EP0364343B1 - Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur automatischen Ausgabe von Waren, insbesondere von eventuell gewärmten Nahrungsmitteln - Google Patents

Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur automatischen Ausgabe von Waren, insbesondere von eventuell gewärmten Nahrungsmitteln Download PDF

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EP0364343B1
EP0364343B1 EP89402756A EP89402756A EP0364343B1 EP 0364343 B1 EP0364343 B1 EP 0364343B1 EP 89402756 A EP89402756 A EP 89402756A EP 89402756 A EP89402756 A EP 89402756A EP 0364343 B1 EP0364343 B1 EP 0364343B1
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  • the present invention relates to the field of devices for the automatic distribution of products, in particular packaged food products, possibly reheated.
  • patent FR-A-2,587,306 describes an apparatus which comprises a storage device having horizontal plates suspended at their transverse ends from two opposite chains so as to be able to be moved in a closed circuit on two vertical paths offset horizontally as well as an ejection device placed between these two vertical paths, this ejection device comprising a piston rod intended to push outwards the products carried by the trays when the latter are respectively at an unloading station so to bring the products on a platform located frontally to one of the vertical paths of the trays.
  • One of the main drawbacks of this known device lies in the arrangement and the working direction of the ejection device which must therefore have a particular complicated structure if it is desired that the two vertical paths of the plates are at a short distance.
  • a subsequent drawback results from the fact that the ejection device is limited in its travel and can transfer the products only to a platform located adjacent to the front side of the trays, without being able to take them further.
  • a distributor of food products is more particularly described in patent WO-A-85/04 743.
  • This distributor comprises superimposed shelves formed by conveyor belts on which the products are stored and, at the end of these, an elevator provided with '' a treadmill that serves to the transfer of products vertically to an oven placed in the upper part of the dispenser and to an outlet opening, one of the superimposed conveyor belts being intended to transfer the products from the elevator to this outlet opening.
  • This dispenser is particularly complicated and has long transfer time. In addition, its height depends on the number of stacked conveyor belts provided for the storage of products.
  • the present invention proposes, on the contrary, a method and an apparatus for automatic dispensing of products which in particular do not have the above-mentioned drawbacks.
  • the present invention firstly relates to a process for the automatic distribution of products, in particular packaged food products, arranged on trays of a storage device comprising closed circuit transport means to which are suspended, in a chain , the trays and which have return members with horizontal and parallel axes, using an extraction device comprising at least one pusher and adapted to extract the products from the storage device when the trays are, respectively, at an unloading station.
  • the method consists, when one of the plates is at the unloading station and the pusher is disposed laterally to the product to be extracted carried by this plate, to move this pusher parallel to the axes of the organs of return of the means of transport so as to push and slide this product on this plate parallel to these axes to extract this product at one of the transverse ends of this plate.
  • the method of the invention consists in bringing the pusher laterally to the product to be extracted by moving vertically, one relative to the other, this pusher and the plate carrying this product to be extracted.
  • the method of the invention consists, the pusher being outside the path of the plates, to bring one of the plates in a position close to the unloading station, to move the pusher parallel to the axes of the organs of return so as to bring this pusher behind a product to be extracted carried by this tray, and to bring the tray to the unloading station in which the pusher is disposed behind and laterally to this product to be extracted.
  • the pusher after its extraction from the storage device, the pusher can advantageously slide the extracted product to the bottom of an oven.
  • the present invention also relates to an automatic distributor of products, in particular packaged food products, in particular for implementing the aforementioned method.
  • This dispenser comprises a storage device comprising trays carrying the products, these trays being suspended in a chain from transport means having return members with horizontal and parallel axes and adapted to move these trays on a closed circuit route; and an extraction device comprising a movable pusher adapted to act laterally on the products to be extracted from the storage device when the trays are respectively at a loading station.
  • the extraction device comprises means adapted to move said pusher parallel to the axes of the return members of the storage device so as to extract the products at one of the transverse ends of the plates.
  • the means for suspending the trays from the transport means are hollowed out so as to allow passage for the pusher and the products to be extracted when they are respectively at the unloading station.
  • the suspension means of the plates comprise inverted L-shaped arms which extend perpendicular to the aforementioned return axes, the lower ends of the vertical branches of these arms being fixed to the plates and their horizontal upper branches being connected to the means of transport, respectively.
