EP0395824A1 - Vending-machine for small objects - Google Patents

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EP0395824A1
EP0395824A1 EP19890890130 EP89890130A EP0395824A1 EP 0395824 A1 EP0395824 A1 EP 0395824A1 EP 19890890130 EP19890890130 EP 19890890130 EP 89890130 A EP89890130 A EP 89890130A EP 0395824 A1 EP0395824 A1 EP 0395824A1
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  • the invention relates to a vending machine for small goods, in particular ice cream products, with at least one goods drum which is rotatably seated on a bearing axis and forms uniformly distributed sector-shaped product compartments within a housing, optionally a freezer, and which has an actuating device and a ratchet mechanism comprising a ratchet wheel, ratchet, shift lever and
  • the pawl can be rotated step by step from compartment to compartment in a removal position assigned to a removal opening of the housing and can be locked in this, the non-rotatably and coaxially connected switching wheel connected in number and division to the compartments corresponding shift teeth, which engages on the engagement teeth in the shift teeth Pawl hinged shift lever on the actuating device against the force of a shift lever spring pivotally mounted and the Sp snapping into the switching teeth of the ratchet wheel or in the peripheral detents of the drum Errklinke or the like.
  • a pair of two counter-acting pawls listened to a
  • each compartment is brought into the removal position one after the other via the actuating drive, which gradually rotates the drum, so that the customer can empty one and only one compartment at a time without having to provide complex locking mechanisms for the removal opening have to.
  • the actuating device which is usually combined with a coin-operated machine
  • each compartment is brought into the removal position one after the other via the actuating drive, which gradually rotates the drum, so that the customer can empty one and only one compartment at a time without having to provide complex locking mechanisms for the removal opening have to.
  • the bearing axis can be arranged vertically, but it runs horizontally in ice cream vending machines, in which a freezer is used as the housing, and the removal openings are located in the lid of the chest for thermal reasons.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object to remedy these defects and to create a vending machine of the type described, which is characterized by its distinguished and robust, reliable and safe to handle drum drive.
  • the invention solves this problem in that the shift lever spring is used as a switching spring engaging in the adjusting direction on the shift lever and an activatable by means of the actuating device electrical lifting magnet is provided for pivoting the shift lever against the adjusting direction, with an actuating lever bridging the lifting magnet for pivoting adjustment of the shift lever in the housing and preferably all existing control levers have a common handle.
  • the interaction of the electrical lifting magnet and the switching spring creates an automatic drive, the electrical lifting magnet only pulling the switching lever back to tension the switching spring and the switching spring itself causes the switching movement, so that there is always a constant drive power without external influence, and a trouble-free, reliable operation is guaranteed. Since the drum rotation can also be stopped at any time, there is no longer any risk of injury.
  • An actuating lever bridging the lifting magnet also allows the drum to be adjusted independently of this drive, which allows simple, rational filling of the goods drum.
  • the shift lever itself forms the pawl acting in the direction of movement with a locking projection.
  • a vending machine 1 in particular for selling portioned packaged ice cream products, consists of a freezer 2, in which at least one, for example four, product drums 4 are rotatably seated on a horizontal bearing axis 3.
  • the goods drums 4 each form uniformly distributed sector-shaped product compartments 5 for receiving the ice cream products to be sold and can each be driven step by step independently by their own actuators 6, so that one compartment 5 after the other is brought into a removal position in which the respective compartment 5 is exactly below a removal opening 8 of the freezer 2 covered with a cover 7 comes to rest, in which removal position a buyer can then remove the goods from the compartment 5.
  • actuating device 9 on the outside of the freezer 2, which comprises a coin-operated machine and corresponding selection buttons for product selection in a manner not shown. If the actuating device is released after the coin has been inserted sufficiently, the customer can now activate a specific actuator 6 via the selection buttons, which rotates the associated goods drum 4 with the desired products and thus brings a filled compartment 5 into the removal position, so that the selected goods after opening the lid 7 can be removed through the removal opening 8 from this compartment.
  • each actuating drive 6 consists of a ratchet mechanism with ratchet wheel 10, ratchet pawl 11, shift lever 12 and a turnstile 13, 14, the ratchet wheels 10 on the associated drums 4 being coaxial and are mounted in a rotationally fixed manner and have corresponding teeth 15 in compartments 4 in number and division.
  • the pawl 11 engaging in the switching teeth 15 is articulated on one arm of the two-armed shift lever 12, the other arm of which interacts with an electrical lifting magnet 17 via a counter plate 16 and is acted upon by a switching spring 18 against the stroke direction of the lifting magnet 17.
  • the rotary lock acting in both directions of rotation is composed of a pawl 13 acting counter to the drive direction, which engages in the switching teeth 15 of the switching wheel 10, and a pawl acting in the drive direction, formed by a locking projection 14 of the switching lever 12 and engaging in circumferential catches 19 of the drum 4, thereby creating a safe lock which locks the drums 4 in the respective removal positions and which is only released for the actuating movement by the switching lever 12 itself.
  • the corresponding lifting magnet 17 presses the shift lever 12 against the drum 4, whereby the shift spring 18 is tensioned on the one hand and the pawl 11 is retracted on the other hand.
  • the pivoting of the shift lever 12 brings the locking projection 14 out of the circumferential detent 19, so that the drum 4 is unlocked and the switching spring 18 can pivot back to the starting position after the solenoid actuation of the shift lever 12, whereby the pawl 11, which is in the next following shift tooth 15 engages, the ratchet 10 and so the drum 4 moves forward by one switching step.
  • the pawl 13 slides to the adjacent switching tooth, engages here and prevents a reverse rotation, while at the same time the locking projection 14 of the switching lever 12 engages in the next latching recess 19 and prevents further rotation in the drive direction.
  • actuating lever 20 with a handle 21, which is assigned to all actuators 6 and allows the switching levers 12 to be adjusted together by bridging the lifting magnets 17.
  • the compartments 5 of the drums 4 can therefore be refilled quickly, a simple masking tape 22 in the lower peripheral region of the drums 4 preventing the products from falling out of the compartments 5.

