EP0551284A1 - Machine fournissant des gobelets pour boissons et autres articles similaires - Google Patents

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EP0551284A1
EP0551284A1 EP19910915062 EP91915062A EP0551284A1 EP 0551284 A1 EP0551284 A1 EP 0551284A1 EP 19910915062 EP19910915062 EP 19910915062 EP 91915062 A EP91915062 A EP 91915062A EP 0551284 A1 EP0551284 A1 EP 0551284A1
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Florencio Pablo Catalan Diez
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F11/00—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
    • G07F11/02—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines
    • G07F11/04—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which magazines the articles are stored one vertically above the other
    • G07F11/16—Delivery means
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F11/00—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
    • G07F11/02—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines
    • G07F11/04—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which magazines the articles are stored one vertically above the other
    • G07F11/10—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which magazines the articles are stored one vertically above the other two or more magazines having a common delivery chute
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2331/00—Details or arrangements of other cooling or freezing apparatus not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2331/80—Type of cooled receptacles
    • F25D2331/803—Bottles
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D25/00—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled

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  • the present description relates, as indictaed in the title, to a machine for supplying beverage-containing packages and similar articles, of the type employed for selling refrigerated products such as beverages, water, drinks in general and other products, said machines generally working in automatic form by means of introducing the required coins.
  • the machines known at present for the distribution of the above-mentioned products incorporate mechanisms that act by means of coins which once introduced, they send the releasing order so that a retention mechanism supplies one package.
  • the machine for supplying beverage-containing packages and similar articles is hereby proposed in which a plurality of interior compartments is provided said compartments comprising of multiple guides in the form of zig-zag which allow the container packages to slide down until a releasing device which is activated when the required coins are introduced. Additionally a variety of releasing devices are provided which are able to control the supply of container packages of different volumes.
  • the machine herein presented has the advantage, with respect to the known machines, that the storage arrangement of the products in compartments with sliding guides in the form of tracks in zig-zag provides that the packages to be released do not support the weight of the pile with which the risk of breakages and deformations of packages is eliminated.
  • Another advantage of this invention is that by incorporating the appropriate mechanism of distribution for each type of package, space is saved which allows for a smaller width of machine for the same capacity of products.
  • Another advantage of our machine consists of making possible, by means of the above-mentioned mechanisms, for the machine to sell container packages of different characteristics and volumes.
  • the machine comprises a cabinet with thermo-insulating protection in which a refrigerating unit, of the type used for this kind of apparatus,is located.
  • the interior of said cabinet is divided into compartments inside of which a plurality of inclined guides are situated in form of zig zag which form a track over which the container packages slide due to their weight or the force of gravity.
  • the guides which form the aforementioned tracks are constituted by a number of flanges secured on facing sides of the parallel walls that divide the cabinet into compartments.
  • the regulating mechanism both for supply and for retaining of products is located in an inaccessible manner form the outside.
  • the machine herein proposed may be equipped by one or multiple mechanisms of different nature as to the characteristics and volume of the products to be supplied by the vending machine.
  • the machine for supplying beverage-containing packages and similar articles, object of the present invention incorporates a cabinet (1) with walls protected by a thermo-insulating material.
  • the cabinet has a lower compartment (2) in which a refrigerating unit (3) is located.
  • the cabinet On the front part, the cabinet is equipped with a large window (4) in which information may be placed in relation to the articles that the machine supplies. Additionally tile cabinet (1) is equipped with a front opening (5) on the lower part which provides access to a tray (6) on which the supplied articles will fall.
  • the inside of the cabinet is divided into three compartments (7), (7a) and (7b) in which packages (8) of beverages or any other similar article with different volume and form are stored.
  • the compartment (7) intended to contain packages of smaller dimensions than those of compartments (7a) and (7b) is formed by walls (11) and is divided in two vertical racks by means of a partition (9) which separates said racks having on facing walls thereof a plurality of inclined tracks (10) which descend in zig zag on which tracks the articles (8) (packages, bottles, cans and other articles of similar form) are situated which are capable of sliding over the tracks (10) due to the action of the force of gravity.
