic representation of FIG. 13 :
  • FIG. 14
  • FIG. 14 a
  • a refrigerated vending system for installation in a taxi cab.
  • the taxi cab has a driver area, a front passenger chair, a divider, and a rear passenger salon.
  • the front passenger chair has a surface facing the rear passenger salon.
  • the system of the invention adds a housing having an interior compartment configured to include at least a plurality of items therein and an exterior structurally adapted to seat against the surface of the front passenger chair that faces the rear passenger salon and proximal to the divider.
  • a refrigerator is operative to cool the interior compartment of the housing.
  • a vending control system is operative to respond to an actuation by dispensing one of the plurality of items from the interior compartment for access within the rear passenger salon.
  • the housing so provided can be accommodated while optimally preserving the driver area and the rear passenger salon.
  • Embodiments of the present invention provide an improvement of service of taxi cab passengers by selling them cool soft drinks, snacks and some non-food miscellaneous items, thus, avoiding stops to buy these articles and interruptions of the ride.
  • These embodiments address the problems of the above-discussed prior art to create a refrigerator and vending machine, that could be accommodated in the very limited space of taxi cab without needing to make any serious reconstruction of the vehicle.
  • One such embodiment is extra flat and adaptable configuration of equipment.
  • Embodiments of the invention provide the basic functions of refrigeration and vending machine, i.e. storing, cooling, and selling cooled and other items contained within an interior of a refrigerated housing to a client.
  • Embodiments of the present invention are capable of containing an optimum quantity of products of sufficient diversity of soft soda and small items so that there will be enough for a whole taxi shift (or even better for two shifts). The driver need not be distracted for add any articles and spend time stocking the vending machine. Accordingly, this capacity and diversity is very convenient for a taxi cab that has 1 or 2 shifts a day.
  • Embodiments of the present invention include configurations and designs that are very convenient for an operator to refill refrigerator with soda and restock the vending machine with miscellaneous items. Additionally, access to retrieve money from a payment compartment in between drivers' shifts requires minimum time.
  • Embodiments are implemented by simple design, mechanisms and materials for manufacture and maintenance with less expenditure time and money. Further, the design is adaptable so that an easy redesign for various styles of taxi cabs with different sizes and configuration of salon (domestic and foreign). This adaptable redesign is achieved by a composite unit which unites many components capable of changing shapes, sizes, configuration, location, etc., whether mounted inside or outside of an encapsulated taxi body so that the customer interface is suitable to the interiors of the various styles of taxis.
  • the vending machine is an extra flat automatic composite equipment for the taxi and the providing its normal functions for more comfortable service of passengers without any serious reconstruction or changing in the cab.
  • the vending machine of the present invention provides passengers with some necessary goods by creating, adapting to the design of taxi, regulation and maintenance automatic equipment, allowing more effective using it by passengers of taxi for example the quenching of thirst by refreshing drinks, energizing hands and face by the wet napkins, candies, etc. Mentioned above prior art equipments by the similar functions coordinate to the portable refrigerators or mini vending machines but by the sizes they not accommodate for taxi comfort conditions.
  • the automatic equipments have extra flat shape with thickness in a few inches thanks one-row disposition of the cans with refreshed beverages.
  • the directions of the 8-ounces cans are perpendicular to the partition between salons. That extra flat refrigerator is created special for taxi.
  • the narrow space for invented adaptable equipment and flat refrigerator like one of the main part of the equipment request more minimize of its other parts.
  • the evaporator and fan are placed into the left side additional component of main unit.
  • the main unit was added also with component, comprises more than ten of miscellaneous small no cooling items accommodated on shelves and payment compartment in the lowest part.
  • the main refrigerating chamber and both sides sections together represent one composes unit.
  • Automatic equipment has also the carry out adapts in form of buttons for choice of articles and payment slots for any items. Instead button there is may be touch-screen, etc.
  • the card reader slot already presented on the back of partition for fare may be also used instead slot for money.
  • Equipment comprise up to 4 or even 5 rows of cans and just one vending window.
  • the equipment doesn't have any pushing mechanisms (rhombic kind, solenoid kind, etc.) because of the cans are arranged in this case perpendicularly to the front and back walls of the equipment and its mechanism of transportation based on other principal.
  • the moving on the cans to the vending window is carrying out inside the tunnel above top row of the cans, using principle of rolling and sliding.
  • This tunnel is free of the cans and is the part of refrigerating chamber, where all surfaces have minimum friction and high sliding index. Therefore the spring system (in the shape of plates) is used in this equipment for moving cans to the vending window.
  • the cans using the initial speed from spring (in a shape of plate) and pressure from density enough cooling air after evaporator are moving by rolling and sliding along tunnel to the first extreme right row and then after rich it fall dawn into the empty cell (i.e. the extreme right row of the cans has one more empty cell under tunnel).
  • the can located lower than mentioned empty cell has slightly inclination to the side of vending window. Felled dawn can above it sliding by this cylindrical inclination surface like by rail (plus using the vibration of a taxi) to the opened at this time lid of vending window and through that straight to the client.
