EP0581076A2 - Verkaufsautomat - Google Patents

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EP0581076A2
EP0581076A2 EP93110902A EP93110902A EP0581076A2 EP 0581076 A2 EP0581076 A2 EP 0581076A2 EP 93110902 A EP93110902 A EP 93110902A EP 93110902 A EP93110902 A EP 93110902A EP 0581076 A2 EP0581076 A2 EP 0581076A2
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F11/00—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
    • G07F11/02—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines
    • G07F11/38—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which the magazines are horizontal
    • G07F11/42—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which the magazines are horizontal the articles being delivered by motor-driven means
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F11/00—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
    • G07F11/02—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines
    • G07F11/04—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which magazines the articles are stored one vertically above the other
    • G07F11/10—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which magazines the articles are stored one vertically above the other two or more magazines having a common delivery chute

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  • the invention relates to a vending machine which is intended in particular for audio and video cassettes, CDs or the like.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a vending machine, in particular for audio / video cassettes, CDs or the like. Which is easy to refill with a simple structure and can accommodate a large number of different items to be sold and many copies of each item in a small space.
  • the invention proposes a vending machine with the features of claim 1. Further training is the subject of the subordinate claims.
  • the horizontal arrangement of the shafts makes it possible to arrange several horizontal rows of shafts one above the other, so that the number of different objects to be sold is no longer determined only by the width of the vending machine, but by the width and height of the vending machine. It therefore becomes possible to have a large number of different titles with several items per title in the vending machine.
  • the user selects an object to be dispensed, which is accommodated in a shaft.
  • the shaft in which the object is accommodated can either be seen directly through a front window or can be seen from a display device.
  • a control operates the dispensing device, which removes the selected item from the shaft and conveys it to the removal opening. The buyer can then remove the item there.
  • the delivery device has a drive for motor-driven removal of an object from the selected shaft.
  • the buyer no longer has to open a drawer, as with the known cigarette vending machines, with great effort.
  • each shaft has a drive. Controlling the drive of the respective shaft is both easier and faster in this way.
  • the drive is designed such that it pushes the object out of the shaft.
  • the drive is designed such that it shifts the entire stack present in the shaft by a path corresponding to the thickness of an object. The shift takes place in the longitudinal direction of the shaft. Shortly before the shaft is completely emptied, the stack can then consist of only a single object.
  • the shaft between the end of the shaft and the adjacent wall of the housing there is a distance which allows the object to be moved past. This means that the object can then be moved transversely to the longitudinal direction of the chutes, for example to a position from which it can be discharged through the discharge opening.
  • One way of dispensing is that the object pushed out of the shaft slides down or falls in the direction of the removal opening.
  • the pushed-out object reaches a space arranged behind the removal opening. There it can then be removed by the buyer.
  • This has the advantage that the object does not simply fall outwards, but in a place where the buyer can simply remove it without having to bend down.
  • the removal opening extends over the width of the shafts. Then it takes only one removal opening should be provided for the entire vending machine.
  • the removal opening can be closed by a flap which can be pivoted inwards.
  • a second flap can be provided, which is connected to the flap closing the removal opening via an articulated connection and mechanically locks it.
  • a sensor is arranged below the lowest shaft in the fall path or in the slide path of the object, which registers the delivery of an object. This can be done, for example, by means of a light barrier or a similar element.
  • the registration of the delivery of an object can serve, for example, to switch off the drive for pushing the object out of a shaft. Furthermore, the registration of the delivery of an object can serve to give a control device arranged in the vending machine the possibility of counting whether a shaft is empty. In this case, the selection of the corresponding shaft can be blocked.
  • the senor can contain a flap arranged in the drop path, which is pivoted by the object sliding or falling and thereby actuating a switch, for example.
  • the drive has a slide which engages the last object of the stack in the shaft and moves it when the shaft is selected.
  • the displacement can take place in the direction of the front of the housing.
  • the slide can be connected to the drive by means of a releasable coupling device.
  • the operator can therefore release the slide from the drive and push it into the starting position at the end of the shaft. This speeds up refilling.
  • the drive has a threaded spindle extending in the longitudinal direction of the shaft, to which the slide is connected via a counter thread.
  • the threaded spindle is then rotated by an electric motor, so that the rotation of the threaded spindle leads to the displacement of the slide.
  • the counter thread is formed by a nut divided along the central plane, the parts of which are to be acted upon by a spring, for example.
