CA2079886A1 - Food heating and dispensing vending machine - Google Patents

Food heating and dispensing vending machine

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CA2079886A1
CA2079886A1 CA 2079886 CA2079886A CA2079886A1 CA 2079886 A1 CA2079886 A1 CA 2079886A1 CA 2079886 CA2079886 CA 2079886 CA 2079886 A CA2079886 A CA 2079886A CA 2079886 A1 CA2079886 A1 CA 2079886A1
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Peter Maitland
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Vendtron Inc
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    • G07FCOIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/0064Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for processing of food articles
    • G07F17/0078Food articles which need to be processed for dispensing in a hot or cooked condition, e.g. popcorn, nuts
    • GPHYSICS
    • G07CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07FCOIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F9/00Details other than those peculiar to special kinds or types of apparatus
    • G07F9/10Casings or parts thereof, e.g. with means for heating or cooling
    • G07F9/105Heating or cooling means, for temperature and humidity control, for the conditioning of articles and their storage

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Abstract

A vending machine (10) has a hopper (24) which leads to a modular dispenser unit (38) which includes a hopper chute (26), a top plate (28), a bottom plate (32) and a carousel assembly (36) interposed between the top (28) and bottom plates (32). The carousel assembly includes a closing plate and a container (53) depending therefrom which includes two mesh screen walls and two solid side walls. The carousel assembly is rotatable between the top and bottom plates such that the container is filled when it passes under the opening in the top plate. The container is moved to be adjacent a heat gun (66) which heats the food within the container (53) and is further moved to be over a discharge opening in the bottom plate which allows dispensing the heated food from the container.

Description

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:~: FOOD E~EATING AND DIB~EN8ING VJ5NDING ~qACXIN~5 echnical Field The present invention relates to a vending machine and particularly to a vending machine which heats and dispenses a portion of food upon activation of the machine.
Backqround of the Invention Vending machines ~or dispensing bulk food items such as peanuts, cashews, sunflower seeds and other similar foods are well known. The machines have a contained supply of food and a dispensing mechanism for dispensing a portion of food per activation of the machine.
Vending machines have also been constructed to he.~t thç ~or~ion of food prior to dispensin~ in order to ' 15 enhance the flavor of the served portion of food. However these machines that preheat food have several obstacles that prevent them from being more popular. Many of them have complicated mechanisms with various trap doors that ' could easily malfunction or jam and render the vending machine inoperable and thereby causing the loss of revenue , to the vending machine owner. Secondly these machines often are difficult to clean. It is particularly difficult i" and time consuming to empty a stale supply of food from the hopper and restock with a fresh supply of food. As a ~` 25 consequence, many potential customers doubt the freshness ; of the food in the machines and therefore avoid using these ~ machines.

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There is a need for an improved vending machine ;, , which can create confidence with the consumer that the machine is regularly cleaned and offers a fresh supply of ; food. Furthermore, a highly reliable vending machine is ~'~' .
; 5 desired which heats only the portion of food that is to be i immediately dispensed.
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Summarv of the Disclosure ; In accordance with the one embodiment of the present invention, a vending machine has a hopper for the . .
supply of bulk food, for example nuts, which is in communication with a modular dispensing unit. The , . . .
dispenser unit has a feed chute mounted to a top plate that has an opening therethrough. The top plate is mounted to bot~om pl~te and spaced apart therefrom. The bottom ~, 15 plate has an opening misaligned from the opening in the top plate. Interposed between the top and bottom plate is a movable container for receiving food from the opening in the top plate. In one embodiment, the dispenser unit has ', the container mounted on a carousel assembly and radially ~- 20 spaced from the axis of rotation of the carousel. A drive mechanism is operably connected to the carousel. The drive mechanism is a motor mounted to one of the plates, . preferably the bottom plate, and is controlled by a . plurality of circumferentially spaced switches about the ,................. .
; 25 dispenser unit mechanism that are actuated by rotation of :.,.

