EP0347356A1 - Automatic vending machine for bakery products - Google Patents

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EP0347356A1
EP0347356A1 EP89470011A EP89470011A EP0347356A1 EP 0347356 A1 EP0347356 A1 EP 0347356A1 EP 89470011 A EP89470011 A EP 89470011A EP 89470011 A EP89470011 A EP 89470011A EP 0347356 A1 EP0347356 A1 EP 0347356A1
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  • the present invention relates to an automatic distributor for bakery products, in particular for special breads.
  • Today's vending machines cover a very wide and varied range of devices allowing the distribution of products of various shapes going from the pack of cigarettes to the baguette to pass by the notebooks of postage stamps, confectionery, etc. .
  • Distributors are already known where product samples are stacked on top of each other in a compartment, the first sample of the stack, located at the lower end of the compartment, being housed in a drawer that the user can open after having entered the corresponding sum into the machine, thus having access to the sample. When it closes the drawer, the samples that were above fall and the next sample comes to take place in the drawer.
  • Another type of dispenser has a horizontal conveyor where clips are attached, one behind the other, supporting the product samples in pairs. As soon as the appropriate sum is introduced into the machine, the most advanced pair of pliers opens, releasing the sample which falls into a receptacle accessible to the user by means of a flap which unlocks. The conveyor then starts to position the next sample above the receptacle.
  • Yet another type of dispenser comprises a horizontal helical conveyor in which the samples are arranged one behind the other, each sample being positioned between two turns of the conveyor and resting on a plate located below said conveyor, set back from the first turn.
  • the introduction of a suitable sum into the distributor controls the rotation of the helical conveyor by one complete revolution, advancing the product sample by one turn.
  • the first sample of the series being thus advanced in the first turn, falls into a receptacle accessible to the user by means of a flap which unlocks.
  • the present invention aims to overcome these drawbacks by proposing a automatic vending machine which allows the distribution of a whole range of products of various shapes and sizes, in particular bakery products such as special breads, which generally come in the form of short breads, square breads or round breads, as well as croissants, brioches, pains au chocolat or similar products collected in sachets.
  • the automatic distributor according to the invention consists of a frame 1 whose side walls support by means of screws and bolts two sets of two vertical supports 2-2 ′ and 3 -3 ′, one of which 2-2 ′ is located in front of the second 3-3 ′.
  • the plates 10, inclined so as to slide the product samples towards their front end, are arranged in two rows of two plates separated from each other by two median supports 2 ⁇ and 3 ⁇ supported by the axes 4 and 8 , respectively 6 and 9, the plates 10 of the upper row being supported by the axes 4 and 6 and the plates 10 of the lower row by the axes 8 and 9.
  • each of the plates 10 At the front end of each of the plates 10 is disposed a rocker 11 intended to carry the sample of product being dispensed.
  • the rod 5 is connected to a rod 5 ⁇ A fixed to the median supports 2 ⁇ and 3 ⁇ by means of a horizontal axis 12 secured to the underside of the corresponding rocker 1.
  • the rods 7 and 7 ′ are connected to two rods 7 ⁇ A and 7 ⁇ B, each of the axes 12 being pivotally mounted by its ends on the corresponding rods.
  • Each axis 12 is connected, by means of a cable 13 passing through guides 14 and 15 secured to the underside of the plates 10, to a control box 19 located at the bottom of the device, under the support 3 ⁇ .
  • a receptacle 37 positioned under the lower flip-flops 11 and in front of said flip-flops, and secured to the supports 2 and 2 ′ makes it possible to receive the sample of evacuated product and to make it available to the user.
  • Two horizontal axes 16 and 17 are pivotally mounted on the supports 2 and 2 ′ a short distance above the front end of the plates 10, passing through the median support 2 ⁇ through an orifice not shown.
  • each of the axes 16 and 17 are fixed by means of screws 18 ′ retaining tongues 18 consisting of two tongues assembled in V by their upper end, at a rate of a set of two tongues above each rocker, their spacing making it possible to modify their height and the width of their grip at will as a function of the product to be distributed and each of the axes 16 and 17 is moreover secured by one of its ends to a toothed pinion 20 situated between the frame 1 and the support 2 and coming into engagement with a rack 21 by means of a guide roller 22 secured to the support 2 by a pivot 53.
  • the rack 21 is housed between the pinions 20 and the guide rollers 22 and is extended at its upper part by a cylindrical rod 21 'whose end is housed in an electromagnet 23 secured to the support 2, provided with a stop retaining not shown to maintain the rack and having the function of raising the rack 21 over a distance of a few centimeters.
  • the part of the cylindrical rod 21 ′, located outside of the electromagnet 23 is housed in a spring, one end of which is in contact with the electromagnet 23 and the other end with a shoulder formed in the rack 21.
  • control unit 19 consists of two support plates 25 and 25 ′ connected to each other by means of two horizontal bars 26, 27 and a horizontal axis 28, the ends of which are secured to the supports 25 and 25 ′ by nuts 29.
  • Each cam 32 is in contact at its lower part with a roller 55 housed in a notch 54 machined at one end of a lever 35 perpendicular to the axis 31 and secured to this lever 35 by means of a pivot 34, the lever 35 being pivotally mounted about the axis 28.
  • a holding head 38 secured to one end of a cable 13 which has previously passed through a tensioning stop support 57 screwed by screws 50 to the upper end of the supports 25 and 25 ′, in the rear part of the housing 19.
  • This same end of the lever 35 is also biased by a vertical spring 58 fixed by its upper end to the lever 35 by means of a pin 39 and by its lower end, by means of a pin 41, to a vertical screw 40 whose l the lower end is secured by means of a nut 43 to a return support 42 itself secured to the supports 25 and 25 ′ by screws 48.
  • the support 47 is common to the four electromagnets used in the housing 19 and it is secured to the supports 25 and 25 ′ by screws 51, each electromagnet 45 being secured to the support by screws 46.
  • the axis 28 crosses the levers 35 by a bore 52 located near their middle, five spacers 36 from surrounding it to hold the levers 35 in place.
  • Figure 5a shows the machine at rest, the tabs of retainer 18 are raised, the rocker 11 is in the rest position as are the levers 35.
  • the motor 30 starts, causing the cams 32 to rotate against which the rollers 55 are supported.
  • the roller 55 corresponding to the electromagnet 45 supplied remains pressed against the cam 32 by the force of the spring 58 which rotates the corresponding lever 35 clockwise around the axis 28 thereby pulling the corresponding cable 13 downwards.
  • This causes the pivoting of the corresponding rocker 11 about its axis 12, and the fall of the article 53 in the receptacle 37, and this while the articles located behind the article 56 remain held by the tongues 18.
  • the other levers 35 remain stationary because they remain in contact with the corresponding holding fingers 44 which prevent any rotation in the clockwise direction around the axis 28 (see FIG. 5c).
  • the last phase is to cut the power electric, which causes the return to the rest position of the rack 21 under the effect of the spring 24, rotating the toothed wheels 20, therefore the axes 16 and 17 which raise the tongues 18.
  • These tongues 18 being raised, the products disposed on the plate 10 corresponding to the rocker 11 which has just tilted, slide so that the article 56 is replaced immediately on the rocker 11.
  • the extinction of the electromagnet 45 causes the finger to return to the rest position holding 44 under the effect of a spring not shown, the holding finger 44 returning into contact with the corresponding lever 35.
  • the retaining tabs 18 shown in Figure 1 attached may be replaced by a set of two or three vertical tabs regularly spaced above each rocker.