  • the inclination of can's surface is arriving by specific device.
  • the lid of the vending window lays out in a front of top cell in right row, one cell below of tunnel and not in a level of the tunnel. Therefore the cans literally “sliding out' from device straight to the hands of client.
  • Suggested equipment contains also right side component of main unit with more than 10 kinds of small doesn't cooling items for vend arranged on the shelves. It means the vertical cartridges working by the principal rotating spiral. This cartridge has one open tray, where the choose article comes dawn. However in different from others vending machines this additional right section has no one motor for each shelf but just one motor, which serves all of shelves by specific method. This method allows essentially increasing the quantity and kinds of miscellaneous items that is very important for the taxi cab working by two shifts a day. This section depends on the types and quantity of items is wider than section with evaporator and fan, because of should be arranged to the right side of mane unit.
  • the equipment w/out seriously design reconstruction may be installed on the any kind of taxi (standard or hybrid), starting from Crown Victoria, Ford Escape, Toyota Camry, Nissan Altima, Chevy Malibu, Toyota Highlander, Toyota Prius, etc.
  • Automatic equipment will be have the similar configuration in the according to condition and space of the salons, notwithstanding on the conception of refrigerator: standard compressor and Freon; thermo-electric system; semi-conductor system or solar batteries, etc.
  • a vending machine embodying the present invention improves service of passengers in a time of their trip by installation automatic equipment in taxi cab for vending the different kinds of beverages and miscellaneous items.
  • a taxi cab has a front part with driver and passenger front seats 2 and rear seat for client 3 . These 2 parts of the salon divided by security partition.
  • Security partition 4 also consists from 2 parts: a lower security opaque portion 4 a and upper 4 b transparent portion shown on FIG. 8 .
  • the whole composed unit 5 is installed in a narrow space (a few inches) between the back of front passenger seat 2 and partition 4 .
  • the automatic equipment composite unit 5 which may provide the passengers with a choice up to 4 and even 5 kinds of drinks and with no less than 10 types of miscellaneous items.
  • Unit 5 is encapsulated in a box containing a few parts and bolted by brackets 16 or hanged via suitable hooks.
  • the equipment comprises: a refrigerating chamber 7 consisting from four vertical rows with cans and one horizontal empty level as tunnel 25 .
  • the refrigerating chamber 7 is located in a central part of casing. Vertical rows of the chamber 7 each has another kind of drink and a number of cans ( 20 ) packed one above the other.
  • the cans 21 are disposed perpendicularly to the front and back walls of the equipment.
  • the chamber 7 has a top lid ( 6 a ) shown on FIGS. 2 , 3 b , 3 c , 4 and 11 c , which allow the operator to load this chamber with cans 21 .
  • the spring elements 20 are capable of controllable expanding upward gradually, for example, in an inverse proportion to the number of cans 21 located in the rows at a certain moment of the time, thereby lifting the cans of the row after the dispensing of the uppermost can.
  • the main composed unit 5 comprises an additional (e.g. right), as shown on FIGS. 2 and 3 , sector 8 and an additional (e.g. left) component 8 , both coupled with the chamber 7 .
  • the sector 8 connects with the chamber 7 by a few hinges. Section 7 doesn't have the common wall and direct connection with chamber 7 do to its movement necessity.
  • Sector 8 communicates with chamber 7 by upper ventilation openings 18 (shown on FIG. 3 ) because of sector 9 is a part of extra flat refrigerator.
  • the similar ventilation openings present on the bulkheads between all rows of the can.
  • Sector 8 isn't valuated as part of refrigerating system because of contains cooling items.
  • Sector 8 in preferred embodiment of equipment as it shown on FIGS. 2 and 3 d also comprises 2 portions: upper portion for vending miscellaneous items (not cooling) and lower portion as payment compartment.
  • Upper portion has a predetermined number of shelves ( 35 ) with aforesaid items placed on the shelves.
  • the sector 8 has a handle 14 for separating whole section 7 from main body or housing 6 by the pull out aforesaid hinges in seconds. This procedure makes easier the loading or changing miscellaneous items into the further vending to customer.
  • a number of wire spiral revolving pushers 25 may preferably be used to controllably move the items from the shelves 35 to a vertical duct ( 34 ) and then to a dispense tray 10 (shown on FIGS. 2 and 3 d ) for serving the customer. All spiral pushers 25 are driven by a motor 36 actuated/de-actuated by a controller (not shown).
  • the lower portion 26 of right additional section 7 represent itself a money department including: the slot for bills 11 , the slot for change 12 and change dispenser 13 .
  • the extraction of money is easy realizing when section 7 is separating from refrigerating chamber in a time for drivers shift is changing.
  • the left additional sector 9 comprises: evaporator 17 , ventilation openings 18 between this sector 9 and refrigerating chamber 7 .
  • evaporator 17 Under evaporator 17 axial fan or mini air compressor 19 are located.
  • Devices 19 that develop pressure less than 5 . 0 psi are classified as fans or blowers. Above this level of pressure the devices are referred to as compressor.