` the carousel. A heater is actuated that directs heat . ~ .
. between the two plates after food is dispensed into the container. The drive mechanism then moves the container , .
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, Preferably the container has two opposite porous side walls preferably made from a mesh or screen material :
to allow heated air to pass therethrough. Two ot~er side walls are solid to help channel heated air from the heater through the two mesh side walls.
Preferably the heater has separate heater coils ;; and a separately operated blowér that blows hot air and is ., .
lo circumferentially positioned about the carousel between the top plate opening and bottom plate opening. The container ' is positioned on the carousel such that when the container is rotated 90o, the mesh walls are positioned with respect ., 'i to the heater to allow the airflow to pass through the mesh ~ 15 walls. Conversely, the so~id side walls are positioned to !,: provide a channel passage for the airflow.

, A closure device closes the opening to the feed ','' chute when the container is not aligned under the opening . ~"
, of the top plate. The closure device is preferably a ,'~ 20 closing plate mounted to the container that has an inlet , ...
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carousel assembly is rotated such that the container is not under the opening in the top plate, the inlet in the closing plate is also misaligned from the top plate opening such that the closing plate closes the feed chute.
Preferably, the opening in the bottom plate is 1800 radially displaced from the opening in the top plate with respect to the axis of rotation.

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Operation switches on the carousel are operably ; connected to a control unit that provides for the appropriate stops of carousel at the heater and at a - standby position actuate and stop the heater and blower at - S appropriate times. A coin receiving mechanism and various instructional lights and actuating switches are also operably connected to the control unit.
;The modular dispenser unit with an interposed carousel is a simply assembled unit. The top plate is removably mounted via vertical shafts about the carousel.
After the top plate is removed, the container member of -the carousel assembly can easily be removed such that the whole dispenser unit assembly can easily be cleaned.
~' The bottom plate has a trap door aligned under the opPning in ~he top plate such that when the hopper ;
~,~,needs to be empty, the carousel is merely rotated to align ,the container under the opening in the top plate. The trap .
;door is opened to allow free flow of the food supply from the hopper, through the container, and down through a s20 secondary hopper discharge chute under the trap door. In ',this way the hopper can be emptied without repetitive cycling of the dispenser unit. This allows for quick and ~easy emptying of the old food supply and subsequent ,;restocking the hopper with a fresh food supply.
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FIGURE 1 is a front elevational view of one embodiment of a vending machine according to the present invention;
FIGURE 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 with the . 5 front panel removed for easy viewing of the internal mechanismsi .~FIGURE 3 is a fragmentary side elevational view , of Figure 2;
FIGURE 4 is a top plan view of the modular lo dispenser unit shown in Figure 2i FIGURE 5 is a top plan view of the carousel assembly in the dispenser unit;
FIGURE 6 is a cross-sectional view along line 6-6 shown in Figure 2;
, 15FIGURE 7 is the cross-sectional view rotated 90o ". with respect to Figure 6 and with the carousel assembly rotated to the heating position: and FIGURE 8 is a cross-sectional view aIong line 8-8 ..shown in Figure 7.
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Detailed Descri~tion of the Preferred Embodiment .Referring to Figure 1 a vending machine 10 has an outer cabinet or housing 12. The housing 12 has a front panel 14 with a discharge opening 16, various instruction lights 18 in particular lights 18a, 18b, 18c and 18d, operating button 19, and a token coin or money receiving ':~mechanism 20. The top section 22 can be made out of a i.'transparent material.

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As shown in Figures 2 and 3, the top section 22 allows a person to view the food supply in a storage hopper 24 that is mounted within the housing 12. The bottom of the hopper 24 is in open communication with a hopper feed chute 26 of a modular dispenser unit 38. The chute 26 is mounted on a top plate 28 which in turn is mounted by elongated bolts 30 and wing nuts 31 to a bottom plate 32.
,~ The bottom plate 32 has a discharge chute 34 depending ', therefrom. The top plate 28 and bottom plate 32 are spaced apart to form space 29 and rotor or carousel assembly 36 interposed therebetween.
, A motor assembly 42 is also mounted to the ,, underside of bottom plate 32 and is operably connected to the carousel assembly 36.
The carousel assembly 36, top plate 28, bottom i; plate 32, feed chute 26 and discharge chute 34 and motor 42 ',; form the dispenser unit 38 which dispenses a portion of '~ food from hopper 24 to a discharge funnel 40 mounted under ,. .~
J chute 34. The funnel 40 leads to the discharge opening 16 in the front panel 14.
Referring now to Figures 4 and 5, the dispenser ~;;,.
unit 38 has an aperture 44 through its top plate 28 aligned with the bottom of the hopper chute 26. The bottom plate 32 has an opening 46 misaligned with the aperture 44.
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The positions of the aperture 44 and opening 46 can be most t,',, easily defined with respect to the drive shaft 48 connected !,~
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46 are the same radial distance from shaft 48 and circumferentially spaced 1800 apart.
As shown in Figure 3, 6 and 8, the bottom plate 32 has a trap door 70 which is aligned directly under ~-. 5 aperture 44 and when open communicates with a secondary :, ,- discharge chute 72 which extends to the back panel 74 which .
.~ has an access door 76. The bacX panel 74 can also be provided with air vents 77.