Abstract

Automatic vending machine for long products of roughly cylindrical form, particularly for long loaves and sticks of bread. The vertical storage passage (52) consists of a space made between a vertical grid (10) and a series of vertical superposed flaps (6) forming compartments (38) whose base is formed of blocks (37) inclined so that the products stored in these compartments slide towards the flaps (6), the upper compartment (20) being open. The discharge device (56) comprises a horizontal platform (13) with a height which can be adjusted as a function of the thickness of the products stored in the vending machine and which serves as a support for the product (43) being dispensed; a horizontal bar (23) disposed above the platform (13) and integrally attached to rollers (22) by means of two sets of two arms (21) and (21') fixed to the bar (23), on the one hand by means of pivots (44) and (44') and on the other hand by springs (54) and (54'): two vertical metallic plates (28) and (28') connected to one another via a shaft (32) mounted pivotably on the supports (3) and (3') and integrally attached by means of two sets of levers (15)-(15') and (19)-(19'), on the one hand to the platform (13) and on the other hand to the bar (23), the plate (28) being integrally attached by a pivot (33) to one of the ends of a connecting rod (47) whose other end is connected by means of a pivot (46) to a cam (45) integral with a motor (34) fixed on the support (3); a guide wall (41) located below the flaps (6) and in their extension and equipped with two openings (39) and (42) for the platform (13) and the rollers (22) to pass. <IMAGE>

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La présente invention a pour objet un distributeur automatique pour produits de boulangerie,notamment pour pains spéciaux.The present invention relates to an automatic distributor for bakery products, in particular for special breads.

