EP0562198A1 - Reverse stacked cups vending machine - Google Patents

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EP0562198A1
EP0562198A1 EP92400862A EP92400862A EP0562198A1 EP 0562198 A1 EP0562198 A1 EP 0562198A1 EP 92400862 A EP92400862 A EP 92400862A EP 92400862 A EP92400862 A EP 92400862A EP 0562198 A1 EP0562198 A1 EP 0562198A1
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  • the invention relates to a dispenser for cups stored upside down in a stack.
  • cups can be all kinds of stackable containers, but more particularly frustoconical cups, whether or not provided with a ring on their edge, and intended essentially for the distribution of liquid products, such as beverages or powdered grain products, such as popcorn.
  • the capacity of these cups can range from a few centiliters to a liter, for example.
  • the stacks of cups are stored upright, often in rotating barrels such as that shown in document FR-A-2 537 307. It is then easy to drop the gravity by simple lower cup of a battery in the reception window placed at hand level in front of the machine.
  • the object of the invention is to propose a cup dispenser provided with an overturning device based on other principles, making it possible to considerably simplify its construction.
  • the tilting means comprises an abutment advantageously placed on the trajectory of a lower part of the cup pushed upwards, in order to cause or continue the imbalance and the tilting.
  • the pushing means is, for its part, advantageously in the form of a finger which is introduced substantially tangentially under the lower edge of the upper cup and then driven upwards.
  • a single finger is enough to disengage and release the upper cup, the upward movement of which is guided inside by the cup immediately below, and outside by the gutter - upper ramp and side wall (s) ) -, then by the fixed reversing stop.
  • the finger is carried by a chain stretched between two sprockets in a substantially neighboring plane and parallel to a generatrix of the upper cup in the inverted position.
  • the gutter advantageously comprises a curved wall which is substantially cylindrical with a horizontal generatrix which can guide the upper part of the cup during its overturning.
  • a cover dispenser can be provided if necessary.
  • the stack of cups is advantageously included in a barrel magazine rotating with several batteries.
  • the precise position of the rotating barrel is obtained by indexing a disc integral in rotation with the barrel and provided with notches; the periphery of the disc is followed by an indexing roller; the drive of the barrel allows a game by which the disc blocked by the roller in the notch stops immediately and precisely.
  • This backlash drive can be achieved, for example, by a belt drive.
  • the disc can advantageously serve as the end flange of the barrel.
  • Figure 1 schematically shows a dispensing machine 1 for liquid products (drinks), or solids (for example popcorn) presented in cups 2 to a window 3 of the machine, generally at hand.
  • the cups 2 are distributed on the spot, individually, thanks to an inversion device 4 placed above a magazine 5 of empty cups stacked upside down in a rotating barrel.
  • the store is located in the lower volume of the vending machine 1: this volume, generally of great height, makes it possible to store a large number of cups 2, even if these are cups of large capacity (for example a liter).
  • the vertical magazine 5, illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3, comprises a rotating barrel 6 formed by two respectively lower 7 and upper 8 flanges between which vertical walls 9 are arranged so as to define four (for example) cells A, B, C, D receiving a stack of spilled cups. These cells can be opened radially on the side to facilitate the loading of a stack of cups, especially since each stack, supported on the widest part of the lower cup, is stable.
  • the lower cup can also be a false cup of any height allowing to adapt the capacity of store 5 to actual needs.
  • the rotating barrel 6 can be surrounded by a fixed cylindrical wall on a part of its periphery.
  • the flanges 7 and 8 are mounted on a vertical shaft 10 (only partially shown in the drawings) rotating in bearings (not shown), while a pulley 11, wedged on the lower part of the shaft 10, is driven by to a transmission belt 12, by a geared motor assembly 13 with output pulley 14.
  • the upper flange 8 comprises on its periphery four notches 15 in V regularly distributed.
  • a roller 16 mounted horizontally on a horizontal arm 17 articulated at 18, can follow the edge of the flange 8 against which it is permanently pushed thanks to the action of a spring 19.
  • a controllable electromagnet 20 makes it possible to counteract the action of the spring 19 and of pulling the roller radially out of contact with the flange 8.
  • the assembly of the drive means 11-14 and indexing 15-20 makes it possible to rotate the barrel by quarter turn very precisely in the direction of arrow F.
  • Opposite cell A is a set for mounting the stack of cups.
  • This assembly comprises a vertical screw 21 parallel to the magazine 5, and extending over its height, mounted in rotation between an upper support 22 and a lower control motor 23 allowing rotation in both directions at will.
  • a horizontal pallet 24 with nut is mounted on the screw 21 and is locked in rotation by the cooperation of an appendage 25 guided in sliding by a vertical rail 26, whereby the rotation of the screw 21 in one direction or in the another causes the pallet 24 to go up or down.
  • Two sensors respectively lower 27 and upper 28 detect the low and high positions of the pallet.
  • the passage of the pallet 24 through the lower flange 7 is possible thanks to four radial notches 29 provided in the four indexing positions to be in front of the mounting assembly.
  • the upper flange 8 has four holes 30 for passage of the cups.
  • a holding assembly (cf. FIGS. 2 and 4) is provided for the outgoing cups, emerging from the upper flange 8 under the thrust of the pallet 24 at the base of the stack.
  • This retaining assembly consists of three springs 31 (for example with a leaf) mounted on a fixed support (not shown) above the flange 8 (although three springs mounted on the flange 8 can be provided directly around each orifice 30 ).
  • the shape and height of the springs 31 is such that they retain (slightly) elastically the second cup 2 of the stack emerging above the flange 8. If the cup 2 carries a ring, as shown, the support by the spring 31 can be made easier, but this ring is by no means essential.
  • a sensor 32 for example a photoelectric cell, makes it possible to precisely determine the presence of the top of the upper inverted cup 2 on a reference line.
  • a sensor 32 makes it possible to detect the presence or absence of a cup in the cell (B), just upstream from the cell (A) during use.
  • the upper cup of the stack is supported by the reversing device 4 which will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6.
  • the device 4 comprises a curved guide groove, in a ramp, 33-34, formed by a wall 33 with a horizontal genera-trice, held on at least one lateral vertical wall 34.
  • the curved wall 33 overhangs the stack of cups 2, at least at the entrance, slightly flared, 35 of the gutter.
  • a thrust means 36 is constituted by a disengaging finger 37, substantially horizontal, carried by a chain 38 stretched between two sprockets 39, one of which is driven by a geared motor 40.
  • the plane formed by the chain 38 is arranged parallel with a generator 42 of the cup 2 in the inverted position and in the vicinity thereof (see FIG. 6) so that the finger 37 can, during its extreme low passage, be introduced between the edge 41 of the upper cup 2 and the corresponding edge of the cup immediately below.
  • the rising strand 43 of the chain defining the rising path of the finger 37, generally remains close to a vertical plane containing the generator 42, but tilts slightly on the same side as the ramp 33.
  • the bottom of the chain 38 is at the height of the space separating the lower edges of the two upper cups of the stack, while the top of the chain is at the height of the intermediate tilting position of the cups.
  • a sensor 44 detects the passage of the finger 37 to control its setting in motion and its stop.
  • a stopper 45 placed in the immediate vicinity of the upper cup 2 cooperates, slightly overhanging its base so as to be on the path of the lower part of the cup 2 and / or its edge 41 when the cup is raised.
  • the stop 45 is at an intermediate height between the low and high points of the chain 38, preferably upwards, for example at its third or its upper quarter, so as to act when the upper cup 2 is sufficiently disengaged from the cup immediately lower to be able to rotate.
  • the stop 45 is adjacent to a part for receiving the cup 46 in a vertical position at the location, at the level of the window 3 of the dispensing machine.
  • This receiving part comprises, in addition to the actual receiving plate 47, recovery surfaces 48 and 49 connecting the stop 45 to the plate 47 by increasingly steep slopes, while side walls 50 (only one is shown in figure 6) guide the cup on the side.
  • a magazine 51 with a cover 52 for cups opens out above the cup in the receiving position.
  • the covers 52 are gripped by two clamps 53 carried at the end of an articulated arm 54 controlled by an electromagnet 55.
  • Barrel 6 is loaded; four stacks of 50 cups (for example) are in the cells A, B, C, D.
  • the pallet 24 is in the lower extreme position, controlled by the sensor 27.
  • Pallet 24 vertically pushes the cups until cell 32 detects the edge of the bottom of the upper cup.
  • the finger 37 of the rocker assembly comes into contact with the edge of the opening, disengages and lifts the cup 2. After a certain displacement, the edge of the opening of the cup abuts against the part 45 which causes the beginning of the tilting.
  • the ramp 33 and the walls 34 and 50 channel the cup 2 during its tilting. From the start of the cup 2, the cell 32 controls the rise of the pallet 24 so that a cup is always available.
  • the high position sensor 28 controls the descent of the pallet to its extreme low position.
  • Tray 6 must make a quarter turn to present a new full stack.
  • the roller 16 is released by the electromagnet 20; the motor-belt assembly 13-12 controls the rotation of the barrel 6.
  • the roller 16 after a certain time indexes in the next notch 15 and immobilizes the barrel 6.
  • the sliding of the belt 12 allows positioning precise of barrel 6.
  • the pallet 24 rises the cup stack until cell 32 detects the bottom of the upper cup.
  • the set is ready for a next request for cup 2.
  • the pallet 24 in the high position will be detected by the sensor 28 and, simultaneously, the sensor 32 ', will indicate that the last battery is empty the dispenser will be put out of service by the electronic control unit.