.The carousel assembly 36 includes two spaced ,~I 10 apart mesh screens 50 which act as two opposing side walls .,j,,.
;and two other opposing solid side walls 52. The screens so and walls 52 define a container 53. The container 53 has ~:an open bottom 54 and an open top 56. The open top 56 is ~,aligned with an opening 58 in a closing plate 60 which is ,, ~:
mounted adjacent to and under the top plate 28. The one edge of the opening 58 in closing plate 60 has a canted '~flange 59.
The solid side walls 52 extend substantially the whole length of the top and bottom plate beyond the mesh '20 screens 50. The bottom edges of the side walls 52 are mounted onto a drive plate 64 which radially extends from drive shaft 48. The drive shaft 48 turns the drive plate 64 which in turn rotates the carousel assembly 36 about the drive shaft 48. The drive plate 64 has a magnet 65 mounted ~t25 thereon. The underside of the bottom plate 32 has two ~:;imagnetic reed switches 73 and 75 which interact with magnet i;:,l .
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A heating gun 66 has a heating coil assembly 68 ~,~in the form of a nozzle pointed to the space 29 between the ~.' , ' :
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A control panel 79 is operably connected to the reed switches 73,75, coin mechanism 20, lights 18, switches 19, heater gun 66, blower 69 and drive motor 42 via electrical wire 78, 80, 82, 84, 86 and so. The control panel 79 may be of any well known mechanical, electromechanical or electronic mechanism such as a printed circuit board and can be programmed in known manner to control and operate dispenser unit 38 in a programmed sequence.
In operation, the hopper 24 is filled with the food to be dispensed such ~s cashews, peanuts, or sunflower seeds. For this purpose the top section 22 can be opened ; to allow food supplies to be loaded into the hopper 24.
In the stand-by position the container 53 is opposite the heat gun 66 and between the supply chute aperture 44 and discharge opening 46. Upon the input of the appropriate coinage in the mechanism 20, the control panel 79 actuates the drive motor 42 which rotates the motor 42 which starts to rotate the basket assembly 36.
The carousel assembly rotates about drive shaft 48. When the opening S8 rotates under the aperture 44, a portion of , food in hopper 24 falls into the container 53 and rests on 7 bottom plate 32. As the carousel assembly 36 continues to rotate about shaft 48, the flange 59 pushes up any food ; supply out of the way as the opening 58 in the closing . . . .

WO91/15144 PCT/US9~/02273 ~ 2 ~ 6 plate 60 becomes misaligned with the aperture 44 to prevent wedging of food between the two plates 28 and 60.
Simultaneously as the carousel 36 starts to rotate the control panel also powers up the heater gun 66 and turns on one of the lights 18a which has an appropriate legend to instruct the operat~r to get a cup or bag. The carousel assembly 36 continues to rotate sliding the food on plate 32 until the magnetic reed 73 switch 75 is actuated by the magnet 65 on the drive plate 64 at which time the control panel deactuates the motor 42.
Alternatively, a predetermined delay can be introduced before the motor stops.
The carousel assembly and bottom plate 32 and top plate 28 create a tubular channel through which the heated air from the heat gun 66 as shown in Figure 7 can be channeled through the transverse mesh screens 50 to heat , the food that fell into the container 53. The air flow ~: through the channel, deflects upward on Section 33 and passes out through vents 77.
~, 20 The heating continues for a period of time , determined by the control panel. The time the heat gun 66 is actuated is variable. The control panel 79 can take into account the internal temperature within the carousel assembly before the coins actuated the vending machine cycle. During this heating sequence the controller actuates one of the lights 18b which has an appropriate legend such as "Place Cup Under Chute." At the end of the i' predetermined heating time the heater coil assembly 68 is , turned off. The blower 69 of the heat gun 66 can continue ;