Les distributeurs automatiques recouvrent aujourd'hui une gamme très large et très variée d'appareils permettant la distribution de produits de formes diverses allant du paquet de cigarettes jusqu'à la baguette de pain en passant par les carnets de timbres poste, les confiseries, etc.Today's vending machines cover a very wide and varied range of devices allowing the distribution of products of various shapes going from the pack of cigarettes to the baguette to pass by the notebooks of postage stamps, confectionery, etc. .

On connaît, déjà des distributeurs où les échantillons de produits sont empilés les uns sur les autres dans un compartiment, le premier échantillon de la pile, situé à l'extrémité inférieure du compartiment, étant logé dans un tiroir que l'utilisateur peut ouvrir après avoir introduit dans la machine la somme correspondante, ayant ainsi accès à l'échantillon. Lorsqu'il referme le tiroir, les échantillons qui étaient au-dessus tombent et l'échantillon suivant vient prendre place dans le tiroir.Distributors are already known where product samples are stacked on top of each other in a compartment, the first sample of the stack, located at the lower end of the compartment, being housed in a drawer that the user can open after having entered the corresponding sum into the machine, thus having access to the sample. When it closes the drawer, the samples that were above fall and the next sample comes to take place in the drawer.

Un autre type de distributeur comporte un convoyeur horizontal où sont fixées, les unes derrières les autres, des pinces soutenant par paires les échantillons de produits. Dès introduction dans la machine de la somme convenable, la paire de pinces la plus avancée s'ouvre, libérant l'échantillon qui tombe dans un réceptacle accessible à l'utilisateur au moyen d'un volet qui se déverrouille. Le convoyeur se met alors en marche de manière à positionner l'échantillon suivant au-dessus du réceptacle.Another type of dispenser has a horizontal conveyor where clips are attached, one behind the other, supporting the product samples in pairs. As soon as the appropriate sum is introduced into the machine, the most advanced pair of pliers opens, releasing the sample which falls into a receptacle accessible to the user by means of a flap which unlocks. The conveyor then starts to position the next sample above the receptacle.

Un autre type encore de distributeur comporte un transporteur hélicoïdal horizontal dans lequel sont disposés les uns derrière les autres les échantillons, chaque échantillon étant positionné entre deux spires du transporteur et reposant sur une plaque située en-dessous dudit transporteur, en retrait par rapport à la première spire. L'introduction d'une somme convenable dans le distributeur commande la rotation du transporteur hélicoïdal d'un tour complet, avançant l'échantillon de produit d'une spire. Le premier échantillon de la série étant ainsi avancé dans la première spire, tombe dans un réceptacle accessible à l'utilisateur au moyen d'un volet qui se déverrouille.Yet another type of dispenser comprises a horizontal helical conveyor in which the samples are arranged one behind the other, each sample being positioned between two turns of the conveyor and resting on a plate located below said conveyor, set back from the first turn. The introduction of a suitable sum into the distributor controls the rotation of the helical conveyor by one complete revolution, advancing the product sample by one turn. The first sample of the series being thus advanced in the first turn, falls into a receptacle accessible to the user by means of a flap which unlocks.

Toutefois, les distributeurs précités n'offrent pas ou peu de dispositif de réglage permettant d'adapter le distributeur à des produits de dimensions et de formes variées. La présente invention vise à pallier ces inconvénients en proposant un distributeur automatique qui permet la distribution de toute une gamme de produits de formes et de dimensions diverses notamment de produits de boulangerie tels que les pains spéciaux, qui se présentent généralement sous forme de pains courts, de pains carrés ou de pains ronds, ainsi que les croissants, brioches, pains au chocolat ou produits analogues rassemblés en sachets.However, the above-mentioned distributors offer little or no adjustment device making it possible to adapt the distributor to products of various sizes and shapes. The present invention aims to overcome these drawbacks by proposing a automatic vending machine which allows the distribution of a whole range of products of various shapes and sizes, in particular bakery products such as special breads, which generally come in the form of short breads, square breads or round breads, as well as croissants, brioches, pains au chocolat or similar products collected in sachets.