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A vending machine (1) for small articles has at least one article drum (4) which is arranged rotatably on a bearing axle (3) inside a housing (2) and which forms uniformly distributed sector-shaped product compartments (5) and can be driven in steps by means of an actuating drive (6). To achieve a simple drum drive unsusceptible to faults and functionally reliable, a ratchet mechanism with a ratchet wheel (10), ratchet (11), shift lever (12) and detent pawl (13) or the like is provided as an actuating drive (6), the ratchet wheel (10) connected fixedly in terms of rotation and coaxially to the drum (4) having indexing teeth (15) corresponding in number and division to the compartments (5), the shift lever (12) articulated on the ratchet (11) being mounted adjustably by pivoting counter to the force of a shift spring (18) by means of an electrical lifting magnet (17) activatable via the actuating device (9), and the detent pawl (13) or the like, which engages into the indexing teeth (15) of the ratchet wheel (10) or into circumferential notches (19) of the drum (4), belonging to a rotary stop mechanism (13, 14) acting in the two directions and releasable by means of the adjusting movement of the shift lever (12). <IMAGE>

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf einen Verkaufsautomaten für Kleinwaren, insbesondere Speiseeisprodukte, mit wenig­stens einer innerhalb eines Gehäuses, gegebenenfalls einer Tiefkühltruhe drehbar auf einer Lagerachse sitzenden und gleichmäßig verteilte sektorförmige Produktfächer bildenden Warentrommel, die über eine Betätigungseinrichtung und ein Klinkenschaltwerk aus Schaltrad, Schaltklinke, Schalt­hebel und Sperrklinke schrittweise von Fach zu Fach jeweils in eine einer Entnahmeöffnung des Gehäuses zugeordnete Entnahmeposition verdreh- und in dieser verriegelbar ist, wobei das drehfest und koaxial mit der Trommel verbundene Schaltrad in Zahl und Teilung den Fächern entsprechende Schaltzähne aufweist, der an der in die Schaltzähne eingrei­fenden Schaltklinke angelenkte Schalthebel über die Betä­gungseinrichtung gegen die Kraft einer Schalthebelfeder schwenkverstellbar lagert und die in die Schaltzähne des Schaltrades oder in Umfangsrasten der Trommel einrastende Sperrklinke od.dgl. einem Paar von zwei gegensinnig wir­kenden Sperrklinken einer durch die Bewegung des Schalthe­bels lösbaren Drehsperre zugehört.The invention relates to a vending machine for small goods, in particular ice cream products, with at least one goods drum which is rotatably seated on a bearing axis and forms uniformly distributed sector-shaped product compartments within a housing, optionally a freezer, and which has an actuating device and a ratchet mechanism comprising a ratchet wheel, ratchet, shift lever and The pawl can be rotated step by step from compartment to compartment in a removal position assigned to a removal opening of the housing and can be locked in this, the non-rotatably and coaxially connected switching wheel connected in number and division to the compartments corresponding shift teeth, which engages on the engagement teeth in the shift teeth Pawl hinged shift lever on the actuating device against the force of a shift lever spring pivotally mounted and the Sp snapping into the switching teeth of the ratchet wheel or in the peripheral detents of the drum Errklinke or the like. a pair of two counter-acting pawls listened to a releasable turnstile by the movement of the shift lever.