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for a few seconds to cool the coil assembly 68 and then it also is turned off. One of the lights 18c flashes ~o properly instruct the operator to ~Press When Ready.
Light 18c is incorporated into switch l9.
The control panel 79 awaits actuation of switch l9 by the user at which time the drive motor is re-actuated and rotates the carousel assembly to complete the 3600 cycle. As the container 53 passes over the discharge opening 46, the heated food falls through the opening 46 and into funnel 34 and through discharge chute 40 and out opening 16 in the front panel. The carousel assembly 36 continues to rotate until the magnetic reed switch 75 is actuated by magnet 65. The vending machine is then ready for another cycle.
The control panel 79 can be programmed to detect ` malfunction conditions caused by a jammed motor 42 or the magnetic reed switches 73 and 75 not actuating within a predetermined time, or overheating caused by failure of the blower 69 or heater coil assembly 68. If any failures are indicated, one of the lights 18d indicating "Out of Order" is turned on and the motor 42 and heat gun 66 are turned off until the malfunction is corrected by a service ' repairmanO
The-modular dispensing mechanism allows for easy : 25 servicing of the mechanism and easy changes of the food supply. A serviceman can open access panel 79 which exposes an auto/manual switch 9l and operating button 93.
If the food supply needs to -be changed, either by a restocking of fresh supply or restocking of different .. . . : . . . - , . , ........ , :
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`` 2~9~6 foods, the switch 91 is moved to the manual position and button 93 is pressed. The carousel assembly 36 rotates as long as button 93 is pushed. The serviceman keeps button 93 pushed until the carousel assembly 36 is rotated to the loading position so the container 53 is aligned under the aperture 44. The serviceman can then open the trap door 70 at which time the food from the hopper can pass through the container 53 down to a secondary discharge chute 72 that ! leads to the access panel 76. When the manual auto switch 91 is in the auto position the operating push button 93 may be used to start the cooking cycle without having to insert coins for testing the operation of the vending machine.
The modular aspect of the dispensing unit 38 allows for easy maintenance and cleaning. Once the hopper 24 is unloaded, the hopper chute 26 and top plate 28 can he easily removed after wing nuts 31 at the top of bolts 30 are loosened and removed. The carousel assembly 36 can ~ then be lifted off of the drive shaft 48. The hopper chute !1 26, top plate 28 and the basket assembly 36 can be easily removed from the vending machine 10 and washed. The bottom plate 32 can be easily wiped clean as can the discharge funnel 34.
The carousel assembly 36, top plate 28, and hopper chute 26 can then be easily remounted. The hopper 24 be easily reloaded. The ease of changing the food I supply and cleaning the dispenser unit 38 promotes the regular maintenance and upkeep of the vending machine l0 and promotes the maintenance of fresh food in a clean and healthy atmosphere.
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The carousel assembly and the heating system provides for a vending machine that heats the food to increase and enhance the flavor without the use of trap doors that pivot or can get easily entangled and abused.
As such a vending machine is provided that is reliable, easily used, easily maintained and promotes the marketing of hot food snacks.
Variations and modifications of the present invention are possible without departing from the scope and ` 10 spirit as defined in the appended claims.

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Claims (12)

The embodiments in which an exclusive property and privilege is claimed are defined as follows:
Claims
1. A vending machine for dispensing food, said machine characterized by:
a housing;
a food storage hopper mounted on said housing;
a dispenser mounted in said housing;
said dispenser having inlet means for receiving a food supply from said storage hopper and an outlet means for discharging a food supply from said dispenser;
a container means for holding said food supply;
said container means movable between a first position for receiving a portion of said food supply from said inlet means and movable to a second position to discharge said portion of food supply through an outlet means in said dispenser;
a closure means affixed to said container for closing said inlet means when said container means is moved away from said first position;
drive means for moving said container means between said first and second positions; and a heater mounted adjacent said dispenser for heating said food in said container means.
2. A vending machine as defined in claim 1 further characterized by:

AMENDED CLAIMS
[received by the International Bureau on 9 August 1991 (09.08.91);
original claims 2,5 and 6 amended, other claims unchanged (2 pages)]

said inlet means including a first plate having an inlet aperture therethrough;
said outlet means including a second plate having an outlet aperture therethrough misaligned from said inlet aperture;
said first and second plates being spaced apart;
said container means slidably interposed between said first and second plates; and said closure means being a closing plate attached to said container means and mounted adjacent the first plate such that when said container means is moved away from said first position said closing plate is positioned to close said inlet aperture.
3. A vending machine as defined in claim 2 further characterized by:
said second plate having a trap door and trap door opening aligned with said inlet aperture of said first plate such that when said container means is in the first position said trap door can be opened to allow emptying of said hopper through said inlet aperture, said container means and said trap door opening.
4. A vending machine as defined in claim 1 further characterized by:
said container means including two solid opposing side walls and two porous side walls for allowing flow of air therethrough;

said solid side walls, and said first and second plates forming a channel to direct the flow of air through said two porous side walls;
said heater providing a heated flow of air with which to heat said food supply in said container; and said drive means includes a motor and a drive shaft extending through one of said first and second plates for rotating said container means about said drive shaft between said first and second positions.

5. A vending machine as defined in claim 4 further characterized by:
a control means for selectively actuating and deactuating said drive means when said container means is rotated between said first and second positions.

6. A vending machine as defined in claim 5 further characterized by:
said container means constructed to pass adjacent said heater when between said first and second positions;
said control means deactuates said drive means for a preselected amount of time when said container means is at a position adjacent said heater to allow said heater to heat said portion of food supply within said container means.

7. A modular dispenser mechanism characterized by:
a first plate means having an inlet therethrough;

said solid side walls, and said first and second plates forming a channel to direct the flow of air through said two porous side walls;
said heater providing a heated flow of air with to heat said food supply in said container; and said drive means includes a motor and a drive shaft extending through one of said first and second plates for rotating said container means about said drive shaft between said first and second positions.
5. A vending machine as defined in claim 4 further characterized by:
a control means for selectively actuating and deactuating said drive means when said container means is rotated between said first and second positions.
6. A vending machine as defined in claim 5 further characterized by:
said control means deactuates said drive means for a preselected amount of time when said container means is at a position adjacent said heater to allow said heater to heat said portion of food supply within said container means.
7. A modular dispenser mechanism characterized by:
a first plate means having an inlet therethrough;

a second plate fixedly mounted to said second plate and spaced apart therefrom having an outlet therethrough misaligned from said inlet means;
a container movably mounted between said plates between a first position wherein said container means is in communication with said inlet and a second position wherein said container means is in communication with said outlet;
and drive means for moving said container means between said first and second positions.
8. A modular dispenser mechanism as defined in claim 7 further characterized by:
said container including two solid opposing side walls and two spaced apart porous side walls for allowing the flow of air therethrough; and said solid side walls and said first and second plates forming a channel to direct air flow through the two porous side walls.
9. A modular dispensing mechanism as defined in claim 8 further characterized by:
said drive means includes a motor mounted to one of said first and second plates and a drive shaft extending through said one plate and operably mounted to said container for rotating said container means about said drive shaft between said first and second positions.
10. A modular dispenser mechanism as defined in claim 7 further characterized by:
a closure means for closing said inlet when said container means is moved away from said first position.
11. A modular dispensing mechanism as defined in claim 10 further characterized by:
said closure means being a closing plate attached to said container and mounted adjacent said first plate member such that when said container is moved away from said first position said closing plate is positioned to close said inlet.
12. A vending machine for dispensing food, said machine characterized by:
a food storage hopper;
a dispenser mounted under said hopper and having an inlet means for receiving a portion of food from said hopper, a container means for holding said food supply, a closure means for closing said inlet means, and an outlet;
said container means movable between a first position for receiving said portion of food from said hopper and a second position to discharge said portion of food through said outlet;
a heater operably positioned in proximity to said container for heating food in said container; and said dispenser having a second openable and closable outlet aligned under said inlet normally in a closed mode but openable when said container means is positioned between said inlet and second outlet to allow food supply within said hopper to pour through said container means and out through said second outlet.
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