Le distributeur automatique selon l'invention se trouve représenté sur le dessin annexé dans lequel :

  • - la figure 1 représente une vue de face de l'appareil ouvert
  • - la figure 2 représente une coupe, à plus grande échelle, selon la ligne I-I de la figure 1
  • - la figure 3 représente une vue de dessus à plus grande échelle du boîtier de commande
  • - la figure 4 représente une coupe selon la ligne II-II de la figure
  • - les figures 5a à 5d représentent des vues en coupe schématique des différentes étapes de fonctionnement du distributeur selon l'invention.
The automatic dispenser according to the invention is shown in the attached drawing in which:
  • - Figure 1 shows a front view of the open device
  • - Figure 2 shows a section, on a larger scale, along line II of Figure 1
  • - Figure 3 shows a top view on a larger scale of the control unit
  • - Figure 4 shows a section along line II-II of the figure
  • - Figures 5a to 5d show schematic sectional views of the different stages of operation of the dispenser according to the invention.

En se référant aux figures 1 et 2, on voit que le distributeur automatique selon l'invention est constitué d'un bâti 1 dont les parois latérales soutiennent au moyen de vis et de boulons deux jeux de deux supports verticaux 2-2′ et 3-3′ dont l'un 2-2′ est situé en avant du second 3-3′.Referring to Figures 1 and 2, it can be seen that the automatic distributor according to the invention consists of a frame 1 whose side walls support by means of screws and bolts two sets of two vertical supports 2-2 ′ and 3 -3 ′, one of which 2-2 ′ is located in front of the second 3-3 ′.

Deux axes 4 et 8, respectivement 6 et 9, situés l'un en-­dessous de l'autre, et solidaires à chacune de leurs extrémités des supports 2 et 2′, respectivement 3 et 3′, portent des plaques 10 sur lesquelles sont disposées les échantillons de produits stockés. Les plaques 10, inclinées de manière à faire glisser les échantillons de produits vers leur extrémité frontale sont disposées en deux rangées de deux plaques séparées l'une de l'autre par deux supports médians 2˝ et 3˝ soutenus par les axes 4 et 8, respectivement 6 et 9, les plaques 10 de la rangée supérieure étant soutenues par les axes 4 et 6 et les plaques 10 de la rangée inférieure par les axes 8 et 9.Two axes 4 and 8, respectively 6 and 9, located one below the other, and integral at each of their ends with supports 2 and 2 ′, respectively 3 and 3 ′, carry plates 10 on which are arranged the samples of stored products. The plates 10, inclined so as to slide the product samples towards their front end, are arranged in two rows of two plates separated from each other by two median supports 2˝ and 3˝ supported by the axes 4 and 8 , respectively 6 and 9, the plates 10 of the upper row being supported by the axes 4 and 6 and the plates 10 of the lower row by the axes 8 and 9.

A l'extrémité frontale de chacune des plaques 10 se trouve disposée une bascule 11 destinée à porter l'échantillon de produit en voie d'être distribué.At the front end of each of the plates 10 is disposed a rocker 11 intended to carry the sample of product being dispensed.

Deux tiges 5 et 7, respectivement 5′ et 7′, parallèles entre elles et disposées l'une au-dessus de l'autre sont solidarisées aux supports 2 et 3, respectivement 2′ et 3′, au moyen des axes 4 et 6, respectivement 8 et 9.Two rods 5 and 7, respectively 5 ′ and 7 ′, parallel to each other and arranged one above the other are secured to supports 2 and 3, respectively 2 ′ and 3 ′, by means of axes 4 and 6, respectively 8 and 9.

La tige 5 est reliée à une tige 5˝A fixée aux supports médians 2˝ et 3˝ au moyen d'un axe 12 horizontal solidarisé à la face inférieure de la bascule 1 correspondante. Il en va de même pour la tige 5′, reliée à une tige 5˝B. De la même manière, les tiges 7 et 7′ sont reliées à deux tiges 7˝A et 7˝B, chacun des axes 12 étant monté pivotant par ses extrémités sur les tiges correspondantes.The rod 5 is connected to a rod 5˝A fixed to the median supports 2˝ and 3˝ by means of a horizontal axis 12 secured to the underside of the corresponding rocker 1. The same goes for the 5 ′ rod, connected to a 5˝B rod. In the same way, the rods 7 and 7 ′ are connected to two rods 7˝A and 7˝B, each of the axes 12 being pivotally mounted by its ends on the corresponding rods.

Chaque axe 12 est relié, au moyen d'un câble 13 passant par des guides 14 et 15 solidarisés à la face inférieure des plaques 10, à un boîtier de commande 19 localisé à la partie inférieure de l'appareil, sous le support 3˝.Each axis 12 is connected, by means of a cable 13 passing through guides 14 and 15 secured to the underside of the plates 10, to a control box 19 located at the bottom of the device, under the support 3˝ .