  • the two parts of the nut are then pivoted apart, for example with the aid of levers provided for this purpose. Then the slider can be quickly pushed back into its starting position by hand and coupled to the drive device again by releasing the lever.
  • a separation device for the objects is provided at the discharge end of the shaft. This can be formed, for example, by a run-up slope that leads to a displacement of the objects transversely to the normal displacement direction and thus to shearing off.
  • the shafts are arranged in drawers, each drawer being able to be pulled out of the vending machine for refilling.
  • all shafts on one level can be accommodated in a common drawer.
  • the shafts are held interchangeably in the drawers.
  • the vending machine shown in FIG. 1 contains a housing 1, in the front 2 of which there is a hinged viewing window 3.
  • the objects 4 to be dispensed arranged inside the vending machine can be seen through the viewing window 3.
  • the viewing window 3 can be opened using a key, so that the vending machine can be refilled.
  • the usual operating devices are provided in the front, namely a numeric keyboard 5, a coin slot, a slot for inserting banknotes, etc.
  • a slot extending over the entire width of the viewing window 3 and forming a discharge opening 6 is arranged below the viewing window 3.
  • This dispensing device 6 can be closed with the aid of a flap 7 arranged in the interior of the housing 1 and pivotable about a horizontal axis.
  • FIG. 1 shows a partial view of such a drawer 8.
  • the drawer is formed by a frame made of transverse profiles 9 and perpendicular to these supporting profiles 10 or bent metal sheets. With the help of the support profiles 10, the drawer 10 is held in the housing 1.
  • Parallel to the support profiles several intermediate profiles 11, which are arranged in a grid dimension, extend between the front and the rear cross profile 9. At certain points, the intermediate profiles 11 contain holes 12. Shafts can be placed on the intermediate profiles 11 and fastened with the aid of the holes 12. Such a shaft is shown in detail in FIGS. 3 to 5.
  • the shaft 13 contains two side walls 14, the height of which corresponds approximately to the height of the object 4 to be accommodated in the shaft 13.
  • the side walls 14 are connected to one another by a base 15 which has a channel-like depression 16 in its central region, which extends in the longitudinal direction of the shaft 13.
  • the side walls are bent inward in one end region to form a rear wall 18 interrupted by a slot 17.
  • An electric motor 19 with a gear 20 is fastened to this rear wall 18.
  • the threaded spindle 21 has a gearwheel 23 which is connected to a pinion 25 connected to the output shaft 24 of the transmission 20 combs. If the electric motor 19 is started, it sets the threaded spindle 21 in rotation.
  • a slide 26 is slidably arranged in the shaft 13 with the aid of a guide which is not explained in detail.
  • the slide 26 has a threaded element 27 which is divided in two along a central plane.
  • the threaded element contains a mating thread corresponding to the external thread of the threaded spindle 21.
  • a pivot lever 28 is connected to each part of the threaded element 27, with which the two parts of the threaded element 27 can be pivoted apart about an axis 29 in order to disengage the threaded element 27 from the threaded spindle 21.
  • the slide contains a pressure plate 30 which is slightly inclined with respect to the vertical, so that an object 4 lying against the front of the pressure plate 30 does not tip forward.
  • three threaded pins 31 are provided on the underside of the channel-like recess 16, the arrangement and spacing of the arrangement and the spacing of the holes 12 in the intermediate profiles 11 being the same.
  • the shaft shown in Figures 3 to 5 can thus be placed as a unit on an intermediate profile 11 of a drawer 8 and secured by screwing nuts on the threaded pin 31 inserted through the holes 12.
  • the side walls each contain a horizontally running slot 32 in which a pin 33 can be fastened.
  • the exact position of the pin 33 can be adjusted by different arrangement in the slot 32. It depends on the thickness of the objects.
  • the pin 33, which is also on both Pages can be provided is used to define a maximum feed movement and thus to secure.
  • the empty shaft 13 is filled as follows. First, the levers 28 are pressed together with one hand and the slider 26 is pushed to the rear end. A horizontal stack of objects 4 is then inserted into the shaft 13, the objects 4 then adapting to the inclination of the pressure plate 30. If an object 4 is now to be pushed out of this shaft, the motor 19 is put into operation until the foremost object falls out of the shaft. At this point the motor 19 is switched off again.
  • the duration of the operation of the motor 19 can be time-dependent, for example, if a stepping motor or the like is used and the control device knows the thickness of the object.