Abstract

This dispenser of cups stored (2) in a stack upside down includes a device for individually turning over the top cup of the stack, comprising a curved guidance gutter, a thrust means, a tilting means and a reception part. The stack is formed in a rotating-barrel magazine (6). The position of the rotating barrel (6) is obtained by indexing of a disc (8) which is integral in rotation with the barrel, provided with notches (45) for indexing and the periphery of which is followed by an indexing wheel (16), the drive (11-14) of the barrel (6) leaving some play. <IMAGE>

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L'invention concerne un distributeur de gobelets stockés à l'envers en pile. On parlera ici de gobelets, étant entendu qu'il peut s'agir de toutes sortes de récipients empilables, mais plus particulièrement de gobelets tronconiques, pourvus ou non d'un jonc sur leur bord, et destinés essentiellement à la distribution de produits liquides, tels que des boissons ou de produits en poudre au en grains, tels que le mais soufflé. La contenance de ces gobelets peut aller de quelques centilitres à un litre, par exemple.The invention relates to a dispenser for cups stored upside down in a stack. We will speak here of cups, it being understood that they can be all kinds of stackable containers, but more particularly frustoconical cups, whether or not provided with a ring on their edge, and intended essentially for the distribution of liquid products, such as beverages or powdered grain products, such as popcorn. The capacity of these cups can range from a few centiliters to a liter, for example.