Un réceptacle 37 positionné sous les bascules inférieures 11 et en avant desdites bascules, et solidarisé aux supports 2 et 2′ permet de réceptionner l'échantillon de produit évacué et de le mettre à la disposition de l'utilisateur.A receptacle 37 positioned under the lower flip-flops 11 and in front of said flip-flops, and secured to the supports 2 and 2 ′ makes it possible to receive the sample of evacuated product and to make it available to the user.

Deux axes horizontaux 16 et 17 sont montés pivotants sur les supports 2 et 2′ à une courte distance au-dessus de l'extrémité frontale des plaques 10, traversant le support médian 2˝ par un orifice non représenté.Two horizontal axes 16 and 17 are pivotally mounted on the supports 2 and 2 ′ a short distance above the front end of the plates 10, passing through the median support 2˝ through an orifice not shown.

Sur chacun des axes 16 et 17 sont fixées au moyen de vis 18′ des languettes de retenue 18 constituées de deux languettes assemblées en V par leur extrémité supérieure, à raison d'un jeu de deux languettes au-dessus de chaque bascule, leur écartement permettant de modifier à volonté leur hauteur et la largeur de leur emprise en fonction du produit à distribuer et chacun des axes 16 et 17 est par ailleurs solidarisé par une de ses extrémités à un pignon denté 20 situé entre le bâti 1 et le support 2 et venant en prise avec une crémaillère 21 au moyen d'un galet de guidage 22 solidarisé au support 2 par un pivot 53.On each of the axes 16 and 17 are fixed by means of screws 18 ′ retaining tongues 18 consisting of two tongues assembled in V by their upper end, at a rate of a set of two tongues above each rocker, their spacing making it possible to modify their height and the width of their grip at will as a function of the product to be distributed and each of the axes 16 and 17 is moreover secured by one of its ends to a toothed pinion 20 situated between the frame 1 and the support 2 and coming into engagement with a rack 21 by means of a guide roller 22 secured to the support 2 by a pivot 53.

La crémaillère 21 est logée entre les pignons 20 et les galets de guidage 22 et est prolongée à sa partie supérieure par une tige cylindrique 21′ dont l'extrémité est logée dans un électro-aimant 23 solidaire du support 2, muni d'une butée de retenue non représentée pour maintenir la crémaillère et ayant pour fonction de remonter la crémaillère 21 sur une distance de quelques centimètres. La partie de la tige cylindrique 21′, située à l'extérieur de l'électro-aimant 23 est logée dans un ressort dont une extrémité est en contact avec l'électro-aimant 23 et l'autre extrémité avec un épaulement formé dans la crémaillère 21.The rack 21 is housed between the pinions 20 and the guide rollers 22 and is extended at its upper part by a cylindrical rod 21 'whose end is housed in an electromagnet 23 secured to the support 2, provided with a stop retaining not shown to maintain the rack and having the function of raising the rack 21 over a distance of a few centimeters. The part of the cylindrical rod 21 ′, located outside of the electromagnet 23 is housed in a spring, one end of which is in contact with the electromagnet 23 and the other end with a shoulder formed in the rack 21.

En se référant aux figures 3 et 4, on voit que le boîtier de commande 19 est constitué de deux plaques supports 25 et 25′ reliées l'une à l'autre au moyen de deux barres horizontales 26, 27 et d'un axe horizontal 28 dont les extrémités sont solidarisées aux supports 25 et 25′ par des écrous 29. Un rotor non représenté d'un moteur 30 solidarisé à la partie avant de la face extérieure du support 25′, est solidarisé à un arbre transversal 31 auquel sont fixées quatre cames 32 séparées entre elles par des entretoises 33. Chaque came 32 est en contact à sa partie inférieure avec un galet 55 logé dans une encoche 54 usinée à une extrémité d'un levier 35 perpendiculaire à l'axe 31 et solidarisé à ce levier 35 au moyen d'un pivot 34, le levier 35 étant monté pivotant autour de l'axe 28.Referring to Figures 3 and 4, we see that the control unit 19 consists of two support plates 25 and 25 ′ connected to each other by means of two horizontal bars 26, 27 and a horizontal axis 28, the ends of which are secured to the supports 25 and 25 ′ by nuts 29. A rotor, not shown, of a motor 30 secured to the front part of the external face of the support 25 ′, is secured to a transverse shaft 31 to which are fixed four cams 32 separated from each other by spacers 33. Each cam 32 is in contact at its lower part with a roller 55 housed in a notch 54 machined at one end of a lever 35 perpendicular to the axis 31 and secured to this lever 35 by means of a pivot 34, the lever 35 being pivotally mounted about the axis 28.