  • the arms of each of the pairs of arms comprise branches articulated laterally on the tray, branches which, at the unloading station, extend at or below the upper face of the tray so as to leave the passage to the pusher and to the products to be extracted.
  • said means of transport can advantageously comprise two parallel endless elements which are arranged outside the transverse ends of the plates.
  • the suspension means of each plate comprise two pairs of arms which extend in planes perpendicular to the axes of the aforementioned return members, one of the ends of the arms of each pair of arms being articulated laterally on the plate by the same axis while their other ends are carried respectively by the endless elements in two places spaced in the longitudinal direction of the latter.
  • the extraction device comprises a horizontal guide extending outside the path of the plates and parallel to the axes of the return members as well as an arm extending perpendicular to these axes and forming said pusher, this arm being slidably mounted on this guide using actuating means.
  • said means of transport comprise notched endless elements mounted on toothed return wheels and internal guides having continuous guide surfaces on which they bear the notches of said endless elements all along their course, these guides having a part adjacent to the idler wheels and possibly being in at least two adjustable parts relative to each other at the same time as the idler wheels.
  • external guides have guide surfaces against which said endless elements bear.
  • the dispenser comprises means for guiding the plates along their course so as to maintain these horizontal plates.
  • these guide means comprise at least one guide member fixed on each plate as well as ramps against which are pressed, successively, parts of the guide members during the movement of the plates, the corresponding ramps to the paths of the plates along the return members being mobile.
  • the ramps corresponding to the paths of the plates along the deflection members can be movable outwards against springs.
  • the mobile ramps corresponding to the paths of the plates along the opposite return members are connected so as to move in opposite directions under the effect of the guide members.
  • the guide member may comprise at least one star fixed to the plate and having branches offset in the direction of the axes of the return members (4, 5), these branches coming to bear on the ramps (32, 33 ).
  • the guide member preferably comprises two pairs of rollers coming to bear successively on the ramps.
  • the dispenser further comprises an oven, the silk of which is placed laterally at the unloading station.
  • the aforementioned extraction means are preferably adapted so that said pusher brings the products extracted from the storage device onto the silk of this oven.
  • the oven has two lateral access openings offset in its peripheral direction, one of which faces the unloading station.
  • the dispenser is arranged in a cabinet having two compartments located one next to the other and separated by a partition, one of these compartments containing the storage device and the other the oven, this partition having an opening for the passage of the extraction means and the extracted products.
  • the side wall of the furnace may have two openings offset vertically and in the peripheral direction, this side wall being movable vertically, the highest opening being on the side of the unloading station and being opposite the partition when the other is at the level of the oven silk and the lowest opening being below the silk when the other is at the latter.
  • the dispenser preferably comprises an oven which comprises a hearth on which the products to be heated are brought, as well as a side wall movable vertically so as to open or close this oven.
  • the side wall of the oven is adapted to extend around the hearth and has two access openings offset in the circumferential direction and offset vertically, these openings being located below the hearth when the side wall is in its low position, the highest opening being turned towards the unloading station of the storage device.
  • the side wall of the furnace constitutes the side wall of a vertically movable bell.
  • the automatic food dispenser shown in the figures and generally identified by the reference 1 comprises a storage device generally identified by the reference 2.
  • This storage device 2 comprises means of transport formed by two endless opposite and parallel chains, extending in transverse vertical planes and located at a distance from each other. These chains are respectively mounted on wheels with upper teeth 4 and on wheels with lower teeth 5 which constitute deflection members, the upper wheels 4 and the lower wheels 5 being respectively on horizontal and parallel geometric axes, so that the chains 3 respectively have two opposite vertical strands.
  • the upper wheels 4 are respectively mounted on longitudinal shaft ends 6 whose outer ends are carried by a chassis or frame generally identified by the reference 7.
  • the lower wheels 5 are fixed on a longitudinal shaft 8 whose outer ends are carried by the chassis 7 and one of the ends of which can be rotated by an electric motor 9, this motor 9 making it possible to drive the chains 3 simultaneously and in parallel via the shaft 8.
  • the storage device 2 further comprises rectangular plates 20 with horizontal upper surface, the transverse end edges 20 of which are carried by suspension elements 22 articulated on the outer ends of the arms 19 of the pairs of arms 16 and 17 connected to the chains 3.