In diesen Verkaufsautomaten werden Spielzeug, Süßigkeiten u. dgl., vor allem aber portioniert verpackte Speiseeis­ produkte, angeboten, welche Waren in die Produktfächer einer Warentrommel eingelegt und für den Kunden in der Entnahmeposition der Trommel durch die Entnahmeöffnung zugänglich sind. Durch entsprechendes Bedienen der meist mit einem Münzautomaten kombinierten Betätigungseinrich­tung wird der Reihe nach jedes Fach über den die Trommel schrittweise drehenden Stelltrieb in die Entnahmeposition gebracht, so daß der Kunde jeweils ein und nur ein solches Fach entleeren kann, ohne aufwendige Verschlußmechanismen für die Entnahmeöffnung vorsehen zu müssen. Um mehrere Artikel gleichzeitig anbieten zu können, gibt es entspre­chend viele Warentrommeln, die koaxial nebeneinander auf einer gemeinsamen Lagerachse sitzen und jeweils mit einem eigenen Stelltrieb zusammenwirken. Die Lagerachse kann vertikal angeordnet sein, sie verläuft aber in Eisverkaufs­automaten, bei denen als Gehäuse eine Tiefkühltruhe Verwen­dung findet, horizontal und die Entnahmeöffnungen liegen aus wärmetechnischen Gründen im Truhendeckel.In these vending machines toys, sweets, etc. Like., But above all, packaged packaged ice cream products, which goods are placed in the product compartments of a goods drum and are accessible to the customer in the removal position of the drum through the removal opening. By appropriate operation of the actuating device, which is usually combined with a coin-operated machine, each compartment is brought into the removal position one after the other via the actuating drive, which gradually rotates the drum, so that the customer can empty one and only one compartment at a time without having to provide complex locking mechanisms for the removal opening have to. In order to be able to offer several articles at the same time, there are a corresponding number of product drums that sit coaxially next to each other on a common bearing axis and each interact with its own actuator. The bearing axis can be arranged vertically, but it runs horizontally in ice cream vending machines, in which a freezer is used as the housing, and the removal openings are located in the lid of the chest for thermal reasons.

Um die Warentrommel schrittweise verstellen zu können, gibt es neben Spiralfeder-Antrieben mit über die Betä­tigungseinrichtung ansteuerbaren Sperrmechanismen, welche Antriebe sich wegen ihrer ungleichmäßigen Antriebsleistung und Störanfälligkeit nicht bewährt haben, bereits Klinken­schaltwerke als Stelltriebe in verschiedenen Ausführungen, doch müssen bisher alle diese Klinkenschaltwerke über Hand­hebel betätigt werden, was nicht nur einen zusätzlichen mechanischen Aufwand verlangt, sondern vor allem wiederum die Gefahr von Funktionsstörungen, Beschädigungen oder gar einer Zerstörung auf Grund unsachgemäßer Behandlung mit sich bringt.In order to be able to gradually adjust the goods drum, in addition to coil spring drives with locking mechanisms that can be controlled via the actuating device, which drives have not proven their worth due to their uneven drive power and susceptibility to malfunction, ratchet switch mechanisms as actuators in various versions are already available, but so far all these ratchet switch mechanisms have had to be operated by hand levers are operated, which not only requires additional mechanical effort, but above all in turn entails the risk of malfunctions, damage or even destruction due to improper handling.