A l'autre extrémité du levier 35 et sur sa face inférieure est fixée une tête de maintien 38 solidarisée à une extrémité d'un câble 13 qui a passé précédemment au travers d'un support arrêt tendeur 57 vissé par des vis 50 à l'extrémité supérieure des supports 25 et 25′, dans la partie arrière du boîtier 19.At the other end of the lever 35 and on its underside is fixed a holding head 38 secured to one end of a cable 13 which has previously passed through a tensioning stop support 57 screwed by screws 50 to the upper end of the supports 25 and 25 ′, in the rear part of the housing 19.

Cette même extrémité du levier 35 est également sollicitée par un ressort vertical 58 fixé par son extrémité supérieure au levier 35 au moyen d'une goupille 39 et par son extrémité inférieure, au moyen d'une goupille 41, à une vis verticale 40 dont l'extrémité inférieure est solidarisée au moyen d'un écrou 43 à un support de rappel 42 lui-même solidaire des supports 25 et 25′ par des vis 48.This same end of the lever 35 is also biased by a vertical spring 58 fixed by its upper end to the lever 35 by means of a pin 39 and by its lower end, by means of a pin 41, to a vertical screw 40 whose l the lower end is secured by means of a nut 43 to a return support 42 itself secured to the supports 25 and 25 ′ by screws 48.

La même extrémité du levier 35 vient en contact, par sa face inférieure, avec l'extrémité d'un doigt de maintien 44 dont l'autre extrémité est reliée, au travers d'un perçage ménagé dans son support, à un électro-aimant 45 situé à la partie postérieure du boîtier de commande 19.The same end of the lever 35 comes into contact, by its underside, with the end of a retaining finger 44, the other end of which is connected, through a bore made in its support, to an electromagnet 45 located at the rear of the control unit 19.

Le support 47 est commun aux quatre électro-aimants mis en oeuvre dans le boîtier 19 et il est solidarisé aux supports 25 et 25′ par des vis 51, chaque électro-aimant 45 étant solidarisé au support par des vis 46. L'axe 28 traverse les leviers 35 par un perçage 52 situé à proximité de leur milieu, cinq entretoises 36 venant l'entourer pour maintenir les leviers 35 en place.The support 47 is common to the four electromagnets used in the housing 19 and it is secured to the supports 25 and 25 ′ by screws 51, each electromagnet 45 being secured to the support by screws 46. The axis 28 crosses the levers 35 by a bore 52 located near their middle, five spacers 36 from surrounding it to hold the levers 35 in place.

En se référant aux figures 5a à 5d, on voit les différentes étapes du fonctionnement d'évacuation de l'article. La figure 5a représente la machine au repos, les languettes de retenue 18 sont relevées, la bascule 11 est en position repos ainsi que les leviers 35.Referring to Figures 5a to 5d, we can see the different stages of the article's evacuation operation. Figure 5a shows the machine at rest, the tabs of retainer 18 are raised, the rocker 11 is in the rest position as are the levers 35.

Après que l'utilisateur a fait son choix entre les quatre articles possibles, il introduit la somme correspondantes dans la machine, ce qui provoque l'alimentation de l'électro-aimant 23 et de l'électro-aimant 45, correspondant à la bascule 11 sur laquelle est disposé l'article désiré, les autres électro-aimants 45 n'étant pas alimentés. L'électro-aimant 23 provoque la montée de la crémaillère 21 faisant pivoter les pignons dentés 20 de même que les axes 16 et 17 dans le sens inverse des aiguilles d'une montre rabattant les languettes de freinage 18 contre l'article situé en arrière de l'article 56 disposé sur la bascule 11. L'électro-aimant 45, alimenté provoque le recul du doigt de maintien 44 correspondant, qui n'est de ce fait plus en contact avec le levier 35 qui lui est associé. Les autres leviers 35 restent en contact avec les doigts de maintien 44 qui leur sont associés (voir figure 5b).After the user has made his choice between the four possible articles, he introduces the corresponding sum into the machine, which causes the supply of the electromagnet 23 and the electromagnet 45, corresponding to the scale. 11 on which the desired article is disposed, the other electromagnets 45 not being supplied. The electromagnet 23 causes the rack 21 to rise making the toothed pinions 20 pivot as well as the axes 16 and 17 anticlockwise folding the brake tabs 18 against the article located behind of article 56 disposed on the rocker 11. The electromagnet 45, supplied causes the retraction of the corresponding retaining finger 44, which is therefore no longer in contact with the lever 35 which is associated with it. The other levers 35 remain in contact with the retaining fingers 44 which are associated with them (see FIG. 5b).