  • the lower end (10a) of tracks (10) lead to trays (6).
  • compartments (7a) and (7b) intended to be used for placing packages or articles (9) of larger dimensions than those placed in compartment (7) are formed by walls (11) and vertical racks which form theaforementioned compartment (7).
  • guiding wings are provided which are inclined in descending position towards wall (11), only one wing being necessary when articles (8a) rest on wing (10a) and the wall itself.
  • Device (12) (Fig. 5) with lateral driving arrangement (Fig. 5) is proposed for packages of considerable dimensions whithin the type of products which generally are dealt with, and is formed by a pair of transversal rods (13 and 14), parallel to the longitudinal axis of bodies (8) to be supplied, the ends of said rods pass through arched openings (15) provided on walls (11) being connected to oscillating plates (16) around axis (17).
  • the rods (13) and (14) are set at a distance with respect to each other.
  • a plaque (18) is mounted which oscillates around an axis (19) having an extension or a lever (20) situated between either of the ends of rods (13) and (14) ( Figures 7 and 8) pushing them alternatively.
  • Plaque (18) is joined to the end of a cross-bar (21) activated by means of an electro-magnetic (22) mechanism the operation of which is bound by a conventional coin-receiver of the kind commonly known for this type of machines.
  • plaque (18) is urged by a spring (23) which forces plaque (18) to remain stable at its two possible positions at which, as indictaed before, pushes one rod and the other by means of lever (20) ( Figures 6, 7 and 8).
  • the release and retaining device (12a) (Fig. 9), located on the front upper part of the package to be taken out, is similar as to its principles of operation to the device (12) described above and is intended to use for packages of medium and small size.
  • This mechanism consists of a pair of rods (24) and (25) horizontally situated in fornt of an exit opening (26) of a compartment (7a) located between two particular walls (11).
  • rods (24) and (25) pass through arched openings (27) provided on walls (11) of compartment (7a). Said ends are joined with two plates (28) which oscillate around pivots (29).
  • plaques (30) are situated which oscillate around an axis (31), at least one of which being equipped with an extension (32) in the form of a lever situated between either one of the ends of (24) and (25).
  • Plaques (30) are connected to each other by means of a horizontal rod (33) parallel to rods (24) and (25) having their ends guided into respective arched openings (27a).
  • Rod (33) is attached to a moving arm (35) which is activated by means of an electromegnetic mechanism (36) mounted inside compartment (7a).
  • the elctromagnetic mechanism (36) is activated once the required coins have been deposited in a conventional coin-receiving mechanism (not shown) in such a form that arm (35) pulls the oscillating plaque (30) and the extension thereof (32) pushes rod (25) so that the whole assembly of the two rods (24) and (25) together with plates (28). Rod (24) releases the first article (8) which goes out through tile opening (26) of compartment (7a), while at the same time rod (25) blockes the second article (8b).
  • spring (34) returns rod (33), plaque (30) and the assembly of rods (24) and (25) and plate (28) to its original position.
  • the device for releasing and retaining products (12b) (Fig. 13) with the driving arrangement located on the lower part of article (8) ready to be released is proposed with resepect to handling adequately products such as cans of drinks, small bottles and similar packages having in mind the saving of space in order to confer the machine a smaller width.
  • the device shown with the general reference number (12b) is located close to the end of tracks (10a) (Fig. 2) and below said tracks in which an opening (37) has been formed through which only the limiting rods (42) or (43) pass.
  • the device (12b) consists of a support box (38) with two wings (39) in which an axis (40) is loctaed for the rotation of a swinging device (41) of bi-stable position which comprises to transversal rods (42) and (43) joined to the lateral walls (41a) said rods being loctaed transversally with respect to the direction ofthe tracks (10).
  • Rod (42) is in a closer position to the end (10a) of tracks than rod (43).