  • compressor 37 and condenser 38 are located outside of the refrigerating chamber on its back side as it shown on FIG A.
  • the outer walls of the refrigerating chamber (front and back), the outer walls of section 8 , the wall between the sections 6 and 8 , the tops and bottoms of the sections 6 and 8 are filled up of heat insulation materials.
  • taxi cab composes automatic equipment there are using the possibility of taxi cab's air-conditioner system as part of refrigerating elements of present invention ( FIG. 8 ).
  • the two main elements of refrigerating system the compressor 57 and condenser 49 switched in the AC system of taxi cab by the two connections ( FIG. 8 ).
  • the compressor 57 and condenser 49 switched in the AC system of taxi cab by the two connections ( FIG. 8 ).
  • T-connection ( 50 ) By one tube ( 51 ) cooling liquid agent from taxi condenser ( 49 ) by the T-connection ( 50 ) move in the direction of evaporator 16 in the section 8 of composed unit 5 .
  • the space of preferred embodiment occupied before by the compressor and condenser may be filled up with several additional cans of the drinks and/or small items; the connection of equipment and taxi AC system carries out easy and fast; thanks the small volume of the refrigerating chamber (about 0.7 cubic feet) the connection of preferred embodiment of invention with AC of taxi cab no negative rejection on the taxi air-condition and electric systems in summer and in a winter.
  • the automatic equipment comprises a panel 4 p, illustrated on FIG. 5 , having corresponded labels for all vending products in this specific taxi cab.
  • the drink's selection buttons 39 , miscellaneous items' selection buttons 40 , money slots 11 , 12 , change dispenser 13 together with drinks vending window 9 and small items vending tray 10 are present on the panel 4 p.
  • the door of the window 9 will be partly seeing on this panel in a stage of opening because real door is covering real window in the front wall of main equipment ( FIG. 2 ) and second door for the same goal in the panel 4 p is not necessary.
  • the both trays 10 in the attached sector 8 of the equipment ( FIG.
  • selection button can be adapted for same purposes, such as touch-screen, electronic or optical sensors, etc.
  • the card readers slot ( 42 ) may be also used because of this card reader slot already was installed into the taxi cab together with GPS (Global Position System) system.
  • automatic equipment lacks any pushing mechanisms (like in other kinds of vending machine) because of the cans are arranged in this case perpendicularly to the front and back walls of the equipment.
  • This system of arrangement allows storing in the central body 6 of the composite unit up to 4-5 vertical rows of cans (each of rows is different kind of drink) and many number of cans sufficiently for even 2 driver shifts.
  • the moving on the cans to the vending window 9 occur in the tunnel ( 24 ) above top row of the cans, using principle of rolling and sliding.
  • This tunnel is free of the cans and is the part of refrigerating chamber, where all surfaces have minimum friction and high sliding index. Therefore the spring system 27 c (in the shape of plates) shown on FIG. 6 is used for moving cans to the vending window 9 .
  • the spring system 27 c is the part of smooth metallic laying 27 between the lid ( 6 a ) of refrigerating chamber and top row of cans.
  • the metallic laying ( 27 ) is one unit also with layer above bulkheads ( 27 b ) between rows of cans.
  • Spring system ( 27 c ) consist from single (not shown) or couple of springs (in the shape of plate) in each openings for entering the cans into the tunnel.
  • the length of the springs is longer than a half of diameter of a can or the same like a half of width of openings (shown on FIG. 6 ).
  • the couples of springs are arranged just in three (by the 4 rows of can) or four (by the 5 rows of cans) left openings of can's exit to the tunnel where the cans will be rolling and sliding.
  • the extreme right row of cans in both cases doesn't have springs, because from this row the cans should not roll or slide, and exit just vertically to the vending window.
  • the springs (couples or single) perform two functions: first of all it pushes a can to the right side of the tunnel from an opening where can is stored; second function is to be like tracks for the moving can, don't allowing them stop in an area where wide enough slot between cylindrical surface of can and vertical wall of row take place ( FIGS. 6 and 7 ).
  • the free angles of springs are provided with mini size bearing (doesn't shown) which help to force the rolling of the can and improve the reliability of spring system, because of these bearings give the can the direction to the dispense window by rolling clockwise immediately after they appear in full in the tunnel. After any spring pushed the can in a “trip”, it will come down and the mini size bearing are hidden in mentioned above slot, not missing the next cans to roll and slide by the tunnel.
  • mini size bearing are hidden in mentioned above slot, not missing the next cans to roll and slide by the tunnel.
  • the can are moving by rolling and sliding along tunnel to the extreme right row and then after rich it fall dawn into the empty cell.
  • the top can in this particular row has slightly inclination ( 33 on the FIG. 3 c ) to the side of vending window 9 with lid 32 shown also on FIG. 3 c .
  • Felled dawn can sliding above it by this inclination surface to the opened at this time lid of vending window ( 32 ) and through that get to the client.
  • the inclination of surface is arriving by specific device 22 .
  • the lid of the vending window 32 lays out in a front of top cell in right row, one cell below of tunnel and not in a level of the tunnel.