Der Erfindung liegt daher die Aufgabe zugrunde, diese Mängel zu beseitigen und einen Verkaufsautomaten der eingangs geschilderten Art zu schaffen, der sich durch seinen ein­ fachen und robusten, funktionssicheren und gefahrlos hand­habbaren Trommelantrieb auszeichnet.The invention is therefore based on the object to remedy these defects and to create a vending machine of the type described, which is characterized by its distinguished and robust, reliable and safe to handle drum drive.

Die Erfindung löst diese Aufgabe dadurch, daß die Schalthe­belfeder als in Stellrichtung am Schalthebel angreifende Schaltfeder eingesetzt und ein mittels der Betätigungsein­richtung aktivierbarer elektrischer Hubmagnet zum Verschwen­ken des Schalthebels entgegen der Stellrichtung vorgesehen ist, wobei innerhalb des Gehäuses ein den Hubmagneten über­brückender Stellhebel zur Schwenkverstellung des Schalthe­bels lagert und vorzugsweise alle vorhandenen Stellhebel einen gemeinsamen Handgriff aufweisen. Durch das Zusammen­wirken von elektrischem Hubmagnet und Schaltfeder entsteht ein automatischer Antrieb, wobei der elektrische Hubmagnet den Schalthebel lediglich zum Spannen der Schaltfeder zurückzieht und die Schaltfeder selbst die Schaltbewegung verursacht, so daß es zu einer stets gleichbleibenden An­triebsleistung ohne äußere Beeinflussungsmöglichkeit kommt, und ein störungsfreier, funktionssicherer Betrieb gewähr­leistet ist. Da sich außerdem die Trommeldrehung jederzeit problemlos aufhalten läßt, gibt es auch keinerlei Ver­letzungsgefahr mehr. Ein den Hubmagneten überbrückender Stellhebel erlaubt weiters eine Verstellung der Trommel unabhängig von diesem Antrieb, was eine einfache, rationelle Befüllung der Warentrommel erlaubt.The invention solves this problem in that the shift lever spring is used as a switching spring engaging in the adjusting direction on the shift lever and an activatable by means of the actuating device electrical lifting magnet is provided for pivoting the shift lever against the adjusting direction, with an actuating lever bridging the lifting magnet for pivoting adjustment of the shift lever in the housing and preferably all existing control levers have a common handle. The interaction of the electrical lifting magnet and the switching spring creates an automatic drive, the electrical lifting magnet only pulling the switching lever back to tension the switching spring and the switching spring itself causes the switching movement, so that there is always a constant drive power without external influence, and a trouble-free, reliable operation is guaranteed. Since the drum rotation can also be stopped at any time, there is no longer any risk of injury. An actuating lever bridging the lifting magnet also allows the drum to be adjusted independently of this drive, which allows simple, rational filling of the goods drum.

Um eine beträchtliche Konstruktionsvereinfachung der Drehsperre bei gleichbleibender Funktionssicherheit zu erreichen, bildet der Schalthebel selbst mit einem Sperransatz die in Stellbewegungsrichtung wirkende Sperrklinke.In order to achieve a considerable simplification of the design of the turnstile with the same functional reliability, the shift lever itself forms the pawl acting in the direction of movement with a locking projection.

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  • Fig. 1 einen erfindungsgemäßen Verkaufsautomaten in teil­geschnittener Draufsicht und
  • Fig. 2 einen Querschnitt nach der Linie II-II der Fig. 1 geänderten Maßstabs.
In the drawing, the subject matter of the invention is illustrated purely schematically in one exemplary embodiment, specifically showing
  • Fig. 1 shows a vending machine according to the invention in a partially sectioned plan view and
  • Fig. 2 shows a cross section along the line II-II of Fig. 1 changed scale.