  • a transverdsal axis (44) is mounted on which two elbow levers (45) are articulated by one end (45a) thereof and situated next to the lateral inside walls of box (38), while an end (45b) opposite to the one articulated to axis (44) is articulated to a transversal rod (46).
  • the ends of the rod (46) are guided in extended openings (47) of lateral walls of box (38).
  • roller sets (48) are mounted resting on waved tracks (49) such as a cam having an upper concave track (49a) which forms seating in order to stablilize the position of levers (45).
  • Rod (46) is joined to the end of a braket (51) displaceable by longitudinal movements in relation to the direction of the ends of tracks (10), being activated through rod (52) by an electro-magnet (53) or a similar electro-mechanical mechanism, which in turn is activated by depositing the coins corresponding to the price of the package (8) which is to be bought in a conventional coin-receiver installed in the cabinet (1) itself.
  • the displacement transmitted form the electro-magnet to braket (51) is in a direction opposite to that of restitution of spring (50).
  • wings (54) are situated which are parallel to tracks (10) and ends (10a) having the particularity that the distance measured between wings (54) and tracks (10) is somewhat larger than the diameter of packages (8) which move on the tracks.
  • rod (42) In the position of standby of device (12b) rod (42) extends over through opening (37) of track (10) in such a form that package (8) which is situated at the end of the track is intercepted between said extension and the upper wings (54) (Fig. 14 ofthe drawings).
  • the elctro-magnet (53) When the elctro-magnet (53) is activated by depositing the required coins in the coin-receiver, rod (52) pulls braket (51) and by means of transversal axis (46) the elbow arms (45) are displaced the rollers sets (48) of which leave housings (49a) of waved tracks (49).
  • Arms (45) perform a double movement since in addition to displacement on tracks (49), they oscillate supported by their roller sets (48) and urge the swinging device (41) to tilt around its axis (40) in such a form that the front rod (42) is hidden beneath opening (37) and releases package (8) located at the end of tracks (10) descending from the end (10a) and reaching the corresponding tray (6).
  • rod (43) is lifted and intercepts the package (8c) situated immediately after the released package (Fig. 15).
  • the swinging device (41) recovers the initial standby position activated by the return spring (50)
  • rod (42) intercepts the package that follows the released package and the standby position represented in Figure 14 is restored.

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La machine consiste en une armoire avec protection thermo-isolante (1) dans laquelle est montée une unité de réfrigération (3) ainsi qu'une pluralité de compartiments (7, 7a et 7b) où se trouvent des pistes par lesquelles glissent les produits à distribuer par la force de gravité, ces produits étant interceptés vers la fin de leur parcours par deux dispositifs (12, 12a et 12b) adaptés pour différents types de conteneurs ou gobelets, les mécanismes mentionnés antérieurement étant actionnés par l'introduction dans la machine de pièces de monnaie préétablies. La solution consistant à adapter à chaque type de conteneur le dispositif adéquat à la distribution permet d'éliminer le risque d'endommagement des conteneurs et entraîne en même temps une réduction considérable de la largeur de la machine.
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EP0852365A2 (fr) * 1996-11-28 1998-07-08 Sielaff GmbH & Co. Automatenbau Herrieden Machine de vente
EP0852365A3 (fr) * 1996-11-28 1999-05-12 Sielaff GmbH & Co. Automatenbau Herrieden Machine de vente
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US6230930B1 (en) 1997-10-14 2001-05-15 Cross-Given Manufacturing Company Apparatus and method for vending products
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US7823750B2 (en) 2004-02-27 2010-11-02 Sanden Vendo America, Inc. Product delivery systems for vending machines
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US8162174B2 (en) 2004-02-27 2012-04-24 Sandenvendo America, Inc. Retrieval systems for vending machines
EP1919329A1 (fr) * 2005-08-31 2008-05-14 MILLER, Duncan McKenzie Améliorations pour un appareil de distribution ou liées à lui
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