  • These suspension elements extend in transverse planes and are hollowed out so that the transverse end edges 21 of the plates 20 are free. They comprise horizontal lower arms 23 extending below the edges of the plates 20, arms 24 extending upwards and horizontal upper arms 25 extending above and at a distance from the upper faces of the plates 20, the upper arm ends 25 being mounted in an articulated manner on the ends of the outer arms 19 of the pairs of arms 16 and 17, by means of longitudinal connecting pins 26 fixed on the arms 25.
  • the elements 22 are arranged internally relative to the pairs of arms 16 and 17.
  • the connecting pins 26 located on the left side in front view along 27 carry, outside the branches 19 of the pairs of arms 16 and 17, fixed stars 29 which have respectively vertical branches 30 and horizontal branches 31.
  • the vertical branches 30 of these stars 29 are guided and supported on external vertical guides 32 fixed to the chassis 7.
  • the horizontal branches 31 of the stars 29 come to bear on horizontal transverse guides 33, one of which is placed at the top and the other of which is placed at the bottom.
  • These horizontal guides 33 are mounted on parallel pivoting arms 34 so as to be vertically movable under the effect of the movement of the stars 29.
  • Springs 35 oppose respectively the upward displacement and the downward displacement of the upper horizontal guides and below 33.
  • the automatic distributor 1 shown in the figures further comprises an oven generally identified by the reference 36 which is arranged laterally to the front path of the plates 20, to the right of this path, in front view along 27.
  • This oven 36 comprises a lower body 37, the horizontal upper face 38 of which constitutes a hearth in the square example, this lower body 37 containing a heating means such as a microwave heating means 39.
  • the oven 36 includes a cover bell 40 which has a vertical side wall 41 and an upper horizontal wall 42.
  • This bell 4 is suspended from a cable 43 connected to a counterweight 44, one of its idler wheels 45 being connected to an electric motor 46 so as to ensure its vertical movement.
  • the section of the side wall 41 of the bell 40 is such that it can surround the sole 38 and slide along the body 37.
  • the transverse face of the side wall 41 of the bell 40 facing the storage device 2 has an opening 47 which extends slightly on the front face of this side wall 41.
  • This front face of the side wall 41 has an opening 48 which is offset downward from the opening 47.
  • the storage device 2 is arranged in a compartment 49 with insulating walls of a cabinet 50 which has an adjacent compartment 51 in which the oven 36 is arranged as well as the motor 9 for driving the chains 3.
  • the transverse and vertical wall 52 separating the compartments 49 and 51 has an opening 53 through which extends a transfer plate 54 whose upper face is horizontal and extends at the silk 38 of the oven 36, the opening 53 being cleared above this transfer plate 54.
  • the right edge of the transfer plate 54 extends at a distance from the left edge of the sole 38 of the oven 36 so as to leave the passage for the side wall 41 of the bell 40 and its left edge extends a short distance from the vertical path of the plates 20, without hindering the passage of the pairs of arms 16 and 17 located on this side .
  • the upper faces of the transfer plate 54 and the bottom 38 of the oven 36 determine the vertical position of an unloading station 55 in which the upper face of each tray 20 can be brought into horizontal correspondence.
  • the dispenser 1 further comprises an extraction device generally identified by the reference 56.
  • This extraction device 56 comprises a longitudinal section 57 which extends horizontally in front of the front and vertical path of the plates 20, at through the transverse wall 52 of the cabinet 50 and in front of the body 37 of the oven 36.
  • This section 57 of C-shaped cross section contains a slide 58 which is fixed to one of the strands of a cable 59 mounted on two deflection wheels 60 mounted at the longitudinal ends of the profile 56, one of these wheels being capable of being rotated by an electric motor 61 so as to move the slide 58 longitudinally in one direction or the other
  • This slider 58 carries a horizontal arm 62 which extends transversely so as to cross the vertical and frontal path of the plates 20.
  • the arm 62 which i constitutes a pusher, horizontally scans the vertical and frontal path of the plates 20, scans at a short distance the upper face of the transfer plate 54 as well as the upper face of the silk 38 of the oven 36 over at least one part, the opening 59 formed in the transverse wall 52 of the cabinet 50 being adapted to allow passage to this pusher 62.
  • the trays 20 are intended to receive food products 63, for example packaged in plates with raised edges, each tray being able to carry, in the example, two products 63 spaced apart in the longitudinal direction.