Ein Verkaufsautomat 1, insbesondere zum Verkauf von portioniert verpackten Speiseeisprodukten, besteht aus einer Tiefkühltruhe 2, in der auf einer horizontalen La­gerachse 3 wenigstens eine, beispielsweise vier, Waren­trommeln 4 drehbar sitzen. Die Warentrommeln 4 bilden je­weils gleichmäßig verteilte sektorförmige Produktfächer 5 zur Aufnahme der zu verkaufenden Speiseeisprodukte und sind durch eigene Stelltriebe 6 jeweils unabhängig vonein­ander schrittweise antreibbar, so daß ein Fach 5 nach dem anderen in eine Entnahmeposition gebracht wird, in der das jeweilige Fach 5 genau unter einer mit einem Deckel 7 abgedeckten Entnahmeöffnung 8 der Tiefkühltruhe 2 zu liegen kommt, in welcher Entnahmeposition dann ein Käufer die Ware dem Fach 5 entnehmen kann.A vending machine 1, in particular for selling portioned packaged ice cream products, consists of a freezer 2, in which at least one, for example four, product drums 4 are rotatably seated on a horizontal bearing axis 3. The goods drums 4 each form uniformly distributed sector-shaped product compartments 5 for receiving the ice cream products to be sold and can each be driven step by step independently by their own actuators 6, so that one compartment 5 after the other is brought into a removal position in which the respective compartment 5 is exactly below a removal opening 8 of the freezer 2 covered with a cover 7 comes to rest, in which removal position a buyer can then remove the goods from the compartment 5.

Zur Ansteuerung der Stelltriebe 6 gibt es an der Außen­seite der Tiefkühltruhe 2 eine Betätigungseinrichtung 9, die in nicht weiter dargestellter Weise einen Münzauto­maten und entsprechende Wahltasten zur Produktauswahl um­faßt. Wird nach ausreichendem Münzeinwurf die Betätigungs­einrichtung freigegeben, kann nun der Kunde über die Wahl­tasten einen bestimmten Stelltrieb 6 aktivieren, der die zugehörige Warentrommel 4 mit den gewünschten Produkten verdreht und damit ein gefülltes Fach 5 in Entnahmeposition bringt, so daß die gewählte Ware nach Öffnen des Deckels 7 durch die Entnahmeöffnung 8 diesem Fach entnommen werden kann.To actuate the actuators 6 there is an actuating device 9 on the outside of the freezer 2, which comprises a coin-operated machine and corresponding selection buttons for product selection in a manner not shown. If the actuating device is released after the coin has been inserted sufficiently, the customer can now activate a specific actuator 6 via the selection buttons, which rotates the associated goods drum 4 with the desired products and thus brings a filled compartment 5 into the removal position, so that the selected goods after opening the lid 7 can be removed through the removal opening 8 from this compartment.

Um auf einfache, robuste und funktionssichere Weise die schrittweise Verstellung der Trommeln 4 zu erreichen, besteht jeder Stelltrieb 6 aus einem Klinkenschaltwerk mit Schaltrad 10, Schaltklinke 11, Schalthebel 12 und einer Drehsperre 13, 14, wobei die Schalträder 10 an den zuge­hörigen Trommeln 4 koaxial und drehfest montiert sind und den Fächern 4 in Zahl und Teilung entsprechende Schaltzähne 15 aufweisen. Die in die Schaltzähne 15 eingreifende Schalt­klinke 11 ist an dem einen Arm des zweiarmigen Schalthebels 12 angelenkt, dessen anderer Arm über eine Gegenplatte 16 mit einem elektrischen Hubmagnet 17 zusammenwirkt und entgegen der Hubrichtung des Hubmagneten 17 durch eine Schaltfeder 18 beaufschlagt ist. Die in beiden Drehrich­tungen wirkende Drehsperre setzt sich aus einer entgegen der Antriebsrichtung wirkenden, in die Schaltzähne 15 des Schaltrades 10 einfallenden Sperrklinke 13 und einer in Antriebsrichtung wirkenden, von einem Sperransatz 14 des Schalthebels 12 gebildeten und in Umfangsrasten 19 der Trommel 4 einrastenden Sperrklinke zusammen, wodurch eine die Trommeln 4 in den jeweiligen Entnahmepositionen ver­riegelnde sichere Sperre entsteht, die nur für die Stell­bewegung durch den Schalthebel 12 selbst gelöst wird.In order to achieve the gradual adjustment of the drums 4 in a simple, robust and reliable manner, each actuating drive 6 consists of a ratchet mechanism with ratchet wheel 10, ratchet pawl 11, shift lever 12 and a turnstile 13, 14, the ratchet wheels 10 on the associated drums 4 being coaxial and are mounted in a rotationally fixed manner and have corresponding teeth 15 in compartments 4 in number and division. The pawl 11 engaging in the switching teeth 15 is articulated on one arm of the two-armed shift lever 12, the other arm of which interacts with an electrical lifting magnet 17 via a counter plate 16 and is acted upon by a switching spring 18 against the stroke direction of the lifting magnet 17. The rotary lock acting in both directions of rotation is composed of a pawl 13 acting counter to the drive direction, which engages in the switching teeth 15 of the switching wheel 10, and a pawl acting in the drive direction, formed by a locking projection 14 of the switching lever 12 and engaging in circumferential catches 19 of the drum 4, thereby creating a safe lock which locks the drums 4 in the respective removal positions and which is only released for the actuating movement by the switching lever 12 itself.