Dans le cas des récipients de grande contenance se pose plus particulièrement un problème d'encombrement lié à la taille des gobelets. Leur stockage en quantité suffisante prend une place considérable.In the case of large-capacity containers, there is more particularly a space problem linked to the size of the cups. Their storage in sufficient quantity takes a considerable place.

Dans la plupart des machines distributrices connues, les piles de gobelets sont stockées à l'endroit, souvent dans des barillets tournants tels que celui que montre le document FR-A-2 537 307. Il est alors facile de faire tomber par simple gravité le gobelet inférieur d'une pile dans la fenêtre de réception placée à hauteur de main au devant de la machine.In most of the known vending machines, the stacks of cups are stored upright, often in rotating barrels such as that shown in document FR-A-2 537 307. It is then easy to drop the gravity by simple lower cup of a battery in the reception window placed at hand level in front of the machine.

Mais une telle disposition, simple et pratique pour des petits récipients, peut conduire à une hauteur de machine inacceptable, ou tout au moins à un encombrement exagéré de la partie supérieure de la machine, lorsque les gobelets sont de grande taille.But such an arrangement, simple and practical for small containers, can lead to an unacceptable machine height, or at least an exaggerated bulk of the upper part of the machine, when the cups are large.

D'autre part, diverses raisons, et notamment l'hygiène, militent en faveur d'un stockage des gobelets en position inversée. Si l'on désire stocker ces gobelets dans la partie inférieure de la machine, il faut prévoir un dispositif pour saisir et renverser le gobelet supérieur de la pile au vue de le mettre, à l'endroit, dans la station de réception et de remplissage.On the other hand, various reasons, including hygiene, militate in favor of storing the cups in an inverted position. If you want to store these cups in the lower part of the machine, you must provide a device to grab and overturn the upper cup of the stack in order to put it, in place, in the receiving and filling station .

Les dispositifs connus à ce jour pour renverser les gobelets, par exemple par le document US-A-2 059 546 sont compliqués et utilisent au moins une pince de préhension montée sur un bras articulé : après que la pince a saisi fermement le gobelet supérieur, le bras pivote et emmène le gobelet retourné vers un toboggan d'où il glisse jusqu'à l'endroit de réception. Le pivotement du gobelet est donc lié au pivotement du bras et de la pince eux-mêmes ce qui complique la construction.The devices known to date for overturning the cups, for example by document US-A-2 059 546 are complicated and use at least one gripper gripper mounted on an articulated arm: after the gripper has firmly grasped the upper cup, the arm swivels and takes the tumbled cup to a slide from where it slides to the place of reception. The pivoting of the cup is therefore linked to the pivoting of the arm and of the clamp themselves, which complicates the construction.

L'invention a pour but de proposer un distributeur de gobelets doté d'un dispositif de renversement fondé sur d'autres principes, permettant d'en simplifier considérablement la construction.The object of the invention is to propose a cup dispenser provided with an overturning device based on other principles, making it possible to considerably simplify its construction.

Selon l'invention, le distributeur comprend un dispositif de renversement qui comporte

  • une gouttière de guidage courbe destinée à guider ledit gobelet, au moins à sa partie supérieure, sur un trajet courbe entre sa position inversée en haut de la pile et une position intermédiaire de basculement,
  • un moyen de poussée destiné à pousser vers le haut le gobelet, sur sa partie inférieure,
  • un moyen de basculement destiné, en coopération avec la gouttière et le moyen de poussée à former un appui de pivotement du gobelet en position intermédiaire,
  • une partie de réception, destinée à permettre le rétablissement du gobelet à l'endroit, à partir du basculement effectué dans sa position intermédiaire, et à le recevoir à l'endroit.
According to the invention, the dispenser comprises a reversing device which comprises
  • a curved guide gutter intended to guide said cup, at least at its upper part, on a curved path between its inverted position at the top of the stack and an intermediate tilting position,
  • a pushing means intended to push up the cup, on its lower part,
  • a tilting means intended, in cooperation with the gutter and the pushing means to form a pivoting support for the cup in the intermediate position,
  • a receiving part, intended to allow the restoration of the cup in place, from the tilting effected in its intermediate position, and to receive it in place.

On comprend donc que selon l'invention, il n'y a plus d'ensemble de pince de préhension qui doive se renverser, solidaire avec le gobelet. Les moyens les plus simples, sur le plan de la construction, sont au contraire employés pour soulever le gobelet par le bas (sans qu'il soit tenu par le haut, comme c'est le cas avec une pince), ce soulèvement étant d'ailleurs la seule étape exigeant des pièces mobiles. Concurremment au soulèvement, le jeu d'une rampe fixe (goutière de guidage), d'une part, d'une butée fixe de déséquilibrage (moyen de basculement), d'autre part, permet de faire "tomber" le gobelet à la renverse, vers une partie de réception où il achève son rétablissement, avantageusement du seul fait de la gravité.It is therefore understood that according to the invention, there is no longer a set of gripping pliers which must overturn, integral with the cup. The simplest means, in terms of construction, are instead used to lift the cup from below (without it being held from above, as is the case with pliers), this lifting being d 'elsewhere the only step requiring moving parts. Concurrently with the lifting, the play of a fixed ramp (guide groove), on the one hand, of a fixed imbalance stop (tilting means), on the other hand, makes it possible to "drop" the cup to the overturns, towards a receiving part where he completes his recovery, advantageously by gravity alone.

