CH700345B1

CH700345B1 - Wall dispenser for manually dispensing coffee capsules, has horizontal locking system provided with groove and arranged on lower part of dispenser, and guides fixed on vertical support, where spacing between adjacent guides is thirty mm

Info

Publication number: CH700345B1
Application number: CH2582009A
Authority: CH
Inventors: Bernard Fischli
Original assignee: Bernard Fischli
Priority date: 2009-02-20
Filing date: 2009-02-20
Publication date: 2010-08-13

Abstract

The dispenser has parallel H-sectioned vertical guides made of plastic or light metal and fixed on a vertical support. Spacing between the adjacent guides is 30 mm. The support is constituted of a rectangular piece of a rigid material e.g. aluminum, acrylic glass and medium density fiberboard, where the piece has a thickness of 3 mm. A horizontal locking system having a groove is arranged on a lower part of the dispenser. The locking system retains coffee capsules in the lower part of the dispenser, where the capsules are introduced between the guides from an upper part of the dispenser. An independent claim is also included for a method for actuating a wall dispenser used for manually dispensing coffee capsules.

Description

       

  [0001]    L'invention concerne un distributeur manuel mural de capsules à café coniques.

  

[0002]    Actuellement, il existe plusieurs systèmes de rangement des capsules, mais ce ne sont pas des distributeurs au sens strict. Le principe d'un distributeur est que la capsule retirée doit être remplacée aussitôt par une autre.

  

[0003]    Il existe également de vrais distributeurs, mais ils ont une faible capacité de stockage. Le fait d'être posés sur une surface horizontale limite cette capacité. De plus, certains rendent difficile le contrôle de la quantité de capsules restantes.

  

[0004]    Le but de la présente invention est de combiner l'aspect d'un présentoir et l'utilité d'un distributeur.

  

[0005]    L'invention est constituée d'une pièce rectangulaire de faible épaisseur, réalisée dans un matériel léger et rigide, comme un panneau de fibres de densité moyenne, du verre acrylique ou de l'aluminium, selon le mode d'exécution préféré. Sur cette pièce sont fixés des guides en H, réalisés eux aussi en matériau rigide comme du plastique ou un métal léger.

  

[0006]    Les figures représentent:
<tb>Fig. 1.<sep>coupe d'un guide vertical


  <tb>Fig. 2.<sep>coupe du système de blocage / guide vertical terminal


  <tb>Fig. 3.<sep>coupe des guides verticaux (en b, l'écartement entre les guides)


  <tb>Fig. 4.<sep>coupe de l'ensemble, vue de dessus


  <tb>Fig. 5.<sep>vue de face (en c, l'espace permettant d'extraire la capsule)


  <tb>Fig. 6.<sep>coupe de l'ensemble, vue de profil

  

[0007]    Ces guides doivent, d'une part, ménager une profondeur de 4 à 6 mm (fig. 1, a) pour permettre aux couvercles des capsules de se chevaucher, celui du dessus se glissant sous celui d'en dessous.

  

[0008]    D'autre part, l'écartement entre les guides (fig.3, b) doit être de 30 mm au minimum, pour permettre aux capsules de glisser facilement, sans permettre pour autant à la capsule de tomber hors des guides.

  

[0009]    Un système de blocage, servant aussi de réceptacle aux capsules, est fixé horizontalement au bas de l'invention. Il comporte une rainure maintenant le couvercle de la capsule et évitant la chute de celle-ci. On utilisera préférablement une variante modifiée d'un guide vertical pour une meilleure impression visuelle de l'invention.

  

[0010]    Un espace (fig. 5, c) doit être ménagé entre la partie inférieure des guides verticaux et le système de blocage. Cet espace varie en fonction de la profondeur des guides verticaux (il est de 13 mm pour un guide profond de 6 mm, de 15 mm pour un guide profond de 4 mm).

  

[0011]    Cet espace permet d'extraire la capsule en la faisant remonter légèrement et en la tirant ensuite vers soi et vers le bas.

  

[0012]    La taille du dispositif complet peut varier en fonction du matériel utilisé pour les guides verticaux, mais il n'excède pas de beaucoup celle qu'occuperaient les capsules qu'il contient si elles étaient placées côte à côte.

  

[0013]    L'invention est modulaire, en ce sens que la hauteur et la largeur peuvent être fonction du besoin de l'utilisateur (dans les limites du raisonnable pour limiter le poids et l'encombrement de l'invention). On peut ainsi réaliser des distributeurs de 3, 8 voire 15 colonnes de capsules, pouvant contenir chacune le même nombre de capsules. L'exemple illustré (fig. 5) est de 8*10 capsules.