  • the filled cans in the top row of the refrigerating chamber 7 are keeping back from moving to the tunnel on the “stage of waiting” by the fixation mechanism 21 shown on FIGS. 3 and 3 b .
  • the form of fixation mechanisms for left 3 or 4 rows is represented like semi-circle “hat”. This “hat” horizontally presses the concaved bottom of the can by the central axis and can strong and horizontally keep itself in the cell ( FIG. 3 b ).
  • fixation mechanism in the extreme right row is represented like a part of the semi-circle “hat” ( FIG. 3 c, as C-C section of equipment on FIG. 3 ),
  • This specific form affixation mechanism allows keeping the can in slightly inclination position helping the felled from tunnel can to slide forward at the vending window 9 .
  • the sector 8 comprises 10 or more the miscellaneous items, that difficult offer for so flat and limited in other sizes composes equipment. It was achieved thanks the new method for store and moves the not cooling items to the passengers. This method includes the refusing from all motors for each shelf, using just one motor and new principal of using of wire spiral (not shown). The possibility to contents much more items in sector 8 challenges necessity to make this additional component wide enough. Therefore the sector 8 has to places to right of refrigerating chamber. The automatic equipment became asymmetric: left additional component will be narrow with evaporator and fan and right additional component will be wider with small items and payment compartment.
  • FIG. 4 a is using the rotating hinges
  • FIG. 4 b is using rotating and sliding plate hinges
  • FIG. 4 c is using a few clips for open up whole lid of chamber. After that the changing of articles in the chamber became easy.
  • thermo-electrical system in the regions with temperate climate (not in hot season).
  • This system comprises the package of many thermo-electrical elements each of that consist from two semi-conductors with different conductivity. Us a result when the current pass through thermo-element the different ends of it will be absorb or distinguish a heat so the each thermo-element works like micro cooling or heating system.
  • the TES is illustrated on the FIGS. 10 a and 10 b which is a schematic front view of automatic equipment, according to the embodiment of FIG. 1 .
  • FIG. 10 a Schematic front view of main body of TES shown on FIG. 10 a. It dimensions accords to the basic version 1 shown on FIG. 1 . been located between front passenger seat and partition.
  • This version however configured with credit card system only ( 61 is credit card reader, that close to the vending window ( 62 ); exterior door of equipment ( 63 ) with door lock ( 63 a ) and door hinges ( 63 b ) opens cooling space of equipment in a whole (from top to bottom); it is very convenience for vendor for empty and fill up again the refrigerator with new refreshed cans.
  • FIG. 10 b as a schematic sectional front view of automatic equipment with TES comprises T-E cooler ( 64 ), package of thermo-elements ( 65 ), solenoid holder ( 66 ), plate springs ( 67 ) and cross-link mechanism ( 68 ).
  • FIGS. 2 and 11 illustrate a schematic sectional front view of automatic equipment, according to mentioned above version of embodiment (version 4).
  • the front layer of new shape of bottles or cans in form of cubes 70 arrange in the refrigerating chamber.
  • the main body of the equipment refrigerating chamber comprises up to 80 bottles of new shapes in form of cubes in the two adjacent layers (front and back) dividing by the flat plastic vertical inset 46 on 2 parts: front layer 25 a and back layer 25 b.
  • this divider shown on FIG. 11 c , 11 d and 12 and partly just top visible part of inset shown on FIG. 11 a , 11 b.
  • This preferred embodiment of version 4 comprises four vertical rows with cans or bottles of other shape in form of cubes 70 shown in the schematic sectional view on the FIGS. 2 and 11 .
  • This front layer of refrigerating chamber comprises about 40 cubes 70 arrange horizontally in perpendicularly to the front wall of the refrigerating chamber.
  • FIGS. 11 , 11 a and 11 b illustrate that the evaporator 17 is covered from left side by the one sided lid 17 a ; the reason for this element of design was installed is that compressor 19 has more power than fan. The air flow after compressor is essentially increasing and this will lead to the over cooling up to freezing the drinks inside refrigerator. The one sided lid of evaporator prevents from this condition in the refrigerator and directs the force air flow exactly into the tunnel.
  • the divider 46 (partly visible on the FIG. 11 a, 11 b and fully on FIG. 11 c ) in the space limited by left sector 9 has a tip 46 a (not shown), which turning on by the axle (coordinates to the visible line of inset 46 on the FIGS. 11 a and 11 b ) periodically closing front ( 25 a ) or back ( 25 b ) layer of the refrigerator (depend of the passenger's choice).
  • the air force after compressor by this tip 46 a is directing to the one of these opened at this time layers, creating inside it slightly increased pressure for moving the cubes to the dispense window based on the condition of “wet air”.
  • FIG. 11 c the full image of how the cans or bottles arrange into the refrigerator is shown on FIG. 11 c .
  • the cans or bottles as cube are disposed into the chamber in 2 layers; each of articles 70 in each layer 25 a and 25 b (into the 3 first rows) places by the bottom to the according walls: front ( 7 c ) or back ( 7 b ), and consequently by the top sides to the flat chamber divider of layers 46 .