Le moyen de basculement comporte une butée avantageusement placée sur la trajectoire d'une partie inférieure du gobelet poussé vers le haut, afin d'en provoquer ou poursuivre le déséquilibrage et le basculement.The tilting means comprises an abutment advantageously placed on the trajectory of a lower part of the cup pushed upwards, in order to cause or continue the imbalance and the tilting.

Le moyen de poussée est, quant à lui, avantageusement sous forme d'un doigt s'introduisant sensiblement tangentiellement sous le bord inférieur du gobelet supérieur et entraîné ensuite vers le haut.The pushing means is, for its part, advantageously in the form of a finger which is introduced substantially tangentially under the lower edge of the upper cup and then driven upwards.

Un doigt unique suffit en effet à déboiter et dégager le gobelet supérieur dont le mouvement vers le haut est guidé à l'intérieur par le gobelet immédiatement inférieur, et à l'extérieur par la gouttière -rampe supérieure et paroi(s) latérale(s)-, puis par la butée fixe de renversement.A single finger is enough to disengage and release the upper cup, the upward movement of which is guided inside by the cup immediately below, and outside by the gutter - upper ramp and side wall (s) ) -, then by the fixed reversing stop.

Avantageusement, le doigt est porté par une chaîne tendue entre deux pignons dans un plan sensiblement voisin et parallèle à une génératrice du gobelet supérieur en position inversée.Advantageously, the finger is carried by a chain stretched between two sprockets in a substantially neighboring plane and parallel to a generatrix of the upper cup in the inverted position.

La gouttière comprend avantageusement une paroi courbe sensiblement cylindrique à génératrice horizontale qui peut guider la partie supérieure du gobelet pendant son renversement.The gutter advantageously comprises a curved wall which is substantially cylindrical with a horizontal generatrix which can guide the upper part of the cup during its overturning.

On peut prévoir au-dessus de la partie de réception des gobelets redressés, un distributeur de couvercles si nécessaire.Above the receiving part of the straightened cups, a cover dispenser can be provided if necessary.

Il est également avantageux de prévoir des moyens, notamment élastiques, de maintien provisoire du second gobelet de la pile, adjacent au gobelet qui doit être renversé.It is also advantageous to provide means, in particular elastic means, for temporarily holding the second cup of the stack, adjacent to the cup which must be overturned.

La pile de gobelets est avantageusement incluse dans un magasin à barillet tournant à plusieurs piles.The stack of cups is advantageously included in a barrel magazine rotating with several batteries.

Dans un mode de réalisation préféré, la position précise du barillet tournant est obtenue par indexage d'un disque solidaire en rotation du barillet et pourvu d'encoches; la périphérie du disque est suivie par un galet d'indexation; l'entraînement du barillet permet un jeu grâce auquel le disque bloqué par le galet dans l'encoche s'immobilise immédiatement et précisément. Cet entraînement avec jeu peut être obtenu par exemple par un entraînement à courroie. Le disque peut avantageusement servir de flasque d'extrémité du barillet.In a preferred embodiment, the precise position of the rotating barrel is obtained by indexing a disc integral in rotation with the barrel and provided with notches; the periphery of the disc is followed by an indexing roller; the drive of the barrel allows a game by which the disc blocked by the roller in the notch stops immediately and precisely. This backlash drive can be achieved, for example, by a belt drive. The disc can advantageously serve as the end flange of the barrel.

D'autres avantages et caractéristiques de l'invention apparaîtront à la lecture de la description suivante. Il sera fait référence aux dessins annexés sur lesquels :

  • la figure 1 est une vue de face schématique d'une machine distributrice incorporant l'invention.
  • La figure 2 est une vue en perspective du magasin à barillet.
  • La figure 3 est une section en vue du dessus du barillet de la figure 2.
  • La figure 4 montre un détail des moyens de maintien du second gobelet de la pile.
  • La figure 5 est une vue schématique de face du mécanisme de renversement de gobelets.
  • La figure 6 est une vue schématique latérale du mécanisme de la figure 5.
Other advantages and characteristics of the invention will appear on reading the following description. Reference will be made to the appended drawings in which:
  • Figure 1 is a schematic front view of a vending machine incorporating the invention.
  • Figure 2 is a perspective view of the barrel magazine.
  • FIG. 3 is a section in top view of the barrel of FIG. 2.
  • Figure 4 shows a detail of the means for holding the second cup of the stack.
  • Figure 5 is a schematic front view of the cup overturning mechanism.
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic side view of the mechanism of FIG. 5.

La figure 1 montre schématiquement une machine distributrice 1 pour produits liquides (boissons), ou solides (par exemple pop-corn) présentés en gobelets 2 à une fenêtre 3 de la machine, généralement à hauteur de main.Figure 1 schematically shows a dispensing machine 1 for liquid products (drinks), or solids (for example popcorn) presented in cups 2 to a window 3 of the machine, generally at hand.