Après un laps de temps très court, le moteur 30 se met en marche, provoquant la rotation des cames 32 contre lesquelles s'appuient les galets 55. Dans la partie creuse de la came 32, le galet 55 correspondant à l'électro-aimant 45 alimenté reste appuyé contre la came 32 par la force du ressort 58 qui fait pivoter le levier 35 correspondant dans le sens des aiguilles d'une montre autour de l'axe 28 tirant ainsi le câble 13 correspondant vers le bas. Ceci provoque le pivotement de la bascule 11 correspondante autour de son axe 12, et la chute de l'article 53 dans le réceptacle 37, et ceci pendant que les articles situés derrière l'article 56 restent maintenus par les languettes 18. Les autres leviers 35 restent immobiles du fait qu'ils restent en contact avec les doigts de maintien 44 correspondants qui empêchent toute rotation dans le sens des aiguilles d'une montre autour de l'axe 28 (voir figure 5c).After a very short period of time, the motor 30 starts, causing the cams 32 to rotate against which the rollers 55 are supported. In the hollow part of the cam 32, the roller 55 corresponding to the electromagnet 45 supplied remains pressed against the cam 32 by the force of the spring 58 which rotates the corresponding lever 35 clockwise around the axis 28 thereby pulling the corresponding cable 13 downwards. This causes the pivoting of the corresponding rocker 11 about its axis 12, and the fall of the article 53 in the receptacle 37, and this while the articles located behind the article 56 remain held by the tongues 18. The other levers 35 remain stationary because they remain in contact with the corresponding holding fingers 44 which prevent any rotation in the clockwise direction around the axis 28 (see FIG. 5c).

Les cames 32 qui tournent reviennent ensuite en position repos, le galet 55 correspondant à l'électro-aimant 45 alimenté reste en contact avec la came 32 correspondante et revient à sa position initiale provoquant au moyen du ressort 58 la rotation du levier 35 dans le sens inverse des aiguilles d'une montre, ce qui a pour effet de ramener le câble 13 correspondant à sa position de repos ainsi que la bascule 11 correspondante (figure 5d).The cams 32 which rotate then return to the rest position, the roller 55 corresponding to the electromagnet 45 supplied remains in contact with the corresponding cam 32 and returns to its initial position causing by means of the spring 58 the rotation of the lever 35 in the anticlockwise, which has the effect of bringing the cable 13 corresponding to its rest position as well as the corresponding rocker 11 (FIG. 5d).

Enfin, la dernière phase consiste à couper l'alimentation électrique, ce qui entraîne le retour à la position de repos de la crémaillère 21 sous l'effet du ressort 24, faisant pivoter les roues dentées 20, donc les axes 16 et 17 qui relèvent les languettes 18. Ces languettes 18 étant relevés, les produits disposés sur la plaque 10 correspondant à la bascule 11 qui vient de basculer, glissent en sorte que l'article 56 est remplacé aussitôt sur la bascule 11. L'extinction de l'électro-aimant 45 provoque le retour en position repos du doigt de maintien 44 sous l'effet d'un ressort non représenté, le doigt de maintien 44 revenant en contact avec le levier 35 correspondant.Finally, the last phase is to cut the power electric, which causes the return to the rest position of the rack 21 under the effect of the spring 24, rotating the toothed wheels 20, therefore the axes 16 and 17 which raise the tongues 18. These tongues 18 being raised, the products disposed on the plate 10 corresponding to the rocker 11 which has just tilted, slide so that the article 56 is replaced immediately on the rocker 11. The extinction of the electromagnet 45 causes the finger to return to the rest position holding 44 under the effect of a spring not shown, the holding finger 44 returning into contact with the corresponding lever 35.

En particulier, les languettes de retenue 18 représentées à la figure 1 annexée peuvent être remplacées par un jeu de deux ou trois languettes verticales régulièrement espacées au-dessus de chaque bascule.In particular, the retaining tabs 18 shown in Figure 1 attached may be replaced by a set of two or three vertical tabs regularly spaced above each rocker.