  • the objects 4 can be surrounded by a cellophane sleeve or consist of plastic. As a result, there is a risk that two adjacent objects 4 stick to one another.
  • the shaft 13 can have a separating device 34 in the region of its front end.
  • this separating device 34 is formed by an obliquely upwardly extending sheet-metal piece 35 which forms a run-on slope 36 on its upper side.
  • the sheet metal piece 35 is provided on both sides of the central recess 16.
  • the control unit knows how thick the object is and switches off the motor 19 after a corresponding number of revolutions. In this case, the control would have to be changed if a stack with objects of different thickness is inserted into a shaft 13. So this would have to be, for example happen when refilling.
  • the invention proposes an alternative in further development. For this purpose, it arranges a sensor 36, which is shown in FIG. 6, below the bottom shaft in the fall path, ie in the example shown between the front of the shafts 13 and the front wall 2 of the housing 1.
  • the sensor has a flap 38 which can be pivoted about a horizontal axis 37.
  • the flap 38 extends over the entire width of all shafts 13 and closes the fall path of the objects 4. Every object pushed out of each shaft must therefore fall onto the flap 38.
  • the flap 38 is urged into the position shown with the aid of a spring, not shown, for example a coil spring wound around the axis 37.
  • the spring has only a small actuating force, so that the flap 38 is very easy to operate. If a dispensed object 4 slides or falls onto the flap 38, this is pivoted under the weight of the object 4, so that a projection 39 connected to the flap 38 is pivoted in the same direction.
  • the approach 39 touches a switch button 40 of an electrical switch 41 and actuates it.
  • the switch 41 emits a signal to the control device which switches off the electric motor 19.
  • a flap 38 with a switch 41 can be used for all rows of shafts 13 arranged one above the other, even if the fall path from the different rows is of different lengths.
  • the signal supplied by the switch 41 can be used to determine the number of objects still present in a shaft 13.
  • the flap 7 shows, on an enlarged scale, the flap 7 arranged on the inside of the front wall 2 for closing the removal opening 6.
  • the flap is held above the opening 6 so as to be pivotable about a horizontal axis 42 and, due to its weight, closes the opening by itself.
  • the falling object arrives in a space 43 behind the removal opening 6. This space has a trough-like rounded shape on its underside.
  • Another flap 44 is also pivotably arranged above the flap 7.
  • the flap 7 is connected to the flap 44 via a push rod 45, only indicated. If the buyer opens the flap 7 by pivoting it backwards and upwards, the flap 44 is simultaneously pivoted backwards and upwards and therefore closes the access to the shafts 13. When the flap 7 is opened, access to the shafts is therefore blocked, so that attempts at manipulation are made more difficult.
  • the arrangement of FIG. 7 shows a simple barrier for access to the shafts.
  • Other types of embodiment are of course also conceivable, for example also arrangements provided with a motor.
  • the sensor 36 shown in FIG. 6 serves not only to stop the drive, but also to "book" the money entered. Only when the sensor 36 has responded, does the control assume that the dispensed object has actually been dispensed, i.e. has entered an area where it can be removed by the buyer. Should any malfunction occur and the item get stuck somewhere, the user can get his money back by pressing the return button.

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EP0685827A1 (en) * 1994-06-03 1995-12-06 OFFICINE MECCANICHE ROSELLI S.r.l. Automatic vending machine for newspapers, magazines and the like
US5791511A (en) * 1996-03-29 1998-08-11 Dpc International, Inc. Dispensing machine for printed publication
US5921436A (en) * 1996-03-29 1999-07-13 Lowing; C. Rankin Media dispensing machine
US6230932B1 (en) 1996-03-29 2001-05-15 Dpc, International, Inc. Dispensing machine for printed publication
EP0958558B1 (en) * 1996-03-29 2002-02-27 DPC International, Inc. Dispensing machine for newspapers and magazines
EP0932126A3 (en) * 1998-01-26 2003-08-13 Axxess Technologies, Inc. Article dispensing apparatus
US6318591B1 (en) 2000-04-27 2001-11-20 Dpc International, Inc. Dispensing machine for printed publications
EP1253562A1 (en) * 2001-04-05 2002-10-30 Officine Meccaniche F.lli Manea S.r.l. Controlled output automatic product dispensing machine
WO2005109355A3 (en) * 2004-05-10 2006-05-18 Mediasystem S R L Vending machine for articles

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