Les gobelets 2 sont distribués à l'endroit, individuellement, grâce à un dispositif de renversement 4 placé au-dessus d'un magasin 5 de gobelets vides empilés à l'envers dans un barillet tournant. Conformément à l'invention, le magasin est situé dans le volume inférieur de la machine distributrice 1 : ce volume, généralement de grande hauteur, permet de stocker un grand nombre de gobelets 2, même si ceux-ci sont des gobelets de grande contenance (par exemple un litre).The cups 2 are distributed on the spot, individually, thanks to an inversion device 4 placed above a magazine 5 of empty cups stacked upside down in a rotating barrel. According to the invention, the store is located in the lower volume of the vending machine 1: this volume, generally of great height, makes it possible to store a large number of cups 2, even if these are cups of large capacity ( for example a liter).

Le magasin vertical 5, illustré sur les figures 2 et 3, comprend un barillet tournant 6 formé par deux flasques respectivement inférieur 7 et supérieur 8 entre lesquels des parois verticales 9 sont agencées de manière à définir quatre (par exemple) alvéoles A, B, C, D de réception d'une pile de gobelets renversés. Ces alvéoles peuvent être ouverts radialement sur le côté pour faciliter le chargement d'une pile de gobelets, d'autant que chaque pile, appuyée sur la partie la plus large du gobelet inférieur, est stable. Le gobelet inférieur peut d'ailleurs être un faux-gobelet de hauteur quelconque permettant d'adapter la capacité du magasin 5 aux besoins réels. Par ailleurs, le barillet tournant 6 peut être entouré d'une paroi cylindrique fixe sur une partie de sa périphérie.The vertical magazine 5, illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3, comprises a rotating barrel 6 formed by two respectively lower 7 and upper 8 flanges between which vertical walls 9 are arranged so as to define four (for example) cells A, B, C, D receiving a stack of spilled cups. These cells can be opened radially on the side to facilitate the loading of a stack of cups, especially since each stack, supported on the widest part of the lower cup, is stable. The lower cup can also be a false cup of any height allowing to adapt the capacity of store 5 to actual needs. Furthermore, the rotating barrel 6 can be surrounded by a fixed cylindrical wall on a part of its periphery.

Les flasques 7 et 8 sont montés sur un arbre vertical 10 (seulement partiellement représenté sur les dessins) tournant dans des paliers (non représentés), tandis qu'une poulie 11, calée sur la partie inférieure de l'arbre 10, est entraînée grâce à une courroie de transmission 12, par un ensemble motoréducteur 13 à poulie de sortie 14.The flanges 7 and 8 are mounted on a vertical shaft 10 (only partially shown in the drawings) rotating in bearings (not shown), while a pulley 11, wedged on the lower part of the shaft 10, is driven by to a transmission belt 12, by a geared motor assembly 13 with output pulley 14.

Le flasque supérieur 8 comprend sur sa périphérie quatre encoches 15 en V régulièrement réparties. Un galet 16, monté horizontalement sur un bras horizontal 17 articulé en 18, peut suivre le bord du flasque 8 contre lequel il est poussé en permanence grâce à l'action d'un ressort 19. Un électroaimant 20 commandable permet de contrarier l'action du ressort 19 et de tirer le galet radialement hors du contact avec le flasque 8. L'ensemble des moyens d'entraînement 11-14 et d'indexation 15-20 permet de faire tourner le barillet par quart de tour très précisément dans le sens de la flèche F.The upper flange 8 comprises on its periphery four notches 15 in V regularly distributed. A roller 16, mounted horizontally on a horizontal arm 17 articulated at 18, can follow the edge of the flange 8 against which it is permanently pushed thanks to the action of a spring 19. A controllable electromagnet 20 makes it possible to counteract the action of the spring 19 and of pulling the roller radially out of contact with the flange 8. The assembly of the drive means 11-14 and indexing 15-20 makes it possible to rotate the barrel by quarter turn very precisely in the direction of arrow F.

En face de l'alvéole A est prévu un ensemble de montée de la pile de gobelets. Cet ensemble comprend une vis verticale 21 parallèle au magasin 5, et s'étendant sur sa hauteur, montée en rotation entre un appui supérieur 22 et un moteur de commande 23 inférieur permettant la rotation dans les deux sens à volonté.Opposite cell A is a set for mounting the stack of cups. This assembly comprises a vertical screw 21 parallel to the magazine 5, and extending over its height, mounted in rotation between an upper support 22 and a lower control motor 23 allowing rotation in both directions at will.

Une palette 24 horizontale à écrou est montée sur la vis 21 et est bloquée en rotation par la coopération d'un appendice 25 guidé en coulissement par un rail vertical 26, grâce à quoi la rotation de la vis 21 dans un sens ou dans l'autre entraîne la montée ou la descente de la palette 24.A horizontal pallet 24 with nut is mounted on the screw 21 and is locked in rotation by the cooperation of an appendage 25 guided in sliding by a vertical rail 26, whereby the rotation of the screw 21 in one direction or in the another causes the pallet 24 to go up or down.