  • the disposition of cubes is most convenience: for minimize the dimensions of whole equipment; to replace the standard fixation mechanisms 22 for each layer into the thick enough walls; to implement the new shape of the non-standard fixation—inclination mechanism 23 for sliding the articles to the dispense window, and to provide the increasing of the amount of bottles or cans in the shape of cubes the summer version equipment more than twice (up to 80 pieces) by the comparing with version 1.
  • the can or bottle 70 on this final stage of vending passes 3 positions 70 a, 70 b, 70 c of moving from last row of the back layer of tunnel till open dispense window. It is also will be explain bellow.
  • the plastic laying 69 is installing between the lid of chamber and first (from top) filled cans or bottles level; the laying has double function: to make more tight hermetic refrigerating part of equipment and to help to moving of can or bottle.
  • the plastic laying has openings 72 .
  • the openings in the body of laying have narrow flexible sealant 69 a around 3 edges of each opening (probably the one sealant from left side of opening will be enough), excluding extreme right opening 72 b; 2 corner of sealant had cut of 45′ degree; these sealants has a few function: safe hermetical conditions in the tunnel all time when the refrigerator is working; divide adjacent bottles after one of them entered in the tunnel; sealant compressing (with similar way as spring in version 1) partly shoves the bottle to the dispense window ; and finally serves like rails by the sliding the next bottle to the open window.
  • the scheme of specific exit the cubes from top row into the tunnel is shown on FIG. 13 .
  • the cans or bottles 70 are pushed by bottom spring 20 gradually (by the several stages 74 ) enter to the tunnel and raising the sealant 69 a.
  • the main of these principals are:
  • universal vending machine has to have approximately equal quantity of cooling and not-cooling articles.
  • the refrigerator occupants about 2 ⁇ 3 all space of equipment.
  • Other 1 ⁇ 3 of equipment's space has to be filled up the not cooling items and self transportation mechanism.
  • right additional sector 8 of unit 5 should contain 40 snacks and/or miscellaneous items of 8 kinds which may locate on the 8 shelves by 2 rows. This size of right additional sector is too much and cannot be placed behind front passenger seat.
  • vending machines present invention has no one motor for each shelf but just one motor which revolve all 8 spirals (see FIGS. 7 a and 7 b ) by specific method.
  • the shelves with spirals dispose no in pairs on one level but in a shape of stair. Whole wide of sector 8 in this case equal about 5.5 inches that good fitted to marked goal.
  • the one motor 38 revolves simultaneously all friction disks each of that connected with separate spiral. Therefore the 4 disks 46 r and four spirals 26 r are rotating in a clockwise and other 4 disks 46 l and four spirals 26 l are rotating in a counterclockwise.
  • Each disk comprises one small solenoid 47 .
  • the tip of solenoid carried out as small hexahedra and by the moving out easy finds the opposite also hexahedra hole in the spiral's accessory. This system of transportation helps to bring chosen items to the client.
  • the automatic equipment comprises the operating panel 6 illustrated on FIG. 8 , having corresponded labels for all vending products in this specific taxi cab (for version 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5).
  • the drink's selection buttons 48 , snacks and miscellaneous item's selection buttons 49 , money slots 12 and 13 , card reader slot 14 together with drinks vending window 10 and small items vending tray 11 are present on the panel 6 .
  • the both tray 11 (in the attached sector 8 of the equipment ( FIG. 2 ) and in the panel 6 are located too close each to other because of packets, which appear in the tray can be easy picked up by clients.
  • selection button can be adapted for same purposes, such as touch-screen, electronic or optical sensors, etc.
  • the card readers' slot 51 shown on FIG. 8 may be also used because of this card reader slot already was installed into the taxi cab together with GPS (Global Position System).
  • FIG. 14 illustrates the schematic perspective of back view of a taxi cab's trunk according to an exemplary (Version 5 ) embodiment of the present invention: multifunctional adaptable composite automatic equipment.
  • This part 78 is divided by the shelf 62 s on upper section 78 a and lower section 78 b.
  • the main body of the invented equipment 79 is placing on the right side of upper section 78 a close to the reserve tire 80 of taxi cab that lies in left side of upper section 78 a. Nearest part of the trunk 81 leaves free for luggage.
  • An operator opens the lid 6 a and loads the refrigerating chamber of composite unit 5 with cans of 4 kinds of soft drink (each kind in one row). Then operator easy lifts up the sector 8 with miscellaneous items (wet napkins, gum, candies, etc.) from hinges and changes this whole component on new one for a couple minutes. After that operator closes lid, hangs up the component with small items and maintains the refrigerating devices to predetermined range of temperature.
  • the taxi drives on the streets.
  • First passenger decides to drink Pepsi that filled up the row 2 from left. He puts a bill in slot 11 for example one dollar and presses one of the buttons 39 on the panel 4 p with Pepsi label.
  • the button 39 transfer a corresponding signal to vending control system, which actuates the bottom spring 19 in the row 2 and the same time turn on the solenoid with fixation mechanism ( 21 ) in the same row.