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1) Distributeur automatique, notamment pour produits de boulangerie tels que pains courts, pains carrés ou pains ronds, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte en combinaison : a) des plaques inclinées (10) supportées par des axes horizontaux (4, 6) solidarisées à leurs extrémités à jeux de deux supports verticaux (2-2′ et 3-3′) solidaires des parois latérales du bâti (1) du distributeur et dont l'un (2-2′) est situé en avant du second (3-3′), chaque plaque inclinée (10) étant prolongée par une bascule (11) supportant l'échantillon (56) de produit en voie d'être distribué, chaque bascule (11) étant soli­darisée par sa face inférieure à un axe (12) horizontal relié, au moyen d'un câble (13), à un boîtier de commande (19) localisé à la partie inférieure du distributeur et permettant de faire pivoter la bascule (11) autour de l'axe (12) ; (b) au-dessus de chaque bascule (11), des languettes de retenue (18) fixées à un axe horizontal (16-17) monté pivotant sur les supports (2-2′) et solidarisé par une de ses extrémités à un pignon denté (20) situé entre le bâti (1) et le support (2) et venant en prise avec une crémaillère (21) prolongée à sa partie supérieure par une tige cylindrique (21′) dont l'extrémité est logée dans un électro-aimant (23) solidaire du support (2), les languettes de retenue (18) ayant pour fonction de maintenir en se rabattant le produit situé immédiatement derrière celui qui se trouve sur la bascule (11) pendant l'opération de distribution du produit (56) situé sur ladite bascule (11), le boîtier de commande (19) et les électro-aimants (23) étant asservis à une commande élec­tronique permettant d'actionner convenablement les bascules (11) et les languettes de freinage (18), ces dernières devant s'abais­ser immédiatement avant que la bascule (11) supportant le produit (56) choisi pivote pour libérer ledit produit (56), qui tombe dans un réceptacle (37) accessible à l'utilisateur. 1) Automatic dispenser, in particular for bakery products such as short breads, square breads or round breads, characterized in that it comprises in combination: a) inclined plates (10) supported by horizontal axes (4, 6) secured at their ends to sets of two vertical supports (2-2 ′ and 3-3 ′) integral with the side walls of the frame (1) of the dispenser and one of which (2-2 ′) is located in front of the second (3-3 ′), each inclined plate (10) being extended by a rocker (11) supporting the sample (56) of product on route d '' be distributed, each scale (11) being secured by its underside to a horizontal axis (12) connected, by means of a cable (13), to a control box (19) located at the bottom of the distributor and allowing the rocker (11) to pivot about the axis (12); (b) above each rocker (11), retaining tabs (18) fixed to a horizontal axis (16-17) pivotally mounted on the supports (2-2 ′) and secured by one of its ends to a toothed pinion (20) located between the frame (1) and the support (2) and engaging with a rack (21) extended at its upper part by a cylindrical rod (21 ′) the end of which is housed in an electro -magnet (23) integral with the support (2), the retaining tabs (18) having the function of holding the product located immediately behind the one on the rocker (11) during the product dispensing operation (56) located on said rocker (11), the control unit (19) and the electromagnets (23) being slaved to an electronic control making it possible to actuate the rockers (11) and the brake tabs (18) properly , the latter having to lower immediately before the rocker (11) supporting the product (56) chosen pivots to release the said product (56), which falls into a receptacle (37) accessible to the user. 2) Distributeur automatique selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les plaques inclinées (10) sont au nombre de quatre, séparées par un jeu de deux supports médians (2˝-3˝) en deux rangées de deux plaques dont l'une est positionnée au-des­sus de l'autre, les languettes de retenue (18) étant positionnées au-dessus de chaque bascule (11) prolongeant chaque plaque (10).2) Automatic dispenser according to claim 1, characterized in that the inclined plates (10) are four in number, separated by a set of two median supports (2˝-3˝) in two rows of two plates, one of which is positioned above the other, the retaining tabs (18) being positioned above each rocker (11) extending each plate (10). 3) Distributeur automatique selon la revendication 1 ou la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que les languettes de retenue (18) sont constituées de deux languettes assemblées en V par leur extrémité supérieure et fixées au moyen de vis (18′) sur l'axe correspondant (16-17) au-dessus de chaque bascule (11).3) Automatic dispenser according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that the retaining tabs (18) consist of two tabs assembled in V by their upper end and fixed by means of screws (18 ′) on the axis corresponding (16-17) above each rocker (11).
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