  • the compartment 49 of the cabinet 50 preferably constitutes a product freezing compartment 63, means being provided for this purpose but not being shown in the figures.
  • the compartment 49 has an access door 59 is provided in its front face.
  • the pusher 62 of the extraction device 56 extends above the transfer plate 54 and the bell 40 of the oven 36 is immobilized vertically in a high intermediate position shown in FIG. 10 in which its opening 47 extends opposite the transverse partition 52 of the cabinet 50 and not opposite its opening 53 and its front opening 48 extends below the floor 38.
  • L 'oven enclosure 36 is therefore not accessible and the opening 53 of the transverse partition 52 is almost closed.
  • the motor 9 drives the chains 3 which move the trays 20 along their route so as to bring a selected tray 20 at a short distance from the unloading station 55 in a position such that the upper edge of the products 63 stored on this plate is below the horizontal path of the pusher 62.
  • the motor 61 of the extraction device 56 moves the pusher 62 so as to bring the pusher 62 behind the product 63 located furthest to the right in front view along 27 as shown in FIG. 3.
  • the motor 9 drives the chains 3 so as to raise the plate 20 to the unloading station 55 in which the pusher 62 is located behind the side wall of the product 63 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • a fourth step the motor 46 moves the bell 40 of the oven 36 downwards so as to bring its opening 47 into the lower intermediate position visible in FIG. 7, opposite the opening 53 of the transverse wall 52 of the cabinet 50.
  • This fourth step can be carried out simultaneously with the previous steps.
  • the motor 61 of the extraction device 56 drives the pusher 62 from left to right in front view along 27 so as to push and slide longitudinally, that is to say parallel to the axes of the wheels return 4 and 5 of the chains 3 the product 63 on the upper face of the plate 20 in order to extract this product by its right transverse edge 21.
  • the pusher 62 continues its movement and slides the product 63 on the upper face of the plate transfer 54 by passing it through the opening 53 formed in the transverse partition 52 of the cabinet 50, then on the floor 38 of the oven 36 by passing the product 63 through the opening 47 of the wall side of the bell 40 and engaging in this opening, so as to bring the product 63 substantially in the middle of the sole 38 as shown in Figure 3 in dotted lines.
  • the motor 61 of the extraction device 56 drives the pusher 63 in the opposite direction until it brings it into its standby position above the transfer plate 54.
  • the motor 46 drives the bell 40 of the oven 36 so as to bring it down to its low closed position shown in FIG. 8 in which its lateral openings 47 and 48 are both located below from the level of the sole 38, the oven enclosure 36 being completely closed.
  • the heating means 39 of the oven 36 is started up so as to heat the product 63 previously introduced.
  • a ninth step when the product 63 has reached a desired temperature, obtained for example by a determined heating time, the motor 46 drives the bell 40 of the oven 36 so as to move it to its high position shown in the Figure 9 in which its front opening 48 extends at and above the sole 38. In this position, one can remove through this opening 48 the product 63 deposited and heated in the oven 36.
  • the wall front of the cabinet 50 has a front access door located opposite this opening 48, this door not being shown in the figures.
  • the motor 46 lowers the bell 40 of the furnace 36 to its high intermediate waiting position visible in FIG. 10.
  • the operating process of the automatic dispenser 1 described above can be repeated so as to extract each of the products 63 placed on the trays 20 of the storage device 2 in order to bring them into the oven 36 and then extract them from the latter.
  • the stroke of the pusher 62 of the extraction device 56, to the left in front view along 27, is adapted so that this pusher 22 comes in rear of the remaining product located on the far right.
  • the operating process of the automatic dispenser 1 is preferably managed by a computer not shown in the figures.
  • This computer could contain information concerning the nature of the products 63 arranged on the various trays 20 of the storage device 2 and could be connected to selection keys making it possible to select the product 63 which it is desired to extract from the storage device. 2 and reheat in the oven 36.
  • a means of payment by coin or card could also be associated with this computer so that a consumer who has paid the amount due and then selected a product 63, could have this product automatically delivered 63 selected.
  • FIG. 11 an alternative embodiment of the storage device 2 described above will be described, some parts of which have been modified in the following manner.
  • the suspension elements 22 are deleted.