Wird einer der Stelltriebe 6 über die Betätigungseinrich­tung 9 angesteuert, drückt der entsprechende Hubmagnet 17 den Schalthebel 12 gegen die Trommel 4, wodurch einer­seits die Schaltfeder 18 gespannt und anderseits die Schaltklinke 11 zurückgezogen wird. Das Verschwenken des Schalthebels 12 bringt den Sperransatz 14 aus der Umfangs­rast 19 heraus, so daß die Trommel 4 entriegelt ist und die Schaltfeder 18 nach der Hubmagnetbeaufschlagung des Schalthebels 12 diesen in die Ausgangslage zurückschwenken kann, wobei die Schaltklinke 11, die in den nächstfolgen­den Schaltzahn 15 einrastet, das Schaltrad 10 und damit die Trommel 4 um einen Schaltschritt vorwärtsbewegt. Außer­dem gleitet, die Sperrklinke 13 zum benachbarten Schaltzahn, fällt hier ein und verhindert eine Rückdrehung, während gleichzeitig der Sperransatz 14 des Schalthebels 12 in die nächstfolgende Rastausnehmung 19 einrastet und eine weitere Drehung in Antriebsrichtung verhindert.If one of the actuators 6 is actuated via the actuating device 9, the corresponding lifting magnet 17 presses the shift lever 12 against the drum 4, whereby the shift spring 18 is tensioned on the one hand and the pawl 11 is retracted on the other hand. The pivoting of the shift lever 12 brings the locking projection 14 out of the circumferential detent 19, so that the drum 4 is unlocked and the switching spring 18 can pivot back to the starting position after the solenoid actuation of the shift lever 12, whereby the pawl 11, which is in the next following shift tooth 15 engages, the ratchet 10 and so the drum 4 moves forward by one switching step. In addition, the pawl 13 slides to the adjacent switching tooth, engages here and prevents a reverse rotation, while at the same time the locking projection 14 of the switching lever 12 engages in the next latching recess 19 and prevents further rotation in the drive direction.

Um die einzelnen Fächer 5 rationell befüllen zu können, gibt es einen Stellhebel 20 mit einem Handgriff 21, welcher allen Stelltrieben 6 zugeordnet ist und unter Überbrückung der Hubmagnete 17 die Schalthebel 12 gemeinsam zu verstellen erlaubt. Nach Öffnen der Tiefkühltruhe 2 können daher die Fächer 5 der Trommeln 4 rasch nachgefüllt werden, wobei ein einfaches Abdeckband 22 im unteren Umfangsbereich der Trommeln 4 ein Herausfallen der Produkte aus den Fächern 5 verhindert.In order to be able to fill the individual compartments 5 rationally, there is an actuating lever 20 with a handle 21, which is assigned to all actuators 6 and allows the switching levers 12 to be adjusted together by bridging the lifting magnets 17. After opening the freezer 2, the compartments 5 of the drums 4 can therefore be refilled quickly, a simple masking tape 22 in the lower peripheral region of the drums 4 preventing the products from falling out of the compartments 5.