Deux capteurs respectivement inférieur 27 et supérieur 28 détectent les positions basse et haute de la palette.Two sensors respectively lower 27 and upper 28 detect the low and high positions of the pallet.

Le passage de la palette 24 au travers du flasque inférieur 7 est possible grâce à quatre encoches radiales 29 prévues dans les quatre positions d'indexation pour être en face de l'ensemble de montée.The passage of the pallet 24 through the lower flange 7 is possible thanks to four radial notches 29 provided in the four indexing positions to be in front of the mounting assembly.

Le flasque supérieur 8 comporte quatre orifices 30 de passage des gobelets.The upper flange 8 has four holes 30 for passage of the cups.

Au-dessus de l'orifice voisin de l'ensemble de montée est prévu un ensemble de maintien (cf. figures 2 et 4) des gobelets sortis, émergeant du flasque supérieur 8 sous la poussée de la palette 24 à la base de la pile. Cet ensemble de maintien est constitué de trois ressorts 31 (par exemple à lame) montés sur un support fixe (non représenté) au-dessus du flasque 8 (quoiqu'on puisse prévoir trois ressorts montés sur le flasque 8 directement autour de chaque orifice 30). La forme et la hauteur des ressorts 31 est telle qu'ils retiennent (légèrement) élastiquement le second gobelet 2 de la pile émergeant au-dessus du flasque 8. Si le gobelet 2 porte un jonc, comme représenté, le maintien par le ressort 31 peut être facilité, mais ce jonc n'est nullement indispensable. Un capteur 32, par exemple une cellule photo-électrique, permet de déterminer avec précision la présence du haut du gobelet inversé 2 supérieur sur une ligne de référence.Above the orifice adjacent to the mounting assembly, a holding assembly (cf. FIGS. 2 and 4) is provided for the outgoing cups, emerging from the upper flange 8 under the thrust of the pallet 24 at the base of the stack. . This retaining assembly consists of three springs 31 (for example with a leaf) mounted on a fixed support (not shown) above the flange 8 (although three springs mounted on the flange 8 can be provided directly around each orifice 30 ). The shape and height of the springs 31 is such that they retain (slightly) elastically the second cup 2 of the stack emerging above the flange 8. If the cup 2 carries a ring, as shown, the support by the spring 31 can be made easier, but this ring is by no means essential. A sensor 32, for example a photoelectric cell, makes it possible to precisely determine the presence of the top of the upper inverted cup 2 on a reference line.

Enfin, un capteur 32' permet de détecter la présence ou l'absence d'un gobelet dans l'alvéole (B), juste en amont de l'alvéole (A) en cours d'utilisation.Finally, a sensor 32 'makes it possible to detect the presence or absence of a cup in the cell (B), just upstream from the cell (A) during use.

Le gobelet supérieur de la pile est pris en charge par le dispositif de renversement 4 qui va être décrit en référence aux figures 5 et 6.The upper cup of the stack is supported by the reversing device 4 which will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6.

Le dispositif 4 comporte une gouttière de guidage courbe, en rampe, 33-34, formée d'une paroi 33 à généra-trice horizontale, maintenue sur au moins une paroi verticale latérale 34. La paroi courbe 33 surplombe la pile de gobelets 2, au moins au niveau de l'entrée, légèrement évasée, 35 de la gouttière.The device 4 comprises a curved guide groove, in a ramp, 33-34, formed by a wall 33 with a horizontal genera-trice, held on at least one lateral vertical wall 34. The curved wall 33 overhangs the stack of cups 2, at least at the entrance, slightly flared, 35 of the gutter.

Un moyen de poussée 36 est constitué par un doigt de déboîtement 37, sensiblement horizontal, porté par une chaîne 38 tendue entre deux pignons 39 dont l'un est entraîné par un motoréducteur 40. Le plan formé par la chaîne 38 est disposé parallèle avec une génératrice 42 du gobelet 2 en position renversée et au voisinage de celle-ci (cf. figure 6) de telle sorte que le doigt 37 puisse, lors de son passage extrême bas, s'introduire entre le bord 41 du gobelet supérieur 2 et le bord correspondant du gobelet immédiatement inférieur. Comme on le voit sur la figure 5, le brin montant 43 de la chaîne, définissant le trajet montant du doigt 37, reste généralement voisin d'un plan vertical contenant la génératrice 42, mais s'incline légèrement sur le même côté que la rampe 33. Le bas de la chaîne 38 est à hauteur de l'espace séparant les bords inférieurs des deux gobelets supérieurs de la pile, tandis que le haut de la chaîne est à hauteur de la position intermédiaire de basculement des gobelets. Un capteur 44 (capteur palpeur ou capteur de proximité) détecte le passage du doigt 37 pour commander sa mise en mouvement et son arrêt.A thrust means 36 is constituted by a disengaging finger 37, substantially horizontal, carried by a chain 38 stretched between two sprockets 39, one of which is driven by a geared motor 40. The plane formed by the chain 38 is arranged parallel with a generator 42 of the cup 2 in the inverted position and in the vicinity thereof (see FIG. 6) so that the finger 37 can, during its extreme low passage, be introduced between the edge 41 of the upper cup 2 and the corresponding edge of the cup immediately below. As seen in Figure 5, the rising strand 43 of the chain, defining the rising path of the finger 37, generally remains close to a vertical plane containing the generator 42, but tilts slightly on the same side as the ramp 33. The bottom of the chain 38 is at the height of the space separating the lower edges of the two upper cups of the stack, while the top of the chain is at the height of the intermediate tilting position of the cups. A sensor 44 (feeler or proximity sensor) detects the passage of the finger 37 to control its setting in motion and its stop.