  • the connecting axes 26 of the arms 19 of the pairs of arms 16 and 17 carry, in this variant, the plates 20 directly, laterally, so that when the plates 20 are at the unloading station 55, the arms 19 extend laterally to these trays and do not hinder the movement of extraction of the products 63.
  • the upper edges of the branches 19 are located at or below the upper face of the trays 20.
  • the stars 29 which were used to maintain the plates in horizontal position are deleted and are replaced by guide members 64 which perform the same function.
  • These guide members 64 respectively have square plates which are hingedly mounted in their middle on the outer ends of the connecting pins 26 and which carry, at their corners, four rollers 66, 67, 68 and 69.
  • the rollers 66 and 68 are in abutment against the vertical ramp 32 or the rollers 67 and 69 are in abutment against the opposite vertical ramp 32 and, when the plates 20 bypass the upper and lower toothed wheels 4 and 5, this are the rollers 67 and 68 and these are the rollers 68 and 69 which bear respectively against the upper and lower transverse ramps 33.
  • the upper and lower transverse ramps 33 are connected by a link 70 which moves them in opposite directions.
  • the lower end of the link 70 is mounted in an articulated manner on one of the pivoting arms 34, between its articulated ends, and the upper end of the link 70 is mounted in an articulated manner at the end of an extension 71 of one of the pivoting arms 34, outside the articulation axes of the latter.
  • the plates 20 are suitably distributed along the chains 3, so that, during their movements around the wheels 4 and 5, the guide members 64 of two opposite plates 20 are simultaneously in contact with the upper and lower transverse ramps respectively. 33, its transverse ramps performing movements in the opposite direction.
  • the springs 35 can be omitted.

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  1. Verfahren zur automatischen Ausgabe von Waren (63), insbesondere von behandelten Nahrungsmitteln, die auf Platten (20) einer Zwischenlagerungsvorrichtung (2) angeordnet sind, umfassend Transportmittel (3) in geschlossener Schleife, an denen in Reihe die Platten aufgehängt sind und die Getriebeorgane (4, 5) mit horizontalen und parallelen Achsen aufweisen, mittels einer Entnahmevorrichtung (56), die wenigstens ein Schiebemittel (62) umfaßt und in der Lage ist, die Waren der Zwischenlagerungsvorrichtung zu entnehmen, wenn sich die Platten jeweils bei einer Entladestation befinden, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß es darin besteht, wenn sich die eine der Platten bei der Entladestation (55) befindet und sich das Schiebemittel (62) seitlich von der durch die Platte (20) getragenen, zu entnehmenden Ware (63) befindet, das Schiebemittel (62) parallel zu den Achsen der Getriebeorgane (4, 5) der Transportmittel (3) derart parallel zu versetzen, daß diese Ware auf der Platte parallel zu den Achsen zum Entnehmen der Ware zu einem (21) der quer verlaufenden Enden der Platte gedrückt und geschoben wird.
  2. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß es darin besteht, das Schiebemittel (62) seitlich zu der zu entnehmenden Ware (63) zuzuführen, indem das Schiebemittel und die die zu entnehmende Ware tragende Platte zueinander vertikal versetzt werden.
  3. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 und 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß es darin besteht, wobei sich das Schiebemittel (62) außerhalb der Bahn der Platten (20) befindet, die eine der Platten in eine Position nahe der Entladestation (55) zuzuführen, das Schiebemittel (62) parallel zu den Achsen der Getriebeorgane (4, 5) derart zu versetzen, daß das Schiebemittel hinter einer durch die Platte getragenen, zu entnehmenden Ware zugeführt wird, und die Platte zu der Entladestation (55) zuzuführen, in der das Schiebemittel (62) hinter und seitlich der zu entnehmenden Ware angeordnet ist.
  4. Verfahren nach einem beliebigen der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Schiebemittel (62) nach dem Entnehmen aus der Zwischenlagerungsvorrichtung (2) die entnommene Ware bis zur Sohle eines Ofens (36) schiebt.