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1. Verkaufsautomat (1) für Kleinwaren, insbesondere Speise­eisprodukte, mit wenigstens einer innerhalb eines Gehäu­ses, gegebenenfalls einer Tiefkühltruhe (2) drehbar auf einer Lagerachse (3) sitzenden und gleichmäßig verteilte sektorförmige Produktfächer (5) bildenden Warentrommel (4), die über eine Betätigungseinrichtung (9) und ein Klinkenschaltwerk aus Schaltrad (10), Schaltklinke (11), Schalthebel (12) und Sperrklinke (13) od.dgl. schritt­weise von Fach (5) zu Fach (5) jeweils in eine einer Entnahmeöffnung (8) des Gehäuses zugeordnete Entnahme­position verdreh- und in dieser verriegelbar ist, wobei das drehfest und koaxial mit der Trommel (4) verbundene Schaltrad (10) in Zahl und Teilung den Fächern (5) ent­sprechende Schaltzähne (15) aufweist, der an der in die Schaltzähne (15) eingreifenden Schaltklinke (11) ange­lenkte Schalthebel (12) über die Betätigungseinrichtung (9) gegen die Kraft einer Schalthebelfeder (18) schwenk­verstellbar lagert und die in die Schaltzähne (15) des Schaltrades (10) oder in Umfangsrasten der Trommel (4) einrastende Sperrklinke (13) od.dgl. einem Paar von zwei gegensinnig wirkenden Sperrklinken (13) einer durch die Bewegung des Schalthebels (12) lösbaren Drehsperre zuge­hört, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Schalthebelfeder als in Stellrichtung am Schalthebel (12) angreifende Schaltfeder (18) eingesetzt und ein mittels der Betäti­gungseinrichtung (9) aktivierbarer elektrischer Hubmag­net (17) zum Verschwenken des Schalthebels (12) entge­gen der Stellrichtung vorgesehen ist, wobei innerhalb des Gehäuses (2) ein den Hubmagneten (17) überbrücken­der Stellhebel (20) zur Schwenkverstellung des Schalt­hebels (12) lagert und vorzugsweise alle vorhandenen Stellhebel (20) einen gemeinsamen Handgriff (21) auf­weisen.1. vending machine (1) for small goods, in particular ice cream products, with at least one within a housing, optionally a freezer (2) rotatably on a bearing axis (3) seated and evenly distributed sector-shaped product compartments (5) forming goods drum (4), which has a Actuating device (9) and a ratchet mechanism consisting of ratchet wheel (10), ratchet (11), shift lever (12) and pawl (13) or the like. can be rotated step by step from compartment (5) to compartment (5) into a removal position assigned to a removal opening (8) of the housing and locked therein, the switching wheel (10), which is non-rotatably and coaxially connected to the drum (4), in number and Division of the compartments (5) has corresponding shift teeth (15), the shift lever (12) articulated on the shift pawl (11) engaging in the shift teeth (15) via the actuating device (9) against the force of a shift lever spring (18) and pivotably mounted in the shift teeth (15) of the ratchet wheel (10) or in the circumferential catches of the drum (4) locking pawl (13) or the like. a pair of two counter-acting pawls (13) belonging to a turnstile which can be released by the movement of the shift lever (12), characterized in that the shift lever spring is used as a shift spring (18) acting on the shift lever (12) in the adjusting direction and a by means of the actuating device (9 ) activatable electrical lifting magnet (17) is provided for pivoting the switching lever (12) counter to the setting direction, an adjusting lever (20) bridging the lifting magnet (17) for swiveling the switching lever (12) and preferably all existing ones being mounted within the housing (2) Adjusting lever (20) have a common handle (21). 2. Verkaufsautomat nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeich­net, daß der Schalthebel (12) ,selbst mit einem Sperransatz (14) die in Stellbewegungsrichtung wirkende Sperrklinke bildet.2. Vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the shift lever (12), even with a locking projection (14) forms the pawl acting in the direction of movement.
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