Au basculement coopère une butée 45 placée au voisinage immédiat du gobelet supérieur 2, surplombant légèrement sa base de manière à se trouver sur la trajectoire de la partie inférieure du gobelet 2 et/ou son bord 41 lors de la montée du gobelet.When tilting, a stopper 45 placed in the immediate vicinity of the upper cup 2 cooperates, slightly overhanging its base so as to be on the path of the lower part of the cup 2 and / or its edge 41 when the cup is raised.

La butée 45 est à une hauteur intermédiaire entre les points bas et haut de la chaîne 38, de préférence vers le haut, par exemple à son tiers ou son quart supérieur, de manière à agir lorsque le gobelet supérieur 2 est suffisamment dégagé du gobelet immédiatement inférieur pour pouvoir effectuer un pivotement.The stop 45 is at an intermediate height between the low and high points of the chain 38, preferably upwards, for example at its third or its upper quarter, so as to act when the upper cup 2 is sufficiently disengaged from the cup immediately lower to be able to rotate.

La butée 45 est adjacente à une partie de réception du gobelet 46 en position verticale à l'endroit, au niveau de la fenêtre 3 de la machine distributrice. Cette partie de réception comporte, outre le plateau de réception proprement dit 47, des surfaces 48 et 49 de rétablissement raccordant la butée 45 au plateau 47 par des pentes de plus en plus accentuées, tandis que des parois latérales 50 (une seule est représentée en figure 6) guident le gobelet sur le côté.The stop 45 is adjacent to a part for receiving the cup 46 in a vertical position at the location, at the level of the window 3 of the dispensing machine. This receiving part comprises, in addition to the actual receiving plate 47, recovery surfaces 48 and 49 connecting the stop 45 to the plate 47 by increasingly steep slopes, while side walls 50 (only one is shown in figure 6) guide the cup on the side.

Facultativement, un magasin 51 de couvercle 52 pour gobelets débouche au-dessus du gobelet en position de réception.Optionally, a magazine 51 with a cover 52 for cups opens out above the cup in the receiving position.

Les couvercles 52 sont saisis par deux pinces 53 portées au bout d'un bras articulé 54 commandé par un électroaimant 55.The covers 52 are gripped by two clamps 53 carried at the end of an articulated arm 54 controlled by an electromagnet 55.

Un ensemble électronique gêne le fonctionnement du distributeur, lequel va maintenant être décrit.An electronic assembly interferes with the operation of the dispenser, which will now be described.

Le barillet 6 est chargé; quatre piles de 50 gobelets (par exemple) sont dans les alvéoles A, B, C, D. La palette 24 est en position inférieure extrême, contrôlée par le capteur 27.Barrel 6 is loaded; four stacks of 50 cups (for example) are in the cells A, B, C, D. The pallet 24 is in the lower extreme position, controlled by the sensor 27.

La palette 24 pousse verticalement les gobelets jusqu'à ce que la cellule 32 détecte le bord du fond du gobelet supérieur.Pallet 24 vertically pushes the cups until cell 32 detects the edge of the bottom of the upper cup.

Le gobelet situé immédiatement avant le gobelet supérieur est retenu par les trois ressorts 31.The cup located immediately before the upper cup is retained by the three springs 31.

A la demande d'un gobelet 2, le doigt 37 de l'ensemble basculeur vient en contact du bord de l'ouverture, déboîte et soulève le gobelet 2. Après un certain déplacement, le bord de l'ouverture du gobelet bute contre la pièce 45 ce qui provoque le début du basculement. La rampe 33 et les parois 34 et 50 canalisent le gobelet 2 pendant son basculement. Dès le départ du gobelet 2, la cellule 32 commande la montée de la palette 24 pour qu'un gobelet soit toujours disponible.At the request of a cup 2, the finger 37 of the rocker assembly comes into contact with the edge of the opening, disengages and lifts the cup 2. After a certain displacement, the edge of the opening of the cup abuts against the part 45 which causes the beginning of the tilting. The ramp 33 and the walls 34 and 50 channel the cup 2 during its tilting. From the start of the cup 2, the cell 32 controls the rise of the pallet 24 so that a cup is always available.

Lorsque la pile des 50 gobelets est épuisée, le capteur de position haute 28 commande la descente de la palette jusqu'à sa position extrême basse.When the stack of 50 cups is exhausted, the high position sensor 28 controls the descent of the pallet to its extreme low position.

Le magasin 6 doit faire un quart de tour pour présenter une nouvelle pile pleine.Tray 6 must make a quarter turn to present a new full stack.

Le galet 16 est dégagé par l'électroaimant 20; l'ensemble moteur-courroie 13-12 commande la rotation du barillet 6. Le galet 16 au bout d'un certain temps s'indexe dans l'encoche suivante 15 et immobilise le barillet 6. Le glissement de la courroie 12 permet un positionnement précis du barillet 6.The roller 16 is released by the electromagnet 20; the motor-belt assembly 13-12 controls the rotation of the barrel 6. The roller 16 after a certain time indexes in the next notch 15 and immobilizes the barrel 6. The sliding of the belt 12 allows positioning precise of barrel 6.