  5. Automat für Waren (63), insbesondere behandelte Nahrungsmittel, insbesondere zur Durchführung des Verfahrens nach einem beliebigen der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, umfassend:
    - eine Zwischenlagerungsvorrichtung (2), umfassend die Waren tragende Platten (20), wobei die Platten in Reihe an Transportmitteln (3) aufgehängt sind, die Getriebeorgane (4, 5) mit horizontalen und parallelen Achsen aufweisen und in der Lage sind, die Platten auf einer Bahn mit geschlossener Schleife zu versetzen,
    - und eine Entnahmevorrichtung (56), umfassend ein bewegliches Schiebemittel (62), das in der Lage ist, seitlich auf die zu entnehmenden Waren der Zwischenlagerungsvorrichtung einzuwirken, wenn sich die Platten jeweils bei einer Entladestation befinden,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Entnahmevorrichtung (56) Mittel (57) umfaßt, die in der Lage sind, das Schiebemittel (62) parallel zu den Achsen der Getriebeorgane (4, 5) der Zwischenlagerungsvorrichtung (2) derart zu versetzen, daß die Waren (63) an dem einen der quer verlaufenden Enden der Platten (20) entnommen werden.
  6. Automat nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Mittel (22) zum Aufhängen der Platten (20) an den Transportmitteln (3) mit Vertiefungen versehen oder offen sind derart, daß der Durchlaß zum Schiebemittel (62) und zu den zu entnehmenden Waren (63) gelassen wird, wenn sie sich jeweils an der Entladestation (55) befinden.
  7. Automat nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Aufhängemittel der Platten (20) umgekehrt L-förmige Arme (22) umfassen, die sich senkrecht zu den vorgenannten Getriebeachsen erstrecken, wobei jeweils die unteren Enden der vertikalen Abschnitte (24) der Arme an den Platten befestigt sind und ihre oberen horizontalen Abschnitte (25) mit den Transportmitteln (3) verbunden sind.
  8. Automat nach einem beliebigen der Ansprüche 5 bis 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Transportmittel (2) parallele Endloselemente (3) umfassen, die außerhalb der quer verlaufenden Enden der Platten (20) angeordnet sind, wobei die Aufhängemittel jeder Platte zwei Armpaare (16, 17) umfassen, die sich in Ebenen senkrecht zu den Achsen der vorgenannten Getriebeorgane (4, 5) erstrecken, wobei das eine der Enden der Arme jedes Armpaars an der Platte durch eine selbe Achse (26) angelenkt ist, während ihre anderen Enden jeweils durch Endloselemente (3) an zwei Stellen getragen sind, die sich in der Längsrichtung der letzteren mit Abstand angeordnet befinden.
  9. Automat nach einem beliebigen der Ansprüche 5 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Arme jedes der Armpaare Abschnitte (19) umfassen, die seitlich an der Platte (20) angelenkt sind, Abschnitte, die sich an der Entladestation in der Höhe oder unterhalb der Oberseite der Platte (20) erstrecken derart, daß der Durchlaß zum Schiebemittel (62) und den zu entnehmenden Waren (63) gelassen wird.
  10. Automat nach einem beliebigen der Ansprüche 5 bis 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Entnahmevorrichtung (56) eine horizontale Führung (57), die sich außerhalb der Bahn der Platten (20) und parallel zu den Achsen der Getriebeorgane (45) erstreckt, sowie einen Arm (62) umfaßt, der sich senkrecht zu diesen Achsen erstreckt und das Schiebemittel bildet, wobei der Arm auf der Führung mittels Betätigungsmitteln (59) verschiebbar angebracht ist.
  11. Automat nach einem beliebigen der Ansprüche 5 bis 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Transportmittel mit Rastungen versehene Endloselemente (3), die auf den Getriebezahnrädern (4, 5) angebracht sind und innere Führungen (13, 14) aufweisen, die durchgehende Führungsflächen aufweisen, auf die die Rastungen (10) der Endloselemente (3) über die gesamte Länge ihrer Bahn zur Auflage gelangen, wobei die Führungen einen Teil benachbart den Getrieberädern aufweisen und gegebenenfalls in wenigstens zwei Teilen in bezug aufeinander gleichzeitig wie die Getrieberäder regelbar sind.
  12. Automat nach Anspruch 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß äußere Führungen (12) Führungsflächen aufweisen, gegen die die Endloselemente (3) zur Auflage gelangen.
  13. Automat nach einem beliebigen der Ansprüche 5 bis 12, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß er Führungsmittel (29, 32) der Platten entlang deren Bahn umfaßt derart, daß die Platten horizontal gehalten werden.