  • the fixation mechanism 21 draws back and bottom spring 19 gradually pushes up the all row of the cans.
  • Top can with the same speed begin to rise from top cell into the tunnel 24 , raising a step by step the springs 27 c. Under the top can, which moving in tunnel, next can occupies the cell. When the top can exits in full to the tunnel the next in the row can is fixed by the fixation mechanism.
  • the raised in full springs 27 c begins to return in initial position and by the way is pushing the can to right side of the tunnel with helping by mini size bearings located on the ends of springs. Thanks the mini size bearing, that rotating in the counter-clockwise, the can is revolving in clockwise that force the can's moving and sliding to the extreme right side row.
  • the can is moving by rolling and sliding along tunnel to the first right row and then after rich it fall dawn on the empty one cell.
  • This top can in this particular row have slightly inclination 33 to the side of vending window 9 ( FIG. 3 c ).
  • Felled dawn can sliding above inclination cylindrical surface of can to the opened at this time lid 32 of vending window ( 9 ) and through that get to the client.
  • the passenger choice is the Cola which fills extreme right row of the refrigerating chamber.
  • the scheme of moving the can with Cola is essential other (not shown on drawing).
  • the last one transfer a corresponding signal to vending control system, which actuates the fixation mechanism 22 in the top of row (draws back) and the spring in the row bottom 19 turned on.
  • Top can begins moving to the tunnel and fluent exit from the cell, where it was fixed, to the first row in the horizontal position.
  • the fixation mechanism 22 again turned on and fixes that next can in the inclination position by the specific form of its head. Due to this inclination the exited can begin to sliding by the inclination surface of next can to the opened at this moment door of the vending window straight in customer hands.
  • the close procedure is happened when a passenger's choice is miscellaneous item.
  • he pushes one of the ten buttons 40 ( FIG. 5 ) with corresponding label (for example, wet napkin).
  • the button transfers this signal to vending control system, which turns on the motor 38 ( FIG. 7 a ).
  • the motor starts rotating and to revolve the wire spirals 26 r, or 26 l filled up just with wet napkins. After couple circles the one packet with wet napkin falls down by the duct and passenger take out this article from the tray 11 . All actions are carries out through the vending control system and controllers.
  • the passenger's choice of 8 kinds of drinks is the Cola which fills the 2 row of back layer of the refrigerating chamber.
  • the Cola fills the cubes.
  • the scheme of moving the cubes is the similar but more sophisticated than the previously example by the method.
  • Vending control system also transfers the signal from button 48 of operating panel 6 ( FIG. 10 ) to air compressor. It switches on force of air flow.
  • the pressure of air is increasing behind the cube with Cola and air flow directs to the right inside back layer of tunnel and moves the cube to the end of tunnel to the position 70 a ( FIG. 11 d ).
  • the sliding of cube by the tunnel is providing by increased air force and mentioned above several principals (condition of “wet air”, differential pressure, sliding surfaces of bottles, sliding materials, short distance to the dispense window, etc.) that accompany this process and make the moving easier and faster.
  • Taxi cab passenger service automatic equipment for improving service of passengers by creating, installing and maintaining in the salon of cab additional equipment for more comfortable trip by acquisition up to 5 kinds refreshing drinks and also up to 10-12 types miscellaneous items in the ride; automatic equipment been encapsulated in compose unit body includes the complex of known devices, particularly refrigerator (in basic version with compressor, condenser, evaporator and control device), vending machine and accompanying adaptations, which are accommodating in the limited space of taxi cab, without violating of conditions for passenger boarding and normal work of taxi driver and the car.
  • refrigerator in basic version with compressor, condenser, evaporator and control device
  • vending machine and accompanying adaptations which are accommodating in the limited space of taxi cab, without violating of conditions for passenger boarding and normal work of taxi driver and the car.
  • Automatic equipment as defined in point 1, with mentioned devices are compose set as multi components unit body, which is accommodating between back of front passenger chair (right from a driver) and obligatory for taxi cab partition, dividing front driver part of salon and back passenger part of salon.
  • Automatic equipment as defined in point 1 execute two basic and equivalent functions: a) to contain and save optimum quantity of cooling soft drinks and miscellaneous items for one or two work shifts b) to vend these articles for passengers of taxi cab with most convenience and rate; both of these functions correlation each to other and have to be provisioned precise and in time carried out work of all components and devices, included in compose equipment.
  • the structure of automatic equipment as defined in point 1 as compose encapsulated unit comprises: one central component in a form of main refrigerating chamber with cans of soft drinks; two additional component, which accommodated from left and right sides of central refrigerating chamber; the left additional component contains evaporator connected to the refrigerating chamber by the ventilation openings; under the evaporator a fan is located; right additional component is separated from main body by the warm insulation wall, belonging to the refrigerating chamber, and contains from top to bottom: shelves for miscellaneous items with mechanism of spiral revolving pushers using just one motor for all shelves; vertical duct and item dispense tray; under tray the device for receiving money (bills and change slots) is located; lower the change dispense placed.