  

[0014]    Les avantages d'une telle invention sont les suivants:
Appareil d'un seul tenant sans aucune pièce mobile
Distribution assurée par la seule force de gravitation
Visibilité du contenu restant
Gain de place sur la surface horizontale du plan de travail
Grande capacité de stockage par rapport à la taille
Taille variable en fonction des besoins et choix de finitions



  The invention relates to a manual wall dispenser conical coffee capsules.

  

Currently, there are several capsule storage systems, but they are not distributors in the strict sense. The principle of a dispenser is that the capsule removed must be replaced immediately by another.

  

[0003] There are also real distributors, but they have a low storage capacity. The fact of being placed on a horizontal surface limits this capacity. In addition, some make it difficult to control the amount of remaining capsules.

  

The object of the present invention is to combine the appearance of a display and the utility of a dispenser.

  

The invention consists of a rectangular piece of thin, made in a light and rigid material, such as a medium density fiberboard, acrylic glass or aluminum, according to the preferred embodiment . On this piece are fixed H guides, also made of rigid material such as plastic or light metal.

  

The figures represent:
<Tb> Fig. 1. <sep> section of a vertical guide


  <Tb> Fig. 2. <sep> cutting of the locking system / vertical terminal guide


  <Tb> Fig. 3. <sep> cut vertical guides (in b, the spacing between the guides)


  <Tb> Fig. 4. <sep> cut of the set, top view


  <Tb> Fig. 5. <sep> front view (in c, space to extract the capsule)


  <Tb> Fig. 6. <sep> section of the set, profile view

  

These guides must, on the one hand, provide a depth of 4 to 6 mm (Figure 1, a) to allow the caps of the caps to overlap, the top of which slips under that of below.

  

On the other hand, the distance between the guides (fig.3, b) must be at least 30 mm, to allow the capsules to slide easily without allowing the capsule to fall out of the guides.

  

A locking system, also serving as a receptacle for the capsules, is fixed horizontally at the bottom of the invention. It has a groove holding the lid of the capsule and preventing the fall of it. A modified variant of a vertical guide will preferably be used for a better visual impression of the invention.

  

A space (Fig. 5, c) must be provided between the lower part of the vertical guides and the locking system. This space varies according to the depth of the vertical guides (it is 13 mm for a 6 mm deep guide, 15 mm for a 4 mm deep guide).

  

This space allows to extract the capsule by raising slightly and then pulling towards you and down.

  

The size of the complete device may vary depending on the material used for the vertical guides, but it does not exceed much that would occupy the capsules it contains if they were placed side by side.

  

The invention is modular in that the height and width may be a function of the need of the user (within reasonable limits to limit the weight and bulk of the invention). It is thus possible to produce dispensers of 3, 8 or even 15 columns of capsules, each of which can contain the same number of capsules. The illustrated example (Fig. 5) is 8 * 10 capsules.

  

The advantages of such an invention are as follows:
One piece device without any moving parts
Distribution ensured by gravitational force alone
Visibility of the remaining content
Space saving on the horizontal surface of the worktop
Large storage capacity in relation to the size
Variable size according to needs and choice of finishes

Claims

1. A manual wall-mounted dispenser for coffee capsules, characterized by a set of vertical guides with an H-section (Fig. 1), placed in parallel and fixed on a vertical support consisting of a piece of material (Fig. 3) ( Fig. 4), and provided on its lower part with a horizontal locking system (Fig. 2) with a groove.

2. Dispenser according to claim 1, wherein the vertical guides are made of plastic or light metal.

3. Dispenser according to claim 1, wherein the vertical guides are spaced apart by 30 mm.

4. Dispenser according to claim 1, wherein the vertical support consists of a rectangular piece of 3 mm thick in a rigid material, such as acrylic glass, aluminum or a medium density fiberboard.

5. Dispenser according to claim 1, wherein the vertical guides provide a depth of 4 to 6 mm, allowing the caps of the caps to overlap, the top of which slides under that of below (Fig 5).

6. Dispenser according to claim 1, wherein a space of about 15 mm is provided between the vertical guides and the horizontal locking system, for extracting the bottom capsule (Fig. 5, c).

7. Dispenser according to claim 1, characterized in that it can contain up to 15 columns of 15 capsules.

8. The method of actuating the dispenser of claim 1, wherein the capsules are manually introduced from above, slide under the action of gravity and are locked at the bottom of the dispenser (Fig. 5).

9. A method of actuating the dispenser according to claim 5, wherein, when the lower capsule is pushed up slightly, it then becomes possible to remove it by pulling it towards you and tilting it slightly, thanks to the space (Fig. 5, c) between the bottom of the vertical guides and the horizontal locking device (Fig. 6).

10. The method of actuating the dispenser of claim 6, wherein the capsules located in the dispenser above the removed capsule, slide down one position, the lower cap being locked and retaining the others.