  14. Automat nach Anspruch 13, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Führungsmittel wenigstens ein Führungsorgan (29, 64) das seitlich auf jeder Platte (20) befestigt ist, sowie Rampen (32, 33) umfassen, gegen die nacheinander Teile der Führungsorgane zur Zeit der Bewegung der Platten in Auflage sind, wobei die Rampen (33) entsprechend den Bahnen der Platten entlang der Getriebeorgane (4, 5) beweglich sind.
  15. Automat nach Anspruch 14, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Rampen (33) entsprechend den Bahnen der Platten entlang der Getriebeorgane nach außen gegen Federn beweglich sind.
  16. Automat nach einem der Ansprüche 14 und 15, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die beweglichen Rampen (33) entsprechend den Bahnen der Platten entlang der entgegengesetzten Getriebeorgane (4, 5) derart verbunden sind, daß sie sich unter der Wirkung der Führungsorgane (64) in entgegengesetzten Richtungen versetzen.
  17. Automat nach einem der Ansprüche 14 und 16, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Führungsorgan wenigstens einen Stern (29) umfaßt, der an der Platte (20) befestigt ist und Abschnitte (30, 31) aufweist, die in der Richtung der Achsen der Getriebeorgane (4, 5) versetzt sind, wobei die Abschnitte in Auflage auf die Rampen (32, 33) gelangen.
  18. Automat nach einem der Ansprüche 14 und 17, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Führungsorgan (64) Paare von Walzen (66, 67, 68 und 69) umfaßt, die nacheinander zur Auflage auf die Rampen (32, 33) gelangen.
  19. Automat nach einem beliebigen der Ansprüche 5 bis 18, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß er außerdem einen Ofen (36) umfaßt, dessen Sohle (38) seitlich zur Entladestation (55) angeordnet ist, wobei die Entnahmemittel (56) so angepaßt sind, daß das Schiebemittel (62) die entnommenen Waren zur Zwischenlagerungsvorrichtung (2) auf der Sohle des Ofens zuführt.
  20. Automat nach Anspruch 19, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Ofen (36) zwei seitliche Zutrittsöffnungen (47, 48) aufweist, die in seiner Umfangsrichtung versetzt sind, wobei die eine (47) zur Entladestation (55) gewandt ist.
  21. Automat nach einem der Ansprüche 19 und 20, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß er in einem Schrank (50) angeordnet ist, der zwei Abteilungen (49, 51) aufweist, die nebeneinander liegen und durch eine Trennwand (52) getrennt sind, wobei die eine der Abteilungen die Zwischenlagerungsvorrichtung (2) und die andere den Ofen (36) enthält, wobei die Trennwand (52) eine Öffnung (53) für das Durchtreten der Entnahmemittel (62) und der entnommenen Waren (63) aufweist.
  22. Automat nach Anspruch 21, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Seitenwand (41) des Ofens (36) zwei vertikal und in Umfangsrichtung versetzte Öffnungen (47, 48) aufweist, wobei die Seitenwand vertikal beweglich ist, wobei die höhere Öffnung (47) auf der Seite der Entladestation (55) ist und gegenüber der Trennwand (52) ist, wenn sich die andere in der Höhe der Sohle (38) des Ofens (36) befindet, und die untere Öffnung (48) unterhalb der Sohle ist, wenn sich die andere in der Höhe der letzteren befindet.
  23. Automat nach einem beliebigen der Ansprüche 5 bis 18, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß er einen Ofen (36) umfaßt, der eine Sohle (38), auf der die zu erwärmenden Waren zugeführt werden, sowie eine Seitenwand (41) umfaßt, die vertikal beweglich ist derart, daß der Ofen geöffnet oder geschlossen wird.
  24. Automat nach Anspruch 23, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Seitenwand (41) des Ofens (36) in der Lage ist, sich um die Sohle (38) zu erstrecken, und zwei Zutrittsöffnungen (47, 48) aufweist, die in der Umfangsrichtung versetzt sind und vertikal versetzt sind, wobei die Öffnungen unterhalb der Sohle liegen, wenn sich die Seitenwand in der unteren Position befindet, wobei die höhere Öffnung (47) zur Entladestation (55) der Zwischenlagerungsvorrichtung (2) gewandt ist.
  25. Automat nach einem der Ansprüche 23 und 24, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Seitenwand (41) des Ofens (36) die Seitenwand einer vertikal beweglichen Abdeckung (40) bildet.
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