  • Automatic equipment as defined in point 1 comprises hermetic worm insulated lids, which from top open central refrigerating chamber that allow from top fast and convenience to add or change the cans with drinks; and from other side this lid good save the predetermined temperature inside the refrigerating chamber.
  • Automatic equipment as defined in point 1 in the basic variant, from the back side of compose unit comprises two more elements of refrigerator: the niche with compressor and the condenser attached to the back wall of equipment.
  • Automatic equipment as defined in point 1 will be more convenience in the taxi cab if instead two important elements of the equipment's refrigerator (compressor and condenser), the air-condition (AC) system of the taxi cab will be used without any serious changing in salon of the taxi cab.
  • AC air-condition
  • Automatic equipment as defined in point 1 with added by points 4, 5, 6, 7 and 15 comprises the “tunnel”, formed from top empty cells of each row, is free of the cans and is the part of the refrigerating chamber, where all surfaces have minimum friction and high sliding index; therefore the new spring system (in the shape of plates) and inclination device are used in the invented equipment for moving cans to the vending window.
  • the cans are arranged perpendicularly to the front and back walls of the equipment and the moving on the cans to the vending window happening in the “tunnel” above top row of the cans, using principle of rolling and sliding.
  • the spring system (in the shape of plate) for moving cans to the vending window is the part of whole metallic (or some other material with springing property) laying between central component of unit (bottom of “tunnel”) and lid of the refrigerating chamber; this laying has 4 or 5 cans' size rectangular openings the couple of springs or single spring arranged above those openings (like windows) for each row of cans which lifting to the “tunnel” through these openings; the springs main target are to create fluent moving of the cans from top row to the tunnel and then to send them rolling and sliding to the direction of extreme right row;
  • the spring system in the shape of plate
  • the spring system has one more certain improvement: additional to rounding of cells these springs for better rolling of cans include mini size bearings on the edges of the springs that improving the can rolling and sliding; the mini size bearings which help to force the rolling of the can and improve the reliability of spring system, because these bearings give the can the direction to extreme right row by rolling them in clockwise; after any spring pushed the can in a “trip”, it will come down and the mini size bearings are hiding in mentioned above slot, not missing to next cans to roll and slide by the tunnel.
  • Automatic equipment as defined in point 1 with added by points 4,5,6,7 and 13, 14 contains a fixation device that fix cans on the waiting position under the tunnel before client will choice particularly this kind of drinks; if so the fixation device frees the can and this one exits to the tunnel and through it to the vending window; all five fixation devices has the principle of solenoid, but four of them have the semi-circle head, just one of them the extreme right row has specific shape of the head—like a part of semi-circle head; this shape give possibility to this device to prepare inclination position of the can in this row below moving can. (In the 4-rows refrigerating chamber just 3 affixation mechanism has semi-circle head but extreme right row has a partly semi-circle head)
  • Automatic equipment as defined in point 1 with added by points 4,5,6,7 and 13, 14, 15 and 16 provide delivery the refreshing drinks in the cans by moving it with rolling and sliding along tunnel to the first right row and then after rich it fall dawn on into the empty one cell; under this empty cell the slightly inclination can to the side of vending window already prepared; felled dawn can above it sliding by this inclination surface to the opened at this time lid of vending window and through that the client catches it; the lid of the vending window lays out in a front of top cell in right row, one cell below of tunnel and not in a level of the tunnel.
  • the right additional component of automatic equipment as defined in point 1 with added by points 4,5,6,7 and 13 comprises no less than 10 kinds and a few tens of miscellaneous items that was achieved thanks the new method for move the not cooling items to the passengers; this method excludes the implementation of many motors (in the most cases one of them for each shelf) and uses just one motor for all shelves and applying new principal of rotating of wire spiral.
  • Automatic compose equipment as defined in point 1 with added by points 4,5,6,7 and 13 with right component filled up the many miscellaneous items allow the operator much faster fill up or change the small items and take the money because this section not having contact with refrigerator and will be just hang on the main body by the hinges; the operator very fast takes up the component from hinges and may soon fill up it with new items or even changes this component on new one.
  • Automatic equipment as defined in point 1 comprises outside the main body of equipment on the back side of the partition on the special panel carried out by the cord the indicator of all products into the equipment, coordinate with contents of refrigerator and cartridge clip with small items; buttons-indicators located in a front of passengers.
  • Automatic equipment as defined in point 1 uses minimum energy in 12 v, which receive from front part of driver salon.
  • Automatic equipment as defined in point 1 has not only extra flat thickness, it may present bright example for universal equipment in the area of taxi cab industry. It has numerous possibilities for be changeable and adaptable, for example: the both of additional components (left and right) may be replaced each to other; the configuration of evaporator can be adapt to a several kind of space; the quantity of rows with cans, the cans in a row or shelves with small items may be different and changeable; the wide and height of whole equipment and the each component also may varying, etc., because of the invented equipment may be named as “adaptable” or universal.
