# US 2014/0191642 A1 · Cabinet of automatic vending machine > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0191642 A1 - Document ID: US20140191642A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/055,034 - Filed: 2013-10-16 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-07 - Assignees: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.; Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Wuhan) Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.; Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Wuhan) Co., Ltd. - Inventors: SHUAI WU; DE-XIA YIN; WEI LIANG; YU-LIN LIU - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140191642A1 ## CPC - G07F 9/10: Casings {or parts thereof}, e.g. with means for heating or cooling - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) ## Abstract A cabinet includes a cabinet body, a front door, and a drive assembly. The front door is secured to the cabinet body and includes a door body, a supporting rod, and a sliding member. The supporting rod is located on the door body, and the sliding member surrounds on the supporting rod. The drive assembly is attached to the cabinet body and connected to the sliding member. The door body is rotatable relative to the cabinet body between an open position and a closed position. The sliding member is slidable in a first direction along the supporting rod to push the door body from the closed position to the open position, and in a second direction opposite to the first direction to pull the door body from the open position to the closed position driven by the drive assembly. The door body is thereby open or closed automatically. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A cabinet of an automatic vending machine comprising: a cabinet body; a front door secured to the cabinet body and comprising a door body, a supporting rod on the door body, and a sliding member surrounding the supporting rod; and a drive assembly attached to the cabinet body and connected to the sliding member, wherein the door body is rotatable relative to the cabinet body between an open position and a close position; the sliding member is slidable in a first direction along the supporting rod to push the door body from the close position to the open position, and the sliding member is slidable in a second direction opposite to the first direction and being driven by the drive assembly to pull the door body from the open position to the close position. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The cabinet of claim 1, wherein the drive assembly comprises a slave member, and the slave member is connected to the sliding member and configured to drive the sliding member to slide on the supporting rod. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The cabinet of claim 2, wherein an installation member is located on the cabinet body and comprises a supporting board with a sliding slot, the slave member comprises a sliding strip, and the sliding strip is slidably received in the sliding slot. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The cabinet of claim 3, wherein the slave member further comprises a connecting piece, and the connecting piece is connected to the slave strip by the sliding member. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The cabinet of claim 4, wherein the sliding member comprises two limiting tabs parallel to each other, and the connecting piece is engaged between the two limiting tab and rotatable relative to each of the two limiting tabs. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The cabinet of claim 5, wherein the sliding member further comprises a sliding sleeve surrounding the supporting rod, and each of the two limiting tabs is connected to the sliding sleeve. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The cabinet of claim 3, wherein two first resisting pieces and two second resisting pieces are located on the supporting board, two flanges extending from opposite sides of the slave strip, and each of the two first resisting pieces and each of the two second resisting pieces abut each of the two flanges. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The cabinet of claim 7, wherein the two first resisting pieces extend towards each other, and the two second resisting pieces extend towards each other. ### Claim 9 (depends on 3) The cabinet of claim 3, wherein the drive assembly further comprises a drive gear, the drive gear is meshed with a plurality of teeth of the slave strip, and the slave strip is slidable along a third direction and a fourth direction opposite to the third direction and being driven by the drive gear. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The cabinet of claim 9, wherein an acute angle is defined between the first direction and the third direction, and an acute angle is defined between the second direction and the fourth direction. ### Claim 11 A cabinet of automatic vending machine comprising: a cabinet body comprising a top plate; a front door secured to the cabinet body and comprising a door body, a supporting rod on the door body, and a sliding member surrounding the supporting rod; and a drive assembly attached to the top plate and connected to the sliding member, wherein the sliding member is slidable in a first direction along the supporting rod to push the door body to an open position, and the sliding member is slidable in a second direction opposite to the first direction to pull the door body to a close position and being driven by the drive assembly. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The cabinet of claim 11, wherein the drive assembly comprises a slave member, the slave member is connected to the sliding member and configured to drive the sliding member to slide on the supporting rod. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The cabinet of claim 12, wherein an installation member is located on the cabinet body and comprises a supporting board with a sliding slot, the slave member comprises a sliding strip, and the sliding strip is slidably received in the sliding slot. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The cabinet of claim 13, wherein the slave member further comprises a connecting piece, and the connecting piece is connected to the slave strip by the sliding member. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The cabinet of claim 14, wherein the sliding member comprises two limiting tabs parallel to each other, the connecting piece is engaged between the two limiting tab and rotatable relative to each of the two limiting tabs. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The cabinet of claim 15, wherein the sliding member further comprises a sliding sleeve surrounding the supporting rod, and each of the two limiting tabs is connected to the sliding sleeve. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The cabinet of claim 13, wherein two first resisting pieces and two second resisting pieces are located on the supporting board, two flanges extend from opposite sides of the slave strip, and each of the two first resisting pieces and each of the two second resisting pieces abut each of the two flanges. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The cabinet of claim 17, wherein the two first resisting pieces extend towards each other, and the two second resisting pieces extend towards each other. ### Claim 19 (depends on 13) The cabinet of claim 13, wherein the drive assembly further comprises a drive gear, the drive gear is meshed with a plurality of teeth of the slave strip, and the slave strip is slidable along a third direction and a fourth direction opposite to the third direction and being driven by the drive gear. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The cabinet of claim 19, wherein an acute angle is defined between the first direction and the third direction, and an acute angle is defined between the second direction and the fourth direction.