L'alvéole en place, la palette 24 remonte la pile de gobelet jusqu'à ce que la cellule 32 détecte le fond du gobelet supérieur.With the cell in place, the pallet 24 rises the cup stack until cell 32 detects the bottom of the upper cup.

L'ensemble est prêt pour une demande prochaine de gobelet 2.The set is ready for a next request for cup 2.

Lorsque les quatre piles A, B, C, D seront épuisées, la palette 24 en position haute sera détectée par le capteur 28 et, simultanément, le capteur 32', indiquera que la dernière pile est vide le distributeur sera mis hors service par l'ensemble électronique de commande.When the four batteries A, B, C, D are exhausted, the pallet 24 in the high position will be detected by the sensor 28 and, simultaneously, the sensor 32 ', will indicate that the last battery is empty the dispenser will be put out of service by the electronic control unit.

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Distributeur (1) de gobelets stockés en pile à l'envers, comportant un dispositif (4) de renversement individuel du gobelet (2) supérieur de la pile,
   caractérisé en ce que ledit dispositif (4) comporte : - une gouttière (33, 34) de guidage courbe destinée à guider ledit gobelet (2), au moins à sa partie supérieure, sur un trajet courbe entre sa position inversée en haut de la pile et une position intermédiaire de basculement; - un moyen de poussée (37) destiné à pousser vers. le haut le gobelet (2), sur sa partie inférieure; - un moyen de basculement (45) destiné, en coopération avec la gouttière (33, 34) et le moyen de poussée (37), à former un appui de pivotement du gobelet (2) en position intermédiaire; - une partie de réception (46), destinée à permettre le rétablissement du gobelet (2) à l'endroit, à partir du basculement effectué dans sa position intermédiaire, et à le recevoir à l'endroit. Dispenser (1) for cups stored in a stack upside down, comprising a device (4) for inverting the upper cup (2) of the stack,
characterized in that said device (4) comprises: - a curved guide trough (33, 34) intended to guide said cup (2), at least at its upper part, on a curved path between its inverted position at the top of the stack and an intermediate tilting position; - a pushing means (37) intended to push towards. the top the cup (2), on its lower part; - a tilting means (45) intended, in cooperation with the gutter (33, 34) and the pushing means (37), to form a pivoting support for the cup (2) in the intermediate position; - A receiving part (46), intended to allow the restoration of the cup (2) at the place, from the tilting carried out in its intermediate position, and to receive it at the place. Distributeur selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la partie de réception (46) provoque le rétablissement du gobelet basculé (2) par simple gravité.Dispenser according to claim 1, characterized in that the receiving part (46) causes the tilted cup (2) to be restored by simple gravity. Distributeur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que le moyen de basculement comporte une butée (45) fixe placée sur la trajectoire d'une partie inférieure du gobelet poussé (2).Dispenser according to either of Claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the tilting means comprises a fixed stop (45) placed on the path of a lower part of the pushed cup (2). Distributeur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que le moyen de poussée comporte un doigt (37) s'introduisant sensiblement tangentiellement sous le bord inférieur du gobelet (2) supérieur et entraîné ensuite vers le haut.Dispenser according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the pushing means comprises a finger (37) which is introduced substantially tangentially under the lower edge of the upper cup (2) and then driven upwards. Distributeur selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que ledit doigt (37) est porté par une chaîne (38) tendue entre deux pignons (39) dans un plan sensiblement voisin et parallèle à une génératrice du gobelet (2).Distributor according to claim 4, characterized in that said finger (37) is carried by a chain (38) stretched between two sprockets (39) in a plane substantially adjacent and parallel to a generator of the cup (2). Distributeur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que ladite gouttière comprend une paroi courbe (33) sensiblement cylindrique à génératrice horizontale guidant la partie supérieure du gobelet (2) pendant son basculement.Dispenser according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that said gutter comprises a curved wall (33) substantially cylindrical with horizontal generator guiding the upper part of the cup (2) during its tilting. Distributeur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend au-dessus de la partie de réception (46) un distributeur (51) de couvercle (52) de gobelet.Dispenser according to any one of Claims 1 to 6, characterized in that it comprises, above the receiving part (46), a dispenser (51) with a lid (52) for a cup. Distributeur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce qu'il est prévu des moyens (31) de maintien provisoire du second gobelet de la pile.Dispenser according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that means (31) for temporarily holding the second cup of the stack are provided. Distributeur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé en ce que la pile est formée dans un magasin à barillet tournant (6).Dispenser according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the stack is formed in a magazine with a rotating barrel (6). Distributeur selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que la position du barillet tournant (6) est obtenue par indexage d'un disque (8) solidaire en rotation du barillet, pourvu d'encoches (45) d'indexation et dont la périphérie est suivie par un galet (16) d'indexation, l'entraînement (11-14) du barillet (6) permettant un jeu.Distributor according to claim 9, characterized in that the position of the rotating barrel (6) is obtained by indexing a disc (8) integral in rotation with the barrel, provided with indexing notches (45) and the periphery of which is followed by an indexing roller (16), the drive (11-14) of the barrel (6) allowing play.
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