  • Automatic equipment as defined in point 1, 2 and 21 without any design changing in the car may be installed in some modern kind of taxi, standard or hybrid, including foreign cars, starting from Crown Victoria, Ford Escape, Toyota Camry, Nissan Altima, Chevy Malibu, Toyota Highlander, Toyota Prius, etc.; it will be have the close configuration in the according to condition and space of the salons, notwithstanding on the conception of refrigerator.
  • Automatic equipment as defined in point 1 and 2 will be have the similar configuration and sizes according condition and space of salon, notwithstanding from conception of refrigerator: connected to the air condition system of taxi cab, with compressor and cooling agent, thermo-electric system, semi-conductor system, solar system, etc.
  • the universal equipment is characterizing that the extreme right row of the refrigerating chamber not stored in full, one cell of this row located immediately under tunnel is empty; this empty cell is an auxiliary space for transportation the cans to the vending window.
  • the universal equipment provide delivery the refreshing drinks in the cans by moving it with rolling and sliding along tunnel to the first right row ; then the cans after rich it fall dawn on into the empty one cell; under this empty cell the slightly inclined can to the side of vending window already prepared; felled dawn can above it sliding by this inclined surface to the opened at this time lid of vending window and through that the client catches it; the lid of the vending window lays out in a front of top cell in right row, one cell below of tunnel and not in a level of the tunnel.
  • Universal equipment of version 4 as defined in point 1 with added by points 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25 and 26 practically has the same dimensions as basic equipment of version 1; this modification of equipment is locating also between the front passenger seat and partition of taxi cab; evaporator, ventilation openings, bottom springs, tunnel of refrigerator, compressor or fan, right additional sector with miscellaneous items and money department and connection with air-condition system of taxi leave the same like in equipment of version 2.
  • Evaporator of universal equipment of version 4 as defined in point 1 with added by points 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27 in the different from version 1 is covered from left side by the one sided lid; the reason for this element of design was installed is that compressor has more power than fan; the air flow after compressor is essentially increasing that may lead to the over cooling up to freezing the drinks inside refrigerator, what may be inconvenience to the most of passengers; the one sided lid of evaporator prevents from this condition in the refrigerator and directs the force air flow exactly into the tunnel
  • Universal equipment of version 4 as defined in point 1 with added by points 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28 except one sided lid comprises thin plastic inset (divider) of tunnel, which divides the tunnel of chamber on 2 parts: front and back; the inset in the space limited by left additional sector has a tip, which returning on the axis periodically prevent front or back layer of the refrigerator (depend of the passenger's choice) from the air force that after compressor by this tip is directing to the one of these layers, creating inside of a half of tunnel slightly increased pressure for moving the cubes to the dispense of window based on the condition of “wet air” and on the depression (differential pressure) between back of moving cube in the tunnel (higher than atmosphere pressure) and area around the lid of dispense window (with atmosphere pressure);
  • Universal equipment of version 4 as defined in point 1 with added by points 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28 comprises plastic laying for ensuring the transportation of articles by tunnel to the dispense window; this plastic laying is installing between the lid of chamber and first (from top) filled cans or bottles level; the laying has double function: to make more hermetic refrigerating part of equipment and to help to moving of can or bottle; the plastic laying has a few openings according to the rows of articles; the openings in turn of have the narrow flexible sealants around 3 edges of each opening (probably the one sealant from left side of opening will be enough), excluding extreme right opening; 2 corner of sealant had cut of 45′ degree; these sealants have a few functions: to safe hermetical conditions in the tunnel all time when the refrigerator is working; divide adjacent bottles after one of them entered in the tunnel; sealant compressing (with similar way as spring in version 1) partly shoves the bottle to the dispense window ; and finally serves like rails for next bottle (cu
  • Universal equipment of version 1, 2, 4 and 5 as defined in point 1 with added by points 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31 comprises the operating panel having corresponded labels as indicator for all vending products in this specific taxi cab; the drink's selection buttons, snacks and miscellaneous item's selection buttons, money slots, card reader slot together with drinks vending window and small items vending tray are present on the operating panel; the both tray 10 (in the attached right sector of the equipment and in the panel) are located too close each to other because of packets, which appear in the tray can be easy picked up by clients; other form of selection buttons can be adapted for same purposes, such as touch-screen, electronic or optical sensors, etc.; the card readers' slot already existing on the partition may be also used because of this card reader slot was installed into the taxi cab together with GPS (Global Position System).
  • GPS Global Position System
  • Universal equipment of version 5 as defined in point 1 with added by all above mentioned points depend on specific conditions of some new hybrid or modern taxi cab (domestic or foreign) take place, when the space behind front seat of passenger doesn't allow installing even that extra flat vending machine, one more area where the taxi cab vending machine could be installed is in the trunk; in this case the same as in version 1 unit placed in the trunk near reserve tire in a horizontal position on shelf, no prevents to the luggage be placed on the bottom of trunk (version 5); the distant part of trunk is divided by the shelf on upper and lower sections; the main body of the invented equipment is placing on the right side of upper section close to the reserve tire of taxi cab that lies in left side of upper section ; nearest part of the trunk leaves free for luggage.

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